We're back for the new decade with our 21st Podcast. There was barely room to swing a mic stand in the Medium Wave studios as this one features our very own Juke Box Jury who give their verdict on our selection of tunes which include tracks by : Luke Vibert, Mick Jagger, Pugwash, Lee Hazelwood and Nancy Sinatra, Animal Collective, Sunshine Anderson, The Raincoats, Ric Gary, DJ Shepdog, Saint Etienne, Baby Huey and the Babysitters and Art Brut. Plus we even give our 'posse' a chance to spin a few discs of their own and discover a new genre; German Ice Hockey Electro.

Hello What's this....why its only the Medium Wave Podcast Episode 20 brought to you in association with http://www.recordshopcity.co.uk!
We've been away for a while, but we haven't stopped digging for gold in the cellar of Pop and Indeed Rock. So lots of great music to catch up on, including a surely the only song written about the dangers of going on an Arctic expedition without the proper safety equipment, we discover a perfect anthem for the London Olympics, and we attempt to kick-start the Belgian NewBeat revival.
Songs from:
The Evil D's - So Glad - (Truth and Soul)
The Apples in Stereo - Go - (Yep Roc Records)
Red The Man Without The Machine - Should Tell Ya Momma on you Dam Funk Remix - (Stones Throw)
Andrew Weatherall - A Pox on the Pioneers - (Rotters Golf Club)
Patsy Ray and the Beatniks - (Beatnik's Wish)
LFO - LFO Luke Vibert Remix - (Warp)
Desire - Mirroir Mirroir - (Italians Do it Better)
Chas N Dave - Gertcha - (Rocknet)
Lusine - The Thick of It - (Ghostly International)
Beat Beat Beat - Beat on the Street - (Play it Again Sam)
New Fast Automatic Daffodils - Stockholm - (Play it Again Sam)
Lee Fields and The Expressions - Honey Dove - (Truth & Soul)
Gary War - Sold Out - (Sacred Bones Records)
Homelife - Trap Door - (Humble Soul)

Its Podcast N-N-N-N-N-N-N-Nineteen!. This Podcast is sponsored by your informative guide to the best places to buy music in Manchester. Plus this is an almost LIVE podcast, to save on the hours and hours of editing. Its raw, and almost uncut and in between the slightly more truncated bits of chat we play tunes from: Daedelus, Shriekback, Wedding Present, Sa-Ra Creative, Engineers, The Smoggs, Thomas Fehlman, Silver Apples, Squeeze, Skyrider, Clark, The Phantom Band, Summer Cats and Middx.

Podcast 18 is finally here and with a strangely '60s beat feel to the music you might think you've tuned into Capital 'Old' by mistake...or are your ears deceiving you?.

This week we park the Medium Wave Fun Bus round the corner to meet Bette Davis & The Balconettes who very kindly tell us all about their glittering showbiz career, and let us rifle through their record collection.

We also discover how not to pacify an 'excitable' Leeds audience at a Primal Scream gig, and once again find out what happened on this day in New Wave and Disco.

Plus the uppers, downers and just hanging arounders in the Medium Wave Hit Parade which this week features: Prefuse 73, The Syndicats, Earth Roots and Water, Japancakes, Jaqueline Taieb, This Heat, Debruit, Crystal Stilts, Malakai, The Depreciation Guild, Myron & E with the Soul Investigators and The O Jays.

We're back..Back..BACK! It's Podcast 17 and once again we steer the Medium Wave Funbus through the B-Roads of Popular Culture, from yesteryear to the space age via the Cutting Edge of Pop...with strange interruptions from a Pirate Radio station moored somewhere off the river Medlock. We find out what was happening on this day in Disco and New Wave, we find out what happened when Geno Washington landed in Hulme in '81, we find out what happens when you mess with Blues Voodoo. (there was a really good bit about Jacko which was cut as its now as redundant as them dancers wot he hired)
Plus, a stack of future Jukebox classics from the likes of: Souleance, Holy F_ck, Bibio, Stump, Exile, Mew, Mayer Hawthorne, Falty DL, John Mayall,The Boats, Bette Davis and the Balconettes, Josef K, Flying Lizards, Shitmat and The Yellow Moon Band. You can't Beat It, So EAT IT.

Welcome to Podcast Episode 16. Summer is here, and we've been down in the archives to retrieve some hot hot hits of yesteryear and cool cuts from the future. We also ponder a curious Antipodean bootleg, DJ Rules invents a new genre of music, we ponder what happened 'On this day in Disco' and enjoy the first in a series of spurious tales from the annals of Pop. As if that wasn't enough entertainment we manage to squeeze in waxings from the likes of: Common, XTC, The Crow, cLOUDDEAD, E's E, Swell Maps, Fella Vaughn, Kevin Saunderson, High Llamas, Magic Arm, Supercollider, The Delicate Genius, King Midas Sound and Martin Circus.

Allo Allo, Son le Signe Moyen Podcast!. We've a sort of Gallic flavour to this show, any excuse to relive the moment when a rather 'tired & emotional' Monsieur Gainsborg tries his best chat-up line on a somewhat Startled Ms W.Houston live on TV. Plus the return of 'Diff'rent Strokes', why changing the name of your band is the kiss of death, and who are the Original Bucks Fizz? Plus popular hits of the day from the likes of Flynn 500, Deerhunter, DJ Vadim (who is of course not French, sorry sir..the clue was in the name really), Junior Boys, The Premieres, Working for a Nuclear Free City, Mr Day, Ametsub, Coco Rosie, Chrome, Mike Slott, The 5th Dimension and The Boredoms.

Its Episode 14, and apologies to all you Dylanologists out there but this week we uncover the stylistic link between Bob (2009 model), Paul Shane and Scooby "Dooby" Doo. We also celebrate the spectacular coolness of Island Records head honcho Chis Blackwell and reveal more top pop factoids.
Among the vetiable Car boot sale of musical delights are: Kiotone, Pere Ubu, Slum Village, Martyn, Ariel Pink,
Art Brut, Groupo Africa, Plaid, The Tombots, Shed, The Millennium, The Horrors, Class Action and Quintessence.

DJ Rules is back from his holiday at a well known 'Leisure Complex' where the sun shines indoors, Starbucks coffee comes out of the taps and Enya is no.1 in the charts...forever.
So Join us as we flush the chlorinated waters of Middle England from his soul and restore his Mojo with the help of: Madlib, Serena Maneesh, Shafiq Husayn, Jamie Vexd, Johnny Otis, ACR, Samiyam, Thee Oh Sees, Floating Points, Sylvester, LA77, Olly Farshi, Daedelus and The Dukes of Statosphear.
Plus the all the usual merriment and hugely entertaining Pop features including 'Lets Look Local', 'Different Strokes' and 'Warm Baguette...or Mouldy Old Dough'.

SCIENCE! Its a Thomas Dolby special of sorts (by accident rather than design). We also find time to board the Medium Wave Fun-Bus and head to the pub for an interview the Mind on Fire Collective, we discuss Chas out of Chas n' Dave's contribution to the canon of Hip-Hop, and ponder what (surely 138 year old) Clive Dunn is up to these days. Oh and the usual genre-demolishing music from: Qunicy Bright, Thomas Dolby, Kidkanevil, Super Furry Animals, Sa Ra Collective, Four Tet, Débruit, Cheapskate, Tim Exile, Whodini, Move D, Stevie Wonder and Bauhaus.

Its Episode 11, and as Nigel Tufnel would say, "this one goes to Eleven". In fact there are so many guitar tunes its almost a ROCK-cast this week. Maybe its because that whole 'Wonky Beats' thing is sooooo last week. We also dip into our Peoples Postbag, we pose the age-old question "Malt or Malteser" and ponder whether its worth £200 to watch a re-enactment of Astral Weeks. Plus top pop hits from:
Yann Kesz, The Fall, M Ward, Pendle Covern, Capital 1212/Donald D, The Tides, Sparks, Blackbeard, Luke Vibert, Sore Eros, John Cooper Clarke (twice), C.O.D, Kraftwerk and a Carly Simon track without Carly Simon on it.

Anarchy!. We get into a Goth groove, DJ Rules recalls stealing a kiss from Toyah (lucky girl), we covet the Street Sounds sweatshirt, and we reveal whole stack of Top Pop facts. Plus we leap around musical genres without due care or consideration and listen to Madlib, Siouxsie and the Banshees, some Norwegian Reggae, Dorian Concept, Anagram Jam, Disco Inferno, Mtume, Mungo's Hifi, Woodcraft Folk, Cabaret Voltaire, Anthony Valdez, Curtis Mayfield, The Slits, Joker and Baikonour.
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Another 70 mins of top light entertainment. We're joined by our very own Steve Wright 'Posse'; Dom, Phil and a Pink Pony with surprisingly forthright musical opinions. 'Around the World' visits China where music comes in the form of little plastic boxes, DJ Rules sneaks in not one but TWO nu-folk records using trickery and sleight of hand, our Yorkshire correspondent joins us for a special 'Charity Challenge' and we go to the pub in the middle of the show (with predictable results). Somehow we still found time to play tracks by Paul Murphy, Jedi Knights, Trap Door, Onra, The Hearts, James Pants, Daru & Reggie B, Microdisney, Lukey Demus, Broadcast, Tunng, John Cale and Cody Chestnutt. Wot..no Dub?

For 150 blanks...Medium "Blank". This week, live from the BBC Canteen, DJ Rules and Dr Volume swap minds, Dr Volume fails to find the underground sound of Egypt, Kanye West & Atom TM go head to head for "Diffrent Strokes" and we ponder doing a podcast consisting entirely of 70s Space Rock. Plus music from The Beatles, Thes One, Colourbox, Cerebral Vortex, Luke Vibert, Mikey Dread, AR Kane, Egyptian Lover, Akron/Family, Harmonic 313, Deodata, Tom Tom Club, Gong, Kelley Polar and Kissy Asplund.

A bulging bag of beats, a satchel full of sounds and a rucksack full of chat from the Medium Wave DJs. This week we discuss DJ Rules' New Romantic days, and he tries to convince Dr Volume that he is Anti-American because he prefers German Techno to 70s NY Disco, plus the usual features including a record breaking Charity Challenge with Errorsmith. Tracks this week from Azara Collective, The Human League, Hawkwind, Hudson Mohawke, General Michigan & Mr Smiley, Justus Köhncke, Lil Chif, Various Production, Tv On the Radio, Ras G, Leon Thomas, Koushik and Disrupt.