“Loco-Motion” was the second record I ever bought. Yes, I remember it’s hyphenated. Do you know how much I stared at that label? That’s where I first saw the words “Goffin/King.” At the time, I didn’t even know those were the writers! But how I loved that track. What is that sound? A saxophone? It […]

Kiesza – Hideaway (Official Video) – YouTube Hideaway – Spotify This is a hit! Last night I listened to the Spotify Top 50, to be more specific, “Today’s Top Hits,” hand-curated for your listening pleasure. Sunday I listened to “Top Tracks in the United States” and almost barfed. So much was imitative of everything else, […]

X OFFENDER It sounds like a modern day girl group recording…because it was produced by Richard Gottehrer, whose first number one was “My Boyfriend’s Back,” who had his hand in so many sixties hits with thin production that sound just like…this. And, unless you lived in NYC, you never heard this, at least not until […]

AUTOBAHN Start here, because everybody else did. Yes, it’s hard to believe today, but once upon a time this sound was revolutionary, surprising, something everybody talked about. Today, it’s the basis for what’s now known as EDM, Kraftwerk is the acknowledged progenitor. It was so weird to hear this coming out of the radio, and […]