I’ve written about these guys before, and they made an appearance on the old podcast this week. They were a London psychedelic folk group whose brilliant self-titled debut album sounds uncannily like it could have been cut from the undiscovered sessions for Fairpost Convention’s Liege & Lief masterpiece.

Anyhow, they packed it all in about a year or so ago now and, having loved their stuff and seen them a couple of times in concert where they were also excellent, I was rather gutted. Still, they had a couple of extra songs from the aborted sessions for their second album and these are now available on their website. I’ve posted them here as well, because I have every confidence in human laziness, so I thought taking a step out of the process might get more folk listening to the songs.

18th Day of May – Seven Dials
18th Day of May – Stone Cold
18th Day of May – Tell Me Tomorrow

Two of their former members, Mark Nicholas and Alison Cotton, have gone on to form a new group, called The Left Outsides. They explore similar territory but with a far dreamer and more ethereal sort of sound. I’ve included a couple of tracks here, and there are two more on their MySpace page for download. If this all tickles your fancy then they have a lovely album – perhaps a bit folky for my punkier readers – which can be bought for about six quid from their website, here.

The Left Outsides – Fallen by the Wayside
The Left Outsides – The Third Light

Yes, we’re back and this time we’ve relaxed a little.  There’s a bit less cussing and ranting in this podcast than usual – in fact virtually no ranting at all, which is probably as much of a surprise to me as it is to you.

I’m looking at late evening music this week because Mrs. Toad and I were recently talking about the Chillout craze which kicked off about six or seven years ago. It descended into electronic muzak unfortunately, but there were some good things in there at the beginning, so I thought I’d have a look at it.  I’ve thrown in some stuff I find nice and eveningy and relaxing as well just to stop it becoming too tedious.

Toadcast #7 – The Chillout Tent

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01. Groove Armada – At The River (01.31)
02. The Avalanches – Frontier Psychiatrist (04.32)
03. Calexico – Human (10.31)
04. Cinerama – Diamonds Are Forever (15.14)
05. Jazzy Jeff – For Love of Da Game (19.02)
06. Fear of Pop – In Love (23.12)
07. The 18th Day of May – Cold Early Morning (31.11)
08. Lucinda Williams – Ventura (35.40)
09. Lemonjelly – In the Bath (41.51)
10. Sandy Bull – Carmina Burana Fantasy (48.28)
11. The Hold Steady – The Chillout Tent (54.04)
12. RJD2 – Ghostwriter (57.36)
13. Edith Piaf – La Vie en Rose (63.22)
14. Marilyn Monroe – Through With Love (67.02)
15. The Divine Comedy – Theme From Casanova (69.50)