Wire – in Session for Marc Riley – November 21, 2011 – BBC 6 Music – Wire to end the week. I call Wire Musical Comfort Food – they are an emotional go-to band. Listening to them has always been a battery charge – a sign that everything’s okay. Life
May 19, 1997 – BBC World Service: News Desk – Gordon Skene Sound Collection- May 19, 1997 – News of the World this day. Rebel troops, loyal to General Laurent Kabila, took over the Zaire capital of Kinshasa, amid pockets of fighting and the swift exit of deposed leader Mobutu
The Futureheads – in session for Steve Lamacq – March 7, 2003 – BBC 6 Music – The Futureheads tonight. One of the more turbo-charged bands of the Post-Punk Revival era, The Futureheads got started in 2000 and went on a solid non-stop run for 13 years before heading into
The Revillos – in session for John Peel – April 29, 1981 – broadcast May 13, 1981 – BBC Radio 1 – The Revillos tonight. Formerly The Rezillos, but through a proviso that, to get out of their contract, Sire Records stipulated they couldn’t use the name Rezillos. And so
Guided By Voices – in session for John Peel – October 19, 1999 – BBC Radio 1 – Guided By Voices to kick off the week. Purveyors of lo-fi, portastudio and eccentricities, the Dayton Ohio band were a welcome addition to the pantheon of Peel. Plagued by a decidedly cold
Whistler – in session for John Peel – July 9, 2000 – BBC Radio 1 – Whistler, and band together for a short time, but who released two albums and drew acclaims from the press. The three piece consisted of former EMF member Ian Dench, vocalist Kerry Shaw and former
A Certain Ratio – In Concert at The Paris Theatre, London – April 19, 1980 – John Peel -In Concert – BBC Radio 1 – A Certain Ratio tonight. Still together, after some 40 years (although only guitarist Martin Moscrop and bass/vocal Jez Kerr are the only original members left
Leyton Buzzards – In Concert at The Paris Theatre – April 14, 1979 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert Series – Leyton Buzzards tonight. Short lived Punk band from the East London suburb of Leyton. Together from 1976 to 1980. They initially started off as a Pub/R&B band, and when
Fields Of The Nephilim – live at Sheffield University 1988 – BBC Radio 1 – Fields Of The Nephilim in concert tonight. One of those bands who made a huge impression on the Goth community, but not in the mainstream, where they’ve only skirted the charts. This version of the
The Coral – live at Glastonbury 2002 – BBC 6 Music – The Coral to start the week off. The Merseyside Indie/Psych/folk/jangle-pop group got started in 1996, but fortunes were starting to change in the early 2000s with the release of their debut album in 2002. This festival appearance concentrates
