Totally Fuzzy — jeffen said... We finish up our series on BILLY IDOL'S punk band, GENERATION X with this 1980 set and add a rarely-heard live cover of BLACK SABBATH's "Paranoid" as a bonus track. GENERATI0N X - Live at Hatfield (1980) http://musicruinedmylife.blogsp... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Amd said... SOUTH AFRICA VOL. 1 The first of four weekly post to coincide with the World Cup, discussing aspects of the event amnd featuring randomly-chosen songs from the host country: Nancy Jacobs & her Sisters – Meadowlands (1955) Mandoza – Nk... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Infrason said... Power Pop surfing with the Barracudas / Les Barracudas inventent le métro-surf : BARRACUDAS - SUBWAY SURFIN' (1979) http://infrasons.blogspot.com Thanks / Merci / Trugarez music499 said... Pet Shop Boys - Release Stars - Heart Bjo... more info

Totally Fuzzy — waves said... POPTOPIA ! powerpop from the 70ies,80ties and 90ties, ripped to wave with full bookletscans http://thewavesblog.blogspot.com jeffen said... Y'all remember Billy Idol don't ya? Had a string of massive hits back in the eighties and, more... more info

Guardian Music — From the embers of punk, a small club in London changed the face of pop music forever. Priya Elan talks to the movers and shakers behind the scene that spawned the New RomanticsIn 1979, Great Britain was in the midst of a catastrophic economic downtu... more info

Totally Fuzzy — olegelagin said... Arbete Och Fritid ~ 1973 ~ Arbete Och Fritid Ancient Grease ~ 1970 ~ Women And Children First Amon Dűűl II ~ 1977 ~ Almost Alive Absolute Elsewhere ~ 1976 ~ In Search of Ancient Gods http://oldishpsychprog.ucoz.com Gumshoe said... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Chris Daughtry began his encore Monday night at the Nokia Theatre by announcing, “We’re gonna take you to the '80s for a second.” He was referring, of course, to the 1980s, provenance of “Rebel Yell,” the Billy Idol hit... more info

NME — Gig-run begins in Washington on August 5 more info

Pitchfork — After "None of Dem", "Dance Hall Queen", and "Fembot" (all embedded below), a fourth song from Robyn's upcoming album Body Talk Pt. 1 has made it onto the interwebs. "Dancing on My Own" is a gurgling-synth burner that will likely appeal to fans of th... more info

The Red Radio — Billy Idol recently performed a full acoustic set at the annual Zermatt Unplugged Festival in Switzerland. Would love to make it there some day, artists perform at the base of the Matterhorn mountain. The below clip is taken from Idol's... more info