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Enjoy the sounds of the Dog Days of summer thanks to the RaW Sounds Today playlist for Reading and Wokingham

By Chris Hillman

Chris Hillman by Chris Hillman
Friday, July 14, 2023 7:01 am
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The Go Go Cult at Reading's Face bar Picture: Andrew Merritt

The Go Go Cult at Reading's Face bar Picture: Andrew Merritt

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We had one of our occasional road trips out of the area to enjoy the recent Dog Day Afternoon Festival.

It was so good, and so memorable that we had to feature a couple of those legendary artists in this week’s playlist – plus a Reading band that performed another great show at The Face Bar a few weeks ago.

Don’t forget we’re on a mission to feature the best music with a link to Reading and Wokingham every week.

To hear this week’s selection, simply head to https://bit.ly/rawsoundstoday and enjoy the music.

There is also a Facebook page and group chat that bands and music fans can tap into. You can search for RaW Sounds Today and it will come up.

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The Go Go Cult – A Town Called Sorrow

This Reading-based band always put on a good live performance and they certainly did that recently when they supported Ghost Dance at the Face Bar.

This is a cool song that appeared on their We Don’t Fit album and Tarantula EP.

It starts with a wonderful opening bass line and vocal before moving into the band’s uplifting goth psychobilly grooves.

We bumped into Nigel from the band at Dog Day Afternoon Festival last week and had a lovely chat – http://www.thegogocult.com/

Blondie – X Offender

Talking of Dog Day Afternoon, Andrew Merritt and I went on a road trip to it last week and it was brilliant.

It had an incredible line-up including the amazing Blondie featuring Debbie Harry. So it’s a good excuse to have a listen to one of their rarer songs which they performed at the show.

This was the opening song on their debut album. The band has inspired many tribute bands and did you know that there’s even one from Finchampstead? They are called Atomic Rapture – https://www.blondie.net/

Iggy Pop – The Passenger

Local indie bands starting out should have a listen to this song. A great example of how to do it.

Simple but effective guitar riff, driving tight rhythm section and a great vocal with a good hook.

Iggy was headlining at Dog Day Afternoon and he gave a master class in stage presence and performance backed by an extremely good band.

The crowd sing-along to The Passenger was one of the highlights of the day – https://iggypop.com/

Third Lung – It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock ‘N ’Roll)

Third Lung release their first single since signing to the legendary Marquee Records label and it’s a brilliant cover of an AC/DC classic – http://thirdlungband.com/

Echobelly – Great Things

Readipop is this coming weekend and this classic 90s band will be there on Saturday. This is from their album On’ – https://www.echobelly.com/

Adomania – At The Party

Adomania are also at Readipop this weekend with a full band set and Madeleine, from the band will be performing an Adomania solo set at Wokingham Festival in August – https://www.facebook.com/AdomaniaBand

Lambrini Girls – Boys in the Band

This Brighton three-piece were great at Reading’s Are You Listening? festival and they also opened Dog Day Afternoon Festival. What a performance that was.

It even included Phoebe from the band crowd surfing while still playing guitar – https://www.facebook.com/LambriniGirlsband

Heathen Apostles – Gothic Western Haunt

Club Velocity/New Mind Promotions keep bringing very interesting artists to the area and here’s another great example. Get down to Reading’s Face Bar on July 21 for LA-based Gothic Americana – https://heathenapostles.com/

Michael Burns-Peake – 23

Here’s a new single from a local singer-songwriter who opens Wokingham Festival’s Main Stage in August – https://www.facebook.com/MichaelBPMusic

That Joe Payne – Falling in Love is Easy

Joe visited Bracknell Pride Festival to perform a flamboyant, uplifting set with his excellent band – https://www.thatjoepayne.com/

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