The Subversive Pop Perfection of the Fun Boy Three: Live in Concert, 1983
The death of one form brings forth life in another. Something was going wrong. It wasn’t just with the band, it seemed to be happening…
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Thirteen-year-old Mariangela and her adventurous pop album, produced by Vangelis, 1975
The mid 1970s pairing of Mariangela, a promising young singer/songwriter, and the Greek composer/musician/producer Vangelis might have seemed illogical on paper, but the result was…
The sensational, rarely heard avant-pop of Belgian artist, Jacques Charlier
For nearly sixty years, Belgian artist Jacques Charlier has been active in art in one form of another, and that includes music. In the 1980s,…
You can’t swat away the catchy pop-punk of overlooked British band, the Flys
I first became aware of the British pop-punk band the Flys by way of Superchunk’s 1990 cover of “Night Creatures.” Though obviously a stellar tune,…
The blissful ‘80s power pop of Julian Leal
If I had to sum up Julian Leal’s self-titled 1985 LP with only a handful of words, I’d go with “power pop bliss.” I knew…