New Wave

L.E.S. Artistes – Santigold

I might be late to the party, but I just recently heard L.E.S. Artistes by Santigold on Pandora.  It sounded very familiar, so I’m not sure if I’d heard it somewhere else.  Anyway, I love the way her voice mixes with those little electronic Oh, Ooh’s.  Very cool song.  I’m going with New Wave, Electronic [...]

Buildings and Mountains – The Republic Tigers

The Republic Tigers – Buildings & Mountains

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I heard a portion of this song in between sections of a podcast three or four months ago and then forgot all about it.  I remember thinking it would be perfect for a Music Blur post.  Well here it is, finally…
The band is [...]

Roxanne – The Police

First I would like to say I love this song!!! It may not serve the purpose of MusicBlur, in that most people have heard of The Police and Roxanne. I still have to share the love. It begins the familiar guitar beat, then Sting calls out for “Roxanne.” I love the [...]

Always Something There To Remind Me – Naked Eyes

Hey guys. Michael here. James and Sarah invited me to embark on the musical journey that is Music Blur with them, and this is my first post, so go easy on me.
Sarah’s earlier post about Tears for Fears got me thinking too about some of the music I used to listen to when I was [...]

Everybody Wants to Rule the World – Tears for Fears

It occurred to me as I was done writing the last post that I need to go back to my roots – the 80s! So here it is Tears for Fears, one of my first CDs – “Songs from the Big Chair.” It was tough picking a favorite but I felt that “Everybody [...]