Local Underground Recordings

28/11/2024

The Internet Radio Station Inspired by John Peel and new home of the Festive 50. Independent. Original. Uncompromising

23/02/2024

Excellent review of the new Drain On The Balcony album - open the link & scroll to the bottom...

Bliss/Aquamarine - alternative, underground and indie music.

23/02/2024

Pop at the Lock, 6th July
Great line-up!

28/12/2023

We now have vinyl copies of our new album Quattro Stagioni! Thanks to Old Bad Habits Label of Athens, Greece!

27/12/2023

12 track album

14/12/2023

The Drain On The Balcony - 'Across The Sea'From the album Quattro Stagioni, released 2024 by Old Bad Habits Label and Local Underground.https://localundergro...

14/12/2023

Cheers to Ronnie Carnwath at Cobwebs & Strange for playing a track from the new Drain On The Balcony LP Quattro Stagioni - show goes out this evening at 7pm UK time on Big Satsuma Radio, repeated at 9am tomorrow (Friday 15th)

Big Satsuma Radio... Alternative, independent, new wave, synth... music, lifestyle, features and interviews

13/12/2023

Thanks to Bill at Human Pleasure Radio in Christchurch NZ for playing 'A Short History Of Modern Britain' from Quattro Stagioni - the new Drain On The Balcony album.

Listen to his show here:

MONDAYS 6PM NZT // Bill Bird has curated a free-form radio show since 1994 and broadcasts the newest unknown and unsigned indie, alt, post-punk and independent music.

11/12/2023

Hey! Word is that Christmas is coming... there's still time to order one of our fantastic t-shirts for the Drain On The Balcony fan in your life...

The Drain On The Balcony T-Shirt from Local Underground

09/12/2023

Cheers to Phil Vickery for playing tracks from the Quattro Stagioni album by The Drain On The Balcony on his In Tune show on Bristol Community Radio yesterday... Listen again available here...

In-Tune - with Phil Vickery. The weekly show that brings you an eclectic mix of independent music that spans both time and continents

08/12/2023

Well it's December, and there's a new The Drain on the Balcony album out this month, so that can only mean one thing... a reissue of their Christmas single!

It's 'pay what you want' so feel free to download for free. It's on Bandcamp, so if you do choose to pay, the majority will go to the band, a business model other providers of musical entertainment really could learn from...

1 track album

01/12/2023

It's Bandcamp Friday!

12 track album

01/12/2023

New Drain On The Balcony interview!

01/12/2023

This. And cheers to HE Creative for the print.

Spotify is fine for me. I’ve earned my living as a DIY performance poet and musician for 43 years: for me it's a brand new cake with brand new icing, a bonus which enables me to reach new audiences.

It's not fine for the younger generation.

When I was starting out and establishing myself, doing my Peel sessions etc in the 1980s, a substantial part of that living was selling firstly cassettes and vinyl and then the new fangled, easier to transport CDs! 🙂That remained the case for more than two decades.

That source is not there for people a third of my age trying to establish themselves on the DIY scene as I did forty years ago. Everyone can listen to their work on streaming services. CDs are over except for my generation. Vinyl (and cassettes, now coming back) are a choice for those who can afford it.

Music is cheap, or free, for those who choose to make it so.

That makes it democratic, which is good. Everyone now has access to the music they like, both as a creator and a listener. Putting stuff up on Spotify etc is easy for the former, enjoying it is for the latter. No more saving up your pocket money for weeks to buy the modern day equivalent of Electric Warrior (my first album) It’s there at the touch of a phone button.

That is great for people who simply can't afford it any other way - and long may it remain so for them. That is the upside.

But in order for there to BE a new generation of DIY music to listen to, the creators have to be able to do what we did and earn their living from it - to have the freedom to develop and grow. And the downside of the new streaming systems is that this is now very difficult.

So, if you can afford to, PLEASE support your favourite artists by buying stuff.

**Today is a good time to start because it's Bandcamp Friday. **

And please support the campaign to force the streaming services to pay young DIY musicians a fair percentage for their work - and if you can afford it think about making a donation via the button on their site, if it’s there.

DIY TILL I DIE!
:)

28/11/2023

The Drain On The Balcony's fifth album 'Quattro Stagioni' is now available for pre-order! Three years in the making, and we're really proud of it...

12 track album