Category: Reviews

Went quite smoothly today, despite some new technology.

Pleûm – Dieu Est Morte, Vive La Télé
Skint & Demoralised (pictured) – Boro Kitchen 4am
Dead Arms – Apocalypse Yow
The St Pierre Snake Invasion – Casanovocaine
R.O.C – Think Again
The Bordellos – Bagpuss
Where We Sleep – The Desert
Junaco – Willow
Marty Willson-Piper – Forget The Radio
Kenny Roby & 6 String Drag – Gasoline Maybelline
You Will Flood The River – Amsterdam
Teleman – Family Of Aliens (Ghost Culture remix)
Midwich Youth Club – Has Motorik Been Overdone?
Membranes – A Strange Perfume
De Staat – Kitty Kitty
The Physics House Band – Death Sequence III feat. Stewart Lee

Bank Holiday next week and even radio DJs get the day off. Back in a fortnight.

Little interference at times this week, but no major bugger-ups. Tuck in.

Knuckle (pictured) – Spilt Milk
The Brainiac 5 – What We Can
Mush – Litvinenko
Sly Antics – Reality
Avalanche Party – Porcelain
Feral Five – Shake It
Big & The Fat – My Thang
Sugar Horse – Druj
Woahnows – Skin Peels
Teeth Of The Sea – I’d Rather, Jack
Malibu Ken – Acid King
Jabru – Egress feat. Josh Idehen
Hugh – Sober feat. Amaroun
Ummagma – Caravan
Patawawa – All The Time
Cabinet Of Millionaires – Theresa (Danny Styles remix)

At the end of last week’s show, we said goodbye to Scott Walker. The the following day came the sad new that Ranking Roger passed away. So that’s where we start.

The Beat – Stand Down Margaret
The Chats – Pub Feed
The Franklys – Illusions
Hunter-Gatherer – Head Down
Hotel Lux – English Disease
Alice Tambourine Lover – Blow Away
The Artisans – A Week Of Wednesdays
Sweetness – Pretty
What We Call Progress – Don’t Stop, Meteorite
Brudini – Reflections
Ian McNabb – Our Future In Space
Japan Suicide – One Day The Black Will Swallow The Red
Gang Of Four – Change The Locks
Physics House Band – Death Sequence I
Lucky & Love – Soul Alive
Fold – We’re The Ones feat Potent Whisper

New stuff from old acts, new stuff from new acts and we bid farewell to a legend.

Zefur Wolves – Flying High
Fews – More Than Ever
Russ Tolman – Kid
Teenage Fanclub – Everything Is Falling Apart
Edwyn Collins – Outside
Sports Team – M5
Swine Tax – I’d Like
The Claim – Not So Simple Sharon Says
Crows – Wednesday’s Child
KH – Only Human
Ingrid Witt – Inside
Cobby & Oraka – Door Down
Kit Sebastian – Mantra Moderne
Big|Brave – Sound
Scott Walker – Duchess

Well that’s flippin’ annoying. The show didn’t record – the system crashed part way through the broadcast – so you’re missing your usual podcast. Here’s what I played though, with links.

John Dredge & The Plinth – Pancake Day
Clinic – Rubber Bullets
Louise Distras – Street Revolution
The Sly Persuaders – Sensational
The Creature Comforts – Life’s A Crime
Guide Dog – Generation Y
Charlotte Adigéry – High Lights
Stella Donnelly – Old Man
Talk Like Tigers – Fruit
Richard Hawley – Off My Mind
Vukovar – Voices/Seers/Voices
Faithful Johannes – Ides Of March (pictured)
Epic Beard Men – Hedges
Flamingods – Paradise Drive
The Noise & The Naive – Seek Solace
P.U.T – Nothing

Hopefully normal service shall be resumed next week.

A cracking selection this week, of I do say so myself.

RMFC – The Clue
The Limboos – Where Did She Go?
The Anomalys – Trooper
Snakeskin Shoe Review – 1979
Vile Assembly – Last Century Man
Slowness – Rose
The Dirty Contacts – When You Stop Loving Me
Money For Rope – Earl Grey
208L Containers – Feral Cats In The Tasmanian North-East
Beauty Stab – O Eden
Keepers At Noon – I Want To Be Your Robot
The Proper Ornaments – Please Release Me
Zeit! – De Noche Beirut
Fold – Living On A Knife Edge feat. Mr Gee
Istanbul Hippodrome – Dreamland
Psymbionic – Bionic Chronic (pictured)

That last track though. Ooft.
More of this sort of thing next time.

The return of the featured album.

City Miles – Thirty Degrees
Display Homes – Block
Knuckle – Life Is Hard When You’re Soft Inside
Featured album: John MOuse – The Fen Sessions
John MOuse – #1
John MOuse – #3
Desert Ships – Ignite Me
Art D’Ecco – Nobody’s Home
Telekinesis – Set A Course
Star Rover – What Can I Say?
USA Nails – Smile
Featured album: John MOuse – The Fen Sessions
John MOuse – #10 (pictured)
Death Hags – Electrochemical Communication
Deer – Biting A Spectrum
Hezen – Bring Your Alibi
Mayshe-Mayshe – You Throw Lemons, We Throw Parties
Lexytron – Brand New

And I think we’ll try that again in a week.

Another week and a lot to pack in, including a 9-minute slice of Russian doom-rock and a track from Mark E Smith’s last band.

Bromide – Magic Coins
Kroşe – Pistol
Karelia’s Discord – Red Romance
Tiny Fighter – Tell Me
Jars – E
Imperial Wax – No Man’s Land (pictured)
Koncepcja – Okręt Pośród Fal
Johnny Marr – Armatopia
Weird Omen – A Place I Want To Know
Yuksek – I Don’t Have A Drum Machine
Uniforms – Polara
Slowthai – Doorman
Silent Servant – Damage
Sextile – Disco
Marie Davidson – Work It

Enjoyed that. Next week, yeah? Sweet.

Monday. You know the drill by now.

Otoboke Beaver – What Do You Mean You Have To Talk To Me At This Late Date?
Cherry Pickles – Elvis Exorcist
Las Grietas – Leonia
unperfect – Gots To Get The Girl
Claude Fontaine – Cry For Another (pictured)
The Specials – Ten Commandments feat. Saffiyah Khan
Mira Calix – Rightclick
Allara – Wala Is Life
DJ Yoda – Afrika feat. The Jungle Brothers
Fold – Stronger Than The Evils feat. Motormouf
Soundwire – Dying Sun
Auld – Alilless
Ernest Moon – Satdeenight Ready
Raketkanon – Ricky
Heckel & Jeckel – I Crush You Under My Shoes
Herr Karl – Vox Humana

Busy next week? No? See you back here then.

Another week, another dollar. Here’s this week’s selection.

Gaygirl – Sick Note (pictured)
Babyteeth – Coccoon
Ex Hex – Tough Enough
Nicola Cruz – Siku
Treeboy & Arc – Plastic Front
Jebiotto – Get Down
The Crystal Furs – Pseudosweet
Du Blonde – Angel
Kate Dove Dixon – Bathrooms
Rose Elinor Dougall – Make It With You
Feed Me – Feel Love feat. Rosie Doonan
Kamaal Williams – Snitches Brew feat. Mansur Brown
Boobs Of Doom – Vámr
Psychoplasmics – Berlin Nights
King Midas Sound – You Disappear

And we’ll do it again next week.

In which John battles with recalcitrant technology.

Incisions – War In Your Head
Land Sharks – Dancing With Fire
Swine Tax – Hold Your Own
Drenge – Never See The Signs
Star Rover – Annemarie
Party Fears – Sun King II
Lou Doillon – Burn (pictured)
BPF – The Great Motivator
Bilge Pump – Wheel Of Yew
Man Of Moon – Ride The Waves
We Are Troubadour – Stacey
UNKLE – The Other Side feat. Tom Smith
Jaffro – Mwy Mewn Meddwl
Sir Robert Orange Peel – Turn That Bloody Racket Down
Little Albert – Vege Milkshake
The Night Programme – Badly Drawn Country

And we’ll do it all again in a week, shall we?