Luna Kafé e-zine - The Global Music Inn

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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.

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"I'm not a rock star. I'm a soft person. I'm not a rock." (Captain Beefheart)

L u n a K a f é H Q J u k e b o x J u l y 2026

[ S i n g l e s ]

Flora from Kansas: "The End"
Porches: "Angel"
Stef Chura: "Danny"
Lambchop: "The New World Wave"
No One Mind: "Lovely Bones"
Dog Age: "Wednesdays"

[ A l b u m s ]

Robyn Hitchcock: The Confuser
Lau Ro: Lau
BCMC: Stash
Go Public: You Are Traffic
Greg Mendez: Beauty Land
Prison: Big Rigs on the BQE
Jack White: Frozen Charlotte
Ed O'Brien: Blue Morpho
Ruby Of Thanks: Before You Turn Into A Dog
Max Subar: Anything Could Be
Ed Askew: The Final Painting
TENGGER: Sky
Din of Celestial Birds: Takeoffs & Landings
Daniel Lanois: Belladonna Nocturne
Kishi Bashi: Kishi Bashi / Tall Tall Trees & The Sound Sanctuary
Doss: Doss EP
Laurence Pike: Possible Utopias for Jazz Quintet
Ludvig Cimbrelius: Moonshadows

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

It was 60 years ago this very moonth. . . Happy Anniversary to the debut album From Nowhere by The Troggs, The Yardbirds aka. Roger The Engineer aka. Over Under Sideways Down by The Yardbirds, Fifth Dimension by The Byrds, the debut singles All Tomorrow's Parties/I'll Be Your Mirror by The Velvet Underground and They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!/!aaaH-aH ,yawA eM ekaT oT gnimoC er'yehT by Napoleon XIV aka. Jerry Samuels, these sun tinted summer singles Summer In The City/Butchie's Tune by The Lovin' Spoonful, Sunshine Superman/The Trip by Donovan, Walk Away Renée/I Haven't Got The Nerve by The Left Banke, 7 And 7 Is/No. Fourteen by Love and the slightly pitch darker Working In The Coal Mine/Mexico by Lee Dorsey.
Happy 50th Anniversary to the self titled third album by Joan Armatrading, Viva!, the first live album by Roxy Music, Child In Time by Ian Gillan Band, Olias Of Sunhillow by Jon Anderson and 15 Big Ones by The Beach Boys.
Happy 40th Anniversary to the debut albums Especially For You by Smithereens, Flaunt It by Sigue Sigue Sputnik and Touch Me by Samantha Fox, the debut solo album Should The World Fail To Fall Apart by Peter Murphy, Orgasmatron by Motörhead, Lifes Rich Pageant by R.E.M., Knocked Out Loades by Bob Dylan, Sound Of Confusion by Spacemen 3 and the single Panic b/w Vicar In A Tutu and The Draize Train by The Smiths.
Happy 30th Anniversary to Unplugged by Alice In Chains, Stag by Melvins, Broken Arrow by Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Tidal by Fiona Apple, Songs For A Blue Guitar by Red House Painters, Irreligious by Moonspell, the self titled debut album by Republica, the EP Novocaine For The Soul by Eels and the single Who You Arte/Habit by Pearl Jam.
Happy 25th Anniversary to the debut album Is This It by The Strokes, White Blood Cells by The White Stripes, Kitchen USA by The Twin Atlas, Hot Shots II by The Beta Band, Wonder Wonder by Edith Frost, Time (The Revelator) by Gillian Welch, Choreographed Man Of War by Robert Pollard And His Soft Rock Renegades, Suspension by Oren Ambarchi, Rings Around The World by Super Furry Animals, Why Call It Anything by The Chameleons, Global A Go-Go by Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros, the self-titled debut EP by Yeah Yeah Yeahs, the EPs Eple b/w Eple (Bjørn Torske Remix) and Röyksopp's Night Out by Röyksopp and Captain Easychord by Stereolab and the single 2001 A Pop Odyssey, Flight Seven by Astroburger.
Happy 20th Anniversary to The Eraser by Thom Yorke, The Avalanche: Outtakes & Extras From Illinois Album by Sufjan Stevens, the debut album Alright Still by Lily Allen, Black Holes And Revelations by Muse, American V: A Hundred Highways by Johnny Cash, One Day It Will Please Us To Remember Even This by New York Dolls, Return To Cookie Mountain by TV On The Radio and Taiga by OOIOO.

[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.]