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Beard magazine has been covering underground and cult music from Glasgow and beyond since 2003. Now young shavers Stewart and Neil, along with regular guests, bring you a shambolic but enthusiastic hour of beautiful, weird, funky and horrible sounds. Underground rock rubs up against free jazz, noise, world music, hip-hop, dubstep, folk and experimental music. Cult gems from days of yore hi-five the latest cutting edge sounds. We love weird and noisy shit, but we love pop too: there ain't no snobbery in these whiskers.
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beard's bangin' beatles bop
Thursday sees Beard radio raise our thumbs aloft to the Fab Four as only we know how. Yes, it's our long-awaited Beatles special. Now, this might seem a somewhat mainstream, classic-rock kinda thing for us to do, but rest assured this is no predictable Mojo-style snooze fest featuring the same old stuff. Deep cuts, hidden solo gems, unusual covers, tunes that sample the Beatles, homages, and related acts... If you're the kind of Beatles fan who hates Yoko and loves Oasis then you might not like this show. We think you should listen in anyway and have your mind blown. Or if you're one of those people who says the Beatles are lame perhaps we can change your mind. As for everyone else, turn off your mind, relax and float downstream...
Posted at 21:32, 3rd May 2010
beard radio with special guest john cavanagh!
Beard Radio is delighted to announce our special guest, the legendary John Cavanagh! Radio presenter, musician, producer, writer and raconteur, John will be playing some of his favourite records, as well as some exclusive new tracks.
In addition to working for BBC Scotland and presenting his own weekly Soundwave show on Radio Six International, John has recently been producer for weird-folk luminaries Trembling Bells and Family Elan, while working on his own Phosphene project.
Past projects include a one-man show about electronic music goddess and BBC Radiophonic Workshop legend Delia Derbyshire, and a book in the 33 & 1/3 series on Pink Floyd's Piper At The Gates of Dawn. He has also been involved in the release of records by Derbyshire and Ron Geesin.
Read all about his activities here: http://www.phosphene.debrett.net/complete.htm
We're really excited for this show. Do tune in and turn on.
Posted at 13:16, 16th March 2010
beard radio new year special
For our first show of 2010 we're welcoming special guests Joseph Stannard (Wire, Resonance FM, The Outer Church) and Petra Davis (Plan B, The Quietus). They'll be spinning a few fine tunes and engaging in some classic Beard Radio banter. Expect prog, space disco, r 'n b, metal, and who knows what else. What's more, we're on for 90 minutes this week. Gnarly.
Posted at 13:49, 6th January 2010
beard halloween special from the crypt of terror
Behold! Prepare to submit your trembling souls to the sheer wanton terror of Beard Radio's annual witching night special. Quiver with fear, shriek with horror and curse your existence as Stewart and Gary let the devil take over their souls live on air! Our shiversome selection of tenebrous tunage takes in hauntological transmissions, face-melting death metal, witchy prog, evil techno, satanic jazz invocations and readings from Byron. Miss this chilling, thrilling hour at your peril, for we shall doom the souls of non-believers for eternity! Bwahahahahaha!!!!
Posted at 23:25, 28th October 2009