#indie #1980s

The Cure with a nice live version of one of their greatest songs, A Forest. This one is from 1987 and lasts over 12 minutes!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpMXXPHiJb0&ab_channel=Adam%E2%80%9COTHERVOICESSTAYCURED%E2%80%9DLipka

#2010s #neofolk #england

Darkest Sky's first album, A Tyrant Spell (2018).

0:00 The Black Sun of Europe
4:20 The Heath is Green
8:15 Damnation and Memory
11:53 A Tyrant Spell
16:17 All Hail Europa
19:58 Isle of the Dead
23:29 Runes Above the Sea
27:00 Winterheim
31:17 Before the Dawn
35:38 Waldeinsamkeit
39:06 White Flower
42:55 After the Flood

#2010s #neofolk #england

Darkest Sky's second album, Shadow of the Foresayer (2019).

0:00 Shadow of the Foresayer
3:34 Rape of the Rose
8:00 Eadem Mutata Resurgo
12:14 Bloodland
16:30 The Devil's Master
20:44 Totengrund
25:06 Fires in the Night
28:53 Language of the Birds
32:23 Last Stand in the Forest Kingdom
36:00 Waldsterben
40:10 Black Lament

#2010s #neofolk #england

Darkest Sky's final release, the EP An Experiment With Time (2019).

0:00 An Experiment With Time
3:25 Vision and the Mystery
8:35 The Drowning
11:52 The Light That Failed

#slav

Ukrainian band Zwyntar have this jaunty song, Мексиканець (Mexican):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRVO6fh92OU&ab_channel=Zwyntar-Topic

#hauntology #2010s

Pye Corner Audio with Pathway Six. I imagine this is like being in a British supermarket circa 1980, after hours.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LYB5-Yzyvc&ab_channel=PyeCornerAudio-Topic

#robotpop #1980s

Astonishingly, I never knew until today about this version of Tour de France (1983) by the Brothers Kraft, which has a different vocal recording and unique extra lyrics! I can't believe it passed me by until now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCjLBlT-dOc&ab_channel=technopop2000

#1900s #femme

A newly-released 1993 recording of Suzanne Vega performing some songs from her album of that year:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGMDhQB_cDU&ab_channel=2metersessions

#2000s #femme #electronic

A nice ditty from the late end of the 2000s, from Swedish songstress Robyn:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ojHWQrm4UM

#indie #england

A nice taste of 1990 - Shine On by The House of Love:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxUv79hejRU

#indie #1980s

Similar to the above, but this time a song by American band Wire Train, from 1985:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6mTb-PveP0

#1980s #femme

A feel-good mid-80s track. You can imagine this playing at a yuppie bar, maybe in Detroit in 1987 while some corporate executives celebrate their new cyborg project by bedding some models.

PS. And what beautiful graphic design!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InH-iidhabY

#1990s #femme

KD Lang isn't really my thing, but there are a few songs I really like. This is one of them. I love the title as well - Season of Hollow Soul.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhV_nqBOfY4

#1990s #femme

The other one I like by KD Lang is Miss Chatelaine:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wjEVITyxQY

#ballad #1980s

And finally, there's her powerful duet with Roy Orbison, Crying:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMdKwVUBRp0

#1980s

I always liked this song in Ghostbusters. (You have to skip the first half to find the bit that appears in the film.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hK2EUIYiWXU

#eurodance #2010s

A feelgood Belgian dance track from 2013. It's notable that everyone appearing in the video is White. I don't think that would happen nowadays.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6vSf0cA9qY

A small list of my favourite love songs:

Roy Orbison: Mystery Girl
Bryan Ferry: Johnny and Mary
Lloyd Cole: Hey Rusty
OMD: 4-Neu
Andrea Bocelli: Time to Say Goodbye
Erasure: My Heart So Blue [Incidental mix]
Eurythmics: Julia

The above as mp3s.