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
The Snuts – in concert at TRNSMT Festival in Glasgow and preserved for posterity by BBC Scotland on July 7, 2024 The Snuts released their first ‘proper’ single, “Seasons” in June 2018, described as ‘conventional in a much-needed and refreshing way’, a ‘total throwback to the last renaissance of alternative
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
Gary Numan to start a new week – recorded at Primavera Sound on May 29, 2010. A lot of people, especially those who were around in the late 1970s remember Gary Numan as the frontman of Tubeway Army – they were one of the bands at the forefront of New
Doing a Global Stretch this Friday afternoon. Dutch nu-punk/neo-pop/neo-Indie band Indian Askin, recorded during the Best Kept Secret 2019 festival from June 2nd of that year. The brain behind the self-proclaimed “nu-punk band” is Amsterdam multi-instrumentalist and producer Nelson ‘Chino’ Ayala. In 2016, Indian Askin came into the Dutch indie
XX in concert at Glastonbury 2017 for this lunchtime Thursday – recorded from the Pyramid stage by the venerable BBC 6 Music on June 23, 2017. The xx are from Wandsworth, London, formed in 2005. The band consists of Romy Madley Croft (guitar, vocals), Oliver Sim (bass guitar, vocals), Jamie Smith, also known as Jamie xx (beats, MPC, record production),
