Balu Brigada – A taste of Auckland at Pinkpop this year. Balu Brigada at this year’s Pinkpop Festival – recorded on June 19th at the Tent Stage by VPRO-FM. Balu Brigada was formed in 2016. Originally the band was named Baloo, an homage to the character of the same name from the Disney film The Jungle
The Wedding Present – Pillars of the C86 scene. Ending up the week in Chicago. This time, its The Wedding Present at The Double Door on March 27, 2012 – and like everything else this week, it’s anothere stellar contribution from the Aadam Jacobs Archive for the AJC Project at
Alex Chilton – Went from Top 40 AM Hits to Seminal influence – and Rock was forever grateful. Once again, tapping into the AJC Project at Archive.org for this stunning concert by Alex Chilton, recorded at Cabaret Metro in Chicago on December 19, 1987. I have often wondered who, of
Stereolab – . . .The world became Retro-Futurist and never looked back. Stereolab this afternoon – in concert at Metro in Chicago and recorded on December 7, 1999 by Aadam Jacobs as part of the AJCProject at Archive.org. I can’t stress how important this newly discovered collection is and how
Daevid Allen of Gong – a special kind of madness Lunch with Gong this afternoon – recorded during the Manifestival in Los Angeles, held at The Embassy Concert in DTLA on May 12, 1979. I believe this was the only concert appearance by Gong on the West Coast. I don’t
Owing to a much bigger than expected positive response to the Shinee concert I posted last week, I unearthed this concert, a solo gig from bandmate Onew (pronounced: Oh – new!), recorded during the 2025 tour promoting his solo album, Connection in concert at Olympic Hall in Seoul on February
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
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,
The Beta Band – with the shiniest of promises. Friday afternoon lunch with The Beta Band – recorded for Bernard Lenoir of The Black Sessions at Radio France International Studio 105 on June 10, 2004. A fascinating band with an equally fascinating and wildly frustrating history. I grabbed a bit
