A show with an aim, to play all the best songs that weren't top billing, that were hidden on the other side of the vinyl, on track 2 of the CD and tucked away in the depths of iTunes in a digital age. Come forth and find the best songs you never knew existed, B sides are where artists make their real music, now it's time for you to hear it.
The man who brought you Midweek Marauders, and half the men who brought you Plastic People, Elliott Ball has finally hit the digital age. No more vinyl*: Tune in weekly to a wide mix of music new and old; and an ever-changing array of features. Including "genre spotlights", discussion of music culture and guests: That's how it starts.
*Maybe the odd vinyl.
Featuring our top ten new tracks of the week compiled by our new digital librarian team, the album of the week and the music news summary for the week, heavily featuring the SRA's Hot New Tracks Playlist
URY's Music Team bring you their Top Ten New Tracks of the Week! Spanning every genre, with cutting edge discussion and feedback.
James, Jon, Zoë & Ron power up to transmit your fix of electronic sounds. James' pure analogue circuitry resonates with rich waveforms while Jon's digital CPU calculates precise signal processing chaos. Ron's memory banks hold secrets about electronica's distant past and Zoë's emotionally resonant noise spectra provide a glimpse of the future. Together they will supercede humanity, assume total control, and ban Oasis covers, but ocassionally still play Wonderwall.
Listen on headphones or high quality speakers to get the best experience.
Back in the early 2000s, DAB services were struggling to launch across the UK. Spare capacity on the Muxes had to be filled with something... So... It was filled with the best radio station ever to be broadcast in the UK. With a cultlike following, "Birdsong", the looped recording of birds singing gaily was recorded in the garden of then Digital One chairman Quentin Howard. It achieved a cult following from people who found it much more interesting to listen to than Jazz FM.
I can't play you that recording... Because I don't own the copyright and can't be bothered to email someone to get it. What I can do, is every Wednesday morning for 2 hours, set up my microphones in a wood, park or centre of town and well... Send you live audio of... That... You could just open a window... But get real here... You're not going to do that are you....
Birb....
Hear Dan Creigh, Joe Haydon, and James Holden dip their metaphoric toes into the murky waters of radio. An hour-long pilot show of parley and pieces. Will the boys sink or swim? Tune in to find out.
James, Jon, & Zoë, & Ron power up to transmit your fix of electronic sounds and lizard facts. James' pure analogue circuitry resonates with rich waveforms and Zoë's emotionally resonant noise spectra, while Jon's digital CPU calculates precise signal processing chaos. Together they will supercede humanity, assume total control, and ban Oasis covers.
Lizard on headphones or high quality speakers to get the best experience.
Do you like music and random conversation that is somewhat (but not always) connected to said music?
Then join Tolan, Sam, Harry and whoever else, as they delve into an obscure and varied collection of classics and one-hit wonders from a variety of genres on both Vinyl and digital formats!
After broadcasting for over 55 years, URY has taken the plunge into Digital Radio. Following an 18 month long process URY is finally commencing broadcast on DAB, with a one-off feature show, highlighting the amazing people who have helped bring this project to life. Tune in to hear from URY's different teams as they talk about the importance of student radio and DAB. Listen out for industry professionals commenting on this incredible feat and why it's so important to stay relevent. Hosted by Joe and Harvey, let them guide you through this momentus moment for Student Radio.
What better way to mark URY's launch on DAB Digital Radio than to celebrate the greatest pop group of the 20th century, in guises largely unfamiliar. We'll have two hours of cover versions of ABBA songs, from a cappella to hard rock, from country to rap.