My 2024 gig stats are in: Year Sets Bands Venues Days Top Promoter Promoter 2023 151 133 20 50 33 Acidbox 2024 154 138 22 49 37 Acidbox I had planned to see slightly less bands in 2024, but I guess that didn't happen. It would have been more if I'd gone to September's [...] The post My Top 5 gigs of 2024 appeared first on Pete Cogle's Podcast Factory ..read more

Invoking Nostalgia...with tracks by...Rangga Purnama Aji, Auditive Escape, Dutch Criminal Record, BlackieBlueBird, Death & Vanilla, Hutch, Looking Glass Alice, Cat Ryan, Baby!, Chocolat Billy, CMAT, Koti & Thee Immigrants, Explosive Ear Candy, Heinrich XIII and the Devilgrass Pickers, Bon Enfant, Elephant Stone, Dark Horses, Japanese Television, Big Blood, Farty Wayne, Cherie and Renno, Portron Portron [...] The post PCP#861… Invoking Nostalgia… appeared first on Pete Cogle's Podcast Factory ..read more

I saw Moon Idle for the second time a couple of days ago. Lovely trippy sound. Just flows beautifully. This is their first EP. Really recommended.    The post Kindly by Moon Idle appeared first on Pete Cogle's Podcast Factory ..read more

I saw Honeyglaze for the second time. The first time was some 18 months ago. My, they have matured and exude confidence. As does their latest album, which I highly recommend. Real Deal by Honeyglaze   The post Real Deal by Honeyglaze appeared first on Pete Cogle's Podcast Factory ..read more

Dust Motes Over The Dancefloor...with tracks by...Circa State, Ayla Nereo, Akal Dub, Lexington Keyz, Wild Tide, Glass Beams, Birdhouse, Arman, Awka, Deka Sul, The Polish Ambassador, Flammer Dance Band, Gitkin, L'Eclair, Sink Ya Teeth, Yeyo, The Durians, Mexican Dubwiser, Melbourne Douglas and The Regulators, Bachir Salloum, Androcell, Globular, Akusmatic, Habitaat, Xoa, Goat, KMalectro, Getdown Services, [...] The post PCP#860… Dust Motes Over The Dancefloor… appeared first on Pete Cogle's Podcast Factory ..read more

Having seen Arooj Aftab at Mutations Festival I can recommend this album highly.  The post Night Reign by Arooj Aftab appeared first on Pete Cogle's Podcast Factory ..read more

Consider these two people, writing about the Grassroots Music scene. Left: Bob Lefsetz has just written a piece in his Leftsetz Letter "Let The Clubs Close" in which he says "The bottom line is today’s generation doesn’t want to go to clubs to listen to the music of unsigned/developing acts". He goes on to say "People [...] The post Should the clubs close? appeared first on Pete Cogle's Podcast Factory ..read more

PCP#336... That's All Folks!...Or Is It?.... The Very Best of PCP (Part 4)...with tracks by... Dubmatix, Dub Incorporation, Pama Intl, Hotdrop, TSF, Taj Weekes, Planet Dread, Doobiesounds & Jahvisst, Arrogalla, Corty, Volatil, Ealzee, Aruba Red, Analogue Mindfield, Baga Sound System, Roots Ista Posse, Celestial, Bagas Degol, Dervish  by Celt Islam, Secret Archives of the Vatican, [...] The post Rewind… PCP#336… That’s All Folks!…Or Is It?…. The Very Best of PCP (Part 4)… appeared first on Pete Cogle's Podcast Factory ..read more

One day I will have the money and the inclination to go to Iceland Airwaves. It always looks to be so amazing and be able to see so many excellent Icelandic bands. This year many acts I've seen were there... Bar Italia, Benefits, Lambrini Girls, Lynks & Opus Kink. But I would absolutely love to [...] The post Iceland Airwaves 2024 appeared first on Pete Cogle's Podcast Factory ..read more

Zombie Dub... with tracks by... Ashkabad, Mykal Rose Subatomic Sound System, Hollie Cook, Ondubground, Black Market Dub, Bass Culture Players, Gary Clunk, The Rifffs, Manwel T, Subset, David Harrow   Ashkabad - Kinshasa (Ondubground Remix) [ODG]   Mykal Rose Subatomic Sound System and Hollie Cook - Get High Dubstrumental [RDX Promo] [...] The post TDZ#279… Zombie Dub… appeared first on Pete Cogle's Podcast Factory ..read more