Neil Milton Listens To… on Radio Kapitał In 2001, to release my band’s first single, I emulated my indie heroes, The Delgados, and created my own label to do just that. The Delgados created Chemikal Underground 25 years ago to release their debut single, Monica Webster. A quarter of a century later, and the label […]
Neil Milton Listens To… on Radio Kapitał This month, I started reading Holly George-Warren’s excellent biography of Big Star’s Alex Chilton, and it prompted this month’s direction. For March, we’re heading down an avenue of vocal harmonies, chiming guitars, and pounding drums. Episode 17 of the show is the second and final of a 2-part […]
Neil Milton Listens To… on Radio Kapitał This month, I started reading Holly George-Warren’s excellent biography of Big Star’s Alex Chilton, and it prompted this month’s direction. For March, we’re heading down an avenue of vocal harmonies, chiming guitars, and pounding drums. Episode 16 of the show is the first of a 2-part series of […]
Neil Milton Listens To… on Radio Kapitał Many years ago, I was turned on to an amazing compilation album called “Ohm” The Early Gurus of Electronic Music. It featured many of the composers and artists that you’ll hear this month. Avant garde, musique concrete, tape music. Lots of incredible experiments. Episode 15 of the show […]
Neil Milton Listens To… on Radio Kapitał Many years ago, I was turned on to an amazing compilation album called “Ohm” The Early Gurus of Electronic Music. It featured many of the composers and artists that you’ll hear this month. Avant garde, musique concrete, tape music. Lots of incredible experiments. Episode 14 of the show […]
Neil Milton Listens To… on Radio Kapitał It’s Oscars season, so episode 13 of the show is the culmination of my 2-part series of listening to the film music of John Williams. So, here it is… part 2 of Neil Milton Listens To… The Film Music of John Williams. RADIO KAPITAŁ Episode 13: Neil Milton […]
A new year and a new month of Neil Milton Listens To… on Radio Kapitał It’s Oscars season, so episode 12 of the show is the first of my 2-part series of listening to the film music of John Williams. So, here it is… part 1, the first of 2 parts of Neil Milton Listens […]
Episode 11 on Radio Kapitał is the second of my 2-part series of listening to songs that inspired the writing and recording of R.E.M.’s album, Monster – which celebrates it’s 25th anniversary this year. As written about earlier in this blog, this album is incredibly important to me – even life-changing – so I wanted […]
Well now, it’s November already, and because of the “every 2 weeks” schedule of my show, and the 5 shows last month, we’re now onto a 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month schedule until another 5 week month might flip us back to 1st and 3rd Thursdays again. Episode 10 of my show on […]
Episode 9 of my show on Radio Kapitał is the last of a special 5-show month, focused on Scottish Indie Music. Episode 9 is a very special one in that it aired on Radio Kapital on the 20th anniversary of the first rehearsal of my very first band, Troika, in Scotland on Halloween 1999. So […]