Ahead of our usual Weekend Stream coverage, Mike takes a look at a new soundtrack to a very special film that starts its theatrical run today: Power Ballad, from writer/director John Carney. The film is now playing in New York and Los Angeles, expanding to wider release next Friday, June 5. Some of the best filmmakers make a mark by turning variations on a theme around and around, like the rotation of a record player. John Ford mythologized the American West; Alfred Hitchock dialed into anxiety and suspense like no other; Steven Spielberg…
Never Gonna Be the Same: A Conversation with Gary Clark of Danny Wilson
The best known hit of his band begins with “Everything is wonderful / being here is heavenly…” and perhaps no line better sums up the experience of hearing a song by Gary Clark. The Scottish singer/songwriter formed the trio Danny Wilson with his brother Kit and bassist Ged Grimes in the mid-’80s, eventually scoring a hit on both sides of the Atlantic in 1987 and 1988 with the sublime “Mary’s Prayer.” While it’s easy to place Danny Wilson in the same British sophisti-pop continuum that yielded records by the likes of The…
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The Weekend Stream: April 25, 2025
Welcome to another edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc’s review of notable catalogue titles (and some new ones, too!) making digital debuts. Strap in for a killer line-up of titles this week: two more Record Store Day debuts, an incredible posthumous collaboration between two ’80s icons, the return of one of glam’s most beloved bands, new music by some of our favorite pop girls, a hotly anticipated new take on a Broadway favorite, exciting moments in gospel/soul, an exciting new song from a forthcoming West End musical by one of…
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Meet Danny Wilson! Cherry Red Revisits Scottish Pop Heroes in New Box Set
One of the most underrated pop acts of the late ’80s will get the deluxe treatment in a new box set coming from Cherry Red next year: Scottish pop trio Danny Wilson. Complete Danny Wilson, due out February 28, will live up to its name across five discs comprising the band’s two studio albums – Meet Danny Wilson (1987) and Bebop Moptop (1989) – along with two discs of B-sides and rarities and a live show featuring several unreleased performances. The set was assembled with the participation of the band’s line-up (frontman/songwriter Gary Clark and…
Reissue Theory: Danny Wilson
Reissue Theory, where we focus on great albums and the reissues they could someday see, is back! Today, we’re proud to welcome Mike as he takes a look at two albums from Gary Clark’s underrated pop trio Danny Wilson! If you’re a Netflix subscriber and you love old fashioned pop music, you really can’t do much better than Sing Street, which was recently added to the service. Set in Ireland in the 1980s, it’s a delightful coming-of-age story about a boy who escapes his youthful troubles (and gets the girl) by fibbing his…
