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The Vibe Detective

by The Vibe Detective

I play an eclectic mix of music, some forgotten or overlooked, and some new, including unsigned artists, all interspersed with (occasionally) witty banter.

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  1. The Vibe Detective 31-10-2018

    Maybeshewill - Japanese Spy Transcript; Last Leaf Down - The Theme; The Beatles - Dear Prudence; Arrest Charlie Tipper - If He's Alive I'll Find Him; The Accident - Kill the Bee Gees; The Bee Gees - Massachusetts; Barbara Lewis - Hello Stranger; Atahualpa Yupanqui - Milonga Perdida; Bob Dylan -...

  2. The Vibe Detective 08-01-2018

    The Everglows - It's Alright (For You & Me) Dope Lemon - Honey Bones Emma's Imagination - Pour It Out Tinariwen - Sastanàqqàm Billy Childish - Art or Arse The Stuckists ft. Billy Childish - Art Or Arse Axel Thesleff - The Wasteland II Miles Davis Quartet - Smooch Cesaria Evora - Fidjo Maguado…

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  3. The Vibe Detective 30-11-2017

    David Bowie - Fall Dog Bombs The Moon King Tubby - Rubba Dunza (Clocktower Mix) Lonnie Mack - Tough On Me, Tough On You Jae Stephens - 24K Flatlands - Friday Night Hedgehog - Waiting For The Last Bus Cigarettes After Sex - Keep On Loving You Oscar Peterson - Wave Van Morrison - Snow In San…

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  4. The Vibe Detective 28-08-2015

    Open Mind - Magic Potion Boxed In - Foot of the Hill Down Beats - Why Do You Love Another? The Stargazer Lilies - Del Rey Mar The Color Waves - Chirology Bo Diddley - Dancing Girl Omara Portuondo - Lágrimas Negras Captain Beefheart - Her Eyes Are A Blue Million Miles Emilie Chaze - Shiver (Lucy...

  5. The Vibe Detective 25-05-2015

    Paul Weller - Pick It Up Hedgehog - Slogan Orange Blossom - Habibi Sophie Zelmani - I'll Remember You Isabel's Dream - Stars End Wild Nothing - Shadow Art Attacks - Neutron Bomb Glen Fernando - All Protect This Lie Yeah Nah - Nangirri Mississippi Fred McDowell - You Gotta Move Them Two - Am I A...

  6. The Vibe Detective 28-04-2015

    The Stranglers - (Get A) Grip (On Yourself) Deadwall - Two Rakes (Ode to W.) Jae Stephens - Earned It (The Weeknd) Tomodachi - Want To Hear Your Voice Every Day Melt Banana - Iguana In Trouble Clara Ward - The Right Direction Only Real - Baby Charles Howl - Going Down With a Hi Mississippi Fred...

  7. The Vibe Detective 04-04-2015

    The Stranglers - London Lady The Melodians - Too Young To Fall In Love R.L.Burnside - It's Bad You Know Sherman Willis With The Soul Superiors - Darling, I Love You The Provisos - Now I Can See Straight The Clock Spiders - Bad Decisions Massive Attack - Black Milk Merry Hell - No Money Omar...

  8. The Vibe Detective 26-03-2015

    Dead Kennedys - California Über Alles Jae Stephens - Her (Majid Jordan) Dr. Feelgood - She Does It Right Hedgehog - She Is Under The Moon The Pacers - Highs & Lows (Demo) King Tubby - Badness Dub George Michael - A Different Corner Alison's Halo - Dozen Sparklehorse - Sad & Beautiful World The...

  9. The Vibe Detective 10-02-2015

    The Shivas - Ride On Low Low Low La La La Love Love Love - Burrow Lightfoils - How It Is Fleetwood Mac - The Green Manalishi (With The Two Prong Crown) Krom - Don't Go Away The Shannons - Hey Mister The Potenzas - Just Like Me Sak Noel - Loca People Mitty Collier - Pain Willie Dixon - Weak Brain...

  10. The Vibe Detective 23-02-2015

    The Sherlocks - Live For The Moment North Star - Troubadour The Statements - Time Will Tell Frank Chickens - Yellow Detective Only Real - Can't Get Happy The Staggers - Wild Teens Slim Harpo - My Baby, She's Got It Krom - Mama Blue PJ Harvey - Down By The Water Oliver $ & Jimi Jules - Pushing On...

  11. The Vibe Detective 12-02-2015

    Songhoy Blues - Soubour The Smiths - This Charming Man The Angeles Project - Paper Heart The Maybes - What Can You Remember? Melt Banana - The Hive The Dramatics - In The Rain White Stupa - Tsagaan Suvraga The Orchids - Something's Going On Howlin' Wolf - Meet Me In The Bottom David Bowie - Panic...

  12. The Vibe Detective 26-01-2015

    Special 100th episode featuring all unsigned artists. Track listing: The Everglows - Amanita Kent Maddux - Stand Alone Mariah YJ - Burn It Down Once a Poet - In The City Glitter Emcee - Hellorato Syrofoam Boots - Why (The Hollows) The Rascels - Lipstick Big World Blue - Golden Moon The Mayfairs -...

  13. The Vibe Detective 10-01-2015

    The Fall - Hit the North The Go-Betweens - Streets Of Your Town Cheryl - Intro, Live Life Now The Lemonheads - Big Gay Heart St. Vincent - Prince Johnny King Tubby - Declaration Of Dub Sophie Zelmani - My Dear Hedgehog - Sand Hammer John Lee Hooker & Carlos Santana - Chill Out Miles Davis - Nuit...

  14. The Vibe Detective 26-11-2014

    X-Ray Spex - Oh Bondage Up Yours! Phil Cooper - So It Seems Kate McGill - You Cassetteboy - Cameron's Conference Rap Half Man Half Biscuit - The Unfortunate Gwatkin The Lemons - Shono Dund Tsas Orj Bna Belle & Sebastian - Piazza New York Catcher The Weakerthans - Elegy for Gump Worsley June Tabor...

  15. The Vibe Detective 19-11-2014

    The Jam - In The City Amadou & Mariam - Sénégal Fast Food Rubber Clown Car - She's So High Kings of Convenience - Know-How Hedgehog - Surf With Shark Horace Silver - Señor Blues Crumplehorns - On Off Tubeway Army - Are Friends Electric Larry Williams and Johnny Guitar Watson - Too Late Spain -...

  16. The Vibe Detective 08-11-2014

    PJ Harvey - Dress Peter Tosh - Equal Rights Marine Girls - A Place in the Sun Faith Ziegler - Hey Brown Eyes Buddy Rich - The Beat Goes On Bob Dylan - Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues Jake Holmes - Dazed and Confused Hindi Zahra - At the Same Time Jae Stephens - Best Mistake (Ariana Grande) Melt…

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  17. The Vibe Detective 27-10-2014

    Blur - London Loves Martin Carr - The Santa Fe Skyway Starfish - Yagaan Garig ZHU - Faded Underworld - Dark And Long (Halls Edit) Radiohead - Paranoid Android Kate McGill - Melancholy Melody Lightnin Hopkins - Have you Ever Loved a Woman Tinariwen - Toumast Tincha Nick Drake - Time Has Told Me

  18. The Vibe Detective 15-10-2014

    The Flys - Waikiki Beach Refugees Diiv - Doused Chuck Prophet and the Mission Express - The Left Hand and the Right Hand Sincere Deceivers - Miss The Days Mary Gauthier - Mercy Now Hedgehog - DDDreaMMM 幻象波普星 We Are Tall Order - Social Tsunami Weekend Players - Angel Ruby Johnson - I'll Run Your...

  19. The Vibe Detective 09-10-2014

    Hedgehog - We Fly Into Space Sarah Jaffe - Clementine The House Of Love - The Beatles And The Stones The Beatles - Day Tripper The Rolling Stones - 2000 Light Years From Home The Afternoons - Now Or Never Valentina - Lip Service Elvis Costello - Lip Service RL Burnside - Let My Baby Ride Natalia...

  20. The Vibe Detective 10-09-2014

    Iggy Pop - The Passenger The Mayfairs - The Streets Are Dead Hedgehog - Dear Boy I Wanna Be Your Girl Friend Joy Orbison - Ellipsis Stephanie O'Brien - Leave Your Heart At The Door Aretha Franklin - Ain't No Way Amadou & Mariam - Camions Sauvages (from Beaux Dimanches) Rubber Clown Car - Gene…

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  21. The Vibe Detective 21-08-2014

    Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit Hedgehog - Noise Hit World Hedgehog - Star Shine Lee Fields - You're The Kind Of Girl Jae Stephens - Days In the West Lauren Marsh - For a Moment Bryan Adam Jones - Leaving California The Ilfords - Evelyn Department S - Is Vic There? Portishead - Glory Box…

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  22. The Vibe Detective 14-08-2014

    The Who - I Can't Explain The Cherry Bluestorms - As Above So Below Van Morrison - Wild Children Redbone - Come and Get Your Love The Milk - Every Time We Fight Meadowlark - Absolute Beginners (David Bowie) Kina Grannis - Winter Aaliyah - Let Me Know (At Your Best) Captain Beefheart - Upon The My...

  23. The Vibe Detective 07-08-2014

    Rudi - I-Spy Hoyt Axton - The Pusher Bob Dylan - It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) The Masters Of Houston - Please Wait For Me Silver Apples - A Pox On You Rhye - 3 Days Nina Simone - Tomorrow Is My Turn (Aznavour/Stellman/Stephane) Ali Farka Toure - Heygana Lost Film - I Taught You Lana Del…

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  24. The Vibe Detective 18-07-2014

    The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter Shoot The Rabbit - Let Me Down DJ YRS Jerzy Ft. Chox-Mak & Bullet Brak - Don't Do It Meg Jones - I'm Not Giving Up Yet (Newton Faulkner) Lorenacustica - Nothing Else Matters (Metallica) PJ Harvey - Rid Of Me Raw Spitt - Songs To Sing Sean Taylor - You'll Never...

  25. The Vibe Detective 19-06-2014

    Jaws - Be Slowly Rhye - The Fall George Jackson - Aretha, Sing One for Me Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You) Celia Cruz - Por Si Acaso No Regreso KMT Feat. Octive - Life Is What You Make It Fodiator - You The People Stiff Little Fingers - Suspect Device Lightnin' Hopkins -...

  26. The Vibe Detective 12-06-2014

    Motorhead - Over The Top The Falling - Burst Dolly Parton vs Jay Z - Jolene (KMT Mix) Stephen Stec - Long Goodbye Houndstooth - New Illusion Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart Mary Gauthier - I Drink Spain - Love At First Sight The Modern Jazz Quartet - Lonely Woman The Midnighters - Giving…

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  27. The Vibe Detective 02-06-2014

    The Ramones - I Don't Wanna Go Down To The Basement Tito and Tarantula - After Dark The March Violets - Snake Dance Sean Taylor - Heaven Meg Jones - Undone Tamikrest - Fassous Tarahnet Bob Dylan - Full Moon and Empty Arms (Buddy Kaye, Ted Mossman) Miles Davis - I Fall in Love Too Easily P.P.…

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  28. The Vibe Detective 12-05-2014

    Route 94 ft. Jess Glynne - My Love Alternative TV - You Bastard Sean Taylor - London Liars And Thieves (Feat. Holly Cooper) - Act of Dying Billy Kirscher - Zone Terakaft - Talikoba The Trumains - Girl Don't Let Me Down Rosalie Sorrels, Mitch Greenhill - Some Other Place, Some Other Time Styrofoam...

  29. The Vibe Detective 09-04-2014

    The Eagles - One Of These Nights Only Real - Blood Carpet King Tubby - Freedom Dub The Fall - Hollow Mind Styrofoam Boots - Under My Thumb (Jagger, Richards) Lorenacustica - Because The Night (Bruce Springsteen) James Brown - I Got The Feelin The Chocolate Watch Band - No Way Out Sean Taylor - River

  30. The Vibe Detective 02-04-2014

    The Kinks - I Need You My Bloody Valentine - Only Shallow Gloria Jones - When He Touches Me Future Islands - Seasons (Waiting On You) The Stranglers - Golden Brown War - Low Rider Styrofoam Boots - Two Headed Boy pt.2 (Neutral Milk Hotel) Dead Models - Tonight Bert Jansch - Blues Run The Game...

  31. The Vibe Detective 20-03-2014

    Len Barry - Its That Time Of The Year Artery - Louise The Left Banke - Walk Away Renee Alex Moir - Like Ted Dexter Bo Diddley - Who Do You Love Yuna - Rocket Jae Stephens - Latch (Disclosure) Cibelle - Lembra Carsick Cars - 15 Minutes Older Thelonious Monk - You Are Too Beautiful

  32. The Vibe Detective 08-03-2014

    Syndicate Of Sound - Little Girl Easy Cure - Listen Veronica Toyomi - Sunday Morning (The Velvet Underground) Lorenacustica - People Are Strange (The Doors) Maria Teresa Vera - He Perdido Contigo Nina Simone - If You Knew Only Real - Get It On Jae Stephens - R U Mine (The Arctic Monkeys) The...

  33. The Vibe Detective 27-02-2014

    The Count Five - Psychotic Reaction Only Real - Backseat Kissers Ggghost Townnn - Le Petit Soldat Laurel - Crazy (Willie Nelson / Patsy Cline) Emilie Chaze - Light In the Dark Carsick Cars - Wild Grass Sam & Dave - I Cant Stand Up For Falling Down Terakaft - Tenere Wer Tat Zinchegh Windings - Sun...

  34. The Vibe Detective 20-02-2014

    Prince & 3rd Eye Girl - Screwdriver Lianne La Havas - No Room For Doubt The Wrong Airport - Lazy River Puppet Rebellion - The Greatest Lie Ever Told Elvis Costello & The Roots - Tripwire Kathryn Williams - Arwen The Queen's Minions - Rock Hill Farm (Im Gonna Take You There) Nolan Porter - If I...

  35. The Vibe Detective 04-02-2014

    Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Sure Nuff n Yes I Do Cross Wires - White Dress Emilie Chaze - Kids Luke Haines - The Rubettes Bo Diddley - I Can Tell Timebox - Beggin' Tinashe ft. Travi$ Scott - Vulnerable The Would Be's - Could Be The Weather The Vincents - Song For The Sea Windings -...

  36. The Vibe Detective 27-01-2014

    The Damned - Neat Neat Neat Girls Names - Pittura Infamante Jae Stephens - Killing Time Samantha Crain - For the Miner Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley The Psychedelic Furs - India The Professor and Naomi Kay - Was It Her Khushi - You Say Elbow Sisters - Bu Xiang Hui Tou Chet Baker - September Song

  37. The Vibe Detective 22-01-2014

    Best Coast - This Lonely Morning Doug Conlon - Mystified By the Moon Mother - Up For Hours Jae Stephens - XO (Beyonce) The Only Ones - Someone Who Cares Untold - Yukon Muddy Waters - Rollin Stone The Tights - Bad Hearts The Vincent(s) - Asked her to the Dance Katie Herzig - I Hurt Too

  38. The Vibe Detective 17-12-2013

    Wild Nothing - Summer Holiday The Ragamuffins - Don't Love Too Much Anchors in Hearts (Emilie Chaze) - Hunter The Marvelettes - The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game (Smokey Robinson) The Ethiopians - Woman Capture Man The Vickers - She's Lost Sugardrum - 3 Penny Postcard Jordan Stephens -...

  39. The Vibe Detective 22-11-2013

    Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll Cross Wires - I Want To Be Your Man (Again) Carmen Amare & Fe Raw - Beach is Better Liars and Thieves - River Song Lee Scratch Perry - Lee Perry Special Dub The Pretty Things - Rosalyn Meg Jones - The Foundation of Us Kate McGill - Where Is…

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  40. The Vibe Detective 18-10-2013

    Peter Tosh - Stepping Razor Milky Onions - Bob Squelch The Detroit Emeralds - Feel The Need In Me Peter Serafinowicz - Morrissey Book Page One (Sung) Morrissey - The More You Ignore Me The Closer I Get Jordan Stephens - In The Dark I See (Lights) Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip - Development The…

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  41. The Vibe Detective 11-10-2013

    Magazine - Shot by Both Sides Dan Croll - Only Ghost Brooklyn Ghosts - Americana Mama Liars and Thieves - Winter Pixie Lott - Cry Me Out Carsick Cars - You Can Listen You Can Talk Sean Taylor - London The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset Bettye Swann - Then You Can Tell Me For all the news on Turn1st...

  42. The Vibe Detective 29-09-2013

    Barrence Whitfield & The Savages - The Corner Man Sophie Madeleine - You Are My Favourite PW - Here With You Little Bird - My Lonely Mind Speedboats For Breakfast - Revolt Tift Merritt - Are You Still In Love With Me The Sick Things - Street Kids Clelia Felix - Playa Del Sol Snow Patrol - Run For...

  43. The Vibe Detective 19-09-2013

    The Darlingtons - Watch Yourself PJ Harvey - Rid Of Me (Remastered) Groovology - Isocline Robyn Kavanagh ft. Terawrizt - I Don't Know Wanderlust - Lou Reed Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side Martin Simpson - Medley of Celtic Airs The Carstairs - It Really Hurts Me Girl Bernard Herrman - Theme From...

  44. The Vibe Detective 11-09-2013

    Carsick Cars - Mogu Omar Pene - Bakofa Radiohead - Talk Show Host Jordan Stephens - Royals (Lorde) Liars And Thieves - Lover's Eyes Son House - Death Letter Blues (John Peel Session, 1970) Kathryn Williams & Neil MacColl - Grey Goes Captain Beefheart - I'm Gonna Booglarize You Baby John Coltrane…

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  45. The Vibe Detective 04-09-2013

    Babyshambles - Fireman Eliza Carthy - Worcester City Bob Dylan - I Threw It All Away Carsick Cars - Zhong Nan Hai Temple Songs - I Cant Look After You Lightnin' Hopkins - Trouble in mind The Glass Child - Insomnia Ghost Gamblers - Wild Heart ( Stevie Nicks, Fleetwood Mac ) Ismael Lo - Tajabone

  46. The Vibe Detective 25-08-2013

    The Cocteau Twins - In the Gold Dust Rush Melt Banana - Cat Brain Land Ali Farka Touré - Amandrai Gamu Nhengu - Liar Liar Robert Earl Keen - I'll Be Here For You Eiko Yamashita - The Wind Forest The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Anemone The Rolling Stones - Paint It Black Throbbing Gristle - Beachy...

  47. The Vibe Detective 20-08-2013

    Stiff Little Fingers - Alternative Ulster Violent Femmes - Gone Daddy Gone Kathryn Williams - Heart Shaped Stone Souad Massi - Le Bien et le Mal Jim White - Wordmule Jordan Stephens - Hollow Men (Justin Nozuka) Kanye West - Black Skinhead Paolo Nutini - High Hopes Dido - White Flag Check out the...

  48. The Vibe Detective 14-08-2013

    The Kinks - All Day and All of the Night Dead Models - The Dancefloor Elvis Costello - Shipbuilding (Costello, Clive Langer) Pussy Riot - Putin Lights Up the Fires Melt Banana - Phantasmagoria Kathryn Williams - Thirteen (Big Star) Caitlin Bell - This Song Keith Jarrett - Köln Concert (Part 1)…

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  49. The Vibe Detective 07-08-2013

    Kathryn Williams - Flicker The Fratellis - Baby Doll 2 Out Of 3 Rule - Long Breath Stevie Nicks - Wild Heart (dressing room version) The Ho Hos - Wild Heart (Stevie Nicks) Lightnin Hopkins - Blues Is A Feeling Melt Banana - Blank Page Of The Blind Chet Baker - Almost Blue Ray Pollard - The Drifter

  50. The Vibe Detective 01-08-2013

    Felt - Rain Of Crystal Spires The Cigarettes - I`ve Forgot My Number Markus James - Dream By Dream Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Stagger Lee Baby Strange - Pure Evil Olof Arnalds - Madrid Gamu Nhengu - Great Change Carmen Amare - Rest In Power Tupac Shakur - Me Against The World

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I play an eclectic mix of music, some forgotten or overlooked, and some new, including unsigned artists, all interspersed with (occasionally) witty banter.

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