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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 10h

SotD: J'Attendrai, Coup Dur preciousrecordingsoflondon.bandcamp.com/track/j-atte... From the French-Belgian trio's recent EP, PRENEW 11: The English Want …Coup Dur. Latest youngsters doing their garagey version of ye-ye. Catchy, poppy, upbeat, sweet. Video on the bancamp page.

preciousrecordingsoflondon.bandcamp.com

J’attendrai, by Coup Dur

from the album PRENEW 11: The English Want … Coup Dur

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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Strange how this all works, I love this version and now the song.

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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

...I couldn't stand it. Hadn't thought about it in years, when, driving through some massive infrastructure project that they've been working on for years and will never finish, I heard this version for the first time on the radio. Took me back to that long-gone city, that horrible president.

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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

SotD: OvaL Room, Margo Price margoprice.bandcamp.com/track/oval-r... From Margo Price's recent mix tape, Days of Unrest, a cover of a Blaze Foley song. Back when I moved to Austin in the latest of the 80s, the original of this was on the radio. ALL THE TIME! Drove me bonkers and...

margoprice.bandcamp.com

Oval Room, by Margo Price

from the album Days Of Unrest

lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

SotD: Heartbreak Hotel, The Orlons youtu.be/1eQ7iABZv0A?... From 1964, B-side to Rules of Love on Cameo records. I love the very Motown, Jimmy Wisner arrangement.

Heartbreak Hotel

YouTube video by The Orlons - Topic

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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

SotD: Save, Teenage Fanclub youtu.be/VeYVBKv2aCg?... From their 2005 album, Man-Made.

YouTube video by Teenage Fanclub - Topic

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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I swear it was written for everyone in Canada and Mexico to sing at the top of their lungs. Video on the bandcamp page.

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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

SotD: Unstable Neighbour, Railcard railcardband.bandcamp.com/track/unstab... Railcard is a London group made up of former DIY popsters from such groups as Dolly Mixture, Heavenly, Talulah Gosh, Trashcan Sinatras, and who knows what else. This is from their recent debut album, Two Steps At A Time.

railcardband.bandcamp.com

Unstable Neighbour, by Railcard

from the album Two Steps At A Time

lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

SotD: Tania, Camper Van Beethoven youtu.be/9WyEMAtuRn8?... From their 1988 album, Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart. Just learned that Bill Harris, 81, died on 09/10 in San Francisco and, of course, it made me think of this.

YouTube video by Camper Van Beethoven - Topic

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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

SotD: All Wylde Things, Tele Novella telenovella.bandcamp.com/track/all-wy... Recent release by some favorite local weirdos. A blend of early music, folk rock, pop, psychedelia, whatever else. The video, on this bandcamp page, is funny and creepy, really wonderful.

telenovella.bandcamp.com

All Wylde Things, by Tele Novella

track by Tele Novella

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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

SotD: Islands In The Stream, Meshell Ndegeocello youtu.be/UqjoQeZZogg?... Ndegeocello, with Chaka Khan, cover the brothers Gibb tune made famous by Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers.

Islands In The Stream

YouTube video by Meshell Ndegeocello - Topic

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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

SotD: Luzia Luluza, Gilberto Gil youtu.be/1oXkdWAhLKc?... From his 1968, self-titled, album, with Oz Mutantes providing some of the backing. Tremendous arrangement by Rogerio Duprat. An all-time favorite. One of the best songs about movies, ever.

Gilberto Gil - "Luzia Luluza" - Gilberto Gil (1968)

YouTube video by Gilberto Gil

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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

...his version, though he has performed it live. A lovely, melancholy ballad.

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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

SotD: I Can See The Sun In Late December, Stevie Wonder youtu.be/DXutdlnM5pM?... From the recently released EP of 4 outtakes from the Songs In The Key Of Life sessions. Though Roberta Flack released a version on her 1975 album, Feel Like Makin' Love, this is the first time Wonder released...

I Can See The Sun In Late December

YouTube video by Stevie Wonder - Topic

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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

SotD: Seek And Destroy, Peel Dream Magazine peeldreammagazine.bandcamp.com/track/seek-a... From their upcoming album, Taurus. Very Stereolabby, but also Nick Drakey, with a dash of The Wondermints.

peeldreammagazine.bandcamp.com

Seek and Destroy, by Peel Dream Magazine

from the album Taurus

lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

SotD: Politics!, Girls At Our Best! youtu.be/DjALs2bEV1Q?... 1980!

YouTube video by Girls At Our Best! - Topic

lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

...though, those vocals! And that bass (don't know who it is)!

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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

SotD: He's Alright With Me, The Mirettes youtu.be/TGrPLNPM-Es?... Fantastic Fauxtown track from 1966. The Mirettes, a female trio, were formed by former Ikettes. As with a lot of pop from this era and especially anything to do with Ike Turner, their story is complicated. What a great sound...

The Mirettes - He's Alright With Me

YouTube video by brico

lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

SotD: Down Slow, The Five Jets youtu.be/A0LO1nlvLiQ?... B-side to a 1954 single by the Detroit doo wop group. A really lovely track.

Down Slow - Five Jets

YouTube video by Jack Strong

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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

SotD: So What, The Courettes thecourettes.bandcamp.com/track/so-wha... From their 2023 album, Back in Mono B-Sides & Outtakes. A lot of times garage retro is all vibes and no songs, but this fucking kills!

thecourettes.bandcamp.com

So What, by The Courettes

from the album Back in Mono B-Sides & Outtakes

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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

SotD: Whirl, Fred Hersch Trio youtu.be/jqX_depQEl8?... Title track from the 2010 album.

YouTube video by Fred Hersch - Topic

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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I wasn't familiar with Goodrick, but it turns out he taught many of the jazz guitarists you hear all the time today.

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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

SotD: Falling Grace, Mick Goodrick/Fred Hersch youtu.be/2aVAK2FQFs4?... Goodrick and Hersch play the Steve Swallow composition. From their duo album, Feebles, Fables and Ferns, released in June but recorded back in 1988.

YouTube video by Mick Goodrick - Topic

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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

SotD: Bank Account, The Kittens theklittens.bandcamp.com/track/bank-a... From the Netherland popsters' debut, Have A Heart. Lots of stuff going on, including a foundation that seems built, in part, on the work of The Raincoats. I’m really liking this a ton.

theklittens.bandcamp.com

Bank Account, by The Klittens

from the album Have A Heart

lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

SotD: After The Rain, John Coltrane youtu.be/HmUcBZay8-E?... Closing track from the 1963 album, Impressions.

YouTube video by John Coltrane - Topic

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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

...this lazy, weary, louche, live version until I heard it recently for the first time.

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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

SotD: The Tears of a Clown, Bertrand Burgalat bertrandburgalat1.bandcamp.com/track/the-te... From the 2000 album, Meets A.S Dragon, by the French musician/producer. The original Tears is great. There have been great covers, most notably The English Beat’s. Didn’t know I needed...

bertrandburgalat1.bandcamp.com

The Tears of a Clown, by Bertrand Burgalat

from the album Meets A.S Dragon

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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

SotD: Walk The Floor, The Wayouts youtu.be/31-gLNQ0wWc?... Austin band, this track is from 1986. Back in the late 80s through the mid-90s, there were a slew of guitar-based, melodic pop bands playing original music in Austin, this was one. Recently heard this unexpectedly and had a moment.

The WayOuts - Walk the Floor (~1986)

YouTube video by ChicoBoomba

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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

SotD: Geco Retile Mialgico, Fred Frith Guitar Quartet ambiances-magnetiques.bandcamp.com/track/geco-r... From the 1997 album, Ayaya Moses.

ambiances-magnetiques.bandcamp.com

Geco Retile Mialgico, by Fred Frith Guitar Quartet

from the album Ayaya Moses

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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

And that includes taking stuff that doesn't seem interesting on the surface but making it compelling and urgent. If you dig this kind of music, I really recommend seeing her live.

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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

...department but switched to vocal. I saw her a couple of times earlier this year. She has an amazing voice that can easily fill a club. Also, she has a great way with a standard--I think that's a not insignificant talent, so often people go into standards on automatic pilot.

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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

SotD: Everything I've Got Belongs To You, Kate Kortum youtu.be/jDZuSB5IDvk?... From her recent album, Wild Woman Tells All. She's a young singer from Houston, now living in NY and touring around the world. An alum from the performing arts high school, she started out in the instrumental...

Everything I've Got Belongs To You - Kate Kortum Official Music Video

YouTube video by Kate Kortum

lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I don't know how pregnancy affects singing, but she is belting this out all the while very pregnant. Also, love the band.

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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

SotD: Tu Falta De Querer, Mon Laferte youtu.be/RCIMbkQ6jtA?... I wanted to post a song from Laferte's most recent tiny desk, but they hadn't chopped it up yet. Came across this excerpt from the time before last, 4 years ago, when they were doing tiny desk at home. Her performance is amazing.

Mon Laferte - Tu Falta De Querer (Tiny Desk)

YouTube video by Mon laferte Desechable

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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Here is a link to the record track on bandcamp: mexicaninstituteofsound1.bandcamp.com/track/ritmo-...

mexicaninstituteofsound1.bandcamp.com

Ritmo Babilonia feat. Beck, by Mexican Institute of Sound, Meridian Brothers

from the album Ruido Tovar

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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

SotD: Ritmo Babilonia, Mexixcan Institute of Sound & Meridian Brothers youtu.be/Eb5drDmOaA0?... Live, studio, performance on KEXP. From their recent album, Ruido Tovar.

Mexican Institute of Sound & Meridian Brothers - Ritmo Babilonia (Live on KEXP)

YouTube video by KEXP

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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

...can make out the broad outlines of the world, long gone, where I used to live. RIP Catherine Ringer

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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

...the exhibit. It definitely has been on repeat a time or ten over the years. I did not keep up with LRM at all, which is a shame; still, though, I fricking love this song and video. Also, it's like a tiny crack where, if I squint hard enough, I...

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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

...videos I'd have easy access to. They might be playing in a club, but they weren't going to be showing up on network tv anytime soon. Stuff I'd only be able to read about in the Village Voice. This was one of the videos MOMA screened and I went and got this single as soon as I could after...

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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

SotD: Marcia Baïla, Les Rita Mitsouko youtu.be/1zWlnzFXcKY?... Back in 1985, we had no cable, no vhs machine, i'm not even sure we had a tv at this point. MOMA had some sort of exhibit of the music videos they found interesting. It was an inexpenive afternoon and these weren't the kind of...

Les Rita Mitsouko - Marcia Baïla (Clip Officiel)

YouTube video by Les Rita Mitsouko

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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Here is the first recording of the song, from 1935 by Will Osborne and his Orchestra: youtu.be/hPmD3Nr5JqE?...

Sweet And Slow - Will Osborne and his Orchestra 1935 (Banner 33469-B)

YouTube video by 78rpm's Night Barn Owl

lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Here is the video: youtu.be/P8q78masW0Y?...

Sweet and Slow / Sweet Megg / Official Music Video

YouTube video by Sweet Megg (Sweet Megg)

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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

SotD: Sweet and Slow, Sweet Megg sweetmegg.bandcamp.com/track/sweet-... From her 2020 album, Under the Moonlight, a terrific version of the Harry Warrn/Al Dubin classsic. The arrangement is by the saxophonist, Ryan Weisheit, and it is so good.

sweetmegg.bandcamp.com

Sweet and Slow, by Sweet Megg

from the album Under the Moonlight

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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

SotD: All This And More, Dead Boys youtu.be/L-nH9tQKD1I?... Live at CBGBs in 1977. RIP Cheetah Chrome

Dead Boys - All This And More

YouTube video by milimetr

lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

SotD: Caroline Goodbye, Colin Blunstone colinblunstone.bandcamp.com/track/caroli... Demo version from the collection of demos and rarieties, That Same Year.

colinblunstone.bandcamp.com

Caroline Goodbye, by Colin Blunstone

from the album That Same Year

lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

A moment at the juncture of a real Zombie with a fake name, two fake Zombie bands, but no actual The Zombies.

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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

...future ZZToppers, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard. (Has anyone ever put together the obvious mashup?) Learned that at about the same time, Colin Blunstone was attempting a solo singing career under the pseudonym, Neil MacArthur.

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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

...Blunstone’s voice still sounds great somehow! I’ve always loved that, in the wake of the unexpected success of Time Of The Season, there were two counterfeit Zombie bands driving around the states, trying to monetize the success and that the one from Texas included two...

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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

... could have used a tad more editing to tighten things up, but that’s a very minor quibble.) Despite the classic pop music industry abuse and scammery they endured, there is a sweetness to their story that isn’t as present in other band stories from this era. And Colin...

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lopezepol @lopezepol.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

It's Alright With Me, The Zombies youtu.be/HIOJczY2Ia0?... Live, TV studio, performance from 1965. I have loved the Zombies as long as I can remember. Just saw the 2025 documentary, The Zombies: Hung Up On A Dream, and thought it was excellent. (Though, like most recent music docs, it...

The Zombies - It's Alright With Me (1965)

YouTube video by The Zombies Music

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