Songs From Under The Floorboards

Independently-minded music from the post-punk period and beyond

Songs From Under The Floorboards is a weekly programme presented by Martin Tolcher and broadcast (mostly live).

The remit of the show is to play songs from his vinyl, CD and digital collections that cover the period from January 1978 to tomorrow.

Often, listeners will get to hear local music – Martin does get sent recordings to play – Mark Le Gallez (in various guises!), Maryen Cairns, Flexagon, Citizen-X  and the like have all provided new music in recent times.

Many of the programmes include a “Mid-Show Feature”, which may focus on the works of a particular musician, or maybe have a theme.

A good cover version is never far away, either…

Listen to the latest broadcast every Thursday at 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. UK time.

Latest Show

06/02/2025 - Show #196

“Like a mad dog, you are chasing your tail in a circle. Yet it is all in your back yard, and you’ve got the whole world at your feet. You said the grass is always greener when it bursts up through concrete…”

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Track Artist Song Album Year
1 XTC River Of Orchids Apple Venus Volume 1 1999
2 Lucretia Dalt Cosa Rara (ft. David Sylvian) (Single) 2025
3 Marianne Faithfull The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan Broken English 1979
4 Marianne Faithfull As Tears Go By Negative Capability 2018
5 Marianne Faithfull (with Warren Ellis) Ozymandias She Walks In Beauty 2021
6 The Sea Of Wires The Man Who Smiles Diversions 1980
7 Sea Of Wires The Sunglass (ft. Bill Nelson) Leaving The Electric Circus 2022
8 Mogwai If You Find This World Bad, You Should See Some Of The Others The Bad Fire 2025
9 The Risk Forget The Girl 7” Single 1985
Tracks 10-17 = Mid-Show Feature – “40+ Years of Music from Sheffield”
10 Chakk Out Of The Flesh (Mix II) (12” Single) 1984
11 Moloko Sing It Back (Boris Radio Edit) (German CD Single) 1999
12 Pulp Do You Remember The First Time? His ‘n’ Hers 1994
13 Relaxed Muscle The Heavy Heavy (EP) 2003
14 The All-Seeing Eye Beat Goes On [Radio Edit] (Sonny & Cher cover) Pickled Eggs And Sherbet 1999
15 Richard Hawley Tonight The Street’s Are Ours Lady’s Bridge 2007
16 The Human League Boys & Girls (7” Single) 1981
17 Self Esteem Focus Is Power A Complicated Woman 2025
18 The Risk Once Upon A Time (7” Single) 2025
19 The Risk Kevin (7” Single) 2025
20 The Kane Gang Gun Law The Bad And Lowdown World Of The Kane Gang 1985
21 David Sylvian Small Metal Gods Died In The Wool (Manafon Variations) 2011
22 The Stranglers 5 Minutes (7” Single) 1978
23 Edvard Gram Lewis Kinds Of Whether Alreet? 2025
24 Maloko In The Midnight Hour Soul On Fire 1988
25 XTC Making Plans For Nigel (David Mercury Mix) Drums & Wires 1979

30/01/2025 - Show #195

“You look so self-possessed, I won’t disturb your rest. It’s lovely when you’re sleeping, but wide awake is best.”

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Track Artist Song Album Year
1 Ian Dury & The Blockheads Wake Up And Make Love With Me New Boots & Panties!! 1978
2 The Weather Station Sewing Humanhood 2025
3 Shelleyan Orphan Anatomy Of Love Helleborine 1987
4 Desperate Journalist Afraid No Hero 2024
5 The Sundays Can’t Be Sure Reading, Writing & Arithmetic 1990
6 Placebo Running Up That Hill (Kate Bush cover) Fade To Black 2014
7 The Pulse Red Day In Dallas (7” Single) 1982
8 Haircut 100 Favourite Shirts [Boy Meets Girl] (Extended Version) Pelican West (40th Anniversary) 1982
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9 McAlmont & Butler Yes (Full Version) The Sound Of…McAlmont & Butler 1995
10 The Walkabouts Cello Song (Nick Drake cover) Brittle Days: A Tribute To Nick Drake 1992
11 Was (Not Was) Out Come The Freaks What Up, Dog 1988
12 Bauhaus Lagartija Nick 1979-1983 1986
13 Gary Numan Cars (Ultrasound Long Version) The Pleasure Principle (Expanded Version) 1979
14 The Routes Radioactivity (Kraftwerk cover) The Twang Machine 2022
15 Edwyn Collins A Girl Like You Gorgeous George 1994
16 Tom Waits Way Down In The Hole Frank’s Wild Years 1987
17 The Waterboys This Land Is Your Land Fisherman’s Blues (outtake) 1988
18 Simple Minds The American Sister Feelings Call 1981
19 R.E.M. Orange Crush Green 1988
20 Malcolm McClaren Double Dutch Duck Rock 1983
21 Mansun Wide Open Space (Perfecto Mix) (12” Promo Single) 1988
22 The Rolling Stones Miss You (Special Disco Version) (12” Single) 1978
23 Ian Dury & The Blockheads Reasons To Be Cheerful, Pt. 3 (12” Single) 1979

23/01/2025 - Show #194

”My eagle flies tomorrow, it’s a game I treasure dear – to seek the helpless future. My love, at last, I’m here.”

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Track Artist Song Album Year
1 Squeeze Take Me, I’m Yours Squeeze 1978
2 Andy Bell (ft. Dot Allison & Michael Rother) I’m In Love… [GLOK Remix] (The Passions cover) Pinball Wanderer 2025
3 Twice A Man Tranquil Moonlit Lake Songs Of Future Memories (1982-2022) 2023
4 Bob Marley & The Wailers Punky Reggae Party (Long Version) Legend 1984
5 The Weather Station Window Humanhood 2025
6 Peter Gabriel Flume (Bon Iver cover) Scratch My Back 2010
7 Bon Iver Come Talk To Me (Peter Gabriel cover) …And I’ll Scratch Yours 2013
8 The Doobie Brothers Minute By Minute (12” Extended Mix) Minute By Minute 1978
Tracks 9-16 = Mid-Show Feature – a musical tribute to David Lynch
9 Angelo Badalamenti & David Lynch Twin Peaks Theme (Alternative Version) Twin Peaks Archive 2011
10 Pixies In Heaven [Lady In The Radiator Song] (Laurel Near cover) Complete B-Sides 2001
11 David Bowie I’m Deranged Lost Highway OST 1997
12 David Lynch Stone’s Gone Up Crazy Clown Time 2011
13 Moby Shot In The Back Of The Head Wait For Me 2009
14 Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse Star Eyes (I Can’t Catch It) [ft. David Lynch) Dark Night Of The Soul 2010
15 Chrystabell & David Lynch So In Love Cellophane Memories 2024
16 Julee Cruise Falling Floating Into The Night 1989
17 Throwing Muses Summer Of Love Moonlight Concessions 2025
18 Ian Dury & The Blockheads What A Waste (7” Single) 1978
19 Pete Wylie & The Mighty WAH! Hey! Mona Lisa Songs Of Strength & Heartbreak 2000
20 Galaxie 500 Ceremony (Joy Division/New Order cover) On Fire 1997
21 Tubeway Army Bombers (7” Single) 1978
22 The Stranglers (Get A) Grip (On Yourself) (7” Single) 1977
23 Lambrini Girls Love Who Let The Dogs Out 2025
24 Squeeze Black Coffee In Bed Sweets From A Stranger 1990

16/01/2025 - Show #193

“Mama always told me ‘save yourself, take a little time and find the right girl. Then again, don’t end up on the shelf.’ Logical advice gets you in a whirl. You’re all the same!”

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Track Artist Song Album Year
1 Joe Jackson It’s Different For Girls I’m The Man 1979
2 Andy Bell (ft. Dot Allison & Michael Rother) I’m In Love… (The Passions cover) Pinball Wanderer 2025
3 Sturgill Simpson Breakers Roar A Sailor’s Guide To Earth 2016
4 Suicide Dream Baby Dream Suicide: Alan Vega and Martin Rev 1980
5 Wah! Year Of Decision (The Three Degrees cover) Peel Session, 14/02/1983 1983
6 The Verve Feel The Verve EP 1992
7 Wire Ahead The Ideal Copy 1987
8 The Routes She’s Lost Control (Joy Division cover) Surfin’ Pleasures 2025
9 Sharon van Etten Seventeen Remind Me Tomorrow 2019
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10 Microdisney Loftholdingswood The Clock Comes Down The Stairs 1985
11 The High Llamas Put Yourself Down Santa Barbara 1985
12 Stereolab We’re Not Adult Orientated The Groop Played “Space Age Bachelor Pad Music” 1993
13 The High Llamas Sparkle Up Hawaii 1996
14 Tim Gane & Sean O’Hagan La Vie D’Artiste (Generique) La Vie D’Artiste 2007
15 Cornelius Thank You For The Music Fantasma 2010
16 The High Llamas The Hungriest Man Hey Panda 2024
17 Doves Cold Dreaming Constellations For The Lonely 2025
18 Saint Germain La Goutte D’Or Tourist 2000
19 Prince Far I Back Weh Cry Tuff Dub Encounter, Chapter 3 1980
20 Squid Building 650 Cowards 2025
21 The King Come As You Are (Nirvana cover) Gravelands 1998
22 Goat (ft. MC Yallah) Nimerudi 2024
23 Joe Jackson Steppin’ Out (Extended Version) Night And Day 1982

09/01/2025 - Show #192

“Keep beckoning to me from behind that closed door – the maid and the mother and the crone that’s grown old. I hear your voice coming out of that hole. I listen to you and I want some more!”

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Track Artist Song Album Year
1 The Pretenders Hymn To Her Get Close 1986
2 Saint Etienne Hear My Heart The Night 2024
3 Thompson Twins Hold Me Now (2024 Remaster) Into The Gap 1984
4 Sophie & Peter Johnston Happy Together Sophie & Peter Johnston 1987
5 Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros Willesden To Cricklewood Rock Art & The X-Ray Style 2012
6 Creation Rebel Swiftly (The Right One) [ft.Prince Far I) Hostile Environment 2023
7 Blossoms I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Whitney Houston cover) Gary’s Covers 2024
8 Friends Again Lullaby No.2 Wrapped And Unwrapped 1984
9 Fleet Foxes The Kiss (Judee Sill cover) Live On Boston Harbor 2024
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10 Tross Time Leaves Us The Walrus EP 2016
11 The Native Cats Vivian Left Me The Way On Is The Way Off 2023
12 Cosmic Overdose Moderna Dadaister Dada KoKo 1980
13 Ben Frost Wake Up! 1899 (Original Music from the Netflix series) 2022
14 Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein Earth Song Spheres (Original Score) 2018
15 Magazine The Light Pours Out Of Me 1978-2011 (Box Set) 2024
16 Tross Gagarin The Walrus EP 2016
17 Ex-Easter Island Head Norther Norther 2024
18 Marilyn Manson In The Ghetto (Elvis Presley cover) 2000
19 Fine Young Cannibals Suspicious Minds (Elvis Presley cover) Fine Young Cannibals 1985
20 A.R. Kane Crack Up (Rhythm Mix) Complete Singles Collection 2012
21 Vashti Bunyan Turning Backs Lookaftering 2005
22 Coheed and Cambria Under The Milky Way (The Church cover) Claudio Covers 2024
23 Goat Dollar Bill Goat 2024
24 The Routes Isolation (Joy Division cover) Surfin’ Pleasures 2024
25 The Pretenders Private Life Pretenders 1980

02/01/2025 - Show #191

“Nothing you can do but sing and nothing, no nothing, you can do to change the end.”

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Track Artist Song Album Year
1 The Cure A Fragile Thing Songs Of A Lost World 2024
2 English Teacher Sideboob This Could Be Texas 2024
3 Beth Gibbons Beyond The Sun Lives Outgrown 2024
4 Bryan Ferry Crazy Love (2024 version) (Van Morrison cover) Retrospective – 1973-2023 2024
5 The Decemberists The Black Maria As It Was, So It Will Be Again 2024
6 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Final Rescue Attempt Wild God 2024
7 Dirty Three Love Changes Everything V Love Changes Everything 2024
8 The Smile Don’t Get Me Started Cutouts 2024
9 Kim Deal A Good Time Pushed Nobody Loves You More 2024
10 Magazine Permafrost Give Me Everything (box set) 2024
11 Fontaines D.C. Favourite Romance 2024
Martin hands over to Adam
12 Primal Scream Ready To Go Home Come Ahead 2024
13 The Last Dinner Party My Lady Of Mercy Prelude To Ecstasy 2024
14 Jack White Archbishop Harold White No Name 2024
15 Tindersticks New World Soft Tissue 2024
16 Yannis & The Yaw Clementine Lagos-Paris-London 2024
17 The Fauns Mixtape Days How Lost 2024
18 Martha Hill Lizard Boy Football Heid 2024
19 John Butler Running To Keep Up (Biggles’ edit) Still Searching 2024
20 Jonsi Willow First Light 2024
21 Sprints Can’t Get Enough Of It Letter To Self 2024
22 Kalandra Untie The Knot A Frame Of Mind 2024
23 Bon Iver Speyside Sable EP 2024
24 Jon Hopkins (with Olafur Arnalds) Forever Held 2024
25 Paris Paloma Labour Cacophony 2024
26 The Cure Endsong Songs Of A Live World 2024

19/12/2024 - Show #190

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12/12/2024 - Show #189

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05/12/2024 - Show #188

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21/11/2024 - Show #187

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14/11/2024 - Show #186

“Kiss me where the sun don’t shine – the past was yours, but the future is mine. Huh – you’re all out of time.”

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