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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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]

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

Stuart McHugh separates the wheat from the chaff in the landfill indie pile and sees the cream of new releases rise to the top in a sea of mixed metaphors. This edition of the is this music? Podcast includes a track from the brand new Emma Pollock album, and also a tune from Burnt Island amongst much more.

Those two come together (alongside Josh Pike) at Glasgow’s King Tut’s on Friday 19 March. Burnt Island’s mini-album Music and Maths is launched at Glasgow’s Mono on Sunday 7 March with appearances by Aidan Moffat, Second Hand Marching Band and Benni Hemm Hemm. Also up this time round, the latest from Stow College’s Electric Honey signings Woodenbox With A Fistful of Fivers and Warp Record’s Gonja Sufi.

Tracklist

1. Emma Pollock – Red Orange Green – Chemikal Underground
2. The Paraffins – Something Good – Ear Spook
3. Burnt Island – Music and Maths – Chaffinch
4. Gonja Sufi – Ancestors – Warp
5. Pensioner – Goodbye Tension Hello Pension – self-released
6. Serena Maneesh – Reprobate – 4AD
7. Woodenbox with a Fistful of Fivers - Besides The Point – Electric Honey
8. Streets of Rage – untitled – unlabeled
9. The Wildhouse – Ficca – 17seconds
10. Scott MacDonald – Tabla Alba – www.scott-macdonald.com
11. Marble Valley – Artificial Pistols – Sea

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Jim Gellatly with more of the freshest sounds from Scotland and beyond…

In the latest installment of Jim Gellatly’s New Music… info on how unsigned acts can appear at T In The Park… a mysterious duo unveiled… the Scots TV star backing some hot indie rockers from Wakefield… and Jim’s thoughts on the suggestion that 6 Music may close.

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*photo of Hip Parade

Tracklist

1. Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip ‘Get Better’ (Errors remix) [myspace]
2. Esteban ‘She Goes Out’ [myspace]
3. Miaoux Miaoux ‘Pixellated’ [myspace]
4. Silver Columns ‘Cavalier’ [myspace]
5. New Vinyl ‘Call For Rebellion’ [myspace]
6. Hip Parade ‘Katie Goes Dancing’ [myspace]
7. Woodenbox With A Fistful Of Fivers ‘Besides The Point’ [myspace]
8. Schnapps ‘Crossdresser’ [myspace]
9. Marco Polo ‘The Circle’ [myspace]
10. Florence & The Machine ‘Dog Days Are Over’ (An Optimo (Espacio) mix) [myspace]

Jim Gellatly lays down another mix of breaking sounds from Scotland and beyond.

In his latest update on what’s hot and happening in the world of New Music, Jim ponders the question of name changes, with Admiral Fallow, LightGuides and Penny Black just 3 acts sporting new monikers.

Also… why Jim’s planned DJ set after Biffy Clyro at  King Tut’s 20^th Birthday Party went out the window… and just why Cheesy Pasty may have made one act’s night at the Dundee Concert For Haiti.

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*photo of Jim with Gary Tank Commander (Greg McHugh) at the Dundee Concert For Haiti.

Tracklist

1. Emma Pollock ‘I Could Be A Saint’ [myspace]
2. Admiral Fallow ‘Squealing Pigs’ [myspace]
3. LightGuides ‘The Lion And The Pocketwatch’ [myspace]
4. Veronica Falls ‘Found Love In A Graveyard’ [myspace]
5. Secret Circuits ‘This Town’ [myspace]
6. Penny Black ‘Belong’ [myspace]
7. Pose Victorious ‘Infiltrate’ [myspace]
8. The Unwinding Hours ‘Tightrope’ [myspace]
9. Withered Hand ‘Love In The Time of Ecstasy’ (Swimmer One Remix) [myspace]
10. Catcher ‘Tobacco and Slavery’ [myspace]

Jim Gellatly meets another of his tips for the coming year…

As featured in Jim’s 10 for 2010 (episode 64), Erland & The Carnival really are a delightful musical box of tricks. Their self-titled debut album dips into the past and drags the influences and inspirations screaming into the 21^st Century. Live, as Jim witnessed at The Captain’s Rest in Glasgow, “It’s anything but the folk revival you might expect from the outside looking in. The roots may be in folk music, but these guys have unleashed an eclectic indie-rock monster ranging from psychedelic folk through to garage rock and post-Brit Pop.”

Perhaps what’s on offer becomes less of a surprise when you realise the rich pedigree of the band. Guitarist Simon Tong first made his name with The Verve, before playing with Blur, Gorillaz and most recently The Good, The Bad & The Queen. Drummer David Nock’s CV also reads like a Who’s Who of indie rock as a session musician, engineer and programmer including The Cult, The Orb, The Charlatans, The Futureheads and even with Sir Paul McCartney on his The Fireman project.

Fronted by Orkney’s Erland Cooper, plus Andy Harris on keys and bass player Danny Wheeler, Erland & The Carnival are set to take the festivals by storm in the Summer.

In this latest episode of Jim Gellatly’s New Music, the band perform acoustically and select some of the music that has helped forge their sound.

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Tracklist

1. Jackson C Frank ‘My Name Is Carnival’
2. Bo Diddley ‘Hey Bo Diddley’
3. Erland & The Carnival ‘You Have Loved Enough’ [session track]
4. Half Cousin ‘The Absentee’
5. Pentangle ‘Travelling Song’
6. Erland & The Carnival ‘Everything Came Too Easy’ [session track]
7. Traffic ‘Hole In My Shoe’
8. LCD Soundsystem ‘Someone Great’
9. The Band ‘The Weight’
10. Erland & The Carnival ‘Trouble In Mind’ [session track]

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, we open with a discussion of our top 5 cover versions before handing the torch to worriedaboutsatan’s Gav and Tom to tell us theirs.  There are some cracking covers in there and one or two surprises.  After that, Heidi takes you through to the end with a lovely selection of tunes. As always, we really hope you enjoy. Remember to come along to our blog and give us your top 5 selection.

Tracklist

1. The Mary Onettes – Puzzles
2. You Say Party! We Say Die! – Laura Palmer’s Prom
3. Solid Gold – Matter Of Time
4. Je Suis Animal – Sparkle Split
5. Mew – Repeater Beater
6. Union Of Knives – Take The Flesh
7. The Golden Filter – Thunderbird
8. Cold Cave – Life Magazine
9. Sissy Wish – Dwts
10. Braids – Lemonade
11. Conquering Animal Sound – Champion Sound

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Stuart McHugh delves into the bulging itm? sack to find new and forthcoming releases from among others Efterklang, Panda Su and Errors. Listen in.

There’s also a track from The Unwinding Hours, the band formed from the ashes of Aereogramme, and who, following a debut at the Chemilal Underground 15th Annniversary party, have their debut headline show at Glasgow’s Stereo on the Friday 5 March.

Tracklist

1. Charlotte Gainsborough – Trick Pony – Because
2. Mascot Fight – Trawler (Losers Can’t Be Choosers EP) – Casette County
3. Panda Su – Eric is Dead – Peter Panda
4. Quasi – Repulsion – Domino
5. The Unwinding Hours – Tightrope – Chemikal Underground
6. Viv Albertine – Never Come – Ecstatic Peace
7. Shearwater – Black Eyes – Matador
8. Frightened Rabbit – Living In Colour – Fat Cat
9. Efterklang – Raincoats – 4AD
10. Errors – Antipode – Rock Action

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Episode 50 is here like a fire breathing juggernaught! With it is our tribute to Valentines Day! Halina and Sean present another music packed extravaganza that compliments that romantic holiday the best way Glasgow Podcart felt!

We open and close with Lovers Turn To Monsters so you get the theme by now! Sit back, grab your chocolates (matron) and enjoy!

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Tracklist

Lovers Turn To Monsters – 25.02.09

Super Adventure Club – Pick Up Sticks

Yusuf Azak – Verbatim

No Spaces, No Vowels – Pieces

King Post Kitsch – Fante’s Last Stand

Misterlee – Littleman

Conquering Animal Sound – Alice Shoes

CHEER – grey blue

Ex Libras – Radar

Lovers Turn To Monsters – We’re All Done For

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Jim Gellatly uncovers more of Scotland’s rising stars…

The new music guru presents another bunch of bands to check out. Included this time round… an act featuring former members of one of his all time favourites… a band he suspects may spend much of their time in the bookies… plus the latest on the Haiti Benefit gig that Jim’s hosting in Dundee.

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*photo of Sonny Marvello by Dave Taylor www.davetaylorphotography.com

Tracklist

1. Pearl And The Puppets ‘Girlfriend’ [myspace]
2. Dave? ‘That Spark’ [myspace]
3. The Leads ‘The Grand National’ [myspace]
4. Isa & The Filthy Tongues ‘Honey For Sale’ [myspace]
5. The Marvels ‘Three Versions Of Time’ [myspace]
6. The Clyde ‘Where Were We?’ [myspace]
7. Sonny Marvello ‘Easy Boys’ [myspace]
8. Paper Planes ‘Disconnected I Know’ [myspace]
9. Mitchell Museum ‘Room For Improvement’ [myspace]
10. The Kays Lavelle ‘The Hours’ [myspace]