The Pocket Gods From: Londinium, United Kingdom Scratch the surface of the stagnant British music scene and you'll uncover some hidden gems. The Pocket Gods were first championed by the late, great John Peel over 7 years ago and they're still serving up huge helpings of their unique world view with songs like Survival of the Shittest which sounds like the diary of a depressed Tourettes sufferer with a lo-fi musical companion. It's bleak and oddly beautiful. Deapite this, and the self explanatory [...]
If they do go through with the threat and do kill 6 Music , as Yoda would say: "There is another..." The other is Dandelion Radio , an online radio station which was inspired by John Peel. The idea for the station (named after the record label that Peel ran) started around 2003. After some discussion on a web group and eventual meetings, a plan was put in place to create an online radio where the music played is in the spirit of the legendary man. They didn't want a set playlist, they wanted [...]
From the album All My Own Work, a collection of pocket gods songs that span their first 12 years of their existence - from 1998 to 2010. Features the mercurial songwriting talents of Mark Christopher Lee. Indie pop anthems to die for. You may want to head over to IR: UK #81 – The Pocket Gods to hear eight more tracks by Insomnia Radio: UK favourites The Pocket Gods. From St Albans, North of London in the UK. Maybe. [...]
From their 2008 album Lo-Fi Sci-Fi Originally from a small town North of London called St Albans, The Pocket Gods have been together since 2005. Since then they have released a vast array of material (seven albums in the last two years alone) spanning many genres. Some of this will be featured on a future episode of Insomnia Radio UK. [SM] Download | Subscribe | Subscribe in iTunes | Subscribe [...]
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