The Toadcast http://songbytoad.com Indie Podcast From songbytoad.com, With Added Gin & Swearing en Matthew Young tiddalick@hotmail.com Liberated Syndication - libsyn.com podcasts@libsyn.com (Liberated Syndication) Fri, 09 May 2008 22:09:00 GMT 180 New, classic and emerging indie from Song, by Toad Every couple of weeks I sit down with a couple of gins and talk you through the new music that's caught my ears in the last fortnight. There'll be a few classics and a few mainstream bands but the focus will always be on the new, the emerging, the eclectic and the interesting. indie, music, rock, alternative, toad, song, songbytoad, new emerging, unsigned Mr. Toad tiddalick@hotmail.com Matthew Young http://libsyn.com/podcasts/songbytoad/images/ToadFMTag.jpg The Toadcast http://songbytoad.com Yes Toadcast #29 - The Summercast http://songbytoad.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=337656# The missus and I got pished and did a podcast! Huzzah! It was a lovely Summery day on Wednesday and we sat out and had a meal in the back garden and then when it got chilly we came inside and did a podcast.

There's not much of a theme this week because I can get a little bored of them, and from time to time it's nice to just throw some tracks together that you like. And then get hammered and ramble on about them at interminable length. Sorry about that.

Toadcast #29 - The Summercast

01. Lemonjelly - Nice Weather For Ducks (01.47)
02. Elbow - Station Approach (10.47)
03. The Eighteenth Day of May - Cold Early Morning (19.08)
04. Aberfeldy - Tom Weir (25.56)
05. Tiny Tim - Tiptoe Through the Tulips (27.48)
06. Uncle Moon - Pepper (34.41)
07. Lo-Fidelity Allstars - On the Pier (41.32)
08. The Boo Radleys - Find the Answer Within (48.18)
09. The Libertines - The Good Old Days (56.41)
10. The Undertones - Teenage Kicks (65.51)
11. The Von Bondies - C'Mon C'Mon (68.11)
12. The Builders & the Butchers - Spanish Death Song (76.41)
13. The Walkmen - The Rat (82.59)
14. Calexico - Corona (93.33)
15. Lloyd Cole - You're a Big Girl Now (106.46)]]> podcasts Fri, 9 May 2008 22:09:00 GMT http://songbytoad.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=337656# 01:51:22 toad, toadcast, songbytoad, indie, music, indie, alternative, rock, pop, Mr. Toad Toadcast #29 - The Summercast Yes Toadcast #28 - The Fencecast http://songbytoad.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=329858# The 28th Toadcast is all about the Fence Collective. People who read this site regularly must know them, I assume, but Iâve been intending to do this post for a while as they might be my favourite label in music at the moment.

After Kenny Andersonâs last band fell apart about ten years ago or more, he started releasing his own stuff on hand made CD-Rs under the name of King Creosote and between him and his brothers and some of the other local musicians heâd grown up with in Fife, a collective started to form which has grown and grown. Now, thanks to the spotlight cast their direction by Kennyâs brother Gordonâs involvement with The Beta Band and The Aliens, the success of King Creosote and James Yorkston, and the rising of KT Tunstall (also a Fence alumnus, believe it or not) Fence Records have turned into one of the most beloved record labels in the country.

And actually, I think their approach of building a community rather than just pimping product might just have the potential to make them one of the success stories of Music 2.0, although thatâs another story. So this podcast is all about Fence Records and the bands I have discovered due to their hard work, and why I think theyâre great. What an arse-kisser Iâve turned into.

(Warning: Iâm drunker than I sound and there is way too much talking in this one.)

Toadcast #28 - The Fencecast

01. Skuobhie Dubh Orchestra - Our Last Needle (03.17)
02. King Creosote - Youâve No Clue Do You (09.21)
03. James Yorkston & the Athletes - St. Patrick (16.33)
04. Art Pedro - Joanne (21.19)
05. MC Quake - It Feels Good to Be In Scotland (27.57)
06. Down the Tiny Steps - Handstand (36.44)
07. Adam Beattie - Bank Street (46.39)
08. Player Piano - Mercy (AC Mix) (49.35)
09. Candythief - A Good Day (56.47)
10. Rob St. John - Tipping In (60.06)
11. Adrian Crowley - Star of the Harbour (65.11)
12. Eagleowl - This is Not Your Lucky Day (67.47)
13. OLO Worms - Fingers & Thumbs (77.04)
14. HMS Ginafore - You Built a City Inside of Me (85.41)
15. Gummi Bako - Sheâs the Carrot & Iâm the Stick (87.44)
16. The Pictish Trail - Words Fail Me Now (94.39)
17. Rich Amino - Chicken & Chips (99.02)
18. Sara Lowes - Uniform Days (104.22)
19. Magic Arm - Outdoor Games (108.11)
20. King Creosote - Iâll Fly By the Seat of My Pants (115.32)

]]> podcasts Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:59:00 GMT http://songbytoad.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=329858# 01:59:37 fence collective, fence records, fence, indie, song, toad, songbytoad, song by toad, alternative, folk, unsigned Mr. Toad The Fencecast Clean Toadcast #27 - Europop http://songbytoad.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=324874# Well, perhaps Europop isn't quite the right term. Eurindie perhaps. This podcast is stuffed full of splendid tracks from the rest of the European continent which we, as marvellously parochial and narrow-minded Brits, seem to forget exists half the time.

I have no real idea how much this music actually intersects with any of the local scenes to which it might belong, but it is certainly nicely in tune with the British scene as I know it at the moment. Scandinavia is inevitably rather over-represented, but I have managed to track down a Belgian, a little Dutch and something (tangentially) Italian to throw into the mix as well. And a special secret bonus surprise for right at the end, but wait for it patiently and don't ruin it for yourselves by peeking.

The big thing I can't get over is just how much I had to leave out of this podcast actually.  I'd lazily assumed that it might be a little tricky to fill an entire playlist, but I could just as easily have filled two.  So don't whinge about what's not on there, because I know, I know! 

Toadcast #27 - Europop

01. The Divine Comedy - Europop (00.06)
02. Mikrofisch - The Kids Are All Shite (05.52)
03. A Classic Education - Stay, Son (10.40)
04. Wolfkin - These Are Illusions (14.14)
05. Tafra - Cheesy Epic View (19.47)
06. Kottarashky - Chetiri (21.32)
07. Teitur - Catherine the Waitress (29.40)
08. Jens Lekman - No Time For Breaking Up (35.44)
09. Shout Out Louds - Parents' Living Room (40.01)
10. The Tellers - Hugo (45.34)
11. Cats on Fire - Born Again Christian (49.47)
12. Yann Tiersen - Ginette (57.21)
13. Air - Alpha Beta Gaga (61.44)
14. The Raveonettes - That Great Love Sound (70.33)
15. Die Ãrzte - Quark (73.41)
16. Bettie Serveert - I'll Keep it With Mine (77.19)
17. Snake & Jet's Amazing Bullit Band - Doom City (82.46)
18. RÃyksopp - Remind Me (87.36)
19. Sigur RÃs - Untitled (Ãlafoss) (90.50)
20. Snapline - S2 (102.59)

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]]> podcasts Fri, 4 Apr 2008 13:24:00 GMT http://songbytoad.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=324874# 01:46:29 toad, toadcast, songbytoad, song, indie, alternative, unsigned, rock, pop, music, folk, edinburgh, scotland Mr. Toad Europop Yes Toadcast #26 - Broken Records Toad Session http://songbytoad.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=320978# Here we go folks: the first ever Toad Session, with local band and all-round Toad pals Broken Records. These sessions are generally going to take place in my living room, but seeing as these guys were quite keen to record one and their single release is imminent, it seemed sensible to rush things a little. So given my equipment has yet to arrive, we went down to Banana Row Studios and recorded four session tracks and had a bit of chat, and this is the result.

There's a full podcast, mp3s of the individual songs, a Flickr photo gallery and couple of videos of the whole business, so there's lots and lots of stuff to play with. I think in terms of workload I can possibly manage about one of these per month, so keep an eye out in the future.

Toadcast #26 - Broken Records Toad Session

The mp3s include their forthcoming single If the News Makes You Sad Don't Watch It, a couple of new tracks, Wolves and They All Fell Into the Sea, and a special Toad request, the truly beautiful Out on the Water.

Broken Records - If the News Makes You Sad, Don't Watch It
Broken Records - And They All Fell Into the Sea
Broken Records - Wolves
Broken Records - Out on the Water

The videos are all posted on the main Song, by Toad YouTube page. There are session videos of Out on the Water and Wolves, but the video of the whole session will be posted a little bit later. We're new to this, so the video editing is taking a little bit of time. It should be up in two weeks', hopefully, so you'll have to gird your loins until then I'm afraid, but I promise to let you know as soon as it makes an appearance.


Toadcast #26 Playlist:
01. Broken Records - If the News Makes You Sad, Don't Watch It (03.34)
02. Broken Records - A Good Reason (07.28)
03. Micah P. Hinson & the Gospel Of Progress - Don't You Forget (14.33)
04. John Cale - Paris 1919 (24.32)
05. The Moulettes - The Cannibal Song (29.40)
06. Yann Tiersen - Comptine D'un Autre Ete - L'apres-Midi (39.08)
07. Broken Records - And They All Fell Into the Sea (40.21)
08. Beirut - Elephant Gun (45.24)
09. The Waterboys - Sweet Thing (52.11)
10. Broken Records - Wolves (63.23)
11. My Latest Novel - When We Were Wolves (66.34)
12. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Love Letter (72.39)
13. Broken Records - Out On the Water (83.16)

If I have one slight issue with these it's that they're a little too polished and sensible, really. Not enough of the rude, random style I tend to think gives this site its character. Maybe recording them in the house will change this, but then the recordings won't be as good. Thoughts?  Too shiny?  Good like this?  Let me know what you think.

]]> podcasts Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:34:00 GMT http://songbytoad.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=320978# 01:26:43 broken records, toad, session, toadcast, songbytoad, song, indie, folk, alternative, live, unsigned, pop, rock Mr. Toad Broken Records Toad Session Clean Toadcast #25 - The Quickcast http://songbytoad.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=319854# Toadcast Tag

This is a real quickie this week as I am working my hairy little buttocks off on the Broken Records stuff at the moment. Still, in your insatiable thirst for pointless, self-indulgent rambling I was sure you'd want to listen to something splendid in the meantime.

There's no underlying theme to anything this week, just me rattling on about some current and very interesting music, as well as a couple of confessions so shocking you may never come back here again. Looking at the playlist, I'm sure you can guess what they are.

So good luck with this, and I am already looking forward to the next one. Toadcast #25 - The Quickcast

01. The Futureheads - Broke Up the Time (02.02)
02. Tapes 'n' Tapes - Hang Them All (05.05)
03. Meursault - Pissing on Bonfires/Kissing With Tongues(13.21)
04. The Byrons - Azerbaijan (19.13)
05. The Fire Engines - Candyskin (26.04)
06. The Close Lobsters - Firestation Towers (28.53)
07. Mighty Mighty - Law (34.21)
08. Kim Carnes - When I'm Away From You (41.14)
09. Meat Loaf - Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (44.32)
10. Dirty Summer - War is Bad, Bono is Great (50.02)
11. The Low Lows - Dear Flies Love Spider (53.40)
12. Sargasso Trio - It's Hot in Hell (58.32)
13. The Extraordinaires - High Five the Cactus (63.11)
14. Modernaire - Distraction (69.40)
15. The Indelicates - Point Me to the West (75.47)
16. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Night of the Lotus Eaters(83.47)

Yes, you did read that correctly. Meat Loaf. Fuck off.

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]]> podcasts Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:16:00 GMT http://songbytoad.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=319854# 01:28:44 toad, song, songbytoad, toadcast, indie, rock, edinburgh, scotland, alternative, unsigned, folk, alt-folk, americana, punk, Mr. Toad The Quickcast Yes Toadcast #23½ - The Freshcast http://songbytoad.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=317359# A week or so ago, I recorded a demo show for Fresh Air FM, the local student radio station, with a view to applying for a slot during next term, only the computer ate the bastard thing. Fucking technology. Anyhow, Sunday was Mrs. Toadâs birthday, and for some reason she was keen to get plastered and do a podcast with me, so we re-did it together. It wasnât played quite as straight as Iâd hoped, and by the time Iâd had time to reflect on submitting it I was pretty certain Fresh Air would chase me out of the building with sticks. Fortunately for me, however, they didnât hate it, didnât seem to think I was a smart-arsed twat and didnât dispatch me from the building with a boot print in my arse.

As this show is just a pre-record and will be going out randomly over the night when they stop broadcasting, I thought Iâd pop it up here for you to have a listen. I wonât be doing this with any more Fresh Air things because, well, you need to go over there and listen for yourselves really, donât you. But for this once I thought you might like it seeing as you shower of treacherous fuckers all seem to love Mrs. Toad so very bloody much. Be warned though, because it was made for a different audience, so there may be a bit of duplication from previous podcasts, and itâs rather long, as apparently there is a lot of time to fill overnight when there are no presenters in the building.

The Fresh Air plugs themselves were enough to see us kicked out.

Toadcast #23Â - The Freshcast

01. Shout Out Louds - Tonight I Have to Leave It (03.09)
02. The Shaky Hands - Whales Sing (06.41)
03. The Cave Singers - Thinking of Heaven (13.05)
04. Preston School of Industry - Straits of Magellan (17.23)
05. Adam Balbo - Talkinâ Bush (27.11)
06. Donnan Linkz feat. Baje One of Junk Science - The N Word (29.18)
07. Riff-Raff - Romford Girls (36.44)
08. The Pogues - Dirty Old Town (38.58)
09. Nicole Atkins - Neptune City (46.44)
10. Edith Piaf - Elle Frequentait la Rue Pigalle (50.11)
11. Dusty Springfield - You Donât Own Me (53.34)
12. AA Bondy - Vice Rag (59.12)
13. Relatively Clean Rivers - Hello Sunshine (68.09)
14. The Eighteenth Day of May - Lady Margaret (71.05)
15. Celebrity Chimp - Pornstar (81.27)
16. Nightjar - Poor Manâs Son (84.01)
17. Ravens & Chimes - General Lafayette, You Are Not Alone! (93.03)
18. Eels - Love of the Loveless (95.59)
19. Glasvegas - Itâs My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry (106.49)
20. Flashguns - St. George (111.01)
21. Elle SâAppelle - Little Flame (123.09)
22. Elk City - Cherries in the Snow (125.58)
23. The Low Miffs - Also Sprach Shareholder (130.41)

]]> podcasts Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:10:00 GMT http://songbytoad.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=317359# 02:14:15 indie, alternative, music, unsigned, toad, toadcast, songbytoad, song, punk, rock, alt-folk, folk, americana, alt-country, Mr. Toad The Freshcast Clean Toadcast #23 - The Filthcast http://songbytoad.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=315484# In preparation for applying for a slot on Edinburgh's student radio station Fresh Air, I thought I would challenge myself to get through an entire podcast without actually swearing because, on public access radio, you can't use naughty words.  A Toad without swearing, you say, what the fuck has the world come to?

Well to make sure I don't disappoint you in your noble quest for dissolute anti-culture I thought I'd compensate by playing a collection of the filthiest and most sweary songs I could lay my hands on.  Thinking about it, I've managed to forget Serge Gainsbourg and Brigitte Bardot's truly foul 'Je T'aime, Moi Non Plus', but there you go.  I could have improved just about every playlist I've ever done in retrospect, I think, so at some point I have to draw the line.

So, I use bad words when I quote other people and when I give you the names of the songs but I don't think I let a single naughty word slip during my own chat on this one, but let me know if you catch me out. 

Toadcast #23 - The Filthcast

01. Aidan John Moffat - Cunt (01.09)
02. The Pogues - Boys From the County Hell (05.24)
03. Adam Balbo -Let's Make a Porno (10.03)
04. Celebrity Chimp - Pornstar (13.06)
05. The Tacticians - Hardcore Porns (15.37)
06. Billy Bragg - St. Swithin's Day (21.05)
07. Grinderman - No Pussy Blues (26.05)
08. The Libertines - I Get Along (33.10)
09. Carbon/Silicon - What the Fuck (35.47)
10. Frank Turner - Heartless Bastard Motherfucker (42.03)
11. Les Enfant Bastard - U R My Fucking Sunshine U Cunt (44.52)
12. Plans & Apologies - Tony Blair Fucknut (49.50)
13. The Libertines - What a Waster (57.00)
14. Lambchop - Your Fucking Sunny Day (60.49)
15. The Ex-Men - Suck Her (67.35)
16. Micah P. Hinson - Patience (73.04)
17. Eels - It's a Motherfucker (76.59)
18. Doug Anthony Allstars - I Fuck Dogs (80.07)

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]]> podcasts Sun, 9 Mar 2008 14:02:00 GMT http://songbytoad.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=315484# 01:23:12 toad, toadcast, songbytoad, song, indie, music, alternative, independent, unsigned, alt-country, folk, alt-folk, punk, pop Mr. Toad The Filthcast Yes Toadcast #22 - The Cinecast http://songbytoad.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=310222# Yoo hoo Toadlings, welcome to Toadcast No. 22.  This one is a sort of natural follow-on from the series of movie soundtrack posts we ran on the site a week or so ago.  I can't believe we managed an entire series without mentioning either Ennio Morricone or Quentin Tarantino.

So I've tried to put that part right here, as well as throwing in some corkers by the likes of Nick Cave & Warren Ellis and a few others.  It may come across slightly as a novelty podcast, what with the Darth Vader theme music and so on, but I still think it makes an interesting listen. 

It actually made an interesting listen for me this morning too, because I was so utterly shanghaied on gin by the end of it that I actually don't remember half of the introductions to the songs towards the end.  So join me on a voyage of discovery and find out exactly what on earth I found to say about Nick Cave whilst pickled out of my tits on a Friday evening.

Toadcast #22 - The Cinecast

01. John Williams - The Imperial March (00.00)
02. Barry Adamson - 007, A Phantasy Bond Theme(05.37)
03. Ennio Morricone - The Good, the Bad & the Ugly (11.44)
04. Hans Zimmer - True Romance (16.20)
05. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - Rather Lovely Thing (23.37)
06. The Divine Comedy - Chasing Sheep is Best Left to Shepherds (28.10)
07. The Psychedelic Furs - Pretty in Pink (32.21)
08. Simple Minds - Don't You Forget About Me (36.12)
09. Andrew Lloyd Webber - Everything's Alright (45.04)
10. The Divine Comedy - Les Jours Tristes (51.43)
11. R.E.M. - Leave (58.31)
12. The Shins - Saint Simon (62.27)
13. Eels - Your Lucky Day in Hell (70.52)
14. Tom Waits & Crystal Gale - Take Me Home (77.49)
15. Barry Adamson - Mitch & Andy (80.30)
16. Andrew Lloyd Webber - King Herod's Song (88.53)
17. John Williams - Cantina Band Theme (93.01)
18. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Red Right Hand (Scream 3 Version) (97.01)
19. The Pogues - Night on Bald Mountain (105.22)
20. Ennio Morricone - Once Upon a Time in the West (Deborah's Theme) (109.01)

Song, by Toad

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]]> podcasts Sat, 23 Feb 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://songbytoad.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=310222# 01:53:21 new, indie, music, alternative, movie, soundtrack, ost, film, sound, track, toad, toadcast, song, songbytoad Mr. Toad The Cinecast Yes Toadcast #21 - The Lurvecast http://songbytoad.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=306864# Greetings and Happy Valentineâs day my little Toadlings. Wait, whatâs that? You hate Valentineâs Day? Loathe it in fact? Would dearly love to nuke fucking Hallmark and every last shitty little shop peddling their tawdry baubles and meaningless rubbish that serve no purpose other than to defile the pure concept of true love and disrespect the dignity of the un-mated?

Good. Me too. In fact, us too, for the wildly popular (grumble, sulk) Mrs. Toad is back to do the great Valentineâs anti-podcast with me. To bitch and moan, to get side-tracked, to ramble and to poke pointed sticks in the side of the great marketing behemoth that the most shallow and meaningless of public celebrations has become. If you do not like Valentineâs Day very much, then this is the place to be.

Toadcast #21 - The Lurvecast

01. Nirvana - Where Did You Sleep Last Night? (00.23)
02. The Velvet Underground - Femme Fatale (08.06)
03. The Raveonettes - Little Animal (10.57)
04. R.E.M. - The One I Love (13.57)
05. Half-Man Half-Biscuit - Paintballâs Coming Home (20.54)
06. The Pierces - Boring (25.43)
07. (The Real) Tuesday Weld - Terminally Ambivalent Over You (31.03)
08. Shane MacGowan & the Popes - Her Father Didnât Like Me Anyway (34.41)
09. The Wave Pictures - When I Leave You For Somebody Else (38.30)
10. Pulp - Pink Glove (45.33)
11. The Raincoats - Donât Be Mean (50.15)
12. Rufus Wainright - One Man Guy (59.34)
13. William Shatner - Ideal Woman (66.34)
14. The Sequins - Nobody Dreams About Me (71.45)
15. The Smiths - Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want (77.31)
16. The Walkmen - Donât Forget Me (82.58) Song, by Toad]]> podcasts Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:38:00 GMT http://songbytoad.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=306864# 01:26:40 indie, love, valentine, romance, valentines, music, new independent, toad, toadcast, music, rock, punk, alternative, americana, Mr. Toad The Lurvecast Yes Toadcast #20 - The Late, Late News http://songbytoad.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=303280# IT disasters in Toad Hall meant that this podacast was delayed so long that I ended up posting pretty much all of it on the blog before I got to record the thing and all the news was so outdated that I had to find some more news.  Fortunately we have some pre-release splendidness from Elbow, Goldfrapp and Stephen Malkmus to make up for it.

Thereâs also some excellent unsigned music to be had as well, from Maxwell Panther and Meursault, as well as some  splendid new singles from Elle SâAppelle and Operahouse.  So itâs late, but some of this stuff is really quite excellent.  And then thereâs LCD Soundsystem who have taken me so long to get into that I am only starting to even enjoy the album now, some eight months or so after its release.  What a fuckwit.

Thereâs a fairly detailed explanation of what is going to be happened with Song, by Toad Records in the new year as well, and how I am going to move these podcasts onwards and upwards.  Unfortunately it takes the longest bloody link in recorded history to actual explain it all, but explain it I do.  Thereâs always the track timings listed at the side of the songs if you want to skip it altogether though!  Have fun, chaps.

Toadcast #20 - The Late, Late News

1. Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks - Gardenia (01.27)
2. Elle SâAppelle - Little Flame (06.49)
3. Operahouse - Born a Boy (09.40)
4. LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends (14.54)
5. The Hollies - The Air That I Breathe (24.50)
6. Goldfrapp - Little Bird (28.51)
7. Maxwell Panther - Too Many Magazines (35.47)
8. Meursault - The Furnace (39.37)
9. The 4Qs - Pieces of a Puzzle (48.03)
10. Kid Harpoon - Riverside (50.42)
11. Dubious Ranger - Slow Day (56.18)
12. Roger McGuinn & Calexico - One More Cup of Coffee (68.29)
13. The Heavy Circles - Henri (72.45)
14. The Brute Chorus (feat. Tiggs) - The Cuckoo & the Stolen Heart (80.15)
15. Elbow - Grounds For Divorce (88.13)
16. The Cave Singers - Seeds of Night (94.51)


My Odeo Channel (odeo/03301a3286442766) ]]> podcasts Sun, 3 Feb 2008 18:31:00 GMT http://songbytoad.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=303280# songbytoad@hotmail.co.uk 01:39:42 indie, music, new, unsigned, alternative, rock, pop, scotland, scottish, edinburgh Mr. Toad The Late, Late News Yes Toadcast #19 - The Scotchcast http://songbytoad.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=300881# Back at long last, would you believe.  After the abortive attempt at a Christmas podcast and then the IT disaster in Toad Hall - when my retarded computer ground to a halt and had to have its entire operating system reinstalled - I have finally managed to record another podcast.   Sorting out the IT department was not at all as easy as it should have been, so itâs taken ages to get to the point where I could record a podcast again.

So, excuses over and done with, what am I going to inflict on you this time?  The bloody Scots, thatâs who.  The Scottish music scene is an amazingly fertile one, so I thought Iâd review 2007 and have a bit of a look forward to 2008.  So Iâve pulled together some of the big guys like Malcolm Middleton, Emma Pollock and King Creosote and interspersed a few of the lesser known acts from around here to give you a nicely rounded look at whatâs going on musically in the land of Buckfast and deep-fried Mars bars.

Toadcast #19 - The Scotchcast<

01. Sons & Daughters - Gilt Complex (1.01)
02. Glasvegas - Daddyâs Gone (5.55)
03. The Low Miffs - Also Sprach Shareholder (13.58)
04. Malcolm Middleton - Weâre All Going to Die (17.24)
05. Aidan John Moffat - The Boy That You Love (23.37)
06. Gerry Mitchell & Little Sparta - The Empress (28.00)
07. The Pendulums - Greenhat (34.38)
08. Broken Records - Kathy (40.49)
09. Rob St. John - Wooden Rose (45.44)
10. Found - Some Fracas of a Sissy (53.28)
11. Kid Canaveral - Smash Hits (58.49)
12. Popup - Lucy, What are You Trying to Say? (61.38)
13. Emma Pollock - A Temporary Fix (68.28)
14. King Creosote - Church as Witness (76.04)
15. Mother & the Addicts - Roll Me on Over (79.37)
16. Frightened Rabbit - Be Less Rude (88.09)
17. The Twilight Sad - Walking For Two Hours (94.37)

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]]> podcasts Sun, 27 Jan 2008 20:15:00 GMT http://songbytoad.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=300881# 01:39:46 indie, music, Mr. Toad The Scotchcast Clean Toadcast #18 - The Homecast http://songbytoad.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=287164# Well you know how I said I wasn't so convinced by Toadcast #17?  Well it proved somewhat prophetic, although that prophesy may have been somewhat self-fulfilling of course.  It's one of my least downloaded podcasts for ages, but this one should sort that out.  There's some genuinely excellent music on here, although most of it is pretty obscure.  There's no Arcade Fire or anything to pull in the punters, bar a bit of The Magnetic Fields, but a really good selection of new and emerging music nevertheless.

And why the Homecast?  Well that's obvious of course: we're back in our house at long last and I recorded this from my massive old lab bench that doubles as a desk and music centre all at once.  It's fucking brilliant - I really should take a picture and post it for you so you can see.  The bench is 2.75m long, so I have computer and stuff at one end, stereo equipment at the other and a couple of good sized speakers either side. A music anorak's paradise!

Toadcast #18 - The Homecast

01. Aidan John Moffat - Eureka Springs (Edit) (00.00)
02. 4 or 5 Magicians - Forever on the Edge (02.30)
03. Flashguns - St. George (07.53)
04. George Pringle - Carte Postale (13.52)
05. Dusty Springfield - You Don't Own Me (16.59)
06. Destroyer - Foam Hands (21.55)
07. Howlies - Aluminum Baseball Bat (28.44)
08. The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir - Aspidestra (38.36)
09. Johnny Flynn & the Sussex Wit - Leftovers (40.48)
10. Ruth Theodore - Overexpanding (49.22)
11. Akron/Family - Ed is a Portal (55.28)
12. Victor Borge - Phonetic Puncutation (63.22)
13. Josiah Wordsworth - Drive-by Media (70.23)
14. King of Prussia - Spain in the Summertime (74.44)
15. The Magnetic Fields - Threeway (83.07)
16. The Forms - Knowledge in Hand (87.44)
17. Howlies - Smoke (90.14)
18. The Beat - Mirror in the Bathroom (95.38)
19. Found - When You Fall (102.09)

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]]> podcasts Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:30:00 GMT http://songbytoad.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=287164# songbytoad@hotmail.co.uk 01:45:48 Mr. Toad The Homecast Clean Toadcast #17 - The Cellarcast http://songbytoad.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=282758# The wench is away and I am here by myself, managing the last few days of our house project. You can imagine what fun that must be, Iâm sure.  Still, we move back in this weekend, so it may be a crap couple of days but itâll all be over soon and then youâll be relieved of me constantly whinging about it, which will be nice for you.

Given weâre living in a basement flat on a short term let for a month I got quite into the basementy idea with this playlist. I digressed into The Basement Tapes by Bob Dylan and the Band, but mostly itâs music from â95/6 when I was living in a damp, grotty basement flat in Glasgow with a mate and the girl I was seeing at the time.

I bought stacks of CD singles back then and lost them all when someone broke into the flat.  Thanks to the joys of the internet Iâve been able to track most of them down recently, so you get a few of those, as well as some of the stuff I was listening to at the time.

Itâs interesting as a historical document, to me anyway, but I am not sure how well the playlist itself works.  Thereâs something about this podcast that Iâm not sure I like as much as the others, even though I like all the songs on it.  I donât know, let me know what you think.  Perhaps Tears of Rage, Oasis and the Cranberries arenât good enough songs to have all on the same podcast.

Toadcast #17 - The Cellarcast

01. Blur w. Francoise Hardy - To the End (03.33)
02. Oasis - Rocking Chair (10.54)
03. Bob Dylan & the Band - Tears of Rage (17.59)
04. Bob Dylan - Baby, Let Me Follow You Down (Live) (25.54)
05. The Band - Rockinâ Chair (29.17)
06. Lloyd Cole - Unhappy Song (37.59)
07. Hootie & the Blowfish - Sad Caper (48.40)
08. Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Shallow Grave (54.03)
09. Tom Waits - November (55.55)
10. Barenaked Ladies - The Old Apartment (63.26)
11. Rayâs Vast Basement - Black Cotton (68.33)
12. The Bluetones - Colorado Beetle (71.08)
13. The Boo Radleys - Almost Nearly There (79.35)
14. The Cranberries - Joe (87.07)
15. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - The Ballad of Robert Moore & Betty Coltrane (96.13)

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]]> podcasts Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:46:00 GMT http://songbytoad.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=282758# 01:39:48 Mr. Toad Toadcast #17 - the Cellarcast Clean Toadcast #16 - The Birthday Podcast http://songbytoad.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=278395# Morning you 'orrible lot.  My wench is away being important once more.  She said to me the other day when she was trying to skive off work due to a hangover: 'I can't go into work in a bad state, I handle money.'  Haha, what bollocks.  I love it when financial people get all delusional like that, so don't worry I set her straight.  I calmly pointed out to her that if I fucked up my last job someone might have found a small metal implant buried in their spinal column.  This means dead or paralysed.  She stopped, fortunately. 

'I handle money though.'  Yeah well, I handle my penis and every last little sperm is a potential human life, so don't gimme that.  The frustration's setting in again, can't you tell.  This podcast has some news and some current things, and then explores the randomiser on my music library, doffing my cap to the recent Contrast Podcast episode which I was too slow to participate in.  Gah.

It is also my birthday on Monday, thirty-two since you ask, and we will be down in London to celebrate the occasion with our Southern friends, so there's a couple of birthday thingies in there too, most screamingly obviously the first track of course.  Enjoy Toadlings, enjoy.

Toadcast #16 - The Birthday Podcast

01. Clem Snide - Happy Birthday (02.18)
02. The Courteeners - Acrylic (08.56)
03. Joe Lean & the Jing Jang Jong - Sleazy Hughes (12.46)
04. Cloud Atlas - Cigarettes & Apricots (15.54)
05. Arab Strap - Thre is No Ending (24.04)
06. Malcolm Middleton - The Devil & the Angel (29.32)
07. Down the Tiny Steps - Photosynth (37.29)
08. Eef Barzelay - Make Another Tree (42.19)
09. Loch Lomond - Northern, Knees, Trees & Lights (51.35)
10. The Pogues - Bolero Del Perro Listo (59.23)
11. Crash Test Dummies - Sonnet #3 (The Cold is Here) (66.52)
12. Ben Folds - You've Got to Learn to Live With What You Are (68.44)
13. Cold War Kids - Hair Down (81.39)
14. The Hold Steady - The Party Pit (90.22)
15. Tom Waits - Diamonds & Gold (94.11)
16. Skuobhie Dubh Orchestra - Monsieur Le Charmant (100.18)

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]]> podcasts Thu, 15 Nov 2007 09:41:00 GMT http://songbytoad.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=278395# 01:43:47 Mr. Toad The Birthday Podcast Clean Toadcast #15 - The Homeless Toadcast http://songbytoad.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=275874# We are bloody well homeless, which is making it very tricky to record podcasts at the moment, so I apologise for the enormous wait since the last one.  I promise Iâm not losing interest, itâs just been a logistical nightmare to find the time and space to actually sit down and record of late.  It takes a few hours, not least because my computer is depressingly slow, so please bear with me.

Iâve got a couple of new singles by The Indelicates and The National, as well as a couple of groups Iâve seen live recently, and then some more esoteric stuff towards the end including the highly uncharacteristic Nicole Atkins and a potentially naughty sneak preview of the new Raveonettes album.  Enjoy, Toadlings, enjoy yourselves all to pieces.

Toadcast #15 - The Homeless Podcast

01. Dragons - Here Are the Roses (01.50)
02. Killing Joke - Eighties (08.28)
03. The Indelicates - Sixteen (13.42)
04. The National - Apartment Story (18.30)
05. Arcade Fire - Neighbourhood #1 (Tunnels) (21.51)
06. The Parish Music Box - Heavy Drinkers (30.40)
07. Rick Redbeard - Dreams of the Trees (35.45)
08. Loch Lomond - Tic (41.49)
09. Over the Rhine - Donât Wait For Tom (48.10)
10. Ravens & Chimes - The House Where You Were Born (52.10)
11. Siberian - Islands Forever (59.27)
12. Ice Cream Socialists - Mr Crazy (65.42)
13. 586 - Rags & Tags (71.47)
14. Nicole Atkins - Brooklynâs On Fire (75.03)
15. The Raveonettes - Aly Walk With Me (82.22)
16. The Sugars - Monsters (88.27)

]]> podcasts Thu, 8 Nov 2007 09:12:00 GMT http://songbytoad.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=275874# 01:31:00 Mr. Toad The Homeless Podcast Clean Toadcast #14 - Total Self Indulgence http://songbytoad.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=268012# What a lovely, lovely podcast this is.  No Mrs. Toad this week (yeah, yeah, I know, fuck off the lot of you) partly because she is away in the States being important and businesslike and so forth and partly because you are all a bunch of cunts for liking her best, you shower of ungrateful bastards.

Anyway, needless alienation of one's audience aside, I am a little tired of doing themed podcasts.  Nothing particularly pressing leapt to mind this month so I thought I'd just throw on a pile of stuff I was really enjoying and sod having a coherent theme - that's for the professionals anyway.  So it's just a big old mish-mash of stuff I'm enjoying at the moment, but I think it's quite a good playlist for all that.

There are actually a couple of songs chosen for other women in my life!  Oh shock horror! One is our reception lady here at work who revealed a surprisingly excellent vinyl collection when a few of us went round to her place after a staff night out recently, including Pavement and The Pixies.  Who would have thought it!  The other lady song is from Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, after I was entirely charmed by the niece of our next door neighbour who apparently used to go out with their keyboard player.  She is trying to move to New York at the moment actually, where there are plans to play fiddle and harp on the new Au Revoir Simone album, which is splendid news.  Apparently this one is to be more folky than the last, which bodes very well indeed.  So go Ruth!  I can't wait to hear it.

Better stop talking about ze laydees now of course, before I get skelped by my lovely lady.  Not one of of 'em a patch on the sparkling gem that is the delectable Mrs. Toad of course, not even close!  *ahem* 

Toadcast #14 - Total Self-Indulgence

01. The White Stripes - 300mph Torrential Outpour Blues (03.04)
02. Rachel Unthank & the Winterset - Blue Bleezin' Blind Drunk (12.34)
03. Jonquil - Lions (18.58)
04. Misophone - The Sea Has Spoken (20.46)
05. The Pixies - Where is My Mind (29.25)
06. The Sequins - Let's Go Drinking in the Morning (36.09)
07. The Monochrome Set - Tomorrow Will Be Too Long (39.37)
08. iLiKETRAiNS - Death of an Idealist (44.10)
09. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Over and Over Again (Lost & Found) (50.23)
10. Ringo Deathstarr - Starrsha (55.00)
11. Babyshambles - UnBiloTitled (57.02)
12. New Pornographers - Adventures in Solitude (64.29)
13. Phil Ochs - Here's to the State of Mississippi (75.18)
14. The Mabuses - Bonus Track (82.46)
15. The Real Tuesday Weld - Waltz For One (86.49)
16. Kenneth Williams - When the Toad Came Home (88.40)

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]]> podcasts Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:22:00 GMT http://songbytoad.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=268012# tiddalick@hotmail.com 01:29:39 Mr. Toad Total Self-Indulgence Yes Toadcast #13 - The Mrs. Toadcast http://songbytoad.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=262165# My dearest Toadlings it is with enormous pleasure and brimming pride that I present the light of my silly life, the bright and shining star at the centre of my universe and the bad tempered little Scottish strumpet to whom my every waking hour is devoted.  That sounds sarcastic, but it isnât.

She treats the music I play with a sort of contemptuous indifference and has some truly shocking stuff in her rather limited collection.  But she has a punk side, she loves Bob Dylan and has taken to some unexpected groups recently, like The Sequins, The Builders & the Butchers and Grandaddy.  It slowly started to dawn on me that actually, Dolly Parton aside for the moment, she could probably put together a better playlist than I could, and I was absolutely mortified to be proved absolutely right.

So I thought Iâd get her along to co-present too, which seemed like it might be fun.  It was a bit odd at first, but we warm up a bit by the end and it turns slowly into what I think it a pretty decent podcast, all told.  Iâm not sure Iâll be able to talk her into doing this too often, but if it proves a success I promise to do my best.

Toadcast #13 - The Mrs. Toadcast

01. Lambchop - Dallas Theme Song (00.00)
02. Sham 69 - Borstal Breakout (03.10)
03. The Clash - I Fought the Law (06.49)
04. Stiff Little Fingers - Alternative Ulster (10.53)
05. Depeche Mode - Just Canât Enough (16.18)
06. The Cure - Just Like Heaven (19.50)
07. Ennio Morricone - The Good, the Bad & the Ugly (26.14)
08. Nirvana - Sliver (33.02)
09. Guns ânâ Roses - Get in the Ring (38.32)
10. Bob Dylan - Tangled Up in Blue (48.21)
11. Eels - Fresh Feeling (53.58)
12. The Von Bondies - No Regrets (61.31)
13. The 63 Crayons - Spoils For Survivors (66.16)
14. Honeytrap - Andy the Freefaller (71.15)
15. The Builders & the Butchers - Black Dresses (76.11)
16. Night Jar - Poor Manâs Son (81.46)
17. The Indelicates - Waiting For Pete Doherty to Die (89.54)

]]> podcasts Tue, 2 Oct 2007 14:00:00 GMT http://songbytoad.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=262165# 01:36:35 Mr. Toad The Mrs. Toadcast Yes Toadcast #12 - The End of the Roadcast http://songbytoad.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=259280# My what a splendid festival.  Youâve read what I had to say about the thing (overview, day one, day two & day three), now hereâs the âdownloadable in one easy to digest chunkâ version, with more tunes.

I had a splendid time at this, I really did.  The line-up was spectacularly good and, despite being not much more than a well-executed variant on the standard festival format, I would highly recommend it to those of you sick of the exercise in cattle-herding and aggressively intrusive marketing that the modern festival has become.

Anyhow, Iâve gone through the festival in chronological order, playing songs from artists in the order in which I attended them over the weekend.  Hopefully I give you a decent overview of the festival itself as well as a taster of the quality of the lineup, from the indie legends to the connoisseurâs selection of emerging acts that made this such a quality bill.  No ranting in this one either, or at least, very little.  What a relief for you all.

Toadcast #12 - The End of the Roadcast

1. Midlake - Young Bride (02.08)
2. Yo La Tengo - By the Time it Gets Dark (07.43)
3. My Brightest Diamond - Dragonfly (14.17)
4. King Creosote - Youâve No Clue Do You (23.19)
5. Monkey Swallows the Universe - Sheffield Shanty (28.29)
6. David Thomas Broughton - Unmarked Grave (34.56)
7. British Sea Power - Remember Me (46.11)
8. Port OâBrien - Five & Dime (51.39)
9. The Young Republic - Excuses to See You (56.14)
10. The Wave Pictures - Long Island (63.28)
11. Johnny Flynn & the Sussex Wit - Tickle Me Pink (70.44)
12. Paris Motel - My Demeter (77.20)
13. Charlie Parr - Worried Blues (80.53)
14. Howe Gelb - Get to Leave (88.34)
15. Lambchop - Up With People (95.35)

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]]> podcasts Mon, 24 Sep 2007 16:09:00 GMT http://songbytoad.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=259280# 01:41:12 Mr. Toad Toadcast #12 - The End of the Roadcast Clean Toadcast #11 - Not Sure What This One's About http://songbytoad.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=256631# Pink Podcast descended into that I have tried to say as little as possible in this one.

Iâm off to the End of the Road Festival this weekend, which is why I recorded an advance post, so youâll be enjoying this while Iâm away getting rained on. The lineup is just phenomenal actually, so it should be really quite a splendid weekend. Tim from the Daily Growl will be there, as will Jamie from the Runout Groove and I believe possibly Sweeping the Nation as well, so it may turn into quite a blog-in. Tragically, however, I will be without my Midget Companion. Mrs. Toad is away in Australia (jammy bitch) with work and doesnât get back in time to come along, so I will be taking a book and enjoying the pleasure of my own company as best I can.

There was at least one inevitable balls-up though - when describing the Catherine Howe song I said âI canât believe this is current - it sounds so old-fashioned!â and I have since discovered that in fact it is a 2007 re-release of a 1971 record which may just explain that. In the process I also discovered that I am something of a fucking idiot.

So, End of the Road, and in the meantime, enjoy the podcast - Toad on his very best behaviour!

Toadcast #11 - Not Sure What This Oneâs About

01. A.A. Bondy - Vice Rag (00.52)
02. White Rabbits - The Plot (03.39)
03. The Courteeners - Cavorting (08.19)
04. Alaska in Winter - Close Your Eyes/We Are Blind (11.46)
05. Beirut - Fork & Knife (La Fete) (18.32)
06. Band of Horses - Is There a Ghost (21.57)
07. Nathan Lawr & the Minotaurs - We Go Down (26.52)
08. David Dondero - Rothko Chapel (30.34)
09. Jackson C. Clarke - Blues Run the Game (38.15)
10. Calexico - All the Pretty Horses (41.45)
11. Catherine Howe - In the Hot Summer (48.53)
12. Little Name - How to Swim & Live (53.31)
13. Emma Pollock - Adrenaline (56.36)
14. George Pringle - Fellini For Prime Minister (63.52)
15. Octoberman - By the Wayside (67.27)
16. The 1900s - When I Say Go (74.54)
17. (The Real) Tuesday Weld - Kix (79.44)

]]> podcasts Mon, 17 Sep 2007 08:56:00 GMT http://songbytoad.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=256631# 01:22:41 Mr. Toad Toadcast #11 - Not Sure What This One's About Clean Toadcast #10 - The Pink Podcast http://songbytoad.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=254779# The tenth Toadcast is a Pink Podcast, celebrating all things gay in indie music, but trying to steer well clear of any sort of annoying Graham Norton stereotypes. So, in avoiding anything that might have seen this lapse into the Priscilla, Queen of the Desert podcast I enlisted the help of my friend James, who was Mrs. Toadâs best man at our wedding.

As well as being gay, James is a real indie fan so I though heâd be perfect to consult with on the playlist and most of these songs are his choices.Itâs surprising actually, just how indie this ended up being.I left off quite a few things I really wanted to play and itâs still the longest ever Toadcast.

Ultimately, Iâve tried to explore the relationship between the gay community and indie music, but needless to say there are times where it descends into slightly angry ranting. Hopefully not too much to allow you to enjoy the music though. Itâs also not really ended up being as much of a discussion of gay culture as Iâd hoped and that is almost entirely down to my own ignorance. I should probably have got James round to help actually present, but that would have been a right pain the arse logistically, as well as technically in terms of capturing both voices on one shitty little webcam microphone.

On a technical point, there is a bit of an echo on the vocal recording. This is because I we have moved out of our house for a couple of months while builders tear it to pieces and I am having to rather make do in terms of recording location. Iâll try and sort this out by next week. Also, I at one point described the Book of Ruth as being in the New Testament, which is also wrong. What a muppet.

Toadcast #10 - The Pink Podcast

01. Pet Shop Boys - Itâs a Sin (01.20)
02. The Mamas & the Papas - Dream a Little Dream of Me (08.35)
03. Bloc Party - This Modern Love (13.55)
04. Rufus Wainwright - The Rebel Prince (18.08)
05. The Radiators - Under Cleryâs Clock (24.34)
06. The Magnetic Fields - When My Boy Walks Down the Street (29.15)
07. Donna Summer - I Feel Love (35.28)
08. Soft Cell - Sex Dwarf (41.36)
09. The Ballet - I Hate the War (47.52)
10. Madonna - Ray of Light (51.02)
11. Blur - Girls & Boys (60.00)
12. M.J. Hibbett & the Validators - The Gay Train (67.25)
13. David Bowie - China Girl (71.50)
14. Morrissey - November Spawned a Monster (80.40)
15. R.E.M. - First We Take Manhattan, Then We Take Berlin (90.27)
16. Scissor Sisters - Return to Oz (103.20)
17. Elton John - Ballad of a Well-Known Gun (112.12)

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]]> podcasts Tue, 11 Sep 2007 13:47:00 GMT http://songbytoad.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=254779# 01:57:10 Mr. Toad Yes Toadcast #9 - The Folly of Youth http://songbytoad.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=252390# I'm trying to kill two birds with one stone with this podcast.  Firstly, I am throwing in a couple of songs that I wanted to put on the Contrast Podcast episode entitled Young a few weeks ago.  I was away at my brother's wedding at the time, and I never got the chance so here they are.

Secondly, a good while ago a regular reader of mine called Allen Lulu tagged me with one of these internetty meme thingies whereby you write about the music that was in the charts the year you turned 18.  Well for me that year was 1993, but the chart music was abysmal, so I couldn't possibly do that to you.  Instead I had a look at what I was listening to myself from that year and came across so many excellent old songs I haven't heard for ages that a quick post turned into an entire podcast.  And this is that podcast - me at age 18.

Toadcast #9 - The Folly of Youth

1. The Spin Doctors - Two Princes (03.21)
2. Stereo MCs - Connected (09.08)
3. Radiohead - Anyone Can Play Guitar (13.41)
4. Stone Temple Pilots - Plush (17.30)
5. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Loverman (25.12)
6. Levellers - This Garden (31.29)
7. James - Five-O (38.24)
8. The Long Blondes - Once & Never Again (6Music Acoustic Session) (43.12)
9. Gogol Bordello - Never Want to be Young Again (49.48)
10. The Mathletes - Linger (Cranberries Cover) (55.27)
11. Pearl Jam - Daughter (57.45)
12. Blind Melon - No Rain (63.19)
13. Soul Asylum - New World (67.57)
14. The Lemonheads - If I Could Talk I'd Tell You (71.50)
15. Portishead - Mysterons (75.24)
16. Engine Alley - Song For Someone (82.26)

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]]> podcasts Tue, 4 Sep 2007 20:46:00 GMT http://songbytoad.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=252390# 01:26:09 Mr. Toad The Folly of Youth Yes Toadcast #8 - New Things & Englishness http://songbytoad.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=247176# This, ladies and gentlemen, is a quite splendid podcast.  Not the chat - there's actually blessed little of that for a change - but the actual music.  There may not be the one or two big names I tend to try and slip in to make sure that casual listeners are more likely to have a listen and thus bring an audience to the smaller bands, and also because I quite like to throw in a few for my own benefit as well but it just didn't quite happen.  For some reason they just didn't quite get a look in this week, although I did throw in a rather obscure Pogues track, but it just seemed fine without them.

I really like this one though, and there are some excellent new things to hear, so get stuck in.  It has quite an acoustic folk-pop sort of atmosphere, so I hope that sort of thing is your bag, but I've thrown in a couple of slightly different things, like David Cronenberg's Wife, Mother & the Addicts and A Hawk & a Hacksaw to make sure it's not too one-paced.  So get stuck in, my little Toadlings, music a-plenty and jolly fine stuff too!

Toadcast #8 - New Things & Englishness

1. Donny Hue & the Colours - Humming With the Flowerbirds (01.01)
2. Monkey Swallows the Universe - Jimmy Down the Well (06.19)
3. Emmy the Great - Canopies & Grapes (10.26)
4. Mother & the Addicts - Are Others (14.30)
5. Champion Kickboxer - Perforations (20.42)
6. Jake Flowers & the Carol-Anne Showband - Annabel (26.06)
7. Johnny Flynn & the Sussex Wit - Tickle Me Pink (28.07)
8. Mirah & Spectratone International - Supper (34.09)
9. Patti Page - Old Cape Cod (38.01)
10. A Hawk & a Hacksaw - The Way the Wind Blows (41.52)
11. David Cronenberg's Wife - My Ukrainian Girlfriend (47.20)
12. The Pogues - First Day of Forever (54.08)
13. Iron & Wine - Kingdom of the Animals (57.22)
14. The Ralfe Band - Albatross Waltz (63.23)
15. A Hawk & a Hacksaw - Portlandtown (68.19)

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]]> podcasts Mon, 20 Aug 2007 10:04:00 GMT http://songbytoad.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=247176# 01:12:53 Mr. Toad New Things & Englishness Clean Toadcast #7 - The Chillout Tent http://songbytoad.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=242268# Yes, weâre back and this time weâve relaxed a little.  Thereâs a bit less cussing and ranting in this podcast than usual - in fact virtually no ranting at all, which is probably as much of a surprise to me as it is to you.

Iâm looking at late evening music this week because Mrs. Toad and I were recently talking about the Chillout craze which kicked off about six or seven years ago. It descended into electronic muzak unfortunately, but there were some good things in there at the beginning, so I thought Iâd have a look at it.  Iâve thrown in some stuff I find nice and eveningy and relaxing as well just to stop it becoming too tedious.

Toadcast #7 - The Chillout Tent

01. Groove Armada - At The River (01.31)
02. The Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist (04.32)
03. Calexico - Human (10.31)
04. Cinerama - Diamonds Are Forever (15.14)
05. Jazzy Jeff - For Love of Da Game (19.02)
06. Fear of Pop - In Love (23.12)
07. The 18th Day of May - Cold Early Morning (31.11)
08. Lucinda Williams - Ventura (35.40)
09. Lemonjelly - In the Bath (41.51)
10. Sandy Bull - Carmina Burana Fantasy (48.28)
11. The Hold Steady - The Chillout Tent (54.04)
12. RJD2 - Ghostwriter (57.36)
13. Edith Piaf - La Vie en Rose (63.22)
14. Marilyn Monroe - Through With Love (67.02)
15. The Divine Comedy - Theme From Casanova (69.50)

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]]> podcasts Sun, 5 Aug 2007 18:21:00 GMT http://songbytoad.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=242268# 01:15:42 Mr. Toad Clean Toadcast #6 - About a Boy http://songbytoad.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=241158# Erm, I ave no idea how to explain what you're in for if you bother to listen to this I'm afraid.  The story goes like this: it was our anniversary, we were drinking and chatting and listening to music. A classic came on the stereo and we got talking about songs that would be so popular and so ingrained in popular culture that the writer of them would never have to work again and could live off the royalties, be they from television, advertising, movies or everyone wanting to cover your song.  Like that chap in about a boy, for example.

Unfortunately, we were far from sober already and by the end of this, honestly: take my gin consumption, take the equivalent volume of water out of Noah's flood, and the Ark would have run aground on Clapham Common.  In Toad world, apart from slurring, that means ranting and a relatively well-conceived podcast about commercial immortality descends into a rambling, incoherent tirade against the advertising industry, with songs.

So listen to it at your peril, you have been warned. 

Toadcast #6 - About a Boy

1. Blur - Song 2 (02.38)
2. Eileen Carr - What a Feeling (04.46)
3. Eels - Mr. E's Beautiful Blues (10.10)
4. Bob Marley - Three Little Birds (16.15)
5. Tom Waits - Innocent When You Dream (20.58)
6. Kinobe - Slip Into Something (27.00)
7. The Pet Shop Boys - Go West (30.28)
8. Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love (35.34)
9. Joan Jett & the Blackhearts - I Love Rock 'n' Roll (38.06)
10. The Pogues - Fairytale of New York (43.15)
11. The Who - My Generation (49.40)
12. The Clash - Should I Stay or Should I Go? (52.55)
13. The Kaiser Chiefs - I Predict a Riot (58.14)
14. The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army (64.04)
15. Bill Hicks - Marketing & Advertising (71.09)

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]]> podcasts Wed, 1 Aug 2007 23:24:00 GMT http://songbytoad.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=241158# 01:15:47 Mr. Toad Songs that mean you'll never have to work again. Yes Toadcast #5 - Woo hoo JC! http://songbytoad.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=239904# More errant podcastery from your favourite slippery green amphibian.  This week I find myself yelling abuse at JC who writes a terrible blog called The Vinyl Villain and is currently stranded in Toronto for a few months, far away from his Glasgow home.  JC was pretty much the first blogger to take any interest in Song, by Toad in it's formative days and as I such I always feel rather grateful for the encouragement Jim showed me back when I was starting out.

As such I thought I'd play a few songs from his favourite groups, a couple of things he's brought us in the last few months and some songs about missing folk, seeing as he'll presumably be pining like a teenager for the lovely Mrs. Villain.  Well, that or masturbating himself into a zinc-deficient coma, of course.

Either way, hope you're enjoying yourself JC. Here's some bloody songs for ya!

Toadcast #5 - Distant Villainy

1. Belly - Trust In Me (01.54)
2. Maximo Park - Girls Who Play Guitars (08.30)
3. The Doledrums - Midweek Dreamer (12.50)
4. Waylon Jennings - Dukes of Hazzard Theme (15.20)
5. Billy Bragg - Wishing the Days Away (Ballad Version) (18.33)
6. Alex Cornish - This One's For You (24.28)
7. Adam Balbo - Rock Ballad (31.02)
8. Elbow - Fugitive Motel (36.24)
9. R.E.M. - Half a World Away (41.21)
10. The Doledrums - He Said (47.14)
11. The Meteors - Out of Time (51.21)
12. James - Say Something (55.33)
13. Thunderegg - Long Way From Home (59.50)
14. The Pendulums - Brand New Song (66.52)

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]]> podcasts Sun, 29 Jul 2007 15:19:00 GMT http://songbytoad.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=239904# tiddalick@hotmail.com 01:10:43 Mr. Toad Long Distance Villainy No Toadcast the Fourth - Weddings, Holidays and Summery Niceness http://songbytoad.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=235512# Also, heâs getting married on Cape Cod, and I worked there as a waiter for two Summers when I was a student - with my everso English accent the tips were quite splendid - so Iâve thrown on a few songs that remind me of my Summers on Cape Cod, although not all are obviously related.  All in all itâs a cheerful, happy mix with a nice atmosphere to it, so you should like this one.

By the time you hear it though I could very easily have sworn myself into exile and ruined my relationship with my new in-laws forever.  Wish me luck, Toadlings, wish me luck.

1. Billy Bragg - The Marriage (0.46)
2. Tom Waits - Better Off Without a Wife (5.10)
3. Clem Snide - Happy Birthday (9.38)
4. Gomez - Make No Sound (13.36)
5. Dave Matthews Band - Two Step (19.56)
6. Vampire Weekend - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa (26.49)
7. Judy Garland - Get Happy (30.20)
8. Tom Waits - Never Let Go (34.59)
9. Bell X1 - Bound For Boston Hill (38.12)
10. Suburban Kids With Biblical Names - Funeral Face (43.37)
11. Luna - Sweet Child Oâ Mine (48.41)
12. Len - Steal My Sunshine (54.07)
13. Billy Bragg & Wilco - Hesitating Beauty (59.28)
]]> podcasts Sun, 15 Jul 2007 22:15:00 GMT http://songbytoad.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=235512# 01:05:23 Mr. Toad The Summery Wedding One Yes Toadcast #3 - With Added Americana http://songbytoad.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=232892# It's all gone a bit American this week, Toadlings. I have no intention of putting out a series of strictly themed podcasts, but it's still early days and there are so many massive chunks of my music collection I want to poke about in that this may happen a couple of times before things settle down. So I started with a couple of vaguely American-sounding tracks this week and before you know it I ended up with a podcast with a definite Americana theme.

I'm quite happy with how it's all turned out though, I must confess - a nice combination of classics and small, small bands, so the playlist is working quite well by itself. And actually handling the microphone is getting easier as well. I am quite liking this podcasting business, I'd say!

1. The Band - The Weight (02.16)
2. Hem - Half Acre (09.18)
3. Elvis Perkins - While You Were Sleeping (12.38)
4. Cherry Ghost - Mathematics (20.27)
5. The Holy Modal Rounders - Hey Hey Baby (25.30)
6. Night Jar - Sweet Annie Lee (28.30)
7. Caramel Jack - Lincoln Jackson Incident (33.45)
8. The Builders & the Butchers - Spanish Death Song (39.27)
9. Willard Grant Conspiracy - Ballad of a Thin Man (49.51)
10. Rick Redbeard - Blood (54.06)
11. Billie Holiday - Georgia on My Mind (59.26)
12. Night Jar - Big Black Horse (64.05)
13. Broken Records - Lies (71.45)
14. DeVotchka - The Enemy Guns (77.57)

Song, by Toad


]]> podcasts Sat, 7 Jul 2007 10:28:00 GMT http://songbytoad.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=232892# tiddalick@hotmail.com 01:22:19 Mr. Toad Yes Deuxieme Podcast, by Toad http://songbytoad.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=230973# Yes, another one. Mwah hah haaa. Lock up the kids, Campfires & Battlefields, because the Song, by Toad musical cuss-o-rama is back on air for more blethering, swearing, slurring and first class tunery.

Actually, I don't think this one is anything like as good as the first, if I'm honest. It's a bit over-long at fifteen songs so I think in future I'm going to limit myself to ten or twelve at the most, not least because my shitbox of a computer starts having a panic once I've stuffed that many audio files into a single project. So, fifteen songs then, with a bit of an emphasis on late 80s jangly indie guitar and containing one of the most brilliant ever drunken fuck-ups about three-quarters of the way through. Beware the horrors of letting your children turn into indie kids, people! So a bit too long, and occasionally too much inconsequential chatter, but we live and learn and the next one will be better, I promise.

Toadcast #2, the 80s English Indie One

1. My Teenage Stride - Terror Bends (01.00)
2. Honeytrap - Let's Do Naked Dancing (03.37)
3. The Mutton Birds - The Queen's English (09.38)
4. The Veils - The Wild Son (17.38)
5. The 63 Crayons - Devils (21.40)
6. The Smiths - I Started Something (26.05)
7. Honeytrap - Death Before the Silver Screen (31.03)
8. Lloyd Cole & the Commotions - Morning is Broken (36.14)
9. The Indelicates - New Art For the People (41.57)
10. The Indelicates - Stars (45.51)
11. MJ Hibbett & the Validators - The Lesson of The Smiths (50.32)
12. The Specials - Guns of Navarone (55.02)
13. Echo & the Bunnymen - The Killing Moon (57.20)
14. Honeytrap - Mussolini's Son (66.06)
15. Frank Turner - Heartless Bastard Motherfucker (73.25)

Song, by Toad


Technorati Profile]]> podcasts Sun, 1 Jul 2007 14:34:00 GMT http://songbytoad.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=230973# Mr. Toad Yes Toadcast #1 - The very first ever! http://songbytoad.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=230337# Bugger me, what fun! How about a podcast! By Me! With mandatory exclamation marks! Lots of them!!

Sorry about this chaps, but in truly characteristic all-or-nothing fashion, instead of getting my miserable arse in gear to record a meagre intro for the splendid Contrast Podcast I have, on my first outing, gone right out and recorded an entire podcast of my own. Bloody typical. I tell you what, if I don't finally get off my lazy, disorganised and generally fucking useless arse come the next Contrast Podcast time then I deserve to be tarred and feathered, so please hold me to that, I bloody deserve it.

And you've got to tell me what you think too, because believe me this is far more personal than blogging - shit, my own actual voice! The shield of a computer screen and four thousand miles' distance is some insulation believe me, whereas all you lot listening to me talk idiotically to myself in the middle of my own living room, well quite frankly it scares the shit out of me. So let me know - good? bad? indifferent? more? never again? It's in your hands, people, so make your voices heard.

Fancy a listen? Well click like fiends, Toadlets, like fiends!

Here's the tracklisting:

1. The New Pornographers - Mass Romantic (01.22)
2. Bishop Allen - Like Castanets (07.10)
3. Jet - Lazy Gun (10.21)
4. The Sequins - Patients (17.40)
5. Grandaddy - Broken Household Appliance National Forest (25.53)
6. The Wedding Present - Corduroy (30.25)
7. The Sequins - Nobody Dreams About Me (35.22)
8. The Shaky Hands - Whales Sing (38.30)
9. The Scottish Enlightenment - Eyes (44.02)
10. Sons & Daughters - Johnny Cash (48.55)

Song, by Toad

]]> podcasts Fri, 29 Jun 2007 14:31:00 GMT http://songbytoad.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=230337# 00:52:14 Mr. Toad Toadcast #1 No