Charlotte Gainsbourg – in concert – BBC 6 Music Festival, Liverpool – March 31, 2019 – BBC 6 Music – Charlotte Gainsbourg on closing night of the BBC 6 Music Festival in 2019. The perfect capper to an extraordinary three day festival. Knowing Charlotte Gainsbourg’s work, as an actress first
Mando Diao – Live in Stockholm – Recorded by Sveriges Radio June 27, 2013 Even though their bio refers to them as an Alternative Band, and Wikipedia categorizes them as Garage Punk, Mando Diao strike me as more of a Pop aggregation than anything else. From the sounds of this
Making a brief stop at Roskilde Festival in Denmark for a set by The Minds Of 99 – Recorded on July 6, 2018 and preserved for posterity by Radio Dansk DK-3. The smaller the world seems to be getting the more difficult it is to figure out if many non-Europeans
EUT – In session for Frequenzy – September26, 2017 – VPRO – The Netherlands – Heading across the English Channel tonight. EUT are a Dutch Post-Punk/Post-Rock/Indie band who were together only two years when this session was recorded in 2017. Sadly, they lasted until 2023 when COVID came along and
Fin del Mundo – Shoegaze from Tierra del Fuego. Heading to Buenos Aires by way of Madrid tonight for a session from Fin del Mundo, recorded by RNE Radio 3 for the Los Conciertos de Radio 3 series. Fin del Mundo is a band from Buenos Aires formed in 2019,
Last Train in concert at the 2025 Les Eurockéennes Festival, Belfort, France – recorded July 5, 2025 and broadcast over RFI-International. Maybe not the most relaxing item on the Lunch menu today. Last Train is, in a word; intense. This band from Alsace, France have managed to smash though language
Heading overseas for lunch this Monday with a set from Touched, a relatively new band from Seoul, South Korea – recorded at the Seoul Minimusic Festival on October 18, 2025. Ever since I heard rumors about a thriving Indie scene in South Korea, I had to go exploring. Not as
A dose of 80s Spanish Synth-Pop for lunch this Tuesday. Mecano in concert at Paulau Sant Jordi in Barcelona on October 1, 1991 and recorded by RNE in Madrid. Mecano was formed in 1981 and active until 1992. Mecano became one of the most successful Spanish pop bands of all time.
Heading East for this lunchbreak – Hitsujibungaku in concert at Die Kantine in Cologne, Germany on October 18, 2025 and captured for posterity by Toshi Aizawa. With all the current attention being drawn to KPop and JPop, it would only be natural that JIndie makes an entrance. Hitsujibungaku have been
Elton John et al. Christmas Sessions at BBC 6 Music – Various Dates – BBC 6 Music – A full hour extravaganza of sessions recorded at BBC 6 Music by a veritable galaxy of Rock notables. From Elton John, Nick Lowe, Elastica, Half Man-Half Biscuit, The Decembrists, Frank Turner, Low,
