Tag: Folk

  • Dead Sound – Episode 1: Ft. Big Troubles, Stephen Malkmus, Magnetic Fields and More

    Dead Sound – Episode 1: Ft. Big Troubles, Stephen Malkmus, Magnetic Fields and More

    Dead Sound is an indie music blog featuring must hear bands, new music, interviews and regular free MP3 downloads. It’s run by Breda who also regularly blogs for Radio Magnetic. Ann-Marie presents the Needle Hits the Groove podcast on Ireland’s RTE 2XM. In their first show together, hear music from Breda and Ann-Marie’s new musical…

  • Is This Music? Episode 35:  Featuring St Vincent, Martin John Henry, Fangs and Loch Lomond

    Is This Music? Episode 35: Featuring St Vincent, Martin John Henry, Fangs and Loch Lomond

    Stuart delivers a pre-holiday selection (although like our football team being home before the postcards, he’ll be back before it’s online!) A largely Scottish-themed show, though Loch Lomond are from the US, as are St Vincent and Trips and Falls are a Quebecois ensemble. There’s also some Hamburg post-rock, but the have some good old…

  • Live Circuit Classics: José González

    Live Circuit Classics: José González

    Live Circuit Classics – José González Live Perfomance @Mono in Glasgow, Nov 2005

  • Past T Break Stage Stars Offer Advice To This Year’s Line-Up!

    Past T Break Stage Stars Offer Advice To This Year’s Line-Up!

    In the first in our series of special preview podcasts on the run-up to T Break at T in the Park 2011, we chat to four of the excellent artists who have played the T Break Stage in the past and find out from them what the experience was like. Tommy from FOUND, Ben from…

  • Is This Music?  Episode 30: Featuring She’s Hit, Crystal Stilts, United Fruit and More

    Is This Music? Episode 30: Featuring She’s Hit, Crystal Stilts, United Fruit and More

    Listen online, stream and download the Is This Music? podcast on Radio Magnetic every month featuring the best new music going through the ITM? office’s letterbox. An exciting and vibrant (downright noisy in fact) bunch of tracks this week on ITM? – ranging geographically from Paris and Bucharest to Brooklyn and, er, Aviemore. We’re sooo…

  • Mogwai Rock Action Podcast 7

    Mogwai Rock Action Podcast 7

    Listen to, stream and download the monthly Mogwai Rock Action podcast on Radio Magnetic. This month we have a serious lack of guest action and its just little old me. Probably just as well as at the rate we’re going to end up having the waiters at our favourite eateries choosing records as we run…

  • Nyx: Featuring Arcade Fire, James Yuill and L-Vis 1990

    Nyx: Featuring Arcade Fire, James Yuill and L-Vis 1990

    Listen online to Radio Magnetic’s weekly new music show which this week features brand new music from James Yuill, L-Vis 1990 and Arcade Fire. This week’s episode is named after Pluto’s moon Nyx. In Greek mythology, Nyx was the primordial goddess of the night. A shadowy figure, Nyx stood at the beginning of creation and…

  • Broken Ear : feat Real Estate

    Broken Ear : feat Real Estate

    If you muzak-lovers need something to help you get down, look no further than the latest instalment of Broken Ear. Featuring Fools Gold, Memory Tapes, and a shiny new track from Joanna Newsom. As well as some chat from Matt Mondanile of Real Estate and Ducktails. http://www.radiomagnetic.com

  • Sub Tropic: Celtic Connections Special 003

    Sub Tropic: Celtic Connections Special 003

    Zagueiro is joined by old sparring partner Craig O’Connell playing music from artists playing at the Celtic Connections festival and creating the Sub Tropic guide to the shows not to be missed. http://www.radiomagnetic.com

  • Sub Tropic: Old Dutch 004

    Sub Tropic: Old Dutch 004

    This month’s installment features new (old) – or should that be old (new) Afrobeat from Nigeria from Soundway’s forthcoming Nigeria Afrobeat Special compilation and music from Benin’s Orchestre Poly Rythmo. Also, a special silent feature on Sub Tropic’s favorite new band (and David Byrne’s Luaka Bop label’s latest signing) all the way from Providence New…

  • Radio Vava: Vavafesto 4

    Radio Vava: Vavafesto 4

    You find yourself in a far away land which in truth doesn’t feel that far away at all but you are in the midst of change, the new year has again reared its familiar head as you try and guess just what year we’re up to now, while with blasted fervour you dig deep for…

  • Kelburn Garden Party; Sunday

    Kelburn Garden Party; Sunday

    This is the second of two shows bringing you the best live music recorded at the Kelburn Garden Party. This show concentrates on the Sunday and features an interview and music from The Aliens and music from Bombskare, Belleruche, Asthmatic Astronaut, Swimmer One, Samba ya Bamba and FOUND. The free-spirited ethos of The Garden Party…