Session 008 of Sonic Router Radio finds mlr in a slower mood, stuck in a tailback and focusing a little more intently on the recent slew of hectic hip hop and skweee before the soon to be customary ‘dubstep’ mix segment.

Joining American acts like Free The Robots, devonwho & Shlohmo, with overseas vets like Hovatron, Mesak and Teebs & Jackhigh and the current crop of the UK beats circuit – AD Bourke, Boss Kite, Rudi Zygadlo & Slugabed and Tranqill the opening section seriously bumps before some hot to trot exclusives from Scuba, Kontext, SBTRKT, Eleven Tigers, XI and Starkey get warped and shuffled into some kind of sync.

No commercials. No Mercy.

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Tracklist:

1. mlr – Exit 7 [CDR]
2. devonwho – Braketime (Shlohmo’s Reiteration) [Klipmode]
3. Free The Robots – Turbulence [Alphapup]
4. Hovatron – Let’s Get Wet [Lo Fi Funk]
5. Tranqill – Chips & Cheese [One Handed Music]
6. Teebs & Jackhigh – Tropics [Svetlana Industries]
7. Mesak – Omega Jam [Harmoenia]
8. AD Bourke – Hair Gel [Citinite]
9. Rudi Zygadlo – Resealable Friendship (Slugabed Remix) [Planet Mu]
10. Shola Ama – Imagine (Boss Kite Remix) [CDR]
11. SBTRKT - Pause For Thought [forthcoming Brainmath]
12. Scuba – You Got Me [forthcoming Hotflush]
13. Eleven Tigers – Stood Up [Wigflex/Soul Motive]
14. Clouds – Protecting Hands (Geiomix) [Deep Medi]
15. Kontext – Clinch [forthcoming Immerse]
16. El Rakkas – I & I (XI Remix) [LoDubs]
17. Starkey ft. P.Money – Numb [forthcoming Planet Mu]
18. Kyle Hall - Kaychunk [Hyperdub]

Lining up another collection of the freshest new tracks, plus… Craig from Dogs Die In Hot Cars talks about his latest project… Jim reveals how he almost got lynched in Stirling… and can Paisley really be more of a musical hotbed than Liverpool?

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Jim’s links:

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*photo of Pearl

Tracklist

1. Mopp feat. Stevie ‘A Day Needs More Love’ [myspace]
2. Arran Arctic ‘Tight Lipped Lover’ [myspace]
3. We’re Only Afraid Of NYC ‘Where We Go At Night’ [myspace]
4. Annie Stevenson ‘Country Killer’ [myspace]
5. Moy ‘Just A Kiss’ [myspace]
6. Alan McKim ‘Elated’ [myspace]
7. Endor ‘Two Lovers’ [myspace]
8. Skies Fell ‘Contest’ [myspace]
9. Stevie And The Moon ‘Tick Tock World’ [myspace]
10. Pearl And The Puppets ‘Because I Do’ [myspace]

We Sink Ships is a collaboration featuring Heidi Kuisma, a Finnish born, Glasgow based photographer and Neil Milton, a Scottish born photographer, musician and record label owner living in Warsaw, Poland.

Together they create and curate online photo exhibitions and present weekly podcasts hosted on Radio Magnetic.

On the first Tuesday of every month, We Sink Ships will feature something they love – it might be a band, a label, an artist, a gallery or a venue – then Neil will play out with 45 minutes of electro-disco-wonk-pop.

The following Tuesday each month, We Sink Ships will invite a guest DJ to record a set which will be preceded by an introduction to the guest.

On the 3rd Tuesday of the month, Heidi will take her turn to play some music but not before they’ve discussed a monthly Nick-Hornby-esque top 5.

Finishing off the month, the 4th show will be something a little different; with the return of Neil’s record label, We Sink Ships are presenting the Too Many Fireworks podcast, featuring music from the label, past and present, plus Neil’s latest ambient, minimalist or alternative-classical favourites.

This week, Neil and Heidi discuss their top 5 movie soundtracks and last week’s guest, Ólafur Arnalds tells us about some of his favourite scores.  Then Heidi returns for her monthly DJ set featuring an eclectic mix of a host of bands from several different countries.  Of course, while you’re listening to the mix, you can hot-foot it along to the WSS blog to tell us about your favourite soundtracks.  Enjoy.

Tracklist

1. Frankie & The Heartstrings – Fragile
2. White Rose Movement – Cigarette Machine
3. Placebo – Running Up That Hill
4. Beck – Everybody’s Gotta Learn Sometime
5. Gentleman Reg – Wicked Game
6. Her Name is Calla – Long Grass
7. Unni Løvlid – Vind Kom
8. Seabear – Lion Face Boy
9. Galleries – +danger
10. Joensuu 1685 – Electric Ocean Sailor

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Favourites of Drag City Records prolific, indie-folk artist Alasdair Roberts the tour sees a collaboration between his band and Kiila and it promises to be something quite special.

Here we chat to Alasdair about the tour, the band accompanying him and the music to expect as well as his fondness of the Fins.

You can catch The Alasdair Roberts Band with Kiila  on tour throughout Scotland on the following dates:

• Fri 12th Mar, The Sage, Gateshead
• Sat 13th Mar, The Links, Montrose
• Sun 14th Mar, Stereo, Glasgow
• Mon 15th Mar, An Tobar, Tobermory
• Tue 16th Mar, Mad Hatters, Inverness
• Wed 17th Mar, The Old Bridge Inn, Aviemore
• Thu 18th Mar 2010, The Tunnels, Aberdeen
• Fri 19th Mar, The Loft, Kinloss
• Sat 20th Mar, Sabhal Mor Ostaig, Skye

For more information and to buy tickets for all tour dates visit:
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Hinterland Festival returns to Glasgow on Saturday 3 April. This year’s lineup includes Mystery Jets, British Sea Power and Jeffrey Lewis plus DJ sets from Friendly Fires and Hot Chip’s Joe Goddard.

Radio Magnetic are very pleased to announce that we’ll be hosting the Arches event as part of Hinterland which features Friendly Fires and Hot Chip’s Joe Goddard amongst some more treats and surprises including a Ballers Social Club showcase and The Greco Roman Soundsystem.

With that in mind we’ve put together a playlist of out favourite acts set to appear at this years festival.

For more information about this years festival go to the hinterland website.

Tracklist

1. Hot Chip – One Life Stand
2. Hot Club De Paris – Dance A Ragged Dance
3. Johnny Foreigner – Lea Room
4. The Wave Pictures – Strawberry Cables
5. Fenech Soler – Stop and Stare
6. Friendly Fires – Kiss of Life
7. Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs – Sickly Child
8. Cooly G – Narst
9. Mystery Jets – Half In Love With Elizabeth
10. Jeffrey Lewis and the Junkyard – If Life Exists
11. British Sea Power – Atom

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Pop on over to their site at phuturelabs.com for free music galore sprinkled with reviews, competitions and random banter.

Tracklist

1. Phantogram – When I’m Small – Ghostly
2. Breakage – Open Up – Digital Soundboy
3. The XX – VCR (Matthew Dear Remix)
4. Distance – Beyond – Chestplate
5. Kuedo – Starfox – Planet Mu
6. The Set Up – Lizard (Ronin Reconstruction) – Nerve Breaks
7. Epyptrixx – Battle for North America – AAAHH!! Real Monsters
8. Noisia – Split The Atom – Vision
9. Four Tet – Love Cry – Domino
10. Donaeo – Riot Music (Skream rmx) – Digital Soundboy
11. Floating Points – Peoples Potential – Eglo
12. Seafar – GLA (FSOLDIGITAL.COM)
13. Seafar – High Tide at Point Ormond (FSOLDIGITAL.COM)
14. Midmir – Whiteout – Retronym
15. Fur – Witches – Waaga Records
16. Fur – Hidden – Waaga Records
17. Essell – Daydream – Soulseek Records
18. Echoes Escape – 10 (unsigned)
19. Fur – Friends (Solar Bears Remix) – Secret Station
20. DFRNT – Decay – On The Edge
21. Jose James – Blackmagic (Joy Orbison’s Recreation) – Brownswood
22. Y2D – Autonomy – Nerve
23. Black Van – Yearning (Emperor Machine Mix) – DFA
24. Caribou – Odessa – City Slang

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The former Xfm and BBC Radio Scotland new music guru continues to fly the flag for 6 Music… he reveals a new radio adventure of his own… his plans to wind up a rival podcast… and just why he went on a long walk on his 42nd birthday.

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Jim’s links:

www.jimgellatly.com

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*photo of The 10:04’s by Michael Fulton

Tracklist

1. Dan Bull ‘Dear Auntie’ [myspace]
2. Stars And Sons ‘If It’s Good For Me’ [myspace]
3. Pareto ‘Call Me Alphabet’ [myspace]
4. 4dayweekend ‘Not Enough’ [myspace]
5. The Strike Nineteens ‘Caught With A Wire’ [myspace]
6. Django Django ‘WOR’ [myspace]
7. Iain Morrison ‘7th Floor’ [myspace]
8. Miniature Dinosaurs ‘Write Back’ [myspace]
9. The 10:04’s ‘Acceptable Disorder’ [myspace]
10. Julia And The Doogans ‘Come Home’ [myspace]

We Sink Ships is a collaboration featuring Heidi Kuisma, a Finnish born, Glasgow based photographer and Neil Milton, a Scottish born photographer, musician and record label owner living in Warsaw, Poland.

Together they create and curate online photo exhibitions and present weekly podcasts hosted on Radio Magnetic.

On the first Tuesday of every month, We Sink Ships will feature something they love – it might be a band, a label, an artist, a gallery or a venue – then Neil will play out with 45 minutes of electro-disco-wonk-pop.

The following Tuesday each month, We Sink Ships will invite a guest DJ to record a set which will be preceded by an introduction to the guest.

On the 3rd Tuesday of the month, Heidi will take her turn to play some music but not before they’ve discussed a monthly Nick-Hornby-esque top 5.

Finishing off the month, the 4th show will be something a little different; with the return of Neil’s record label, We Sink Ships are presenting the Too Many Fireworks podcast, featuring music from the label, past and present, plus Neil’s latest ambient, minimalist or alternative-classical finds.

We continue our feature of Erased Tapes records this month with the label’s neo-classical composer, Ólafur Arnalds.  Neil talked to Óli on the phone last week and asked him about his career so far, his influences and his future plans.  After that, Óli offered up his own personal “beginners guide” to classical music featuring his major influences and pieces he thought you should hear.  Podcast 2 of episode 3 is our first fully-recorded episode on Skype, which was…er… an experience.  We’re both very excited about this week’s show and we hope you enjoy it.

Tracklist

1. Franz Schubert – Sonata in A major D. 959: Andantino
2. Arvo Pärt – Cantus In Memoriam Benjamin Britten
3. Nils Frahm – Dedication, Loyalty
4. Samuel Barber – String Quartet No. 1, Op. 11: Adagio
5. Arvo Pärt – Für Alina
6. Max Richter – On the Nature of Daylight
7. Hauschka – Freibad

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The ninth outing from the Big Dada team is upon us. Check out the podcast for new and fresh tunes from Jammer and Juice Aleem, a classic Wiley number and a selection from the Big Dada vaults from 2006.

Presented by A La Fu, here’s the Big Dada Podcast No. 9, other highlights include Ty, Roots Manuva and Spank Rock.

Tracklist

1. Juice Aleem – Hologram (Si Begg’s We Are Future Remix)
2. The Infesticons – Hang It Up
3. Jammer – Better Than (Lorn Remix)
4. Juice Aleem ft Serocee, Rider Shafique, Charles Moopowe, Blackitude, Kosyne, TY, TheWhatSupreme, Justice Hotep Higher Higher (Revox)

Classic Track

Wiley – No Qualms

Big Dada Vaults – 2006

1. Spank Rock – Sweet Talk (Kalbata Rmx)
2. Spank Rock – Bump (Switch Rmx)
3. Spank Rock – Chilly Will
4. New Flesh – (pas la peine d’appeler je ne réponds pas au) TELEPHONE – TTC Wherever We Go
5. New Flesh – Armshouse
6. Ty – Closer
7. Ty – Don’t Watch That
8. Roots Manuva – No Love

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In Greek mythology, Leda was the daughter of the Aetolian king Thestius and wife of Tyndareus, king of Sparta. As you may have guessed by now Zeus fancied her. I mean who didn’t he want a piece of ? As always Zeus had a cunning plan to seduce her. Turning himself into a swan, he fell into her arms for protection from a pursuing eagle. Later that night, as Leda lay with her husband, Zeus cosummated their relationship.

If all this bird based beastiality is starting to get to you, fear not as we’ve also got a stack of brand new tunes for your listening pleasure. Whether it be the ambient dubstep of Ginz and Kool Money Kwame or the Scottish indie delights of We Were Promised Jetpacks you’ll find something to entice you into our Orbit.

To buy a selection of music from this week’s Orbit and some of Matthew Sweeney’s musical recommendations visit the Orbit MP3 shop.

Tracklist

1. Love.Stop.Repeat. – Something for Mary – Make Your Own Adventure
2. We Were Promised Jetpacks – A Far Cry – Fatcat
3. Foals – Spanish Sahara – Sub Pop
4. All the Damn Kids – The Books Stop Here – Elvis Lives
5. Sasha – Every End Has a Start – Not Yet Retro
6. Broken Social Scene – World Sick – Arts & Crafts
7. Shout Out Louds – Fall Hard – Weekender
8. Bruce Stallion – Drugs = Bad – Coin Operated
9. Urchins & Spoek – Tickets (Kid Kaio is High Remix) – Palms Out Sounds
10. Django Django – WOR – Bonjour Branch
11. Caribou – Odessa – Merge
12. Flying Lotus – Computer Face / Pure Being – Warp
13. Ginz & Kool Money Kwame – Wet Wipe Riddem – Earwax