Lightspeed Champion - Tell Me What It's Worth
As part of my continuing remit to play sub-standard indie rock off the freshair playlist on my show, Lightspeed Champion win this week's "Best of a bad bunch" award.
Don Caballero - June Is Finally Here MP3
Jazzy instrumental math-rock for you. Gotta love it...
Idlewild - Idea Track
Track from one of my favourite albums, '100 Broken Windows', lovely stuff.
Led Zeppelin - Tangerine
The bizarre freshair obsession with Led Zeppelin continues...
The Polyphonic Spree - Running Away MP3
Mad boys in robes making happy clappy music.
Minus the Bear - Fulfil the Dream
Good-on-record-but-boring-bastards-live-indie from a band that features an ex-member of Botch. Who were far superior to MTB. Swings and roundabouts I guess.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Gold Lions
"Oh, oh. Oh, oh. Oh, oh. Ah, oh. Oh, oh. Oh, oh. Oh, oh. Ah, oh. DNNNN-DAH-DUH-DNNN-DUHHH!" and so on.
SPOTLIGHT - Comedy AND music?
The Flight of the Conchords - Issues (Think About It, Think, Think About It) MP3
Flight of the Conchords is one of the best things on TV right now (Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe's off-air at the moment). Get the DVD for Christmas. Fucking do it.
Matt Berry ft Richard Ayoade and Matthew Holness - One Track Lover
From the soundtrack of the hilarious 'Garth Merenghi's Darkplace', an ode to loving ladies, featuring Richard Ayoade rapping. A beast.
Damn Shames - Last Things
Edinburgh-based band purveying the "copius use of hi-hats=the basis of a good song" line of indie rock. Decent song though, so they get played on the radio.
Pretty Girls Make Graves - All Medicated Geniuses MP3
Yankee indie involves more shouting than ours. I like this.
The Futureheads - Hounds of Love
See Yeah Yeah Yeahs, but in a Sunderland accent.
Tuesday, 4 December 2007
Saturday, 1 December 2007
Thursday, 29 November 2007
PODCAST!!!
Podcast is here. Hoorah!
This week I talked New Jersey, accused various people of not knowing how to talk, and struggled to define others. Sounds good dunnit? Well...
Right-Click on me and go 'Save Target As...'
Aye. If that's whetted your whistle, get mp3s by Yo La Tengo here (this also features the band being interviewed by puppets, Dalek here, and The DEP's new single here
Pass judgement, leave comment, and generally enjoy.
This week I talked New Jersey, accused various people of not knowing how to talk, and struggled to define others. Sounds good dunnit? Well...
Right-Click on me and go 'Save Target As...'
Aye. If that's whetted your whistle, get mp3s by Yo La Tengo here (this also features the band being interviewed by puppets, Dalek here, and The DEP's new single here
Pass judgement, leave comment, and generally enjoy.
27/11 tracklistsing...
Justice - D.A.N.C.E.
Do the D-A-N-C-E, blah-de-blah-de-blah. Like Daft Punk? Then you'll like this. You can get about 9 different remixes, all gratis, on http://www.download.com/ in the music section.
Eels - Bus Stop Boxer (Live w/ String section)
Throaty vox and strings = the win.
Q and Not U - Wonderful People
No to be confused with Glaswegians "Q Without U". Q and Not U were a disco-tastic indie band on Dischord (http://www.dischord.com/band/qandnotu) who split in 2005. Q Without U are a Glaswegian band with a name similar to Q and not U, a disco-tastic...
Foals - Balloons
"You! You like that whole "dum-tss-dum-tss" drumming thing don't you? Well check us out!" Nice dancy tune though...
Spotlight - New New Jersey; Hot bands from the state that brough you Sinatra, Bon Jovi AND The Boss
Yo La Tengo - Beanbag Chair
Dalek - Ever Somber
The Dillinger Escape Plan - Milk Lizard
LOOK AT THE NEXT POST UP, THERE'S A DOWNLOAD OF THIS BIT, FOO'
Radiohead - Jigsaw Falling into Place
We all know the score by now. http://www.inrainbows.com/
Hot Hot Heat - Rehab
Amy Winehouse is in the news a lot (reference - the national press every bloody day of the week). When Hot Hot Heat went into the Xfm studio they covered "Rehab...I said noh-nooh-noooh!". And you can download it from their myspace. Boss.
Willy Mason - When the River Moves On
Acoustic guitars. Countryish warbling. Lovely stuff. All a bit Deliverance (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deliverance) though.
Still Remains - Dancing with the Enemy
Up and coming? I saw this band 2 years ago in Glasgow! And a ruddy nice bunch of chaps they are. They don't like Trivium. Fair play.
Tips for the week - Fantomas, Les Savy Fav, and Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe (http://youtube.com/xthemusic)
Do the D-A-N-C-E, blah-de-blah-de-blah. Like Daft Punk? Then you'll like this. You can get about 9 different remixes, all gratis, on http://www.download.com/ in the music section.
Eels - Bus Stop Boxer (Live w/ String section)
Throaty vox and strings = the win.
Q and Not U - Wonderful People
No to be confused with Glaswegians "Q Without U". Q and Not U were a disco-tastic indie band on Dischord (http://www.dischord.com/band/qandnotu) who split in 2005. Q Without U are a Glaswegian band with a name similar to Q and not U, a disco-tastic...
Foals - Balloons
"You! You like that whole "dum-tss-dum-tss" drumming thing don't you? Well check us out!" Nice dancy tune though...
Spotlight - New New Jersey; Hot bands from the state that brough you Sinatra, Bon Jovi AND The Boss
Yo La Tengo - Beanbag Chair
Dalek - Ever Somber
The Dillinger Escape Plan - Milk Lizard
LOOK AT THE NEXT POST UP, THERE'S A DOWNLOAD OF THIS BIT, FOO'
Radiohead - Jigsaw Falling into Place
We all know the score by now. http://www.inrainbows.com/
Hot Hot Heat - Rehab
Amy Winehouse is in the news a lot (reference - the national press every bloody day of the week). When Hot Hot Heat went into the Xfm studio they covered "Rehab...I said noh-nooh-noooh!". And you can download it from their myspace. Boss.
Willy Mason - When the River Moves On
Acoustic guitars. Countryish warbling. Lovely stuff. All a bit Deliverance (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deliverance) though.
Still Remains - Dancing with the Enemy
Up and coming? I saw this band 2 years ago in Glasgow! And a ruddy nice bunch of chaps they are. They don't like Trivium. Fair play.
Tips for the week - Fantomas, Les Savy Fav, and Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe (http://youtube.com/xthemusic)
Tuesday, 13 November 2007
13/11 Tracklisting...
Sorry to keep you waiting...
Duke Special – Slip Of A Girl
Duke Special – Slip Of A Girl
And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead… - Another Morning Stoner
REM – Half a World away
Maximo Park – Karaoke Plays
Sugarhill Gang – 8th Wonder
I mentioned it on air, and I got it. The "Sugarhill Gang alarm clock" scene from Scrubs. "Get your white ass out of bed..." and so on...(http://youtube.com/watch?v=CtAlZB2iqCU)
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious 5 & Melle Mel – White Lines
Dartz – St Petersburg
Get Cape Wear Cape Fly – Call Me Ishmael
Team Sleep – Ataraxia
Jonah Matranga – Not About A Girl Or A Place
Wednesday, 7 November 2007
Build-your-own-podcast - Hydrahead
This is the Hydrahead feature, expanded, sadly though, no podcast. Grr.
Well, enjoy...
Founded in 1993 in New Mexico by Isis frontman Aaron Turner, Hydrahead have been involved in some of the most influential heavy bands of the last 15 years.
FAMOUS ALUMNI - the bands that shaped the label's lovely face-
The Dillinger Escape Plan
Converge
Sunn O)))
Khannate
Botch
The top 5, past and present-
Botch - The grandaddies of metalcore - if you've ever heard a band play an jaggy riff then follow it with something different then they'll be aware of Botch. The band sadly spilt after We Are the Romans, leaving the world a sadder place. But with Minus the Bear. Every cloud...
Cave In - Starting life as a tough, uncompromising metal band, Stephen Brodsky's men mellowed out a bit, and on the likes of Tides of Tomorrow and Antenna show a flair for writing chunky rock songs that you can sing along to. Lovely stuff.
Pelican - Dense would be a good word to use. Big, chunky, wave-like riffs, guitars that build and build and build, and a general sense of largeness not found in a lot of other music.
Jesu - "Avant-pop". From Wales. Don't run though, Jesu aren't total shoegazers. Their heavy experimental rock incorporates a whole range of stlyes and influences. You'll like 'em.
Isis - Responsible for the whole ship through frontman Aaron Turner, a big, proggy, epic rock band. Nice riffs, well-thought out songs, no vox. Good times.
3 MP3s to get you into the swing of things...
Cave in - Lost in the Air http://www.cavein.net/media/audio/mp3/lost_in_the_air.mp3
Pelican - Sirius http://www.purevolume.com/pelican
Jesu - Conqueror http://www.myspace.com/officialjesu
ON TOUR - coming to a town near you...
Pelican - Glasgow Oran Mor, 13th December
Jesu - Glasgow Oran Mor, 16th November
Dalek - Leeds Brudenell Social Club, November 11th
YOU MUST OWN - We Are the Romans, by Botch. Just do it. It's grrrreat!
UPCOMING RELEASES - So hot they're still on the presses...
Tusk - The Resisting Dreamer
For more info on all involved, get googling. Check out the Hydrahead Blog and website.
http://hydraheadlines.blogspot.com/
http://www.hydrahead.com/
Well, enjoy...
Founded in 1993 in New Mexico by Isis frontman Aaron Turner, Hydrahead have been involved in some of the most influential heavy bands of the last 15 years.
FAMOUS ALUMNI - the bands that shaped the label's lovely face-
The Dillinger Escape Plan
Converge
Sunn O)))
Khannate
Botch
The top 5, past and present-
Botch - The grandaddies of metalcore - if you've ever heard a band play an jaggy riff then follow it with something different then they'll be aware of Botch. The band sadly spilt after We Are the Romans, leaving the world a sadder place. But with Minus the Bear. Every cloud...
Cave In - Starting life as a tough, uncompromising metal band, Stephen Brodsky's men mellowed out a bit, and on the likes of Tides of Tomorrow and Antenna show a flair for writing chunky rock songs that you can sing along to. Lovely stuff.
Pelican - Dense would be a good word to use. Big, chunky, wave-like riffs, guitars that build and build and build, and a general sense of largeness not found in a lot of other music.
Jesu - "Avant-pop". From Wales. Don't run though, Jesu aren't total shoegazers. Their heavy experimental rock incorporates a whole range of stlyes and influences. You'll like 'em.
Isis - Responsible for the whole ship through frontman Aaron Turner, a big, proggy, epic rock band. Nice riffs, well-thought out songs, no vox. Good times.
3 MP3s to get you into the swing of things...
Cave in - Lost in the Air http://www.cavein.net/media/audio/mp3/lost_in_the_air.mp3
Pelican - Sirius http://www.purevolume.com/pelican
Jesu - Conqueror http://www.myspace.com/officialjesu
ON TOUR - coming to a town near you...
Pelican - Glasgow Oran Mor, 13th December
Jesu - Glasgow Oran Mor, 16th November
Dalek - Leeds Brudenell Social Club, November 11th
YOU MUST OWN - We Are the Romans, by Botch. Just do it. It's grrrreat!
UPCOMING RELEASES - So hot they're still on the presses...
Tusk - The Resisting Dreamer
For more info on all involved, get googling. Check out the Hydrahead Blog and website.
http://hydraheadlines.blogspot.com/
http://www.hydrahead.com/
Tuesday, 6 November 2007
Tracklisting: 6/11
Foo Fighters – Home
Lifted from Echoes Silence Patience + Grace, surely the year's most nonsensical album title. Everybody has their favourite Foos album, I recommend There is Nothing Left to Lose. And it's my blog so that's that.
Biffy Clyro – Umbrella
The Ayrshire rockers' acoustic cover of that "-ella, -ella, -ella, -ay, -ay" song that people started claiming was responsible for the weather ths summer (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=264&objectid=10452521). Off the new Radio 1 live lounge album, which is a bit hit and miss. Do I need acoustic Calvin Harris? I could live with it. Do I need acoustic Coldplay? Nah.
Rocket from the Crypt - On a Rope
'90's punk. Can't beat it with a stick. Read about the band's chequered past on Wikipedia, hit http://www.rftc.com/ and get links to LimeWire their videos (surely the oddest way for a band to put their stuff about, but it's there if you want it)
Radiohead – Videotape
www.inrainbows.com is where to go to get the new album, for "as much as you like", with this on it. Apparently 2/3 of people didn't pay anything for it (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7082627.stm). Not surprised...
Cave In – Droned + Pelican - Sirius were featured as part of a Hydrahead feature. The online version of this is the next post up the way. GO!
Jimi Hendrix - Little Wing
He's just been added to the Nashville Rock Walk of Fame (http://www.visitmusiccity.com/media/press_releases.php?id=117). And you can buy him in toy form (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Jimi-Hendrix-Ultra-Action-Figure/dp/B00005BT14). Makes anything I say seem a bit redundant.
Head Automatica - Nowhere Fast
Lifted from Echoes Silence Patience + Grace, surely the year's most nonsensical album title. Everybody has their favourite Foos album, I recommend There is Nothing Left to Lose. And it's my blog so that's that.
Biffy Clyro – Umbrella
The Ayrshire rockers' acoustic cover of that "-ella, -ella, -ella, -ay, -ay" song that people started claiming was responsible for the weather ths summer (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=264&objectid=10452521). Off the new Radio 1 live lounge album, which is a bit hit and miss. Do I need acoustic Calvin Harris? I could live with it. Do I need acoustic Coldplay? Nah.
Rocket from the Crypt - On a Rope
'90's punk. Can't beat it with a stick. Read about the band's chequered past on Wikipedia, hit http://www.rftc.com/ and get links to LimeWire their videos (surely the oddest way for a band to put their stuff about, but it's there if you want it)
Radiohead – Videotape
www.inrainbows.com is where to go to get the new album, for "as much as you like", with this on it. Apparently 2/3 of people didn't pay anything for it (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7082627.stm). Not surprised...
Cave In – Droned + Pelican - Sirius were featured as part of a Hydrahead feature. The online version of this is the next post up the way. GO!
Jimi Hendrix - Little Wing
He's just been added to the Nashville Rock Walk of Fame (http://www.visitmusiccity.com/media/press_releases.php?id=117). And you can buy him in toy form (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Jimi-Hendrix-Ultra-Action-Figure/dp/B00005BT14). Makes anything I say seem a bit redundant.
Head Automatica - Nowhere Fast
Head Automatica, off the album Popaganda. Check out Glassjaw, frontman Daryl Palumbo's other band. http://www.glassjaw.net/ has a variety of mp3s, including live stuff, and remixes. Funky stuff.
Jose Gonzalez - Teardrop
Another cover from the Swedish acousticist. Check out the weird video at http://www.jose-gonzalez.com/, and then check out fellow Swedes The Knife (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7EYiFzNohU) whom Gonzalez covered when he did Heartbeats. The ubiquitous Sony ad with the bouncing balls featuring that track can be seen here http://youtube.com/watch?v=9NymcQJjPCs, along with a "making of..." feature.
Gallows ft Lethal Bizzle - Staring at the Rude Bois
In honour of this fine collaboration by ginger-fronted punks Gallows and irony-free grime mogul Lethal "The Bizzle" Bizzle, check out the undisputed king of "ft.", Wyclef Jean. His wikipedia entry details all of his various collaborations. There's just so many of them!
Pixies - Debaser
Pixies are good. Kurt Cobain even said so. But how much do you know about them? Take the 20 question quiz (http://www.ilovepixies.com/quiz/index.html) and find out. 8 out of 20, not good.
Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues
It's Bob Dylan, so not much new to say about it. The "video" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-xIulyVsG8) taken from "Don't Look Now" is a classic, although it's been parodied by, like, everyone.
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