Edinburgh Man Podcasts

After a week on holiday the podcast returns with a vengeance. Sort of. Last week I was in New York, mostly just chilling out and buying some vinyl. I somehow managed to squeeze a whole load of albums into my case for the journey home, and thankfully they all survived unscathed. Anyway, as I'm still in a New York mood... or perhaps more importantly on a New York timezone, I thought I'd make an...

Everything is back to normal with a truly ramshackle podcast! The craziness of the Edinburgh Festival is behind us for another year, and the podcast returns to it's normal shambolic self. On the plus side, I checked the stats the other day, and saw that listeners in the US are still just outweighing those in the UK, so it looks like I didn't alienate too many people with a month worth of...

It's a Retreat! Festival special episode of the podcast! Last weekend, at Pilrig St. Paul's at the boundary of Leith and Edinburgh, Tracer Trails presented a two day festival to celebrate the music scene in Edinburgh and beyond. Lots of great bands played over the weekend, and Bart and Emily were kind enough to let me speak to some of the bands over the two days. So, on the show we have chats with...

With Kurt Braunohler It's the last weekend of the Edinburgh Fringe 2011. Thankfully. I'm not sure how much longer I could have kept going. This week I've been to shows on all but one of the days. Gordon is back, and impressively he has been to some shows too! Outrageous. It's basically a round up of what we've seen, we ramble about our favourite bits of the festival, play some music, and talk abou...

With Josie Long and Shambles Miller Another podcast from the Edinburgh Fringe! We're more than halfway through, but the fringe is really taking it's toll. So much so that we're one presenter down! Gordon has done a runner. The podcast and his Fringe schedule collided today, so you've just got me instead. Actually, that's not true. You've got me, and Shambles Miller, and Josie Long! Two interviews...

With David MacGregor from Kid Canaveral One week into the fringe and the festival is starting to hit its stride. Gordon, of course, still hasn't been to any shows. But no matter, I went to five in one day yesterday, and I'm feeling the strain a bit today. We've moved outside, lured by the promise of some sun that didn't really materialise. The Edinburgh wind however did... as demonstrated by the b...

It's the Edinburgh Festival Fringe all over again! Already! It really doesn't seem like 12 months ago that we stood in the Pleasance Courtyard, waiting in the queue for comedy show after comedy show, trying to keep out of the rain. It also feels like this first weekend of the Fringe has been the wettest start for some time. We had hoped, just liked last year, to record the podcast sitting on a pic...

The last proper podcast for some time... The city is about to get crazy. Purple cows are being inflated, dusty cellars are being converted into overheating stand-up comedy venues, and the population of the city is swelling in size. The Edinburgh Festival (and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe) is upon us. Hopefully, just like last year, there'll be some special episodes of the podcast recorded over th...

A bit more laid back than the craziness of last week's podcast, hopefully. Although to be honest, part of me is still buzzing from this weekend's great free in-store gig at Avalanche Records by Kid Canaveral (see this week's Hipstamatic for details) to support the re-release of their brilliant album on Fence records (and its first release on vinyl). By some way of explanation, last week I did the...

It's a podcast that almost didn't happen. For some outragous reason... oh wait, I remember it's because I'm busy at work at the moment... I've been getting up early the last few days. The good thing is that this has resulted in lots of work getting done. The bad thing is that it's resulted in a blazing headache which I've had all day. Anyway, I'm not one to let feeling rubbish get in the way of li...

In a rather unlikely turn of events summer seems to have arrived in Edinburgh this week. If you're not from around these parts, what this means is that it's sunny... slightly warmer than normal... and no-one is wearing a jacket. Not one to waste this, I wandered up Calton Hill at lunchtime. It's a strange place, with a weird selection of buildings, including part of a replica of the Parthenon. See...

Hold on to your iPod ear-buds, it's an hour long special of the podcast! It's actually only special in that it's an hour long, otherwise it's pretty much the same as normal. Basically my list of music that I wanted to play is getting bigger and bigger, and I had some real trouble trying to whittle it down into a half our show today, so I just decided not to bother. Lots of music, and maybe a bit m...

Two days early! It's an extra-special, croaky-voiced, Tuesday-night podcast! This week I seem to have got an action packed social calendar which goes gig, gig, wedding, gig. It all means that I'm out for the rest of the week, so I'm doing this podcast early. Normally I'd just record it, and set it to appear at the normal time, but Thursday night is the launch party for new The Last Battle EP, so I...

Tonight I'm out! I'm not quite sure how I've managed to go so long without being out on a Thursday night. Anyway, the lure of a free bar tempted me away from the podcast, so we have a pre-recorded one instead. And it's a special episode of the podcast devoted to music from the record label Kill Rock Stars. Founded in 1991 in Olympia Washington by Slim Moon, it's surely not an overstatement to say...

I know, I know... I said I wasn't going to do a live podcast this week. But I couldn't help it. I had planned to go down to the after-show party for today's Leith Late, but for some reason my body seems to be rejecting gig going at the moment. This is because it has had an enforced holiday, and is getting used to playing video games and watching boxed sets. Well, it better snap out of it for tomor...

Technically this was the most ambitious podcast yet. And it didn't work. The plan was to have a phone call chat with Brian Pokora from The Last Battle about the Wee Jaunt festival at the weekend. But it didn't work. Instead, you get me in a very flustered mood moaning about technology and a broken bike. Sorry. If only I could have hooked up my old rotary phone to my laptop. Anyway, music-wise ther...

If you were unfortunate enough to tune in last week you'll have heard me moaning about a broken dishwasher. Don't worry - it's been replaced, so there'll be no moaning this week. However the cost of a new dishwasher seems to have put a dent in this months live music and vinyl purchasing plans, so there'll be plenty of moans about that instead. On today's podcast we started off in a totally self-in...

It's been very difficult, let me tell you, but I've managed to drag myself away from L.A. Noire (yeah - what is the score with that extra 'E'), and washing dishes, for half an hour to make another podcast. Yep. I did it live again, but it's probably really annoying going on about that all the time. Basically doing it live helps me with my preparation, and keeps me to a specific time for recording...

Another ramshackle live podcast! Or rather it was. If you're reading this now then it's all over and the dust has settled. Actually, apart from the live part it was quite relaxing, with a couple of slowcore tracks making up the playlist. It's been a busy old week or so gig-wise recently, even if I did miss  Mercury Rev this evening because I didn't get my tickets in time. On Tuesday I embarked on...

I had lots of music for today's podcast. Loads and loads actually. So much so that I got a bit stuck trying whittle it down. I was also going to do another live one, but in the end time, and the fact I was feeling a bit under the weather, got the better of me. So instead, I made an entirely different podcast with lots of music and very little chat. I promise I'll sort out my playlists and get back...

I just recorded this podcast about 30 minutes ago. And like a crazy person I recorded it live... and actually broadcasted it live too! And people actually  listened! What I'm trying to say is that it was even more shambolic than normal. As seems to happen when you're off work for a while, after a few days your body eventually realises that it's time to relax and all manner of viruses and lurgies t...

I'm on holiday this week. Because some uninteresting people are getting married, there's an extra public holiday this week in the UK. Add to that the holidays for Easter and May Day, and you'd be forgiven for thinking that we spend all our time lazying around on our arses around here. Anyway, rather than go into work for a three day week this week, I decided to take an extra few days off. The resu...

Last weekend was Record Store Day, and I seemed to spends lots of money on a whole stack of vinyl, and saw some great live music. It all started at some ridiculously early time of the morning, and when I got down to Avalanche Records in Edinburgh I was still the ninth person in the queue! The main thing was, I got all the records I wanted to get - including a great re-pressing of Big Star's III. H...

Madness. I've left recording the podcast to the last possible minute. So it's about as "live" as you can get with this sort of thing. It was also a bit of a nightmare to record. I ended up recording it under a little fort, which was quite uncomfortable, so apologies if this comes across on the show. Back when I started doing the podcast I always recorded it on the Thursday night. But back then I w...

Last week's podcast had the most likes on Facebook so far! A whopping 16! Thankfully many more people listen to the show than "like" it, but still - I was impressed. Perhaps this is because the show was a chilled out indie folkie sort of show? Never one to stick to a formula, I've decided to mix it up a bit this week, with a bit more musical variety. There are two great tracks from albums that com...