The Coral, live at Dingwalls, London – April 2002 – Somebody I haven’t played in a very long time. The Coral arrived on the scene in 1996, but really emerged in the early 2000s as forerunners of the Guitar Group Revival, as well as avid practitioners of neo-Psychedelia, Psychedelic Folk
– Spooky Tooth – In Session – BBC Radio 1 – 1968 – Spooky Tooth were one of those bands which should have made it huge. But for whatever reason they came close, but in the end came up short. Not for lack of trying and certainly not for
Joanna Gruesome – Live At The Forum Club, London – January 16, 2014 – band tape – Joanna Gruesome were formed in 2010 in Cardiff by Owen Willams (guitar and vocals), Max Warren (bass), and George Nicholls (guitar). Their core line-up solidified with the addition of Lan McArdle (lead vocals)
– Brand X – In Session for Alan Freeman/John Peel – Feb. 26 and July 15, 1976 – Broadcast on John Peel – August 2, 1976 – BBC Radio 1 – Initially put together as a “jam band”, Brand X managed to grab a considerable amount of attention when they
– David Bowie – In Session for John Peel BBC Radio 1 – January 28, 1972 – BBC Radio 1 – The dawn of Glam tonight. A session from David Bowie, recorded on January 28, 1972 for John Peel at the BBC. The Spiders From Mars period. Ziggy Stardust. The
– Stiff Little Fingers – in concert from Belfast, 1980 – BBC Radio 1 – A taste of Punk from Northern Ireland this morning. Stiff Little Fingers weren’t together during their first incarnation all that long. 1977-1982 isn’t a terribly long lifespan, by anybody’s standards. But they were a well
– The Mighty Lemon Drops – In Session for John Peel – January 3, 1988 – BBC Radio 1 Early snippets of the New Psychedelia, compliments of The Mighty Lemon Drops tonight. Sadly, a short lived band (1986-1992) who came along around right around the time Echo and The Bunnymen
– Matching Mole – Live At Paris Theatre, London – July 27, 1972 – BBC Radio 1 – Matching Mole this morning, recorded at the BBC’s Paris Theatre in London on July 27, `1972. Right after his departure from the landmark band Soft Machine, drummer and Soft-Machine founder Robert Wyatt
– Blancmange – In concert for BBC Sight & Sound – March 31, 1984 – BBC Radio 1 – Blancmange, this morning. Since it’s been an insane week, I thought I would toss a concert by Blancmange into the mix. Although probably not all that well known in the U.S.
Aztec Camera – in Concert from Madrid – September 9, 1984 – Radio Nacional España – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Aztec Camera, fronted by the inimitable Roddy Frame, whose razor-sharp songwriting skills added a whole new dimension to the New Wave scene in the early 1980s. The Glasgow-based band
