In life you come across bands/artists on the radio, in magazines, word of mouth… but what about the ones that get away?

I thought it would be an interesting experiment to go through the PhoenixFM library to see what bands I have missed through my years. So here is 30 songs that I picked out to test out, from bands who I feel I’ve heard loads about but never seem to get round to listening to.

1. Art Brut – Nag Nag Nag Nag
2. Asylums – Missing Persons
3. Aztec Camera – Walk Out To Winter
4. Barenaked Ladies – It’s All Been Done
5. Belle and Sebastien – I’m A Cuckoo
6. Blossoms – Charlesmagne
7. British Sea Power – No Lucifier
8. Sleater-Kinney – Bury Our Friends
9. Cage The Elephant – Mess Around
10. Get Cape, Wear Cape, Fly – War Of The Worlds
11. Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battle The Robots
12. Zac Brown Band – Loving You Easy
13. Theme Park – Tonight
14. Teenage Fanclub – I’m In Love
15. Broken Bells – Leave It Alone
16. Divine Comedy – At The Indie Disco
17. Daughter – Human
18. St Vincent – Rattlesnake
19. Walking On Cars – Speeding Cars
20. Magic Numbers – Love Me Like You
21. M83 – Midnight City
22. We Are Augustines – Chapel Song
23. The Joy Formidable – Whirring
24. The Damned – Love Song
25. Jagwar Ma – The Throw
26. I Am Kloot – Life In A Day
27. The History Of Apple Pie – Jamais Vu
28. Guillemots – Annie, Lets Not Wait
29. The Go! Team – Doing It Right
30. Egyptian Hip Hop – Rad Pitt

The experiment was a success, was fantastic to find some new stuff to listen to. And I encourage others to take the dive!