Edinburgh Man #124

March 21st, 2013

It’s one of those weeks where I feel like I’m just fighting off tiredness. There’s been a lot of those of the last year of so. To be fair, today I actually am fighting off tiredness. For the purposes of work I had to go down to London yesterday. Partly because of a general aversion to the extortionate cost, but also a general aversion to all airports we went down on the train. The 5.40am train. The day went like this: bed-taxi-train-taxi-meeting-taxi-train-taxi-bed. As I write this post and prepare the podcast I am still recovering. And still looking forward to bed.

Anyway, on today’s podcast a couple of tracks from the Bushwick Book Club (that’s an actual book club, not a band), new tracks from Tear Talk and entertainment for the braindead… And maybe an oldie. Then sleep. I promise. Then sleep.

1. DRINK – “Hoboken” (Played courtesy of DRINK, Released under a Creative Commons licence)
2. Phoebe Kreutz – “Roland Weary” (Played courtesy of Bushwick Book Club, Released under a Creative Commons licence)
3. Tear Talk – “B R E A T H E” (Played courtesy of Bleeding Gold Records)
4. entertainment for the braindead – “Oh Heisenberg!” (Played courtesy of entertainment for the braindead, Released under a Creative Commons licence)
5. Low – “Dinosaur Act” (Played courtesy of archive.org)
6. Lowpines – “Give Me A Horse” (Played courtesy of EardrumsPop, Released under a Creative Commons licence)
7. Kung Fu Crimewave – “Immured” (Played courtesy of Bushwick Book Club, Released under a Creative Commons licence)

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Edinburgh Man #123

March 14th, 2013

Thursday again! The weeks just fly by don’t they?

You know, I think I’ve missed the three year anniversary of the podcast. It was sometime towards the end of February if my memory is correct… which it rarely is. Anyway, last year I think we figured out it the podcast came into being on the same day that Stu Lewis started The Tidal Wave of Indifference blog. As if that wasn’t enough of a weird coincidence, Stu and I went through to Glasgow last week to see the wonderful My Bloody Valentine at the Barrowlands.

It was a brilliant gig. And loud. I mean, LOUD. My earplugs were stuck so far into my ears I could feel them at the back of my throat! Anyway, a top night all round. Although I did end up losing my keys and having to get the locks replaced in the house. So a top, expensive night all round.

On tonight’s show… some new stuff, some old stuff. You can tell this one is well thought out. Let’s just get cracking.

1. the Nervous Ticks – “Rat Brat” (Played courtesy of the Nervous Ticks, Released under a Creative Commons licence)
2. Just Handshakes – “London Bound” (Played courtesy of Bleeding Gold Records)
3. Joshua Burnside – “George Price” (Played courtesy of Joshua Burnside)
4. Lucy Cait – “Gabriel’s Wharf” (Played courtesy of Folk Room Records, Released under a Creative Commons licence)
5. Low – “On My Own (Live)” (Played courtesy of archive.org)
6. The Mountain Goats – “Thank You Mario But Our Princess Is In Another Castle (Live)” (Played courtesy of archive.org)
7. Blue And White Van – “Out of Reach” (Played courtesy of Blue And White Van, Released under a Creative Commons licence)
8. Tiny Fireflies – “Holding Patterns” (Played courtesy of EardrumsPop, Released under a Creative Commons licence)

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Edinburgh Man #122

March 7th, 2013

The plan was to do this one live for the first time in a couple of weeks, albeit an hour earlier than normal. Basically over the last week or so Edinburgh Man Junior has been waking up in the evenings… and waking up with a certain amount of volume. As if by some sixth sense exactly 9pm too. Obviously Doctor Nic would be around, but like I say he’s a bit loud. I mean really loud. So, hopefully he won’t wake between 8pm and 9pm, hence the earlier show. It makes me realise how lucky we’ve been over the last year, so fingers crossed this is just a little blip.

Anyway, today on the podcast we start with a track from the wonderful new Kid Canaveral album. iTunes tells me that I’ve played this track 35 times since David dropped off a CDR of the album before Christmas. I think that’s probably a conservative estimate. There’s also a track from one of my favourite albums on the year so far, Rick Redbeard’s “No Selfish Heart”. Lots more too, so let’s stop blabbing and get on with it.

1. Kid Canaveral – “Without a Backing Track” (Played courtesy of Kid Canaveral / Fence Records)
2. Street Joy – “Disappoint You Girl” (Played courtesy of Street Joy, Released under a Creative Commons licence)
3. Rick Redbeard – “Kelvin Grove” (Played courtesy of Rick Redbeard / Chemikal Underground)
4. Uniform Motion – “The Telephone Box” (Played courtesy of Uniform Motion, Released under a Creative Commons licence)
5. Surf Harp – “Dahlia Blume” (Played courtesy of Surf Harp, Released under a Creative Commons licence)
6. Joshua Burnside – “BLACK DOG SIN” (Played courtesy of Joshua Burnside, Released under a Creative Commons licence)
7. The Planes – “Tear the World Apart” (Played courtesy of The Planes, Released under a Creative Commons licence)
8. Baffin Island – “You Make Two Weeks Two Days” (Played courtesy of Eardrums Pop, Released under a Creative Commons licence)

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Edinburgh Man #121

February 28th, 2013

I’ve used that photo before haven’t I? Ah well.

So another pre-recorded podcast this week. Basically my Thursday night was gearing up to be a night of craziness, so I recorded this early on. In the end it was fortuitous that I did because Edinburgh Man Junior (who normally doesn’t make a sound all night) kicked off big style at the normal podcasting hour of 9pm. Eventually he settled down about 40 odd minutes later, but I suspect if the podcast had been live it would have been rather swiftly curtailed.

Anyway, in keeping with the last series of daily podcasts back in December and early January I thought I’d make this one all artists that were new to me and the show. It least, that was the plan until I listened to the wonderful new Conquering Animal Sound single. I mean, how could I not play it? It sends shivers up my spine. Oh, and there was a new track from Shy and the Fight, so you know… and then there’s the track that’s 85 years old. But the rest of the artists are new to me…

1. Emmas – “The Ride” (Played courtesy of The Emmas, Released under a Creative Commons licence)
2. Hattie Hart – “Wont You Be Kind” (Played courtesy of archive.org)
3. Conquering Animal Sound – “The Future Does Not Require” (Played courtesy of Chemikal Underground)
4. Shy and the Fight – “I’d rather you lied” (Played courtesy of Shy and the Fight, Released under a Creative Commons licence)
5. Mouni – “Smile Mountains” (Played courtesy of Mouni, Released under a Creative Commons licence)
6. Asterisk – “Sleeping Strange” (Played courtesy of Asterisk, Released under a Creative Commons licence)
7. Eli Aranda – “I Hope to God I Die In A Fire” (Played courtesy of Eli Aranda, Released under a Creative Commons licence)
8. Oak Towers – “Sparks” (Played courtesy of Oak Towers, Released under a Creative Commons licence)

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