Every couple of weeks I sit down with a couple of gins and talk you through the new music that's caught my ears in the last fortnight. There'll be a few classics and a few mainstream bands but the focus will always be on the new, the emerging, the eclectic and the interesting.
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Toadcast #303 - The Palercast
So, a little over halfway through the Pale Imitation Festival, and here we are. There are still four gigs to go, with Rick Redbeard, LAW, eagleowl and PAWS headlining (tickets and full details here), and the gigs are only a fiver to get into, which in Edinburgh in August represents a monumental fucking bargain.
We also have a new single out on Song, by Toad Records, from David Thomas Broughton and Juice Vocal Ensemble's new collaborative album Sliding the Same Way which is now available for pre-order so I've popped that on the playlist as well, along with a Passion Pusher song from our first cassette release which is due in October or November or something like that.
Other than that, there are a couple of new Scottish singles, some live gig plugs and a couple of Song, by Toad recording alumni with some bits and pieces, so it's all quite local music for local people this week. Phew. I am finding the Festival heavy going, I have to confess. Not that I'm not enjoying it, just that it does kind of wear you out, not least with all the drinking. Still, my Mum turns up on Sunday, so that should at least put the dampers on some of the worst carrying-on. Hopefully.
01. Neon Waltz - Bare Wood Aisles (00.17)
02. Broken Records - So Long, So Late (06.37)
03. David Thomas Broughton & Juice Vocal Ensemble - In Service (12.41)
04. Numbers Are Futile - Justice is Light (and Blood) (18.37)
05. Sharron Kraus - When Father Hanged the Children (22.45)
06. Samantha Crain - Paint (30.50)
07. Sex Hands - Gay Marriage (36.07)
08. Ian Humberstone - House on the Hill (43.55)
09. PAWS - Poor Old Christopher Robin (Tape Demo) (46.11)
10. Passion Pusher - BLT (54.06)
11. eagleowl - Too Late in the Day (1.02.34)