The National - the system only dreams in total darkness live, 2017

"The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness" is a song by American indie rock band The National. It was released as the lead single for their seventh studio album, Sleep Well Beast, at 12:01 am Eastern Time on 11 May 2017. The song was written by Aaron Dessner, Matt Berninger, and Bryce Dessner and produced by Aaron Dessner (with co-production by Bryce Dessner, Matt Berninger, and Peter Katis)."

Manic Street Preachers - last christmas live cover, 1996

"Manic Street Preachers, also known simply as the Manics, are a Welsh rock band formed in Blackwood, Caerphilly, in 1986. The band consists of Nicky Wire (bass guitar, lyrics) and cousins James Dean Bradfield (lead vocals, lead guitar) and Sean Moore (drums, percussion, soundscapes). They form a key part of the 1990s Welsh Cool Cymru cultural movement."

The Band Of Holy Joy - evening world holiday show live, 2011

"Ill fated meeting between Band of Holy Joy and legendary Manchester producer Martin Hannett conducted at the Slaughterhouse in Driffield in 1989. It was a proposed single but maybe the recording was a bit too singular for purpose and it was unduly scrapped, the sacred cow of noise sacrificed if you like. Playing it now it sounds great and insane, filled with a mad punk energy."

The Flaming Lips - feeling yourself disintegrate, 1999

"A lot of connections I had with old friends have slowly faded away with time as we all branch out to do our own things in life, and it just feels like a part of me is disintegrating. Just thought I'd share my sob story and see if anyone else is feeling the same currently."

Pet Shop Boys - requiem in denim and leopardskin, 2012

"It looks back to when she first came to London and mentions Johnny Rotten and all these people hanging around in King's Road.… so it's like a memoir of the King's Road in the early eighties."

Bonnie Prince Billy - the houseboat o how i enjoy the light, 2016

"There’s a song on there that for some reason, when I was at the BBC, I called it “The Houseboat,” and then we recorded it, and now it’s called “O How I Enjoy the Light.” As we perform songs in different ways I completely lose track of how the audience might have a relationship with the recording. I forget how lyrics or phrasings might get changed, or the key oftentimes gets changed."

The Innocence Mission - what a wonderful world cover, 2004

"The band hails from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and has been recording since their self-titled debut in 1989. Their music is the calm, uncategorisable type that few bands make any more. Yes, you could call it poetic soft rock, but that would miss the deep affection that lead singer Karen Peris brings to every song she sings."

Memory Spells And Jordan Whitlock - all i see is you, 2023

"Jordan Whitlock, a singer-songwriter from San Diego, has joined forces with Memory Spells, a cinematic post rock and instrumental project based in Los Angeles, for their debut collaborative single, All I See Is You. The track seamlessly combines Whitlock’s ethereal vocals with the enchanting and bittersweet ambient rock soundscapes crafted by Memory Spells."

The Beatles - magical mystery tour, 1967

"The Beatles recorded the track in April and May 1967, soon after completing work on their album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, and several months before committing to make the Magical Mystery Tour film. The song serves as an introduction to the audience, in the style of McCartney's opening title track to Sgt. Pepper, and includes ringmaster calls, a trumpet fanfare and traffic sounds."

Bob Dylan And Johnny Cash - the girl from the north country live, 1969

"Rotolo is defined as "the girl with the wistful eyes and hint of a smile whose head is resting on the suede-jacketed shoulder of a nice-looking young man as they trudge through the snow on the cover of 1963's The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan."

Del Amitri - sometimes i just have to say your name, 1992

"On May 28th 2021 Del Amitri release their first album for 18 years “Fatal Mistakes”. It will also be almost 32 years since I first heard “Nothing Ever Happens”. All the talk of the new music has sent me on a journey back to the years before, during and after the time that the band went beyond being purveyors of pleasant songs about life, love, regret and sadness with a country feel and gorgeous sideburns to become the very essence of my existence."

The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - everything with you, 2009

"Everything from the oh-so-twee name to singer Kip Berman’s affected English accent screams wrong, but it sounds so right; a bit of Mary Chain here, a withering Moz-esque turn of phrase there and a lot of early, jangly My Bloody Valentine everywhere else. But it’s much more than the sum of its parts and too effortlessly effervescent to be studied. Pure indie-pop to hold close to your heart."

The Radio Dept - the worst taste in music industry standard mix by differnet, 2006

"Amazing band and song."

The Beach Boys - god only knows, 1966

"it is a baroque-style love song distinguished for its harmonic innovation and complexity, unusual instrumentation, and subversion of typical popular music conventions, both lyrically and musically. It is often praised as one of the greatest songs of all time and as the Beach Boys' finest record."

Bonnie Prince Billy - when thy song flows through me, 2016

"when I was a kid, i loved the brontasauraus. then they took it away."

The Radio Dept - it looked like heaven but feels like hell, 2015

"they put the whole summer elements in this great song!"

Sufjan Stevens - it's christmas let's be glad, 2006

"A concise one minute and fifty-five seconds long, “It’s Christmas! Let’s Be Glad!” is at once catchy and uplifting with a more somber undertone, done with true Sufjan zest. It even rhymes. I’m not going to analyze the lyrics, as I don’t think it lends itself to that, but what I get out of the song is that Sufjan is telling us that no matter how badly our lives are going, stop and take a moment to appreciate all that we have to be grateful for, saccharine as that may sound."

The Beatles - with a little help from my friends, 1967

"With a Little Help from My Friends" is a song recorded by English rock band the Beatles for their 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. It was written primarily by Paul McCartney with contributions from John Lennon, and is sung by drummer Ringo Starr (as Sgt. Pepper singer Billy Shears), his lead vocal for the album. As the second track on the album, it segues from the applause on the title track."

Bee Gees - new york mining disaster nineteen forty-one, 1967

"Barry and Robin Gibb wrote "New York Mining Disaster" while sitting in a darkened stairway at Polydor Records following a power outage. The song recounts the story of a miner trapped in a cave-in. He is sharing a photo of his wife with a colleague ("Mr. Jones") while they hopelessly wait to be rescued. According to the liner notes for the box set Tales from the Brothers Gibb (1990), the song was inspired by the October 1966 Aberfan disaster in Wales. According to Robin, there actually had been a mining disaster in New York in 1939, but not in 1941, and he thought "New York" sounded more "glamorous". In the second and third verses, the narrative becomes slower and slower, as if to indicate that life is about to end for the miners. On the second chorus, the drums get louder. On the second verse, when Robin sings the line "I keep straining my ears to hear a sound," a violin is heard in response."

My Morning Jacket - touch me i'm going to scream part two, 2008

"this song is near perfect to me, it's so groovy and with a studio runtime of over eight minutes, it never drags or feels too repetitive"