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Song of the Summer: Wet Leg’s ‘Chaise Longue’ is catchier than the Delta variant

If this isn’t the catchiest song since, I dunno “Crazy” or “Can’t Get You Out of My Head,” then I don’t know what would be.…

Richard Metzger
Jul 16, 2021

Where did this popular children’s farting song originally come from? (+ the Doctor Who connection!)

Rufe Davis was an American actor, singer and “imitator of sounds.” He was best known for his “rural” comedic radio act, “Rufe Davis and the…

Richard Metzger
Jun 25, 2021

Irish music icon Cathal Coughlan returns with ‘Song of Co-Aklan’

While it’s true that nearly 100% of the articles and blog posts that you read–like this here very blog post–about Cathal Coughlan compare his voice…

Richard Metzger
Jan 17, 2021

The proto-psychedelic girl group song by the Chiffons, 1965

Even if you don’t know the Chiffons by name, if you have spent any time with oldies radio, you’re surely familiar with some or all…

Bart Bealmear
Jan 2, 2020

Yellowcake: Lumerians return with a song about a nuclear bomb going off as you watch

Oakland, California based spacerockers Lumerians have shape-shifted their distinctive brand of pulsating cosmic psychedelia–which incorporates elements of krautrock, drone, dub and free jazz–once again. Leaving…

Richard Metzger
Aug 20, 2019

Screamin’ Jay Hawkins’s lustful song about ‘Twin Peaks’ star Sherilyn Fenn, 1993

Screamin’ Jay Hawkins (1929-2000) was an early rock ‘n’ roll/rhythm and blues singer, songwriter, and one hell of a performer. Hawkins had an outrageous, tongue-in-cheek…

Bart Bealmear
Jun 28, 2019

The Pixies cover the theme song from an ultra-violent video game, 1991

In addition to their fabulous full-length records, the Pixies issued a number of great B-sides during their original late ‘80s/early ‘90s run. One of their…

Bart Bealmear
May 23, 2019

‘Sad About the Times’: That song is on this album, even if it’s not on this album

I was positively head over heels in love with Follow the Sun, Mexican Summer/Anthology Recordings’ stunning 2017 compilation of 70s Aussie FM radio folk rock.…

Richard Metzger
May 15, 2019

Big Star’s Alex Chilton and his darkly upbeat song about the AIDS crisis, ‘No Sex’

Alex Chilton’s 1986 EP, No Sex, was his second release after a period of self-imposed exile. Following the debaucherous recording sessions that resulted in his…

Bart Bealmear
Feb 15, 2019

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