“Thru the Flowers” The Primitives

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The Primitives are an English indie pop band formed in Coventry, best known for their 1988 international hit single "Crash". Formed in 1984, disbanded in 1992 and reformed in 2009, the band's two constant members throughout their recording career have been vocalist Tracy Tracy and guitarist Paul "PJ" Court. Drummer Tig Williams has been a constant member since 1987. Often described as an indie pop or indie rock band, the Primitives' musical style can also be seen as straddling power pop, new wave and post-punk.

Early career and mainstream success (1986–1994)

The Primitives were formed in the summer of 1984 by PJ Court (born Paul Jonathan Court) (vocals, guitar), Steve Dullaghan (born Stephen Anthony Dullaghan, ex–Nocturnal Babies) (bass guitar), Peter Tweedie (drums) and Keiron McDermott, ex-Nocturnal Babies (vocals). Vocalist McDermott was later replaced by Tracy Tracy (born Tracy Louise Cattell). Tig Williams replaced Pete Tweedie on drums in October 1987.

McDermott left the band claiming that he could not work with new manager Wayne Morris, and so reformed the Nocturnal Babies. Needing a singer for an upcoming gig, Court wrote on a piece of scrap paper "male singer wanted" and posted it at the Coventry library. Tracy responded that afternoon.

[Spotify] Thru the Flowers 

“Somersaults” Deathcrash

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Deathcrash is a London-based rock band. The band consists of members Tiernan Banks (vocals, guitar), Patrick Fitzgerald (bass), Matthew Weinberger (guitar), and Noah Bennett (drums).

In April 2019, Deathcrash released their first single, "Slumber", via Warm Laundry Records. On 12 July 2019, the band released their first EP, Sundown (A Collection of Home Recordings). On 7 October 2020, Deathcrash released their second EP, People thought my windows were stars, via untitled (recs).

On 28 January 2022, the group released their debut album, Return. It received critical acclaim by the press in the UK and the US. On 17 March 2023, Deathcrash released their second studio album, Less, via Fire Talk in the United States and untitled (recs) in the United Kingdom. It was recorded over two weeks in the Outer Hebrides at Black Bay Studios – an old crab factory renovated into the most remote recording studio in the UK.

[Spotify] Somersault 

“It's Only Time” Magnetic Feilds

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i is the seventh studio album by American indie pop band the Magnetic Fields. It was released on May 4, 2004, by record label Nonesuch. The songs of the album all start with the letter "i" and are all sung by Stephin Merritt. The songs are also in alphabetical order.

The album ditches many of Stephin Merritt's past synthpop and electropop influences, largely being led by guitars and strings. It was followed in 2008, by Distortion, and in 2010, by Realism, which were both also free of synthesizer instrumentation, forming the so-called "no-synth trilogy".

[Spotify] It's Only Time 

“I Zimbra” Talking Heads

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Here is a Great one from Talking Heads from 1979. This record sent Talking Heads further down the path to break new ground. And they sure did it with bells on. Still Working with Eno on this one. The lyrics were from a Dadaist poem by Hugo Ball.

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“Fabienk” Angine de Poitrine

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Angine de Poitrine is a Canadian rock duo formed in Saguenay, Quebec, in 2019. It is composed of two anonymous musicians performing under pseudonyms as guitarist Khn de Poitrine and drummer Klek de Poitrine. They are known for complex, microtonal compositions in the style of math rock and experimental rock, and an absurdist public image, featuring oversized papier-mâché masks and black-and-white polka-dotted costumes.  

Conceived initially as a disguise to retain audiences across back-to-back sets at a local venue, the project became the duo's primary focus. Following their debut album, Vol. 1 (2024), the band gained traction on the Quebec festival circuit, culminating in an Artist of the Year win at the 2025 GAMIQ awards. They achieved viral recognition in February 2026 when a live session recorded for US radio station KEXP accumulated millions of views. This preceded the release of their second album, Vol. II (2026), and supporting international tours.  

[Spotify] Fabienk 

“I went Rockin” Flat Duo Jets

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Flat Duo Jets was an American rock band from Carrboro, North Carolina, and Athens, Georgia. This rockabilly, punk blues, and psychobilly band was a major influence on several bands of the 1990s and 2000s, including The White Stripes. The band's front man Dexter Romweber is considered by many to be the "godfather" of the guitar and drums-based "power duo" revival.

Flat Duo Jets formed in Carrboro, North Carolina, in 1983. Their original line-up was Dexter Romweber on guitar and Chris “Crow” Smith on drums—both were seventeen years old at the time. Romweber and Smith met in fifth grade; by junior high school they had founded a band called The Remains which lasted for a year.

Romweber and Smith organized Flat Duo Jets in 1984 when they were in high school. Romweber played guitar and sang lead vocals, while Smith played drums.[8] In the beginning, they performed songs they learned from the Romweber family's collection of 1950s records.  They were also influenced by The Cramps.[5] The band's name was a reference to the 1951 Gretsch Duo-Jet guitar which was used by Gene Vincent.[1] The Gretsch Duo-Jet also gave the band its aesthetic: "sleek and black, calling back to the old days, but still progressive." However, Romweber played a cheap black and white Silvertone 1448 guitar sold by Sears, without effects pedals. Smith said, "With just drums and guitar, you're more free to do what you feel. It keeps us from getting bored."

This from 1993.

[Spotify] I went Rockin 

“North of Wasteland” 11th Dream Day

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Swell sounding new relase from these stalwarts of the Chicago scene of yore. They were pillars of the alt scen back then putting out a bunch of great records and were always great live. 

[Spotify] North of Wasteland 

And a poster from 1989:

“The Deadline” Dead Moon

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Dead Moon was an American rock band formed in 1987 in Portland, Oregon. The band consisted of singer/guitarist Fred Cole, singer/bassist Toody Cole and drummer Andrew Loomis. Dead Moon initially disbanded in 2006, before reuniting in 2014 and disbanding again in 2017 following the deaths of Loomis and Fred Cole. The band released ten studio albums, six live albums and three compilation albums.

Dead Moon was formed by singer/guitarist Fred Cole, singer/bassist Toody Cole and drummer Andrew Loomis. Veterans of Portland's independent rock scene, the band combined dark and lovelorn themes with punk and country music influences into a stripped-down sound. Frontman Cole engineered most of the band's recordings and mastered them on a mono recording lathe that was used for The Kingsmen's version of "Louie Louie". Their early records, such as In the Graveyard, were released on the Tombstone Records label, named for the musical equipment store the Coles operated at the time. Soon they caught the attention of the German label Music Maniac Records, and toured Europe successfully. Not until the mid-1990s did they tour the United States. Much of their following was in Europe.

[Spotify] The Deadline 

Song vs Song, Belong to Me

Welcome to a new Screaming song feature, Song vs Song. Who does it better? 

Today we will examine songs based on the similar theme or title. Ownership has its burdens. And these 4 are all over the map. Spotify for these only to the top.

This way, Elvis (1995): You Belong to me

This way, Ramones (1986): She Belongs to Me

This way, Dylan (1965): She Belongs to Me

This way, Patsy (1962): You Belong to Me

“Oh Mother” Tex and the Horseheads

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Tex & the Horseheads is an American punk rock band, which emerged in the Los Angeles punk subculture of the early-1980. They were described as "passionately committed and intense in delivery" in a 1984 review by The Washington Post. Their original run was from 1980 to 1986 and during this time they enjoyed a sizeable cult following. As of 2007, the band has reunited and tours the Los Angeles area sporadically. 

Tex & the Horseheads are often cited as among the first bands to play "cowpunk." The sound of Tex & the Horseheads, and correspondingly the sound of cowpunk, is characterized by a fusion of classic-styled country-and-Western music and street-tough LA punk bands.

Tex & the Horseheads set themselves apart by appropriating aesthetical and fashion elements from deathrock bands like Burning Image, 45 Grave, and Christian Death. Tex & the Horseheads' members include: Texacala Jones, Mike Martt, Gregory "Smog Boaz" and David "Rock Vodka” Thum. Jeffrey Lee Pierce, of The Gun Club, was an original member of the group and was highly influential in both supporting the formation of the group.

Tex and the Horseheads released two records, a self-titled record in 1984 and Life's So Cool, produced in 1985 by John Doe, member of X and of the Flesh Eaters. A live album, titled Tot Ziens; Live in Holland, was released by Enigma Records in 1986.

Their songs dealt with themes of heartbreak, love, drug and alcohol dependency, grief, loss, and financial difficulty—all a testament to their destitute roll-and-tumble lifestyle, as well as Texacala' s real-life struggles with alcohol and heroin in the latter half of the 1980.

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“Tape Deck Ghost” The Microphones

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The Microphones were an American indie folk, indie rock, and experimental project from Olympia, Washington. The project was founded in 1996 and ended in 2003, with a short reunion following in 2007 and revivals in 2019 and 2020-22. Across every iteration of the Microphones, the band's only permanent member was Phil Elverum. Elverum is the principal songwriter and producer behind the band's albums, but a rotating cast of several other musicians feature on his recordings and tours. Many of Elverum's recordings from the project's initial period were released by the label K Records. 

Since 2003, Elverum has recorded and performed primarily under the name Mount Eerie. He played a one-off concert in Anacortes, WA under the name the Microphones in June 2019 and announced the release of the fifth and final Microphones album, Microphones in 2020, in August 2020. This was followed by a limited run of tour dates in 2021 and 2022 to play the album live before disbanding again.

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“Knock at the Door” Tape Deck Ghost

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A band called the Microphones has a song called Tape Deck Ghost, but this is a band called Tape Deck Ghost. Couldnt find one lick of info on the interwebs. Anyone else have any clues? 

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“Whizz Kid” David Werner

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David Werner is an American rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Werner was born in Pittsburgh and released two albums on RCA Victor in the mid-1970s before signing with Epic Records later in the decade. His full-length, self-titled album, released in 1979, reached #65 on the Billboard 200 on the strength of the single "What's Right", which reached #104 on the Billboard pop chart in October of that year.

His best-known composition is the song "Cradle of Love", which was recorded by Billy Idol on his 1990 album Charmed Life and released on the soundtrack to the 1990 film The Adventures of Ford Fairlane. 

[Spotify] Whizz Kid 

“Hertfordshire Rock” Ricky Wilde

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Found this on a cool Glam compilation. Ricky Wilde is a British songwriter, musician, and record producer. He is the younger brother of singer Kim Wilde; their father is singer and songwriter Marty Wilde. 

At the age of eleven, Wilde was signed by record producer Jonathan King to King's UK Records label, and released his first single in November 1972, called "I Am an Astronaut". King became his mentor and had great faith in Wilde and groomed him for stardom as the teenybopper star of 1973. The children's magazine Look-in featured Wilde and Donny Osmond on the cover in June 1973 with the headline "Is Ricky Wilde the new Donny?". Subsequent singles were "Do It Again, a Little Bit Slower", "I Wanna Go to a Disco" and "Teen Wave". However, the singles were not successful in the UK, although he was featured in youth magazines at the time and appeared with his father alongside eleven years old pop rival Darren Burn in BBC Television's Man Alive documentary film Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, made in July 1973.  He had some hits in Scandinavia and Spain at the time.

Recordings of new material in 1980 led to the 'discovery' of his sister Kim. Ricky's new role was that of producer and co-writer, a role he has fulfilled up until now. By his own admission, he was happy to be more in the background as of that moment. After Kim Wilde paused her career in pop music, Ricky Wilde continued to work in the music industry. In 2005 he was one of the initiators of the band, Sonic Hub, and of the record label Sonic Hub Records.

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Wait, is this a perfect song?

Wait, is this a perfect song?

“Don't Come Close” Ramones

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Stumbling thru the songs I landed on this gem,  as I've heard this LP a thousand times. And with the anniversary of Rock n Roll High School, I was listening to a few Ramones LPs. This one Jumped out at me. Killer riff and sort of an uncharacteristic guitar solo. Most of the best are written by Dee Dee as is this one. 

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“Blow Your Tuneless Trumpet” Mekons

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The Mekons are a British post-punk band formed in 1976 as an art collective. They are one of the longest-running and most prolific of the first-wave British punk rock bands. Although the Mekons' lineup has changed from time to time over the years, the core line-up includes Jon Langford (vocals, guitar), Sally Timms (vocals), Tom Greenhalgh (vocals, guitar) and Susie Honeyman (violin). 

The band's style has evolved over time to incorporate aspects of country music, folk music, alternative rock and occasional experiments with dub. They are well known for their exuberant live performances.

The band was formed in 1976 by a group of University of Leeds art students: Jon Langford, Kevin Lycett, Mark White, Ros Allen, Andy Corrigan and Tom Greenhalgh — Gang of Four and Delta 5 formed from the same group of students. They took the band's name from the Mekon, an evil, super-intelligent Venusian featured in the British 1950s–1960s comic Dan Dare (printed in the Eagle). mekons were described as a more chaotic version of Gang of Four; Lycett stated the band operated on the principle that "anybody could do it ... anybody could get up and join in and instruments could be swapped around; that there'd be no distance between the audience and the band."

By their second show, supporting the Rezillos at the F Club, they were approached with a record deal by Bob Last of Fast Product, and became the first band signed to the label. Their first single was "Never Been in a Riot", a satirical take on the Clash's "White Riot". The release was made Single of the Week in NME. Their second single, "Where Were You?" was released by the end of 1978, and sold out of its 27,500 copies. At this time, Last convinced the band to sign to a larger label—Virgin. The Mekons popularity peaked as they played on the same bill as other "new music" groups like Gang of Four, the Fall, the Human League, and Stiff Little Fingers.

For several years the band played noisy, bare-bones post-punk, releasing singles on a number of labels. Their first album, The Quality of Mercy Is Not Strnen, was recorded using Gang of Four's instruments, and due to an error by the Virgin Records’ art department, featured pictures of Gang of Four on the back cover. After 1982's The Mekons Story, a compilation of old recordings, the band ceased activity for a while, with Langford forming The Three Johns.

This track from the ecellent LP Rock 'n' Roll from 1989.

[Spotify] Blow Your Tuneless Trumpet 

“Soundbox” From 2

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From 2, Amsterdams self-proclaimed troupe of folk mutants, take stock of it all on this record: hushed affect in tumultuous settings, a mole insurrection of epic proportions, the secret workings of pornography platforms and memory. One song might invite to dance, stumble or float, while another is what a ghost should sing. Above all, it is real. Palpably real in a way only the fabrications of true devotees might ever be.  

[Spotify] Soundbox 

“Keeper of the Time” SG Goodman

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S.G. Goodman is an American folk and country singer-songwriter from Hickman, Kentucky. She has released three studio albums, Old Time Feeling in 2020, Teeth Marks in 2022, and Planting by the Signs in 2025, and received the 2023 Emerging Artist of the Year award at the Americana Music Association Awards.

Goodman was raised in Hickman, Kentucky. The Southern Baptist church played a central role in her childhood in Kentucky saying she went to church 3 times a week with her family. Goodman began performing by singing in church. Her father was a farmer. She has played rhythm guitar since she was 15 and been driving since she was 7, which is illegal under Kentucky state law.

Prior to her solo career, Goodman started the music project The Savage Radley with drummer Stephen Montgomery, releasing their first and only album Kudzu with Slough Water Records.

Her debut solo album, Old Time Feeling, was co-produced by Jim James of My Morning Jacket. The album has been described as Americana, folk, country, and rock. She is signed to Verve Forecast Records. Tyler Childers covered "Space and Time" from Old Time Feeling on his album Rustin' in the Rain.

[Spotify] Keeper of the Time