Rave Down Radio
In this show we pay tribute to Pat Collier alongside the usual mix of new releases and classics. Expect to hear the following tunes…. Chapterhouse – Love ForeverAdorable – Sunshine Smiledeary – SeleneNathan Fake – VimanaPixies – ChickenRobin Guthrie – AtlasThe House of Love – Destroy the HeartThe Telescopes – Shake It All OutThree Quarter […]
This show is a dream pop special, Wikipedia describes it as music that emphasizes atmosphere and sonic texture as much as pop melody. Common characteristics include breathy vocals, dense productions, and effects such as reverb, echo, tremolo, and chorus. Expect to hear the following tracks: Deary – HeavenLush – Scarlet (long version)Slowdive – Country RainCocteau […]
Back in the late 2000s Pitchfork and other music websites were raving about genres such as chillwave and vapourwave, just like shoegaze both were written off by the press within a year. The sound though is still around and in this hour we have a selection of tunes in a similar vein. Is it chillwave? […]
This week’s show features lots of music news and new releases plus a sprinkling of classics. Expect to hear tracks from: Cocteau Twins – Pearly-Dewdrops’ DropEmma Anderson – Bend The RoundSlowdive – Skin In The GameSquirrel Flower – When A Plant Is DyingDaniel Avery – Going So LowCheerless – TrueNewdad – In My HeadRide – […]
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 […]
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 […]
Back in January 1992 the NME ran a front cover featuring LFO called Don’t Fear The Bleeper. The cover showed the band smashing up guitars and highlighted a big move for the paper. Although it had covered acid house and hip-hop in the recent years the focus had very much been on bands with guitars […]
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 […]
In the this show we features an hour of the best remixes. You can hear tracks by Asobi Seksu, Curve, Slowdive, Maps, Sennen, The Early Years, Yeti Lane, Ride, Chapterhouse and Cocteau Twins Those artists have been remixed by Ulrich Schnauss, Aphex Twin, Avalon Emerson, The Field, The Early Years, Andrew Weatherall, School of Seven […]