# noise pop (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover noise pop. Page: Feed: --- ## [2000 Great Songs #1430: On The Roof](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/08/2000-great-songs-1430-on-roof.html) _2026-08-22 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ This is our third visit to The Good Earth , the Feelies ' 1986 masterpiece of pastoral indie jangle which, as I've spouted ad nauseum, is one of my absolute favorite, most frequently-played records in my Absurdly Oversized Music Collection. And while I think other tracks on the album are "better" (though the blend of guitars here and some subtle piano is simply gorgeous), the album-opening "On The… ## [The Cramps 'Gravest Gravy'; Never-Before-Released 1977 Album Produced By Alex Chilton](https://portable-infinite.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-cramps-gravest-gravy-never-before.html) _2026-08-21 · alexander laurence · THE PORTABLE INFINITE_ NEVER-BEFORE-RELEASED ALEX CHILTON-PRODUCED 1977 ALBUM, ‘GRAVEST GRAVY’, OUT TODAY ON VENGEANCE RECORDS AVAILABLE ON MULTIPLE COLORED VINYL & CD & ON ALL DIGITAL PLATFORMS THE CRAMPS INC. , A NEW COMPANY RELEASING CRAMPS RARITIES PLUS OFFICIAL MERCHANDISE Photo: GODLIS The Cramps Inc . is the artist formerly known as Poison Ivy Rorschach , Larry Hardy , owner and operator of In The Red Records ,… ## [The Afghan Whigs release new album ‘Soft Control’ out now via Royal Cream/BMG](https://portable-infinite.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-afghan-whigs-release-new-album-soft.html) _2026-08-21 · alexander laurence · THE PORTABLE INFINITE_ THE AFGHAN WHIGS RELEASE NEW ALBUM, SOFT CONTROL OUT NOW VIA ROYAL CREAM/BMG FEATURING FOCUS TRACK “LOOSE TALK” WATCH VISUALIZER HERE UK/EUROPEAN TOUR BEGINS SEPTEMBER 19TH NORTH AMERICAN TOUR CONTINUES THIS FALL Photo Credit: Orlando Perkins “If ever there was a band that deserved this celebratory victory lap, it is the Whigs.” Los Angeles Times “Soft Control captures the band’s signature… ## [Agnes Obel Returns w/"Laymelli", First Album in Six Years out 9/18 on Deutsche Grammophon](https://portable-infinite.blogspot.com/2026/08/agnes-obel-returns-wlaymelli-first.html) _2026-08-21 · alexander laurence · THE PORTABLE INFINITE_ AGNES OBEL RETURNS WITH NEW ALBUM THE MEANING OF FLOWERS FIRST ALBUM IN SIX YEARS OUT 9/18 VIA DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON LISTEN TO THE SINGLE “ LAYMELLI ” HEAR THE SINGLE + PREORDER THE ALBUM HERE Credit: Alex Brüel Flagstad “The world created by Agnes Obel has that same magical realism that writer Angela Carter tapped into: beautifully unsettling. Feet in the forest, head in the stars.” - Joyzine, on… ## [TURNSTILE announces 'NEVER ENOUGH: VERSIONS' out August 28th + NEVER ENOUGH TOUR PT. 2 kicks off in September](https://portable-infinite.blogspot.com/2026/08/turnstile-announces-never-enough.html) _2026-08-21 · alexander laurence · THE PORTABLE INFINITE_ TURNSTILE ANNOUNCES NEVER ENOUGH: VERSIONS ARRIVING AUGUST 28TH A REIMAGINED ALBUM FEATURING ELTON JOHN, SLAYYYTER, BLOOD ORANGE, FOUR TET, A.G. COOK, DYING FETUS, HAYLEY WILLIAMS, PANDA BEAR, OKLOU, DAN DEACON AND MANY MORE THE NEVER ENOUGH TOUR PT. 2 KICKS OFF NEXT MONTH GRAMMY AWARD WINNING ALBUM NEVER ENOUGH OUT EVERYWHERE NOW TURNSTILE by Trevor Roberts NEVER ENOUGH… ## [GIRLHOOD delivers fresh "Lemon Aid" with new single!](https://portable-infinite.blogspot.com/2026/08/girlhood-delivers-fresh-lemon-aid-with.html) _2026-08-21 · alexander laurence · THE PORTABLE INFINITE_ DELIVERS FRESH " LEMON AID " RETURNS WITH FOURTH ALBUM THIS WILL MAKE SENSE IN THE END Food becomes both metaphor and setting: Picnics, lemonade, breakfast, fruit, dessert, dilution and hunger all recur like clues left in plain sight "LEMON AID" Link/Embed: https://youtu.be/Gsx5w0EosUc?si=fKhZdvXZaOl2XGr1 AUGUST 21, 2026 \[New York, NY\] -- U.K.’s buzz-heavy indiepop duo Girlhood return with their… ## [Happy Mondays Release Re-Issue of Pills N' Thrills and Bellyaches.](https://portable-infinite.blogspot.com/2026/08/happy-mondays-release-re-issue-of-pills.html) _2026-08-21 · alexander laurence · THE PORTABLE INFINITE_ HAPPY MONDAYS’ PILLS ’N’ THRILLS AND BELLYACHES ; THE DEFINITIVE REISSUE — OUT NOW \[LONDON RECORDS\] AVAILABLE ACROSS MULTIPLE FORMATS INCLUDING THE PILL EDITION, 5LP SUPER DELUXE EDITION, 4CD, 2CD, LP, PICTURE DISC & CASSETTE ALL ORIGINAL AUDIO REMASTERED FROM FACTORY RECORDS MASTER TAPES WATCH THE NEW VISUALIZER FOR “GOD’S COP” HERE . 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Nowadays it's something like, say, Neutral Milk Hotel 's Aeroplane , or Pink Floyd 's The Final Cut , where I'll pull it out once or twice a year… ## [beabadoobee Releases New Single "Memories" Today](https://portable-infinite.blogspot.com/2026/08/beabadoobee-releases-new-single.html) _2026-08-20 · alexander laurence · THE PORTABLE INFINITE_ beabadoobee New Song “Memories” Out Now New Album Pylon Out September 18 on Dirty Hit/Interscope Records North America, UK & Europe Arena Tour This Fall beabadoobee - 2026 - please credit Erika Kamano NEW YORK, NY – August 20, 2026 – beabadoobee has released “ Memories ,” the latest song to be lifted from her hugely anticipated forthcoming album Pylon , due for release on September 18, 2026, via… ## [Cut Copy Announce November US/CA DJ Tour || Tickets On Sale This Friday](https://portable-infinite.blogspot.com/2026/08/cut-copy-announce-november-usca-dj-tour.html) _2026-08-20 · alexander laurence · THE PORTABLE INFINITE_ CUT COPY ANNOUNCE NOVEMBER US/CA DJ TOUR TICKETS ON SALE THIS FRIDAY LISTEN TO THEIR “RECENT ROTATIONS” MIX photo credit: Misha Vladimirskiy Following the release of their seventh studio album, Moments , last year, today Cut Copy have announced news of a North American DJ tour, their first since 2016, set to bring the Australian electronic pioneers across the U.S. and Canada this November. Tickets… ## [Jackie DeShannon, Mike Bloomfield, The Hillmen, and 'Surf-Age Nuggets' coming from Liberation Hall](https://portable-infinite.blogspot.com/2026/08/jackie-deshannon-mike-bloomfield.html) _2026-08-20 · alexander laurence · THE PORTABLE INFINITE_ LIBERATION HALL ANNOUNCES REISSUES FROM JACKIE DeSHANNON, MIKE BLOOMFIELD, AND THE HILLMEN, PLUS SURF-AGE NUGGETS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | August 20, 2026 – Liberation Hall has shared details of several upcoming titles. The lineup includes Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Jackie DeShannon, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Blues Hall of Fame guitarist Mike Bloomfield, 1960s bluegrass supergroup… ## [Karina Rykman's New Kaleidoscopic-Headrush Song/Video, "Shoegaze Summer," Out Today; New Album Out Sept 25](https://portable-infinite.blogspot.com/2026/08/karina-rykmans-new-kaleidoscopic.html) _2026-08-20 · alexander laurence · THE PORTABLE INFINITE_ ACCLAIMED SINGER-SONGWRITER-BASSIST KARINA RYKMAN UNLEASHES A KALEIDOSCOPIC HEADRUSH WITH NEW SONG, “SHOEGAZE SUMMER” - LISTEN “SHOEGAZE SUMMER” OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO PREMIERES TODAY - WATCH SONG TAKEN FROM EAGERLY AWAITED SOPHOMORE ALBUM, LATE CHECKOUT, ARRIVING SEPTEMBER 25 PRE-ORDERS/PRE-SAVES AVAILABLE NOW US HEADLINE TOUR BEGINS WITH HOMETOWN RECORD RELEASE EVENT AT NEW YORK CITY’S WEBSTER… ## [Acclaimed U.K. duo GIRLHOOD delivers fresh "Lemon Aid" with new single!](https://portable-infinite.blogspot.com/2026/08/acclaimed-uk-duo-girlhood-delivers.html) _2026-08-20 · alexander laurence · THE PORTABLE INFINITE_ DELIVERS FRESH " LEMON AID " RETURNS WITH FOURTH ALBUM THIS WILL MAKE SENSE IN THE END Food becomes both metaphor and setting: Picnics, lemonade, breakfast, fruit, dessert, dilution and hunger all recur like clues left in plain sight GIRLHOOD AUGUST 20, 2026 \[New York, NY\] -- U.K.’s buzz-heavy indiepop duo GIRLHOOD are gearing up to tackle the U.S. with their fourth album (and first to be written… ## [Friko Release New Single “Necessary,” Announce Expanded Edition of 'Something Worth Waiting For', Out Sept. 11](https://portable-infinite.blogspot.com/2026/08/friko-release-new-single-necessary.html) _2026-08-20 · alexander laurence · THE PORTABLE INFINITE_ Friko Release New Single “Necessary,” Announce Expanded Edition of Sophomore Album, Something Worth Waiting For, Featuring Four New B-Side Tracks and Two Demos, Out Digitally September 11th via ATO Records Headline Tour Through UK, Europe & North America This Summer/Fall; Shows in London (Aug 24), Los Angeles (Sept 20), New York (Oct 23) "Friko makes thoughtfully composed, unabashedly impassioned… ## [2000 Great Songs #1428: My Name Is Jack](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/08/2000-great-songs-1428-my-name-is-jack.html) _2026-08-20 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ Much like Fleetwood Mac, who similarly (and presciently) took their name from a member other than the frontman, Manfred Mann (named for its keyboardist) went through myriad iterations and huge stylistic changes over the decades as singers/songwriters came and went. After their early years as an R&B-flavored British Invasion act fronted by Paul Jones, new singer Mike d'Abo ushered in a few years of… ## [CORNELIUS releases new album 'REFRACTIONS' TODAY! Listen in full now. Barbican show next year.](https://portable-infinite.blogspot.com/2026/08/cornelius-releases-new-album.html) _2026-08-19 · alexander laurence · THE PORTABLE INFINITE_ CORNELIUS - New album ‘REFRACTIONS' out TODAY! - Available now via Eat Your Own Ears Recordings - Listen in full here - Barbican show next year Pictured: 'REFRACTIONS' album artwork - click for high res "\[REFRACTIONS\] expands the composer-producer’s sometimes introspective and insular sound into something closer to his all-hands, J-rock concert extravaganzas." - Pitchfork, Most Anticipated Albums… ## [heavens to betsy Announce 1st Project Since 1994: 'baby’s gone' | Never-Before-Heard Single "ain't never goin’ back" (Corin Tucker of Sleater-Kinney)](https://portable-infinite.blogspot.com/2026/08/heavens-to-betsy-announce-1st-project.html) _2026-08-19 · alexander laurence · THE PORTABLE INFINITE_ heavens to betsy Announce First Project Since 1994: baby’s gone 16-Track Demo Tape Recorded by Bratmobile’s Molly Neuman due out October 16 via Kill Rock Stars Package Also Includes Special 7” Recordings These Monsters Are Real (1993) and Direction (1994) baby’s gone pre-order Unleash Never-Before-Heard Single, " ain't never goin’ back " Available across platforms here 2026 North American Fall… ## [Ship software peacefully (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/DHNiCuFpsDiz) _2026-08-19 · **Sponsored**_ Deploy apps from your repo with auto-config, instant previews, scaling, and monitoring. ## [Annabelle Chairlegs shares "Beef Whittled" ahead of dates with Ty Segall in Europe](https://portable-infinite.blogspot.com/2026/08/annabelle-chairlegs-shares-beef.html) _2026-08-19 · alexander laurence · THE PORTABLE INFINITE_ ANNABELLE CHAIRLEGS SHARES “BEEF WHITTLED” - LISTEN AUSTIN MAINSTAY UNVEILS NEW SINGLE, WAKING UP DELUXE, OUT NOW VIA TODO RECORDS - LISTEN UK / EU HEADLINE TOUR CONFIRMED FOR SEPTEMBER 2026, FEATURING APPEARANCES AT MANCHESTER + BRIGHTON PSYCH FESTIVALS LIVE DATES IN AMSTERDAM + BRUSSELS WITH TY SEGALL Photo Credit: Pooneh Ghana “Annabelle Chairlegs, remarkably versatile in both her songcraft and… ## [Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival announces 2026 official lineup](https://portable-infinite.blogspot.com/2026/08/camp-flog-gnaw-carnival-announces-2026.html) _2026-08-19 · alexander laurence · THE PORTABLE INFINITE_ CAMP FLOG GNAW CARNIVAL ANNOUNCES OFFICIAL 2026 LINEUP TYLER, THE CREATOR, FUTURE, DON TOLIVER, STEVE LACY, TURNSTILE, NOT FOR RADIO, LATIN MAFIA, 2HOLLIS, THEE SACRED SOULS, WALLOWS AND MORE SET TO PERFORM AT THE TWELFTH EDITION OF THE FESTIVAL NOVEMBER 14TH & 15TH AT DODGER STADIUM IN LOS ANGELES “Jaw-dropping” BILLBOARD “a totally curated experience that traces back to Tyler, The Creator’s… ## [2000 Great Songs #1427: Temporary Beauty](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/08/2000-great-songs-1427-temporary-beauty.html) _2026-08-19 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ Graham Parker is one of those long-running artists with a massive, almost invariably reliable discography, where I have a million albums I can pull out and say, yep, this one's pretty good... but who don't necessarily create songs that I find revelatory. (Good lord--I'm just discovering this is his first mention in the seven years I've been doing this thing!) Which is fine; the world needs really… ## [2000 Great Songs #1426: Against Pollution](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/08/2000-great-songs-1426-against-pollution.html) _2026-08-18 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ When it comes to John Darnielle and his Mountain Goats , I assume there are a handful of tunes which are generally-acknowledged classics by fans, and then certain songs that may become idiosyncratic personal favorites just because of the way they happen to hit you. I assume "Against Pollution," off 2004's We Shall All Be Healed , probably falls into the latter camp. It's not his most immediate… ## [2000 Great Songs #1425: You Can Call Me Al](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/08/2000-great-songs-1425-you-can-call-me-al.html) _2026-08-17 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ It's been 40 years since the release of Paul Simon 's landmark 1986 LP Graceland , and, as detailed in my book , I haven't been able to enjoy it since listening to it in an altered state of mind in college and coming to the realization that the whole album is just two songs played over and over with different lyrics. (I don't know if that's actually the case, but once you have one of these stoner… ## [2000 Great Songs #1424: Bertha Butt Boogie](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/08/2000-great-songs-1424-bertha-butt-boogie.html) _2026-08-16 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ Jimmy Castor (both with and without The Jimmy Castor Bunch) released records throughout the 70s filled primarily with fairly straight soul and R&B (and some smooth jazz), but he also recorded some hugely entertaining funk music--albeit often novelty tracks with goofy lyrics. "Bertha Butt Boogie," off the Bunch's 1974 colorfully-titled Butt Of Course , obviously falls into that latter camp, but for… ## [2000 Great Songs #1423: It's Too Bad](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/08/2000-great-songs-1423-its-too-bad.html) _2026-08-15 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ With so many great albums from The Jam , it feels like overkill to be paying our third visit to 1978's All Mod Cons . But, damn, what a record! "It's Too Bad" finds Paul Weller in full-on Beatles mode. And, sure, his borrowing of the "She Loves You" riff chords the bridge has a lot to do with it (far from the only instance where Weller found himself cutting-and-pasting a Beatles hook into one of… ## [2000 Great Songs #1422: The Kirwan Song](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/08/2000-great-songs-1422-kirwan-song.html) _2026-08-14 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ I really enjoy the music of Swedish indie act The Amazing , who have about a half-dozen albums blending mellow psychedelia, dream pop, and freak folk. Of course, such music is better suited to quiet backdrops for a lazy weekend morning or settling evening dusk than to active listening, so it's hard for me to pick out specific songs for attention. But I do love "The Kirwan Song," the opening track… ## [2000 Great Songs #1421: Nights On Broadway](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/08/2000-great-songs-1421-nights-on-broadway.html) _2026-08-13 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ As noted previously , I was never a Bee Gees fan once they got past their late 60s pop-psych era. Still, I've got a soft spot for "Nights On Broadway," from 1975's Main Course , the album which saw them start to pivot from AOR pop into soul & disco. Obviously that pivot would become complete with 1977's Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, an album which seized control of the universe (or at least… ## [2000 Great Songs #1420: Live To Tell All](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/08/2000-great-songs-1420-live-to-tell-all.html) _2026-08-12 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ Since the heyday of bubblegum pop music in the late 60s through mid 70s--bands like the Lemon Pipers and Archies and Sweet and Bay City Rollers and Abba --few acts have tried to revive bubblegum, and even fewer have succeeded. But Dressy Bessy , part of the original Elephant 6 stable in the late 90s, have a run of wonderful singles in that vein. "Live To Tell All," a 2000 split-single (later… ## [AI Summaries & Audio Briefings (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/EXl2CJgdmDm3) _2026-08-12 · **Sponsored**_ Read AI summaries and listen to concise audio briefings for the latest stories. ## [2000 Great Songs #1419: Romeo Had Juliette](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/08/2000-great-songs-1419-romeo-had-juliette.html) _2026-08-11 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ This is our second visit to Lou Reed 's 1989 classic New York , one of his strongest, most straightforwardly rocking albums in an indisputably erratic solo career. As with any topical album, New York is a little dated in spots, but "Romeo Had Juliette" holds up, capturing both the romance and darkness of 80s NYC. Lou's lyrics are at their most Dylanesque, sprawling storytelling that's highly… ## [2000 Great Songs #1418: Red Barchetta](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/08/2000-great-songs-1418-red-barchetta.html) _2026-08-10 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ As Rush works its way through an unexpected (and, based on the YouTube videos I've watched, rousingly successful) tour with German drummer Anika Nilles filling in for the late, greatly-missed Neil Peart--breaking down some longstanding gender barriers in the process--it seems like a good time for me to full-throatedly confirm: I just don't care for Rush. I mean, yeah, there are some pretty cool… ## [My Summer Project: Distilling The Dead](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/08/my-summer-project-distilling-dead.html) _2026-08-09 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ Summer is winding down--classes start up again later this month--and I'm still plugging away on my summer project: An absurd quest to burn myself copies of every 80s-era Grateful Dead show currently circulating in high-quality soundboard. Which is, of course, kinda nuts. I've already got pretty much every 60s/70s show, and a pretty hefty helping of 80s & 90s shows. Do I really need any more? Now,… ## [2000 Great Songs #1417: Teacher Teacher](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/08/2000-great-songs-1417-teacher-teacher.html) _2026-08-09 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ The stand-out opening cut from Rockpile 's sole proper LP, 1980's Seconds of Pleasure , "Teacher Teacher" features Nick Lowe at his best. While firmly in the power pop mold of Lowe's early solo work, guitarist Dave Edmunds gives it some rockabilly twang. Thematically, it may be a tougher sale these days--though they beat Van Halen's "Hot For Teacher" to the punch by about four years--but… ## [2000 Great Songs #1416: I Was Dancing In The Lesbian Bar](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/08/2000-great-songs-1416-i-was-dancing-in.html) _2026-08-08 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ Jonathan Richman 's post- Modern Lovers records can be a mixed bag, some genuinely charming music sometimes balanced out by tracks that are a little too childlike to warrant repeat listens. 1992's I Jonathan probably had a higher hit-to-miss ratio than most (albeit including a ringer with a remake of his earlier " That Summer Feeling "). The jaunty "I Was Dancing In The Lesbian Bar" walks the line… ## [New-ish Releases: Les Big Byrd](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/08/new-ish-releases-les-big-byrd.html) _2026-08-07 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ The downside of decades of obsessive music listening & collecting is that it becomes increasingly rare to have one of those "this is my new favorite band!" moments. So it's always refreshing when you randomly stumble across an artist you haven't heard before and spend a few days listening exclusively to their music. Anyway, I recently came across the latest release from Swedish psychedelic act Les… ## [2000 Great Songs #1415: Rock 'n' Roll High School](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/08/2000-great-songs-1415-rock-n-roll-high.html) _2026-08-07 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ While Ramones purists may balk at the band's bid for commercial acceptance with the polished "Rock 'n' Roll High School," the song arguably served its purpose. Once polished up enough to get played on mainstream radio, it helped expose me (and presumably others) to the band. And, for all its sheen, it's still a Ramones song, silly and fun and absurdly catchy. The original 1979 version of the song… ## [2000 Great Songs #1414: Ma](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/08/2000-great-songs-1414-ma.html) _2026-08-06 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ How many 17-minute 2-chord vamps does a Top 2000 really need? Well, apparently two (so far). Detroit's Rare Earth, one of the few all-white acts on Motown, had already released some fantastic (and underrated) R&B albums in the late 60s and early 70s when they decided to go all in on some absurdly over-the-top funk. For the title track of 1973's Ma , they took a basic two-note bass riff and… ## [2000 Great Songs #1413: The Divided Sky](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/08/2000-great-songs-1413-divided-sky.html) _2026-08-05 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ Recently got myself into a Very Online Phish Twitter kerfuffle by admitting that I am not enamored with some of the band's earlier, dorkier material (relegating myself to what some phans called the band's "dadrock" era). So be it! But that said, they certainly had some memorable, and musically impressive, songs dating all the way back to their beginnings. Like "The Divided Sky," from their 1989… ## [2000 Great Songs #1412: I Apologize](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/08/2000-great-songs-1412-i-apologize.html) _2026-08-04 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ Three visits to Hüsker Dü 's 1985 post-punk landmark New Day Rising may be overkill... but since our prior selections were both from drummer/vocalist Grant Hart, I figured we could use a little Bob Mould . Pretty basic song--basically a simple pop song run through the gale-force guitar buzzsaw wringer--but there are few things more bracing than an emotionally unhinged Mould delivering shout-along… ## [2000 Great Songs #1411: Tell Me If You Wanna Go Home](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/08/2000-great-songs-1411-tell-me-if-you.html) _2026-08-03 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ 2013's Begin Again was a sweet little film, cute and charming, and, hey, I'm a sucker for movies about the music-making process. (See also Frank for a very different take on the subject of musical creativity.) The songs at the heart of the film--released on the following year's soundtrack album--were surprisingly enjoyable, light pop but oozing with charisma thanks to the disarming delivery by… ## [2000 Great Songs #1410: And I Moved](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/08/2000-great-songs-1410-and-i-moved.html) _2026-08-02 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ Another example of the deep cuts being far more interesting to me than the singles. A bit of a sleeper on Pete Townshend 's 1980 solo LP Empty Glass , "And I Moved" features one of rock's greatest guitars leaving his guitars behind, replaced with a delightful rolling piano figure provided by frequent collaborator John "Rabbit" Bundrick (who also played on the following year's Who LP Face Dances )… ## [2000 Great Songs #1409: The Conqueror](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/08/2000-great-songs-1409-conqueror.html) _2026-08-01 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ Genesis ' 1969 debut, From Genesis To Revelation , gets a pretty bad rap, and is frequently omitted from retrospectives of the band's Peter Gabriel years--though I just read the record is about to get a long-overdue deluxe edition treatment. Its reputation isn't exactly unjustified, as it's a pretty flawed album. The songs are a little twee, short nuggets quite different from the majestic prog… ## [Records I Like Mix August 2026](https://recordsilike.co.uk/2026/08/01/records-i-like-mix-august-2026/) _2026-08-01 · Tom · Records I Like_ This month’s mix navigates a number of themes ranging from three from Skep Wax’s recent releases to noise/punk pop. We have tracks in the Spanish language going up against Indonesian indiepop with a supporting cast of dreampop efforts from the … ## [2000 Great Songs #1408: Better Things](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/07/2000-great-songs-1408-better-things.html) _2026-07-31 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ Another early single from The Minders , part of the stable of Elephant 6 -affiliated 90s indie pop bands. The flip-side of a 1997 small-pressing 7", later collected on 1998's excellent Cul-De-Sacs & Dead Ends compilation, "Better Things"--not to be confused with the Kinks track of the same name, covered here many moons ago--is short and sweet, a pretty basic lo-fi bubblegum pop tune that sounds… ## [2000 Great Songs #1407: The Ghost In You](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/07/2000-great-songs-1407-ghost-in-you.html) _2026-07-30 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ As noted previously, the Psychedelic Furs ' " Love My Way " was one the most definitive songs of my high school years, high atop the shortlist of new wave-era songs that opened me to music beyond the top 40 hits and classic rock chestnuts I'd been absorbing up until that point. "The Ghost In You," off 1984's Mirror Moves , doesn't have quite the same emotional connotations for me--it's just a… ## [2000 Great Songs #1406: Third Stone From The Sun](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/07/2000-great-songs-1406-third-stone-from.html) _2026-07-29 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ While I don't spend a lot of time listening to Jimi Hendrix , Guitar God--this is only the second Hendrix original on the list, third if you count " Watchtower " as belonging as much to him as to Dylan (note that I have "Watchtower" credited to Hendrix on the 2000-song database linked below)--I do enjoy Hendrix the psychedelic explorer. And "Third Stone From The Sun," the most extended cut on… ## [2000 Great Songs #1405: Six Different Ways](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/07/2000-great-songs-1405-six-different-ways.html) _2026-07-28 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ Despite a lengthy list of great Cure singles to choose from, I'm partial to "Six Different Ways," from 1985's The Head On The Door , as a key example of an album track that should've been the hit single. (It did get its day as a b-side, backing up the flamenco-tinged "The Blood," released as a single in Spain.) It's a slinky little track, obviously far less immediate than the same album's " In… ## [2000 Great Songs #1404: Shilo](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/07/2000-great-songs-1404-shilo.html) _2026-07-27 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ I suppose there will come a day when I can post a Neil Diamond song without adding the " Guilty Pleasure " caveat, but this surely ain't that day. Because writing a heartfelt song about a lonely boy and his imaginary friend? Not a convincing bid for rock & roll coolness (though props to Neil for pushing to record a more introspective song over the objections of his label, which wanted more… ## [2000 Great Songs #1403: Veronica](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/07/2000-great-songs-1403-veronica.html) _2026-07-26 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ While I've continued to check out anything new Elvis Costello puts out right through the present day, I tend to view his first six albums as untouchable, and the balance as hit and miss with moments of greatness. That said, he could still work the occasional miracle to remind you that he's one of rock & roll's greatest songwriters, and "Veronica," off 1989's Spike , is clearly one of those magical…