Radar podcast #6

Christmas. It might be chilly outside but it's hardly the coolest time of the year is it? We over-indulge in party snacks, strange, once-yearly liqueurs (eggnog?!) and belt-busting meals, before battening down the hatches on our little cocoons of reliable family customs, TV drowse-athons and enough lighting effects to melt Greenland. In short, the carving knife is all that's cutting edge about Yule-tide. So it pleases us at UtR to know that the young hipsters and hipstresses of the Scottish music scene are equally predictable at this time of the year. Don't believe us? Well, Billy caught up with a quintet of his favourite music makers for some festive banter, and was treated along the way to a poorly executed version of The Waitresses' Christmas Wrapping, a shameless plug for Terry's Chocolate Orange and the earth-shatteringly weird coincidence that two separate musos both long for one of those tiny screwdriver sets in their Christmas cracker. Panda Su, French Wives, Conquering Animal Sound, Dead Boy Robotics and Cancel the Astronauts... we're looking at you. We also asked a few more of our favourite acts of 2009 to contribute either Christmas-themed - or just plain new - songs, and eagleowl, The Last Battle, There Will Be Fireworks and Tokyo Knife Attack duly obliged. Again, the sound quality isn't perfect, but rest assured that top of our list for Santa this year is some professional recording gear. Hope you enjoy it anyway... Running order: 00:54: There Will Be Fireworks: In Excelius Deo 07:10: Interview: Panda Su 10:32: Panda Su - Eric Is Dead 15:44: Tokyo Knife Attack - Invisible Sister 20:15: Interview: French Wives 23:30: French Wives - Me vs Me 28:04: eagleowl - Sleep the Winter 34:09: Interview: Conquering Animal Sound 37:48: Conquering Animal Sound - Where The Wild Things Are 42:22: Interview: Dead Boy Robotics 44:31: Death Ohh Eff - Me and Fift (Dead Boy Robotics remix) 48:22: The Last Battle - Once Upon A Boxing Day 54:14: Interview: Cancel The Astronauts 57:27: Cancel the Astronauts - Funny For A Girl