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The Global Music Inn

Our menus consisted of musical dishes from many corners of the world, composed by our world wide web of contributors, presented every full moon from November 25th 1996 to January 12th 2017. We're now on permanent vacation. However, our HQ Jukebox lives on, with moonthly music recommendations. Most of our 4.300+ review and article archive is now available in PDF-format as the the Luna Kafé Anthologies!

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"Just because someone is writing about music doesn't mean they have any real intelligence." (Nick Cave)

L u n a K a f é H Q J u k e b o x A p r i l 2026

[ S i n g l e s ]

Angelo De Augustine: "Empty Shell"
Robyn Hitchcock: "I Am This Thing"
Cass McCombs & Chris Cohen: "Steel Reserve" b/w "Ignis Fatuus, Hinkypunk, Sharkfins and Ambergris"
The Cellar Lantern Hymns: "Brother Elephant"
Haakon Ellingsen: "I Believe in 1965"
Unnveig Aas: "Fool's Gold"

[ A l b u m s ]

Kim Gordon: Play Me
Cut Worms: Transmitter
The Notwist: News from Planet Zombie
Stein Torleif Bjella: Velkomen skodde
José González: Against the Dying of the Light
The Sophs: Goldstar
Wendy Eisenberg: Wendy Eisenberg
Snail Mail: Ricochet
Charlotte Cornfield: Hurts Like Hell
My New Band Believe: My New Band Believe
Avalon Emerson & the Charm: Written Into Changes
The Twilight Sad: It's The Long Goodbye
Billy Fuller: Fragments
Matti Bye: The Sea
John Andrews & The Yawns: STREETSWEEPER
The New Pornographers: The Former Site Of
Young Fresh Fellows: Loft
Muttering: Love, Keep Me Afraid
First Day Back: Forward
El Ten Eleven: Nowhere Faster

[J u b i l e e s : reappearances, recurring & reoccurring moments]

It was 60 years ago this very moonth. . . Happy Anniversary to the album Aftermath by The Rolling Stones, the EP Machines and single Pretty Flamingo/You're Standing By by Manfred Mann and also these singles: Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind?/Didn't Want To Have To Do It by The Lovin' Spoonful, Wild Thing/From Home by The Troggs, It's a Man's Man's Man's World/Is It Yes Or Is It No by James Brown and Do Anything You Say/Good Morning Girl by David Bowie.
Happy 50th Anniversary to High Voltage by AC/DC, Rocks by Aerosmith, Faithful by Todd Rundgren, Fly Like An Eagle by Steve Miller Band, T Shirt by Loudon Wainwright III, Illegal Stills In by Stephen Stills, Still Life by Van der Graaf Generator and the eponymous debut album by Max Webster.
Happy 40th Anniversary to Ship Of Fools by Tuxedomoon, Victorialand by Cocteau Twins, In Visible Silence by Art Of Noise, Absolute Beginners: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Various artists including David Bowie, The Style Council and Ray Davies, Turbo by Judas Priest, Tinderbox by Siouxsie And The Banshees, Mistrial by Lou Reed, Russian Roulette by Accept, Getting the Holy Ghost Across by Bill Nelson and the single Sledgehammer b/w Don't Break This Rhythm, I Have the Touch and Biko by Peter Gabriel.
Happy 30th Anniversary to the debut album Moseley Shoals by Ocean Colour Scene, Milk And Kisses by Cocteau Twins, Today's Specials by The Specials, Shot by The Jesus Lizard, You? Me? Us? by Richard Thompson, After The Satellite Sings by Bill Nelson, Bob Mould by Bob Mould, Eventually by Paul Westerberg, Style by Luna Sea, Casanova by The Divine Comedy, In Sides by Orbital, the EP The 13th by The Cure and the single Ahead By A Century/Put It Off by The Tragically Hip.
Happy 25th Anniversary to No More Shall We Part by Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, Mechanical Wonder by Ocean Colour Scene, Just Enough Education To Perform by Stereophonics, Greatdelay by Shantel, Epicure by Twigs, Coquelicot Asleep In The Poppies: A Variety Of Whimsical Verse by of Montreal, Dizzy Spells by The Ex, the live albums Mutiny On The Bay by Dead Kennedys and Colossus Of Destiny by Melvins, Mutter by Rammstein, Isolation Drills by Guided By Voices, the compilation album Wouldn't You Miss Me? by Syd Barrett and the single 2001 A Pop Odyssey, Flight Four by Astroburger.
Happy 20th Anniversary to At War With The Mystics by The Flaming Lips, 10,000 Days by Tool, Garden Ruin by Calexico, Return To Sea by Islands, Orchestra Of Bubbles by Ellen Allien & Apparat, Vision Valley by The Vines, Yes Virginia by Dresden Dolls, Death In The Garden, Blood On The Flowers by Irving, Vessel States by Wilderness, A Blessing And A Curse by Drive By Truckers, One Cure Fits All by Therapy?, Somewhere Along The Highway by Cult Of Luna, Eyes Open by Snow Patrol, Genki Shock! by Shonen Knife, You In Reverse by Built To Spill, the debut album Passover by The Black Angels and the EP Who The Fuck Are Arctic Monkeys? by Arctic Monkeys.

[Photo above by Dave Heath, from Street Seen: The Psychological Gesture in American Photography, 1940-1959. The Jukebox lists are also published at our LunaKafeHQ on Facebook.]