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A Badge of Friendship on FUBAR - Ep. 41 feat. NZCA Lines and Gigwise!
This is the gang's last live recording for a while as the trip are about to embark upon an 8-week break to revamp the show. There will be lots of surprises, special guests and awesome content from April onwards but that doesn't mean episode 41 is any less brilliant than the rest.
Michael of NZCA Lines and Andrew Trendell of Gigwise joins Claire, Paul and Ed on the phone. NZCA Lines' terrific album Infinite Summer is out now and Andrew Gigwise chats about his favourite January releases and starts the most important discussion they've ever had - the perfect potato salad recipe. Onions or no onions? You decide!
Tracks played on the show:
Bad Wave - ‘Runaway’
Shearwater - ‘Quiet Americans’
Nzca Lines - ‘Two Hearts’
Nzlca Lines - ‘Chemical Is Obvious’
David Bowie - ‘Lazarus’
Tortoise - ‘The Catastrophist’
Savages - ‘The Answer’
Dialects - ‘It’s Not A Ghost… It’s Gravity’
Tongues - ‘Religions'
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A Badge of Friendship on FUBAR - Ep. 40 - Classic Rock Magazine Special!
The gang are back with their first live recording of the new year and it's a Classic Rock Magazine special, with Managing Editor Jo 'Jingles' Kendall and Assistant Features Editor Polly Glass chatting about the latest issue (February 2016).
Tracks played on the show:
David Bowie - ‘Moorage Daydream’
Black Stone Cherry - ‘The Way Of The Future’
Field Music - ‘Disappointed’
Supertramp - ‘Logical Song’
Baroness - ‘Shock Me’
Stone Temple Pilots - ‘Plush’
Purson - ‘Electric Landlady’
The Temperance Movement - ‘Get Yourself Free’
Ming City Rockers - ‘Sell Me A Lemon’
Tortoise - ‘The Catastrophist’
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Festive Friday!
As a special edition of our Tunes for a Tuesday blogs we've put together a few of our favourite festive tracks for your audio delight.Claire: The Futureheads - Christmas Was Better In The 80s
The Futureheads pretty much hit the nail on the head when it comes to a modern day take Christmas track - it’s fun, it’s festive and there’s a little nostalgia in there too (see the title - doh!). Plus being a fellow 80s child I concur wholeheartedly with the sentiment. Perhaps being an adult at Christmas is just boring now but either way, this is right at the top of my list for best original alternative Christmas songs. Bring on the festive fun. YAAAS!
Paul: Spinal Tap - Christmas With The Devil
It wouldn’t be Christmas without a bit of Spinal Tap inspiring our holiday cheer. Ultimately, this is just pure Spinal Tap and that’s why I like it, and what’s not to like about their quirky take on all things festive? With lyrics like “the elves are dressed in leather, and the angels are in chains… and the stockings are in flames...” how could you not like this little rock and/or roll Christmas ditty. To be fair Spinal Tap could probably shit in a cracker and present it to one and all at Christmas dinner and it would still be of significant quality to enhance any holiday season. “There’s a demon in my belly and a gremlin in my brain, there’s someone up the chimney hole and Satan is his name…”. Merry fucking christmas!
Ellie: Best Coast and Wavves - Got Something For You
I’ve been a fan of Best Coast and their Californian indie-pop for a fair few years now, so I was delighted when I discovered that they’d done a Christmas song with fellow indie rockers Wavves. ‘Got Something For You’ brings a bit of sunshine to these bleak winter months but don’t worry, they’ve also thrown in some rather lovely sleigh bell sound affects to keep things festive too.
Adam: Lisa Hannigan - Silent Night
A beautiful if not a little dark take on the traditional classic. I'm not really a fan of the usual Christmas pop (unless it's really, REALLY good) and much prefer the old carols, especially those with a few minor chords thrown in, everything is so sweet/bright/unflinchingly full on at this time of year, it's nice to have something to balance it out while retaining that festive feel. Sung entirely a cappella the lyrics are twisted into a dark tale of the loneliness at this time of year. Not to ruin the mood or anything...
A Badge of Friendship on Fubar - Ep 36 - Tired and Emotional
With the end of the year nearly in site and many a pre-record to do before Christmas, Claire, Paul and Ed crawl their way through episode 36. This was the last live recording before the end of the year, with the gang back on January 4th 2016. However, despite the gang's shattered state, we've managed to delivered more quality bands and strange chat as always!
Pass The Cheese, World of Weird and Label Love are back plus two rounds of music news. Why is Taylor Swift trademarking... everything!? And are we happy about Pearl Jam returning in 2016? All this in the latest episode.
Check out the full tracklisting for this week’s show below:
Thyla - 'Us And Them'
The Dø - 'Trustful Hands'
Darwin Deez - 'The Mess She Made'
Memoryhouse - 'Arizona'
ESTRONS - 'Make A Man'
Julia Holter - 'Feel You'
Aurora - 'Runaway'
Nevermen - 'Mr. Mistake'
Porsches - 'High'
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A Badge of Friendship on Fubar - Ep 35 - Hamburg City Special + our albums of 2015!
This week we decided to take a musical trip through Hamburg chatting with Lars Lewerenz of Audiolith. Lars brought a little sunshine into the studio chatting with Claire and Paul about Hamburg, his label and the German music scene in general
Later in the show, the pair reflect on their albums of 2015. There was so much good music this year so it was hard to narrow it down but Hawk Eyes' album Everything Is Fine was up there with the best of them so it seemed only fitting that Paul from the band joined ABoF on the phone chatting about their successful year.
Check out the full tracklisting for this week’s show below:
Foxes - 'Running Up'
Die Goldenen Zitronen - 'If I were A Sneaker'
Fettest Brot - 'Da Draussen'
F*CK ART, LET'S DANCE! - 'Atlas'
Hundreds - 'Please Rewind'
Hawk Eyes - 'Die Trying'
Tame Impala - 'Eventually'
Vennart - 'Infatuate'
Mew - 'My Complications'
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