The Wedding Present – live at Reading Festival 1996 – John Peel – August 25, 1996 – BBC Radio 1 – The Wedding Present, live at the 1996 Reading Festival, as announced by John Peel on August 25th for BBC Radio 1. The Wedding Present had been around since 1984
Tears For Fears for Thursday lunch – recorded February 12, 1990 at The Public Hall in Cleveland. In the odd event you’re not either familiar with the band or their history, here’s a reminder or a refresher course: Tears for Fears formed in Bath in 1981 by Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal. Founded after the dissolution
Dave Edmunds and Rockpile – In Concert from Paris Theatre, London – April 23, 1977 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert Series – Dave Edmunds this weekend with his backing band Rockpile, recorded at the BBC’s Paris Theatre in London on April 23, 1977 for Radio 1’s In Concert Series.
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
