By paulisded@yahoo.com (theledge) on January 12, 2024
Two weeks ago, I counted down my 40 favorite records of 2023. This week’s broadcast is a showcase for 35 other records that just barely missed the cut. There’s no letdown of quality, though, as each and every one of these picks could have …
Posted in best of 2023, damned, long ryders, Podcast, pozers, pretty flowers, ratboys, realpunkradio, rumbar records, Scott Hudson, sweeeping promises, tee vee repairmen, teenage fanclub, The Ledge
By paulisded@yahoo.com (theledge) on November 18, 2022
On a fairly regular basis I’m asked what type of music I most enjoy. It’s a pretty tough question to answer, to be honest. The standard answer I hear in return is “I love all kinds of music”, which to me is code for “I only like what’s popular”. Sorry, but having a playlist on Spotify that includes both Drake, Meghan Trainor, and Luke Bryan isn’t the proof of versatility most of these poeple believe it is. So what is the genre or sub-genre that is closest to my heart? “Punk” is a little too confining, and honestly there is a lot of shitty music under that moniker. “Alternative” doesn’t mean the same today as it did 30 years ago since maintstream rock radio has co-opted it. “Garage rock” is indeed getting closer but still doesn’t feel right. I think deep in my heart the term power pop, or at least my version of the term, best describes my music taste. I was, after all, born the day The Beatles recorded their first single, and the first two rock and roll albums I owned just out of my toddler phase was the first Monkees record and the A Hard Day’s Night soundtrack. My […]
Posted in big star, cheap trick, dwight twilley, exploding hearts, guided by voices, juliana hatfield, only ones, paul collins, peter case, plimsouls, Podcast, power pop, realpunkradio, replacements, Scott Hudson, teenage fanclub, The Ledge
By paulisded@yahoo.com on August 10, 2012
Continuing with the Peel Sessions theme, tonight’s show includes not only great Brit acts but American bands who contributed to the series.
Posted in babes in toyland, big black, bratmobile, breeders, brian jonestown massacre, chris spedding, close lobsters, cramps, damned, detroit cobras, frank black, fugazi, garage, generation x, hole, hot snakes, indie, john peel, meteors, mudhoney, mummies, music, new bomb turks, nirvana, pavement, peel sessions, pixies, Podcast, pogues, shadowy men on a shadowy planet, shellac, siouxsie and the banshees, sonic youth, soundgarden, squeeze, stiff little fingers, sugarcubes, talk, teenage fanclub, the cure, the fall, velocity girl, vibrators, wedding present, ween, white stripes, young marble giants
By paulisded@yahoo.com on March 18, 2012
We commemorate the 2nd anniversary of the death of Alex Chilton with a collection of covers and rarities.
Posted in alex chilton, Americana, big star, box tops, evan dando, garage, head candy, indie, jill sobule, john doe, juliana hatfield, kelly willis, loud family, music, paul collins, Podcast, posies, realpunkradio, replacements, Scott Hudson, talk, teenage fanclub, walkabouts, Wilco, young fresh fellows