1991
R.E.M. broke through to the big time in 1991 after a decade as indie darlings, with what would soon become their signature song.
The first time I heard (of) Water From Your Eyes was in 2024 when they recorded this cover of Warm Storm, a song by Howe Gelb of the band Giant Sand.
Whenever I’m in New York City, and wander past the Flatiron Building, this song comes into my head. Because at that point I am literally Walking Down Madison. Or, to be pedantic, Up.
Abbey Lincoln was an actor, a civil rights activist and a jazz singer in the mould of her idol Billie Holiday.
What would happen if you mixed The Smiths, New Order and Pet Shop Boys together to form a supergroup? You’d come up with Getting Away With It because Electronic’s debut single really does sound exactly like the confluence of its components.
I was lucky enough to get to see Queen Ida and her Bon Temps Zydeco Band about 40 years ago when she was just a stripling in her early 50s. She’s now 93 and still going strong, incredibly. In fact she’s about to go out on tour. (more…)
Filmed in a downpour against leaden skies and the synthesised diesel roar of a motorway, this rave anthem – another list song – lives up to its title. (more…)
List Songs are a category all of their own: songs whose lyrics recite things – usually names – like, for example, My Favourite Things from The Sound Of Music. But not that. (more…)