On my show this month:
After a couple of months away readjusting to married life, I return to Dandelion Radio in June with 2 hours of new tunes, plus a couple of classics chosen by the French band Juniore:format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(40)/discogs-images/A-3357190-1446198635-2877.jpeg.jpg) . They join me in the second hour of the show for a chat and to select four of their favourite records in a new feature called 'Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue' (you can tell I've recently got married, can't you?!). Plus we've more French grooviness from Les Bof!:format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(40)/discogs-images/A-1199629-1362589973-9284.jpeg.jpg) .
But it's not just France we focus on. Unlike Lisa Stansfield, I've been around the world and I've found plenty of musical babies. This month we also cover Australia with punk-rock from The Chats , Turtle Bay Television and Constant Mongrel:format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(40)/discogs-images/A-2398836-1486983944-7456.png.jpg) . From Spain there's electro-pop by Cristina Quesada:format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(40)/discogs-images/A-3430945-1550007567-7407.jpeg.jpg) , from the Netherlands there's Garage-Rock by The Heck and from Russia there's a Surf guitar take on the Twin Peaks Theme courtesy of Messer Chups:format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(40)/discogs-images/A-76682-1380915288-2964.jpeg.jpg) . Oh, and please wash your hands before listening to the show, because there's a new track by the London-residing Canadian band Hygiene .
C'est bon? Oui, oui!
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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). I live with my suffering girlfriend Becky and Lily our cat.
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