Sheffield Special

06/07/10 • 65 min

There would be no Electronic music as we know it today without Kraftwerk, but there are some other bands we take for granted that really pushed electronics to the forefront, and , many who still used guitars, but in interesting and devastating ways. Simplicity and directness are what Sheffield was all about, and ART, with a capital A. Revenge of the Nerds, indeed. This episode holds a few surprises, a quiz ( are you up for it? )along with mind altering songs from Artery, Vice Versa, The Future / The Human League, Cabaret Voltaire, I'm So Hollow, In The Nursery, Comsat Angels and others.

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Episode 10: Australia

At long last, a new episode....Everybody knows about Nick Cave and the Birthday Party coming from Australia--but what other bands came out around that time, and just after? Here in the US, we heard more about Australia at the end of the 80's with the Paisley Underground / New Psych sound ( Guano Bats, Lime Spiders, --) coming from Down Under. Australia had a TON of punk and post punk bands that we only heard a few of in the US-( like Midnight Oil and Shriekback). Check out the book Inner City Sound : Punk and Post Punk in Australia 1976 - 1985 for a more complete overview-- This episode features Bagavahd Guitars, Radio Birdman, Voight 465, Crime and the City Solution, The Laughing Clowns, The Apartments, The Church, SPK and Severed Heads.

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The DOZENth Episode--Manchester Special

OK, I give up--I am playing some fairly well known bands this time--but you have to have the greats in a show about the Manchester scene ( though I am leaving out the Smiths, because they are just too big)--Manchester had my favorite label, Factory records, My favorite producer ( Martin Hannett) and my favorite band ( Joy Division)--plus, a TON of other great bands. I am trying to play a few of the lesser known greats as well , like John Cooper Clarke ( now performing again), more Pauline Murray, plus Ludus, Magazine, Barry Adamson,the Fall ( probably the best known other than Joy Division ), Joy Division ( 2 songs), and A certain Ratio. Too many bands have been left out, but gotta move on to other subjects--the may someday be a Manchester Part 2, who knows? Anyone want to win a T-Shirt? Next episode, there will be another quiz where you can--stay tuned, and like the Cramps used to say, Stay Sick!