A double espresso would be nice: – Crowded House – In Concert At Finsbury Park – 1994 – BBC 6 Music – Crowded House were one of those bands seemingly all over the place in the late 80s/early 90s. From the recently disbanded Split Enz, founder Neil Finn (and later
Goes great with a double espresso: – Flaming Lips at Villette Sonique – May 24, 2013 – France Radio Le Mouv`- 2013 was an insanely busy year for the band, with a world tour that took them completely around the globe. Needless to say, they were in the process of
Become a Patron! Over to BBC 6 Music this afternoon for a session by Brooklyn-based Indie/Psych-rock maven Sam Evian, live in-studio and recorded for Marc Riley on February 24th. Sam Griffin Owens, who is known professionally as Sam Evian, has released three full-length albums and one 7″ single. In 2016,
Goes well with lunch: New faces on the scene. Pushpin got started in 2020 and are self-described as “London’s finest purveyors of infectious wonky-pop noise”. This session, their first-ever radio session, recorded on September 23, 2023 at Radio for John Kennedy’s Ex-Posure program gives some clue as to the somewhat
Starting off the new week with Blur in concert at Glastonbury ’94 as captured for posterity and preserved by BBC Radio 1 on June 26th. Blur were one of the pivotal bands of the Britpop movement in the early 90s. Object of a purported “intense rivalry” with fellow travelers Oasis,
Coffee works too: – Violent Femmes – live at Town and Country – 1991 – BBC 6 Music – Violent Femmes this morning. A nod to the midwest bands during the 80s and early 90s who shaped and help define American music during that haywire decade. Recorded in concert at
– The Editors – Live At Trojan Horse, The Hague, Netherlands – October 6, 2015 – VPRO/3VOORFM – Switching gears this week for things more contemporary. This morning it’s The Editors, the hugely successful and critically acclaimed Indie band from the UK, who have had a busy year in 2015
Coffee? Did you say coffee? – Be Bop Deluxe – live at Oxford – BBC Radio 1 Rock Goes To College – 1978 – BBC Be Bop Deluxe were a band the critics loved but the audience apparently only moderately liked. Together in two short bursts – once from 1972-1974
And there’s always coffee: – Franz Ferdinand-Sparks (FSS) – Live At Boa Goa Festival, Genoa – July 7, 2015 – RAI Radio 2 – According to reports, the collaboration between Scottish Indie band Franz Ferdinand and L.A. Electro-Pop/Indie/Art-Rock band Sparks has been in the works around 8 years. Since initially
