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July Podcast – Close My Eyes

Paul — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:02:06 +0000

July’s delayed episode of the Quiet Corners podcast ‘Close My Eyes’ is now online, it is available as usual via the usual iTunes/podcast subscription or downloadable as an MP3 via the Podcast page. The track list is as follows:

‘Close My Eyes’

July 2010

‘Seagull’ Ride
‘Slowdive’ Slowdive
‘Come In Alone’ My Bloody Valentine
‘Burn’ Bleach
‘Freezing Point’ The Field Mice
‘No Escape From Heaven’ Curve
‘Black Metallic’ Catherine Wheel
‘Breather’ Chapterhouse
‘Kick the Tragedy’ Drop Nineteens
‘Does This Hurt’ The Boo Radleys
‘Icecream Star’ The Ecstasy Of Saint Theresa
‘Leave Them All Behind’ Ride

This podcast episode is a little unusual as it contains some of my favourite songs from a music genre I loved back when I was a teenager, shoegaze or as it was also known, The Scene That Celebrates Itself. From about 1990 through to 1992 I was buying and listening to most of these bands and loved the wall off guitar sound. Ride, despite never associating themselves with the genre were innovators of that sound and the podcast track listing (in chronological order) begins with the first song off of their first album from 1990. The podcast also ends with Ride with what may have been the pinnacle moment of the sound in it’s popularity and critical acclaim back in 1992. Hopefully the podcast touches on some of the highlights of this brief two year period where this genre flourished.

I do realise this might be a bit marmite this episode but hopefully you’ll be in to it and turn up the volume very, very loud.

The cover and back photos are from The Wedgewood Rooms in Southsea.

The Captain

Paul — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 10:38:19 +0000

In the next week or two I’m going to be helping out the guys at Bored and taking some skate photos of old friend Kev Kirkham, took one yesterday and it came out good, this is an outtake.

June Podcast – Work It Out

Paul — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:25:51 +0000

Sorry, sorry, sorry, this much delayed June episode of the Quiet Corners podcast ‘Work It Out’ is now online, it is available as usual via the usual iTunes/podcast subscription or downloadable as an MP3 via the Podcast page. The track list is as follows:

‘Work It Out’

June 2010

‘Pretty In Panic’ My Latest Novel
‘Stay On Target’ Half Acre Day
‘Lullabies’ Headlights
‘Other Plans’ Figurines
‘Playing For Fun’ Rademacher
‘Skakka’ Amina
‘New Walk’ Illuminea
‘All The Money I Had Is Gone’ The Deep Dark Woods
‘Whiskey Girl’ Gillian Welch
‘Chimes and Church Bells’ Attack In Black
‘I Erased Myself To Make You Better,
Shall We All Erase Ourselves’ Captain Polaroid
‘Ry Cooder’ Tortoise

Promise I won’t be this late again! Work has been shocking and I haven’t been at home too much so not able to listen to music (I have a tape player in my car, really). I’m hoping to get July’s episode uploaded next week with lots of new music. Also hoping to get an iPod next month too which will help loads. Also going to get a ticket for the Broken Social Scene and Tortoise joint show in London, can’t wait for that.

The cover and back photos are from the Cellars at Eastney, sadly looks like the little venue is going to close.

May Podcast – Distance Travelled

Paul — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 08:21:28 +0000

Finally, the much delayed May episode of the Quiet Corners podcast ‘Distance Travelled’ is now online (sorry, again), it is available as usual via the usual iTunes/podcast subscription or downloadable as an MP3 via the Podcast page. The track list is as follows:

‘Distance Travelled’

May 2010

‘Cross Country’ Track Star
‘The Step & The Walk’ The Duke Spirit
‘Our Braided Lives’ Matt Pond PA
‘Won’t You Come Around’ Polytechnic
‘We Will Make A Song Destroy’ Rogue Wave
‘The Soft Rewind’ Portastatic
‘Bonnie And Clyde (Fast)’ Luna
‘Meeting in the Aisle’ Radiohead
‘Highway of Death’ Psychic Ills
‘Station in the Valley’ The Sea and Cake
‘Convict Escapes’ Pale Air Singers
‘Sort Of Revolution’ Fink
‘Pink Holler’ Papa M
‘Boss Inside’ Adam Green
‘You’re My Air’ Minus Story

The latest I’ve ever been, sorry about that, will get things back to normal for the next episode, which I guess is due in a week or so. This episode is themed on travel either by road, rail or plane. Something binds the journey with the music you listen to as you travel.

The cover and back photos I took from a hotel window in Seattle a few years ago.

April Podcast – Roads and Roads

Paul — Tue, 11 May 2010 10:41:38 +0000

The new April episode of the Quiet Corners podcast for 2010 ‘Roads and Roads’ is now online (finally, sorry), it is available as usual via the usual iTunes/podcast subscription or downloadable as an MP3 via the Podcast page. The track list is as follows:

‘Roads and Roads’

April 2010

‘Avenue A’ Cranes
‘She Paints The Daytime Black’ The White Birch
‘Tone Adventure #3′ Deastro
‘Wet And Rusting’ Menomena
‘Sleepdriving’ Grand Archives
‘Autumn Tree’ Maikotobranco
‘Astronaut’ Beach House
‘Honey’ Doveman
‘A Burial At Sea’ Get Well Soon
‘Two Links On A Chain (XFM Session…
…02-02-2005)’ Solid State Revival
‘We Work Better’ The Provincial Archive
‘The Rest Of The Day’ Bedhead

Late, late, late again, really sorry about that. Same old story, busy, busy, busy plus listening to loads of other peoples podcasts this month so not a lot of new listening so I dug out some songs I put by going all the way back to the first few podcasts.

The cover photo I took skating down an San Francisco street back in 1997, some very special memories from that trip. The back photo was taken whilst in a lay-by waiting for the AA, some time in 2003. Not so much fun.

March Podcast – In The Morning

Paul — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 09:48:19 +0000

The March episode of the Quiet Corners podcast for 2010 ‘In The Morning’ is now online, it is available via the usual iTunes/podcast subscription or downloadable as an MP3 via the Podcast page. The track list is as follows:

‘In The Morning’

March 2010

‘Ghost Town’ First Aid Kit
‘You Were a Boxer’ Pacific Ocean Fire
‘Words’ Low
‘Colorful Nickels’ Black Moth Super Rainbow
‘Lincoln’ Damien Jurado
‘There Is A Wind’ The Album Leaf
‘After Dinner Drinks (Demo)’ Ben Carter
‘Dorian’ Fang Island
‘Tallis Canon’ Saturnine
‘Misbehaving’ Brothers Of End
‘Migration’ Redwing Blackbird
‘Ramshackle Hymn’ The Homeville Circle
‘Passing By Your Old Home’ Years Passing

Late again! Oh dear. Well worth the wait though, I hope you’ll agree. This month is one of my favourites.

I won’t go through each of the artists this month (all amazing) but I will mention Ben Carter from Boston who is super talented and got in contact a little while ago. I’ll be supplying some images for the artwork for his debut EP which is due soon, looking forward to hearing that.

The artwork photos are from Amy’s flat in Brighton, on a cold winter’s morning.

February Podcast – Keep in Mind

Paul — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:26:46 +0000

The February episode of the Quiet Corners podcast for 2010 ‘Keep in Mind’ is now online, it is available via the usual iTunes/podcast subscription or downloadable as an MP3 via the Podcast page. The track list is as follows:

‘Keep in Mind’

February 2010

‘Arrived/Departed’ The Mercury Program
‘Wide Eyes’ Local Natives
‘From A Sinking Boat’ The Magnetic Fields
‘Drowning Men’ Fanfarlo
‘Piano Music’ The Tindersticks
‘This Time Around’ The Radio Dept
‘Muskratting’ Wildcatting
‘Taste the Floor (Peel Session)’ The Jesus and Mary Chain
‘Temporary People’ Joseph Arthur and the Lonely Astronauts
‘Like The Ocean, Like The Innocent Pt. 1…
…The Innocent’ The Besnard Lakes
‘Magic Arrow’ Timber Timbre
‘Hard to Find (Original)’ The American Analog Set
‘Hard to Find (Reprise)’ The American Analog Set

Sorry it is a bit a late but it has been a busy couple of weeks and I’ve not been able to listen to as much music as I would like. Hopefully getting an iPod at the end of the month so I’ll have it all with me at all times. Comforting thought.

Starting at the older end of the scale, the Jesus and Mary Chain recording is from a John Peel session from 84 and it is rather wonderful. Some hints of Shoe Gaze before it even emerged a few years later. At the newer end of the scale, finding out The Radio Dept. had a new album out made me very happy. This incredible band kept me stocked up on smiles in the early to middle of the last decade. So, so good. Be sure to get hold of ‘Lesser Matters’, absolute gold. Likewise the new Besnard Lakes (podcast regulars) album is rather special as is the new Magnetic Fields and the new one by The Tindersticks (fond memories of the mid 90s). Finally, anything released by The American Analog Set is going to be awesome, including the new b-sides and rarities album. Feeew, and I haven’t even mentioned all of the other bands included. Hunt them out too if you are feeling them, you won’t be sorry. It’s all a bit faster paced than usual this month, roll on springtime with warm air and music coming out of open windows.

The cover is from a cold but clear winter’s day in Southsea tinkering with filters. The back cover is a flooded carpark in Suffolk by an old abbey.

January Podcast – Kisses the Shore

Paul — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:00:06 +0000

The first episode of the Quiet Corners podcast for 2010 ‘Kisses the Shore’ is now online, it is available via the usual iTunes/podcast subscription or downloadable as an MP3 via the Podcast page. The track list is as follows:

‘Kisses the Shore’

January 2010

‘Morgenspaziergang’ Kraftwerk
‘Backwell’ BEAK>
‘Young Fight’ Amusement Parks On Fire
‘Romans 109′ The Mountain Goats
‘Fire Harbor Day (Swiss Transport Remix)’ A Red Season Shade
‘River’ Akron/Family
‘A Remedy’ Still Light
‘Weaving Spiders Come Not Here’ Blueneck
‘Any Colour You Like’ The Flaming Lips &
Stardeath and White Dwarfs
‘Siva (Peel Session)’ Smashing Pumpkins
‘That’s When My Headaches Begin’ Northern Portrait
‘Come By Storm’ Laura Gibson
‘Dead Deer’ Evening Hymns
‘November 1st 2008, Lakefield, Ontario’ Evening Hymns

Not sure where to begin with this month’s podcast episode, how about from the end? Evening Hymns are wonderful and the new album Spirit Guides is very special. Northern Portrait wear their love of The Smiths on their sleeve, in a good way. The same can be said of A Red Season Shade with their obvious love of Mew, although not as apparent with the song I picked. Check their Interiors album, very good. Likewise check that Flaming Lips cover album of Dark Side of the Moon, amazing. What more can be said about Smashing Pumpkins and Kraftwerk? Untouchable. I picked a softer, more organic song from Kraftwerk and I picked a 1991 John Peel session recording for Smashing Pumpkins, Billy sounds young. Oh, and before I forget, BEAK> are from Bristol and include the mighty Geoff Barrow from Portishead. The album was recorded live in one room with no overdubs or repair, quiet awesome. Check the video below to see BEAK> in action during a recording session.

The artwork are two photos taken down at the beach during a bike ride, trying to cycle home before the rain storm hit.

December Podcast – Years It Has Been

Paul — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 02:10:33 +0000

The last episode of the Quiet Corners podcast for 2009, and the 37ish in total, ‘Years It Has Been’ is now online, it is available via the usual iTunes/podcast subscription or downloadable as an MP3 via the Podcast page. The track list is as follows:

‘Years It Has Been’

December 2009

‘Leave Me Alone’ Morning Runner
‘Five Metres Apart’ Stricken City
‘Mercy’ Plants And Animals
‘Almost Let You In’ Molina & Johnson
‘The Hunted’ Brett Anderson
‘City and Sur (Willamine)’ Jay Farrar and Benjamin Gibbard
‘Suitcase’ Over The Rhine
‘The Needle’ To Kill A Petty Bourgeoisie
‘Junk Bones’ Dark Dark Dark
‘D Moon Pilot’ Desert Hearts
‘Walk Around’ Cory Branan & Jon Snodgrass
‘Krill’ Califone

Personally, I’m glad to see the back of this year and this decade, here is to the teens. As for the podcast, just try and get hold of all of the albums, all so, so good. But I should say, in particular, check out ‘Slow Attack’ by Brett Anderson. Wonderful stuff. Hope you all have a great new year.

The cover is from a pumping station by a reservoir in Essex and the back artwork is from last summer at Langstone Harbour.

November Podcast – Reach You

Paul — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 11:04:29 +0000

The Quiet Corners podcast is 3 years old and the 36ish and November 2009’s podcast episode ‘Reach You’ is now online, it is available via the usual iTunes/podcast subscription or downloadable as an MP3 via the Podcast page. The track list is as follows:

‘Reach You’

November 2009

‘Planes Like Vultures’ Le Loup
‘For M’ Ravens & Chimes
‘Dear God (sincerely M.O.F.)’ Monsters of Folk
‘Little Sad Eyes’ Magnolia Electric Co.
‘Gimme Sympathy’ Metric
‘Never Anyone But You’ The Clientele
‘Rise From The Shadows’ Alberta Cross
‘Disorder (Joy Division cover)’ El Ten Eleven
‘Higher Than The Stars’ The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
‘Trust’ Old Canes
‘The Perfect Space’ The Avett Brothers
‘Twentynine Palms’ Arms And Sleepers
‘The Water Is Wide’ Among The Oak & Ash

Hard to believe the podcast has been running for three years, that makes this the 36th monthly episode! Time flies. This month has been tough, I’ve listened to loads of new albums and had so many songs selected I’ve already got December’s song list almost done too. Heard that new Clientele album yet? One of the best bands (and from Hampshire!) and still making wonderful album after album. The new Old Canes album is stunning too and a good way of getting by until the new Appleseed Cast album due next year. The acoustic song by Metric is from their new EP, all acoustic versions of some of my favourite songs by them. So good. Can’t begin to say how good the Monsters of Folk, Arms and Sleepers and Among the Oak and Ash are. Finally there is a cover of Disorder by epic two piece El Ten Eleven, all made from overlaying guitar loops with pedals, not seperate tracks. See the video below of them playing it live, got to be seen to be believed.

The artwork photos are from a very drunken walk home as the sun came up. Seemed like a good idea at the time, but doesn’t it always?