Edinburgh Man Podcasts

Sit down in a comfy chair, pour yourself a big glass of wine, and chill out to today's relaxed podcast of indie folk tunes. Yep. A couple of days ago I hadn't even made a playlist for the show, and when I sat down to put the music together I must of been in a pretty chilled out mood, because it's all a bit lower tempo than normal. This is partly helped by the fact that as I was looking for the mus...

The podcast is on location! Recorded in a hotel room in Athens, underneath the Parthenon, although there's nothing very Athenian about it... except the rambling chat, and the background noise of traffic. It's a dodgy sounding all new podcast recorded and mixed (for the most part) on my iPhone! On this show, there's another track from the new acoustic album by J Mascis , a track from the debut albu...

A pre-recorded show! I'm busy this week, and in anticipation of that fact I recorded this show last week! In fact, only about 48 hours after the last show. As a result, it's light on chat. No new gigs have been attended, no new records have been purchased, so it's a little bit more music than normal. There's some new music - including a track by Forbidden Friends , the new project by Hutch Harris...

On today's podcast... my ears seem to be returning to normal! Helped no doubt by the fact I've been wearing earplugs at gigs recently, including a brilliant gig with Zoey Van Goey and Withered Hand - a fundraiser for Withered Hand's trip to SXSW in Austin next week. Hopefully by the time the podcast goes live, this will all have been sorted, but at the time of recording Dan from Withered Hand's vi...

It's a full on Scottish music podcast this week. Well, okay, it's a 50% Scottish music podcast. Three bands from Scotland, and three bands who aren't. Two of the Scottish bands are from Edinburgh too! I got a bit inspired after a great gig by Kid Canaveral at the weekend as part of their SXSW fundraising kick, so I desperately wanted to play one of my favourite tracks of theirs on the show. It's a...

Not much to say about today's show, except that it's a miracle I've managed to get it together at all. Here's a tip for any nerds out there, if you use Filevault protection on your Mac and then upgrade the hard drive, the maximum size of your home folder is still based on the old disk! Despite having 300GB free I was unable to write any new files to my drive. Including the file for the podcast. Yi...

My ears are still ringing from the Come On Gang launch album gig on Saturday night. But I just about managed to hear enough to pull together this podcast. Outrageously, I didn't notice the multiple "Astronaut" references in today's show, not sure how I missed that. Anyway, there's loads of great music, including two tracks from Edinburgh bands. A wonderful track from the aforementioned Come on Gan...

How exciting! I’ve just discovered uneaten (although slightly broken) Christmas chocolate in the cupboard, so it’s a chocolate fuelled podcast. Surely one of the best kinds. On today’s show, I’m recovering from a slightly sleepless weekend as a result of clanking hotel radiators. But there’s lots to wake me up, including another track from the upcoming Twilight Singers album, a wonderful sounding...

It seems to be ridiculously stormy outside in Edinburgh as I record this. I even got covered with snow on the way into work today. Crazy. Anyway, I'm tucked away in the back room, since this seems to have the least amount of wind and rain battering on the window. It still manages to distract me during the show though. Unfortunately Hipstamatic can't really capture the full force of a stormy Scotti...

It's Burns Night! Actually, that's a lie. It was Burns Night. More specifically it was Burns Night when I recorded the show. That's my excuse for consuming two glasses of whisky while recording this week's podcast. That may also be the reason why it's an hour long show. I just kept going. Playing music, drinking whisky, and talking rubbish. Anyhoo, a double length show for no reason other than I w...

So, I've had three weeks to put this podcast together, and it almost fell apart at the last moment! Yesterday my hard drive died. I just amount managed to recover the most important files (the music for this show) before sitting down to record it this evening. If I hadn't had these hard drive issues, this would have been an extra special hour long show, on account of the fact I've accumulated load...

2010 is almost over, and so is our countdown of the best tracks of the year, as voted by myself, and the listeners of the podcast. Fuelled by a glass of port and some Christmas chocolate, we listen to the tracks from number fourteen down to that all important(!) number one. Some great music in here, including at least one track that I had completely forgotten about. I also play two tracks from vin...

Is 2010 almost over already? If you're a long time (long suffering?) listener to the podcast you'll know that it all began near the start of 2010. During the last year some 150-200 tracks from 2010 have been played so I thought I'd pull together a "best of" list. However, I didn't want this just to be my favourite tracks, so throughout November we had a poll, and lots of people voted. Actually, lo...

It's not Christmas! I was going to do a festive playlist, but went a bit "bah humbug" and you get this instead. A slightly eclectic selection of music in today's show. We start off with an old track by Tender Trap from their debut album that came out way back in 2002. I like to keep you on your toes, so that's followed by some Gameboy fun in the shape of "Master Dude", the title track from Enfant...

The snow is still here, and my voice still seems to be croaky, but I'm feeling better! So that's a bonus. This week I apologise for last weeks podcast. I recorded it in a bit of a rush, I was still a bit under the weather, there were equipment issues, etc, etc. Anyway, this week we might still be under a foot of snow in Edinburgh, but I'm feeling better and playing with some new toys! The music is...

There might be two foot of snow outside, but I'm feeling a bit better than I was in last week's cold medication fuelled show. On today show, there's blues new and old from A Brief View of the Hudson and Son House, a great track from the new album by The Savings and Loan on Song By Toad records, and another brilliant track from the Kid Canaveral album. Also mentioned in today's podcast are Tigercat...

Just a quickie in the shownotes department... I'm choked with the cold today, and peering at my MacBook screen through bleary eyes. Firstly, I should say a Happy Thanksgiving to all the listeners in the US. And on that note, the Thursday me is very thankful to the Tuesday me who had the foresight to record the show a few days ago just as I started to come down with the cold, rather than wait until...

Today I'm trying out a different audio set-up, so this may either sound brilliant, or terrible. Please let me know if it does... especially the latter. Anyway, 5 great tracks this week. Yes, only 5. Not because I talk too much... I think they're just a bit longer than normal. First up is a great track from the debut EP by Edinburgh's My Tiny Robots . I managed to see them twice in the last week, a...

So, last week I talked too much and I did you out of a track. So this time I try and talk not quite as much so I can squeeze in the prerequisite six great slices of indie pop. It's also a busy week gig-wise in Edinburgh (including the pictured Casiotone for the Painfully Alone) so I recorded this in a bit of a rush on Tuesday night. There is, as ever, lots of great music. Two tracks from...

In today's podcast I swap the alcohol for a cup of tea and things seem to go a bit better. First up we have a great track from the Kid Canaveral album. It's one of my favourite releases from 2010 and I recommend you check them out. In fact, if you're in or around Edinburgh on the 18th of December they are having a Christmas Party at The Lot featuring music from ballboy, King Creosote and many othe...

I'm hungry, tired, and I have a glass of port in my hand. This can only mean that it's time for another podcast! Today I'm still in an indie-pop mood after the weekend's popfest in Edinburgh. There's a track from Bearsuit who opened the Saturday at the popfest, and three tracks from bands who will be playing at Glasgow's popfest in December. Also on the show are New York's Schwervon! - they're sup...

It's a very special show. This coming weekend is the Edinburgh Popfest. A whole bunch of great bands play top quality indie-pop at three different venues over three days. To celebrate this, we have a special episode with Jonny and co-host Gordon playing tracks by bands who are performing over the weekend. If you're in, or near, Edinburgh, and assuming you're reading this early enough, why not come...

Apologies. Firstly, the flat is being decorated at the moment which means my temporary podcasting set-up wasn't quite as level as I thought. You may hear some thuds now and again. Secondly, I'm a bit more subdued than normal, but there is some great new music nonetheless. First up, a track from the new Deerhoof album. It doesn't come out in January 2011, but there was no way I could wait that long...

Lots of new music in today's podcast, a couple of creative commons tunes, and more importantly two songs by Edinburgh bands! I also hit the beer right at the start of the show, which might account for the fact I'm a bit more excitable than normal. Anyway, the show starts with a track from the new album by Marnie Stern, which is out this week on killrockstars. There's a wonderful demo from the Thro...

Due to a mislaid power supply, we're running on battery power for this podcast. And my headphones almost deafened me just before the show! Not the best of starts for Podcast 28. Music-wise, there's a bit of what I'm informed is called "Baroque Pop". I'm not sure about that, but it's a great track from the latest EP in the Parenthetical Girls' "Privilege" project. There's an instrumental ...