Flexagon – The Towers I: Inaccessible

A few years ago Flexagon released an album that was somewhat of a diversion from his past work, 7 Nocturnes East, based on field recordings made along Guernsey’s east coast. After a few ones of pieces and taking part in an art project with a similar theme, he has dropped a new album, the first...

BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands: Charles Stenner Track Of The Week – 28/01/23

With the future of BBC Music Introducing making waves in the news as it’s fate seems to be in the balance (take a look at Tom Robinson’s website for more on that and fill in the survey if you can) I was back on air across the Channel Islands for my first show of 2023...

Puss Johnson And Satan’s Rats – Satan’s Cats EP

In the wake of The Clash, The Damned and Sex Pistols many took up the DIY democratisation of music ethos and put together a punk band who gained themselves a reputation even if they vanished fairly quickly. One such band were Satan’s Rats who formed in 1977 before releasing an EP and album (as well...

Nova Twins – Supernova

While it may be their second full length album I think its fair to say that its 2022’s Supernova that has seen Nova Twins really reach a new level of public recognition - with a Mercury Prize nomination under their belt and, most recently, a nomination for Group Of The Year at the Brit Awards....

BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands: Review of 2022 – 31/12/22

For my final BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands of 2022 I took a look back at some of the highlights of the last 12 months - you can listen to the show by clicking here. It was another exceptionally busy year for new music around the islands so this is just a snapshot,...

Metallica – Lux AEterna

I’ve said it before but whenever thrash titans Metallica emerge from their Californian HQ with new music its worthy of note, even if their track record in recent years hasn’t exactly been spectacular, and that’s just what they’ve done this week with the surprise release of new single Lux Æterna along with announcement of a...

November 2022 Playlist

Another mixed bag of a playlist update for November 2022 which you can listen to now on Spotify by clicking here, or it’s embedded below. For new stuff this month I’ve got tracks from Oliver Marson, The Damned, SpaceSoul, Yungblud and Metallica. When it comes to more classic stuff there’s The Rolling Stones, The Gun...

Some New Kind Of Kick by Kid Congo Powers with Chris Campion

Hot on the heels of finishing Dave Grohl’s memoir of a sort, The Storyteller, I eagerly dived into the new autobiography from guitarist and songwriter Kid Congo Powers, best know for his time with The Cramps, The Gun Club, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds and more, Some New Kind Of Kick. While I was...

BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands: China Aster – 26/11/22

For my BBC Music Introducing in the Channel Islands show for November 2022 I featured another two hours of music from around the islands along with an interview with our track of the week artists China Aster, and you can listen to all of it by clicking here. Last month China Aster returned as if...

The Damned – A Night Of A Thousand Vampires: Live In London

I’ll admit that, despite a basic knowledge of their early, more punk, material, I was something of a latecomer to the wider oeuvre of The Damned but, after catching them live a couple of times over the last few years (as part of Green Day’s epic in Hyde Park and on their own tour in...