| Andrew Morrison - August 2025 Andy's one-hour August show features new music from The Raveonettes, Sylo, Blood Orange, R. Missing, Pulp, The Horrors, Arab Strap and more, including an inspired take on Sade's best song by shoegazers Deary. You'll also hear a cracking vocal house track by HotLap featuring the excellent Eli Moon, which Andy somehow missed when it came out in May last year. | ||||
| Artist | Title | Recording | Record Label | Catalogue No. |
| Arab Strap | Strawberry Moon | Digital LP 'Encrypted Valentines' | Arab Strap | ASA 001 |
| Aphex Twin | Soundlab20 [London 14.09.2019] | Digital LP 'Music From The Merch Desk (2016 - 2023)' | Warp Records | |
| The Horrors | Silent Sister | Digital LP 'Night Life' | Fiction | |
| Thaylo | Save Your Tears | Digital single 'Save Your Tears' | PLAYY> Records | |
| Pulp | Slow Jam | Digital LP 'More' | Rough Trade Records Ltd | |
| R. Missing | Shadowist | Digital single 'Shadowist' | Terminal Echo | |
| Blood Orange | The Field (feat. The Durutti Column, Tariq Al-Sabir, Caroline Polachek & Daniel Caesar) | Digital single 'The Field (Feat. The Durutti Column, Tariq Al-Sabir, Caroline Polachek & Daniel Caesar)' | RCA Records / Domino Recording Co. Ltd. | |
| Lust For Youth & Croatian Amor | Fleece | Digital LP 'All Worlds' | Sacred Bones Records | |
| Deary | No Ordinary Love | Digital single 'I Still Think About You / No Ordinary Love' | Sonic Cathedral | |
| Sylo | Carve Me Out | Digital single 'Carve Me Out' | Muk Posh | |
| HotLap | Pinnacle (Feat. Eli Moon) | Digital single 'Pinnacle (Feat. Eli Moon)' | NYX Music | |
| The Raveonettes | Killer | Digital LP 'Pe'ahi II' | Beat Dies Records | |
| David Smith - August 2025 Greetings! There's been a Monsieur Periné sighting! Okay, it's one guest vocal appearance on the great new album by Adrian Quesada, but hey, I am excited anyway. What else? How about new stuff from Pomona, Las Pink Bats, Moon In June, The Myrrors, Mariin K, La Flemme, Brian Dejacker, Unperro Andaluz, Chini.png, and the aforementioned Adrian Quesada. We also have a taste of new reissues or archival releases by the likes of Big Flame, Debris', and 86. Oh, and upcoming albums from Osees and Lorelle Meets The Obsolete! Woo-hoo!! Enjoy the show! | ||||
| Artist | Title | Recording | Record Label | Catalogue No. |
| Wargirl | Arbolita | Arbolita | Clouds Hill | |
| Julián Mayorga | No Te Comas Las Blanquísimas Mofetas | Chak Chak Chak Chak | Glitterbeat | |
| Bonnie Trash | And in the end, I'll wait for you | Mourning You | Hand Drawn Dracula | |
| Osees | Fight Simulator | Abomination Revealed At Last | multiple labels | |
| Yo No La Tengo | Igual (Vamos A Morir) | Saldo Insuficiente | Bandcamp self-release | |
| Tefy Clouds | Colmillos | single | Bandcamp self-release | |
| Pomona | Double Yellows | single | no label | |
| Las Pink Bats | Baila Baila | Ramero EP | no label | |
| Cha Cha Guitri | Art Negre | French Synth Wave - St Etienne - 1981 | Born Bad | |
| Crna Žuč | Izgažena Budućnost | Crna Žuč | Doomtown | |
| Close Lobsters | Just Too Bloody Stupid | Foxheads Stalk This Land | Fire Records | |
| Moon In June | Dance Dance Dance | 色彩を持たないで | Dreamwaves | |
| 86 | Useless | First Two Singles | Chunklet Industries | |
| TV Girl | Birds Don't Sing | French Exit | Bandcamp self-release | |
| The Myrrors | Land Back | Land Back | Radio Khiyaban | |
| The Fall | Jet Boy | The Marshall Suite (Deluxe Edition) | Cherry Red | |
| Mari Pokinen | Õnn Ja Arm / Laul Tüdrukust | 22 | no label | |
| Plastic Woods | Dragonfruit | Dragonfruit | Discos Macarras | |
| Feisty Cadavers | Ghost Ride | Dying Art | F.S.N. Records | |
| Buzzcocks | Hollow Inside | A Different Kind Of Tension | United Artists | |
| Reine Des Lézards | Sasha For President | I'm Sold | Metal Postcard | |
| Mariin K | Just Wait | Rose Skin | Seksound | |
| Crossed Wire | Just Another Legend | Crossed Wire | Generator Records | |
| Cherry Glazerr | Sip O' Poison | Apocalipstick | Secretly Canadian | |
| ChupameElDedo | No Seas Malo | Mi Rehabilitación / No Seas Malo | Les Disques Bongo Joe | |
| Neckbolt | Fung Wah Or Lucky Star | Dream Dump | Born Yesterday | |
| Big Flame | These Boots Are Made For Working | Peel Sessions 84-86 | Precious Recordings | |
| Pienvedēja Piedzīvojumi | Varbut Ta Ir Labak | Riga Ir Gatava | Microphone | |
| Tana Delle Pigri | Un martedì sera di fine gennaio | Le mezze stagioni | Bandcamp self-release | |
| La Flemme | Oiseau | La Fête | EXAG' Records | |
| Brian Dejacker | Hide | single | ||
| Tarta Relena | Si Veriash A La Rana | És Pregunta | Latency | |
| Night Court | Ladder Ambition | Humans! | Bandcamp self-release | |
| Guedeon Della | I Killed The Sky | Sideral Picacandy | Elefant | |
| Guili Guili Goulag | Quand Le Désert Recule | Saint-Arnoult 3018 | Et Mon Cul, C'Est Du Tofu? | |
| Delirio | El Cerezo | Guácharo | Bandcamp self-release | |
| Debris' | One Way Spit | Debris' | Superior Viaduct | |
| Double-O | You've Lost | Double-O | R&B / Dischord | |
| Minyo Crusaders | Tairyo Utaikomi | Tour Of Japan | 180g | |
| Tiikeri | Elämänjano | single | Bandcamp self-release | |
| Ether Feels | Kowloon Sunset | Candle Light In The Dark | Bandcamp self-release | |
| Unperro Andaluz | Malabares | Tragaperras | Bandcamp self-release | |
| Illiterates | Invisible Enemy | LP | Kill Enemy Records | |
| Chini.png | Pide Un Deseo | single | Bandcamp self-release | |
| Dale Kerrigan | Grudge | Noise Bitch | Bandcamp self-release | |
| CUCUY | Speed Of Smell | People Talking | Earth Girl Tapes | |
| Adrian Quesada | Agonia (ft. Monsieur Periné) | Boleros Psicodélicos II | ATO | |
| Youth Brigade | Last Word | Flex Your Head | Dischord | |
| Lorelle Meets The Obsolete | Regresar / Recordar | Corporal | Sonic Cathedral | |
| Mark Cunliffe - August 2025 Another featured album this month and it's by the fabulous Sons Of Mu, so many good tracks to whittle down to three for the show! China's Nono is back with a new EP and I'm loving it and I've come across a band new to me called The New Eves who I'm very impressed by. Throwing Snow has created and epic track in collaboration with Daragh Fleming, proper good it is and Dälek do what Dälek do so well. Perhaps the most excited I'm being, though, is over a new bassline artist I've chanced upon, goes by the name of Jenny Sparks, proper. | ||||
| Artist | Title | Recording | Record Label | Catalogue No. |
| Swashii | My Half | Bandcamp Release | ||
| Sons of Mu | The Locksmith | LP/CD | ||
| Clearlight & Sentient | Suboptimal | Bandcamp Release | ||
| Manga Saint Hilare | Defen It | Bandcamp Release | ||
| 张醒婵Nono | 本该走神的(Should've Been Lost) | Bandcamp Release | ||
| Velvit | Want To Groove | 12” | ||
| HEHFU | Girl | Bandcamp Release | ||
| SAULT | P. | Bandcamp Release | ||
| BobbybPhoolan | Be Kool (Prod. Beekool) | Soundcloud Release | ||
| Mark Mori | Detachment | Bandcamp Release | ||
| Getdown Services | Dog Dribble | LP | ||
| Jenny Sparks | Drop The Flipping Bass | Bandcamp Release | ||
| Jazzotron | Let's Go (Mista Trick Remix) | Bandcamp Release | ||
| Little Simz | Flood | Digital Release | ||
| Matmos | Breaking Bread | Bandcamp Release | ||
| The New Eves | Cow Song | LP | ||
| Arma | SHAOLIN TOOL | Bandcamp Release | ||
| Woodfield Rd Allstars feat. Donovan Kingjay | The Beat On The Street | 7” | ||
| Grooveclowd | Work | Bandcamp Release | ||
| lola demo | I Don't Know Why | Bandcamp Release | ||
| Throwing Snow | Pedalling (feat Daragh Fleming) | Bandcamp Release | ||
| Luchito | Siente Mi Ritmo | Digital Release | ||
| Sons of Mu | Isolation | LP/CD | ||
| Arms and Sleepers | TAKE ME BACK | 10” | ||
| DJ Zimmie | In Search Of Broccoli | Bandcamp Release | ||
| SANTO x Hammer | Choli Ke peeche | Bandcamp Release | ||
| Echotal | The Port of Missing Men | Digital Release | ||
| Ammar 808 feat. Susha | Geeta duniki | LP | ||
| Smile Davis | Dogfish | Bandcamp Release | ||
| DJ Sprinter | A7X | Bandcamp Release | ||
| Cold Meat | Machine | 7” | ||
| DE-TÜ & Congi | Off My Chest (Hijinx Remix) | Bandcamp Release | ||
| Pedro Pedrosa | Passo o Ponto | Digital Release | ||
| MOREOFUS | Sixteen 1 | Bandcamp Release | ||
| Mei Semones | Animaru | LP | ||
| Revival Season | 8'3 | Bandcamp Release | ||
| Kneipe | Easy Living | Bandcamp Release | ||
| New Kidz HD | Roll Out | Bandcamp Release | ||
| BIG DOPE P | Get It Poppin (feat. TT The Artist) | Digital Release | ||
| J Blue | I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes | 7” | ||
| Billy Nomates | Nothin Worth Winnin | LP | ||
| Emil Friis | An Upward Motion | Digital Release | ||
| Sons of Mu | It Never Stops | LP/CD | ||
| Antoine 'Tato' Garcia | La catalane | Digital Release | ||
| Dälek | The Essence | Bandcamp Release | ||
| Charlotte Simon | Chloé | Cassette | ||
| Champyun Clouds | Check For Silt | LP | ||
| NOT_MDK | Round 1 - Fire In The Rabbit Hole | Bandcamp Release | ||
| Jimmy Riley | Just Like A River | 12” | ||
| Mark Whitby - August 2025 As it's the month of our first visit to the Preston Pop festival, taking place on the second weekend of the month, we're taking a look at the anticipated highlights, including tracks from David Lance Callahan, Sasshiya and The Bordellos and an expanded Peel Back... section featuring a vintage Jasmine Minks session plus tracks from Melys, Cuban Boys and James King & The Lonewolves. Away from Preston, we've got tracks from new albums by Black Market Karma, Allo Darlin and Public Enemy, EP releases from Adrian Sherwood, DJ Plant Texture, The Conspiracy and Pugilist a cracking new single from Les Sardines, as well as, of course, many other delights. | ||||
| Artist | Title | Recording | Record Label | Catalogue No. |
| Public Enemy | Siick | CD 'Black Sky Over The Projects: Apartment 2025' | ||
| Les Sardines | Paranoia | 7" Single | Wiaiwya | |
| The Conspiracy | Salisbury Road | Download EP 'Trollied' | Metal Postcard | |
| Pugilist | Mannequin | 12" EP 'Monument' | Ruff Kutz | |
| Half Man Half Biscuit | Record Store Day | CD 'All Asimov & No Fresh Air' | RM Qualtrough | |
| Brian Bilston & The Catenary Wires | My Heart Is A Lump Of Rock | CD 'Sounds Made By Humans' | Skep Wax | |
| DJ Plant Texture | Wormhole | 12" EP 'Mondo Nuovo' | Mutual Rytm | |
| Allo Darlin | Northern Waters | CD 'Bright Nights' | Slumberland | |
| Rastavelli MC & Dub Healer | Jah Plan | Dowload Single | Dubophonic | |
| Sasshiya | Boat Called Predator | CD 'Take You Somewhere' | Skep Wax | |
| David Lance Callahan | Kiss Chase (Manyfingers Remix) | Download Single | ||
| Black Market Karma | Soft & Heavy | LP 'Mellowmaker' | Fuzz Club | |
| Adrian Sherwood | Let's Come Together (Ft Lee 'Scratch' Perry) | Download EP 'The Grand Designer' | On-U Sound | |
| Cuban Boys | Oh My God! They Killed Kenny (Peel Session) | 10" EP 'John Peel Session 13.01.99' | Precious | |
| Jasmine Minks | Peel Session 17.02.86 | 7" EP 'John Peel Session 17.02.86' | Precious | |
| Melys | Eyeliner | CD Single | Sylem | |
| James King & The Lonewolves | The Angels Know | 7" Single | Swamplands | |
| Groundation | Hypnotized | CD 'Candle Burning' | Baco | |
| The Bordellos | Cabbage Patch Doll Kiss | Download EP 'Liam Gallagher' | Metal Postcard | |
| Sideral Tapes | Sideral Tapes #4A | Download Album 'Sideral Tapes #4' | Tremsix | |
| Ousmane Kouyate | Kefimba (Edit) | Download Album 'Ousmane Kouyate' | Analog Africa | |
| Jeanines | Coaxed A Storm | CD 'How Long Can It Last?' | Slumberland | |
| Lightheaded | The Garden | CD 'Thinking, Dreaming, Scheming' | Skep Wax | |
| Manwel T | Giddeon Dub | Download EP 'Gideon Time' | ||
| World Domination Enterprises | Asbestos Lead Asbestos | CD 'Let's Play Domination' | Product Inc | |
| Mark Whitby on FSK - August 2025 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. | ||||
| Artist | Title | Recording | Record Label | Catalogue No. |
| Bloodshot Bill | Kissin' Underwater | CD 'So Fed Up!' | Goner | |
| Delroy Wilson | Solomon | CD 'There Is No Sunshine (The Blackboard Years)' | Patate | |
| DJ Plant Texture | Mondo Nuovo | 12" EP 'Mondo Nuovo' | X | |
| Vision | Lucifer's Friend | V/A CD 'All The Young Droids: Junkshop Synth Pop 1978-1985' | Night School | |
| The Conspiracy | Icarus | Download EP 'Trollied' | Metal Postcard | |
| Subset | Feeding The Anatoki | 12" EP 'Feeding The Anatoki' | The Dub Factory | |
| Ousmane Kouyate | N'Ny | LP 'Ousmane Kouyate' | Analog Africa | |
| Feriasdasferias | Joias De SP | V/A Download EP 'DSRPTV Presents Music For Scapes Vol. III' | DSRPTV | |
| Half Man Half Biscuit | No One Likes A Polymath | CD 'All Asimov & No Fresh Air' | RM Qualtrough | |
| Elastic Dub Ft Gabriele Blue | Never Falter | Download Single | Dubophonic | |
| The Cords | Fabulist | CD Single | Skep Wax | |
| Gerry & The Holograms | Gerry & The Holograms | V/A CD 'All The Young Droids: Junkshop Synth Pop 1978-1985' | Night School | |
| Public Enemy | Fools Fools Fools (Dirty Drums Mixx) | CD 'Black Sky Over The Projects Apartment 2025' | ||
| Pugilist | Monument | 12" EP 'Monument' | Ruff Kutz | |
| Allo Darlin' | Leaves In The Spring | CD 'Bright Nights' | Fika | |
| Tian Qiyi | Dharma | CD 'Songs For Workers' | Pagoda | |
| Brian Bilston & The Catenary Wires | Compilation Cassette | CD 'Sounds Made By Humans' | Skep Wax | |
| Ottagone | Ottagone 002 | CD 'Selected 1' | Will & Ink | |
| Origami Horses | King Crimson | Download Single | Metal Postcard | |
| Black Market Karma | Adoration | CD 'Mellowmaker' | Fuzz Club | |
| Disco Volante | No Motion | V/A CD 'All The Young Droids: Junkshop Synth Pop 1978-1985' | Night School | |
| The Beths | Metal | CD 'Straight Line Was A Lie' | ANTI- | |
| Hound Dog Taylor & The Houserockers | Sadie | LP 'Natural Boogie' | ||
| Sideral Tapes | Sideral Tapes #4E | Download Album 'Sideral Tapes 4' | Tremsix | |
| One Big House - August 2025 August, the month the families go on holiday, the football season starts, the shops start stocking the Christmas goodies. But August 2025 also has a sizzling new show from One Big House! Late in the month, I'll will be seeking out some new favourite bands at End of the Road festival, but this show contains plenty of bands I've already had the pleasure of seeing like the excellent MadMadMad, the super Sunflower Thieves and the fabulous UNIVERSITY. LP of the month is from the wonderful The Penrose Web and there's a look back to the "undervalued, underappreciated" The Vaults. There are also fab new tracks by Peebledash, Marissa Nadler, Soft Bait and Rhode & Brown. As well as Golomb, Soreab, Lathe of Heaven, Asbestos Salesman and Medisun, Bost & Bim Two hours of great tunes, so no need for a holiday, sport or Christmas shopping! | ||||
| Artist | Title | Recording | Record Label | Catalogue No. |
| Asbestos Salesman | Bagalamb | Digital Single | Asbestos Bastard Records | |
| Lathe of Heaven | Aurora | Album: Aurora | via Bandcamp | |
| World News | Don't Want to Know | Digital Single | via Bandcamp | |
| The Populists | Git Gud | EP: Extreme Intensite | Deadbeat Records | |
| Deki Alem | House Fire | Digital Single | via Bandcamp | |
| Soreab | Euphrosyne | Digital Single | Of Paradise | |
| Cherry Lee | 11:11 | EP: Popped | SOS Music | |
| The Penrose Web | Hexapod Scene | Album: The Least of Our Concerns | Spinout Nuggets | |
| Soft Bait | Long Line | Album: Life Advice | Flying Nun Records | |
| Any | Without A Doubt | Album: Mega Mercy | sferic | |
| Dub Smugglers feat Top Cat | The Youth | Digital Single | Nice Up! | |
| MediSun, Bost & Bim | Clean Up Dub | Digital Single | via Bandcamp | |
| MadMadMad | Spin Wave | EP: Run | Def Presse | |
| Golomb | Staring | Album: the Beat Goes On | via Bandcamp | |
| Eddie Dark | S.T.D | Digital Single | Inner Ear | |
| The Vaults | Lady Hell | EP: No Sleep No Need | Red Flag | |
| UNIVERSITY | Gorilla Panic | Album: McCartney, It'll Be OK | Transgressive | |
| Cid Rim | Yes | Album: Sprint | Lucky Me | |
| Marissa Nadler | New Radiations | Album: New Radiations | Bella Union | |
| Sunflower Thieves | Say The Word | Digital Single | Mahogany Songs | |
| The Penrose Web | Melting | Album: The Least of Our Concerns | Spinout Nuggets | |
| Astral Bakers | Vertical Life | Album: Vertical Life | via Bandcamp | |
| Rhode & Brown | Underwater Bounce | EP: Underwater Bounce | via Bandcamp | |
| Slow Crush | While You Dream Vividly | Album: Thrist | Pure Noise Records | |
| Pebbledash | Cartography | Digital Single | via Bandcamp | |
| Gabriel Brady | Ordinary | Album: Day-blind | Tonal Union | |
| Fever Ray | Nows The Only Time I Know | Album: The Year of the Radical Romantics | Rabid | |
| Nodega | Quantify | Album: Rot in Helvetica | Chrysalis | |
| Sean Hocking - August 2025 Two hour show this month featuring the likes of Swedemason, neo neos, vale vale vale vale vale (yes that is what they are called), Eddy Current Suppression Ring, NSW outfit Richard in Your Mind and the Mfongozi Guitar Players. David Byrne has a new album out and what I've heard sounds pretty good. I've been religiously searching out every track that exists as an edit of Donna Summer's, I Feel Love or samples the track for a future special I'm very slowly putting together. I couldn't resist featuring the I feel love vs INXS I need you tonight mashup. Also in the re-edit vein we've got both The Beatles & Foals lined up for you in this show. Metal Postcard artist Jean Mignon got played by Iggy on his show last month so I thought that was a good enough reason to remind you how good he is. Bobby Konders, Mik Artistik and Black Moth Super Rainbow too. Enjoy the show | ||||
| Artist | Title | Recording | Record Label | Catalogue No. |
| Swedemason | Get in the back of the van | |||
| Barrio Lindo | Huanáco | |||
| neo neos | Cokeheads | |||
| Cindy | Deer in Japan | |||
| Billy Woods | Waterproof Mascara | |||
| Harry w | I'm Afraid of Loud Music | |||
| Vale vale vale vale vale | Pica La Puerta | |||
| Vivian Jones | Crazy Bald Head (199X UK Digi) | |||
| Joy Division | Decades | |||
| Omid Geadizadeh | My Eyes Drank Water | |||
| Paul Wine Jones | Guess I Just Fucked It All Up | |||
| Richard in your mind | Crew of the Neptune | |||
| Bobby Konders | Let There Be House (1990) | |||
| 3 Electro Knights | Berlin | |||
| Whitney K | Heaven | |||
| David Byrne | Everybody Laughs | |||
| Mfongozi Guitar Players | Marabi Jazz (2025 Remaster) | |||
| Ezra Furman | Grand Mal | |||
| Donna Summer feat INXS | I need you tonight & I feel love | |||
| The Beatles | A Day in the Life (Sei A Remix) | |||
| The Itch | The Influencer | |||
| Foals | Late Night [Solomun Remix] | |||
| Sai Galaxy | Obio | |||
| Jean Mignon | I Did It & I'll Do It Again | |||
| neo neos | Hitler Was a Nazi | |||
| Eddy Current Suppression Ring | Shapes and Forms | |||
| Origami Horses | King Crimson | |||
| Mik Artistik's Ego Trip | Bingley | |||
| Black Moth Super Rainbow | Wet Spot Dare | |||
| Darkside | Hell suite, Pt. I | |||
| Paul St. John | Flying Saucers Have Landed | |||
| Drug Rug | Walden | |||
| The Bug Club | Quality Pints | |||
| Sean Hocking on FSK - August 2025 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. | ||||
| Artist | Title | Recording | Record Label | Catalogue No. |
| Isley Brothers | The Blacker The Berry | |||
| Bob Dylan | Country Pie | |||
| Chuck Berry | Berry Picking | |||
| The Dentists | Strawberries Are Growing In My Garden And It s Wintertime | |||
| The Move | Blackberry Way | |||
| Runaways | Cherry Bomb | |||
| Captain Beefheart | Pena | |||
| My Bloody Valentine | Strawberry Wine | |||
| Prince and the Revolution | Raspberry Beret | |||
| Pirates | Drinkin Wine Spo dee o dee | |||
| Pretty Windows | Joy Division TV Home Demo | |||
| The Kinks | Drivin | |||
| Johnny Cash | Strawberry Cake | |||
| Candy Flip | Strawberry Fields Forever | |||
| Divine Comedy | Office Politics | |||
| Waterboys | Blackberry Girl | |||
| Fats Domino | Blueberry hill | |||
| Tom Waits | Kentucky Avenue | |||
| Burial | Imaginary Festival | |||
| JOKE LANZ | Gopf / Tandoori Chicken Scooter | |||
| Willie Lindo | Here I Am Baby | |||
| Jay Rook | Eme (Yeah Yeah) | |||
| Cindy Lee | Heavy Metal | |||
| Kool & the Gangbangers | Pricks in Leather | |||
| Balearic Sabbath | Tequila Sunrise | |||
| Dickies | Paranoid | |||
| D.F.C Team | I.C Love Affair | |||
| The Itch | The Influencer | |||
| Mik Artistik's Ego Trip | Bingley | |||
| Snooper | Worldwide | |||
| Super Hit | Believe | |||
| X-Ray Moon - August 2025 This month X-Ray Moon's show is a special on the Battle of the Beanfield, which was a devastating confrontation between peace-loving environmentalists anti-racists and anarchists, against the truncheon-wielding aggressive police who attacked this 'peace convoy'. It was forty years ago this summer that those heading towards Stonehenge for what was an annual free festival to celebrate life, freedom, the planet, music and the solstice were stopped and brutally attacked by Margaret Thatcher's uniformed goons. Why? Because they were free and living their lives in an alternate way; not wishing to live in boxes and conform to the war-mongers' control-freakery. So, then: On the morning of 1st June 1985, a peaceful convoy of over 600 New Traveller families, artists and musicians travelled towards Stonehenge, to mark and celebrate the summer solstice. As the convoy neared Cholderton, the 140+ vehicles (with many doubling up as homes) were ambushed with a police roadblock 7 miles away from Stonehenge. Over 1300 officers, some equipped with riot gear, surrounded the Traveller families and proceeded to assault people, families, vehicles, and anyone who dared be near the police's reach. After smashing windows, beating people with truncheons and shields, pulling pregnant women from buses, and destroying people's homes, over 537 Travellers were arrested… This is often considered the largest mass arrest since WWII. Forty years on and there has still never been an inquiry into the events that unfolded that day. For many, the Battle of the Beanfield was a direct result of the Thatcher government choosing to 'make an example' of the Travellers. With the media downplaying the violence and even contributing to it with unrepentant attacks on New Travellers, survivors have been left traumatised, injured, and homeless. To this day, there are people and families whose lives have been irreparably damaged by the actions taken that day, by the police and the authorities. X-Ray Moon wishes to send his love and respect to those who were doing no harm to anyone, and if anything should be held up as wonderful examples of how to live peaceful non-destructice environmentalist lives. This is dedicated to all those who were part of the Peace Convoy, and all of those who were part of the 'free festival' scene… This programme is called 'The Beanfield Etcetera'. | ||||
| Artist | Title | Recording | Record Label | Catalogue No. |
| Radical Dance Faction | Surplus People | |||
| The Levellers | Battle of the Beanfield | |||
| Citizen Fish | Shrink The Distance | |||
| Ian Dury | Battle of the Beanfield | |||
| P.A.I.N | Oh no! It's The Pigs | |||
| Inner City Unit | Space Invaders | |||
| The Clash | Know Your Rights | |||
| Culture Shock | Civilisation Street | |||
| Seize The Day | Bastard Mastercard | |||
| Hippy Slags | Sunlight On The Truncheons | |||
| 2000DS | Dirty Squatters | |||
| Rhythmites | 1&1 | |||
| Screech Rock | Stonehenge Revenge | |||