015 A Marvellous Concept

Through the diminishing fog of jetlag comes this first poddie for the new year. The special bonus track we’ve hunted down from 1988 that takes a poke at the Iron (she ain’t no) Lady by Nick Sample.

Echo Park (with Thurston Moore)—Needled
Atlas Sound—Angel is Broken
The Penetrators—The Scandalizer
Dead Man’s Bones—Pa Pa Power
Desire —Under Your Spell
Denim— Synthesisers in the Rain 
The Drums—Let’s Go Surfing (Version)
Portishead—The Fix
GusGus—Is Jesus Your Pal?
ABC—United Kingdom 
Nick Sample—A Marvellous Concept

Inspired by the V&A exhibition, Postmodernism. Don’t worry, does not contain any posthumous picking over of the theorem that underpinned this ‘movement’. Instead it’s approx. 40 minutes of 1980s pop protagonists warbling away amongst a sea of synth, strings and samples. Ahh, the 80s. Oh, and bubble-sloshy-massive-massive-face, ok?

Spandau Ballet—Chant No.1
Devo—Through Being Cool
Grace Jones—I’ve Seen That Face Before
ABC—S.O.S. 
Laurie Anderson—Language is a Virus
Talking Heads—Love for Sale
Bomb the Bass—Megablast
Erik B & Rakim—Paid in Full 
Neneh Cherry—I’ve Got You Under My Skin
The The—Heartland

014—We Shall Overcome

Who says nostgalia’s dead (possibly no-one)? Cause we’ve only travelled back in time to 2006 and had a rummage through some new releases (well, they were new back then) and I put on a slightly funny voice (#notthebestideaivehad).

Ladyfuzz—Hold Up
Baseball Furies—Red Hot Autobahn
Ratatat—Wildcat
Eagles of Death Metal—Addicted to Love
Islands—Don’t Call Me Whitney, Bobby
The Blow—Babay (Eat a Critter, Feel It’s Warmth) 
Ms. John Soda—Number One
The Whitest Boy Alive—Inflation
The Radio Dept—The Worst Taste in Music
Jarvis Cocker—Quantum Theory
Gustav—We Shall Overcome

013—Teenage Lifestyle

The 13th edition (oo spooky) of the Antimix Modern Disease Mixtape podcast series (phew!) is go! Featuring more athletic eclecticism from Linefeed’s resident musicologist, Sportspanda, we traverse the decades starting at the beginning of the 80s, visiting some very new releases before ending up in the radical 60s via William Klein and a few other arty sorts. A specials thanks once again to Jean Snow for pointing us in the diurection of the Mmm Pop Musik show.

M—Moonlight and Music 
Eurythmics—Never Going to Cry Again
City Center—Thaw
The Drums—Blue Stripes
Teeth—Flowers
Vivien Goldman—Private Armies
Laurie Anderson—Is anybody home?
Jeri Southern—My Private Island
Michel Legrand—The Ballad of Polly Maggoo 
The Penetrators—Teenage Lifestyle

Or rather ‘A Vague History of early 90s U.K. Indie’. The first in an irregular series of podcasts here on Linefeed that seek to document the golden age of the independent record label as well as the bands, clubs and movements that surrounded them. This first edition focuses on a much-discussed group of artists that have come to be known as ‘shoegazers’ looking briefly at their influences and variants. Correction: Cornershop were on Wiiija Records not Too Pure as incorrectly stated in this here podcast.

Ride—Vapour Trail
Lush—Deluxe
The Boo Radleys—Lazy Day
Pale Saints—She Rides the Waves
Moonshake—Gravity
Drop Nineteens—Winona
Medicine—Aruka
The Nightblooms—A Thousand Years
Bleach—Shotgun 
My Bloody Valentine—You Made Me Realise

012 — It’s Your Rock N Roll

It’s our rock n roll too and while the weather’s pretty gloomy on both sides of the world here’s another bout of athletic eclecticism to warm yer cockles featuring the original theme to kid’s TV programme, Rainbow as well as music by artist Mark Leckey and some new weird Australians.

Telltale—Rainbow
Jo Jo Zep—Taxi Mary 
Sweet Jesus 
Chapterhouse—In Your Arms
Cornershop
donAteller—Rock with You
Briana Marela
His Name is Alive
Danger Beach (featuring TV Colours)
Demin—Middle of the Road

011—This Society is Going Smash

What starts as a lazy Saturday podcast morphs into a 90s Indie special. Who knew that would happen? Not us.

Norwegian Arms
Mo-Dettes—White Mice 
The House Of Love
Mark Robinson
Mono 
Sleeper—It’s Wrong of you to Breed
The Telescopes
Pop Will Eat Itself
The Books

010—Money is Ugly

Ten podcasts on and resident discologist Sportspanda serves up a Pina Colada of ‘prelude to Summer’ songstrels, along with the athletic eclecticism you’ve come to expect from the Antimix. It’s quite a long one this one. Hope you likey.

Pretty Girls Make Graves
Washed Out
The Style Council—Long Hot Summer 
Wild Nothing
Heaven 17
Crookers (featuring Róisín Murphy)
Carl Erdmann—Satan Worship
Warpaint 
Sleater-Kinney
Laika Bad Times 
Distractions Money is Ugly

009—Double Plus Good

“Here’s comes a candle to light you to bed and here comes a chopper to chop off your head.” This podcast features yet more athletic eclecticism from Linefeed’s resi musicologist, Sportspanda (that opening quote will make sense once you’ve listened to it, honest). In this edition you’ll find a special tribute to Trish Keenan as well as various hits and memories.

Broadcast—
Cotton Candy—Fantastic & Spectacular
Wavves—So Bored 
My Bloody Valentine— 
Sonic Youth—
Ciccone Youth—
Truck—
Mt Eerie—Fantastic & Spectacular
Eurthymics—Double plus Good
Ovaltines Beat Group—St Clements

Linefeed’s resident musicologist, name of Sportpanda, sets a bit of a sombre tone with this here latest podcast in the Antimix Specials series. It’s Winter, you see, and the barometer keeps nudging zero so here’s a bunch of chilly tunes for icy evenings with the odd festive track thrown in. May you listen in good health and besterest wishes for the year to come.

Saint Etienne—War Statues
Peter Bjorn and John—The Chills
Satanicpornocultshop—Get Yr Freak On 
Sunset Gun & Jay—In the Bleak Midwinter
The Flying Lizards—The Window
Roy Budd—Getting Nowhere in a Hurry
Wojtek Godzisz—December Will Be Magic Again
Saint Etienne—Welcome Home
Broadcast—Winter Now
Seeland—Call the Incredible (Advisory Circle version)
Air featuring Charlotte Gainsbourg & Jarvis Cocker—The Duel 
Ant—Let It Snow
Saint Etienne—Snowbound on the Southbank