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So this is Christmas, and I hope you have a very merry one indeed If you’re in need of a soundtrack to the festivities or for your iPod while you trek through the snow/sludge to pick up that last-minute gift, the Christmas Clanger is here (slightly later than originally planned) with the first ever ...
I Hear a New World July 2009 – Recommended pod/vod/webcasts

Picture by Le Vingtieme Siecle (click through to flickr) In a change from our regular programming… My IHANW podcast and Skinny column is currently on a hiatus (for various reasons which I’ll not go into just now) so this time around I want to draw your attention to a bunch of other great podcasts and downloadable sessions ...
I Hear a New World podcast – June 2009 – Malcolm Middleton, Ambulances, The Foundling Wheel, Zoey van Goey

Despite what seems to be a physical inability to get to gigs these days, and a feeling of general malaise as I ponder exactly what I’m doing with my life (once again), I have just about managed to pull together the latest podcast which also features an interview with Nick Mitchell on his trip ...
This month’s podcast: The Vaselines, Jason Lytle (of Grandaddy), Grizzly Bear and Meursault.

Yep, it’s podcast time again and this month is jam-packed full of damn fine music kicking off with a golden oldie from The Vaselines. Seeing as I’ve got a bit of man flu (nothing to do with swine, honest), I’ve spared you my nasal delivery and have instead been replaced by a hot killer robot, ...
IHANW podcast “Twee special” featuring Camera Obscura/Homegame Festival preview

This month’s podcast is a kind of “twee special” mainly because we’ve got the title track from Camera Obscura’s new album, plus excellent, marginally twee tunes from Je Suis Animal, Men Diamler, Animal Magic Tricks and Panda Su. This is the 12th podcast I’ve done which means I’ve been doing this for a year, ...
I Hear a New World podcast – March 2009

This month’s podcast features extracts from my interview with Will Oldham, aka Bonnie Prince Billy and tracks by Jeffrey Lewis, The Japanese War Effort, Wake The President and Found. I Hear a New World March 2009 Jeffrey Lewis – Willamsburgh Will Oldham Horror This month’s podcast features exclusive extracts from The Skinny’s interview with ...
I Hear a New World Podcast February 2009

This month’s podcast features two tracks from Edinburgh’s SL Records by Thomas Truax and Recording The Impossible, plus a chat with editor of The Skinny Dave Kerr on what’s in the music section of this month’s issue. Then stay tuned for the first ever podcast recorded by Glasgow’s Chemikal Underground Records themselves, which features ...
I Hear a New World podcast – Jan 2009

I Hear a New World Podcast 9 – January 2009 Ish Marquez – Pipe Dream Memorieswww.myspace.com/ishmarquez I can’t imagine a better track to kick off 2009 with. The New York musician is an unbelievable guitarist who totally blew the audience’s mind when he played a gig with Jeffrey Lewis, Stanley Brinks and Withered Hand ...
I Hear a New World – Wichita Recordings special

There is no podcast this month, just a completely free 15 track compilation courtesy of Wichita Recordings – Read on for more info. London-based Wichita Recordings are home to a dizzying array of bands that practically define contemporary indie cool – Espers, Bright Eyes/Conor Oberst, Bloc Party, Los Campesinos, Saul Williams, Those Dancing Days – ...
I Hear a New World Podcast 8 – Herman Dune, Pumajaw, Les Enfant Bastard, Amusement Parks on Fire

I Hear a New World Podcast 8 Herman Dune – Try To Think About Me Herman Dune are an anti-folk band based in Paris/Berlin/New York. They embody that genre’s international elasticity – they are pop, folk and indie rock – at once everything you could possibly want from a band and at the same time ...