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A somewhat chaotic show featuring The Deafout in studio with Chris. Also features a short preview to Einstellung's prestigious gig supporting German krautrock legends 'Cluster' at Birmingham Town Hall. This show was broadcast live on http://www.rhubarbradio.com on Monday 1st Feb at 8pm

Note - There is a small glitch in the audio in the first minute of this show. Reasons unknown.

Audio stream can be heard through Rhubarb Radio here

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Brumcast 147 'In My City' features Hip hop, Electropop, acoustic, indie, metal, psychobilly, rock, punk and soul all written and performed by artists from Birmingham and the UK Midlands. It was broadcast live on Birmingham's own http://www.rhubarbradio.com on Monday 25th January at 8pm GMT. Download the podcast direct by clicking here!

Here's this show's playlist :-
1. B.A.D MC - In My City (4:20)
2. Electroflex - Five Years (3:27)
3. Leather Pig - Biggles bites the dust (5:06)
4. Stone Foundation - Holy Blue (3:45)
5. Johnny Normal - Time (3:05)
6. TV Influenced Me - The Whites (2:31)
7. Che - Somewhere New (3:07)
8. Black Fangs - V (6:18)
9. Dirt Box Disco - I want a really fast car (2:34)
10. Vinny and the Curse - Suicide Twist (1:56)
11. Liz Lawrence - Monday Morning (3:25)
12. New Killer Shoes - Lets Go Disco (3:28)
13. Untitled Musical Project - I don't need you honey, all I need is Rock n Roll (1:22)
14. Da Mighty Elementz - So Broke (4:37)
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Brumcast 146 'We Will Always Sing' was broadcast live on http://www.rhubarbradio.com on Monday 18th January at 8pm GMT and the podcast of the show is now ready for listening and FREE download. Download it free and direct by clicking here

Here's this show's playlist :-
1. Squashed Cob - Chase (4:24)
2. Tommys Heroes - We Will Always Sing (2:50)
3. Black Mekon - Simplify (1:42)
4. Phyroxin - Inbound (5:58)
5. The Amateurs - Distant Fires (3:44)
6. Das Bastard - Gilber Killed Sullivan (3:23)
7. The Pad Foundation - the flashover (5:30)
8. MotherTrucker - Chudleigh (4:19)
9. At The Zoo - Love For Granted (3:34)
10. Johnny Foreigner - Palace Fires (3:53)
11. The Owsla - 1978 (4:24)
12. The Traps - The Honey Drip - MP3 (3:25)
13. The Graham Parsnip Liquidiser Torture Think-tank (Revival) - International Non Vacuuming Day (1:56)
Enjoy!
Little Chris
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Now I know that I'm going to get slated for this, no Editors, no Johnny Foreigner, no Twang, no whatever is in your head....but this is my own personal opinion and believe me it was a HUGE struggle to get this list down to 15 (it should be 10!), anyways this is my submission to the Brum Bands of the decade at http://bluewhalestudios.wordpress.com/ THE BANDS ARE LISTED IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER OF RELEVANCE/IMPORTANCE ETC! they're all great! Download the podcast direct BY CLICKING HERE! Alternatively the audio streams can be found at http://brumcast.podomatic.com
Here's the playlist
1. The Destroyers - Out of Babel (4:09)
2. The $hit - Smash 'N' Grab (3:21)
3. Miss Halliwell - I'm a Puppy (5:29)
4. Crash Repeat - Trigger (3:00)
5. Fade To Sepia - Solvent Jitterbug (2:42)
6. Modified Toy Orchestra - A Grand Occasion (2:07)
7. Scarlet Harlots - Benefits (2:18)
8. Mistress - In Disgust We Trust (4:28)
9. Sunset Cinema Club - Gojira Suit (4:49)
10. Einstellung - Und Das Rest Sind Doner (9:45)
11. Misty's Big Adventure - How Did You Manage To Get Inside My Head? (4:02)
12. The Courtesy Group - Brickhouse Blues (Live) (3:06)
13. Mayday (now Tantrums) - Nigel Brown (2:01)
14. Tantrums - Gorpse (3:37)
15. Old School Tie - God's Electric Super Scene (5:26)
16. Betty & The Id - End Is Nigh (5:41)
Hope you enjoy it and a Happy New Year to all!
Cheers
Chris
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Featuring local dub, indie, eletcro, acoustic and inane ramblngs, Brumcast 139 'Everyone Loves A Tryer' was broadcast live on http://www.rhubarbradio.com on Monday 23rd November at 8pm GMT and the podcast of the show is now ready for listening and FREE download. Download it free and direct from here or go to the archive at http://brumcast.podOmatic.com
Here's this show's playlist :-
1. Alien Dread - OverCharge (4:13)
2. The New Saints - No tomorrow (3:07)
3. Tiny Cinema - Crossing Over (2:33)
4. Burnside - Runnin' round in circles (3:09)
5. Badweather Party - Crowded Room (4:13)
6. Miss Halliwell - Let's Do Business (3:35)
7. Muchuu - Somebody Tell Me (2:50)
8. This Beautiful Thief - Everyone Loves A Tryer (4:12)
9. Kabuki - Tort Dog (3:10)
10. Huffy - Inner Beauty (3:21)
11. Hans Gruber - The Debt Collector (single edit) (2:50)
12. Nation's Waiting - Pieces (6:44)
13. Projekt - Surfacing - Blood Sugar remix (4:19)
Enjoy!
Little Chris
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The brains behind the internationally renowned Supersonic festival, Capsule http://www.capsule.org.uk is 10 years old this December!!!! As part of the celebration there are two special Brumcast shows outlining who they have got playing in Birmingham during their celebratory season. Both podcasts are available to stream and download for free at http://brumcast.podomatic.com . Cheers to Lisa & Jenny at Capsule for bringing incredible worldwide acts to Birmingham and promoting leftfield local talent. Here's to the next 10 years!!

Playlist for show 1 (free download by clicking here)
1. Beestung Lips - Reverse Alchemy (2:14)
2. Pram - Mother of pearl (3:16)
3. Una Corda - Three (6:54)
4. Lightning Dust - Dreamer (3:46)
5. Modified Toy Orchestra - A Grand Occasion (2:07)
6. Tweak Bird - Whorses (2:29)
7. Einstellung - Tot (4:01)
8. PCM - Davros Dominion (5:05)
9. Six Organs Of Admittance - Shelter From The Ash (3:24)
10. Om - On The Mountain At Dawn (21:18)

Playlist for show 2 (free download by clicking here)
1. Lightning Bolt - Captain Caveman (3:19)
2. Tunng - The Pioneers (4:25)
3. Modified Toy Orchestra - Monkey Hands (4:31)
4. Einstellung - Einstellung - "Und Das Rest Sind Doner" (9:45)
5. Tweak Bird - God Help Us (1:31)
6. BEAK> - The Cornubia (4:00)
7. Monotonix - Lowest Dive (4:33)
8. Six Organs Of Admittance - Alone with The Alone (4:15)
9. PCM - Trunk Rattler (5:54)
10. Sunn O))) - HELLO-O)))-WEEN (14:11)

Enjoy! and make sure you get to some of the shows!

Little Chris

As well as featuring the brand spanking new 'Dependent on your Taste' EP in its entirety from Birmingham locals The Deafout, this edition of Brumcast features ska, acoustic, metal, kraut, punk, indie, gabba, rock n roll, and ambient all in the space of 82 minutes. Download totally free by clicking right here
Here's this show's playlist :-
1. Windscale - Conflicts in Time (4:09)
2. Tempting Rosie - Fear (3:38)
3. The Deafout - Dependent on your taste (3:07)
4. Gemma Garmeson - Amanda (3:10)
5. Johnny Foreigner - Feels Like Summer (1:56)
6. Chris Herbert - Elisa (6:14)
7. Omertta - The King Will Be A Corpse (4:34)
8. The Deafout - Up & Down (2:54)
9. Lonnie Bangford - Alphabetical F**kpig (1:42)
10. Lonnie Bangford - You're, Like, So Dutch Hardcore (2:11)
11. Pama International - Happenstance (2:53)
12. Junkyard Morning - Dive Into The Open (3:55)
13. The Bionic Krugerrands - Magazine (2:28)
14. Matt Parsons - You Light My Day (3:44)
15. Seams - Glitch (3:01)
16. The Deafout - R.E.C.E.S.S.I.O.N. (3:04)
17. Circus Town - Hear My Devil (3:14)
18. Gang on Gang - Bomb (3:53)
19. Untitled Musical Project - Beards & Drugs (2:30)
20. Ultio - Order (3:34)
21. Crashpoint - Out of Line (2:30)
22. The Deafout - Julie (3:53)
Enjoy!
Little Chris
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And here it is, the second installment of the Supersonic Festival Specials where I attempt to cover most of the vital artists performing at one of the most important music festivals around, and its in Birmingham! Hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I enjoyed putting it together. For adventurous listeners only! Go to http://brumcast.podOmatic.com for download & audio stream links. Download it free and direct by clicking here
Here's the playlist :-
1. Pre - Haircut Tacos (2:12)
2. Head of David - Bugged (2:35)
3. Khyam Allami - Bedayat Hub (6:38)
4. Thorr's Hammer - Norge (7:37)
5. Theo - Fortress (4:53)
6. The Accused - Halo Of Flies (A Deadly Blessing) (3:11)
7. Pram - Track of the Cat (4:13)
8. Jarboe - Magick Girl (8:41)
9. Master Musicians Of Bukkake - Cascade Cathedral (4:13)
10. Goblin - La Caccia (3:38)
11. Nancy Wallace - Drowned Lover (3:35)
12. Earthless - Cherry Red (4:36)
13. Iron Lung - Lumbar Puncture Test (1:00)
14. Scorn - Six Hours One Week (6:40)
15. Venetian Snares - Koonut-Kaliffee (4:54)
16. Growing - Afterglow (5:59)
17. The Memory Band - A New Skin (2:40)
18. Drum Eyes - 50 - 50 (7:16)
19. Marnie Stern - Ruler (3:53)
20. Sunn 0))) - Defeating: Earth's Gravity (14:58)
Enjoy!
Little Chris
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Capsule have been at it again...Supersonic festival is back in The Custard Factory in Birmingham on the 24-26th July and Brumcast will be providing you with TWO podcasts featuring the talents on show this year. Download the first one direct by clicking here

With unique performances from such influential artists as Italian legends, GOBLIN, their first show in the UK in 20 years, the reformation of the original line up of HEAD OF DAVID, who bring their driving bombast to proceedings for the first time in 23 years, the notorious Japanese band CORRUPTED who have yet to play on UK soil as well the reawakening of Greg Anderson & Stephen O'Malley of Sunn 0))) maiden voyage into darkeness: the cult black doom act THORR'S HAMMER, not to mention splatter rock band THE ACCUSED, unruly trio MONOTONIX, the expansive drone-noise of GROWING; Brighton's prog adventure, DIAGONAL; the wild avant futuristic jazz of ZU; the stoned pysch of EARTHLESS, the Virginian sludge rock of PONTIAK, the industrial experiments of 65 DAYS OF STATIC, the immense duo that is FLOWER/CORSANO DUO, occult noise act SKULLFLOWER, also joining the line up is SCORN aka Mick Harris (king of the blast beat) and the new project combining Russell McEwan of Black Sun & the electronic-vocal attack of Lea Cummings (Kylie Minoise) in the form of ATOMIZED, added to this are the power violence duo IRON LUNG and one of the finest folk vocalists NANCY WALLACE will be featured in the line-up, once again highlighting the highly eclectic booking policy of the festival.

information at http://www.supersonicfestival.com

Here's the playlist for part one
Enjoy
Little Chris
1. Tweak Bird - Shivers (2:12)
2. Caribou - Melody Day (4:11)
3. zZz - House Of Sin (4:59)
4. Venetian Snares - Gentleman (4:33)
5. Arbouretum - False Spring (5:50)
6. Taint - Hex Breaker (4:41)
7. Scorn - The End (P.C.M. - "Nightmare" Mix) (7:40)
8. Pontiak - Shell Skul (4:01)
9. Zu - Ostia (5:05)
10. Tartufi - Boat Of Armor (4:42)
11. Pre - Dudefuk (2:03)
12. Corrupted - An Island Insane, Part 1 (6:28)
13. Kim Hiorthoy - As if (3:03)
14. Army of flying robots - Try Reading A Good Book (3:13)
15. Diagonal - Child of the Thundercloud (8:48)
16. Rose kemp - The Unholy (9:22)
17. Iron Lung - White Flag (0:30)
18. 65 Days Of Static - Drove Through Ghosts To Get Here (4:18)
19. Head of David - 108 (5:24)
20. Goblin - l'alba dei morti viventi (6:04)

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Electro, Indie, Extreme Metal, Step Punk, Funk, Dark Stuff and Experimental, Brumcast is the sound of the Birmingham Underground ! Brumcast 123 'Bad Girl, Bad Trip' is now ready for listening and FREE download. Go to http://brumcast.podOmatic.com for download & audio stream links. Download it free and direct from here
Here's this show's playlist :-
1. The Concept:MK - This Town (4:20)
2. Lets - Renegade (1:34)
3. Ignoramus - Army Of Me Remix (2:23)
4. The Arcane Parade - Footnotes (2:57)
5. Oscar - dumb (2:39)
6. Sunset Cinema Club - Failure (4:50)
7. Lost Scenes - Ghosts (4:25)
8. Scarlet Harlots - Benefits (2:18)
9. Bastu - transgression (3:21)
10. Duller in Colour - Hold Your Rifles Head High (3:51)
11. Ultio - Guilty Until Proven Innocent (3:15)
12. Birmingham Bertie - Put it on your expenses (0:54)
13. Kid Gloves - Small town syndrome (2:10)
14. Nations Waiting - Amba Thug (2:24)
15. Chairmaker - MRI (3:55)
16. Toyko Disco - Tech (4:19)
17. The Conscripts - Scenery (3:10)
18. Chamber - ccmc (demo) (3:41)
19. Walters Ego - Neap Aether (3:52)
20. Betty & The Id - Bad Girl, Bad Trip (2:37)
21. The Destroyers - Out of Babel (4:09)
22. Sekotis - Creatures in your head (6:47)
Enjoy!
Little Chris

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