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Aug 21, 14 •
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Robyn is the empress of electronia, I haven’t heard much by her that hasn’t hypnotised. Few artists can wrap themselves in the full electronic universe and still sound fully emotional and human. When artists get it right, as she regularly does,
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Aug 21, 14 •
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Now Ryan’s doing something very clever here. For a certain generation Elvira trump the “stacey’s mom” bollock with genuine cleavage. For a young man finding his way, shall we say, Elvira was late night ultimate. As sexy as she was you
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Aug 21, 14 •
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Comments Off on Michael Jackson – A Place With No Name
What is this – a kind of musical grave robbing? We don’t get too upset if an old classical draft gets pulled from the rubble of some bavarian church, so why should we mind if the Michael Jackson struts through a post humous recording like a
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Aug 21, 14 •
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Comments Off on Johnny Marr- Easy Money
A glossy end of the pier blast from Johnny Marr, who still feels fresh and busy. I saw him here in South Florida playing a ridiculously small, but suitably packed dire bar and he looked and sounded the business. And I know it’s just never going to
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Aug 17, 14 •
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Comments Off on Mighty Organ – Top Ten Reggae Organ Classics
In 1968, when the rest of the world were feeling the summer of love, Kingston Jamaica was bubblin’ hot. The choppy organ sound that had long been a bit-player in the ska and rock steady scenes had taken a new turn to emerge as a central anchor for
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Aug 16, 14 •
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Comments Off on Attak – Rustie featuring Danny Brown
Beginning to dig the mix of the more hardcore electronic dance styles with inventive rap. In this case Scots production phenom Rustie lets the amazing Danny Brown (fresh out of Detroit, MI) take the mic. Rustie’s beats are completely in step with much
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Aug 15, 14 •
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Aug 15, 14 •
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Comments Off on A Little Less Conversation, Please…
I first met Elvis Presley in a dive bar in Fuertaventura. I didn’t know he was Elvis at first. We were just shooting the breeze at the bar, chatting about tourists and the musical fashions of 1999 or whatever it was.
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Aug 13, 14 •
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Comments Off on Where Did Our Love Go?
As a child I was spoilt rotten by beautiful women. It’s true. The glamourpusses on TV – Shirley Bassey, Diana Ross, Martha Reeves – were just like my mum and her fabulous sisters, still teenage or thereabouts. All makeup and powder and
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Aug 10, 14 •
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Comments Off on Crown Prince Dennis Brown
Around 79-80 all the biggest reggae sounds came on big thick disco 45s. 12″ sized vinyl on the first flight from Jamaica that tended to featured a hit song (not infrequently a re-cut of a rocksteady hit everyone in Jamaica knew well), mixed to a wicked
