Whats better than a live band in session? TWO LIVE BANDS IN SESSION!
The Jed Shepherd Show this week featured Dropout Dan & B Sydes, who played the last gig of their UK tour in Brentwood last night, but luckily for us, stopped by for a chat and to play some songs.

Being my show, against their will they played about 100 songs each and I forced them to collaborate at the end, but I think the results speak for themselves!

I really enjoyed speaking to both Ben from BSydes (his name is Ben Sydes!) and Dan from Dropout Dan (His name is Dan!). We spoke about girls from the past, girls of the current and Rolf Harris from the future. I accidentally insulted Ben by calling him pretentious (I meant the song name could be construed as pretentious, but he certainly isnt! Lovely bloke!) and they agreed with me that Matt Bellamy isnt fir to breathe the air of this planet we call “Home”.

Listen to the whole saga below!

And look, you can watch videos of all the songs too. This is like Xmas, Easter and The Day After Halloween all rolled into one!

For those of you that dont know, the day after Halloween is amazing as supermarkets put the prices down on chocolate to almost nothing, so I often buy enough chocolate to make Willy Wonka worried and to give myself diabetes.

I played alot of new music too. Below the next video you can see what I played. Fancy!

The Alternative Chart Show – 3/3/2013

10 – AlunaGeorge – Attracting Flies
9 – Ghost Beach – Close Enough (Ft Noosa)
8 – Knocking Ghost – Distraction
7 – Jonny Hughes – Running (no doubt cover!)
6 – Haim – Falling
5 – Born Ruffians – Needle
4 – Urban Cone – We Should Go To France
3 – Darwin Deez – Good to Lose
2 – HAUS – Token
1 – CHVRCHES – Recover

I’d like to highlight the fact that CHVRCHES was my band of 2012 to watch and it seems in 2013 the rest of planet is finally giving them the credit they deserve. Like HAIM, they produce incredibly intricate pop masterpieces that really stay with you. The living definition of an earworm.

The video below is the result of me coaxing Dan and Ben for an hour and 45 minutes to do a song together. I think its borderline magical.

So I want to thank Dropout Dan and BSydes so much for coming into the studio, and once you’ve been on the Jed Shepherd Show, you’re a friend for life, so come by anytime!

Next week I am very excited to have WOLVENTRIX on the show. It’s a band I’ve loved for years and lyrically, one of the best bands you’ll ever hear.

Just before I go I want to say thanks to Alex Moore for basically being amazing. Filming all the above videos, not just for me, but for other DJs at the station too. One of the unsung heroes at Phoenix, and has lots of really good guests on his show8-10pm on Saturdays.

Also, there is a NEW new music show called ‘SWITCH’ in my old timeslot of 10-Midnight on Saturdays, presented by Joe Box. He plays lots of new stuff, remixes and isn’t afraid to throw a pop banger in there too. Essential stuff.

follow me on twitter @jedshepherd and say hello.

graci,

jed
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