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Bristol Uncovered on BBC Radio Bristol @ Glasto!

cacophonous ear torture for the discerning listener

About Me

************************************************************ ** WE CAN NOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH!!! - If you've got music you want us to hear then please send a CD or mp3 to the address below - don't ask us to visit your profile to hear it 'cause the chances are we wont. There's too much demand and we do this show part time & unwaged. Thanks.
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We're Richard Pitt & Gary Smith presenters of Bristol Uncovered, an alternative music show with a focus on local bands & gigs. We play bands from all over the globe not just Bristol.
It's on BBC Radio Bristol every Saturday & Sunday morning 1am-3am. Hear us on the BBC i-Player live or anytime a week after broadcast via "Listen Again" at www.bbc.co.uk/bristol - follow the entertainment & local music links, or use this link www.bbc.co.uk/bristol/content/articles/2007/04/27/localmusic _feature.shtml and click on "Listen Again".
Please send your new material to:
RICHARD PITT & GARY SMITH,
BRISTOL UNCOVERED,
BBC RADIO BRISTOL,
PO BOX 194,
BRISTOL, BS99 7QT.
We can't air every CD we're sent or return them, but we'll play it on the show if we like it. So many bands, so little time, so don’t rely on us downloading your track. Remember - if we haven't got it, we can't play it! Self promotion is not a crime! We also accept mp3s via email: [email protected].
We DO NOT play funk, soul, RnB, jazz, or tribute bands. And if your idea of good music is X Factor, then you have our pity but not our air time. Have a listen to the show, you'll get the idea.
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Bristol Uncovered is one of the most listened to programmes on BBC Radio Bristol's online "Listen Again" feature. There's a link to the BBC i-Player further up this page. Thanks for listening!
We're available for gigs. We're inexpensive DJs who play mostly new & classic alternative, indie, rock & alt-country.
In addition to our BBC radio show, we can provide your radio station with an alternative music show too. Let's do lunch!

My Interests

Playing music we love to other people so they can love it too.

I'd like to meet:

Anyone interested in new music.
Anyone willing to pay us for DJ/radio work.
Find out loads more about the BBC and new music at www.bbc.co.uk/music/introducing

THIS WEEKS FEATURED MYSPACE BAND IS... those jigsaw loving, weather forecasters of pop, The Child Fourana. Find out more about The Child Fourana at www.myspace.com/thechildfourana
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WHAT THEY’VE SAID ABOUT BRISTOL UNCOVERED
“Gary Smith & Richard Pitt’s Bristol Uncovered… a significant music show that plugged local gigs and releases, interviewed bands and made listeners feel that what was going on in the back room of the Croft or upstairs at the Louisiana was worth supporting.” Cris Warren, Seven Magazine
“That rarity, a show which combines local and national alternative music with presenters who don’t make you want to stick pencils through your eardrums.” Rock Sound Magazine
“…the universally praised local music show Bristol Uncovered.” Venue Magazine
“The fabulous Bristol Uncovered boys (Gary & Richard) are there all year round, providing unparalleled coverage…” Theo Berry, Decode Magazine
“Good to hear local music being advertised in an informative and intelligent manner.” Synergy Magazine
“Great show guys. Bristol bands all owe you, big time.” Nick Talbot, of Gravenhurst
“Fuck the Bristol media. Except Bristol Uncovered who were excellent.” Adam Burrows, Choke Forum
“Your show is like an oasis in the local radio desert.” Andy Sessions, listener
"It's those insane DJs!" A punter outside the Academy after our Kid Carpet gig
"The Bands were terrific...and Bristol Uncovered's Ant & Dec valiantly flogging it all." Venue Magazine
"Gary, a man able to move from silent to excitable without apparent effort." Venue Magazine
“...a fine job last evening of presenting Oh The Woe 2, reading poetry and spinning in between set discs of woe – hooray” - Elliot Jack
"You guys are very important to bristol." Joe Volk
"Like a mix tape with talking." Ben Banyard
Bristol Uncovered, “...terrible rubbish...” a “...virus...” run by “...tone deaf...” “...clowns...”. Ron Robins, Monmouth, listener (only once)
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If you want to get a gig in Bristol try our top friends below, most of them are venues or promoters.

Music:

Entertaining, original, experimental, inventive, complicated, simple, primitive, basic, discordant, melodic, haunting, quiet, loud, political or with a social conscience, funny, or just something we can dance to.

Books:

Homers "The Odyssey" “…it is a lovely thing to hear a bard such as this, with a voice like the voice of the gods. I myself feel that there is nothing more delightful than when the festive mood reigns in the hearts of all the people and the banqueters listen to a minstrel from their seats in the hall, while the tables before them are laden with bread and meat, and a steward carries round the wine he has drawn from the bowl and fills their cups. This, to my way of thinking, is perfection.” from book 9, The Cyclops.

Heroes:

John Peel - 'nuf said.
Jeff - No one rocks harder than Jeff!
BBC Radio Bristol - for letting us pollute the airwaves and being so supportive about it.
Pam & Elaine - for all the love & support.

My Blog

Don’t miss the photo albums!

Not only is Gary challenging Big Jeff at the top of the Bristol gig goers chart, he is able to share just a little of what he's witnessed with his excellent array of photos taken at said gigs. Do yers...
Posted by Bristol Uncovered on BBC Radio Bristol @ Glasto! on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 01:50:00 PST

Playlists for June 2008

21/6/08 Darts Of Pleasure : Franz Ferdinand Sparrows : The Low Lows No Girls Allowed : Data Select Party Say Back Something :Tapes n Tapes Opting Out Of the Rat Race : Jetking Still Life : Ki...
Posted by Bristol Uncovered on BBC Radio Bristol @ Glasto! on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:21:00 PST

Playlists for May 2008

31/5/08 Run Rudeboy : The Hawk One Day Like This : Elbow Compote : The Years Cupboard Love : Shrag Dustbin Dinners : Jonah & The Wail Let It Out : Skeletons & The Kings Of All Cities Squirrel...
Posted by Bristol Uncovered on BBC Radio Bristol @ Glasto! on Tue, 06 May 2008 01:15:00 PST

Tips if you want us to publicise your event

As anyone who has listened to the show will know, we endeavour to cover loads of new material and gigs each week. But as far as live dates are concerned, we are at the mercy of the information we rece...
Posted by Bristol Uncovered on BBC Radio Bristol @ Glasto! on Fri, 23 May 2008 12:59:00 PST

Sending us your material (an insight)

First of all, thanks to everyone who has sent us their material, either on CD or as an mp3. We really do appreciate it, it's the lifeblood of what we do and is one of the many joys of presenting Brist...
Posted by Bristol Uncovered on BBC Radio Bristol @ Glasto! on Fri, 16 May 2008 12:32:00 PST

Playlists for April 2008

26/4/08 Declaration Of War : Hadouken   She Gives It Around : The Rivers   Oxford Comma : Vampire Weekend   The Jukebox Will Tear Us Apart : Angel Tech   Bubblegum : Rasha Shaheen...
Posted by Bristol Uncovered on BBC Radio Bristol @ Glasto! on Sun, 06 Apr 2008 01:32:00 PST

Gig Listing Info

Instead of having a new gig listing blog each week, from now on we recommend you go to www.bristollivebands.com for all the gig information you could want. It's an excellent resource for gig info that...
Posted by Bristol Uncovered on BBC Radio Bristol @ Glasto! on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:21:00 PST

Bristol Scene Records

Bristol Scene Records is a new not for profit record label that’s emerged from the meetings of the Bristol Music Industry Forum. Its one aim is to draw the attention of the music indu...
Posted by Bristol Uncovered on BBC Radio Bristol @ Glasto! on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 07:14:00 PST