February 27, 2010 – 2:16 pm
For latest example of shortsighted corporate folly by the record industry, see this story in NY Times by Damian Kulash from OK Go!
“In 2006 we made a video of us dancing on treadmills for our song “Here It Goes Again.” We shot it at my sister’s house without telling EMI, our record company, and posted [...]
February 14, 2010 – 7:24 pm
Saw this man busking under Hungerford Bridge on London’s South band this afternoon. Would be great to hear a musician of this calibre playing these instruments in a band context – his excellent blog can be found at http://hyperstimulation.wordpress.com
February 10, 2010 – 7:47 pm
Crazy Screwed-Up Lady is the followup single to the astonishing Problems by COSMO JARVIS, which came out in November 2009. It’s due out as a single (from Wall Of Sound records) on March 22nd, though the record company has apparently declared the video lacks enough “impact” to get played on TV. if you like this, [...]
January 23, 2010 – 9:26 pm
On Monday December 28th we broadcast a two-hour virtual mixtape of favourite tracks from the show during 2009; it then became downloadable as two one-hour podcasts. We’ve had a few requests for the tracklisting, so here it is. Also the podcasts themselves:
Christmas Mixtape Part 1
Christmas Mixtape Part 2
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Christmas Mixtape – Part 1
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THE SILK [...]
January 5, 2010 – 6:55 pm
Even now with 2010 upon us, we still see oldschool record labels putting only short clips of their new singles online – I guess to prevent illegal copying of the 96kps MySpace version. Presumably the idea is that we’ll all be so astounded by hearing a fraction of this fantastic song that we’ll rush out [...]
December 12, 2009 – 9:48 pm
Introducing:Fresh On The Net is a radio show devoted to the best new music that listeners can hear legally and for free online. Anyone’s welcome to recommend tunes for the show via a public webpage and if we like a song we play it, end of story. Understandably, most of the suggestions we get are [...]
December 10, 2009 – 10:43 pm
It was nice surprise to be asked to contribute to the advice section for independent musicians on the main BBC Introducing website, alongside such Radio One luminaries as Huw Stephens and Tim Westwood plus various managers, engineers, record company executives, promoters and upcoming artists. Gratifyingly, the BBC Introducing Blog has also started including the Websites [...]
November 17, 2009 – 10:14 pm
When music fans start campaigning for a BBC Introducing show in their region, it shows that in little over two years Introducing has not only arrived but become an integral part of the independent music scene. Actually there are now only three BBC regions that don’t have a specialist Introducing show: Somerset, Cumbria and – [...]
October 25, 2009 – 5:41 pm
FANGS, NEPHU HUZZBAND and ICE, SEA, DEAD PEOPLE live at Riverside Studios for the opening night of Fresh On The Net Live, 20th October 2009.
October 21, 2009 – 11:05 am
From The Times
October 16, 2009
Fresh on the Net showcases new talent
Tom Robinson, the pop star turned radio presenter talks about the birth of his show
I joined my first proper band, Café Society, back in 1973 and somehow managed to earn a living as a musician for the next 29 years. Today in the MySpace era [...]
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