Retrosonic Podcast

In a decidedly non-retro Retrosonic episiode Steve takes a look at some of the new music that's found it's way to the Retro Man Blog over the past few months including Gerry Bright & The Stokers, Joss Cope, The Galileo 7, King Salami & The Cumberland 3, Oh! Gunquit, The Jack Cades, Jetstream Pony, Groovy Uncle, French Boutik, Popincourt & The Kite Collectors. There's a look back at our recent reunion shows for the SolarFlares and tracks from three of the support acts - King Mojo, The Mynd Set and The Embrooks. Another superb night at Weirdsville introduced us to The No-Things and Las Aspiradoras and to finish off there's the brand new single from Ebbot Lundberg & The Indigo Children. Check out www.retromanblog.com for more info on all the bands we feature in this episode. Retrosonic Podcast has a valid PRS certificate.

Rock photographer Paul Slattery & Steve from Retro Man Blog with the usual waffle and eclectic mix of music. In this episode we are blown away by The Skids reunion tour and Paul's first chance to photograph the band since they last met almost 40 years ago. There's news on our SolarFlares show and some French Cold Wave from Kas Product, an EXCLUSIVE track from The Galileo 7's forthcoming album, rare 60's Psych from Travis Pike & The Brattle Street East and Jon & Robin & The In-Crowd, Catchy Guitar Pop from ex-Boys bassist Duncan Reid & The Big Heads, Fred Locks with a 70's Reggae classic, Little Steven's favourite Swedes Stupidity, some contemporary Garage Psych from The Jackets, The SD5 and The Baron Four, there's ex-Tours action with some savage Rock 'n' Roll from Electric Shakes and an overlooked Power Pop nugget from Da Biz plus Hipsville's Mexican hits Los Sustos and Viv & The Sect. Retrosonic Podcast has a valid PRS licence. Pod cover pic by Rick Buck.

Legendary drummer Buddy Ascott chats to Steve from Retro Man Blog about his life in music - from being inspired by The Who's Keith Moon and Quadrophenia and witnessing the early Punk Rock explosion to playing the Roxy. There's encounters with The Undertones, Paul Weller and Jimmy Pursey and of course the story centres around his time with The Chords at the height of the Mod Revival. Buddy also explains about his theory of why drummers are the goalkeepers of Rock 'n' Roll and tells us of his involvement with an intriguing charity event. This honest and amusing account might just change your preconceptions about drummers! The Podcast is sound-tracked with music by some of Buddy's various (and many...) bands including The Chords, The Fallen Leaves, The Rage, The Moment, The Red Away Tops, The Way Out and we have an exclusive track from Speakeasy's forthcoming album. More details of the Roll Out The Barrel "Drummers on top of the O2" charity event - including the chance to bid for the signed bass drum skin as shown in the photo - can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1845008625767953/

Steve from Retro Man Blog talks to photographer Derek D'Souza in the build up to the release of his new book "In Echoed Steps: The Jam and a Vision of The Albion" in conjunction with Simon Wells and Paul Skellett. Derek chats about how he got to meet The Jam and eventually shooting the cover photography for the "Absolute Beginners" single. Along the way we talk about his early days down the front at gigs, his involvement in the excellent "The Jam: About The Young Idea" exhibition and some of the other bands he has worked with and his fashion photography. Of course there's music too from The Jam, The Past Tense, French Boutik, Nadia Sheikh and The Spitfires. For more information on the book please check out the following links:

http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/inechoedsteps

https://www.blinkandyoumissit.com/contact

www.retromanblog.com

Steve from Retro Man Blog and rock photographer Paul Slattery with the usual eclectic mix of Psych, Punk, Power Pop, Mod, Indie and well...just good old fashioned Rock 'n' Roll. Plus waffle and chat about Paul's forthcoming photo book on The Skids and working with Mark E Smith and The Fall. There's music and reports on recent gigs with Michael Head, The Fall, The Blue Aeroplanes and lots of brand new releases including The Past Tense, The Fallen Leaves, John Hoyles, French Boutik, TV Eye and an EXCLUSIVE track from 5 Billion In Diamonds - an amazing collaboration featuring Garbage drummer and 'Nevermind' producer Butch Vig, James Grillo, Andy Spaceland, Ebbot Lundberg, Damian O'Neill and various members of Spiritualized, Massive Attack and others! There's oldies from Shack, The Bit 'A Sweet, Johnny Thunders, Tours and Manufactured Romance...Enjoy! For tracklisting and links to all the bands please check out www.retromanblog.com

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Steve from Retro Man Blog and Rock Photographer Paul Slattery with the usual rock 'n' roll waffle and pick 'n' mix of brand new releases and weird old stuff from the worlds of Garage Rock, Psych, Punk and Indie. In this episode we have an exclusive track from The Masonics forthcoming album in the build up to our launch party at The Half Moon Putney on November 18th and chat about our recent sold out gig with Graham Day & The Forefathers along with tracks by The Senior Service and The Daggermen. There's some superb brand new releases from The Mobbs, Oh! Gunquit, The Urges and The WitchDoktors alongside grungey swamp pop from Ten Benson and The Screaming Trees. We touch on the recent screening and DVD launch of "Lawrence of Belgravia" and play a classic 80's single by Felt and marvel at the sheer volume of great weird Psych from 1966 with a prime example by The Weeds. Then we have some great Paisley Underground from Guadalcanal Diary a wonderful track from Sunset Drive and round it all off with a stompin' slice of Garage Soul by Frantic Freddie & His Reflections.

Steve from Retro Man Blog is back with a decidedly "non-retro" episode featuring all brand new, and in some cases, unreleased music that has found its way to the Blog over the last few months. With spotlights on The Putney Club, Weirdsville/Hipsville, Sweden and the new Ice Cream Man compilation there's a superb selection of Punk, Garage Rock, Psych, Mod, Soul and Power Pop from Ruts DC, Ian Person, The Missing Souls, Arvidson & Butterflies, The Manics, The Sound of Pop Art, The Moot, French Boutik, The Embrooks, The Most, Popincourt, Lucy & The Rats, Los Blancos, The Loop, The Vanjas, The Kite Collectors, Fascinations Grand Chorus and Autoramas.

Rock photographer Paul Slattery and Steve from Retro Man Blog chat about some recent gigs, events and releases. There's a report on Billy Childish at The Lexington and a track from his new CTMF album "Sq 1". We take a look at new releases and gigs by the legendary Long Ryders and The Flamin' Groovies. Then there's 40 years since ''76 Punk' with an exhibition at the British Library and a classic from Dr. Feelgood who topped the album charts in 1976. Paul talks about being on stage with the U.K. Subs and Ramones and we discuss the new Danny Fields book "My Ramones" along with Tom Sheehan's Paul Weller photo book "Aim High" and we raise a glass to Charlie Harper on his 72nd birthday. Then in the build up to our next Retro Man Blog Night at the Half Moon Putney on June 24th which sees the long-awaited return to these shores by ex-Soundtrack of Our Lives front-man Ebbot Lundberg and his new band The Indigo Children we play a track from his brand new album "For The Ages To Come" and a rare nugget from TSOOL. Then there's an exclusive unreleased new track from The Fallen Leaves who will be special guests on the 24th (along with Galileo 7) and a song from their new drummer's old band The Chords! All this and a great slice of instrumental Psych from The Lysergics...

Tickets for Ebbot Lundberg & The Indigo Children, The Fallen Leaves and The Galileo 7 on June 24th are available now from: http://halfmoon.co.uk/event?event=510017&date=2016-06-24%2020:00:00

Podcover photo: Simon Davies/Model: Amy

Steve from Retro Man Blog talks to Raymond Gorman, Damian O'Neill and Ciaran McLauglin of The Everlasting Yeah in the build up to their gig at The Half Moon Putney on May 12th. There's a comprehensive look into The Everlasting Yeah's excellent debut album "Anima Rising" and a frank and in-depth journey back through That Petrol Emotion's career and impressive back catalogue. The Podcast is generously soundtracked with a pick of songs old and new. For more information on The Everlasting Yeah please check out their official website http://www.theeverlastingyeah.com/. Tickets for The Everlasting Yeah gig at The Half Moon on May 12th can be bought in advance from http://halfmoon.co.uk/

Steve from Retro Man Blog looks at two great upcoming Weekenders - "Medway Legends" in San Sebastian in Spain and "Hipsville Carnival-A-Go-Go" which is a bit closer to home in Hampshire. This hour long special is crammed full of raw R'n'B, Garage Rock and Beat from some of those acts appearing at the two events. Firstly from the small cluster of Medway towns that spawned The Prisoners, The Milkshakes, The Pop Rivets and The Dentists we'll hear what some of these Medway Legends are up to now with tracks from The Masonics, Graham Day & The Forefathers, Bob Collins, The Galileo 7, The Sine Waves, Thee Jezebels Ye Ascoyne d'Ascoynes and Lord Rochester. Hipsville spreads the net further afield and as usual will bring us some of the best current International Garage Rock bands such as The Wildebeests, The Baron Four, The Missing Souls, The Jackets, MFC Chicken, Archie & The Bunkers, Sex Crime and The Stompin' Riff-Raffs. For more info on both the Weekenders please check out the following links: http://medwaylegends.com/ and http://www.hipsville.co.uk/tickets/

Podcover photo: Simon Davies/Model: Amy