Released : 1980 Sometimes artists build a complex mythology around themselves – witness the vast hauntology universe assembled around Boards…
100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #10 Talking Heads – The Great Curve
Released : 1980 Time: an elusive, conceptual measure of existence, or resistance to, reality. To say Remain In Light, the…
50 Best Songs of 2020 #14 Tame Impala – Borderline
From the album The Slow Rush.
50 Best Songs of 2020 #15 Taylor Swift – invisible string
From the album folklore.
Belle & Sebastian – What To Look For In Summer
Stuart Murdoch and friends had, like many other people, big plans for 2020 which included long coveted recording sessions in…
50 Best Songs of 2020 #16 Garden Party – In The Middle
Oh my word. Indie plus, plus. Plus.
100 Greatest Songs of The 80’s #11 Simple Minds – New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)
Released : 1982 One person is always first to the moment. Whilst Morrissey was singing about being ill and Bono…
50 Best Songs of 2020 #17 The Orielles – Space Samba (Disco Volador Theme)
Strut your funky stuff in the living room. From the album of the same name.
100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #12 The Associates – Party Fears Two
Released : 1982 Patience is a virtue that doesn’t always pay dividends, but the story of how Alan Rankine and…
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Hard to define the sheer force of creative will in play here. A record that just needs to be listened…