Independent Music Podcast

We're back with our first podcast of 2018, and what better way to kick off than the exquisite jazz from Chicago's avant-garde trumpeter Jaimie Branch? We also have cosmic soul from NYC-based, Indian musician ज़ितम सिहँ (Jitwam), the latest from Anna von Hausswolff, roots reggae from Ghana's Y-Bayani And His Band of Enlightenment, Reason And Love and a whole lot more. Tracklisting Jaimie Branch - Theme 001 (International Anthem, USA) ज़ितम सिहँ (Jitwam) - Alone (Cosmic C

Gareth from the podcast takes us through his favourite labels for 2017. Taking in ten labels and playing 19 tracks over the two hours. Featuring labels from London, Bristol, Kampala, and elsewhere Tracklisting Sooper Records (Chicago, USA) Nnamdi Ogbonnaya - Let Go Of My Ego Diagonal Records (London, UK) Not Waving - Where Are We  Shit & Shine - Hot Shovel The Leaf Label (Leeds, UK) Snapped Ankles - Jonny Guitar Calling Gosta Berlin The Comet is Coming - Start Running Nyege Nyege Tapes (Kampala

The final show of 2017 showcases just how fantastic the year has been for UK labels. Nine of the final ten tracks of our best of are from UK record labels, covering rock, metal, italo-disco, jazz, dub, techno and a whole host of good stuff. We also have Japanese afrobeat just to mix it up. Thank you to all our listeners for a great year, we'll be back early in 2018. Tracklisting Jane Weaver - The Architect (Fire Records, UK) Not Waving - Where Are We (Diagonal Records, UK) Forest Swords - Panic (Ninja Tun

We continue our selection of favourites from 2017. In part two we cover Egyptian-influenced electronics, industrial music from Portland, the biggest hiphop star on the planet, Israeli dancehall, and a whole lot more. Tracklisting Al Lover & Cairo Liberation Front - Level One (Höga Nord Rekords, Sweden) Kendrick Lamar - Humble (Top Dawg Entertainment, USA) Sea Moss - Diurnal Enuresis (Crash Symbols, USA) Stand High Patrol - The Shift (Stand High Records, France) Crème de Hassan - Touki Bouki / Krik Krak

The first of our three part 'best of 2017' showcases some of our favourite tunes from the year. This week we have the 7" stunner from Idris Ackamoor, the digital dubs of Roger Robinson and Disrupt, hip hop from Ill Camille, the best track from Gnod's mouthful of an LP - JUST SAY NO TO THE PSYCHO RIGHT​-​WING CAPITALIST FASCIST INDUSTRIAL DEATH MACHINE - Russian punks Mirrored Lips and a load more. Tracklisting Idris Ackamoor & the Pyramids - Tinoge Ya Ta'a Ba, Pt. 1 & 2 (feat Guy One) (Philophon Recor

In the last episode before we start reviewing the year we find independent labels still squeezing out incredible records. We have intense Ugandan drums from Nihiloxica, we have the first record in 15 years form Ethiopian legend Hailu Mergia. We have Christmas music from Ela Orleans, techno from Autumns, tuba drone from ORE, new music from Jane Weaver, and Ben Reimer and loads more. Tracklisting Nihiloxica - Endongo (Nyege Nyege Tapes, Uganda) Jane Weaver And Virginia Wing - I Feel It Starts Again (Fire Re

On the show this week we kick off with a banger with the new EP from Japan's Jun Kamoda. Along the way towards Oscar-nominee Mica Levi's new soundtrack we touch on modern classical, Lithuanian avant pop, tambutronics, heavy rock and a whole loft of hefty bass music. Tracklisting Jun Kamoda - Body & Soul (Black Acre, UK) Drunk in Hell - Sick Sick Sex (Burning World Records, Netherlands) Pauline Anna Strom - Energies (RVNG Intl., USA) NSRD - Kastanis (Chestnut) (Stroom.tv, Belgium) Kuenta i Tambu - Bon

If you are a regular listener, you know what to expect. This week we have Japanese afrobeat, jungle, doom metal covers of Zappa, delicate guitar music, hefty grime, piano interpretations of video game music and experimental electronics. This week we're also asking for your help Due to demands on hosting the podcast online, we're being forced to take advertisements. Our choice is either to accept the adverts or move to a new host. The new host will cost money, and we need to raise that money. If you enj

A mellow opening of synth soundtrack music and the stunning new one from Four Tet belies the fun stuff beneath - from Yorkshire dancehall sounds of Danny T & Tradesman to Glaswegian synth pop with Happy Meals. We also have jazz, dark pop, garage fun, hip hop, soul and field recording of funeral ceremonies from Bali. Tracklisting Stefan Bachmeier - One Road Out (Spun out of Control, UK) Four Tet - Two Thousand and Seventeen (Text Records, UK) Danny T & Tradesman - First Choice ft David Boomah and

We're a hot mess this week as Anthony has returned from Brugge with a handful of Belgian beers and a whole host of musical treats. We have experimental electronics from Kuwait and Japan, synth ambience from Pittsburgh, Angolan afrofunk, Chicago punk, Australian digidub, Mexican acid cumbia and loads of industrial, rock, and stunning folk music

We discover some spectacular music this week, starting with Oregon duo Sea Moss, who bring what we might term industrial funk to this week's podcast. We're not great with genre descriptions clearly, which is just as well because our selection is from across the spectrum. We have new music from Caribou's Daphni, Lithuanian producer Brokenchord, Helena Hauff, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, The Breeders and more. Tracklisting Sea Moss - Diurnal Enuresis (Crash Symbols, USA) Daphni - Face to Face

Nonsense talk of travel gongs, bands with slideshows, and pop up vinyl ideas pepper this week's show, we also have a whole host of amazing new music, including from Africa from Les Filles de Illighadad and Cyril Cyril, London from Not Waving, Shopping and Reginald Omas Mamode IV, and the US from Zola Jesus and Dear. Tracklisting: Geneva Jacuzzi - Technophelia (Medical Records, USA) Les Filles de Illighadad - Eghass Malan (Sahel Sounds, USA) Not Waving - Where Are We (Diagonal

New favourites and old favourites on this week's show. We have the new one from Bjork, the lead track from the forthcoming L'Orange record (on his eighth podcast appearance), and a new collaboration between Pinch and Mumdance. We also have a track from the long-awaited Golden Teacher debut LP, Polaris prize winner Tanya Tagaq collaborating with Weaves, Japanese dub from 7Fo on Bokeh Versions, and the new project from Gnod member Gardener. We have a submission from Brooklyn band No Kill, some sub

We're hitting the uptempo button this week with blinding new tunes from AK/DK, Zombie Zombie, Graham Dunning and Minor Science alongside some reissued Afrofunk from Cameroon's Jo Tongo. We also have neo-classical music from Astrïd & Rachel Grimes, the latest from post rock titans Godspeed You! Black Emperor, indie rock from Protomartyr and gorgeous latin music from Esther Suarez and Niña de la Puebla. Tracklisting: AK/DK - Morphology (Little Miss Echo Recordings, UK) Minor Science

This week saw the sad death of Can founder Holger Czukay. As well as a fitting tribute to the wonderful krautrock legend, we've got tunes so eclectic we hope he'd approve. From groovy Israeli sounds from Markey Funk to gothic lute music from Jozef Van Wissem via metal, Japanese trips, soothing hiphop, Scottish pop, and a load of synth-led goodness, this week is a fun one in sad times. Tracklisting: Bruno Spoerri - Hymn of Taurus (Taurus is calling you!) (We Release Whatever the Fuck We Want

We're now playing tracks that aren't released until 2018. The new track from Italy's Mamuthones is absolutely blinding and we cannot wait to get our hands on the full Rocket Recordings release. We have heavy metal, experimental violin music, the return of hip hop duo KMD, British hip hop, that Shit & Shine track we promised and all sorts of other goodies Tracklisting Mamuthones - The Wrong Side (Rocket Recordings, UK) James Holden & The Animal Spirits - Pass Through the Fire (Border Co

There's a lot of single-word named artists this week. We kick off with one of them - DUDS from Manchester are the first UK band to release a record through John Dwyer's Castle Face Records. We have punk from Impalers and newcomers Nekla, experimental dub from Time Cow, techno from Wilhelm via new label GlassTalk Records, and loads more good stuff. Tracklisting: DUDS - Elastic Feel (Castle Face Records, USA) Colleen - Separating (Thrill Jockey, USA) Impalers - Nazi Burning Man (Static Sho

On this week's show we have a few highlights from Supernormal Festival, with a new release from Afirampo-Acid Mothers Temple collaboration Pikacyu-Makoto and an excellent track from Leeds' Beards. Elsewhere we have synthwave from Beta Evers, noisy electronics from Liars, the latest from new podcast favourites Snapped Ankles and lots more. Tracklisting Liars - Coins in My Caged Fist (Mute Records, USA) Beta Evers - Hidden (Peripheral Minimal, UK) Andy Citawarman - A Simple Man (self-release, UK) Pikacyu-Mak

Gareth's new radio show My Favourite Labels invites someone from an innovative record label to chat about music, inspiration, and life every fortnight on 199 Radio. In this first episode he's joined by Luke Twyman of the Audacious Art Experiment. As this is recorded live, the audio is a bit iffy at the start. It is fixed after the second track. Like My Favourite Labels on Facebook: facebook.com/myfavouritelabel Tracklisting: Za! - Badulake (The Audacious Art Experiment, UK) Intravene - Inner City (The A

A stunning selection this week, kicking off with Colombia's finest Meridian Brothers, we touch upon experimental pop of Circuit des Yeux, a fabulous collaboration between podcast favourites Hieroglyphic Being, Sarathy Korwar and Shabaka Hutchings, and the brutal punk of Lower Slaughter. We also have great new hiphop, jazz breaks, garage rock, and lost Somali tapes