On my show this month:
2021 has spent little time getting into its stride in terms of music if little else. This month we feature new releases by the likes of James Yorkston, Yip Man and Blanck Mass along with previews of forthcoming albums from Mogwai, Cathal Coughlan and Anonymous Bosch, among others.
There's a featured compilation of electronic post-punk courtesy of Soul Jazz, plus a glimpse of a future Thomas Imposter compilation from Iraqis In Pajamas. We also feature cracking reissues from Ngozi Family and Smokey Hogg, while our Peel Back... features takes us back to the John Peel shows of February 1981, 1991 and 2001.

On the show NEXT month:
Music from Japan features heavily this month, with a new album from Goofy18 and a release from the sadly defunct Astro-B, as well as a featured Music From Memory compilation of left-field Japanese pop from the late eighties and early nineties.
Of course, there's plenty going on outside Japan's borders too. Among other things, we've got the first fruits of a collaboration between The Alien Cormorant and Billordo, new singles from Tingle in the Netherlands, Swansea Sound and Cathal Coughlan and albums by rOZZ, Madlib and Twilight Kamikaze.
A shorter than usual Peel Back.. focuses on the John Peel shows of March 1981 and 1991 and there are a couple of tracks from a cracking reggae compilation courtesy of Cherry Red.

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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. 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.

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