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“Wave” is a song written, produced and performed by Beck, issued as the first promotional single from his twelfth studio album Morning Phase. Note the similarity to Radiohead’s “Pyramid Song.” Although not released as an official single, the song peaked at number 28 on the Billboard rock chart.
“Pyramid Song” is a song by the English rock band Radiohead. The song reached the top 10 on six national charts and was ranked one of the best tracks of the decade by Rolling Stone, the NME and Pitchfork. “Pyramid Song” was inspired by the 1960s song “Freedom” by jazz musician Charles Mingus, and once […]
Lovely Thunder is a studio album by the American ambient artist Harold Budd. It was released in 1986 on E.G. Records. The vinyl release did not include “Valse Pour le Fin du Temps”.
“Burden in My Hand” is a song by the American rock band Soundgarden. Written by frontman Chris Cornell, “Burden in My Hand” was released on September 18, 1996, as the second single from the band’s fifth studio album, Down on the Upside (1996). The song topped the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, where it spent […]
Your Funeral… My Trial is the fourth studio album by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, released on 3 November 1986 by Mute Records. Your Funeral… My Trial was originally released as a double EP. The album was issued on CD with a different running order and the bonus track “Scum”. During this period in […]
Oil & Gold, the third full-length Shriekback studio album, is widely considered the band’s highest moment, Released in 1985 on Arista Records in UK and Europe, Australia and New Zealand and on Island Records in the United States,[1] after 1984’s Jam Science on Arista Records, Oil & Gold saw the band metamorphose from contemplative to […]
Boadicea, or Boudicca, meaning Victorious, was Queen of the Iceni tribe of East Anglia. She led a rebellion in 60 A.D. against the Romans, destroying the cities of Colchester, St. Albans and capturing London. She was eventually defeated by the Romans, and rather than be humiliated by them, she poisoned herself.
Conditions of My Parole is the second studio album by Puscifer. The album was produced by Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan, Mat Mitchell and Josh Eustis. Contributing musicians for the album include the aforementioned Keenan, Mitchell, and Eustis as well as Carina Round, Juliette Commagere, Matt McJunkins, Jeff Friedl, Gil Sharone and Rani Sharone, Jonny […]
Aman Iman (“Water is Life” in Tamashek) is a 2007 album by the Malian group Tinariwen, produced by Justin Adams.
We Are Augustines have revealed some of the secrets behind their new video ‘Chapel Song’. We Are Augustines have matched their upcoming single ‘Chapel Song’ to a new video. Shot in a snowbound street, the band walk towards the camera as a succession of couples lock themselves in a loving embrace. Director Matthew.C.Mills was responsible […]