Quack Spout: December 2010

2010 draws towards a close, and just as I think I've figured out my favourite records of the year, more great music drops through my letterbox...

QUACK SPOUT - DECEMBER mp3

Playlist:

Birdeatsbaby - Gone!
Ursine Vulpine - Raijin
The Other Dances - City Of Heaven
Sister Mantos - SHPESHFTR
Chris Brokaw - Criminals
Standard Planets - Squeky
Jakokoyak - Dada Love
H.Hawkline - Gelly (Lleuad II)

Quack Spout: November 2010

Ever so slightly belated due to the fact that I've had a vicious cold and the sound of snot being drawn up through my nostrils (or blasted out, depending on circumstances) probably wouldn't make great listening.

QUACK SPOUT - NOVEMBER mp3

Playlist:

Johnny 5th Wheel & The Cowards - Little Red Hen
Islet - Obtaining
Tiger Shadow - Inner City
Kostoglotov - Freakshow On Rollerblades
Black Gardenias - Norma Jean
Tough Troubles - Onset Of Schizophrenia
The Tumbledryer Babies - WWF
The Graceful Slicks - Show's Over
Cheapskate - Get Up Early
Alex Dingley - Lovely Day

Quack Spout: October 2010

This month's podcast seems over-run by solo artists making lots of noise, though there's a few bands in there and a desperate plug for an impending gig... Enjoy!

QUACK SPOUT OCTOBER -MP3

Playlist:

Fuzzystar - Mathematics
Ambeson - A Window To Look Through
Autoportrait - Awaken
The Sound of the Ladies - Every Single One
Man Is Slapped - ...exgirlfriend
The Silent Committee - Lullabye
Heights - From Sea To Sky
Bearsuit - Please Don't Take Him Back


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Quack Spout: September 2010

It's back... again... I should stop setting deadlines for these, until I can afford to make music/film/writing/etc. my full-time job then people can expect these two crop up online randomly at best. Sigh.

QUACK SPOUT - SEPTEMBER 2010 mp3

Playlist:

Smallgang - Cockpit
Human Wave Attack - Big Empty Sky
The Waxing Captors - Jaywalkin' Out Your Heart
Sweet Baboo - I'm A Dancer 2
Second Head - Starglow
Sister Mantos - No God
Mickey Gloss - Jesus Don't Want Me Anymore
Connan Mockasin - Egon Hosford

Quack Spout MkII: Number Five

Borderline May's podcast, this is, in fact, April's, and May's will be along probably in October!? Fingers crossed, ay...

QUACK SPOUT 2.5 - MP3

Playlist

Mademoiselle Caro & Franck Garcia - Fly
The Black Acid Band - Wunji the Destroyer
Chris Brokaw & Geoff Farina - In The Evening
The Exhibition - Bright New Worlds
Jouis - Miss Monroe
Cheapskate - Trees
Air To Achilles - If My Heart Stops Beating
Lasse Brawn - Itch
Gus Garcia - Colleagues
Pope Joan - Mattias
Phantom Theory - Trancedog
Olympians - North Sea

Quack Spout MkII: Number Four

Back with a vengence:

QUACK SPOUT 2.4 - MP3

Playlist

Islet - Sign For Home
Don't Tread On Spiders - Like A Cloud
Bygone - The Salt Mine Mules of Wieliczka
Tiger Shadow - I Knew You'd Be Alright
Wes Finch - Oh My Days!
Destroy Nate Allen - Steady
Kissing Kalina - Ellie Rd.
Cats and Cats and Cats - Cut Your Hair
Afrirampo - Suuto Breakor 3
Houdini Dax - Struggling in the Sand
James Erswell - Shine Bright
Vienna Ditto - Long Way Down
Zygmunt Day - Edward Brown
Sparklehorse - Gold Day

Quack Spout MkII: Number Three

Well, not quite as 'bang on' December as I thought, though this podcast has been 'in the can' for a few days... this is the last podcast of the year until the climatic 'Best Of...' one that should hit just before or just after New Year's.

QUACK SPOUT 2.3 - MP3

Playlist:

Battle For Prague - I See A Ghost
Common Deflection Problems - Reharse My Soul
Ursine Vulpine - The Man From The Sleepy Village Town
Haunted Stereo - To Be Good
Houka Monks - Strange Things
Richie Syrett - Mondays Always Come
Air To Achilles - Holy Ghost
The Carletones - Release Me
Dam Mantle (Animals + War) - Veils
Charlotte Gainsbourg (feat. Beck) - Heaven Can Wait
Napoleon IIIrd - The Strong Nuclear Force
Like Wow (feat. Thomas Truax) - Old Man Santa


Also Check Out:

Maps Christmas Calendar.
Das Wanderlust's Charity Xmas Single.

Quack Spout MkII: Number Two

Despite my personal belief that I would finally be able to get things 'on track' and be more timely with this podcast (and my backlog of demo reviews) it's taken me half of November to finally get this month's show together. But, by way of compensation, it's a really great roster of bands this month, so it's well worth the wait!

QUACK SPOUT 2.2 - Mp3

Playlist:

The Darlingtons - Rainbows
Relation - Way Outside
Ellis James - I Found What I Lost When I Died
Django Spears - Genie In A Bottle
Video Nasties - Old Flowers
Colourmusic - Spring Song
Kick To Kill - Cut Me
The Hornblower Brothers - Middle Class Hero
Mr. Cricket - Lithorians
Motorcycle Display Team - Beneath The Flowerbeds
Nosferatu D2 - 2 People 0 Superpowers
Tearjerker - Scream
Little My - Panic At The Museum
The Echo Session - Tell Me
Untied States - Wrestling With Entropy In The Rehabbed Factory

Also check out:

Respond (Again!)
Sore Thumb Records

Quack Spout MkII: Number One

After time off to sort many, many things out (still sorting mind) I have managed to record a brand spanking new Quack Spout. Not much else to say about it, other than it's full of great music, and it's a very eclectic line-up this month. Enjoy!

QUACK SPOUT 2.1 - MP3

Playlist:

Stylusboy - Stopclock
Mlini - Monkey Say Monkey Do
Lowstar - Waves
Gindrinker - Gorsedd
The Honey Den - Beyond That Way
Glitches - 13th Labour
Pocket Promise - Deja Vu
Los Salvadores - No Heroes
Haunted Stereo - Cross The Sea
Arabella - Overdose
The Grizzly Owls - I Am A Shootist
Los Campesinos! - The Sea Is A Good Place To Think Of The Future
The Low Anthem - To Ohio
Euros Childs - How Do You Do

Also check out:

Respond
Amnesty Brighton
Los Campesinos! Video

An Explanation...

Obviously Quack Spout has been absent from podcastage for a few weeks now, and I've also been rather behind on my demo reviews for God is in the TV, and this is due a general state of rather busy-ness and some 'life altering' occurences that have, er, occured. Basically and broadly, I've moved from Brighton to a sofa in London...

But, fear not, Quack Spout is not an ex-parrot. No, m'am. Instead I've re-evaluated it and figured that if it were a once monthly podcast then I can make sure I'm bringing you the very best new, unsigned, independent music amassed from four weeks worth of demo reviews as opposed to really trying to cobble together 12/13 tracks every single week.

So, I'm going to take September off in an effort to adjust to sofa life and Quack Spout will be back, bright eyed and bushy tailed in October.

See you soon! x

Quack Spout #14

A bit of a hastily muttered Spout with some damn fine tunes.

QUACK SPOUT #14 - MP3

Playlist:

Jaydiohead - 99 Anthems
Steve Halliday - The Trees
Draw Me Stories - The You & Me Theatre
Crocodiles - I Wanna Kill
Apologies, I Have None - Bent Strings
Neuschwanstein - The Whole Sorry Mess
k-os - I Wish I Knew Natalie Portman
Aidan Smith - Words Waltz Like Flies
The Polyphonic Spree - Blurry
Chickenhawk - I Hate This, Do You Like It?
Scott Warren - Laugh Through The Pain
The Mountain Goats - Genesis 3:23

Quack Spout #13

Download it, listen to it, smell it, whatever you like, it's a free country:

QUACK SPOUT #13 - MP3

Playlist:

Tiger Shadow - W'happen
I Remember Tapes - All I Know
Revengine - F(r)iend
M - Le Bapteme
Sullem Voe - California
Silence At Sea - Tell It To The King
The Cess Allan Band - Stanford
Unfinished Drawings - Currents
Campo-Formio - El Joke
Half-Handed Cloud - Feed Your Sheep a Burning Lamp
Monster Island - Getting Warmer
Coeur de Pirate - Comme Des Enfants

Quack Spout #12

Good morning! I haven't been sleeping much of late, which means this Sunday's Quack Spout can be online nice and early to accompany hangovers and Sunday Roasts.

QUACK SPOUT #12 - MP3

Playlist:

Striking Minors - This Offer Excludes Northern Ireland
Blacklisters - Swords
Alex Valentine - Ghost
Connan and the Mockasins - Starlett Johansson
The Ascension - Temperament
Venus Mischiefs - Russian Bar
Toby Wainwright Johns - Pressed Flowers
Blue Wall - Efforts To Change Somebody
Lion O'Brien - This Is Our Time
Bowerbirds - Northern Lights
Loz Jones - Idiot Room
Son Capson - Vertical India
Rivulets - Win or Lose

Quack Spout #11

Well, it's been a busy few weeks for me post-Glastonbury and at long last I have had some spare time to record another podcast with plenty of fantastic music, have a listen:

QUACK SPOUT #11 - MP3

Playlist:

Street Chant feat MC Stormtroopa - Black or White
Pocket Promise - Talkovertalking
The Little Darlings - Time and Chance
YouNoGoDie - Last Night a DJ Saved My Wife
The Victorian English Gentlemens Club - Parrot
Kelley Polar - Magic Dance
The Carletons - On To A Winner
Oxygen Thief - Too Many Trees
Pilots - Alarms
Science Bastard - Nail
Monster Island - The Blues Empire
Stornoway - Zorbing

Download the entire Michael Jackson tribute 'Moonlight, Good Times & Boogie' (featuring 1995, Golden Axe, Connan Mockasin and many more) at Cheese On Toast: HERE!

Quack Spout #10

Well, this is a little out of the ordinary...

Firstly this Quack Spout is 2 days early. Secondly I had previously announced that this weekend's Spout would be late. Thirdly it means that there won't be a Quack Spout next weekend.

Find out the answers to all these bafflements by listening to this:

QUACK SPOUT NUMBER 10 - MP3

No Playlist This Week To Maintain Mystery!

Quack Spout #9

Next week's Quackage will be a tad delayed as I'll be in Canterbury for the weekend, I hope everyone can cope! Fear not though, this week's online hoot is here now:

QUACK SPOUT NUMBER 9 - MP3

Playlist:

Ninjah - I Bless The Day I Found You
Oxygen Thief - Camerashy
These United States - West Won
Arrows Of Love - Burn This Town
Ohbijou - Tenderbones
Fol Chen - The Idiot
We Stole Cairo - 10.24
The Silent Committee - Regret
Green Go - Brains For Breakfast
Fashoda Crisis - Martin Luther King Zombie
Draw Me Stories - Comes & Smiles & Leaves
City Wolf - Where Is My Mind?

Quack Spout #8

After waking up very late in the afternoon, thanks to staying up watching 'The Plan 9 Companion', I wolfed down some scrambled eggs on toast, knocked back a coffee and proudly present...

QUACK SPOUT NUMBER 8 - MP3

Playlist:

Mikky Ekko - I Love You (I Always Have)
Teenagers - Starlett Johansson
Experimental Dental School - Earthquake
Here We Go Magic - Only Pieces
8bitbitchslap - Seizure
Don't Tread On Spiders - Together Again
Hi-Def T.V. - River's Gold
Mike Bones - What I Have Left
Madame Pamita - Willie the Chimney Sweeper
Foxes! - Who Killed Rob?
Colin MacIntyre - Calgary Bay
Land of Talk - Speak To Me Bones

You can keep up with all my happenings, as mundane and thrilling as those listed at the start of this blog, at my Twitter (Click here).

Quack Spout #7

"It's so hot. Milk was a bad choice."

QUACK SPOUT NUMBER 7 - MP3

Playlist:

Hush the Many (Heed the Few) - Revolve
Shake My Hand - Invincible
The Mega Games Two - The Excitement of David Bowie
The Victorian English Gentlemens Club - Dress (Second Hand with Broken Zip and Oily Smudges)
Those Gay Hippies - Benjamin
Jape - Floating
Beat Radio - Teenage Anthem for the Drunken Boat
Labasheeda - Free Lunch
Safetyword - Flamin' Hoop
Dicks - Kill From The Heart
Animals + War - In a Play Park
Das Wanderlust - We're All Doomed

Also look at... In Transit: Das Wanderlust

Quack Spout #6

You know the drill... What drill? The drill with the power. What power? The power of voodoo! Who do? You do? Do what? You know the drill...

QUACK SPOUT NUMBER SIX - MP3

Playlist:

Haunted Stereo - Childhood's End
Kotki Dwa - Idiot
Mahavira - Warhorse
Wish You Well - Ice Man
Pagan Wanderer Lu - The Tree of Knowledge
Them Squirrels - Behind Those Walls
The Chalets - Theme From Chalets
PJ & Gaby - A Collection of Thoughts
Suturee - Afraid of Hands
Arkells - The Ballad of Hugo Chavez
Threatmantics - Sali Mali
Midlake - Roscoe

Quack Spout #5

Slightly past Sunday (my own personal deadline) but that's due to (a) being out at the Great Escape in order to find some of the fantastic bands contained with this MP3 and (b) performing in a play. Anyway, here's the latest:

QUACK SPOUT - NUMBER FIVE

Playlist:

Stretching Journey - 060
Supreme Vagabond Craftsman - Forest Punk
The Lovely Eggs - I Collect Snails
Liam Finn - I Will Explode
Ultimate Power Duo - Jack the Space/Time Continuum Ripper
Dan Mangan - Robots
Micachu and the Shapes - Golden Phone
The Voluntary Butler Scheme - Tabasco Sole
The Veils - Killed By The Boom
(Attack + Defend - Website Menu Music)
Cate Le Bon - Disappear
We Were Promised Jetpacks - It's Thunder and It's Lightning
James Yorkston - Temptation
Mull Historical Society (aka Colin MacIntyre) - Peculiar