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Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon

With Ian McCulloch and co. returning with "Apples For Isaac", we dust off their most celebrated song, one of the true masterpieces of the entire wave era

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Lloyd Cole – \"Forest Fire,\" the Slow-Burning Fire That Still Burns

The story of the manifesto-track of the British songwriter and his band, at the twilight of new wave and the birth of new pop.

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David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes – A Neo-Romantic Pierrot

On this day in 1980, "Ashes To Ashes" was released, one of the English artist's most legendary hits. Let's take a closer look at the song, its aesthetic and its iconic music video

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Rem - Fall On Me

Acid rain and gravity. Galileo and environmental devastation. The story behind Stipe & co.'s ecological anthem, which is also one of their most poignant ballads

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The Feelies – \"Loveless Love\"

Like a crescendo that implodes on itself. A held-back climax. The New York band's loveless love song is a tour de force of rock that's both cerebral and heart-wrenching.

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Litfiba - 17 Re

After forty years, the single "17 Re", which gave its name to the Florentine band's most celebrated album, is available for the first time

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Space – "Magic Fly"

The story of a cornerstone of space-disco: melodic and irresistible, like "Oxygène Part IV" hurled onto the dancefloor of some alien galaxy.

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Emmanuel and Gianni Morandi – La Chica De Humo / Ma Tu Chi Sei

When producer Mauro Malavasi bridged Bologna and Mexico City with a memorable song

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R.E.M. - Nightswimming

The melancholy portrait of Stipe and co.'s youth, between midnight swims and painful memories

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Swans – To Be Kind

"To Be Kind" is, in its eight minutes, the perfect synthesis of the band's monster-era phase

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Charly García, Sting – In The City

The brilliant elder statesman of Argentine rock reworks one of his own songs with Sting's help, and the result is surprising

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Dean – Instagram

An introspective masterpiece and a sharp snapshot of social media, Dean's "Instagram" is one of the defining songs of contemporary K-pop and R&B

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Fennesz - Endless Summer

We celebrate the end of summer with the stunning title track from the Austrian composer's LP: glitch sounds for an endless emotion

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Cars - Heartbeat City

The hypnotic urban portrait that closed the Boston band's self-titled LP, between electronic pulses, hazy melancholy and nods to the Velvet Underground

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Francesco De Gregori - Atlantide

One of the gems of "Bufalo Bill": a melancholy, surreal tale, its disarming lyrics immersed in a dreamlike sonic flow with Dylan-esque overtones

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Don Henley - The Boys Of Summer

As summer blazes, we celebrate one of the great cult songs of the season: turned down by Tom Petty, it made the fortune of the former Eagles man, thanks to a mix of rock and synth-pop and lyrics of aching melancholy. It even influenced hypnagogic pop

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David Bowie - Life On Mars?

Taking advantage of its 52nd birthday on a 7-inch single, we're putting one of the White Duke's most beautiful and beloved songs back on the jukebox

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Renato Zero - Un uomo da bruciare/ Madame

Class struggle filtered through the debunking glam lens of the inimitable Fiacchini in 1976, a step away from major success

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Chris Rea - Josephine

The making and unmaking of one of the defining songs of Eighties soft rock

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Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe!

A star is born: the story of the song about "comphet" that brought the Missouri singer-songwriter to the spotlight, now topping the UK charts

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The Residents - Rest Aria

The first masterpiece by the strangest and most tragic band in history. A metaphor for the collapse of capitalist society, between classical piano playing and seemingly childlike sketches

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Bjork - Hyperballad

Between flow and catharsis: the story of a formidable song by the Icelandic artist, taken from her second album, "Post"

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Big Thief - Vampire Empire

The studio version of the Brooklyn band's new song doesn't disappoint

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The Specials - Friday Night, Saturday Morning

A journey to the center (and the end) of the night with Terry Hall and Thatcher's England, set to the bittersweet rhythm of ska-reggae