Category: Radio

Stream: 'Spellbound: The John McGeoch Story'  — hour-long BBC radio documentary

Stream: ‘Spellbound: The John McGeoch Story’ — hour-long BBC radio documentary

Back in 2008, the BBC first aired an hour-long radio documentary on the life and work of post-punk guitar legend John McGeoch, who played with Siouxsie and the Banshees, Public Image Ltd. and Magazine, among others. If you’ve never heard the program, or don’t know much about McGeoch, you can stream it here.

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio; Episode 75, first aired 6/19/12

This week’s Slicing Up Eyeballs show on Strangeways Radio featured brand-new music from Pet Shop Boys, Mission of Burma, David Byrne and Paul Weller, plus older favorites from Propaganda, Violent Femmes, The Smiths, The Seahorses, The Cult, Ramones, INXS and more.

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave,’ 6/17/12

The playlist from tonight’s edition of “Dark Wave” — the Sunday night “darker side of alternative” show on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave — featured Die Warzu, Love and Rockets, Kate Bush, The Church, The Birthday Party and much more

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio; Episode 74, first aired 6/12/12

Tonight’s episode of Slicing Up Eyeballs featured brand-new and previously unreleased music from The dB’s, Ian McCulloch and The Beat, plus old favorites from The Go-Betweens, The Stone Roses, Hoodoo Gurus, A Certain Ratio, The Mission, Rain Parade, Billy Bragg and more.

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave,’ 6/10/12

The playlist from tonight’s edition of ‘Dark Wave’ — the Sunday night ‘darker side of alternative’ show on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave — featured Dead Can Dance, The Damned, The Stranglers, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Yazoo, The Sugarcubes, Modern English, The Teardrop Explodes and much more.

Video: Meat Puppets play tracks off 'Sewn Together,' plus 'one of those Nirvana songs'

Video: Meat Puppets play tracks off ‘Sewn Together,’ plus ‘one of those Nirvana songs’

Seattle radio station KEXP has been uploading video of some of its past in-studio sessions to YouTube, and here’s another: A Sept. 23, 2009, visit during which the brothers Kirkwood performed four tracks off their then-new album ‘Sewn Together,’ plus ‘one of those Nirvana songs,’ aka ‘Plateau.’

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio; Episode 73, first aired 6/5/12

Tonight’s installment of Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio featured music from The Church, Hunters & Collectors, The Chameleons, Bauhaus, The House of Love, Shop Assistants, Ramones, New Order, The Godfathers, Galaxie 500 and more. Replay at 2 p.m. Eastern on Friday.

Video: Dinosaur Jr jams 2 classics, covers The Cure and talks to Henry Rollins on KEXP

Video: Dinosaur Jr jams 2 classics, covers The Cure and talks to Henry Rollins on KEXP

Seattle’s KEXP has been uploading past in-studio sessions to YouTube of late, and the latest beneficiary of this is Dinosaur Jr. The trio stopped in on Dec. 17, 2011, to record live versions of a couple classics and its trademark cover of The Cure’s ‘Just Like Heaven,’ plus have a little chat with Henry Rollins.

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave,’ 6/3/12

The playlist from this week’s edition of ‘Dark Wave’ — the Sunday night ‘darker side of alternative’ show on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave — featured Death Cult, Kate Bush, Cetu Javu, Cocteau Twins, The Mission, Kraftwerk, Cabaret Voltaire, The House of Love, Concrete Blonde, Gene Loves Jezebel and much more.

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio; Episode 72, first aired 5/29/12

This week’s episode of Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways RAdio featured new and unreleased music from Redd Kross, Bob Mould, Public Image Ltd. and Skinny Puppy, plus old faves by the likes of Revenge, The Chills, Acid Horse, Buzzcocks, The Smithereens, The Stone Roses and Reeves Gabrels with Robert Smith.

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave,’ 5/27/12

The playlist from tonight’s edition of ‘Dark Wave’ — the weekly ‘darker side of alternative’ show on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave — featured Killing Joke, Japan, The Human League, Shriekback, The Chameleons, New Order, Passions, Ministry, The Psychedelic Furs, Death Cult, Bauahus and much more.

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio; Episode 71, first aired 5/22/12

This week”s installment of Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio featured new music from Ian McCulloch of Echo & The Bunnymen, Robyn Hitchcock and Depeche Mode’s Dave Gahan, plus old favorites from Tom Verlaine, Midnight Oil, Morrissey, Cocteau Twins, Kate Bush and more.

Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave, 5/20/12

The playlist from tonight’s edition of ‘Dark Wave’ — the weekly ‘darker side of alternative’ show on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave — featured Kate Bush, The March Violets, TSOL, Tubeway Army, Ministry, Tones on Tail, The House of Love, The Stranglers and much more.