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Every show starts with the ’70s! We’ll rediscover forgotten rockers, revisit unfairly maligned disco beats and replay power-pop favorites. Next: plenty of new releases, occasional live bands and more. Don’t let the nickname confuse you.
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August 28, 2024: GRANT MCPHEE, author of Postcards from Scotland: Scottish Independent Music 1983-95
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Grant McPhee has established himself as bit of an authority on the Scottish post-punk and indie scenes by way of his documentary films Big Gold Dreams (2015) and Teenage Superstars (2017), as well as co-writing the book Hungry Beat: The Scottish Pop Underground Movement (77-84) in 2022. Grant and I will talk about his new book, which is an oral history that recounts the radical transformation of Scotland’s independent music scene from 1983-1995. The book comes out in the US next month via Omnibus Press. |
Artist | Track | Album | Label | Year | Comments | New | Approx. start time | |||
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some assorted Scottish music to begin the show... |
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nazareth |
bad bad boy
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greatest hits | a&m | 1975 | ||||||
fingerprintz |
dancing with myself
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7" | virgin uk | 1979 | 0:03:40 (Pop-up) | |||||
close lobsters |
what is there to smile about
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what is there to smile about ep | enigma | 1988 | 0:06:27 (Pop-up) | |||||
strawberry switchblade |
go away
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s/t | korova | 1985 | 0:09:35 (Pop-up) | |||||
drinking electricity |
news peak
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overload | survival | 1983 | 0:12:38 (Pop-up) | |||||
altered images |
dead pop stars
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7" | epic | 1981 | 0:16:18 (Pop-up) | |||||
melody dog |
cassie
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7" | seminal twang | 1992 | courtesy of the DJ Superpong collection | 0:19:19 (Pop-up) | ||||
delmontes |
so it's not to be
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7" | rational | 1981 | 0:21:00 (Pop-up) | |||||
the green telescope |
make me stay
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va-children of nuggets | rhino | 0:23:19 (Pop-up) | ||||||
flowers |
after dark
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va-fast product: mutant pop | fast/pvc | 1980 | 0:26:16 (Pop-up) | |||||
constant smiles |
connection
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single | living waters | * | 0:38:53 (Pop-up) | |||||
peace de resistance |
i am
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lullaby for the debris | peace de | bandcamp | * | 0:43:09 (Pop-up) | ||||
uv-tv |
the optimistic wrench
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single | paper cup |
forthcoming EP! bandcamp |
* | 0:48:28 (Pop-up) | ||||
dew claw |
mouse trap
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7" | dromedary |
playing this weekend at the big DromFest show at (and around) the Avalon Ballroom in Catskill NY! bandcamp |
* | 0:51:26 (Pop-up) | ||||
Interview with Grant McPhee |
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simple minds |
new gold dream (81-82-83-84)
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new gold dream (81-82-83-84) | a&m | 1982 | 0:58:56 (Pop-up) | |||||
the wake |
on our honeymoon
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testament (best of) | factory benelux | Gerard (aka "Caesar") from Altered Images; this song from 1982. Bobby Gillespie was also in this band for a time. | 1:03:13 (Pop-up) | |||||
the rezillos |
i can't stand my baby
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can't stand the rezillos | sire | 1978 | 1:05:35 (Pop-up) | |||||
grant mcphee |
chat with efd part 1
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1:07:35 (Pop-up) | ||||||||
jesus & mary chain |
upside down
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barbed wire kisses | blanco y negro / warner bros. | 1:16:53 (Pop-up) | ||||||
orange juice |
simply thrilled honey
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7" | postcard | 1:19:52 (Pop-up) | ||||||
fire engines |
meat whiplash
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hungry beat | acute | CD collection, this song orig 1981 | 1:22:08 (Pop-up) | |||||
grant mcphee |
chat with efd part 2
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1:26:03 (Pop-up) | ||||||||
meat whiplash |
don't slip up
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va-creation records: international guardians of rock and roll | sony uk | 1:39:04 (Pop-up) | ||||||
shop assistants |
all day long
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s/t | blue guitar / chrysalis | 1:42:17 (Pop-up) | ||||||
the pastels |
truck train tractor
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truckload of trouble | paperhouse | 1:44:11 (Pop-up) | ||||||
grant mcphee |
chat with efd part 3
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1:48:30 (Pop-up) | ||||||||
the vaselines |
slushy
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enter the vaselines | sub pop | 1:57:53 (Pop-up) | ||||||
jesse garon & the desperadoes |
the adam faith experience
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va-big gold dreams: a story of scottish independent music 1977-1989 | cherry red | 2:00:04 (Pop-up) | ||||||
rote kapelle |
you don't know
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va-make more noise! women in independent music uk 1977-1987 | cherry red | 2:02:47 (Pop-up) | ||||||
bmx bandits |
whiplash
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c86 | click | 2:06:01 (Pop-up) | ||||||
grant mcphee |
chat with efd part 4
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2:09:15 (Pop-up) | ||||||||
the soup dragons |
mother universe (7" version)
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12" | raw tv / big life | 2:20:12 (Pop-up) | ||||||
primal scream |
treasure trip
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sonic flower groove | elevation | 2:23:24 (Pop-up) | ||||||
teenage fanclub |
everything flows
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a catholic education | paperhouse | 2:26:30 (Pop-up) | ||||||
grant mcphee |
chat with efd part 5
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2:31:47 (Pop-up) | ||||||||
michael shelley |
think with your heart
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half empty | big deal | 1997 | released as a single on Francis MacDonald's Shoeshine label | 2:45:36 (Pop-up) | ||||
bmx bandits |
time to get away
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dreamers on the run | tapete | bandcamp | * | 2:49:31 (Pop-up) | ||||
hifi sean & david mcalmont |
sad banger
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daylight | plastique |
bandcamp HiFi Sean = Sean Dickson from the Soup Dragons |
* | 2:53:33 (Pop-up) | ||||
eugenius |
buttermilk
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oomalama | fire/atlantic | 2:56:18 (Pop-up) | ||||||
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