18 April 2012
We love a zombie here at Kooba Radio. In fact, we can't wait for the Zombie Apocalypse. Jonny has eight hundred tins of spam stockpiled in his kitchen for just that occasion. And it turns out that said cataclysm will be arriving slightly sooner than expected - on Saturday April 28th on London's South Bank!
More >>For all those wanting a few new tunes for their long Easter weekend...
More >>03 April 2012
Christathon 2012 cometh! It all start at 2.30pm on Easter Sunday. That's this coming Sunday!
More >>22 March 2012
The excitement surrounding Christathon is continuing to mount. As well as being listed in Timeout we have also gained a recommendation from TNT Magazine.
More >>Here is a meteorologically topical track (for the UK) from our Band of the Month for February - the amazing Oxo Foxo!
More >>As revealed last week in our special Results Show, the grand honour of Band of the Year, or B.O.T.Y. (pronounced 'botty') was bestowed on the one and only...
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11 January 2012
Ah 2012, nice to meet you. Something tells me we are going to have fun together. Let's get started, shall we? What better way to begin our recommended tracks of 2012 than with a cut from MJ Hibbett's long awaited rock opera Dinosaur Planet (ah-oooh ah-oooh).
More >>...enjoy what the final gasps of 2011 had to offer with these lovely ditties...
More >>23 November 2011
This band's name makes them sound like a trad. blues outfit but the reality of their sound is a million years more advanced than that.
More >>16 November 2011
I think I have just invented a new word – Hibbetty. As in sounds-a-bit-like-MJ-Hibbett.
More >>02 November 2011
The album version of Dinosaur Planet (ah-oooh ah-oooh) by MJ Hibbett is about to drop, people!
More >>19 October 2011
Death Surf play an enjoyably exuberant type of throbbing grunge rock. Have a listen...
More >>My first solo show saw a slew of swaggering blues tracks hitting the Kooba airwaves. I was remiss by not including one such band in this initial barrage. Check it...
More >>11 October 2011
In celebration of Kooba Radio being recommended in Mixcloud's Indie category, here is a little music-only winter mix of some recent favourite tunes.
More >>06 October 2011
Now here is a seriously good find: Dog Ears. This is a solo side project from Special Benny’s Mat Baynton. Dog Ear’s debut EP So It Goes is quite Benny sounding, which is to be expected as it features Ben and Tom from Special Benny on various instruments, but it is more melancholy and introspective with a bit of a Beirut brass thing going on too.
More >>28 September 2011
On this lovely sunny day here in London I can't help but feel the need for some jaunty indie electro. Luckily I have just the thing to fit this bill in the form of Edinburgh's My Tiny Robots.
More >>21 September 2011
Yet another good band in the mail bag today! Will wonders never cease? The emphasis here is on haunting echoey guitar, clattering cymbals, pleading blues lyrics. Ladies and gents I give you GUILE!
More >>14 September 2011
Today's track was recommended to me by my colleague and cultural advisor Vyvyn Howel...
More >>04 September 2011
You will know all about my love of Bearsuit already, after all I did choose them as band of the month a year and a half ago. I've been listening to their latest album Phantom Forest quite a bit lately.
More >>24 August 2011
Let's switch the genre-dial to futuristic minimal electro pop with this remix of Hong Kong In The 60s' "You Can Take A Heart But You Cannot Make It Beat".
More >>19 August 2011
Here's a first for Kooba Radio's Recommended Tracks blog... today's track is a postal submission which literally just arrived. I played it, liked it, and uploaded it right away! That might sound simple but this is actually a freakish and rare occurrence!
More >>10 August 2011
This week's track is from... BBC Comedy...?? Eh??? Not strictly an unsigned band but you'll understand why it is relevant if you give it a butchers..
More >>05 August 2011-07-05
Kooba favourite Jonathan Coutlon gives away a free track Nemesis from his soon-to-be-released new album Artificial Heart.
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03 August 2011
I'm not exaggerating when I say that DAVID GOO IS A KOOBA LEGEND! It is hard to imagine doing what we do on this station without having enjoyed Goo's toe tapping funk and bizarro lyrics for the last few years.
More >>27 July 2011
Mr B is the self styled king of Chap Hop, a genre seemingly invented in the 19th century which shares much in common with the trappings of musical styles more readily associated with the late 20th century. I.e. its funny.
More >>From The Archive: 04 November 2011
We fly back to 2003, Bonfight Night (ish). Kooba is approaching its first birthday, we have a Newsman and a sexy photographer, but we're still finding our feet. What horrors await?
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13 July 2011
Last night my spiritual advisor took me to the Soho Theatre to see a show by The Suitcase Royale, a three man comedy troupe from Melbourne. The show was entitled The Ballad of Backbone Joe.
More >>06 July 2011
At first this might seem a bit out of place on Kooba but trust me and go with it for a sec ok...
More >>This fantastically humorous and genuinely catchy mash-up comes to you from Swede Mason, a video remixer from the Cassetteboy school of anarchy. The caption that goes with the video on youtube says "editing doesn't get harder than this".
More >>20 June 2011
Frilly White is the moniker taken on by collaborators Belinda Blair and the Evolution Control Committee. As Kooba listeners will know, The Evolution Control Committee are the masters of irreverent mash-ups and remixes (see What Would Think If I Sang Auto Tune), but Belinda is more of an unknown quantity.
More >>15 June 2011
CAUTION: Contains mild peril! This track should only be listened to by people with a high tolerance for swearing and graphic sexual references. Do not click this link if you find sweary comedy songs offensive.
More >>We have a fondness for all things Geek over here on Kooba as you might have noticed. With that in mind I thought I’d share with you some geeky music videos. Lets start with a Katy …
More >>From The Archive: 18 October 2006
Jonny has a scratch about in the archive for some vintage Kooba clippage...first up a show from 2006 with special guest Charlie, from the Fighting Cocks.
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On Air Myles has some top notch podcast recommendations: Hatty Ashdown's Silly Radio Show; Jon Hillcock's New Noise; Si Jubb's Jubbseekers...
More >>10 June 2011
What can you say about Special Benny? They are a close knit group of multi instrumentalists who produce epic jazz rock symphonies that have inspired a fanatical following over a number of years. They switch between keyboards, guitars and sax with a tightness that comes from genuine friendship and camaraderie.
More >>08 June 2011
Here's one of our most requested tracks from the last 12 months - Parasol (Worship remix) by the mighty My Luminaries.
More >>07 June 2011
Check out our Jonny being interviewed by culthub.com. The Cult team talk to Papa Kooba about the birth of the station, bands we have known and the hazards of the inbox of shame. It's a great read, especially if you ever wondered what goes on back stage here at Kooba Towers.
More >>06 June 2011
The exhumed corpses of a lost 60's girl group have been implanted with cruel, punk brains and a hickory beat. For connoisseurs of combustible Rock N Roll, Rhythm N Blues, and Garage N Punk, The Husbands create a paint peeling sound full of heartache and violence.
More >>03 June 2011
Ty Segall is a solo musician from San Francisco with a dirty west coast sound. He has been known to tour the UK where he once played on the same bill as Kooba favourite Dignan Porch.
More >>02 June 2011
Hands up who remembers Yokoko! They were a cheerful little indie pop act from Brighton. Local listeners may remember their storming set at one of our Kill Screen gigs in 2009. Fun times!
More >>30 May 2011
This is Philanthropy by a lady called Roxy Rawson. Kooba Radio has a long tradition of playing skilled female singer song-writers (think Clare Portman, Vienna, Emma Foreman, Miss Joe Williams et al) and I think that we can safely add Roxy to that group.
More >>2008 was the Year of the Coulton on Kooba Radio. JoCo gave us two interviews ahead of his sell-out UK tour - one over the phone and one in person. Hear them in full for the first time.
More >>27 May 2011
I love Kimya and everything about her yet we have never played anything by her on Kooba, mainly because we've probably always considered her too big and established for our remit. But fuck it!
More >>25 May 2011
At the risk of turning this section of the website into a spoof covers blog, I'd like to play you another cover version. A few weeks ago we gave you Eilert Pilarm's memorable rendition of Jailhouse Rock. And now I give you The Red Hot Chlli Pipers' cover of Voodoo Child.
More >>16 May 2011
Trwbador are an experimental duo from Wales. Their debut album "It Snowed A Lot This Year" has been released by a brand new indie label called Owlet Music.
More >>13 May 2011
Eilert Pilarm is a 57 year old Swedish Elvis impersonator. This track comes to us by way of a compilation album called “Songs in the key of Z”, which was given to me as a birthday present from Kooba’s On Air Myles. It was a well chosen gift and I love it.
More >>11 May 2011
Welcome to the Guilty Hands fanzine, via Kooba Radio. Issue # 1 – The Final Issue.
More >>06 May 2011
Today's track is Dirty Looks by Kooba Radio's Band of the Month for May 2011 – Dormant Figure.
More >>04 May 2011
Looka Likee Bin Laden by Blabbermouth. I know I posted a couple of tracks by Blabbers recently but I just had to revisit this one after the recent slaying of the world’s # 1 bogey man.
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