Probably the most diverse range of styles I've managed to put together so far.

I have written a review of the album 'Appreciation Night' by Bound Stems for the Noize Makes Enemies blog. There is a link to the site on the right. As well as a couple of reviews that I wrote there is a wealth of reviews, videos and streaming music. It's well worth a look.

If you like the last track I played on this show from Maddicott Mountain check out their second myspace page The Blood Choir.

The videos for this show

The Apples In Stereo - Energy here [There is also a 5 part documentary on YouTube showing the making of the album this track comes from.]

Planetakis - Pogo In the Shoes Of Kylie Minogue here

Fear Of Flying - Three's A Crowd here

You can e-mail ourobouros.podcast@googlemail.com or check me out on Myspace

I'm off on holiday now so there won't be a show next week. See you in a fortnight.

TRACK LIST

Intro: The Sunshine Underground - Put You In Your Place (Excerpt)

1: Bound Stems - Western Biographic

2: The Apples In Stereo - Energy

3: Planetakis - Pogo In The Shoes Of Kylie Minogue

4: Cerulean - Here Is Hoping

5: Fear Of Flying - Three's A Crowd

6: Electric Jets - Get Away

7: Maddicott Mountain - Dreams In America

All tracks used with permission or are available under Creative Commons licenses.

A review I wrote for 'Thou Shalt Always Kill' by Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip is now online on the Noize Makes Enemies Webzine. 

Apart from my own small contribution there is a wealth of reviews, videos and streaming music that is well worth a look.

I might be doing more reviews for them in the future so keep checking back. 

Special show this week for two reasons.

I've had an equipment upgrade so the links should be clearer from now on. I've also got myself a domain name so you can now go to ourobouros.co.uk to find this page.

The other reason it's a special show is that the first four tracks are by bands who got in touch with me rather than the other way round.

I've also set up a YouTube channel where all the videos I have linked to will be stored. The link is to the right.

Not many video links this week, but here are the ones that are available

Bat For Lashes - Prescilla here

Love Minus Zero - Psychobaby Live Performance Clip (Poor Quality) [There is a full promo video for this track on their myspace page]

The Only Ones - Another Girl Another Planet here (Mentioned on the podcast)

Dan Le Sac Vs. Scroobius Pip - Thou Shalt Always Kill here (Bonus Link)

You can e-mail ourobouros.podcast@googlemail.com or check me out on Myspace

See You soon.

TRACK LIST

Intro: The Sunshine Underground - Put You In Your Place (Excerpt)

1: Murder Of Lilies - Elector

2: 303DIDTHISTOME - ''

3: Blitzhoney - Laura

4: Of The I - Cold

5: Bat For Lashes - Prescilla

6: Love Minus Zero - Psychobaby

7: Black Rabbit - Sick Enough

All tracks used with permission or are available under Creative Commons Licences.

When I was listening to the latest episode of the Take Your Medicine podcast I came across a track I absolutely love. It is called 'Thou Shalt Always Kill' by Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip.

I usually abhor hip-hop and rap (Especially done by White, English guys) but the content of this track is superb. It is basically a list of commandments that people in the UK in 2007 should live by. Everything from 'Thou shalt not think that any man over the age of 30 who plays with a child that is not his own is a paedophile. Some people are just nice' to 'Thou shalt not question Stephen Fry'

In the weeks since I first heard it I have been desperately trying to find a download of it to put on the show. Unfortunately all the downloads have been taken down in preparation for a single release coming in April from Lex Records. That's fair enough.

Since I think this track is pure lyrical genius I have come to the conclusion that I have to get it heard by as many of my listeners as possible. The best way to do this as things stand is to put up links so you can listen to the track via streaming.

MYSPACE

The video for this track was just put up yesterday on YouTube. It's Awesome.

YOUTUBE 

After the single comes out I will do my best to get it on the podcast, until then follow the links.

Bit of a Greek flavour to this episode. Listen to this show and you can expect some unusual stuff occasionally.

I had a bit of difficulty with the mp3 conversion for this episode so the ident at the end got messed with. I figured 4 seconds at the end of the show doesn't matter that much, but apologies anyway.

Here are the video links

Little Man Tate - Sexy In Latin here

Love Is All - Make Out, Fall Out, Make Up here

Infidelity - Breathe Live Performance Clip

The Dykeenies - Waiting For Go here

Jack Penate - Second, Minute Or Hour here

You can e-mail ourobouros.podcast@googlemail.com or check me out on Myspace

TRACK LIST

Intro: The Sunshine Underground - Put You In Your Place (Excerpt)

1: Little Man Tate - Sexy In Latin

2: Love Is All - Make Out, Fall Out, Make Up

3: 2-L8 - Wings Break Heat Image

4: Blurry Sight - Weather

5: Infidelity - Breathe

6: The Dykeenies - Waiting For Go

7: Jack Penate - Second, Minute Or Hour

All tracks used with permission or are available under Creative Commons licenses.

A nicer mix of styles in this episode I think. We have something for the electronica and acoustic fans as well as the rock fans.

Here are the video links

Blood Red Shoes - ADHD here

Far From The Dance - Don't Give It Up Live Performance Clip (Poor Quality) Unofficial Fan Video [There is an 'official' video up on the bands website]

Rieser - Angerflow General Promo Video [This is a general promo video for the band, which contains a snippet of 'Angerflow']

David E. Sugar - We Weren't Put Together here

Drop Da Bomb - STereoid [The only video for this track on YouTube is the one that Fitts For Fight did, and I am NOT going to link to it here]

You can e-mail ourobouros.podcast@googlemail.com or check me out on Myspace

See you in a fortnight. Or perhaps sooner...

TRACK LIST

Intro: The Sunshine Underground - Put You In Your Place (Excerpt)

1: Blood Red Shoes - ADHD

2: Far From The Dance - Don't Give It Up

3: Rieser - Angerflow

4: Speechwriters LLC - Blood On The Frets

5: David E. Sugar - We Weren't Put Together

6: Drop Da Bomb - STereoid

7: Gompa - Popsong

All tracks used with permission or are available under Creative Commons licenses.

Sorry If anyone got Episode 1 again. Some of the directories I signed up to were having trouble because the file size of the mp3 didn't match up with what was listed.

Just a small technical hitch from a first time podcaster...

The good news is that Episode 2 is coming along nicely and should be up earlier than I anticipated. I predict it will be up by Sunday night (GMT).

Episode 1 was a bit of a Rock overload, but Episode 2 will have a more diverse mix of styles. I'm more or less at the mercy of the bands who give me approval to play their stuff... 

While I was seeking approval for music to play on my next show I came across a story regarding some reprehensible behaviour. Let me give you the details.

There is a website called Micromusic.net that has a vast catalogue of music that is free to download. It is basically a community page for a sub-genre of dance music that uses old computer systems like Ataris and Gameboys to create dance music.

Then two Norwegian girls going by the ridiculous name of Fitts For Fight (or possibly their Svengali producer) download loads of these free tracks, record asinine lyrics over them and release them as their own material!

They even have a video for one of 'their' tracks called 'Fuck Off & Die' listed on YouTube. This is really a track called 'STereoid' by Drop Da Bomb. The chorus to this 'Song' goes:

'You come to a show, say hello, we say goodbye, fuck off and die'

that doggerel is not only offensive in content, but also in quality.

You can get more on this story at the micromusic page HERE.

If you follow that link you can find an online petition that micromusic has put up in protest at this travesty. I strongly recommend that everyone who reads this goes and signs it.

Even if you don't like the original music, and I admit it will not be to everyones taste, nobody should have their music stolen.

I intend to play STereoid on my next episode to show how it really should sound.