Groovy Ghosts of Yule: Alan Vega – No More Christmas Blues
The weather outside is frightful so how about we hear the delightful Ghost Rider himself, Alan Vega, warble a Christmas tune in the only way he can? What else you going to do? Nothing! Included on the ZE’s 1982 A Christmas Record compilation, this quite gloomy sounding yet strangely uplifting [...]
Single of the Day: The Flying Lizards – Summertime Blues
The summer is not all fun in the sun for those of us who have to go to boring work, in fact Eddie Cochrane penned his classic 1958 rock ‘n’ roll anthem, ‘Summertime Blues’ to all the dispirited kids who had to work at Boots in Tamworth over the holidays [...]
Surreal Singles Club: The B-52s – Deep Sleep
Athens, Georgia’s finest, The B-52s, recorded this minor Surreal classic back in 1982. Taken from the Mesopotamia EP and produced by David Byrne, it saw the band delve deep into the past and travel to a mysterious post-punk parallel universe. Alongside the title track, ‘Deep Sleep’ is one of the [...]
Single of the Day – The Units – The Right Man
Today’s SOTD comes from the cult synth-punk band The Units. Released in 1982 and produced by Michael Cotten – the synthesizer player from the Tubes, the track was quickly picked by Daniele Baldelli, who promptly spun it at his legendary Cosmic night in Italy. It was also a top twenty [...]
Downtown Week: Under The Influence with Gyratory System
Daysarenumbers are the lucky recipients of an exclusive mix from one of most exciting UK bands around, Gyratory System. Wowing audiences and critics alike with their hallucinatory brand of post-punk and electronics, we were over the moon when Andrew kindly agreed to do a special mix for us during our [...]
Downtown Week: Top Ten Blanks -The Best of Bob Blank
It’s impossible not to mention Bob Blank when one discusses the music of New York during the seventies and eighties. A true maverick producer, Blank was the man who harnessed the creative energy of the City and channelled it through his famous Blank Tapes Studios. Having worked with an whole [...]
Subway Sounds – Liquid Liquid – Cavern
Led by drummer, Scott Hartley and featuring bass, vocals and various percussions by Richard McQuire, Salvatore Principato and Dennis Young respectively, Liquid Liquid were influenced by the DIY Punk aesthetic and by African music, but most of all the idea of groove-based songs. Their short recording history was punctuated by [...]
Downtown Week: An Introduction
Hello cool cats and jive turkeys, welcome to Daysarenumbers’ Downtown week! This week we’ll be traveling back in time to late 70s & 80s New York to celebrate one of the most creatively fertile periods of popular music and film. From the Big Apple to Gotham City, New York has [...]
Single of the Day – Artefact – Mae
Everyone seems to be banging on about “coldwave” and “synthwave” these days, so today’s SOTD is a nice bit of jaded synth-disco from some French post-punk band called Artefact. Created by extreme Right Wing theorist and sci-fi nerd Maurice G. Dantec (no, me neither) in 1977, Artefact were a concept-band [...]
Ghoulish Delight #3: Bush Tetras – Things That Go Boom In The Night
Things bloody well go boom in the night with this 1981 post-punk ditty from the moody Bush Tetras.