Today, 51 years ago, "Space Oddity" by David Bowie was released. Inspired by Stanley Kubrickâs film 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), the song is about the launch into space of Major Tom, a fictional astronaut.
"Misery", a depressed anthem for troubled Brits in a grey, cold, and bleak Britain.
Diamond Dogs turned 46 today. It was Bowie's first composition to not feature his backing band the Spiders from Mars.
The rather romantic expression was coined in 1965 as a means to transform war protests into peaceful affirmative spectacles.
62 years ago today, Jerry Lee Lewis arrived in Londonâs Heathrow Airport to start his first ever tour in the UK. His young wife, Myra Gale Brown, came with him. This was where the disaster started.
One of my most fave songs of all time, an Elvis Costello's classic, "Everyday I Write the Book".
A subversive little rockopedia of safety pins, padlock, and Paris Fashion Week.
This big lumbering brontosaurus riff, "How Many More Times," is included in my Spotify playlist, 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴 & 𝘔𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘙𝘪𝘧𝘧 𝘙𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴
A gorgeously mopey and beautifully miserable Sunday morning song.
Today, 36 years ago, the eponymous debut studio album the Smiths was released by Rough Trade Records.
Produced by John Porter the album was well received by critics and listeners. It established the Smiths as a prominent band in the 1980s music scene in the UK.
Kate Bush released her debut album The Kick Inside 42 years ago today; which contained her UK number one hit, "Wuthering Heights".
Aldous Harding is an enigma, an artist of rare calibre. I'll see her—for the second time—soon in Sydney.
The ex-lead singer of punk-chewed bubblegum rock Transvision Vamp, Wendy James, turned 54 today.
Depeche Mode are to be inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's Class of 2020. This was DM's third time being nominated since 2006.
41 years ago yesterday, Sid Vicious went on trial in New York City for second degree murder of Nancy Spungen three months earlier.
The youth subculture that was popularised in the 1950s to 1960s, Greasers, were originally poor kids who couldn't afford nice clothing.
A quintessential tune that introduced me to—and made me fall in love with—New Wave.
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Music journalist, writer, radio DJ, socio-political activist, creative industry leader, and a qualified librarian, Rudolf Dethu is heavily under the influence of the punk rock philosophy.
