Bar Italia tonight – recorded at The BBC’s Maida Vale Studios – October 14th and broadcast on New Music Fix. Bar Italia formed in London in 2020. The band consists of members Nina Cristante (vocals), Sam Fenton (vocals, guitar), and Jezmi Tarik Fehmi (vocals, guitar). Their name is derived from the Soho café Bar Italia. The Italian-born
The Clause tonight – in session for John Kennedy’s X-Posure from Radio X on October 9th. Full band, but a stripped down version with improvised drums. The Clause have been on something of a roll lately – a lot of touring all over the UK from now until December in
Ending up the week with a session from Clinic, recorded for Marc Riley at BBC 6 Music on September 28, 2010. Heather Phares at AllMusic offers up this excerpt from her fine bio of the band, just so you know: One of indie’s most distinctive and mysterious acts, Clinic combine
Over to Madrid tonight for a session by Irish Indie/Alternative band Delorentos, recorded for Los Conciertos de Radio 3 on June 12, 2012. Delorentos are a Dublin-based band, formed in 2005. They consist of Rónan Yourell (vocals, guitar, piano), Kieran McGuinness (vocals, guitar), Níal Conlan (bass, backing vocals) and Ross McCormick (drums, backing
GANS tonight – in session for John Kennedy at Radio X – September 19th – Front Row Magazine has a few words to share about this duo – might give you a clue: Hailing from Birmingham, GANS is the electrifying duo made up of drummer Euan Woodman and bassist Tom Rhodes. Lifelong friends turned creative partners,
South Korean singer-songwriter Kim Sawol at the 2021 Reeperbahn Festival in Germany on September 23, 2021 and recorded for posterity by West German Radio. Kim Sawol debuted in 2014 with the extended play Secret, a collaboration with singer Kim Hae-won. The duo won Best New Artist and Best Folk Album the
Ride in session at Sveriges Radio P3 in Stockholm from November 13, 1990. Probably one of the most, if not the most influential bands to be part of the Shoegaze movement which started in the late 1980s. Ride’s first two albums, Nowhere (1990) and Going Blank Again (1992), have been
Digging through the vault tonight, unearthing gems I missed the past years. I came across this session by Cloud Control, recorded for Lauren Laverne’s BBC 6 Music program on September 17, 2013. No excuse why I didn’t run it twelve years ago – sometimes the onslaught of new sessions and
Nick Drake for a Monday night – featuring most all his sessions recorded for the BBC between the years 1969 and 1970. Since there is so precious little recorded by him, any session, demo or even home recording has been available in one form or another, almost since the time
The Bluetones – John Peel Session – August 4, 1996 – BBC Radio 1 – The Bluetones tonight. Maybe a little overlooked and underrated to some, they were a very enjoyable band to listen to. They had a good long run and put out some great music between 1993 and
