Edinburgh Man Podcasts

I’ve managed to put my back out, crouching down and rummaging in boxes in the small storage space in the loft. Normally I record the podcast kneeling on the floor of a cupboard, but I decided that probably wasn’t the best thing for my back. So I went out for a morning constitutional and recorded the show on the move instead. Expect dream-pop and post-punk riot grrrl music. Was any of this better for my back? Probably not. Probably not. [02:34] Thrower featuring Fuvk – My Brakes [08:58] veto noir – HOT GIRL SHIT [17:48] Mary Bell – Watch Me Disappear [23:19] Pau from Marc – Mountains [27:12] The Debasers – Lose Your Delusions Part 1 [31:50] Wine Pride – 1201 AM Unless otherwise noted, all tracks are released under Creative Commons licences. See links for more details.

Surprise! It’s a new Edinburgh Man Podcast. The last year has been rather crazy at Edinburgh Man Towers. We had the attic converted, which involved a lot of banging, drilling and sawing. None of this is especially conducive to recording audio. Then today, I finally had some free time and relative quiet, so I thought I would record a podcast. But then I decided I should probably put a coat of paint on the new room first, so as I record this show I’m sore and shattered. I know, I know. Nothing has changed in the last year. [00:22] Zero Azúcar – Zero Azúcar [05:52] ELLiS·D – Drifting [14:41] Wonderflu – Milky Worlds [18:00] Final Passion – I Am Alright [22:52] Lace Banjo – Thumb In Ass [27:59] Julien Orlando – Fade To Black Unless otherwise noted, all tracks are released under Creative Commons licences. See links for more details.

Apologies for the somewhat variable release schedule for the podcast. January has been pretty busy, and unfortunately that busyness spilled over into February and the school holidays. But today, at long last, I have a few hours to myself to record a podcast and play the playlist that has been sitting and waiting since the first week of the year. Keeping with the theme, I’m also trying out a pair of varifocal glasses. So while I have some sort of notes for today’s show, I can’t really read them very well, so this is very much off the cuff. [00:20] RADICAL KITTEN – Never On Time [06:15] Dead Married – Alone [12:27] Swiss Portrait – Always [17:06] hidden driver – Whitman St Blues [22:24] Rustycore – Buick [26:06] Demonic Sweaters – The Precipice of Me Unless otherwise noted, all tracks are released under Creative Commons licences. See links for more details.

It’s Hogmanay! The detritus of Christmas surrounds us. The last few crackers are left unpulled, a few lonely boxes of chocolates are still to be eaten, and we soon must deal with the looming bells of the New Year. All of which means that it is time for the Edinburgh Man end of year show 2023! The 25 tracks, as picked by your erstwhile host as being the best of all the music (or at least all the creative commons music) played on the show over the last twelve(ish) months. Hopefully you enjoyed listening to the podcast this year, and hopefully one or two of your favourites are featured in today’s show. Have a great New Year and I’ll see you in 2024. [00:02:03] 25. Fog Lake – pedestal[00:05:37] 24. Dating – Supercollider[00:09:25] 23. War Fighters – Burdens Piled Feat Rafif Taufani[00:14:29] 22. The Westerwaves – Penguin Pop[00:17:42] 21. Vietnam II – Cargo (I Search Through the Night)[00:20:48] 20. Modernheads – Old Crush New Year[00:25:10] 19. Jeff Rosenstock – DOUBT[00:30:01] 18. OOPF! – pennies[00:33:42] 17. Comprador – Better Luck Next Time[00:37:55] 16. keep it together – Power Lines[00:41:36] 15. Osmiini – Sueño Escatológico[00:44:40] 14. mmmarkos! – Motion[00:47:48] 13. Brorlab – Shitty Oven[00:49:37] 12. Wine Pride – Nostalgia[00:52:50] 11. Cuties – Say Something Sweet[00:57:10] 10. Drizzly – We’re on a Date![00:59:48] 09. WONDERFLU – Green Planet[01:02:32] 08. Pine Point – Say It Again[01:06:35] 07. The Cosmonautopolitans – Strained[01:09:50] 06. Tossing Seed – The Flower Still Remains[01:13:48] 05. Shiv and the Carvers – Heart in a Jar[01:16:52] 04. Collate – Erika’s Trip[01:20:07] 03. Grrrl Gang – A Fight Breaks Out At a Karaoke Bar[01:22:53] 02. Hard Femme – Jenny Rambling[01:27:24] 01. Final Passion – Perpetual Motion Unless otherwise noted, all tracks are released under Creative Commons licences. See links for more details.

I’m hiding away as I record this week’s show – ostensibly the Christmas episode of the podcast. I’ve gone and left it too late and I now need to record the episode on the Saturday before Christmas, i.e. the first day the kids are off school. They are already at each other’s throats and starting to get very annoyed by my continued asking when they are going back to school. Anyway, many thanks for listening to the return of the show over the last few months. I’m sort of getting used to doing these again, and for the most part they are weekly-ish. Hopefully next week (sometime between Christmas and New Year) I’ll be able to squeeze in a best of 2023 show. But until then, Merry Christmas! [00:48] Slughole – Buried in the Snow (…My Mind) [06:30] Rotundos – Moving Day [11:05] Far Apart – Hazel [17:57] calostro – Vino [20:58] Mom’s Home – good at first dates [26:52] Dating – Supercollider Unless otherwise noted, all tracks are released under Creative Commons licences. See links for more details.

Aye, the nights are fair drawing in up here in Edinburgh – sunset is something crazy like half past three in the afternoon. The photo accompanying today’s show was taken while me and Thing 2 walked home from school today. Regular listeners will no doubt remember than Friday is a half day for the schools in Edinburgh, so even though this photo was taken at 12.30pm, the fuzzy lukewarm glare just above the trees is actually the sun. On today’s show jangly shambling Christmas music from Sheffield, punk from Spain, shoegaze from Australia, and some brilliant downtempo surf rock from Columbus, Ohio’s Vietnam II on netlabel blocSonic. [00:38] SHRUB – 12 Days of Shrubmas [06:25] ZUTATEN – Mancuerna [11:55] Angelo Celli – point of you [14:43] keep it together – Power Lines [20:40] Pine Point – Old Dog/New Socks [27:43] Vietnam II – Cargo (I Search Through the Night) Unless otherwise noted, all tracks are released under Creative Commons licences. See links for more details.

Urgh, I have a cold. That’s the excuse I’m going for as to why the show has been delayed for a week or two. It’s absolutely not because I was spending all my free time catching up on three seasons of Doctor Who before the 60th anniversery specials started. No it’s not that at all. On today’s show, mostly new tracks from releases that have been featured over the last few months. In one case it’s because the track is a wee bit festive, and in other cases it’s because they are great tracks that I wanted to play! There’s also a new track from a fantastic new album “Lost Dogs” by keep it together on Seattle’s friend’s house records. [00:20] The Cosmonautopolitans – Mistletoe [04:29] Ballsy – Be Your Baby [08:41] keep it together – Dashcam [14:21] Shiv and the Carvers – Heart in a Jar [17:46] Libby Quinn – Jesus in Tokyo [23:36] Tossing Seed – Fall of Sweet Pea Unless otherwise noted, all tracks are released under Creative Commons licences. See links for more details.

It’s the three hundredth podcast! Except it’s not, because I’ve always been fast and loose with the numbering. It’s probably more like number 350, but let’s pretend for a moment and bask in having reached this numeric milestone. In keeping with previous significant numbered episodes, very little extra work has gone into this one. Although this time, it’s a double length show. A mixure of both new releases and classic podcast favs. All creative commons licensed. Some even on vinyl. I had hoped for this to be a live show, but I’ve not quite got the live server running, so it’s prerecorded. Also, I used a creaky old iPad and some creaky old iPad softare, so the audio quality is… meh. Many apologies for that. I’ve had to run some extra compression in it too to even out the volume. So it’s probably going to sound like a badly tuned FM radio. But what else would you expect! [00:38] The Westerwaves – Penguin Pop[06:54] Keel Her – Riot Grrrl[11:27] Grrrl Gang – A Fight Breaks Out At A Karaoke Bar[14:41] Trust Fund – Cut me out[20:26] Home Front – Nation[23:55] Radiator Hospital – Fireworks[28:41] Low Pines – Heavy Hander[32:32] North Bloom – Rockstar, baby[37:48] Schwervon – Truth Teller[41:33] Pine Point – Say it Again[46:29] Townhouse Woods – Cricket Hymn, Part I[51:00] mmmarkos – Motion[57:34] Swearin’ – Kenosha Unless otherwise noted, all tracks are released under Creative Commons licences. See links for more details.

I was showing my work colleague some new photo management software I’ve been using, and I shared an album with him. “Why would someone have so many photos of coffee?” I mean, it’s probably a legitimate question. But my feeling is – why not? I’m sure about 50% of the images that I use for this podcast are coffee related, and if they aren’t then it’s time to up my game. I’m feeling nicely caffeinated as I write this due to a new coffee grinder, which is much easier on this old man’s arm than the hand crank version. However not sufficiently caffeinated for this to be a live podcast. I’ve been experimenting with doing live shows again, and have even set up a site at live.edinburghman.com. However after spending half an hour fighting with and losing to streaming software, it just a normal pre-recorded show. Good music though! [00:22] Bris – Errautsiko dira hiriak [06:54] Noah Roth – Hold On / Okay [13:03] ELLiS·D – I Want You To Know [19:29] Waylon Thornton and the Heavy Hands – Broom Rider [22:56] entertainment for the braindead – An Answer [30:33] The Dream Is Dead – Death Of A Superstar Unless otherwise noted, all tracks are released under Creative Commons licences. See links for more details.

Apologies for the lack of podcast last week. The all new Edinburgh Man Towers is still, very slowly, being decorated and upgraded since we moved in over a year ago. Last week it was the turn of the Dining Room / Office / Music Listening Room to be rewired. The biggest room in the house, and room with the most stuff. All of which had to be cleared out for the work. Of course, while the room was empty we thought it would be a good time to lay a new floor. By ourselves. So that was last weekend’s fun, and I’m still not really recovered. I’d love to say that you can’t tell, and that this week’s show is the pinnacle of professionalism, but you know… [00:32] Final Passion – Perpetual Motion [09:11] Hard Femme – The Car That Kills Me [14:34] Collate – Erika’s Trip [20:41] Shiv and the Carvers – Brat [25:12] Trip Westerns – Free Mind [30:45] Nodding by the Fire – Where the hills are fog Unless otherwise noted, all tracks are released under Creative Commons licences. See links for more details.

One of the most important things when it comes to making a podcast is planning. Planning. Not something that this show has much of. But not this time, this time the show was actually planned. Anticipating the fact that this week was the Edinburgh schools October holidays, your erstwhile host recorded the show last week, so all I had to do was write these notes and upload the show. The final point was touch and go for a while, but once the kids were occupied with playing videos games I managed to squeeze in just enough time to scribble this nonsense and hit publish. On today’s show, indie folk from Rhode Island and Chile, indie-rock from Indonesia, post-punk from Edinburgh, and more. Track 1 is not released under a CC licence and is included with kind permission of PK Bats. [00:50] PK Bats – I Witnessed a Drowning [04:59] Grrrl Gang – Cool Girl [09:54] Mouni – Child [14:12] Gone – Buried [20:21] victoriaflores – me hace desaparecer [26:02] Nadalands – The Five Stages of Petroleum Processing Tracks 2-6 are released under Creative Commons licences. See links for more details.

Back in the cupboard for today’s podcast. It’s still a wee bit cramped in here, but the acoustics are hopefully better. Let me know if it sounds good, bad or indifferent. You can get in touch with the show on social media via Mastodon (it’s pretty much only Mastodon now) at @[email protected] On today’s show it’s another genre spanning world tour with anarcho hardcore punk from Arkansas, shoegaze from Brighton in the UK, post-punk from Indonesia, and art-rock from Oregon. [00:51] DryerFire – Brainrot [04:48] The Marble Tea – Parchment [08:43] Wine Pride – Nostalgia [13:39] War Fighters – Burdens Piled Feat Rafif Taufani [18:52] Collate – The Product [23:56] Far Apart – Dartmouth All tracks released under Creative Commons licences. See links for more details.

It’s been a bit of a week at Edinburgh Man Towers. The kids were off school for three of their four and a half days last week due to a strike, which was as hectic as you would imagine. Then, the fifteen-year-old fridge freezer decided to slowly fail. The result of this meant some unplanned remodelling in the kitchen to accommodate a new fridge freezer – an appliance that seems to have grown considerably over the last decade. To top it off, I had the microphone settings all wrong for this show and my chat sounded terrible. Well, more terrible that normal. So this is take two! [00:27] Objct – Feed The Fire [06:46] OOPF! – pennies [12:15] Kevin and the Robots – Quaking Shaking [20:16] Max Lampin – Faux Contact [25:22] Prize-Alarm – Uncle Gene’s Bread [29:41] IBOPA – When You Write All tracks released under Creative Commons licences. See links for more details.

An unexpected COVID jag this week has thrown the already shambolic podcast schedule into a state of flux. My Fitbit tells me I was a bit under the weather for the two days afterwards. Although to be honest, I’m not sure I needed a watch to tell me that. As a result the podcast is a couple of days later than planned, however there is some great music on offer, including two top jangle indie-pop tracks from Indonesia and dream-pop from Spain. [00:14] WONDERFLU – Green Planet[04:49] DUMP HIM – Unimportant[09:06] Sidewalk Cellist – Clara Shandler – Trickle Down[15:10] Beta Máximo y Ariadna Punsetes – Horas antes[19:22] Drizzly – We’€™re on a Date![23:02] Moongazing and Her – Head Over Heels All tracks released under Creative Commons licences. See links for more details.

After an impromptu week off, the podcast returns. Obviously it wasn’t really a week off for your earstwhile host. Life reared its ugly head and prevented the recording of a show. But we return this week, refreshed (sort of) and with loads of great new music. I’m also in a bit of pain this week. The summer has involved lots of hard landscaping in the garden at the new Edinburgh Man Towers. However, my old bones are not what they used to be, and too much digging of holes for fences posts, and hurling rocks into a skip has given me tennis elbow. Luckily I just about managed to hold it together so that I can play you tracks from some of my recent Bandcamp Friday purchases. Now, where is that ice pack..? [00:40] Brorlab – Shitty Oven[05:43] Glutenhead – How It Feels (Revisited)[13:32] The Cosmonautopolitans – Strained[18:45] Hard Femme – Jenny Rambling[23:42] Hutch – Mechanical Bull[29:39] Wine Pride – Discovery All tracks released under Creative Commons licences. See links for more details.

Apologies for being a bit later than normal. I went and ordered myself an Analogue Pocket portable games console a while ago. Like eight or nine months ago. It’s a hardware clone of the Gameboy and Gameboy Advance, with a whole loads of bells and whistles to boot. Anyway, to my surprise it arrived this week and I’ve been spending my free time tinkering with it ever since. So despite the fact I prepared the playlist for this show last Tuesday, it has taken me until now to get around to the actual recording. Also, the photo is NOT of the Analogue Pocket. It’s of a Gameboy Pocket that I modified during the Pandemic. Partly because I planned to record and upload the podcast before the Pocket arrived, but also because I think it looks cooler. Not because I already had this photo on my phone. No, not that at all. [00:21] Osmiini -Sueño Escatológico[05:44] Temporary Longterm Positions – Creeping[11:25] kositracks – How to make it look good[16:36] The Terminal Buildings – Struck Me Down[20:05] Asia Menor – La naturaleza[26:53] Doust – After The End All tracks released under Creative Commons licences. See links for more details.

Last week I said that there probably wasn’t going to be a show this week, and here we are. In the end I found six great tracks (mostly from recent releases) and I wanted to record and upload the show as quickly as I could! With hindsight, I should have waited at least an hour, because during most of the show I’m on edge waiting for Thing 2’s delivery of yet another giant Lego kit. Thankfully it turns up about halfway through and I can sort of relax for the rest of the show. [00:55] DUMP HIM – Trash [06:18] Sloppy Heads – Love Is A Disease [13:05] Home Front – Overtime [18:05] The Crystal Furs – Get Scrappy! [21:22] Straight White Teeth – Summer Backseat [27:06] Tossing Seed – The Flower Still Remains All tracks released under Creative Commons licences. See links for more details.

As regular listeners may remember, I’ve been cataloguing and archiving old episodes of the show. Making old episodes available again in the feed, and uploading shows and shownotes to archive.org. As I’ve been cutting and pasting things like tracklists and band links, I’ve noticed so many tracks that I’ve completely forgotten about. Many of which are fantastic. I suspect long-time listeners may also have forgotten many of these too. In the age of streaming services, we are guided by algorithms and curated playlists, that always seem to include the same stuff. So, let’s delve into the archive for this August mix. Tracks that were played on shows from the month of August in days gone by – and crucially ones that you can still download! I’ve called this show “August Blend” in honour of some great coffee I bought while in Cromarty last week. If you want to buy me more coffee, you can now support the show at https://ko-fi.com/edinburgh_man [01:19] Aggi – Punk Boy Meets Punk Girl So What[05:33] Harvey Dentures – Earl[10:11] The Howitzers – Bottle Rocket[14:10] DUMP HIM – Route One Saugus (archive from 2018-07-21 with licence information)[17:35] Colour Me Wednesday – Purge Your Inner Tory[21:30] Brock Tyler – Why Do You Go From Me?[25:04] Entertainment for the Braindead – Clouds And Swallows[30:38] high pop – crawl[35:22] Radiator Hospital – Cut Your Bangs[38:02] Satan Wriders – Freeway[41:14] The Toothaches – BRICK[45:10] The Love-Inns – Asthma[49:22] Lowtide – Spring[55:24] YELLOWBIRDS – Across The Whipplewash All tracks released under Creative Commons licences. See links for more details.

Right. Okay. A second attempt at recording this podcast! This week we’ve been on our summer holidays. The first few days were spent “glamping” near Glenshee. The next week or so was spent in a static caravan just north of Inverness. I first recorded this podcast while at the glamping site and unfortunately, it was way windier than I noticed at the time. I guess I should have realised, being on the side of a hill in Glenshee and all. Anyway, this is the second attempt. A bit echoey but hopefully more listenable. [00:55] Beta Maximo – A Marte[06:58] Soft Top – Voiceover[13:32] Second ∞ Sight – No Angel to Me[20:42] The Mountain Goats – Corsican Mastiff Stride[26:02] Amber Arcades – Constants Dream[31:52] Keel Her – Begin Tracks 1,2,3,5 and 6 are released under Creative Commons licences. See links for more details.

document.createElement('audio'); https://edinburghman.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Edinburgh-Man-288.mp3 My plan for today was to build a deck. Not like a Pokemon deck, or a MTG deck, but a wooden construction out in the back garden for sitting on and enjoying the… weather? Unfortunately the Edinburgh Fringe must be starting soon because it’s wet. Very wet. Chucking it down with rain. So I’ve tried to stash these 5 metre long pieces of wood under the partial shade of a hedge with the intention to return to them on a nicer day. I guess that means they’ll sit there for some time. Instead of being productive, I’ve recorded a podcast. I think I was supposed to do this a day or two ago, but I got confused about what day I said I’d record it, so it’s happening now. After all, the tagline for the blog does now say “sporadically scheduled”, and I don’t want to go off-brand. [00:31] Flower – Lethargy [09:27] Garmisch – Facing the Sea (Album Version) [15:25] Victory Road – Takes a Sudden Turn [20:59] Dad Rocks – Peers [24:57] Jeff Rosenstock – DOUBT [32:44] The Black Atlantic – Rohirrim All tracks released under Creative Commons licences. See links for more details.

The school holidays in Scotland are still dragging on – we’re about two thirds of the way through now I reckon. I’m not going to check in case I’m wrong. Let’s just say (hope) that we are nearer the end than the start and leave it at that. The kids, in their child-like innocence, expressed a desire to go camping this summer. So rather than commit to a whole week of nature, we’re going away for a few days here and there. Last weekend was the first of these. Being Scotland in the summer meant it was wet. Perhaps that’s unfair, it was nice the day we pitched the tent, and then from about halfway through the first night it rained until we left. I’ve just finished drying out a very wet tent on a tarp in the back garden, in time for us to do it all again in a few days time… Remind me, when do the schools go back? [00:25] Belgrado – Intra Apogeum[07:46] Modernheads – Old Crush, New Year[13:08] Second∞Sight – Get Me Out of Here[18:28] Sunshine Convention – Dawned on Me[23:33] Acetate zero – Definition of fall[28:38] Tovatronica- Opening Theme[30:01] Tovatronica – Thank You For Playing All tracks released under Creative Commons licences. See links for more details.

I’m almost getting the hang of this podcast lark. Although I do get distracted looking out of the window at some baby birds for a chunk of this show. Most of the last week, at least in terms podcast stuff, has been spent pulling old episodes out of the archive and uploading them to the feed. At the time of recording all of the shows back to 2015 should now be available in podcast apps, and over the next few weeks I’m going to try and get them all up there. Perhaps not the first five though. These were the shows I recorded before I got much in the way of equipment, and I’m not really sure where they are. I do have a box of old backup drives though… so I guess I’m going to need to start digging into those. In the meantime…. Music! [00:10] Spirito Di Lupo – “Vento Triste”[07:48] Modern Monster – “Dark Activity”[12:55] ELLiS•D – “Straitjacket Blues”[20:10] Cuties – “Say Something Sweet”[25:50] The Dream is Dead – “Love Is Telling Someone When To Stop” All tracks released under Creative Commons licences. See links for more information.

The school summer holidays continue in Scotland, and last week we took a trip up to Dundee to take the kids to see the Discovery. I forgot how cool it is to walk around on a ship that’s been to the Antarctic, and the kids had fun too, aside from the somewhat tiring 90 minute train journey and missed connections. However this week I can relax as the kids are in summer club and I’m in the house by myself. Drinking espresso and recording podcasts. Comprador – Better Luck Next Time (released under a Creative Commons licence) Buddhist Bubblegum – Summer Sky (released under a Creative Commons licence) NO FUCKS – ñi​ñ​a rata (feat. Ariadna Punsetes) (released under a Creative Commons licence) Dog Park Dissidents – Queer As In Fuck You (released under a Creative Commons licence) Mother Bank – Menanam (released under a Creative Commons licence) Shrine – Serenity (released under a Creative Commons licence)

A proper podcast! It’s been a while. This time I figured out (or at least I think I figured out) how to do it live. However, what I couldn’t do was figured out how to 1) promote the show or 2) receive messages during the show. So, I’ve no idea if anyone listened, although to be honest, that’s just as well. This was very much a test. Next time, I shall be more prepared. No, really. Regicide – “Jusqu’à la Mort” (released under a Creative Commons licence) Jai Cuzco – “Oceans Apart” (released under a Creative Commons licence) Radiator Hospital – “Imposter Syndrome” (released under a Creative Commons licence) Fog Lake – “Pedestal” (released under a Creative Commons licence) The You Suck Flying Circus – “Jackal” (released under a Creative Commons licence) An Eagle in your Mind – “Intersection” (released under a Creative Commons licence)

Christmas Eve! We have survived 24 days of 24 podcasts. Now all that remains is to survive the Christmas holidays. This final show of 2018 also doubles up as my best of the year. My 10 favourite tracks played (or maybe not played) on the show throughout 2018. Thanks for listening and thanks for making it to the end. Hope you all have a great Christmas, and see you in 2019. 1. The Map Dept. – “Midnight On The Beach” (Played courtesy of The Map Dept.)2. Joshua Burnside – “A Man of High Renown” (Played courtesy of Joshua Burnside, Released under a Creative Commons licence)3. Dreams on Diskette – “Real rock music” (Played courtesy of Dreams on Diskette, Released under a Creative Commons licence)4. Trust Fund – “Carson McCullers” (Played courtesy of Trust Fund, Released under a Creative Commons licence)5. Townhouse Woods – “One More Moving On Song” (Played courtesy of Townhouse Woods)6. Dressed Like Wolves – “4am, Vinovia” (Played courtesy of Dressed Like Wolves)7. Swearin’ – “Margaret” (Played courtesy of Swearin, Released under a Creative Commons licence)8. Speedy Ortiz – “I’m Blessed” (Played courtesy of Speedy Ortiz, Released under a Creative Commons licence)9. Nice Try – “Smart” (Played courtesy of Nice Try, Released under a Creative Commons licence)10. Adam Stafford – “The Witch Hunt” (Played courtesy of Song by Toad Records)

We delve back into the archives for today’s show. Exactly 8 years ago on the 23rd of December 2010 it was the first part of the very first Edinburgh Man best of the year show. Unfortunately I didn’t really keep very good records back then, so I’ve had to actually download and listen to (bits of) the show to extract 3 tracks to play. Yikes! I mean, the music was good, but the chat… well… I can’t only hope it’s improved in the intervening years, although I suspect not. 1. YOWLER – “WTFK” (Played courtesy of YOWLER, Released under a Creative Commons licence)2. Nan Turner – “High Ceilings” (Played courtesy of Nan Turner)3. Like, Mountains – “Call Me A Liar” (Played courtesy of Like Mountains, Released under a Creative Commons licence)4. Throwing Muses – “Sunray Venus” (Played courtesy of Throwing Muses, Released under a Creative Commons licence)

Someone once told me that in the run up to Christmas kids get crazy. Oh boy. Today is only the first day in the Christmas holidays and they’ve been absolutely bonkers. I’m not sure that I can cope with another two weeks of this! 1. Richard Andrews – “The Golden Fascination” (Played courtesy of Richard Andrews, Released under a Creative Commons licence)2. Halasan Bazar – “How Did We Get Here in the First Place?” (Played courtesy of Crash Symbols, Released under a Creative Commons licence)3. Dick Whyte & Finn Johansson – “What Kind Of Bird Am I?” (Played courtesy of Bent Folk)4. November Polaroid – “Stories and Poetry” (Played courtesy of November Polaroid, Released under a Creative Commons licence)

I record this podcast with the dulcet tones of Thing 2 who is not even attempting to go to sleep and instead is making up words to “The Wheels on the Bus”. I suppose it makes a change from Jingle Bells. Thankfully. Music-wise, it’s all tracks from Milanese artists or record labels. During the October holidays we went to Milan for a few days. In celebration of the fact I put together a playlist for a podcast that never happened. So here’s the music now for Avent show 21. 1. Lucta – “OCD” (Played courtesy of Lucta, Released under a Creative Commons licence)2. Frana – “There will be cotton candy” (Played courtesy of Frana, Released under a Creative Commons licence)3. Lebenswelt – “Let Down” (Played courtesy of Under My Bed Recordings, Released under a Creative Commons licence)4. Weird – “Forevermore” (Played courtesy of Seashell Records, Released under a Creative Commons licence)

Christmas really is coming now. Only a handful of days left to go, but somehow there is still more great music from 2018 yet to play. On tonight’s show, two tracks from two great albums released this month by podcast favourites The Planes and Townhouse Woods. A track from earlier this year by Melbourne’s Hearts and Rockets, and a wonderful track from 2013 by The Second Hand Marching Band, who are playing their last ever gig in tomorrow in Glasgow. 1. The Planes – “Cry and Fight” (Played courtesy of The Planes, Released under a Creative Commons licence)2. Townhouse Woods – “Hard Country” (Played courtesy of Townhouse Woods)3. Hearts and Rockets – “Psychic Powers” (Played courtesy of Hearts and Rockets, Released under a Creative Commons licence)4. the second hand marching band – “We will convince you” (Played courtesy of the second hand marching band, Released under a Creative Commons licence)

It’s the 19th Advent Calendar show. Oh my, that means we are in the twenties tomorrow. The home straight. Unfortunately I’m recording today’s show on my MacBook with the built-in microphone. As a result the sound quality may be a bit gammy. Apologies for this. Hopefully the music will make up for it. As well as lots of new tracks we also look back 5 years to the best of 2013 part 1 show… 1. WONDERFLU – “Hello” (Played courtesy of WONDERFLU, Released under a Creative Commons licence)2. Adam John Miller – “¡Alas, Montañas!” (Played courtesy of Cath ‘n’ Dad Records, Released under a Creative Commons licence)3. Joshua Burnside – “BLACK DOG SIN” (Played courtesy of Joshua Burnside, Released under a Creative Commons licence)4. lame drivers – “This Pattern” (Played courtesy of lame drivers, Released under a Creative Commons licence)5. RENT STRIKE – “II: The Road Giveth…” (Played courtesy of RENT STRIKE, Released under a Creative Commons licence)

In which I delve into the cupboard in the hall, pull out a dusty bottle of nine and a half year old homebrew white port and sample it “live”. 1. ballboy – “Merry Christmas to the Drunks, Merry Christmas to the Lovers” (Played courtesy of Ballboy)2. Cloudkicker – “Not to Scale or Painted” (Played courtesy of Cloudkicker, Released under a Creative Commons licence)3. Lowpines – “Heavy hander” (Played courtesy of EardrumsPop, Released under a Creative Commons licence)4. Candy Says – “Looking In From The Outside” (Played courtesy of Candy Says, Released under a Creative Commons licence)

I’m feeling pretty sorry for myself today. Not enough food or too much coffee. Either way I’ve got a blazing headache, but I still manage to stumble through the Edinburgh Man archives to play some tracks from “on this day in history”. Specifically, on this day in 2015. Some tracks played on, or related to those tracks played on podcast number 220. 1. GHOSTT BLLONDE – “Birthday Party” (Played courtesy of GHOSTT BLLONDE, Released under a Creative Commons licence)2. Randolph’s Leap – “Jingle Bells” (Played courtesy of Randolph’s Leap)3. Harrison Lemke – “Ghost of Christmas Past” (Played courtesy of Harrison Lemke, Released under a Creative Commons licence)4. Trust Fund – “4th August” (Played courtesy of Trust Fund, Released under a Creative Commons licence)

Warning. I have consumed beer. And wine. Just two glasses of each. But to be honest that’s probably double my limit nowadays. Getting old, eh? 1. Molly Lewis – “Pantsuit Sasquatch” (Played courtesy of Molly Lewis, Released under a Creative Commons licence)2. Speedy Ortiz – “DTMFA” (Played courtesy of Speedy Ortiz, Released under a Creative Commons licence)3. CHARMPIT – “Squirrel Vision” (Played courtesy of CHARMPIT, Released under a Creative Commons licence)4. Luís Costa – “Auto-Wah” (Played courtesy of Cakes and Tapes, Released under a Creative Commons licence)5. Breakmaster Cylinder – “Reply All – Long Distance – India Theme” (Played courtesy of Breakmaster Cylinder, Released under a Creative Commons licence)6. New Orleans Swim Team – “You Were a Ground Level Limb” (Played courtesy of New Orleans Swim Team)

It’s the 15th Advent Calendar Podcast! We’re well into the second half now. My goodness, we might actually pull this off. Right, I decided to delve into the Edinburgh Man archives for much of this episode. Specifically I looked back to find any other shows that occurred on the 15th of December. And I found one. Number 80 from back in 2011. When I was young, carefree, and Edinburgh Man Junior was only weeks away from appearing on the scene and throwing a spanner in the works. 1. Ana Threat – “Dead Moved” (Played courtesy of Ana Threat, Released under a Creative Commons licence)2. Conveyor – “Ellery (Carol No. 4)” (Played courtesy of Conveyor, Released under a Creative Commons licence)3. Sea Birds – “Oh, Patience” (Played courtesy of Sea Birds, Released under a Creative Commons licence)4. Alligator Indian – “Telepathic Boys” (Played courtesy of Alligator Indian, Released under a Creative Commons licence)

Hmmm… The 14th Advent Podcast. And the second of three that I recorded in a single day. Unfortunately, I forgot to write this little description until after I’d recorded the subsequent show. So I’m not entirely sure what happened. It’s all mostly a blur, to be honest. I’m sure it was great. 1. Tiki Twins – “Stay Awake” (Played courtesy of Tiki Twins, Released under a Creative Commons licence)2. sockfoot – “hoax” (Played courtesy of Sockfoot, Released under a Creative Commons licence)3. The Second Hand Marching Band & Benni Hemm Hemm – “Dawn raid” (Played courtesy of Second Hand Marching Band, Released under a Creative Commons licence)4. Zapruder Point – “The Shape of Ohio” (Played courtesy of Zapruder Point, Released under a Creative Commons licence)

When I started doing these daily advent calendar podcasts I had a couple of days in hand. That’s been whittled away now and I’m recording these on the day they are release. Right, we need to sort that. Today I’m going to record three podcasts! One for today and one for each of the next two days. Let’s get this thing back on track. 1. Trust Fund – “Carson McCullers” (Played courtesy of Trust Fund, Released under a Creative Commons licence)2. Baker Island – “Always, 1995” (Played courtesy of Baker Island)3. Dressed Like Wolves – “4am, Vinovia” (Played courtesy of Dressed Like Wolves)4. NO FUCKS – “punkipop” (Played courtesy of NO FUCKS, Released under a Creative Commons licence)

Ow, ow, ow. Long term listeners may remember that I’ve had problems with my back in the past. Well today I spent 3 hours waiting on the most uncomfortable seat imaginable while new tyres were get fitted to the car. Basically, as I result I am broken. In pain. And a bit cranky for the 12th Advent Calendar show. Sorry. 1. DUMP HIM – “Dreams, Live 1997 (Live 2018)” (Played courtesy of DUMP HIM, Released under a Creative Commons licence)2. The Trip Takers – “Jumper Blues” (Played courtesy of Area Pirata Records, Released under a Creative Commons licence)3. An Eagle in your Mind – “Rainy Day” (Played courtesy of An Eagle in your Mind, Released under a Creative Commons licence)4. Fixtures – “Remember Who I’m Looking For” (Played courtesy of Fixtures, Released under a Creative Commons licence)

Oh dear. I think these back-to-back podcasts are starting to take their toll… and we aren’t quite halfway through yet. I’ve a blazing headache today, but at least there is some great music from Swearin’, The Map Dept. and more. 1. Swearin’ – “Grow into a Ghost” (Played courtesy of Swearin, Released under a Creative Commons licence)2. Dyke Drama – “Goodbye Vancouver” (Played courtesy of Dyke Drama, Released under a Creative Commons licence)3. The Map Dept. – “Midnight On The Beach” (Played courtesy of https://themapdept.bandcamp.com/album/demos The Map Dept.)4. Linger – “Linger – Nobody’s Property” (Played courtesy of Rizkan Records, Released under a Creative Commons licence)

An unplanned day at home. With Edinburgh Man Junior vomiting yesterday he’s not allowed back to school for 48 hours. So that means he and I are cooped up in the house today. Perfect opportunity for him to get in some video gaming and for me to knock out today’s advent calendar podcast! 1. Ana Threat – “Johnny Johnny” (Played courtesy of Ana Threat, Released under a Creative Commons licence)2. SIAMESE – “Slaughterhouse” (Played courtesy of Swirl Records, Released under a Creative Commons licence)3. Thee Wise Men – “Who Are Ya” (Played courtesy of KEEL HER, Released under a Creative Commons licence)4. Joshua Burnside – “A Man of High Renown” (Played courtesy of Joshua Burnside, Released under a Creative Commons licence)

Apologies for the delay with today’s show. I bet you thought I’d flaked out on you. Well, almost but not quite. Unfortunately we were woken early this morning by the sound of a sick child, and the day was thrown into disarray somewhat. So I’ve just got around to recording the show now… at 7.30 in the evening. So basically, I’m wiped. As you’ll hear. 1. Red Sun Alert – “Ted Bundy of the West” (Played courtesy of Red Sun Alert, Released under a Creative Commons licence)2. Nel Unlit – “Fireflies” (Played courtesy of New Unlit)3. Gnarsh Mellow – “Trash Pile” (Played courtesy of Gnarsh Mellow, Released under a Creative Commons licence)4. palm fronds – “dickies” (Played courtesy of palm fronds, Released under a Creative Commons licence)

Urgh. An early morning podcast for Day 8. Normally on Saturday’s the kids have swimming lessons at the “commie” pool at 8am! But today there is a competition on so no lessons. Foolishly I thought this would mean a lie in. But no. Everyone is up at 6.30am and I’m recording a podcast one hour later. Also, a point of order… The Harrison Lemke track on today’s show. I thought I played from a “creative commons” album. Most of his stuff is, and perhaps the licence has changed since I added it to the playlist – this does happen now and again. 1. Plutonium Baby – “My Universe” (Played courtesy of Area Pirata Rec, Released under a Creative Commons licence)2. entertainment for the braindead – “Pirates” (Played courtesy of entertainment for the braindead, Released under a Creative Commons licence)3. Harrison Lemke – “Seaside Promenade” (Played courtesy of Harrison Lemke, Released under a Creative Commons licence)4. Crystal Canyon – “Only In A Daydream” (Played courtesy of Crystal Canyon, Released under a Creative Commons licence)

Oh dear. Yesterday I think I consumed way too much coffee and this has given me a dodgy stomach. Of course, I didn’t stop drinking coffee today, so I’m hardly firing on all cylinders. But I power through it to get out Day 7 in the Advent Calendar. 1. ATSEA – “Be Found” (Played courtesy of ATSEA, Released under a Creative Commons licence)2. anybodys – “Not Scared” (Played courtesy of Anybodys, Released under a Creative Commons licence)3. The All Seeing Hand – “Hofmann” (Played courtesy of The All Seeing Hand, Released under a Creative Commons licence)4. FRITZ – “Summer Holiday” (Played courtesy of FRITZ, Released under a Creative Commons licence)

Yes. These podcasts are still going. It’s the 6th of December and… Surprise, surprise… Day 6 of the Edinburgh Man Advent Calendar! Rambling chat and an eclectic collection of music. Only 18 to go! 1. Home Economics – “Idiots” (Played courtesy of Double A-Side Records)2. Unsanitary Napkin – “Opulent Living” (Played courtesy of Unsanitary Napkin, Released under a Creative Commons licence)3. Listening Satellites – “Broken Fossils” (Played courtesy of Kahvi Collective, Released under a Creative Commons licence)4. Flipcoin – “Push-up Party” (Played courtesy of Flowerpot Records, Released under a Creative Commons licence)

I have found the proper microphone! HOORAY! Hopefully the show should sound ever so slightly better produced. Although to be honest I’ve never really felt properly happy with this microphone either. You’d think that after having done this for so long I’d have got around to getting a better microphone. Well, unfortunately my inherent laziness wins out every time. 1. Anarchist Wolves – “To the Barricades” (Played courtesy of Anarchist Wolves, Released under a Creative Commons licence)2. Private Sector – “Pure Skint” (Played courtesy of Byllepest Distro, Released under a Creative Commons licence)3. Seeing Hands – “Colours” (Played courtesy of discosdekirlian)4. Grrrl Gang – “Night Terrors” (Played courtesy of Grrrl Gang, Released under a Creative Commons licence)5. Slushy – “Love So True” (Played courtesy of Slushy, Released under a Creative Commons licence)

Urgh. So basically for the 4th day behind the Edinburgh Man Advent Calendar door I moan about getting old. You know, all the usual stuff about not being able to see properly, my hearing going, and not getting young people’s jokes. 1. Pelts – “Another Place” (Played courtesy of Iffy Folk Records)2. Nice Try – “Northwest” (Played courtesy of Nice Try, Released under a Creative Commons licence)3. Speedy Ortiz – “Buck Me Off” (Played courtesy of Speedy Ortiz, Released under a Creative Commons licence)4. Wild Surmise – “Peace” (Played courtesy of Wild Surmise, Released under a Creative Commons licence)

Guess what? More podcastings. Turns out that if you don’t do a show for 10 months the amount of interesting music backs up somewhat and you can just rattle them out. Maybe I should do this every year? Wait until the end of the year and just record all the podcasts in a single month. “Wait”, you say. I thought you said you WEREN’T going to do 24 of these? Shush… 1. A Deer A Horse – “Double Wide” (Played courtesy of Double Wide, Released under a Creative Commons licence)2. Townhouse Woods – “Baby, Help Me Find My Way” (Played courtesy of Townhouse Woods, Released under a Creative Commons licence)3. The Freak Fandango Orchestra – “Unnamed Song (Of a Fake Unicorn)” (Played courtesy of The Freak Fandango Orchestra, Released under a Creative Commons licence)4. The Rabbitts – “Luna Lupe” (Played courtesy of The Rabbitts, Released under a Creative Commons licence)

The second of Edinburgh Man’s Advent Calendar for 2018. “Wait? Does this mean you’re doing 24 of these? I mean, that’s two in as many days.” No. No it does not. There will be a MINIMUM of FOUR shows throughout December. Under commit, over deliver. That’s my early new year resolution. 1. Dreams on Diskette – “Real rock music” (Played courtesy of Dreams on Diskette, Released under a Creative Commons licence)2. Heck Yes – “Jesus Gave Up His Weekend For Your Sins” (Played courtesy of Tiny Dragon Music, Released under a Creative Commons licence)3. sea grapes – “Eat Something” (Played courtesy of Z-Tapes, Released under a Creative Commons licence)4. Nan Sens – “Kitty Cat” (Played courtesy of Z-Tapes, Released under a Creative Commons licence)5. Dressed Like Wolves – “Fall Of Troy” (Played courtesy of Dressed Like Wolves)6. Fog Lake – “carousel” (Played courtesy of Fog Lake, Released under a Creative Commons licence)

Ahem. It’s been a while hasn’t it. Welcome to Edinburgh Man’s Advent Calendar Number 1! “Will there be any more?” Hopefully. “What? 23 more?” Hmmm. Maybe not. “3 or 4 more?” Maybe. Let see. 1. Nice Try – “Smart” (Played courtesy of Nice Try, Released under a Creative Commons licence)2. Hey Exit – “Heavy Sunlight” (Played courtesy of Heavy Sunlight, Released under a Creative Commons licence)3. Pouty – “Adulting” (Played courtesy of Get Better Records, Released under a Creative Commons licence)4. prior panic – “shape + space” (Played courtesy of prior panic, Released under a Creative Commons licence)5. Fauvely – “Savannah” (Played courtesy of Fauvely, Released under a Creative Commons licence)

Good News! I’ve recovered from the flu. It was rather short lived but pretty grim for a few days. Bad News! It’s the half-term school holidays! So this week has been full-on. Although Edinburgh Man Junior has developed an addiction to old Pokemon games on the Gameboy, so that sort of keeps him quiet. Until he forgets to save his game and then it’s a disaster. Music-wise a great new track from Edinburgh’s Super Inuit, some DIY grungy indie pop from Limerick’s PowPig. Plus half a set from a free WFMU Waxahatchee gig that you can download at freemusicarchive.org. In fact, stop reading this and do that right now. PowPig – “Sticky Teeth” (Played courtesy of Art for the Blind, Released under a Creative Commons licence)Super Inuit – “Tessellate” (Played courtesy of Super Inuit)Waxahatchee – “Chapel Of Pines (Great Thunder)” (Played courtesy of FMA, Released under a Creative Commons licence)Waxahatchee – “Fade” (Played courtesy of FMA, Released under a Creative Commons licence)Waxahatchee – “Swan Dive” (Played courtesy of FMA, Released under a Creative Commons licence)Waxahatchee – “Tangled Envisioning” (Played courtesy of FMA, Released under a Creative Commons licence)Waxahatchee – “Waiting” (Played courtesy of FMA, Released under a Creative Commons licence)SURF HARP – “D.I. CIG” (Played courtesy of SURF HARP, Released under a Creative Commons licence)Peonies – “Thin Holidays” (Played courtesy of Nanaba Records, Released under a Creative Commons licence)

If you listen to this podcast on a regular basis you’d be forgiven for thinking that I’m a very sickly person. Hmmm… Maybe I actually am? I’m sure I only just got over a horrible flu virus and now I feel like I’m coming down with another. And as if to rub it in I’ve ran out of my “go to” generic brand lemon flavoured soluble cold and flu drink and I’ve have to pop over the road to Tesco and buy the expensive branded one. Urgh. On tonight’s show – new music! Plus a couple of tracks from albums that came out at the end of 2017 by Townhouse Woods and Dressed Like Wolves that you should really check out if you haven’t already. Me? I’m going to curl up and shiver next to the radiator. 1. Sleepover Club – “Corpse Kid” (Played courtesy of Sleepover Kid, Released under a Creative Commons licence)2. Crystal Canyon – “She Shines” (Played courtesy of Crystal Canyon, Released under a Creative Commons licence)3. Townhouse Woods – “To San Francisco” (Played courtesy of Townhouse Woods, Released under a Creative Commons licence)4. Dressed Like Wolves – “Country Walking” (Played courtesy of Dressed Like Wolves)5. Cross Country – “Alone” (Played courtesy of Cross Country, Released under a Creative Commons licence)6. Wozniak – “Ghosting” (Played courtesy of Wozniak)