Do You Remember The First Time?

Oh ma gawd we're back again! After a little break, DYRTFT is back, this week talking to Molly and Rob of the fantastic band Widowspeak. We get into their first arena shows, Backstreet Boys and The Rolling Stones. Then we dive deeper, talking club shows with Good Charlotte and Jet. Along the way there's some titillating Titanic talk (spoiler alert!), some backronym chat and of course we dive into first festivals, Bumbershoot '03 and Lollapalooza '05. Widowspeak released the excellent Honeychurch EP earlier this year on Captured Tracks.

Let the good times roll! This week we are joined by Bob (Shellac) and Carrie Weston (WLUW Radio,) who take us on a fantastic musical journey. Bob was introduced to live music through The Cars, later finding his musical inspiration through Volcano Suns. Carrie was made to attend a Jefferson Starship gig, then realised shows are actually good upon seeing The Psychedelic Furs a couple of years later. We also discuss broken arms, festivals, radio, moving to Chicago, Shellac, ATP, Considerate DJing, My Bloody Valentine, Fake IDs and they also flip the script on us and we share our first gigs for the first time. It's a wild ride!  WLUW Radio

We welcome you to another episode of musical nostalgia! James McMahon was kind enough to take a break from searching for Bigfoot to join us on the latest episode, taking us on a journey through his life and experiences as a renowned member of the music press. He walks us through the many stories surrounding his first gig, Supergrass in Sheffield and his first festival V1996, but that's not all! There's so much more! Music press, music fandom and all of his fantastic projects he is working on right now. We won't deny it, this is a long one, but we found it all so enjoyable and enlightening, we couldn't rob you of any of it. Check out the many projects James is currently working on, including Spoook, Indie Heaven and the OCD Chronicles via his website. www.jamesjammcmahon.com

Your favourite podcast that doesn't falter is back!  In this episode we are joined by Francine Gorman of JaJaJa and Keychange. Her formative gigging years were spent in the town of Northampton and her first show, Hundred Reasons (joint headline with Capdown) formed a life long love with live music. In this episode we discuss just how good British indie was in the early 2000s, as well as her first festival Reading 2003. We also spend a little bit of time discussing her beloved Huddersfield Town FC and delve into our new feature 'Toffolo Time', where mutual appreciation of the player Harry Toffolo is shared between Norwich and Huddersfield fans alike. Francine discusses the Keychange project, which aims to improve gender balance representation over the music industry, which is an incredibly important project we urge listeners to check out. Keychange.eu JaJaJamusic.com

The podcast is broken, our guest this week doesn't remember the first time! Fortunately that guest is comedian Ben Kane, who takes us on an amazing journey through his first comedy show (Paul Merton at a Nursing home). As well as many other shows including a performance of the Rite Of Spring, a piece which sparked his musical obsession. He also talks us through is first festival, the absolutely BARN STORMING Marlborough Jazz Festival, hold on tight! Ben Kane is the king of TDFR and host of Glee Club's excellent gameshow podcast Class Clowns.

The second season of DYRTFT continues on! In this episode we speak to Jess Clarke, who tour manages a lot of our favourite bands including Big Thief and Cloud Nothings. We complete our now government issued instructions of discussing her first gig and festival experiences, but also talk about how this has shaped her career path, from Bedford to Brighton to everywhere there is a venue, this is a fantastic listen.

This week our guest is the amazing Lou Paley from Women In Jazz, an incredible organisation that aims to bring more representation for women within the Jazz genre. We discuss her first show, The Maccabees at ULU, at a time when it was mandatory to wear bright Yellow Jeans at all British Indie shows. We then go off on a tangent about Drinking and Golf, before discussing Lou's first festival, Glastonbury 2009. Bruce Springsteen definitely played that one. Finally we bring the conversation to discussing how those initial shows lead her to a career working with Jazz musicians. www.womeninjazz.co.uk

Here we are, it's Season 2 Episode 5!  This week we catch up with Adam Gnade. A novelist and purveyor of 'talking songs'. Of course we discuss his first concert, a festival in the Starlight Bowl in San Diego, California. We also learn that that first show was not necessarily the musical awakening of who he wanted to be and how that journey came to pass through latter musical experiences. We talk weird merchandise, Coachella, actual toilet venues, his often wild times with the band Youthmovies and how his passion with touring in the UK took hold. 

This is Season 2 Episode 4 Roger Moore. Today we talk to the bloody lovely Toby L, who started the hugely successful promoters RockFeedBack 20 years ago and runs Transgressive Records, Who are responsible for signing Foals, Loyle Carner and Arlo Parks amongst many others you'll know. Toby's musical journey working has tapped into every corner of the music industry and he's recently formed Up The Game. Toby's first ever concert was Blur, when they were touring The Great Escape in 1996, he tells us about the impact this had on him and his life from then on in, he'd return to the loving live embrace of Blur many a time over his life, not least at his first festival V 1997. Co-hosted by Woody Woods and Gordon Reid.

Episode three sees us have a great chat with Marcus Harris, someone who played a part in key nights out that so many of us will remember and don't remember growing up. He's worked with The Lexington, White Heat Club and promoters Snap, Crackle & Pop with many a story to tell from. However, he does also tell us about his first gigs and festivals, because he does remember the first time!  From NOFX to Gatecrasher, from Andrew W.K. to Wireless... he may also still be waiting for his latest order of punk plimsolls he made in 2007 but that didn't stop him being a great guest. Co-hosted by Woody Woods and Gordon Reid.