On my show this month:
We start 2019 in fine fashion with a session from the excellent Guitar PK and previews of some of the best early releases the year has to offer, including tracks from new albums by James Yorkston, Girlpool, Tiny Ruins, Screaming Dead Balloons and Xiu Xiu, among others. There's also a glimpse of the forthcoming Stealing Sheep album, scheduled for release in April and a taste of the new album from Bernays Propaganda, which won't be arriving in full until September.
As usual, we don't ignore the many fine releases that appeared towards the end of the previous year, including tracks from The Dubwegians, Oceans Over Alderaan, Drenge and others. We also have two featured compilations this month - the second volume of Dirtnap's 'American Noise' series and the third in the Black Man's Pride series from Soul Jazz - while our Peel Back... feature looks back twenty years to the Festive Fifty of 1998.

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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.

Tracklistings for my previous shows:
12/2018 - 12/2018 Xmas Special - 11/2018 - 10/2018 - 09/2018 - 08/2018 - 07/2018 - 06/2018 - 05/2018 - 04/2018 - 03/2018 - 02/2018 - 01/2018 - 12/2017 - 11/2017 - 10/2017 - 09/2017 - 08/2017 - 07/2017 - 06/2017 - 05/2017 - 04/2017 - 03/2017 - 02/2017 - 02/2017 Seven Nations - 01/2017 - 12/2016 - 11/2016 - 10/2016 - 09/2016 - 08/2016 - 07/2016 - 06/2016 - 05/2016 - 04/2016 - 03/2016 - 02/2016 - 01/2016 - 12/2015 - 11/2015 - 10/2015 - 09/2015 - 08/2015 - 07/2015 - 06/2015 - 05/2015 - 05/2015 Election Special - 04/2015 - 03/2015 - 02/2015 - 01/2015 - 12/2014 - 11/2014 - 10/2014 - 09/2014 - 08/2014 - 07/2014 - 06/2014 - 06/2014 World Cup Special - 05/2014 - 04/2014 - 03/2014 - 02/2014 - 01/2014 - 12/2013 - 12/2013 Truly Festive Festive 50 - 11/2013 - 10/2013 - 09/2013 - 08/2013 - 07/2013 - 06/2013 - 05/2013 - 04/2013 - 03/2013 - 02/2013 - 01/2013 - 12/2012 - 11/2012 - 10/2012 - 09/2012 - 08/2012 - 07/2012 Extradition Order Special - 07/2012 - 06/2012 - 05/2012 - 04/2012 - 03/2012 - 02/2012 - 01/2012 - 2011 Review - Festive 50 2011 - Festive Fifty Build-Up 2011 - 12/2011 - 11/2011 - 10/2011 - 09/2011 - 08/2011 - 07/2011 - 06/2011 - Birthday Special 06/2011 - 05/2011 - 04/2011 - 03/2011 - 02/2011 - 01/2011 - Festive 50 2010 - Festive Fifty Build-Up 2010 - 12/2010 - 11/2010 - Broadcast One 'Bonus Disc' Special 11/2010 - 10/2010 - 09/2010 - 08/2010 - 07/2010 - 06/2010 - 05/2010 - 04/2010 - 03/2010 - 02/2010 - 01/2010 - Festive 50 2009 - Festive Fifty Build-Up 2009 - 12/2009 - 11/2009 - 10/2009 [1] - 10/2009 [2] - 09/2009 - 08/2009 - 07/2009 - 06/2009 - 05/2009 - 04/2009 - 03/2009 - 02/2009 - 01/2009 - Festive 50 2008 - Festive Fifty Build-Up 2008 - 12/2008 - 11/2008 - 10/2008 - 08/2008 - 06/2008 - 05/2008 - 04/2008 - 03/2008 - 02/2008 - Festive 50 2007 - Festive Fifty Build-Up 2007 - 12/2007 - 11/2007 - 10/2007 - 09/2007 - 08/2007 - 07/2007 - 06/2007 - 05/2007

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