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Retrosonic Podcast

Retrosonic Podcast

Steve from the Retro Man Blog and Adam from The Jetsonics are joined in the Pod by the legendary Rock Photographer Paul Slattery. Throughout the series we will play and discuss some hidden gems and rare nuggets from Punk Rock, New Wave, Power Pop, Soul, Psychedelia, Mod, Garage Rock, Ska and Reggae from house-hold names to new and unsigned bands. There will be reviews and reports on gigs and music related events featured on Retro Man Blog such as book launches and exhibitions. We"ll also be inviting

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01:32:26

Episode 46 "Stupidly Happy" with special guest Buddy...

Retrosonic Podcast ·

2022/02/08

In Episode 46 of Retrosonic Podcast, Steve from Retro Man Blog welcomes The Chords & The Fallen Leaves drummer Buddy Ascott for an update on his recent musical adventures. We cover The 79'ers tour with The Vapors, recent shows with The Fallen Leaves and his production work with Proper. There's also news on his charity bass drum skin which he is getting signed by as many famous drummers as possible to auction for the Roll Out The Barrel water-aid trust. So far there's the signatures of Nick Mason of

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01:12:20

Episode 45 "Waking Up The Band"

Retrosonic Podcast ·

2021/12/23

Happy Xmas and a big thank you to all Retro Man Blog and Retrosonic Podcast subscribers and listeners, we really do appreciate the support. After all, this is just a hobby to promote some of the fantastic bands, artists and independent record labels that are keeping us all entertained in these difficult times so your continued support is what makes it all worthwhile. Anyway, I sincerely hope you've enjoyed the music and hopefully you've discovered some new favourite bands along the way! So here's a

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01:29:24

Presenting the fabulous Courettes

Retrosonic Podcast ·

2021/11/19

Welcome to the brand new Retrosonic Podcast "Presenting The Fabulous Courettes". In this comprehensive and highly entertaining episode, I talk to Flavia and Martin of The Courettes as they reflect on their hugely successful seventeen date U.K. tour and the amazing reaction to their latest album "Back In Mono". In part one, backstage at The Lexington, we cover the pressures of dealing with the lockdown, livestreams, the story behind their own Starr Sounds studio, the influence of a fifteen year old

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01:11:00

Episode 44 "Sonic Love" - New Release Special

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2021/09/16

Welcome to "Sonic Love" Episode 44 of Retrosonic Podcast, which is another decidedly 'non-retro' show featuring some superb brand new international Rock 'n' Soul, Punk, Indie, Fuzzed-up Garage Rock, Psych and Power Pop releases from France, Sweden, Brazil, Japan, USA and the UK including The Stranglers, The Limiñanas, Subway Sect, The Shadracks, Ben Edge, Autoramas, Ian Person, Pablo Matisse, Killer Kin, The Sound Station, Stompin' Riff Raffs, The Sellwoods, Channel Three, The Membranes, The Jack

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01:20:00

Gary Crowley "Lost 80's Vol. 2" Talk and Q&A

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2021/08/05

On Sunday August 1st we went along to our favourite record store Sounds of The Suburbs in Ruislip to see Gary Crowley, the legendary DJ, TV and Radio show presenter, A&R man, schoolboy music journalist and former receptionist at the NME - give a talk and Q&A session to promote his excellent new compilation "Lost 80's Volume 2: 1980-1986". This has just been released via Demon Records as a beautifully packaged 65 track 4 CD deluxe edition all housed in a hardback cover including a lavishly

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01:13:20

Episode 43 "Kiss Me, I'm Vaccinated"

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2021/06/14

Welcome to Episode 43 of Retrosonic Podcast "Kiss Me, I'm Vaccinated" which is another non-retro show featuring 20 superb brand new International Garage Rock 'n' Soul, Punk, Indie, Psych and Power Pop releases from France, Spain, Sweden, Japan, Denmark, Switzerland, Ireland and the UK. Listen in and celebrate the creative talents and spirit of some of our favourite musicians, record companies and artists who are producing such great music in these difficult times. We kick off with the Garage Rock

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01:34:00

The Delmonas & Thee Headcoatees "Girlsville: Queens...

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2021/05/28

For episode 17 of our Lockdown Lowdown series we welcome Saskia Holling to discuss her new book "Girlsville: The Story of The Delmonas & Thee Headcoatees" which is out now on Spinout Publications. Saskia talks about the process of writing the book itself along with the history and legacy of both groups and each of the band members. We also find out more about Saskia, her own music with Sally Skull, Lord Rochester and Big Russ Wilkins & Lightnin' Hollings and her fanzine "Heavy Flow" along with

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01:36:15

Gaye (Advert) Black, Artist & Former Bassist with The...

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2021/05/13

For the latest episode of our Lockdown Lowdown Podcast series we welcome former bassist with The Adverts, Gaye Black into the virtual Retrosonic studio to discuss her life in Music and Art. In this thoroughly entertaining episode, Gaye takes us on a musical journey from growing up in a small town in north Devon and discovering music for the first time to buying her first record. We then discover what lured her into Rock 'n' Roll and what inspired her to play the bass. There are tales of her

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01:40:00

Inge Johansson of Gatuplan & The (International)...

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2021/04/27

For the latest episode of our special Lockdown Lowdown series we welcome former bassist with The (International) Noise Conspiracy, Inge Johansson into the virtual Retrosonic studio to discuss the excellent debut album "Kampen Går Vidare!" by his new solo project Gatuplan. In this thoroughly entertaining chat, Inge takes on a musical journey from the isolation of growing up in a small town in the north of Sweden to finding hope and creative inspiration in the music of Heavy Metal and Punk Rock. There

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00:58:57

Episode 42 "The After-Party After The Party From Hell"

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2021/04/15

Welcome to Episode 42 of Retrosonic Podcast entitled "The After-Party After The Party From Hell" which is another non-retro show featuring 19 Brexit-busting brand new International releases from Brazil, Italy, France, Canada, America, UK, Portugal, Ireland, Berlin and of course, the Medway Delta! Listen in and celebrate the creative talents and spirit of some of our favourite musicians, record companies and artists who are producing such great music in these difficult times. In this episode we

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01:42:54

The Rhythm Method Part 1 with Buddy Ascott

Retrosonic Podcast ·

2021/04/08

We welcome Buddy Ascott (former drummer with The Chords, currently with The Fallen Leaves) into the virtual Retrosonic Podcast studio to discuss that often overlooked and undervalued component of a band - the Rhythm Section... Buddy nominates five of his favourite drummers, Keith Moon, Mitch Mitchell, Chris Sharrock, Pete Thomas and Topper Headon and he talks us through some highlights of their playing. Find out who features in our top ten chart of iconic Bassists and to top it all off there's even

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01:52:00

5 Billion In Diamonds with Butch Vig, James Grillo &...

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2021/02/19

Welcome to the latest episode of Retrosonic Podcast "Music From The Edge of the Universe: The 5 Billion In Diamonds Story". We welcome founder members, the legendary producer and drummer with Garbage Butch Vig, Bristol UK producer Andy Jenks and UK DJ James Grillo to hear the definitive and fascinating story on how this star-studded Transatlantic project came to fruition. The band's second LP "Divine Accidents" (Make Records) was our Album of The Year 2020 and it's another imaginary soundtrack to

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01:09:59

Episode 41 "Nosferatu Elegant Debauchery"

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2020/12/20

Welcome to "Nosferatu Elegant Debuchery", episode 41 of Retrosonic Podcast and it's another totally non-retro show featuring some more superb new music from Oh! Gunquit, Baby Shakes, Groovy Uncle (featuring Miss Modus), Autoramas, The Len Price 3, 5 Billion in Diamonds (featuring Ebbot Lundberg), Dragon Welding, Eileen Gogan & The Instructions, Hederosgruppen, Mattias Barjed, Ian Person, Jetstream Pony, The Folk Devils, Spizzenergi, The Nettelles, OHMS, Keller Machine, The Dupont Circles, The Know

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01:10:00

The Galileo 7 - Ten Years Anniversary Special with...

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2020/12/13

To continue our celebrations of the 10 Year Anniversary of The Galileo 7, we welcome back Allan Crockford and Viv Bonsels from the band to discuss their impressive back catalogue. Allan and Viv give us an album-by-album guide, picking out some of their favourite and most evocative songs. Along the way we discuss their song-writing process and some of the highlights of their time in The Galileo 7. Features a selection of superb tracks from all six of their albums. Don't forget to check out our first

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01:40:00

Baby Shakes

Retrosonic Podcast ·

2020/12/06

For this very special episode of Retrosonic Podcast we are very pleased to welcome Claudia, Mary and Judy from Baby Shakes, New York's finest purveyors of pure Punk Power Pop into the virtual studio to discuss the band's history and influences. We chat about what it's like in New York for bands during lockdown, how the girls met, what inspired them to form a band and their song-writing process. We learn about some of the great musicians and artists they have gigged with and their favourite countries

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01:07:01

The Galileo 7 "Decayed" New LP Track by Track Guide...

Retrosonic Podcast ·

2020/12/01

Welcome to the first of two very special Retrosonic Podcast episodes dedicated to the 10th Anniversary of our favourite Psych Pop outfit The Galileo 7. Band-members Allan Crockford and Viv Bonsels discuss their superb brand new album of cover versions "Decayed", which is out now on their own Fools Paradise label. We go through the album track by track and find out the reasons behind the choice of songs and of course, give them a spin. This Podcast release comes with a bonus track not found on the

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01:50:00

Lockdown Lowdown Episode 9 with Ian Greensmith...

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2020/11/27

For Episode 9 of our special Lockdown Lowdown series we welcome Ian Greensmith into the virtual Retrosonic Podcast studio. Ian, a.k.a. Vic Templar, Herbie Greensmith, Vic Flange or just Ian Smith is not only a man of many names he's also a man of many talents as drummer with Medway Indie legends The Dentists, Armitage Shanks, Ye Ascoyne D'Ascoynes, The Dirty Contacts, Sine Waves, Rubberman 12 and The Nuevo Ramon 5. He's also a DJ, one of the promoters of The Fratcave club night and Beatwave

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01:22:00

Lockdown Lowdown Episode 8 with DJ Jawa Jones of...

Retrosonic Podcast ·

2020/11/19

In episode 8 of our special "Lockdown Lowdown" series we welcome DJ Jawa Jones from Monoloco Mixtape and Wanita into the virtual Retrosonic Podcast studio. Wanita is the Indonesian word for woman and is also the name of a night Jawa Jones founded and still runs in London with the idea to promote women in music and offer a platform for female DJs to showcase their talents. Jawa enjoys digging in dusty old record stores searching for weird and wonderful music from across the globe, so in this episode

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00:43:44

Lockdown Lowdown Episode 7 with Damian O'Neill of The...

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2020/11/08

For Episode 7 of our Lockdown Lowdown series I am delighted to welcome Damian O'Neill, guitarist with The Undertones, That Petrol Emotion, The Everlasting Yeah and (as Damian confesses) "guitar gunslinger for hire"! I wanted to find out more information about his recent collaboration with the excellent New York based Power Pop band Baby Shakes and their brand new single "Sweet 'n' Sour", a stomping version of a track from Damian's own solo album "Refit Revise Reprise". Damian and his Undertones

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01:14:00

Episode 40 "A Primitive Psychosis"

Retrosonic Podcast ·

2020/09/26

In this special "non-retro" Retrosonic, Steve from Retro Man Blog selects 22 brand new releases from some of his favourite new International bands and artists alongside some superb fresh material from a few old favourites such as The Damned, Wire, The Go-Go's and The Fleshtones too. There's great music from BMX Bandits and The Sensible Gray Cells, Power Pop and New Wave from The Speedways, The Vapors, Treasures of Mexico and Phil Hendriks, Medway Garage Rock from Wild Billy Childish & CTMF and The

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