TRACK LIST

1: Jen - And So It Goes (The Retail Hell Remix)

2: Ex Norwegian - Something Unreal

3: Shortwave - Esther

4: Fazeshift - Let Her Down

5: Scum Of The Earth - Bombshell From Hell

6: OurAfter - Karma

7: Anti-M - Let U In

8: XBloome - Time Crisis

The Intro Music is an excerpt from 'Put You In Your Place' by The Sunshine Underground 

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

TRACK LIST

1: Tash - Goodbye

2: They Sink Ships - Hello I'm In Cornwall

3: Us & Them - Why Try

4: The Happy Hollows - Tambourine

5: RedTrack - Wait Around

6: MC Envy - One Life

7: Red Wire Black Wire - Compass

8: Effektor! - BrainBrainBrain

The Intro Music is an excerpt from 'Put You In Your Place' by The Sunshine Underground 

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

TRACK LIST

1: Post Death Soundtrack - Long Cold Night

2: Bluejuice - Vitriol

3: Stand - Low Culture

4: The Let Up - Miss Vanity

5: Ammp - Go

6: Tearwave - Nothing's Wrong

7: Hospital Ships - Bitter Radio Single

8: The Lolligags - Merry Go Round

The Intro Music is an excerpt from 'Put You In Your Place' by The Sunshine Underground 

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

So here is the second annual Ourobouros VidCast, featuring my 10 favourite videos for tracks that have been played in 2008 on the show. Below are some show notes explaining a little why these are the videos that made the cut. My basic rules for a good video can be summed up as imagination, entertainment, fitting the song and if it’s done on a tight budget so much the better.

1: The Bastard Fairies – We’re All Going To Hell

Played Show #40

Director: Robin Davey

A mostly animated video directed by Robin from the band. He guides his partner Yellow Thunder Woman through an animated version of hell featuring well known people who represent the lyrics. A very cheeky, very funny experience and you’ve got to love a video with a beer break.

2: Elle s’appelle – Little Flame

Played Show #42

Director: Ste Lucas

I’ve broken my own rule about leaving out bands that have split up for this one. Even though Elle s’appelle aren’t together any more I couldn’t bring myself to leave this video out. It’s probably my favourite video that’s been made in the last 3 years and I just had to include it. The band and their friend Ste Lucas make a creative video involving objects that are round. Fundamental proof that you don’t need a huge budget to make an entertaining video, you just need imagination. Elle s’appelle RIP.

3: Yacht – See A Penny (Pick It Up)

Played Show #46

Director: Matt McCormick

This is a perfect example of the video fitting the track. The video sees Jona Bechtolt, AKA Yacht, dressed in a giant cardboard penny and wandering the streets Portland, Oregon, his hometown.

4: Zoon van SnooK – Bibliophone

Played Show #49

Directors: Tajinder & Sundeep Dhami

This is a video that wasn’t released when I played the track on the podcast. In preparation for compiling this VidCast I trawled through my playlists for the year and saw if any videos had been released in the meantime. My efforts were rewarded when this fantastic animated effort came up. It takes the staple technique of each element of the track having its own visual cue and does something interesting with it. Once you work out what’s going on it’s an entertaining video to watch and stands up to repeated viewing.  

5: Zwish – Toy Boy

Played Show #53

Directors: Craig & Bryn

There’s only one thing to say about this video. Lego Porn! Childhood toys turned into stop-motion players in a modern tragedy. This twisted video was directed by Bryn, the bands bassist and one of his friends. The time-intensive methodology really pays off to create a memorable, fun video.

6: The Joy Formidable – Austere

Played Show #61.5

Director: “A Fan”

The great lost video has been found again! When I originally played this track on the podcast I bemoaned the fact that YouTube had removed the video because it violated their policy, but now the band has got their hands on a copy and it’s available on their personal website. The story goes that a fan used videos from a website called Beautiful Agony as imagery for the track Austere and uploaded it to YouTube. YouTube’s problem is that Beautiful Agony specialises in videos of the faces of people while they masturbate. It kind of fits the band name. Even though in this video there is no nudity, not even an exposed female breast, YouTube deemed this inappropriate. It’s certainly a memorable viewing experience, a little arousing, a little uncomfortable and very weird. Since this video was made the band has produced an ‘official’ video that can be seen here. It’s a brilliant piece of work in its own right and could well have made the playlist itself, but the unofficial video is almost unique.

7: The Black Ghosts – Repetition Kills You

Played Show #63

Directors: Skill Wizard & Lamo

This is a very cool take on an old idea. Everyone must have seen that Bob Dylan video where he has all the lyrics on cards and shows them before dropping them. In this video instead of cards, the lyrics are printed on baseball caps that are then worn by the band, the directors, various friends and even a couple of dogs. It’s seems like it would have been a lot of fun to film and becomes an interesting video.

8: Innerpartysystem – Don’t Stop

Played Show #64

Director: Stephen Penta

This is a disturbing video examining our approach to fame and celebrity. A couple of strange newsreaders that follow the American pattern of overweight man and hot woman lip-sync the lyrics while dressing up in bondage gear and admitting they’re lying. For a video that has a lot of disturbing imagery possibly the most disturbing is a single trickle of blood coming from the nose of the vapidly smiling hot woman.

9: Dragonette – I Get Around

Played Show #77

Director: Wendy Morgan

This is a sexy video that fits the song perfectly. Martina, the singer for Dragonette walks around kissing people and then taking over their persona, a great idea that takes advantage of the bands personality. It’s also cool that it was directed by a woman. It’s actually the second video with a female influence because Lamo who co-directed The Black Ghosts’ video is also a woman.

10: un:armed – This Nightmare

Played Show #78

Director: Steve Nahaj

I waited a long time for this video. I got the track in February, but the video wasn’t ready until October so I didn’t play it until then. Boy was it worth the wait. It’s a strange journey around a typical American suburban home with the inhabitants hypnotised by strange red strings and seemingly incapable of anything else. It’s full of startling, strange images that stick in the mind long after watching.

As ever it was very difficult to finalise a 10 track playlist and honourable mentions go to:

All Crazy – Wrong Time (Played Show #73) [Directed by The Band]

Ejectorseat – Not My Girl (Played Show #56) [Directed by Jon Swallowe]

Hedtrip – Mother Love (Played Show #60.5) [Directed by Ferran]

The Kara Sea – The City Is A Sorceress (Played Show #75) [Directed by Emilie 79]

Zox – Line In The Sand (Played Show #79) [Directed by Raul B. Fernandez]

TRACK LIST

1: The Camerawalls - Clinically Dead For 16 Hours

2: The Blood Choir - Dark Eyes Journey Through Dark Fire

3: Anemo - Filthy Figure Skater

4: Marnie Stern - Transformer

5: Fagan - When The Lights Go Out

6: Emerald Park - Pasadena

7: The Ox - Spirals

8: [angelcrack] - Crypto

The Intro Music is an excerpt from 'Put You In Your Place' by The Sunshine Underground 

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

So here is the second annual Ourobouros VidCast, featuring my 10 favourite videos for tracks that have been played in 2008 on the show. Below are some show notes explaining a little why these are the videos that made the cut. My basic rules for a good video can be summed up as imagination, entertainment, fitting the song and if it’s done on a tight budget so much the better.

1: The Bastard Fairies – We’re All Going To Hell

Played Show #40

Director: Robin Davey

A mostly animated video directed by Robin from the band. He guides his partner Yellow Thunder Woman through an animated version of hell featuring well known people who represent the lyrics. A very cheeky, very funny experience and you’ve got to love a video with a beer break.

2: Elle s’appelle – Little Flame

Played Show #42

Director: Ste Lucas

I’ve broken my own rule about leaving out bands that have split up for this one. Even though Elle s’appelle aren’t together any more I couldn’t bring myself to leave this video out. It’s probably my favourite video that’s been made in the last 3 years and I just had to include it. The band and their friend Ste Lucas make a creative video involving objects that are round. Fundamental proof that you don’t need a huge budget to make an entertaining video, you just need imagination. Elle s’appelle RIP.

3: Yacht – See A Penny (Pick It Up)

Played Show #46

Director: Matt McCormick

This is a perfect example of the video fitting the track. The video sees Jona Bechtolt, AKA Yacht, dressed in a giant cardboard penny and wandering the streets Portland, Oregon, his hometown.

4: Zoon van SnooK – Bibliophone

Played Show #49

Directors: Tajinder & Sundeep Dhami

This is a video that wasn’t released when I played the track on the podcast. In preparation for compiling this VidCast I trawled through my playlists for the year and saw if any videos had been released in the meantime. My efforts were rewarded when this fantastic animated effort came up. It takes the staple technique of each element of the track having its own visual cue and does something interesting with it. Once you work out what’s going on it’s an entertaining video to watch and stands up to repeated viewing.  

5: Zwish – Toy Boy

Played Show #53

Directors: Craig & Bryn

There’s only one thing to say about this video. Lego Porn! Childhood toys turned into stop-motion players in a modern tragedy. This twisted video was directed by Bryn, the bands bassist and one of his friends. The time-intensive methodology really pays off to create a memorable, fun video.

6: The Joy Formidable – Austere

Played Show #61.5

Director: “A Fan”

The great lost video has been found again! When I originally played this track on the podcast I bemoaned the fact that YouTube had removed the video because it violated their policy, but now the band has got their hands on a copy and it’s available on their personal website. The story goes that a fan used videos from a website called Beautiful Agony as imagery for the track Austere and uploaded it to YouTube. YouTube’s problem is that Beautiful Agony specialises in videos of the faces of people while they masturbate. It kind of fits the band name. Even though in this video there is no nudity, not even an exposed female breast, YouTube deemed this inappropriate. It’s certainly a memorable viewing experience, a little arousing, a little uncomfortable and very weird. Since this video was made the band has produced an ‘official’ video that can be seen here. It’s a brilliant piece of work in its own right and could well have made the playlist itself, but the unofficial video is almost unique.

7: The Black Ghosts – Repetition Kills You

Played Show #63

Directors: Skill Wizard & Lamo

This is a very cool take on an old idea. Everyone must have seen that Bob Dylan video where he has all the lyrics on cards and shows them before dropping them. In this video instead of cards, the lyrics are printed on baseball caps that are then worn by the band, the directors, various friends and even a couple of dogs. It’s seems like it would have been a lot of fun to film and becomes an interesting video.

8: Innerpartysystem – Don’t Stop

Played Show #64

Director: Stephen Penta

This is a disturbing video examining our approach to fame and celebrity. A couple of strange newsreaders that follow the American pattern of overweight man and hot woman lip-sync the lyrics while dressing up in bondage gear and admitting they’re lying. For a video that has a lot of disturbing imagery possibly the most disturbing is a single trickle of blood coming from the nose of the vapidly smiling hot woman.

9: Dragonette – I Get Around

Played Show #77

Director: Wendy Morgan

This is a sexy video that fits the song perfectly. Martina, the singer for Dragonette walks around kissing people and then taking over their persona, a great idea that takes advantage of the bands personality. It’s also cool that it was directed by a woman. It’s actually the second video with a female influence because Lamo who co-directed The Black Ghosts’ video is also a woman.

10: un:armed – This Nightmare

Played Show #78

Director: Steve Nahaj

I waited a long time for this video. I got the track in February, but the video wasn’t ready until October so I didn’t play it until then. Boy was it worth the wait. It’s a strange journey around a typical American suburban home with the inhabitants hypnotised by strange red strings and seemingly incapable of anything else. It’s full of startling, strange images that stick in the mind long after watching.

As ever it was very difficult to finalise a 10 track playlist and honourable mentions go to:

All Crazy – Wrong Time (Played Show #73) [Directed by The Band]

Ejectorseat – Not My Girl (Played Show #56) [Directed by Jon Swallowe]

Hedtrip – Mother Love (Played Show #60.5) [Directed by Ferran]

The Kara Sea – The City Is A Sorceress (Played Show #75) [Directed by Emilie 79]

Zox – Line In The Sand (Played Show #79) [Directed by Raul B. Fernandez]

TRACK LIST

1: The Camerawalls - Clinically Dead For 16 Hours

2: The Blood Choir - Dark Eyes Journey Through Dark Fire

3: Anemo - Filthy Figure Skater

4: Marnie Stern - Transformer

5: Fagan - When The Lights Go Out

6: Emerald Park - Pasadena

7: The Ox - Spirals

8: [angelcrack] - Crypto

The Intro Music is an excerpt from 'Put You In Your Place' by The Sunshine Underground 

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

So here is the second annual Ourobouros VidCast, featuring my 10 favourite videos for tracks that have been played in 2008 on the show. Below are some show notes explaining a little why these are the videos that made the cut. My basic rules for a good video can be summed up as imagination, entertainment, fitting the song and if it’s done on a tight budget so much the better.

1: The Bastard Fairies – We’re All Going To Hell

Played Show #40

Director: Robin Davey

A mostly animated video directed by Robin from the band. He guides his partner Yellow Thunder Woman through an animated version of hell featuring well known people who represent the lyrics. A very cheeky, very funny experience and you’ve got to love a video with a beer break.

2: Elle s’appelle – Little Flame

Played Show #42

Director: Ste Lucas

I’ve broken my own rule about leaving out bands that have split up for this one. Even though Elle s’appelle aren’t together any more I couldn’t bring myself to leave this video out. It’s probably my favourite video that’s been made in the last 3 years and I just had to include it. The band and their friend Ste Lucas make a creative video involving objects that are round. Fundamental proof that you don’t need a huge budget to make an entertaining video, you just need imagination. Elle s’appelle RIP.

3: Yacht – See A Penny (Pick It Up)

Played Show #46

Director: Matt McCormick

This is a perfect example of the video fitting the track. The video sees Jona Bechtolt, AKA Yacht, dressed in a giant cardboard penny and wandering the streets Portland, Oregon, his hometown.

4: Zoon van SnooK – Bibliophone

Played Show #49

Directors: Tajinder & Sundeep Dhami

This is a video that wasn’t released when I played the track on the podcast. In preparation for compiling this VidCast I trawled through my playlists for the year and saw if any videos had been released in the meantime. My efforts were rewarded when this fantastic animated effort came up. It takes the staple technique of each element of the track having its own visual cue and does something interesting with it. Once you work out what’s going on it’s an entertaining video to watch and stands up to repeated viewing.  

5: Zwish – Toy Boy

Played Show #53

Directors: Craig & Bryn

There’s only one thing to say about this video. Lego Porn! Childhood toys turned into stop-motion players in a modern tragedy. This twisted video was directed by Bryn, the bands bassist and one of his friends. The time-intensive methodology really pays off to create a memorable, fun video.

6: The Joy Formidable – Austere

Played Show #61.5

Director: “A Fan”

The great lost video has been found again! When I originally played this track on the podcast I bemoaned the fact that YouTube had removed the video because it violated their policy, but now the band has got their hands on a copy and it’s available on their personal website. The story goes that a fan used videos from a website called Beautiful Agony as imagery for the track Austere and uploaded it to YouTube. YouTube’s problem is that Beautiful Agony specialises in videos of the faces of people while they masturbate. It kind of fits the band name. Even though in this video there is no nudity, not even an exposed female breast, YouTube deemed this inappropriate. It’s certainly a memorable viewing experience, a little arousing, a little uncomfortable and very weird. Since this video was made the band has produced an ‘official’ video that can be seen here. It’s a brilliant piece of work in its own right and could well have made the playlist itself, but the unofficial video is almost unique.

7: The Black Ghosts – Repetition Kills You

Played Show #63

Directors: Skill Wizard & Lamo

This is a very cool take on an old idea. Everyone must have seen that Bob Dylan video where he has all the lyrics on cards and shows them before dropping them. In this video instead of cards, the lyrics are printed on baseball caps that are then worn by the band, the directors, various friends and even a couple of dogs. It’s seems like it would have been a lot of fun to film and becomes an interesting video.

8: Innerpartysystem – Don’t Stop

Played Show #64

Director: Stephen Penta

This is a disturbing video examining our approach to fame and celebrity. A couple of strange newsreaders that follow the American pattern of overweight man and hot woman lip-sync the lyrics while dressing up in bondage gear and admitting they’re lying. For a video that has a lot of disturbing imagery possibly the most disturbing is a single trickle of blood coming from the nose of the vapidly smiling hot woman.

9: Dragonette – I Get Around

Played Show #77

Director: Wendy Morgan

This is a sexy video that fits the song perfectly. Martina, the singer for Dragonette walks around kissing people and then taking over their persona, a great idea that takes advantage of the bands personality. It’s also cool that it was directed by a woman. It’s actually the second video with a female influence because Lamo who co-directed The Black Ghosts’ video is also a woman.

10: un:armed – This Nightmare

Played Show #78

Director: Steve Nahaj

I waited a long time for this video. I got the track in February, but the video wasn’t ready until October so I didn’t play it until then. Boy was it worth the wait. It’s a strange journey around a typical American suburban home with the inhabitants hypnotised by strange red strings and seemingly incapable of anything else. It’s full of startling, strange images that stick in the mind long after watching.

As ever it was very difficult to finalise a 10 track playlist and honourable mentions go to:

All Crazy – Wrong Time (Played Show #73) [Directed by The Band]

Ejectorseat – Not My Girl (Played Show #56) [Directed by Jon Swallowe]

Hedtrip – Mother Love (Played Show #60.5) [Directed by Ferran]

The Kara Sea – The City Is A Sorceress (Played Show #75) [Directed by Emilie 79]

Zox – Line In The Sand (Played Show #79) [Directed by Raul B. Fernandez]

TRACK LIST

1: The Camerawalls - Clinically Dead For 16 Hours

2: The Blood Choir - Dark Eyes Journey Through Dark Fire

3: Anemo - Filthy Figure Skater

4: Marnie Stern - Transformer

5: Fagan - When The Lights Go Out

6: Emerald Park - Pasadena

7: The Ox - Spirals

8: [angelcrack] - Crypto

The Intro Music is an excerpt from 'Put You In Your Place' by The Sunshine Underground 

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

The second annual Review podcast is here featuring my 10 favourite tracks that have been played on the show in the last year.

To make the selection process easier I made myself some rules to follow. Bands that were played on last years podcast or vidcast were excluded, bands that were featured on this years vidcast were also excluded and bands that have split up were excluded.

Even with these rules it was hard to pick a 10 track playlist, so honourable mentions go to:

Acusis – Seaside Backchat (Played Show #73)

Donora – Weekend Tongue (Played Show #68)

Little Fish – Am I Crazy? (Played Show #54)

Slovakia (RIP) – Part Of The Factory (Played Show #48)

un:armed – Talk Talk (Played Show #37)

Since I recorded this show at the beginning of December the schedule has changed slightly. The next episode in the feed will be a regular show on Saturday and then the VidCast is released midweek next week.

And while I’m here I may as well announce that I have bitten the bullet and signed up for twitter. You can find me and follow me at twitter.com/ourobouros54.

TRACK LIST

1: The Gay Blades - O Shot (Played Show #35)

2: The Attika State - Anchors (Played Show #55)

3: Fighting Fiction (formerly Co.Jack) - You Mean The World To Me (Played Show #40)

4: Markovic - MakeBeliever (Played Show #39)

5: Super Nashwan - Needle In A Haystack (Played Show #60)

6: The Hair - Half Cut (Played Show #71)

7: Televandals - Dirty Lovers (Played Show #47)

8: izzie Voodoo - Play Bomb (Played Show #60)

9: The Kyoto Connection - The Prisoner (Played Show #78)

10: All Crazy - Wrong Time (Played Show #73)

The Intro Music is an excerpt from 'Put You In Your Place' by The Sunshine Underground 

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