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 ...
I Hear a New World Podcast 7 – Fence Special part 2

I Hear a New World Podcast 7 – Fence Special part two The second part of a two-part special on Scotland’s Fence Collective. 1. King Creosote – Don’t Ask Me How My Weekend Went 2. King Creosote – Houston Tharoule 3. Rozi Plain – Stolen Shark 4. The Pictish Trail – Into the Smoke 5. Rozi Plain – Roof ...
I Hear a New World Podcast 6 – Fence Collective Special (part one)

Podcast 6 – Fence Collective special (part one). 1. James Yorkston – Queen of Spain www.jamesyorkston.co.uk2. The Pictish Trail – I Don’t Know Where To Begin www.myspace.com/pictishtrail3. Rozi Plain – The Lang Toun (James Yorkston cover)4. David Thomas Broughton (James Yorkston cover) See www.myspace.com/jamesyorkstoncoversalbum for more info. See the September 2008 issue of The Skinny for my interviews with ...
Podcast 4 Featuring Kazoo Funk Orchestra, Dirty Summer, Ulrich Schnauss and Lach

Podcast 4 (featuring Kazoo Funk Orchestra, Dirty Summer, Ulrich Schnauss and Lach) The Kazoo Funk Orchestra β Robots in Your Eyes All songs about robots are brilliant β FACT. This 1:12 minutes of mechanical mayhem is even better than that one from the Flight of the Conchords and will probably single-handedly hasten the onset ...
Podcast 3 Featuring Errors, Stanley Brinks, Gummi Bako and Wounded Knee)
Podcast 3 (featuring Errors, Stanley Brinks, Gummi Bako and Wounded Knee) Employee of the Month β Brainwave Corrupted Call it jazz or post-rock if you like, and itβs true that Edinburgh band Employee of the Month bear comparison to the likes of Boards of Canada and Tortoise, but their hyper-modern aesthetic is all their own. ...