This week Meagan delves into the discography of The Horrors.

Meagan Dreams is weekly on Tuesday at 6pm Pacific time on Eardrum Buzz Radio at www.eardrumbuzz.net

Setlist:

EP #1: The Horrors AKA We Are the Horrors (released 2006)

Crawdaddy Simone (cover)  OV: The Syndicate from their album On the Horizon in 1963

Death at the Chapel 

First album: Strange House (released 2007)

Single: Sheena is a Parasite 

Request - Little Victories (request from Meg McIntire) 

My choice (non-single): Count in Fives 

Second album: Primary Colors (released 2009)

Request - Scarlet Fields (request from Greg Peters) 

My choice: Who Can Say 

Other Single: Sea Within a Sea 

Third album: Skying (2011)

Single: I Can See You

My choice: Endless Blue 

Inspirations:

CAN - Vitamin C (from Ege Bamyasi, 1972)

Portishead - Strangers (3rd track off of the album Dummy) (1994)

The Jesus Lizard - Thumbscrews (album title is Shot)

Toy - Reasons Why (from eponymously titled debut album, 2012)

Fourth album: Luminous (2014)

Single: So Now You Know

My choice: Change Your Mind

Non-single: Falling Star

Other Single: I See You

Fifth album: V (2017)

Selected single: Machine

Additional single: Something to Remember Me By

Side projects:

Let’s Eat Grandma - Hot Pink (2018) co-written and co-produced by Faris Badwan and SOPHIE, from the album titled I’m All Ears

spoken break

Hercules and Love Affair - Controller feat. Faris Badwan (2017) from the album titled Omnion

MIEN - (I’m Tired of) Western Shouting (2018), (single) from the album also titled MIEN

Cat’s Eyes - Chameleon Queen, from the album titled Treasure House (2016)

Tom Furse - A Journey in Ecstasy (Edit), from the album titled Ecstatic Meditations

Second and third EPs

Lout (released March 2021)

Against the Blade (released November 2021)

Live performance of Sea Within a Sea at the Royal Albert Hall in 2019 for the 10th anniversary of Primary Colours

NEW SINGLE: The Silence that Remains (released 2024)  only track out so far: The Silence That Remains (for which there is a music video) X

Upcoming sixth album: Night Life, slated for release on March 25th, 2025

Track lineup for Night Life, per Pitchfork:

01 Ariel

02 Silent Sister

03 The Silence That Remains

04 Trial by Fire

05 The Feeling Is Gone

06 Lotus Eater

07 More Than Life

08 When the Rhythm Breaks

09 LA Runaway

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The Horrors are

Faris Badwan *

Joshua Hayward *

Rhys Webb *

New members are

Amelia Kidd - keyboards and vocals

Jordan Cook - drums (formerly of Telegram)

Former Horrors are

Tom Furse 

Joe Spurgeon

This time around Brandon Dudley showcases acts with acoustic or standup bass. Plus all the bass-tastic music you want to hear!

Souvlaki Bass Station can be heard on the first and second Sundays at 1pm and 9pm Pacific time on Eardrum Buzz Radio at www.eardrumbuzz.net

Meagan Dreams, Episode 16: A to Z 10.15.2024

Join me for this week's installment of Meagan Dreams as I play and discuss songs that I've never played on Eardrum Buzz Radio before, presented in sequence from A to Z. You can listen to this show online at eardrumbuzz.net and I’ll be live on air from 6 PM to 9 PM Pacific time, Tuesday, October 15th. I'm eager to share this week's selections with you. I hope you will join me for this show!

Flyer photo and design are both by Patrick Dickson.

Arcade Fire - I’m Sleeping in a Submarine 

Junior Senior - Go Junior, Go Senior

M.I.A. - Galang

Underworld - Born Slippy.NUXX (edit)

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For the October edition of London Calling Dave Eastman interviewed DJ Indi of the O.F.I. Monday show (IG tag: @ofimondayshow, FB tag: The O.F.I Monday radio show) and Mark and Cara of the band 32after (IG: @32after, FB: 32after)

Setlist:

Olive Tree – Cosmopark

Bargain Bin Bowie – Spoon Speaker

Revolution – Beatles

Pure Intention – Cosmopark

Off and On – Groff

Dez Rocket – PICB

Radio Jane – King Ropes

Commuting Paradise – Nikk Fail

100% - Sonic Youth

Deeper – 32after

Found You In My Head Tonight – Explode the TV

Drop a Coin – The Open Flames

For his debut episode of Seasons Change, Shane Speed educates us about Samhain, the time of year when the walls between that of the living and the dead are thin, a time of harvest and ushering in the dark half of the year. He plays songs appropriate to the season as well as new songs.

Seasons Change can be heard on Eardrum Buzz Radio on the fourth Friday of the month at 12pm & 9pm Pacific, 8pm UK time at www.eardrumbuzz.net

Seasons Change Samhain setlist:

Meagan Masingill and Bret Miller continue with their live events following the departure of Greg Peters. So a name change from Vapour Trail Live was in order. We all love The Cure and with the impending release of their new album Songs of A Lost World, and the fact that the band has a song with Friday in the name, we thought the most obvious thing to do would be to call our show Friday I'm In Love!

For our premiere, we picked songs from The Cure focusing on B-Sides and Covers, plus plenty of choice album cuts and remixes/extended versions. We also played requests from Greg Peters, Mindy Scurto, Mark Cross, Kathy Diaz, Craig Tigwell and Meagan's mom.

Friday I'm in Love can be heard live on Eardrum Buzz Radio on the first and third Fridays beginning in November at 6pm Pacific time. Check your time zone differences, come and join us to chat at the top pinned post at www.facebook.com/groups/eardrumbuzzradio and enjoy three hours of music new and old.

Join us Friday November 1st for songs from Depeche Mode and current and former members, along with lots of covers!

Friday I’m in Love 10.11.2024 - premiere show - Bret and Meagan

Burn (from the Crow OST)

Alone (new release from Songs of a Lost World album)

A Fragile Thing (new release from Songs of a Lost World album)

spoken break by Bret and Meagan

Friday I’m in Love - Jack Adamant (cover)

This Twilight Garden (b-side to High, on the 7-inch, 12-inch and extended Maxi-CD singles from Wish, which was their 9th album) (this was the first single released from Wish in 1992) (followed by Friday I’m in Love and A Letter to Elise)

M - The Twilight Sad (cover) (OV is on Seventeen Seconds)

Man Inside my Mouth - B-side to Close to Me (single from Head on the Door, 1985)

Throw Your Foot - B-side to The Caterpillar (the sole single released from The Top, 1984)

spoken break by Bret and Meagan

Push - The Dead Suns (cover) (this is Mary Poole’s favorite Cure song)

Cats Like Cheese (Give Me It demo) (Give Me It is from The Top, 1984)

Why Can’t I Be You? (from Kiss Me x3 1987)

Close to Me (Closer mix) from Mixed Up, 1990) (original song is from The Head on the Door, 1985)

spoken break by Bret and Meagan

Harold and Joe - request for Greg Peters (B-side to Never Enough)

Speak My Language - “ “ (from Japanese Whispers)

Disintegration (Live from the Entreat Plus album) - for Craig Tigwell

The Walk (Everything Mix) (from Mixed Up) - for Mindy Scurto

Lullaby (remix) (from Disintegration) - for Margaret Ann Masingill (from Disintegration, 1989)

Open - request for Mark Cross (from Wish, 1992)

spoken break by Bret and Meagan

Robert Smith on South Park (dialogue audio) from the Mecha-Streisand episode in Season One, Episode 12 of South Park; first airing date was 18 February 1998

Lovesong (Extended remix) (OV from Disintegration, this mix from Mixed Up)

Happy the Man (B-side to the Caterpillar, along with Throw Your Foot) (from The Top, 1984)

The Perfect Girl - Mareux (cover) (from Kiss Me x3)

One Hundred Years - Actors (cover) (from Pornography album 1982)

spoken break by Bret and Meagan

Siouxsie and the Banshees - Spellbound

Cranes - Jewel (RS mix)

spoken break by Bret and Meagan

Fear of Ghosts (second B-side to Lovesong on 12-inch and CD single) (also from Join the Dots - B-sides and Rarities)

2 Late (first B-side to Lovesong, on 12 inch and CD single as well as 7 inch)

Friday I’m in Love promo

The Glove - Sex-Eye-Make-Up

Essence - A Monument of Trust - Bret selected this as example of Cure-inspired bands

Sun Shines Cold - The Figurehead (cover)

Trust (Live, from Show) - request for Lat-Khairul Nizam (originally from Wish, taken here from Show)

spoken break by Bret and Meagan

Stop Dead (B-side from Close to Me, 1985)

Screw (Head on the Door)

Plastic Passion (from the compilation album Boys Don’t Cry)

RIDE - Vapour Trail (Trail Mix by Robert Smith)

spoken break by Bret and Meagan

The Cure - World in my Eyes (Depeche Mode cover) (from For the Masses - A Tribute to Depeche Mode)

Robert Smith - There’s a Girl in the Corner

Never Enough (Big Mix) (only single released from Mixed Up, 1990)

The Caterpillar (only single released from The Top, 1984)

Bloodflowers (from the Bloodflowers album, 2000)

END

https://mixdownmag.com.au/features/exploring-robert-smith-of-the-cures-musical-collaborations/

Meagan Masingill and Bret Miller continue with their live events following the departure of Greg Peters. So a name change from Vapour Trail Live was in order. We all love The Cure and with the impending release of their new album Songs of A Lost World, and the fact that the band has a song with Friday in the name, we thought the most obvious thing to do would be to call our show Friday I'm In Love!

For our premiere, we picked songs from The Cure focusing on B-Sides and Covers, plus plenty of choice album cuts and remixes/extended versions. We also played requests from Greg Peters, Mindy Scurto, Mark Cross, Kathy Diaz, Craig Tigwell and Meagan's mom.

Friday I'm in Love can be heard live on Eardrum Buzz Radio on the first and third Fridays beginning in November at 6pm Pacific time. Check your time zone differences, come and join us to chat at the top pinned post at www.facebook.com/groups/eardrumbuzzradio and enjoy three hours of music new and old.

Join us Friday November 1st for songs from Depeche Mode and current and former members, along with lots of covers!

Friday I’m in Love 10.11.2024 - premiere show - Bret and Meagan

Burn (from the Crow OST)

Alone (new release from Songs of a Lost World album)

A Fragile Thing (new release from Songs of a Lost World album)

spoken break by Bret and Meagan

Friday I’m in Love - Jack Adamant (cover)

This Twilight Garden (b-side to High, on the 7-inch, 12-inch and extended Maxi-CD singles from Wish, which was their 9th album) (this was the first single released from Wish in 1992) (followed by Friday I’m in Love and A Letter to Elise)

M - The Twilight Sad (cover) (OV is on Seventeen Seconds)

Man Inside my Mouth - B-side to Close to Me (single from Head on the Door, 1985)

Throw Your Foot - B-side to The Caterpillar (the sole single released from The Top, 1984)

spoken break by Bret and Meagan

Push - The Dead Suns (cover) (this is Mary Poole’s favorite Cure song)

Cats Like Cheese (Give Me It demo) (Give Me It is from The Top, 1984)

Why Can’t I Be You? (from Kiss Me x3 1987)

Close to Me (Closer mix) from Mixed Up, 1990) (original song is from The Head on the Door, 1985)

spoken break by Bret and Meagan

Harold and Joe - request for Greg Peters (B-side to Never Enough)

Speak My Language - “ “ (from Japanese Whispers)

Disintegration (Live from the Entreat Plus album) - for Craig Tigwell

The Walk (Everything Mix) (from Mixed Up) - for Mindy Scurto

Lullaby (remix) (from Disintegration) - for Margaret Ann Masingill (from Disintegration, 1989)

Open - request for Mark Cross (from Wish, 1992)

spoken break by Bret and Meagan

Robert Smith on South Park (dialogue audio) from the Mecha-Streisand episode in Season One, Episode 12 of South Park; first airing date was 18 February 1998

Lovesong (Extended remix) (OV from Disintegration, this mix from Mixed Up)

Happy the Man (B-side to the Caterpillar, along with Throw Your Foot) (from The Top, 1984)

The Perfect Girl - Mareux (cover) (from Kiss Me x3)

One Hundred Years - Actors (cover) (from Pornography album 1982)

spoken break by Bret and Meagan

Siouxsie and the Banshees - Spellbound

Cranes - Jewel (RS mix)

spoken break by Bret and Meagan

Fear of Ghosts (second B-side to Lovesong on 12-inch and CD single) (also from Join the Dots - B-sides and Rarities)

2 Late (first B-side to Lovesong, on 12 inch and CD single as well as 7 inch)

Friday I’m in Love promo

The Glove - Sex-Eye-Make-Up

Essence - A Monument of Trust - Bret selected this as example of Cure-inspired bands

Sun Shines Cold - The Figurehead (cover)

Trust (Live, from Show) - request for Lat-Khairul Nizam (originally from Wish, taken here from Show)

spoken break by Bret and Meagan

Stop Dead (B-side from Close to Me, 1985)

Screw (Head on the Door)

Plastic Passion (from the compilation album Boys Don’t Cry)

RIDE - Vapour Trail (Trail Mix by Robert Smith)

spoken break by Bret and Meagan

The Cure - World in my Eyes (Depeche Mode cover) (from For the Masses - A Tribute to Depeche Mode)

Robert Smith - There’s a Girl in the Corner

Never Enough (Big Mix) (only single released from Mixed Up, 1990)

The Caterpillar (only single released from The Top, 1984)

Bloodflowers (from the Bloodflowers album, 2000)

END

https://mixdownmag.com.au/features/exploring-robert-smith-of-the-cures-musical-collaborations/

Join me for this week's installment of Meagan Dreams as I play and discuss songs that were made using synthesizers. 

Flyer image and design are by Patrick Dickson, taken in 2016 during a visit to the Museum of Making Music, located in Carlsbad, California.

Meagan Dreams is live on Tuesdays at 6pm Pacific time.

1. Cold Showers - Only Human (from Matter of Choice, released 2015) 

MM welcome and spoken break

1. Korine - Cruel (from WE STAND compilation album by Bestial Mouths, track 6, released 2022)

MM spoken break

1. Skinny Puppy - EmpTe (from The Greater Wrong of the Right, 2014)

MM spoken break

1. Resting on Pretty - Fierce Claws (from Dragwave, 2024)

MM spoken break to correct error in artist and song title announcement above

1. Depeche Mode - Leave in Silence (from A Broken Frame, 1982)

MM spoken break

1. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) - (Forever) Live and Die (from The Pacific Age, 1986)

MM spoken break

1. Roni Size/Reprazent - New Forms (from New Forms, 1997)

MM spoken break

1. Peaches - Take You On (from I Feel Cream, 2009)

MM spoken break

1. Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) (from Hounds of Love, released 1985)

MM spoken break

1. Depeche Mode - Home (Around the Golf remix by Air)

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Meagan Dreams, Episode 14: Solitude, etc. 10.1.2024

Join me for this week's installment of Meagan Dreams as I play and discuss songs that refer to or are about solitude and its many aspects - positive, negative and in between. You can listen to this show online at eardrumbuzz.net - I’ll be live on air from 6 PM to 9 PM Pacific time tonight, Tuesday, October 1st.

“Children love to be alone because alone is where they know themselves, and where they dream.” - Roger Rosenblatt, (1994), “The Man in the Water: Essays and Stories” 

 “As a child I felt myself to be alone, and I am still, because I know things and must hint at things which others apparently know nothing of, and for the most part do not want to know. Loneliness does not come from having no people about one, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to oneself, or from holding certain views which others find inadmissible.” - Carl Jung Flyer image and design are by Patrick Dickson.

Meagan Dreams is live on Tuesdays at 6pm Pacific time on Eardrum Buzz Radio at www.eardrumbuzz.net

Tracklist:

The KLF - Alone Again with the Dawn Coming Up

Red Sparowes - Alone and Unaware, the Landscape Was Transformed in Front of Our Eyes

movement - Solitude (Adelaide, AUS band - request from Greg Peters - from a collection of demos)

MM welcome and spoken break

The Folk Implosion - Natural One 

Tame Impala - Solitude is Bliss

Sinead O’Connor - I am Stretched on Your Grave

MM spoken break

Billy Idol - Dancing with Myself

Depeche Mode - But Not Tonight

Trevor Something - Leave Me Alone

The Saints - (I’m) Stranded

MM spoken break

The Cure - Alone (Live in Riga, Latvia) 

This Mortal Coil - Alone

Spiritualized - Always Together With You

M83 - You, Appearing

MM spoken break

Fischerspooner - Natural Disaster

M83 (Felsmann + Tiley Reinterpretation) - Solitude 

Beastie Boys - Instant Death

Fiona Apple - Better than Fine 

Alvvays - Easy on Your Own?

MM spoken break

The Motels - Only the Lonely

The Cure - How Beautiful You Are

Joy Division - Isolation

New Order - Leave Me Alone (2015 remaster)

MM spoken break

The Postal Service - The District Sleeps Alone (live)

The Pretenders - I Go to Sleep

Slowdive - Sleep (2020 Remaster)

Andy Stott - Sleepless

MM spoken break & farewell

Depeche Mode - Only When I Lose Myself

A Place to Bury Strangers - I Need You

My Bloody Valentine - Come In Alone (Alternate Version)

Rowland S. Howard - Sleep Alone

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For Dave Eastman's return, his new show London Calling features interviews and music from UK and international bands and music from the latest releases.

September's episode features a chat over pints with Morten of the band Levee and the London Metal Coalition, and a feature interview with the UK band Explode the TV. 

Dave close the show with a new song, Drop A Coin, from his new band The Open Flames.

You can hear London Calling on the fourth Monday of the month at 11am & 8pm PT and 7pm UK time on Eardrum Buzz Radio at www.eardrumbuzz.net

Songs: 

2 1/2 Movements - Sarah Holburn

LONDON CALLING: UK music gluttony! Why do we love music so much? It’s all just too good!  Dave Eastman, a songwriter in the band The Open Flames, gets engorged during interviews with UK bands and industry sharks – and plays their handpicked favourites alongside EDB hits – every fourth Monday of the month!