Toadcast #27 - Europop
Well, perhaps Europop isn’t quite the right term. Eurindie perhaps. This podcast is stuffed full of splendid tracks from the rest of the European continent which we, as marvellously parochial and narrow-minded Brits, seem to forget exists half the time.
I have no real idea how much this music actually intersects with any of the local scenes to which it might belong, but it is certainly nicely in tune with the British scene as I know it at the moment. Scandinavia is inevitably rather over-represented, but I have managed to track down a Belgian, a little Dutch and something (tangentially) Italian to throw into the mix as well. And a special secret bonus surprise for right at the end, but wait for it patiently and don’t ruin it for yourselves by peeking.
The big thing I can’t get over is just how much I had to leave out of this podcast actually. I’d lazily assumed that it might be a little tricky to fill an entire playlist, but I could just as easily have filled two. So don’t whinge about what’s not on there, because I know, I know!
01. The Divine Comedy - Europop (00.06)
02. Mikrofisch - The Kids Are All Shite (05.52)
03. A Classic Education - Stay, Son (10.40)
04. Wolfkin - These Are Illusions (14.14)
05. Tafra - Cheesy Epic View (19.47)
06. Kottarashky - Chetiri (21.32)
07. Teitur - Catherine the Waitress (29.40)
08. Jens Lekman - No Time For Breaking Up (35.44)
09. Shout Out Louds - Parents’ Living Room (40.01)
10. The Tellers - Hugo (45.34)
11. Cats on Fire - Born Again Christian (49.47)
12. Yann Tiersen - Ginette (57.21)
13. Air - Alpha Beta Gaga (61.44)
14. The Raveonettes - That Great Love Sound (70.33)
15. Die Ärzte - Quark (73.41)
16. Bettie Serveert - I’ll Keep it With Mine (77.19)
17. Snake & Jet’s Amazing Bullit Band - Doom City (82.46)
18. Röyksopp - Remind Me (87.36)
19. Sigur Rós - Untitled (Álafoss) (90.50)
20. Snapline - S2 (102.59)
And here are a couple of songs which didn’t quite make the cut:
Teitur - We Still Drink the Same Water
The Teenagers - French Kiss
The Raveonettes - Here Comes Mary
Blood Music - Eagles in the Water
Hello Saferide - If I Don’t Write This Song Someone I Love Will Die
Tafra - I’m Sorry Brakne-Hoby
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“eurindie” i love it! you have to say it out loud to get the full effect, i think.
Nice, isn’t it. Actually, I only wrote that as a fortunate last minute update to the original post. An inspired moment over coffee this morning.
Much worse was the stunning 0:1 loss against the Faroe Islands in the qualifying campaign for the European Championship 1992, considered the worst embarrassment in any Austrian team sport ever, and one of the biggest upsets in footballing history. The game was played in Landskrona, Sweden because there were no grass fields on the Islands. It was a sign for things to come: Austria suffered another couple of years of botched qualifying campaigns.
In respect of your football comment, here’s what I found on Wikipedia.
The closest I ever got to the Faroes was living in Shetland for some time.
Great podcast once again - thanks
Can you fix the link to the Blood Music track? - I can’t get it to download.
Sorry to be a moan.
Good stuff here. Just working my way through it all.
Sorry for not writing a proper intro. I wasn’t trying to be rude, I’m just quite awful at writing about music. Thanks for playing it Jens Lekman
Gosh, don’t be silly. Some people like to and some don’t. I was just really pleased that you emailed me with such nice things to say. It made my week, honestly.
So,
I listened to an entire toadcast today. For the first time.
I think it’s going to be my new thing to do at work - i usually have my mp3 player on anyway, and I never seem to have the time at home to listen to one end-to-end.
And this was really good. Some choices I wqouldn;t have made, granted, but a lot of stuff I’d not come across before.
Of course I could get into a bullshit one-up manship and go all “hey, what about this slovinian indie pop duo from the early nineties”. But I won’t. (Mainly cos I don’t know any slovinian indie pop duos.)
It surprised me that you didn’t mention Poland, though.
Okay, maybe it didn’t surprise me you didn’t mention Poland, maybe I just needed an excuse to talk about Iowa Super Soccer, as they’re fucking brilliant, would have fitted perfectly in your list, have their debut album out later this month, and may be coming to the UK later this year (I’ve been speaking to them about setting up some Scottish dates).
http://www.myspace.com/iowasupersoccer
That’s all.
Hmm. I wonder what toadcast I’ll listen to tomorrow?
Exciting times.