Round V – A is for the Au Pairs

I wrote about the Au Pairs back in February 2013. However, it was only about six months ago when I actually found a copy of their first album, 1981’s Playing with a Different Sex. I’ll be honest, the only reason I knew of the band was their brilliant single “Come Again” which they played live for

O is for Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

New wave had a big impact on me back when I was in junior high and high school. There were a lot of great synth pop bands in the eighties and this pick may not be my favorite band from that genre but remains a band I pop in the disc player occasionally. Orchestral Manoeuvres

The Tfronky Pick of the Week – The Au Pairs

Earlier today I stopped by Bobby Lerma’s office to grab a CD that had been burned for me a couple of weeks ago. Much grass to Chris Burch for getting me a copy of Urgh! A Music War, a disc/album/cassette that I have been trying to find for eons. Urgh was a concert movie filmed

The Tfronky Pick of the Week – Gang of Four

Hello everyone, Back in high school a friend of mine by the name of Josh Lucci introduced me to a band from Leeds, England by the name of Gang of Four. Now at that time I was much more into punk rock than any genre of music that was influenced by the angst and power