The Infernal Racket Show is a freelance Radio show made for Hayes FM.
It is written, produced, playlisted and presented by Charlie Barrow and Darren Brooker.
We also book and engineer the live session bands, produce the Podcasts, and do all the promotion and stuff like that ourselves. It is totally D.I.Y!!
Here's what people have been saying about the show…
"Your show is brilliant" – The Citizens.
"I like the show" - Tracie Young.
"Bloody good show!" - R.W. Hedges.
"Infernal Racket sounds good to us" - The Kabeedies.
"I heard your radio show, It's entertaining. I hardly realised where the time had gone" - Kategoes.
"Really good fun!" - The Wild Mercury Sound.
"I can't get it at my gaff" - Dave Landlord, The Crown & Treaty, Uxbridge.
Top Quality Indie Bands - to play their demo's and single's on the show and get them in to do live sessions.
Send us your music on CD to:
The Infernal Racket Show, 91.8 Hayes FM, The Media Centre, 54A Station Road, Hayes, Middlesex, UB3 4DF.
You can also send us your mp3's to:
[email protected]
Please only send us one mp3 per email, otherwise they may not reach us.
All CD's and mp3's we receive will be listened to by us and if we like them, we'll play them on the show.
If you want to know if your music gets played on the show, please check the Podcast page. Each new Podcast will now have a track listing.
We do make every effort to respond to every one that contacts us, but due to the volume of messages we receive, we can't always guarantee it.
Los Campesinos, Young Knives, Pavement, The Action, Let's Wrestle, Isosceles, The Clash, The JB's, Arcade Fire, Hot Chip, KateGoes, Pete And The Pirates, Joe Lean And The Jing Jang Jong, Velvet Underground, Saint Etienne, The Ruts, Serafina Steer, The Culture, Underground Hero's, JVC Force, Libertines, The Carstairs, Liquid Sunshine, Klaxons, Courteeners, Glasvegas, Foals, Happy Mondays, Lightspeed Champion, The Jam, Emmy The Great, Les Fleur De Lys, R.W. Hedges, Dodgy, Zoot Money's Big Roll Band, Noah And The Whale, Jesus Licks, Sons And Daughters, The Enemy, Camera Obscura, Small Faces, Bobby Byrd, Public Enemy, EPMD, Morecambe And Wise, The Smiths, Cinema, One More Grain, 1984, Cut Off Your Hands, Beatles, Pigeon Detectives, Graham Bond Organization, High Priests, Cribs, The Mumbles, Operator Please, Au Revoir Simone, Jack Penate, The Wild Mercury Sound, Rezillos, Rumble Strips, The Monks Kitchen, The Research, Suede, The View, The Specials, Horrors, Rakes, The Shaky Hands, Airhead, Maccabees, Young Marble Giants, Maximo Park, Sultans Of Ping, Housemartins, Arctic Monkeys, Vic Godard And The Subway Sect, Sportsday Megaphone, Rifles, Dirtbombs, Hollies, Oasis, The More Assured, The Koobas, Kissaway Trail, Good Shoes, The Wilsons, The Byrds, Kraftwerk, Datarock, Buffalo Tom, Lemonheads, Babyshambles, Futureheads, My Bloody Valentine, Joy Division, The Loose Salute, The Whip, Look See Proof, Nina Simone, Jackson Sisters, Make Model, Stevie Wonder, Boy Kill Boy, Vincent Vincent And The Villains, Ladytron, Rolling Stones, Elvis Costello And The Attractions, Tracie, The Moths, Duke Spirit, Stone Roses, Chuck Berry, Bloc Party, Hot Club De Paris, Spanky Wilson, The Birds, Cure, Teenage Fanclub, Jilted John Shuttleworth, Five Thirty, Aztec Camera, Orange Juice, Kings Of Leon, Ned's Atomic Dustbin, A Tribe Called Quest, One Trick Band, Dexy's Midnight Runners, British Sea Power, Postal Service, Geno Washington, Half Man Half Biscuit, Kinks, Magazine, Mystery Jets, The Style Council, 18 Wheeler, Ride, Inspiral Carpets, Les Savy Fav, Shy Child, Bob Dylan, Soft Machine, The Faces, SL2, 101'ers, Pink Floyd, Wire, Manfred Mann Chapter Three, Fairport Convention, Howling Bells, Cajun Dance Party, Mouse On Mars, Acrylic Tones, Nick Drake, The Nazz, Pram, Broadcast, Pipettes, Elle s'appelle, The La's, Beach Boys, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, Bat For Lashes, Shit Robot, Steely Dan, Barbara Randolph, Thomas Tantrum, Lionheart Brothers, Friendly Fires, Video Nasties.......or something like that.....
The 45 King. Purveyor of proper Hip Hop
Trick Noise Makers - Feel Good Words
Lets Wrestle - I Wont Lie To You
The Fullertons - Where You Going To Now
High Priests - Stand Together
High Priests excellent debut album 'Self Prescribed Medication' is out now on Little League Productions. You can get it from Rough Trade, Amazon, iTunes etc, as well as all good independent record shops. Support your local independent record shop - order a copy through them
Tracie Young - Nothing Happens Here But You. Live on The Infernal Racket Show
Tracie came in and did this song and an interview for us on The Infernal Racket Show. We asked her about her time spent with The Jam, when she appeared on the Beat Surrender single and was on Top Of The Pops with them too. We also asked Tracie about being in The Style Council and she told us what she has been up to since then, which includes being a Radio DJ
The Culture - Rokit. Live on The Infernal Racket Show
The Culture - Favourite At 20/1. Live on The Infernal Racket Show
R.W. Hedges - Abe's Dream
R.W. Hedges' excellent debut album 'Almanac' is out now on Newbias Records. You can get it from Rough Trade, Amazon, iTunes etc, as well as all good independent record shops. Support your local independent record shop - order a copy through them