During their short lifespan, the Package Tops gained a reputation among the preferred blue-eyed soul sets of the ’60s, even when their documented legacy wasn’t as large or consistent as, state, the Righteous Brothers or the Rascals. Today they’re appreciated not only because of their smashes “The Notice” and “Cry …

How did Miley Cyrus’ “WE CAN NOT Stop” turn into a ’50s-design doo wop quantity? Because when was Meghan Trainor’s “ABOUT That Bass” about an upright bass fiddle? At what stage do Macklemore’s “Thrift Store” evolve right into a ’20s warm jazz tune? And whose idea was it to rework …

Within a business that reinvents itself at every turn, Alex Chilton thrived for four decades using a three-fold career — his early recordings using the Box Tops, the albums he did with Big Star within the middle-’70s and following the group re-formed with a fresh lineup in 1993, as well …

This multi-talented musician had a multifaceted musical career which includes singing with and producing for popular for Chicago soul group the Radiants; composing, creating, and playing responsibilities for Chess Information; and co-writing, co-producing, and playing piano on Eddie Kendricks’ traditional number one strikes “Continue Truckin'” and “Boogie Straight down.” After …

The male-female duo Jon & Robin are believed of being a one-hit wonder because of their playful 1967 Top 20 hit “REPEAT a bit Slower.” In fact, nevertheless, they recorded a lot in the mid-to-late ’60s, with an participating if somewhat light-weight style craftily blending AM radio middle-’60s pop/rock and …

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT were a Uk cover band from the past due ’60s and early ’70s that might be totally forgotten if their business lead singer was not David Coverdale, who eventually replace Ian Gillan in Deep Crimson. In 1971 they documented a four-track EP like a vanity pressing for …

Kreng is a dark ambient/contemporary classical/soundtrack task conjured up by Belgian musician Pepijn Caudron, who’s associated with movie theater group Abattoir Fermé. Caudron’s recordings combine ghostly operatic vocals, shuffling jazz drumming, eerie dialogue examples, and levels of acoustic instrumentation, making dark, suspenseful soundscapes. Originally a sample-based task, Kreng evolved to …

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The American trio TV Pow arose through the laptop music culture in the past due ’90s. Their usage of developed tools, turntables, synthesizers, and state-of-the-art laptops provides their music an idiosyncratic quality that fits the fuzzy personalities rendering it. People list as affects people as varied as Otomo Yoshihide, Merzbow, …

A significant but little-heard branch from the Big Star family members tree, Rock Town was a short-lived pop/rock and roll music group from Memphis, TN, that featured Chris Bell and Jody Stephens shortly before they teamed up with Alex Chilton. Mainly a studio task, Rock Town was the brainchild of …