This Track Is Fire!

Full disclosure, I had actually written up a completely different entry for today, but on Monday morning my friend Peter sent me this song and a message saying, "I don’t know if you’re familiar with this band or song already, but there is so much to like about this." My response to him? "Holy shit!" I knew nothing about Ecca Vandal two days ago, but every so often you hear a song that in the first few seconds makes you go, "fuuuuuuuuuuuck." This is one of those songs, and yes, it is straight up FIRE! And don't you worry, the original post I had for today will be posted on Friday, I just had to post this track as soon as possible. ENJOY! MOLLY by Ecca Vandal

  Here's all of the music that I covered for the month of July, 2025. As always, I highly encourage your to actually  purchase  the music that I share here on this blog.  Enjoy!

There was this wonderfully weird time in the 90s when British rock bands infused their songs with dance music. For me, it was wonderful. Sure, there were hits and misses, but in my opinion, this is one of the better ones. While I get that Happy Mondays were pretty huge in the UK, other than this song I don't think tey made much of an impression here in the States. But at least we got this, and it's a gem! And, pardon me for the dad joke, but HAPPY MONDAY!

I've been aware of Yusuf Islam (fka Cat Stevens) for as long as I can recall. I remember that I had a friend in high school that adored him, but other than cursory knowledge of his hits I admit that I did not know much about him nor his oeuvre. That changed slightly this past Spring/Summer. I went to a vinyl/CD sale here in town and fingered through various vintage albums when I came across Teaser And The Firecat  for the small sum of $5. I had started my affinity for vinyl recorded and pressed during the 70s because those albums and the songs on them were produced for vinyl, and honestly, I think they sound better on said medium. Sure, the cover was a bit beat up, but the record itself was in pristine collection, so for a five spot, why not? Again, I was familiar with the hits on this album, but I had never sat down and listened to it from start to finish, especially not on vinyl. Dear reader, in a very short span of time this became one of my favorite albums to put on. As to the ...

  Here's all of the music that I covered for the month of August, 2025, except for SPC ECO "FRI-20-2020," which can be found on Bandcamp (embedded below). I highly encourage your to actually  purchase  the music that I share here on this blog.  Enjoy! SPC ECO "FRI-20-2020" is on Bandcamp, but not on Spotify: FRI-20-2020 by SPC ECO

This is a young blog, so I am hesitant to highlight a band more than once, but at the same time I want this blog to naturally reflect those songs that I am currently enjoying. So, while I've already linked to multiple songs by Pixel Grip ,  Nine Inch Nails, and Boys Noize already this year, we can add HEALTH to that list now . I think one of the things that I like about HEALTH in particular is that they are so hard to pigeonhole. Are they metal? Are they industrial? Are the electronic? Are they noise rock? The answer is an emphatic YES to all of the above, and more. This is the first single off of their forthcoming album Conflict DLC  and if the entire album is like this I will be a very happy man indeed. I can feel my face melting already, and for me, that's a good thing. Enjoy! CONFLICT DLC by HEALTH

Here's all of the music that I covered for the month of September, 2025, except for Snowbeasts "The Snow," which can be found on Bandcamp (embedded below). I highly encourage your to actually  purchase  the music that I share here on this blog.  Enjoy! Snowbeasts "The Snow" is on Bandcamp, but not on Spotify: The Snow by Snowbeasts

  Can you tell that I just listened to a live Erasure album this past weekend ( The Neon Live , if you're curious)? There was a time, when I was young and very stupid, that I didn't like Erasure simply because Vince Clarke had the audacity to leave my favorite band, Depeche Mode. As I said, I was very young, but more importantly, very stupid. At some point in my early 20s I got over myself and started really enjoying Erasure more and more. I finally saw them live when they came to Grand Rapids in 2018 (thanks to the ever-wonderful Shalee) whereupon I realized how truly and deeply I love them, because I sang along to each and every song. But for me, this will always be my favorite. Happy Monday!

Here's all of the music that I covered for the month of October, 2025. I highly encourage your to actually purchase  the music that I share here on this blog. If there's interest in me sharing this via other services, please let me know. I went with Spotify not because I use them (I don't), but because most people do. Enjoy!

  By this point you probably realize that I already love synthpop as well as most of its derivations over the years, whether it's Futurepop, Synthwave, or Darkwave. So, of course when I hear this track, that sounds like it escaped from the 80s with a slightly sinister sheen to it, you know I'm all in. Enjoy, but you know, in a gothy kind of way.

As you're probably getting used to by now, I am not exactly sure where I heard this song. I just know that I heard it somewhere, pulled out my phone, tapped on Shazam and BOOM! now it's part of my collection. Like my friend Jason, I tend to be a fan of these songs that start kinda slow, not overly loud, but then builds to a lovely crescendo. I also very much like songs that sound like they're happy but are actually quite dark. The juxtaposition does it for me. So yeah, I like this song, it's fire! Enjoy!

  Full disclosure here, I might  be a touch biased as To The End is the name by old college friend, David, uses for the music he posts on SoundCloud. He either posts stuff or sends it directly to me, and many more times than not I really like what he sends me. I admit that Dave's creativity inspires me. He simply must create, whether it be photography, music, or his ephemeral blog, it just has to come out of him. When it comes to my own creative endeavors I often wrestle with whether something is good enough to post. I'm not saying that Dave doesn't do that, but his output is impressive. And to top it all off, he puts out quality shit, like this track here. What else can I say, this track is fire. to the end · today is not a good day to be a pussy