Starting the week with Water From Your Eyes – recorded live at Primavera Sound on June 13, 2026 and broadcast by RNE Radio 3. Pitchfork’s Philip Sherburne has a nice observation of Water From Your Eyes in a 2025 review of their latest album It’s A Beautiful Place. Here’s a
Genesis for a Thursday Lunch – recorded at The Hartford Civic Center in Hartford Connecticut on December 1, 1983. It occurred to me that I haven’t run any post-Peter Gabriel Genesis on this site; ever. Truths to tell, I always felt Genesis was Peter Gabriel and his was the guiding
The XX for lunch this Wednesday – recorded at the 2026 Outside Lands Festival at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on August 10th. This gig was something of a homecoming for the band, who hadn’t been on tour for eight years – they were well received by the audience
Another Sky for this Tuesday Lunchroom – Recorded live at The Lafayette in London on November 8, 2023. I will never understand why some bands are around for decades and you never liked them in the first place, while others are around for what seem like a matter of minutes
Turnstile for this Labor Day Lunch – recorded live at Bonnaroo 2026 this past June 25th. One of the high points of the festival this year, Turnstile are smack in the middle of the second leg of their current tour which continues celebration of their 2025 Grammy winning Never Enough
Ending the week with Benni, recorded in Brussels at Ancienne Belgique on November 26, 2025 by RTL. Calming things down a few degrees and lending an ear to the plaintive and soothing notes from Benni, a Belgian singer-songwriter who has taken inspiration from Damien Rice, Daughter, and Phoebe Bridgers. She
Newdad for this Friday lunch/Brunch/early dinner. Recorded at this year’s Primavera Sound festival on July 8. NewDad are from Galway, formed in 2018. The band consists of Julie Dawson (vocals, guitar), Fiachra Parslow (drums) and Sean O’Dowd (guitar). During live performances, the band are currently joined by bass guitarist Marie Freiss. Their music has
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band in concert from Syracuse, New York – recorded during their U.S. tour of 1974. Certainly up there on the list of bands you should have seen live when you had the chance. Unquestionably a band whose influence and Alex Harvey’s kinetic stage persona cast deep
Monday lunch with The Human League – recorded in Torino on March 16, 1982 by RAI in Rome. The Human League were one of the bands responsible for what became largely known as Synthpop, as well as an indelible part of the 80s, not to mention wall-to-wall favorites of early
Kingfishr – Picked Music over Electrical Engineering – wise choice. Diving into Friday with a set by Kingfishr at this year’s Outside Lands Festival – recorded on August 9, 2026. A band that’s been together since 2017, Kingfishr have made inroads to becoming household names and offer further evidence the
