On my show this month:
Gareth's September show brings three classic cuts taken from a new CD box set called 'All Things Bright And Beautiful - The UK Pop Explosion 1967-1969'. Plus hear a Peel Acres live track by a band who wish they'd come from the Sixties, courtesy of Cardiff's The Loves .
The 2nd hour's guest presenter is Gemma from Glasgow Post-Punk band Dancer . She'll be taking part in 'Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue' to coincide with their new album 'More or Less', released September 12th by Meritorio Records.
All this, plus new Indiepop from Tullycraft and The Cords , Exotica brass from The Tikiyaki Orchestra and for canine fans, there are four songs about dogs including Elephant 6 duo Giant Day.
You'd be barking mad to miss it.
On the show NEXT month:
The first hour of Gareth's October promises to be a Halloween spooktacular. There's a terrifying tune from surf guitar ghoul band The Surfrajettes and two scary rarities produced by Joe Meek for 'Secret Songs from the Sixties'.
Plus guest hosts Rex Broome and Christina Bulbenko from Big Stir Records introduce three eerie anthems from their new compilation album 'Chilling, Thrilling Hooks And Haunted Harmonies'.
Meanwhile the second hour promises to be a Halloween free-zone with plenty of new releases, including very short songs from BB Bomb and a long song from Cardiacs . So join Gareth for two hours of musical tricks and treats.
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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).
Tracklistings and listen again to the previous shows:
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