This week on ‘Built For Speed’ we exclusively play the music of one of the most influential bands of the last 35 years, REM. We’ll play REM classics and rarities from each phase of their astonishing career. Also, what would another week be without an ear-pummelling big screen Marvel comics adaptation and this Friday we give you our take on
Read moreBuilt for Speed – ‘CHRISTMAS DAY’ 25th December 2015 THE CRYSTALS – Santa Claus is coming to town. DARLENE LOVE – Christmas Baby Please Come Home. SLADE – Merry Christmas. ROY WOOD – I wish it could be Christmas every day. MANIC STREET PREACHERS – Last Christmas. MARTHA AND THE VANDELLAS – Love is like a heatwave. BERNARD HERMAN –
Read moreLast week ‘Built For Speed’ looked at the music of the 1970’s and this week we continue the Summer series with a selection of favourite tracks from the 1980’s. The mainstream music of the 80’s might have been horrible but there was a magnificent indie rock scene spawning thousands of amazing bands including The Replacements, REM, Sonic Youth and Died Pretty. We’ll
Read moreIt’s classic album time once again on “Built For Speed” and this month we return to 1983 for REM’s magnificent debut long-player Murmur. There’s also a fine selection of more recent music including Temples, Halfway and many more. On the movie front we take a look at Jennifer Aniston’s latest film Life of Crime and Aussie sex comedy The Little
Read moreBuilt For Speed – Playlist – Friday 22nd November 2013 THE POWDERMONKEYS – I thank you. (Aus) THE BRONX – Ribcage. SUEDE – It starts and ends with you. KINGS OF LEON – Supersoaker. SEBADOH – Keep the boy alive. THE REPLACEMENTS – Alex Chilton. REM – South Central Rain. HUSKER DU – Don’t want to know if you are
Read moreRGG is a program which utilises a different theme each week to develop a special “different” show with music from all eras each Saturday morning between 10am and noon. This week Radio Ga Ga does it’s little thing by finding music with a tenuous (dictionary definition: thin in consistency; rare or rarefied) link to the great man, Elvis. The music featured will be either specifically about
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