I'd rather have Nemone.
Oh hell no! She’s nice enough as a person, but her obsession with all that is Electro is more than I can tolerate.
I’ve been listening to a bit of Huey of virgin. The music is good, though the self promotion is off the scale!
Ive only listened to the Saturday show, interested to see what the relaxed Sunday offering is
https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2026/bbc-radio-6-music-stream-on-bbc-sounds
It sounds like they've invented Radio 2? #flippant
6MusicXtra then.
More Steve Lamacq & the indie lad on Friday's, possibly. It'll no doubt prove to be quite successful, given the target dempgraphic.
Bring back Keaveny!
I'd rather have Nemone.
"Did I tell you that I'm a certified psychotherapist? Not in the last 20 minutes? Well here's a trailer for my new podcast where I talk about therapy and music"
Bring back Keaveny!
Pretty much my first thought when I saw that 6xtra description. Although if he can't drop in Led Zeppelin at least once a show he won't have it
Im still salty about the departure of Keaveney, and all the hours of listening pleasure I've missed out upon over the years.
I delved into the 1-4 show yesterday and Craig Charles was playing Zakk Wylde and apparently he's interviewing him today? WTF?
However, that would be perfect for Sean K. CC will probably just ask him does he miss Ozzy or something.
So, it's started.
Six weeks of endlessly banging on about the build up to 6 music festival, then three months after that rinsing it. Kill me now
"here's our 6 music festival session from [shouty bangy arhythmic flavour du jour], and remember, you can listen back to all the sessions from all the shouty bangy arhythmic flavours du jour on BBC Sounds. Just say "BBC Sounds, kill me now"".
And what is with their complete obsession right now with stuff that's barely music? English Teacher, bored woman talking over something; Sports Team, bored man yelling over something etc.
Yeah, maybe I need to find a new station, at least for the bits that aren't RadMac, Funk n Soul, 6 of the best or Cloud bosting
of the best or Cloud bosting
Even cloud busting seems half arsed these days. Let's just play anything suggested, doesn't have to be uplifting, but here's Grace Jones again. They even finished it off the other day with Mitski, Where's my Phone, that they play endlessly anyway
Beth Ditto taking Huey’s Saturday slot.
Jarvis looking after Iggys slot for a year.
both from April I think..
I’m not sure about Beth tbh
Bring back Keaveny!
Keaveny is slowing getting his feet under the table at Radio 2. Hopefully he'll get a prime-time slot at some stage.
Beth Ditto taking Huey’s Saturday slot.
Jarvis looking after Iggys slot for a year.
both from April I think..
I’m not sure about Beth tbh
Beth seemed a lot less annoying when I heard a whole show of hers than her drops ins to the Nick G's shows. A lot less hyper. But suggests it's going to be very indie focussed (but then I guess Jamz takes it the other way afterwards)
Jarvis will be good to have back. I wonder what Iggy's doing that he's off for a year - he's a handful of festival gigs booked but a few missed shows would cover that.
↑Bring back Keaveny!Keaveny is slowing getting his feet under the table at Radio 2. Hopefully he'll get a prime-time slot at some stage.
Also, tbf, he's definitely an acquired taste, and his schtick is a bit old now if you didn't know him from 6Music/ XFM days. I went through a phase when I genuinely hated his guff, but couldn't find much else to listen to, so kept at it til I got a type of Stockholm Syndrome.
New music fix hasn't been as good since Ravenscroft was replaced by Shepherd. The amount of landfill indie has increased massively at the expense of the interesting esoteric stuff. I loathe Nathan Shepherd, especially on his Friday night show where he serves up the sort of stuff you'd find in the set of a britpop covers band as if we've never heard it before - mate we're all middle aged and heard it the first time around. And stop fading up for half a second as you pause mid sentence.
Now that 6music has gone youth, Maybe Shaun K is a better fit for Radio 2 albeit as the token 'edgy' one that plays Sonic Youth rather than Ed Sheeran in a niche slot.
However, just looked at the R2 playlist and its truly an atrocity exhibition: Bruno Mars, Harry Styles, Mumford & Sons, Nial Horan, louis Tomlinson, jessie ware, Petre Andre!
I'm not ready to make the switch. Im gonna stay with 6music for now but reserve the right to moan and be grumpy
Bruno Mars, Harry Styles, Mumford & Sons, Nial Horan, louis Tomlinson, jessie ware, Petre Andre!
Jesus, that does sound like some godawful mashup of Virgin/ Capital/ Magic. Presumably a BBC strategy of "chuck enough sh*t at a wall and see what sticks", while choosing to ignore the existing sh*t on the wall that is Vernon Kaaaye
↑Bring back Keaveny!Keaveny is slowing getting his feet under the table at Radio 2. Hopefully he'll get a prime-time slot at some stage.
Also, tbf, he's definitely an acquired taste, and his schtick is a bit old now if you didn't know him from 6Music/ XFM days. I went through a phase when I genuinely hated his guff, but couldn't find much else to listen to, so kept at it til I got a type of Stockholm Syndrome.
I seem to be in a minority on here but he never clicked with me. Always just found him massively irritating.
Now that 6music has gone youth, Maybe Shaun K is a better fit for Radio 2 albeit as the token 'edgy' one that plays Sonic Youth rather than Ed Sheeran in a niche slot.
However, just looked at the R2 playlist and its truly an atrocity exhibition: Bruno Mars, Harry Styles, Mumford & Sons, Nial Horan, louis Tomlinson, jessie ware, Petre Andre!
I'm not ready to make the switch. Im gonna stay with 6music for now but reserve the right to moan and be grumpy
It's a dangerous tactic for the Beeb. The Yoof just don't pay the licence fee.
Quite like new music fix. I think it's better than Mark and Coe. There I said it.
/ 6 music dad
It's a dangerous tactic for the Beeb. The Yoof just don't pay the licence fee.
True but that's a more fundamental issue they have to address at an organizational level - fewer people are paying the licence fee, so they jack up the price etc. They also feel the need to show consistently high audience reach for generalist stations like Radio 2, hence chucking sh*t at the wall in the hopes the yoof might find something they want.
I'm not sure 6 music really has gone youth. I think we're all just ageing out.
They always said the target was 25-45 year olds. In 2010 the average listener was 36, right in the middle. The average listener is now mid-40s. (i couldn't see a figure for the whole station but saw several for individual shows which were all around there), but our 2010 listener is now 52.
(R2 by contrast has an average age of 55).
Has anyone heard there is a 6Music festival happening soon?