I've been playing independent music artists on my BBC Introducing shows in the middle of the night on BBC Radio 6 Music since late 2007. In that time we've given well over 10,000 bands and artists their first national airplay. But after the excitement has died down, finally getting played on the radio can also result in a sense of anticlimax. As one singer-songwriter plaintively…
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Top tunes from JACK SHAW, LYVES, BRILLIANT MIND, JYKKÄLÄ, LVLS, STICK IN THE WHEEL, BEST BOY GRIP, AIRPORT 85, GOLD SPECTACLES, WINTERFALLE, JAY WOODWARD, KINGPORTER STOMP, THEATRE ROYAL, SADIE FLEMING, NARCS and THE WHITE BICYCLES. The BBC Introducing Mixtape is a 60 minute radio show and podcast broadcast on BBC Radio 6 Music from 2-3am every Sunday night/Monday morning. Each show is available as a…
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Top tunes from DARK BLUE, THE BIG SUN, BLUE ROSE CODE, KITTEN PYRAMID, OLASZMIDT, PAINT HAPPY, SHADES, LEANNE LOUISE, LUK, HAPPYNESS, STATEMENT HAIRCUT, REBECCA CLAMP & MATTI KELTANEN, SAMUEL THOMAS, GERAINT RHYS, YUSUF AZAK, POLLY AND THE BILLETS DOUX and OWEN TROMANS. The BBC Introducing Mixtape is a 60 minute radio show and podcast broadcast on BBC Radio 6 Music from 2-3am every Sunday night/Monday…
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THIS WEEK:ROADIDENDREN Roadidendren is a rapper and songwriter from London and Luton (she says she basically rents the Tardis and splits her time between the two). For the first Prick and Ding of 2014 it is a pleasure to share the crazy good new talent of Roadidendren and her delicious Pop culture mash up.She describes what she does as quirky, opinionated, poetical rap based on…
Read MoreTHIS WEEK:FOLD Based in Leeds, Fold are a live downtempo / trip-hop 4 piece consisting of founder Seth Mowshowitz on synths & samples, Kane Rattray on drums, Ben Walsh on bass and Josh Gardziel on guitar. They integrate speech into music in experimental ways in order to reflect some of the more difficult truths of the world. I think they are wonderful & confess to…
Read MoreBBC Introducing: Fresh On The Net shows (2007-2012) My first BBC Introducing: Fresh On The Net shows began on 6 Music in October 2007 and over the next four and a half years we gave national airplay to over ten thousand tracks by independent artists across a wide variety of genres. In April this year Fresh On The Net moved online here as an independent…
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Reviewed by Team Freshnet’s Massimo Zeppetelli From blues to speed dating, this week we have one mighty range of music and visuals for your pleasure to make this week all the more better than it originally is planned to be (see how I knew your week was going to be awesome before you even told me!). Enjoy... To see the full list click Read More…
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