The Show: Walking to the stage like a Bushwhacker

Massive burst of national pride combined with WWF nostalgia at the mention of The Bushwhackers in an Odd Holiday song on today’s playlist.

This could be a fruitful seam to mine. So here’s hoping for a Big Boss Man eulogy by bar italia sometime in the near future.

And on with the show…

Direct download: The Joint – 4 November 2023

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

  • EGYPTIAN BLUE – To Be Felt
  • PYLON REENACTMENT SOCIETY – 3 x 3
  • LONE – Waterfall Reverse
  • LORAINE JAMES – Prelude of Tired Of Me
  • GLORILLA, FIVIO FOREIGN, CMG THE LABEL – Cha Cha Cha
  • GEORGE RILEY & HUDSON MOHAWKE – S e x
  • IDLES – DANCER (featuring James Murphy & Nancy Whang)
  • ICEBOY VIOLET – Wounded Coogi
  • CRUMB & MELODYS ECHO CHAMBER – Le Temple Volant
  • ODD HOLIDAY, MATTIC, DAYLIGHT ROBBERY! – Boarded Up Portals *
  • LORAINE JAMES – One Way Ticket To The Midwest Emo (featuring Corey Mastrangelo)
  • LEE GAMBLE  – Blurring
  • MEGAN THEE STALLION – Out Alpha The Alpha
  • katie dey – dawn service
  • FLORENTINO – Pressure (featuring Shygirl)
  • LYNKS – NEW BOYFRIEND
  • PROMISELAND – 3D Flower (featuring Julian Casablancas)
  • ACID KLAUS – BAD CLUB BAD DRUGS BAD PEOPLE
  • CHAPPELL ROAN – HOT TO GO!

[NYT – Pick A Side]

  • BJÖRK, ROSALÍA – help fight fish farming in iceland
  • KEVIN RICHARD MARTIN – Cynthia’s Passing
  • KATHY ACKER WITH NOX – Love, Emily – Side B
  • BENEFITS – Council Rust (James Adrian Brown Remix)
  • MARIA BC – Lacuna
  • LADY AICHA & PISKO CRANE’S ORIGINAL FULU MIZIKI OF KINSHASA – Kraut
  • THE BUG – Battered(Curse of Addiction)
  • SEXYY RED, RAEDIO – No Panties
  • ENGLISH TEACHER – Nearly Daffodils
  • DUCKS LTD. – The Main Thing
  • SOCKETHEAD – I’m Losing My Fingers
  • tomcbumpz, piri – c u never
  • G-MO SKEE – Final Boss 3
  • ONEDA – Rude Girl – Flex
  • NAOMI COWAN X TODDLA T – Champion Bubblah (featuring Walshy Fire)
  • yeule – softscars
  • body / negative – persimmon
  • THE LAST DINNER PARTY – Nothing Matters (6 Music Live Session)

* The inspiration for this week’s lyrical heading.

The Show: Cleanin’ out our closet

In the absence of any spare time during the holiday season to listen to our usual quota of new tunes, we’ve had to re-examine the songs that didn’t make the playlist cut first time around.

Good job too. How could we have originally overlooked Eris Drew’s attempt to cram 30+ years of classic dance music loops, beats, breaks and samples into one album? Or the post-punk crunch of M(h)aol? Or Lucy Duncombe’s soaring, sweeping voice? Or… or… or…

Direct download: The Joint – 8 January 2022

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

  • DONNAY SOLDIER – Goodbye Amerleaf Yellow
  • EX-EASTER ISLAND HEAD – Six Sticks
  • SOPHIE AND PETER JOHNSTON – Television Satellite
  • PIRI & TOMMY VILLIERS – Soft Spot
  • KUSH JONES – Fuck Off
  • ERIS DREW – The Message / Ride Free
  • TOM T. HALL – Strawberry Farms
  • LYRA PRAMUK & HUDSON MOHAWKE – Tendril (Midnight Peach Rework)
  • SIMPLE MINDS – New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) (Full Duration)
  • HORRID1 X SAV’O – Daily Duppy @ Grm Daily
  • ROGER ROBINSON & RICHARD SKELTON – Edgcote Moor (“Say Goodbye” Version)
  • LUCY DUNCOMBE – Brace
  • JUST MUSTARD – I Am You
  • K.G.B. – Detroit 909
  • SOMBRA Y LUZ – Sueño Almohade (Richard Fribert Rework)
  • DOSS – Look
  • ERIS DREW – Pick ‘Em Up
  • SEA POWER – Lakeland Echo
  • KATIE DEY – In the Sky
  • LATTO – Super Gremlin Freestyle
  • WILLIAM DOYLE – Semi-Bionic
  • M(H)AOL – Gender Studies
  • P E – The Reason for My Love
  • CREMATION LILY – A Certain Fragrance
  • iMAGiNARY FRiENDS (CHUUWEE and iMAGiNARY OTHER) – Milk (Instrumental)
  • ERIS DREW – Baby
  • ROLO TOMASSI – Drip