Independent Music Podcast

An exclusive first play of a new Hey Colossus track is just one highlight in this week’s podcast. There are absolute storming tracks from the ever reliable crate diggers at Finders Keepers Records and Africa Seven, we also have new tracks from the legendary alto saxophonist Idris Ackamoor & the Pyramids, New Zealand jazz rockists Orchestra of Spheres, podcast favourites Fumaça Preta, Tim Hecker,...

Anthony is back this week and he has some great music with him, including new ones from Diminished Men and Colin Stetson. Gareth adds new ones from grime maestro Novelist and French odd-pop oddballs Gablé. There’s also new tunes from Japenese art collective Maher Shalal Hash Baz, gnarly techno enthusiasts IXTAB, Bitchin Bajas & Bonnie Prince Billy, Australian producer Swell, heavy rockers Black Mo...

This week’s podcast may clock in under an hour, but we still have the usual ten tracks of weird and wonderful independent music for you. We’ve got an exclusive first play of the new Booze track from their second album. We also have new ones from London/Bahrain’s Flamingods, UK hip hop from Joker Starr, beautiful acoustic guitar music from Seabuckthorn, odd library electronics from Sheffield’s I Mo...

This week we have the exclusive first play of former Jaga Jazzist member Norwegian experimental guitarist Stian Westerhus’ new track. We’ve also got two from Japan with the insatiable techno-esque sounds of Japanese trio Nisennenmondai and the experimental work from Keiji Haino. Two too from Canada with Venetian Snares and Poirier. There’s Cameroonian disco from Pasteur Lappé, experimental Italian...

Some exceptional swearing and even better techno and everything in between on this week’s show. We’ve got Hungarian experimentations from 12z, more experimentation from Fatima Al Qadiri, garage pop music from LA’s Feels, and a nice chunk of funk and disco. We’ve got the latest from PJ Harvey and close off with something rather rude from Scottish troubadour Aidan Moffat. Tracklisting Mission of Bur...

After an electronics heavy podcast last week, you don’t get many more fantastic guitar acts than those that feature on this week’s Independent Music Podcast. From new tracks from San Francisco friends Thee Oh Sees and Ty Segall, to Manchester’s ever magnificent Gnod and the immense sounds of Sheffield’s Blood Sport. We also have odd electronics from Basic Rhythm, techno from Route 8, Kora-gorgeous...

Some extraordinary electronic music on this week's show. JahYu's rootsy dub with throat singing and bird noises ticks all our boxes, we've got two future British masters in Commodo and Rocks FOE combining, and another one in Gaika. It's a real showcase of wonderful British electronics, with Not Waving, Champion, and Four Tet also appearing. Away from that we have the legendary Iggy Pop kicking thi...

Polish dub from Dreadsquad kicks off a podcast crossing across the genres, with new music from Brooklyn's Prince Rama, Yorkshire's moog master Matthew Bourne, and Haiku No Ku. We've also got covers performed by Scotland's Supermoon and Kay Dennis, as well as a tribute to the late, great Clarence Reid AKA Blowfly.

The Japanese do noisey rock music better than most, and this week's show has ample proof with tracks from Melt-Banana and Piqnic. We've got reissued Greek Jaffa psych from Aris San, as well as new tracks from Future Punx, abstract sound artist Thomas Köner, and Salford-based electronics master Howes.

Your first podcast of 2016 features lots of interesting new releases. From the opening sounds of Markey Funk's heavily Italian library music influenced new faux-horror OST, past the South African hip hop of Luka Productions, sumptuous rhythms from London's Phall Fatale and sampling of Buddha Machine Loops from China and Tibet - this is the usual mix of the weird, the wonderful, and the truly outst...

The final part of our 2015 retrospective is somewhat slower. With stunning hushed Scottish tones, London poetry mixed with German digidub, LA hip hop, and a digital release that has a vinyl release earmarked for 2016. Thank you for all your support this year - see you in 2016!

The most wonderful time of the year! Gareth and Anthony dig through a fabulous year of music to bring you three episodes of great, perhaps forgotten music that has come out this year. Did you hear the one with the classically trained Egyptian pianist with two drummers? or the Hungarian afrobeat? or the Rastafarian who has a bad memory and speaks to two Danish producers about it? Well get stuck in...

Heavy hitting this week, we have brand new trap from new Croydon 'firespitter' Rocks FOE and an incredible new 7" from the Gaslamp Killer. There's lots of heavy sounds, with new ones from Melt Yourself Down, Goat (the Japanese one), Scotch Bonnet-signed Egoless, and the immense new single from Fumaca Preta. Stereolab-affiliated Cavern of Anti-Matter also have a new track, as do Dark Sky and experi...

Weird electronic noises this week, with something very special from the complete unknown I Know I’m an Alien. We’ve got a 10-minute opener from Maserati, who played their first ever UK show last week. Also new reggae from Berlin’s iLLBiLLY HiTEC, extremely good glitchy sounds from Anna Meredith and some sublime jazz from Austin’s Epirus Quartet. Loads of more great sounds too, including drone from...

The Independent Label Market returns to London on 28 November. In anticipation Gareth and Anthony play tracks from some of the brilliant labels who will be selling their wares. From reggae in the form of Nice Up!, to Romanian prog from Strut via crazy Thai sounds from the Carvery and much more.

Surgeon has a new LP recorded in the Maui jungle under his own name that we preview this week. Alongside that we have new tracks from Tarana, Ulver, Julia Kent, and Oneohtrix Point Never. Subscribe on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/independent-music-podcast/id981100481?mt=2

From unreleased 80s Scottish post-punk, to Canadian rock, to Brazilian funk, we've got another fantastically varied ten tracks for your week. New tracks from Joanna Newson, Ukandanz, Witch, Moss Lime, Blanck Mass, and Kill the Vultures highlight another Independent Music Podcast

Algerian disco? Turkish progressive rock? Austrians covering Syrians? This week's podcast has all and more - with new delights from Soap&Skin, Bill Wells with Yo La Tengo, Soap&Skin, Floating Points, and Misty's Big Adventure. Also great new electronic oddities, grown up nursery rhymes and plenty more. Subscribe on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/independent-music-podcast/id981100481?m...

Kicking off the show this week we’ve got Soviet-era vinyl breakbeat mashups, heartbreaking ballads and unidentifiable electronic music. Elsewhere in the hour we’ve got the latest from two regularly featured labels - Awesome Tapes From Africa and Rocket recordings - we’ve also got avant-garde oddness from Trunk records in the shape of Bruce Lacey, Blaxploitation Bollywood, a rare track from Crystal...

The Dead Albatross Music Prize is the sensible alternative to the Mercury - truly forward-thinking, interesting British records where the labels don't need to pay to enter. Voted for by music aficionados across the country, the prize highlights 25 exceptional records from all genres. Gareth and Anthony pick ten of the records for this week's show. For more info, visit www.deadalbatross.com Subscri...

The first track in six years from post-rock pioneers Tortoise kicks off this week's podcast. Some more new music from Colombia's Meridian Brothers, house from Medlar, techno from Scalameriya & VSK, dub from Devon's Alien Dread, plus a new compilation of Radiophonic music, afro-disco and art house ambience.

This week there are incredible new and forthcoming releases from the likes of Workin' Man Noise Unit, Okzharp and Master Musicians of Bukkake. We also have new experimental music from Norway, library jazz from London as well as a live recording from Colin Stetson & Sarah Neufeld and great noise from Russia, and old releases from Silver Apples and Irmin Schmidt.

After our summer break we've got loads of great new music. Grime from South Africa's Lions Den 9000, house from Tom McConnell, Portugese rock from Equations and lots more

We're taking a break from our summer break this week - when's there's so much good music coming out, we just can't resist the urge to bring it to you. We've got an amazing track from the new Teeth of the Sea album alongside new ones from Finnish jazz man Jimi Tenor's collaboration with the UMO, Belgian rock side-project Faye Dunaways, Berlin drone rocker Sloath, Italian producer Clap! Clap! and th...

End of the Road festival 2015 kicks off this weekend. It’s our favourite UK festival and we’re delighted to investigate some of the amazing bill on this week’s podcast. From old favourites Brakes, to Sufjan Stevens via podcast luminaries Fumaça Preta and the incredible This is the Kit. There’s lots to savour for regular listeners as well as festival goers