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Plenty of new releases out this week including a first play from the new Stephen Queralt and Michael Smith EP plus a track from the new Sigur Ros album. Tracks featured in this show are: Mia Joy – Ye Old ManLorelle Meets The Obselete – InvisibleThe Charlottes – Prayer SongSlowdive – KissesWhitelands – How It […]
This show features songs in movies, from Hollywood blockbusters to small independent films you’ve possibly never heard of. Expect to hear the following tracks: Pixies – Where Is My Mind? (Fight Club 1999)The Jesus and Mary Chain – Nine Million Rainy Days (The Crow 1994)The Horrors – Sea Within A Sea (Enter The Void 2009)The […]
Last week was Independent Music Venue week and BBC 6Music were broadcasting live from Norwich Arts Centre as part of the celebrations. Steve Lamacq was at the venue and discussing live on the radio the many bands who’d played there over the years. For this show I thought it’d be good to look at some […]
As a child albums of cover versions were normal before the Now That’s What I Call Music! series came along and changed everything. Loads of these albums were sold in Woolworths and despite the awful music sold well, maybe the Dads bought them for the sleeve! Cover versions don’t have to be rubbish and this […]
Following the terrible news that Mimi Parker from Low has died this show starts an ends with two of my favourite tunes by the band. We also featured the Spiritualized version of Lord Can You Hear Me? by Spacemen 3 with Mimi sang backing vocals on. There’s also a track from the new 4EPs album […]
In this show we play tracks from great debut albums. National Album Day 2022 featured the best selling debut albums of all-time so I thought we’d focus on some decent debut albums instead. Tracks played on this show are: Ride – Vapour Trail (Nowhere)Velvet Underground and Nico – I’ll Be Your Mirror (Andy Warhol)Spiritualized – […]
The 2010s wasn’t just about ugly politics, social media and skinny jeans, it was also the decade that saw shoegaze be taken seriously again. This was mainly due to the success of bands such as Beach House and DIIV alongside reunions from the original bands whom went on to release new material. This show looks […]
In this show we feature the new album from Mark Peters, Red Sunset Dreams features guest appearances from Dot Allison and BJ Cole on his second solo long player. We also play a track from Ride bassist Steve Queralt’s new project alongside new tracks from The House of Love, XAM Duo, Pixies and Gabe Gurnsey. […]
30 years ago this week the 1992 Reading Festival took place, it was the year when Nirvana headlined and secured the festivals future for the next few decades. This show looks back at the festival and plays a selection of tracks performed over the weekend. Alongside Nirvana the festival had a strong line-up after several […]
In this show we’re heading back 30 years to 1992. Lots of the shoegaze and Manchester bands were still in full throttle after their initial success and despite the press turning to the USA following the success of Nirvana it was a year when some of the best records of the early 90’s were released. […]