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RIP #VaughanOliver - Influential artist and designer who gave distinct visual identities for many 4AD Records releases including Cocteau Twins, Dead Can Dance, The Breeders, Lush, This Mortal Coil, Pale Saints, Pixies, Throwing Muses and many more.
Today’s underrated band: Japan
Adolescent Sex/‘78 (not pictured)
Obscure Alternatives/‘78 (not pictured)
Quiet Life/‘79
Gentlemen Take Polaroids/‘80
Tin Drum/‘81
Oil on Canvas’83 (live/not pictured)
Rain Tree Crow/‘91 (Japan reunion project under a new name)
#DavidSylvian
40 years ago today, #TheCure released the single "Jumping Someone Else's Train"
On this day in 1988, #DeadCanDance released their fourth studio album “The Serpent's Egg”
#TomPetty would have celebrated his 69th birthday today.
He’s greatly missed.
Oct 15th, a great day for releases:
Ultravox/Quartet/82
Aztec Camera/Oblivious/83
XTC/The Big Express/84
Bronski Beat/The Age of Consent/84
The Cars/Hello Again/84
Ride/Nowhere/90
Lush/Sweetness & Light/90
Blur/She’s So High/90
Julie Cruise/Falling/90
Dramarama/Vinyl/91
Four favorites for #NationalAlbumDay...
#JoyDivision / #TheCure / #TheSmiths / #DepecheMode
September 23rd, a great day for releases:
David Bowie “Heroes” ‘77
The Stranglers “No More Heroes” ‘77
Blondie “Parallel Lines” ‘78
Siouxsie and the Banshees “Dear Prudence” ‘83
Pixies “Trompe le Monde” ‘91
Primal Scream “Screamadelica” ‘91
The Strokes “Someday” ‘02
September 17th, a great day for releases:
The Runaways/Cherry Bomb/76
Oingo Boingo EP/80
Pretenders/Back on the Chain Gang/82
Howard Jones/New Song/83
The Cure/Close to Me/85
Depeche Mode/World In My Eyes/90
Cocteau Twins/Heaven or Las Vegas/90
The Cure/Never Enough/90
Sept 7, a great day for releases:
Gary Numan/Pleasure Principle/79
Slits/Cut/79
Siouxsie/Join Hands/79
Depeche Mode/Just Can’t Get Enough/81
The The/Burning Blue Soul/81
Pet Shop Boys/Actually/87
Iggy Pop/American Caesar/93
Belle & Sebastian/The Boy w the Arab Strap/98