The Magnetic Fields singlehandedly defined a unique musical genre that might perhaps be called indie-cabaret.
What I love most about Bonita Applebaum is that it’s musically a hybrid of reggae, jazz and hip-hop – and even a sitar sample.
A Tribe Called Quest laid down a marker as one of the more original and eclectic voices in hip-hop with 1990 single Bonita Applebaum.
It remains a source of regret that the one time I went to see Pavement, on the NME’s Brat Tour back in 1997, I spent most of their set chatting to friends in the bar.
The first time I heard of Asha Bhosle was when she became the subject of Cornershop’s chart-topping song Brimful Of Asha. I dare say the same is true of you.
R.E.M. joined a long list of artists when they began covering Wichita Lineman on tour in 1994 and finally released it as a B-side two years later.
Here is Earth, Wind & Fire’s exuberant slice of funk Happy Feelin’ sampled, sped up and retooled for the dancefloor by Groove Armada.
Loser is one of those freak hits that captured the zeitgeist, launched a career and defined an entire music style. And it was all an accident.
Who knew Sinéad O’Connor had covered ABBA?! I mean, probably thousands of people, if not more – but not me. Until now.
Scott Weiland took a break from Stone Temple Pilots in 1998 to record a very different solo album, 12 Bar Blues, led by this song.
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