“Eighties” (1985) By Killing Joke (1978-1996; 2002-present)

“Our Lips Are Sealed” (1983) by Fun Boy Three (1981-1983)

Formed after Terry Hall, Neville Staple and Lynval Golding left The Specials.

“Summertime” (2009) by Dead Prez (1996-present) & DJ Green Lantern

“Experience” (1996) by Bisk

Hailing from Japan, this electronic project’s brainchild is Naohiro Fujikawa. You can download his latest album Twisted for free.

“Glasshouse” (1985) by Party Day

Further Experiments was a British band formed in 1979. They went on to take the moniker Party Day in 1982.

Further Reading:

official(ish) site great resource of information run by Steve Drury

link

“After Laughter (Comes Tears)” (1964) by Wendy René (c. 1962-1967; 2010)

René sang backup for Otis Redding (who came up with her stage name) and was scheduled to fly out with him and The Bar-Kays on December 10, 1967. She decided to back out at the last minute due to her new motherhood. This would prove to be a life saving decision as that was the flight that took Redding’s life. The sole survivor of the crash was trumpeter Ben Cauley. Bassist James Alexander lucked out as he was on a separate flight. René just recently passed away of a stroke on December 16th.

“After Laughter” was sampled on Wu-Tang Clan’s “Tearz”

“Songs for Swinging Larvae” (1981) by Renaldo and the Loaf (1975-1988; 2006-present)

Pretty uncategorizable and weird….this is a short film compromised of bits and pieces from the album of the same name.

Further Reading:

Renaldo and the Loaf Official Site

Article on The Weirdest Band in the World

NPR probably won't be streaming this album for much longer since it came out this week. Highly recommended listening.

“If The Kids Are United” (1978) by Sham 69 (1975-1979; 1987-present)

Dog Faced Hermans (1986-1995) live at Le Cafe Shakes in Lincoln, NE (1994)

“Dayvan Cowboy” (2005) by Boards Of Canada (1986-present)

Boards of Canada is a duo from Edinburgh, Scotland.