"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
The Dark Suns- Live At FIMU Festival, Belfort France – April 19, 2018 – France Bleu Radio – If you spent any time in Austin Texas this Winter, partaking of SXSW, you may have had a chance to hear The Blind Suns for yourself. The French/Polish conglomerate, fronted by the...
Methyl Ethel – Live at The Corner Hotel, Melbourne – May 18, 2017 – Triple-J-FM – Australia – Methyl Ethel in concert to end the week. With the wave of bands coming from Australia in recent years (Tame Impala, Jagwar Ma, Pond), the addition of Perth Art Rockers, Methyl Ethel...
Cassia – Live at BBC Introducing – Reading Festival – August 27, 2017 – BBC Radio 1 – One of the great offshoots to festivals this year, or at least a lot of them, has been the presence of new talent, seemingly everywhere. For those of you who think the...
Captains – live at La Radio Encendida 2017, Madrid – March 11, 2017 – RNE – Radio 3 – You may think SXSW is the first one kicking off festival season, having held court for up-and-coming bands and artists the past several years, turning Austin, Texas into bedlam once a...
Thought Forms – Forget My Name – Invada Records – 2016 – from the album Songs About Drowning – Thought Forms tonight – a band which comes highly recommended by our unofficial Bristol correspondent Mig Schillace, and for good reason. Their new album (their third) is one big beguiling sonic...
Stevie Parker – Better Off – Recorded live at Factory Studios, Bristol – Sept. 23, 2016 A new face on the horizon. Stevie Parker, who has been back-up singer for several artists since she was a teenager, is finally breaking out on her own. At 24, she is a seasoned...
Scarlet Rascal – Strange – from their forthcoming self-titled album – Bringing back an old series tonight. We decided to retire Nights At The Roundtable for a while some months back, because the title no longer fit what we were doing; sessions and concerts, having nothing to do with...
Joe Jackson – live in Denver, Colorado – May 6, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Joe Jackson, one of the early practitioners of New Wave, flooding American airwaves that summer of 1979. Hot on the heels of releasing his debut album, Look Sharp!, Jackson embarked on a tour...
Something new and unfamiliar tonight, and I thought I would share it with you in the spirit of discovery. Repion is a three-piece Alternative/Power Trio/Indie band from Santander, a small town on the north coast of Spain, near Bibao. The band consists of sisters Teresa and Marina Iñesta. Teresa is...
Julia Holter – in concert at Route du Rock 2016. Recorded August 16, 2016 by Arte Live. I’ve heard bits and pieces of music by Julia Holter the past couple of years – but never really got a chance to sit down and listen to what she was doing. Come...