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Latest show features the following tracks: Chapterhouse – Falling DownDeary – HeavenYo La Tengo – You Can Have It AllNewDad – NightmaresLinda Guillala – MonstruoCheval Sombre – Little Bit of HeavenCiconne Youth – Into The Groove(y)Daniel Avery – Free FloatingThe Telescopes – What You LoveHalo Maud – Terres InfinesHotline TNT – ProtocolLovebox – Blue RoomNathan […]
Plenty of new releases, reissues and some oldies in this week’s show. Tracks played in this hour are: Yo La Tengo – You Can Have It AllSlowdive – KissesLush – For LoveEmma Anderson – Bend The CornerDot Allison – Weeping RosesJames Holden – You Can Never Go BackDrop Nineteens – Scapa FlowJulee Cruise – Mysteries […]
This week’s show features a mix of new and old tunes with plenty of music news. Tracks featured in this show include: The Jesus & Mary Chain – You Trip Me UpThe Velvet Underground & Nico – I’ll Be Your MirrorRachel Goswell – CoastlineThe Telescopes – ButterflyWhitelands – Setting SunGlok – Dirty Hugs (Richard Sen […]
Weekly round-up of music new and classics. Tracks featured in this show include: Spacemen 3 – RevolutionThe Telescopes – The TurnsMogwai – Hunted By A FreakThe Orb – Little Fluffy CloudsTangerine Dream – Love On A Fast TrainDIIV – HorseheadThe Dandy Warhols – Every Day Should Be A HolidayBeach House – DiveGnoomes – Ax OxGui.tar […]
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 […]
This show feature a round-up of new releases, reissues and some gig news. Tracks played in this show are: Sonic Boom & Panda Bear – DangerAir Formation – Daylight StormsAphex Twin – OnAdorable – Sistine Chapel CeilingDeary – FairgroundThe Telescopes – The TurnsThe Zephyrs – Can’t Tell Us ApartMudhoney – Almost EverythingMaps – Fever DreamAndy […]
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 […]
This show looks at the UK hidden psych scene of the late 80s as recently written about on Loud and Quiet. Bands like Loop, Spacemen 3, The Telescopes and Thee Hypnotics created a sound hugely influenced by Suicide, The Stooges and MC5. It was a natural progression following the success of The Jesus and Mary […]
When a band recorded a John Peel session it was always an exciting moment for a fan as you got to hear either new material or a different take of previously released track. The sessions were often as close to hearing the band live as you could get as there was no studio trickery. Like […]
25th May 1991 was the first time the term ‘shoegaze’ had been used in some form in the music press. Slowdive were described as “hotly tipped shoe-gazers” in the news section of the NME Stuart Maconie was the first journalist to feature the word shoegaze in an interview the following week in the NME. Several […]