Our New Christmas Music Countdown begins with a doom-metal take on a collection of festival favourites… including THAT Mariah Carey tune.
Tag: cover versions
The Writing’s On The Wall: The Dying Days Of Bucks Fizz
The final gasp of the British pop darlings and Eurovision champions explored.
Was 1975 The Worst Year In The Pop/Rock Era – Or The Best?
Was the year often quoted as the ‘lowest point in popular music’ really as bad as people claim?
Classic Albums Revisited: Driving Mrs Satan’s Popscotch
Italian lounge-metal covers that work more effectively than you might expect.
The Reprobate Halloween Playlist
It’s been a while since we shared a selection of music with you and what better time to come up with a new playlist than Halloween?
Re-Sythesized: A Collection Of Facsimile Electro Pop Covers
Synthesizer Classics is a new compilation of all-star synth-pop cover versions that feels like everyone involved is playing it safe.
Smash It Up! The Musical Tomfoolery Of Matt Button
Exploring the world of musical cut-ups and eccentric sound collisions.
Classic Albums Revisited: Out-A Space – The Spotnicks In London
The surf guitar spacemen from Sweden visit London for an incongruous collection of easy listening pop.
A Spike Into Your Brain: Cover Versions That Miss The Point Part 2
Another collection of woefully misguided cover versions.
Tiffany Goes Goth With Jyrki 69
Goth meets pop meets New Romantic – it’s like the 1980s never ended.
The Things You Think Are Precious I Can’t Understand: Cover Versions That Miss The Point
In which introspective, personal studies of human frailty and despair are turned into vacuously bouncy dancefloor bangers, metal misfires and saccharine pop show tunes.
The Alternative Cartoon Reality Of Spin A Magic Tune
An oddball collection of easy listening show tunes inspired by the children’s TV favourites of the early 1970s.