Edinburgh Man Podcasts

The Edinburgh Man Podcast end of year show. A countdown of the best 25 tracks played throughout the year as chosen by your host!

21 already. The Edinburgh Man podcast comes of age. I’ve just about recovered from the craziness of last weekend. If anyone ever asks you to help organise an international conference, […]

I’m recording this during the daytime. In fact it is the morning… well… actually it was the morning. Very quickly it became afternoon in the middle of the first track, […]

This is supposed to be July? It looks horrible outside… and I got soaked on the bike today. Oh well, let’s have a bit more of an eclectic mix of […]

Apologies. I’m shattered this week. So if I sound a bit more tired than usual this is why. I’m afraid this means a bit less chat than normal too. However […]

A new podcast! I was running a bit late so ended up recording it in my smelly cycling clothes. Sorry for that. Thankfully smells don’t transfer along with podcasts. On the […]

I have a headache. Poor me. But I’ve cast the pain aside and made another podcast with some great music. There’s all-girl Argentinian punk band Las Vin Up, a great […]

I’m not really here. I mean, I’m out watching Teenage Fanclub tonight. But I recorded this podcast a few days ago while making a chili. Even more importantly, I do […]

I’ve made notes! Yes, today I made some notes for the podcast. Whether this has improved things… Well, probably not… because I get the podcast number wrong right at the […]

This week I have mostly been playing Xbox and cycling into clouds of greenflies. But I take a break to play some podsafe music. First up there’s a great track […]

I talk too much! Again! But there are a bunch of great songs in here – hope you enjoy it. In fact, today’s podcast features all free music, and many […]

It’s election day in the UK, and I’m making podcast number 11 from a very echoey room. And I mean really echoey. So everything sounds a bit weird. If you can […]

It’s the big 1-0. Podcast number 10. I get a bit confused because I’m using different software, but it seems to come okay in the end. In this podcast there’s […]

More random chatter about vinyl LPs and some new and old podsafe music. Today we kick of with the title track from last years album by Portland’s The Thermals, there’s […]

I play 30 mins of indie music on a sunny evening while peering out the windows looking for volcanic ash. From Sweden we start off with Emerald Park and a […]

Another half hour of podsafe music. This time I have a croaky throat and just make it all up as I go along! But on the plus side, we’ve got Kristen […]

30 more minutes of podsafe indie music. Made using different hardware and software, so I’m slightly more confused than normal. No matter – for there is some great music in here. Mostly old stuff, including tracks by Ted Leo & The Pharmacists and Les Savy Fav both from 2007, and a British Sea Power track from 2008. We also come rightup to date with a brilliant track off the new Xiu Xiu album.

1. Les Savy Fav – “The Equestrian”
2. Xiu Xiu – “Dear God, I Hate Myself”
3. British Sea Power – “No Lucifer”
4. Ted Leo & The Pharmacists – “The Sons of Cain”
5. The Shins – “So Says I”
6. Iron & Wine – “Belated Promise Ring”

Slughole, Rotundos, Far Apart, calostro, Mom's Home, Dating

SHRUB, ZUTATEN, Angelo Celli, keep it together, Pine Point, Vietnam II

The Cosmonautopolitans, Ballsy, keep it together, Shiv and the Carvers, Libby Quinn, Tossing Seed

The Westerwaves, Keel Her, Grrrl Gang, Trust Fund, Home Front, Radiator Hospital, Low Pines, North Bloom, Schwervon, Pine Point, Townhouse Woods, mmmarkos!, Swearin'

Bris, Noah Roth, ELLiS·D, Waylon Thornton and the Heavy Hands, entertainment for the braindead, The Dream Is Dead

Final Passion, Hard Femme, Collate, Shiv and the Carvers, Trip Westerns, Nodding by the Fire

PK Bats, Grrrl Gang, Mouni, Gone, victoriaflores, Nadalands

DryerFire, The Marble Tea, Wine Pride, War Fighters, Collate, Far Apart

Objct, OOPF!, Kevin and the Robots, Max Lampin, Prize-Alarm, IBOPA

WONDERFLU, DUMP HIM, Sidewalk Cellist - Clara Shandler, Beta Máximo y Ariadna Punsetes, Drizzly., Moongazing and Her

Brorlab, Glutenhead, The Cosmonautopolitans, Hard Femme, Hutch, Wine Pride

Osmiini, Temporary Longterm Positions, kositracks, The Terminal Buildings, Asia Menor, Doust

DUMP HIM, Sloppy Heads, Home Front, The Crystal Furs, Straight White Teeth, Tossing Seed

Aggi, Harvey Dentures, The Howitzers, DUMP HIM, Colour Me Wednesday, Brock Tyler, Entertainment for the Braindead, high pop, Radiator Hospital, Satan Wriders, The Toothaches, The Love-Inns, Lowtide, YELLOWBIRDS

Beta Máximo, Soft Top, Second∞Sight, The Mountain Goats, Amber Arcades, Keel Her

Flower, Garmisch, Victory Road, Dad Rocks, Jeff Rosenstock, The Black Atlantic

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Rose Parade, Edinburgh School for the Deaf, The KVB, Bratmobile, Beat Happening, Whiff Focker, Vincent Nifigance, The Son(s), The Savings and Loan, Baaneex, The Twilight Singers.

THE Allegroes, Polysics, Gospel Music, Major Matt Mason USA, The Electric Sugar Children, Marnie Stern.

Including music from The Last Battle, Dressed Like Woves, Kid Canaveral, Entertainment for the Braindead, The Pains of Being Pure At Heart, and more.

Including music from The Throwing Muses, Tender Trap, Enfant Bastard, The Sleepy Trees, The Thermals, Tigercats, and more.

Tender Trap, Enfant Bastard, Rachel McHugh, Wisdom Tooth, Garmisch, Luís Costa, Randolph's Leap, The Last Battle.

My Tiny Robots, Trapped Mice, Fuck Buddies & Savage, A Sunny Day in Glasgow, All Girl Summer Fun Band, Throwing Muses.

A Brief View of the Hudson, Son House, Bad Braids, The Savings and Loan, The Electric Sugar Children, Kid Canaveral.

Shy and the Fight, It Leaves It Leaves, honeybird & the birdies, Moon & Son, Call Me Loretta, Procedure Club, Asobi Seksu.

My Tiny Robots, Tigercats, Birds are Indie, Luís Costa, Yusuf Azak.

Like, Mountains; Randolph's Leap; The Scottish Enlightenment; Crystal Stilts; Maxwell Panther; Erase Errata.

Kid Canaveral, Wild Nothing, A Sunny Day in Glasgow, Reid Trevarthen, Of Mice and Mental Arithmetic.

The Lovely Eggs, Schwervon!, Bearsuit, Maple Leaves, The Hardy Boys, Meursault.

Darren Haymen and the Secondary Modern, Pocketbooks, Bearsuit, Suburban Kids with Biblical Names, The Second Hand Marching Band, Red Shoe Diaries, Randolph's Leap.

Deerhoof; Vincent Nifigance; Justin Ripley; The Sleepy Trees; Frankie Rose and the Outs; Animal Magic Tricks, King Creosote, Meursault

Marnie Stern, Boy Scouts, Throwing Muses, The Last Battle, One Tough Cookie, Enfant Bastard.

Parenthetical Girl, Nodding by the Fire, Weed Diamond, Moondad, Sunsplit feat. Sam Barrett, Alanna Takes a Solo.

Salmon Thrasher, Alanna Takes a Solo, Boundary Jim, Procedure Club, The Scottish Enlightenment, Spy Island.

Brilliant Colors, Supergoose, Elaine, The Sleepy Trees, Dressed Like Wolves.

The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Darren Hayman & The Secondary Modern, Nan & The One Night Stands, honeybird & the birdies, Fifty Miles From Vancouver, Talulah Gosh.

Featuring Delete the Banjax The third and final podcast from the Edinburgh Fringe. We’re back at the Pleasance, although the previous few weeks are begining to take their toll. It’s […]

Featuring Dave Hill The second podcast from the Edinburgh Fringe. Gordon and I have moved next to an ice cream van, under the shadow of a giant inflatable purple cow. We talk […]

Jonny and guest co-host Gordon present the first of three special shows from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe! We struggle with background noise and a wobbly table on a wobbly floor. […]

It’s the second day of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe… and I’m out seeing some shows and soaking up the culture. But that shouldn’t stop the podcast. Oh, no. I recorded […]

On today’s show, I rush back home from being at an in-store gig and jump straight into recording a podcast. Edinburgh band My Tiny Robots were playing a gig in […]

Testing, testing. 1. 2. I made a DIY pop filter for my microphone and this podcast is the big test. It’s a bit shonky looking, consisting mostly of a pair […]

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. Yikes! Anyway, after a quick clean out I’ve been able to save the file, but I supposed I should fix it properly… But not tonight.

On today’s show a great blues track by Blind Willie Johnson from 1927. Surely the oldest track I’ve played on the show. There’s a shoegaze tribute to the current Doctor Who companion (yes, you heard that right), and we end with a blistering track from the new Mogwai album (do they do anything other than blistering tracks?). Lots more music besides, and unfortunately for you, chat.

Also mentioned in today’s podcast… I did an interview with Chris Hynd for his Plentyside blog. If you really want to, you can read that interview here. I also mention the Kid Canaveral SXSW fundraiser with The Last Battle this Saturday night at The Wee Red Bar at Edinburgh College of Art. You can buy tickets for that online, or if you’re in town you buy them at Avalanche Records with no booking fee.

Oh, and did I mention the podcast is a year old this week! No? Well it is. Happy birthday podcast…

Podsafe music in this episode is played courtesy of IODAPromonet and Sub Pop. Tracks 1, 3, and 4 are released under Creative Commons licences, track 2 is public domain. Edinburgh Man Podcasts is a member of the Association of Music Podcasting.

1. Tiny Tide with Jonny Lee Hart – “Come Along Pond” (download track free from Soundcloud)
2. Blind Willie Johnson – “If I Had My Way I’d Tear The Building Down” (download track free from archive.org)
3. The Marble Tea – “Not Your Real Name” (download track free from Soundcloud)
4. Baffin Island – “You Invited Me” (download EP free from EardrumsPop)
5. Loch Lomond – “Elephants & Little Girls” (download track free, buy EP from Song By Toad or buy album from iTunes)
6. Mogwai – “Rano Pano” (download track free or buy album from Sub Pop)

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 Gang closes the show, and we start with a great pop song from Cancel the Astronauts. In between, lots of music including some acoustic indie folk from The Mean Faced Boy, and track from ex-Seattleite Justin Ripley‘s new Just Just album “No More Vintage”.

Podsafe music in this episode is played courtesy of Cancel The Astronauts, EardrumsPop, Justin Ripley, Cakes and Tapes and Come on Gang! Tracks 3 and 5 are released under Creative Commons licences. Edinburgh Man Podcasts is a member of the Association of Music Podcasting.

1. Cancel The Astronauts – “Funny For A Girl” (buy EP from Bandcamp)
2. The Mean Faced Boy – “Sake Sushi” (download EP free from Bandcamp)
3. Early to Bed – “Weathervane” (download EP free from EardrumsPop)
4. Just Just – “Slow Lavender” (download album free from Bandcamp)
5. Yellow Ostrich – “In The Past I Was An Astronaut” (download EP at name your price from Bandcamp)
6. Come On Gang! – “Fortune Favours The Brave” (buy album from Bandcamp)

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 track from The Beets on Captured Tracks, and we end with a brilliant song on Cake and Tapes from Sutcliffe Catering Co.
But finally, and something I totally forgot to mention in the show, is that this Saturday is the final ever gig – and the launch party for their debut album – from Edinburgh’s Come On Gang. You can still get tickets for only £5 at WeGotTickets.
1. Shugo Tokumaru – “Port Entropy” (download track free and buy album from Polyvinyl)
2. Say Hi – “Devils” (download track free and buy album from Barsuk Records)
3. The Beets – “Dead” (download track free and buy album from iTunes)
4. Achtung Hans – “Dreamdate” (download track free from Soundcloud)
5. The Twilight Singers – “Blackbird and the Fox” (download track free and buy album from Sub Pop)
6. Sutcliffe Catering Co. – “Ponderosa White” (download track free and buy EP from Bandcamp)

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 Scottish night, so here’s a photo of my desk in the back room instead. Complete with a Marmite brand mug of tea.

On today’s show we start with a track from ex-Sleater-Kinney singer Corin Tucker, a brilliant song from Schwervon! who are currently on tour in the UK with The Vaselines, and we play not one, not two, but three tracks from Scottish bands! Including the first song off the new album by The Son(s).

Podsafe music in this episode is played courtesy of Kill Rock Stars, Olive Juice Music, Olive Grove Records, The Last of Barrett’s Privateers. Tracks 3 is released under Creative Commons licences. Edinburgh Man Podcasts is a member of the Association of Music Podcasting.

1. Corin Tucker Band – “Riley” (download track free and buy album from Kill Rock Stars)
2. Magnetic Island – “Shake The Fog” (download track free from bandcamp)
3. Schwervon! – “Dinner” (buy album from Bandcamp or Olive Juice Music)
4. Shambles Miller – “Things That Make Me Angry” (buy EP from Bandcamp)
5. The Son(s) – “Dogs, Boys & Men” (download track free from Bandcamp)
6. The Last of Barrett’s Privateers – “Harbour Wall” (download EP free from SoundCloud)

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 [1]
[07:46] Modernheads - Old Crush, New Year [2]
[13:08] Second∞Sight - Get Me Out of Here [3]
[18:28] Sunshine Convention - Dawned on Me [4]
[23:33] Acetate zero - Definition of fall [5]
[28:38] Tovatronica- Opening Theme [6]
[30:01] Tovatronica - Thank You For Playing [6]

All tracks released under Creative Commons licences. See links for more details.

References

[1] https://belgrado.bandcamp.com/album/intra-apogeum
[2] https://paskarecords.bandcamp.com/track/old-crush-new-year
[3] https://underwater-computing.bandcamp.com/album/teenage-bliss
[4] https://thesunshineconvention.bandcamp.com/track/dawned-on-me
[5] https://astatine.bandcamp.com/album/civilize-the-satanists
[6] https://steviasphere.bandcamp.com/album/collectathon

Tomorrow's Tulips, The Gossip, Brilliant Colors, Accordian Boy, Lady North, Sea Birds.

Lil Daggers, Tiger & Panda, Supermarionation, Sea Birds, Paws, Deerhoof, COLOURS.

Cats and Cats and Cats, Thao & Mira, Shambles Miller, The Last Battle, Yellow Ostrich.

The Lovely Eggs, The Give It Ups, Brilliant Colors, PET, Le Reno Amps, The Short Waves.

The Thermals, Holy Konni, Major Matt Mason USA, Fleet Foxes, Austin Miller, Zed Penguin, Magnetic Island, Art Museums, Plastic Animals, Yusuf Azak, Darren Hayman.

The Great American Novel, The Last Battle, Something Beginning With L, King Post Kitsch, Anika's Basement Show, The All-About.

Heavens to Betsy, Bratmobile, Elliott Smith, The Gossip, The Decemberists, Xiu Xiu, Deerhoof, Marnie Stern.

Cuddly Shark, Pensioner, Quiet Lights, Plastic Animals, Adam Holmes and the Embers, The Old Machine.

Herman Dune, Atom's Rite, I Build Collapsible Mountains, 50FOOTWAVE, PET, The Pineapple Chunks.

The Mountain Goats, King Post Kitsch, Procession, Ostrich Tuning, The Second Hand Marching Band, We Are Trees.

Digits, Conveyor, Zed Penguin, Call Me Loretta, Greenbelt Collective, Teachers Florida.

Procession, Low, Birdhead, Animal Magic Tricks, Bottle of Evil.

Beat Happening, Mecca Normal, Built to Spill, The Crabs, The Microphones, Calvin Johnson, Dennis Driscoll, Kimya Dawson.

Randolph's Leap, Carlee Hendrix and the Whole Earth Catalog, Magnetic Island, Terry Malts, Edinburgh School for the Deaf, Mike Nisbet.

Zombie Girlfriend, Answer Sheet, Boca Chica, Quiet Lights, Plastic Animals, Lizard Kisses.

Crystal Stilts, Unwound, Panda Bear, Biscuitfinder General, Nan and the One Night Stands, Conveyor.

Thao and Mirah, Sebastian Dangerfield, Conquering Animal Sound, Early to Bed, Dressed Like Wolves.

Vivian Girls, Tri-Lambs, Low, The Japanese War Effort, Membership, 50FOOTWAVE, The Spook School.

Lindsay and the Storm; Trips and Falls; Greater Bird of Paradise; Like, Mountains; The Spook School; Meursault.

Cult of Youth, Shambles Miller, J Mascis, Black International, Yellow Ostrich, Far Concern.

Forbidden Friends, Matt Norris & The Moon, Penguins Kill Polar Bears, Cracker, Beach Fossils, Ben Talmi, Evil Hand.

The Dum Dum Girls, Withered Hand, Trapped Mice, 50FOOTWAVE, J Mascis, German Error Message.

Bearsuit, Come On Gang!, Kid Cavaneral, Throwing Muses, Dressed Like Wolves, The Son(s).

Ana Threat, Big Troubles, Laura K, Dad Rocks, Tiger Waves, Sam Collins, NO FUN, Trips and Falls.

The Hardy Boys, Jeff Lewis, Conveyor, Washboard Sam, Darren Hayman, The Moth & The Mirror.

The Moth & The Mirror, Alligator Indian, Tiny Mountains, Uniform Motion, Iam Humberstone, eagleowl.

Alligator Indian, Gospel Music, The Stormy Seas, Mark Wynn, Soledad Vélez, kidsounds.

The Amends, Conveyor, The Hardy Boys, The Toothaches, Dum Dum Girls

Zoey Van Goey, The Bleed Whites, Veronica Falls, Weekend, Trips and Falls, The Douglas Firs.

JoFranna, Like Mountains, Finding Fiction, Conveyor, Schwervon!, Lixian Hantover, Lizard Kisses.

Dum Dum Girls, Cancel the Astronauts, Uniform Motion, Yusuf Azak, Pocketbooks, szdl.

The Pineapple Chunks, eagleowl, Rob St. John, The Pictish Trail, Skeleton Bob, The Scottish Enlightenment, Two Wings, Meursault.

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 about things that you could go and see in the last few days. There’s also a fun chat with comedian Kurt Braunohler, who is performing at the brilliant variety show Hot Tub with Kurt and Kristen with his comedy partner Kristen Schaal. You only have a few hours left to go and see it, because it’s their last show tonight. But it’d be worth it.

Finally this week’s Hipstamatic was from Withered Hand’s glorious “homecoming” gig at the Queen’s Hall on Thursday night. Hearing a massive crowd of people singing along to Religious Songs and No Cigarettes was incredible.

Warning: May contain some swears. I forget to say this in the show. But then, I forget to say a lot of things in the show.

Podsafe music in this episode is played courtesy of Supermarionation, Boompa Records and Olive Grove Records. Tracks 2, 3 and 4 are released under Creative Commons Licences. Edinburgh Man Podcasts is a member of the Association of Music Podcasting.

1. Supermarionation – “Those Home Girls” (buy EP from Supermationation)
2. 50FOOTWAVE – “Radiant Addict” (download track free from cashmusic.org)
3. Early to Bed – “Weathervane” (download EP free from EardrumsPop)
4. Procession – “Grand Ledge” (download album for name your price on Bandcamp)
5. Woodpigeon – “Invisible Friend” (buy LP from Bandcamp)
6. The Moth and the Mirror – “Lights in the Sky” (download free from Bandcamp)

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 on the podcast today. I chat to Josie Long about her brilliantly funny and politically charged show “The Future Is Another Place” which is on at the Pleasance Dome until Sunday the 28th (not the 22nd). It’s not all politics, we also talk swimming, and nerd out a little bit while chatting about Scottish indie music.

Shambles Miller came over to Edinburgh last week to play a secret gig in the Blind Poet bar. We had a great chat afterwards, but beforehand, in torrential rain, Shambles played an acoustic track while sheltering in an alleyway off the Grassmarket. It’s the first ever exclusive recording for the show! And it’s re-assuringly lo-fi, with sounds of wind, rain and traffic in the background! You can see Shambles playing live during the Fringe in a real venue too. He’s supporting Jack Savoretti at Cabaret Voltaire as part of the Edge Festival.

Podsafe music in this episode is played courtesy of IODAPromonet / Song by Toad, Sub Pop, Cancel the Astronauts, IODAPromonet / Fortuna POP!, Shambles Miller and IODAPromonet / Armellodie Records. Edinburgh Man Podcasts is a member of the Association of Music Podcasting.

1. Meursault – “Crank Resolutions” (download track free and buy album from iTunes)
2. Sebadoh – “Rebound” (download track free and buy from Sub Pop)
3. Cancel The Astronauts – “Funny for a Girl” (buy EP from Bandcamp)
4. Allo’ Darlin – “If Loneliness Was Art” (download track free and buy album from iTunes)
5. Shambles Miller – “Aaarrgghhh!”
6. The Scottish Enlightenment – “St. Germain is Thick Tonight” (download track free and buy album from iTunes)

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 buffeting on the microphone. Apologies for that. Hopefully you can still hear our ramblings. Anyway, there are reviews today, especially for some of the free fringe shows. And also a few tips for getting into the rather busy free fringe shows. Don’t say we don’t provide a public service.

Finally, with massive thanks to Avalanche Records, we talk to David from Kid Canaveral. They’ve had a hectic year so far including playing SXSW along with King Creosote, and signing to Fence Records to re-release their brilliant debut album SHOUTING at Wildlife. But more importantly, in terms of the Fringe at least, they are playing at The Liquid Rooms tomorrow night along with Over The Wall and Admiral Fallow. Get your tickets here!

Today’s Hipstamatic is a bit of a cheat! It’s from the Kid Canaveral in-store at Avalanche Records a few weeks back, but it seems like an appropriate image for this show.

Podsafe music in this episode is played courtesy of Plastic Animals, Kid Canaveral, Olive Grove Records and The Last Battle. Tracks 2, and 3 are released under Creative Commons Licences. Edinburgh Man Podcasts is a member of the Association of Music Podcasting.

1. Plastic Animals – “It Fell Apart” (buy EP from Bandcamp)
2. 50FOOTWAVE – “A Rushing” (download EP free from cashmusic.org)
3. Conveyor – “Sun Ray” (buy EP from Bandcamp)
4. Kid Canaveral – “You Only Went Out To Get Drunk Last Night” (buy from Kid Canaveral or Bandcamp)
5. Randolph’s Leap – “Deep Blue Sea” (buy album from Bandcamp)
6. The Last Battle – “Viv Nicholson” (by EP from Bandcamp)

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 picnic table in the Pleasance, supping on some beer, and enjoying the sun. Instead, we were sheltering from the rain in the bar of the echoey Pleasance Dome. We also haven’t even been to see any shows yet! So this is very much a preview edition. Guess what, we talk nonsense, and play some music. Nothing really has changed in the last 12 months.

This week’s fringe Hipstamatic is Dan Willson from Withered Hand sporting this season’s ‘double denim‘ look at the afternoon’s in-store performance at Avalanche Records. As usual, it was a blinder.

Podsafe music in this episode is played courtesy of The Spook School, PET, My Tiny Robots, IODAPromonet / Absolute Kosher Records, Song by Toad. Tracks 1, 5 and 6 are released under Creative Commons Licences. Edinburgh Man Podcasts is a member of the Association of Music Podcasting.

1. The Spook School – “History” (download track free from Bandcamp)
2. PET – “What You Building?” (stream track from Soundcloud)
3. My Tiny Robots – “Rock Bossa Nova Fourbeat Black” (buy EP from Bandcamp)
4. Withered Hand – “New Dawn” (download track free and buy album from iTunes)
5. Holy Konni – “flying around in space” (buy album for ‘name your price’ from Bandcamp)
6. Meursault – “Flittin’ (Demo)” (download album free from Bandcamp)