Starting off the week with a set by God Is An Astronaut from their appearance at Hellfest 2026, recorded on Saturday June 20, 2026 for West German Radio. God Is An Astronaut formed in 2002 by twin brothers Niels and Torsten Kinsella, who took the inspiration for its name from
Roisin Murphy to end the week – in concert from the BBC6 Music Festival at The Roundhouse in London on March 7, 2020 and preserved for posterity by BBC 6 Music. Via Wikipedia: Roisin Murphy first became known in the 1990s as one half of the pop duo Moloko alongside
Kim Gordon for Friday Junior Lunch – recorded at The Roundhouse in London during the 2020 BBC 6 Music Festival on March 8, 2020. We’re on a roll this week – we’re keeping it going. Today it’s Kim Gordon, who comes from the same day as Jehnny Beth performed (March
Another classic concert this week. From the 1960 Salzburg Festival, a concert by the Berlin Philharmonic, guest conducted by the legendary Opera conductor Joseph Keilberth and featuring the equally legendary French violinist Christian Ferras in music of Schubert, Berg and Bruckner. Recorded via the Deutsche Welle Transcription Service, the concert
Starting off the week with a set by Bombay Bicycle Club, recorded during the BBC 6 Music Festival at Electric Ballroom in London on March 8, 2020. Bombay Bicycle Club consist of Jack Steadman, Jamie MacColl, Suren de Saram, and Ed Nash. They are guitar-fronted and have experimented with different
Friday lunch with something hypnotic – a set by Eefje De Visser, recorded at this year’s Lowlands Festival on August 22nd. Eefje De Visser (pronounced Ayyyffye) is a Dutch singer-songwriter I first heard during the halcyon days of My Space. Her voice, her style and her whole approach was instantly
Feeder for a Friday Jr. Lunch – recorded at the 2012 Isle of Wight Festival on June 22 of that year and broadcast by BBC Radio 1 (this feed comes from Germany though). Wikipedia has a few words to say: Feeder formed in 1994. The band have released 12 albums
Confidence Man for lunch today – recorded at the 2022 Glastonbury Festival on June 24 and broadcast live by BBC Radio 1. In case you aren’t familiar, and I suspect you aren’t because none of their albums have been issued here in the U.S., so unless you’re tight with an
Getting Monday up and running with a set by The Charlatans – recorded at the Reading Festival – on August 28, 1992 and broadcast over BBC Radio 1. Always a perennial favorite, and the band I routinely cite as game changers which started as the 80s were winding down and
Joachim Kühn Trio for Sunday – with Jean-Francois Jenny-Clark on bass – Daniel Humair on drums with guest Larry Schneider (on Miles’ Mood and In A Sentimental Mood) – all recorded at Jazzfest Berlin on November 6, 1987 for Radio Berlin. From the ActMusic website blurb: Joachim Kühn’s career is
