What? A podcast...no, really.

It's so cold and miserable out there, so I thought I'd share a summery podcast with you. Well, it's kinda summery anyway. It's been over a year since my last one, so I thought it was about time really. It's very guitary and quite shouty in bits. Some old classics, mixed with some new favorites to help you bounce the cold away. Anyway, here it is. Enjoy!


1. Pointed Sticks - Out Of Luck
2. Avtalet - Dina Vänner Kan Dö
3. The Love Gestures - No Worries
4. The Germs - Lexicon Devil
5. Eternal Summers - Pogo
6. The Childballads - Cheekbone Hollows
7. Humousexual - Seven Hundred Kilometres
8. Japanther - Seventy Nine
9. Nodzzz - I Have Bad News
10. Sea Pinks - Japanese Knotwood
11. The Ponys - Pop Culture (Revisited)
12. Jaill - She's My Baby
13. The Mr. T Experience - More Than Toast
14. Garbo's Daughter - He Makes My Heart Go Pop
15. Cloud Nothings - Not Important
16. The Proper Ornaments - Home
17. Death - Rock N'Roll Victim

Download podcast number 6 here (via Mediafire)

An warm, knitted autumn podcast

Autumn. Love it or hate it…or maybe love it AND hate it. For every fluffy pile of leaves to jump in there's soggy shoes and giant spiders. You marvel at the beautiful colours everywhere, but the daylight only lasts as long as the working day, so there's no time to enjoy it. You get excited about snuggling in front of the fireplace only to remember that you live in London and can't afford a flat with a working fireplace.

This is quite a mellow podcast. Better suited for strolling through pretty parks than jumping in piles of leaves. Kinda like the musical equivalent of a knitted jumper. Hope you enjoy it.


1. The Robot Ate Me – Just One Girl
2. Vit Päls – Vackert Väder
3. Quasi – It's Raining
4. Burl Ives – A Little Bitty Tear
5. Only Son – Only A Tool
6. Let's Go Sailing – Heart Condition
7. Pavement – Harness Your Hopes
8. All-time Quarterback – Dinner At Eight In The Suburbs
9. Palace Music – The Mountain Low
10. Camper Van Beethoven – Good Guys & Bad Guys
11. Pit Er Pat – Baby's Fist
12. Laurel Music – Dreams And Lies
13. Megamoog – Icicle
14. Mount Eerie – Domesticated Dog
15. Park Ave. – All Boy Band
16. The Mekons – Only Darkness Has The Power
17. Azure Ray – November

Download it HERE

Another Monday, another podcast

Four more long days until the weekend. I thought I'd share some songs with you in the hope that they will make your week go faster. Just like the weather in London it's a rather schizo mix, from the sweet sounds of Pants Yell! to the loudness of Emperor X, new bands along old favorites.

The lyric that sums it all up is from the Passenger Pigeon song:

"I used to think that indie music came from India and is made of turqouise"

Hmmm...or maybe not.

1. Nana Grizol - Circles 'Round The Moon

2. Urban Barnyard - Horseys In The City

3. Andrew Phillip Tipton - I Mississippi You

4. Six Cents And Natalie - Penalty Box

5. Huggabroomstik - The P Man Has A Nightmare

6. My Darling YOU! - Please Don't Talk To Me I Fall In Love So Easily

7. Shrag - Talk To The Left

8. Strip Squad - If You Don't Take Me Right Away You Might As Well Fuck Off

9. Half Japanese - Secret

10. Pants Yell! - Mixed Media Collage

11. Kanda - Too Many Boys

12. Oh Sweet Music! - My Trip To Asia

13. Siberia - Vem Som Klanger Pa Vem

14. The Passenger Pigeons - The Punk Song

15. Veronica Falls - Found Love In A Graveyard

16. Emperor X - Shut Shut Up

Download Records Make Great Pets #4

Enjoy responsibly!

Summer podcast!!

Finally, summer came to London. Today was such a beautiful day! And, in the spirit of summery goodness I thought I would make a summer compilation. Here you go...16 songs, all with word summer in the title. 

1. Summer Games Opening Ceremony (C64 computer game sample)

2. Phoebe Kreutz - All Summer Long

3. Spaghetti Vabune! - My Summer Summery

4. Pavement - Summer Babe

5. Beat Happening - Indian Summer

6. Of Montreal - Oslo In The Summertime

7. Blonde Redhead - Spring And By Summer Fall

8. Tullycraft - Stay Cool I'll See You This Summer

9. Pelle Carlberg - Summer Of '69

10. The Decemberists - Summersong

11. Jeffrey & Jack Lewis - Summertime Called (A.K.A. Punxatawnie Phil)

12. Slow Club - Slow Club Summer Shakedown

13. Acid House Kings - Summer's On Its Way

14. Shonen Knife - Summertime Boogie

15. Bunnygrunt - Wild Summer, Wow!

16. Herman Dune - This Summer

Download Records Make Great Pets #3

There you go. It's full of summery goodness. Hope you enjoy it.

A podcast for the weekend

Time for another podcast. I won't write anything about it. It's a mixture of rocktastic goodness, twee-pop and just general awesomeness. Hope you enjoy it.

Records Make Great Pets #2

1. Bare Knees - Wine Stains

2. Stephen Malkmus - Phantasies

3. Bishop Allen - Quarter To Three

4. Brainpool - Everyday

5. The Mekons - I Saw You Dance

6. Bob Hund - Düsseldorf

7. Of Montreal - Jennifer Louise

8. Pansy Division - Flower

9. Quasi - California

10. The Bartlebees - She Loves Monsters

11. Rough Bunnies - My Baby Is Dead

12. The Distractions - Boys Cry

13. Mount Eerie - You Swan, Go On

14. Eagleowl - MF

Download it here.

Hmmm...I just looked out through our living room window and this is what I saw.



See the curious character on the stairs?

I have no idea what he's up to. Not sure I want to know. 

Still Popfesting

The Smittens last night....definitely the highlight of the day. I'm too tired to write anything else. It was fun, but nowhere near as amazing as Friday (or Thursday even).

There was a mix-CD swap thing going on, but I didn't have a any blank CD's left and couldn't burn mine. This is what it looked like. 

1. Cub - Ticket To Spain

2. David-Ivar Herman Dune - Burn Burn

3. The Dead Milkmen - Dean's Dream

4. Dream Bitches - Maniacal Mechanic

5. Elephant Parade - For You

6. The Halo Benders - Don't Touch My Bikini

7. Linda Scott - I've Told Every Little Star

8. Phoebe Kreutz - Oh, Elizabeth I

9. Ryland Bouchard - Another Day No. 2

10. Say Hi To Your Mom - Let's Talk About Spaceships

11. Soda Fountain Rag - Are Philosophers Lonely?

12. Spaghetti Vabune! - Chocolate Song

13. Springfactory - Get Out Of Bed

And here you can download it in podcast form. Hurray! Enjoy!