45 years ago today Led Zeppelin released Physical Graffiti in the UK. Recording sessions had been disrupted when bassist and keyboard player John Paul Jones had proposed quitting the band.
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.
John Joseph Travolta turned 66. This guy really inspires me a lot, style- and attitude-wise.
Aldous Harding is an enigma, an artist of rare calibre. I'll see her—for the second time—soon in Sydney.
On this date, 41 years ago, Lene Lovich re-released âLucky Numberâ. Originally released as a B-side for Lovichâs cover of âI Think Weâre Alone Nowâ, the song was re-released on 26 January 1979 as an A-side and became the lead single of her debut studio album Stateless. "Lucky Number" became a defining song and made her a leading figure of the new wave genre.
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.
It's better to pass into that other world with full passion and glory than to fade and wither dismally with age.
The instrumentalist for the band Portishead, Geoff Barrow, is having a birthday today.
42 years ago today, riots broke outside of Her Majesty's Theatre in Brisbane at a Blondie concert
Just discovered this Singapore's magnificent shoegaze unit, Coming Up Roses. Saw them performing at Hard Rock Cafe Singapore a few nights ago, falling in love instantly. Been listening to this song on repeat. Melancholy and atmospheric yet beautiful. Sad and gorgeous vocal style. Shoegaze at its best.
Rebecca Reijman is back with her latest composition, "(The D)evil was Here". She apparently goes deeper into Neo-Soul jungle, an exciting adventure in Adult Contemporary R&B land, some kind of Motown magical moments.
Balian is back with their big, badass, ballsy best: "Beautiful Mess".
Always love their stuff. A strong reminiscence of 90s grunge tradition x
On this day, 54 years ago, The Who released the single "My Generation" in the UK.
The song has been said to have "encapsulated the angst of being a teenager," and has been characterised as a "nod to the Mod counterculture".
In 1960, acampaign was started in the UK to ban the American hit, teenage tragedy tune "Tell Laura I Love Her" by Ray Peterson. The song was being denounced in the press as likely to inspire a teen-age "glorious death cult".
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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.
