The latest radio show features The Engineers 2005 debut as our featured album of the week and we play a couple of tracks from the album and brioefly discuss the NuGaze scene created by the NME. We also have a bunch of electronic tracks with Ulrich Schnauss covering a Slowdive ...

On this week's show our featured album of the week is the 2007 debut from Fields. Everything Last Winter was released on Atlantic Records and blended shoegaze with folk. Also on the show we have the Andy Bell (Ride) remix of the latest BDRMM single. We play a John Peel ...

This appearance by The Pale Saints on the BBC2 alternative music TV show Snub was broadcast the same month the band's debut album was released ...

This week's show covers a mixture of old and new releases. Album of The Week is The Jesus & Mary Chain's Darklands from 1987, we play a couple of the tracks from the album during the show. There's new releases by Dean & Britta alongside the Stephen Morris remix of ...

Disclaimer: I first wrote this blog post back in 2010 so some details may be incorrect/out-of-date especially as a lot of these bands are now touring again. 1992. This was the year Reading went BIG!!! I first went in 1988 and it was utter rubbish. We all went just to ...

On last week's show we looked back at the year of 1991. Long before Britpop, The Boo Radleys were signed to Rough Trade and turning out some absolutely amazing records. The interview below was broadcast during this era before they later signed to Creation Records and features tracks from the ...

This is an album I've wanted a copy of for a while, any original copies cost an absolute fortune so am glad to see it has been repressed. In 1993 upon the release of their second album Chapterhouse asked Global Communication to reinterpret their new album and Pentamerous Metamorphosis is ...

Following our recent radio show looking back at 1991, during that year at the height of shoegaze Select Magazine played all of the bands to Ride's Mark Gardener to see if he could say who they are. The results are below ...

This week's show is a 1991 special, the year of shoegaze. We take you through the calendar year highlighting all the key releases, gigs and tv appearances of the bands. Here's a selection of the items discussed on the show... Some of the bands were on the front of the ...

The return of Slowdive in 2014 was the one reunion that I don't think anyone knew how big they were going to be. Their success was so fleeting during their original phase that I'm not sure anyone expected them to have gathered such a following in their 20 year gap ...

This week's show is dedicated to supporting the artists who are struggling during the lockdown as they clearly can't tour at the moment. Therefore we're only playing tracks released in the first 50 days of the lockdown. I'd like to add that I'd have definitely played these tracks anyway (mixed ...

Chill Out by The KLF is one of the most important albums of the 1990's. Released in February of 1990 there have been various stories about who was involved with the album, the sleeve states it was made by The KLF but there have been many pieces written that state ...

Today's lockdown concert comes from Nils Frahm performing one of his incredible shows in 2015. A one-man orchestra who is so talented he can capture your attantion for a full show. This set was recorded at the Montreaux Jazz Festival ...

This video is one of the first gigs of the classic My Bloody Valentine line-up with Bilinda having just joined the band. The gig was recorded in the tiny backroom of the Portland Arms in Cambridge September 1987 and was followed by the release of the Ecstasy album later the ...

Today's lockdown concert comes from The Field recorded in 2014. This was recorded at Sonar in Siena, Italy just as he was touring his fourth album Cupid's Head. It's a great set that just keeps building and building... enjoy! ...

Today's gig captures Ride at a crossroads in their imperial phase. This gig was recorded a year after their second album Going Blank Again and the band are trying out new tracks, some of which would appear on their third album the following year ...

This concert is from The Twilight Sad just before they released It Won't Be Like This All The Time. Whilst this video is only recorded with one camera it perfectly captures the band at their peak. Since the release of the album the band have been playing significantly larger venues ...

Today's lockdown concert is from 2016 when DIIV were promoting their second album Is The Is Are. This concert sees them play to a large open-air audence at the Best Kept Secret festival. The band had been on the road almost constantly for around 3 years at this point and ...