Having a late lunch this Friday and a set from Drens, recorded at the 2022 Crossroads Festival in Bonn in March 16, 2022 – and preserved for posterity by WDR. Surfpunk from Dortmund, Germany compliments of Drens who are Fabian Livrée, Arno Augustin and Patrick Uitz-Blickling. While you’re trying to
Mo Dotti for Thursday Lunch – recorded at Outer Space Arcata on September 25th of this year. Much as I complain about the state of contemporary American music – how it’s been relegated to a permanent state of malaise and all the interesting stuff is happening in another country, and
Hotwax in concert from Paris for this lunch hour – recorded at la Maroquinerie on June 2nd of this year by Eric Vautier. A relatively new band (if you consider having formed in 2021 as “relativelty new”), with a debut album released only this past March, Hotwax have signaled a return
Quicksilver Messenger Service – in Concert at The Fillmore, San Francisco – Summer, 1968 – Band Soundboard – Quicksilver Messenger Service this week. One of the milestone bands of the San Francisco Sound which dominated the West Coast in the mid-late 1960s. With John Cipollina on lead guitar, QMS pioneered
Warpaint in concert from Paris – part of The Black Sessions from Radio France International and recorded on February 24, 2011. Always happens – you have to travel some 6,000 miles in order to hear a band from your own area code. In this case, this L.A.-based band have been
Bryan Ferry – Live At Belfast Castle, Belfast – 2002 – BBC 6 Music – Bryan Ferry in concert for a Tuesday. One of the most enduring artists, whose music and style have set him several notches above most singers. Ever since his days with Roxy Music, Bryan Ferry has
Ultravox to get the Monday lunch hour up and rolling – recorded at Jaap Edenhal in Amsterdam on June 16, 1981 by VPRO. The earlier incarnation of Ultravox, with John Foxx as frontman, was a harder edge, more experimental group. With production by the German electronics wiz Conny Plank they
Slade this afternoon – because it’s Friday and a little something loud, especially on a day like today, works wonders. They were recorded live from The Young Vic Theatre in London on April 24, 1975. Why Slade didn’t become huge in the U.S. is something of a mystery – but
Toy in concert from Paris – recorded on December 10, 2013 and broadcast by Radio France International. By all accounts, Toy have either dissolved, broken up or on extended hiatus. But as of this date in 2025, all appears to be quiet – their website has a “for sale” sign
Muse this afternoon – in concert at Route du Rock in St. Malo in 2001 and preserved by Radio France International. The members of Muse played in separate school bands during their time at Teignmouth Community College in the early 1990s. Guitarist Matt Bellamy successfully auditioned for drummer Dominic Howard‘s band, Carnage Mayhem, becoming its
