#EcksteinsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky
03.29 | A song about depression
"I'm gonna lie back down
And ask for nothing, nothing
I'm gonna throw it back
And let it, let it go"
"Honey-Suckle" by Xiu Xiu ("Always", 2012)
#SynthPop #ArtPop #AlternativeDance
#MeinSongDesTages #MusicChallenge #MusicSky | 2026-03-27
"You know that man next door is getting on my nerves
He's so rich in his low down politics
And you know his wife she's such a pretty thing"
"Frozen" by Curve ("Frozen", 1991)
#Shoegaze #IndustrialRock #AlternativeDance
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky
03.28 | A song with a catchy hook
"This is not a love song
This is not a love song
This is not a love song"
"This Is Not a Love Song" by Public Image Ltd. ("This is What You Want... This Is What You Get", 1984)
#NewWave #DancePunk #AlternativeDance
#52WeeksOfFavourites #MusicChallenge #MusicSky
Week 12 | A domino chain of songs | 36
Next up a song from the same year (1991) but not by the same Jesus...
"Who? Where? Why?" by Jesus Jones ("Doubt", 1991)
#TechnoRock #Grebo #AlternativeDance #NeoPsychedelia
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#DailyDoseOfRock #MusicChallenge #MusicSky | 2026-03-25
"You never fight for anything
You always turn your face away
And you never get involved in trouble
Let all evil have it's way"
"Frightened" by New Model Army ("No Rest for the Wicked", 1985)
#PostPunk #AlternativeRock #AlternativeDance
#52WeeksOfFavourites #MusicChallenge #MusicSky
Week 12 | A domino chain of songs | 28
Still lost, but in another forest now...
"It's not my fault that you lost your way, your insanity will prevail..."
"Forest" by Bran Van 3000 ("Glee", 1997)
#RapRock #TripHop #AlternativeDance
#AlternativeTuesday #MusicChallenge #MusicSky
"United Snakes" by Massive Attack ("False Flags", 2006)
#BigBeat #AlternativeDance
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Week 12 | A domino chain of songs | 12
This one is not about boys and girls, instead it's about girls and boys, but that's probably close enough...
"Girls and Boys" by Blur ("Parklife", 1994)
#AlternativeDance #Britpop
#ShoegazeSunday #MusicChallenge #MusicSky
"Show me up
Drag you round
I smile
You frown
Never have I known
Such a liar
Such a liar
Such a liar"
"Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus" by Curve ("Cuckoo", 1993)
#Shoegaze #IndustrialRock #AlternativeDance #AlternativeRock
#SongsILoveToPlay #MusicChallenge #MusicSky
"To do what I want
To be what I want
Any old time
And I'm free
To be who I choose
To get my booze
Any old time"
"I'm Free" by The Soup Dragons featuring Junior Reid ("Lovegod", 1990)
#Baggy #AlternativeDance
#SongsILoveToPlay #MusicChallenge #MusicSky
"Lightning Strikes Twice" by Saint Etienne ("Tales from Turnpike House", 2005)
#Electropop #AlternativeDance
Singer-songwriter Alexis Taylor's new album PARIS IN THE SPRING is out now from Night Time Stories
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#music #newmusic #dance #alternativedance #indiemusic #electronicmusic #electronic #alexistaylor #parisinthespring @nighttimestories.bsky.social
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky
03.20 | A song that changes* your mood instantly
"Yeah yeah yeah yeah, yeah..."
"Ladyflash" by The Go! Team ("Thunder, Lightning, Strike", 2003)
#AlternativeDance #Indietronica #PepBand
(* if you're wondering: no, it never changes it for the worse.)
#EcksteinsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky
03.17 | A song with “money” in the lyrics
"Le money, il sur le table
Il money, il sur la table, sir"
"Lost in Music" by The Fall ("The Infotainment Scan", 1993; original by Sister Sledge, 1979)
#PostPunk #AlternativeDance #DancePunk #Madchester
#FirstPlayOfDay #MusicChallenge #MusicSky | 2026-03-16
"Sentimental Animal" by Rendez Vous ("Superior State", 2018)
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#Coldwave #DancePunk #PostPunk #AlternativeDance #NewWave
#Random80sSongOfTheNight #MusicChallenge #MusicSky
"Shut that door right on my face
Shut that door, you ain't going no place"
"Shut That Door" by The Wolfgang Press ("Stupid, Stupid, Stupid", 1988)
#PostPunk #AlternativeDance
#ThisWasThe90s #MusicChallenge #MusicSky
"I've got to be groovy for the movie
I commit the mortal sin
I'll do it with a cheesy grin
I'm taking it on the chin"
"Get Higher" by Black Grape ("Stupid, Stupid, Stupid", 1997)
#AlternativeDance #Baggy
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky
03.16 | A song about being misunderstood
"Sometimes I think I've got it good
Sometimes I feel misunderstood"
"Miss Understood" by 7 Year Bitch ("Gato Negro", 1996)
#Grunge #Punk #PostPunk #AlternativeDance #RiotGrrrl
"Pick any year you like... one song per day from that year."
#20SongsByYear #MusicChallenge #MusicSky
1989 | 18 of 20 | not ranked
"Bow down before the one you serve..."
"Head Like a Hole" by Nine Inch Nails ("Pretty Hate Machine", 1989)
#IndustrialRock #ElectroIndustrial #AlternativeDance
#HipHopSaturday #MusicChallenge #MusicSky
"Mr. P-Mosh" by Plastilina Mosh ("Aquamosh", 1998)
#BoomBap #AbstractHipHop #AlternativeDance #LatinRap #AcidJazz
#52WeeksOfFavourites #MusicChallenge #MusicSky
Week 10 | Songs from debut albums | 54 & last one for the week
"Daft Punk Is Playing at My House" by LCD Soundsystem ("LCD Soundsystem", 2005)
#AlternativeDance #DancePunk
#SongsILoveToPlay #MusicChallenge #MusicSky
"Hair Dude, You're Stepping on My Mystique" by Out Hud ("S.T.R.E.E.T. D.A.D.", 2002)
#DancePunk #Indietronica #MutantDisco #AlternativeDance
#SongsILoveToPlay #MusicChallenge #MusicSky
"Angel" by Luscious Jackson ("Natural Ingredients", 1994)
#AlternativeDance
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Any electronic dance music song each day in March | 12
"Trapped inside a town
Inside my mind
Stuck with no ideas
I'm running out of time"
"Valleys" by Working Men's Club ("Working Men's Club", 2020)
#EBM #AlternativeDance #DancePunk #NewRave
#52WeeksOfFavourites #MusicChallenge #MusicSky
Week 10 | Songs from debut albums | 34
"Take your time, take your time
And fishes' eyes will watch your lies"
"Fishes Eyes" by New Fast Automatic Daffodils ("Pigeonhole", 1990)
#Baggy #AlternativeDance #Madchester
#EmojiSounds #MusicChallenge #MusicSky | 03.12 | 🏝️
"Stranded on an island alone
But I've got a thousand friends at home
Now I'm just sitting in the sand while I fry
Watching a big bird in the sky"
"Stranded on an Island Alone" by Junior Senior ("Say Hello, Wave Goodbye", 2007)
#AlternativeDance
