Mando Diao – Live in Stockholm – Recorded by Sveriges Radio June 27, 2013 Even though their bio refers to them as an Alternative Band, and Wikipedia categorizes them as Garage Punk, Mando Diao strike me as more of a Pop aggregation than anything else. From the sounds of this
Taking a detour tonight and diving into some of the serious side of Spike Jones, recorded in 1946 for the Standard Transcription Company in Los Angeles. Spike Jones was a household name in the 1940s, with outrageous take-offs on popular songs of the day and some insanity of their own.
Stanley Turrentine – The inimitable Mister T. Stanley Turrentine for a Summer Solstice Sunday – Recorded at Philharmonie Hall in Berlin on November 5, 1977 and broadcast by RBB Radio Berlin. Stanley Turrentine, The Inimitable Mister T holding forth on the Father’s Day. With his quartet consisting of John Miller
Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Live At Pitchfork Festival, Pink Stage – Paris – Nov. 3, 2018 – RFI International – I have friends, people I have known for decades, who are convinced Music has died and nothing will bring it back to life; that Pop has eaten itself one too
Lining up for Slot Machines – You could never figure out what the big deal was. Every Summer, like Clockwork. Since you were five, since you were old enough to eat on your own – two weeks, middle of Summer. Family Vacation. Loading up the Plymouth Suburban – gassing up
No Cigar for a Friday lunch – Recorded at The Powerstation in Auckland on November 14, 2025 by the venerable Triple J Radio. NO CIGAR have just released their third ‘semi rock’ record in July 2025, off the back of recent sell-out tours in the UK and New Zealand. The five-piece
Shinee – What Asia is up to these days Heading over to Seoul for Lunch today. SHINee World VIII The Invert, recorded on the second night of their 2026 world tour. – May 30, 2026. The is the first part of a promised Trilogy, a three-part concert series leading up
Ruti – when you get chills just listening to her do a Radio Station i.d. you know you’ve been transformed. Ruti, puttingTuesday night on notice – recorded for the Gilles Peterson program on BBC 6 Music from May 16, 2026. When you hear a singer, whose voice stops you dead
The Mahavishnu Orchestra – live at The Masonic Temple Auditorium in Detroit on December 30, 1973 – band soundboard, recorded by the mixer (not known at the moment). Imagine, if you will, you are somewhere between your late teens and early twenties. You’v’e already been blown away by Yes, Emerson,
Ornette Coleman for a Sunday – From the Jazz Jamboree Festival at Congress Hall in Warsaw on October 23, 1993 and broadcast by Polski Radio. Born and raised in Fort Worth, Texas, Ornette Coleman taught himself to play the saxophone when he was a teenager. He began his musical career playing in
