W♥M206: Britpop SXSW

W♥M206: Britpop SXSW (51 mins) Read More Honeyblood In the meantime, some news on the opening band, Honeyblood, I wanted to share. The duo had a car breakdown in North Dakota, while driving from Seattle to Minneapolis. …

Brody, Orlando, and Michael are our guests on W♥M Radio!

Three old dudes waxing nostalgic on 90s bands, while Brody struggles to bring us back to SXSW.

Orly and Michael are hosts of Music for Listeners radio, they have a three-day SXSW day party coming up (lineup details below).

Here are some topics we talked about:

The secret reasons why Orly and Michael book shows: 'so bands comes to us'.

How the two met: at a Lush/Ride show.

Radio hero John Peel, RIP (1939-2004)

Britpop bands (Radiohead, Oasis, Lush, James, Verve)

Spotlighting some bands on the Music for Listeners showcase

Whatever happened to the Inspiral Carpets?

Tips for booking bands

British bands and their VISA problems

Guest Programmers/DJs (Wedding Present, Fanfarlo, Art Brut)

The Cribs

The Stone Roses

Temples

The story behind Sleeper's cover of "Atomic".

Song of the show is Honeyblood's "Choker".

Music For Listeners and the El Chile Group have announced their six straight unofficial SXSW day party. This year will be held at El Sapo on 1900 Manor Road. Details on musicforlisteners.com.

Here is the current lineup (all acts subject to change):

Music For Listeners poster

Thursday, March 13, 2014
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM -- AM Transistor Ghost (San Antonio, Texas)
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM -- Thoughts Detecting Machines (Normal, Illinois)
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM -- The Melodic (London, United Kingdom)
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM -- Chalk and Numbers (Brooklyn, New York)
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM -- Eros and the Eschaton (Colorado Springs, Colorado)
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM -- Blessin' (Denton, Texas)
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM -- Withered Hand (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Selected cuts in between bands provided by MFL - (San Antonio, TX)

Friday, March 14, 2014
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM -- The Crookes (Sheffield, United Kingdom)
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM -- Triptides (Bloomington, Indiana)
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM -- September Girls (Dublin, Ireland)
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM -- PINS (Manchester, United Kingdom)
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM -- Traams (Chichester, United Kingdom)
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM -- Dead Gaze (Oxford, Mississippi)
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM -- Honeyblood (Glasgow, Scotland)
Selected cuts in between bands provided by DJ Apollo (San Antonio, TX)

Saturday, March 15, 2014
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM -- Like Swimming (Stockholm, Sweden)
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM -- Thumpers (London, United Kingdom)
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM -- She Sir (Austin, Texas)
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM -- Glitches (London, United Kingdom)
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM -- Sweet Baboo (Cardiff, Wales)
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM -- Gulp (Cardiff, Wales)
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM -- Slow Down Molasses (Saskatoon, SK)
Selected cuts in between bands provided by Heff-Ra - (San Antonio, TX)

BONUS: Pixies opened up for Throwing Music, plus Breeders (the deal with Kim & Kelly Deal), Kirsty Maccoll's Walking Down Madison, Favorite SXSW memory: Vu stalking Jeremy Jay and Brody dancing to Jonquil "with those beautiful girls", Alan McGee: 'that guy who signed Oasis', and Deaf Club.

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