This month's podcast: The Vaselines, Jason Lytle (of Grandaddy), Grizzly Bear and Meursault.

Yep, it's podcast time again and this month is jam-packed full of damn fine music kicking off with a golden oldie from The Vaselines. Seeing as I've got a bit of man flu (nothing to do with swine, honest), I've spared you my nasal delivery and have instead been replaced by a hot killer robot, partly because I had just watched the season finale to The Sarah Connor Chronicles, and partly because of my mounting excitement for the new Terminator Salvation film which may or may not be any good..

But don't worry the humans haven't completely lost (yet) as we also have an entertaining wee interview from Matthew aka Mr Toad of Song By Toad Records which has just released an excellent acoustic EP by Meursault from which we've included the track William Henry Miller Part 1.

Matthew, who must never sleep given the amount he seems to get done, has just written a damn fine interview with Jason Lytle for this month's issue of The Skinny, and the issue also has interviews with The Vaselines and Grizzly Bear (a UK exclusive, apparently). So make sure you check it out, either online or in various locations around Scotland (once you've listened to the podcast obviously).

Finally, please Subscribe in iTunes and if you like what you hear please leave a review, we picked up another nice one from the lovely GangreenOwl recently :-)

Comments

[Tart]

Lovely podcast! Can't believe I haven't tuned in before now, shame on me, obviously to my detriment. I keep hearing this Grizzly Bear stuff here and there and I've had enough to make me downright curious enough to go get some, so I think you've pushed me over the edge, sir. Thanks! And your handling of Matthew was wonderfully done as well. Although I'm still waiting for the definitive version of how he and Meursault stumbled upon one another (in a dark alley, I'm guessing) haha. xoxo

[Milo]

Why thank you Tart! Perhaps its lucky you started with the one I say very little on ;-) Glad you liked the Grizzly Bear track, I recommend their album Yellow House too, very nice and chilled out.

Ha ha, he is indeed a formidable interviewee, but it was all surprisingly lucid given the fact it was half past beer already!

[Matthew]

Thanks Milo, top job. I am NOT a formidable interviewee either, I just tend to leave the poor editor with a lot of work because I talk too much.

Tart, the definitive version is very, very mundane. I found them on MySpace, just randomly clicking links, then went to see them at Trampoline, which also the first time I spoke to Euan and Bart properly. Then I went to their album launch at Henry's and wrote a very complimentary review of it, then invited them to do a Toad Session. By the time we had finished the Toad Session Neil had suggested doing a full re-release of the album on Song, by Toad Records.

See, not very exciting.

[Milo]

Of course not Matthew, that was said purely in jest, and there was no need for editing at all on this occasion :-)

Maybe the details of the historic meeting should have been left a mystery though or at least saved for the Toad memoirs!