We did not know this day would come, but after last recording a show on a hailing day in March, Dr. Groove returns to the airwaves on Radioactive with a brand new show, as he lamentably tries to get his act together for the upcoming festivities of the summer festival, that he plays. So I hope you are as excited as the Dr. is with this return.
Love & Rage,
Dr. Groove
Thievery Corporation —> Shaolin Satellite
DJ Zinc ––> Goin on
Jon Baptiste —> Welcome to 8H
Mathias Aguayo ––> Rollerskate
Placebo —> Running up that Hill [Whitesquare’s Closing Down Re-Edit]
Staifia ––> Staifia feat. Radia Mendel
Yasmen Hamdan ––> Hon w Honak هون (Acid Arab Dub Remix)
Sava —> Goodies
Chase & Status & Stormzy ––> Backbone
Audiojack ––> Pusher
DJ Zinc —> Say It All Night Long feat. Grace Barton
In the adventure, a selection of tracks I have enjoyed so far this year. As ever, Enjoy!
Fantastic Plastic Machine – Theme of Luxury
Boards of Canada – Introit/Prophecy At 1420 MHz
Loraine James – Flatline (feat. Miho Hatori)
Vince Staples – Cotton
Noveller – The Girl Who Was Death (feat. Iggy Pop)
My New Band Believe – Love Story
of Montreal – When
Damaged Bug – Tented Lights
Anna Calvi – God’s Lonely Man (Feat. Iggy Pop)
Daniel Avery, Julie Dawson – The Ghost of Her Smile
Pullman – Weightless
Croz Boyce – Hanging Out With a Blueberry Pop
John Carroll Kirby – Valentino
Alice Sara Ott – The Sun’s Gone Dim and the Sky’s Turned Black
Momoko Gill – When Palestine Is Free
Scorching weather here in Dublin at the moment and back with another hot selection… So hot you might want to apply a layer of sunscreen….. but forget the X Factor.
Dublin has changed a lot since my youth. We are now home to peoples from all over the world – new Dubliners! The Daniel O’Connell monument, located at the bottom end of the street that bears his name, is iconic. It has been there all my life and hopefully will remain long after I’m gone.
There always seems to be some bird on the top of the statue shitting down on his head. O’Connell was an avowed abolitionist, perhaps the birds represent a certain intolerance – mirorred by the racist attitudes of those who don’t care for the lives of, for example, those seeking international protection in our country.
This edition of OV is dedicated to the memory of Yves Sakila – a man who came from Congo to Ireland to make a better life, never a crime. Yves lost his life in a tragic incident in Dublin city recently, not far from the statue of Ireland’s ‘Liberator’. May he rest in peace.
In this adventure as selection of tracks from artists that have had music released or distributed on the Rough Trade label over the past 50 years it has been in business. As ever Enjoy!
The Fall – Totally Wired
Robert Wyatt – At Last I Am Free
Ivor Cutler & Linda Hirst – Women Of The World
Arthur Russell – That’s Us/Wild Combination
The Smiths – Suffer Little Children
Pixies – River Euphrates
Daniel Figgis – Lucky’s Bad Day
ANOHNI and the Johnsons – I Fell in Love With a Dead Boy
Micachu and The Shapes – Golden Phone
Dean Blunt – Lush
Girl Band – Why They Hide Their Bodies Under My Garage
black midi – bmbmbm
caroline – Dark Blue
My New Band Believe – Love Story
Tribal Mutation / Tribal Reprise – Ruff Ruff & Ready
Flatline (feat. Miho Hatori) – Loraine James
Rosa Rugosa – Olof Dreijer
Introit/Prophecy At 1420 MHz – Boards of Canada
I’m Not Here – Oh Mr James
Tented Lights – Damaged Bug
The Girl Who Was Death (feat. Iggy Pop) – Noveller
The Ghost of Her Smile – Daniel Avery, Julie Dawson
Hot Dreams – Timber Timbre
Chemicals Make You Small (feat. The Flaming Lips) – Hammock
Reini – Harold Budd
Daddy’s Gonna Tell You No Lie – Laraaji
should be! (feat. Lila Ramani) – Mike
Studying William Blake got me started on the angels, Jane Siberry reminded me to call upon them, but Brian Blade and his thundering drums…brought the angels into the room. In this spirit, here is a minor compilation of Brian Blade’s work, which by no means is definitive. Because he’s worked with so many great artists, his body of work is many, many decades long.
So come, let’s hop on The Blade Train together and celebrate the thundering drums of Brian Blade!
May kindness, understanding, and forgiveness prevail.
Playlist:
Ninabird Intro
-QKThr loop taken from Aphex Twin from the album Drukqs
-Calling All Angels by Jane Siberry & k.d. lang
Daniel Lanois speaks from film clip
-Roman Candles by Gustavo Santaolalla from the Original Motion picture soundtrack for MOTORCYCLE DIARIES from 2006
-May be my last time going into Smoke #6, from Daniel Lanois with Brian Blade from the album Here is What Is – featuring Brady L. Blade Senior, Brian’s father.
-Chicago Blues by Joshua Redman with Gabrielle Cavassa from the album where are we
-Shoot the Moon by Norah Jones from her album Come Away With Me
-The Maker by Daniel Lanois, original music from the motion picture SLINGBLADE from 1996
-Shine by Joni Mitchell from her album of the same name.
-The Last Mulberry from Anders Koppel, Benjamin Koppel, Scott Colley and Brian Blade
-Scarlatti: Sonata in D Minor K9, L413 – Chick Corea, Live from the album Trilogy 3
-Mercy Angel by Brian Blade with Daniel Lanois
-Where Will I Be by Daniel Lanois from the album Here Is What Is
-God Be With You from Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band from his album Kings Highway.
-Nature’s Law, Brian Blade on guitar and vocals, Norah Jones on drums, Live from Skokan, NY
-Grace by Daniel Lanois, Aaron Neville, Brian Blade
Here’s what Daniel said about it in February 2026 when GRACE was released:
Thank you for listening to this new version of “Grace” – a timeless Aaron Neville vocal performance of this classic, blended with Brian Blade’s thundering drums and my steel guitar. The more I worked on this mélange, the more it seemed to resonate with the current state of humanity. May kindness, understanding, and forgiveness prevail.” -Lanois
In this adventure, tracks relating to the Moon. As ever, Enjoy!
Bill Wells & Aidan Moffat – A Short Song to the Moon
Mistress Mary – Man In The Moon
Ray Brooks – Mr. Moonconnect
Hank Williams – Howlin’ at the Moon
Rilo Kiley – About The Moon (w/ the Watson Twins)
Gavin Friday – Land On The Moon
Johnny Harris – Footprints On The Moon
M – Moonlight And Muzak
Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto – Moon
Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra – Bolero On The Moon Rocks
Arthur Russell – This is How we Walk on the Moon
The French – The Stars, The Moon, The Sun And The Clouds
Fatima Mansions – Behind The Moon
Nick Drake – Pink Moon
Kid Koala – Moon River
Richard Hawley – Cry a Tear for the Man in the Moon
Eden Ahbez – Full Moon
In this adventure, a selection of tracks I have been listening to lately. As ever Enjoy!
Nightjar – Glove Department (Excerpt)
The Advancement – Stone Folk
Sunforest – Magician in the Mountain
Stan Hubbs – Sundance
Croz Boyce – Hanging Out With a Blueberry Pop
My New Band Believe – Love Story
Ty Segall – Buildings
The Lovely Eggs – Cannonball
Warmduscher – The Sweet Smell of Florida
Anna Calvi – God’s Lonely Man (Feat. Iggy Pop)
of Montreal – When
mclusky – as a dad
Pullman – Kabul
Boards Of Canada – Tape 05
Anja Garbarek – I Won’t Hurt You
Lester Bowie’s Brass Fantasy – I Only Have Eyes For You
Last month of spring and this one features music from DOCTOR RED’s new LP, ‘Red Alert’, which has just been released on French label Culture Dub Records.
In the adventure, a selection of tracks from the two volumes of Little Bangers From Richard Hawley’s Jukebox. As ever Enjoy!
Link Wray & The Ray – Men Poppin’ Popeye
Curtis Knight & The Squires Feat. Jimi Hendrix – Hornet’s Nest
Duane Eddy And The Rebels – Trash
Dick Dale & His Del-Tones – Jungle Fever
The Time Keepers – Nasty
Jimmy Gordon – Buzzzzzz
Ahab & the Wailers – Neb’s Tune
The Shadows – Scotch On The Socks
The Factory – Path Through The Forest
The Premiers – Get On This Plane
Twangy Rebels – Lazy Rebel
Rockin’ Ronald & The Rebels – Cuttin’ Out
The Ho-Dads – Honky
King Curtis – Hot-Rod
Jack Nitzsche – The Last Race
Davie Allan & The Arrows – Cycle-delic
Jet Harris – Man From Nowhere
The Surf Riders – I’m Out
The Champs – 3/4 Mash
The Flies – I’m Not Your Stepping Stone
Link Wray And His Ray Men – Comanche
