With a name like The Electric Prunes, whose founder and front man James Lowe has just died, they could only have been a late-Sixties band from California.

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Back in the mid-’90s teenage all-girl quartet Fluffy flared briefly as Britain’s riposte to groups like Hole and L7 and Riot Grrrl bands like Bikini Kill.

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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.

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One of Britpop’s long-forgotten also-rans, Hopper had a moment after signing to Tony Wilson’s label Factory Too. But they disappeared as fast as they arrived. (more…)

It doesn’t take a genius to work out why success somehow eluded a band called Tonstartssbandht. You only have to imagine being a radio DJ apprehensively awaiting the end of a tune.

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Tropical Fuck Storm grew out of Australia’s noisemongers The Drones – and make even more of a glorious racket than them.

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Spellling’s queer power ballad manages to be ethereal, euphoric and anthemic all at the same time, and crosses as many musical boundaries.

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Suede return with new single Disintegrate from what Brett Anderson descirbes as their post-punk album, Antidepressants.

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Sibling duo Tonstartssbandht have released 17 albums in as many years without breaking through to the mainstream with their experimental sound.

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Pop quiz trivia question: what was the real name of ‘M’, the one-hit wonder behind the novelty hit single Pop Muzik? Answer: Robin Scott.

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