Since I ran a Blur concert the other week, and made mention of the fact that there was an intense popularity battle between them and Oasis (mostly press generated, one imagines), it was only natural I follow up with an Oasis concert to balance things out. Oasis were something of a huge worldwide phenomenon lasting a good ten years before dissolving into sibling bickering and fist fights between the Gallagher Brothers, who founded the band in the early 90's and eventually ended by not speaking to each other since 2009. While they were in their heyday they did manage to crank out a large amount of completely memorable (if not somewhat derivative of another huge worldwide phenomenon of another generation, The Beatles) songs and sellout venues in just about every corner of the globe.

In the odd event you missed them the first time around, or were otherwise preoccupied, here is a concert from that heyday period, given at Earl's Court in London on November 5, 1995.

The concert is complete and runs over 90 minutes. So, as is my custom to do with the Newstalgia Mid-Week Concerts on Wednesdays, I am splitting this one in half as well. With the first hour (give or take) on the top player, and the last 30-45 minutes on the bottom player.

The sound is absolutely wonderful and the band are in obvious fine form. You can't go wrong with that.

Enjoy.

Getting back to the Coachella Music & Arts Festival this week. A great concert was enjoyed by all on April 14th when Radiohead took the stage for two amazing hours. Thom York and company proved once again they are one of the truly great bands currently making the rounds. And this Summer looks pretty memorable by all accounts.

Here's the rundown:

Radiohead Set list – Coachella - April 14, 2012

1.Bloom

2.15 Step

3.Weird Fishes/Arpeggi

4.Morning Mr. Magpie

5.Staircase

6.The Gloaming

7.Pyramid Song

8.The Daily Mail

9.Myxomatosis

10.Karma Police

11.Identikit

12.Lotus Flower

13.There There

14.Bodysnatchers

15.Idioteque

# Encore:

16.Lucky

17.Reckoner

18.Everything In Its Right Place Play Video
(With "After The Gold Rush" intro)

Encore 2:

19.Give Up the Ghost

20.Paranoid Android

Since it's the full concert, it's spread out over two players.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend.

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Something homegrown tonight, but also via The BBC. The Smashing Pumpkins from a session the did for the John Peel Program during their European Tour in 1991.

I can't think of 90's without thinking of Smashing Pumpkins - and if you can't either, here's a rundown of what's on the Roundtable tonight:

Smashing Pumpkins - John Peel session of September 8, 1991
1. Siva
2. Girl Named Sandoz
3. Smiley

I think it's a safe bet to turn this up and wait for Friday to roll along.

A few weeks ago I promised I would dig up a Live Tame Impala concert I recently found via Triple J Radio in Australia. As promised, here it is.

From the Splendor In The Grass Festival 2010, recorded by Triple J Radio on July 31, 2010 here is a pretty near complete (and complete with really excited announcers) set by one of the breakthrough Alt/Psych/Indie/Progressive bands coming out of Australia from the past couple of years.

I'm just glad they're around. I hope you are too.

Enjoy and play loud.

One of my favorite bands this weekend and from an earlier incarnation. Mazzy Star, although probably not a household name with a lot of people, is nonetheless one of the more influential bands to come along in some time. With the other-worldly voice of Hope Sandoval, Mazzy Star have maintained an avid fan base for quite a while. Although not officially broken up, but in various states of hiatus, allowing Sandoval to loan her ethereal talents to the likes of Massive Attack, Mazzy Star are rumored to have reconvened and are slated to tour sometime next year. Nothing firm and no confirmations, but wonderful news if that's true.

But in the meantime, here is a concert Mazzy Star did in Chicago, recorded on December 11, 1994.

In lieu of actually catching them live, this is the next best thing and hopefully will cause you to eye tickets when the time comes next year. Should be a great concert, just like this one.

Enjoy.

Something a bit more recent in vintage. Wire recorded this past May 9th live in Paris by Radio France.

It's really good to hear this band still together and still performing. They were such a pivotal force in the initial Punk movement in the mid-70's and their growth into Experimental and Alternative just proves how versatile and far-reaching Wire actually are. That they haven't achieved massive commercial success is really a good thing since their music doesn't adhere to flights of fancy and gimmicks - that it is, indeed timeless.

For that reason they have been one of my favorite bands of the last forty years. Always a pleasure to visit and always an experience worth having.

No matter when.

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Keeping going with our spotlight on the homegrown; tonight it's The Pixies and a session they recorded for John Peel at the BBC Maida Vale Studios in 1988.

Here's the rundown from that session, recorded on October 9, 1988:

1. Dead
2. There goes My Gun
3. Manta Ray

And it officially starts the weekend!

As you probably know by now (if you've been following Newstalgia and the Roundtable for any length of time), I am a huge fan of the Experimental/Progressive/alternative 90's band Suarez from Argentina. They have since broken up and gone separate ways with former lead singer Rosario Blefari launching a successful solo career, as well as acting career and is heavily involved in activism.

Her solo material is wonderful, and I've been featuring it over the past several months. But every so often I'm reminded of the earlier stuff, the Suarez stuff, and it takes me right back to the place I first heard them and the reason why they have been one of my favorite bands ever since - together or not.

Tonight it's Desmaya, a track that didn't wind up on any of their own albums, but rather included in a compilation album with several other bands from Argentina.

A casual reminder the world of music is vast and the discoveries are endless. Don't be shortchanged by mainstream radio - hit the browse button and see where it takes you.

It's always a kick to hear from the bands you discover and tell other people about. A couple months ago I ran a track from the French alternative/psych/experimental/ band Cotton Club and was pretty high on them and had hopes they would get a good word of mouth going via the blogosphere and everywhere in between. I got a very nice e-mail from the guys thanking Newstalgia for the support and last week they sent me a link to some of their new stuff, which they had finished mixing almost a week ago. I also got word they are doing a gig in Berlin later on this week on the 12th. So fortunes are picking up.

I'm happy to say they didn't disappoint and tonight's track, Hope Sailor is what came out of that session.

Good way to kick off the week with some new discoveries. FYI - head over to Soundcloud and hit the browse button and get blown away by what's out there.

Who says music is dead?

As long as we're in a Singer-Songwriter vein this week, I thought I would toss some PJ Harvey into the mix. Harvey hasn't captured the mainstream market, and its doubtful she ever will. Her material is too unflinching and visceral to be neatly tied into a convenient package. And that's a good thing, because she's been influential to a number of up-and-comers in recent years who have borrowed liberally from her in many different ways. But PJ Harvey is an original, and however you feel about her, you don't feel ambivalence.

Tonight it's a session she recorded for John Peel at The BBC on November 10, 2000.

Here's the track lineup:

1. This Wicked Tongue
2. Somebody's Down, Somebody's Name
3. Beautiful Feeling
4. Nickel Under The Foot.

Music that screams "Don't Blend In." So don't.