Most popular songs in 2XS Rocks! playlist

The Seeker - THE WHO (from 1970). Bring on Roger, Pete, John & Keith: the 'Orrible 'Oo'

Kiss Them For Me - SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES (from Superstition 1991). Susan Janet Ballion was the daughter of a Belgian scientist and started her New Wave band with bass guitarist Steven Severin in 1976

Speed Of Dark - EMILIANA TORRINI (from Tookah 2013). There is a more magical and mystical sound to Emiliana's sixth studio album. The use of a more 'electro' sound also brings a new dimension to her songs

The Age Of No Opinion - SPOON SPEAKER MAN (from The Age Of No Opinion 2024). SSM are frontman Craig Walker (Power Of Dreams, Archive) and Dan Worton (Ned's Atomic Dustbin). In this song they are exploring the effects of modern media on our judgement

The Boys Of Summer - DON HENLEY (from Building The Perfect Beast 1984). The Eagles drummer Donald Hugh Henley produced some excellent solo music during the 80s and 90s. This was his second solo album

Gloria - SIMPLE MINDS (from Neon Lights 2001). This was Jim Kerr and his mates' tribute album to their favourite songs, in this case the song made famous - Van Morrison and Them

Space Is Deep - HAWKWIND (from Doremi Fasol Latido 1972). The rather fabulously mad spacemen included Lemmy, Dik Mik, Nik Turner, Doc Brok, Del Dettmar... and???

Less I Try - LUDWIG HART (from 2023). Sweden's Ludwig Schollin played ice hockey until he was 18. He's since become a consummate singer and songwriter. This comes from his third album

Fashion - DAVID BOWIE (from Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) 1980). Bring on Brixton's Mr David Robert Jones

Take The Long Road And Walk It - THE MUSIC (from The Music 2002). The young Leeds came to prominence with this debut album. The superior of this song had been released as a single the previous year on Fierce Panda records

Ship Of Fools - WORLD PARTY (from Private Revolution 1986). The band was started in 1985 after Karl Wallinger left The Waterboys. The name reflects Wallinger's radical green politics. KW died on 10 Mar 2024

Gotta Get Some - THE BOLD (from 1966). The Massachusetts garage psychedelic band from Massachusetts formed in the mid 60's from the ashes of The Equires, and were also known as Steve Walker & The Bold.

Mister Kingdom by ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA (from Eldorado - A Symphony By The Electric Light Orchestra 1974). The band's fourth album was possibly their most under-rated. Aftet this, they became a more mainstream pop-rock band - and more succcessful, too!

Only Happy When It Rains - NOUVEAU ARCADE (from 2023). Originally released in 1995 - Garbage, this song has been covered - many artists including Metallica. Now it's the run of Seattle's Kevin Preston and Len Hotrum

There's A Reason Why (I Never Returned Your Calls) - BLOSSOMS (from Cool Like You 2018). Tom Ogden's Stockport band is an 'alliance of best friends, all born in the same hospital, Stepping Hill'. This is their second album

747 - KENT (from Isola 1999). The Swedish band achieved widespread success at home, and a few indie accolades in the UK. This was their debut album

Slow Down Low - MOON DUO (from Shadow Of The Sun 2015). The San Francisco band is a side project for Ripley Johnson of the rather wonderful Wooden Shjips, and are now based in Portland (USA)

Watching Wax - BERRIES (from Berries 2024). The London fruits are Holly Carter (ld vcls/gtr), Lauren Cooper (bass) and Lexi Clark (drums). This is from their second album

Here Comes The Night - THEM (from 1964). Van Morrison led the seminal Belfast rockers

Rock And Roll Is King - ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA (from Secret Messages 1983). This LP was originally planned to be a double album, but the band's record company decided that the vinyl would be too expensive due to the early then current oil crisis! The s

Sonnentanz - KLANGKARUSSELL (from 2013). Adrian Held and Tobias Rieser are from Saltzburg and want 'to bring sunshine to the world'

Hey Bulldog - THE BEATLES (from Yellow Submarine (O.S.T.) (mono) 1969). The band's 10th studio album comprised only one side of Beatles songs, of which four (including this) were original. The second side features the symphonic film score composed - Geo

Lights Out - KID VIOLET (from 2020). 2000s

Barbaric - BLUR (from The Ballad Of Darren 2023). Now chums again, London's Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree present their ninth studio album

Love Is The Call - CAST (from Love You Like I Do 2024). John Power's Liverpool indies return, now signed to Alan McGhee and Creaton Records. They've proved themselves greater survivors than many had predicted and now present their seventh album

Love Like A Man - TEN YEARS AFTER (from Cricklewood Green 1970). This was the fourth album - Nottingham's Alvin Lee & Leo Lyons

Send Me An Omen - THE MAGPIE SALUTE (from High Water 1 2018). The U.S. band was put together - Black Crowes guitarist Rich Robinson, with vocalist John Hogg, Marc Ford, Sven Pipien, Hookah Brown, Matt Slocum and Joe Magistro. Their name is taken from a

Going In Circles - GIFT (from Illuminator 2024). Brooklyn's TJ Freda announces that 'the song is about the endless cycle of a relationship, the back and forth in both euphoria and doubt.'

Dizz Knee Land - DADA (from Puzzle 1992). A worldwide hit from the Californian band's debut album

Real Wild Child (Wild One) - IGGY POP (from Blah Blah Blah 1986). This is based on 1958's 'Wild One' - Johnny Greenan, Johnny O'Keefe, and Dave Owens. DJ Tony Withers (later Tony Windsor of pirate Radio London) was credited with helping to get radio air

Stuck To Yous - THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE (from The Future Is Your Past 2023). Anton Newcombe started the BJM in San Francisco in the early 90s. The name is a mix of Stones' guitarist Brian Jones and the mass cult suicide in Jonestown, Guyana. This wo

'Cutt Off' - KASABIAN (Kasabian 2004). Tom Meighan, Sergio Pizzorno, Chris Edwards, Ian Matthews put Leicester firmly back on the music map. This was the 4th single from their eponymous debut album

Bean Fields - SHANNON AND THE CLAMS (from The Moon Is In The Wrong Place 2024). Shannon Shaw wrote this song after the death of her fiancee outside his family farm in Oregon

'Last Goodbye' - JEFF BUCKLEY (Grace 1994). Jeff Buckley died on 29 May 1997, aged 30, and was the son of Tim Buckley, who had died in 1975, aged 28. This was his only complete studio album

Make It All Right - THE OFFSPRING (from Supercharged 2024). Following 2021's 'Let The Bad Times Roll', Dexter Holland's band rolls on. The female voice here is Canadian actress, Rebecca Shoichet

'I Keep Singing That Same Old Song' - HEAVY JELLY ( 1968). Colin Gibson's Heavy Jelly evolved from Skip Bifferty and at one time included Apple records (brief) star, Jackie Lomax

All For Nothing - KENSINGTON (from Rivals 2014). The Utrecht foursome are vocalist Eloi Youssef, with Casper Starreveld, Jan Haker & Niles Vandenberg

'Medicated Goo' - TRAFFIC (Last Exit 1969). Last Exit was the third album - Traffic. It was a collection of odds and sods put together - Island Records after the initial breakup of the band

Fizz - BLUSHING (from 2024). Recurrents

'American English' - IDLEWILD (The Remote Part 2001). Roddy Woomble's Edinburgh band started out in 1995. They recorded a session for 2XS in 1997 and this was their3rd full album

A Different Kind Of Tension - BUZZCOCKS (from A Different Kind Of Tension 1979). Bring on the punks, all signed to corporate EMI...

'Maggie May' - ROD STEWART (Every Picture Tells A Story 1971). Roderick David Stewart, CBE, featuring Scots blueswoman Maggie Bell

Hypnotize - SCRITTI POLITTI (from Cupid & Psyche 85 1985). This was the second album from Cardiff's Paul Julian Strohmeyer (aka Green Gartside)'s band, formed in Leeds in 1977

Safety Dance - MEN WITHOUT HATS (from Rhythm Of Youth 1982). The Montrealians' only hit featured a video filmed in the village of West Kington, near Bath, with the Chippenham Town Morris with band member Ivan Doroschuk, who wrote the song

Mess It Up - THE ROLLING STONES (from 2023). 2000s

Runaway - KEYSIDE (from 2024). Playlist

Killer - VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR (from 1970). ProgRock

The Whale - SUE THE NIGHT (from Mosaic 2015). Sue The Night is the stage moniker of Dutch artist Suus de Groot

What You Told Me - OUR GIRL (from The Good Kind 2024). The Brighton trio are Soph Nathan (gtrs, vcls), Josh Tyler (bass) and Lauren Wilson (drms). Nathan tell us that 'this song's about seeing illness affect someone I love. It's about the heartbreak in t

Chelsea Rose - ROCKHEAD (from Rockhead 1993). Vancouver's Bob Rock (Schneider) and Chris Taylor formed the band to create 'classic rock' with lead vocalist Steve Jack