The Show: Made me sing like Gene Autry

Starting today’s show the way Shane Meadows decided to start every episode of his recent BBC TV series Gallows Pole, with the psych blues of The Mystery Lights.

And on with the show…

Direct download: The Joint – 12 August 2023

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

  • THE MYSTERY LIGHTS – What Happens When You Turn the Devil Down
  • PINKY ANN RIHAL – Tere Liye
  • THE INTREPIDS – After You’ve Had Your Fling (Get Down To The Real Thing)
  • NORMAL NADA THE KRAKMAXTER – Batida 28
  • THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS – Live Again (featuring Halo Maud)
  • THE ARMED – Liar 2
  • SHIT & SHINE – GIRL vs PJ HARVEY – Childhood (live at Hay Festival 2022)
  • UNITED GRIND – Ambush Ballad (with HiJinks featuring Lena Jackson)
  • THE BUG – Brutalized(Headwrecked)
  • MAY RIO – Need You Like
  • JORJA SMITH X NIA ARCHIVES – Little Things (Remix)
  • CAMP LO – Luchini AKA This Is It
  • BAMBII – One Touch
  • BLACK BONES – Pressure Point
  • MFR SOULS X MDU AKA TRP – The Game (Amapiano Bootleg)
  • HAGAR THE WOMB – Idolisation
  • SHIT & SHINE – UHOK
  • TKAY MAIDZA – Ring-a-Ling
  • FLO MILLI – Fruit Loop
  • TINA PEEL – Pajama Party
  • ARMAND HAMMER – Trauma Mic (featuring Pink Siifu)
  • JANELLE MONÁE – Water Slide
  • RANKIN TOYAN – Natty Step It Inna Me Tracks & Socks (Answer Riddim)
  • THE VOIDZ – American Way
  • GOLD PANDA – The Corner (featuring Open Mike Eagle, Infinite Livez, McKinley Dixon) *
  • DENZEL CURRY – BLOOD ON MY NIKEZ
  • COI LERAY – Radioactive (featuring Skillibeng)
  • NATION OF LANGUAGE – Too Much, Enough
  • THE BUG – Vertical(Never see you again)
  • DJ SLIINK & BANDMANRILL – Real Hips 2
  • KWENGFACE, JOY ORBISON, OVERMONO – Freedom 2
  • PAPA NUGS – 145 In A Ford Escort
  • RUBBER BLANKET – Pepsi
  • CONFLICT AT SERENITY POOLS – Stained Glass Curtain
  • LIQUID MIKE – American Record
  • SISTER JULIE – Sister Dub (featuring Sister Carol)
  • PURP – Ride
  • CARLY RAE JEPSEN – Psychedelic Switch

* The inspiration for this week’s lyrical heading.

The Show: Futile Attempts

Any spare time we had over the Christmas and New year period was spent listening and re-listening to Kim Noble’s “Futile Attempts (at Surviving Tomorrow)” podcast – and we’re still only up to episode 6/10.

If you want a lazy half-arsed comparison think Blue Jam but, arguably, less surreal and, possibly, more mundane (with the added caveat that mundane is completely the wrong word).

Whilst we continue to struggle for the right adjective you can simply judge for yourself using the video sample below and the audio excerpts in today’s show.

High Five Hat

Humanity sucks… We all need encouragement to keep going…so I made this hat.

And on with the show…

Direct download: The Joint – 9 January 2021

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

  • RATS ON RAFTS  –  Tokyo Music Experience
  • BACKXWASH  –  Psalms 23 (featuring Camp Blood)
  • CUPCAKKE  –  GUM
  • MÜCHA  –  A Narrow Fate
  • THE COOL GREENHOUSE  –  Alexa!
  • KING CREOSOTE  –  Susie Mullen
  • SCALPING  –  CHAMBER

Kim Noble “Notes On Human Kindness” Excerpt #1

  • HEALTH  –  CYBERPUNK 2.0.2.0.
  • TARAS BULBA  –  Fishcat Mother
  • break_fold  –  Meanwhile… Up in Trump Tower
  • SLEEPER & SNAKE  –  Shoot Through
  • MOONCHILD SANELLY  –  Thunda Thighs
  • LAEL NEALE  –  Every Star Shivers In The Dark

Kim Noble “Notes On Human Kindness” Excerpt #2

  • WE ARE JOINERS  –  9 Times A Week
  • THE GIRLS  –  Pedestrian Walk
  • GANG STARR  –  Glowing Mic
  • BADBADNOTGOOD & MF DOOM  –  The Chocolate Conquistadors
  • A NUMBER OF NAMES  –  Sharevari
  • THE CHILLS  –  You’re Immortal
  • POPSHOP!  –  Courting
  • FANCY ROSY  –  Punk Police

Kim Noble “Notes On Human Kindness” Excerpt #3

  • ENNY  –  Peng Black Girls Remix (featuring Jorja Smith)
  • CALIFORNIA WORLD  –  West Coastin’
  • NANCY SINATRA & LEE HAZLEWOOD  –  Arkansas Coal
  • TOMBERLIN  –  Hours (Katie Dey Remix)
  • CASSIO KOHL  –  Broken
  • MANIC STREET PREACHERS  –  Spectators Of Suicide (featuring Gwenno) (Welsh Version)