Toadcast #104 – The Bleepcast
This is all about my beepy-bloopy tendencies and how I got into the stuff in the first place.
I better point out, right at the beginning, that I don’t see there being any difference between indie and electronica exactly. Or at least, the dividing line is so blurred and there is so much crossover that the distinction is completely pointless, really.
I think the only reason I really make a distinction myself is because I became a music obsessive by listening to the likes of Dylan and Tom Waits and so on, and then moved onto the like of The Pogues and the Waterboys – not a beep in sight, basically.
Consequently, when I heard bands like Saint Etienne for the first time, although I loved lots of it, I didn’t explore much further because I just wasn’t used to electronic noises. In actual fact, by the end of the podcast I think I come to the conclusion that it was actually an electronic beat which I really wasn’t used to, mostly, but in any case, I found it quite hard to get into anything vaguely electro for ages. Given that I could barely make a distinction between the two these days, that seems kind of odd, too.
Toadcast #104 – The Bleepcast
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01. The Pet Shop Boys – Rent (03.46)
02. Stereolab – The Light That Will Cease to Fail (12.09)
03. Dubstar – St. Swithin’s Day (15.25)
04. U2 – Lemon (23.05)
05. Jason Lytle – On a Piece of Wood I Go (30.49)
06. The Avalanches – Frontier Psychiatrist (35.57)
07. LCD Soundsystem – North American Scum (40.42)
08. Money Can’t Buy Music – We Are All Asphyxiate (48.59)
09. Magic Arm – Daft Punk is Playing at My House (52.41)
10. Parts & Labour – Fractured Skies (57.49)
11. Jon Hopkins – Circle My Demise (King Creosote) (65.13)
Quick non beepy-bloopy-bleepy-boopy question to the UK-ers. Does anyone have any info or music by the Irish rap band Scary Erie? I have been trying to find some interesting Irish rap and came across them on youtube. Any recommendations other than Scary Erie? Thanks.
I like the look of this playlist, looking forwrard to listening to it tomorrow..
That comment of mine was more froth than coffee wasn’t it?!
It was a little pointless I suppose, but no-one else has showed any interest so it’s still appreciated.
I am a cock.
Heheh!
ha ha…..i’m going to hurt someone
Sorry Chutters, but that was just incredibly bad manners. There are over five billion people in the world, only a few hundred of whom actually can be arsed listening to my podcasts, but after all the effort I put into all this, if that’s the case you can just bloody keep it to yourself.
i said nice playlist!!!!
Bloody hell, that Parts & Labour song is good isn’t it? Why don’t you like their other stuff Matthew, I’ve never heard them before…
Well most of it’s a bit thump-thump-thump for me, but it’s actually ages since I gave them a listen, so I might have been a bit quick to give up.