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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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Showcasing the underground talent of the Midlands this show brings you Ska by 'Tempting Rosie', Ambient from 'Herd', Electro from 'The Baps' and 'Eurovision Reject', Big Beat from 'Squashed Cob', Punk from 'Vincent and the Onepotts', angry indie from 'The Benwahs' and much more besides....Download it free and direct by right clicking and save as here or visit the archive page here
Here's this show's playlist :-
1. Tempting Rosie - Fagin (4:10)
2. The Giveaway - Wrong When Your Right (3:22)
3. Chairmaker - softly (4:15)
4. Rhesus - Narcolepsy Baby (3:59)
5. The Benwahs - I don't give a.... (2:54)
6. Miss Halliwell - Amblecote (2:41)
7. Squashed Cob - No Way I'm Letting Go (4:43)
8. Vincent and the Onepotts - Scene ( It's such a Drag) (2:33)
9. The Baps - Passed T (NCR Remix) (4:10)
10. Mr Bones and the Dreamers - The Towers (3:24)
11. Beyond Redemption - I Am The Voiceless (3:38)
12. The Lampoons - Silhouette (3:57)
13. Rebel City Radio - Rise Above (2:50)
14. Motion Figures - Play Safe (5:07)
15. Herd - Tangent 14 (1:53)
16. Herd - Tangent 15 (1:54)
17. Cathode Ray Catastrophe - A slow night underneath the trains (3:19)
18. Eurovision Reject - Snowtrack (2:52)
19. Hans Gruber - Miserable Subtraction (4:47)
20. Skewwhiff - Skewwhiff (2:50)
21. Red Lite Run - Flags (3:57)
22. The Robot Disaster - Guitars Are Over Rated (2:55)
Enjoy!
Little Chris
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Featuring not one but two tracks off the new 'Betty & The Id' album here's Brumcast 121, also features post rock, indie, techno, ska, punk, circuit bending and God knows what else....Download it free and direct by clicking here
Here's this show's playlist :-
1. Betty & The Id - Oregon Trail (2:24)
2. Tantrums - Mek Ya Feel Hype (2:23)
3. Through her Eyes - Battlecry (4:43)
4. Inertia Blooms - Mega Tsunami (6:52)
5. The Concept:MK - Enigma (8:25)
6. Flesh Eating Foundation - Godless (Digicore remix) (3:54)
7. Weatherbird - Declaration of Era's (2:34)
8. King Singh - No, go away. (6:48)
9. Screaming Guns - This is Music (4:13)
10. MISPELT2pointzero - Junkfood Generation (3:46)
11. Rhino - HOOV (7:18)
12. Sonic Delays - Are We Here (5:01)
13. Crystal set - a long trip (2:48)
14. Pressure Tones - Pressurized (2:42)
15. Windscale - 23,000v (4:43)
16. Betty & The Id - End is Nigh (5:41)
Enjoy!
Little Chris
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This show features a brand new Johnny Foreigner track in amongst Ska, Techno, Acoustic, Rock, Ambient, Indie Disco, Punk, and Extreme Metal, another top compilation of the UK Midlands underground. . Go to http://brumcast.podOmatic.com for download & audio stream links. Download it free and direct by clicking right here.
Here's this show's playlist :-
1. Tempting Rosie - Old Fashioned Mistakes (4:51)
2. Beatcompute - One Of Us (C-system Rmx) (5:24)
3. Mr Bones and the Dreamers - Are These Actual Miles (4:04)
4. Johnny Foreigner - Ohai, the sentinels (1:52)
5. The Garcia LX - Swimming (2:35)
6. Defamation - Bring me down (3:39)
7. King Singh - Sleepy Bones (5:32)
8. The Dead Fish - Cabin fever (4:37)
9. The Carpels - Abababa (3:29)
10. Fedd - Beat 1 (1:03)
11. Fedd - Beat 2 (1:26)
12. Fedd - Big Snow Falling (2:01)
13. Synopsis - Modus Operandi (2:58)
14. Yelps - Cavalier Frontier (3:40)
15. Thrones - Running From The Sea (5:55)
16. Plastic Glasses - Know Your Face (3:12)
17. Motion figures - Challenging Communication (4:22)
18. THE DEAD LIGHTS - Mirrors (4:03)
19. Herd - Tangent 38 (3:41)
20. Eastern Gun Club - Stockholm (3:08)
21. Darren Ramshaw - The World On A Stick (5:15)
Enjoy!
Little Chris
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This edition of Brumcast features an interview with Brummy Rock n Rollers 'The Deafout' and their new track R.E.C.E.S.S.I.O.N aired for the first time. Little Chris also discusses the Glastonbudget festival with compere Earl of Mongoose. Also a mini feature on the White Noise Electronic music festival to be held at The Rainbow at the end of March. All that combined with the usual mix of genres that makes Brumcast the true show of the UK Midlands underground. Go to http://brumcast.podOmatic.com for download & audio stream links. Download it free and direct from http://brumcast.podomatic.com/enclosure/2009-03-15T11_41_41-07_00.mp3
Here's this show's playlist :-
1. The Guilty - Machine Gun Mickey (1:43)
2. Copious - Ashes 2 Ashes (4:00)
3. Flesh Eating Foundation - Godless (4:07)
4. Phyroxin - 5D Alarm (3:52)
5. Interview with The Deafout (13:10)
6. The Deafout - R.E.C.E.S.S.I.O.N (3:04)
7. The 7.20s - Keep On Holding On (5:17)
8. Speedtheory - Vengeance Is Mine (5:03)
9. Blame James - Buy A Little Time (3:25)
10. Beatcompute - control (5:28)
11. HINGe - GHOSTS (5:02)
12. Caps - Smile Girl (4:02)
13. Tantrums - Frowning (2:25)
14. The Traps - Genevive You've Lost The Plot (3:27)
15. The Asbo Kid - Turn it up (3:40)
16. Contra Mundum - Apollo (3:54)
17. Wiremother - the blue gene (4:43)
18. Dub Chieftain - Starship Caledonia (3:36)
19. Suddenly Phantoms - Companion (3:26)
20. Earl of Mongoose & Little Chris discuss Glastonbudget (8:33)
21. Non - Inside Out (4:53)
22. Earl of Mongoose - Why are Haddocks not Mammals? (2:20)
23. B.A.D MC - Solo (Produced By Average Joe) (3:44)
24. The Avantgardenaires - The Dogs Are All Asleep (3:29)Enjoy!
Little Chris

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Brumcast 118 'The UK's Burning' kicks off with a brand new unreleased tack from Johnny Foreigner and contains the usual deep mix of genres that you've come to expect from Brumcast. Indie, Electro, Hip Hop, Punk, Techno, Acoustic, Rock, Metal, and more besides.... . Download it free and direct from http://brumcast.podomatic.com/enclosure/2009-03-02T13_00_32-08_00.mp3

Here's this show's playlist :-
1. Johnny Foreigner - Ghost the Festivals (2:24)
2. SixtyfiveMiles - Don't wish for something (3:06)
3. The Garcia LX - That man J Barton (3:08)
4. Tonal Balance - Magic Nose Goblin (5:06)
5. Shoot, Panda!? - Sam's Song (4:49)
6. Moachin - Adjournee (3:20)
7. The Gravity Crisis - Medicine (3:29)
8. Young Fate - Non Fictitious (4:38)
9. Burt Bacharak Fight Club - Squid (3:08)
10. Amberphonik - Indestructible (5:18)
11. Old School Tie - Stop the Thoughts (4:39)
12. Girls that Scream - Club Killah (3:47)
13. Miss Halliwell - The Rash (4:46)
14. fantastik4 - Thanks But No Thanks (3:12)
15. Hitchcock - Homecoming (2:07)
16. Innovation of Sound - Polaroid (4:57)
17. Lizzy Piffany - I Hate Men (2:03)
18. Old Ions - It can't happen again (5:18)
19. D-Tox - The UK's Burning (4:27)
20. Matt Greenhill - Turning of the Key (1:36)
21. Reign of Fear - Judas (4:58)
22. The Lean Yellows - Outside of Love (4:13)
23. Repetative Strain Disorder - Apparition (13:42)
Enjoy!
Little Chris

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In January, Jez Collins of the Birmingham Music Archive & Paul Long of Birmingham City University met up with me to discuss the cultural importance of the Birmingham music scene, past and present.

The discussion was recorded and put in a series of 4 podcasts at http://interactivecultures.org/, the first two are online now. Click here to download part 1, and here to download part 2, and don't forget to subscribe to the podcast by clicking here to get hold of parts 3 and 4 when they become available.

Before the big show news you can now link up with me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/Brumcast

And now the show I've wanted to do for a while now......it's Brumcast 117 Special show! Unsound's 2000 album 'Everything for a Reason' in its entirety, contains Trip Hop, Industrial, Ragga, Punk, Ska, Techno, Turntablism, Ambient, Acoustic , you don't get many albums like this one and it's now ready for listening and FREE download. Go to http://brumcast.podOmatic.com for download & audio stream links. Download it free and direct from http://brumcast.podomatic.com/enclosure/2009-02-22T15_36_33-08_00.mp3
Here's this show's playlist :-
UNSOUND - EVERYTHING FOR A REASON
1. Unsound - Induction (2:25)
2. Unsound - Innocence Released (4:46)
3. Unsound - Interlude (3:58)
4. Unsound - Zanzibar (3:23)
5. Unsound - Seven Ages (6:44)
6. Unsound - Gone Fishin' (2:10)
7. Unsound - Skit (0:37)
8. Unsound - August (2:51)
9. Unsound - Floating Rhodes (6:07)
10. Unsound - Japanese Shoes (1:08)
11. Unsound - DJ Kwong's Ferocious Shinogi Style (3:41)
12. Unsound - Bleeding Heart '99 (2:38)
13. Unsound - Red Was The Colour (3:30)
14. Unsound - Adagio For Sampler (4:26)
15. Unsound - Technology (3:00)
16. Unsound - Ehsan Kutir (1:42)
17. Unsound - Another (5:43)
18. Unsound - The Zanzibar Suite (14:56)
Enjoy!
Little Chris

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Brumcast features the best new music from the UK Midlands, kicking us off in this show we see the return of Hip Hop types 'Squashed Cob' and pop punkers 'Governors of California'. Good to see you both back and firing on all cylinders! We also have some experimental music from 'Flaw5', Idiosync' and 'Claire Obscure & the Nocturnes', Electro from 'Future Daze', 'Myza', and 'Machine Boy aLive', Stoner Rock from 'Outburst', Indie from 'Yelps', chaos from 'The Conscripts' and stacks more! Go to http://brumcast.podOmatic.com for download & audio stream links. Download this show free and direct from http://brumcast.podomatic.com/enclosure/2009-02-06T08_59_26-08_00.mp3

Here's this show's playlist :-
1. Squashed Cob - No Way I'm Letting Go (4:43)
2. Governors of California - you have 3 digits, i've got four (4:41)
3. Flaw5 - The Arm (4:45)
4. Yelps - Brains on Fire (3:17)
5. Machine Boy aLive - Building A Better Boy (3:26)
6. Mr Bones and the Dreamers - Time To Rest (4:06)
7. Outburst - Figures (4:21)
8. The Conscripts - Nerve Gas Jazz (4:04)
9. This Burning Age - Everlasting (4:26)
10. Idiosync - dir.T. nor.T vi.O.lent, Nature (Alex Singh remix) (4:45)
11. Your Biggest Fanclub - Keep The Change (1:56)
12. The Fores - It Took Me Years (3:34)
13. Claire Obscure and The Nocturnes - chantra (3:57)
14. The Late Arrivals - Head Blood & Bones (3:46)
15. Wiseacre - Menace to Society (4:04)
16. Trademark - MASTERS OF DISASTER (3:11)
17. MyzA - Tooled-up -washed up (5:27)
18. Future Daze - Oxygen (5:07)
19. The Yipes - Take It Or Leave It (2:47)
Enjoy!
Little Chris