Built for Speed – ‘CHRISTMAS DAY’ 25th December 2015 THE CRYSTALS – Santa Claus is coming to town. DARLENE LOVE – Christmas Baby Please Come Home. SLADE – Merry Christmas. ROY WOOD – I wish it could be Christmas every day. MANIC STREET PREACHERS – Last Christmas. MARTHA AND THE VANDELLAS – Love is like a heatwave. BERNARD HERMAN –
Read moreLast week ‘Built For Speed’ looked at the music of the 1970’s and this week we continue the Summer series with a selection of favourite tracks from the 1980’s. The mainstream music of the 80’s might have been horrible but there was a magnificent indie rock scene spawning thousands of amazing bands including The Replacements, REM, Sonic Youth and Died Pretty. We’ll
Read moreBuilt For Speed – Playlist – Friday 3rd January 2014 THE LIQUOR GIANTS – Happy New Year. PALMS – A supposedly funny thing I’ll never do again. (Aus) KVELERTAK -Bruanne Brenn. METZ– Knife in the water. THE GOOCH PALMS – We get by. (Aus) THE SMITHS – This Charming Man. ARCADEFIRE – Reflektor TODD RUNDGREN – I saw the light.
Read moreThis week on Built For Speed we hop in the time machine and head back to the period 1983 -1987, a time generally regarded as one of the worst in popular music. Built For Speed’s mission is to prove that the mid 80’s were not a complete musical garbage dump and that some of the finest (mostly alternative) music of
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