Track Of The Day

This track from the band’s 1981 self-titled début (of which there’s two versions) offers a strong fusion of post-punk, Aussie pub rock, DIY percussion underpinned by rhythmic structuring more aligned with electronic dance music.

A dark, psychedelic cosmic burner that “out-goths” a lot of goth music out there, courtesy of one of the many projects that emerged out of the ashes of the seminal midwest US post-hardcore group Slint.

This track is a slower-paced disco “chugger” by the Canadian electronic production duo Moral Support, who like a number of other similar Canadian electronic artists of the time were making more of a splash with Hi-ENG and minimal synth tracks over in Europe.

A stand-out, unique track from the recent album Vanishing Point by UK synthesizer artist This Is The Bridge, adding to his catalogue of prolific output.

A look at this track from the 1991 Fugazi album Steady Diet Of Nothing, from a band that is for me one of the most important in terms of influence and direction in my musical history.

Releasing a string of slower-paced, romantic italo hits in the mid-1980s including “Don’t Cry Tonight”, some of these tracks by Savage sound oddly similar to one another!

Possibly the most well-known track by this Japanese vocalist — a slice of synth-y electro-funk — from a career spanning around 50 years.

This one is about a somewhat well-known slow and sensual disco-influenced number by acclaimed French actress Isabelle Adjani that cycled in my head recently, as well as a look at acting talents trying out music.

From the first album of three that he released on Mercury Records between 1981-1983, this track by iconoclastic, new wave guitarist Bill Nelson is a late-blooming yet crucial discovery for me.

A key track for me by this cult and obscure Scottish multi-disciplinary artist Pinkie Maclure from her 1985 album Unman, a release of fascinating experimental post-punk, drone and industrial tracks.

This track from the band’s newest 2024 album Wilting— featuring members of Arab On Radar, Doomsday Student, etc — offers a soundtrack to danceable psychosis, built on the back of their history of musical output.

With recent discovery made through the long running music blog Systems Of Romance, here’s a first take on this track by the French synth/post-punk group Réseau D’Ombres who were active in the mid to late 1980s.

With a new book out recently by Seth Lorinczi called Death Trip: A Post-Holocaust Psychedelic Memoir, here’s a track from his old band Circus Lupus — which he played bass guitar in — from the band’s second album on Dischord Records, Solid Brass.

After acquiring an LP copy of this Canadian band’s first studio LP Avoid Freud in recent travels, this entry looks this track’s impact in queer rock music, as well as a summary of the band in general.

During a recent visit to Vancouver that’s currently wrapping up, a nice haul of records was found, including a number of Canadian underground classics such as this early EP and its title track “Rotting Geraniums” by Moev.

With this influential 90s post-hardcore band Unwound back on the road again, I have dug back into the extensive catalogue of one of my favourite bands with the track “Envelope”.

First impressions on a psychedelia-heavy tropical/prog/vaporwave track by this apparently Texas-based electronic musician that came on randomly that I know little about!

A 1982 classic by this US electro-funk duo from their standout 1983 album Sweat. It’s a track that has some minimal wave parallels and an early version sung by Madonna!

From the band’s groundbreaking 1982 self-titled release, “NCR” merges post-punk attitude with rhythmic electronics in a tense, sombre yet serene tone and has been a favourite for a long time.

“The Facts” by this German music collective combines stark EBM-style electronics and ethnic sounds, released in their self-titled album in 2013, around 30 years after it was originally recorded.

After being on the edge of my mind for years now, I finally dug in deep to Detroit electro duo Drexciya and some items in their back catalogue, including this track.