On my show this month:
A new year inevitably brings with it a whole bunch of interesting new releases and 2025 is no exception. We've got tracks from new albums by Mogwai, Lambrini Girls, Horsegirl and Sam Amidon, along with recent releases from the likes of Dreadzone. Neon Kittens and The Weak & The Strong, among others. We've also got two featured compilations, one an era-spanning collection from the New Weird Australia project, plus another fascinating Cherry Red Box Set. Naturally, the month of the Festive Fifty broadcast means our Peel Back... feature again has a FF theme to it and there are also retrospective highlights from new compilations of Gnonnas Pedro, Johnny Bond and The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart.
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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 and a novel that is nothing at all to do with music ... called Balls. 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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