It's hard to believe that an adapter only 2 inches long can cause so many problems. That's what stopped working so I couldn't put out a new show last weekend as I was hoping. Having replaced it yesterday all is back as it should be and normal service has been resumed.

I'm incredibly excited that I was able to bring you the first track this week. I tried to get permission to play it a month ago after I saw Los Campesinos! play live, but didn't manage it. They then released it onto IODA so all podcasters can use it. I'm absolutely delighted. Also on the show we have some acoustic music, some dark electronica, some synth rock and some straight ahead rock.

I have been in contact with the venue I am promoting my gigs at this week and things are moving along nicely. The first gig I am promoting will be at The Porter Butt in Bath on September 12th with a line-up of The Madisons, Slovakia and The Haiku.

Nice selection of videos this week

Los Campesinos! - You! Me! Dancing!

(We Are) Performance - Vandals (Live Performance)

Our Lunar Activities - It Comes In Waves

St. Christopher - It's All Gone (Live Performance)

Jack Bird - Call For Love (Live Performance) [Also contains a track called 'The King Of Blues', which I should be playing in a few weeks.]

Drifting In Silence - Chameleon (Drev Mix) [Warning: Contains flashing images.]

Any questions, comments, mp3s, proposals of marriage and suicide notes can be sent to ourobouros.podcast@googlemail.com

See you next week for more quality independent music. I've got loads of tracks lined up for all you lucky listeners.

TRACK LIST

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

1: Los Campesinos! - You! Me! Dancing!

2: (We Are) Performance - Vandals

3: The Surgents - The Show

4: Our Lunar Activities - It Comes In Waves

5: St. Christopher - It's All Gone

6: Jack Bird - Call For Love

7: Drifting In Silence - Chameleon (Drev Mix)

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

I did manage to get myself a new microphone, but it's such poor quality that it is not worth recording the show on. Since I pride myself on the clarity of the links I'm not going to release an episode that is not up to scratch just to release an episode. I will hopefully have sorted this all out by the weekend so I will next be releasing an episode on my usual Sunday/Monday schedule. 

Brothers and sisters I have travelled far in the wilderness of the capital and have seen the light of the cyclists as they flash by! I did see The Devil walking the streets of that far city, but I resisted him and have returned to you brothers and sisters, to spread the word! To spread the word of independent music! Can I get an amen!!!

This is by way of saying I have not had a road to Damascus conversion, but while I was in London I did see The Devil. He is a German bloke called Didi Senft, who for years has followed The Tour de France wearing a devil costume. He also holds the record for the worlds largest working Bicycle. He's a complete nutter, but is a bit of a cycling icon. It pretty much made my weekend when I saw him walking towards Hyde Park.

With bizarre pseudo-celebrity sightings out of the way we move onto the music for this week, which I knicked from other podcasts. We have a double dose of Canadian rock, some unbelievably up-beat synth pop and two of the catchiest choruses you will ever hear.

Videos for this week:

Seagull Strange - La La La Ley here   

The Ropes - Kill Her Off here

Anti-Hero - Unpretty here

Any questions, comments, mp3s, sentient computer viruses that will overtake the universe and MILF videos can be sent to ourobouros.podcast@googlemail.com

I'm off to play my new Cycling computer game. See you next week.

TRACK LIST

Intro: The Sunshine Underground - Put You In Your Place

1: Elizabeth - Diminishing Returns

2: Andy Haut - Your Eyes

3: Seagull Strange - La La La Ley

4: Torpedoes - Twisted Love Song

5: The Beautiful & Damned - Story

6: The Ropes - Kill Her Off

7: Anti-Hero - Unpretty

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

I had to record this show twice. I am puppy sitting for my brother while he is on holiday, and recorded the show with a 3-month old Staffordshire Bull Terrier on my lap. He was asleep for the whole of the recording process before waking up and unplugging the computer before I'd had a chance to save the show. I nearly throttled the little bastard. Unfortunately he's just too damn cute and resolved myself to re-recording the whole show. So here it is, a day later than I was intending to put it out but I think it was worth the wait.

We have some synth-indie, some indie pop, some glam revival, some mellow trippy indie and I'm not quite sure how to classify my last track. All I know is it's fantastic.

On the gig promotion front I had a bad week. I had yet another band pull out from the gig I was planning in August, which left me with little option but to cancel the whole show. This means that the first gig I will be promoting will be on 12th September at The Porter Butt in Bath. The line-up is confirmed as The Haiku, Slovakia and The Madisons. For each of my gigs I will be handing out free mix CDs to the first 25 people throught the door. If you want to get more details about the live music promotion then sign up to my mailing list using the box to the right.

Nice selection of videos this week.

Low vs. Diamond - Heart Attack here

Krief - La Verite Live Session

Amida - Class Of 2000 here

The XCorvettes - An Alcoholic State Of Mind here

The Cordels - The Jowna Live Performance

Sound Sanctuary - Broken Signs here

Any questions, comments, mp3s, answers to the deepest philosophical quandries we face and offers of little blue pills can be sent to ourobouros.podcast@googlemail.com And you can sign up to the mailing list there too.

I don't think there'll be a show next week as I'm spending the weekend in London watching the Tour de France and I probably wont have time to put out a podcast. So see you in a fortnight.

TRACK LIST

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

1: Low vs. Diamond - Heart Attack

2: Krief - La Verite

3: Amida - Class Of 2000

4: The XCorvettes - An Alcoholic State Of Mind

5: The Cordels - The Jowna

6: Sound Sanctuary - Broken Signs

7: Pipe Choir - Savior

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