Segunda-feira 31 Mar 2014, 4h:17

This month we have our first show from our latest recruit - Lee Adcock.

Andrew Morrison:
Andy's 2-hour April show includes new music from I Break Horses, Epic45, Breton, Hockeysmith, Tying Tiffany, Dimitri Veimar, Dum Dum Girls, Dena and Jungle, along with guest spots from Andy's dad and Scott.

Jeff Grainger:
An April show brief as it is brill and packed to the rafters with loads of new tunes. Alright Lover make their Dandelion Radio debut as do Outside Your House & The East Cackalacky Ascetic Marching Death Band to name three. Paul McGladdery makes a welcome return as do Sleaford Mods.
Speaking of 'welcome returns' April has no less than two session artists; White Mary and ILL who, incidentally, will be performing live at The Bank Top Tavern in Oldham on Saturday 26th of April (See News/Events page).

Kevin Robinson:
There's an incredible number of extraordinary electronic releases in the bag this month and we successfully manage to cram tracks from the new albums by Wen, Nochexxx and Torn Hawk into our three hours, alongside brand new material from producers Gantz, Lakker and Karen Gwyer.

Also in this month's programme there's vintage roots reggae from Trinity, jump blues from Professor Longhair, some recently unearthed New Zealand post-punk from Shoes This High, some early jungle from Marvellous Cain lifted from the Suburban Base anthology, some Satanic rock by Inside from the Darkscorch Canticles collection, and a very unique Bob Dylan cover from the Musicians Of The Nile. We've also got some more recent dubby sounds from Subactive and a new Sleng Teng update from Mungo's Hi-Fi.

Lee Adcock:
Hi! I'm a chick, I'm from Athens, USA, and I'm the new kid around the block!
Since you may not have heard of me before (though you will, trust me), I'm gonna blow your mind with the music that's been blowing my mind as a novice music critic-type and even more amateur-ish DJ-type. Come and meet the best and the brightest locals from Athens, the Aussie band that should have been as big as the Breeders, and mischievous new misfits from all over the globe like Mowbird, Thrill Collins, and North Dakota. We've got electronic wizards like Dementio13 and Michael West Valentine, the ever serene Watoo Watoo and A/T/O/S, and that smelly amoebic horror in the corner that calls itself Smarty. Hope ya don't mind that today's darkest hope in pop music is on board, as well - she don't step down lightly. (Hint - not Lorde.)
Oh. And I thought about busting out some Sleaford Mods, but I got a nastier surprise for ya instead. Brace yourself.

Mark Cunliffe:
I've gone funk crazy this month! There's been loads of good funk from past and present floating around recently and some is definitely getting aired in this month's show :-)
As well as the funk, Stuart Estell has his Morris Dancing sticks at the ready and Funky Mama rate his moves. Stormski is feeling a bit insecure while Dr Rockit is doing a right royal relaxation. Deafmind & Lil Clark have taken a Bosch TDA2657 steam iron to a Shure SN58 for some reason but Whyel & Breaux want to take it back to Curry's.
There's a really superb session recorded in a cinema no less and the session is by Grawlix.

Mark Whitby:
April's show features a highly anticipated session mix from the extraordinary Qualchan alongside a whole raft of new releases from the likes of Bully Mammoth, Mark Wynn, Nnevteiga and The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart.
We've also got a preview of the new single from ANT and a new EP from T.O.Y.S.; Eric Copeland, Laurence Made Me Cry and The Smiths all find themselves thoroughly and delightfully remixed and, as is often the case these days, Eastern Europe finds itself heavily represented, with tunes from much-loved Hungarians PFA and DerTANZ, the much heralded new EP from Russia's Midget Ninjas plus Zhe Pechorin from Serbia, Ukraine's Zapaska and Bulgaria's Kosta Kostov. The western half finds itself represented too, with a scorching release from Switzerland's Jaro Milko & The Cubalkanics and another taste of the recently issued album from France's Piano Chat.
The show hosts a welcome return to a couple of favourites we've been rudely neglecting of late - J.CNNR and Just Like Ammy, while Peel Back… raids the contents of my recent birthday presents to bring you two legendary Peel Session tracks from the seventies. Plus, of course, much much more.

Rocker:
Another packed three hour show this month includes a new session from Hazel Winter and her band, and a featured album from The Nightingales.
There are also new tracks from Perfect Pussy; The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart; Varsity; Linda Guilala; Tacocat; Muddy Summers & The Dirty Field Whores; Expert Alterations; The Leaking Machine; Thee Ahs; Grubs; Trick Mammoth; Secret Beach; No Ditching; Personal Best, and Beau.
There's another Nxt Gen stormer, and The Council Tax Band also get political. There are a bunch of tracks influenced by The Wedding Present - Fireworks cover a track they have been known to play; The Flatmates cover a Cinerama song; while The Jet Age play a TWP-inspired song from their current LP.
There's electronica from Marc Marzenit; Laurent Garnier; Dominik Eulberg & Gabriel Ananda; and DrumTalk.
This month's Educating Elizabeth record is an instrumental take on possibly the most famous Northern Soul track of all, while this month's Peel's Big 45 is a B-side, on John Peel's own Dandelion Record label from 1972.
As well as little known acts, here's a little known fact: John Peel's Dandelion Record label never released a hit record, despite almost signing Roxy Music, and despite releasing records by two acts only months before each went on to have top ten singles, Medicine Head and Clifford T Ward. Perhaps the label's nearest miss was Australian band Python Lee Jackson's 'In A Broken Dream', which featured Rod Stewart on vocals, and was recorded in 1968 for the label, but never came out on Dandelion. Legend has it that Peel paid his friend Rod a set of new car seat covers as his session fee. It went on to see chart action in 1972 when issued by Young Blood in the wake of Stewart & The Faces' success.

Sean Hocking:
Hi all, I'm back again for another dose of Ring of Fire. Lots of unreleased goodies in this show. I've got new electronic singer songwriter Ali Muhareb from Portland (OR) who does the job for me … he doesn't really remind me of anyone, which I always find a great sign and his song "walkin" has been on my phone playlist for a good month now and gets more than one daily rinse.
Talking of songwriters we've got two new songs from Perth based Louis Inglis and comrade in arms, Swoop Swoop who's song Angie Hart references the lead singer of Australian band "Frente!". We've also got great music from the king of DIY .. R. Stevie Moore and a live recording of his cover of the Beatles, I Want You .. She's So Heavy which has bowled me over. Via White Fang's Gnar Tapes label I have also come across the wonderful Lemons from Chicago who are the first band I've heard in a long time that really capture the innocence of Boyce & Hart's songs for the Monkees … fabulous … give me more lemony bubblegum please.
ROC fans keep an ear to the ground there's a gig at the Windmill coming up in May, digital re-releases of all their early singles on Little Star and a re-issue by Metal Postcard of their debut on vinyl with original sleeve art.
Hope you enjoy the show and we'll be back next month.