The Beat

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — Thirty years to the day that The English Beat made its debut, Dave Wakeling is on a bus headed towards Eugene, Ore. more info

Guardian Music — With the Specials and Madness, the Coventry label launched a musical movement that soundtracked a summer of riots with reggae and ska-influenced popThink we've got it bad now? Thirty years ago, Jim Callaghan's useless Labour government was trounced b... more info

EL3CTRO NIGHT — Here are some new tracks for everyone to enjoy. I also threw in a minimix I made especially for the blog. Hope you peeps enjoy it and stay tuned cuz we got some interviews comin up about 2 of our friends. S0 Have a great weekend everybody and enjoy!!... more info

NME - Pinglewood — Tom Courtenay stars in the new video for CFCF's You Hear Colours, but not the current 72-year-old knight of the realm, it's the lean, brooding 25-year-old from Tony Richardson’s classic 1962 adaptation of The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner.... more info

Chorus.fm — *Mark Rose* (http://www.myspace.com/markdanielrose)'s CD/EP release show for The Greatest Lakes is this Saturday at The Beat Kitchen in Chicago. Hard copies of the record will be available at shows and through mail order - the digital release is avai... more info

Stereogum — The Boston trio Pretty & Nice construct pop spectacles with guitars, drums, and various electronics. You could mention of Montreal in passing on "Piranha" or "Peekaboo," etc., but more interestingly, think of bands they themselves list as influences ... more info

Discobelle.net — Sophie Rimheden is dropping another single from her latest album “Traveller”. Here is the Prov P remix (with hook). You can get the rest of the release over at the singles myspace page. Sophie Rimheden - Prov P Remix feat. Ledr P (hook) (direct l... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Frisian said...On Frisian’s Other Favorites Pop-Rock/Rock & Roll;Henry Gross - Plug Me Into Something [1974, Vinyl]Comedy Rock;Scaffold - Lily The Pink [1969, Vinyl] Scaffold - Sold Out [1974, Vinyl]http://frisiansotherfavorites.blogspot.comIc... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Ishkabibliophile said...My ode to all those great 1980s West Coast roots music bandsVolume 1: The Once Over Twice XRun Dusty Run Long RydersGhost Hand Green on RedSi Yo Quisiera Los LobosNever No More Blues The BlastersHighway 61 The BlastersClarkesv... more info

Give Me The Beat Boys and Free My Soul I Want To Get Lost In Your Country Song And Drift Away Sam Phillips’ Sun Studios in Memphis had quite a coterie of performers during the mid 1950s: Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Harold Lloyd J... more info