Radiobilly FM

The brainchild of Barry Monster, Radiobilly FM started life as Psychobilly Deluxe before evolving into the Subculture Collective - a small group of dedicated people producing their own shows to share great music and host a range of podcasts for lovers of underground/alternative rock 'n' roll.
Barry decided that Radiobilly FM would be a more suitable moniker, hence the current name.
Shows here include generous helpings of rockabilly, psychobilly and punk along with a dash of classic rock 'n' roll, rock and country.
If you're looking for a real alternative to mainstream radio and all the garbage that the music industry tries to ram down your throat, Radiobilly FM is a great place to start.
For a sample of what's available try out the Radiobilly FM player on the right of this blog page or even better get yourself over to http://radiobillyfm.com to find out more, check out the huge archive of past shows and set up your regular downloads via iTunes and more.

Free Download - Bang Bang Boogaloo

 

I downloaded this excellent compilation about a year ago and I'm pleased to see it's still available.

This album features track from 11 unsigned New York bands with a rock 'n' roll/garage sound. 

Get it here http://www.bangbangboogaloo.com/?page_id=213

Beautiful Days

Beautiful Days is a yearly festival conceived and organised by the Levellers and takes place every August at Ottery Saint Mary in Devon. This year was my third time and as an added bonus Lynne was able to get the time off to go with me.

We arrived at Escot Park and managed to get the tent up before the rain set in and the wind picked up on Thursday and although the sun was out by Friday lunchtime the festival site was boggin' for the rest of the weekend.



Despite a wet start though, the 10th Beautiful Days festival was as good as ever with the usual great variety of bands and entertainment that makes this one of my favourite events of the year. A wide selection of ales and potent ciders also help keep the thirst at bay.




Highlights of the weekend for me were getting to see Toots and the Maytels for the first time and a fantastic performance by Alabama 3. Also well worthy of note were Hobo Jones and the Junkyard Dogs, Richard Thompson, Dub Pistols, Dreadzone, P.I.L., New Model Army, Reel Big Fish and of course The Levellers.

http://www.beautifuldays.org/

Frodsham Frenzy

A great weekend organised by Ste of the XJROC and hosted by Paul and Cath at the Cheshire Cheese in Frodsham.

For a change this year we had some sun and good weather which meant we got to do a fantastic rideout instead of the weekend becoming one long piss up around the local pubs. 

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Saturday's ride took us on a marathon eight hour tour of North Wales, taking in the Horseshoe Pass, Conwy, Abergele and some awsome roads returning from Betwys-Y-Coed.

A big thanks to all involved and cheers to Ste for making it all happen.

Free Download - DieMonsterDie

  I recently got into horror punk / metal band DieMonsterDie after hearing them get lots of plays on the Diablocast podcast. To my great pleasure I found their 2010 album "Fall To Your Knees" available to to download for free from Bandcamp.

Although only fifteen tracks appear on the page, the download actually had sixteen tracks, the extra one being a great cover of "Dead Flowers".

Influences include Black Sabbath, Type O Negative, Gwar, Ramones, Misfits, GG Allin, Slayer, Alice Cooper and more.

Head on over to http://diemonsterdieslc.bandcamp.com/album/fall-to-your-knees for the free download in a choice of digital audio formats. If you like what you hear you can buy more from the back catalogue of DieMonsterDie for as little as $5, that's something like a measly three and a half quid for us here in the UK.

Yorkshire Pudding

Just about recovered from this weekend's Yorkshire Pudding Rally.

As always an excellent weekend's partying with great company at Hesley Woods on the outskirts of Sheffield.

The threatened storms kept away to give us some good weather in which to chill out with a few beers during the day.

Plenty of entertainment with five bands over two nights and the ever popular comedy show on Saturday, although not quite all of us had come round enough from Friday night to go and see it.

A big thanks to the Motorcycle Action Group and the marshals for all the work involved to make this happen. For more info on M.A.G. and how to join go to http://www.mag-uk.org

Greetings From Outbackville

Earlier this year, Flo Ri from Bavarian rockers Out Of Luck was kind enough to send me a copy of their new album. To coincide with the release of the video for "Johnny Ultracool", here's a brief review...

Greetings From Outbackville is the latest album from Bavarian trio Out Of Luck. This, their third release, has seventeen rockin' tracks including five bonus live recordings.

Their style very much takes me back to my younger days when a new generation of rockabilly bands first adopted the punk attitude to add a harder edge and sow the seeds of the psychobilly genre.

Band members Karl 'Cloey' K (Bass/Vocals), Flopez' (Guitar/Backing vocals) and Beppo the Buccaneer (Drums) work together flawlessly to create a tight, driving sound that will appeal to all lovers of rockabilly and old school psychobilly.

Greetings From Outbackville is available in CD format from http://www.rockabillyshop.de/ and as a download from Finetunes, I-Tunes, Napster, Amazon, E-music!

For sample tracks and more info check out
http://www.facebook.com/OutOfLuckRnR?sk=app_2405167945
http://www.myspace.com/outofluckrnr
 

A brief word on podcasts

For those of you not yet in the know, a podcast is a media file (usually part of a regular series) that can be downloaded or streamed to your computer or mobile device.
My taste ranges from the musical to the mysterious (see the podcast page) but you can find a podcast for just about any subject that interests you.
Podcasts can be downloaded directly from the publishers site or by using a podcatcher which will enable you to search for podcasts and automatically download your selection. iTunes is a very popular choice for this purpose.
Podcasts are often free to download as they are usually produced by people who are enthusiastic about their subject and enjoy sharing it with the world. Sometimes there is a subscription fee, a charge for extra content or an optional donation.

More info from Wikipedia