Retrosonic Podcast

Steve from Retro Man Blog continues his series on the Gothenburg music scene, with a nod to some bands from outside the city too. There's an interview with Ann-Sofie from the hotly tipped Spiders as they look forward to their first U.K. tour. We meet up with music Blogger, Wayne Lundqvist-Ford, and he plays some top tunes from Division of Laura Lee, The Moving Sounds, The Wild Shore, Arvidsson and The Early Days. Steve also manages a quick chat with Bruce Emms, owner of Gothenburg's legendary MUG Music Store. We then feature Record Union Digitial A&R expert Hans Selander and play a pick of some great young up and coming bands from his roster such as The Oholics, Side Effects, Eken, The Sympathy and Långfinger. Then we pack in more great sounds from Troublemakers, The Movements, Swedish Brillance, Samling and The Wonder Boys...As they say in Sweden..."grymt..!"

For links to web-sites, full track-listing and more information on all the bands and other features covered in the Podcast, please visit http://retroman65.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/retrosonic-podcast-swedish-music.html

Steve from Retro Man Blog talks to "Football's Last Proletarians" Directors, Martin Jönsson and Carl Pontus Hjorthén about their stunning new documentary. The movie is a fascinating look back at IFK Gothenburg's 1980's European adventures under the management of Sven-Göran Eriksson. However, it is far more than just a film about football, it's a classic and extremely well told story of David against Goliath - how a team of part-time footballers took on, and beat, some of European football's top outfits on their way to UEFA Cup success. We are also joined by one of the stars of the team, and of course the movie itself, ex-IFK, Liverpool and Fiorentina defender, Glenn Hysén. The Podcast features some examples of The Soundtrack of Our Lives' guitarist, Ian Person's excellent music from the film.

Steve from Retro Man Blog talks to Thomas and David from one of Sweden's best psychedelic-garage-space-rock bands, "The Movements". Thomas and David take us on a trip through the band's story which includes chapters as diverse as writing a theme song for a German football team, to being the first band that legendary Union Carbide and Soundtrack of Our Lives guitarist Björn Olsson produced. From rehearsing songs in a hospital ward while singer David recovered from cancer they ended up being the first band to have their very own Space Rock album taken to Outer Space by Swedish astronaut Christer Fuglesang! Generously sound-tracked by loads of great Movements songs, you can find out more in this fascinating special edition podcast!

Podcast cover photo by Josefine Larsson.

Steve from Retro Man Blog chats to Ian Person, guitarist of The Soundtrack of Our Lives, just before their last ever show at the beautiful Slussens Pensionat in Sweden. We concentrate on Ian's solo music and his work on the soundtrack of the new IFK Gothenburg documentary movie "Fotbollens Sista Proletärer". Ian also discusses the decision to split The Soundtrack of Our Lives at the end of 2012...

The Podcast also features clips of some of Ian's material including two brand new and unreleased songs.

Podcast cover photo copyright Paul Slattery 2012.

Steve from Retro Man Blog chats to Power Pop aficionado Wayne Lundqvist-Ford from Ice Cream Man Blog. Wayne picks some of his favourites from the piles of CDs and records he receives from all over the world, and we play a selection of the best in contemporary melodic guitar pop. Featuring cool tunes from Beyond Veronica, The Sensibles, The Jetsonics, The Seasongs, Surf School Dropouts, Mr Day, Trolley, Budokan, Marty Graveyard, Phenomenal Cat, Wayne James & The Harry Evlar Experience and the superb Monkeeman - this is a hook-laden-catchy-chorus filled delight!

Following the Royale Records special Podcast, Steve from The Retro Man Blog takes a trip through the contemporary Mod scene and highlights some of the movers and shakers such as Alan May at Glory Boy Radio, The Alley Club, Mod Generation, New Untouchables, Alan Powell at Down In The Basement and more. Steve plays his pick of the Mod Pops with tunes from DC Fontana, The Loop, The Len Price 3, The Past Tense, Button Up, French Boutik, The Most, The Cycle Paths, Stanley Road and more!

In the first part of our look at the thriving contemporary Mod scene, Steve from the Retro Man Blog chats to Hipster Lee from Royale Records. Lee takes us through the philosophy behind Royale and we feature some of the bands on their rapidly expanding roster. We play a selection of tracks and clips from The Past Tense, Monkeeman, The Universal, Mr. Bridger, The Lemon Tops and The Electric Stars and we find out what the future has in store. For more information check out Royale Records at http://www.facebook.com/royalerecords2012

Adam and Steve's special guest today is JC Carroll - singer, guitarist and songwriter with The Members. JC talks us through his career from the original sound of the suburbs days in Punk Rock to his solo recordings and collaborations with some of the major names in Punk. He brings us right up to date with the release of "In-Grrr-Land", the first new Members album in over 25 years which features original Bassist Chris Payne and new drummer, a certain Mr. Rat Scabies. We'll also find out what's coming next...Generously soundtracked by Members and JC music old and new with some little surprises along the way!

Old pals Dick York, from Cryssis and Photographer David Apps, meet up with Steve from Retro Man Blog to chat about their careers. Dick will be appearing at the Retro Man Blog gig with TV Smith at The Railway in Southend-on-Sea on June 22nd, along with Andy J Gallagher and Roman Jugg of The Damned. He talks to Steve about his early days in Sta-Prest and resurrecting his band as Cryssis with Vom Ritchie (Dr & The Medics, Die Toten Hosen) after over 20 years. Then David Apps chats about his excellent "East London Photography" book, which charts the changes around the area of the new Olympics site. Copies of the book will be on sale at The Railway gig. David also talks about his artwork and how he ended up playing in a band with a founder member of the Sex Pistols..!

Check out more information on Dick York at www.cryssis.de David Apps at www.artificialdesigns.co.uk and even more at www.retromanblog.com

TV Smith, the legendary voice of The Adverts and hugely respected solo performer, joins us (Steve from Retro Man Blog, Rock photographer Paul Slattery and Adam from The Jetsonics) in the Pod to discuss his influential career and play an exclusive four song acoustic session.

From early gigs on the edge of Dartmoor with Sleaze to playing the Roxy with The Adverts at the very beginning of the Punk Rock explosion, TV brings us right up to date to the release of his latest album “Coming Into Land” and the publication of his excellent “Punk Rock Tour Diaries”, which cover his adventures as a travelling solo performer armed only with a guitar, a suitcase and an emergency sandwich.

For more information on our TV Smith gig at The Railway in Southend on June 22nd please visit www.retromanblog.com and for other tour dates, merchandise and news check out TV Smith’s excellent web-site www.tvsmith.com