English musicians and music geeks extraordinaire Steven Wilson and Tim Bowness have posted a new episode of their podcast The Album Years. They talk about 1987, discussing albums by Tom Waits, David Sylvian, Wire, and a whole lot more. This is part #1B, the second episode about this year.
Steven Wilson has curated a new boxset, selecting 58 tracks from his formative years. Steven Wilson Presents: Intrigue - Progressive Sounds In UK Alternative Music 1979–89:
This is my personally-curated attempt to redress the balance, and to perhaps introduce any 1980s-sceptics out there to the idea that conceptual thinking and ambition didn’t suddenly evaporate after 1977. Ambitious, weird and thrilling music was all around you in the 1980s - if you looked in the right places.
Watch English post-punk pioneers Wire play four songs for a NPR Tiny Desk Concert. This was recorded on March 8, just before the pandemic put an end to the abiltiy to capture bands in an intimate environment like this.
