Greg Glover

The Bottom Forty

Arts EN ↓ 266 episodes

The Bottom Forty is hosted by Greg Glover who grew up in Birmingham, Alabama, but relocated to New York City in the mid 1990s. He co-founded the indie label Arena Rock Recording Company (Harvey Danger, Superdrag, Elf Power, Calla, Bombay Bicycle Club) in 1995 and also served as an A&R rep for both London/Slash and Sire Records. Each half-hour issue of the show blends genres and features an expansive range of new music from the underground (U.S. indie + U.K. imports + unsigned bands) as well as deeper tracks from more established artists.

Author

Greg Glover

Episodes

Issue #66. Pink Mountaintops, Whipping Boy, Just Mustard and more! 19.06.2022 33:17

It's BHM>ATL>PDX as I post this! Happy Dad's Day!

Issue #65. Frog Eyes, Spinal Tap, Hotel Pools and more! 13.06.2022 37:06

Greetings from Birmingham! I'm uploading this from the world famous Lou's Pub & Package Store for your aural pleasure! Enjoy!

Issue #64. Sea Power, Rain Parade, Viagra Boys and more! 30.05.2022 35:25

One for the end of a long weekend! Discover a relatively unknown electronic artist from Portland, Oregon circa 1981 and some great new tunes!

Issue #63. Sharon Van Etten, Medium Medium, Wilco and more! 16.05.2022 35:58

Great new tunes from Wilco and Laura Viers, nearly-forgotten about post-punk from Medium Medium and more!

Issue #62. Young Prisms, The Only Ones, Dead Tooth and more! 10.05.2022 34:57

The first new music from The Big Pink in a decade and some not-too-subtle advice from Mr. Peter Perrett and more!

Issue #61. Guerilla Toss, Ela Orleans, Day Wave and more! 02.05.2022 29:57

Back with the good stuff that radio doesn't play! Great new stuff from Day Wave, Ducks Ltd., a track from a country television icon from the Deep South and more!

Issue #60. Built To Spill, Pink Fairies, Courting and more! 19.04.2022 34:59

New music from Kurt Vile (aka "the dude"), Cola, some early '70s Brit psych/rock and more!

Issue #59. Oceanator, Chapterhouse, Underwater Cliffs and more! 12.04.2022 40:22

It was the latest EVER "snow day" here in Portland but I'm pushing out another issue for your aural pleasure! Hear a newly discovered track from The Clash featuring a special guest on vocals plus new music from Interpol and more!

Issue #58. My Name Is Clyde, Archers Of Loaf, Melody's Echo Chamber and more! 04.04.2022 34:46

Hear a beautiful score from Portland musician/composer Clyde Wooten who records as My Name Is Clyde plus some vintage Archers Of Loaf and more!

Issue #57. Interview w/ Dave Faulkner (Hoodoo Gurus) 25.03.2022 1:09:14

Interview with Dave Faulkner of the legendary Aussie band Hoodoo Gurus! Find out what musical talent his dad possessed, what went wrong just as they were about to break big in the States, whether he's made enough money to retire yet and more!

Issue #56. Flasher, Teenage Fanclub, SONS and more! 17.03.2022 33:30

New music from one of the best live bands I've ever seen (in Iceland?), a band described as a mix up of The Fall and Captain Beefheart and more!

Issue #55. Afghan Whigs, Stars, Boy Harsher and more! 07.03.2022 31:22

Perhaps the heaviest track Afghan Whigs have ever released, a late '80s and early '90s band from Leeds I'd heard of but never heard and more!

Issue #54. Warpaint, Bodega, Shout Out Louds and more! 26.02.2022 36:22

New music from Kurt Vile, BODEGA and more plus a track that once-contained the most F-BOMBS in the history of recorded music!

Issue #53. Sky Creature, alt-J, 1st Base Runner and more! 16.02.2022 32:58

You'll open up this issue to find a "euphoric collision of post-punk, trance, and deconstructed opera" from Sky Creature and others. Plus, discover a band who were one of the first to play original music in their native country. Enjoy.

Issue #52. Yard Act, The Clean, The Lounge Society and more! 09.02.2022 36:18

Hear a killer groove from a Seattle-based band who were only active from 1964-1965 plus a ton of great new music you most-likely won't hear anywhere else!

Issue #51. White Lies, Quinquis, Johnny Marr and more! 31.01.2022 34:15

Great new tunes plus a surprise for fans of The Mighty Boosh™! Enjoy.

Issue #50. Fleet Foxes, Ritual Veil, J. Robbins and more! 24.01.2022 34:25

First "new music" issue of the year! Enjoy!

Issue #49. Best of 2021. Part 2 of 2. 14.01.2022 57:59

My annual listen back to some personal faves of the year-gone-by. Some that may have been off yer radar. Enjoy.

Issue #48. Best of 2021. Part 1 of 2. 03.01.2022 58:02

An hour of tracks from some of my personal favorite releases of the year-gone-by. Part 1 of 2.

Issue #47. Tummyache, Swervedriver, Sham Family and more! 20.12.2021 36:12

Tummyache is the musical project of Soren Bryce that'll remind you of staying up late on a Sunday night watching 120 Minutes on MTV™. More new music and a few vintage nuggets too!

Issue #46. Kim Gordon, Sunny Day Real Estate, Gustaf and more! 13.12.2021 32:24

Mr. Biscuit shakes his money maker as you'll hear in the background of this issue. Other than that...well...better tunes than you'll find on the radio. Enjoy.

Issue #45. Aeon Station, Band of Horses, Worthington and more! 03.12.2021 40:32

"I just need a bubble bath to set me on a higher path" is one of my fave quotes in a long while. You'll hear it on the new Wet Leg single plus discover a lost and now found Portland band that'll please fans of: R.E.M. (early), Guided By Voices and The National.

Issue #44. Alex Lahey, The Vaselines, Placebo and more! 26.11.2021 33:12

Thanksgiving weekend edition! Be a turkey loaf. Enjoy.

Issue #43. Liily, Mercury Rev, Cola and more! 15.11.2021 33:52

New music from Spiritualized, former members of Ought's new project plus a band from Cabbage Town U.S.A.! Where the hell is that? Listen and learn!

Issue #42. Nation Of Language, Black Country, New Road, The Technicolors and more! 08.11.2021 37:30

I was waiting for some of you to catch up! Back after Halloween with another half hour plus of the tunes for your aural pleasure. Where else will you hear a track recorded as an ode to McDonalds, classic shoegaze and nifty new tunes all together? Not on your radio that's fer shure!