It’s odd that two of my all-time favorite Big Black songs (the other being Bad Houses) are their most restrained. I got into this band for the guitar noise (and misogynistic lyrics, I love misogyny!) yet these “softer” songs keep drawing me back in the most. Both songs have an oppressively bleak and creepy atmosphere […]
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I loves me some Katy Perry. I love how 80s this is. And she looks adorable in the braces and huge glasses on the single cover. I’d ménage à trois with her and Hayley Williams anyday. Ahem. On with the song…
Either they’re high, or they really love playing their music. I hope it’s the latter.
I know it’s about AIDS, but I listen to this song when I feel melancholy about unrequited loves of the past. It’s odd, I can’t usually get to into love songs written by straight artists, but the autumnal sadness of Pet Shop Boys often nails what I’m feeling lovewise. Proof that great art is not […]
This is The Orb’s finest moment, and one of my favorite ambient tracks. Usually I hate having beats with my ambient, but this is an exception. The Orb is a really amazing group and this is their finest moment. A 20 minute track that takes as long to say as it does to listen to […]
I could be a scrooge and mention any number of 80s and 90s indie rock bands Yuck reminds me of. Or I could just shut up and enjoy the music. Think I’ll do that.
Shame there isn’t a video on YouTube that combines both this song and its predecessor, “mashin on the motorway.” On record it makes for quite a headfuck.
This song is that feeling you get when you’re flying. Not in an airplane, but with wings.
This is ambient black metal for floating in space.
