Hi, Welcome to this weeks NEVER HEARD THAT. I first saw Australian band DECKCHAIRS OVERBOARD on a TV show when I was very young. For me, they stood out from the other acts that were on the program and I really liked their particular take on the pop song. Over Read More
Hi, Welcome to this weeks NEVER HEARD THAT. I am not ashamed to say that I miss the browse – that opportunity to immerse yourself in a physical store, with no regard for time, looking through music, video or books, or even all three at once! Its not quite the Read More
Hi, Welcome to this weeks NEVER HEARD THAT. I wasn’t aware of UK duo AUTECHRE until I saw that they had done a remix for one of my favourite artists. Liking the sound that they had produced, I knew that I needed to keep an eye out for them. For Read More
Hi, Welcome to this weeks NEVER HEARD THAT. It must be an incredible feeling when your debut album tops the charts all around the world. You can imagine that it would have to be both a very happy and very surreal sensation. In fact, it is hard to think of Read More
Hi, Welcome to this weeks NEVER HEARD THAT. When French duo AIR released their debut album Moon Safari in 1998, it is as though the world was waiting for their particular take on ambient electronica. The album and the three singles lifted from it were all massively successful and a Read More
Hi, Welcome to this weeks NEVER HEARD THAT. When I first heard UK band SHELLEYAN ORPHAN and their 1989 single Shatter, I was thoroughly impressed. They struck me as a highly musical band that was augmented by complex and emotive vocal melodies. In a way, they seemed to me to Read More
Hi, Welcome to this weeks NEVER HEARD THAT. UK-Australian unit SKY was a bit of an anomaly when they launched themselves onto the world in late 1970’s. Here was a group consisting of members from the crème dela crème of the musical world. Essentially all virtuoso’s on their instruments, joining Read More
Hi, Welcome to this weeks NEVER HEARD THAT. In the mid 90s US musician JEFF BUCKLEY seemingly came from nowhere to take the world by storm. His debut album Grace was hailed as a masterpiece by many but a drowning accident soon thereafter meant that there was to be no Read More
Hi, Welcome to this weeks NEVER HEARD THAT. Sometimes a song comes your way that unexpectedly weaves a special place in your soul. You were not necessarily looking for it, but there it was. And what a wonderful, beautiful thing that is. This is what occurred me to when I Read More
Hi, Welcome to this weeks NEVER HEARD THAT. In celebration of my 100th show, I am going to break my own rules, like I did with my 50th. Here are three hugely successful female artists. Show 3 of 3, highlights the powerful SINEAD O’CONNOR. SINEAD O’CONNOR used her musical platform Read More
