4th Greatest Dance Band of all time – and that says a lot. Faithless in concert from earlier this year at Concerts At Sea in Zeeland, Netherlands on June 25th. Faithless formed in 1995, with its core original members being Rollo, Sister Bliss and Maxi Jazz. During the band’s initial period of success, Sister Bliss
The Lemon Twigs – Not always Pop Rock – Not Always Glam Rock. The Lemon Twigs for this Tuesday Lunchroom – recorded at Le Bataclan in Paris on September 16, 2024. Brian and Michael D’Addario had extensive stage experience as children. Brian played Gavroche in Les Miserables and Flounder in The Little Mermaid on Broadway. Michael
Gigolo Aunts – Going to Spain to hear a band from Boston – go figure. Gigolo Aunts for Monday lunch – recorded at Lococlub in Valencia, Spain on August 10, 2016 by Carlos Bartual (who did a great job). It only makes sense that you have to go to Spain
Tears For Fears for Thursday lunch – recorded February 12, 1990 at The Public Hall in Cleveland. In the odd event you’re not either familiar with the band or their history, here’s a reminder or a refresher course: Tears for Fears formed in Bath in 1981 by Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal. Founded after the dissolution
Badfinger this afternoon – recorded in concert for Granada TV in Manchester, UK on May 3, 1972 With the recent death of founding member Joey Molland, who was the last surviving member of Badfinger, you could say the last chapter was finished and the book is now closed. But it
Everything But The Girl – In Concert Paris Theatre – February 23, 1985 – BBC Radio 1 Everything But The Girl this afternoon. In concert at the BBC‘s Paris Theatre on February 23, 1985. The husband-wife duo of Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt have been characterized as “Sophisti-Pop” EBTG (as
Mo Dotti for Thursday Lunch – recorded at Outer Space Arcata on September 25th of this year. Much as I complain about the state of contemporary American music – how it’s been relegated to a permanent state of malaise and all the interesting stuff is happening in another country, and
Hotwax in concert from Paris for this lunch hour – recorded at la Maroquinerie on June 2nd of this year by Eric Vautier. A relatively new band (if you consider having formed in 2021 as “relativelty new”), with a debut album released only this past March, Hotwax have signaled a return
Quicksilver Messenger Service – in Concert at The Fillmore, San Francisco – Summer, 1968 – Band Soundboard – Quicksilver Messenger Service this week. One of the milestone bands of the San Francisco Sound which dominated the West Coast in the mid-late 1960s. With John Cipollina on lead guitar, QMS pioneered
Grabbing our passports and heading to Chile for lunch with Intimate Stranger this Monday – recorded at the legendary Bar Loreto in Recoleta, Chile in 2017. It’s been a while since I last posted anything by Intimate Stranger. They’ve grown a lot since I first discovered them via MySpace around
