Jeff Grainger - May 2016
Part 2 of Jeff's birthday show has such beauties as Teenage Fanclub, Jenny Rock, Public Enemy and Clint Eastwood & General Saint.
Jeff manages to squeeze a tribute to the passing of another musical great, Prince, whose death was announced whilst he was recording this show.
ArtistTitleRecordingRecord LabelCatalogue No.
Jenny RockVenez Danser Avec Moi   
Public EnemyBy The Time I Get To Arizona   
Teenage FanclubEverything Flows   
Melanie SafkaPeople In The Front Row   
Clint Eastwood & General SaintAnother One Bites The Dust   
Alisia CasperChange/Worried Man Blues (Dandelion Radio Session)   
Alisia CasperLivering (Dandelion Radio Session)   
Alisia CasperSea Wee (Dandelion Radio Session)   
Dinosaur Jr.Budge (John Peel Session)   
StereolabWe're Not Adult Orientated   
Isaya MwinamoLipa kodi ya City Council   
Nancy Sinatra & Lee HazlewoodBig Red Balloon   
Girls Against BoysBullet Proof Cupid   
Topanga CanyonSeeing   
PrinceRaspberry Beret   
Kevin Robinson - May 2016
A last minute tribute to the legendary Prince results in a sombre start to this month's show in the form of a chilling cover version from Hyperdub's Kode9 & The Spaceape.
New releases in this show are supplied by Mind Spiders, The Comet Is Coming, Cowtown, Thee Oh Sees and eMMplekz, plus we have another track from the terrific EP by Sheffield's Blood Sport.
It's a particularly strong month for abrasive new punk with Mexico's Mujercitos, Sao Paulo's Rakta and Olympia's Gag. We also spin some wonderful electronic offerings from Amsterdam's Eindkrak, 17 year old New Orleans producer Joseph Petersen, Lisbon's DJ Marfox, Berlin's Amnesia Scanner and Japanese musician Ippu Mitsui, plus there's a deadly composition from Helsinki's Deadcode and a thunderous collaboration between Ancient Methods and Cindytalk.
Listen out for tunes from China, Mali, Ethiopia, Greece, and a track lifted from the new album by legendary Congolese band Konono No. 1.
ArtistTitleRecordingRecord LabelCatalogue No.
Kode9 + The SpaceapeSine Of The Dub12"Hyperdub 
MujercitosEuronacosCassette - MujercitosNot Normal Tapes 
CuntroachesScum ParoleDemo mp3bandcamp 
RaktaIntencao7"Dama Da Noite Discos/Nada Nada Discos 
Mind SpidersColdLP - ProsthesisDirtnap Records 
EindkrakDivine BovineLP - Divine BovineUnknown Precept 
Joseph PetersenConsiderateEP - WishboneDonky Pitch 
Blood SportFloating In CreditEP - Axe To The RootBlast First Petite 
Konono No. 1 & BatidaNlele KalusimbikoLP - Konono No. 1 meets BatidaCrammed Discs 
Andy CaliforniaMy Dying Bed7"Slovenly Recordings 
Rockers All StarsRockers DubLP - Augustus Pablo Original RockersVP Music 
p1/e49 Second RomanceLP - So-LowThe Vinyl Factory 
GagSteel Forced TwinLP - America's Greatest HitsIron Lung 
Buz LudzhaAsteroid12" - Basslines For Life100% Silk 
The Comet Is ComingSpace CarnivalLP - Channel The SpiritsLeaf 
Jaymanur AjabekSpeed Happy TuneLP - Music of Xinjiang: Kazakh and Uyghur Music of Central AsiaSahel Sounds 
In The Mouth Of The WolfNeed Of Angels12"Diagonal 
AIRLQDPornokrates/The Trade7" - Primitive StatementPerfekt Funktion 
LithicsThing In Your EyeLP - Borrowed FloorsWater Wing Records 
WallCuban Cigars7"Wharf Cat 
eMMplekzBritain's Got TalonCassette - Rook To TN34Mordant Music 
DeadcodeRatatata12"Thirty One Recordings 
Shiken HanzoThe Reaping12" - Bushido CodeCylon Recordings 
A. Karavitis & G. MarianosKritiki Sousta (Fast Dance From Crete)LP - Why The Mountains Are Black - Primeval Greek Village MusicThird Man 
Gnork presents DJ SharkSpace Beach12"Unknown To The Unknown 
CowtownCastleman7"Too Pure 
TriagePower Beat7" - Power BeatLarry Distribution 
Stephen ChangAlways Together7"Sunshine/Dub Store 
Spider KingAnimalsLP - Shot To PiecesCache Cache 
CØNDITIØNBlood Without EndLP - Actual HellIron Lung 
RONiiALove MeEP - SistersTotally Gross National Product 
GhostFluidLP - Exploding GeometryMozyk 
Group EkanzamLe SouvinirLP - Every Song Has Its End: Sonic Dispatches from Traditional MaliGlitterbeat 
Thee Oh SeesMan In A Suitcase7" - FortressCastle Face 
DJ Marfox2685EP - Chapa QuentePrincipe 
Ippu MitsuiLalanonamp3Bearsuit Records 
Liquid GThe Power OfLP - LiquidationDark Entries 
ICHIHippo + 47LP - MaruLost Map 
Woliyu DutamuEybelundey EybeluLP - Out Of AddisEastern Connection 
Dead Man's ChestUnnatural MysticEP - FarseerIngredients 
Amnesia ScannerAS ChingyEP - ASYoung Turks 
RexyRunning Out Of TimeLP - Running Out Of TimeLucky Number/URU 
Lee Adcock - May 2016
A dead body in the boot of a nova is the least of my problems, as long as there's room for the shopping and/or the massive haul of tunes I've gathered over the past month. (I've been inserting quotes from the new The Future of the Left LP whenever I can lately. Bear with me.)
Two beloved labels, the Audacious Art Experiment and Audio Antihero, will pass out killer samples as you shop; Ocean Party and dälek are knocking down displays in the liquor aisle; Infecticide and ICHI have hijacked the muzak channel in the elevator; Frankie Cosmos and Eskimeaux navigate the ever-baffling cereal aisle together; and the new product line from Ash Koosha is in, but none of the grocers can figure out where it should go (maybe somewhere between Ghost's exploding geometry and Ital Tek's hollowed model buildings?).
If you're looking for value size packs, never fear - down that aisle you'll find great deals on black metal with Mirrors for Psychic Warfare, Torpor, and The Poisoned Glass, while in that corner you'll find jazz fusion and house by the dozen from Al Dobson Jr. and Floating Points. All this, and we haven't even touched on Kristin Hersh, who's about to drop a new 50 Foot Wave EP.
So yeh, good times in store for this month.
ArtistTitleRecordingRecord LabelCatalogue No.
ICHI2 KlaxonsMaruLost Map 
LeggyWaistedDang EPManic Static 
Dream NailsBully GirlDIY EP  
Black MountainFlorian Saucer AttackIVJagjaguar 
Ital TekCobraHollowedPlanet Mu 
Not Waving24AnimalsDiagonal 
TorporJasagerSonance / Torpor splitTruthseeker 
Ocean WisdomImaginary?Chaos 93High Focus 
Scare the NormalsDeeper Water ft. ChromeCreepy Brainfood  
Anna MeredithNautilusVarmintsMoshi Moshi 
GhostYuki OnnaExploding GeometryMOZYK 
EskimeauxSleeping BearYear of the RabbitDouble Double Whammy 
Blue JeansRatz RevengeSongs Are EasyJigsaw 
Frankie CosmosSinisterNext ThingBayonet 
InfecticidePetit TricheurPoil De CoeurDa! Heard It 
Cavern of Anti-MatterMelody In High Feedback TonesVoid Beats / Invocation Trax  
NachthaxenCheer Up LuvTAAE Annual Stakeholders Audit 2016The Audacious Art Experiment 
Emily RodgersWalk Don't RunTwo YearsMisra 
50 Foot WaveSt. ChristopherBath WhiteHHBTM 
Floating PointsSilhouettes (I, II, & III)ElaeniaPluto 
Japanese BreakfastThe Woman That Loves YouPsychopompYellow K 
WinterFind MeBern Yr IdolsAudio Antihero 
DTHPDLThe FutureThe Future EPSong, By Toad 
dälekMasked Laughter (Nothing's Left)Asphalt For EdenProfound Lore 
Ash KooshaMudafossilI AKA INinja Tune 
The Poisoned GlassToil and Trouble10 SwordsRitual Productions 
The HeliocentricsNight and DayFrom the DeepNow-Again 
Al Dobson Jr.malfuf - nebetiaRye Lane Volumes II & IIIRhythm Section International 
CuntroachesHard StoolDemo  
The PheromoansIn FreefallI'm On NightsAlter 
Future of the LeftNo Son Will Ease This SolitudeThe Truce & Peace of.Prescriptions 
Mark Cunliffe - May 2016
What do we have this month? Well, there's some bass vibes from Elliot Mess and Spooky remixing Wiley. Gappy Ranks is back with some more Jamacian vibes while Boomistics remix Jack & Lewis.
There's plenty of baseline to keep you going and Sammus is coming at us with a new joint. There is a Kid606 mashup that is just, WOW and a reggaeton reworking of a massive tune in the mainstream right now by Rhianna.
ArtistTitleRecordingRecord LabelCatalogue No.
DJ Maars ft. D'FroWho Run TingsMP3 LP 'The Migrant Beat Foundation Vol. 1'Migrant Beat FoundationNone
Poor DuncanStupid Love SongMP3 LP 'Dry Food'Bandcamp ReleaseNone
Elliot MessGive AF Where U From (DenverJuke VIP)MP3 EP 'Greased Up Vol. 1'Bandcamp ReleaseNone
XAVORInferno In ParadisoMP3NoneNone
bracketshoe sizeMP3NoneNone
WileyEskimo (Spooky Remix)MP3NoneNone
Faux FurrsFool's Gold Or The LionMP3 EP 'Brings You Intercepted Deep Field Transmissions Of....'Bandcamp ReleaseNone
Jack & Lewis100 Million ft. Shockman (Boomistics Official Remix)MP3NoneNone
GAPPY RANKSPicture On The Wall7"Maximum SoundPUMS 7085
M.I.K.Donny Don (Mr Harrington Productionz)MP3NoneNone
Aimee MoranCold SurfMP3NoneNone
S3RLHentaiMP3 SingleEMFANone
Future PropheciesMagneticMP3 LP 'Warlords Rising'Beatservice RecordsNone
The LandersJail FailMP3 SingleSony MusicNone
KoisterBabyMP3NoneNone
TeknoWHERE (prod. Selebobo)MP3NoneNone
Antonio Carlos & JocafiQuem Va La7"Cultures Of SoulCOS 1087
Sammus1080pMP3 SingleBandcamp ReleaseNone
Foxtails BrigadeNo FateMP3 LP 'Foxtails Brigade'Bandcamp ReleaseNone
Kid606Born slippy-audion-plastikman-matrixxmanMP3NoneNone
Bleu VelvetPorcelainMP3NoneNone
RihannaWork (Clena Reggaeton Intro)(DJODP)MP3NoneNone
Saskilla Ft. JamkvyWasteman.comMP3NoneNone
Abelardo Carbonó y su GrupoGuaguancó ModernoMP3 LP 'Maravilloso Mundo Abelardo de Abelardo Carbono'Felito RecordsNone
K O I S T E RDOTSMP3NoneNone
Donna Summer Vs Fito OlivaresDonna Summer Vs Fito OlivaresMP3NoneNone
Subtifuge & Ted GanungGanja We Want (feat Blackout Ja - Jamie Bostron remix)MP3 LP 'Totally Dubwise Presents: Riddim Up'Totally Dubwise RecordingsTDWR 009
Alex SmokeAll My Atoms (CW-A Remix)MP3NoneNone
Luís TrindadeMonsterMP3NoneNone
TOMMY PThird Eye ModeMP3NoneNone
Team Rush Hour & BIGGIBlowjobMP3NoneNone
ALKALINEReadyMP3 LP 'Alkaline Mix Tape Extended'Tads848760 017131
Nese KarabocekYali Yali (Todd Terje Edit)MP3NoneNone
Harry ShottaTop Of The Table FreestyleMP3NoneNone
Deejay MetroKeep It GuttaMP3 LP ' Guccitendo'Bandcamp ReleaseNone
Flip DonGet FreakyMP3NoneNone
WoshiDie Dämonische Violine ( Schillinger & Stevens Remix )MP3NoneNone
RelogicsLook at me Ft. DisMissedFit and Sophie MeiersMP3NoneNone
Henry RobeenSpacetime SingularityMP3NoneNone
TokiStrokerMP3NoneNone
Jhonatta DJ Feat Mc CabelinhoQue MaravilhaMP3NoneNone
Alvin RiskBeastmode (feat. Hodgy Beats) [UZ Remix]MP3 LP 'Fools Gold Presents: Night Shift'Fools Gold RecordsNone
@MoStFeArImminent Desire (feat. Alan Watts)MP3NoneNone
Mark Whitby - May 2016
Ian Thistlethwaite is our session guest this month, in a show that also includes tracks from hotly anticipated recent releases from the likes of Malcolm Middleton, Tacocat, Future of the Left and PJ Harvey.
Maybe it's Eurovision or maybe it's the build-up to the EU referendum, but there's a distinctly European flavour to much of the show, with some Greek village music rubbing shoulders with a bunch of tunes forged in the continent's cities, culled from new albums from Barcelona's Chroma and Berlin-based The Field, originally hailing from Stockholm, plus a cracking EP from Istanbul's Reptilians From Andromeda.
In a similar spirit, French-born Phoebe Killdeer teams up with Portugal's Maria De Madeiros, while France's Julien Auroux continues his fine run of recent Soundcloud form and Valencia's Ghost Transmission cover an old Suicide tune.
There are a couple of other covers too, with Erik Nervous pulling off the apparently impossible with an original take on Bo Diddley, while Mixed Infants cover Prince, offering an unforeseen tribute in the wake of his recent sudden passing. The latter is one of a couple of releases in the show from Australia's excellent Fulsome Prism Recordings. Another fine label - the consistently wonderful Soul Jazz, provide our featured compilation this month, a new edition of the first New York Noise compilation, originally released thirteen years ago.
ArtistTitleRecordingRecord LabelCatalogue No.
Future Of The LeftMiner's GruelCD 'The Peace & Truce Of Future Of The Left'PrescriptionsPRESPTCD3
Julien AurouxBro & Sistmp3 downloadNoneNone
Phoebe Killdeer & The Shift With Maria De MedeirosDream BCD 'The Piano's Playing The Devil's Tune'Altin Village & MineAVM 057
ChromaClasificar, Construir, CorregirLP 'Cuerpos Dociles'HysteriaHYSTERIA004
Black SymbolJah Children Come First (Compendulum Mix)V/A CD 'Compendulum'Sugar ShackFOD112CD
Ian ThistlethwaiteCaptainExclusive TrackNoneNone
MarsHelen ForsdaleV/A CD 'New York Noise'Soul JazzSJR CD 328
TacocatI Love SeattleCD 'Lost Time'Hardly Art73095
Minivan MarkusGot ThatDownload Album 'Rubbed Raw'Rare NnudesNone
The Oracular Audio ExperimentNow It's StrangeDownload Album 'Laughing Dreams'NoneNone
G. Canteris & G. GombakisSousta Rethymniotiki (Sousta Dance Of Rethymno)V/A 2xCD 'Why The Mountains Are Black- Primeval Greek Village Music: 1908-1960Third ManTMR344G
Art Trip & The Static SoundNegative EnergyDownload EP 'The Oxymoron EP'NoneNone
Ash KooshaOteCD 'I AKA I'Ninja TuneZENCD228
The Church Of HysteriaBeer Metal Sex GuitarCD 'Suburban Sex Dungeon'Fulsome Prism RecordingsFP0011
Reptilians From AndromedaJungleCD EP 'Sonic Rabbit Hole'Small BearDAV 049
Blush ResponseScreaming FistCD 'Reshaper'Ant-ZenACT343
Ian ThistlethwaiteFare-WellExclusive TrackNoneNone
SekotisRavensDownload Album 'For Your Weird Ears'NoneNone
Malcolm MiddletonStepsCD 'Summer Of 13'NudeNUDE 22CD
Army Of InfantsMain St BluesDownload EP 'Demos'NoneNone
Dementio134am SunDownload Album 'Dead Of Night'TanzwuthNone
Misty In RootsOwn Them Control Them (Peel Session)CD 'The John Peel Sessions'Strange FruitSFRCD132
The DelgadosUnder Canvas Under WrapsLP 'Domestiques'Chemikal Undergroundchem 009
Cate Le BonFind MeCD 'Crab Day'Drag CityDC653
KonkBaby DeeV/A CD 'New York Noise'Soul JazzSJR CD 328
The Middle ClassOut Of VogueV/A CD 'Punk 45 - Chaos In The City Of Angels & Devils - Hollywood From X To Zero & Hardcore On The Beaches: Punk In Los Angeles 1977-81'Soul JazzSJR CD 329
AoudSurdDownload SingleRevera Corp.None
Ghost TransmissionKeep Your DreamsV/A Download Album 'Zero Hour - Suicide Revisited'The Blog That Celebrates ItselfNone
Ian ThistlethwaiteThe Ballad Of Andy WalkerExclusive TrackNoneNone
GobbyAlcoholicDownload Album 'No Mercy Bad Poet'DFANone
Inbred TrashFuck Everything, Everything Is ShitDownload EP 'Songs To Soothe The Elderly'NoneNone
Apple RabbitsOberkampf12" EP 'Oberkampf'Kilburn StateNone
Center Of The UniverseBlack FetaDownload Album 'Never Mind The Boreks'Metronomicon AudioNone
Mixed InfantsTake Me With UV/A CD 'Rain Supreme - A Thirtieth Anniversary Tribute To Purple Rain'Fulsome Prism RecordingsNone
Lizzy Mercier DesclouxWawaV/A CD 'New York Noise'Soul JazzSJR CD 328
The StrangersOnya IjeV/A CD 'Wake Up - The Rise & Fall Of Nigerian Rock 1972-1977 Vol 1.'Now AgainNA 5120
Brother MynorJulia Roberts Damages The FloorboardsCD 'Celebrities Doing Thaangs'Inner OceanINNER039
PostcodeSimple Things (Live)V/A Download EP 'ARTifact001'Small BearNone
Ian ThistlethwaiteThe BlacksmithExclusive TrackNoneNone
Erik NervousI'm A ManDownload EP 'Winter Cassingle '16'NoneNone
The FieldMonte VeritaCD 'The Follower'KompaktKompakt CD 130
PJ HarveyDollar, DollarCD 'The Hope Six Demolition Project'Island4773759
Rocker - May 2016
A two hour show packed with new music, including a debut session from exedra. There's also new tracks from Personal Best; Towel; Rainbow Reservoir; Hard Left; Beau; The Burning Hell; The Charlie Tipper Conspiracy; Ulrika Spacek; Muncie Girls; Mercury Girls; Martha; Evans The Death; Bent Shapes; and Alternative TV.
There's electronica from Stephan Bodzin remixed by Max Cooper; Danny Daze; and Marc Romboy remixed by Agents Of Time.
This month's Peel's Big 45 is a pastoral folk song about hitch-hiking, from 1969, the second release on John Peel's Dandelion Record label, and this month's Educating Elizabeth record is an instrumental floor-filler from 1966.
As well as little known acts, here's a little known fact: An exedra is a semicircular recess or plinth, which may be set into a building's façade, or free-standing. In ancient Greek architecture this created a suitable place for a philosophical conversation.
ArtistTitleRecordingRecord LabelCatalogue No.
The Artist Taxi Driver feat. Skip McDonaldAusterity Is A HoaxYoutube Vid  
Hard LeftEconomy7" - 'Economy EP'Future Perfect RecordsFPR004
ExedraI Am The CrossDandelion Radio Session  
Rainbow ReservoirCoco Sleeps Around7" - 'Coco Sleeps Around EP'Odd Box Records 
Personal BestI Go Quiet7"Yo-yo Records 
Muncie GirlsLearn In SchoolLP - 'From Caplan To Belsize'Specialist Subject 
BeauA Peace That's BadDownload LP - 'An Original Thought'Cherry Red RecordsBEAUAOT1
Danny DazeSwim12" - 'Speicher 91'Kompakt RecordsKOMEX 91
Mercury GirlsAriana7" - 'All That Heaven Allows'  
Honey TownsendThe World Again7" - 'Technicolor Dream'MalaMALA 540
ExedraRiver UndergroundDandelion Radio Session  
Alternative TVThis Little Girl7"Alternative TVATV0001
Bridget St JohnTo B Without A Hitch7"Dandelion Records4404
The Charlie Tipper ConspiracyThey Made It A CrimeCDLP - 'Ten'Breaking Down RecordsBreak016
AusterosBy NowLP - 'Painted Blue'Specialist SubjectSPS044
Stephan BodzinWir (Max Cooper Remix)3LP - 'Powers Of Ten Remixes'HerzblutHERZBLUT51.3
Evans The DeathHaunted WheelchairPromoFortuna Pop! 
MarthaGoldman's Detective AgencyPromoDirtnap / Fortuna Pop! 
Bent ShapesWhat We Do Is PublicLP - 'Wolves Of Want'SlumberlandSLR 218
The Burning HellFuck The Government, I Love YouLP - 'Public Library'Headless Owl 
ExedraSaint SinnerDandelion Radio Session  
Ulrika SpacekI Don't KnowLP - 'The Album Paranoia'Tough Love / Lefsetlv086lp
Expert AlterationsBuildingsLP - 'You Can't Always Be Liked'Kanine Records 
Plume Of FeathersFine WineCDLP - 'Plume Of Feathers'Tourist Info records 
TowelWipe Me DryCassette LP - 'Wipe Me Dry'  
ExedraElementalDandelion Radio Session  
Marc RomboySimi (Agents Of Time Remix)12" - 'Elbynasi Remixes'Systematic RecordsSYST0111-6
PrinceWhen You Were MineLP - Dirty Mind'Warner Bros.BSK 3478
Sean Hocking - May 2016
We're back and I'll keep it short and sweet. Almost half way through the year already!
After the Panama offshore banking debacle I thought I should start the show with couple of oldies that deal with the subject nicely.
Then we have some new Australian bands for you The Francis Wolves, Tralala Blip of whom I'm particularly fond and the 'it' band of the moment Summer Flake.
From China we've got the latest release from Beijing Band Alpine Decline and something new form Hong Kong's Snoblind as well.
Keep an ear out for the new one by Norwich (UK) producer Loom who's my favorite electronic artist at the moment.
ArtistTitleRecordingRecord LabelCatalogue No.
membersoffshore banking business   
Eric B & Rakimpaid in full   
The fRancis WolvesThere Go The Francis Wolves   
Tralala BlipI wanna leave home   
Summer FlakeShoot and score   
Asdasfr BawdPacked Heat   
Francis Inferno OrchestraHezbolla   
HerbertThe Audience   
A Certain Ratio27 Forever   
BrainbombsDie You Fuck   
XisumaCup of Tea   
Jah WobbleThe Inspiration of William Blake   
LoomTracksuit   
SnoblindHidin From Followin   
Alpine DeclinePre Columbian Artifact   
Das FluffDirty   
Sweet ExorcistTestone   
10ccIm Not In Love Disco Purfection version   
The Bugrun the place red   
FJ McMahonThe Road Back Hokme   
Welton IrieGhettoman corner   
The iain Duncan smithsThe Boy Paralysed on One Side   
Ebo taylorOdofo Nnyi Ekyir Biara