After Eight Show - Music That You Just Don't Hear Anywhere Else!

As usual, our show was stacked full of innovative, creative, extraordinary new music - mostly by artists and bands who struggle to get airplay on mainstream radio and podcasts. This was the final time that we produced a show as a playlist with no intros.Playlist:Amber – Maria BCDevices – Kaidi AkinnibiBabel – Marina HerlopOnly Nineteen – Caleb FrancisThe Tower – Future IslandsSleeper – BADBADNOTGOOD, Charlotte Day WilsonSwitch It On, Switch It Off – ChartreuseLords – BarbarismBacktrack – Ruby JClarity – PRIMMoons Melt Milk Light – AnenonSucker – Ian SweetSeraglio – UNADark Corner - Omyügenparacetamol – SJDImagine What Could Happen (Hollow Comet remix) – Dari Bay, Hollow CometMontagnard People – Katie Von SchleicherPremonition – Kudu JoyAlien – RangleklodsGlorious – Tony NjokuI Care – Fabiana Palladino, Jai PaulFringe – pen pinMachine – Phoebe CocoB.I.A. – Moonlight EclipseMelting – Arctic LightsGWACTER – SybsRapture – Jackson WagnerCircula – Alex SeelSongs I’ll Never Sing – Paula O’ReillyHoso Michi – foodmann

Another great show stacked full of innovative, creative, extraordinary new music - mostly by artists and bands who struggle to get airplay on mainstream radio and podcasts. At this time, we were producing the show as a playlist with no intros - that changed soon after this one.Playlist:Passenger – Will Epsteinwitches’ brew – Luna ShadowsTime Lost – New Age Doom, TuvabandCalibrate – SloweMinerals – Illuminine, ShellterAnimals – August GildeLong For Light – Kathryn Tickell & The DarkeningJuniper – Andrea von KampenThe Truth (Acoustic) – MoonchildSilvre – World Had A PlanWestern Station – Regena Hoyebrightest – Mica SinclairLose Control – Safar (FR), TOSZJust Shy of Why – Wuzy Bambussy, Kat HarrisonPeople Pleaser – Marianna WinterTurning Time – Evie AsioFaraway – Belau, HienAwaria – PRZESTRZENIEOver You – Lady HayesInner Voices – Justin WalterGray – Scott OrrNight looping – ColleenMagic – Kat Milk BluNaughty Little Love – Yellow Light HansaFeathers – Belle Mt.What I Wouldn’t Do – Elizabeth LiddleThe Angel –

Another great show stacked full of innovative, creative, extraordinary new music - mostly by artists and bands who struggle to get airplay on mainstream radio and podcasts.Playlist:Lanterns Lit (Among The Living) – Son LuxRight or Wrong (Moortega! Remix) – Camp Claude, Diane SagnierHoly Mountain – GrandammeA Barely Lit Path – Oneohtrix Point NeverSibomandi – Alabaster DePlume, Falle NiokeAll The Way – Mighty GladDust Bowl – Black Heart DriftersAdmeta Harmony – Dawda Jobarteh, Jens Christian ‘Chappe’ Jensen, Admeta String QuartetGo Easy, Kid – Monica MartinHow Do You Leave (Billie Martin & Ellie Mason Re-edit) – Bess Atwell, Voka Gentle, Ellie Mason, Billie MartinDulce Puella – PeTer FRYDRainbows and Dreams – George FitzGerald, SOAKPyromid – Niilas, Erlend ApnesethLove Fight – King’s Divisioncall me up sunshine - OddnesseSelfish Soul (ODESZA Remix) – Sudan Archives, ODESZAWeaver’s Beam – David Eugene Edwardsbasis (Kinnship remix) – Lara Somogyi, KinnshipThere Was A Hope – Smoke FairiesDopehead – VELOUR FOG

More innovative, creative, extraordinary new music in this week's episode - mostly by artists and bands who struggle to get airplay on mainstream radio and podcasts. Playlist:A Closer Touch - AVR Animals – The Bones of J.R. Jones Rag Child – Allison Russell More Than A Love Song – Black Pumas Perfect Heaven – 15 15 shanty – Slowdive Can’t escape from the sun – The Burning Feathers Kakariki Avenue – Neon Gru Respirar – Grace Aneglique, Jordan LaFaver Flutestargate - Carlos Niño & Friends Lovesong – Kin Leonn Other Doors – Soft Machine Pumpkin – Reincarnated – Tricky, Lucia My Noise Is Nothing – Lord Of The Isles, Ellen Renton Kulu – N’Gou Bagayoko Wolf Moon – Daniel Land Matte Grey Wrap - CASISDEAD In Electric Time – Jeremiah Chiu Mole In The Ground – John Francis Flynn Summer – Francesca Guerra Desert Song - säje Temperate red – Get The Blessing Inti Watana – El Retorno del Sol – Luzmila Carpio Magic Wand - Ezul Literally Everything – Brimheim Cabaret – Peach Panic borealis dancing – jaimie branch Humanz

More innovative, creative, extraordinary new music in this week's episode - mostly by artists and bands who struggle to get airplay on mainstream radio and podcasts:Crocodile – UmaSwedish Water – ChartreuseCafé Godot – Stefano MastonardiHoly Dazed. (radio edit) - TANGO GOLF TANGOColour Code – Breakfast CatThere Is No End – New Age DoomApples For My Love – PraisesMarriage – The Bug ClubHurt People Hurt People – Broken BearThe Turning Ground – Tara Clerkin TrioLucid Dreaming – emzaeEcho In The Chamber – Say She SheLost When I’m Around You – Sans SoucisMother Tongue – Silver Mothi only hear you in my song – la loyeThe Mirror – Samantha WhatesWith the Wind – Ida WenøeMountains – Gotts Street Park, ENNYreason – Omah LayMama – Maher CissokoLove Can Heal – Peter Gabriel (Bright Side mix)Alligator – Gia FordUltraviolet Ray – UFOmRing-a-Ling – Tiffani VinyardIt must have been the sound – Sound on HighMy Intent – Lucy BullockGymnopédie – Tapir!Am I Human? – LIA LIA

More innovative, creative, extraordinary new music in this week's episode - mostly by artists and bands that struggle to get airplay on mainstream radio and podcasts:Sugar – Yellow BellyA Little Bit Of Love – Duo DecadI Say Not As I – Palm Skin ProductionsTanzania – TurtleBringing Murder to the Land – Anton Newcombe, Dot AllisonShark – SharkyGone – So BelowLogika - Thee MarloesHead Down – Steven BamideleFallen Air – Ruby HauntCrocodiles – Dead AnywayDove – Tash SultanaLazy Days – STR4TA, Wallace, Emma-Jean ThackrayClose To The Clouds – Art School GirlfriendFuture Lover - DaughterEmpty Drive – The Self Help GroupStupid Words – BellzaAll the Rains – John FaheyElle – Mari Boine, Bugge WesseltoftThe Secret History – Anyone’s GhostIcon – Song 1 – Jen LushLuna Star – Alex SeelYear of Love – Jenny Hval137 Pages – Repulsive WomanSnakelife – Allison RussellBlue V2 – WildflowersBreathe – SHKHR, Asch-RoseMuddy Funster – DJ Koze, Kurt Wagner 

We're back!It's been just over 2 years since we last broadcast our show. It will be a different show now - just a playlist of wonderful new music that has been sent in to us. That and a few new releases by well known artists to us - maybe not so well known to our listeners.It's wall to wall gorgeousness - beautiful, innovative, stunning new music that just doesn't get heard on big commercial and public broadcasting radio.Playlist:Oh Mother – Kan Wakan, Jessica ChildressPlaygod – Poppy AjudhaMake Your Heart Beat – The Dying SecondsNsera – Fatoumata Diawara, Damon AlbarnLagmami – Electric JalabaD 4 N – laura Groves, SamphaArt for Art’s Sake – FiFi RongThis Foolish Heart Could Love You (The Paris Sessions) – Melody Gardot, Philippe PowellYou Got Me – Tora WoloshinBang On The Gong – Twin AtlanticFeelings Agency – Spirits of SaturnGrace – Iris LuneGreen Book – Ghostly KissesPick Up! – Ian SimmondsDon’t Rush It – The BreathOld Note – Lisa O’Neillfor the both of us – Ego Ella MayI Wish – Debra BueskingDesiderium – C

The FINAL episode of the After Eight Show for radio. But don't despair - we will be making the occasional podcast in the future with, as before, an eclectic mix of new music that you just don't hear anywhere else!This week's show was a 'Best of the Best of the Best' compilation - some favourite tracks from more than 8000 we've played since the first episode in January 2014. And the VERY final track, still one of our all time favourites, will be the same track that we opened our very first show with. It's a track by Lamb that will send shivers down your spine!It's wall to wall gorgeousness - beautiful, innovative, stunning new music that just doesn't get heard on big commercial and public broadcasting radio.Lineup:Still – The Japanese HouseOff the Shelf – little hurricaneI Used To – OddnesseLunette  – Made In HeightsAlkali Lake – Bird Watcher, Alfonso BellosoAppointments – Julien BakerPrism – Submotion OrchestraCaptivate – MidstTaken Away – MoodymannLet The Cards Fall – The BreathMoonlight (Live) - Neon GruSou

*** BEST OF 2021! ***This episode comprises some of our favourite tracks selected from more than a thousand that we have played during the year.It's wall to wall gorgeousness - beautiful, innovative, stunning new music that just doesn't get heard on big commercial and public broadcasting radio. With the exception of a short intro and outro, it is uninterrupted music.Playlist:Liquidity – Gyða Valtýsdóttir, Kjartan SveinssonClick Click Domino – Ida Mae, Marcus KingPrisencolinensinainciusol – Marianne DissardRobber – The Weather Station3017 – LexxyTorch Song – Lucinda ChuaThe Lovely Divers – Dead AnywayKeep Checking Up On Me – ChartreuseMovement 1 – Floating Points, Pharaoh Sanders, London Symphony OrchestraShame - Örvar Smárason, Sin Fang, SóleyMogoya - Oumou SangaréEcouché – Amai Kuda Et Les BoisNervous – Penelope TrappesCondition White (Bare Island remix) – Yellow Belly, Bare IslandDoctor Frazer Mcglinchey – Out of the Ordinary – Edinburgh, Joseph MalikScratchcard Lanyard – Dry CleaningIn the Morning (The Bat

This week's show was a 'BEST OF THE BEST' compilation - our favourite two tracks from each of the last ten shows. It's wall to wall gorgeousness - beautiful new music that just doesn't get heard on big commercial and public broadcasting radio.New Music You Just Don't Hear Anywhere Else!Playlist:Bad with time – Sun JuneMeet Ya – Full Flower Moon BandOliver – Gal MusetteSomething / Anything – Zach James Douglasdamn – Ada Lea“Quotations” – Water From Your EyesIn the Morning (The Battersea Sessions) – Eliza ShaddadWatching The Beams – ChorusingLTWYLM – Abi OciaMove Right Through Me (Slowly remix) – Anushka, SlowlyGet My Bearings – Joan As Police Woman, Tony Allen, Dave Okumu, Damon AlbarnChange – TusksBlackbirds – Ghostly KissesHeavenly (A Real Birds remix) – Cold HeavenSoar – Indi FaulknerFlowers by the Roadside – Whitney Tai, Michael TrainorThe Wounded Wolf – EbersonMerge – Nic EvennettVacancy (No One Near) – Son Lux, lojiiWhole Heart – Jessie ReidCaring – Mathias EickCosmic Dust – Kasia KonstanceJulia – Gal Mu

This is the final *weekly* episode of The After Eight Show thougfh we are doing three 'Best Of''s in the coming weeks.Lots of beautiful new music that we've been saving up over the past 12 months. It really is a fabulous selection this week!In our LUVVA COVER feature, we played a stripped back version of one of Tori Amos's most amazing songs. Jo Beth Young was asked to contribute a cover version to a tribute album which will be released in 2022. It truly is stunning and is a VERY appropriate way in which to close this feature in which we have played some really interesting takes on some fabulous songs.NEW MUSIC YOU JUST DON'T HEAR ANYWHERE ELSE!Playlist:Until I Fall – Lucinda ChuaSick Bed Blues – Buffalo NicholsToo Long – Cid RimWildfires – SAULTPick Me Up – Milan Ring, Jean DeauxYou Got One – Moonchild, Alex IsleyWhen it Gets Dark – Jamire Williams, Kenneth WhalumImpossible - Sin Fang, Sóley, and Örvar SmárasonMagpie Nest – SchlutiusDay After Tomorrow – Phoebe BridgersBe Free – Ny OhBittersweet – GaroniquePa

 More fabulous inventive, creative, extraordinary new music in this week's show.In our LUVVA COVER feature, we played a 'hard rocking' version of one of Björk's best known songs. It's by Chuck Wright - bass player with Quiet Riot. He has assembled a stellar band including the magnificent vocalist Whitney Tai who is the singer on another of tonight's tracks which could not be more different , in mood, to this one!New Music You Just Don't Hear Anywhere Else!Playlist:The Great Hope Design – SevdalizaDe Parade (Weval remix) – Eefje de Visser, WevalTears on Your Heart – Bev Lee HarlingLight Years – Georgi KrastevLONDON’S BURNING – Poppy AjudhaHeron – Scrimshire, Miryam SolomonMust Be a Cop – HusbandsHypernormal – Gdansk81Fingertips (SKL Heartbeat remix) – Flunk, SKLYou’re My Home (Thrupence remix) – Appleby, ThrupenceArmy Of Me - BjörkArmy Of Me – Chuck Wright’s Sheltering Sky, Whitney Tai (Luvva Cover feature)Grow (Submotion Orchestra remix) – Kidnap, Leo Stannard, Submotion OrchestraOut Of Clock – Fifi RongWarri

More great New Music You Just Don't Hear Anywhere Else! in this week's episode.Our our ALBUM OF THE WEEK  actually comes from last year but we have only just become aware of it and it is sensational! The album is 'Two Of Me' and it's by Momma. They're a brilliant 4-piece indie rock band from LA."Momma's Two Of Me is a twisted, enchanting carnival ride ... the music itself, which draws you in with grungy yet sunwashed chords. It’s the aural version of when you close your eyes on a sunny day, heat pouring in red through the lids. “Bug House,” the sprawling opener, lulls you into a false sense of security before escalating into a vortex of heavy distortion." Paste In our Luvva Cover feature, we will be playing a really inventive version of one of The Beach Boys' best known songs. It's by Shovels and Rope and also features the incredible Sharon Van Etten - give it a listen and decide for yourself!New Music You Just Don't Hear Anywhere Else!Playlist:Blackbirds – Ghostly KissesSpoonful – The Reverend Shawn AmosBloo

Lots more New Music You Just Don't Hear Anywhere Else in this week's show!This week, our ALBUM OF THE WEEK was 'Invisible Things' by Mari Conti."Mari Conti’s new album delves into the darkness and light that can be found in life and the invisible ties that connect us all.It’s refreshing to listen to an album that pushes the boundaries on what constitutes the mainstream way to create a song. The typical blueprint of tracks with an ABABCB structure has been chucked out the window on Mari Conti’s album. “Invisible Things” is an album that is inherently its own in sound, style and structure. A breath of fresh air to listen to!" Pop MagIn our LUVVA COVER feature, we played a VERY atmospheric cover of a beautiful song by Moses Sumney. Kee'ahn is a young Australian singer - a proud Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander. Kee'ahn weaves lush melodies and words reminiscent of heartbreak and healing. Her rich vocals and hopeful lyrics champion the idea that finding strength in our struggles, encourages us to reflect, re

Our ambition every week is to introduce you to the music of at least 3 artists / bands who are new to you and whose music you'll want to explore.Our ALBUM OF THE WEEK, this week, is 'Area 52 Truck Stop' by Sylvia Bullett."I have been visualising post plague dance parties spinning this!"It features two members of iconic band Television – Fred Smith on bass and Richard Lloyd on guitar. The album is so named because she recorded it during Covid time and actually finished one of the earliest songs pulling up her truck alongside the legendary Area 52 Studios: Dave "Loveshack" Cook ran cables out to the truck cab for vocal mic and earphones- thus the inspiration for the album's name.In our LUVVA COVER feature, we will be playing an amazing instrumental cover of an iconic Radiohead song by a Lebanese violinist. Ara Malikian was a child prodigy, studied in Hanover and London, and now includes classical, experimental, ethnic (e.g. gipsy, Klezmer, Spanish and Argentinian) and modern compositions. This cover, released a

More New Music You Just Don't Hear Anywhere Else in this week's show!Our ALBUM OF THE WEEK, this week, is 'Half Mirror' by Chorusing."From his home in the hills of North Carolina, recording as Chorusing, Matthew O’Connell has created a piece of music that manages to create new language and meaning by meticulously crafting the sounds and lyrics that make Half Mirror something totally unique." Folk Radio UKIn our LUVVA COVER feature, we will be playing a cover of a massive Tik Tok viral hit by Beach Bunny in 2020. The cover version, by Paravi, is a complete transformation of the song and became a Tik Tok viral hit earlier this year!"Paravi’s version of the song opens with her her softly stating, “I hate all men, but…” She then begins to sing in a deeply rich lower register transforming the upbeat garage song into one filled with loss and longing." Give it a listen and see what you think!Playlist:In the Morning (The Battersea Sessions) – Eliza Shaddad‘Til This Pain Goes Away – Jackie VensonCosmic Dust – Kasia K

Our ambition every week is to introduce you to the music of at least 3 artists / bands who are new to you and whose music you'll want to explore.Our ALBUM OF THE WEEK was 'Technicolour' by Geo Jordan.Haste magazine: "Multi-instrumentalist, producer, writer and, let’s face it, musical expert, Geo Jordan just keeps getting better and better. Piano, bass and jazz drums are just some of the musical talents that Geo holds.""Jordan does not hold back with experimentation, allowing each track to take unexpected turns that surprise on the first listen, and delight on the second.One thing which is stark throughout is Jordan’s vulnerability. His candid vocals sit in the eye of each sonic storm pulling together each of the musical elements to form an intense and emotional record." LICKS Mag review of Technicolour.In our Luvva Cover feature, we played a cover of an iconic song by Nirvana. The cover is by  Memorial and it completely transforms the mood of the song and amplifies the lyrics. The song was released in 1992 (o

Lots more innovative, melodic, fascinating new music in this week's show!Our ALBUM OF THE WEEK is the amazing debut album of Gal Musette. She is a musical prodigy who began writing piano based lyrical compositions and performing at open mics in her home city of San Clemente, CA at the age of 10. 'Backwards Lullaby' explores the pangs of hopeless romances and unrequited love, what it’s like to move beyond idealized love into the acceptance of what is real and constant, as well as the cyclical nature of life and love in relationships."baroque pop songs inspired by lost love, yearning & hopelessness""breathtakingly beautiful layered vocals ... heartfelt & vibrant mix of indie pop & folk laced confessions"In our LUVVA COVER feature, we will be playing a cover of a gorgeous song by Big Thief. The cover is by 'bedroom pop sensation' Cavetown."The tenderness in the cover is on display from the jump. The vocals are doubled to give a bit of an Elliott Smith feel here as things roll out with a beautiful ton

A festival of new music again this week. With, perhaps, a bit of an electronic / nu jazz feel about it.This week, our ALBUM OF THE WEEK is 'somewhere' by Sun June. Sun June is an American indie pop band from Austin, Texas."Somewhere showcases a gentle maturation of Sun June's sound, a second record full of quiet revelation, eleven songs that bristle with love and longing. It finds a band at the height of their collective potency, able to transport the listener into a fascinating new landscape, one that lies somewhere between the town and the city, between the head and the heart, neither here nor there, but certainly somewhere."In our LUVVA COVER feature, we will be playing a cover of a Beatles standard by a bedroom pop duo, Memoryhouse. They are from Toronto and have released an EP of Beatles covers called 'Mania'."Mania is a lush and bold exploration of The Beatles that reflects the chaos and longing of the year - and our desperate need to cling to whatever joy we can find. It has that trademark Memoryhouse

This week's show was a ' Best of the Best' compilation - our favourite two tracks from each of the last ten shows. It's wall to wall gorgeousness - beautiful new music that just doesn't get heard on big commercial and public broadcasting radio.Playlist:Stretch Armstrong – Dead AnywayDifferent Kind Of Love – Adia VictoriaBossa Nova Hangover – StablesSofia – Askjell, iris, AURORABoogie Woogie – One Rusty BandI Built You (Alaskalaska remix) – WOOM, ALASKALASKAEpi – Moonlight BenjaminBlossom – Eliza ShaddadCondition White (Bare Island remix) – Yellow Belly, Bare IslandWait A Minute – MozezElectric Feel – Nataly DawnSomeone To Rely On – All EyesThis Time – Nite JewelBombs – Kenneth WhalumIce – Helaine VisMovement 1 – Floating Points, Pharaoh Sanders, London Even When It’s Bent – Night TeacherEverything I Thought – Kmodo, Thomas Murphy YoungMother - Markéta Irglová, The Webb SistersOuija Board – French For RabbitsI Am A Bird – Neon Gru