Workin’ to the beat of this broken rhythm…

If Ben Whishaw as Paddington Bear is or isn’t your bag then perhaps you might or might not like Ben Whishaw narrating “George” – a story about the final days in the life of a man aged around 65 – a man called George.

And on with the show…

Direct download: The Joint – 4 February 2023

Notebooks out completists, here’s the playlist in full…

  • FRENCH CONCESSION 法國租界 – Future Life
  • DEEPSTATE – Butterfly
  • SHYGIRL – Poison
  • MICHAEL AISURU – Closer (with Melissa Hibbert)
  • LADYTRON – Time’s Arrow
  • M83 – Oceans Niagara
  • BLAIR PARKES – how much further ?
  • MITRA MITRA – Memories for Company
  • BILLY NOMATES – apathy is wild
  • MEDAL – Beyond
  • THE DREAM MACHINE – Children, My England
  • MOTTE – Visceral Feelings
  • EFTHIMIS FILIPPOU, BEN WHISHAW, PANAGIOTIS MELIDIS – George: Side A
  • CRUISIC – Pacific 707 (Jazzbeat Version)
  • GIRAFFI DOG & GF RICH – A New Home In The Jungle
  • LEONARD CHARLES – Nine Lives (feat. Leroy Burgess)
  • RED AXES – The Phone Call
  • PERMANENT//ZEIMP – さくらソウル
  • CAURAL – Cynkill
  • PAUL HUMPHREY & HIS COOL AID CHEMISTS – Cool Aid
  • KOKOROKO – Ewà Inú
  • BUDDY PEACE – Cub Stringer
  • AZIFM – Say Enough (feat. Tusekah)
  • EBB – Cryogenic Anthem
  • SCARLETTS FALL – Get In My Trumpet

* The inspiration for this week’s lyrical heading.

It’s hard to dance in these damn pants…

Direct download: The Joint – 13 August 2022

Notebooks out completists, here’s the playlist in full…

  • AMBIENT BABESTATION MELTDOWN AND JBS – Dead Or Alive
  • EBB – Lazer Riddim
  • TORONJA – Motif Kreia
  • KEEPSAKES – Dance For Decline
  • VIOLET FRENCH AND THE HORRIBLE – Pop Pop Pop
  • VIOLET FRENCH AND THE HORRIBLE – Too Much Indie *
  • VIOLET FRENCH AND THE HORRIBLE – Unchecked Baggage
  • M(H)AOL – Bored of Men
  • JIM NOTHING – Yellow House
  • WAR CLUB – Other People
  • THE LIMIÑANAS, ARESKI BELKACEM – La Musique
  • TRANCE FARMERS – Purple Hay
  • SIRS – Stambul (The Flowers of the Garden) feat. Aino
  • TOM SHARKETT – Is/Morning/And
  • BEN WOODS – Punishing Type
  • LUKE WOOD AND LUKE SHAW – Nostalgia is a Drag
  • MINAMI DEUTSCH – Fortune Goodies
  • THE JOINT RADIO SHOW – Super Dope
  • CORNELIUS – Typewrite Lesson
  • AFRORACK – Why Serious?
  • THOMAS L. BIGELOW – Moonblushed Face
  • CARAMEL SMOOTH HEAVEN – Phone feat. Jess Aspinwall
  • TYLER, THE CREATOR, NIGO – Come On, Let’s Go
  • COR.ECE – Nothing But Me
  • WRANK FRIGHT – Closer (Wrank Fright edit)
  • FLEECED – Pacemaker

* The inspiration for this week’s lyrical heading.