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Some of you would have noticed already: the show from last Wednesday was actually a re-run of my show from the 8th April.

A new show will be broadcast on Tide 96.0 next Wednesday while I’m in Spain and Brazil. I’ll try and upload it here as soon as possible.

More on that soon…

Today I talked a bit about the idea that the internet is ‘free’. There will be a blog post following up from this but essentially my point is that there seems to be this mind-set that all content on the internet is free. I argue that we might not pay for it directly when we consume it but that someone will have to pick up the bill.

Take this podcast as an example: it might seem free to you but in reality you are (probably) paying to access the internet and I pay for any streaming costs.

You can listen to my latest show here.

1. Tears For Fears ‘Mad World’
2. We Fell To Earth ‘Lights Out’
3. Grizzly Bear ‘Two Weeks’
4. Eels ‘My Timing Is Off’
5. Bibio ‘Haikuesque (When She Laughs)’
6. Beth Jeans Houghton ‘NIGHT SWIMMER’
7. Withered Hand ‘Oldsmobile Car’
8. Sharon Van Etten ‘Consolation Prize’
9. Phosphorescent ‘It’s Not Supposed To Be That Way’
10. Zoey Van Goey ‘City Is Exploding’
11. Jason Lytle ‘Ghost Of My Old Dog’
12. Metric ‘Help I’m Alive’
13. Simian Mobile Disco ‘Audacity of Huge’ (feat. Chris Keating)
14. Moderat ‘Seamonkey’

Other than being very relaxed this morning I’ve been talking about the band Metric and how I saw them last week in London. It’s nice to be surprised.

You can listen to my latest show here.

1. Archive ‘Bullets’
2. Fredo Viola ‘The Turn’ (Fink Remix)
3. We Fell To Earth ‘Sovereign’
4. Bibio ‘Haikuesque (When She Laughs)’
5. Scout Niblett ‘Comfort You’
6. Iron & Wine ‘The Trapeze Swinger’
7. Xiu Xiu ‘The Body Breaks’
8. My Latest Novel ‘Two Headed Boy’
9. Ellie Goulding ‘Wolves’ (Bon Iver Cover)
10. Metric ‘Help I’m Alive’
11. The Raveonettes/Trentemøller ‘She’s Lost Control’
12. Copenhagen Collective/Soft Cell ‘Copenhagen (Trentemøller Edit Mix)/Tainted Love’

Coldplay’s ‘LeftRightLeftRightLeft‘ album gave me a good excuse to play ‘Viva La Vida’ – a track that normally wouldn’t make it on my show.

The fact that this album is available for free download on the artist website is a great example of a well known artists wanting to ‘own’ the relationship with fans of their recorded music. No doubt that all musicians have some direct relationship with their fans but the recorded music part of that would normally be controlled by a record label.

You can listen to my latest show here.

1. Lykke Li ‘Breaking It Up’ (Familjen Remix)
2. The Raveonettes/Trentemøller ‘She’s Lost Control’
3. Fredo Viola ‘The Turn’ (Fink Remix)
4. Coldplay ‘Viva La Vida’ (live)
5. Woods ‘Military Madness’
6. Bat For Lashes ‘Use Somebody’
7. Akron/Family ‘River’
8. Breathe Owl Breathe ‘Twilight’
9. Bon Iver ‘Flume’
10. Ólafur Arnalds ‘Ljósið’
11. John & Jehn ‘unknown’
12. Flight of The Conchords ‘Hurt Feelings’
13. Copenhagen Collective/Soft Cell ‘Copenhagen (Trentemøller Edit Mix)/Tainted Love’
14. Flight of The Conchords ‘Hurt Feelings Reprise’

Inspired by my trip to Helsinki I was talking about my ‘music is like a rumour’ idea in this show as well as sharing my opinion on public broadcasters in small countries like Finland.

You can listen to my latest show here.

1. Lacrosse ‘It’s Always Sunday Around Here’
2. Au Revoir Simone ‘All or Nothing’
3. Breathe Owl Breathe ‘Twilight’
4. Iron & Wine ‘The Trapeze Swinger’
5. Woods ‘Military Madness’
6. My Latest Novel ‘All in All in All Is All’
7. Bat For Lashes ‘Use Somebody’
8. Emmy The Great ‘MIA’
9. La Roux ‘In For The Kill’ (Skream’s Let’s Get Ravey Remix)
10. Chateau Marmont ‘Beagle’
11. Heartsrevolution ‘Untitled’
12. The Field ‘Everybody’s Got To Learn Sometime’

Still catching up with two weeks worth of emails and the memories of Hawaii become more and more distant…

You can listen to all the below here.

1. Sebastien Tellier ‘Divine’
2. My Latest Novel ‘All in All in All Is All’
3. Death Cab For Cutie ‘My Mirror Speaks’
4. Iron & Wine ‘The Trapeze Swinger’
5. Peter Broderick ‘And It’s Alright’
6. The Wooden Birds ‘The Other One’
7. One For The Team ‘Garden’
8. Camera Obscura ‘My Maudlin Career’
9. La Roux ‘In For The Kill’ (Skream’s Let’s Get Ravey Remix)
10. Woodhands ‘I Kissed A Girl’
11. Emmy The Great ‘M.I.A’
12. Oh No! Oh My! ‘The Party Punch’

Back from Hawaii now, sorry for the delay in updating this. Had a great time, I uploaded some pictures here.

Both shows are now online here.

22/04/2009
1. Mother Mother ‘Body Of Years’
2. Peachcake ‘Welcome To The Party To Save The World!’
3. Oh No! Oh My! ‘The Party Punch’
4. Fink ‘Sort Of Revolution’
5. Immaculate Machine ‘You Destroyer’
6. Bat For Lashes ‘Glass’
7. Hanne Hukkelberg ‘Blood From A Stone’
8. The Streets ‘I Love My Phone’
9. The Juan MacLean ‘Tonight’
10. Bloc Party ‘The Prayer’ (Does It Offend You, Yeah? Remix)
11. Fever Ray ‘If I Had A Heart’ (Fuck Buttons Remix)

29/04/2009
1. James Yuill ‘She Said in Jest’
2. My Latest Novel ‘All in All in All Is All’
3. Archive ‘Bullets’
4. Hanne Hukkelberg ‘Blood From A Stone’
5. Iron & Wine ‘The Trapeze Swinger’
6. Emmy The Great ‘M.I.A’
7. The Long Lost ‘Amiss’ (Tunng Remix)
8. Yppah ‘Bobbie Joe Wilson’
9. The Juan MacLean ‘Tonight’
10. Kwaidan ‘Hoichi’

There will be another post about the albums I recommend for this spring, below the tracklisting for today.

You can listen to all this here.

1. Polyphonic Spree ‘Lithium’
2. The Decemberists ‘The Rake’s Song’
3. Archive ‘Bullets’
4. Yeah Yeah Yeahs ‘Hysteric’
5. The Antlers ‘Kettering’
6. Fink ‘Sort Of Revolution’
7. Peachcake ‘Welcome To The Party To Save The World’
8. Familjen ‘Hog Luft’ (The Field Rmx)
9. Cazals ‘Somebody, Somewhere’ (Moulinex Remix)
10. Bloc Party ‘The Prayer’ (Does It Offend You, Yeah? Remix)
11. The Kills ‘Cheap and Cheerful (SebastiAn Remix)

Hopefully I wasn’t talking too much about the potential future of ad supported music services this week. These are tricky time for anyone working in music, may it be music owners or services that want to bring music to the fans.

You can listen to my latest show here.

1. Jimi Hendrix ‘All Along The Watchtower’
2. Archive ‘Bullets’
3. Fredo Viola ‘The Turn (A Pagan Lament)
4. The Decemberists ‘The Rake’s Song’
5. Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy ‘Afraid Ain’t Me’
6. Suicide ‘Ghost Rider’
7. Architecture In Helsinki ‘Hold Music’ (Max Tundra Mix)
8. Cazals ‘Somebody, Somewhere (Moulinex Remix)
9. MSTRKRFT ‘Fist Of God’
10. Passion Pit ‘I’ve Got Your Number’
11. The Wee Rogue ‘Into The Mist’

Today I’ve been sharing my challenging experience while getting my motorbike license but also mentioned a topic that we will probably discuss in more detail over the next few months: what is happening with advertising supported music services?

I mentioned the Techcrunch article on imeem. Please note that there is not a lot of truth in the details of this but it certainly raises a big issue for the digital music industry: what if ad supported music streaming does not work?

You can listen to all this here.

1. Nena ’99 Luftballons’
2. Passion Pit ‘I’ve Got Your Number’
3. Fever Ray ‘When I Grow Up’
4. Whitefield Brothers ‘In The Raw’
5. Thunderheist ‘Sweet 16′
6. Grizzly Bear ‘Cheerleader’
7. Fredo Viola ‘The Turn (A Pegan Lament)’
8. Low ‘Fear’ (Live)
9. Weinland ‘I’m Sure It Helps’
10. Red Red Meat ‘Gauze’
11. Bob Dylan ‘The Times They Are A-Changin”
12. Jimi Hendrix ‘All Along The Watchtower’
13. Louderbach ‘Shine’