Adam Franklin interview

On September 12th Adam Franklin (Swervedriver, Sophia) did an interview and performed a small acoustic set for KEXP in Seattle. You can find MP3's of it here.
In the second part of the interview he talks about his very first solo show in 1998. That was the gig at the Vega in Copenhagen where Sune Wagner (Raveonettes, ex-Psyched Up Janet) and Sophia's Robin Proper-Sheppard also played an acoustic set. Apparently they tossed a coin to decide who had to play first.

Interview part 1
99th Dream
The streets that spin off
Interview part 2
Sundown
Song of Solomon
Interview part 3

Keeping it Peel (updated)

The BBC have set up an extensive site documenting the work of John Peel and all the sessions he recorded. You can check out The God Machine page here. The page also documents the Peel session that TGM recorded on 21/04/1992. They played 4 songs: Commitment, Desert Song, Double Dare and Pictures Of A Bleeding Boy.
You might remember that these renditions of Double Dare and Commitent ended up on different versions of the Home single.

Funnily enough all this info trashes most of the previously available info about the TGM Peel Session. It is usually listed as recorded on 29/05/1992 (which is actually the date on which the session was first broadcast) and has the following track list: I've seen the man, Prostitute, It's all over. There is a radio session floating around with these 3 tracks, but they must be from a different BBC session. I'll give a pint to the person who can name that session. Being from Belgium, that will ofcourse be a pint of Stella.

UPDATE: The pint goes to Jean-Paul who kindly let us know that the session must be a BBC1 Evening Session.

Sophia @ the Barbican

So far I've received/found 2 reviews of the Sophia gig at the Barbican in London. The first was in Spanish, the second in Italian. It's a strange world indeed, mister.

Radio Blog: fan edition

A bit later than expected (had to fix the forum first, it had gone totally berserk) but here it is: the Radio Blog Fan Edition. I haven't had the change to listen to the tracks myself, so I'm as curious as you are. I did notice that there's a lot of solo stuff. Is this because of the Sophia influence or is it just a sign of the times? You tell me...

Name:
SONOGRAPH
Tracks:
1. In the 50’s
2. On the road
URL:
www.myspace.com/sonograph
Tag line:
A guitar, a computer, a bleeding boy from CH, directionless...

Name:
ADDENDUM
Tracks:
3. Your mission impossible
4. Possessed
URL:
uk.geocities.com/addendum_music/
Tag line:
Melodic melancholy Northern Ireland band whose intelligent oxymoronic lyrics utter the ineffable!

Name:
CHEMICAL WIRE
Tracks:
5. The doubtful guest
6. Good omens
Tag line:
Solo project from Cardiff, influenced by Sophia (of course), God Machine, Swervedriver, Godspeed, Low, Aphex Twin,…

Name:
CODELESS
Tracks:
7. Let me be
8. Behind a window
URL:
www.codeless.net
Tag line:
northern indie rock from Hamburg, Germany

Name:
BRISTOL SONGS
Tracks:
9. Pale Man
10. They say
URL:
www.bristolsongs.com
Tag line:
bristol songs play Nordic melancholy music.
bristol songs are located in Sarpsborg, Norway.

Name:
DARREN BEGGS
Tracks:
11. You seemed to care
12. She's got history
URL:
www.darrenbeggs.net
Tag line:
a Northern Irish singer-songwriter whose music has a melodic haunting edge. Visit his website to hear more.