Kicking off a new week with a set by A Certain Ratio, recorded at the 2009 Primavera Sound festival in Barcelona on May 30, 2009 and preserved for posterity by RNE Radio 3 in Madrid. One of the first indie groups to draw heavy influence from funk as well as
Getting Saturday up and rolling with a set from the 2009 Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona on May 29, 2009 by Saint Etienne – all coming from RNE Radio 3 in Madrid. Saint Etienne were associated with the “indie dance” genre in the early 1990s. Their typical approach was to
Crocodiles to put some high-octane noise in your lunch this afternoon. Recorded at the 2010 Primavera Sound Festival on May 28, 2010 by the venerable RNE Radio 3 in Madrid. As is always the case, we have to go some 5,000 miles to hear a band that resides less than
Something to listen to when you have to eat fast – a set from Mission Of Burma at the 2010 Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona on May 28, 2010. Mission of Burma was an American post-punk band from Boston, Massachusetts. The group formed in 1979 with Roger Miller on guitar,
The Flaming Lips this afternoon. Recorded in concert at Off Festival 2010, Katowice Poland on August 8, 2010. Proclaimed in Q Magazine to be one “the 50 bands you need to see before you die”, The Flaming Lips are as much of an experience in concert as they are on
– The Shins – in concert at the Firefly Music Festival – Dover, Maryland – June 18, 2017 – Band Soundboard – The Shins, in concert at the Firefly Music Festival in Dover Maryland for a Friday morning. The Shins have been around since 1996, went on hiatus, changed directions,
Getting ready for the onslaught of Festivals this year. Rock and Jazz aren’t the exclusive property of the Festival atmosphere. Festivals throughout Europe featuring Classical music probably outnumber the others by a sizable number. But we have our fair share too. Certainly, The Hollywood Bowl season (which should be kicking
– Arctic Monkeys live at Glastonbury 2013 – June 27, 2013 – Arctic Monkeys from Glasto 2013 to kick the week off. So far, the jury is still out on Glastonbury 2025. Like most festivals, it’s run the gamut from wild enthusiasm to shrugged shoulders. The question is how much
– Jacco Gardner – In Concert At Rock en Seine – August 28, 2015 – Starting off Thursday with a set from Jacco Gardner at Rock en Seine in France, part of the lineup for the first day of that Festival. Gardner is no stranger to these pages. I am
– Arthur Lee and Love – Live At Roskilde Festival 2002 – June 26, 2002 – DR-P3, Copenhagen – Arthur Lee and Love, in concert at the legendary Roskilde Festival, Denmark in June of 2002. Precious little exists in the way of live recordings featuring Arthur Lee and Love. From
