Hail to the Swish Podcast

It is a very sad day indeed when a blog folds, especially when one so beloved as The Swish Blog. Now I know what fans of Blue States Lose felt before it found life on Gawker. And apparently the Swish Blog will live on-still on the Swish Blog, but not for a number of months. This is my first podcast ever- that I worked on previous to the announcement, but seeing as his were the first and only (aside from Smashed Robot! which isn't so much a podcast as a radio re-airing) podcasts I've listened to I thought -hey-what better title is there for this post?

Tracklist:
1. The Truth About Cats and Dogs - Pony Up
2. Darlin' - Xerox Teens
3. She's on the Radio - Poni Hoax
4. White Light White Light - Supersytem
5. Je Veux Te Voir - Yelle
6. Postcard of a Painting - Maximo Park
7. Jerk Me - New Young Pony Club
8. Little Birds - We Are Wolves
9. Oh Marie - Ladyfuzz
10. 2014 - The Unicorns
11. Hey Boy - The Blow

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The Truth About Cats and Dogs (is that they die) - Pony Up (CA)
Loved 'em since I happened upon them while browsing the Dim Mak site last year and heard their witty indie pop.

Darlin' - Xerox Teens (UK)
They're from London that's all I know. And possibly affiliated with Styleslut. I guess I know that too.

She's on the Radio - Poni Hoax (FR)
You know what I like? Crazy French bands who are without a doubt singing about Britney Spears. I mean they mention her being across the sea-Britney's in the US, they're in France. Then "she's on the radio,"-who knows-maybe she still is in France. Then the clincher is they mention her favorite animal being a tiger and we all know about Britney and her love of tigers.
Discovered by browsing the Pop Montreal line-up (SCREW Art Pop for not holding an exhibition of my polaroids. Screw Art Pop)

White Light White Light - Supersytem (US)
This band is amazing! Their continued blend of nature and science in their lyrics is inspiring. Of course I will be out in the woods when they venture through Portland on their fall tour and I was too broke/had other commitments when they played in London town earlier this year. If memory serves me correct I had just come back from Berlin after blowing 400 pounds in 3 days, gotten fired barely two weeks later, and there may have or may have not been an equally entrancing concert in Glasgow. Plus I think it was a week day.

Je Veux Te Voir - Yelle (FR)
Discovered skipping across people's profiles on myspace. By skipping across I mean stalking across. Man this girl has a following on myspace!

Postcard of a Painting - Maximo Park (UK)
Included because of the mention of postcards in Pony Up's track and the fact that NotGL's 'Picture of a Postcard' post theme is on the verge of beginning. This is beyond my favorite Maximo Park song-god I love it! Cinematic in a 60-ish way yet aside from a waif-ish girl (ala those girls that rolled around on the floor naked in Blow Up) galavanting around Europe and writing postcards home to a frustrated Paul Smith who in turn writes postcards back from a flat in Edinburgh (Newcastle just doesn't fit), but alas has no place to send them, I can't really see any other images-so maybe not so much cinematic as just conjuring up some images, but not enough apparently. Of those images I'm seeing fade-ins as opposed to wipes with a little Monet transposition thrown in for good measure. The floral ones kinda like the ones included as prints on postcards in art museum gift shops.

Jerk Me - New Young Pony Club (UK)
Didn't think it was possible to include this many Pony (or Poni tracks), but apparently it is. Purposely left out the Ponys, and all the other Pony bands (hey-there are more Pony bands than Wolf bands!), but NYCP fit. Saw them in London in December and was under-fulfilled. Still addicted to 'The Get Go'.

Little Birds - We Are Wolves (CA)
Related post: We Are Wolves

Oh Marie - Ladyfuzz (UK)
I can envision Eddie Argos running through the streets of London hung over after waking up on the sidewalk next to the Safeway gas station a block away from the Barfly in Camden Town three weeks prior to stalking out drummer Mikey B at Merk or whatever store in Covent Garden he tracked him down at. Track courtesy of Artrocker

2014 - The Unicorns (CA)
Alright I threw this in on purpose as to kinda screw around with the gratutius nature of the number of songs by artists with Pony and Poni in their name. The first and only Unicorns track I've ever heard.

Hey Boy - The Blow (US)
Portland! Portland! Portland! And they'll be writing postcards into Not on the Guest List come their Fall Architecture in Helsinki tour too!
Related blogs: YACHT: Mr. Me Too and The Touch Me Feeling

Comments

[Mo!]

Wait, is this an mp3 blog based in England? Very nice either way.

[Nilina]

I used to live in the UK up until this past March, but now split my time between Portland and Seattle.