Independent Music Podcast

Bristol sounds are high on the agenda for this week's Independent Music Podcast from the brutal sounds of the new Pinch EP on Berceruse Heroique to the latest from the wonderful Avon Terror Corps project. Elsewhere we have abstract hiphop from Ghana, Hawaiian leftfield music, Finnish krautrock, Argentinian dance music about dinosaurs and loads more. Tracklisting Pinch - Fortune Tellers (Berceruse Heroique, UK) Haircuts for Men - Cマイナーに嘆きます (Haircuts for Men, USA) Los Siquicos Litoraleños - La Danza Del Brontosaurio (Hive Mind Records, UK) Pharaoh Overlord - Abscission (Ektro Records, Finland) Anne Müller - Nummer 2 (Erased Tapes, UK) Friedman & Pais - untitled (Nonplace, Germany) Ekoplekz - Volcanik (Avon Terror Corps, UK) Klein - For What Worth ft. Matana Roberts (ijn inc, USA) Wanlov the Kubolor - Dis Be Ghana (self-release, Ghana) Fahmi Mursyid - Hening (Saron) (One Instrument Records, Germany) Produced and Edited by Nick McCorriston. Hit him up for any and all audio work at nickamc.com and follow him

On the show this week we have the new collaboration between podcast favourites Charles Hayward Laura Cannell, Andre Bosman and Ex Easter Island Head. We have abstract madness from Brazil, punk from Ukraine, the latest from Poland's Trupa Trupa and a lot more. Tracklisting Bonnacons of Doom - ESUS (Rocket Recordings, UK) Satanique Samba Trio - Badtriptronics #09 (Rebel Up! Records, Belgium) Whistling Arrow - Forking Paths (feat. Charles Hayward Laura Cannell, Andre Bosman, Ex Easter Island Head) (God Unknown Records, UK) Gut Fauna - Crisis Actor (Ingrown Records, USA) Yao Bobby & Simon Grab - Diamonds (Lava Lava Records, UK) Pletnev - Hope They Won't Come Back (Lion's Drums Remix) (Le Temps Perdu, Germany) Trupa Trupa - Mangle (Glitterbeat Records, Germany) Chillera - Pro Fun (Muscut, Ukraine) Ben Vince & Jacob Samuel - Fig 3 (First Terrace Records, UK) Diarmuid J Kennedy - The Brokenheart (self-release, Ireland)   Produced and Edited by Nick McCorriston. Hit him up for any and all audio work at nickam

Panamanian soul, Indonesian experimentation, Colombian acid cumbia, Kenyan industrial, Lewisham grime and a whole lot more, it's just a standard week of the Independent Music Podcast. We're also exploring the latest sounds from China, Australia, and France.   Tracklisting Electric Capablanca - Karpov Counter (Kit Records, UK) WaqWaq Kingdom - Doggy Bag (Phantom Limb, UK) Flohio - Way2 (Alpha, UK) Los Pirañas - Puerta del Sol (Glitterbeat Records, Germany) Dead Already - White Foam (self-release, Australia) Wahono - 3’20 (Divisi62, Indonesia) Jaimie Branch - Prayer for Amerikkka pt 1 & 2 (International Anthem, USA) Slikback & Hyph11E - ISHU (SVBKVLT, China) Jeanot Lou Paysan - Eurodance (self-release, France) Ralph Weeks & Combo Lulo - Algo Muy Profundo (Names You Can Trust, USA)   Produced and Edited by Nick McCorriston. Hit him up for any and all audio work at nickamc.com and follow him on Twitter @nickamc  

Showcasing the best independent music around right now, this week's pod takes us from DR Congo via Uganda, to a Brighton beach, through Italian dancehall, German filth house, abstract folk and into all reaches of experimental and forward-thinking music in between. Tracklisting Rey Sapienz - Dancehall Pigmé (Hakuna Kulala, Uganda) Merlin Nova - Just Calling (self-release, UK) CMPND - E.W.A. (High Focus Records, UK) Ka Baird - Symanimagenic (RVNG Intl., USA) Otang - Rot Yr Brain (Ware Collective, UK) Giant Swan - 55 Year Old Daughter (KECK, UK) Kapote - Delirio Italiano (Dub) (Toy Tonics, Germany) HTRK - Venus in Leo (Ghostly International, USA) Tiberias Towa & Tom Spirals - Flex Like Water (Pure Niceness Records, France) Alice Hubble - Atlantis Palm (Happy Robots, UK)   Produced and Edited by Nick McCorriston. Hit him up for any and all audio work at nickamc.com and follow him on Twitter @nickamc   

On the podcast this week we tick a lot of the boxes: whether you're into cubist hiphop, epic black metal, Indonesian techno, or avant jazz rap we have you covered. There's also intensely danceable sounds from the Lisbon underground, two Taiwanese ex-pats making forward-thinking sounds, gorgeous folk and lots more experimental goodness. Tracklisting Algiers - Can the Sub_Bass Speak? (Matador Records, UK) Aditya Permana - Raum (Dekadenz Records, Indonesia) Sweet Williams - Stunt Freeze (Gringo Records, UK) L'Orange & Jeremiah Jae - Dead Battery (Mello Music Group, USA) DJ Firmeza - Intenso (Príncipe, Portugal) Stumpf - Start (Edelfaul Recordings, Germany) Cyanching - Shadow of a Shadow (Bezirk, UK) Sabiwa - Enigma (Chinabot, UK) Marcus Hamblett - Lost at Sea (feat. Kate Stables) (Willkommen Records, UK) Sacred Son - Arachnidan Appendage (self-release, UK) Produced and Edited by Nick McCorriston. Hit him up for any and all audio work at nickamc.com and follow him on Twitter @nickamc

We're off this week as Anthony tours the Scottish highlands. In place of the usual show we have a blistering one from last year that still sounds fresh. Not least the mindblowing sounds of Deafkids, Bliss Signal, and D Double E - sounds that are great to hear every week. We'll be back with a fresh episode next Monday. *** Grime veteran D Double E finally has his first LP coming out and it kicks us off in fine style. Elsewhere on the show there’s Brazilian noise from Deafkids, Mumdance’s new metal direction with Bliss Signal – his collaboration with Altar of Plagues’ James Kelly, the latest from hiphop stalwart Jeremiah Jae and more. Tracklisting D Double E – Back Then (Bluku Music, UK) Deafkids – Espiral da Loucura (Neurot Recordings, USA) Snapped Ankles – Tailpipe (The Leaf Label, UK) Kathryn Joseph – From When I Wake the Want Is (Rock Action Records, UK) Bliss Signal – Bliss Signal (Profound Lore Records, Canada) Get The Blessing – If It Can It Will (Kartel Music Group, UK) Tarawangsawelas – Tetap Terbit (M

No soft openings this week, as we kick things off with gabba on the excellent Swedish label Northern Electronics. We have the latest from Chris & Cosey's collaboration with Factory Floor's Nik Void in Carter Tutti Void, more new veteran sounds in the latest from Negativland, abstract hip hop, synthy grime, avant garde jazz and loads more Tracklisting E-Saggila - Aziza (Northern Electronics, Sweden) Uniform & The Body - Not Good Enough (Sacred Bones Records, USA) Likwid Continual Space Motion - Earthbound (Super-Sonic Jazz Records, Netherlands) Kutcha Butcha - Dreams Are Not (Half Baked Bread Records, UK) K, Le Maestro - Sinister (self-release, UK) Carter Tutti Void - t3.5 (Conspiracy International, UK) CZ Wang & Neo Image - Just Off Wave (feat. Separated at Birth) (Mood Hut, Canada) Negativland - Discernment (Seeland Productions, USA) Captain Over - Better With (feat. Manga Saint Hilare) (XVI Records, UK) Afrodeutsche - Make The Call (River Rapid, UK)   Produced and Edited by Nick McCorriston. Hit

This week we have fantastic new music from the peerless Marie Davidson and the unexpected (yet welcome) collaboration between Mark Lanegan and Not Waving. Elsewhere there's new music from the fabulous Richard Dawson, the latest from The Bug and Burial's Flame 2 project, new sounds from France, Australia, Egypt and more. Tracklisting Richard Dawson - Jogging (Weird World Records, UK) Not Waving & Mark Lanegan - Burned Out Babylon (Ecstatic Recordings, UK) Hyperstition Duo - Templexing (Polyphonic Assemblage, UK) Braille Face & Happy Axe - Open Sky (Spirit Level, Australia) Klahrk & Roxas - Influence (Activia Benz, UK) DJ Plead - Battiekh 3 (Phil Battiekh, Switzerland) Hey Colossus - Medal (Alter Records, UK) Marie Davidson - Chasing the Light (Ninja Tune, UK) Flame 2 (The Bug & Burial) - Rain (Pressure, Germany) Twoonky - Aqua Bar (Macadam Mambo, France)   Produced and Edited by Nick McCorriston. Hit him up for any and all audio work at nickamc.com and follow him on Twitter @nickamc  

We return this week with the welcoming noise from the debut Petbrick LP, whose album we've been looking forward to since their blinding EP on Closed Casket last year. Elsewhere we have forward-looking Finnish jazz, kologo power from Ghana Turkish disco edits, Somali-Canadian hiphop, Japanese psych and a whole lot more.  Tracklisting Petbrick - Horse (Rocket Recordings, UK / Closed Casket, USA) King Ayisoba - Batakari Africa - feat. Atongo Zimba, Wiyaala & Big Gad (Makkum Records, Netherlands) Petter Eldh / Koma Saxo - Port Koma (We Jazz Records, Finland) Reece Thomas - Rustling of Reefs on the Sunshine (Alocasia Garden, UK) Arşivplak - Seker Oglan (self-release, UK) Igor Wakhévitch - Materia-Prima (Finders Keepers Records, UK) OBUXUM - Black Girls Flying (URBNET Records, Canada) Floating Spectrum - The Early Green Outburst (Temporary Residence, USA) Moonbow - BNND WDTH (West Friends, UK) Qujaku - In Neutral (So I Buried Records, UK)   Produced and Edited by Nick McCorriston. Hit him up for any and all aud

Straight out of South London is this week's Independent Music Podcast and Lewisham's favourite son Novelist, whose new EP has more than enough bangers to get us going this week. Elsewhere we have cinematic sounds from Israel's Markey Funk and the legendary Pere Ubu, danceable riddims from Portugal, blistering dubstep, and some stunning beautiful music from France. Tracklisting Novelist - Rowdy Riddim (self-release, UK) Markey Funk - The Old City (Som Recordings, Israel) Rien Virgule - Zanne Nel Velluto (Zam Zam Records, France) Von D ft. Blackout Ja - Dancehall Saga (Dub-Stuy, USA) Pere Ubu - The Road Ahead (Cherry Red Records, UK) Alex Figueira - Platanito (Music With Soul, Netherlands) Rui P. Andrade & Aires - Fuchsia Timelines (Colectivo Casa Amarela, Portugal) Odd Nosdam - FBT 14 (Home Assembly Music, UK) Tomaga & Pierre Bastien - Bandiera Di Carta (Other People, USA) Félicia Atkinson- Joan (Shelter Press, France)    Produced and Edited by Nick McCorriston. Hit him up for any and all audio work at

On the show this week we move between Japanese folk music, post-punk and modern classical, interspersed with some musique concrete from Cote D'ivoire and abrasive power electronics from Italy. The new Anna Meredith is a real highlight, as is the latest single from Sarathy Korwar's magnificent new LP. Elsewhere there's the latest from the label formerly known as Tobago Tracks, a welcome return for Bobby Krlic (AKA The Haxan Cloak) and much more. Tracklisting aircode - You Broke Down Into Four and a Half Pieces (TT, UK) Dry Cleaning - Magic of Meghan (self-release, UK) Mireille Kyrou - Étude 1 (Nostalgie de la Boue, Cote D'ivoire) Sarathy Korwar - Bol (The Leaf Label, UK) Ya Mai Mo - Mori No Fushigi (White Paddy Mountain, Japan) Anna Meredith - Paramour (Moshi Moshi Records, UK) Sexy Crocodile for Dinner - Interferenza Distruttiva (Sputo Records, Italy) Bobby Krlic - Gassed (Milan Records, USA) Mai Mai Mai - Magia Lucana (La Tempsta International, Italy) Seabuckthorn - Premonition (self-release, UK)   Produced

After a few weeks of studio upheaval, our first episode in our new space is here - and it's a bit of an abstract one. With fragmented samples of 78rpm records from a French library to Glaswegian dubstep, via violin experiments and Afghan folk music, we have the whole set of what's good and great in contemporary independent music. Tracklisting Achwghâ Ney Wodei - Malalam Solom (Table Sports, Portugal) Equiknoxx - Corner (Equiknoxx Musiq, Jamaica) Oren Ambarchi, Mark Fell, Will Guthrie, Sam Shalabi - Oglon Day 2 (Thirty Three Thirty Three, UK) Rapture 4D & Ruda - Hubble flow Dub (Scotch Bonnet, UK) Kefaya & Elaha Soroor - Jama Narenji (Bella Union, UK) City of Women - Sergei (Sähkö Recordings, Finland) Stefan Fraunberger - Elegie (Morphine Records, Germany) Ko Shin Moon - L’Offrande (Akuphone Records, France) Laura Cannell & Polly Wright - Help Me to Salt Help Me to Sorrow (Brawl Records, UK) Oh Sees - Henchlock (Castle Face Records, USA)   Produced and Edited by Nick McCorriston. Hit him up for any

We're still away - our internet, and the podcast, will be back next week. We're unashamedly throwing bangers at you on this week’s pod. The brutal, brilliant pop sounds of SOPHIE kick us off, as we travel through stunning sounds from Khalab’s new record, a new Ugandan record label releasing heavy bass sounds, Lewisham grime from Flohio, and Polish experimental music from Edinburgh. Tracklisting SOPHIE – Ponyboy (Transgressive Records, UK) Khalab – Black Noise (feat. Tenesha the Wordsmith) (On the Corner Records, UK) Slows – A Great Big Smile From Venus (excerpt) (Deep Distance, UK) Slikback – Ascenscion (Hakuna Kulala, Uganda) YOB – The Screen (Relapse Records, USA) Andria – So Far (Yes, Serbia) Ekiti Sound – Ife (Crammed Discs, Belgium) Ko Shin Moon – Zaffa (Akuphone Records, France) Flohio – Bands (Alpha, UK) Januszewski – Untitled II (Czaszka (rec.), UK)  

We're away this week, so here's where we were this time last year. We’ve got alternative rock stylings of Birmingham’s Dorcha alongside experimental sounds of Ben Vince. We have legendary techno producer Samuel Kerridge’s new track, mutant jungle from Sophia Loizou, a surprising folk project from Roger Robinson, reggae from Parly B, hiphop, Latvian experimentation and loads more. Tracklisting Dorcha – Bruiser (self-release, UK) Samuel Kerridge – Silent Notes (Downwards, UK) Ben Vince – Assimilation (Where to Now?, UK) Horsedreamer (Roger Robinson & Piers Faccini) – Trigger (Beating Drum, France) Dameetis Brown – I T S M E (self-release, USA) Parly B & The Elementz – Skylark (Reggae Take Over, UK) 1/2H 1/2W – Inbreed (Bezirk, Austria) Sophia Loizou – Memories of Angels (Cosmo Rhythmatic, Germany) Giant Swan – High Waisted (Mannequin Records, Germany) Field Lines Cartographer – Repulsin Engine Test (Concretetapes, UK)  

Gnarly bible stories and more on the podcast this week. Whether it's questionable theology, hot off the press grime or something in between that you're after, this week will deliver for you.  We've got the best new jazz from London and Norway, Japanese experimental music, delightful folk, Reading reggae, Greek gabba and a whole heap more. Tracklisting FFSYTHO - Bop Through Ya Manor (prod. Filthy Gears) (self-release, UK) Collocutor - The Angry One (On the Corner Records, UK) Mountain / Full Edition - ある行為を犯罪と評価するための条件 (Conspiracy) (Natural Sciences, UK) Fire! Orchestra - Blue Crystal Fire (Rune Grammofon, Norway) Service Animal - Core Of Reality (Death of Rave, UK) Mariee Sioux - Black Snakes (Night Bloom Records, USA) Mikado Koko - Fukagawa Bushi (Akuphone, France) The Austerity Program - Isaiah 63:2-6 (Controlled Burn Records, USA) Solo Banton & Macka B - Edutainment (Reality Shock Records, UK) The Utopia Strong - Brainsurgeons 3 (Rocket Recordings, UK)   Produced and Edited by Nick McCorriston. Hit him

Lots of music from Japan gets us going on this week's show, showing a glimpse at the breadth of sounds coming out of the country whether that be bamboo afrobeat, spandex-appropriate rock or abstract electronics. Elsewhere this week we've got dark industrial music from UAE, Welsh rock from mclusky* and Future of the Left leader Falco's Christian Fitness project, and loads more.  Tracklisting Ajate x NY.KO - With Regularity (180g Records, France) Hibushibire - Ecstasy Highwaystar (Riot Season Records, UK) Sun Dawei - 山賊 / 右盼 (Shanshui Records, Japan) Padang Food Tigers - Woody's Alright (Blue Hole Recordings, USA) Christian Fitness - Newly Colonised Moon (Prescriptions Music, UK) Nathan Micay - Join Me Or Die. Can You Do Any Less (LuckyMe, UK) Tomaga - Bluest (self-release, UK) Ben Vince - Our Love (feat. Tom Glencross & Jacob Samuel) (Thirty Three Thirty Three, UK) CORIN - Dissect (Bedouin Records, UAE) Black Shape - London (Hominid Sounds, UK)   Produced and edited by Nick McCorriston. Hit him up for any

  The bizarre collaboration between the legendary pairing of Jean-Claude Vannier and Mike Patton closes us off this week. Before that we have the usual eclectic mix of remixed Brazilian noise, Jamaican poetry, Swedish postpunk, Cuban jazz and loads more. Tracklisting Deafkids - Distopia Permanente (Terror SoundSystem Funx Re-Drum) (Lovers & Lollypops, Portugal) Nazamba & O.B.F. - Run! (Dubquake Records, France) Graham Dunning - Void Worm (Fractal Meat Cuts, UK) Curses - Sordo (Höga Nord Rekords, Sweden) Clinic - Rubber Bullets (Domino Recording Co., UK) Enrique - Eating Plastic (BANK Records NYC, USA) Trash Kit - Horizon (Upset the Rhythm, UK) Greenwood Rhythm Coalition - Jewels Part One (Names You Can Trust, USA) Kevin Richard Martin - Kangaroo Care (Room40, USA) Mike Patton & Jean-Claude Vannier - On Top of the World (Ipecac Recordings, USA)   Produced and edited by Nick McCorriston. Hit him up for any and all audio work at nickamc.com and follow him on Twitter @nickamc  

Terrifying stuff from a Bristol hotbed of experimental sounds whets our appetite for wonderful music this week. We move through noises from Canada, Japan, Scotland, and Italy as we promo some of the best noises coming out of the independent sector. Tracklisting Harrga - Artaud (Avon Terror Corps, UK) RX-101 - Dopamine (Suction Records, Canada) Kool Keith - Zero Fux (feat. B-Real) (Mello Music Group, USA) Enablers - Bill, In Consideration (Exile on Mainstream, Germany | Broken Clover Records, USA | Lancashire and Somerset Records, UK) Nick Klein & Wilted Woman - Café Kotti (Alien Jams, UK) Meursault - Beaten (Common Grounds Records, UK) Nakayubi - Magnetic Radio - 20190501 - 13:26 - TokyoArea FM @ Takeshiba wharf (self-release, Japan) The Pheromoans - The Sixth Bell (Alter Records, UK) Heith - Yoga of Stealth (Saucers Production, Italy) Terminal Cheesecake - Saddle Shower (Box Records, UK) Produced and edited by Nick McCorriston. Hit him up for any and all audio work at nickamc.com and follow him on Twitte

Following our week a way we return overwhelmed with excellent morsels of global experimental independent sound. We start with Sarathy Korwar's outstanding jazz/Indian MC hybrid that is sure to get noticed by discerning listeners, elsewhere we have choral music, twisted abstract hiphop, splendid psych folk, electric acholi music from central Africa and much more. Tracklisting Sarathy Korwar - Mumbay (feat. MC Mawali) / Pravasis (feat. Deepak Unnikrishnan) (The Leaf Label, UK) Leo Pa-Layeng - Kono Wiye Ocung Otara (self-release, Uganda) The Art Ensemble of Chicago - We Are On The Edge (Erased Tapes, UK) Suzi Analogue - Way Live ft. ZenSoFly (Never Normal Records, USA) Flamingods - Koray (Moshi Moshi Records, UK) Sebastian Reynolds with Solo Collective - Ripeness Is All (Nonostar Records, Germany) The Improvisers' Choir - Stem (self-release, UK) Sea Urchin - Mish Hata'ref tesHa? (Bokeh Versions, UK) Viscount - Reverse Engineering (Warecollective, UK) Death and Vanilla - Let’s Never Leave Here (Fire Records, UK)

Some absolutely blistering music this week, ranging from excitable Japanese punk from the brilliant Otoboke Beaver, to intense French black metal, stopping off via Turkish psych, Polish pop, beautiful sun-filled reggae and much more. Tracklisting Dolenz - Pull ft. Guilty Simpson (Exit Records, UK) Otoboke Beaver おとぼけビ～バ～ - 脱·日陰の女 datsu, hikage no onna (Damnably, UK) Ela Orleans - Planet Mars (Night School, UK) Sunn O))) - Troubled Air (Southern Lord, USA) Prince Fatty - Be Thankful for What You Got ft. Earl 16 (Evergreen Recordings, UK) Carla dal Forno - So Much Better (Kallista Records, UK) Embrace Your Punishment - Legacy (feat. Diogo Santana of Analepsy) (Vomit Your Shirt, Portugal) Altın Gün - Süpürgesi Yoncadan (Glitterbeat Records, Germany) Fischerie & Persuasion - Embar (Idioms, Canada) JK Flesh - In Your Pit (Pressure, Germany)   Produced and Edited by Nick McCorriston. Hit him up for any and all audio work at nickamc.com and follow him on Twitter @nickamc