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When was the last time you listened to new music? This week? Last week? Last month? Last year? Join Ben Jekyll for two hours of fresh new heavy music with added Myles Kennedy and Mark Tremonti of Alter Bridge in to talk about their new album and also music from Fever Dream - a weapon of sass destruction Hokka - death by cupids arrow Quaint - secrets Black Swan - paralyzed Ginger Evil - the last frontier Alter Bridge - playing aces Alter Bridge interview Alter Bridge - silent divide Alter Bridge interview Alter Bridge - what lies within Burning Circus - a man of few words Chasing Mallory - bruised The Velvet Tuxedo - buzz the scuzz The Molotovs - get a life Melrose Avenue - inside you mind Caskets - lost in the violence HRTLSS - breathe me in Pylon Poets - not to blame Wasted Wizards - to the city The Hellacopters - long gone losers We Three Kings - your love is my disease Altar Of The Witch - shadow queen Suplecs - no apologies SlowRepeat - singularity Join Ben Jekyll every Saturday night for two hours of the

When was the last time you listened to new music? This week? Last week? Last month? Last year? Join Ben Jekyll for two hours of fresh new heavy music found on Tiktok We asked for bands to throw themselves into the mix, and this is the fifth edition with music from Nik Thomas Le - pictures of mirrors Hexe - frogman feat Dick Valentine SpaceAcre - reassuring pat Space Volvo - mid knight sand witch Skyelephant - the phoenix lights Drawing Room - you and me Shadowvale - bloodbound Broken Empire - tear it down Gnawing Hunger - Caligula Mournin` All - all by design Rydberg & Persson Project - doubts and pain Amigaman - got to save that girl Amazed - living in the strange world Sandra Vriese - won`t stop Ruins - you are here Elektra Bliss - in the midst Big Cat Chic - doghouse The Indestructibles - don`t stop Love Is Enough - to you Barren Sea - the knife STRAiNGER - release me FRAPS - memento mori Tolov - stay with you Leto Grand - lovely walk Join Ben Jekyll every Friday night for two hours of the best new mus

Hello there everyone and welcome to another episode of "The A to Z of Rock with Matt and Brian" and we kick off 2026 with our review of 2025. We pick our favourite songs and albums of 2025 as well as reflecting on some of best gigs and events as well as pay tribute to some of fallen rock heroes. We will be back next week with a show all about the Letter L  We have our usual features of "Double Live", "Shredder of the Week"  and "Song of Epic Proportions"  The Show Playlist The End - Mammoth Silent Divide - Alter Bridge White Noise - Smith / Kotzen Three Six Five - Shinedown Everest - Halestorm Peacefield - Ghost NIB - Black Sabbath  Have a Drink on Me - AC/DC My Only Angel - Yungblud I Hate Myself - The Darkness The Wire - Dirty Honey  Sweet and Innocent - Diamond Head Change - Sister Doll Riverboat Queen - JAYLER Time Will Heal - Volbeat The Day I Die - Daughtry Objects Outlive Us - Steven Wilson Dreaming - Those Damn Crows Black Mamba - Alice Cooper Mama, I'm Coming Home - Ozzy Osbourne Rip it Out - Ace Fr

DJ Jesse Luscious digs into 80s UK Anarcho-Punk with Rubella Ballet, Rudimentary Peni, & Subhumans, plays musically atypical bangers from your fave punx & skins, plays 2 world debuts from KEE and SkyTigers, spins new tracks from Gluecifer, Home Front, KMFDM, Detroit Illharmonic Symphony (feat. Jack Grisham), Rowdy, Quick Romance, Wasting Time, & PheRAMONES, & adds classics from Cock Sparrer, Angelic Upstarts, Mika Bomb, Ramones, Mr T Experience, Green Day, Death Wheelers, Putan Club, Hex Code, Mothercountry Motherfuckers, Sloppy Seconds, Grumpster, Night Birds, Mobina Galore, & Nomeansno!   Rubella Ballet- We Won't Eat The Dead Home Front- New Madness Rowdy- Full Figured Touch Grumpster- Bottom Feeder Mr. T Experience- Hella Dumb Sloppy Seconds- If I Had A Woman Sky Tigers- Apex Creditor Night Birds- The Day I Beat My Brain Mothercountry Motherfuckers- White Belly Rat Mobina Galore- Whiskey Water Kee- Sound Putan Club- Sens La Mort KMFDM- Oubliette Nomeansno- The Day Everything Became Noth

Continuing on our nostagic voyage over the last 12 months, we have yet another three hours of totally awesome tuneage for ya. Enjoy, Steve & Lou xx (Concluding part next week) Here we go............... Karmakanic – End Of The Road Mostly Autumn – Winter Dreaming Tribe3 – Last Encore Solstice - Firefly The Flower Kings - Considerations The Mighty Ra – Mr Disingenuous Bioscope – Gento Deep Purple – Strange Kind Of Woman Arjen Anthony Lucassen – The Clock Ticks Down Luke Machin – Rise Up Thought Chamber – Here Upon This Earth Cardiacs - Skating The Emerald Dawn – Dancing With The Spirit Atomic Rooster – Blow That Mind John Lees Barclay James Harvest – Relativity Part 1 (Through The Dust) Lunatic Soul – The World Under Unsun Spriggan Mist – The Cult Jonas Lindberg & The Other Side – Running Out Of Time Peter Gabriel – Been Undone Kylver – Spirit Of The Hunt Spock’s Beard – Electric Monk

Join Ben Jekyll for his annual Nu Year tradition of rocking out like it`s 1999 with huge jeans, downtuned guitars, facial piercings, hip hop rhythms and shirts with flames on the sleeves  This year we have music from a current batch of bands bringing the old nu back Cober Mouth - guilty weight Blackgold - dance like that Profiler - dope Matted - flowers and chains Split Chain - bored.tired.torn Nevertal - break the silence feat Sleep Theory Tetrarch - never again (parasite) From Ashes To New - drag me C E L A V I - sori Magnolia Park - cult Black Coast - without you Indigo - greed Droptune - reaper Extortionist - the break I couldn`t mend DeadWax - house of wax Indigo Blaze - pump it ODC - my only fan feat SUN Fox Lake - freestyle feat AVOID Velour Fog - fake Senser - full body rebellion Tallah - augmented Hacktivist - bones Sleep Theory - iii Apex Fallen - digital demise Stellar Circuits - elegant illusion Cellgames - lament configuration Lost Society - dead people scare me Join Ben Jekyll every Saturday nig

When was the last time you listened to new music? This week? Last week? Last month? Last year? Join Ben Jekyll for two hours of fresh new heavy music found on Tiktok We asked for bands to throw themselves into the mix, and this is the fourth edition overall and the first edition of 2026 with music from Rapid Strides - devil`s advocate Nuns Of The Tundra - losing control LucyVivor & n0trixx - serpent script Hollow Ritual - metamorphosis Echoes Of Obsidian - ride at dawn Jack Robert - he burns me up Aryel Moon - right inside me Cornelis Gerard - passion is aggression De Speakable - done Caustic Waves - quicksand Klyda - let down Different State - brain dead Sid Pink - bootleg rockstar LastFrontPage - bad mood Cyclend - riptide Hekha - the broken cage Six Year Silence - invincible Explode The TV - catching the rain Sonar Red - birdsong Tahm - say whatever Palejoy - next goal wins could be ghosts - the skin caves in The Instanators - public displays of affection Grimgoil - light of the fallen Join Ben Jekyll

Sorry for the delay in uploading the latest podcast. The show originally went out LIVE on Sunday 28th Dec, but as it is now 2026 (Happy New Year btw !!), this is the very first Lost Art podcast of 2026 with Part 2 going out this coming Sunday at 16.00hrs GMT on www.mmhradio.co.uk. There will likely be a Part 3 as this was a stellar year for new Prog. Have a great year all - Steve & Lou xx This time....... Dave Bainbridge – Hill Of The Angels Bumblefoot – Planetary Lockdown Dream Theater – Midnight Messiah Pattern Seeking Animals – The Seventh Sleeper Dominic Sanderson – Faithless Folly Jethro Tull – The Tipu House Thank You Scientist - Gemini Circu5 – Freakshow Train Steven Wilson – Objects: Meanwhile (Single Edit) IQ – Never Land Glass Hammer – The Road South Brass Camel – Pick Of The Litter Teramaze – Sinister Pearl Handled Revolver – Hammer Magic Pie – Name It To Tame It Pryzme – Earth Song Glass Island - Pretend Nad Sylvan – That’s Not Me Jakko Jakszyk – I Told You So The Wood Demons – Nothing Between

Hello there everyone and welcome to another episode of "The A to Z of Rock with Matt and Brian" .  It's our last show of the year and it's another special. We celebrate our favourite Rock Trios.  Expect tunes from : Rush, Budgie, Muse, Raven, The Winery Dogs and of course King's X  We have our usual features of "Double Live", "Shredder of the Week"  and "Song of Epic Proportions" as well as a slice of NWOBHM too.  The Show Playlist Red Barchetta - Rush Tube Snake Boogie - ZZ Top Couldn't Stand the Weather - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble Fight the Good Fight- Triumph Basket Case - Green Day Starlight - Muse Rock Until You Drop - Raven What's Going On - Taste Summerland - King's X Oblivion - The Winery Dogs Leaving Here - Motorhead My Angel - Rock Goddess All Apologies - Nirvana All the Love - The Outfield Bed of Nails - Florence Black Welcome to Hell - Venom Breaking the House Rules - Budgie Time is a Thief - Blue Nation  Burning Tree- Burning Tree Touch My Life - Trapeze Tomorrow - Silverchair Tom

DJ Jesse Luscious dives into UK82 & late 70s punk and the classic "Punk And Disorderly" compilation with Sham 69, Violators, Chaos UK, Buzzcocks, Drones, Angelic Upstarts, Vice Squad, Last Resort, & Cock Sparrer, new tunes from Prey, Die Spitz, Deathtraps, Chakra Shakers, Zombie Killers, Fuck Me USA, Cell Rot, Thee Headcoatees, TV Cult, Industry, Unsane, & Boum Patat, classic songs from Turbonegro, Klasse Kriminale, Lars Frederiksen & The Bastards, Offspring, Cyanide Pills, Girls In Synthesis, Oil!, Jawbreaker, Hey Baby!, Flipper, D.I., & Rancid, and the Luscious Listener's Choice! Prey- The Full Picture Prey- Sleepwalker Prey- Lonely Bereft Die Spitz- Riding With My Girls Deathtraps- People Like You (edit) Turbonegro- I Got Erection Zombie Killers- Lord Of The Lies Fuck Me USA- Chrome Suicide Cell Rot- Cannibals Cell Rot- Shadow People Chaos U.K.- Police Story Drones- Corgi Crap (edit) Violators- Summer Of 81 Buzzcocks- What Do I Get Angelic Upstarts- Woman In Disguise Vice Squad- Last R

Join Ben Jekyll for a sonic tour through his favourite rock songs that have been released in 2025 Featuring music from The Gems - year of the snake Dirty Honey - rock steady Saint Blonde - dirty $$$ Billy Idol - 77 feat Avril Lavigne Jane and The Killer Queens - 20 cents for trauma Movements - where I lay Letters Sent Home - September 29 Plastic Heart - hear my call Ginger Evil - black waves The Bateleurs - a price for my soul The Ex Bombers - he`s a bad, bad man Ida Maria - more Burning Circus - leave the bottle Moonlight Eclipse - shattering knees Beauty In Chaos - get down moses Creeper - blood magick (it`s a ritual) Fury - don`t lie to me Willie J`s 6v6 - love on the loose Kath & The Kicks - wild side Gluecifer - armadas Voyager - seen better days Coheed & Cambria - goodbye, sunshine Made You Look/Made You Stare - façade Pinfinger - what do you know? Honeycub - why2k Join Ben Jekyll every Friday night for two hours of the best new music we can find. Rock, metal, punk, indie, industrial and more mm

Join Ben Jekyll for a sonic tour through his most played rock/metal/punk/indie/industrial songs that have been released in 2025 Featuring music from Che Aimee Dorval - joyride Beddy Rays - red lights Kathleen Turner Overdrive - sticks and stones Zand - toes Wargasm - small world syndrome Teenage Joans - sweet and slow Skunk Anansie - lost and found Rotersand - private firmament (I fell for you) The Rasmus - creatures of chaos Perturbator - apocalypse now Made You Look/Made You Stare - façade Izzy Reign - bird of prey Billy Idol - 77 feat Avril Lavigne Abz Winter - ran out of love Franz Ferdinand - build it up feat Johnny Marr Holy Wars - metamorphosis Verona On Venus - no 1 Messa - fire on the roof Rob Zombie - heathen days Evanescence - afterlife Skumlove - deeper underground Spaced - cause and effect Deadwax - house of wax Twat Union - singer of the band Moonlight Eclipse - shattering knees Join Ben Jekyll every Saturday night for two hours of the best new music we can find. Rock, metal, punk, indie, indust

Hello there everyone and welcome to another episode of "The A to Z of Rock with Matt and Brian" . We have delved into our virtual bag of Letters and pulled out the Letter H this week..... Expect tunes from : Hammerfall, Beth Hart, The Hunan, Don Henley and Humble Pie  We have our usual features of "Double Live", "Shredder of the Week"  and "Song of Epic Proportions" as well as a slice of NWOBHM too.  The Show Playlist Hearts on Fire - Hammerfall A Little is A Little too Much - Helloween Black Dog - Beth Hart How about that - Brian Howe HIde & Seek - The Hunna Hero - Chad Kroeger / Josey Scott Hard Times - Samson Heartline - Robin George Hell Raiser - Sweet All She Wants to Do is Dance - Don Henley Heading out to the Highway - Judas Priest Hold You Back - Status Quo Hot for Teacher - VAN HALEN  Stay - Giant Common Man - Black Country Communion Highway Tune - Greta Van Fleet Black Coffee - Humble Pie Heart's Done Time - Aerosmith Rock Bottom - H.E.A.T Cover My Eyes - Marillion The Holy War - Thin Lizzy Chr

It's the 24th Annual Joe Strummer show with DJ Jesse Luscious! In December 2002, Jesse Luscious was DJ ing on KALX Berkeley Radio when listeners started calling in saying that Joe Strummer had died. After confirming the shocking news on the station's computers, he immediately changed his show into the 1st annual celebration of Joe Strummer. On the 23rd anniversary of his death, celebrate Strummer's life & music with The 101ers, The Clash, The Pogues, The Mescaleros, Pearl Harbour, Jimmy Cliff, Long Beach Dub All-Stars, & more!  Jesse Luscious adds soundbites from an interview with Joe Strummer done by DJ Bikini Babs on KALX Berkeley on 14 Jan 1984 and an interview with Rudy Fernandez Jesse did in 2018, as well as soundbites from Strummer's late 90's "London Calling" BBC radio show. It all adds up to a wild ride through the music and words of Joe Strummer! * This podcast includes a BONUS 2 hours which means that this Joe Strummer celebration is over 4 hours long!  Clash- London's Burning Joe Strumme

Not an entirely festive edition, but we throw in a few Christmassy-tunez for you alogn with a hint at next week's show where we take a look-back at 2025. Have an incredible Christmas and New Year - Steve & Lou x   This time.   Jethro Tull – My Sunday Feeling Marillion – Lonely This Christmas Thank You Scientist – Plague Accommodations Hats Off Gentlemen, It’s Adequate – Inside The Atom Carol Of The Bells – Neal Morse Kino – Loser’s Day Parade Les Penning & Rob Reed – I Believe In Father Christmas Viper Soup Complex – The Well In The Labyrinth Liquid Tension Experiment – Ya Mon Ayreon – Computer Eyes Amplifier – Kaleidoscope Sons Of Apollo – Goodbye Divinity Whom Gods Destroy – The Decision John Petrucci – The Way Things Fall Dream Theater – Stream Of Consciousness (Live) Sherinian/Phillips – Alpha Burst (Live) Big Big Train – Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas The Prog World Orchestra – Frankenstein vs Santa IQ – The Dark Christmas Suite Dave Bainbridge – Hill Of The Angels (excerpt)

Join Ben Jekyll for a sonic tour through his favourite EBM/dub/dance/goth/alternative/industrial rock songs (delete as applicable) that have been released in 2025 Featuring music from Rob Zombie - heathen days Health - vibe cop Wargasm - small world syndrome Artio - seven suns Izzy Reign - bird of prey Honey Revenge - poison apple baby Militia Vox & Fleischkrieg - reach Henka - I wanna destroy u Celldweller & SWARM - fakebreaker feat Reebz Combichrist - desolation 16Volt - white noise Daedric - dark legacy Harpy - inferno Evile - no pictures please Pendulum - cannibal feat Wargasm Satin Puppets - exoskeleton Isabella Storm - satan`s valentine Perturbator - apocalypse now Rotersand - private firmament Assemblage 23 - tolerate Lucia Cifarelli - girls like me genCAB - open grave Mari Kattman - sharp shooter KMFDM - oubliette Holy Wars - metamorphosis Skumlove - deeper underground TX2 - feed feat DeathbyRomy Join Ben Jekyll every Friday night for two hours of the best new music we can find. Rock, metal, p

Join Ben Jekyll for one of his favourite annual shows. This week we are celebrating the women/ladies/girls/non binary artists that have rocked our box over the last 12 months, It has been another vintage year, and this year we had some spectacular highlights from Bambie Thug - redrum Cody Frost - violence ALT BLK ERA - run rabbit Sasami - slugger Wet Leg - CPR Sorry X - r u dwn Messa - fire on the roof Mothica - evergreen misery The Gems - hot bait Gaupa - lions thorn MaHA Rocks - as hope and promise fade Chloe Slater - war crimes Ida Maria - pride Abz Winter - ran out of love Evanescence - afterlife Fury - what`s it gonna be? Lucie Sue - hush Djerv - reignbreaker As December Falls - flametide San Demas - you and I Spaced - pressure Terror Parade - queen of darkness Spiritbox - no loss, no love Twat Union - tiny shorts Moonlight Eclipse - lines Saint Agnes - the father, the son and the holy beast Reliqa - your touch Join Ben Jekyll every Saturday night for two hours of the best new music we can find. Rock, me

Hello there everyone and welcome to another episode of "The A to Z of Rock with Matt and Brian" . We have delved into our virtual bag of Letters and pulled out the Letter F this week..... Expect tunes from : Free, Ghost, Feeder , Metallica and Alice in Chains We have our usual features of "Double Live", "Shredder of the Week"  and "Song of Epic Proportions" as well as a slice of NWOBHM too.  Hope you enjoy The Show Playlist Epic - Faith No More Fire and Water - Free Faith - Ghost Buck Rogers -Feeder For Whom the Bell Tolls - Metallica Waters Rising - Alter Bridge Name, Rank and Serial Number - Fist Fighting the World - Manowar Feel Alright - Gunshine I Got Sound - Fireroad Fear of the Dark - Iron Maiden Fool for Your Loving - Whitesnake Fall of Man - Sophie Lloyd , Matthew K Heafy Sweet Southern Sounds - Samantha Fish Sea of Sorrow - Alice in Chains Diamond in the Rough - Danko Jones ( featuring Marty Friedman )  Faith Hope Love - King's X Foolin' - Def Leppard Fool in the Rain - Led Zeppelin Cherokee - Euro

Sometimes, you just have to revisit a simpler time, when music was more organic and human. Steve & Lou x   This time.........   Thank You Scientist – Mr Invisible The Who – Baba O’Riley Yes – Astral Traveller Uriah Heep – Sweet Lorraine Greenslade – Sundance Strawbs – Hero & Heroine King Crimson – Book Of Saturday Genesis – Get ‘em Out By Friday Marillion – El Dorado (Live) Pendragon – The Haunting Clive Nolan (with Geoff Mann) – Beyond That Door IQ – For Another Lifetime Lonely Robot – Lonely Robot Focus – Focus 3 Argent – Be Glad Tangerine Dream – Desert Dream (Live) ELP - Tank

Join Ben Jekyll for a sonic tour through his favourite indie/alternative/lighter rock songs (delete as applicable) that have been released in 2025 Featuring music from Chloe Moriondo - shoreline J.Fla - moon eater Wet Leg - catch these fists The Enemy - not going your way Beddy Rays - red lights Che Aimee Dorval - joyride Zand - toes Scene Queen - l shaped couch The Callous Daoboys - lemon Lolo - me with no shirt on Franz Ferdinand - build it up feat Johnny Marr Suede - trance state Sunshine Blind - unsinkable Cody Frost - natural selection Vowws - hurt you Halsey & Amy Lee - hand that feeds Westislonely - guilty pleasure Hannah Lou Clark - jenny Dubinski - back to basics Tough On Fridays - nosedive Fishbone - all about us Puscifer - pendulum Jeen - look what you did Beauty Sleep - radical happiness Art Brut x bis - opposites attract False Heads - cracked Bloom - keep you Join Ben Jekyll every Friday night for two hours of the best new music we can find. Rock, metal, punk, indie, industrial and more mmhra