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Music site, all genres: blues, rock, indie, country, jazz, folk ... Top 10s galore, passionate writing, new contributors welcome. Rock 'n' roll. It will stand.
Joined May 2013
“Psychedelic opus This Can’t Be Today, a lysergic expedition, hypnotic keyboards, fizzy guitars, backwards tapes, stop-start tempos, wall-of-sound reverb” @Marc_Fagel picks his top #RainParade tracks – this one's on ‘Emergency Third Rail Power Trip’ https://t.co/G0VbEgiOrz
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For the latest Toppermost, I gave a quick walk through the history of Rain Parade--responsible for one of the greatest albums of the 80s (and ever!)--and picked their Top 10 songs.
NEW post: Rain Parade – "part of the #PaisleyUnderground they made one of the truly essential records of the 1980s and formed the template for many of the psych-pop acts that followed" @Marc_Fagel picks his top ten by #RainParade (photo David Arnoff) https://t.co/G0VbEgiOrz
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NEW post: Rain Parade – "part of the #PaisleyUnderground they made one of the truly essential records of the 1980s and formed the template for many of the psych-pop acts that followed" @Marc_Fagel picks his top ten by #RainParade (photo David Arnoff) https://t.co/G0VbEgiOrz
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@DJCalc My next top 10 for @AgeingRaver will be Rain Parade. And yes, this is my favorite Rain Parade song…
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NEW post: Stray Cats … “a breath of fresh air in the stale pop landscape of the early 80s, they stripped #rocknroll back to its essentials” @dlew919 picks 10 of the best by @thestraycats … #thestraycats #rockabilly
https://t.co/Ra8ExNVegb
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Chrysalis - Definition (1968) Chrysalis—praised by Frank Zappa as 'a group that has yet to destroy your mind'—issued their sole LP in June ’68, accompanied by MGM’s elaborate marketing push, which even included a "ballyhoo" of 15-foot balloons carrying the band's name over NYC.
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NEW post: Billy Mackenzie "throughout his career, he had a rare determination to follow his own musical path - an incomparable singer with a rich legacy" #TheAssociates
@pangurdubh3 picks 10 tracks from the ‘solo’ albums of #BillyMackenzie
https://t.co/cUQF2AeUgD
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NEW post: Death Cab For Cutie @Marc_Fagel picks a definitive #DeathCabForCutie top 10 - including The New Year - and he's up for debate! https://t.co/mi8CT31hGf
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I took a run at naming 10 definitive Death Cab For Cutie tracks on the latest Toppermost. Plenty of room for debate, of course...
NEW post: Death Cab For Cutie – “over the decades their music has grown increasingly sophisticated and mature, a sound that any lover of guitar-based indie rock can enjoy” @Marc_Fagel picks his top ten by @dcfc … #deathcabforcutie
https://t.co/mi8CT31hGf
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NEW post: Death Cab For Cutie – “over the decades their music has grown increasingly sophisticated and mature, a sound that any lover of guitar-based indie rock can enjoy” @Marc_Fagel picks his top ten by @dcfc … #deathcabforcutie
https://t.co/mi8CT31hGf
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NEW post: "The East River Pipe sound – a dreamy synth wash going on, a gentle jangle of guitar, cinematic sounding beat - and always the lost souls & troubled characters that inhabit his songs" Here’s our 10 top #EastRiverPipe tracks … @eastriverpipe
https://t.co/X9XYFU2gtt
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NEW post: Shawn Colvin ... "3-time Grammy winner, her most successful album A Few Small Repairs went platinum. I bought her first album in 1993 and was instantly hooked." Here's 10 of the best by #ShawnColvin from a 35-year solo career. https://t.co/calQ9fug2g
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NEW POST: Air Supply … “dismiss them at your peril; beneath the lush orchestration and heartfelt lyrics lies a craftsmanship that’s endured for five decades” @dlew919 picks 10 top #AirSupply tracks … @AirSupplySongs
https://t.co/7eUwFKWsGo
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2000 Great Songs #1082: Forever Far Out. I try to avoid recent tracks which have yet to withstand the ravages of time, but DC indie act Dot Dash crafted such a perfect, mixtape-ready jangly power pop track, full of earworm hooks, it's too hard to resist. https://t.co/i2R0vJ3D7B
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Mark Volman of the Turtles and Flo & Eddie has died at age 78
stereogum.com
Mark Volman, the musician who co-founded the Turtles and the offshoot band Flo & Eddie, became a member of Frank Zappa’s Mothers Of Invention, and changed the course of sampling with his lawsuit...
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Hearing from a number of different sources that, two years after being diagnosed with Lewy Body Dementia, Mark 'Flo' Volman has very sadly passed away. Here's my interview with him from nearly 20 years ago. May he rest in peace. https://t.co/qP21HFfzKU
zappanews.co.uk
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Another great Toppermost, and a perfect excuse to revisit the gorgeous, melodic, and hopelessly lost in time music of Epic Soundtracks.
NEW POST: Epic Soundtracks "emerging from the post-punk scene, his music suffused with an air of vulnerability and melancholy centred on the pursuit of the perfect pop song” @pangurdubh3 picks his #EpicSoundtracks top 10 … #SwellMaps #TheJacobites
https://t.co/97imJ7cVWZ
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This is lovely to see - and to read. Thanks @AgeingRaver and, especially, @pangurdubh3. I suspect many people would benefit from a bit of Epic’s music in their lives.
NEW POST: Epic Soundtracks "emerging from the post-punk scene, his music suffused with an air of vulnerability and melancholy centred on the pursuit of the perfect pop song” @pangurdubh3 picks his #EpicSoundtracks top 10 … #SwellMaps #TheJacobites
https://t.co/97imJ7cVWZ
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NEW POST: Epic Soundtracks "emerging from the post-punk scene, his music suffused with an air of vulnerability and melancholy centred on the pursuit of the perfect pop song” @pangurdubh3 picks his #EpicSoundtracks top 10 … #SwellMaps #TheJacobites
https://t.co/97imJ7cVWZ
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