When Loss Arrives Without Warning
is my personal reflection on sudden loss and grief after the unexpected death of a decades-long friend, exploring memory, disorientation, and the quiet ways grief moves through daily life. It can be read at The Listening Room HQ site.
Hi and Happy Sunday with King And Queen by Liv Solveig.
Good morning with Between the Lines the title track of by Saint Sappho ( Zoe Young & Tammy Dyson) debut album that was released yesterday, May 1. Have a nice weekend.
My radio show Amazing Songs & Other Delights # 85 – The Of Love & Loss edition repeats Monday May 4 & 11, 3-4pm (London time) on Yé Yé Radio: yeyeradio.com (or on the app).
The title is self explanatory and you can read about the programme here. However, the original reason for show the title become more poignant and heartfelt last Monday, April 27, with the sudden death of my beloved decades long friend Marcos Allen.
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 Alicia Edelweiss
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
All shows on mixcloud: Yé Yé Radio mixcloud/ | Mondo Bizarre Magazine mixcloud
Good morning with our Middle of the Week Song – Echo From The Flames by Tom Misch. Have a nice day.
The World of Dex and Mosscap is a post on my beloved books A Psalm for the Wild-Built and A Prayer for the Crown-Shy, written by Becky Chambers, following Dex, a tea monk, and Mosscap, a returning robot, as they move through quiet encounters, open questions, and the search for what people need. It can be read on The Polymath site.
Hi with Incantation by Sister Ghost. Have a nice afternoon.
Hi and Happy Sunday with World Cup Fever by Air Miami.
Good morning with Billy Says by Graham Coxon. Have a nice weekend.
words: António Carvalho (edited by Raquel Pinheiro)
photos: António Carvalho
Lovers & Lollypops’ garage, transformed into a concert venue, was the chosen stage for Glyders, a three-piece from Chicago, performing in Porto.
It was a perfect setting. Garage rock is one of the distinctly American strands running through their sound, alongside southern rock, psychedelia, experimentalism, classic rock ’n’ roll, blues, and even country, all filtered in their own way.
The metronomic cadence of Miles Luttrell, the guest drummer on this tour, and the powerful bass lines of Eliza Weber form the rhythmic engine that carries Josh Condon’s guitar lines. He moves between melody and dissonance, between substance and explosion, between clarity and change, between a stable, conventional structure and sudden shifts in cadence and time signatures.
Over this, his somewhat cryptic lyrics take shape, supported and expanded by Eliza’s harmonies.
A sense of unity emerges, creating a deep fusion between band and audience, where bodies, legs, and heads respond instinctively. The ten tracks from their two albums sound more intense live, more elusive, even when played right in front of us.
There was even time for an uninterrupted guitar string change, met with enthusiasm by what Josh called a “very polite” audience, and for an encore with the long and multifaceted Steppin’ / Tell Me About the Rabbit.
Rock is alive. It crosses our path, then disappears in a cloud of dust.
Setlist:
Shoreline Maria’s Hunt (2023)
Hard Ride Forever (2025)
Smooth Walker Maria’s Hunt (2023)
Super Glyde Forever (2025)
High Time Maria’s Hunt (2023)
Moon Eyes Forever (2025)
New Realm Forever (2025)
Golden Hour Maria’s Hunt (2023)
Stone Shadow Forever (2025)
Geneva Strangemod Maria’s Hunt (2023)
Encore
Steppin’ / Tell Me About the Rabbit Forever (2025)
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