– The Real People – In Concert – May 25, 1992 – Diving headfirst into the weekend with The Real People; a band that was extremely influential in establishing the Britpop scene in the early 90s, but who had somehow been overlooked and sadly underrated in the bigger picture. The
– Sugarcubes – John Peel BBC Session – Dec. 9, 1987 – BBC Radio 1 – Together for a comparatively short period of time, The Sugarcubes managed to, not only put Iceland on the map as a potential hotbed of musical activity, but also turned everyone on to Bjork, the
– Aztec Camera Glasgow Barrowlands 25th August 1984 – Since we’re heading in the direction of weekend, I thought I would take a side-trip to the 80s tonight with a mini-concert by Aztec Camera. Always a favorite. Founded by Roddy Frame, whose razor-sharp lyrics and impeccable song-writing abilities put him
– The Cure live at Glastonbury 1990 – Starting the morning off with a blast of The Cure, in concert from Glastonbury in 1990. The Cure (of which Robert Smith is the only remaining original member) have had a long and highly successful career. Weathering the changes of personnel and
We could use the support: Become a Patron! Kicking off the week on a high note. One of my absolute favorites tonight. Sadly, not a complete concert, but enough to give you an idea of how Arthur Lee’s revival was coming along in 1996. One of the great artists of
Squeeze – In Concert at Oxford Polytechnic – Recorded by BBC Radio 1 for In Concert series – 1981 – BBC Radio 1 Squeeze to kick off this rather hair-raising week. In concert from Oxford Polytechnic and recorded by BBC Radio 1 on May 15, 1981. Squeeze came to prominence
Dutch psych-meister Jacco Gardner tonight, in a concert recorded during the 2013 London Calling Festival, held at The Paradiso in Amsterdam and faithfully recorded by VPRO in Hilversum. A little bio sampler via Tim Sendra at AllMusic: Dutch-born psychedelic explorer Jacco Gardner began his career sounding like he had been
– Izia – SFR Studio Concert – March 19, 2012 – Over to Paris this week for a concert by the deceptively dramatic and dynamic Izia and her band, recorded live at SFR Studios in Paris on March 19, 2012. Izia is the daughter of late 70’s Pop Icon Jacques
Described in the European press as “one of Americas best kept secrets”, Smashing Orange were a band from Wilmington Delaware, who landed in the UK and became part of the wave of Shoegaze bands of the early 1990s. Sadly, the secret was maintained, as audiences back home were less than
– Ocean Colour Scene – live at Manchester Apollo – 1998 – BBC Radio 1 – History is jammed with bands who got sidetracked somewhere out of the starting gate and never regained their momentum; crashing and burning and left with a legacy of “what if’s” as their epitaphs. Not
