Norwich native and resident, Matthew Worley, the "punk scholar", answers the big questions, like: What was "punk"? Why did punk cause such moral outrage?; the relationship between punk and reggae, and what were fanzines all about? We also talk cheese and beer in the Kings Head, protest songs with community theatre group The Common Lot, and holding a season ticket at Carrow Road.
Part Drew's story, part history lesson with live performance, we take in the prevalence of blindness among early bluesmen, the origins of the Paris, Texas theme tune and why doom metal is the most direct descendant of the blues alive today, along with the joys of busking in Norwich, teaching architecture, and Drew's weird and wonderful home made guitar making.
Jack and Rhi from the family 4-piece Mama Oh No talk us through their story, from growing up in the north Norfolk village of Northrepps, through to their debut album on HMV's 1921 Records, via Red Rooster, to the release of their second album, Fuzz-u-lator, on the day of recording. With added Family Band Quiz!
JULIET Price Thomas (NEW NOISE! RADIO presenter, gig host and soul/rap/spoken word performer) and Annie Catwoman (NEW NOISE! Gig promoter and Pica pica, Pica pica! Promotions) talk us through all the excellent work of NEW NOISE! and their partners in Norfolk and Suffolk in supporting young musicians and preparing them to pursue careers in the music industry, while we also talk through Annie's and JULIET's own individual music journeys.
NOTE: We do also discuss our thoughts on the recent academic research on the "shocking prevalence of suicide among musicians" and what is needed to address the problem.
Morwenna and Lee are the "lived-in voice telling slow, wild tales, accompanied by the echoing lap-steel guitar laments" that are The Molee Shakes. In a wide ranging discussion we we take in the impact of covid and AI on the creative arts, the joys of musical saws and theremins, visiting Graceland, venues with stinky toilets, running a stall on Norwich market, combined music and fashion shows, and which one of them can perform a Māori haka?
They also reveal the tunes they will be covering at the Rework Heartbreak special on Valentines day at the Garage - tickets here ...
Miles and Dylan from Red Mar talk us through the story of their "precise and expressive form of noise-rock", along with their other respective music projects. In a wide ranging conversation we talk music theory, the 1953 Guatemalan coup, JLS condoms, scaring children's birthday party goers, playing with their backs to the audience, double jointed elbows, and the aesthetics of the City Hall clock tower, among other things...
Tickets for their upcoming gig at Voodoo Daddies on 7 November here: https://www.voodoodaddysshowroom.co.uk/listing_single/1728052762668x766681597715677200
With a sound "oscillating between a form of primal noise-rock and bowel-twitching doom", Thom and Jade from Kulk talk us through their musical journey of "pain, anguish, frustration, and rage", including their recent "balls-out riff-fest" album It Gets Worse, appearances this year at Desertfest and ArcTanGent festivals, a collaboration with PigsPigsPigsPigsPigsPigsPigs, and their upcoming gigs supporting Japanese noise rock legends Melt Banana.
“The best British rock and roll band since the heyday of the Gallagher brothers”, share their story from supporting South Africa’s biggest-selling rock band The Parlotones, Pop Will Eat Itself and The Wedding Present, receiving worldwide radio play, to their recent sold out hometown show at Voodoo Daddy's Showroom, and a back story including a catwalk appearance in Japan.
Probably the hottest young band in Norwich right now, Magnolia claim to produce an incoherent cacophony of noise particles floating through the dark and futile abyss, we know not where they come from, nor where their loyalty's lie. Shepherded by Norwich's electro pop queen, Gemma Cullingford, the band are about to release their debut single on Gemma's label, with an upcoming launch show at Voodoo Daddys on 17 May ...
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A fascinating conversation with Mary Lovett who talks us through her creative life from her musical childhood through to becoming a composer, singer and producer of driving electronica soundscapes underpinning ethereal vocals, designer of bonkers automata machines, maker of immersive shows, facilitator of community singing groups, mother of four, and a neurodivergent mature grown ass woman who’s not ready to shut up yet.
To join one of Mary's Norwich community singing groups, go to https://marylovettmusic.co.uk/sing-tuesday-copy
Maria talks us through her journey, from growing up black in Norwich, through the bands The Incidentals, Girl In A Thunderbolt and Sink Ya Teeth, to her recent, critically acclaimed solo album Soft Cuts, which "twists and mutates it’s way through it’s influences, chewing up the sum of it’s parts and spitting out a groove-laden mash-up that nods to both 90s rave culture and Afro-futurism".
José McGill takes us on a journey from playing in his irascible father's band to forming Norwich roots music legends The Vagaband, known for their annual Midwinter Moonshine shows, among other things, including performing with youth orchestra, soundtracking a government information campaign, playing in all sorts of places, including a small island off Goa, only accessible at low tide, and most recently championing new kids on the Norwich roots music scene, Brown Horse.
The garage punk duo take a break on the Norwich leg of their extensive Summer of Punk tour playing flash gigs in town centres around the UK to talk about their journey from playing the Eaton Skate Park, via Downing Street to after parties for the likes of My Chemical Romance, with a an unequivocal message, best summed up by their tune Fuck The Tories.
Sean O'Neill, best known for promoting gigs under the name Ideal Surreal and co-author of recent book I'm Not From Here But It Feels Like Home: 20 Years Of LoFi In Norwich talks the glory years of Norwichcore, Mummy Where's The Milkman Records, and John Peel and Steve Lamacq appreciation of the scene, up to today's shifting sands of Norwich music venues, and why Great Yarmouth is the up and coming place for new music.
Benjamin of Venus Vinyl on Magdalen Street chats record and craft ale retailing in NR3, the Norwich music scene, the ups and downs of living the "High Fidelity" dream, why Record Store Day is both a blessing and a curse and the joy of selling an Ed Sheeran record to an Ed Sheeran lookalike, among many other things.
Norwich synth-pop and electronica artist Kiffie talks music, politics and mental health awareness, and everything that goes into writing, recording and producing his what Tom Robinson (BBC 6 Music) described as sounding "like a long lost early 80s Depeche Mode”, and who Mat Smith of Electronic Sound Magazine described as “a talented and phenomenally productive artist... a remarkably fluid set of influences framing lyrics that carry an emotional sensitivity and worldly awareness”.
The Norwich based British-American singer songwriter, Phoebe Troup, shares her story of growing up among the mountains of Colorado, to studying creative writing in the Unesco City of Literature that is Norwich, the recent launch of her debut album Middlenite, which explore the crossover between folk, rock and electronic music, bringing together textures of crunchy guitar, synth and sampled sound.
Ash and Tom of Norwich heavy alt math rockers Eat Your Own Head talk “Music that puts hair on your chest whether you like it or not” (Tom Robinson, BBC Radio 6), the shifting landscape of Norwich's live music venues, the challenges and rewards of running their own record label (Drongo Records)and promoting gigs in Norwich, the ridiculous logistics of running a festival, and more, while also struggling to eke out any money from streaming services. Plus, find out which of them can make the sound of bubbles with their lips.
The Norwich electropop Queen - Gemma Cullingford - talks about her musical career, taking in John Peel sessions as a teenager, touring the US, founding the Norwich Ukulele Society, being one half of Sink Ya Teeth, walking her dog around Whittlingham Broad, and bravely covering Ode to Billie Joe and getting away with it.
Drawing comparisons with Kate Bush, Sandy Denny and Bjork, young Norwich singer songwriter Eliza Delf takes us on journey from childhood song writing, via the feminist magical realist writings of Angela Carter, Young Norfolk Arts and Norwich Arts Centre, and working with acclaimed Norwich artist Will Teather, to the recent release of her stunning debut album Into The Wilderness. We also celebrate the particular delights of historic Norwich at this time of year.
"Don’t be surprised if Eliza's next award is the Mercury Music Prize!" - say Norwich music magazine Outline.