Ending the week with a concert from Massive Attack – recorded at Clifton Downs, Bristol on August 25, 2024. One of my top-ten favorite bands of all time (meaning decades), Massive Attack are one of the truly original, consistently mesmerizing bands ever to perform on a stage. I can never
Thala in concert for this Friday Junior lunchroom. Recorded at the 2021 Reeperbahn Festival and broadcast by West German Radio. It’s always fun to run across an unfamiliar name and be pleasantly surprised at what you hear. Here’s what Angela Betancourt from Blurred Culture had to say regarding her SXSW
Wolf Alice for lunch today – recorded at the 2025 Primavera Sound festival in Barcelona on July 14, 2025. One of those bands that keep reaching and striving, Wolf Alice did a standout performance for the crowd in Barcelona, part of a tour promoting their soon-to-be-released fourth album, The Clearing
A dose of 80s Spanish Synth-Pop for lunch this Tuesday. Mecano in concert at Paulau Sant Jordi in Barcelona on October 1, 1991 and recorded by RNE in Madrid. Mecano was formed in 1981 and active until 1992. Mecano became one of the most successful Spanish pop bands of all time.
Power lunch this Monday – Lambrini Girls, live at Kantine Club in Cologne, Germany and recorded on December 7, 2025 by the venerable West German Radio. In the odd event you don’t already know, Lambrini Girls formed in Brighton UK, the band currently consists of Phoebe Lunny and Selin Macieira-Boşgelmez. After releasing
Damon Albarn for Monday Lunch – recorded at Gaite Lyrique in Paris on November 5, 2021 by Radio France International. On the occasion of the release of his then-latest album, “The Nearer The Fountain – More Pure The Stream Flows”, former Blur front-man Damon Albarn in a whole different, more
Yard Act for your Friday lunch concert – recorded at Albert Hall in Manchester on May 23, 2023 by the soundcrew. A band who have been catagorized as Post-punk/nu-Punk – Indie with an homage to 90s Italo Disco tossed in for good measure, Yard Act have been one of the
Soundgarden to get your Monday Lunchroom up and running. Two gigs, both via WXRT-FM in Chicago – first one; recorded at Concrete Hollywood in Burbank on September 23, 1989 and the second, longer one, at The Palladium in Hollywood on October 6, 1991 – the first two songs, Come Together
Helmet for Hump Day Lunch – recorded at Ogden Theatre in Denver on November 28, 1998. In keeping with our policy of giving you maximum exposure to your culture every day, no matter what, here is a dose of Alternative Metal by way of Helmet, as they sounded at the
Heading into breezy Pop territory this Lunch hour with a set from Beabadoobee, recorded at the 2021 Head In The Clouds Festival in Los Angeles. Much as I like to go on explorations of the new, interesting and overlooked, sometimes it’s a matter of just looking around and seeing what
