'running the world' by jarvis cocker (the jarvis cocker record 2006). the former pulp god goes solo. the full title of this is '(cnts are still) running the world' and it was 'hidden;' after a 25 min silent track. it didn't get a lot of airplay, des
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'get it on' by t. rex (electric warrior 1971). released on 2 july 1971, bolan claimed to have written this song after hearing chuck berry's 'little queenie', which he wanted to record. he said the riff was taken from it and a line from the song ('an
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'a thousand trees' by stereophonics (word gets around 1997). this was the debut album by the welsh indie-rockers
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'never let down' by andrew w.k. (the wolf 2003). lawyer's son, andrew fetterly wilkes-krier released his first album 'i get wet' in 2001. this was the second
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'a bar song (tipsy)' by shaboozey (where i've been, isn't where i'm going 2024). virginia's collins obinna chibueze has succesfully crossed from country to indie to pub-rock and back again. fom his acclaimed third album, this was his first uk single
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'avalon' by travis (avalon 2025). our glasgow chums continue to impress
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'paper doll' by louis xiv (the best little secrets are kept 2005). this was the fine san diego indie-rockers' second (of three) albums
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'fear of flying' by feeder (tallulah 2019). grant nicholas' newport (gwent) alt-rockers are still going strong with their 10th studio album. nice bit of 60s throw-back phasing on this, too!
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'make her day' by the go-betweens (bright yellow bright orange 2003). the influential brisbane band was started in 1977 by singer-songwriters and guitarists robert forster and grant mclennan. they disbanded in 1988, but re-started from 2000 to 2006
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'my sweet lord' by george harrison (all things must pass 1970). george harrison's his first post-beatles album was produced by phil spector and, despite the triple disc set being unaffordable to most ordinary fans, it became the best-selling album b
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'you're in love with a psycho' by kasabian (you're in love with a psycho 2017). tom meighan, sergio pizzorno, chris edwards, ian matthews put leicester firmly back on the music map. this was their eponymous debut album
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'hey grandma' by moby grape (moby grape 1967). formed by skip spence after he left jefferson airplane, moby grape were 'san franciso's most intense group'. this was the b-side of 'omaha' in the uk
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'where the streets have no name' by u2 ( 1987). bring on paul david hewson ('bono vox of o'connell street'), essex-born david howell evans, adam charles clayton and lawrence joseph mullen. released in sep 1987, this is the edited single of the track
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'oh my god' by kaiser chiefs (employment 2005). originally released in 2004, this was the first single from the leeds alt-rockers' debut album. ricky wilson, andrew white, simon rix, nick baines & nick hodgson used to be known as parva
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'under my skin' by newdad ( 2025). julie dawson, aindle o'beirn and fiachra parslow started the galway band while in secondary school in 2018. they've since been joined by sean o'dowd on lead guitar and this single follows their acclaimed 2014 album
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'jagged routine' by berries (berries 2024). the london fruits are holly carter (ld vcls/gtr), lauren cooper (bass) and lexi clark (drums). this is from their second album
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'kingdom' by dave gahan (hourglass 2007). depeche mode essex boy david callcott follows his highly-acclaimed 'paper monsters'
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'the pusher' by steppenwolf (steppenwolf 1968). the canadian-american pschedelic band was started in 1967 in los angeles by vocalist john kay, guitarist michael monarch, bassist rushton moreve, keyboardist goldy mcjohn and drummer jerry edmonton. th
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'transmission' by joy division ( 1979). formed in 1976 in salford and originally named warsaw, the band primarily consisted of ian curtis, bernard sumner, peter hook and stephen morris. this was released in oct 1979
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'driving south' by the stone roses (second coming 1994). the second album by the madchester combo came after a 5 year gap between it and their eponymous debut, and the band's withdrawal from the live arena for 4 of those years. plus, it arrived in t
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'of the night' by bastille ( 2013). the south london four piece present a mash up of snap!'s 90's hit 'rhythm is a dancer' and corona's 'the rhythm of the night'
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'doing it again baby' by girl in red (i'm doing it again baby! 2024). marie ulven ringheim in from horten, norway, and says 'i'm 20 and i make songs in my room'
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'like you did before' by circa waves (death & love pt.1 2025). this is the sixth album by the respected liverpool indies, masters of the modern 3-minute song. the line-up is kieran shudall (vcls, gtr), sam rourke (bass), colin jones (drms) and joe f
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'how you remind me' by nickelback (silver side up 2001). this was the 3rd album by canadians chad kroeger, ryan peake, mike kroeger & ryan vikedal
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'repetition' by ride (this is not a safe place 2019). andy bell led the highly-regarded oxford indies who became one of the leading lights of the early 90s shoegaze scene. they re-formed in 2014, releasing their first album in over 20 years in 2017:
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'beautiful girl' by inxs (welcome to wherever you are 1992). this was the 8th album by the australian band was formed as the farriss brothers in 1977 in sydney. for twenty years, they were fronted by michael hutchence until he was found dead in his
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'favourite pleasures' by gun (favourite pleasures 2017). the glasgow band who, we are pleased to say, never go away! originally called blind alleez, vocalist mark rankin is a cousin of texas' sharleen spiteri
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'be my downfall' by del amitri (change everything 1992). justin currie's songwriting, lead vocals and bass-playing led the classy glasgow popsters. the other long-term member was guitarist and co-songwriter, iain harvie. this was their 3rd album
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'dimples' by the animals (the animals 1964). the r&b geordies put a big emphasis on the blues. this john lee hooker cover was from their debut lp
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'devil in disguise' by j.j. cale (grasshopper 1982). this was the seventh album by the laid-back oklahoma strummer, john weldon cale. he died of a heart attack on 26 july 2013
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'these days' by foo fighters (wasting light 2011). dave grohl and chums return for their seventh album of 'perfect rock'
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'sin city' by the black keys (ohio players (trophy edition) 2025). the ohio garage-blues-rock duo are dan auerbach (vcls, gtrs) and patrick carney (drms). this track is available on the limited edition version of this album, with backing vocals by b
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'pretty boy' by noel gallagher's high flying birds (council skies 2023). johnny marr plays guitar on the mancy lad's 2023 album. even liam is reported to be a fan
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'black hole' by puppy (the goat 2019). a fabulous slice of post-grunge from the london noize boyz. they are billy howard, jock norton and will michael
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'19-2000' by gorillaz ( 2001). originally from the album 'gorillaz', damon albarn's cartoon creations are remixed here by soulchild
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'you gotta walk, don't look back' by peter tosh (bush doctor 1978). winston hubert mcintosh (aka stepping razor) was a member of the wailers from 1963 to 1974 before going solo. a pathcy album, keith richards plays guitar; sly dunbar and robbie shak
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'looking for angeline' by love and money (dogs in the traffic 1991). the glasgow band was started by stuart grant and other former members of 'friends again'. this was also the b-side of their single 'strange kid of love'
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'don't call me baby' by client (city 2004). originally anonymous, the founder-members were later revealed to be kate holmes (frazier chorus) and sarah blackwood (dubstar), who left in 2010. this was their second album
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'hard' by fuel (anomaly 2021). this album sees the reunion of founder member, songwriter and guitarist, carl bell, and original fuel drummer, kevin miller. new members of the long-established band (originally fuel 238) are vocalist john corsale, gui
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'are you gonna be my girl' by jet (get born 2003). from the 'ac/dc school of rock', nic cester, chris cester, cameron muncey and mark wilson are from melbourne, oz
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'crawl' by kings of leon (only by the night 2008). the jesus rockers are three brothers and a cousin: caleb followill, matthew followill, jared followill, nathan followil. this was the band's 4th album
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'taxman' by loose ends ( 1966). the bexley heath band with another dreamy 60s beatles cover, released on 5 aug 1966
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'messed up world' by the pretty reckless (going to hell 2014). the new york band is fronted by taylor michel momsen, who happily turns out to be the 'real deal', after starting out as a 2-yr-old tv ad actress and later 'disney princess'. she is now
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'n. i. b.' by black sabbath (black sabbath 1970). this was the first album by birmingham's tony iommi, ozzy osbourne, geezer butler and bill ward, and the sixth release on the then-new prog-rock vertigo, label
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'good times bad times' by led zeppelin (led zeppelin i 1969). the acclaimed debut album from robert plant, jimmy page, john paul jones and john bonham. shown here is the original (very) limited sleeve with turquoise print. peter grant insisted on th
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'radioactive' by the firm (the firm 1985). the firm was a short-lived 'supergroup' project featuring paul rodgers (ex-free-bad company) and led zep's jimmy page
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'standing in the way of control' by gossip (standing in the way of control 2005). the alt-rock was formed in 1999 in searcy, arkansas, usa. the line-up is nathan 'brace paine' howdeshell (gtr, bass), hannah blilie (drms), and mary 'beth ditto' patte
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'pitch black' by the amazons (21st century fiction 2025). full-on wonderfullness from our reading chums, who slate their fourth album for release in may 2025
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'bright eyes' by thundermother (dirty & divine 2025). bring on the sixth album by the stockholm rockers, who've been at it since 2010
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'slow down low' by moon duo (shadow of the sun 2015). the san francisco band is a side project for ripley johnson of the rather wonderful wooden shjips, and are now based in portland (usa)
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'4th and vine' by sinead o'connor (how about i be me (and you be you)? 2012). this is dublin county's sinead marie bernadette o'connor's 9th full-length studio album
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'i don't want to go to chelsea' by elvis costello (this year's model 1978). from the 2nd album by declan macmanus, steve nieve, bruce thomas and pete thomas, this single was released on 3 mar 1978
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'outtasite (outta mind)' by wilco (being there 1997). jeff tweedy's chicago indie-rockers are regarded by many as 'the best american rock band on the planet'. this was their second album
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'they call her leaf' by paul menel and the essentials (spare parts for broken hearts 2015). paul menel was the vocalist with prog-rockers iq from 1985 to 1990
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'mermaids' by florence and the machine ( 2023). florence leontine mary welch and isabella 'the machine' summers' music is described as like 'running downstairs trying not to fall over'. this single followed their fifth studio album, 'dance fever'
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'goodbye drama queen' by hifi sean and david mcalmont (twilight 2025). this is the second collaboration between david mcalmont and our favourite soup dragon, sean dickson. it follows their 2023 debut, 'happy ending'
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'spitfire' by public service broadcasting (inform
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'she said she said' by the beatles (revolver 1966). the band's 7th album saw them consolidating a louder electric guitar-rock sound. in england, the tracks were released to the pirate radio stations throughout july 1966, to build anticipation for th
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'hold my hand' by unkle (war stories 2007). james lavelle & richard file present their 3rd album, released through lavelle's own label surrender all
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'what a bringdown' by cream (goodbye 1969). jack bruce (vcls, bass), ginger baker (drms) and eric clapton (gtr) bringing to end an the supergroup's successful but short career
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'edge of seventeen' by stevie nicks (bella donna 1981). released as a single on 16 apr 1982, this was from stevie nicks' 1st solo album
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'cheaper to drink alone' by black stone cherry (kentucky 2016). this is the fifth album from the edmonton (kentucky, usa) band: chris robertson, ben wells, jon lawhon & john fred young. it was recorded in glasgow
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'i like your look' by blossoms (gary 2025). tom ogden's stockport band is an 'alliance of best friends, all born in the same hospital, stepping hill'. this is their fifth studio album
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'fizz' by blushing (sugarcoat 2024). the alt-dream-rock band are from austin, texas, and comprise christina carmona, jake soto, michelle soto and noe carmona
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'too much, too young, too fast' by airbourne (runnin' wild 2008). fellow aussie ac-dc pretenders have proved themselves worthy of a reputaton of their own
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'steam' by peter gabriel (us 1992). gabriel says: 'the song is about a relationship in which the woman knows everything about anything, and the man knows nothing about anything. except he does know about the woman, and she doesn't know much about he
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'stayed awake all night' by bachman-turner overdrive (bachman turner overdrive 1973). the canadian band was formed by ex-guess who member randy bachman. this was their debut album
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'i alone' by live (throwing copper 1994). this was ed kowalczyk, chad taylor, patrick dahlheimer & chad gracey's seminal 2nd album
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'space shot' by ash ( 2010). tim wheeler and chums with another single in their 26-release a-z series. apparently, this is letter 'h'...???
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'only happy when it rains' by nouveau arcade ( 2023). originally released in 1995 by garbage, this song has been covered by many artists including metallica. now it's the run of seattle's kevin preston and len hotrum
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'peace song' by fat dog ( 2025). the london post-punksters are led by joe love (ld gtr) with jazz (vcls, kybds), will (synth), johnny (drms), ben (bass), occasionally joined by sax player, morgan. they describe what they do as 'music to grow your ha
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'dead heart' by alexisonfire (aussie tour 7inch 2010). alexisonfire are from st catharines, ontario. this is their cover of the midnight oil song
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'hurricane' by warm jets (future signs 1997). not to be confused with the 70s british band, this london indie oufit was formed in 1995 by louis jones, paul noble (formerly of eat) and ed grimshaw. they got their name from brian eno's 1973 album, 'he
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'the legend of the last of the outlaw truckers' by the dandy warhols (earth to the dandy warhols 2008). ... 'aka the ballad of sheriff shorty'. bring on the indie-pop darlings, courtney taylor-taylor, peter holmstrom, zia mccabe and brent deboer
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'mount palomar' by soft hearted scientists (the wendigo ep 2004). fine introspections from cardiff's nathan hall, dylan line and chums
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'the castle' by love (da capo 1966). this was the second album by the seminal late-60s band, led by arthur lee
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'rain in the summertime' by the alarm (eye of the hurricane 1987). mike peters' welsh alt-rockers started out in rhyl in 1981. this single was released in sep 1987
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'one and the same' by audioslave (revelations 2006). the third and final album by the band which was formed after zack de la rocha left rage against the machine and enlisted ex-soundgarden's chris cornell (who left after this)
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'she's got a problem' by hotwax (hot shock 2025). tallulah sim-savage's brit-pop vocals lead the hastings band's sound, with some nice synth, guitar and drum work. after five years, this is their debut album
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'audacious' by franz ferdinand (the human fear 2024). from their sixth studio album, glasgow's ff release a song which alex kapranos says 'is about having an audacious response when you feel the fabric of existence come undone around you'
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'just say yes' by snow patrol (up to now 2009). the indie-rock band is based around ulstermen gary lightbody and nathan connolly, who formed the band while at dundee university. this was a new song for this best of compilation
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'indian summer' by stereophonics (graffiti on the train 2013). the welsh windbags release the first single from their 8th studio album
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'one for the road' by ronnie lane (one for the road 1976). this was the third album by the former faces and small faces veteran. greatly loved, and certainly hugely under-rated, ronald frederick lane died of ms on 4 jun 1997
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'last goodbye' by jeff buckley (grace 1994). jeff buckley died on 29 may 1997, aged 30, and was the son of tim buckley, who had died in 1975, aged 28. this was his only complete studio album
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'meet on the ledge' by greta van fleet (from the fires (ep) 2017). the michigan 'led zep v2' wunderkinds do a fine interpretation of richard thompson's fairport convention classic single. they are named after gretna van fleet, a resident of their ho
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'new day' by gemma cullingford (tongue tied 2022). the norwich synth-punkster returns in force with her second album. she is also half of electronic post-punk duo sink ya teeth
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'dud' by gum (ill times 2025). gum is freemantle (western australia)'s ambrose kenny smith and jay watson
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'beggarman' by smoove and turrell (antique soul 2009). classy soul from newcastle's jonathan scott watson and john turrell
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'place your hands' by reef (glow 1997). jack bessant and gary stringer formed reef in street (nr glastonbury, somerset), later joined by kenwyn house and dominic greensmith
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'who needs to dream' by bob mould (district line 2008). the former husker du and sugar man, robert arthur mould, remains one of the most highly-regarded rock singer-songwriters of the past 20 years
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'headloss' by caravan (for girls who grow plump in the night 1973). bring on the canterbury toffs. on the original vinyl release, this ran on from track 1, 'memory lain, hugh'
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'time has come today' by the chambers brothers ( 1968). this is the from the track from the legendary gold album by the black-white psychedelic soul-rock band. there were two uk singles, of varying lengths. this was the longer and bet
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'revolution' by the cult (love 1985). originally the southern death cult. led by ian astbury's vocals and bill duffy's excellent guitar work
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'funplex' by the b-52s (funplex 2007). this was the first studio album by the band since 1992. from athens (georgia, usa), their name comes from the bouffant wigs worn by singers cindy wilson and kate pierson (not the u.s. bomber)
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'this is nowhere' by the black keys (ohio players 2024). the ohio garage-blues-rock duo are dan auerbach (vcls, gtrs) and patrick carney (drms)
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'squid ink' by my morning jacket (squid ink 2025). the louisville, kentucky, alt-rockers started out in 1998. they are led by singer-songwriter & guitarist, jim james
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'jeopardy' by johnny marr ( 2019). this track was included on the mancy indie's album 'call the comet', but in the uk it was the b-side of 'hi hello'. it deserves a solo outing...
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'in the heat of the moment' by noel gallagher's high flying birds (chasing yesterday 2015). noel gallagher started the manchester band in 2010, a year after his split from oasis. it includes former oasis session pianist mike rowe, drummer jeremy sta
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'peace in mississippi' by jimi hendrix (crash landing 1975). one of three albums released during 1975, featuring previously-unreleased hendrix material
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'creep' by radiohead (pablo honey 1993). the debut album by little thom & chums: colin charles greenwood, edward john o'brien, jonathan richard guy greenwood & philip james selway
