Music Features

Podcast #2

2007 is certainly living up to our expectations so far. We're not even out of January yet and already there have been some rather inspirational releases. Encouragingly, a brief glance at the release schedule suggests that the coming months will equally fruitful. But let's not look too far ahead just yet.

We've done our very best to compile some of our early favourites of 2007 in this, our second podcast. While some tracks come from the big releases and will be familiar to most of you, others come from more low key affairs, and one is even an unreleased demo. There are even a few older tracks thrown in for good measure.

We would like to give a special thanks to Aberdeen band Hookers Green No.1 for allowing us to use a sample from "Bloody Great Big Fucking Party" as our intro music. If you like what you hear, why not visit their MySpace page?

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TRACKLISTING:

1) TAXI, TAXI

"To Hide This Way"

Unreleased track.

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2) THE SHINS

"Phantom Limb"

Taken from the album "Wincing the Night Away" (Sub Pop, 2007)

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3) DEERHOOF

"+81"

Taken from the album "Friend Opportunity" (Kill Rock Stars, 2007)

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4) OF MONTREAL

"Heimdalsgate Like a Promethean Curse"

Taken from the album "Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?" (Polyvinyl, 2007)

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5) MELODIUM

"My Xylophone Loves Me"

Taken from the album "Music For Invisible People" (Autres Directions In Music, 2006)

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6) CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH

"Underwater (You and Me)"

Taken from the album "Some Loud Thunder" (Wichita, 2007)

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7) THE THERMALS

"This Is Your Future"

Taken from the album "The Body, The Blood, The Machine" (Sub Pop, 2006)

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8) RAFTER

"Hope"

Taken from the album "Music For Total Chickens" (Asthmatic Kitty, 2007)

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9) MARCONI UNION

"Sleepless"

Taken from the album "Distance" (All Saints Records, 2006)

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All tracks are podsafe i.e. freely available on the Internet or used with full permission.