Independent Music Podcast

A real pick n mixture for podcast 188. Metal from KEN Mode, new material from rock heroes Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, grime from Skeng legend Flowdan, and dubs, abstract electronics, the long-awaited return of Pram and loads more. Tracklisting KEN Mode - Feathers & Lips (Seasons of Mist, France) Jay Glass Dubs - The Safest Dub (Berceuse Heroique, France) Modeselektor - Kalif Storch (Ninja Tune, UK / Monkeytown Records, Germany) John Bence - Kill (Grooming Records, UK) Pram - Shimmer and Disappear

After the chilled week last 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 fro 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 Fro

A show that's best described as 'chill' this week, as most of the music will have you woozy in the summer sun. Another description would be 'symmetrical' as it's bookended by two dub tracks - the first from debutants Spiritual Rockers, and the final note from legend Lee Scratch Perry. In the middle we have a 14 minute opus from Low, electronic experimentation from Jako Maron on Uganda's Nyege Nyege Tapes, thundering techno from Blawan, cocaine pop from Jitwam and a whole lot more. Tracklisting Spiritual R

Back from our Bulgarian excursion we've got a whole load of good stuff waiting for you. 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

With the boys out on a Bulgarian beach celebrating their friends' nuptials, we're taking you back to this time last year when we had jazz from Ireland alongside US psych from Moon Duo, garage from Howlin’ Banana Records’ Dusty Mush, the latest from Uganda’s Nyege Nyege Tapes, the brilliant Stand High Patrol have a new track. We also have drone, electro, indie and a charity repress from Coil Tracklisting Fixity – What Wrong (self-release, Ireland) Moon Duo – Boppers Hat (Sacred Bones Records, USA

After last week's smooth funk openers, let's get a little more brutal shall we? Raw Ambassador's Mental Disorder track is as intense as the artist name and title would suggest, and it takes brave ears to get through that. But persist and (more) rewards are forthcoming - the outstanding collaboration between Aidan Moffat and RM Hubbert for one, and Marlowe - the L'Orange and Solemn Brigham collaboration - for another. Elsewhere we have a mix of the good stuff - get involved. Tracklisting Raw Ambassador - M

This week's podcast starts off of the funky side, with smooth jazz funk from The Comet is Coming-affiliated Soccer96 and Henry Wu's Kamaal Williams. We get as nasty as usual though, with Miss Red and The Bug's latest, giallo disco from Parasols, and the mesmerising Batu record on XL. Elsewhere we have the latest from Brazilian samba legend Elza Soares, gorgeous music from Filho da Mãe, pop hip hop from Sen Morimoto and a whole lot more... Tracklisting Soccer96 - Harmonious Monk (Slowfoot Records, UK) Kam

Dark, dangerous music on this week's podcast as the guys bring along twisted sounds from thrash punk to industrial techno to epic goth drone. It's almost relieving when we get Streets of Rage invoking Korean electronics of Pal Hwang Dan, the new one from Gazelle Twin, and Pye Corner Audio moniker Head Technician Tracklisting Idris Ackamoor & the Pyramids - A Message to my People (Strut, UK) Gazelle Twin - Hobby Horse (Anti-Ghost Moon Ray, UK) Head Technician - First Pour (Ecstatic Recordings, UK) Nat Birc

Anthony has been very ill this week (please send flowers, love, and lemsip) so we're going to look back at where we were this time last year. On episode 140 we were very excited by Ugandan dance music, Romanian electronics, and Surgeon. Not much has changed really... Tracklisting Disco Vumbi – Didi at Night (Nyege Nyege Tapes, Uganda) Twenty-three Hanging Trees – II (self-release, UK) Jun Kamoda – Blind Disco (Black Acre Records, UK) Mary Epworth – Me Swimming (Sunday Best, UK) Drahla – Fictiona

This week's pod has Gareth and Anthony in fine fettle. Lengthy tracks from Sudanese tambour artist Abu Obaida Hassan, Earth legend Dylan Carlson, and London jazz staple Emanative punctuate a show full of dark doom, Estonian synth pop, blistering Lithuanian techno, crete experimentation, and a whole lot more. Tracklisting Abu Obaida Hassan & His Tambour - Qamar Al Massa (Moon of the Night) (Ostinato Records, USA) Dylan Carlson - Conquistador (Sargent House, USA) Dreems - Shark Water (Le Temps Perdu, Lithua

This week's show kicks out a little harder than last week's, with the exceptional Jamaican grime cut from the ever-excellent No Hats No Hoods label. We have psych from Jerusalem, avant garde industrial jazz from Russia, abstract electronics from Japan and whole host of goodies. Tracklisting Newbaan - Badda than Dem (No Hats No Hoods, UK) Lucrecia Dalt - Tar (RVNG Intl., USA) Сольвычегодск - Фуга ля-минор / Fugue in A minor (self-release, Russia) HYNOM - Kissinger (Raash Records, Is

You know you're getting the party started when your podcast opens with an abstract 7-minute flute number, but the gorgeous new track from Cara Stacey and Camilo Ángeles demands attention. Elsewhere we have the wonderful new record from Jean Grae and Quelle Chris. Just because we're not done with collaborations, we also have the spectacular Turkey-Swiss collaboration of Derya Yildirim and Grup Şimşek. We also have Russian synths with Shortparis, abstract experimentation from Me, Claudius, synth pop from A

After our holidays we're back (for good). We've got a whole host of goodies for you, including the collaboration made in heaven between dubstep and grime pioneers The Bug and Burial. We have Indian music from Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar, Ugandan sounds from Jora MC and Congo's Kongoloko, more Congolese music from Mushapata, the epic new Gnod track, soundtrack music from New York's Léah Lazonick, a change in direction from Future of the Left and mclusky's Falco's side project Christian Fitness, mutant futuris

Our last track from the archives starts with the still sounding fresh sounds of Fufanu. It also has Swindle, Dennis Bovell and the brilliant Yussef Kamaal. We'll be back next week with a brand new show Tracklisting Fufanu – Sports (One Little Indian, UK) Steve Lehman – Are You in Peace? (Pi Recordings. USA) Off World – Extraction (Constellation Records, Canada) Dennis Bovell – Heaven (Optimo Music, UK) Kuro – Incantation in C (Rocket Recordings, UK) Adrian Younge – The Concept of Love (Linear

We're two weeks into our three week break. This week our archival episode kicks of with the stunning sounds Brazilian legend Elza Soares and her otherworldly album from 2016. Tracklisting Elza Soares – Maria da Vila Matilde (Mais Um Discos, Brazil) Manuela – Cracks in the Concrete (Lost Map Records, UK) Æthenor – Hazel (VHF Records, USA) Asher Senator meets Bony Fly – Tick Tick Boom (Pure Niceness Records, UK) Hypnopazüzu – Your Eyes in the Skittle Hills (House of Mythology, UK) Bloque del Sur

We're away for the next three weeks, so every Monday we're picking some podcasts from the archives. In this first one - originally broadcast in May 2016 - we kick off with a crazy Todd Terje edit of some old graphic Norwegian music. It just gets better from there... Tracklisting Beranek – Dra Te Hælvete (Todd Terje acid radio edit) (Olsen Records, Norway) Witching Waves – Twister (Happy Happy Birthday to Me Records, UK) Kaiju – Burn Down Babylon (Deep Medi Musik, UK) David Coulter & Seb Rochford – Good Friday (Trestle Records, UK) Happy Meals – If You Want Me Now (Night School Records, UK) Tobacco – Gods in Heat (Ghostly International, USA) Nox – Pay the Price (self-release, USA) JK Flesh – Tunnel (Speedy Deluxe Records, Netherlands) Hedvig Mollestad Trio – Approaching (Rune Grammofon, Norway) Super Furry Animals – Bing Bong (self-release, UK)

This week we stretch out into the far reaches of electronic music, including a sublime piece of work from Indonesian artist Uwalmassa, game soundtrack art from Manami Matsumae, and drones from South Carolina's German Army. We also have Romanian psych from Rodion G.A., the best rock record of 2018 from Anthroprophh, acid techno from UKAEA and loads more. Tracklisting Miracle - Light Mind (Relapse Records, USA) Uwalmassa - Untitled 01 (DIVISI62, Indonesia) Manami Matsumae - The Final Showdown (Brain Wave Pr

Back from our week of flu with a show jammed with the usual blend of wonky sounds and questionable chatter. Highlights this week include a cut from the Brownswood Recordings compilation of the sound of London's jazz scene, ably illustrated by Shabaka Hutchings. We have the comeback of DOOM, featuring on the latest Dabrye record, bonkers French sounds from Zad Kokar, tribal noise from DJ Khalab, sublime electronics from Glasgow's Cucina Povera and much more. Tracklisting Lawrence Le Doux - Tronf 424 “Tap

Nothing warms up the snowy streets of South London like some hot South African boogie, but wherever you happen to be listening, you're sure to be enjoying the latest from Soundway records. We have lots of decadent music this week - from Italian producer Silvia Kastel's smelting pot of techno influences, Orchestra of Constant Distress's brutal noise rock, Lando Chill's Tucson hiphop, or Dan Shake's adorable housey disco goodness. Oh, there's a new one from Eels too... Tracklisting The Survivals - My Brothe

Old favourites and some new ones this week as Canadian breakcore stalwart Venetian Snares returns with a new record of glitchy beats and elongated track titles. We also have a debut release from Paper Dollhouse and the latest in the monthly series from Moscow avantgarde quintet Сольвычегодск Tracklisting Warmduscher - Big Wilma (The Leaf Label, UK) Chris Carter - Blissters (Mute Records, UK)  Solo Banton - Super Lyrics (Reality Shock Records, UK) Paper Dollhouse - Haze (MoonDome, UK) Сольвычегодск - Ко мне (self-release, Russia) UUUU - Verlagerung, Verlagerung, Verlagerung (Editions Mego, Austria) Leslie Winer and Jay Glass Dubs - Woodshedded (Bokeh Versions, UK) Golden Retriever - Thread of Light (Thrill Jockey, USA) Bisk - Neo-noir (self-release, UK) Venetian Snares - The Shriek She Made When She Died Was Erased By The Sound of Lightning (Mute Song, UK)