Tuesday 30 October 2007

When Animals Attack!

Well, I talked about animal attacks on air, and, as promised, here is the full text of the news reports covering each attack

No.3 - Peacock attacking an expensive car (Daily Mirror)

No. 2 - Panda gets revenge on humanity (Metro)

No. 1 -
The kamikaze squirrel (New Jersey Journal)

And as a special bloggy bonus, one that didn't make the air...

A Squirrel that took out the power to a HOSPITAL

30/10 Tracklisting




30/10 Tracklisting
(picture: Avast!, taken from myspace.com)









Sigur Ros - Hljomalind
Taken from the new album Heim/Hvarf, out on the 5th of November. As is the live DVD Heima, which will be screened at selected cinemas across the globe. Click onto
http://www.sigur-ros.co.uk/ for details of your nearest showing, mp3s off the band's previous albums, and even downloadable music videos for those of you with fancy-pants walking video boxes (new iPods).





Minus the Bear - Throwin' Shapes


Off of Planet of Ice, out now on Suicide Squeeze/Undergroove. The band are touring at the moment, and will hit the UK in December, although when I saw them last year they were a bit on the dull side. Tickets are between £10-12, depending on where you are. Get mp3s on
www.suicidesqueeze.net/minusthebear.html and check out guitarist Dave Knudson's old band Botch on myspace for some mathcore-tastic chops.





Bright Eyes - I Will Be Grateful For This Day


From Noise Floor, the rarities album by ol' Conor. The music section of
http://www.download.com/ has 7 or 8 mp3s from various stages of the Bright Eyes back catalogue to check out, though the Bright Eyes official website (http://www.thisisbrighteyes.com)/ doesn't, and annoyingly insists on refreshing itself constantly.





Run DMC - Can You Rock It Like This?


A hip-hop classic from King of Rock, greatest hits albums by the trio can be picked up for a few quid now from the likes of Fopp or hmv during a sale. Check out the frankly hilarious video to the album's title track ("This is a rock n' roll museum - you don't belong here!") at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fumgOJLFSHw


Broken Records - New Town Bar


Edinburgh's answer to Arcade Fire, playing a few shows soon including a 25-band weekender in Dundee this weekend, and a support slot for Idlewild's show at Edinburgh's Queen's Hall on November the 4th. Check out
www.myspace.com/brokenrecords for mp3s, tour dates, and all that jazz.


Alamos - Polemics


This one was taken from the self-titled debut on Pet Piranha records (
http://www.petpiranha.com/). The new single Silly Icarus, But You Can't Blame Him For Trying is available now on iTunes etc, and is streamable at www.myspace.com/alamos albeit in iffy sound quality. Not many tour dates lined up, a show at Dundee Student Union on the 23/11 is all they have given their public.


Avast! - Three in Transit



Track taken from the debut album Faultlines, out now on Flagship Audio Recordings. Ordering info for the LP is available on
www.flagshiprecordings.co.uk, and streams of tracks are available at http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=10264653


Archives - What's With All the Brutal Honesty?
From the Self-titled demo, the track is downloadable from the band's mini command centre at
www.myspace.com/archivesuk . This is along with details of how to get a demo, or a lovely t-shirt, and details of their upcoming tour of Ireland.


Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly. - War of the Worlds
Taken from GCWCF's latest album Chronicles of a Bohemian Tennager. Check out his beautiful website (
www.getcapewearcapefly.com), and read about his favourite causes in the links at the page foot. Go on, do something nice today.

Bloc Party - So Here We Are

Off Silent Alarm, available tuppence in one of several shops depending on the time of year. Check out the video for new track Flux on myspace music just now.




Comeback Kid - The Blackstone
Lifted from Broadcasting, the band's latest album. CBK (as they are occasionally referred to as) are embarking on a Europe-wide tour along with Parkway Drive and Cancer Bats. Get all the details at
www.avocado-booking.com . Sadly mp3s are hard to come by, check myspace for some streams from the new album.




Radiohead - 15 Step
As you probably know, you can get this, and the rest of the new album, from
www.inrainbows.com for diddly squat. I mean, you could pay. but there's no compulsion. Good job I say.




At the Drive-In - Sleepwalk Capsules
A classic cut from Relationship of Command, the band's final album. Check out this video of the band performing on the BBC's Later... with Jools Holland of all places to see what you've missed (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZagV69HujUY). Madness. Also, check out everyone's favourite jazz/prog band to come out of the ATD-I ashes, The Mars Volta, at all the usual places.

Ra-ray-radio!

Welcome! This is the accompanying blog of the Peter Simpson show on Fresh Air(.org.uk)! Look here for more of the stuff from the show, links to bands, where to get mp3s, and more "hilarious" chit-chat!

Also, feel free to request songs on here. I'll do my damndest to get 'em. Damndest I say!