• REPLAY: Roy Ayers Ubiquity’s “Everybody Loves the Sunshine” Turns 50

    REPLAY: Roy Ayers Ubiquity’s “Everybody Loves the Sunshine” Turns 50

    There’s a moment during Roy Ayers’ NPR Tiny Desk where the legendary singer-vibraphonist takes pause over the microphone, a wry smile rising on his face. You can see him scan his entranced audience, who hang on each note of “Everybody Loves the Sunshine,” the title track off his band’s 1976…

  • REPLAY: Life Without Buildings’ “Any Other City” Turns 25

    REPLAY: Life Without Buildings’ “Any Other City” Turns 25

    In retrospect, it doesn’t seem right that Life Without Buildings came out of Glasgow at the turn of the century. Throughout the 90s, Scottish alternative music was indebted to the melody-first vitality of indie pop. Teenage Fanclub put on their best Big Star impression to ecstatic effect, while Belle and…