Track Of The Day

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.

A classic minimal wave track from 1985 by Sweden’s Tres called “Operator”, posted here ahead of their set at this year’s Waveteef festival.

Consisting of 90s punk guitarist Christina Billotte (Slant 6) and Kathi Wilcox (Bikini Kill), the band’s latest 2022 release Sanguine Truth gets another listen on a chill weekend morning.

The 1999 album Blank-Wave Arcade by synth punk group The Faint contains two tracks that cleverly share the same riff. Some déja vu action indeed!

An atmospheric and melancholy electronic track from the album Kosmos (1978) by Tomita, spurred on by hearing his soundtrack from the film Demon Pond.

The Vanishing‘s “Lovesick” from their second and final album Still Lifes Are Failing is a somewhat obscure yet prevailing dancefloor classic from San Francisco’s dark synth-punk scene of the early 2000s.

“Themes For Great Cities” by one of my faves from that era, Glasgow’s Simple Minds, opens 1981’s Sister Feelings Call… or Sons And Fascination?

After recently going through a short, intense phase of listening to tracks of Washington DC’s cult band Lungfish, here’s my overview of their sound.

“Reflections” is an italo disco B-Side by Alessandri, which has a structure and chord progression which was used in another similar track before.

The track “Sojourn” US electronic artist Mark Lane‘s 1984 release Who’s Really Listening? builds up into something glorious.

Getting a re-issue now on the US label Solid Brass, I took a listen to Came By To Kill Me (1996) by post-hardcore group Kerosene 454 after many years.

A look at one of my fave tracks from the album The Absence Of A Canary (1981) by Canadian electronic duo Ceramic Hello and how I came to find it.

World Of Rubber by UK post-punk duo Second Layer was lucky find from many years ago, and its closing track “Black Flowers” a moody fave.

Now for an artist I don’t know much about: Ziggurath and his most recently released album of fantasy-tinges ambiences, True North (2024).