Podrophenia June 2024 - the year so far

 

For this month’s Podrophenia show we are playing tunes discovered so far in 2024 (be they released, or we stumbled on them this year). Plenty of natter, 2 quizzes (guess the spoken song intro and football music). Plus news of a special 15th Anniversary live event.... 

SPOILER, find out all about it here: PODROPHENIA DL

Podrophenia live DJ set for your streaming ears

 Download/stream - The Podrophonic Sunday Session. Four solid hours of funk, freakbeat, reggae, forgotten Brit-pop, curious covers and Northern Soul all DJd live - and behold - a World Premiere of Billy Reeves ear-hooking new tune 'Trying to Ride a Donkey' - salutes to Pal Billy for chugging from the west end of the Thames to Westcliff on Sea for a Sunday arvo social ..

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Podrophenia : Treasure Tracking - Best Finds of 2022

 

Mondo & Piley are The Detectorists! Treasure tracking our finest finds of 22. 

There's a Rod Stewart Quiz..and, we reveal how David Bowie became the creator of Dancehall Reggae

PLAYLIST
Dani's Blues - It Was Beyond Our Control Bop English
Tenement Time  Johnny Marr
I'm On The Sideline Eddie Kendricks
Wild Child The Black Keys
Subterranean Earth Stomp Luke Haines,Peter Buck
Collapse In Slow Motion  The Frixion
Drift  Billy Reeves
There’d Better Be A Mirrorball Arctic Monkeys
Through It All Lady Wray
Wolf Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Geraldine Mickey De Grand IV
It's Alright Dave Livings
Villager Matt Deighton
Under Me Sleng Teng Wayne Smith
Dancing in the Moonlight Liza Minnelli
(Herman’s) House Special Interest
Venus In Furs Jeff Beck, Johnny Depp
Come Dancing Jeff Beck

 
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Podrophenia : Towns & Cities

 

Podrophenia takes a trip round cities and towns. There's a City or Town quiz, sandwich chat - are they best eaten gamey, and playlist of places that spans from Hanoi Rocks to a Lou Reed/Booker T team up, with new tunes from Vix20 and Campbell Findlay and The Tranquil.

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New York City Cops - The Strokes

Billy Bentley - Kilburn & The High Roads

The London Boys - David Bowie

By The Time I Get To Phoenix - Dorothy Ashby

Eggs On A Plate - Iggy Pop

Just For You - The Tranquil

KC Bound - Lowell Fulson

Cheer Up London - Slaves

Sin City - Secrets

Suburban Berlin - Japan

This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both of Us - Sparks & Faith No More

Gone - This Factory

Havana Affair (Live) - The Ramones

Invisible Girl - VIX20

Fadoodle - The Liquorice Quartet

Malibu Beach Nightmare - Hanoi Rocks

Nostalgia Machine - Soft Cell

The Bronx - Lou Reed & Booker T

Podrophenia - A Trip To The Country

Saddle up tonight as we take a Podrophonic chug-a-bug for a trip around the highways, byways and backroads of country music. From Glam Country to Funky Country and outlaw acoustics. From bluegrass banjo to flat-pickin' and fiddling. Tune in for the hayride and hee-haw!

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PLAYLIST

Rocky Top – Lynn Anderson

Have Mercy – Loretta Lynn

Country Boy – Heads Hands and Feet

Louisiana Swing – Bud Hobbs

Ain’t No Easy Way – Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

Turn To Hate – Orville Peck

The Rope and The Colt -Scott Walker

The Way It Goes – Gillian Welch

Through The Morning, Through The Night – Dillard & Clark

Sin City – The Flying Burrito Brothers

Big Jet Plane – Primal Scream

Black Mountain Boy – Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Diggy Diggy Lo – Doug Kershaw

Going Up The Country – Kitty, Daisy & Lewis

John Deere Tractor – Larry Sparks

Lung – Townes Van Zandt

Teenage Drug Queen – Phillious Williams

Choopee River Bottom Band – Larr Jon Wilson

Sermon – Bobbie Gentry

Poor Boy A Long Way From Home – The Black Keys

Double dab of Podrophenia - Sickness and Health

Behold as a Podrophonic double drop lands in your 2022 lap

Sickness:  illness is the theme of the January playlist, wherein we prescribe new tunes alongside old faves and buried treasures. Dig in and dose up here .  Or wherever you get your podcasts 

Health: Piley, Lord Hastings and m'self bring you a robust bundle and of heart-pounding sounds from 2021. Listenable here (or wherever you get your etc.....)

Podrophenia - Live, Unlocked & Lucky Dips

 

Behold just a few tunes from the recent *LIVE* Podrophenia - in which we bring you a double whammy of themes (any guesses from the pic?). Along with new tunes from LOUDwomen Eight Rounds Rapid The Helicopter of The Holy Ghost Buskr 

 

Sonically, we take you from a streaking themed instrumental album, to Middle Eastern funk a reggae refit of a Carpenters classic to the vocal (and original) version of Leone's spaghetti western theme..

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Bongophenia: Podrophenia Meets The Bongolian

A double whammy celebration wherein we tip our collective hats to The Railway Hotel, (RIP) with Piley, Mondo and Lord Hastings spinning in a selection of Railway faves they've played from the pulpit... 

 

And buckle up as two of the most blazing players ever to fizz-up a gig at The Railway - Trev and Nasser of Big Boss Man and The Bongolian, talk us through tracks from the new Bongolian album - Harlem Hipshake, plus provide a primer on best Latin and reggae albums for newbies, remember the lively nights at Blow Up club and demo Hammond and percussive techniques for beginners

All this in two hours - tune in and chow down

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The Soundr Hour - Yachtify

Soundr-Crowders: an hour of AOR vintage funk and new smooth-cruising tunes - Diana Ross, Johnny Mathis and Loyal Carner are all aboard the yacht - with a rare Toto demo and an early doors cameo from Nik Kershaw. There's also news of an exciting Soundr team-up due coming soon Stream away below

Soundr DJ · The Soundr Hour: Yachtify - cruising through new yacht and vintage smooth grooves

The Soundr Hour: Discolicious

DISCOLICIOUS: sixty minutes of funky, kooky, kamp disco makeovers. From Nina Simone to Steely Dan, 10cc to Elvis. And behold as Ian Dury, Mike Oldfield and Gordon Giltrap get re-swished with Saturday Night glitter. 

Whether you're kitchen disco-ing or preppin' for the pub - let the Soundr hour lead off your dance floor larks

Soundr DJ · The Soundr Hour: Discolicous - Funky, kooky, Kampy disco makeovers

The Soundr Hour - Cover Stars

 

Something to lively up your playlists - the Soundr Hour - Cover Stars.... 

60 solid minutes of uptempo covers: disco refits, funky reduxes and latin reworks - all contained herein. From Steely Dan to Rod Stewart, from the Average White Band to Ashford and Simpson - they all get rung and respun with fruity new versions...

Soundr DJ · The Soundr Hour: Cover Stars

Podrophenia Lockdown Listens..

The latest Podrophenia is up for download. where Piley, self and Lord Hastings spin in a playlist of lockdown listens: from Peaches to Public Service Broadcasting, newbie tunes from Bob Dylan and The Damned, Southern soul from Elvis and The Everlys. And two quizzes Nut or No Nut and Rotten Film Songs. Dig in and DL below

Podrophenia Lockdown Listens..

And behold a play of the new single from m'self and Mrs Mond' (Buskr - Back in this Place out 4th December Hottwerk) as heard on Janice Long last week ...

The Soundr Hour: Southern Comfort - Funky Country

Saddle up for the Soundr Hour: wherein we take a canter around funky country, gumbo grooves and swamp-land soul. From Bobby Gentry to Bonnie Raitt, Elvis outtakes to Glen Campbell getting on the good foot.. s'all here..




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Podrophenia - Lucky Dip / Vinyl Special

In what's possibly our most eclectic selection we do lucky dips into the Podrophonic crates.. plucking and playing all vinyl finds Tom Robinson to Tom Jones, the Fall Guy to Nola Funk, disco reggae to The Damned and Superhero rappers to Substitutes

Dial D for Podro and dip 'a' disc below

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Podrophenia Disco Especial

While Piley's away on his American trips and travels, and Popeadpedia is bed-ridden with the Disco Fever. Mixmaster Marmite assists on the decks while we strut our funky stuffs for a disco spectacular....

Nu-disco, vintage hits, forgotten floor-fillers, influencers and samplers - it's all here

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Podrophenia - Vinyl Finds and Lucky Dips

July's Podrophenia is a broadcast of two halves. In act 1 Mondo plays all new (to him) vinyl finds, while special guest Luke Mersey is laying down some digital goodies.

Then it's half time change ends while Luke gets to double decking, and Mond' presses playon the laptop.

And there's a niche don't judge a song by it's sleeve. Mayfair Train of Love in this case... ..

Style-wise it's a giddy mix of yacht rock, funky covers, nu-disco, nu-blues, urban grooves, NY Punk revisited and protest funk.. 

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Soundr: Bankr Holiday special.. 25th May

For just over a year now. I've been running a bi-monthly night of disco doings - Soundr.

Wherein we spin in tracks and tunes from Daft Punk to Dolly Parton, Tom Jones to Grace Jones and Cher to Chic.. The next run-out is 25th May - at Soundr HQ or Peggy Sue's to give it it's official title..

Should you fancy sampling the vibe of the night - dig in to Snaps 'n' claps a freshly pressed mix swishy disco and deep cut remixes..


Event deets and dates are hereabouts..

Podrophenia Numbers

May's Podrophenia is a numbers game, were we run out acts, tracks, and tunes with a numeric motif.. ranging from one to millions..

There's two pop quizzes. Can you guess the value of putting on bands for a 1969 university gig?
 And which songs are now more famous than the films they're taken from.. All here and all free...

Podrophenia Numbers

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Podrophenia International

Our most recent  Podrophenia is up for download. While Piley is trapped in Telford - Daryl Gibson sits in with a sizzling international buffet of all vinyl tunery..~

We open with disco refit of a Steely Dan classic, then crate-dig through Jamaican Electro Funk, No Wave, Reggae, Yacht, Deep House. Plus a spectacular live Afro-jazz session from the amazing Dan Parker - taste test below and grab the full session here

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Podrophenia with West Weston and Doug Kaye

The latest Podrophenia is up for download and features the twin team-up of harmonica legend West Weston (who's played with Wilko Johnson, Roger Daltry and Muddy Water's son Mud Morganfield) - and friend of Hendrix, Doug Kaye.

Both West and Doug bring in some faves to play from their impeccable record collections. All here for your listening ears...

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