When I was in high school I was totally obsessed with this show on BBC America called Later With Jools Holland. Why? Because it was the coolest music show ever. There would usually be 5 or 6 musical acts, and they’d be in the middle of this television studio, set up in a circle. The cameras were in the middle, and the audience was looped around the musical acts. So each act would get to perform once or twice, and the camera would just shift to them. Some amazing bands have been on that show, and usually a year or two before becoming popular in the U.S.
Feeder – Buck Rogers (though I don’t think they ever got to be very popular here . . .)
Silversun Pickups – Lazy Eye (currently on rotation at stations like EQX)
Muse – Feeling Good (I don’t think this was ever a big hit, but it pops up in the odd tv show, and they’ve had bigger hits since then)
Morrissey – Suedehead (from 1992 – Morrissey’s voice is amazing . . .)
Ocean Colour Scene – The Day We Caught the Train (they were never popular here, but they’ve got some really good songs – this one is reminiscent of “I am the Walrus,” especially in the beginning)
Pulp – Something Changed (I used to be totally obsessed with the lead singer, Jarvis Cocker . . .)
