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Total Hero Team – MJ Hibbett and Carsmile Steve in session

Eddie Curry June 13, 2013 1

Welcome back to MJ Hibbett for his SIXTH Phoenix FM session and to Carsmile Steve for his first. Their latest project – Total Hero Team – is a brand new two-man rock opera about

Playlist for 13 June 2013 (AOTW: Is Tropical – I’m Leaving)

Eddie Curry June 13, 2013 0

Tonight’s album of the week is from Is Tropical – I’m Leaving This is a band that was completely off my radar until I found their Mongolia adventure video on Youtube. Good to see

Playlist for 6 June 2013 (Interview with The Tomorrow Men)

Eddie Curry June 6, 2013 0

Click here to listen to the show again: Brentwood band THE TOMORROW MEN came in to the show to talk about their upcoming performance at the Brentwood Festival, and we also played a few

Playlist for 30 May 2013 (AOTW: Any Love Is Good Love – Various Artists)

Eddie Curry May 30, 2013 0

Hear it again: An album with a great cause in mind – raising awareness of homophobia and transphobia. We had a long chat with long-term Phoenix FM buddies EMMA REED, the co-curator of the

In session on Phoenix FM: Bleech

Eddie Curry May 23, 2013 1

Click here to listen again to the interview: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] It was great to welcome east London trio Bleech into the station for their first acoustic session. The band

In session on Phoenix FM : Echobelly

Eddie Curry May 23, 2013 1

Click here to listen again to the interview: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Britpop legends Echobelly are back – and it was a sheer delight to get them playing live in the

Playlist for 23 May 2013 (AOTW: Charlie Boyer and the Voyeurs – Clarietta)

Eddie Curry May 23, 2013 0

Hear it again: My album of the week was a refreshing slab of psych rock, the debut album from Neils (ugh. sic) Children’s bassist Charlie Boyer and, erm, his Voyeurs. Of course we also

Warm Winters live on Phoenix FM

Eddie Curry May 16, 2013 1

Colchester 's Warm Winters playing live on Brentwood's Only Alternative

Playlist for 16 May 2013 (AOTW: Public Service Broadcasting – Inform – Educate – Entertain)

Eddie Curry May 16, 2013 0

Hear it again: Our album of the week was the hotly-anticipated debut from Public Service Broadcasting. It didn’t disappoint, and it’s the greatest mix of Jean-Michel Jarre riffs, banjos and World War 2 dialogue

Playlist for 2 May 2013 (AOTW: Various Artists – New [Glam] 2O13)

Eddie Curry May 2, 2013 1

Hear it again: Another compliation for my album of the week and this week it’s New [Glam] 2O13, a collection of 23 songs mostly from a bunch of great bands I haven’t come across

Playlist for 25 April 2013 (AOTW: Phoenix – Bankrupt!)

Eddie Curry April 25, 2013 0

Hear it again: Is it wrong to make this the album of the week partly they have a fantastic band name? The album is pretty good too, and when you compare it to Daft

Playlist for 18 April 2013 (AOTW: Modovar – The Sea Of Unspoken Words)

Eddie Curry April 18, 2013 0

I’m doing this thing now, most weeks, maybe: Brentwood's Only Alternative – 18th April 2013 by Brentwood's Only Alternative on Mixcloud If you miss the show you can hear it again above, or you

Playlist for 11 April 2013 (AOTW: Art Brut – Top Of The Pops)

Eddie Curry April 11, 2013 0

Is it cheating to have a compilation/Greatest Hits album as Album Of The Week? Not when it’s as good as this one. Courteeners – Van Der Graaff Art Brut – Formed A Band Bow

Playlist for 5 April 2013 (AOTW: British Sea Power – Machineries Of Joy)

Eddie Curry April 5, 2013 0

I’m not normally on air on Friday evenings but I’m on the cover roster tonight, filling in for Elliot who’s taking a two-week break from Amplify. I had a bit of a break myself

Ninja Baby live at Phoenix FM

Eddie Curry March 28, 2013 1

Click here to listen again to the interview: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] We welcomed Brentwood/Billericay/Dagenham trio NINJA BABY into the Phoenix FM studio for a chat and live session. The band’s

Playlist for 28 March 2013 (AOTW: David Bowie – The Next Day)

Eddie Curry March 28, 2013 0

Never thought that I’d enjoy a David Bowie album this much. Sure, he was good in the 70s and bits of the 80s too (I loved Ashes To Ashes first time round, and was

Playlist for 21 March 2013 (AOTW: Melody’s Echo Chamber – Melody’s Echo Chamber)

Eddie Curry March 21, 2013 0

The first half of the show was a bit of a Latitude special – I did interview Melvin Benn again this week when I attended the Latitude Launch Party at the BBC studios in

Playlist for 14 March 2013 (AOTW: Suede – Bloodsports)

Eddie Curry March 14, 2013 1

Jensen Code – Flight To London David Bowie – The Stars (Are Out Tonight) Decade In Exile – Patti’s Town Suede – Barriers Dumb – Dive E-Jitz – Def Con Wan I Am Waiting

Playlist for 7 March 2013 (AOTW: I Plead Irony – This Statement Is False)

Eddie Curry March 7, 2013 1

Album of the week is from a band from Farnborough, I Plead Irony. Farnborough was home to one of my favourite indie bands from the 90s, Mega City Four, and IPI are made up

Plantman live on Phoenix FM

Eddie Curry March 1, 2013 1

Click here to listen again to the interview: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] It was great to get Matt and Bryan from Plantman down for a session on this week’s show. The

Playlist for 28 February 2013 (AOTW: Plantman – Whispering Trees)

Eddie Curry February 28, 2013 0

I guess it’s a bit of a cheat to have Plantman’s Whispering Trees as my album of the week, as they were in the studio playing tracks from the album live, but we did

Phoenix FM interview with the Kaiser Chiefs

Eddie Curry February 28, 2013 1

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] I managed to have a few words with Ricky and Simon from the Kaiser Chiefs before their sold out gig at the Corn Exchange in Cambridge. The

Playlist for 21 February 2013

Eddie Curry February 21, 2013 0

I appear to have forgotten to pick an AOTW this week. Joy Formidable – Maw Maw Song Haiku Salut – Sounds Like There’s A Pacman Crunching Away At Your Heart Foals – My Number

Gig review – Jayce Lewis and Black Light Burns

Eddie Curry February 16, 2013 0

Our roving gig reporter Saffron dialled in with her review of the recent Jayce Lewis/Black Light Burns show at the Camden Underworld. That’s Saffron with Wes Borland from Black Light Burns. Great mo …

Playlist for 14 February 2013 (AOTW: My Bloody Valentine – mbv)

Eddie Curry February 14, 2013 0

I’ve enjoyed listening to the much-lauded mbv this week, which is kind of odd as I was never a particular fan of the band and I still haven’t heard the “mouldbreaking” Loveless. Maybe one

Phoenix FM interview with Sonic Boom Six

Eddie Curry February 13, 2013 0

Click here to listen again to the interview: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] It was great to finally catch up with Laila K and Barney Boom from Sonic Boom Six, who were

Playlist for 7 February 2013 (AOTW: The History Of Apple Pie – Out Of View)

Eddie Curry February 7, 2013 0

In the week that My Bloody Valentine’s first album in 22 years hit your ears, was it churlish to choose anything else? Not at all, THOAP’s great debut album hits the territory between Lush

Phoenix FM talk to The 1975

Eddie Curry February 7, 2013 1

Click here to listen again to the interview: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Fast-rising Manchester indie darlings The 1975 visited our corner of the country on Wednesday and I had a chance

Playlist for 31 January 2013 (AOTW: The Joy Formidable – Wolf’s Law)

Eddie Curry January 31, 2013 0

Mogwai – Letters To The Metro (Zombi remix) Joy Formidable – Bats Dingus Khan – Knifey Spoony Chapel Club – Good Together (JD Twitch remix) Comanechi – Dream Of Dream Boxcars – Much To

Interview with Saffron from Republica

Eddie Curry January 26, 2013 2

Click here to listen again to the interview: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Always a delight to have Saffron back on the show! We spoke about the band’s current plans, including a

Playlist for 24 January 2013 (AOTW: Dutch Uncles – Out Of Touch In The Wild)

Eddie Curry January 24, 2013 0

Great new album from Manchester’s math/pop/proggers Dutch Uncles, released on 14 January on Memphis Industries. I’ve been playing singles Fester and Flexxin for a while but the whole album is worthy of repeated playback.

Playlist for 17 January 2013 (AOTW: Everything Everything – Arc)

Eddie Curry January 17, 2013 0

Difficult choices as a lot of good albums are coming out at once, but I went for Everything Everything’s second album, Arc, which came out this week. It hardly needs an introduction, as both

Playlist for 10 January 2013 (AOTW: Haiku Salut – Tricolore)

Eddie Curry January 10, 2013 0

It was easy and lazy for me to choose this as my album of the week – it had just been dropped into my hands a few hours earlier. However that’s not meant to

Playlist for 3 January 2013 (AOTW: Bettie Serveert – Oh, Mayhem!)

Eddie Curry January 3, 2013 0

My album of the week was the ninth album from Bettie Serveert, a band from Arnhem in the Netherlands who have been purveying their timeless guitar-led indie rock since the release of their excellent

The best of Essex – 2012

Eddie Curry December 24, 2012 0

Here are the acts mentioned in my Best Of Essex review … Leanne Louise – Spotlight Rozie T – Live at the Brentwood Beer and Music Festival Rajiv – Catch Me If You Can

Playlist for 19 December 2012 (AOTW: I Like Trains – The Shallows)

Eddie Curry December 19, 2012 0

- What happens if the computer in the studio crashes at Christmas? - I’ll restart it from home. - How do you do that? - I have Team Viewer. - What is that? -

Playlist for 13 December 2012 (Countdown To Christmas … Party)

Eddie Curry December 13, 2012 0

On air in the unusually unusual timeslot of 6pm-8pm with a room full of people patiently waiting for the Phoenix FM Christmas Party to start – and wondering why I am not playing “party

Interview with Matt Fletcher

Eddie Curry December 13, 2012 0

New Phoenix FM roving reporter Sarah Calder went out to chat to Matt Fletcher, a local singer/songwriter who has featured on the station in the past as part of Electric Child House. You can

Playlist for 6 December 2012

Eddie Curry December 6, 2012 0

3 for Wiz – played out three songs in memory of the former Mega City Four frontman who passed away 6 years ago today. Bloc Party – Octopus Evans The Death – Telling Lies

Playlist for 29 November 2012 (AOTW: Toy – Toy)

Eddie Curry November 29, 2012 0

This album came out a few weeks ago – 10th September, to be precise – but I’m a very busy man, can’t sit around listening to music all day! (Well maybe that does happen

High/Low playing live on Phoenix FM

Eddie Curry November 22, 2012 1

It’s been a full six years since Steve and Lee did their last session for us – a full-band Creative session as part of The Nurse Who Loved Me. But having got together to

Playlist for 22 November 2012 (AOTW: Focus – Focus X)

Eddie Curry November 22, 2012 1

I bought my first Focus album 22 years ago – and they’d already been going 22 years at that point. Good to see them back. Good to see some Roger Dean artwork. And good

The Lovely Eggs in session at Phoenix FM. A little while ago …

Eddie Curry November 18, 2012 0

We managed to persuade the Lovely Eggs to come in for a session for us one Sunday afternoon in February 2011. We’re normally used to bands coming in and doing an acoustic set, because

Playlist for 15 November 2012 (AOTW: Dingus Khan – Support Mistley Swans)

Eddie Curry November 15, 2012 0

There’s been a growing buzz from this band from Manningtree, and the debut album doesn’t disappoint. I haven’t managed to catch the live spectacle yet but there’s definitely something special in a band that

Playlist for 8 November 2012 (AOTW: Winter Olympics – Profit And Loss)

Eddie Curry November 8, 2012 0

I’ve only just discovered this band, which is hard to believe because they’ve been around for ten years. But it’s also easy to believe as they’ve only just released their debut album. Got to

Playlist for 25 October 2012 (AOTW: The Lovely Eggs – Wildfire)

Eddie Curry October 25, 2012 0

I couldn’t not choose this, the third full offering from Lancaster’s finest and maddest packed full of their trademark madness. The album is out on 26 November on Cherryade and you can buy it

Playlist for 18 October 2012 (AOTW: Chris Brokaw – Gambler’s Ecstasy)

Eddie Curry October 18, 2012 0

This week’s album of the week is Gambler’s Ecstasy from CHRIS BROKAW – it’s out now on Damnably Records. Chris is the former drummer with New York bands Codeine and Come, and has been

Deferred Sucess live on Phoenix FM

Eddie Curry October 11, 2012 1

Click here to listen again to the interview: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Doozer, Rich, Steve and Chris were back in the studio today for their third session, following on from ones

Playlist for 11 October 2012 (AOTW: This Many Boyfriends – This Many Boyfriends)

Eddie Curry October 11, 2012 0

Tonight we had Deferred Sucess playing live in the studio – and you can read more about that here. The album of the week came courtesy of Leeds’ eponymous debut from This Many Boyfriends.

Playlist for 4 October 2012 (AOTW: Tame Impala – Lonerism)

Paul Golder October 4, 2012 2

My AOTW this W is the second album frmo Western Australia’s finest psychedelic rockers and I’m loving their work the more I listen to it. It’s out next Monday. Tonight’s playlist: Bloc Party –

Playlist for 27 September 2012 (AOTW: Ultrasound – Play For Today)

Eddie Curry September 27, 2012 0

Ultrasound were one of those bands who seemed to be on the verge of getting big – and then nothing happened. They released one album in 1999 – the epic “Everything Picture” – indie

Playlist for 20 September 2012

Eddie Curry September 20, 2012 0

A bit of a low key birthday show tonight (my birthday, that is – not one of Phoenix FM’s many birthdays/causes for celebration). Thanks to 33rpmchris, jasonireland, radio_nick, sharonandjay, vandathevampire, invisibleman275, lucene, funkle, saramust

Playlist for 13 September 2012

Eddie Curry September 13, 2012 0

Van Der Graaf Generator – Theme One High-Low – Forty (Acoustic Sofa Session) Sonic Boom Six – Virus Lagitagida – Blastica Taffy – So Long Wind-Up Birds – Good Shop Shuts Honeyblood – Biro

Playlist for 6 September 2012 (AOTW: Y Niwl – Y Niwl 4)

Eddie Curry September 6, 2012 0

A bit of a cheat for my album of the week really as it’s another EP, but who cares? They’re a nice bunch of guys and they’re Welsh and they play surf rock, so

Playlist for 23 August 2012 (AOTW: Local Girls – Deluxe Kicks)

Eddie Curry August 23, 2012 0

Great debut album offering from Norwich’s Local Girls – out on 10 September on Sour Puss Records. Tonight’s playlist: A House – Charity Bloc Party – Real Talk Ben Folds Five – Do It

Playlist for 16 August 2012 (AOTW: Bloc Party – Four)

Eddie Curry August 16, 2012 0

After the wonder of their debut Silent Alarm and the disappointment of the next two less-guitary albums, I was never really sure what to expect. I certainly didn’t expect it to be THAT GOOD

Playlist for 2 August 2012 (AOTW: Blur – Parklife)

Eddie Curry August 2, 2012 0

For the first time ever I’ve done a great big cheat and chosen an album I bought 18 years ago (for the record, from Our Price in Brentwood, on the day of release, and

Dominic Masters special #1

Eddie Curry July 29, 2012 0

The Others' frontman is back presenting on Phoenix FM

Playlist for 26 July 2012 (AOTW: The Monochrome Set – Platinum Coils)

Eddie Curry July 26, 2012 0

The Monochrome Set were definitely a band that had passed me by in the olden days. I was well aware of them – my local record shop in the early 80s, Downtown Records in

Interview with School Of Seven Bells

Eddie Curry July 21, 2012 1

I managed to catch up with Ally Deheza from New York dreampop duo School Of Seven Tours midway through the band’s mini-UK tour. Click here to listen again the to the interview: [Audio clip:

Playlist for 19 July 2012 (AOTW: Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Mature Themes)

Eddie Curry July 19, 2012 0

Deep Purple – Lazy Foals – Red Socks Pugie Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Only In My Dreams Echobelly – Insomniac Vile Electrodes – Play With Fire Public Service Broadcasting – Dig For Victory

Playlist for 12 July 2012 (Creative Session: Midway Still) (AOTW: Laetitia Sadier – Silencio)

Eddie Curry July 12, 2012 0

We are currently thick in the middle of week one of our Creative Sessions first play – 23 bands, a new band a day, and today was the first opportunity to listen to the

Playlist for 5 July 2012

Eddie Curry July 5, 2012 0

No album of the week this week, due to the ridiculous summer heat. It reached 24 degrees today. And the studio smelt of strawberries, thanks to our friends at Calcott Hall Farm Shop, much

Playlist for 28 June 2012 (AOTW: Boy – Mutual Friends)

Eddie Curry June 28, 2012 0

Album of the week this week came from a band I discovered by accident – I spent too long listening to Spotify’s new releases, and this popped up. Just as well as I may

THE BOA PODCAST

Eddie Curry June 21, 2012 0

From Eddie Curry – I am not doing my show tonight but instead will be putting together a podcast, since we’re going to party like it’s 2006. Obviously we’re a community radio station and

Midway Still – still live, in Bedford

Eddie Curry June 14, 2012 0

Click here to hear the interview again: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] I caught up (again) with recent Phoenix FM sessionists MIDWAY STILL at their gig at Esquires, Bedford, where they were

Driving Jarvis Ham

Eddie Curry June 14, 2012 0

Click below to hear in the interview again: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] It’s been a while since I caught up with Carter USM frontman JIM BOB but I managed to do

Playlist for 14 June 2012 (AOTW: Bleech – Nude)

Eddie Curry June 14, 2012 2

One of my favouritist albums in a long time is the debut offering from Bleech – Nude. I’m a big fan of the 90s-female-fronted-indie-band thing and this lot have it in buckets and spades.

Playlist for 7 June 2012 (AOTW: Midway Still – Always Ends)

Eddie Curry June 7, 2012 0

Tonight’s album of the week was the new offering from MIDWAY STILL, “Always Ends”. The band were around in the early 90s and were lumped in with the explosion of grunge bands that came

Playlist for 31 May 2012 (AOTW: 2:54 – 2:54)

Eddie Curry May 31, 2012 0

My album of the week this week was the beautiful debut offering from 2:54. Tonight’s playlist: British Sea Power – Lights Out For Darker Skies Metric – Speed The Collapse Knifeworld – Clairvoyant Fortnight

Playlist for 24 May 2012

Eddie Curry May 24, 2012 0

Thanks for the requests tonight. I think I discharged myself well with the requests for a Depeche Mode B-side, some old skool punk and “some French music” Delphic – Doubt 2:54 – Creeping Wind-Up

Playlist for 17 May 2012 (AOTW: Wind-Up Birds – The Land)

Eddie Curry May 17, 2012 0

My album of the week was the debut offering from Leeds’ Wind-Up Birds, entitled The Land. If I was going to be a lazy writer (which I am) I’d pigeonhole them as a Northern

Playlist for 10 May 2012

Eddie Curry May 10, 2012 0

We had a group meeting tonight, so I played my songs pretty much in alphabetical order! 2:54 – Creeping Aberdeen City – God Is Going To Get Sick Of Me Air – Sexy Boy

Playlist for 3 May 2012

Eddie Curry May 3, 2012 0

No album of the week again this week! British Sea Power – Facts Not Right Taffy – So Long Coronas – Addicted To Progress 2:54 – Creeping Taffy – So Long San Cisco –

Playlist for 19 April 2012

Eddie Curry April 19, 2012 0

No particular album of the week this week. I brought back a few indie tunes from Catalonia, which was my excuse for not doing last week’s show. Tonight’s playlist: Jensen Code – Travel At

Playlist for 5 April 2012 (AOTW: Surfquake – Surf And Destroy)

Eddie Curry April 5, 2012 0

Better late than never but I’ve finally made Surf And Destroy by Colchester suf-rock wizards Surfquake my album of the week. I caught the band live at Chinnery’s a couple of years ago, got

Playlist for 29 March 2012 (AOTW: Choir Of Young Believers – Rhine Gold)

Eddie Curry March 29, 2012 0

Choir Of Young Believers are a band from Copenhagen who I managed to catch live, by accident, a couple of years ago when they were in London touring their debut album This Is For

Playlist for 22 March 2012 (AOTW: The Pre New – Music For People Who Hate Themselves)

Eddie Curry March 22, 2012 0

Never thought I’d see the day that another Earl Brutus album came into being – and here it is in all its spirit and glory, under the band’s new guise of The Pre New.

Playlist for 15 March 2012 (AOTW: Frank and Walters – Greenwich Mean Time)

Eddie Curry March 15, 2012 0

Can you believe the Frank and Walters are still going (and for that matter they’ve aged pretty well too)? It’s been 20 years since they were last on the cover of the NME …

Playlist for 8 March 2012 (AOTW: Baddies – Build)

Eddie Curry March 8, 2012 0

Three songs this week from another great Essex band, Baddies, and their second album, Build, which is out now. Sleeper – Lie Detector Feeder – Just A Day Baddies – Rewire Lo Fidelity Allstars

Playlist for 1 March 2012 – St David’s Day Special!

Eddie Curry March 1, 2012 0

Instead of an AOTW I did a bit of a St David’s Day special, only because there’s been so much good music out of Wales over the years. UNWELSH: Pixies – Monkey Gone To

Playlist for 22 February 2012 (AOTW: Deferred Sucess – Deferred Sucess)

Eddie Curry February 22, 2012 0

Tonight’s album of the week was the debut self-titled offering from Deferred Sucess. It may be a debut but it feels like I’ve known these songs for ever. The band recorded a session version

Playlist for 15 February 2012

Eddie Curry February 15, 2012 0

No album of the week this week because we had three tracks from the wonderful Fiona Bevan instead. Tonight’s playlist: Dodgy – What Became Of You British Sea Power – A Light Above Descending

Fiona Bevan – live on Phoenix FM

Eddie Curry February 15, 2012 1

Click below to listen again to the interview: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] After countless sessions in the old place we had the first BOA session in the Brentwood Centre, and what

Playlist for 1 February 2012 (AOTW: Mull Historical Society – City Awakenings)

Eddie Curry February 1, 2012 0

My album of the week was Mull Historical Society’s City Awakenings, which was released on 23 January on Xtra Mile. A bit of a return to form for Colin McIntyre, whose albums I always

The Brompton Mix live on Phoenix FM

Eddie Curry January 25, 2012 0

Watch/hear their live acoustic session again

Playlist for 25 January 2012 (AOTW: MJ Hibbett and the Validators – Dinosaur Planet)

Eddie Curry January 25, 2012 0

It seems like it’s been out for ever but it really only came out this month. You can read up everything you want to know about the album here or even look back to

Interview with Mathew Priest from Dodgy

Eddie Curry January 20, 2012 2

Click here to listen again to the interview: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] It’s been a whopping 16 years since the original Dodgy trio of Nigel Clark, Mathew Priest and Andy Miller

BAS II

Eddie Curry January 19, 2012 2

Organiser Deb Danahay tells us all about Essex's electronic festival

Playlist for 19 January 2012 (Bas II, Dodgy and AOTW: Nada Surf – The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy)

Eddie Curry January 19, 2012 0

Ooh – busy show tonight. And back on Thursday for a change too! The first hour was taken up with my chat with Deb Danahay and BAS II – you can see more about

Playlist for 11 January 2012 (AOTW: Maccabees – Given To The Wild)

Eddie Curry January 11, 2012 0

Tonight’s playlist: B-52′s – Rock Lobster Baddies – Bronto Scumbag Philosopher – God Is Dead So I Listen To Radiohead Everything Everything – Suffragette Suffragette Lush – Hypocrite Mull Historical Society – Mull Historical

Playlist for 4 January 2012 (AOTW: Gordon Withers – The Joy Formidable On Cello)

Eddie Curry January 4, 2012 0

Truncated show tonight. First album of the year goes to an excellent album of Joy Formidable covers, played on the cello. Tonight’s playlist: Beck – Where It’s At Maccabees – Pelican Radiohead – The

The last show of the year!

Eddie Curry December 31, 2011 0

Once again I’m in for my special Indie Disco new year’s eve show, drinking red bull and eating pizza while my kids run AMOK around the studio. Good job we’re moving next year! Kasabian

The songs of the year show

Eddie Curry December 28, 2011 0

You’d call this “singles of the year” in the old days but I’ve just got no idea what songs bands release any more, so I just picked a number of tracks from albums or

The albums of the year show

Eddie Curry December 21, 2011 0

Tonight’s show was an albums of the year special. I picked 30 random songs from 30 albums which I consider to be my favourite ones of the year – in no particular order. And

Playlist for 14 December 2011

Eddie Curry December 14, 2011 0

Finally played a couple of Christmas songs this week! Futureheads – Christmas Was Better In The 80s Others – Tic Tok (demo) Little Roy – Come As You Are Fall – Hark! The Herald

Playlist for 7 December 2011 (2 AOTWS: Tortoise Family Connections – Extraterrestrial Kestrel and Colorama – Llyfr Lliwio)

Eddie Curry December 7, 2011 0

Just to be awkward and inconsitent, in a year where I just normally can’t be bothered to choose an album of the week every week, I chose two tonight. Not sure if they are

Playlist for 23 November 2011 (AOTW: They Might Be Giants – Album Raises New and Troubling Questions)

Eddie Curry November 23, 2011 0

Tonight's playlist, including MJ Hibbett and a great new offering from They Might Be Giants

MJ Hibbett – in session, once again

Eddie Curry November 23, 2011 3

Back for the fifth time to talk about dinosaurs and robots

Clinton USM – in session

Eddie Curry November 20, 2011 1

I was utterly delighted to welcome CLINTON USM – Taro Takei and Masato Saito – into the Phoenix FM studios for possibly their first ever radio session. Taro and Masato are a Carter USM

Playlist for 9 November 2011 (AOTW Jensen Code – The True Colors Of Mars I)

Eddie Curry November 9, 2011 0

My Album Of The week was The True Colors Of Mars I by London interstellar travellers The Jensen Code. And yes it’s an EP, but what the hey, it’s still my Album Of The

Le Monnier live on Phoenix FM

Eddie Curry November 9, 2011 2

Live in session on Brentwood's Only Alternative

Playlist for 2 November 2011 (AOTW Killed By 9V Batteries – The Crux)

Eddie Curry November 2, 2011 0

This week’s album of the week is by Vienna indie-rock quartet Killed By 9V Batteries. You can buy it on Bandcamp for a handful of Euros. Go and spend them before the currency disappears

Playlist for 30 October 2011

Eddie Curry October 30, 2011 0

As well as the excellent session from Korda Marshall which you can see here, we also played: Ned’s Atomic Dustbin – Kill Your Television Luke Haines – Inside The Restless Mind Of Rollerball Rocco

Korda Marshall live on Phoenix FM

Eddie Curry October 30, 2011 0

Listen again to the band's acoustic session and interview

Playlist for 26 October 2011 (AOTW Luke Haines – Nine And A Half Psychedelic Meditations On British Wrestling Of The 1970s And Early ’80s)

Eddie Curry October 26, 2011 0

This week’s album of the week is from ex-Auteurs frontman Luke Haines, and his latest offering – Nine And A Half Psychedelic Meditations On British Wrestling Of The 1970s And Early ’80s – which

Brian Robertson comes back to Phoenix FM

Eddie Curry October 23, 2011 3

Ex-Thin Lizzy and Motorhead legend returns to our Brentwood studio

Playlist for 19 October 2011

Eddie Curry October 19, 2011 0

Stone Roses – I Am The Resurrection British Sea Power – We Are Sound Sugarcubes – Birthday Røyksopp – Eple Death Of Death Of Discotheque – Preset 3 Darvaza Hole – Observational Frame Of

Playlist for 16 October 2011

Eddie Curry October 16, 2011 0

As well as the Darvaza Hole session which we played out live (click the link to see/hear it again), we also played tonight: Joy Formidable – Whirring Thomas Tantrum – Only Human Boxer Rebellion

The Darvaza Hole live on Phoenix FM

Eddie Curry October 16, 2011 1

Click here to listen again to the interview: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] It was a pleasure to welcome Laura, Richard and Steve from Southend’s Darvaza Hole, not to be confused with

Rubylux live on Phoenix FM

Eddie Curry October 14, 2011 1

Click here to listen again to the interview: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Rob, Adam and Mike from Rubylux came down to see us, play some songs live and tell us what

Playlist for 12 October 2011 (AOTW Pop Will Eat Itself – New Noise Designed By A Sadist)

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Moved to Wednesday nights and for a month at least I’ll be doing this show twice a week, along with “session night” on a Sunday evening. As well as playing out the recent Midway

Playlist for 9 October 2011

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We welcomed Fashoda Crisis into the station so we didn’t play as much music as usual. But never confuse quality with quantity, that’s what I say. We did play: Family Cat – Steamroller Ned’s

Fashoda Crisis live on Phoenix FM

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It was great to welcome Fashoda Crisis back to the hallowed turf of Phoenix FM. Sim, Simon and Matt played out three songs – The Berry-Brown Face Of Robert Kilroy-Silk, Animals and CancerHat –

Midway Still talk to Phoenix FM

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Click below to listen to the interview: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Bursting onto an already-healthy music scene in 1991, Kent band Midway Still made an instant impact with fans and press

Playlist for 2 October 2011

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Apart from playing out Friday’s Missing Andy session again, I also managed to get in a bit of the Bikini Beach Band, who I first saw live back at the Jazz Cafe in August

Playlist for 25 September 2011 (AOTW Nirvana – Nevermind)

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Interview of the week We don’t always have one – but if you missed my show you missed my interview with The Others, their first radio interview for 4 years. Don’t fret – it’s

The Others talk to Phoenix FM

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Between 2004 and 2006 The Others were all over the music press – a front cover of the NME, hundreds of gigs and festivals, “guerilla gigs” making the national press. And more importantly, frontman

Playlist for 8 September 2011 (AOTW Fashoda Crisis – Him Make They Learn Read)

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This was my last Thursday evening show for quite a while – Nick Field will be moving his Curveballs to this slot as of next week. I’m having a couple of weeks off (unless

Playlist for 1 September 2011

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Tonight’s show was a bit of a Reading Festival comedown – I played out my interviews with Metronomy and Viva Brother and also the following wonderful tracks: Pulp – I Spy Joy Formidable –

Playlist for 25 August 2011 (AOTW CSS – La Liberación)

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Yes, I have an AOTW again! It’s CSS and their third offering, La Liberación, which came out on Monday. Without meaning to sound too judgemental – I was pleasantly surprised. Go buy it and

Playlist for 18 August 2011

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Thousand Yard Stare – Comeuppance British Sea Power – Mongk II Howling Bells – Into The Sky Franz Ferdinand – Can’t Stop Feeling Brownies – Japan Pop Will Eat Itself – RSVP Carter USM

Playlist for 11 August 2011

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Kaiser Chiefs – Never Miss A Beat Pre New – I Believe In Jackie Foster The People – Pumped Up Kicks History Of Apple Pie – Tug New Fast Automatic Daffodils – Stockholm Eddy

Dos Pints, Mis Amigos

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Click below to listen again to the interview [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Cult 90s band POP WILL EAT ITSELF are back with a new album, new tour and new line up

Tai Chi Swayze live at Phoenix FM

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You can hear the whole session and interview again by clicking here We welcomed Londonish band TAI CHI SWAYZE into the Phoenix FM studio for a whole load of chat and three songs, which

Playlist for 28 July 2011

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Auteurs – Show Girl Jonny Cola and the A Grades – Postcode Wars Fight Like Apes – Do You Karate Darvaza Hole – I Dream Idol Local Girls – Kitty (Is A Bad Kitty)

Playlist for 21 July 2011

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Yes – Don’t Kill The Whale Naked and Famous – A Geek In Wolf’s Clothing Heike Has The Giggles – Crazy In Love To Destroy A City – Narcotic Sea Y Niwl – Tri

Playlist for 14 July 2011

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Along with the excellent session from Jonny Cola and the A Grades, which is going up on this website soon, I also played: Pulp – Lipgloss Darling Buds – Shame On You Good Natured

Playlist for 7 July 2011 (AOTW Shonen Knife – Freetime)

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Apart from having the wonderful Something Beginning With L in (more info about that here) we had an excellent album of the week, Shonen Knife. It’s pretty much exactly the same as the sixteen

Something Beginning With L – live session

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This ex-Suffolk London-based trio have been playing together for quite a while through various outlets including Stuffy and the Fuses and Graham Coxon’s backing band. The recorded output is a beguiling mix of indie,

Playlist for 29 June 2011 (2 AOTWs: Thomas Tantrum – Mad By Moonlight and Victorian English Gentlemens Club – Bag Of Meat)

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Like the title says, two albums of the weeks: Firstly, Southampton’s finest – Thomas Tantrum – who I interviewed at their recent Hoxton gig, and the wonderful Mad By Moonlight. I knew it was

7AM		The Breakfast Show Rob Jelly
10AM		Eat My Brunch Scott Ross
1PM		One 2 Three Bob Simpson
3PM		Drive Gerry Smith
6PM		Blues From Brentwood Ches Moulton
8PM		Brentwood's Only Alternative Eddie Curry
10PM		Late Night Rock Alex Hoggett

20.06.13	Alex Trenchard talking about the Standon Calling festival on The Breakfast Show
20.06.13	Crocked Monsieurs chatting about their campaign against domestic violence on Eat My Brunch
20.06.13	Federation of Small Businesses Alan Jefcoate will be talking about local business news on Drive
21.06.13	Sylvia Kent joined by local author Patrick Forsyth on Book Club on Eat My Brunch
21.06.13	Sam Chandler student and pianist chatting on Friday Night Extra
22.06.13	Lorretta interview and live session from the winner of the True Colours competition on Packed Lunch
22.06.13	Rob Eagle interview and live session on Saturday Night Live
23.06.13	Ellen Blane interview and live session on Sunday Lunch
26.06.13	The Tomorrow Men interview and live session on Curveballs
27.06.13	Kevin Walker interview and live session on Eat My Brunch
27.06.13	Porter interview and live session on Blues From Brentwood
28.06.13	Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering Gary Mann will be talking toilets on Drive
28.06.13	Summerfest Nick Sillitoe from the Rotary Club of Billericay Mayflower will be chatting about this event on Drive
28.06.13	The Quickfires interview and live session on Amplify
29.06.13	Vin Harrop talking about the Billericay Art Trail on Feelgood Saturday
30.06.13	Mannequins interview and live session on Sunday Lunch
03.07.13	Sabiba interview and live session on Curveballs
04.07.13	Korda Marshall interview and live session on Brentwood's Only Alternative
05.07.13	Ben Marcus Band talking about their new single on Eat My Brunch
06.07.13	The Essex Ghost Hunters talking about the haunted places of Essex on Packed Lunch
06.07.13	Mike Hough interview and live session on Saturday Night Live
07.07.13	Projekt:Weekend interview and live session on Sunday Lunch
10.07.13	Brentwood Selo Sub Aqua Club David Harvey will be chatting on One 2 Three
10.07.13	Mr Alagappan Sivaraman consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Spire Hartswood Hospital talking about coccyx problems on Body Talk
10.07.13	Lunar Pilots interview and live session on Curveballs
11.07.13	Weirdgear talking about their new musical projects on Brentwood's Only Alternative
12.07.13	Amy Sargeant interview and live session on Amplify
12.07.13	Rich Neale and Sarah Hartley local songwriters chatting on Friday Night Extra
13.07.13	Shannon Saunders interview and live session on Saturday Night Live
16.07.13	Taffy interview and live session on 1st Gear
17.07.13	High Flying Wolves interview and live session on Curveballs
18.07.13	Dingus Khan interview and live session on Brentwood's Only Alternative
20.07.13	The Jjars interview and live session on Saturday Night Live
24.07.13	Soma Rising interview and live session on Curveballs
27.07.13	Leah Lost interview and live session on Saturday Night Live
07.08.13	Mr Andrew Ballaro consultant urologist at Spire Hartswood Hospital talking about kidney stones on Body Talk
07.08.13	Dead Baby Birds interview and live session on Curveballs
10.08.13	Ian Twinley and Sarah Courage talking about PARC Essex and the Essex Dog Day on Feelgood Saturday
10.08.13	RNLI Tim Sheppard will be talking on Packed Lunch
10.08.13	Raphaella interview and live session on Saturday Night Live
24.08.13	Rhys Bowman interview and live session on Saturday Night Live
31.08.13	Funky Voices community choir performing live on Packed Lunch
31.08.13	Adam Duffield interview and live session on Saturday Night Live
04.09.13	Dr Parag Jasani consultant haematologist at Spire Hartswood Hospital talking anaemia on Body Talk
07.09.13	Hettie Steinmoree interview and live session on Saturday Night Live
14.09.13	Sophie Howes interview and live session on Saturday Night Live
21.09.13	Louise Parker interview and live session on Saturday Night Live
28.09.13	James Ryan interview and live session on Saturday Night Live
05.10.13	The Planes interview and live session on Saturday Night Live
12.10.13	Georgia Buchanan interview and live session on Saturday Night Live
25.11.13	Peter Davey talking about the Victorian Night in Ingatestone on The Breakfast Show


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