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Trash Theory @trashtheory.bsky.social · 8d

The demo version is on YouTube:
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Of Monsters And Men - Little Talks (Demo Version) (HIGH QUALITY)

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Lola Sebastian @lola.nebula.tv · 14d

Sabrina Carpenter is a gen x lounge singer trapped in the body of a Polly Pocket. Sabrina Carpenter is countryfied britpop. Sabrina Carpenter is a paper maché Ann Margaret. Sabrina Carpenter is David Foster Wallace in a peignoir set. Sabrina Carpenter is postmodernism itself. Sabrina Carpenter is.

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Trash Theory @trashtheory.bsky.social · 19d

NEW VIDEO: After MySpace, but before Spotify truly took hold, a bunch of waistcoated indie folk groups were stomping, clapping and hey-ing their way into our hearts. Just over a decade later and it's considered the worst thing to happen to music since Simon Cowell. Here is who to blame.

The 7 Songs To Blame For Stomp Clap Hey

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Trash Theory @trashtheory.bsky.social · Aug 22

NEW VIDEO: Do you ever think about how aggressively uncommercial In The Air Tonight is? It's glacially slow, its first lyrics don't appear until a minute and a half in and its powered for the most part by a drum machine: yet debut single of perhaps the most famous drummer ever.
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Phil Collins, In The Air Tonight & That Drum Fill | New British Canon

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Trash Theory @trashtheory.bsky.social · Jul 25

NEW VIDEO: If you were a US punk band in the 80s, you weren't doing it for the money. Punk rock was a calling. There were no material rewards. And that's what The Offspring thought too... until they became one of the biggest selling rock bands of the 90s. Hear their full story:

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How The Offspring Popped Punk: From Smash to Pretty Fly For A White Guy

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Trash Theory @trashtheory.bsky.social · Jul 5

NEW VIDEO: Have you ever wondered how Shaddap You Face got to number one in the UK? How about the electro-documentary of 19, or the wonderfully goofy Star Trekkin'? Here are the "how" stories for these songs, plus 7 more. The Most Bizarre UK No.1s of the 1980s. Check it out!

The Most Bizarre UK No. 1s of the 1980s

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YOU HAVE WON A HAM @jon-snow-420.bsky.social · Jun 28

from the writer of GUY RITCHIES ALADDIN

GUY RITCHIES AMADEUS

Jason statham: name's salieri. famous fucker, me. until - *freeze frame and record scratch on mozart* this precocious prick plonked his arse at the piana fuckin forte

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Trash Theory @trashtheory.bsky.social · Jun 6

NEW VIDEO: The B-52's are known for many things: Wigs, Rock Lobster, that Tomacco episode of The Simpsons where they reworked Love Shack into Glove Slap. This might make you think them slight, a novelty, but they are more important than you think.

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Tragedy, Togetherness & Rock Lobster: The B-52's Story

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Stuff By Mark @stuffbymark.bsky.social · Jun 6

The second instalment in the ‘alt-rock horror comics’ series - Mudhoney’s Touch Me I’m Sick.

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Trash Theory @trashtheory.bsky.social · May 23

NEW VIDEO: My timing is terrible. TEN DAYS AGO The Cult's unifying rock anthem She Sells Sanctuary had its 40th birthday. YESTERDAY was World Goth Day. Either would've been a great day to release this video. Instead it's National Taffy day, watch a video on The Cult.

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The Cult, SHE SELLS SANCTUARY & Living Life Loud | New British Canon

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Trash Theory @trashtheory.bsky.social · May 21

What is your favourite British "alternative" single of 1985?

The 7 inch sleeve of The Cult's She Sells Sanctuary

The 7 inch sleeve of The Cure's Inbetween Days

The 7 inch sleeve of The Jesus and Mary Chain's Just Like Honey

The 7 inch sleeve of Killing Joke's Love Like Blood

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[email protected] @glassjas0n.bsky.social · May 10

May 10th 1994

One of the greatest days

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Rusty Foster @rusty.todayintabs.com · May 9

If you can’t handle me at my Dance Yourself Clean 0:00-3:05 you don’t deserve me at my Dance Yourself Clean 3:06-8:56

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SOME ITALIAN MAIN COURSES
ARE THE ONES WITH RED SAUCES
SOME ITALIAN MAIN COURSES
ARE THE ONES WITH RED SAUCES
SOME ITALIAN MAIN COURSES
ARE THE ONES WITH RED SAUCES
SOME ITALIAN MAIN COURSES
ARE THE ONES WITH RED SAUCES

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FILLING BOLOGNESE, HUH?

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Trash Theory @trashtheory.bsky.social · Apr 26

NEW VIDEO: Paul McCartney is pretty well known as a musician. But even as familiar as the former Beatle is, he still has moments in his back catalogue that hit you from out of left-field. For example learn the story of McCartney II, his 1980 homemade dive into Synth-Pop.

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When Paul McCartney When Synth-Pop ["Temporary Secretary"] | New British Canon

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Stuff By Mark @stuffbymark.bsky.social · Apr 24

A celebration of the discography of PJ Harvey via a bunch of loose, doodly sketches of album covers.

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Ted Leo 🍉 @tedleo.bsky.social · Apr 16

This is all going to get harder, but they literally cannot legislate you out of existence. When tomorrow arrives, you will still be here, you will still be who you are, and we will all still be here with you.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · Apr 16

The U.K. Supreme Court rules that Britain's equalities law defines a woman as someone born biologically female. The ruling means a transgender person with a certificate that recognizes them as female should not be considered a woman for equality purposes.

UK Supreme Court rules that equalities law defines a woman as someone born biologically female

The Supreme Court has ruled that the U.K. equalities law defines a woman as someone born biologically female.

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Trash Theory @trashtheory.bsky.social · Apr 6

Each video from the past year has Spotify and YouTube Music playlists. They're linked in the pinned comment on their respective videos.

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Trash Theory @trashtheory.bsky.social · Apr 5

NEW VIDEO: Well kinda... Here is my revisit of the development of Synth-Pop video I made four years ago, now twice as long with a bunch of bands and artists I forgot about including Stevie Wonder, DEVO, Sparks, Yellow Magic Orchestra, John Carpenter, and many many more.

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Before Gary Numan: How Synth-Pop Became Synth-Pop Revisited

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Trash Theory @trashtheory.bsky.social · Mar 14

NEW VIDEO: This time we look at Violent Femmes, their legacy as a building block in alternative rock, folk punk and alt country, “Blister In The Sun” not being a song from the 90s, and the weird moment where the band showed up on Sabrina The Teenage Witch. Check it out!

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"Blister In The Sun", Violent Femmes & The Band Out of Time

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Trash Theory @trashtheory.bsky.social · Mar 7

Blue Monday is 42 years old today! Learn more about the track that truly got New Order out of the shadow of Joy Division, the vital link between "I Feel Love" and the future of dance music, in this classic episode of New British Canon.

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Everything You Know About “Blue Monday” is Probably Wrong I New British Canon

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Trash Theory @trashtheory.bsky.social · Mar 5

Gorillaz's debut single Clint Eastwood was released 24 years ago today! Learn how it all came together in this classic episode, as a quartet of cartoons introduced the world to their unique collision of trip-hop, post-punk, reggae, spaghetti westerns and George Romero.

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CLINT EASTWOOD & The Birth of Gorillaz | New British Canon

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Trash Theory @trashtheory.bsky.social · Feb 25

Tears For Fears' Songs From The Big Chair album is 40 today! Shout, shout and let it all out by watching this classic video on the boys from Bath, and learn about the struggles of making their landmark second album, as well as their darker Janov-inspired debut.

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Tears For Fears - Dancing To Their Own Trauma ("Mad World") | New British Canon

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Strategic Tape Reserve @strategictaper.bsky.social · Feb 18

Brian Eno's "Ambient 1" only sold 10,000 copies, but everyone who bought it went on to start an airport.

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Trash Theory @trashtheory.bsky.social · Feb 16

Reposting for those that may have missed it: New British Canon presents the frustrated genius of "There She Goes" and The La's

Trash Theory @trashtheory.bsky.social · Feb 14

NEW VIDEO: For Valentines, here's the story of the best indie love song of the 1980s: It's The La's with "There She Goes". One of things I learnt while making this one, or at least was forced to remember, is that the middle-eight to this song is pure pop bliss. Check it out:

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"There She Goes", The La’s & The Original Architects of Britpop | New British Canon

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