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White Label Wednesday: Romeo Void, “A Girl in Trouble (Is a Temporary Thing)”

White Label Wednesday: Romeo Void, “A Girl in Trouble (Is a Temporary Thing)”

David Medsker August 5, 2009 10

People like to joke that if the Rolling Stones were to debut today, they would never be popular because they’re not attractive enough. This is not entirely accurate. I can’t imagine that a single

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White Label Wednesday: Chico DeBarge, “Talk to Me”

White Label Wednesday: Chico DeBarge, “Talk to Me”

David Medsker July 22, 2009 4

David Medsker is kicking up the bass for another beat-heavy installment of White Label Wednesday, and -- hey, who let Chico DeBarge in here

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White Label Wednesday: Artists United Against Apartheid, “Sun City”

White Label Wednesday: Artists United Against Apartheid, “Sun City”

David Medsker July 8, 2009 7

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Ladies and gentlemen, meet the rarest of breeds in the music world: the protest remix.It's unclear which is more inconceivable today: that a major label would release a stinging

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White Label Wednesday: Art of Noise, “Close (to the Edit)”

White Label Wednesday: Art of Noise, “Close (to the Edit)”

David Medsker June 10, 2009 18

Throw together Alan White of Yes, a VW Golf, and a little girl with a chainsaw, and what have you got? Find out as David Medsker goes close (to the edit) with this week's

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White Label Wednesday: Fishbone, “Party at Ground Zero”

White Label Wednesday: Fishbone, “Party at Ground Zero”

David Medsker May 27, 2009 9

Today’s special: pink vapor stew. Yummy yum. To say that Fishbone was exploring uncharted waters when they dropped their eponymous EP in 1985 is a great understatement. They were five years too late for

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White Label Wednesday: Faith No More, “We Care a Lot”

White Label Wednesday: Faith No More, “We Care a Lot”

David Medsker May 13, 2009 9

Who are these men, and why do they care so much? David Medsker finds out in the latest edition of White Label Wednesday

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White Label Wednesday: Jane’s Addiction, “Been Caught Stealing”

White Label Wednesday: Jane’s Addiction, “Been Caught Stealing”

David Medsker April 1, 2009 0

A la da dat dat dadat, dat dat dat, fuckers! It only took one listen of Ritual de lo Habitual (1990), the much-anticipated sophomore effort by Jane’s Addiction, to know what the second single

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White Label Wednesday: C.C.C.P., “American-Soviets”

White Label Wednesday: C.C.C.P., “American-Soviets”

David Medsker March 18, 2009 6

If it’s late 1987, and you’re in an alternative club or “danceteria,” odds are you’re hearing “American-Soviets” before last call. You might even hear it twice. This song was positively ubiquitous, sandwiched in between

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White Label Wednesday: Peter Gabriel, “Steam”

White Label Wednesday: Peter Gabriel, “Steam”

David Medsker March 4, 2009 7

Imagine the exchange that took place when Peter Gabriel brought Us, the long-overdue follow-up to his 1986 critical and commercial smash So (proper follow-up, anyway, with all apologies to 1989′s Passion), to his bosses

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White Label Wednesday: David Gilmour, “Blue Light”

White Label Wednesday: David Gilmour, “Blue Light”

David Medsker February 18, 2009 20

I’ll be honest: I downloaded this mix a few months ago, after searching for it for years (decades, even), but planned to do nothing with it…until I read the comment in Dave Steed’s awesome

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