This show is so good, it starts with its own, drum roll. We have a few punk bands, not always playing punk songs. We travel to the ends of the earth, well New Zealand, France, and Eigg in the Scottish...

Billy Reeves, Bonobo, Railcard, Rosa Walton, SAGES, Stereolab. Urlaub In Polen.

The Chop, Dorea, Folk Bitch Trio, Okonski, Shame, Wendy Eisenberg

Ada Lea, Angus and Julia Stone, Everyone Says Hi, Fischer Z, Fontaines DC, Griff Lynch, Hardwick Circus, Infinity Song, Joshua Idehen, Kammahav, The Mistys, The Molotovs, Weezer

Butler, Blake and Grant, The Convenience, Ex Ponto, Hannah Peel and Beibei Wang, Hemlocke Springs, Melanie Pain, Sister Ray Davies

Daniel Ogren, John Maus, Matthew C. Whitaker, Pictish Trail, Pomplamousse, Steve White Trio

The Autumn Defense, The Durutti Column, Girls of the Internet, The Loft, Mull Historical Society, Steve Querault

Automatic, Billy Reeves, Club Magic, The Happy Somethings, Josh Rouse, Keane, Loris.S.Sarid, Optic Sink, The Perfect English Weather, Pôt-Pot, The Room

I'm excited about Uncovered 9. It has a theme of storytelling set to music thanks to Willy Vlautin's work with The Delines and Kevin Rowlands autobiographical single with Dexy's Midnight Runners. We ...

Amelia Coburn, Castlebeat, Family Stereo, HAAi, Momo, NYX, Trashcan Sinatras

Deb Talan, Hope Singers, Kathryn Williams, Lovejoy, Nicholas Krgovic, Royal Ottawa. Steve Tannen, Temples, TOMORA

It seems football's not coming home after all. While it's delayed in the departure lounge, try these five albums to lessen the pain.

Music to stop your brain from melting, your soul from catching fire and your hearts from burning like the fires of Hades

We're bringing pop home this week and celebrating summer sounds while we're at it. There's the occasional cloud, but the main vibe is upbeat. We'll jangle our way to the beach with some 90s legends a...

Great music for wherever you are in the world, and whoever you're cheering for in the World Cup

As England, Scotland and an unfeasibly large contingent of other countries kick off their campaign to bring football home, the international flavour of this week's reviews feels appropriate.

I Helped Edward Ball Escape – A Tribute To The Times & Edward Ball : Various

Five albums and potentially five different audiences. Which one are you in?

Start light. Go dark. Dig Deeper. Whether you're a fan of hummable pop or dystopian ditties, you'll find something for you among these records.

Time to remember the joys of youth, manage the stresses of middle age and accept the importance of remaining true to yourself. These records will help:

From harrowing to uplifting and from chaos to calm, there's a broad spectrum to choose from this week. Featuring:

On this show we give you reminders of 70s TV and punk rock. We reminisce over Britpop. We travel the world to France, Wales and the foot of Afrikka. We explore the avant garde and tempt you with some ...

There's quite a bit of grief to process in this edition. Add to that a few examples of poetry in song and a band that smash through the rules and boundaries of traditional pop and you're in for a star...

The music is this week's blog is soothing, not jagged; uplifting not downbeat; melodic not harsh; a respite not a challenge.

The music is this week's blog is a heady rush that takes you from the depths of damaged introspection to the glorious heights of enduring ecstatic pop. Fasten your seat belts, here we go.

It's our Anniversaries show, featuring albums from 10. 20. 30. 40. 50 and 60 years ago. It will bring back good memories and help you to feel old. Elsewhere we have some dodgy links and dodgier language, pristine past pop and and present pop pearls to savour. Settle down with a ton of chocolate. Pop In The Real World - guaranteed to melt away all the calories you can consume. (in 9/10 cases!)

Happy Easter. You'll find these artists the perfect accompaniment to regretting the unfeasible qualtities of chocolate you've consumed over the Easter weekend

We're back to full strength this week, with a selection of great albums that fall firmly in the category marked 'Great Listening', irrespective of genre :

It's a condensed set of reviews this week, and it covers the downbeat to the upbeat with nothing inbetween. Raise a glass to :

Spring is here. And so are these beauties.

Spring is here. And so are these beauties.

Here you find quiet and loud, young and old, future and renewed friendships. Enjoy.

Give a warm welcome and make some noise for these girls and boys.

Ready to tickle and massage your eardrums, here's this weeks acts.

In our latest Uncovered show, we could have allowed Nick Lowe to name it/ He'd have chosen the American title of his debut album, - 'Pure Pop For Now People'. Probably. This is a show that bids farew...

Arctic Monkeys, The Blue Herons, Cast, The Cosmic Tones Research Trio, Heavenly, Kieran Hebden and William Tyler. Loaded Honey, The Open Flames, Retrograph, The Swell Seas

The Cast (Albums) : FRQNCY LDN, Kim Deal, Maribou State, Shine Grooves, Thee Housecoatees, Vega Trails

The Cast (Albums) : Big Long Sun, Found Object, Joseph Shabashon + Nicholas Krgovich + Tennis Coats, Juan Wauters, Juliana Hatfield

The Cast (Albums) : Almost An Island, Beauty Sleep, Ginnels, Syd dePalma. Tankus

Introducing our second new format for the show, with a programme of newer and newish songs. that you may not have heard. On this show we cover everything from the smooth and classic songwriting of E...

The Cast (Albums) : Austra, Chris Lyons, Cole Pulice, James Yorkston, Maria Somerville, SG Lewis

The Cast (Albums) : Blue Lake, David Byrne, Gwenno, Smith and Liddle, Sons of Sevilla, Tunng

For all the joy and excitement that comes from a New Year, it's also a time to remember those we lost. What follows is a personal selection to commemorate some of those who died in 2025. Some may be t...

THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT WAS : 2025

The Cast (Albums) : Chris Stamey, Emma Pollock, Nightbus, Pendulum, Slow Country, Wallace

The Cast (Albums) : Blood Orange, Catt, Ezra Feinberg, The Futureheads, Jim's Twenty-one Rialto, Rival Consoles, Sven Wunder

It's Christmas time. The herald angels are singing. Last Christmas is, hopefully, paid for. Outside, any Winter Wonderland is raking in the profits or decidedly damp. But one thing remains constant an...

The Cast (Albums) : The Cords, Elisabeth Elektra, Lance Ferguson with the Bamboos, Leit Motif, Mae Powell