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 the Fourth - Weddings, Holidays and Summery Niceness
I’m in America at the moment at my brother’s wedding, but I very kindly recorded this before I went away. I’ve thrown in some stuff about weddings and some summery happy tunes too.
Also, he’s getting married on Cape Cod, and I worked there as a waiter for two Summers when I was a student - with my everso English accent the tips were quite splendid - so I’ve thrown on a few songs that remind me of my Summers on Cape Cod, although not all are obviously related. All in all it’s a cheerful, happy mix with a nice atmosphere to it, so you should like this one.
By the time you hear it though I could very easily have sworn myself into exile and ruined my relationship with my new in-laws forever. Wish me luck, Toadlings, wish me luck.
Toadcast #4 - Summery Songs and Wedding Bells1. Billy Bragg - The Marriage (0.46)
2. Tom Waits - Better Off Without a Wife (5.10)
3. Clem Snide - Happy Birthday (9.38)
4. Gomez - Make No Sound (13.36)
5. Dave Matthews Band - Two Step (19.56)
6. Vampire Weekend - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa (26.49)
7. Judy Garland - Get Happy (30.20)
8. Tom Waits - Never Let Go (34.59)
9. Bell X1 - Bound For Boston Hill (38.12)
10. Suburban Kids With Biblical Names - Funeral Face (43.37)
11. Luna - Sweet Child O’ Mine (48.41)
12. Len - Steal My Sunshine (54.07)
13. Billy Bragg & Wilco - Hesitating Beauty (59.28)Song, by Toad