“Mannequin Man”, Cornelius deVallance

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Two new songs just dropped on to streaming services from Cornelius deVallance. Cornelius deVallance are an experimental rock and punk project formed by Michael Cornelius and Brendan deVallance. Known for their minimalistic, quirky songs, the duo initially collaborated in the early 80s as part of the Phoenix punk scene and later revived their musical partnership to release tracks like "The Takeaway".The duo has been highly active in the local Arizona music scene, performing live sets on a recurring basis. Michael Cornelius, who previously played with the notable skate-punk band JFA, performs alongside Brendan deVallance. They typically blend off-beat, infectious melodies over continuous rhythm tracks, treating their live shows as experiments in "recombinant musical DNA". They are also widely known for reuniting their classic 1980s Phoenix punk band, the Jr. Chemists. The band, which originated in the early Phoenix underground punk era.

[Spotify] Mannequin Man 

“Sick Inside”, Young Pioneers

This way: Sick Inside

Oregon band of some repute. High Again is the 2017 debut LP by the Olympia, Washington post-punk band Young Pioneers, released on the legendary K Records. The 12-track album, recorded at Dub Narcotic Studios, showcases the group's signature post-punk pop psychedelia and energetic Northwest underground sound. 

[Spotify] Sick Inside 

“Godsend”, Beat Happening

This way: Godsend

One of my all-time fav LPs. Beat Happening was an American indie pop band formed in Olympia, Washington in 1982. Calvin Johnson, Heather Lewis, and Bret Lunsford were the band's continual members. Beat Happening were early leaders in the American indie pop and slacker rock movements as well as pioneers of twee pop, noted for their playful disregard for the technical aspects of musicianship that contributed to lo-fi music, and songwriting with carefree and coy themes.

Beat Happening met while attending the Evergreen State College and began recording in 1983. The band took its name from a student art film, Beatnik Happening, made by Lunsford's girlfriend. The year prior, Johnson had founded the label K Records. The band's basic line-up was drums, guitar, and vocals, though when they formed, their only instruments were a pair of maracas and a Sears Silvertone guitar purchased at a thrift shop. Lewis once joked in an interview that she believed the history of the band could be readily told through a list of people whose drums they had borrowed. She and Johnson had been members of a previous band and approached Lunsford, who had no musical experience at the time.

Early recordings made use of an Echoplex machine to add heavy reverb to Lunsford's guitar, in an attempt to mask his unkempt performance.

The band traveled to Tokyo in 1984 with intentions of touring. Their first show in Japan was at the high school of a former exchange student Calvin knew. The band members recorded Three Tea Breakfast, a five-song EP that marked the band's first release.

[Spotify] Godsend 

[Charming Live 1992] Godsend 

“Let's Go”, The Cars

This way: Let's Go

Candy-O is the second studio album by American new wave band the Cars, released on June 2, 1979, by Elektra Records.

Produced by Roy Thomas Baker, the album spawned two singles, "Let's Go" and "It's All I Can Do". The album outperformed the band's debut, peaking at No. 3 on the U.S. Billboard 200. The cover art was painted by Peruvian-American pin-up artist Alberto Vargas.

Unlike their debut studio album, Candy-O was created under a more democratic approach. Ric Ocasek said of this, "When one of my songs goes to the band in barest cassette form, we sit around and talk about it. If I'm outvoted, we don't do it. We almost didn't include 'Double Life' on the new album, it had been dropped. I think everybody in the Cars is open-minded and creative enough that they would do anything – nobody's holding anything back. Everybody appreciates the more radical, experimental kinds of music and likes it. But sometimes, when you're put together with five pieces, things are not as minimal as they could or should be. Everybody's developed a unique personal style, and we rely on their input. If they did it, it's good enough."

Most of the songs on Candy-O were written after the release of The Cars, meaning that most of the leftovers from the first album (including the popular encore "Take What You Want") were scrapped; "Night Spots", a reject from the first album, was still included.

[Spotify] Let's Go 

[Charming Live] Let's Go 

“Whiskey in the Jar”, Thin Lizzy

This way: Whiskey in the Jar

"Whiskey in the Jar" is an Irish traditional song set in the southern mountains of Ireland, often with specific mention of counties Cork and Kerry. The song, about a rapparee (highwayman) who is betrayed by his wife or lover, is one of the most widely performed traditional Irish songs and has been recorded by numerous artists since the 1950s.

The song first gained wide exposure when Irish folk band the Dubliners performed it internationally as a signature song and recorded it on three albums in the 1960s. In the U.S., the song was popularised by the Highwaymen, who recorded it on their 1962 album Encore. Irish rock band Thin Lizzy hit the Irish and British pop charts with the song in 1973. In 1990, the Dubliners re-recorded the song with the Pogues with a faster rockish version charting at No. 63 in the UK. American metal band Metallica in 1998 played a version very similar to that of Thin Lizzy's, though with a heavier sound, winning a Grammy for the song in 2000 for Best Hard Rock Performance.

[Spotify] Whiskey in the Jar 

“We Want the Airwaves”, Ramones

This way: We Want the Airwaves

Pleasant Dreams is the sixth studio album by the American punk rock band Ramones, released on July 20, 1981, through Sire Records. While the band members wanted Steve Lillywhite to produce, Sire chose Graham Gouldman in an attempt to gain popularity with a well-known producer. The recording process brought about many conflicts between band members, most notably the strife between Joey Ramone and Johnny Ramone due to Johnny starting a relationship with Joey's girlfriend. There were also disputes about the overall direction of the album, with Johnny leaning towards hard rock and Joey towards pop punk. Ultimately, the album incorporated high production values and varying musical styles, straying from traditional punk rock on songs such as "We Want the Airwaves", "She's a Sensation" and "Come On Now". It is the first Ramones album not to feature any cover songs and their first that does not feature a picture of the band on the front cover.

Despite Sire's efforts to broaden the band's appeal by enlisting Gouldman to produce, the album was not commercially successful, peaking at No. 58 on the Billboard 200 and only charting outside of the US in Sweden. The album also met with mixed critical reception.

[Spotify] We Want the Airwaves” 

Song vs Song, Frightened

Frightened first entered my brain via the Falls "Live at the Witch Trials". And Magazines "Because you're Frightened" is another blistering track of love. New Model Army rounds it out . . . But they seem to be marginal.

This way The Fall: Frightened

This way Magazine: Because You're Frightened

This way New Model Army: Frightened

“Don't Drag Me Down”, Social Distortion

This way: Don't Drag Me Down

Social Distortion is an American punk rock band formed in 1978 in Fullerton, California. It consists of Mike Ness (vocals, guitar), Jonny Wickersham (guitar), Brent Harding (bass), and David Hidalgo Jr. (drums).

Emerging from the Orange County hardcore scene of the late 1970s, alongside Agent Orange and the Adolescents, Social Distortion went on a temporary hiatus in the mid-1980s, due to Ness's drug addiction and troubles with the law which resulted in extended stints in various rehabilitation centers that lasted for two years. Following their reformation, the band shifted its style to have strong influences from country, blues, and early rock and roll. Since its inception, the band's lineup has seen significant turnover, with Ness as the only constant member. Past longtime members have included guitarist Dennis Danell, bassist John Maurer and drummers Christopher Reece and Charlie Quintana. Social Distortion's current lineup, intact since 2010, is the band's longest-lasting lineup. After 48 years of performing, Social Distortion continues to tour and record music.

[Spotify] Don't Drag Me Down 

“Nosedive”, Man/Woman/Chainsaw

This way: Nosedive

Man/Woman/Chainsaw is an English rock band from London, founded in 2019. The band are currently signed to Fiction Records. Man/Woman/Chainsaw. Origin. London, England.

Ward and Leppänen were school friends and started making music together in 2019, at age 14. The pair had several different bandmates before, in sixth form, they decided upon the current line-up—all of whom, apart from Starwood, went to school together.

In October 2023, the band released the single "What Lucy Found There". In November 2024, the band released the EP, Eazy Peazy on Fat Possum Records, which was produced by Daniel Fox, of Gilla Band. In May 2025, the band released the single "Adam & Steve". In November 2025, the band released the single "Only Girl", which was recorded by Seth Evans and Margo Broom at RAK Studios. In 2025, the band were named as one of NME's 100 Essential Emerging Artists.

[Spotify] Nosedive 

“Blood”, Mary in the Junkyard

This way: Blood

Mary in the Junkyard (stylized in all lowercase) are a British band from London. The band consists of vocalist and guitarist Clari Freeman-Taylor, viola and bass player Saya Barbaglia and drummer David Addison. The band are signed with All My Friends (AMF) Records. They have been compared to Adrianne Lenker[3] and Wolf Alice.

The band began while all three members were teenagers. Freeman-Taylor and Barbaglia first met at classical music summer camps, aged 14, and Freeman-Taylor and Addison were part of a band called Second Thoughts before the creation of Mary in the Junkyard.

In 2022, Freeman-Taylor managed to get a gig at the Cavendish Arms in Stockwell, for which she enlisted Barbaglia and Addison to be a part of her band; this effectively became the first Mary in the Junkyard performance. Following this, the band soon became a regular name on the billing at The Windmill, Brixton.

[Spotify] Blood 

“Do We Exist”, Spacemoth

This way: Do We Exist

⁣Producer, engineer & noisemaker ⁣⁣

New album ‘Inward Eye’ is out now !

[Spotify] Do We Exist 

[Charming Live] Do We Exist 

“Hotel”, Big Special

This way: Hotel

Big Special are a musical duo from the Black Country in the English West Midlands, consisting of vocalist Joe Hicklin and drummer Callum Moloney.

Moloney is from Birmingham, Britain's second-largest city, and Hicklin grew up in nearby Walsall. The two first met aged 17 years old, more than a decade before Big Special was formed.

Hicklin began working on the music for what would become Big Special during the COVID-19 lockdowns, which lasted from March 2020 to around May the next year. He sent a demo of the track "This Here Ain't Water" to Moloney, who was playing drums in wedding bands at the time, to persuade him to join the new outfit. They were signed to SO Recordings in December 2022.

After signing with SO Recordings, in May 2023 they released "Shithouse", which had previously appeared on their second EP Black Country Gothic (2022). on 6 December 2023, the single "Trees", was released. Following its underground acclaim, the duo went on to release three more singles in 2024: "Dust Off/Start Again" on 6 February alongside the announcement of their debut album, "Butcher's Bin" on 13 March,[6] and "Black Dog/White Horse" on 2 April. In the midst of these singles, their first LP, Postindustrial Hometown Blues, was released on 10 May.

[Spotify] Hotel  

“Tutti Frutti”, T.Rex with Elton John and Ringo Starr

This way: Tutti Frutti

this video takes you back to a rare collaboration between Marc Bolan, with Elton John and Ringo Starr. Filmed in Apple Studios, in 1972, for the film 'Born to Boogie', The trio are seen jamming the Little Richard 50's classic. T-Rex – the creation of Marc Bolan, the band’s leader.

[Spotify] No

“Here Come the Dead”, Bleeder

This way: Here Come the Dead

Sometimes, there just aint no thing associated, so here it is, just the tune.

[Spotify] Here Come the Dead 

“Death Party”, The Gun Club

This way: Death Party

Death Party is an EP by American rock band The Gun Club, released in 1983. It is the only official release of the Jim Duckworth and Dee Pop line up of the band which existed for about eight months.

A scheduled recording session for Tex & the Horseheads, the band Jeffrey Lee Pierce had put together around his girlfriend Linda/Texacala Jones was going to go unused. So the Gun Club filled the booking and recorded the Death Party EP with bassist Jimmy Joe Uliana who was a friend of Dee Pop's. Patricia Morrison was the Gun Club's bassist at the time, but didn't play on the EP because of the recording session's spur of the moment nature. Death Party was produced by Chris Stein, although he came to the sessions after most of the recordings were completed.

[Spotify] Death Party 

“Keep Looping”, Sugar

This way: Keep Looping

Legendary alt-rock trio Sugar (Bob Mould, David Barbe, and Malcolm Travis) released their new single, "Keep Looping". It is the third new track from the reunited band with those aggrsive sounds bring back the days of Alt 90s.

[Spotify] Keep Looping 

Song vs Song, I Want You

There a lot of songs called I Want You. I don't even have them all listed here. 

Better make a  2 hour playlist.

The Beatles: I Want You

Savage Garden: I Want You

David Lynch: I Want You

Mitski: I Want You

Marvin Gaye: I Want You

Elvis Costello: I Want You

Bob Dylan: I Want You

Playlist: I Want You

“Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again", Bob Dylan

This way: Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again

60th anniversary of this gem, Blonde on Blonde. Of course Dylan needs no introduction. This LP is full of unreal songs. This one is a favorite of mine. It rambles on and on, yet never boring. 

[Spotify] Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again 

“Absolutely Necessary Never”, Modest Mouse

This way: Absolutely Necessary Never

Modest Mouse is an American indie rock band formed in 1993 in Issaquah, Washington, and currently based in Portland, Oregon. The founding members were lead singer/guitarist Isaac Brock, drummer Jeremiah Green and bassist Eric Judy. They achieved critical acclaim for their albums The Lonesome Crowded West (1997) and The Moon & Antarctica (2000) and found mainstream success with the release of Good News for People Who Love Bad News (2004) and its singles "Float On" and "Ocean Breathes Salty". The following album We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank (2007) brought additional successes with the single "Dashboard".

The group has seen many line up changes with Brock remaining the sole consistent member following Judy's departure in 2012 and Green's death in 2022. Notable former members include guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Dann Gallucci, guitarist Johnny Marr (of the Smiths fame), drummer and multi-instrumentalist Joe Plummer, multi-instrumentalist Tom Peloso and guitarist Jim Fairchild. The band's sixth album, Strangers to Ourselves, was released in 2015 and their seventh, The Golden Casket, in 2021. Their eighth and latest album, An Eraser and a Maze, was released in June 2026.

 

[Spotify] Absolutely Necessary Never 

“Phantom Bride of 13 Curves” The Joeys

This way: Phantom Bride of 13 Curves

Cool local Phoenix rockabilly outfit. The Joeys are a 4 piece Rock n’ Roll outfit from Phoenix, Arizona. Dean Cheney, Logan Cormany, and Hayden Lamm began performing together in 2019 and have been frequenting local music clubs and festival lineups ever since, having opened for such acts as The Black Lips, 10cc, and The Meteors. They were voted “Best Band” in Phoenix Magazines' 2025 “Best of the Valley” issue. The Joeys also won the Proof is in the Pudding in 2019, one of the biggest music competitions in Arizona, and opened for Alice Cooper at his annual Christmas show. With inspirations ranging from The Stray Cats, The Doors, Everly Brothers, and X, The Joeys combine classic and modern songwriting with a distinctive Southwestern flavor. Their live shows are explosive and exciting, always offering a crowd good variety, whether it’s a fast paced rocker, a slow heartfelt ballad, and anything in between. In 2025, The Joeys enlisted Ben Maurer on Keyboards, adding another layer to their already diverse sound, and have plans of releasing new music in 2026.

[Spotify] Phantom Bride of 13 Curves 

“Tougher than the Rest” Nation of Language

This way: Tougher than the Rest

Here is a charming cover of a song by Bruce Springsteen. 

Nation of Language is an American indie pop band that formed in Brooklyn, New York, in 2016. The group consists of Ian Richard Devaney (lead vocals, guitar, synthesizer, percussion), Aidan Noell (synthesizer, backing vocals), and Alex MacKay (bass guitar). Michael Sue-Poi was the bassist prior to the band's 2022 tour.

Devaney and Sue-Poi were both members of the Static Jacks, but the band became inactive after the release of their second album. Devaney was inspired to start a new project after hearing "Electricity" by OMD in his father's car, a track he listened to in his childhood. What started out as Devaney "fooling around" on a keyboard later evolved into Nation of Language, with the addition of Devaney's partner Noell and former Static Jacks bandmate Sue-Poi. Current bassist Alex MacKay joined the band in 2022.

[Spotify] Tougher than the Rest 

“Rhoda” Slint (Albini rough mix)

This way: Rhoda

Slint  was an American rock band from Louisville, Kentucky, formed in 1986 after the dissolution of two local bands, Squirrel Bait and Maurice. It initially consisted of Brian McMahan (guitars, vocals), David Pajo (guitar), drummer-vocalist Britt Walford (drums, vocals), and Ethan Buckler (bass). Though little known during their original run, they gained a cult following and acclaim as one of the pioneers of post-rock and math rock.

Slint's debut album, Tweez, was recorded by Steve Albini and released in 1989 on their record label, Jennifer Hartman Records and Tapes. Buckler left out of dissatisfaction with Tweez and was replaced by Todd Brashear. In 1991, Slint released their second album, Spiderland, on the independent label Touch and Go Records. They broke up prior to its release. Spiderland eventually became one of the most acclaimed indie rock albums of the 1990s.

After Slint broke up, Touch and Go records released an untitled EP recorded between their albums. After sporadic reunions, Slint disbanded again in 2014.

[Spotify] Rhoda 

“Hand and Lips” Long Fin Killie

This way: Hand and Lips

Long Fin Killie were a Scottish indie rock band. They released three albums and several EPs on the British label Too Pure in the 1990s.

Long Fin Killie's core lineup consisted of Luke Sutherland (vocals, violin, guitar, mandolin, bouzouki, saxophone, hammer dulcimer, thumb piano, etc.), Colin Greig (electric and upright bass), David Turner (drums/percussion), and Philip Cameron (electric guitar). Additionally, Kenneth McEwan (drums/percussion) joined in 1996. Sutherland had previously been in a band called Fenn, based in Glasgow,[1] who played many support gigs, including Ride and Catherine Wheel. Their name was taken from a family of ornamental freshwater fishes known as killifishes, noted for their interesting drought survival and reproductive habits.

The members were all highly trained, enabling them to create complex, atypical music which usually featured hypnotically-bowed violins/celli, jazz-influenced drumming, and meandering ambient passages. Allmusic cited them as having "staggering levels of musicianly talent". Vocalist Luke Sutherland often delivered his cryptic, highly literate lyrics in an androgynous falsetto voice.

Their debut EP Buttergut was released in 1994, with debut album Houdini following the next year. The band's sound, though diverse, was influenced by the likes of A.R. Kane, Can, The Fall and labelmates Moonshake, Pram and Laika. Mark E. Smith of The Fall contributed "guest rants" to the song "The Heads of Dead Surfers," which appeared in 1995 on the EP of the same name, as well as on Houdini. (Listeners to British DJ John Peel's radio show voted this the No. 10 best song of 1995 in the "Festive Fifty" list of that year.) LFK toured America in 1995 with the band Medicine; a split EP was released to promote it.

[Spotify] Hand and Lips 

“I Can't Die like that” Getdown Services

This way: I Can't Die like that

Is this the new Ween? Getdown Services are a British rock and pop duo from Minehead, consisting of Ben Sadler and Josh Law. They have described their sound as "disco and eighties and like seventies infused groove based music" with other influences, including classic rock.

Sadler and Law met at school in Minehead, Somerset and are now based in Bristol.. In 2022, they self-released the single "Biscuit Tin", with proceeds going towards the local chapter of the ACORN renters' union, followed by "Cream of the Crop" in 2023. That same year, they signed with Bristol-based Breakfast Records and released their debut album Crisps.

The band have garnered a cult following with a reputation for being "Britain's best band". Following support slots for Fat Dog, Donny Benét and Antony Szmierek, they played a sold out headline UK tour in autumn 2024.The following year, they appeared at a number of summer festivals including Iceland Airwaves, Plisskën and Glastonbury.nIn 2026, it was announced the band would play at the Southbank Centre in London as part of the Meltdown festival curated by Harry Styles.

[Spotify] I Can't Die like that 

“Rowche Rumble”, The Fall

This way: Rowche Rumble

"Rowche Rumble" is a 1979 song by British post-punk band the Fall, written by Mark E. Smith, Craig Scanlon and Marc Riley. Released as the band's second single, it was the first record by the Fall to reach a recognised national chart when it reached number 31 on the indie chart in January 1980, the first month of that chart's existence.

The song was recorded at Cargo Studios in Rochdale in June 1979 by the band, at that time comprising Smith (vocals), Scanlon (guitar), Riley (guitar), Steve Hanley (bass), Yvonne Pawlett (keyboards), and Mike Leigh (drums). It was produced by Oz McCormick and the band. Its lyrics reputedly reference an incident when Smith worked as a shipping clerk dealing with the Roche pharmaceutical company, and as a result of a clerical error acquired a supply of barbiturates which he attempted to hide around Manchester. According to Riley, the music is loosely based on "Tight Pants", a 1977 b-side from American band Iggy & The Stooges. 

[Spotify] Rowche Rumble 

“Shallow Grave” Mountain Goats

This way: Shallow Grave

New Single from Mountain Goats released this week. A real classic here. The Mountain Goats are an American indie folk band formed in Claremont, California, by singer-songwriter John Darnielle. The band is currently based in Durham, North Carolina. For many years, the sole member of the Mountain Goats was Darnielle, despite the plural moniker. Although he remains the core member of the band, he has worked with a variety of collaborators over time, including bassist and vocalist Peter Hughes, drummer Jon Wurster, multi-instrumentalist Matt Douglas, singer-songwriter Franklin Bruno, bassist and vocalist Rachel Ware, singer-songwriter/producer John Vanderslice, guitarist Kaki King, and multi-instrumentalist Annie Clark.

[Spotify] Shallow Grave 

“Twist and Turn", Cardinals

This way: Twist and Turn

Cardinals are a highly-praised six-piece indie/post-punk band from Cork, Ireland. Known for blending traditional Irish folk with brash, 2000s-style art-rock, they gained significant international traction following the release of their self-titled EP and their debut album, Masquerade. 

[Spotify] Twist and Turn 

“Transcontinental” Richard Davies

This way: Transcontinental

Richard Davies (born 1964) is an Australian-American musician. Davies was born in Sydney, Australia.

He first came to prominence in the early 1990s as leader of the Australian band The Moles. Upon moving to the United States, Davies joined with Eric Matthews to form Cardinal, whose debut album, Cardinal, was released by Flydaddy in 1994. He has since released several solo albums including There's Never Been a Crowd Like This (1996), Telegraph (1998), and Barbarians (2000).[2] In 2009, Davies and Guided by Voices front man Robert Pollard, collaborating under the name Cosmos, released an album, Jar of Jam / Ton of Bricks. In 2012, Davies and Matthews reformed Cardinal and released a second album, Hymns.

[Spotify] NO

“Black Party”, Dan Sartain

This way: Black Party

Dan Sartain (August 13, 1981 – March 20, 2021) was an American musician. His music encompasses a variety of genres, including rockabilly, punk rock and the blues.

Sartain grew up in Fairfield, Alabama, and later settled in Birmingham. In 2001, Sartain's released his first self-produced album, Crimson Guard. The next year, he self-produced and released Romance in Stereo, through an independent record label.

In 2005 Sartain released Dan Sartain vs. the Serpientes, his first commercially available studio album, through the San Diego, California-based Swami Records. This was followed by Join Dan Sartain in 2006. In 2007, he toured as an opening act for The White Stripes and The Hives. In an interview, Sartain recalled, “Touring with the White Stripes was my Rocky Balboa moment.” In 2009, he released a new single on Jack White's Third Man Records entitled "Bohemian Grove".

In 2010 Sartain released his fifth album, Dan Sartain Lives. His single "Walk Among the Cobras Pt.1" can be heard in the "Russell episode" of the video game The Walking Dead: 400 Days.[citation needed]

Other videogame credits, "Sunset Overdrive(2014), songs "We're going to have a party" and "OD Life".

His songs "Walk among the Cobras pt III" and "Love is Crimson" are credited on the soundtrack of the 2014 film "10 Cent Pistol". On March 10, 2021, his label One Little Independent Records announced they were parting ways with Sartain on social media. The posts were later deleted.

Death and legacy

Sartain died on March 20, 2021, at the age of 39. His cause of death was not made public. One Little Independent Records declined to comment after his death. On December 1 2023, Sartain's friends and colleagues released Dan Sartain Vs. The World (is gonna break your little heart), a tribute album to Sartain.

[Spotify] Black Party 

“Two Trees” Wallis Bird

This way: Two Trees

This track from her latest LP released this year. Wallis Bird (born 29 January 1982) is an Irish musician, living in Berlin since 2012. As of February 2023, she has released six studio albums, including Architect in 2014 and Home in 2016. Bird performed at the Eurosonic Festival in 2012 when Ireland was the Spotlight Country.

Bird released her third studio album in March 2012 in Ireland, Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The album was recorded in Berlin, Germany. The first single, "Encore", was released on 2 March. The music video debuted on 1 February, and had been shot in Berlin.

[Spotify] Two Trees 

“Into Dust” Mazzy Star

This way: Into Dust

Mazzy Star is an American alternative rock band formed in 1988 in Santa Monica, California, from remnants of the group Opal. Founding member David Roback's friend Hope Sandoval became the group's vocalist when Kendra Smith left Opal.

Mazzy Star is best known for the song "Fade into You", which brought the band commercial success in the mid-1990s and was the group's biggest mainstream hit, earning extensive exposure on MTV, VH1, and radio airplay. Roback and Sandoval were the creative center of the band, with Sandoval as lyricist and Roback as composer of the majority of the band's material until his death in Los Angeles on February 24, 2020, from cancer. Mazzy Star's founding drummer Keith Mitchell, originally part of Opal, died on May 14, 2017, also from cancer. The EP Still released on June 1, 2018, was dedicated to Keith Mitchell and stage manager Tom Cashen who also died in 2017. Following Roback's death in 2020, Sandoval and Ewers are the last surviving members of the band's original lineup.

The band released the album She Hangs Brightly in 1990, So Tonight That I Might See in 1993 (the album went platinum in 1995), and Among My Swan in 1996. The band's fourth studio album, Seasons of Your Day, was released in 2013, followed by the EP Still in 2018.

[Spotify] Into Dust 

“Tumbling Tumbleweeds” Sons of Pioneers

This way: Tumbling Tumbleweeds

The Sons of the Pioneers are one of the United States' earliest Western singing groups. Known for their vocal performances, their musicianship, and their songwriting, they produced innovative recordings that have inspired many Western music performers and remained popular through the years. Since 1933, through many changes in membership, the Sons of the Pioneers have remained one of the longest-surviving country music vocal groups.

In the spring of 1931, Ohio-born Leonard Slye, the cowboy singer who would later change his name to Roy Rogers, arrived in California and found work as a truck driver, and later as a fruit picker for the Del Monte company in California's Central Valley. He entered an amateur singing contest on a Los Angeles radio show called Midnight Frolics and a few days later got an invitation to join a group called the Rocky Mountaineers.

In September 1931, Canadian-born Bob Nolan answered a classified ad in the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner that read, "Yodeler for old-time act, to travel. Tenor preferred." The band was The Rocky Mountaineers, by then led by Leonard Slye. After listening to the tall, slender, tanned Nolan sing and yodel, Slye hired Nolan on the spot. Although Nolan stayed with the group only a short time, he stayed in touch with Slye. Nolan was replaced by Tim Spencer, who had been working in a Safeway Stores warehouse.

[Spotify] Tumbling Tumbleweeds 

[Charming Cover] Tumbling Tumbleweeds 

“The Power of Independent Trucking”, Big Black

This way: The Power of Independent Trucking

Songs About Fucking is the second and final studio album by American rock band Big Black, released on September 10, 1987, by Touch and Go Records. The album includes a rendition of Kraftwerk's "The Model" in a remixed version from that which appeared on Big Black's then-recent single. The compact disc of Songs About Fucking added the other side of that single, a cover of Cheap Trick's "He's a Whore".

Steve Albini has said that Songs About Fucking is the Big Black album that he is most satisfied with. In a 1992 interview with Maximumrocknroll magazine, Albini said:

The best was side one of Songs About Fucking. I was real pleased with the way we did that. We just hopped into the studio, banged all the songs out and hopped out. Didn't take long, didn't cost much, just real smooth. Side two we recorded at a more leisurely pace and I think that hurt us. And that Cheap Trick song got on the tape and the CD by accident, and we just left it on.

The band had already decided to split up before the album was recorded, prompted by guitarist Santiago Durango's decision to enroll in law school and the band's desire to quit at what they felt was a creative peak.

 

[Spotify] The Power of Independent Trucking 

“Okay Not to be Okay” Ecca Vandal

This way: Okay Not to be Okay

Ecca Vandal is a South African-born alternative rock singer, songwriter and rapper based in Melbourne, Australia. Vandal's first album, Ecca Vandal, was released in 2017, and her second, Looking for People to Unfollow, was released on 22 May 2026.

Ecca Vandal was born in Louis Trichardt, South Africa, to Sri Lankan Tamil refugee parents. When she was a child, her parents left South Africa with Ecca and her older sisters, and moved to Australia, settling in Melbourne.Vandal grew up listening to gospel music, before discovering soul, hip hop, and '90s R&B in her sister's record collection. After this, she "became obsessed with jazz music". Vandal attended the Victorian College of the Arts, studying jazz as part of a Bachelor of Creative Arts.

In 2014, Vandal released her debut single “White Flag”, co-produced with Kidnot and Hadyn Buxton. The track later appeared on a double A-side 7-inch single, “Battle Royal” / “White Flag”, released in 2015.

On 29 January 2016, Vandal's debut EP, End of Time was released, with her performing a promotional national tour throughout February.

  

[Spotify] Okay Not to be Okay 

“BFF” The Blushes

This way: BFF

The Blushes, all-female punk band from Los Angeles, featuring Katie Earl-Hogan, Katy Rose, and Lori Dorfman. Their journey began during a middle school theater camp, to this raw punk powerhouse. They will fuck shit up.

[Spotify] BFF 

[Charming Live] BFF