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It's MAY already & our new schedule is now up & running, details below.
Click one of the links to listen in, NOW!Andrew Morrison:
Andy's May show includes an exclusive first play of all three tracks from Stylus Rex 's new EP, along with Bloc Party 's new single (as remixed by Armand Van Helden ) and new tunes from Dan Deacon , Sad Day For Puppets and Depeche Mode . Unsigned choices include a brand new unheard song from Lanterns On The Lake , The Reject Club , Bye-Bye Violet Tapes and Block 45 , as well as two tracks by Raw Milk . Teresa picks a Tasty Tip, Scott selects a cover version to fill his Funky Five Minutes, and there's a competition to win CDs including the debut album by Dalmation Rex And The Eigentones .
Jeff Grainger:
Jeff's Dandelion Radio Show for May is two hours packed with brand new tunes by the likes of The Second Floor Band , Sables , 5turns25 , The Young Republic and Arborea . He’ll also be playing a variety of older tracks by The Chameleons , Rita Chao & the Quests and Boubacar Traore
Album of the Month is 'Why There Are Mountains', the ear-popping debut by, New York's, Cymbals eat Guitars . And if all this wasn’t enough the highlight of the 120 minutes is a Session recorded exclusively for the show by Alisia Casper
Katherine Godfrey:
This month Stenchman , Martyn , Ekelon , and experimental dubstep label Frijisfo Beats cut basslines from the wreckage, dragging them from the depths to surface alongside Instra:Mental 's Lynchian nightmare, while Trembling Bells and Teengirl Fantasy pull etherial melodies from the heavens only to find themselves heavyhandedly butted up against 2 minute punk rock.
New monthly feature, Wax Across the Water, sees Katherine and fellow Dandelion DJ Marcelle exchanging a record that is setting their world alight right now; this month: tracks from Hamburg-based label Pudel Produkte.
Marcelle:
Kiss and tell - the statistics
Dutch band The Ex are celebrating their 30 year existence with an album featuring lots of statistics about their career. Inspired by this Marcelle reveals at some point during her show which of the artists she's playing she actually has kissed. Apart from revealing stunning numbers Marcelle plays her favourite run-out grooves and some animal sounds.
And next to her popular Look Back Bore Records of this month (May 1979) series, Marcelle together another of the Dandelion deejays starts a new series: the two women send each other a vinyl record to play on their respective show each month. To top it all: Marcelle's exciting-and-surprising-as-ever May show comes with a proud 89,2% vinyl guarantee.
Mark Cunliffe:
Crumbs! It's May! 2009 is going quicker than a crate of Blue Wkd at a school disco.
New releases are coming thick and fast too. Ashley Beedle 's gone and bought himself a Sagem mobile phone the silly boy. Badawi 's finally passed his Scouts knotting exam and grime crew the Newham Generals are rinsing it old skool. Juju Orchestra are not quite on a latin tip, well, that's what they say. Hawt has up-ended the TravelLodge off the M62 ... naughty. Black Pepper 's run out of petrol and would you credit it, she was on the M62 at the time and hasn't got a bed for the night 'cos of Hawt 's legging up antics....the bugger. Flare are doing a Marley with a bit of a drum and a bit of a bass and Sway 's only got Two Fingers these days ... bit remiss ...
Mark Whitby:
Buds are opening in his garden faster than he's got time to knock 'em down again, so Mark has retreated indoors to escape from the triffids and put together a three hour show for May, with spectacular results. Nature's loss is your gain as you get to hear an exclusive session from The Pocket Gods as well other aspirants to the title of Mark's favourite band in the world, such as Belgium's Dietrich , Florida's Slideshow Freak and, emerging strongly as a contender on the blind side, the curious amalgamation of Chilean and Scottish sonic adventure that is the province of the remarkable Vapouboat .
Also featured are magnificent new albums from King Creosote , Jeffrey Lewis , The Broken Family Band and Cunninlynguists as well as tracks from as yet unreleased gems by Extradition Order , The Chasms and Lactation Sandwich . And our new Peel Back and Sniff feature focuses on the contrasting charms of Fairport Convention and Crass .
Matt Jones:
What does this month bring? It brings joy and light in the form of Phylis Dillon , Lullaby Arkestra , Gargle , Pendle Coven , Mikus , Hayvanlar Alemi , Toxic Chicken , Voodoo Economics , TRYPTA , Eat Rabbit , Dilworth , Obits and many more,
plus an exclusive sneak peak at the new album from the lovely Tartufi . So in short - a genre blending blitz of musical goodness that's worth way more than 5 a day. Enjoy
Pete Jackson:
May blooms in to life on Pete's show with some awesome psychedlic stompery from Aqua Nebula Oscillator , Happy End and Wolf People , tracks from new albums by Mono , Mistabishi and John Parish and Polly Jean Harvey and we'll be taking an inordinate interest in our own footwear with a focus on ace shoegaze label Sonic Cathedral. We'll also get some more fiesty exuberance from And What Will Be Left Of Them? and hearing Lord Numb 's postcard from India.
Rocker:
This month's three-hour show is as usual packed with new music - there's exclusive sessions from Hazel Winter and The Manhattan Love Suicides , as well as a featured new LP from MJ HIbbett & The Validators .
We have new singles from Violet Violet ; Standard Fare ; Lapels ; Crystal Stilts and My Teenage Stride ; also new tracks from Ozone Baby ; John Parish and Polly Jean Harvey ; Moofish Catfish ; Matilda Lights ; Neil Young ; Cats On Fire ; and Vanilla Ride .
There's electronica from Solaris Heights ; Jurek Przezdziecki ; Gui Boratto and an excellent Pete Heller remix of Faithless; there's also dubstep from Kontext , remixed by Ramadanman ; and some weirdness in the style of Captain Beefheart from Blurt .
This month's Peel's Big 45 is a punk classic from 1977, and this month's Educating Elizabeth is an absolute Tamla Motown classic from 1967.
As well as little known acts, here's a little known fact: Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lightning than women.
Yank Sizzler:
While our time is rationed this month by the perils of the economy, famine, war & what not, here at the Yank Sizzler show on Dandelion Radio we worked the fruits of our brow to bring you brand new music from Maps & Atlases , Der Todesking , The Black Keys , Grampall Jookabox and more.
There's also classics sent to us by the resistance; tunes by Louis Lasky , Sam Cooke and Ludus direct from their Peel Session. And lest we tempt to forget the brave work of The Builders & The Butchers , Jay Reatard & {{{Sunset}}} . Behold an hour of aural extravagance.
Thanks to everyone who has sent in DEMOs & CDs, keep them coming.
Everything gets a listen.
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Dandelion Radio is an internet radio station inspired by the work of the much-missed UK DJ John Peel. In an age where terrestrial radio stations are increasingly moving towards automated output, combining pre-recorded DJ links with a predictable playlist, and where most internet radio stations seem to be simply a stream of uploaded MP3s with no effort on the part of the DJ, our aim is to provide a challenging, unpredictable and often uncompromising mix of new and old music, selected by DJs who love it and presented by those DJs in a traditional radio style in shows recorded as live. We want to serve the needs of the people who create and distribute new and interesting music and, thereby, provide a unique listening experience to listeners, with the spirit of John running through all we do.
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