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This Garage Punk and Power Pop Show Totally Rocks 54 3rd October

This Show Rocks · December 14, 2018

This week’s show is all about the Garage Punk and the Power Pop. Things kick off with a classic from the The Dickies before we stall it in Denton Texas for Bad Sports, The Uptown Bums, The High Tension Wires, The Novice, Low Culture and The Fungi Girls. Next up it’s a home grown and brand new tune from Squarehead and …

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THAT TRIP TO PDX TOTALLY ROCKED 7TH JANUARY 2016

This Show Rocks · January 7, 2016January 7, 2016

Alright I am back from my American holiday – Re-energised, re-inspired and with literally a big bag of new (and used) records. Last week I caught P.R.O.B.L.E.M.S. in Portland and they rocked my socks clean off so this week’s show starts and ends with them. I also found a box of old 7”s in my folks’s attic, got …

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This Birthday Totally Rocks 13th November

This Show Rocks · November 13, 2014November 13, 2014

This week’s show is dedicated to my brother because it is his Birthday today. All of this week’s bands have some spurious connection to him, whether we went to see them together, he gave me their albums as presents or he was simply with me when I bought them. First up its FIDLAR who …

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This Weekend is Gonna Totally Rock 8th May

This Show Rocks · May 8, 2014May 8, 2014

This week’s show is somewhat dedicated to that well known Dublin phenomenon where there are no gigs for months and then suddenly gigs every night and then no gigs for months again. The show also features a ton of newish garage-ish music in a stark departure from the last few weeks. Festivities kick off with …

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This Show Totally Rocks 78 27th March

This Show Rocks · March 27, 2014March 26, 2014

This week’s show is mostly about touring bands, bands that are playing here, bands that aren’t and bands that are playing other places. That said the first band on the show tonight is one I hadn’t heard of until last week and one that broke up in 1988 – Pailhead. Then its on to …

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Green Noise, Dirtnap and House of Records Totally Rock 13th February

This Show Rocks · February 13, 2014February 13, 2014

Green Noise Records is an absolutely amazing record shop and it was this day last week that I found myself unexpectedly back inside its doors. So this week I am playing stuff that I have bought there in my last 3 or 4 trips to the shop. Green Noise is owned by the same gentleman …

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These 2013 Tunes Totally Fucking Rock 19th December

This Show Rocks · December 19, 2013December 19, 2013

A virtual shit tonne of shit hot music was released in 2013 . This weeks show is all tunes from albums that have been released in the last 12 months. I have a four way tie for album of the year and among these is FIDLAR’s debut album. ( No Waves is defo the song …