Andrew Morrison - May 2023
Andy's 60-minute May show includes new music from Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan, Black Honey, Malcolm Middleton's new project Lichen Slow, Depeche Mode and John Barnes. There's a track from the brand new third album by His Electro Blue Voice, and a pick from the debut long player from Brighton's excellent ARXX, as well as a previously-unreleased New Order demo taken from their 'Low-Life (Definitive Edition)' boxed set.
ArtistTitleRecordingRecord LabelCatalogue No.
John BarnesSlimsDigital single 'Slims'Machine Records 
Yeah Yeah YeahsBlacktopDigital LP 'Cool It Down'Secretly Canadian 
Birds In The BrickworkMay (Rebirthing Dance)Digital LP 'Twelve Months / Volume Two'Wayside & Woodland Recordings 
His Electro Blue VoiceOdd VaporsDigital LP 'Love Conductor'Body Crash 
Depeche ModeBefore We DrownDigital LP 'Memento Mori'Columbia Records 
Slap RashZone ADigital Single 'Zone A'  
HookBirds (Feat. Mau From Nowhere)Digital Single 'Birds (Feat. Mau From Nowhere)'Irascible Music 
My Autumn EmpireSirensDigital EP 'More Favourites'Wayside & Woodland Recordings 
SjöblomOh My HeartDigital LP '6 (Deluxe Edition)'Manic Depression RecordsMD070
ARXXNever Want To Go BackDigital LP 'Ride Or Die'Submarine Cat Records 
Lichen SlowPresetDigital LP 'Rest Lurks'Rock Action Records 
Andy BellThe Sky Without You (David Holmes Radical Mycology Remix)Digital single 'I Am A Strange Loop EP'Sonic Cathedral 
New OrderSkullcrusher (Demo)CD LP 'Low-Life (Definitive Edition)'Warner Music825646253012
Black HoneyI'm A ManDigital LP 'A Fistful Of Peaches'Foxfive Records 
Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development PlanBuswayDigital LP 'The Nation's Most Central Location'Castles In Space 
Brownbutter - May 2023
May is crispy and green, flushed cheeks, a touch obscene, yet ever showered and clean. Lace up your skates or your boots, or dance barefoot if you'd like (as long as you're not in a movie theater - that's gross).
Brownbutter urges your movement to the likes of Fake Fruit, Mudhoney, The Reds, Pinks and Purples, Yot Club, Tyler, The Creator, and The Chap, plus Robyn Hitchcock does Morrissey and Hallelujah the Hills does Grouper.
Stay cool, and as always, stay gold, pony nb.
ArtistTitleRecordingRecord LabelCatalogue No.
Fake FruitOver IceThe Eleventh Hour: Songs for Climate JusticeSub Pop
Danny ScrillaDupesSNKRX012Sneaker Social Club
Yot Clubu dont kno meOff the Grid (Deluxe)s/r
The Chap/Jennifer Walshe/Stephnie PiehlBiothicsBurger SauceLo Recordings
Water From EyesBarleyTrue LifeMatador
TamaraBazénAndersonhttps://tamara.bandcamp.com/album/anderson
The Reds, Pinks and PurplesLife in the VoidThe Town That Cursed Your NameTough Love, Slumberland
MhaolBored of MenAttachment StylesTulle
Sherpa the TigerDijonIthkuilFuzz Club
PonytailAwayWayDo Whatever You Want All The TimeWe Are Free
Girls In AirportsBesHow It is NowKaja, https://girlsinairports.bandcamp.com/album/how-it-is-now
The Van PeltWe Gotta LeaveArtisans & MerchantsSpartan
Yoshimio & Kiyoshi IzumiOmimiOTo The Forest To Live A Truer LifeThrill Jockey
Yalla MikuHyper TigreYalla MikuBongo Joe
Tyler, The CreatorLEMONHEAD (feat. 42 Dugg)CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST: The Estate SaleColumbia
DEBBY FRIDAY, UñasI GOT IT (FEAT. Uñas)I GOT IT (FEAT. Uñas)Sub Pop
Go! TeamWhammy-OGet Up Sequences Part TwoMemphis Industries
Inspiral CarpetsJoe (2023 Remaster)The Complete SinglesMute
OutcastsSeven Deadly Sins (Blood On The Cats Version)Blood On The Cats (Even Bloodier Edition)Anagram, Cherry Red
M83Oceans NiagaraFantasyMute
Secret CircuitEvery Day There's Something New To SayGreen MirrorInvisible, Inc.
Robyn HitchcockEvery Day is like Sunday (Morrissey) - A&M, Los Angeles 1993Unhatched Crablings, Vol. 1: Moments In the OrchardA&M
Ivan NevilleThis Must Be The Place (Talking Heads)Touch My SoulThe Funk Garage
Ane BrunBig In Japan (Alphaville)PortrayalsBalloon Ranger
Hallelujah the HillsWhen We Fall (Grouper)March Covershttps://www.patreon.com/hillsdeck/posts
Alberta CrossEvery Time The Sun Comes Up (Sharon Van Etton)Sinking ShipsKartel
DeerhoofAnd the Moon LaughsMiracle-LevelJoyful Noise
Dub SpecialistRoaring ReggaeStudio One Space-Age Dub Special: Intergalactic Dub From Studio OneSoul Jazz
Skyzoo & the Other GuysPanther & PowderThe Mind of A SaintHipNOTT
The SproutsDangerfieldEat Your GreensTenth Court
The Hold SteadyUnderstudiesThe Price of ProgressPositive Jams
MudhoneyAlmost EverythingPlastic EternitySub Pop
The ShitsYou're A MessYou're A MessRocket Recordings
EMACthuluThe Future's VoidCity Slang
Anna Meredith, Ligeti QuartetA Short Tribute to Teenage FanclubNucMercury KX
Warm SwordsNight WandererElectric MotionU-BAC, Digital Hotdogs
TzusingIdol BaggageGreen HatPAN
Sarathy KorwarA Root From A TreeKAL (Real World)Leaf
Nondi_Sun JukeFlood City TraxPlanet Mu
Brian DunneLoser On The RopesLoser On The RopesKill Rock Stars
WednesdayQuarryRat Saw GodDead Oceans
Blauer MontagSolunarDing*rFeral Child
April MagazineAnother DayWesley's Convertible Tape For The Southhttps://aprilmagazine.bandcamp.com/
Silver MothThe EternalBlack BayBella Union
Noble RotCasting No LightHeavenly Bodies, Repetition, ControlJoyful Noise
Rose City BandPorch BoogieGarden PartyThrill Jockey
The Sweetest AcheIf I Could ShineCherry Stars Collide: Dream Pop, Shoegaze & Ethereal Rock 1986-1995Sarah. Cherry Red
DJ SofaPanic At The DiscoFR011Future Retro
CrocodilesI've Become What I Fear MostUpside Down In HeavenLollipop
Bare WiresLet DownLet Down 7Milk n Herpes
Winston Edwards & BlackbeardBehind Closed Doors of the House of CommonsAt 10 Downing Street - Dub ConferenceCelluloid
TerryCenturiesCall Me TerryAnti Fade
Damien JuradoA Lover, A Balcony Fire, an Empty OrchestraSometimes You Hurt The Ones You HateMaraqopa Records
East Forest / Peter BroderickWarmhearted HawthornBurrenBright Antenna
Calum Carlyle - May 2023
More offbeat tunes and songs this month, many of them freshly released and exclusive to the show!
From Anatolian Rock (Altin Gun, Erkin Koray) to Alt Folk (This Is The Kit, Boygenius, Fontaines D.C.), to straight up rock music (from the likes of Gnome, Sack Trick, Ulrika Spacek and many more) with a fair sprinkling of category defying songs old and new, plucked from off the beaten track.
Put the kettle on and settle in!
ArtistTitleRecordingRecord LabelCatalogue No.
Cloud NothingsStay UselessAttack On Memory (album)Carpark RecordsCAK70X
Haruomi HosonoBara To YajuHosono House (album)Light In The Attic RecordsLITA173
Old Man BoomElimEnd of 2022 Label SamplerAaah!!! Real Records
This Is The KitInside OutsideCareful Of Your Keepers (album)Rough Trade Records
Tom SlatterThe Beast And Mr Knock`The Beast And Mr Knock (single)
Altin GünRakıya Su KatamamAşk (album)
Youth LagoonDroplaWondrous Bughouse (album)Fat Possum Records
BoygeniusWithout You Without ThemThe Record (album)Interscope
Erkin KorayKarlı DağlarElektronik Türküler (album)Pharaway SoundsPHS007
King TuffSmalltown StardustSmalltown Stardust (album)Sub Pop RecordsSP1525
Melody’s Echo ChamberI Follow YouMelody’s Echo Chamber (album)Fat Possum Records
The Half CubesThe Weakest Shade of BlueThe Weakest Shade of Blue (single)Big Stir Records
The New PornographersContinue As A GuestContinue As A Guest (album)Merge Records
Billy NomatesVertigoCACTI(album)Invada Records
DeerhoofPhase-Out All Remaining Non-Miracles by 2028Miracle-Level (album)Joyful NoiseJNR429LPC1
Trevor BealesBrazilianaFireside Stories (Hebden Bridge circa 1971 -1974) (album)Basin Rock
Free LoveGolden GooseInside (album)Lost Map Records
Ulrika SpacekThe Wheels Are Coming Off, The Wheels Are Coming OffCompact Trauma (album)Tough Love Records
Fontaines D.C.Couple Across The WaySkinty Fia (album)
Les Rallizes DénudésOZ DaysThe OZ Tapes (album)Light In The Attic Records
The WalkmenPostcards From Tiny IslandsYou & Me (The sun Studio Edition) (album)
Abigail PrydeThe Bear MakerAbigail Pryde (album)Wee Studio Records
Burial + Four TetMothNova/Moth (single)
GnomeWenceslasKing (album)POLDERRECORDS digital
Joy OladokunWe’re All Gonna Die feat. Noah KahanProof Of Life (album)Verve Records
Marco RossiMy FriendThe Sincerest Form of Flattery (album)Fruits De Mer RecordsFriends of the Fish 67
Lovers Turn To MonstersRight…Giraffe (album)
Jeremy Gluck & Paul HazelEnd of Rock ‘n’ RollEnd of Rock ‘n’ Roll (single)Bamboo Radical
Sack TrickNo Tomatoes For Me, Thanks(Music From) The Mystery Rabbits (album)Org RecordsST-432000
David Smith - May 2023
Greetings! I have lots of great treats for you this month, including new material from Saeko Killy, Goblin Daycare, Yet No Yokai, Olimpia Splendid, Purling Hiss, Grecco Romank, Flyying Colours, Deerhoof, and Cat Temper.
I also have new reissues from Mallwalker and Model Citizens.
This month our globe spinning takes us to Greece, with five great songs from across multiple genres.
It is a Wonderful and Frightening World indeed, as we have songs from two different artists who released albums with that title.
We also have Kid Congo playing with a temporary Australian band and Duane Eddy playing an almost Benny Hill-like version of an old American classic.
Enjoy the show!
ArtistTitleRecordingRecord LabelCatalogue No.
Wolfmanhattan ProjectLike Andrea TrueSummer Forever And EverIn The Red
Saeko KillyVitamin DMorphing PolaroidsBureau B
SubhumansAll Gone DeadThe Day The Country DiedSpiderleg
Goblin DaycareBoys!Q: EP? A: EP!!Syf Records
Black LungHumintThe Wonderful And Frightening World Of Black LungRollercoaster Recordings
Vanessa WormHeaven To HellVANESSA 77Optimo Music
OseesNervous BreakdownLive At Henry Miller LibrarySpiritual Pajamas
Olimpia SplendidMimosa Pudica2Fonal
Yet No YokaiNebelmeerWir Sind DaHummus
MallwalkerWet SpotDangerTetryon Tapes
The FallCopped It (Live)The Wonderful And Frightening World Of The Fall (Omnibus Edition)Beggars Banquet
Purling HissBabyDrag On GirardDrag City
Grecco RomankDogheadWet ExitBandcamp self-release
The SursiksBrain Damage (Instrumental Version)Suave Side Of The MoonBandcamp self-release
NOMOΣ 751Στη Μπρίζα NOMOΣ 751Slovenly
Dr. GunniÉg Er Í Vinnunnisingleno label
Flyying ColoursLost Then FoundYou Never KnowPoison City
ΘΡΑΞ ΠΑΝΚCΨες είδιαThrax PunksBandcamp self-release
Kid Congo Powers & The Near Death ExperienceI Found A PeanutLive In St. KildaIn The Red
HekátēΚαταραμένο ΣύνδρομοΜέρες ΟργήςLa Vida Es Un Mus Discos
Drengurinn fengurinn & Dýr á brautÞað Á Eftir Að LifaOfbeldistónlist - EPno label
DezerterKu PrzyszłościJeszcze Żywy CzłowiekPasażer
DezerterNiewolnikJeszcze Żywy CzłowiekPasażer
Model CitizensYou Are What You WearNYC 1978-1979Mondern Harmonic
Αρχή του τέλουςTo Μαρτύριο του ΤάνταλουΗ Φθίνουσα Σκιά της ΘλίψηςScarecrow
ΣτρύχνοΤελευταίο έργοΣτρύχνοno label
Duane EddyDeep In The Heart Of TexasThe Very Best Of Duane EddyNot Now Music
DeerhoofEverybody, MarvelMiracle-LevelJoyful Noise
Flat WormsAcceleratedFlat WormsCastle Face
Flux Of Pink IndiansMyxomatosisNot So BraveOverground
Clan Of XymoxMuscoviet MosquitoLonely Is An Eyesore4AD
Cat TemperGrowls On FilmFurioBandcamp self-release
Mark Whitby on FSK - May 2023
Join Mark as he takes us through another two hours of his favourite new music, with brief glances at reissued gems from the past and a general focus on the interesting, the odd and the unfairly overlooked.
Rocker - May 2023
An hour from Rocker this month, crammed with new music, including new tracks from Pere Ubu; David Lance Callahan; House Of All; Benefits; Beau; and The Ballet.
[artist]Easy Star Allstars continue their tribute to David Bowie, and there's electronica from James Holden. The Bloody Beetroots remix Bob Vylan.
This month's Rocker's Shellac Attack is a 1956 release featuring a track from the Twentieth Century Fox picture "The Girl Can't Help It". This month's Educating Elizabeth record is a brand new release emanating from The Wirral peninsula.
As well as little known acts, here's a little known fact: The average swan is unable to break a man's arm.
ArtistTitleRecordingRecord LabelCatalogue No.
The Pop GroupWe Are All Prostitutes7"Rough TradeRT 023
Aswad & Jah ShakaAswad SpecialLP - 'Jah Shaka Meets Aswad in Addis Ababa Studio'Jah Shaka MusicSHAKA LP850
BenefitsWhat More Do You Want?LP - 'Nails'InvadaINV294LP
Fats DominoBlue Monday78RPM Shellac 10"Imperial5417
David Lance CallahanFree Radicals7"Tiny Global
Easy Star All-Stars feat. Macy GrayRock'n'roll SuicideLP - 'Ziggy Stardub'Easy Star RecordsES-1100
Pere UbuWorried Man Blues (Radio Edit)LP - 'Trouble On Big Beat Street'Cherry RedBRED882
James HoldenContains MultitudesLP - 'Imagine This is A High Dimensional Space Of All Possibilities'Border Community56BCLP
BeauThe Celestial EngineerCDLP - 'Kingdom Of The Blind'Cherry RedBEAUKOTB1
Edgar JonesTorture7"Stereopar
The BalletTwo BoyfriendsLP - 'Daddy Issues'Fika Recordings
House Of AllDominus RuineaLP - 'House Of All'Tiny GlobalPICI-0050-LP-1
Bob VylanGDP (The Bloody Beetroots Remix)LP - 'Bob Vylan Presents The Price Of Life (Deluxe)Ghost Theatre
Sean Hocking - May 2023
Welcome back to Bottom of The Pops and the May show.
Mostly new releases on a 2 hour show this month. That said we also remember 2 important musical cultural figures who passed away in April.
First, Ryuichi Sakamoto, who had been fighting throat cancer for nigh on the past decade and finally lost that battle. That is, sadly, 2 members of the Yellow Magic Orchestra lost to us this year. I include two Sakamoto compositions and a YMO track by way of rememberance.
Also ... one of the great record label bosses, Seymour Stein, left us in April. Most will remember him for signing the likes of the Ramones, Madonna, working with Blondie, Talking Heads et al. He was a champion of new music and worked with many of the UK greats of the 1980s from The Mighty Lemondrops, to creating a label (Korova) simply so he could get Echo & The Bunnymen out to a wider world. Also he was known to be a big supporter of Apex Twin amongst many others.
Our cursory Stein set includes The Undertones, The Subways, Australia's proto punks, the Radio Birdmen, The Rezillos & personal favourites, Brighton's Piranhas.
I was once lucky enough to meet the great man at some record meet and greet in Hong Kong of all places. I'm rarely tongue tied but certainly was around him! It is also worth remembering that he also played a big part in creating the concept of the Billboard Top 100 and even more impressively, worked with the Shangri-Las too. Legend!
But it's not all about oldies. We've got some great new noisy & probably messy bands who never make their beds on the show with names like Goblin Daycare, Wayne Pain & The Shit Stains, Mystic 100's, Last Quokka and The Bad Plug ... all short fast and noisy, just how we like them.
There’s also new releases from Peaking Lights, Lana Del Ray (yes again!), Salem Trials & Legless Crabs.
Also listen out for some great new UK singer songwriters. Sam Wrangle & Tom Emelyn whose track "Scrounger" sounds like it could have been pulled off the first Beta Band album and James Howard who, although he sounds nothing like the mighty John Martyn, has a way about his songwriting that reminds me of the Scottish songwriting Jedi.
We also have The Toads (Australia), Exbats (USA) and The Bordellos (UK) who sound like they are channeling Throbbing Gristle on new tune, Free Music Day.
ArtistTitleRecordingRecord LabelCatalogue No.
The Bad PlugBlind Love (Early Gigs)   
Secret CircuitTechnautic   
Night BeatsHot Ghee   
The BordellosFree Music Day   
Johnny NotebookOn The Radio   
James HowardCounty Line   
Froid DubNot Loved   
Legless CrabsCool   
ExbatsGhost In The Record Store   
TJ CABOTS'Cool Days   
Weird NumbersPersimmon   
Peaking LightsSuitcase (Massimiliano Pagliara Dub)   
Salem TrialsStarfall   
Sam WrangleAnalogy for Tar   
Mystic 100'sOn a Micro Diet   
Ryuichi SakamotoSheltering Sky Theme   
Yellow Magic OrchestraTechnopolis   
Ryuichi SakamotoOppenheimer's Aria   
Goblin DaycareGodfreaks   
Wayne Pain and the ShitstainsI Don't Wanna Go in Your Nazi UFO   
Last QuokkaEat The Rich   
Fad GadgetLadyshave   
Radio BirdmenWhat Gives   
UndertonesMale Model   
RezillosTop Of The Pops   
SubwaysRock n Roll Queen   
The PiranhasGetting Beaten Up   
Lana Del RayLet The Light In   
Tom EmelynScrounger   
Why BotherSelf Indulgent Ways   
Inner Space QuartetMedicine Bag   
The ToadsNationalsville   
Julian CopeSpace Hopper   
Sean Hocking on FSK - May 2023
Sean, of the Metal Postcard label, continues to bring us new and undiscovered tunes from around the globe in his monthly 'Bottom of the Pops' show.
ArtistTitleRecordingRecord LabelCatalogue No.
AvatarGeisterbahn   
Sir Robert Orange PeelAnd All That Yeah   
The ToadsEx KGB   
Saba Komossa Presents DelkomSexploitation 1   
Legless TrialsRun Naked   
Leather JacketsFast Bikes   
Jean MignonMoped with gun   
DubxanneHeart Of Glass   
The BordellosAttack of the Killer B-Sides   
The EkphrasticsMaking Fun Of Bitcoin   
Bong WishConversation With Business People   
Bar ItaliaMiracle Crush   
RUDIbig time-uk 1978   
The PlasticsDigital Watch   
808 StateIn Yer Face   
Brothers Return(The Wall of) Jericho   
Danny & the Other GuysHard Times   
DJ ScudBadman Time   
The BordellosFree New Music Day   
DeliveryBaader Meinhof   
WireheadsHook Echo   
Bobby LeeAcid Grassland   
Dansette DamageNew Musical Express   
Little AlbertThe Introverted Mr Au   
BordellosDisco Pants   
Salem TrialsBad Milk Blood   
Bernardo PinheiroConga, Conga (Bernardo Pinheiro edit)   
King Kashmere Alecs DeLargeMost Blunted   
The RulersLet My People Go   
Loose ArticlesSinead Loves Bitcoin   
TAXI KEBABTtabla (Musique de Fête, Vol. 2)   
Thomas Blatchford - May 2023
Thomas and the two-hour tune-time this May sees both Neon Boys and Neon Kittens frolicking freely together, the ghost of anarcho-punk past in the form of Zounds and an actual friendly ghost from Daniel Johnston.
Mostly though it's some of the heaters with the highest flames from the first third of this year - by which we mean good songs - from the likes of Cable Ties, Phelimuncasi, Jemi Gale, Berk Offset, and more.
By the way, which band name would you consider the most difficult to search, Classic or Terry?
ArtistTitleRecordingRecord LabelCatalogue No.
Neon BoysThat's All I Know (Right Now)   
Judy And The JerksGood Time   
Cable TiesPerfect Client   
The HIRS CollectiveXOXOXOXOXOX (ft. Melt-Banana)   
Bored LordWait Wait Wait   
Ripple Effect BandWalaya   
Ziggy Ramo ft. Alice SkyeSugar Coated Lies   
S P O R E SFOMENT feat spoken word written and performed by Dominic Guerrera   
BoypartsWashed Away   
TerryGold Duck   
Pearl BayMilk   
Daniel JohnstonCasper The Friendly Ghost (BBC Radio 1 Live Session)   
Amen SeatObligatory   
VRTXUnkillable   
UboaMisspent Youth   
Jemi GaleOnly U   
Berk OffsetAbsteigerlied   
ELEANORThin End of The Wedge   
ZoundsCan't Cheat Karma   
Itchy & The NitsDreamboat   
Grandmas HouseBody   
Phelimuncasiakunyiwe mek'nyiwa   
Various AssesSay My Name   
Party DozenEarthly Times (billy woods rework)   
ClassicThe Box   
Neon KittensEverything Is Going Up   
Half GiftHeavy Quiet