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Amazing Songs & Other Delights # 86 – The Time Travel edition by Manuel Carvalho & Raquel Pinheiro, Monday 20 @ Yé Yé Radio

Nightmares On Wax

My radio show Amazing Songs & Other Delights # 86 – The Time Travel edition airs Monday October 20, and repeats Monday October 27, 3-4pm (London time) on Yé Yé Radio: yeyeradio.com (or on the app).

My friend Manuel Carvalho and I put together 13 songs and instrumentals from thirty years ago. I had never heard some of Manuel’s choices before. Which pleases me, since I love to find out new music, even if it may not be exactly my genre.

Our choices aren’t necessarily the only type of music we were listening to in 1995, but they reflect our different tastes and contrasts.

For the most part, Manuel brought long, instrumental tracks, including a jazz cover of Nirvana’s Come As You Are by Charlie Hunter Trio. I brought songs, and loud guitars.

1995 was the biblical year of Britpop battle of the bands. Blur vs Oasis. I have always like both bands. Instead of the greatest hits from Blur’s The Great Escape and Oasis’ (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?, I chose, respectively, Stereotypes, She’s Electric.

I did the same with Mcalmont & Butler’s The Sound Of… Instead of Yes or You Do, I picked Don’t Call It Soul

There’s also HIM, Kyuss, Nightmares On Wax, Faith no More, Emperors New Clothes, Ron Sexsmith and more.

The apparent “this things don’t make sense together”, is misleading. Together, our choices form a beautiful musical hour.

Tracklist:
01: Blur – Stereotypes (Raquel)
02: Charlie Hunter Trio – Come As You Are (Nirvana cover) (Manuel)
03: Emperors New Clothes – East On The West Road (Manuel)
04: Faith No More – Evidence (Raquel)
05: HIM – Painted Egg (Manuel)
06: Kuyss – Hurricane (Raquel)
07: Mcalmont & Butler – Don’t Call It Soul (Raquel)
08: Monster Magnet – King of Mars (Raquel)
09: Nightmares On Wax – Nights Introlude (Manuel)
10: Oasis – She’s Electric (Raquel)
11: Peter Scherer – Nerve Type No (Adrian Sherwood Remix) (Manuel)
12: Ron Sexsmith – Summer Blowin’ Town (Raquel)
13: The Ballistic Brothers – Portobello Café (Manuel)

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Mondo Bizarre Magazine Concert Reviews, Concerts

Sivert Høyem, CCOP, Porto 10.10.2025.

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words: Paulo Carmona (edited by Raquel Pinheiro); photos: Paulo Carmona

Sivert Høyem (of Madrugada) possesses an impressive voice with a very rare vocal range in deep tones, very well supported by the diaphragm and perfectly in tune.

He is a man of stories and, more or less, fortunate coincidences with which he captures the audience’s full attention, as they come scented with truth and humor.

Each song is a poetic ode of personal inspiration from something experienced, witnessed, or close. Perhaps that is where his truth and sense of genuine interpretation come from.

The atmosphere felt in each song makes us soar high, and we almost feel a breeze brushing against the skin. It is within the reach of few.

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In this intimate solo concert, in which he appears very communicative and friendly, in the third song – Ride On Sisters, and explores his voice between powerful lows and intense, perfect falsettos. Here, Sivert earned the first of several ovations of the night.

Whenever he performs songs from his band – Madrugada – the audience reacts enthusiastically. A good example of this was Majesty, which was sung in full by many of those in the audience. Hollow, On An Island, and even Love vs The World were performed before the announced encore.

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Sivert returned to bring us Prisoner, Honey Bee, When Your True Love is Gone, and Moon Landing to end on a high note.

I stayed until the room was practically empty, and there he was, mingling with some of those present. For those on the outside, it really looked like a conversation among friends. Cool!

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Amazing Songs & Other Delights # 85 – The Of Love & Loss edition by Raquel Pinheiro now @ mixcloud

My radio show Amazing Songs & Other Delights # 85 – The Of Love & Loss edition can now be listened to on mixcloud. Of Love & Loss is a self-explanatory title. Originally, that was not how this edition was going to be called. You can read about the programme here.

Amazing Songs & Other Delights airs 3-4pm (London time) and has new editions every first and third Monday of each month, respective repeats on second and fourth Monday of each month on Yé Yé Radio: yeyeradio.com (or on the app).

Tracklist:
01: The Handsome Family – Far From Any Road
02: A 90s new man called Stan –
Disco Dystopian Blues
03: The Auteurs – Show Girl
04: Bettina Korn – Annie’s Song (John Denver cover)
05: Chimehours – Underneath The Earth
06: The Mercury Rev – Goodness on a Highway
07: Maitland – Einstein-Rosen Bridge 
08: Ricardo Reis Soares – Qualquer Coisa
09: Suede – Daddy’s Speeding
10: The Vinegar Tasters – Smokestack
11: The Radio Field – It’s Alright
12: Bill MacKay & Ryley Walker – Land of Plenty
13: Thee Headcoatees – You’re Gonna Lose That Boy
14: Lour – Outro Lado
15: Zea & Drumband Hallelujah Makkum –
In lichem fol beloften(feat. Tsead Bruinja)
16: Mark Eitzel – The Last Ten Years

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Mondo Bizarre Magazine Concert Reviews, Concerts

God Is An Astronaut, Casa da Música Porto, 08.10.2025.

words: Neno Costa (freely translated by Raquel Pinheiro); drawings: Neno Costa

God Is an Astronaut returned to Casa da Música, three years after their last appearance in 2022- this time Sala Suggia – offering, true to form, yet another magnificent concert.

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The Irish trio emerged following a virtuosic solo performance by cellist Jo Quail, who accompanies the band on this voyage, enriching their sound without in the slightest disturbing the post-rock atmosphere. A realm ruled by the voices of instruments and the crafting of vast, interpretative landscapes.

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The sonic voyage began with Falling Leaves, opening the passage into their latest work, Embers (2024). The distinctive picking of Torsten Kinsella’s guitar slipped forth like an invitation to the senses, soon joined by the other instruments to form a scene traversed like an emotional roller-coaster, with epic downpours and nostalgic sunsets. The well-tempered bass of Niels Kinsella and the band’s new drummer Anxo Silveira wove an intricate, enveloping dialogue, further expanded by Jo Quail’s contribution.

It was a solid, soaring performance that carried the audience on a cosmic voyage through highlights of their eleven-album career. With the indispensable All Is Violent, All Is Bright seasoning an already rich setlist, and closing, ouroboros-like, with From Dust to Beyond (2002).

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