Wire – Live at Rockpalast – February 14, 1979 – WDR – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Wire this week, in concert for WDR in Germany as part of their Rockpalast series, recorded on February 14, 1979. Considered one of the pivotal bands during the transition from Punk to Post-punk,
The Auteurs – in session for John Peel – Feb. 20, 1996 – BBC Radio 1 – The Auteurs for a Tuesday night. Not all that well known on this side of the Atlantic, The Auteurs were highly praised by the British music press when their debut single, Show Girl
Ian Curtis of Joy Division – Cultural icon. Joy Division in concert for this Monday lunch – recorded at Les Bains Douches in Paris on December 18, 1979 for RFI – The Black Sessions. One of the pioneering bands of the Post-Punk era, Joy Division consisted of vocalist, guitarist and
The Jam – In Concert at Golders Green – December 19, 1981 – BBC In Concert Series – BBC Radio 1 – The Jam in concert this weekend. One of the bands that epitomized Punk and Mod revival, The Jam were huge throughout the UK and the rest of
Siouxsie Sioux. – And where would the 80s be without her? Siouxsie And The Banshees this afternoon – recorded at Sartory Säle in Cologne on July 19, 1981 by West German Radio. Finding good sounding (i.e. soundboard) recordings of almost any period of Siouxsie and The Banshees concerts is difficult
The Pill – in session for Steve Lamacq – BBC 6 Music on June 9, 2025. Making the choice not to make Monday night mellow, by any stretch of the imagination, a little high-voltage brain scrambling from The Pill. The non-conforming pop-culture website Dork had a few pithy things to
Crispy Ambulance – in session for John Peel – January 19, 1981 – BBC Radio 1 – Crispy Ambulance tonight. One of the flood of bands turning out for the sake of Post-Punk in the late 70s/early 80s. They weren’t around very long, not for the first time – they
Echo & The Bunnymen – In session for Marc Riley – October 8, 2018 – BBC 6 Music – One of the seminal bands of the Post-Punk/Indie movement of the early 80s, Echo & The Bunnymen are still with us (after a layoff of several years) and still making wonderful
Department S – In Concert – Dec. 19, 1981 – BBC Radio 1 – Department S in concert tonight, recorded by BBC Radio 1 for their In Concert series on December 19, 1981. Department S are a British post-punk/new wave band formed in 1980, who took their name from the
Magazine in concert for the Lunchroom today – recorded at Melbourne Festival Hall on September 9, 1980 and issued as a limited edition promo-only lp by Virgin shortly after. It’s too bad Magazine broke up as early as they did. Founder and lead-singer Howard Devoto leaving Buzzcocks early on in
