What is Mod? Mr. Suave's Mod, Mod World is one of the web's original modcasts celebrating mod music, and mod-influenced music from past eras including soul, ska, garage, sixties R&B power pop, punk, britpop, acid jazz, lounge, easy listening and more.
It's time to get exotic. DJ Ken joins me to dig into some modern, 21st century, exotica and lounge music. Perfect mix to vibe out and escape the chaos of the mundane, uncool world we're all stuck with these days.
Happy birthday to me, and to the modcast! Launched at the end of May in 2006 and here we are both still kicking 19 years later. Kick it with me and enjoy another episode packed with all new music from northern soul to power pop to garage punk and everything in between.
What can I say about the Small Faces that hasn't already been said? Not much honestly. I'm not a Small Faces junky. But I do love their music. In fact, in my earliest mod days I think I preferred them to The Who. It's been said that The Who was a band that became mods, but the Small Faces were mods who became a band. I was looking for some covers of Small Faces songs when I realized how few there really are out there. Compared to the hundreds of covers of The Who, The Kinks, The Stones and other British invasion acts of the 60s, I was shocked at just how few people have covered their songs over the years. And amongst those, fewer still ones that are really any good. I've gathered here a double handful that I think fit the bill and do the group justice.
The Paul Weller Movement -- Tin Soldier (Live Brixton Academy 1991)
Quiet Riot -- Itchycoo Park (1985)
PP Arnold -- (If You Think You're) Groovy (1967)
Cheap Trick -- Whatcha Gonna Do About It (198?)
Cabbage-N-Mash -- Song Of A Baker (2022)
Midge Ure -- My Mind's Eye (2004)
Ian McLagan & The Bump Band -- I Will Follow (2013)
Rod Stewart -- My Way Of Giving (1970)
Humble Pie -- I Don't Need No Doctor (1971)
Toy Dolls -- Lazy Sunday Afternoon (1995)
Buzzcocks -- Here Comes The Nice (1996)
Changing Man (Feat. Kenney Jones and Mick Talbot) -- Afterglow (1996)
Gene -- Autumn Stone (1996)
Are your ears hungry for tasty music? I have a scrumptious buffet of tunes lined up for your listening pleasure, so get ready to dig in and gorge yourself on some great music. For starters we have The Molotovs, followed by a menu of main courses including delicious offerings from The Cynz, The Roxies, 20th Century Boys, The States and lots more. Eat in or dine out, either way you're sure to get your fill of mod friendly tunes.
What is Mod? Mr. Suave's Mod, Mod World is one of the web's original modcasts celebrating mod-influenced music from past eras including #mod #powerpop #punkrock #garagerock #northernsoul #britpop #acidjazz #lounge #exotica #ska #modrevival & more. Featuring over 500 mod friendly music mixes since 2006.
Good luck trying to get a definitive answer to what mod jazz is. It's like the famous comment by US Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart when asked to define what obscenity is: "I know it when I see it." Well thats me with mod jazz folks, I know it when I hear it. Maybe soul jazz is a better shorthand term, this music certainly has a lot of soul to it. All I can do is play the music for you and let you be swept away by it.
What is Mod? Mr. Suave's Mod, Mod World is one of the web's original modcasts celebrating mod-influenced music from past eras including #mod #powerpop #punkrock #garagerock #northernsoul #britpop #acidjazz #lounge #exotica #ska #modrevival & more. Featuring over 500 mod friendly music mixes since 2006.
From deep within the bowels of Suave Manor in -somewhat- beautiful West Seattle
on this third rock from the sun comes another pack of power poppin' floor
fillers guaranteed to get you up and pogoing, shimmying, shoulder shakin' or
whatever it is that moves your tailfeather. New tunes from
KVNX, The Wrong Society, The Embrooks and more. Tune in, turn on and get
to listenin'.
Los Pepes -- Molly Coddle (2025) The Capellas -- Zig Zag Wanderer (2025) The Embrooks -- Terry And Julie (2024) The Prmitives -- Rattle My Cage (2025 ?) Geoff Palmer -- Teenage Memories (2025) KVNX -- I Love You More (2025)
Fortune Tellers -- Take Me Back (2003) Trambeat -- Blow Up The Groove (2025)
Bonus Third Set
Kathy Valentine & Neal X (KVNX) "The Whole World Lost It's Head" at The 100 Club
What is Mod? Mr. Suave's Mod, Mod World is one of the web's original modcasts celebrating mod-influenced music from past eras including #mod #powerpop #punkrock #garagerock #northernsoul #britpop #acidjazz #lounge #exotica #ska #modrevival & more. Featuring over 500 mod friendly music mixes since 2006.
Here it comes, my updated for 2025 Spotify list of contemporary bands with sounds that appeal to the modern mod. Just a few samples, be sure to check out each group's full discography.
What is Mod? Mr. Suave's Mod, Mod World is one of the web's original modcasts celebrating mod-influenced music from past eras including #mod #powerpop #punkrock #garagerock #northernsoul #britpop #acidjazz #lounge #exotica #ska #modrevival & more. Featuring over 500 mod friendly music mixes since 2006.
I'm walking, I'm seeing, it's like I'm a real boy again! What's a boy to do when things start getting better? Make a better modcast! And here it is, a show stocked with all new music from bands and artists to whom I give my mod world seal approval.
Sorrows -- What A Good Boy! (1981/2025) The Mads -- Time By Time (2024) Taxi Girls -- Rainy (2024)
The Bullets-The Unreleased James Broad Sessions -- High Fivers (200?) Hexham Heads -- Can't Live Without You (2025) The Negative Men -- Chain Reaction (2025) Lambrini Girls - No Homo (2025) The North Rocks -- Polly Wants Attention (2025)
