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The Suncharms – Red Dust – New Single – released October 2018 – Slumberland Records The Suncharms new single to kick off the week. Last year when I ran a Suncharms Peel session from 1992 I found out the band had split shortly after. It was certainly a shame, though...
Marble Arch – 3 Songs – 1. I’m On My Way (a) – 2. A Grave – 3. Stone Keeper (b) – (a) 2018 – (b) 2015 – Géographie Records New music on the horizon tonight. You always know you’re doing at least something right when a record company contacts...
Ride in concert – Recorded at the Town & Country Club, London – Oct. 28, 1990 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Ride in concert this weekend. Recorded at the Town & Country Club in London on October 28, 1990 and was around the time the band issued the last...
Winter- In session for Audiotree – June 18, 2016 – Audiotree Another L.A. band tonight – well . . . .again, not entirely a born-and-bred in L.A. band, but rather a band that came together in another city, eventually came to L.A. and stayed. Winter, aside from being a solo...
Our Girl – in session for Lauren Laverne – October 3, 2018 – BBC 6 Music – Our Girl, in session for Lauren Laverne at BBC 6 Music this past week. The trio from Brighton are standing at the jumping off point – with their debut album out and a...
Twilight Sad – in session for Marc Riley – Sept. 11, 2018 – BBC 6 Music – Twilight Sad in session from a few days ago to kick off the week. The Twilight Sad are a Scottish post-punk/indie rock band, comprising James Graham (vocals) and Andy MacFarlane (guitar). The band...
The Field Mice – live at Tufnell Park Dome, London (Farewell concert) – Nov. 21, 1991 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Field Mice for a Sunday night. As promised, when I posted the 1990 Peel session I said I was going to post their farewell concert shortly after....
My Bloody Valentine – live in Lyon, France – March 21, 1989 – Radio France, International – My Bloody Valentine this weekend in a concert from Lyon, France, recorded by the venerable Radio France International on March 21, 1989. Don’t know about you, but I was taken aback, the first...
The Horrors – Live at Glastonbury 2009 – BBC 6 Music – The Horrors to end the working week. One of those bands that could defy description, but on closer inspection reveal a peaceful co-existence between Goth, Shoegaze, Garage Rock, Post-Punk and touches of Psych added to the mix. The...
Revolver – in session for John Peel – September 12, 1991 – BBC Radio 1 – Revolver to start the week. One of the short-lived, overlooked and underrated bands of the early 90s. Fighting to stop from being tagged Shoegaze, but nevertheless an influential element in the guitar-band movement, and...
