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A new book, Untypical Girls, documents the women who refused to be cowed in the male-dominated indie scene that flourished in the 1980s – from riot grrrls to shoegazers
The feeling of discovering a new musician and instantly knowing they are going to become one of your faves is relatively rare, but after stumbling across Siobhán Winifred I knew straight away I would be playing her music on repeat, I was hooked from the first listen! The combination of vulnerable lyrics, delicate but rich
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The feeling of discovering a new musician and instantly knowing they are going to become one of your faves is relatively rare, but after stumbling across Siobhán Winifred I knew straight away I would be playing her music on repeat, I was hooked from the first listen! The combination of vulnerable lyrics, delicate but rich
A new book, Untypical Girls, documents the women who refused to be cowed in the male-dominated indie scene that flourished in the 1980s – from riot grrrls to shoegazers
New Zealand indie quartet Fazerdaze are about to release an album, Morningside. It’s a record that has an evocative mix of angular, chiming music and ultimate pop sensibility. What is even more astounding is that Fazerdale frontwoman Amelia Murray wrote, recorded and produced the album by herself. The three singles released so far perfectly capture ...
August 24 1996: "Missing" by an English duo called Everything But The Girl breaks the all-time chart stay record when it appears on the Billboard chart for the 55th week. "Missing" is a song by British popular music duo Everything but the Girl, taken from their eighth studio album Amplified Heart. Read more: Wikipdeia Everything But the Girl (sign up to follow by email) Everything But the Girl August 24, 1963: The Ronettes scored their only Billboard Top Ten hit when their first effort for Phil Spector, "Be My Baby," rose to Number 2. My favorite story about The Ronettes’ Be My Baby isn’t that its iconic intro was a fluke when drummer Hal Blaine accidentally missed a beat and created one of the most recognizable three seconds in music is a wonderful bit of pop mythology. The Ronnettes It’s that, when 19-year-old Ronnie was in the studio to record the song, she quietly took herself away from producer Phil Spector and a room packed with musicians and went to the ladies’ bathroom to practice her vocals. Read more: BBC August 24, 1974: Paul Anka's "(You're) Having My Baby" hits Number 1 for the first of three weeks despite condemnation from feminist groups. The whole idea behind “(You’re) Having My Baby” is this: Anka’s wife is pregnant with their child, and Anka thinks this is just awesome — mostly because he views the act of human conception as being somehow about him. The entire life of this impending child is simply a reflection of just how much this one particular woman fawns over Paul Anka. Read more: Stereogum August 24, 1981: The Rolling Stones release Tattoo You. The big hit from the album is "Start Me Up." Another song off the album is "Waiting on a Friend." Meanwhile, back in the States, the Rolling Stones converged on Greenwich Village in Manhattan to shoot a promotional video for “Waiting on a Friend,” a song from their forthcoming album. With a camera crew grinding away under the guidance of Michael Lindsay-Hogg (director of the Beatles‘ Let It Be), the action opened with Mick Jagger sitting on a front stoop chatting with some locals. Read more: Rolling Stones August 24, 1995: Microsoft's Windows 95 was released using a commercial featuring The Rolling Stones song "Start Me Up" (a reference to the Start button). Microsoft detractors were quick to point out, contains the lyrics "You make a grown man cry." Missing Everything But The Girl
From veteran artists to today’s hottest acts, here are some K-indie musicians you should add to your playlist.
What did Beyoncé see in Julie Dash’s dreamlike 1990s indie gem Daughters of the Dust? Here’s our guide to this story of black womanhood and how it influenced Lemonade.
A new book, Untypical Girls, documents the women who refused to be cowed in the male-dominated indie scene that flourished in the 1980s – from riot grrrls to shoegazers
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