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Radio show – 23rd Nov 2022

In this show we round-up the latest music news and new releases. Tracks in this show are: Blonde Redhead – 23Horsegirl – BillyThe Cure – OpenScalping – FlashforwardMark Gardener – The Story of The Eye (Ulrich Schnauss remix)Andy Bell – Lifeline (Acoustic)Whitelands – Born In UnderstandingDIIV – When You Sleep (live)Daniel Avery – Heavy RainPanda […]

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Radio show – August 2022 round-up

This shows features plenty of new releases, reissues and gigs news. Plus there’s a brief discussion of the recent Woodstock 1999 festival series on Netflix. Tracks played in the show include: White Flowers – Night DriveThe Cure – HighFloral Image – Dial InMark Peters – Switch On The SunJust Mustard – StillLemondaze – Neon BallroomGabe […]

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Radio show – The 1992 show

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. […]

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Radio show – Early 90s indie disco

An hour of back to back tunes from the early 90s that were played in indie discos across the land. There was a time before Britpop and Mr Brightside when indie discos were blasting out music that was either fast or baggy, accompanied by the stench of stale lager and fag smoke of course. Expect […]

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Radio show – 24th March 2021

We go back exactly 30 years for this week’s featured album. Happy Daze vol.2 was compiled by Gary Crowley and released on March 25th 1991. The album captures the sound of the time with a mixture of shoegaze and post-Madchester ‘baggy’ bands. We play tracks from the album throughout the show. There’s also new releases […]

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Radio show – The Great British Music Weekend

We’re heading back 30 years for this weeks show, between the 18th and 20th January 1991 Radio One booked out Wembley Arena for the Great British Music Weekend. The event was broadcast live on Radio One and filmed as part of the Brit Awards that year. Organised by Jonathan King who was a big champion […]

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Radio Show – 11th November 2020

Another show packed with new releases and classics this week. The featured album of the week comes from Swervedriver, nearly 30 years after those early EPs they released their sixth album Future Ruins on the Rock Action label. We play several tracks from the album throughout the show. There’s new releases from Daniel Avery, White […]

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Watch – How Shoegaze Became Shoegaze

A new short documentary has uploaded to YouTube which is well worth a watch, whilst there are a few inaccurate facts its still a great watch. The thing I loved about this documentary is it mainly focuses on the era before the name shoegaze was created. Whilst many people still think of shoegaze as being […]

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Radio Show – 25th March 2020

Album of the week comes from Ulrich Schnauss with his 2007 release ‘Goodbye’. There’s a Galaxie 500 Peel Session track from 1989 alongside a live track recorded at Hyde Park by The Cure to celebrate their 40th anniversary. There’s also tracks by Ride, Chapterhouse, Nathan Fake, Cocteau Twins and many more….