On my show this month:
In this month's show we've got an exclusive session from New York's The Male Pattern , which includes two tracks currently unavailable elsewhere in any form. There are also tracks from new albums by Barbican Estate , Arab Strap . Mad Professor and Drift , among others, plus an early listen to some tracks from the forthcoming Alexei Shiskin album.
Shonen Knife have re-cut their classic 1992 album, so naturally we dip into that as well. We've also got Dub Spirits remixing Alisa Ruby Bash, a new Swansea Sound single and, from Brazil, something from the excellent Yang Boi EP. Meanwhile, our Peel Back... feature this month includes a track from the very first punk session recorded for the John Peel show.
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Email:
Bluesky: @markw01.bsky.social
Twitter: @markwdandelion
My previous session guests:
Biography:
My music-related activities over the years have been restricted to such peripheral activities as running a venue and attempting to manage a band to putting together radio shows variously named The A-Z of Punk, Idiot Jukebox and The Diamond Mine as well as masquerading as The Phantom Surfer to produce The History of Surf Music and unintentionally controversial hour-long documentary Surfin' East Kilbride, all of which have made appearances on various community radio stations over the years.
I'm the author of a book on John Peel's Festive Fifty called, with great imagination, The Festive Fifty and a novel that is nothing at all to do with music ... called Balls. I edited a fanzine called The Backdoor in the late eighties, fronted a band called The Beached Whales that never got round to gigging and played amplifier lead and slides with a band who'd rather I didn't make my association with them public. I have what I believe is a healthy contempt for music journalism (even when it's good) and believe the best way to start a band is to put four people who can't play in a room with some second hand instruments, don't feed 'em and don't let them out until they've produced something great. I've tried it on several occasions and no one's died yet.
Tracklistings and listen again to the previous shows:
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