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If There Is Hell Below Podcast... Sample Abuser

2012-02-24T14:00:00.001Z

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Rob and Callum fantasize about going for a meal with Larry David, their one true wish and chat mini eggs, give some shout outs and get onto some BIG TALK. The music: Jaekim deconstructing The Stepkids and The Monks, The Men have something new to get us excited, Funk Police sound like the greatest party we may never attend, King Tuff gets Callum all hot under the collar, Rickolous provides some 4-track lo-fi and there’s more, there always is.

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Spacemen 3 - Hey Man

2012-02-22T14:19:00.003Z

Saw Kurt Vile last night at Koko with Sonic Boom providing support, Boom broke my heart on account of being disgracefully shit.
Just a bloke droning some electronic loops for what seems like eternity, I can see this kinda futura-one-man-band shit anywhere and done a hell of a lot better.

As one half of Spacemen 3 and Spectrum I expect some of the good shit.

That came when he joined Kurt and The Violaters for an encore of Hey Man, pretty incredible really.

Redemption.

The Men - Ex-Dreams

2012-02-20T14:27:00.003Z

The Men - Ex-Dreams by Cargo_Promo

Did The Men not just release a killer LP just less than 12 months back? That was heavy, very heavy, veering between hardcore punk, psych rock, krautock and with more than a nod to Spacemen 3.
Judging from this, the new LP Open You Heart is more of a Sonic Youth and Replacements wavering between their hardcore and pop punk leanings.

Open Your Arms is out on the ever-reliable Sacred Bones label

Fairewell - Wild Meadow/I’ve Been Locked Away (Team Ghost Remix)

2012-02-20T14:20:00.001Z

We don't tend to post remixes up on ITHB or the podcast, suppose I got bored of them and the constant shit storm of generic house, dubstep and electro that clogs up hype machine.
So here is remix, to remind you that they can be alright and can give a song an extra dimension or context that may not have existed before.

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If There Is Hell Below Podcast... 2 Years of Shrugging

2012-02-17T13:37:00.005Z

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Rob Morgan and Callum celebrate 2 years of the podcast, in the only way they know how; unprofessionalism, ramblings and opinions, with some music that we like dotted inbetween the cracks.
There’s something new from Wes Doyle and his new rock-duo Treefort, a bite from Field Music’s Plum, FIDLAR with a song every bit as good as their acryonym name, TheeSatisfaction provide spoken-word and beats, Lee Fields provides the loving, Here We Go have something motorik frenetic and we’re starting with steel drum funk.

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The Luke And Rusty Rodeo Show featuring Newton Dunar Interview

2012-02-16T14:36:00.002Z

Had a listen to this radio show the other day for Strongroom Alive. Some killer selections from Luke, Rusty, pioneering club owner Newton Dunbar. Here's their blurb:

'The Luke and Rusty Rodeo Show set off on their maiden voyage with a mixture of psych, soul, reggae and rockabilly plus an interview with living London legend Newton Dunbar who ran the Four Aces nightclub, later known as Labrynth. All that, and a mix by Simon McCabe of Tinkers Cuss.'

Check the show and have a listen to a highlight of their set below on the soundcloud bar.

The Luke And Rusty Rodeo Show featuring Newton Dunar Interview by Strongroomalive on Mixcloud

HVN218 Big Kids - I'm Bored by heavenlyrecordings

Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together

2012-02-15T13:55:00.002Z

Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together (1972)

Gilles Peterson dropped this one on his essential Radio 1 show, sitting perfectly between his mix of old jazz, funk, soul and new experimental, dub, electronic, house music.
It's sparse, soulful and the organ sound is a modern producer's dream sound, James Blake would kill to write this.

Sex Hands - Season 1

2012-02-13T23:21:00.000Z

Cheers goes to the excellent LostLostLost blog for the heads up on this. They tell me that this mini-album is inspired by the hit comedy Friends, this shouldn't fill me with any excitement as the show has been a constant moan in my life. Vapid, characterless, superficial, bland, dullard cunts and after we've talked about the show's target audience we'll get onto the characters... am I right, or am I right? Oh fuck, you like it too.

This has none of the 'qualities' of the show; it's rough, charming and actually has some character.

Now I'm gonna go watch some Seinfeld.

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If There Is Hell Below Podcast... The Most Romantic Number

2012-02-10T14:03:00.004Z

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Oooh it is a sexy episode isn't it, all about 'that' number, so infectious so satisfying to behold. Music comes from Sharon Von Etten, Sophia Knapp and her balearic AOR Nicks grooves, Wild Nothing's Jack Tatum cooks something with a pan, Lower Dens provide some adictive motorik joy and there's more, you'll have to listen though, sexy should be surprising. This podcast was bought to you by our friends at Mattress Planet.

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Dean Blunt - The Narcissist

2012-02-03T13:52:00.002Z

Missed out on this Hype Williams and Inga Coupland cut on vinyl, killer blow just like the killer blow Robbie Fowler emulated in his relevant days.
If you don't know who Robbie Fowler is, he was like the original Mario Ballotelli.

If There Is Hell Below... All Back to Mine

2012-02-01T20:47:00.001Z

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Rob Morgan from the If There Is Hell Below Podcast was asked to make an All Back to Mine Mix for Sean Rowley's BBC Radio Kent show. This is that and these are the tracks:

Tracklisting
Happy End - Haikara Beautiful

Fat - Shape I'm In
Jesse Winchester - Midnight Bus

Lee Hazlewood - Pour Man

David Crosby - Traction in the Rain

Lisa o Piu - Cinnamon Sea

Linda Perhacs - Parallelograms

The Soundcarriers - There Only Once

Novi Singers - The Runaway

Thundercat - For Love I Come

Matthew Larkin Cassell - Heaven

Michael Kiwanuka - Tell Me A Tale
John Cameron - Kes First Flight

The Beach Boys - Til I Die (Desper Mix)

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If There Is Hell Below Podcast... The Unskippables

2012-01-27T14:20:00.002Z

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Down tools and sack-off your work load, it’s the If There Is Hell Below podcast… Rob and Callum have unintentionally pulled together 3 songs with loosest connections to the ‘Big Star’ sound and Alex Chilton’s little circle of influence. The other songs jump from a new cut from Gonjasufi’s latest desert hip hop trip, Conduits; a shoegaze band who refuse to be called a ‘shoegaze band’ – so some shoegaze from them. An incredible track jazz/hip hop/Marvin Gaye-a-like track from BJ and the Chicago Kid, a lovely little tender moment from Elijah Forrest’s project Terrors, some Brazilian psych fuzz and Young Governor leading our Big Star family tree.

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Hypnotic Brass Ensemble - Spottie

2012-01-26T09:00:00.000Z

Hypnotic Brass Ensemble - Spottie by ArtDontSleep

Sly little drop from the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, a cover of Outkast's 'Spottieottiedopaliscious'.
What can be said that you wouldn't expect from HBE, it's a jazz funk orchestra reworking with a bit of hip hop erm.... awww man I ain't using that word. You know what I mean

Edzayawa - Gondzin

2012-01-25T22:51:00.001Z

Edzayawa - Gondzin by Soundway

Soundway have dug this nugget of an album straight out of West-Africa.
Sat alongside BLO's Last Chapter and Mono Mono's Give the Begger A Chance as one of the earliest Afro-rock LP, Project One by Ghanian rock outfit Edzayawa has been out of print for 40 years and only now it getting a much needed a reissue on gatefold vinyl and CD in February.

Gondzin is the only teaser we have to go on, there's a motorik almost krautrock feel to that delicious bass lead opening before going off into Afro-psych-folk daze.

Check Soundways for unearthed gems that never fail.

K.S. Chithra - Indha Vennila

2012-01-23T23:27:00.000Z

K.S. Chithra - Indha Vennila by Finders Keepers Records

Can't put my finger on this cut, one minute it's a p-funk synth lite-jam then it's string and bongo draped Bollywood but still with the funkiest little bass down just subtlety hanging out the back and then a drop of cinematic drama.
You come to expect the unexpected from Finders Keepers, who are putting this out on wax and CD sometime in the year, till then you've got this to gorge on.

If There Is Hell Below provide the All Back To Mine Mix on BBC Radio Kent.

2012-01-23T23:09:00.000Z

It was a massive honour to be asked by Sean Rowley to provide the All Back to Mine Mix for his BBC Radio Kent show, we're massive fans of his radio show.

You can listen to the country rock, psychedelic folk and cosmic jazz mix on the iPlayer for the rest of the week, I'll make it available for download and on the mixcloud next Monday.

Cheers again Sean, click the link below and take a listen to the show.

If There Is Hell Below on Sean Rowley - All Back to Mine

If There Is Hell Below Podcast... Fred West's Marvellous Collection of Glam Rock Records

2012-01-13T13:47:00.000Z

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Think of a bad British man from the 70s and you know they either have an incredible Glam Rock record collection or were a successful Glam Rock recording artist. There’s no Glam Rock in this, Rob and Callum are the good guys, and 2012 loves a good guy. The good stuff on this pod includes: Afro-disco of Sinkane, clean Russian sophistico-pop by Galway, Frankie Rose with the beat that defined the 80s, Of Montreal’s new one, melancholy pop beauty from Elliot Smith and Alex Chilton, Peaking Lights provide a hangover from 2011 and other delights.

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The Shins - Simple Song

2012-01-10T23:11:00.000Z

Was supposed to look for songs on my lunch break, for the pod and the blog and the like, just ended up listening to this on loop for 40 minutes.
Not exactly a step away from The Shins sound, I couldn't be happier, James Mercer has the rare ability to write the most satisfyingly addictive hooks.
Port of Morrow is out in March.

Lothar and the Hand People - Heatwave

2012-01-10T23:02:00.001Z

Lothar and the Hand People - Heatwave

I've worn the original so thin I need a new kind of kick from this song. This cover of the Martha and Vandellas staple was taken from Lothar and the Hand People's Space Hymn LP from 1969, sounds more like it would belong in the mid-to-late-70s-early-80s new wave era.

Video: Air - Sonic Armada (A Trip To The Moon)

2012-01-10T20:02:00.002Z

It's not that the last few releases by Air haven't been good, they've just failed to really give us that music horn, that same musical we got from the Virgin Suicides Soundtrack, Moon Safari or the Premier Symptones EP.
This is something taken from the forthcoming soundtrack to the newly restored and colourised 1901 film 'Le Voyage Dans la Lune', a film that looks more like a piece of engineering than a piece of cinema.
The industrial clanks that make up the rhythm of this tune and the vintage analogue synths fit with mechanical movement of the film.
I always fancied seeing what Air would sound like with a more krautrock sound.

Sinkane - Jeeper Creeper

2012-01-05T20:27:00.002Z

Jeeper Creeper by Sinkane Ra

I think all my end of 2011 celebration hangovers have come at once - with interest.

Back at work and back to the blog and paying attention to music. Starting with this, which I can comfortably is the best new song I've heard this year!

On first hearing this I was taken back to the first time I heard Yeasayer's debut album All Hour Cymbals, with it's African rhythms, Ghanian/Nigerian guitar twangs and disco basslines.

Needless to say it was no great surprise when I found out the Sinkane is the solo project of Yeasayer drummer Ahmed Gallab who is preparing to release his debut album Mars in 2012 featuring collaborations from Twin Shadow and Yeasayer's Ira Wolf.

Listening to his soundcloud tracks and reading his blog (anyone who features Curt Boettcher's Millenium and David Crosby's debut solo LP is alright by me) it seems that Mars is going to be a diverse little mother with psych, exotic, jazz, disco and African flavours all going into the pot.

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If There Is Hell Below Podcast... Good Shit '11: Albums

2011-12-23T17:31:00.000Z

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Second and final part of our Good Shit 2011 series, it's about the albums this time, as Rob and Callum pick choice tracks from our favourite Long Players of the year.

Tracklisting

War On Drugs - Baby Missiles (Slave Ambient)
Balkans - Can't Compete (Balkans)
Craft Spells - Scandanavian Crush (Idle Labor)
Destroyer - Chinatown (Kaputt)
Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Belong (Belong)
Vinyl William - Who Are You? (Lemniscate)
Birthgiving Toad - Tiny Rocker (For Awkward Company)
PJ Harvey - Last Living Rose (Let England Shake)
The Stepkids - Cup Is Half Full (The Stepkids)
Thundercat - Boat Cruise (Golden Age of the Apocolypse)
White Denim - Burnished (live) (D)
Wooden Shjips - Lazy Bones (West)
Shabazz Palaces - Free Curl (Black Up)
Kurt Vile - Baby's Arms (Smoke Ring For My Halo)
Slow Loris - Golden Lines (Routine Glow)
Death Grips - Guillotine (Ex-Military)
The Men - Bataille (Leave Home)
Girls - Vomit (Father, Son, Holy Ghost)

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If There Is Hell Below Podcast... Good Shit '11: Tracks

2011-12-20T13:56:00.000Z

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The first of a two part review of 'Good Shit' released in 2011. It's not a best of or music league table, because ranking music is the most mundanely pointless exercise in the world - consider this erm 'good shit' that was released in the year 2011.
Here are Rob and Callum's choice tracks of the last 12 months.

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Little Beaver - Funkadelic Sound

2011-12-12T14:20:00.002Z

Little Beaver - Funkadelic Sound

Back in town. Straight up funk from 1972.

The Sugarman 3 - Soul Donkey

2011-12-09T14:01:00.001Z

The Sugarman 3 - Soul Donkey

How about that donkey in the nativity? Name me a more famous donkey? Fuck off with your Eddie Murphy and your Shreks - it's that poor bastard who had to lug the suspiciously pregnant 'Virgin' Mary to Bethlehem.
Takes more than your standard buck to carry that burden, would taken a donkey with a bit of soul - a Soul Donkey.
This one's for you mate.