Category: Reviews

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Khruangbin – Christmas Time Is Here
MJ Hibbett & The Validators – Last Christmas (In The EU)
Oh! Gunquit – High On Christmas
Brad Bru & The Crowd Goes Wild – Joy (Christmas With Mr Waits)
The Wave Pictures – We Dress Up Like Snowmen
The Fall – Xmas With Simon
Feral Five – I Want U
The Parasite – Wooden Huts
Pop Morrison – Christmas Song feat. Sam Semple
Gurr – Christmas Holiday feat. Eddie Argos
Bubble & Squeak – The Christmas Stick
Fightmilk – This Is Our Christmas
Aidan Moffatt & RM Hubbert – A Ghost Story For Christmas
Sir Robert Orange Peel – Evel Christmas
John MOuse – When A Child Is Born
Half Man Half Biscuit – All I Want For Christmas Is A Dukla Prague Away Kit

And that’s us until next year. We’ll be back on January 7. Merry Christmas.

Still not even slightly festive, so it’s a regular packed show tonight.

Art Brut – Good Morning Berlin
Lexytron – I’m Not A Disco
She, Robot – 7 Bells
Frills – Drunk Girls, Drunk Boys
Campfire Social – Oh Atrophy
Trampolene – Divided Kingdon
Evi Vine – Sabbath feat. Simon Gallup
Papercuts – Waking Up
The Autumn Stones – Into The Light
Viagra Boys – Sports
Holiday Ghosts – Booksmart
Collate – Who Cares About Tradition?
JD Meatyard – Broken Arm Jesus
Cathedrale – I Think I Can
Zac White – Nuclear Splinter
Jeremy Vibes – Hall Of Fame

Christmas special next week, all being well.

Quite a few longer records this week, so only 14 tracks but still more than an hour of music.

Dream Can – Cheap Cheap Time I Live, Money Money Saves Me
Desperate Journalist – Cedars
Birds & Beasts – Time Stands Still
Strike The Colours – Branches
Laffmad – News From Nowhere
Gum Takes Tooth – Borrowed Lies
The Chats – Do What I Want
Heavy Lungs – Blood Brother
The Armed – Nowhere To Be Found
Test Dept. – Landlord
Grimes – We Appreciate Power
Ladytron – Far From Home
Vukovar feat. Michael Cashmore – Little Gods
Sun Kil Moon – This Is Not Possible

Two and half centuries up, at last. Felt like it had been stuck in the 230s and 240s for ever, but here we are. Wave of the bat, enjoy the moment and then get stuck back in to it.

Psychedelic Porn Crumpets – My Friend’s A Liquid
Chris Connelly – Bloodhounds
FEWS – Paradiso
Oxygen Thief – End Of The Pier Pressure
Blanketman – Flip It Over
Wilted – Final Call
Skylights – What You Are
The Declining Winter – My Divided World
Somedays – Knockout
Ilu – Jaanus
Doe – Labour Like I Do
Kælan Mikla – Nornaglið
Mega Emotion – Laura
Feral Five – Pet Show
Equinox – Driven with Reed Hays
Lone – Temples (808 State mix)

And we’ll try all this again in a week’s time.

Reissue, repackage, repackage. Well, we’ve one reissue this week, but what a reissue. That and loads, loads more in this week’s programme.

The Lottery Winners – That’s Not Entertainment
Slurs – Mockery
Muck & The Mires – Doreen
FEVA – Uneasy
The Menstrual Cramps – Boycott The Lot
Nightingales – Chaff
Fontaines DC – Too Real
Kagoule – Monsieur Automaton
Swervedriver – Mary Winter
Kidsmoke – Rising Sun
Django Django – Swimming At Night
Skull Snaps – It’s A New Day
Chester P – Melancholic Flowers
International Teachers Of Pop – Another Brick In The Wall (Remoaner mix)
Toy – Sequence One
Slift – Heavy Road

See you next week

Should be back to a weekly routine now for a bit, but all these weeks off mean I’ve still got a massive backlog to work through, so let’s crack on.

My Autumn Empire – Future Song
Voice Of Aiko – Prescription Dream
Hugh Cornwell – Pure Evel
Bauer – Bully Boy
A+ – Shadows
Don Gonzo – Quit Your Job
Drenge – Bonfire Of The City Boys
Papaya Fuzz – Set Me Free
Swine Tax – Natural Causes
The Baggios – Deserto ft Baiana System
Guerilla Toss – Meteorological
Russ Litten – Bohemia
Levelz – Respect Respect
Gloria – White Lily
Daughters – Satan In The Wait
Noctorum – Piccadilly Circus In The Rain
Silent Forum – Robot
The Noise & The Naive – Pharmaprix

Another bumper episode as the week-on, week-off schedule continues. Getting bumped for live football next week – the absolute cheek of it.
Anyway, 19 juicy fresh tracks for you to have a go at this week.

DJ Yoda ft Joel Culpepper – London Fields
Meatraffle – London Life
Du Blonde – Buddy
Elvis McGonagall & His Resurrectors – 31 Descriptions Of Donald Trump’s Haircut
The Flithy Tongues – The Ghost Of Rab McVie
Applicants – Hypochondriac #2
Polly Panic – Losing Form
Hands Off Gretel – S.A.S.S
Snakerattlers – Sweet Sixteen
Sports Team – Margate
Blades Of Joy – Inside Out
Plastic Mermaids – 1996
Wolf Girl – Maths In The Real World
The Tea Street Band – Only Love
Mongrels ft Jason Williamson – Over Eggin’ It
Eli Hermit – Rats
Rift|Fault – Dusted Off And Everything
Ninna Lundberg – Way Out
Firefriend – Shut Down Your Electronic Hallucinations

Back in a fortnight.

This week’s selection for your delectation.

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Another hour (and a bit) of what’s been tickling our earlobes this last week.

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Changes afoot here at Liar Towers. Real life has got in the way a lot lately and it’s clear we need a different approach. To that end, we’re co-opting our editor’s radio show to be a weekly round-up of what’s tickling our ears. It also gives us chance to dabble with oldies and reissues an ting. He’s been doing this for some time, so while this is episode one of Radio Lies, it’s actually his 243rd show so we’re picking up the numbering from there. Just deal with it, OK.

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