Soldiers of Fortune – Campus Swagger (feat. Stephen Malkmus)

Soldiers of Fortune are not so much a band as an occasional jam session featuring members of Oneida, Chavez, and Interpol with other indie stars dropping by. Stephen Malkmus is among those appearing on Early Risers, the follow-up to 2010 album Ball Strenth.
Like much of the album Campus Swagger is tight, upbeat and rough around the edges. The Pavement front man's deadpan style gets an energy kick as he whoops and rants his way through this raucous session of spur-of-the-moment rock n roll.

Show: 24.6.14 with Mal Faloon

Local writer and performance poet Mal Faloon made a welcome return to the show. Despite not realising until the last minute the show was live she gave the most relaxed and wonderful reading of a selection of her poems I've ever heard her do.

We also marked the imminent return of Evening Under Lamplight to Cambridge 105 with some Bob Dylan and I shared Fenland Poet Laureate Poppy Kleiser's call for war poems for a new anthology she is producing. Email submissions to poetlaureatepoemsforpeace@gmail.com by 1st July.

Enjoy the show:

24.6.14 with Mal Faloon by Headstand on Mixcloud

Show: 27.5.14

Richard Burton - Under Milk Wood (Extract)

Hyelim Kim - Shower of Sparks

Isis Wolf Light And Rob Shipster - Finca

Nick Mulvey - Nitrous Man

Kate Tempest - Marshall Law

Adam and Bones - Me And The Liquor 

Moulettes - Elegy

Ezra Furman - My Zero

Girl Band - The Cha Cha Cha

Melt-Banana - Then Red Eyed

Korean Drama - Shotgun Legs

Luke Wright - Nigel Farridge

Einhorn - Swing All Night

Ethan’s Bucket - Chosen

[Fragments] - Constellations

Kaseijin - Aquatic Sleepwalker

Deceived By The Sun - Grinding My Teeth

27.5.14 by Headstand on Mixcloud

Headsound: Mouth - Blood Beat

Here's another local act I hope to feature on an upcoming show. Blood Beat is a piece that tries to achieve a lot all at once and succeeds. Dark bass lines and distorted guitar meet melodic pop vocals. Mouth is the moniker of Theresa Elflein who will not be local for much longer as she is moving to London in the summer. Make sure you catch her when she plays ARU Academy this Thursday.

Website: www.mouthuk.com

Show: 24.2.14 with Tim Clare

This show features the high energy, super funny performance poet Tim Clare recorded at Hammer & Tongue last year. There is also new music from Tom Adams, Shield Patterns and Wooden Arms and old music from Nick Mulvey and De La Soul.

24.2.14 with Tim Clare by Headstand on Mixcloud

Show: 9.2.14

This edition features Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip who recently played the Cambridge Junction and several bands who are playing the city in the coming weeks and months including Melt-Banana who play The Portland in May and Wooden Arms and Heart of a Dog who play Shindig next Friday (14th February)

9.2.14 by Headstand on Mixcloud

Headsound: Heart of a Dog - HOSS

Shindig returns to St Philips Mill Road on Friday 14th February. Readers of this blog will be familiar with Wooden Arms and Tom Adams but sandwiched in between are Norwich duo Heart of a Dog.
HOSS is four minutes of weightless melodies and rhythms unexpectedly shifting under different currents. It fades halfway through then returns with twice as much power. Vocals echo over pounding chords. This is acoustic pop that keeps you on your toes and you can grab this song as a free download.

Show: 11.08.13 with Ian Patterson

This show features poetry from Cambridge poet Ian Patterson reading at CB1 cafe as part of Romsey Art Festival and a varied selection of songs and spoken word old and new.
Don't miss Shindig this Saturday where you can hear Gaze Is Ghost featured on this show along with other artists and musicians.

Doves - Sea Songs
The Love Language - Kids
The Handsome Family - Lizard
Aphrodita Nikolova - A pack of Cigarettes
Gaze is Ghost - Magnus
Ian Patterson - At Romsey Poets
Rue Royale - Crater
Rebecca Clamp - Ghostly Tram Song
Golden Suits - Swimming in ’99
Ivor Cutler - Alone
Six by Seven - More
Walter De La Mare - Nod
Nick Mulvey - House of Saint Give Me
Montano - Undertones (Tim Koch’s Blundertones mix)

11.08.13 with Ian Patterson by Headstand on Mixcloud

Show: 10.2.13 with The Doozer

This show features four songs live in the studio by local musician The Doozer. The show also featured a wealth of new music from Suede, Temples, The Bitter Springs and Marnie Stern as well a song from the new Fuzzy Lights album. The band have been getting played all over Cambridge 105 and some of the bigger stations too.

Supergrass - Richard III
Suede - Barriers
Fuzzy Lights - Restless
The Doozer - Live session
Temples - Shelter Song
Luke Wright - The Luck of the Brungers
The Doozer - Live session
The Beastie Boys - Dr Lee, PHD
The Bitter Springs - The Mollycoddled Laughs
The Doozer - Live session
Marnie Stern - Year of Glad
Rue Royale - Blame
Kraftwerk - Aerodynamik

10.2.13 with The Doozer by Headstand on Mixcloud

Show: 2.12.12 with Geoffrey Heptonstall

This show featured special guest Geoffrey Heptonstall making a return to the show. I don't see Geoffrey out as much as some poets and it was great to be reminded not only what a great poet he is but also a very fine reader as you'll hear in the show.
The programme also featured a poem by Wayne Holloway Smith and we launched the Christmas season with a beautiful rendition of Deck The Halls by Rue Royale from their Christmas EP which you can listen to and download here.
The programme finished with some laid back electronica from Cambridge-based Tom Adams and Ian Handsley, a DJ I used to see out and about in Osaka. He now makes lush ambient music under the name enh. You can find more of his music here.

Elbow - High Ideals
Prince Rama - Those Who Live For Love Will Live For Ever
DJ Incidental - Uh La Lai
Louis Armstrong & The Hot Five - Struttin’ With Some Barbecue
Wayne Holloway Smith - Cutting a Figure (1.30)
Lester J. Allen - Good Old Luton Town
Rue Royale - Deck The Halls
Anna Silvera - Snow Queen
Billy Bragg - She Smiled Sweetly
Charly “The City Mouse” Fasano - Laundry Day
Tom Adams - Through the lens I see the great cliffs, we are close now.
enh - Within You

2.12.12 with Geoffrey Heptonstall by Headstand on Mixcloud