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Shoegaze on TV – The Boo Radleys

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 ...
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Pentamerous Metamorphosis to be repressed

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 ...

Gardener’s Question Time

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 ...

Radio show – 1991 the year shoegazing broke

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 ...
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Lockdown concert #9 – Slowdive

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 ...

Radio Show – Lockdown special

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 ...
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Listen to a 3.5 hour session by The KLF & The Orb

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 ...

Lockdown concert #8 – Nils Frahm

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 ...

Lockdown concert #7 – My Bloody Valentine

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 ...

Lockdown concert #6 – The Field

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! ...

Lockdown concert #5 – Ride

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 ...

Lockdown concert #4 – The Twilight Sad

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 ...

Lockdown concert #3 – DIIV

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 ...

Lockdown concert #2 – Minor Victories

Minor Victories are made-up of vocalist Rachel Goswell (Slowdive), guitarists Stuart Braithwaite (Mogwai) and Justin Lockey (Editors), and film-maker James Lockey of Hand Held Cine Club on bass. They released their self-titled debut in 2016 and toured extensively to promote the album. This concert was recorded the same year when ...

Radio show – 29th April 2020

This week's show featured The House of Love's 1992 overlooked longplayer Babe Rainbow as the album of the week. The Jesus and Mary Chain were live from Glasgow Barrowlands in 2014 whilst we played a Moose track from their John Peel Session from 1991. Also on the show were Yeti ...

Lockdown concert #1 – Spacemen 3

Today's lockdown concert to watch is Spacemen 3 live at Willemsplein 1 in the Netherlands recorded on April 13th 1989. This was in the middle of their Playing With Fire tour, and just a few months before their final ever gig at the Reading Festival. Watching this you'd have no ...

Radio show – 27th April 2023

Another show featuring a round-up of new releases, gig news and anniversaries. Tracks featured in this hour are: Hannah Jadagu - What You Did?Silver Moth - SednaBoards of Canada - Telephasic WorkshopEyes of Others - Big Company Large TentaclesSlowdive - Missing YouHorsegirl - Ballroom Dance SceneThe Passions - I'm In ...

Radio Show – 22nd April 2020

On this week's show we feature tracks from School of Seven Bells' debut album 'Alpinisms' alongside celebrating 30 years of My Bloody Valentine's Glider EP. This EP was the first time any of us had heard anything from Loveless. Also on the show there's a track from Twilight Sad's new ...