by don campau
Of course my own show, "No Pigeonholes" continues to play independent and home recorded music. All styles are played and at this point, it is not just home recording but an independent attitude that is important. "No Pigeonholes" is aired in the San Francisco and Monterey Bay Areas on KKUP in Cupertino. A European Edition of the show is handled by Radio Marabu which brings it to continental Europe. "No Pigeonholes" is also streamed on the web every Tuesday night at 8PM Pacific Time on The Luver.com, from Berkeley California. http://www.doncampau.com/npinfo.htm
I offer podcasts of current shows here: http://doncampau.podomatic.com/
Ray Carmen's Cap's Podcasts spins a fine show of underground music.
Russ Stedman is now hosting a podcast of his own music and others: http://russstedman.podomatic.com/entry/2009-09-25T17_00_37-07_00 and now a new show: http://russstedman.podomatic.com/entry/2009-10-30T16_11_20-07_00
Hessel Veldman from The Netherlands is now offering a program of spiritual dimensions and emotional aspects of music on podcast:http://blog.concertzender.eu/category/nieuwe-muziek/
Rotcod Zzaj is doing a fine podcast of independent music here. http://rotcod.podomatic.com/
Sallymae Hogsby hosts the Bovine Music show featuring home tapers and underground music:http://sallymae_hogsby.podomatic.com/
Virtual Circuit is an outstanding ubuweb type web site offering an array of art, cinema and sound material.
Conceptual artist Sha Sha Higby weaves an exotic tapestry of dance and design. Wild!
Here's an interesting article about The Dutch radio and underground scene by Thomas Bey William Bailey here
He also has a new book, Micro Bionic, about radical electronic music and sound in the 21st century. Worth picking up
My interview with Brian John Mitchell of QRD webzine is here. Many other guitarists are also interviewed as well.
The Denver Noise Festival 2010 on youtube shot and edited by Charles Rice Goff III.
Charles Rice Goff III spins tapes from the heyday of cassette culture on his Lo Finest show which is featured on Jerry Kranitz' Aural Innovations page:
http://aural-innovations.com/radio/radio.html
There are several other shows there as well including Jerry's own space rock feature, "Space Rock Radio".
Hal McGee produced 17 podcasts of home recorded music that are still available. Great compilations of rare material expertly hosted by Hal:
http://www.halmcgee.com/homemadealienmusicpodcasts.html
Hal has revived his podcast series and is now airing reviewing a wider array of underground music, past and present. Great stuff.
On the air since 1982, Little Fyodor's "Under The Floorboards" is on KGNU in Boulder, Colorado and focuses on oddities and the goofy side: http://littlefyodor.com/mainpage.html
Al Perry has hosted "The Clambake" for many years and continues to broadcast lots of great stuff including southwest faves and some underground faire. His show is on KXCI in Tucson, Arizona at 6PM ( their time) on Tuesdays. They do stream the programs: http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kxci/guide.guidemain
"Audio Exotika" is the radio outlet for Mike Honeycutt who has been hosting this show for 20 years on WEVL in Memphis. Mike's show is on Sundays at 10 PM. Check the WEVL schedule and link to his playlists here: http://www.wevl.org/schedule.php
Dave Mandl hosts "World Of Echo" every Wednesday from 8-11 PM on WFMU in New Jersey, the big daddy of all freeform stations. Check out his info here: http://www.wfmu.org/~davem/Davem.html
In England, Garry Lee hosts, "The Overflow" radio program which deals in indie and space rock and throws in home recorded material at times:www.starshipoverflow.com
Ian C. Stewart is now hosting some excellent podcasts of varying material. I don't believe you will be disappointed. This is quality stuff. Here.
das and ninah pixie host the ubRadio Salon every Wednesday from 4-6 Pacific Time. They improvise live and then stream their signal to the Dutch internet station, DFM.nu
Their archive all their recordings for on demand listening here.
En Garde For Avant Garde is a French site streaming experimental music.
Dan Fioretti's "Antarctica Reconsidered" at last.fm.
British home taper, Andy Xport's music blog of new and collaborative material.
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Blogs
In my research I have come across a few blogs that offer free downloads of cassettes and other rare material from the heyday of the do it yourself movement. Not all the blogs are strictly cassette related but as you will see, offer some fascinating music and information.
If you know of good resource blogspot sites please send me the link at the contact button on the upper right.
Facts, Myths and Lies of DIY Music hosted by Darrell Draeger of Hermanos Guzanos has some real gems: http://diycassettemusic.blogspot.com/2008/02/don-campau-pinata-party.html
Dualtrack gives it up for 80s comps and other stuff: http://dualtrack.blogspot.com/
Atlantis Audio Archive serves your underground European and compilation needs: http://atlantisaudioarchive.blogspot.com/
Smooth Assailing dishes out experimental music: http://smoothassailing.blogspot.com/2006/10/manon-anne-gillis.html
Excrete Music appears to be a Greek site with lots of oddities: http://excretemusic.blogspot.com/
enborRa is a Spanish language site with electronic music, etc: http://plaxma.wordpress.com/
Soundhead with electronic, experimental: http://the-soundhead.blogspot.com/
Nostalgie-de-la-boue: more experimental and rarities: http://nostalgie-de-la-boue.blogspot.com/
Mutant Sounds: one of the great blogspots with elaborate and caring writing about musical weirdness. A real must: http://mutant-sounds.blogspot.com/
Continuo's weblog: One of my personal faves is a site from France with some beautifully rare material: http://continuo.wordpress.com/page/24/
Here's a punk blog with some obscure stuff: http://www.killyourpetpuppy.co.uk/news/
French language blog my mon ami, Christophe Petchanatz of Klimperei: http://cpetchanatz.blogspot.com/2009/10/archives-cassettes.html
El Gringo is another project of French artist, Christophe Petchanatz, underground veteran of bands like Klimperei, Deleted and much more. Volia!
Dadastic offers rare and overlooked rock and other sounds: http://www.dadastic.blogspot.com/
Fascinating blog about tape experimentalism in the whole of the former Yugoslavia. http://ahogonsindustrialguide.blogspot.com/
I'll Read You A Story has very fine experimental music and some cassette entries here
Magick Crowbar has Noise, Noise Noise and Tapes Tapes Tapes prepare to detonate
Free jazz, underground cassettes yearn for your clicking at 9 Grey Chairs
Weird. Obscure. Lo Fi at Decrepit Tapes
Not necessarily underground music but this blog Awesome Tapes From Africa is amazing. Downloaders heaven!
Thai cassettes here and don't forget to check the incredible world music links. A treasure trove of music you cannot buy anywhere in the western world.
Speaking of ethnic music it doesn't get any better than musicologist Robert Garfias own collection. Astonishing
Outer Space Gamelan gives you noise, underground LPs and tapes and other obscurities. Looks like the creator is giving it up but content is still available.
Cassettes and underground material at The Thing On The Doorstep
Lots of non American tapes and rarities at Hand Beanies
Disconcerted Sounds has a variety of bizarre and unusual stuff to download and read about.
Handbeanies features some cassette material. In Spanish.
Because God Told Me To Do it has cassette, fetish and magick style material.
Tape Attack has a nice collection of German improvising band, Das Freie Orchester.
More DFO at No Pop Stars.
Big City Orch, Merzbow, PBK and more at this interesting blog.
Jade Greenberg writes a blog about lo-fi music here.
Mike Pougounas of New Zero God ( and cassette culture band Flowers Of Romance) is writing a blog about underground , punk and more. Here.
