Monthly Archives: January 2026

#711

January 27, 2026

The first show in Gulls Window Circus new one hour duration plays rock vinyl, concentrating on blending era, popularity and geography. In a single show you will hear Candy, The Grave Digger 5, The Stiffs, The Hollywood Stars, Wildfire, Grinderman and Cam Couple alongside institutions such as Chris Stamey, The Cars, Thin Lizzy, The Yardbirds, David Bowie & Mick Jagger, 13th Floor Elevators, Rolling Stones and The Jimi Hendrix Experience. They sit together quite comfortably, as you will hear today.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Chris Stamey	Meet Me In Midtown	Anything Is Possible	Label 51 Recordings
The Hollywood Stars	Taxi Driver	Starstruck	Sioux
The Stiffs	Inside Out	Demos And Rarities 1978-1981	Projectile Platters
Candy	Somebody Else	Sweet Treats	Projectile Platters
The Cars	You Are The Girl	Door To Door	Elektra
Thin Lizzy	The Hero And The Madman	Vagabonds Of The Western World	Decca
Wildfire	Time Will Tell	Smokin’	Out-Sider
The Yardbirds	What Do You Want	Beck’s Blues the defining sound of Jeff Beck with the Yardbirds	Charly Records
David Bowie & Mick Jagger	Dancing In The Street (Instrumental)	Dancing In The Street	Parlophone
Grinderman	(I Don’t Need You To) Set Me Free	Grinderman	BMG
13th Floor Elevators	Roller Coaster	Live Houston Music Theatre ’67	Culture Factory
Rolling Stones	Whole Wide World	Live At Racket · NYC	Rolling Stones Records
The Grave Digger 5	All Black And Hairy	Cavestomp! The Garage Rock Festacular! Presents A Torrent Of Talent! Volume One!	ORG Music
The Jimi Hendrix Experience	Little Miss Strange	Electric Ladyland	Experience Hendrix
Cam Couple	Flutes Go Hard	Meet The Frombees	Kissing Kobra Records

#710

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January 20, 2026

A return to rock vinyl on Gulls Window Circus after the 8 week The 2000s series: lots of interesting tracks from many eras, many from recent reissues, plus new music from Black Helicopter from their Balancing Act LP, plus the debut 7″ from Cam Couple, the latest project of John Hugh Dickey (Pie, Verst, Richard Bitch), and two recent Harriet Records releases, by Jim’s Twenty-One and The Ekphrastics. I also play a track each from Dave Formula (Magazine, Visage) and Mozart Estate (Lawrence from Felt and G-Kart Mozart). Special mention goes to the Philip Lester track from The Direct Records Story Vol. Three compilation.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
The Donnas	Don’t Wait Up For Me	Bitchin’	Real Gone Music
The Lemonheads	The Turnpike Down	It’s A Shame About Ray (30th Anniversary)	Fire Records
Coloured Balls	Going Down	Summer Jam	Just Add Water
Drop Nineteens	Happen	Delaware	Wharf Cat Records
Better Than Ezra	Je Ne M’en Souviens Pas	How Does Your Garden Grow?	Real Gone Music
Kate Bush	James And The Cold Gun	The Kick Inside	Fish People
Mozart Estate	Donna And The Dope Fiends	Tower Block In A Jam Jar	Cherry Red
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	Wild God	Wild God	Play It Again Sam
Lou Reed	Lady Day	Berlin	Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
Lamb	Barbara’s Soul	An Extension Of Now: Unreleased Recordings 1968-1969	Real Gone Music
Jonathan Richman	Just Because I’m Irish	You Must Ask The Heart	Craft Recordings
Black Helicopter	Paralyze	Balancing Act	Best Brother Records
The Von Bondies	Been Swank	Pawn Shoppe Heart	Rhino Records
The Lovely Basement	Lowlands	Lowlands	Precious
The Loves	Boom-A-Bang-Bang-Bang	Live At The BBC	Precious Recordings Of London

Artist	Song	Release	Label
Dislocation Dance	I Just Need A Friend	Road To Happiness	Marina Records
The Pogues	Rain Street	The Best Of The Pogues	Pogue Mahone Records
The Stranglers	Sometimes	Stranglers IV (Rattus Norvegicus)	Parlophone
Warren Zevon	Nighttime In The Switching Yard	Excitable Boy	Rhino Records
Morgen	She’s The Nitetime (Alernate Take)	Morgen	Now-Again Records
The Windmills	Taxi Fare	Sunlight	Matinée Recordings
The Cherry Boys	Falling (12″ Session)	Kardomah Café	Good Time Records
Philip Lester	Start This Thing Over	The Direct Records Story Vol. Three	Direct Records
The Ekphrastics	This Month at the Roman Bros. Gallery	All Of A Sudden, Pow!	Harriet Records
Dave Formula	Elvis In Space	Satellite Sweetheart	Wire-Sound
Jim’s Twenty-One	Something’s Going Wrong	Nadine	Harriet Records
Cam Couple	Meet The Frombees	Meet The Frombees	Kissing Kobra Records
Park Doing	New Rock Candle 2	The Origin Of Radar	Brightspark Records
Elf Power	The Arrow Flies Close (Live)	The Elephant 6 Recording Co.	ORG Music
Bottle Rockets	Wave That Flag	Bottle Rockets	Real Gone Music

#709 – The 2000s Pt8

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January 13, 2026

Today is the final show of the eight week Gulls Window Circus series ‘The 2000s’. It has more of a rock sound than others shows in the series, but still has the characteristics found in post-2000s sounds, such as influences drawn from almost any genre, liberal use of instruments beyond the guitar/bass/drum profile, and freedom to follow wherever their sound goes, not worrying about fitting in with the popular sounds of the day.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Robin Danar	Yell (feat. Jesca Hoop)	Altered States	Shanachie
The Go! Team	Ladyflash	Thunder, Lightning, Strike	Memphis Industries
Limegreen	Lilly	Juicy	Sourpuss Records
Lionrock	Wet Roads Glisten	City Delirious	Time Bomb Recordings
Badly Drawn Boy	Silent Sigh	Two Songs Taken From The Film About A Boy	Twisted Nerve
Mosquitos	Footsteps	Mosquitos	Bar/None Records
Moonbuggy	Wiesel	Planet Lupo	Doxa Records
Jonti	Twirligig	Twirligig	Stones Throw Records
Kotai	Guardian Angel	Kotai	WMFRec
Raz Ohara	Gone To The Moon	Realtime Voyeur	Kitty-Yo
The Cinematic Orchestra With Fontella Bass	All That You Give (Herbert’s Raving Dub)	All That You Give	Ninja Tune
Plump DJs	Morning Sun	Eargasm	Finger Lickin’ Records
Why?things burn	Un Dia en Agosto	Your Flowers/ My SOUL…	Ton/h-22 Music

Artist	Song	Release	Label
Trabant	Bluesbreaker	Moment Of Truth	TMT Entertainment
Our Brother The Native	Welcome To The Arborary	Tooth And Claw	FatCat Records
Sofandi	Yellow Curtains	Ugly Demos	TMT Entertainment
Sinkane	The Way	Life & Livin’ It	City Slang
The Shore	Coming Down	The Shore	Maverick
WhoMadeWho	Indian Summer	Dreams	Darup Associates
Flin Flon	Cardigan	Dixie	Teenbeat
The Virgins	Radio Christiane (Demo)	The Virgins ’07	aNYthing
Aalacho	Ticket To Ride	Electro	aalacho music, llc
Super-Cannes	One Dead Soldier	III	not on label
Freezepop	Get Ready 2 Rokk (For Those About 2 Rokk Mix)	The Rokk Suite	The Archenemy Record Company
Runaway Diamonds	End The Night	God’s Mom And Her Turquoise Chow-Chow	Dreamy Draw Music
Cut Copy	Time Stands Still	Bright Like Neon Love	Modular Recordings
Ox Cohen	A Elevator	Sky Nine	Ox Cohen
Christ.	Skylab One	Metamorphic Reproduction Miracle	Benbecula

#708 – The 2000s Pt7

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January 6, 2026

The second to last week of the 8 week Gulls Window Circus ‘The 2000s’ series fully concentrates on what was partially introduced last week: the re-alignment of rock to incorporate the post-2000s tools and sounds. Now firmly in a post-genre world, rock is free to incorporate anything its creators choose into its palette of sounds. While the results may sound quite normal in 2026, at the time these records were released, most were revelatory. Now they just sound right and good.

Listen to this show – Part Two appears further down the page

Artist	Song	Release	Label
King Britt Presents Sylk 130	Narration	When The Funk Hits The Fan	Ovum Recordings
Aubergine 3	As Wide As The World	In All Things Modulation	Transistor Recordings
Ammoncontact	Dreamy	One In An Infinity Of Ways	Plug Research
K-OS	Crabbuckit	Crabbuckit	Virgin
Lottergirls Featuring Princess Superstar	Never Say Never	Never Say Never	Twisted America Records
!!!	Dear Can	Louden Up Now	Touch And Go
KMFDM	Sycophant	Adios	Wax Trax! Records
NER*D	Brain	The Best Of	Virgin
Torch Song	Raphael	Toward The Unknown Region	Discovery Records
Dreamers Of The Ghetto	Regulator	Enemy/Lover	Temporary Residence Limited
Lisahall	I Know I Can Do It	I Know I Can Do It	Reprise Records
Shelley Nicole’s Blakbüshe	America’s Secret	She Who Bleeds…	Red Butterfly Music
Markus Guentner	Separate Digits	Audio Island	Ware

Artist	Song	Release	Label
Hess Is More	Creation Keeps The Devil Away	Creation Keeps The Devil Away	A:larm Music
Nightmares On Wax	Luna 2	Feelin’ Good	Warp Records
Mountaineers	Sewing	Messy Century	Mute
Hooverphonic	Mad About You (Llorca’s Radio Shot)	Mad About You	Epic
ODS	Balloon Pt. One	Mondial – An Excursion In Nuclear Music	S.H.A.D.O. Records
Morgenstern	Persian Voodoo	Carolea	Forte Records
Har Mar Superstar	Elephant Walk	You Can Feel Me	Record Collection
Thomas Dolby	Nothing New Under The Sun	A Map Of The Floating City	Lost Toy People
The Funky Lowlives	Breathless	Cartouche	Stereo Deluxe
Andy Ditzler	Economics	Songs From Yes And No	Frequent Small Meals
Fetish 69	We Are All Prostitutes	Atomized	Doxa Records
French Kicks	When You Heard You	Close To Modern	Startime Intl Fader Label Enterprises
D.O.T.	Say Your Prayers (Cherrystones Remix)	Say Your Prayers	Twisted Nerve
Fog	Cockeyed Cookie Pusher	Hummer	Ninja Tune