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Monday, January 6, 2025

The Go-Betweens - surfing magazines, 2000

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"Forster is still reliving that summer feeling in his sixties. Audiences still join in the wistful wordless chorus. And old folk smil...

Elton John - japanese hands, 1988

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"I’ve been wanting to write about this song – Japanese Hands – for a while. It is one of my favorites from Reg Strikes Back. And gi...

The Triffids - the seabirds, 1986

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"Born Sandy has possibly the best opening moment of any record I've heard as Dave's vocal comes straight in on the first line...

The Lightning Seeds - the nearly man, 1990

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"a reality where dreams are both tempting and frustrating"

Moby - lift me up, 2005

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"the song is about the dangerous and disturbing global rise of intolerance and fundamentalism"
Sunday, January 5, 2025

Club 8 - cold hearts, 2003

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"Karolina Komstedt's air-brushed voice becomes a small chorus of angels"

The House Of Love - hannah, 1990

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"During the slow and argumentative recording process, The House of Love's rhythm section Chris Groothuizen and Pete Evans would m...

The Radio Dept - you stopped making sense, 2010

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“You forgot all about us” I think he means both their relationship and the human nature at the same time. It makes so much sense. I love t...

Kaoma - lambada, 1989

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"Lambada", also known as "Chorando Se Foi (Lambada)", or "Llorando Se Fue (Lambada)" (both meaning "cry...

The Go-Betweens - poison in the walls, 2003

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"Where Rachel Worth sounded like an experiment gone right, Bright Yellow exudes confidence. It doesn’t hurt that the songs are unifor...

Etienne Daho - la mémoire vive, 2000

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"Etienne Daho follows the steps of his favorite artist in picturesque central Soho. And how not embrace minds and make up stories in ...

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - too late, 1996

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"I'd abandoned techno/house; it was like an old man dying his hair jet-black: ridiculous. I decided to follow the current trend o...