Alternative Friday

The Smiths – Handsome Devil
Blur – There’s No Other Way
PIL – Public Image
Reverend & the Makers – Bassline
Ash – Orpheus
The King Blues – Modern Life Has Let Me Down
The Specials – Gangsters
The Vaccines – Teenage Icon
Two Door Cinema Club – Someday
Editors – An End Has a Start
Eugene McGuinness – Harlequinade
Waves of Fury – Businessman’s Guide To Witchcraft
Minor Threat – Minor Threat
The King Blues – Shooting Fascists
The Damned – Help
The Good, the Bad & the Queen – The Good, the Bad & the Queen
The Cherry Boys – Kardomah Café
Bleech – Break My Nose
Guns n Roses – Welcome to the Jungle
Bob Marley & Wailers – Iron Lion Zion
Empire Affair – Tornadoes
Public Service Broadcasting – Spitfire
Pulp – Do You Remember the First Time?
Trash Monroe – Nine Day Queen
The Arctic Monkeys – A Certain Romance
Damian Dempsey – Your Pretty Smile
David Bowie – Sound & Vision
Skint & Demoralised – A Few Quiet Drinks
Gene – Sleep Well Tonight
William Shatner – Common People

Green Day – Holiday
Hard Fi – Living for the Weekend
Doves – Sky Start Falling
Howler – 14 Days
Akira The Don – Baby Doll
John Wean – New York Doesn’t Love You
Small Faces – Tin Soldier
Damian Cox – Dying with Buddy Holly
The Wedding Present – Kennedy
Siouxsie & the Banshees – Hong Kong Garden
Blondie – Atomic
Gorillaz – On Melancholy Hill
Lush – Ladykillers
Django Django – Waveforms
Screaming Trees – Nearly Lost You
Jack Penate – Torn on the Platform
Fundamentals – Promises
Of Monsters & Men – Little Talks
Toots & the Maytals – Pressure Drop
The Soft Pack – Answer To Yourself
The Enemy – Saturday
Tim Burgess – White
The Stranglers – Something Better Change
Northern Portrait – I Give you 2 seconds to Entertain Me
Julian Cope – An Elegant Chaos
Snippet – Let’s Talk About Us
Jack White – Two Against One
The Killers – Sam’s Town (live)
Richard Hawley – Open Up Your Door

Right, so what’s this all about then?

Well… in the summer of 2011 it was suggested I consider hosting an internet radio show. “They’ve got the wrong person” I thought, however a few weeks later ‘An Alternative Friday Night In’ hit the airwaves. Everyone listening have been hugely supportive which has been excellent, while recently I’ve been asked to add the playlists somewhere, and so this blog has been created.

The music on the show is centred around the indie/alternative genre, but an hour or two of solid indie and me spouting inane drivel would surely test most people’s patience, so I
try to limit the drivel while also sprinkling in a few other musical flavours… from punk to pop, via ska, reggae, shoegaze, & other genres. It also mixes up vintage oldies, as well as featuring new releases and emerging artists.

I’ve been a big music & radio fan since I was a kid, but in recent years have been attending more and more gigs too, especially by new and lesser known artists. Therefore as well as  adding the show and playlists, I will also post any great new music I come across, and occasionally add any other musical related thoughts [not too often though eh? Ed].

Links to the shows on Soundcloud, plus some of the other music related things featured here are on the right… over there >>>

Enjoy.

Manic Street Preachers – The Masses against the Classes
The Teardrop Explodes – Reward
Kaiser Chiefs – Modern Way
Happy Mondays – Step On
Gaz Combes – Simulator
Pure Love – Bury My Bones
The Brightlights – 3
Pop Will Eat Itself – Chaos & Mayhem
The Jam – A Bomb in Wardour Street
The Tuesday Club – She Splayed My Teeth
Metric – Synthetica
Spiritualized – Little Girl
Stereophonics – Bank Holiday Monday
All The Young – Arcane
Your Explosion My Mind – Scream Light
Bow Wow Wow – I Want Candy
Little Roy – Come As You Are
Monaco – What Do You Want From Me
Two Wounded Birds – Daddy’s Junk
Dexy’s Midnight Runners – Show Me
Hatcham Social – NY Girl
The Libertines – Time for Heroes
We are Augustines – Book of James
Friendly Fires – Paris
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – Albert He Goes West
Embrace – The Shot’s Still Ringing
Theatre Royal – The Story of my Life
High Flying Birds – If I Had a Gun…
Shed Seven – Going for Gold
Tom Hickox – The Angel of the North

Ash – Angel Interceptor
The Strokes – The Modern Age
Iggy Pop – Gimme Some Skin
Those Dancing Days – I’ll Be Yours
The Buzzcocks – Everybody’s Happy Nowadays
Fully Grown Bear – Red Wine (is a bad idea)
The King Blues – Keep The Faith
Jodie Marie – I Got You
Let’s Wrestle – Tanks
The Damned – Made For Pleasure
Voxtrot – Kid Gloves
XTC – Senses Working Overtime
Tennis – It All Feels the Same
Spector – Friday Night Don’t Ever Let it End
The Cure – Just Like Heaven
Talk Talk – It’s My Life
Mustard Plug – Beer
Kitty, Daisy & Lewis – I’m So Sorry
Damien Dempsey – Jar Song
Kartica – Don’t You Think So
Lloyd Cole & Commotions – Down on Mission Street
Toby Watson – Nightbus
The Courteeners – Acrylic
Comet Gain – After Midnight, After It’s All Gone Wrong
Rebekah Delgado – Menage a Moi
Cage the Elephant – Shake Me Down
James Dean Bradfield – An English Gentleman
Paul Hegley Band – Tears To Cry
Oasis – I’m Outta Time

Hello music lovers!

Following numerous requests I’ve decided to start this blog to add the playlist for my “Alternative Friday Night In” shows on SFR, as well as to any new music tips I feel are worth recommending.

I may, of course, also add other comments which may or may not provide any enjoyment.

Thanks

Jim