is this music? radio: Recent Episodes
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Thrillingly, Stuart puts together an all-mp3 selection of tunes with a decidedly French / Scottish influence. Including something from the brand new album from How To Swim.
Stuart delves into the itm? postbag and uncovers a slew of new and upcoming releases including Kurt Vile and L.A.B.S as well as rediscovering old friends in The Leg and Miracle Strip as well as a five-star album from There Will Be Fireworks
Stuart gets ahead of the curve with some new(ish) tunes from Scotland and beyond – with veterans Jazzateers, sprightly youngsters Saint Max and chums, and a December release from Super Adventure Club..
Stuart inadvertently experiments with a sound bed, then… new releases from old favourites including RM Hubbert, Strangers Almanac and Michael Rattray.
Stuart wades through the T in the Park lineup and features some of the acts who will play the T Break stage at Balado from 12 – 14 July. Includes some old favourites under a new guise – Fake Major.
Stuart battles the blizzards to bring another ear-warming selection that blends long-standing heroes with some bright young things. Which probably applies to Trembling Bells and Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy…
Stuart, by chance, compiles an all-Scottish show looking forward to a few uncoming releases including Curators, Kid Canaveral, Man Without Machines and Miss The Occupier, and bids farewell to The Plimptons
Stuart raids the CD cupboard and finds an exclusive ballboy tune plus some never-before-heard tracks from King Creosote and We Were Promised Jetpacks.
Having cleared the studio of ‘guests’, Stuart plays new tunes from Paws, Super National, The Jim Jones Revue, and previews Volume 4 of The Littlest Album
Stuart dips (and removes) a toe in the 21st century with new material from Cat Power, Adrian Crowley, Calexico and Frog Pocket
Stuart features music new and old - tunes from Germany, Eire, Oslo/Tokyo/London, and among the usual Scottish contingent, The State Broadcasters.
Stuart’s back to normal service including three concept rock operas from Paul Vickers, MJ Hibbett and Colin’s Godson.
Stuart presents the second of Radiomagnetic’s T Break-themed podcasts in an is this music? special featuring some of the acts playing this year’s T Break stage.
Stuart puts together the first podcast of spring, with funeral tales of ghosts, catastrophe, murder and paranoia. Not really sure why it’s worked out like that...
Stuart McHugh aims for maximum music and minimum chat this week (but fails on the latter). English reggae, Scots alt-rock, American electro… and a couple of 10-year-old one-minute gems.
Stuart ploughs through the backlog of CDs with tunes from Scotland and beyond, including The Plimptons, Remember Remember, Alabama 3, Human Don’t Be Angry, Geoff Farina, Tom Fool and Viva Stereo
Stuart wades through a welter of post-Christmas press releases to piece together the first show of 2012. ‘Dreampop’, Bristolian dance, electronic rock and a considerable amount of swearing thanks to the appearance of Bradford duo That Fucking Tank.
Stuart brings in the new year, somewhat belatedly, with tunes from some of the best releases of early 2013. Including BMX Bandits, Rick Redbeard, and the re-released album by The Yawns
Stuart attempts to get into the Xmas spirit with a roundup of festive releases – How To Swim, Ambulances and The Plimptons – interspersed with some ‘big in 2012’ tips like Young Fathers and Kobra Audio Labs.
Stuart presents a pre-Christmas special, er, special, as the final releases of the year (and the first of next year) including Elvis Costello, Rob St John, Hyperpotamus, James Apollo and Dead Boy Robotics.
Stuart presents a Jockrock special with a blend of old and new – ‘used to work with Tindersticks and Loop‘, ‘used to be in Arab Strap or Dawn of the Reps‘, ‘still in Swimmer One‘… and Vakunoht – former members of Bangtwister and Senator
Stuart McHugh ventures into new territory – a Scottish-free show! Apart from Brian out of Placebo’s Scottish granny, this international edition of the Is This Music? podcast features former members of Pavement and DAF in its tangentially famous lineup
Stuart McHugh presents a pre/post holiday edition of the Is This Music? podcast, with Americans St Vincent and, er, Loch Lomond, plus Quebecois ensemble Trips and Falls as well as Scots Fangs and former De Rosa frontman Martin John Henry
Is This Music? head honcho, bottle washer and wheels of steel operative Stuart McHugh indulges a show including Yusuf Azak, We Were Promised Jetpacks, Adam Stafford and Tarwater
Is This Music‘s head honcho Stuart McHugh plays a post been-on-holiday selection of new(ish) material from Belfast, Oregon, Spain, and in festival month, Edinburgh act Letters
Stuart steps back in time with some old favourites - Astrid Williamson, Thrum, Brian Eno, They Might Be Giants, and with Kid Canaveral flying the flag for 2011.
In an exclusive episode for T in the Park‘s T Break Stage 2011, Is This Music? presenter, producer and revered music blogger Stuart McHugh picks and chats about his recommendations from this year’s T Break line-up.
Stuart races through the IsThisMusic? mailbag in record time with a bumper 11 quality tunes, including a tribute to radio legend John Peel, some bass guitar overload, beats from Mali AND Dundee, and a pair from Glasgow’s equivalent of Rock School.
It seems to be all guitars in the itm? postbag this week, so we blend six-string mayhem with some more considered tunes.
An exciting and vibrant (downright noisy in fact) bunch of tracks this week on ITM? – ranging geographically from Paris and Bucharest to Brooklyn and, er, Aviemore. We’re sooo cosmopolitan…
We plunder the ITM? postbag and share the best stuff with you before our reviewers get their paws on it - with tunes from the USA, Nigeria, and a fair whack from Scotland.
The latest from itm? kicks off with something new from the late 70s and ends with something old and scratchy from the early 80s. In between however, some great new modern sounds – on vinyl, CD and (in a one-off venture) mp3 download!
After a break in the Lakes a desperate attempt to catch up with the ITM? postbag. From Italian shoegaze to Scottish hip hop, and that’s just the first two tunes...
Chemikal Underground‘s latest signings, two of Scotland and Wales’ biggest indie legends,and discovers what several underground stalwarts are up to these days
A special non-festive edition of Is This Music?’s regular podcast, with a slew of tunes to warm your cockles – Joan As Policewoman, White Heath, Is Tropical and Savings and Loan.
Another selection of soon-to-be-reviewed sounds from isthismusic.com. Burma (via Aberdeen), the USA and Scotland are just 3 of the four stops on this week’s musical journey.
A mix of local and worldwide, old and new, including (aha!) Norwich’s finest, Bathgate’s favourite sons, and makes the connection between Glaswegian brassy Brechtian pop and the most diabolistic of all the industrial pop acts.
A mix of familiar and obscure this week, including a delve back into the past, with some pioneering Swiss punk and a few TV themes. Intrigued? You should be!
Stuart McHugh introduces a world music special… Of sorts. With acts from Scotland, England, Iceland, France, er, Iceland, and Chemikal Underground‘s new Chilean signings.
Stuart is back with another itm? podcast which features bright young things including Emma Pollock and King Creosote in Burns Unit guise, the recently-returned Zephyrs, an Arab Strap re-release, and the eternally youthful Vaselines.
Is This Music? head honcho Stuart McHugh plays a selection of new music, from new faces (Douglas Firs, Les Cox (Sportif)), and a few old friends in new guises (Lonely Tourist, Hidden Masters).
Stuart plays an intriguingly diverse (if he says so himself) selection, from France to Larbert. Includes a new project involving King Creosote; “One of the great English voices” according to John Peel; and perhaps Scotland’s most promising new band…
Stuart McHugh celebrates the World Cup with a bunch of music from artists from non-participating countries (including Scotland). Er, apart from the Americans who close the show. Damn. Includes The Ghost, Spare Snare, Yusuf Azak, and Q Without U.
Stuart offers some sumptuous synthpop, frantic trashy punk, and, er, frantic synthpop – that, and some good old-fashioned indie and some genuine strangeness. Includes an oldie from Dundee lo-fi legends Spare Snare, who play a show at Tigerfest on Saturday May 22nd at Dunfermline’s Carnegie Hall.
Stuart McHugh rounds up a batch of current and future releases, from The National and Eflerklang to Beneath Us The Waves and Vacuum Spasm Babies, and spanning the globe, from Brooklyn to Poland and back to Galashiels. More at www.isthismusic.com.
A Fence Homegame weekend special of sorts…with bands who played at the festival (Benni Hemm Hemm, Fake Eyelashes and Love.Stop.Repeat) plus an exclusive (read: unique and decidedly lo-fi) excerpt from King Creosote’s ‘8th Bit of Strange in 14 Years’.