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Stranger Minds – Monster (Single Review)
Moody Melancholic Rock served Italian Style
Our Music Discovery of this week. “Stranger Minds” is a new 5 piece alternative rock band from Italy featuring an eclectic mix of nationalities as diverse as Irish, English, and Italian. Lead singer Oisin Mccormack is from Ireland, Drummer Charlie Cope is from England while Guitarist Alessandro Cimini, Bassist Alberto Masetto and Alice Saracini on […]
Pulp – Different Class (1995)
A superlative album for lovers of authentic Britpop !
Even though the Sheffield based, English alternative Britpop band Pulp was around for over fifteen years when this hit album was released (in 1995 in England and 1996 in the United States and beyond), they never made much of a ripple outside of the United Kingdom, their home base. This Mercury Prize-winning, platinum ranked, fifth […]
Diamond Thug – Sakura (Official Music Video)
Electronic Psychedelica from the promising Cape Town Four Piece
Grammy Award winner Darryl Torr had this to say about Diamond Thug: “When listening to Diamond Thug, you are taken on a journey. It’s the effortless vocals, supported by a solid band, that tips you over the edge and pulls you through into their world. It’s rare to find a voice that can execute such interesting […]
Daft Punk – Discovery (2001) / Interstella 5555 (2003)
Original Discoish Synthpop from the French House Pioneers
The French House Duo Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter aka Daft Punk’s debut CD, Homework, was an unlikely candidate to reach the double-platinum sales mark. In a musical climate that was focused on the rise of bands like the Prodigy and Chemical Brothers, Daft Punk’s house-inspired fusion debut was a refreshing look back at […]
Biianco – Get Up (Official Music Video)
Gaby Bianco's anthemic chillwave video is proof of the good things to come
We re-discovered Biianco‘s soul-stirring chillwave track “Get Up” rather serendipitously while rummaging our March 2019 playlists because we only remembered a part of the emotive lyrics “You wanna watch me fall, You gonna watch me…..”. When we eventually found it, little did we know that the expressive voice behind the track – Gabby Bianco was/is […]
Kenji Kawai – Avalon (2001) Original Soundtrack
Epic orchestral electronic music meets cyberpunk surrealism in this rare find
18 years ago, James Cameron called it the “Most artistic, beautiful & stylish Sci-Fi film” when Avalon (also known as “Gates to Avalon“) released in 2001. Believe the great filmmaker, this Polish science fiction is indeed an underrated spectacle that’s a surreal treat for the eyes and the ears. Avalon presents an unreal world set […]
Pearl Jam – Rough Mixes 4/26/91
Celebrating the 28th anniversary of this rare album from the Grunge superstars
What is the one of the rarest, (if not the rarest) most collectible Pearl Jam recording? In the past, this question would have been answered by almost every serious Pearl Jam collector either with the fan club only ‘91 Christmas single (1500 copies) or the 3-track Alive promo CD-single featuring Alive (different mix from ‘Ten’), […]
Lyves – Darkest Hour
Underrated atmospheric electronic indie dark pop
Darkest Hour, the atmospheric indie dark pop track by the London based singer, songwriter and producer Lyves aka Francesca Bergami is our #songoftheweek from March 2018. Almost cathartic, Darkest Hour is one of the four great songs from her 2017 EP “Like Water” that was also featured on The Flash soundtrack! This is a hauntingly […]
U.F.Off: The Best of The Orb (1998)
Reggae tinged '90s Ambient Electronica packed in an essential Greatest Hits compilation
After over a year without an official release since their 1997 fourth studio album Orblivion, the pioneering and influential ambient electronic powerhouse from England, The Orb, finally broke their silence in November 1998 with U.F.Off – The Best of the Orb, a greatest hits album. A surprise to most Orb listeners, U.F.Off was a calculated […]
Amason – Kelly (Official Video)
Smooth 80s style pop rock reinvented by the Swedish supergroup
The Guardian considers Amason, the Stockholm based, Swedish indie pop band a “Supergroup”. This claim is not entirely unfounded because all the band members of Amason have a rich musical background, and are stars in their own right. In fact, this is how The Guardian’s Paul Lester described Amason in his “New Band of the […]