- Big Star: September Gurls (1974) Perfect power pop, and the biggest influence to just about every good band playing in Glasgow during my formative years....
- Lee Hazlewood: Pour Man (1968) Back to Ride This Train, the magnificent voice of Lee Hazlewood. Have a wee look at this great blog for more about Lee, Gram and all things related: http://majicbanjocar...
- Tintern Abbey: Vacuum Cleaner (1967) Another gem from the East Coast....
- The Byrds: One Hundred Years From Now (Gram Parsons vocals, 1968) The version on the record was sung by Roger McGuinn, I think because Lee Hazlewood still had Gram under contract for the International...
- The Breeders: We’re Gonna Rise (2008) Kim Deal’s voice melts me. There’s always something quite awkward about their songs, as if they are uncertain what to do a lot of the time. Kim ...
- Caleb: Baby, Your Phrasing Is Bad (1967) Allegedly the phasing equipment (Grande-Skyer MK11) had arrived at the studio four hours before Caleb was booked in. They were clearly eager to try it out. I&#...
- Fleeting Joys: The Breakup (2006) I feel sorry for the Fleeting Joys, nobody ever writes anything about them without mentioning another band. They are, however, brilliant, and write fantastic songs. T...
- My Bloody Valentine: Bilinda Song (1990ish) A few unreleased MBV songs have recently surfaced, apparently pre-Loveless. If it even is them… There have been fake ‘new’ songs before, t...
- 渚にて (Nagisa Ni Te): Anxiety (2005) Impossible to describe, and I hate to try, in fact… I won’t. Make up your own mind. This song is not typical of them, if there even is such a thin...