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Get More Nick Waterhouse!!

It’s been far too long since I have posted a quirky track and I am not perfectly clear on why.  This one really digs into me more than most I have heard as of late, I guess.  You have to understand that I have been through the throwbacks and this project of Nick’s represents a [...]

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Get More Joe Strummer!!

Joe Strummer always put everything he had emotionally into every song he did.  Even when the song is a Bob Marley song…RIP Joe. – Bill Ryan Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros – Redemption Song Click the image below to get more of Joe Strummer through Amazon!

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Get More Clan of Xymox!!

Sticking with the Goth club theme for a bit, I had to add this song which ended up back in my regular listening rotation again a few years ago. This group from the Netherlands was a favorite in the clubs and was a true Darkwave band through and through.  Also known as just Xymox, they [...]

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Get More of The Horrors!!

Found The Horrors through Spotify late this year.  Launched the program and there they were on the front page.  To be honest, the album art is what drew me in.  I have no shame in that though as I have found a ton of my favorite artists by the look of their albums.  Anyway, I [...]

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Get More Johnny Cash!

The MAN does Danzig.  Enough said. – Bill Ryan Johnny Cash – Thirteen Click the image below to get more Johnny Cash through Amazon!

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Get More Poesie Noire!!

A major flashback on my list, this track reminds me of nights spent hanging out with friends at my favorite little Goth club in Hollywood. This Belgian band had marginal success in the mid 80’s alternative scene and while they incorporate some of the usual industrial trappings into their sound, it’s very different than the [...]

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Get More Vezelay!!

This track reminds me of what I fell in love with in 90′s digital musicians like Aphex Twin and Mum.  In fact while listening to this track as I type in those bands names, I have flashes of the mystery and intrigue that they used to fill me with as I would bask in their music in the [...]

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Get More OMD!!

Q: When do large popular bands cover smaller, up-and-coming bands?  A: When the song is really good. (orig. done by The Xx) – Bill Ryan OMD – VCR Click the image below to get more OMD through Amazon!

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Get More Lykke Li!!

Again feeling late to the party, this song was a recent discovery for me on one of the many trips my wife and I took this year. While walking through the Height Ashbury we stopped into a crazy little sock shop and this song filled my head and sparked my interest. I couldn’t tell you [...]

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Get More La Roux!!

The purpose of this post is to primarily investigate Skrillex as an artist and not La Roux although they are a talented pair in their own right.  I stumbled upon Skrillex at the very beginning of 2011 and didn’t even know what I was getting into.  Now, DubStep is sweeping the globe with its punky take on dance [...]