Rave Down Radio
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 […]
Hope you all had a good Easter, this show plays plenty of new releases, reissues and classics. Expect to hear in this hour: The Radio Dept – Heaven’s On FireAvalon Emerson – Sandrail SilhouetteNathan Fake – VimanaCranes – EverywhereJames Holden – Worlds Collide Mountains FormDaughter – Be On Your WayGlare – BloomCatherine Wheel – ShallowM83 […]
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 […]
Whilst shoegaze bands released plenty of EPs there were still loads of quality tracks that were just tucked away as b-sides. This show is back to back b-sides, expect to hear tunes from the likes of Lush, Ride, The Radio Dept, Cocteau Twins, Adorable, My Bloody Valentine, DIIV, Chapterhouse, Sigur Ros, The House of Love, […]
This show goes back to the mid-noughties as we look back at the revival of shoegaze. With the emergence of the internet there were various fan led scenes focusing on eras of music the press had previously written off, Nu gaze was the name given to the shoegaze revival, there was also nu disco, nu […]
2020 stopped us all in our tracks which has made music so much more important. Below is a round-up of the best tunes of the year from me, all of which you’d have heard on the radio show. Daniel Avery & Alessandro Cortini – Illusion of Time This sounds just so incredibley moving when you’ve […]
This show features The Radio Dept’s debut Lesser Matters as the album of the week, we play a selection of tracks. We also look back at the 30th anniversary of Ride’s debut album Nowhere and the tour which included support slots from Bleach and Slowdive. Creation Records signings Meat Whiplash are in session for the […]
Another week, another show and on this one we celebrate Adorable’s debut album from 1993. Against Perfection was the right album released at the wrong time to be successful, too late to be part of the Shoegaze scene and too early (and too good) for Britpop! Netherless it’s a great album that sounds even better […]