New episode of Synthentral, a stream of synth-based music, is now online!
Dear Bands: I encourage you to share this! Your fans will be introduced to other bands and the fans of other bands who share this will be introduced to your band. Spread the music!
Just click on the synthesizer below to listen to the stream!
My Facebook feed has been so full of hatred lately. Hate toward “libtards,” hate toward “Republitards,” hate toward the LGBT community, hate toward political candidates or politicians, hate toward gun owners or anti-gun advocates. Remember when public tragedies brought us together? I guess the political discourse has gotten to the point that even after a tragedy we can’t come together as a nation anymore.
We need love: not hate. So my morning will be filled with love songs:
ARTIST: Happy Mondays
SONG: Sunshine and Love
ALBUM: …Yes, Please!
YEAR: 1992
ARTIST: Green Day
SONG: Oh Love
ALBUM: !UNO!
YEAR: 2012
ARTIST: !distain
SONG: Black Mountain Love Affair
ALBUM: 25 Frames A Second (Expanded Edition)
YEAR: 2004
ARTIST: Wolfsheim
SONG: Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love To Town
ALBUM: 55578
YEAR: 1995
ARTIST: Erasure
SONG: Lay All Your Love On Me
ALBUM: Abba-Esque
YEAR: 1992
ARTIST: ABC
SONG: Look of Love, The (Part I)
ALBUM: Absolutely ABC: Best of ABC
YEAR: 1982 (Song)
ARTIST: Code 64
SONG: Love Sees No Colour
ALBUM: Accelerate EP
YEAR: 2013
ARTIST: Men Without Hats
SONG: I’m In Love
ALBUM: The Adventures Of Women & Men Without Hate In The 21st Century
YEAR: 1989
ARTIST: Bronski Beat
SONG: I Fee Love
ALBUM: Age of Consent
YEAR: 1983
ARTIST: IAMX
SONG: This Will Make You Love Again
ALBUM: The Alternative
YEAR: 2006
ARTIST: Future Holotape
SONG: Summer In Love
ALBUM: Analog Renegades
YEAR: 2014
ARTIST: Visage
SONG: Again We Love
ALBUM: The Anvil
YEAR: 1982
ARTIST: The Presets
SONG: This Boy’s in Love
ALBUM: Apocalypso
YEAR: 2008
ARTIST: informatik
SONG: My True Love (Pulse State Mix)
ALBUM: Arena
YEAR: 2009
ARTIST: Atlantic Popes
SONG: Love
ALBUM: Atlantic Popes
YEAR: 2000
ARTIST: Boytronic
SONG: Love Remains
ALBUM: Autotunes
YEAR: 2002
ARTIST: Blancmange
SONG: Don’t You Love It All?
ALBUM: Believe You Me (Remastered)
YEAR: 1985
ARTIST: A Flock of Seagulls
SONG: Space Age Love Song
ALBUM: The Best of A Flock of Seagulls
YEAR: 1982 (song)
ARTIST: Cutting Crew
SONG: I’ve Been In Love Before
ALBUM: The Best of Cutting Crew
YEAR: 1987
ARTIST: Howard Jones
SONG: Everlasting Love
ALBUM: The Best of Howard Jones
YEAR: 1989
It’s been a few days since I put MediaMonkey on shuffle. Remember, the whole point of this is to introduce people to new music! So make sure you listen and maybe you’ll find a new band you like!
ARTIST: Feeding Fingers
SONG: Baby Teeth
ALBUM: Baby Teeth
YEAR: 2009
ARTIST: The Crystalline Effect
SONG: At 6 O’clock (Skoyz Remix)
ALBUM: Glass (Limited Edition)
YEAR: 2005
ARTIST: Cause & Effect
SONG: Overdose
ALBUM: Innermoststation
YEAR: 1997
ARTIST: Panzer AG
SONG: Battlefield
ALBUM: This Is My Battlefield
YEAR: 2004
ARTIST: Portland
SONG: Don’t Hate Me For Succes
ALBUM: The World Is Creative
YEAR: 2001
ARTIST: Nine Inch Nails
SONG: Eraser (Denial: Realization)
ALBUM: Further Down the Spiral
YEAR: 1995
ARTIST: Ayria
SONG: Hunger (Acylum Mix)
ALBUM: Pretty Plastic Mess EP
YEAR: 2013
ARTIST: The Human League
SONG: Black Hit Of Space
ALBUM: Travelogue
YEAR: 1980
ARTIST: Elegant Machinery
SONG: Hold On
ALBUM: A Soft Exchange
YEAR: 2008
ARTIST: Madeon
SONG: Technicolor
ALBUM: Japan Only EP
YEAR: 2013
ARTIST: Avoid-A-Avoid
SONG: Year For Your Proximity
ALBUM: Musique Noir
YEAR: 2012
ARTIST: NOISUF-X
SONG: Beatz & Bass (Blast In Your Face)
ALBUM: Excessive Exposure (Deluxe Edition)
YEAR: 2010
ARTIST: John Foxx
SONG: Endlessly
ALBUM: The Golden Section
YEAR: 1983
ARTIST: 808 State
SONG: Pacific 707
ALBUM: 808:88:98 (UK Version)
YEAR: 1998
ARTIST: Black Heaven
SONG: Niemand
ALBUM: Trugbild (Deluxe Edition)
YEAR: 2004
ARTIST: Tweaker
SONG: Happy Girl
ALBUM: The Attraction To All Things Uncertain
YEAR: 2001
ARTIST: The Cure
SONG: Labyrinth
ALBUM: The Cure
YEAR: 2004
ARTIST: Wolfsheim
SONG: For You
ALBUM: Spectators
YEAR: 2001
ARTIST: Kitchens of Distinction
SONG: In A Cave
ALBUM: Love is Hell
YEAR: 1989
It’s time to put MediaMonkey on shuffle again, but this time with the filter “Love” so that it only plays songs with the word “love” in them. It’s Valentine’s Day, so it was either “love” or “murder.” I decided to go with “love.”
Suzie and I pretty much boycott this commercial holiday that has no relationship to love anyway. Seriously, go look up the origins of the holiday. Instead we do cool stuff without all the hearts and candies: like going to the Gothic Ball in Austin!
ARTIST: Happy Mondays
SONG: Sunshine and Love
ALBUM: …Yes, Please!
YEAR: 1992
ARTIST: Plastic
SONG: Lovesong
ALBUM: [kunst]Stoff
YEAR: 2002
ARTIST: Deine Lakaien
SONG: Flowers of Love
ALBUM: 1987 (The Early Tapes)
YEAR: 1987
ARTIST: Praga Khan
SONG: Supersonic Lovetoy
ALBUM: 21st Century Skin
YEAR: 1999
ARTIST: Legacy of Music
SONG: Don’t Love Me Anymore
ALBUM: 4[ward]
YEAR: 2009
Yes, it’s the Kenny Rogers song, but it’s sooooo much better than the Kenny Rogers song.
ARTIST: Wolfsheim
SONG: Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love To Town
ALBUM: 55578
YEAR: 1995
ARTIST: SPARK!
SONG: Making Love With The Boots On
ALBUM: 65 Ton Stål
YEAR: 2007
ARTIST: Apoptygma Berzerk
SONG: Love Never Dies, Pt. 1
ALBUM: 7
YEAR: 1998
Yes, it’s an ABBA cover! We all love ABBA, either openly or secretly. And Erasure does a lot of ABBA covers and they are all just as great as the original songs by ABBA!
ARTIST: Erasure
SONG: Lay All Your Love On Me
ALBUM: Abba-Esque
YEAR: 1992
ARTIST: Club 8
SONG: Less Than Love
ALBUM: Above the City
YEAR: 2013
ARTIST: ABC
SONG: The Look of Love
ALBUM: Absolutely ABC: Best of ABC
YEAR: 1982
Bronski Beat with Marc Almond from Soft Cell. Well, you know it’s gonna be awesome!
ARTIST: Bronski Beat (feat Marc Almond (official))
SONG: I Feel Love
ALBUM: Age of Consent
YEAR: 1983
ARTIST: The Buggles
SONG: I Love You (Miss Robot)
ALBUM: The Age of Plastic
YEAR: 1980
ARTIST: Agonised By Love
SONG: More Love – More Suffer
ALBUM: All Of White Horizons
YEAR: 2007
ARTIST: CYLIX
SONG: So Much For Love
ALBUM: Alpha
YEAR: 2010
Got to see IAMX in Birmingham, AL of all places. I hope I’ll get to see them again.
ARTIST: IAMX
SONG: This Will Make You Love Again
ALBUM: The Alternative
YEAR: 2006
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