Mawkish Twaddle with Bob N.

This week’s Twaddle, the second-to-last one on KXSF, is action-packed from start to finish. There are cracking new tracks from The Umbrellas, Pernice Brothers, Misty Lanes, theCatherines, Action Painting!, Straight Skirt, 心椒椒 PAPPER HEART, Savak, Tenniscoats, Grand Public, Bigott, Teini-Pää, Astrel K, Dent May, Les Amazones d'Afrique, The Maureens, Hannah Everingham, Andreas Dorau, Spencer Segelov & Great Paintings, Mr Ben & The Bens, Cosmic Analog Ensemble, J. McFarlane's Reality Guest, HANN, Bill Baird, PACKS, Kenji Kariu / 狩生健志, Petit Bureau, A Certain Ratio, Meril Wubslin, Holiday Ghosts, Orchard, Tomato Flower, Victoria Hume, Jordan Jones, The High Llamas, Rustbelt, Vitesse X, Jane Weaver, Keichi & The Coconut Groove, The Asteroid No.4, Rosali, Bolts Of Melody, and Sleater-Kinney. There’s also a selection from a collection of heretofore unreleased 1977-78 material from Terminal Intensity. From the past: The Lucksmiths, Bruno Nicolai, and two songs from The Shangri-Las (RIP Mary Weiss). Next week: the last Mawkish Twaddle on KXSF. I plan to resurface somewhere else this coming spring. Watch @mawkishtwaddle on Instagram for news of that!

This week’s Twaddle has new sounds – all released in 2024, with just a few exceptions  – from Rock Band, Library Card, Dancer, Pete Astor, Jordan Jones, The Infinites, Lupo Cittá, Ffenest, Volksempfänger, Spencer Segelov & Great Paintings, The Plastic Cherries, Station Sleeper, The Pheromoans, The Lovely Basement, Jungle Breed, The Umbrellas, Dana Gavanski, The Paranoid Style, Euros Childs, Roy Montgomery & Friends, Bill Ryder-Jones, Wurld Series, Nailah Hunter, PACKS, Julia Holter, Omni, Gruff Rhys, Lætitia Sadier, Arrested Development, Les Bicyclettes de Belsize, Anja Huwe, Marika Hackman, @, and MGMT.There’s also a selection from the just-reissued 2007 LP from The Hermit Crabs, plus older tracks from The Artwoods, Felt, The Triffids, Genesis, Flying Color, and Pulp.

The first Twaddle of the nascent year includes dazzling new sounds from The Lovely Basement, Red Sleeping Beauty, SAVAK, Lupo Cittá, The Half-Cubes feat. Rob Bonfiglio, Svenssen, Herr Wade feat. Mark Monnone, Camille Bénâtre, The Happy Somethings & Slovenly Boy, Maria T, The Lemon Twigs, House Of All, Zenxith, Cynthia Nelson Band, group_inou, Ducks Ltd., Minhwi Lee, Sundae Painters, The Bevis Frond, Mary Timony, Schwund, and David Nance & Mowed Sound. Less than a week into 2024 and there’s no paucity of excellent releases thus far this year!There are also tracks from new collections from The Bordellos and The Motifs.  And from newly reissued LPs there are selections from Santa Sprees, Blue Orchids, and Strapping Fieldhands.Older but every bit as exciting: The Yellow Balloon, Modular, The Thought Criminals, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Half Man Half Biscuit, The Paley Brothers, Marie And The Atom, The Quasars, Euros Childs, The Orange Humble Band, Gayle Haness, Razorcuts, Go-Kart Mozart, Chris Gunning, and Beulah.

The final Twaddle of 2023 includes new sounds from Zenxith, The Spatulas, Flora, Ergo Phizmiz, Thomas Walsh, Finlay Clark, and Sleaford Mods. From 1956 through 2016, there are selections from The dB's, Rudy Ray Moore, Gary Lewis And The Playboys, The Pearly Gatecrashers, Velvet Monkeys, Momus, The Upsetters, Shaun Cassidy, The Tuna Helpers, Reverend Charlie Jackson, Leisure Process, Trixie's Big Red Motorbike, Pet Shop Boys, Everyone Involved, Terry Hall, American Music Club, Lawrence Arabia, Gwenn Stacey, Sven Libaek, Orange Juice, Billy Nicholls, Tools You Can Trust, England Dan & John Ford Coley, Elvis Costello And The Attractions, April March, Lucia Rango, Arthur Doyle Plus 4, John Stammers, Knife Pleats, The Fall, Cinerama, Home Blitz, Freddie & The Dreamers, Annie, The Cuff Links, Magazine, Jonathan Richman, Fapardokly, The Apartments, and UJ3RK5.

This week’s Twaddle includes arguably the best Knickerbockers pastiche, a song produced and co-written by Leon Russell that no one knows, back-to-back tracks featuring prominent mallet instruments, possibly the most prominent harpsichord in a Guess Who song, a Roger Nicholls cover but no James Brown or Kraftwerk covers, examples of US bubblegum and Italian prog, my favorite cut from the most underrated Belle & Sebastian album, a very small number of tracks recorded this year (just 22 percent), and one Christmas tune. New: Cynthia Nelson Band; Search Results; Baumarkt; The Half-Cubes; Keichi & The Coconut Groove; Schwund; Gabriel da Rosa; Soft Covers; The Reds, Pinks And Purples; Bory; and Brenda I Funky. Previously unreleased: Primal Scream. Newly reissued: Meat Joy. Newly compiled: Omertà. From sometime between 1956 and 2017: Ray Conniff And The Singers, Lollipop Train, The Dentists, Pain Teens, Stuart Moxham, The Yummies, Daryll-Ann, Fat Tulips, Hartley C. White, The Sundowners, Those Lovely Hula Hands, Gerry Morris, Jon Brion, Starbuck, The Chesterfield Kings, Blank Statements, Frank Sinatra, Frank Chickens, Belle And Sebastian, Pink Military, The John Merricks, Christmas, Delirium, Orlie And The Saints, Vivian Weathers, The Guess Who, The Birthday Party, Jo Bisso, Le Cirque, The Charade, The Boyfriends, Jonathan King, The Associates, Stew Lane & The Untouchables, and George Torrence & The Naturals.

This week’s Twaddle includes new sounds from The Special Pillow, The Infinites, Ryan Power, Hygiene, Pine Point, Erik Voeks & The Ghosters, Charlène Darling, H31R, Co-Pilot, Finnoguns Wake, Astrid Sonne, Comet Gain, Fenn Is Cool, My Fat Pony, Witching Waves, Kombu Nori, The Beefields, Club 8, Bory, Cut Worms, The Smashing Times, Charif Megarbane, Trans-Canada Highwaymen, Julian Cope, Melenas, Uni Boys, Emma Anderson, and Lewsberg. There’s also a heretofore unreleased track from The Wot Nots, a newly compiled one from The Mumbles, and a recently reissued one from INU. From sometime between 1957 and 2012, there are selections from Deaf School, Northern Picture Library, The Concretes, The Kinks, Chris Cohen, Bog-Shed, Julie London, Archie Shepp, Sigh, The La’s, Jane & Bob Henley, Nice, and The Aislers Set.

We’re now well into the annual deceleration of the new release schedule. That was just the excuse I needed to sprinkle more than the usual number of older selections into this week’s Twaddle. But there was no dearth of new tracks in the program. Far from it, as I spun enticing new sounds from The Small Square, Half Hexagon, The Maureens, Jim Nothing, Water Machine, The Jasmine Minks, Large Plants, Blue Orchids, Lavender Blush, The Spatulas, Zenxith, J. McFarlane's Reality Guest, Ian M Bailey, Pop Filter, Bory, The Quarterlies, Misophone, Primer Infant, Daily Worker, Cuticles, Überspannung, Seablite, Harp, Bill Ryder-Jones, Wurld Series, Hochzeitskapelle & Eddie Marcon, David Christian, Helen Infam, Novelty Island, Pop Crimes, The Bug Club, and Ducks Ltd. There was also a newly compiled selection from Soft Location, and newly reissued gems from Saint Etienne and Peter Gutteridge. From the past: Pezband, The Yummy Fur, Al Stewart, Barbara Manning, Lilys, The Sorrows (UK), Watoo Watoo, and Jim Noir. Also from the past, but listed separately to avoid irksome semicolons in the preceding paragraph, a weird and wild paean to LSD from Babs, Marina & De Hippe Vogels.

This week’s Twaddle contains three hours of relentlessly exciting, mostly new musical things. Specifically, there are sounds from Alluvial Nuggetts, The Treasures Of Mexico, Micko & The Mellotronics, The High Llamas, Mister Baby, Start Together, Discreet Charms, Red Pants, Herr Wade, Misophone, Bruno Berle, John Dunbar, Gonzalez Smith, Rocketship, David Christian, Sachet, Noth, Sandy Pylos, Pop Crimes, Dumb Things, Spearmint, The Umbrellas, Mo Troper, Soft Covers, Ghost Train Orchestra & Kronos Quartet, The Smashing Times, Extraa, Lætitia Sadier, The Lemon Twigs, Wurld Series, Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band, Sundae Painters, Juliana Hatfield, Golden Apples, Bas Jan, Guided By Voices, and Harp. There’s also a newly unearthed 1981 track from Model Workers and a newly compiled 2018 selection from Brabrabra. From the past: Citrus, Karen Carpenter, The Nips, The Fall, and The McTells.

Mawkish Twaddle is back after a monthlong break during which I visited Australia and New Zealand. This week’s program has exciting new sounds from The Cat’s Miaow, Sundae Painters, Watch Paint Dry, Extraa, Joe Ziffer, William William Rodgers, Red Pants, Hot Apple Band, Dark Tea, The Shna, Rachel Love, Thin Ears, Juniper, Bas Jan, Frog Power, ex.girls, Josephine Network, Wilding, Fortunato Durutti Marinetti, epic45, Tara Clerkin Trio, Victoria, Wurld Series, C Duncan, Violent Change, Mo Troper, The Smashing Times, Thomas Walsh, The Lewers, Bar Italia, Gruff Rhys, Luces Negras, Tyvek, Guided By Voices, The Bevis Frond, The Abdo Men, Jane Weaver, and Uni Boys.There’s also a newly reissued 1997 track from The Apartments, a newly compiled 1998 selection from Scala, and a heretofore unreleased 1966 gem from Margo Guryan.From the past: Piero Piccioni, Cardiacs, The Everly Brothers, and The Aislers Set.

This week’s Twaddle is the last until November 25! What are you going to do for exciting new music during that time? I’d recommend just listening to WFMU all the time, but maybe you already do that.There are plenty of new sounds, exciting as always, in the program. They come from Annual Leaf, The Umbrellas, Gently Tender, Abstract Concrete, Trans-Canada Highwaymen, Chet Sounds, Victoria, Thomas Walsh, Gaétan Nonchalant, Portable Radio, Red Pants, Lost Map Presents Weird Wave, The American Analog Set, The Lewers, St. John Electric, Pop Filter, Owners Club, Jared Leibowich, Pega Monstro, Anna Hillburg, The Smashing Times, Leo Robinson, Co-Pilot, Adiós Amores, Tar Of, Hyangni, The Bug Club, Spllit, Bar Italia, Marina Herlop, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, Alien Nosejob, Melenas, Circus Devils, Titanic, and Grandaddy.There’s also a selection from the recently unearthed mid-‘90s boardinghouse recordings by John Fahey. Typical Twaddlers might not be able to get through all five minutes and 43 seconds.From the past: East River Pipe, The Spike Drivers, Microdisney, Mark Eric, and It’s A Musical.

This week’s program proves, once again, that Mawkish Twaddle is the most whimsical radio program on the San Francisco dial – and maybe beyond. There are exciting new tracks from Jean Caffeine, Luces Negras, Smoke Fairies, The Klittens, Portable Radio, Herr Wade, Jonny Swift, Robert Rotifer, The Len Price 3, The Happy Somethings, EchoWave, Titanic, Joey Nebulous, The Photocopies, Hard Copy, Rat Columns, Anna Hillburg, The Wind Ups, Trotski Nautique, Faith Healer, Lost Girls, Soft Covers, The Smashing Times, Wimps, Adiós Amores, Blonde Redhead, Francis Lung, The Missing Thimbles, Feeling Figures, Ducks Ltd., Ichiban, Lightheaded, David Christian And The Pinecone Orchestra, Uni Boys, Emma Anderson, and The Bug Club.Also new but listed separately to avoid using semicolons in the preceding paragraph (since they’ve become much more expensive lately than commas): The Reds, Pinks And Purples.There are also newly compiled selections from Dolly Mixture and The Motifs, and a previously unissued soundtrack cut from Bo Harwood & John Cassavetes.From the past: Herman’s Hermits, Po! (RIP Ruth Miller), and four songs from Dwight Twilley/Dwight Twilley Band (RIP).

It was quite the week for new releases. There was so much quality stuff that I might never catch up – especially with a three-week break coming up in November.There are sparkling new sounds in this week’s Twaddle from Pencil, Dancer, Captain Starlet, The Evening Sons, Tar Of, Red Pants, Desoto Reds, Blue Ocean, Blue Bendy, Mirror Tree, Anna Hillburg, The Smashing Times, The Lunar Laugh, Rachel Love, Fat Spirit, Aisle Knot, Hochzeitskapelle + Japanese Friends (feat. Yuko Ikema + Tenniscoats), Tyvek, Savarit (feat. Kacimi), Mope City, A Beacon School, Les Aunties (feat. Afrotronix), Soft Covers, Bas Jan, MUNYA, Faith Healer, The Small Intestines, Sternpost, Andreas Dorau, Wimps, Golden Apples, Bar Italia, Cuticles, Lightheaded, Ana Frango Elétrico, Lower Plenty, Melenas, Guided By Voices, Uni Boys, Emma Anderson, and Onyon.From the past: The Chills (a cut from the newly and brilliantly remastered Brave Words), Fickle Pickle, Pernice Brothers, Ultimate Painting, and Sean O’Hagan.

I’m back after a one-week break to see Joe Pernice play a couple of backyard shows here in the Bay Area of Northern California. This week’s program included new gems from The Popguns, Dark Tea, The Suncharms, Gonzalez Smith, Oliver Marson, Freezing Hands, The Garment District, Cormac O Caoimh, Soft Covers, The Happy Somethings & Slovenly Boy, The Smashing Times, Anton Barbeau, The March Afternoons, The Photocopies, Cuticles, Lightheaded, The Small Intestines, Jordsjø, Meatraffle, Violent Change, Hartle Road, The Paranoid Style, Adiós Amores, Thanks For Coming, Melenas, EXEK, David Christian And The Pinecone Orchestra, Gruff Rhys, Lower Plenty, Uni Boys, Blod, Alicja-Pop, Bed Bits, Creation Rebel, Great Area, Masami Takashima, Braake, Tele Novella, Blonde Redhead, A. Savage, Class, and a heretofore unreleased track from The Woods (the mid ‘80s Linda Smith combo, not the “Battleship Chains” group or Jeremy Earl’s Woods).From the past: A selection from the just-reissued 1981 LP from INU.

This week’s Twaddle is perfect! There are 42 new songs and every one of them is a true gem and among the best tracks of 2023 thus far.Those new sounds come from Braake, Red Pants, Lulu Lewis, Trotski Nautique, The Garment District, Colored Lights, Duncan Reid And The Big Heads, Puppy Problems, Kodiak Island, Herr Wade, Spearmint, Robert Rotifer, Lower Plenty, Anselmus, The Doublejumps, Silk Cuts, The Future Dead, Dancer, Patio, Rio 18, They Had So Many Names, Soft Science, Cousines Like Shit, Lewsberg, Harp, Anton Barbeau, Swansea Sound, Teenage Fanclub, Bar Italia, Tobin Sprout, CHAI, Gong, Blues Lawyer, Minerves, Uni Boys, Seablite, 3 A.M. Again, The 1981, Julian Cope, Tony Jay, Emma Anderson, and Matt Berry.From the past: Bearsuit, Elvis Presley, Faust, and Lifetones.I’m taking the week off next week. The next new Twaddle will be broadcast/streamed on 7 October.

This week’s Twaddle is musically exciting. It includes stellar new selections from Freezing Hands, Cuticles, Golden Apples, Extraa, Duncan Reid And The Big Heads, Spearmint, Luggage, Keichi & The Coconut Groove, The Blankettes, The Lunar Laugh, Rita Braga, Silk Cuts, Drop Nineteens, The Nova Fiends, Grand Drifter, Curling, Soft On Crime, Los Llamarada, White Town, Soft Covers, Wurld Series, Mclusky, Paavoharju, Connie Lovatt, Bas Jan, Meatraffle, The Small Intestines, Tony Jay, Ludwig Dreistern, Momus, Cousines Like Shit, Julian Cope, Lewsberg, Alicja-pop, Woods, The Photocopies, Now, Girl Ray, and Animal Collective.There are also newly compiled and reissued tracks from Hydroplane, Minisnap, and Super Furry Animals.From the past: The Penetrators (RIP Jack Lipton), The Fall, Future Bible Heroes, and The Mutton Birds.

This week’s Twaddle has a truly excellent batch of new songs. The recording stars providing those tracks are The Fuzzies, Uni Boys, theCatherines, Portable Radio, Lower Plenty, The Fisherman And His Soul, Minerves, Lightheaded, Grand Drifter, Spirit Fest, Pretty In Pink, Soft Science, Melin Melyn, Swansea Sound, Bed Bits, Smile Too Much, Cama Rosa, Be Afraid, Seablite, Faith Healer, The Maureens, Lewsberg, Swive, Grade School, Fuckleberry Hinn, Sternpost, EXEK, Graham Parker & The Goldtops, Smug Brothers, Good News, Melenas, Pale Blue Eyes, The Coral, Wreckless Eric, Sparklehorse, The Cowboys, Woods, and The Handsome Family.From the past: World Of Pooh, Dictionaraoke, Dick Rivers, Fire In The Kitchen, Mellow Candle.

This week’s Twaddle was taped in front of a canine audience two days prior to its airing. Only 29 percent of its content is new, but the remaining 71 percent won’t be familiar to most listeners (human or canine). From the present: Papernut Cambridge, Connie Lovatt, Soft Hearted Scientists, The Paranoid Style, Seablite, Late Cambrian, Who Is She?, The 1981, Kirschstein, Helpful People, Onesie, Raw Poetic, Wreckless Eric, Now, Famous Mammals, and The Cowboys. From the past: The Cannanes, Saturday Looks Good To Me, Bitter Cherry Jam, Felt, Consonant, The Rosebuds, Charlie Rich, Hospitality, Dump, Saint Etienne, Citizen Helene, Tages, The Bran Flakes, The Moles, The Brilliant Corners, Orange Juice, John Forde, Tommy McCook & The Aggrovators, Warm Sounds, My Tiger My Timing, Chumbawamba, Dislocation Dance, Carl Carlton, Nick Heyward, Catherine Spaak, Bad Indians, Gigi, Orchestra Di Rockford Kabine, Blueboy, The Grays, Pipas, Oppenheimer, Yura Yura Teikoku, Dave Davies, Jan & Lorraine, BC Camplight, Spratleys Japs, The Birthday Kiss, and Angelpie.

Mawkish Twaddle has returned after a week off, my first break since November 2019. The program includes spectacular new sounds from Feeling Figures, The Shivvers, Red Pants, Blue Ocean, Fuckleberry Hinn, Seablite, Fascinations Grand Chorus, Tamar Berk, Vasas Flora Och Fauna, The Radio Field, Sloppy Heads, Prewn, Freundliche Kreisel, Party Milk, Ahemaa Nwomkro, The Smashing Times, Equipment Pointed Ankh, The Flashcubes, Anna Hillburg, The Cowboys, The New Existentialists, Wreckless Eric, Muma Ganoush, Jazz Mags, Tony Jay, Fay Victor, Fievel Is Glauque, Ostseetraum, A. Savage, Hurry, The Prize, Raw Poetic Feat. Damu The Fudgemunk, Famous Mammals, Adiós Amores, Minor Conflict, The Clientele, Healing & Peace, Who Is She?, Titi Bakorta, Bebel Gilberto, Teleman, The Bug Club, The 1981, and Modern Nature.The past is represented by just two tracks this time around, but what tracks they are. The artists: Suckle and The Fall.

This week’s Twaddle has excellent new sounds from Starcleaner Reunion, Hurry, Thomas Walsh, The Vapour Trails, Momus, The Flashcubes, The Half-Cubes, Vanity Mirror, Curling, The Spanish Amanda, Funeral Cake, Graeme Jefferies, Soft Science, Tiers La Familia, Birthday Girl, The Small Intestines, Onesie, Dexys, Klara Lewis & Nik Colk Void, Spiral Dub, Laura Jean, Famous Mammals, Soft Hearted Scientists, The Cowboys, Kolb, EXEK, Blonde Redhead, Mount Vernon Arts Lab, Nein Rodere, The Clientele, Tashkezar, Xian, Teenage Fanclub, Girl Ray, Rocky, Hollie Cook, Mick Harvey & Amanda Acevedo, The Intelligence, and Sheeplore.There’s also a possibly previously unreleased track of indeterminate vintage from Satoshi Suzuki (鈴木慧), and a newly compiled selection from Xao Seffcheque Und Der Rest.From the past: Improved Sound Ltd., Squeeze, Half Man Half Biscuit, I.Q. Zero, The Parcels, and Garden Gate.No Twaddle next week. I'm taking a break for the first time in 197 weeks (my last break was November 9, 2019). Back on August 26!

This was a good one. Best Twaddle ever? I think it’s in the top 10! There are amazing new tracks from Water Machine, Tony Jay, Sheeplore, Soft Covers, The Upland Band, Spiral Dub, Östro 430, The Chickpea Darlings, Talking With Hands, Sydney Herds, Uni Boys, Onesie, Herr Wade, Belbury Poly, Charif Megarbane, Star 99, Onyon, Leo Robinson, Sofa City Sweetheart, Co-Pilot, Dippers, Famous Mammals, Annie Hart, Flowertown, The Prize, Good News, Podcasts, Bárbara Eugênia, Girl Ray, The Clientele, Activity, Lane Steinberg, Seja, Holy Wave, Ricardo Dias Gomes, Anna Erhard, Perch, Now, Salad, Cornelius, and Guided By Voices.There’s also a never-before-released cut from Hydroplane, and selections from newly reissued LPs from Fun Boy Three and The Lucksmiths.From the past: The Mockingbirds, Eden Kane, and Music For Pleasure.

This week’s Twaddle is chockablock with excellent new sounds. The artists providing these tracks are Spearmint, Now, The Smashing Times, Red Sleeping Beauty, Monnone Alone, The Clientele, Ìxtahuele, Candy Whips, Patio, CR And The Nones, Mount Vernon Arts Lab, Colored Lights, 2m8o, The Cleaners From Venus, Bri Dominique, Co-Pilot, Helpful People, Famous Mammals, Charif Megarbane, Locate S,1, Usurabi, Brontez Purnell, Life Strike, Sally Anne Morgan, Isaac Birituro And The Rail Abandon Featuring Wiyaala, Rachael Lavelle, New Estate, Dexys, Klara Lewis & Nik Colk Void, Landowner, Besouro Mulher, Rocky, Dot Allison, Cut Worms, Woods, and Animal Collective.There’s also a heretofore unreleased cut from Air Miami, and newly compiled or reissued selections from Hans-A-Plast, Blue Dolphin, Antonio Infantino Ed Il Gruppo Di Tricarico, and Choirgirls.From the past: Fantastic Something, The Resonars, Nick Lowe (marking Marie Provost Day), The Fiery Furnaces, and Jon.

I think this is one of the best Twaddles yet! There are new sounds from Famous Mammals; Animal Piss, It’s Everywhere; Cut Worms; The Bug Club; Perch; Hurry; Grand Drifter & The Cascarino; Body Double; The Flashcubes; Not Yetis; The Clientele; Keeley; Landowner; The No Colour Twins; Brontez Purnell; Non Plus Temps; Lost Ships; Bri Dominique; KIM; Soft Hearted Scientists; The Jack Cades; Miss Tiny; Oopsie Daisies; Stef + The Sleeveens; Who Is She?; Oliver Flanagan; Maija Sofia; Strange Ranger; Usurabi; Co-Pilot; Life Strike; Guided By Voices; Lane Steinberg; Blur; Lost Girls; and Youth Lagoon.You’ll also hear tracks from the following artists, all taken from new compilations: Jody Reynolds & Bobbie Gentry, New Math, Werk In Uitvoering, Moment Of Truth, and Roter Stern Belgrad.From the past: Bobby Sherman (happy 80th!), Jane Birkin (RIP), and The Go-Betweens (marking the release of Robert Forster’s Spring Grain muesli).

This week’s Twaddle has fancy and fun new sounds from Soft Science, Life Strike, The Garment District, Sloppy Heads, Helpful People, The Goods, Otherish, Sandra’s Wedding, Happy As You Like, The Flashcubes, The 1981, Spirit Fest, Charif Megarbane, The Spires, Le Couleur, Kwartet Niek Hilkmann, The Bleeding Allstars, Sir Bobby Jukebox, Braake, Kim, Hard Femme, Lane Steinberg, Current Affairs, Firestations, Discus, Lispector, Will Sprott, Vanishing Twin, Silicone Prairie, The High Water Marks, Beauty Pill, A. Savage, Sparks, PJ Harvey, and Lloyd Cole.There are also cuts from newly reissued works by INU, The Particles, and Brenda Prescott.From the past: Summer Fiction, Game Theory, Silver Scooter, The Rutles, and Il Reale Impero Britannico.

This week’s Twaddle is wild and exciting. It even includes a nearly seven-minute-long modern prog track! (That probably scared you away. Think of it as if contemporary prog were the new post-punk. Which it probably is.)There are new sounds from Fort Not, Smug Brothers, Groovy Uncle Featuring Jane Wrangham, Children Maybe Later, The Wind Ups, Lars Fredrik Frøislie, Ci Gofod, Not Yetis, Chris Stamey, Lane Steinberg, Junior Mint Prince, Curling, Firestations, The Lentils, Die Liga Der Gewöhnlichen Gentlemen, The Future Dead, The Illness, The Radio Field, The Sound Of Pop Art, Juan Hundred, The Photocopies, Balint Br​ö​sel & Brannten Schn​ü​re, Jeanines, Teenage Fanclub, Me Lost Me, Say Sue Me, Martyr Group, Special Friend, Dead Famous People, The High Water Marks, Birdpop, Gareth Sager, Sweeping Promises, Jim Bob, Big Blood, Cornelius, and PJ Harvey.There are also newly reissued selections from The Particles, Joyama No Narazumono, and Hydroplane, plus a heretofore unheard recording from the earliest days of The Frogs.From the past: The Negro Problem, The Pretty Things, Nagisa Ni Te, and Silver Jews.

This week’s Twaddle includes splendid new selections from Puppy Problems, Cat Box Room Bois, The Small Intestines, Grand Drifter, Usurabi, Martyr Group, Special Friend, Lost Ships, Ex Norwegian, Carnations, Life Strike, The Sound Of Pop Art, Not Yetis, The Spires, Colored Lights, SANAM, Modern Nature, Nana Benz du Togo, Bong Wish, Cornelius, Melenas, The Clientele, The High Water Marks, Dead Famous People, Buddhist Bubblegum, Georgia Hubley, Ergo Phizmiz, Lispector, Oopsie Dasies, AmovingmoviE, Big Blood, Swansea Sound, Present Electric, Podcasts, Cut Worms, Blonde Redhead, Grian Chatten, Sweeping Promises, and bdrmm.From the past, in commemoration of Canada Day: The Heavy Blinkers, Zumpano, Pagliaro, Sloan, and The Staccatos.Also from the past but not Canadian: Fist.

This week’s Twaddle marks both the sixth anniversary of the program and its 300th episode. That’s more episodes than William Demarest appeared in on My Three Sons!There are brilliant new sounds from The Softies, Ergo Phizmiz, Sparkle*Jets U.K., Wobbly, Estranhos Românticos, The Misanthropes, Expensive Music Band, La Bibliothèque de la Bergerie, U.S. Highball, Dippers, The Invisible Hands, Colourway, Birdpop, Mason Lowe, Th Da Freak, Brenda I Funky, Tough Age, Co-Pilot, Titi Bakorta, JJ Band, The Paselines, Wireheads, Dead Famous People, Hot Coppers, BC Camplight, The Toads, Big Blood, Hand Habits, RVG, Swans, Jeanne Balibar, and Protomartyr.There are also previously unreleased tracks from Sparklehorse and Pel Mel, and newly reissued or compiled selections from Pyrolator, Aselefech Ashine & Getenesh Kebret, and Folina E Vili.From the past: The Pastels, Belmondo, The New Colony Six, Father, The Sneetches, Bobby Darin, Eric Matthews, and, in a special 80th birthday tribute, Barry Manilow, plus Featherbed Featuring Barry Manilow.

This week’s Twaddle includes exciting new tracks from Swansea Sound; Water Machine; French Cut; The Kingfishers; Dead Famous People; Y Dail; Headboy; CV Vision; Fairy Fross; jellyskin; BUSDRIVER; The Paselines; The Hannah Barberas; Vanity Mirror; Rob I. Miller; Birdpop; Good Looking Son; Life Coach; レンゲ renge; Natalie Rose LeBrecht; Anna St. Louis; Pog; John Monroe & Field Music; Guardian Singles; Jeanne Balibar; Sweeping Promises; RVG; Wesley Gonzalez; The Toads; Hot Coppers; Ricardo Dias Gomes; Wireheads; Panic Pocket; The Reds, Pinks And Purples; Big Blood; TEKE::TEKE; Sparks; Camille Thomas, Jane Birkin & Julien Brocal; and Baxter Dury.From the past, and either previously unreleased or newly reissued: Sloan, The Particles, Air Miami, Folina E Vili, and Anadol.Also from the past: The Deep Freeze Mice, The MFQ, and The Ravens.

This week’s Twaddle includes scintillating new tracks from Pog, Happy Feliz, Deep Dyed, The Black Watch, theCatherines, Panic Pocket, Herr Wade, Birdpop, Colored Lights, U.S. Highball, Ricardo Dias Gomes, Good Looking Son, Heatwaves, Blake, The Sheeps, Wireheads, The Hannah Barberas, Life Coach, Armstrong, Marinita Precaria, Big Blood, Loopsel, The Anderson Council, The Soap Opera, Keichi & The Coconut Groove, The Clientele, Guardian Singles, Nijuu, Cut Worms, The Lemon Twigs, RVG, Archaic Smile, Sparks, Johnnie The Bulgaria, Blonde Redhead, Bar Italia, Hot Coppers, Maya Ongaku, and Protomartyr. There’s also a previously unreleased demo from The Teardrop Explodes, and newly reissued selections from Comet Gain and The Sheaves. From the past: Beulah, John Shuttleworth, Mark Eitzel, Cathy Saint, and Margaret Mandolph. And Telly Savalas makes a cameo near the end of the program!

This week’s Twaddle has brilliant new sounds from Sparkle*Jets U.K.; Barbara; Sir Bobby Jukebox; Marc Jonson & Ramírez Exposure; The Anderson Council; The Hannah Barberas; U.S. Highball; The Spires; Alex Pester; The Holdens; Les Clopes; Asher White; C Turtle; Station 17; Rob I. Miller; The Salt Collective; Chiens de Faïence; Sumos; Memorials; Euromilliard; John Southworth; Frank Schmiechen; Tough Age; Bar Italia; Rahill; BC Camplight; Fatoumata Diawara; Pozi; Sarabeth Tucek; Nakibembe Embaire Group; Melenas; La Femme; MD Pallavi & Andi Otto; The Lemon Twigs; Good News; Hard Femme; The Reds, Pinks & Purples; Blur; and Mandy, Indiana. There’s also a previously unreleased demo taken from the just-out 25th anniversary edition of the first Pernice Brothers album. From the past: Dollar, Nico, and Sonny Sharrock.

This week’s Twaddle has new sounds from Vanity Mirror, Photon Band, The Salt Collective feat. Peter Holsapple, Ne Galaktiset, Party Milk, Bill Pritchard, Nijuu, The Bordellos, Mathilda Brink, Herr Wade, BBBBBBB, Florina, Let 3, Sumos, The Toads, Doe St, House Of All, Bandit Voyage, The Happy Somethings, Pipiolas, Rahill, Loopsel, Fatoumata Diawara, Poppy Patica, Who Do You Love, Memorials, Sofie Royer, Ryan Wong, John Southworth, Good Looking Son, Busdriver, Stella Kola, The Lemon Twigs, Adele & The Chandeliers, BC Camplight, Sparks, Jeanines, and Sweeping Promises.There are also previously unreleased tracks from The Fall and Grandaddy, a newly compiled selection from The Particles, and a cut from the newly just-reissued second Heavenly LP.From the past: Peter Hammill, Rita Lee (RIP), Benjamin Schoos feat. Lætitia Sadier, and Dalek I.

This week’s Twaddle has enthralling new sounds from Corvair, Gregory Jones, The Bordellos, Jeanines, Herr Wade, Sepä Juuri, The Happy Somethings, Neutrals, Panic Pocket, Immaterial Possession, Shangri-Lass, The Orbiting Human Circus, Johnnie The Bulgaria, Special Friend, House Of All, Catch Rabbit, Avatar, The Lemon Twigs, The Caroline's, SUMM ER, Tim Lea-Young, Daniel O'Sullivan, Holiday Ghosts, Modern Cosmology, Police And Pea, Tough Age, Sweeping Promises, Domenico Lancellotti, Pure Material, Bebel Gilberto, The Ekphrastics, Lifeguard, TEKE::TEKE, Elizaband, Nighttime, Trevor Sloan, BC Camplight, Shirley Collins, Tiny Ruins, Cornershop featuring Pinky Ann Rihal, and Spencer Cullum.There’s also a track that will be on an upcoming collection of material from The Particles.From the past: Plastics, Gordon Lightfoot, The McTells, Marconi Notaro, Snowy Red, Die Egozentrischen 2, and Trash Kit.

This week’s Twaddle has 50 top-notch tracks in its three hours, including new selections from The Hannah Barberas, Firestations, Wireheads, The Anderson Council, Bri Dominique, Die Katapult, Air In The Lungs, The Clientele, John Monroe & Field Music, Black Thumb, Deuce, Vorderhaus, Hayden Besswood, Maxine Funke, Quite Quiet, Dropkick, Soup Activists, Trevor Sloan, CV Vision, Rex Tycoon, Monde UFO, Elizaband, Brenda I Funky, The National Honor Society, Tiny Ruins, House Of All, LoOn, The Roves, Guardian Singles, Nicole Yun, Terry, Life Strike, Richard Olson & The Familiars, The Whiffs, Holiday Ghosts, The High Water Marks, Withered Hand, PJ Harvey, New Man, Snowy, Pearl & The Oysters, Constant Smiles, The Sprouts, and Wesley Gonzalez. There’s also a cut from the soon-to-be-reissued 1985 debut LP from Ramuntcho Matta. From the past: Cherry Twister, Honeybunch, The Aluminum Group, The Brinsleys, and The Canterbury Music Festival.

This week’s Twaddle includes new sounds from House Of All, Big Blood, The National Honor Society, April March & Staplin, Greg Brady And The Anchors, Daisy Clover, Monde UFO, Rob & Jay, Snowy, Hairband, Loopsel, John Southworth, Bar Italia, Terry, Pearl & The Oysters, The Sprouts, Linda Smith & Nancy Andrews, Holiday Ghosts, Beach House, Everything But The Girl, Billy Tibbals, and Sparks.There’s also a track from the newly issued LP of Apartment Life demos by Ivy.From the past: Nervus Rex, The Pop Group, Merv Griffin, RTX, The Sugarplastic, George Jones, Elf Power, Birdie, Unwound, Don Meehan Project, Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci, The Happy Birthdays, Minisnap, Frank Gorshin, The Housekeepers, Darlene McCrea, Able Tasmans, Genesis, Tages, Riders Of The Mark, Liverpool Echo, Roger Nichols & The Small Circle Of Friends, Cake On Cake, Tyvek, Algebra Mothers, Hank And Carol-Leigh, Broadcast, and The Skinnies.

Twaddle no. 291 has exciting new sounds from Expensive Music Band, The Toads, Hairband, The Miami Dolphins, Giorgio Tuma, Philippa Nihill, Vanity Mirror, Las Los, The High Span, Withered Hand, New Estate, Ben Copperhead, Hulubalang, Braake, Martin Frawley, The Sprouts, Flasher, Terry, Divorcer, Nicole Yun, Brenda, SUMM ER, Lael Neale, Dan Melchior Band, The Lemon Twigs, Spencer Cullum, Hamish Hawk, Audiobooks, Nicholas Krgovich, Lachlan Denton, James Howard, Ted Leo & The Pharmacists, Pure Material, Cindy, Why Bother?, Girl Ray, and Water From Your Eyes.  There are also tracks that are, respectively, previously unreleased, newly reissued, and newly compiled from Pel Mel, The Hidden Cameras, and The Aaltos From the past: Birmingham Sunday, John Cunningham, Naffi, Earth And Fire, and Cat’s Eyes.

This week’s Twaddle has dazzling new sounds from Gregory Pepper & His Problems, Sir Bobby Jukebox, Barbara, Emma Tricca, Asher White, Eyelids, theCatherines, Mt. Misery, Alex Fleuris, Paul F Cook And The Happy Somethings, Bruiser And Bicycle, Worriers, Martha Ffion, The Half-Cubes, Yfory, Kevin Robertson, Bantu Spaceship, Monde UFO, Yo Kinky, Blue Bendy, Koleżanka, Dele Sosimi & The Estuary 21, Sarabeth Tucek, Snowy, Tomato Flower, Eggs On Mars, The Bug Club, Jana Horn, Ted Leo & The Pharmacists, Fly Ashtray, Silver Synthetic, Connections, XV, A Certain Ratio, PACKS, Teleman, and Cola. There’s also a track from Olmedo Torres y Polibio Mayorga taken from the latest Analog Africa compilation. Also, a tribute set with selections from Kostars (RIP Vivian Trimble), Yellow Magic Orchestra (Ryuichi Sakamoto), The Jam (US) (Seymour Stein), and Scott Johnson.

This week’s program is a good one – possibly the best Mawkish Twaddle of the 289 I’ve done thus far. If you haven’t listened in a while (or ever), you should start with this episode! The 53 (!) songs include outstanding new tracks from The Vaxtones, The Sprouts, Yo Kinky, Vanity Mirror, Herr Wade, Kevin Robertson, Cousines Like Shit, Smashing Red, Yfory, Those Pretty Wrongs, Alison Eales, Terry, Divorcer, Pierre Vervloesem, Mourning [A] BLKstar, Pam Risourié, Deerhoof, Murray A. Lightburn, The Photocopies, Cisser Mæhl, Das Phaedrus, The No Ones, Massage, Gidnim'Rém, Special Friend, HANN, New Man, Billy Tibbals, Eyelids, Dick Stusso, PACKS, April Magazine, Nicholas Krgovich, Pure Material, Connections, Mathilda Brink, Leighton Clark, The Explorers Club, The New Pornographers, Blues Lawyer, TEKE::TEKE, Kosaya Gora, Fly Ashtray, and Cindy. From the past, acrostically: Eggnyet, The Moon, Ovens, The Merrymakers, The Fall, Ernest Tubb, The Primitives, Milky Wimpshake, and The Bicycles.

This week’s Twaddle has captivating new sounds from The Sprouts; Alison Eales; Super Hit; Tough Age; The Half Cubes; Strange Neighbors; Teenage Tom Petties; Von Korf; Connections; Cisser Mæhl; Tomten; Barrio Colette; Think About You; The Salt Collective; Brian Bordello; Eggs On Mars; The Hepburns; Eyelids; CVCC; Ben Copperhead; Kosaya Gora; The Lost Days; Kreuder; April Magazine; Oliver Flanagan; The Reds, Pinks And Purples; Weird Numbers; Triptides; Deerhoof; Holiday Ghosts; Nicholas Krgovich; Surf Friends; Linda Smith & Nancy Andrews; Dazy; Modern Cosmology; Novelty Island; Cindy; BC Camplight; The Bug Club (from the better of the two new-songs-recorded-in-live-performance-by-a-British-band LPs issued this week); En Attendant Ana; The New Pornographers; PACKS; and Death And Vanilla. There’s also a track by John Three Sixteen taken from the latest Swedish Jesus rock compilation on Subliminal Sounds.  More from the past: Millie Jackson, Godley & Creme, The Orange Peels, The Free Design, and Tommy Faia And The True Blue Facts.

This week’s Twaddle includes nine artists from Northern California, seven from the Antipodes, four yet-to-be-released songs, 13 songs under two and a half minutes, Rick Wakeman (believe me, I’m as surprised as you are), and, probably for the first time in a while, nothing from Scotland. There are excellent new sounds from Tugboat Captain, Planet Birthday, The Morning Star, Debt Rag, Fly Ashtray, Motorcycle, Brian Bordello, Sam Wrangle, Andy Bopp, Watch Paint Dry, The Toads, The Hepburns, Das Phaedrus, Surf Friends, Pam Risourié, Oliver Flanagan, The Lost Days, Eyelids, Parker Allen, Linda Smith & Nancy Andrews, Rat Paws, The Ballet, Novelty Island, Wendy Martinez, The Decibels, Jonathan Richman, XV, Whitney’s Playland, Death And Vanilla, Constant Smiles, Vorsicht Kinder, Deerhoof, Weird Numbers, Shana Cleveland, Dan Melchior Band, Summer Flake, The Lemon Twigs, Cindy, Hot Coppers, En Attendant Ana, Feist, and Purling Hiss. You’ll also hear tracks off a new collection from Najib Alhoush & The Free Music, and from the newly reissued expanded version of the first LP from The Toms. From the past: Poppy Factory, Happy End, the aforementioned Rick Wakeman, Eternal Summers, and Ivy.

This week’s Twaddle is certain to hold your attention for all three hours. There are cracking new tracks from Panic Pocket, Big Girl’s Blouse, Hot Coppers, Robbing Millions, Ger Eaton, Eyelids, Homework, Guardian Singles, Benedict Benjamin, Hairband, Bar Italia, Classic, The Hepburns, Nicholas Krgovich, Gareth Sager, Tiny Ruins, Any Version Of Me, Silver Biplanes, Whitney’s Playland, The Telephone Numbers, Constant Smiles, Vorsicht Kinder, Sharp Pins, Citron Citron, Teini-Pää, Dan Melchior Band, The Long Ryders, King Khan, The Laughing Chimes, Protomartyr, Lachlan Denton, Shana Cleveland, H. Hawkline, Benoît Pioulard, Dutch Uncles, Blues Lawyer, Cindy, En Attendant Ana, Jonathan Richman, Sleaford Mods, and U.S. Girls.From the past: The Sundae Train, Chris von Sneidern, Pizzicato Five, Anita Kerr And The Anita Kerr Singers, P.M. Dawn, and Clifford T. Ward.

The 50 tracks in this week’s Twaddle include stimulating new sounds from Eggs On Mars; Lemon Pitch; Emma Tricca; Running Club; Sharp Pins; Eyes Of Others; Me Lost Me; The Hepburns; Ryan Wong; Pure Material; Herr Wade; Goliath; Nervous Systems; Proto Tip; The Laughing Chimes; Gloop Unit; The Whiffs; EternA; The Lost Days; Discus; Vorsicht Kinder; Terry; Floral Portrait; Weird Numbers; Murray A. Lightburn; Whitney’s Playland; Constant Smiles; PACKS; E. Björklund; The Photocopies; TEKE::TEKE; Chime School; Silica Gel; The Kitchenettes; Alice; Blues Lawyer; Water From Your Eyes; Jonathan Richman; Gina Birch; The Reds, Pinks & Purples; Cindy; and En Attendant Ana.There are also heretofore unissued selections from Playthings and The First Class.From the past: Eggstone, R. Stevie Moore, Larry Williams & Johnny Watson With The Kaleidoscope, Hideki Kaji, My Bloody Valentine, and Orlane Paquin.

This week’s Twaddle is, I think, the best one in the nearly six years I’ve been presenting the program. Every song is a total gem. I mean, that’s pretty much always the case, but it’s especially true this time around. If you only ever listen to one Twaddle – but why would you do that? – it should be this one.There are new tracks from Watch Paint Dry, Captain Starlet, Summer Flake, The Decibels, Gerard Love, The High Water Marks, Vanity Mirror, The Whiffs, Linda Smith & Nancy Andrews, Fran Ashcroft, Tiny Ruins, Weird Numbers, Any Version Of Me, Goo, En Attendant Ana, Dancer, K. Campbell, Aksak Maboul, Whitney’s Playland, Vorsicht Kinder, Chime School, The Happy Somethings, RVG, Gina Birch, Blod, Floral Portrait, appleseeds!, Cindy, Billy Tibbals, Tierney Greene, Blues Lawyer, Miss Tiny, @, Burnout Ostwest, Gruff Rhys, Belle And Sebastian, Meg Baird, Yo La Tengo, Quasi, and U.S. Girls.From the past: The Sure Cure, The Chrysanthemums, George Harrison, Ana Da Silva, and The Cherry Slush.

I don’t think there’s ever been a better Twaddle than this one. I mean, look at this lineup of recording artists whose new selections were played:Cinéma Lumière, Blues Lawyer, Irma Krook, Yalla Miku, Hairband, Surf Friends, theCatherines, appleseeds!, Cliff Hillis, The Hepburns, Evening Pines, Plastic Palms, Hansan, Polobi & The Gwo Ka Masters, Marlody, Nicholas Krgovich, Vorsicht Kinder, The Storm Bugs, Dead Anyway, TV Star, The Medium, OOF, Teini-Pää, Death And Vanilla, Laure Briard, @, Dina Ögon, João Selva, BRRDS, New Man, Index For Working Musik, Shonen Knife, John Andrews & The Yawns, Koleżanka, Receptacles, Steady Holiday, Dancer, Mozart Estate, Anna B Savage, The Lemon Twigs, Yo La Tengo, Deerhoof, and Quasi.Right?From new collections, there are tracks from Laurie Styvers and The Gynaecologists.Also: a selection to celebrate Yoko Ono’s 90th birthday.

This week’s Twaddle is certain to please with its mellifluous blend of tracks that few ears have heard before. You’ll find (and maybe even hear) new sounds from Surf Friends, BRRDS, Dina Ögon, The Black Watch, Herr Wade, Salem Trials, The Happy Somethings, appleseeds!, Dead Anyway, Hamish Hawk, Schwund, Alpaca Brothers, Daily Worker, Girl Ray, Ibex Clone, Orval Carlos Sibelius, The High Water Marks, Darksoft, The Tubs, Robert Forster, The Whiffs, King Ayisoba, Mozart Estate, Objections, Dancer, Soft On Crime, Picot, Simon Rowe, Clémentine March, Lil Yachty, Belle And Sebastian, Smug Brothers, Ducks Ltd., The Men, Nighttime, King Tuff, The Go! Team, Meg Baird, Guided By Voices, and The WAEVE. There are also newly issued recordings from the past from The Orchids and Najib Alhoush & The Free Music. More from the past: Ballboy, Bee Gees, Pugwash, and The Yellow Balloon.

The 280th edition of Mawkish Twaddle includes compelling new sounds from House Of All, Meadow Argus, The Telephone Numbers, Air In The Lungs, SUEP, The Drin, babybaby_explores, The Shang Hi Los, Mozart Estate, appleseeds!, YOCTO, Silver Biplanes, Drroomgordijnen, The Early Mornings, Terry, Papernut Cambridge, Anona, Whitney's Playland, Brook Terrace, Pozi, Cots, The Primitives, Meg Baird, Holiday Ghosts, PACKS, Storm The Palace, Nighttime, The Tubs, Spice World, Gruff Rhys, Belle And Sebastian, Guided By Voices, and King Tuff.There are also tracks from newly reissued albums from Engürdetz and White Heaven.The first 30 minutes are a tribute to the great Tom Verlaine, who left this world hours before the program aired.

This week’s Twaddle has wild new sounds (almost all of them released in the still shiny and fresh-smelling calendar year 2023) from Index For Working Musik, Alpaca Brothers, Pleasure Principle, Steady Holiday, Emma Tricca, Kacimi, Silver Biplanes, Dutch Uncles, Teen Angst, Storm The Palace, Peter Hall, The John Sally Ride, Calvin Johnson, Juniper, Laure Briard, Italia 90, Lachlan Denton, The Tubs, Spice World, H. Hawkline, Slug, Murray A. Lightburn, Sarabeth Tucek, Insólito UniVerso, Abracadabra, Planets Are On It, Mentrix, Gemma Rogers, Lucas Santtana, Ada Oda, Nighttime, Pieuvre, Tulpa, Alice, Belle And Sebastian, The Murder Capital, Superchunk, Deerhoof, Guided By Voices, and John Cale. In the new collections and reissues department, there are tracks from Beauty Pill, The Rabbits, and Heavy Metal. From the past: Steve And Stevie, Wire, Brown Recluse, and The Moon.

The musical floodgates opened this week! A wealth of amazing new sounds are in this edition of Mawkish Twaddle. You’ll hear from Ibex Clone, Married FM, Spiral XP, Tugboat Captain, Peter Hall, Apollo Ghosts, Sex Clark Five, The Owl Service, Purling Hiss, The Roves, The Happy Somethings, Blues Lawyer, Cameronoise, Papernut Cambridge, Dot Dash, Arts & Leisure, The Whiffs, Dignan Porch, 2 Square Y?, Daily Worker, Marlody, Juniper, Helvetia, Brower, Dippers, Portabella, Galore, Quasi, Balk, Gemma Rogers, Wet Kiss, Billy Tibbals, Constant Smiles, Ghost Woman, The New Pornographers, Silicone Values, Rozi Plain, Julian Never, Dina Ögon, Yo La Tengo, BMX Bandits, Mira Cook, U.S. Girls, Shana Cleveland, Belle And Sebastian, and Everything But The Girl.From the past: Hypnolovewheel, Bogshed, Flash And The Pan, The Boy Hairdressers, and Sandy Posey.

This week’s Twaddle is an interesting one. An atmospheric waterfall that took place in the middle of the three hours short-circuited the station’s stream. The end result is that this program is nine and a half minutes shorter than the usual Twaddle. But don’t despair. There are excellent new tracks from Eyelids, The Hepburns, Papernut Cambridge, Marlody, The Happy Somethings, Big Blood, The Cowsills, Jonny Swift, Hutch Harris, Alison Eales, Cousines Like Shit, Herr Wade, Ada Oda, Brower, Silver Biplanes, Hack-Poets Guild, Poor Performer, Ben Reed & Miranda Reed, Légumes Sex, Euros Childs, Memorials, Galore, Danny Arakaki, Paranoid Americans, The Lemon Twigs, Balk, Nighttime, Mira Cook, Sad Eyed Beatniks, DUFDUF, Non Bruises, En Attendant Ana, Mélanie, Death And Vanilla, and Rozi Plain,  There’s also something new from The Reds, Pinks And Purples. He/they are listed separately here because I didn’t want to have to use semicolons instead of commas in the above paragraph. The price of semicolons is prohibitive these days! From the past: Terry Hall (RIP), The Fall, Yoko Ono, The Mekons, Bread (David Gates apparently is still alive), and The Frogs.