I just stumbled across this great performance by a band called Tappi Tíkarrass, featuring an all-too-familar face and voice from Iceland.

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Narcosis were short-lived pioneers of the underground Peruvian punk scene in Lima in the early 1980s.

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The Loft defined the mellow indie-pop Dunedin sound with their 1984 debut single Why Does The Rain – and prompty broke up.

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Here’s a vocal version I’ve never heard of what is probably my all-time favourite reggae tune, King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown.

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Three years ago today we lost Terry Hall, a songwriting genius who captured today’s world 45 years ago – a dangerous place, teetering on the brink of war.

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This is exactly the kind of song I hated back when it came out in 1982. I thought I was far too cool for disco; I definitely wasn’t ready for post-disco.

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The S.O.S. Band had a hit single with Jam & Lewis’s post-disco banger Just Be Good To Me years before it was co-opted by Fatboy Slim.

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The Passions had a moment in 1981, when they became one-hit wonders with I’m In Love With A German Film Star.

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Carol Cool takes Diana Ross’s disco hit Upside Down and, well, turns it inside out and reggaefies it – with an extended “disco dub” version.

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I vividly remember the first time I heard Public Enemy. It was the most exciting new music since I first saw and heard the Pistols, Ramones and Clash.

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