– A Certain Ratio – In Session for John Peel – October 17, 1979 – BBC Radio 1 – Ending up with the week with a session from A Certain Ratio and a dose of Post-Punk-Funk. Still around, A Certain Ratio have undergone a huge number of personnel changes since
– Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – Live At Town & Country – 1991 – BBC6 Music – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – 70s,80s and 90s favorite Robyn Hitchcock this morning – in concert with former Soft Boys members The Egyptians, live at Town & Country and recorded for posterity
If there was anyone in danger of being overexposed on radio in the late 70s/early 80s, it had to have been Joe Jackson. You couldn’t walk past a radio playing anywhere and not hear any one of the virtual avalanche of hits Jackson generated during that period of time. Jackson
Diving into the Pop/sorta-Punk side of things this morning with a set from Avril Lavigne at the 2022 Rock In Rio Festival, recorded September 9, 2022. I just ran across this article by Mark Savage, music correspondent for the BBC which covers Avril Lavigne in 2022, right when this concert
The Offspring this morning – bringing you a Monday jolt via Rock In Rio from September 2022. I ran a more recent concert a few months ago, but my theory being “You can never get too much High Voltage” runs especially true for Monday Morning, which most people aren’t too
Blondie – live at Paradiso, Amsterdam – November 19, 1977 – VPRO/3VOOR12 – Some high energy 70s this morning by way of Blondie, live at Paradiso in Amsterdam and recorded by the venerable VPRO in Hilversum, Holland. America’s answer to Punk, Blondie were a well-loved and widely respected band who
Hustle,hustle,hustle – – Savages Live at Sveriges Radio P3 – March 12, 2014 – Sveriges Radio – Savages, four young women from London who ripped the place to shreds, had been only together since 2011. In a short period of time they got the attention of BBC6 Music, who proclaimed
– The Pixies in concert at l’Olympia, Paris – broadcast live by Le Mouv’ – September 30, 2013 – ` Starting off the week with a live-as-it-happened concert, kicking off the Continental leg of The Pixies European tour direct from the stage at l’Olympia in Paris September 30 and broadcast
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Become a Patron! – Magazine – About the Weather – from Magic, Murder and The Weather – 1981 Magazine arrived on the scene without so much as a genre attached to their music. Howard Devoto, having left Buzzcocks, formed Magazine and within very little time, achieved major success, with their
