My current favourite is What Had Happened Was, where Open Mike Eagle devotes an entire series to interviewing one guest. The first series was Prince Paul, the (recently finished) second was El-P from Company […]

Cheers all, Strava seems to be the way to go.

That is a good playlist! I must say, a possibly apocryphal, DDR-sponsored Krautrock Olympic training tape is a very Afterword suggestion!

Brilliant, thanks @moseleymoles! Sound like either of those will do the job.

The Spiritualized album? Me too.

Here’s everyone’s favourite athlete, Jason Spaceman, with an ode to exercise. I think.

Finally remember to post my tracklist! Pretty straightforward on the theme from me – with just one exception every track has ‘New’ either in the title, the band name or the album the track came from. […]

I only got to two gigs last year, Teeth of the Sea at Broadcast in Glasgow and Supergrass at the Barrowlands, both brilliant. As for next gig, I’ve completely lost track! Between shows from last year being […]

Plenty to dig into here, I’ve been enjoying Bleached and The Peep Tempel this morning!

And finally, @kid-dynamite!

1. An epic opener! Starts like Ravel’s Bolero, then goes all cinematic with strings and brass and a choir, then we get Radiohead guitars before the vocal comes in – British rap, sta […]

Ah, I see. And Franz is back too, that seems like a good sign!

The best Hold Steady since Separation Sunday? That’s high praise! I enjoyed everything up to Stay Positive but it was diminishing returns after that and I haven’t bothered with the last few. I’ll give this a try…

Cheers Eyesteel, I’ll definitely be checking out The Hardy Tree. This Heat and The Slits are both familiar names but I’ve never actually heard any of their stuff, so I’ll be investigating them too. (Also, a Soul […]

Ah, the Album Leaf, I thought that track sounded familiar! I have a couple of their earlier albums but will have a listen to this one. And I thought track 8 was the Buzzcocks!

Here we go @eyesteel!

1. Very pastoral and atmospheric, starts with just a harpsichord and flute, before going a bit more psychedelic and upbeat. It’s very cinematic, makes me think of some 70s folk-horror m […]

First up from me, @StellarX!

1. Starts with (I think) David Essex from a classic concept album that I used to love but haven’t listened to all the way through in at least a decade, then we’re into the BBC […]

Cheers eyesteel! Glad you enjoyed some of it. I was aware of the lack of female voices, too (apart from the chorus on track 9). There was more on my long list but for whatever reasons they didn’t make it…

Haha! Oh dear. Well at least you liked the cover! Thanks for taking the time to listen and for being so honest with your feedback. It could’ve been worse – for some reason, this theme threw up lots of hip hop, s […]

@kid-dynamite Spoiler alert! This is great, though, it got an instant repeat the first time I listened to your mix.