Aversion Music (Free subscription) | 08/21/2008
Before music videos were mostly just about idiotic montages of special effects and live footage, Bronski Beat scored a hit with a powerfully evocative and narrative video.
Kofi's hat (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
How to Refashion a Modern-Sounding Alt-Rock Song Using 80s Songs Already In Your CD Collection!* 1. Start with vocals in the vein of Bronski Beat's Jimmy Sommerville or Everything But the Girl's Tracey Thorn. Heaps of talent and the right cadence are required, and the ability to infuse their voice with heartfelt emotion. 2. Along those lines, the lyrics should aim for a Yazoo-ish mix of heart and vulnerability,...
The Hype Machine (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
in post NOW THERE'S SOMETHING I HAVEN'T HEARD IN AGES.... from THE VINYL VILLAIN .
The Hype Machine (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
in post REWIND from manalogue. .
The Hype Machine (Free subscription) | 07/12/2008
in post Rewind, Part 1 from The Lemur Blog .
So Quoted (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
Wherein I will no longer be ashamed of who I am I really can't go around saying I hate disco when I'd be more than happy to sit through a double feature of Car Wash and Thank God It's Friday . And I just lurve Bronski Beat. Slack-ass bastards. click your lazy selves over here if you want to read this crap.
The Music Slut (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
The online magazine's closet free picks include: 1. Tears For Fears - Mad World 2. The Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams 3. Culture Club - Do You Really Want To Hurt Me? 4. Ministry - I Wanted To Tell Her 5. The The - The Soul Mining 6. The Smiths - I Want The One I Can't Have 7. The Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy 8. Patti Smith - Gloria View rationale here. MP3: The Smiths - I Want... [ alt link ]
Salon (Free subscription) | 06/28/2008
I was an alienated kid roiling with sexual anxiety. But then New Wave gave me the soundtrack -- and the courage -- to embrace my homosexuality.
Señora de la Cranky Pantalones (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008
I blame you (or perhaps Scott) for this... Holiday - The Other Ones Hit That Perfect Beat - Bronski Beat Tainted Love - Soft Cell The Warraior - Scandal Tarzan Boy - Baltimora Primitive Love Rites - Mondo Rock Take on Me - A-ha Once again I'm 19, short on sleep, feverishly stitching up the last seams of my peasant garb on the way to Ren Faire while my most recent mix tape is blaring from the speakers....
Ramdom Thoughts podcast (Free subscription) | 05/03/2008
TRACK LISTING VISIBLE ON ALL IPODS & IPHONE. TAP ON ART WORK ON THE IPHONE WHILE PLAYING . If you would like to make a contribute towards the cost of the show, please click this text, and then again on the Make a donation button via the right hand side where you can make a donation [...]
Amuse-Biatch (Free subscription) | 05/01/2008
Another possum wrote in to ask, "Where did Miss XaXa get her name?" And here are Eartha Kitt & Bronski Beat to answer the question.
The Hype Machine (Free subscription) | 04/17/2008
in post 45 45s AT 45 : NUMBER 27 from THE VINYL VILLAIN .
Chart Rigger (Free subscription) | 04/14/2008
Sam Sparro (below right) did BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge Friday, performing both "Black And Gold" and a cover of Estelle ' s "American Boy." Estelle and Sam are #1 and #2 this week, respectively, on the U.K. chart. Meanwhile, the Mariah Carey and Madonna chart battle continues abroad, as it does in the States, and even Entertainment Weekly weighs in on the scuffle between the two pop powerhouses in a...
YesButNoButYes (Free subscription) | 04/02/2008
Via the wonderful Mashuptown come this great new mix by Copycat of Bronski Beat vs. New Order vs. Superbass - "A Small Town Monday Solution". Get it while it's hot and waxy....
PolState.com (Free subscription) | 04/01/2008
There are societal issues that become very political which people write songs about. These are, perhaps, endless, with a few rising to the top - Country Joe and the Fish - “Fixin’ To Die Rag”, Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On'” or “Small Town Boy” by Bronski Beat.. The working class poor is pretty much a [...]
