"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
We could use a little love . . or even a little like: Become a Patron! Diving in the 80’s this weekend with none other than Depeche Mode, recorded live at the Hammersmith Odeon by the BBC on October 6, 1983. In January 1982, the band released “See You”, their...
One of my favorite bands of the last 20 years, Portishead in concert are always an eagerly anticipated event. And they certainly didn’t disappoint this year at Glasto. Beth Gibbons‘ mesmerizing vocals, mistakenly considered doom-laden by some, but once you realize that one of her influences was Edith Piaf, take...
New Order – in session for John Peel – June 1, 1982 – BBC Radio 1 – New Order. Their second session for John Peel, recorded on June 1, 1982. As a result of their sojourn to New York City in 1981, sampling the Dance and post-Disco scene, still thriving...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – The KVB – Live at Route du Rock – St. Malo – February 22, 2014 – RFI Diving into some soundscapes tonight, via UK duo The KVB, recorded last month at the Route du Rock Festival in St. Malo. The KVB...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Ella y El Muerto – live at Terra Music – August 9, 2013 Back over to Mexico City tonight for a studio concert by Ella y El Muerto (She and The Dead – according to Google Translate, but . . ....
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Instituto Mexicano del Sonido – Live At Terra Music Festival – August 28, 2013 Over to Mexico City tonight for a concert by Instituto Mexicano del Sonido (Mexican Institute of Sound), recorded on August 28th of this year. Around since 2001,...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – OMD In Concert – March 11, 1984 – BBC In Concert Series – BBC Radio 1 Keeping the 80s going this week with a concert from Electronica/New Wave pioneers OMD (Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark) in concert from 1984. Successful practically...
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Melody’s Echo Chamber – Live At Primavera 2013, Barcelona Spain – May 25, 2013 – RNE Radio 3 One of the surprise hits at this years Primavera Festival, Melody’s Echo Chamber. An engaging new band made more engaging by the enthralling voice...
Click on the link here for Audio Player: London Grammar – In Session for Rob da Bank – BBC Radio 1 – Maid Vale Studios – March 30, 2013 It would probably not be honest for me to say London Grammar is an overnight sensation. I don’t think any band...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Beach House in concert at Paleo Festival 2013 – Nyon, Switzerland – July 24, 2013 – RSR Staying at The Paleo Festival 2013 tonight for a set by Baltimore Dream Pop/Space Merchants Beach House (actually, one half of the band, Victoria...
Gordon Skene, two-time Grammy Nominee and archivist runs The Gordon Skene Sound Archive and this website, which is dedicated to preserving and encouraging an interest in history and historic news, events, and cultural aspects of our society. Past Daily is the only place on the Internet where you can hear a Nixon speech, listen to an interview with John Cassavettes or play a broadcast of Charles Munch rehearsing the Boston Symphony in 1950, all in the same place. It's living history and it's timeless.
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