Like Salem 66, the Screaming Blue Messiahs are high on my list of bands I wish I’d been able to see back in the day. Most reviews of their shows used the phrases “incendiary,” “inventive,” and “even better on stage.” I had to make do with their albums - the outstanding Gun-Shy being the best [...]
I loved Salem 66 so much but we were never meant to be together. The band debuted, were successful and passed away before I was old enough to get into any of their gigs. I was a fiend for buying local music when I was growing up in Boston and dug their first few discs. [...]
Australia’s Boxcar was a lot of fun while they lasted. It was easy to ignore them because they sounded so much like New Order. There were many bands finding their sound in the nineties and exploring with keyboards. I guess the dour, depressing lyrics and vocalist David Smith really, really, really, REALLY sounded like Bernard [...]
This is the song I always associate with Yello - not “Oh Yeah” or “The Race” even though those were played over and over in the eighties. It was light, airy and perfectly made for mix-tapes of a slower nature. The video is a mix of ice skating animals, hot air balloons and snow. Lots [...]