On my show this month:
You'd be mad as a hare to miss Gareth's March show which features a special tribute to Burt Bacharach with a selection of 8 classic Bacharach & David songs reinterpreted by Indie and Punk artists.
This month's guest taking part in 'Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue' is fuzzy garage-rock-punk artist Dez Dare to coincide with the release of his third album 'Perseus War' (released 17th March).
There are two obscure Salsa tracks in 'Secret Songs from the Sixties', plus new releases ranging from the Riot Grrrl noise of Lambrini Girls to the gentle Indiepop of The Hepburns and the haunting electro sounds of Flange Circus.
On the show NEXT month:
Gareth marks the annual April event Record Store Day (this year happening on Saturday 22nd) with a bunch of songs written specifically for the occasion, including Mozart Estate and Art Brut . You won't need to queue up outside in the cold at 8am to hear them!
There are also plenty of new releases including two cuts from a new Raving Pop Blast! Recordings compilation and the return of Fuzzbox as you've never heard them before!
Then the 2nd hour contains an all-female playlist, plus the guest presenters for 'Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue' are Basic Bitches, a New York Riot Grrrl duo who release their new album 'It Doesn't Matter If It's Cool' on 7th April.
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Biography:
In my teens I was an avid listener of Peel plus Mark & Lard and always wished I could play obscure songs at the wrong speed and utter some nonsense into a microphone. This sort of happened in my twenties when I accidentally stumbled into DJing at Moles Club in Bath for their regular Thursday nights called 'Purr'. From 2000 - 2009 I had the opportunity to play whatever I liked inbetween the live bands and witnessed early gigs from the likes of Art Brut, The Futurheads, Gossip, The Long Blondes, Los Campesinos and Wild Beasts, all playing in this tiny venue with me constantly pushing my way through the drum kit to get myself back into the DJ booth! I later became a promoter there myself and booked mostly bands who disappeared off the face of the earth, but I did manage to book a then unknown Metronomy for £60! When I eventually threw in the promoter towel at Moles club, I ended on a high by booking the late great Frank Sidebottom. Yes, I did get to see him without his head on! But he wouldn't let the support bands see him!!
I very occasionally continue to promote gigs in Bristol under the name 'Go Ape', with shows including The Lovely Eggs, Piney Gir, The Thyme Machine, Tunabunny, Sam Coomes (Quasi) and co-promoting Damnably shows with Shonen Knife and Otoboke Beaver. I'm also a keen collector of Indie/Alternative Christmas records, and in recent years I've helped to compile the annual Indie compilation CD 'A Very Cherry Christmas' for small DIY label Cherryade Records (the label who originally released the first two Lovely Eggs albums).
Wanting to get into radio but not really sure how to go about it, a few years ago I started making an occasional podcast. It's imaginatively called 'Radio Radio' (yes, after the Elvis Costello song) and I've interviewed bands/artists including Allo Darlin, Bis, Helen Love, Kid Carpet, Momus, Paul Guided Missile's Dream Themes band, The Spook School, They Might Be Giants and more. You can find them at podomatic.com/podcasts/radioradiopodcast
Outside of music, I've sometimes been known to review new crisp flavours on my facebook page and I collect toy robots (although the shelves are now getting a bit too full for many more).
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