The Schizophonica Podcast

That was 2012, onwards & upwards....

rob@schizophonica.co.uk (Rob) — Sat, 5 Jan 2013 08:46:00 GMT

Happy New Year and stuff!

So, after all that, we are left with one last podcast featuring what I was listening to in November and December of last year, yup, that's last year. It's gone. Over. Time for a new one.

What 2013 holds for us I can't even pretend to know, but there will be at least another 6 of these hopefully with some new music that you wouldn't have otherwise listened to.

This episode's tracklist is as follows

# TITLE / ARTIST

01 The Heavy - Can't Play Dead
02 Charlie Boyer & The Voyeurs - I Watch You
03 Menomena - Pique
04 Born Blonde - Light On
05 White Denim - Gas On F
06 The Mostar Diving Club - Voyage Of Starlings
07 Martha Tilston - More
08 Minnesota - Hitchhiker
09 Flint Eastwood - The River
10 You Can't Win, Charlie Brown - Over The Sun/Under The Water
11 Foals - Inhaler
12 Balthazar - The Oldest Of Sisters
13 All We Are - Cardhouse
14 The Oh Hellos - The Valley
15 City Riots - Catch The Sun
16 Fidlar - White On White

You can either subscribe to the podcast using the links at the top of the page, through the iTunes podcast directory or download it direct from here. (Right Click, Save As)

As is usual, if there is anything on this podcast you like, please remember to support the artist(s) by buying a track or two, or even go and see them live and visit their merch stall. If you are an artist that has a track on this podcast that you would like removed, please get in touch with me and it shall be done without prejudice.

Until the next time....

Thanks for listening.
It's good to listen.

Rob
xxx

Third and final catch up

rob@schizophonica.co.uk (Rob) — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 08:03:00 GMT

Got there in the end, so here's what I was listening to during September & October this year.
I'll get the last one up up next week, promise :)

Enjoy.

This episode's tracklist is as follows

# TITLE / ARTIST

01 Sarah Blasko - I Awake
02 The Neighbourhood - Female Robbery
03 The Heavy - What Makes A Good Man
04 Communist Daughter - Ghosts
05 The Mystery Jets - Radlands
06 Villagers - The Waves
07 Husky - Forever So
08 Toby Martin - Postcards From Surfers
09 Blitzen Trapper - Hey Joe
10 King Charles - The Brightest Lights
11 Lawrence Arabia - The 03
12 A Night Underwater - Hollow Me
13 One Little Plane - She Was Out The Water
14 Wintersleep - In Came The Flood
15 Youngblood Hawke - Stars (Hold On)
16 Toy - Dead & Gone

You can either subscribe to the podcast using the links at the top of the page, through the iTunes podcast directory or download it direct from here. (Right Click, Save As)

As is usual, if there is anything on this podcast you like, please remember to support the artist(s) by buying a track or two, or even go and see them live and visit their merch stall. If you are an artist that has a track on this podcast that you would like removed, please get in touch with me and it shall be done without prejudice.

Until the next time....

Thanks for listening.
It's good to listen.

Rob
xxx

rob@schizophonica.co.uk (Rob) — Sat, 8 Dec 2012 10:12:00 GMT

Still playing catchup, so here's what I was listening to during July & August this year.
I'll get September & October up next week, promise :)

Enjoy.

This episode's tracklist is as follows

# TITLE / ARTIST

01 Sudaikistan - El Movimiento
02 Tame Impala - Elephant
03 Hookworms - Form & Function
04 The Cast Of Cheers - Loose Talk At A Party
05 Wishbone (Wish, Wish, Wish) - Hey Sholay
06 Lord Huron - Time To Run
07 First Aid Kit - Wolf
08 Sam Lee - the Ballad of George Collins
09 Alt-J - Tesselate
10 Louise Quinn & Kid Loco - Oh Jackie
11 The Acorn - Crooked Legs
12 Cuts - The Worst Is Behind Us
13 Vera Flash - Hustle
14 Tigercats - Coffin For The Isle Of Dogs
15 Lightouts - All I Want/Heroes
16 Race Horse - My Year Abroad

You can either subscribe to the podcast using the links at the top of the page, through the iTunes podcast directory or download it direct from here. (Right Click, Save As)

As is usual, if there is anything on this podcast you like, please remember to support the artist(s) by buying a track or two, or even go and see them live and visit their merch stall. If you are an artist that has a track on this podcast that you would like removed, please get in touch with me and it shall be done without prejudice.

Until the next time....

Thanks for listening.
It's good to listen.

Rob
xxx

rob@schizophonica.co.uk (Rob) — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 15:16:00 GMT

Wow! What happened there?

Apart from a bout of pure laziness and the (so called) Summer getting in the way, I've managed to go a whole 5 months without a post or a podcast, sorry about that. I have been building up playlists, but just haven't got round to recording and posting them.

So, here is the first in a series of four new podcasts coming over the next couple of weeks, starting with stuff that I was listening to in May and June of this year.

This episode's tracklist is as follows

# TITLE / ARTIST

01 Sleepy Sun - Martyr's Mantra
02 Richard Hawley - Leave your body behind you
03 We are Animal - 1919
04 Pontiak - Lions of Least
05 Pond - Moth Wings
06 League - How Do I Know?
07 Dr. Dog - Warrior Man
08 Amadou & Miriam ft. Santogold - Dougou Badia
09 Firehorse - She's a river
10 The once - Your My Best Friend
11 The Lumineers - Ho Hey
12 Alex Winston - The Fold
13 Pet Clinic - Stop Wasting My Precious Time
14 Delta Spirit - Tellin' The Mind
15 Yukon Blonde - Stairway
16 We Are The Physics - Goran Ivanisevic
17 Jonathan Boulet - You're An Animal

You can either subscribe to the podcast using the links at the top of the page, through the iTunes podcast directory or download it direct from here. (Right Click, Save As)

As is usual, if there is anything on this podcast you like, please remember to support the artist(s) by buying a track or two, or even go and see them live and visit their merch stall. If you are an artist that has a track on this podcast that you would like removed, please get in touch with me and it shall be done without prejudice.

Until the next time....

Thanks for listening.
It's good to listen.

Rob
xxx

May 2012. The wettest drought in history.

rob@schizophonica.co.uk (Rob) — Thu, 10 May 2012 15:55:00 +0100

I think it was Jimmy Carr that said "If this drought carries on, we'll run out of umbrellas."
Kind of sums it up really!

Normally, at this time of year, I'm starting to look forward to those long Summer days (and nights!), but looking out of the window right now at a grey and damp London, Summer seems a long way off. I'm starting to get on Anna's nerves with my constant weather bitching and I long for Carol on the BBC Breakfast news to give me a good forecast, but alas, her recent predictions have only been good for the ducks and the farmers.

Apparently, there's a break from the rain this weekend, which will be nice as we have a wedding to go to and I do hope that the sun shines on the happy couple as they have had a tumultuous year and thoroughly deserve a dry day.

So that's me, a typical Brit, constantly on about the weather. An Australian mate once told me "At least you get weather", while that's true, I must admit that I do prefer theirs.

If you see the sun, do tell it to pop out over here for a bit.
Please.

So, with that in mind, if I haven't drowned, I'll catch you in a couple of months.

This episode's tracklist is as follows

# TITLE / ARTIST
Motoring - Toy
Blackout - Secret Connection
Starlight, Starlight - Exlovers
Do it again - Guards
Force a smile - Sleeper Agent
Immigrant Song - Karen O
Animals - The Cast Of Cheers
In A Groundfloor Apartment - Scarlet Chives
Southside - Tokyo Police Club
They Call Me Coco Rushdie - Favourite Sons
The Lion's Roar - First Aid Kit
Gold - Wake! Owl
The Wicked & The Blind - The Do
Dead Letter Office - King's Daughters & Sons
My Bones - Tom Williams & The Boat
Lesson No. 7 - Clock Opera
2012 - Young Circles
Thousand Colors - The Poison Control Centre
Show Me - Team Me
Numb Bears - Of Monsters And Men

You can either subscribe to the podcast using the links at the top of the page, through the iTunes podcast directory or download it direct from here. (Right Click, Save As)

As is usual, if there is anything on this podcast you like, please remember to support the artist(s) by buying a track or two, or even go and see them live and buy a T shirt. If you are an artist that has a track on this podcast that you would like removed, please get in touch with me and it shall be done without prejudice.

Until the next time....

Thanks for listening.
It's good to listen.

Rob
xxx

Hmmm, so iTunes can't handle two podcasts in one blog post then...

rob@schizophonica.co.uk (Rob) — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 14:06:00 GMT

For some reason, the iTunes podcast directory only updates itself with one podcast when you add two, so this is just to get the second one in there.

How strange?

Download link (Schizophonica Sessions #14). (Right Click, Save As)

Rob
xxx

Nothing for a while, then all of a sudden, two come along at once....

rob@schizophonica.co.uk (Rob) — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 12:41:00 GMT

Yeah, I know, I know...promises promises :)

Two podcasts for you this time, though. The first one (Schizophonica Sessions #13) is the usual mix of new stuff that's been in my ears over the last couple of months and a bonus one (Schizophonica Sessions #14) of a track from each of my favourite 20 albums of 2011.

So there. Two for for price of one, cheaper at half the price, BOGOF etc :)

Enjoy and I'll be back soon.

Schizophonica Sessions #13 tracklist is as follows. Click the links for more band info.

# TITLE / ARTIST
Let Her Go - Sissy & The Blisters
3,4,5 - Spokes
Medicine - We Were Promised Jetpacks
Breakin - Baby Baby
Lion - Eugene McGuinness
I'm His Girl - Friends
Rock On - Love Inks
It's Real - Real Estate
Stinging Nettle, Honeysuckle - Blessed Feathers
This Fall - Big Tree
The Shakes - Atlas Sound
Dark Into Light - AM & Shawn Lee
Hold On - Alabama Shakes
Street Fighting Sun - Blitzen Trapper
Rainbow Colors - Wonderful
What You Wanted - Spector
New Direction - The Black Lips
Convict - French Films
City - The Medics
Love Will Save Your Soul - Grouplove

Schizophonica Sessions #14 tracklist is as follows

# TITLE / ARTIST/ ALBUM TITLE
The Birds - Elbow (Build A Rocket, Boys!)
The Lighthouse Will Lead You Out - Cashier No. 9 (To The Death Of Fun)
Blood Gets Thin - Pete & The Pirates (A Thousand Pictures)*
Whirring - The Joy Formidable (The Big Roar)
Satellite - The Kills (Blood Pressures)
Liiines - Ghostpoet (Peanut Butter Blues & Melancholy Jam)
Aka... What A Life! - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds (Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds)
If I Had a Boat - James Vincent McMorrow (Early In The Morning)
Helplessness Blues - Fleet Foxes (Helplessness Blues)
Salinas - Laura Marling (A Creature I Don't Know)
Father - Cocos Lovers (Elephant Lands)
24 - Tom Williams & The Boat (Too Slow)
Surrender - The Duke Spirit (Bruiser)
Don't You Put Your Hands There - Scarlet Chives (Scarlet Chives)
The Struggle - Scroobius Pip (Distraction Pieces)
I Can See Through You - The Horrors (Skying)
White Knight Position - Chapel Club (Palace)
Into The Sky - Howling Bells (The Loudest Engine)
Lonely Boy - The Black Keys (El Camino)
Souvenir - Agesandages (Alright You Restless)

* Album of the year, without any shadow of a doubt!

You can either subscribe to the podcast using the links at the top of the page, through the iTunes podcast directory or download them direct from here (Schizophonica Sessions #13) and
here (Schizophonica Sessions #14). (Right Click, Save As)

As is usual, if there is anything on this podcast you like, please remember to support the artist(s) by buying a track or two, or even go and see them live and buy a T shirt. If you are an artist that has a track on this podcast that you would like removed, please get in touch with me and it shall be done without prejudice.

Until the next time....

Thanks for listening.
It's good to listen.

Rob
xxx

Happy New Year

rob@schizophonica.co.uk (Rob) — Thu, 5 Jan 2012 15:58:00 GMT

So, where were we?

Ahhh, I remember now. When I last left you in September, there were just the two of us. Me and Anna. Now we are three, with our beautiful daughter Seren Rose joining us in October, so most of my time since then has been spent getting to know her, generally supporting Anna and just being a dad :)

Fear not though, the music has kept coming, I just haven't had the time to get the podcasts done and up for your ears. I've got this one and the next two to get done in the next couple of weeks, then get back into the bi-monthly episodes from February.

I hope!

Happy New year all and thanks for your support :)

This episode's tracklist is as follows

# TITLE / ARTIST
Prisoner - The Jezabels
Is and Is and Is - White Denim
Faith Unfolds - S.C.U.M.
Slippery Slope - The Do
Noche Nada - Givers
A/S/L - Steve Grady
How Come You Never Go There - Feist
Leave the Riches - Son Lux
Oh Pity - Cashier No. 9
Monkey (You Can Go Home Now) - Dear Reader
Woods - The Rosebuds
Don't Fall Apart - Driver Drive Faster
Old Volcanoes - Warm Brains
I Wanna Meet Dave Grohl - Wavves
Heartattack - Lovett
Midnight Brown - The Two Koreas

You can either subscribe to the podcast using the links at the top of the page, through the iTunes podcast directory or download it direct from here. (Right Click, Save As)

As is usual, if there is anything on this podcast you like, please remember to support the artist(s) by buying a track or two, or even go and see them live and buy a T shirt. If you are an artist that has a track on this podcast that you would like removed, please get in touch with me and it shall be done without prejudice.

Until the next time....

Thanks for listening.
It's good to listen.

Rob
xxx

Ahh, yeah. I knew there was something that I was supposed to do.

rob@schizophonica.co.uk (Rob) — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 19:49:00 +0100

Well, Summer's back apparently. Looking out of the window today, there is a beautiful blue sky, it's warm and it's as if that weather we were holding out on for the last couple of months is back. For a couple of days at least.

Aaanyway, been a bit of a hectic couple of months since the last one as getting ready for our impending parenthood is the number one priority. We seem to be ready - we've got all the kit, the nursery is decorated, birth plan is completed and we've finished our ante natal classes, so all we need now is a Little Person in our lives to share it and we'll be laughing. No movement at the moment though, so it's down to good old patience.

So, PJ Harvey won the Mercury prize then. I was a bit disappointed with the nominations - same story every year really - as I was expecting the see Skying by The Horrors and/or One Thousand Pictures by Pete & The Pirates which are easily the two albums by British artists that were eligible I like best. Ho hum, there's no accounting for taste, is there?

If Scroobius Pip's Distraction Pieces isn't in the list next year, then I know for definite that something's wrong somewhere. It's a great album, backed up by a phenomenal live show that I got to witness at a tiny gig last month. It's also the first album since the Pete & The Pirates one that I had genuine pre release flutters, just like the old days, while counting down the days to release. When it dropped on the proverbial (mouse) mat and I got to hear it, I was wowed good & proper. Definitely my album of the year so far.

And while a lot of the world has recently commiserated each other over the split of R. E. M., I'm a little bit heartbroken at the demise - for the second time, I may add - of The Middle East. Some of you might remember their track 'Blood' from a previous episode and in memory or their passing, I've slipped one of their more recent tracks into this one. Shame really, but while one Australian band leaves, another enters. Watch out for Nantes. I predict big things.

So, what else have I got for you to listen to this time?

This episode's tracklist is as follows

# ARTIST / TITLE
Scroobius Pip ft POS & Sage Francis / Let 'em come
The Fair Ohs / Baldessari
Russian Red / The Sun The Trees
Mister Heavenly / Bronx Sniper
Library Voices / Generation Handclap
Falcon / Say Goodbye
Hooded Fang / Tosta Mista
Priory / Wait
Ghostpoet / Lines
Waines / Time Machine
Hugo / 99 Problems
The Middle East / Land Of The Bloody Unknown
Admiral Fallow / Squealing Pigs
Nantes / Fly
Eleanor Friedberger / My Mistakes
BOAT / Forever In Armitron
My Goodness / Blackout Baby

You can either subscribe to the podcast using the links at the top of the page, through the iTunes podcast directory or download it direct from here. (Right Click, Save As)

As is usual, if there is anything on this podcast you like, please remember to support the artist(s) by buying a track or two or even go and see them live. If you are an artist that has a track on this podcast that you would like removed, please get in touch with me and it shall be done without prejudice.

Until the next time....

Thanks for listening.
It's good to listen.

Rob
xxx

Oops, I did it again..

rob@schizophonica.co.uk (Rob) — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 11:45:00 +0100

Well, I'm a bit late this time but I think I have a reasonable enough excuse. For the last couple of months, I've been helping out some old friends at Planet Angel by coordinating the music for the *Chilled* In A Field festival that was held last weekend in a field in Sussex. It's been great to get back on the horse as it were and despite some typical British summer weather - rain, wind, thunder - we pulled it off with a great lineup of DJs and live acts. As a result of that, I've managed to get hold of a load of new music from people I previously hadn't had the pleasure of listening to, so expect to hear some of that in the near future.

Look out for the festival next year, it really is a nice, family friendly couple of days in a field with great food, excellent choice of ales & ciders, several music, performance and workshop areas and an incredibly happy vibe.

In a previous missive, I bemoaned the fact that because of some strange twist of fate - read inter EU beauacracy - I couldn't get hold of the Scarlet Chives album, but Brian from the band got in touch and as a result, I am now the happy owner of a copy. You can download yours from the Sureleaf Records website. Go on, take a punt. If you like the music on the podcasts - The Horror featured earlier in the year - I guarantee this is one of the best albums of the year so far and could well be one of those hidden treasures that you see in end of year lists. Cheers Brian, you are a true gent and I wish the band and the label much success in the future. If only other labels had the same positive attitude to customer service and satisfaction, the music world would be in a much friendlier state.

So, what have I got for you to listen to this time?

This episode's tracklist is as follows

# TITLE / ARTIST
Yes! - Colourmusic

Family Tree - Black Lips
Surf Hell - Little Barrie
Send Them Kids To War - The Burns Unit
Iron - Woodkid
I Need Your Mind - Singing Adams
The Honest Truth - Typhoon
Helen - The Loom
Desire - Anna Calvi
The Mountain - Les Jupes
United - Pete And The Pirates
The Coming Days - Hello Echo
The Wishbone - The Veils
There's Nothing In The Water We Can't Fight - Cloud Control
Top Drop - Secret Music
Drops - Jookabox
Still Life - The Horrors
No Nostalgia - Agesandages

You can either subscribe to the podcast using the links at the top of the page, through the iTunes podcast directory or download it direct from here. (Right Click, Save As)

As is usual, if there is anything on this podcast you like, please remember to support the artist(s) by buying a track or two or even go and see them live. If you are an artist that has a track on this podcast that you would like removed, please get in touch with me and it shall be done without prejudice.

Until the next time....

Thanks for listening.
It's good to listen.

Rob
xxx

It's spring again, I'll bring again, tunage from London town.

rob@schizophonica.co.uk (Rob) — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 11:58:00 +0100

Here in London, the city has gone Bill & Kate crazy. I wish them all the best as I would any other young couple setting out on a life together. If I was their wedding DJ, they wouldn't be getting too many genre classics like "The Birdie Song", "Come On Eileen" or the ubiquitous "Stars on 45" medleys. Instead, they'd probably get a set something like this month's podcast, music that's been filling my ears for the last couple of months.

After a quite barren - as is usual - January and February, March and April have kicked up a whole load of good stuff as well as some that have less than impressed me.I was rather disappointed; after the return to form that was "In Rainbows"; with the new Radiohead album, but have been extremely impressed with albums by Erland & The Carnival, Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers, The Kills and Younger Brother. I've just got hold of an album by Colourmusic which will no doubt feature in the next episode. It's brilliantly bonkers and puts a big old smile on my face. Really looking forward to the new Pete & The Pirates album coming out next month. Could be a contender for album of the year? The first couple of singles off it have shown promise, see what you think. And there's a new Fleet Foxes record out soon, and what I've heard of that sees a continuation of the brilliance of the first one.

So, I'm off to find some more. I like long bank holiday weekends, me.

Happy wedding day Bill & Kate. I hope you're as happy in the future as you seem to be at the moment.

You can either subscribe to the podcast using the links at the top of the page, through the iTunes podcast directory or download it direct from here. (Right Click, Save As)

This episode's tracklist is as follows

# TITLE / ARTIST
Money and Run (feat. Nick Cave) - U.N.K.L.E.
Hookers - Shilpa Ray and Her Happy Hookers
Satellite - The Kills
Love My Name - The Young Knives
Come Home - CHAPPO
Lotus Flower - Radiohead
Shine - Younger Brother
I Can Make You Feel It - Home Video
This Is Not - VETO
Lost & Found - Jukebox Collective
Come To The Bar - Pete And The Pirates
Hit 'n' Miss - Capsula
Haunting at 1300 McKinley - The Black Angels
White Fox - Ham Sandwich
On the Run - The Amsterdams

As is usual, if there is anything on this podcast you like, please remember to support the artist(s) by buying a track or two or even go and see them live. If you are an artist that has a track on this podcast that you would like removed, please get in touch with me and it shall be done without prejudice.

Finally, I'd like to dedicated this one to Anna and LP, my better half and our baby due at the end of September. Anna makes me the happiest man in the universe on a regular basis, but having the guts to love me and all the baggage I come with and now to be carrying our child takes my love to the power of infinity. Thank you sweet thing, I love you dearly. I just hope LP likes music, really :)

Until the next time....

Thanks for listening.
It's good to listen.

Rob
xxx

It's all working again!

rob@schizophonica.co.uk (Rob) — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 12:16:00 GMT

Hello :)

Hope you are all well and the winter has been kind. Spring is officially (I think) here; at least the daffodils and snowdrops in our garden seem to think so. This is A. Good. Thing!

Been having a few technical problems of late, but I've finally managed to get it all working again. Thought it was going to cost me an arm and a leg, but ended up with me only losing some marbles and a bunch of time. Thank dog for that.

It's been a good year so far and some great music is coming out from all across the world. I can heartily recommend the new albums by Elbow, James Vincent McMorrow, The Boxer Rebellion, Agesandages, Tom Williams & The Boat, The Joy Formidable and Chapel Club.

I've been having some battles though. I really can't understand why some albums are only released in certain countries. Take the James Vincent McMorrow album as an example. This amazing record was released in Ireland last year, but only available legally in the UK on Monday of this week. That's a whole year. A whole year where I haven't been able to pay the artist the respect he deserves. I've now got the same problem with an album by a Danish band called The Scarlet Chives. Brilliant music, but I am not allowed to buy it unless I pay nearly £30.00 for a CD (that I don't want as I am trying to be media free) and shipping.

I thought that membership of the EU meant free trade between the participating countries. Or are record companies exempt from those trade rules? Would you wait a whole year for your new TV or toaster to be delivered? No. You'd go and buy one from somewhere else! C'mon record companies, this is the 21st century FFS. If you really; and I mean really want people to stop stealing your product, at least give them the opportunity to buy it and not make them wait and wait and wait.

It seems that things never change and I will continue to love the music but hate the industry until my dying day.

As Ben Elton many moons ago would say, "A little bit of politics for you there". Rant over :)

So, a new year and a new podcast, hopefully the first of 6 bi-monthly ones for 2011 and beyond. You can either subscribe using the links at the top of the page, through the iTunes podcast directory or download it direct from here. (Right Click, Save As)

Tracklist is as follows
# TITLE / ARTIST
01 Don't Look at Me (I Don't Like It) - The Lovely Eggs
02 Shenanigans Of Old America - Deadlovers
03 Who's In Control - British Sea Power
04 Popinjay - The Joy Formidable
05 The Horror - Scarlet Chives
06 Spiral - Eins, Zwei Orchestra
07 The Runner - The Boxer Rebellion
08 Mexican Mavis - Boy & Bear
09 Civilian - Wye Oak
10 Mirror, Mirror - Dr. Dog
11 It's Raining Outside Today, Hooray! - Susan Gibson
12 Hit 'Em Up Style - Carolina Chocolate Drops ft The Luminescent Orchestrii
13 Cars - The Leisure Society
14 From the Woods!! - James Vincent McMorrow
15 Break/Hands - Cameras
16 Get Older - Tom Williams & The Boat
17 Souvenir - AgesandAges

Finally, if there is anything on this podcast you like, please remember to support the artist(s) by buying a track or two or even go and see them live. If you are an artist that has a track on this podcast that you would like removed, please get in touch with me and it shall be done without prejudice.

Until the next time....probably the end of April,

Thanks for listening.
It's good to listen.

Rob
xxx

The ones that nearly got away..

rob@schizophonica.co.uk (Rob) — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 21:29:00 GMT

Nearly forgot, but didn't quite. Here's a bonus podcast of some tracks that didn't make previous episodes for whatever reason. The only thing they have in common is that I like them a lot.

The tracklist is as follows

Spanish Sahara - Foals
What's In It For Me - Avi Buffalo
If I Was - Young Rebel Set
Odessa - Olenka And The Autumn Lovers
There's A Storm A Comin' - Richard Hawley
The Water - Johnny Flynn & Laura Marling
February Flare - Blaudzun
Old Henry the Oak - Cocos Lovers
English Garden - Like Pioneers
Waterfall - Fresh And Onlys
Warpaint - Warpaint
I'm Not Human At All -Sleep Party People
Please Take - Wire
Let's Get Out of Here - Les Savy Fav
T.O.R.N.A.D.O. - The Go! Team
Greyhounds In The Slips - The Joy Formidable
Tales From The Doombox - Subsource
Ozzzzy - Drums of Death & Dan Le Sac vs Black Sabbath

You can either subscribe using the links at the top of the page, through the iTunes podcast directory or download it direct from here. (Right Click, Save As)

Also, as promised, my top 20 albums of 2010 are as follows. Only the top 5 are in any real order, the rest of them are just great albums and most of, if not all of the artists have featured on the podcasts in the last 12 months.

1. Erland & The Carnival - Erland & The Carnival
2. Wolf People - Steeple
3. Cloud Control - Bliss Release
4. Parades - Foreign Tapes
5. Sleep Party People - Sleep Party People
6. I'm Kingfisher - Arctic
7. Stornoway - Beachcomber's Windowsill
8. Subsource - Tales from The Doombox
9. The Strange Death Of Liberal England - Drown your Heart Again
10. The Besnard Lakes - The Besnard Lakes Are The Roaring Night
11. Bo Ningen - Bo Ningen
12. Sleepy Sun - Fever
13. Grinderman - Grinderman 2
14. The National - High Violet
15. Laura Marling - I Speak Because I Can
16. Broken Records - Let Me Come Home
17. Menomena - Mines
18. I Am Kloot - Sky At Night
19. The Cherry Ghost - beneath This Burning Shoreline
20. Foals - Total Life Forever

As usual, your comments and track recommendations are always welcome, so please keep them coming, I really do listen to everything I'm sent a link to.

Finally, if there is anything on this podcast you like, please remember to support the artist(s) by buying a track or two or even go and see them live. If you are an artist that has a track on this podcast that you would like removed, please get in touch with me and it shall be done without prejudice.

Until the next time, wrap up warm and enjoy your detox/retox

Thanks for listening.
It's good to listen.

Rob
xxx

Lest auld acquaintance not be forgot and all that.

rob@schizophonica.co.uk (Rob) — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 20:31:00 GMT

So, that's the end of another year. Time to move on and time to look back. Once again, this year has thrown up some amazing music, some of it covered by magazines, radio and TV here in the UK, some of it not. A lot of it has come through my general oracle and undisputed greatest radio station in the known universe, BBC 6Music. Earlier on this year, we thought we were going to lose it, but due to an amazing public response and some good decision making by those that are in charge, 6Music was saved from the chopping block and it continues to grow and grow. I would like to thank all at 6Music for a great year, but especially Marc Riley, Gideon Coe, Tom Ravenscroft, Huey Morgan, Jarvis Cocker, Tom Robinson and Cerys Matthews who continue to inspire me week after week. Long may it continue.

The last month to 6 weeks or so have been taken up breaking this one down from the 95 tracks that have appeared previously, so I haven't really had the chance to listen to much new stuff. I'm looking forward to starting again in the New Year. I've got a whole month to catch up on. January is normally a quiet month, so I should get some respite.

It's been quite an international lineup with the UK, USA, Canada, Malaysia, Japan, Sweden, France, Finland, Holland and Australia covered this year. Australia has 4 tracks in this Best of compilation, so there's obviously a lot going on down there at the moment. Hopefully there's more to come in 2011.

So, as promised, here's my Top 25 tracks of 2010.

25 Magnetic Warrior - Archie Bronson Outfit
24 All Fall - The Chapman Family
23 From A Tower - LoveLikeFire
22 Maguro - Bo Ningen
21 (Angela)Surf City - The Walkmen
20 WOR - Django Django
19 Your Hands (Together) - The New Pornographers
18 Svalbard - I'm Kingfisher
17 It Carved Your Name Into The Ground - The Mariner's Children
16 Kipling - Magenta Skycode
15 Flickering Lights - The Strange Death Of Liberal England
14 Infinity Guitars - Sleigh Bells
13 The Answer (Featuring Big In Japan - U.N.K.L.E.
12 One By One From Dorney Reach - Wolf People
11 Say Goodbye To What - Bullion
10 Marching Off To War - Morningbell
9 Dead Nationale - Parades
8 Marina - Sleepy Sun
7 Broken Heart - Goodluck Jonathan
6 Bellringer Blues - Grinderman
5 Blood - The Middle East
4 Gold Canary - Cloud Control
3 I Can Change - LCD Soundsystem
2 This Orient - Foals
1 Woo Song - Khottal

You can either subscribe using the links at the top of the page, through the iTunes podcast directory or download it direct from here. (Right Click, Save As)

I've also made a bonus podcast that's made up of tracks that were hanging round the playlist but for whatever reason, didn't make it into any of the previous episodes. I'll have that one ready early next week along with a list of my favourite 20 albums of the year.

As usual, your comments and track recommendations are always welcome, so please keep them coming, I really do listen to everything I'm sent a link to.

Finally, if there is anything on this podcast you like, please remember to support the artist(s) by buying a track or two or even go and see them live. If you are an artist that has a track on this podcast that you would like removed, please get in touch with me and it shall be done without prejudice.

Until the next time, have a happy and peaceful New Year.

Thanks for listening.
It's good to listen.

Rob
xxx

Walking in a winter wonderland.......

rob@schizophonica.co.uk (Rob) — Fri, 3 Dec 2010 10:45:00 GMT

So, last year I set myself a task to get four podcasts done, one for every quarter of the year and by jove, I have achieved just that a whole month ahead of schedule! In fact, I now know that there are actually going to be six as I have another playlist ready that contains tracks that for whatever reason - time or they just didn't fit in with the other podcasts - didn't make it onto previous episodes; and a final one that will be what I consider to be the best 25 tracks of the year. I should have these done in between Christmas and New Year.

This time round, I've also managed to learn something about chaptering up he podcasts so that you can skip tracks if you don't like what you are hearing. You should also get an image of the track that's playing as well. Hope it works. Thanks to Wicksy for the pointers :)I know it works OK on iPod, iPhone and iTunes, but I'd be interested to know if it doesn't work for your particular player. I've also changed the encoding from mp3 to mp4, so hope this doesn't cause a problem for you. If mp4 doesn't work for you, let me know and I'll bung up an mp3 version.

Next year, my plan is to do at least 6 hour long podcasts, with voiceover, eventually turning it into an hour long, monthly podcast by 2012.

That's the dream, anyway :)

Thanks for all the support this year, your input and feedback has been more than valuable during this learning process.

You can either subscribe using the links at the top of the page, or download it from here. (Right Click, Save As)

Tracklist

0:00:00 - 0:03.37 Strangers - The Fling
0:03.37 - 0:06.49 Surf City - The Walkmen
0:06.49 - 0:10.49 Insects - Woodsman
0:10.49 - 0:16.27 Television Father - Francisco The Man
0:16.27 - 0:20.37 Colours - Grouplove
0:20.37 - 0:25.52 Our Names - Colour Revolt
0:25.52 - 0:28.41 Wires - Cowlick
0:28.41 - 0:31.00 Make A Deal With The City - Hurricane Bells
0:31.00 - 0:33.28 Lay Down - John Vanderslice
0:33.28 - 0:36.17 Svalbard - I'm Kingfisher
0:36.17 - 0:39.08 On Trees And Birds And Fire - I Am Oak
0:39.08 - 0:43.30 Black Doe - Mary Epworth & The Jubliee Band
0:43.30 - 0:47.32 Hotel Room - Smoke Fairies
0:47.32 - 0:51.11 Into The Wild - Sparrow And The Workshop
0:51.11 - 0:56.09 It Carved Your Name Into The Ground - The Mariner's Children
0:56.09 - 0:58.50 Little Brown Haired Girls - Frankie Rose and the Outs
0:58.50 - 1:02.27 New York City Hotel Blues - Margot & The Nuclear So And Sos
1:02.27 - 1:06.11 Light Pollution - Delay Trees
1:06.11 - 1:09.10 Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh - Say Hi
1:09.10 - 1:14.18 Kipling - Magenta Skycode
1:14.18 - 1:17.36 Get Some - Lykke Li
1:17.36 - 1:20.51 Glorious Aftermath - The Lines
1:20.51 - 1:23.28 All Fall - The Chapman Family
1:23.28 - 1:25.55 Infinity Guitars - Sleigh Bells
1:25.55 - 1:29.05 Maguro - Bo Ningen

As usual, your comments and track recommendations are always welcome, so please keep them coming, I really do listen to everything I'm sent.

Finally, if there is anything on this podcast you like, please support the artists by buying a track or two. If you are an artist that has a track on this podcast that you would like removed, please get in touch with me and it shall be done.

Until the next one(s), have a peaceful and festive time.
I'm off to find more music.

Thanks for listening.
It's good to listen.

Rob
xxx

On time? Well.....nearly

rob@schizophonica.co.uk (Rob) — Sun, 3 Oct 2010 08:53:00 +0100

To be honest, I've had this one ready since the beginning of September, but just haven't had the time to put it together. As usually happens at this time of year, the European festival circuit closes down and bands put out lots of new music in the hope you remember them and buy their records. August & September were stunners with so much brilliant new stuff coming out.

So, you can either subscribe using the links at the top of the page, or download it from here. (Right Click, Save As)

Click the links to the tracks below to be taken to the artist's website or MySpace where you can find links to either stream or listen to the tracks.

Tracklist

0:00:00 - 0:05:21 Mirrors - Crocodiles
0:05:21 - 0:10:41 Bellringer Blues - Grinderman
0:10:41 - 0:13:53 Come On - Lovers Of Modern Art
0:13:53 - 0:16:38 Paul Blart And The Death Of Art - Herzog
0:16:38 - 0:19:20 I Don't Know - The Bewitched Hands On The Top Of Your Heads
0:19:20 - 0:22:35 The Stroller - Jaill
0:22:35 - 0:24:44 Give It to You - NYC UFOs
0:24:44 - 0:27:06 In Youth Is Pleasure - The Neat
0:27:06 - 0:30:20 Permanent Record - The Golden Dogs
0:30:20 - 0:34:30 Heart Full Of Pentagons - Film School
0:34:30 - 0:38:35 Broken Heart - Goodluck Jonathan
0:38:35 - 0:42:21 Sabotage - Alex Metric vs The Beastie Boys
0:42:21 - 0:45:36 This Is My Time - Lights On
0:45:36 - 0:48:30 Heart Medley - Nice Purse
0:48:30 - 0:52:39 Bugs & Bees - A Home. A Heart. Whatever.
0:52:39 - 0:56:00 Whose Side Are you On Anyway? - Absofacto
0:56:00 - 0:58:55 Magnesium Light - Dreamend
0:58:55 - 1:02:19 A Darkness Rises Up - Broken Records
1:02:19 - 1:06:46 Flickering Lights - The Strange Death Of Liberal England
1:06:46 - 1:09:41 My Name Is Carnival - Erland & The Carnival
1:09:41 - 1:15:11 One By One From Dorney Reach - Wolf People
1:15:11 - 1:19:57 The Hammer - !!!
1:19:57 - 1:26:00 The Right Side - Orchestral Manouvers In The Dark
1:26:00 - 1:30:37 The Answer - U. N. K. L. E. feat. Big In Japan

So, there you go. I hope to have another one ready for the beginning of December, then the plan is to have a best of the year podcast for the Christmas/New Year period.

There. I said it. Christmas.

Where did the year go?

As usual, your comments and track recommendations are always welcome, so please keep them coming.

Finally, if there is anything on this podcast you like, please support the artists by buying a track or two. If you are an artist that has a track on this podcast that you would like removed, please get in touch with me.

Thanks for listening.
It's good to listen.

Rob
xxx

Summertime, and the living is easy.

rob@schizophonica.co.uk (Rob) — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:06:00 +0100

Easy yes, but no time to post or make a new podcast. Sorry for the delay, it's been a rather hectic couple of months.

So, we're in the middle of the best UK Summer for ages both weather and music wise. There were a couple of quite stale weeks over the last couple of months, probably the result of bands not wanting to release stuff until they were about to start playing their festival dates, but we've got there in the end.

It's a right mish mash of styles and cultures this time, with music coming from Canada, USA, Australia and Malaysia as well as the UK. As usual, the tracks are either available through many of the online download stores or through the artists themselves. Click the links for details and your comments are always welcome.

Better late than never and here we are, the music that's been buzzinig in my ears since we last met Podcast #5, Schizophonica Sessions #2.

---- Time ---- Title - Artist -----------------------------------
00.00 - 03.49 / Windstorm - School of Seven Bells
03.43 - 09.42 / Marina - Sleepy Sun
09.42 - 13.09 / Dead Nationale - Parades
13.09 - 18.50 / BOTE - Menomena
18.50 - 21.56 / If it's good for me - Stars & Sons
21.56 - 25.39 / Centrefolds And Empty Screens - We Have Band
25.39 - 29.32 / Deer - The Pack AD
29.32 - 33.05 / Jeans Jeans Jeans - Plants & Animals
33.05 - 37.32 / WOR (Together) - Django Django
37.32 - 41.27 / Wrecking Ball - Chris Pureka
41.27 - 44.45 / Watching Birds - Stornoway
44.45 - 47.44 / Promises - The Morning Benders
47.44 - 52.11 / Bloodbuzz Ohio - The National
52.11 - 57.10 / Tiny Paws - The Robots
57.10 - 60.19 / The Dead Dog - Portugal, The Man
60.19 - 66.07 / I Can Change - LCD Soundsystem
66.07 - 69.55 / Distaccati - Clock Hands Strangle
69.55 - 73.06 / War Coward - Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire!
73.06 - 77.04 / This Orient - Foals
77.04 - 82.20 / Blood - The Middle East
82.20 - 87.12 / Woo Song - Khottal

Once again, thanks for listening.
It's good to listen

Rob
xxx

How did we get to April all of a sudden?

rob@schizophonica.co.uk (Rob) — Tue, 6 Apr 2010 16:25:00 +0100

So, as promised way back in December, spring has sprung and with it the first podcast of the year and the first one under the Schizophonica Sessions banner.

This time last year, I had a playlist of about 15-20 tracks, some of which were a bit meh, but a couple were absolutely brilliant. This year, great tunes are much more evident, so it was a more difficult job breaking down almost 50 to a much more manageable 25 for your aural pleasure. There have also been a raft of great albums released so far this year and I'll try and get round to compiling that list by the end of the month. They say that recession leads to great art and this year certainly seems to be fruitful so far.

So, the podcast can be downloaded from here (Right Click, save as) or use the subscribe buttons at the top of the page and the tracklist is as follows. All of these tracks can either be bought at all the usual suspects (7Digital is my own particular favourite) or they are free downloads from artists websites. I have linked to the artist's website or Myspace so you can find out a bit more about them.

I hope you enjoy listening as much as I have enjoyed compiling the list and your comments are always welcome.

--------Time--------- Title - Artist----------------------------------------------
0:00.00 - 0:03.31 / Devils Spoke - Laura Marling
0:03.31 - 0:08.20 / Get Better - Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip
0:08.20 - 0:10.56 / Have Pity - IV Thieves
0:10.56 - 0:15.01 / Lucille - The Vasco Era
0:15.01 - 0:18.20 / Marching Off To War - Morning Bell
0:18.20 - 0:24.07 / Inside A Boy (Shark mix) - My Brightest Diamond
0:24.07 - 0:29.08 / Apples & Allergies - The Rest
0:29.08 - 0:31.21 / The Horse In Motion - Ha Ha Tonka
0:31.21 - 0:34.52 / Your Hands (Together) - The New Pornographers
0:34.52 - 0:37.15 / Hands & Knees - Dag For Dag
0:37.15 - 0:40.19 / I Just Love You More - Kate Nash
0:40.16 - 0:44.16 / Light It Up - Blood Red Shoes
0:44.16 - 0:47.40 / Gold Canary - Cloud Control
0:47.40 - 0:52.05 / From A Tower - LoveLikeFire
0:52.05 - 0:57.35 / Aya - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
0:57.35 - 1:01.30 / Fossils - Peggy Sue
1:01.30 - 1:04.52 / Salvation - Scanners
1:04.52 - 1:09.15 / Wide Eyes - Local Natives
1:09.15 - 1:12.30 / It Kills - The Brownies
1:12.30 - 1:19.08 / Grey Is Old - Furcast
1:19.08 - 1:22.53 / Poison Lips - Vitalic
1:22.53 - 1:25.59 / High On A Wire - The Black Box Revelation
1:25.59 - 1:30.49 / Magnetic Warrior - Archie Bronson Outfit
1:30.49 - 1:34.06 / Fire Power - These New Puritans
1:34.06 - 1:37.10 / Say Goodbye To What - Bullion

Until the next time, thanks for listening.

It's good to listen

Rob
xxx

Today, I listened to...

rob@schizophonica.co.uk (Rob) — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:27:00 GMT

.....'Hadestown' by Anais Mitchell.
It's a folk opera akin to the The Decemberists stuff, is bloody excellent and features Ani Di Franco, Justin Vernon (Bon Iver), Ben Knox Miller (The Low Anthem) among others. Here's a link to some of the tracks. Go buy now.

There's a band being hyped to hell and back at the moment called The Drums. I was unfortunate enough last night to give them a good listen. IMO, somebody has either got a rich daddy in the record industry and/or they've managed to completely bluff the indie press. Or I'm getting old and don't get music anymore. Cool hair and clothes though.

In other news, the next podcast should be done in the next week or two. I've just got to trim the playlist down to a more manageable hour and a half - currently it clocks in at 2 hours and 50 minutes! - and it'll be there.

I'm also going to give the blog a rebrand over the next couple of weeks and it will come back as schizophonica.co.uk. Schizophonica is a word that doesn't really exist, but fits my musical spectrum perfectly. Hopefully, if/when I can get it working properly, I'll be listing all the music that I listen to. Mostly to promote it, but also so I can remind myself of what I actually put in my ears every day.

There's also the unsavoury business of the BBC Structural Review and the impending closure of the BBC 6Music station. This would be a travesty of culture and a slight on the memory of John Peel. If you feel strongly about this or would like to learn more about this review, click here.

Until the next time, thanks for listening.
It's good to listen.

Rob
xxx

Podcast 3 : My top 75 tracks of the year (pt. 3)

rob@schizophonica.co.uk (Rob) — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 10:00:00 GMT

Streamed the Broken Bells album yesterday. Like 'Dark Night Of The Soul', I reckon Dangermouse has hit the nail on the head again. The man is obviously a genius and one of the most important producers of our time. The album comes out in March and I can't wait. Also got 'DragonSlayer' by Sunset Rubdown. A massively underrated album.

Aaaanyway, here's the final podcast which contains my absolute favourite tracks of 2009.

This is podcast 3 of 3, number 25 to number 1.
I hope you have enjoyed them. Have a Happy New Year!!!

Tracklist is as follows:
Here's the podcast. 1h:30m.55s Right click, save as.

Feel free to leave your comments or recommendations.

I aim to have the next podcast ready by the end of March, but don't hold me to it. This batch took ages to get around to doing :)

Thanks for listening. It's good to listen.

Rob
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Podcast 2 : My top 75 tracks of the year (pt. 2)

rob@schizophonica.co.uk (Rob) — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:38:00 GMT

Managed to upload the second podcast today. I listened to Richard Hawley's album 'Truelove's Gutter' while I was doing it. Really nice album if you like that kind of thing.

Anyway.......

This is podcast 2 of 3, number 50 to number 26.
Part 3 to follow by the end of the week.

Tracklist is as follows

Here's the podcast. 1h:27m.57s Right click, save as.

Feel free to leave your comments or recommendations.

Thanks for listening. It's good to listen.

Rob
xxx

Podcast 1 : My top 75 tracks of the year (pt. 1)

rob@schizophonica.co.uk (Rob) — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 16:45:00 GMT

So, as promised, some podcasts.

I've been building a "Tracks of the year" playlist for the last year that is made up of odd tracks that I come across and like. It's mainly guitar based stuff that take me to work in the mornings. Some are singles, some are album tracks, some are just stuff that I've found during those endless trawls of the internet that I go on every now and again. Each track has been played to death by me this year and I'd like you to hear them.

This is podcast 1 of 3, number 75 to number 51.
Parts 2 and 3 to follow soon. Honest.

Tracklist is as follows

Here's the podcast. 1h:27m.08s Right click, save as.

Feel free to leave your comments or recommendations.

Thanks for listening. It's good to listen.

Rob
xxx

So, this is the jet age?

rob@schizophonica.co.uk (Rob) — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 16:31:00 GMT

Welcome to infinitycubed, a project some 42 and a bit years in the making; but this author has been far too busy doing other stuff to get his thumb out of his arse to make a start. I made a promise to myself in January of 2009 to actually do something this year and have finally got around to it, some 51.5 weeks after the promise was made.

Still, better late than never, eh?

Anyway, what this blog sets out to achieve is to let the ether know what my head sounds like at various points in my life. You may even find something you like and if you think you like something that I'd like, let me know. I really will listen to anything. Some things I'll like, some things I won't. Some things I'll comment on, some things I won't, but thanks for the pointer anyway.

I'm in the middle of creating three podcasts of my favourite tracks of the last year, and I'll upload and point you at them when they are ready. Hopefully they'll all be done between Christmas and the New Year.

My aim is to produce three or four podcasts a year highlighting what I like at that point in time. Don't know when it will happen - hell, this bit took 42 years - but I will definitely post lists of things I like in between/instead of podcasts.

Thanks for listening. It's good to listen.

Rob
xxx