Tag: Guitarists
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RIP Mimi Parker of Low
If you’ve listened to the podcast for a while or read the blog you’ll know how much of a fan of Low I am, the Duluth, Minnesota post-rock band whose work has never left my iPod in decades. Mimi Parker, Alan Sparhawk’s wife shared vocals and co-wrote the songs, and played drums has died. I…
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RC 362: Streaming For One
The loneliness of the long-distance streamer – after the streaming goes wrong…. This is not the version announced here, as that had severe technical issues so after that run through I re-recorded it late on a Monday night solely to an audience of Russian bots. Not sure there will be another ‘Radio Clash Live’ for…
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RC 360: Deep Dive 1 – Time of Your Life (OKCU)
A new year, a new series, Deep Dive – a journey through the stacks of Radio Clash, the tunes that didn’t get played, the tunes that were left on counter, a bit like the Odds and Sods podcasts of old. From metal Dubstar covers to drum and bass coldness, acid 80’s pop and industrial made…
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RIP Mike Nesmith
Aww no it’s obviously the season where we lose good people…Mike Nesmith of the Monkees and basically inventing music television fame has died aged 78. Here are some of my fave Mike Nesmith tunes – Tapioca Tundra, Listen to the Band, Mary Mary and The Girl I Knew Somewhere both of which he didn’t sing…
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Kleptones – AD
If I was to choose one word to describe The Kleptones fourth album in the ‘quadtriptych’ it would be angry. Not a misplaced or random anger, but a righteous one about the state of the world at the moment. Starting with hypnotic Alan Watts quotes and strange spoken word about reality, truth and cake, it…
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Assimilation Theory – Muse mashup album
Billed as the ‘ultimate Muse mashup album’ Assimilation Theory has just been released – mostly around Muse’s last synthwave album Simulation Theory, but a bonus disc also includes a variety of Muse tracks across the ages that were previously released – many though I’d not heard before. Organised by Radio Clash regular Dunproofin, it’s a…