Inspired by an iPod playlist, and realising that many TFL listeners might not have heard these great tracks first time round, I decided to forego the playlist for this week and bring you some classic tracks from podcasts past.

46Bliss – Joan of Arc

Au4 – Hit & Miss

Eddyfink – Immuno

Ejectorseat – Not My Girl

Ardent John – Legoland Towns

Dropkick – Chastity Pyjamas

Dead Beat Club – Everything Turns To You

Don Lennon – What SNL Stands For

The soundbed was ‘Nomad’ by Satya
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I’m back, with only one properly-working knee out of two but an enthusiasm for more great new music! You can be too old for running, but never too old for discovering amazing new artists.

Plum – The Seed / The Truth & The Knife

Blind Divine – Spinning Into You

Trip To Dover – Better or Bitter

The soundbed was ‘Hours’ by Tycho
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*Update* I’ve broken my promise Sorry! Not managed to get round to recording a new show yet.

After an unexpected week off, I’m back with a triple-bill of fantastic Scottish music from bands new to the podcast. There seems to be a resurgence of great new bands in Scotland and an influx of their music in the TFL inbox; great news however you look at it!

Miss Lucid – This Life / Another Pathogen

The Deadly Winters – The Liar & The Thief / The Deadly Winter

Day of Days – Chances of Life / Fierce Mink

The soundbed was ‘Something Like Nostalgia’ by The Abbasi Brothers
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Chatter. Dodgy mixer. Late start. Great music. It’s just another week in the life of the Three From Leith podcast!

Letters – The Halfway House

These Reigning Days – Changes

The Arhats – Big Events / Stars

The soundbed was ‘Ascension’ by Bryan El
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A double-helping of everything on this week’s show, with a distinctly punk attitude pervading the tracks lined up for you. At least you don;t have to worry about anyone gobbing on you or pogoing all over your bunions….

The Plimptons – Cynical & Bloated / Never Going Back To Work

The Happy Problem – Curvature / Matador

Jackson’s Warehouse – Running As Fast As You Can / Ska Face

The soundbed was ‘The Murf (album version)’ by Rendezvous
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Back again. Blethering. Running. Bloody good music. What more do you need?

The Capitals – Sinking Ships

Lost Reality – Discoboy

The Capitals – Jealousy

The Wheel Workers – Stereomad

The soundbed was ‘Hotel Madras (Remix 2011)’ by All India Radio
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See you next week.

First show of 2012, after taking a podcasting break during the rather depressing month of January! Two tracks recorded very locally, plus two from a little further afield. News of Santa, running and why I’ve been off the bike for a bit.

The Machine Room – Your Head On The Floor Next Door

My Tiny Robots – Guild of Defiants

The Lost Patrol – Dead or Alive / The Road Is Long

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*Cue Noddy Holder shriek* IT’S CHRISTMAAAAAAAAS!!!! on Three From Leith, as festive fun & frivolity (and not a little vintage mulled wine) share the studio on a balmy December afternoon and jolly Mr M gets into the spirit of the season. Have a very Merry Christmas, one and all – but please be sure to accompany it with a blast of Three From Leith!

King Never – We Three Kings

Winzenried (aka The Hollywood Drunks) – Looks Like Christmas

Jody Gnant – My Favourite Things

CSSR State Philharmonic – Good King Wenceslas

Berlin Symphony Orchestra – Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy

Kevin M Thomas – God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

Sentinel – The Christmas Song

Quiet Company – O Holy Night

Wyldlife – Rumple Minze

Modern Science – Funky Christmas

Winzenried (aka The Hollywood Drunks) – Here Comes Santa Claus

Jim Hitchcock – Coast Highway Christmas

This Is Lizzard – Christmas In Summertime

The Stormy Seas – The Christmas Before Last

The soundbed was ‘Joy To The World (Mocean Worker Remix)’ by Cathedral Brass
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It’s “Ladies’ Night” this week on Three From Leith, as sheer coincidence meant that the third artist arrived just in time to finally complete the trio that had been sitting forlornly as a duo for weeks. I really love it when shows come together like that, quite by surprise.

Capsula
“Hit ‘n’ Miss”
from “In the land of silver souls”
(BCore Disc)

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Hey Geronimo – Why Don’t We Do Something

Royal Treatment Plant
“Battle Scars / All The Same”
from “Halfway To The Sun”
(Tip Top Recordings)

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Update 02/12/2011 – and the tiler was back tonight to fit some edging & apply some more silicone sealent, so once again my podcasting time was eaten up. So – next week! I’ll (hopefully) be on holiday by then and should be able to get a podcast together before the Tuesday!

It’s “Ladies’ Night” this week on Three From Leith, as sheer coincidence meant that the third artist arrived just in time to finally complete the trio that had been sitting forlornly as a duo for weeks. I really love it when shows come together like that, quite by surprise.

Rise – I Know

Lena – Left With Myself

Ryli – Here I Am / Holding On

The soundbed was ‘Summer Moon Electro’ by Ariaphonics
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What links Portland to Leith, and why was there big excitement in TFL Towers this week? Find out why, along with another stunning selection of the finest music available on the planet this week!

Boy Eats Drum Machine
“Hoop + Wire”
from “Hoop + Wire”
(Tender Loving Empire)

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Typhoon
“Starting Over (Bad Habits)”
from “Hunger and Thirst”
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Marching Band
“Another Day”
from “Pop Cycle”
(U & L Records, Inc.)

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See you next week as we creep inexorably towards the the end of the year…

Time to head north of the border for this show, featuring three new Scottish bands – one of which has featured before, but the other two are TFL virgins! As well as the great new music, there’s some great news. You’ll have to listen to find out what that is, of course…

The Stormy Seas – Morbid Desire

The Modests – Lucy’s Fur Coat / Don’t Hold Back

Dead Boy Robotics – Gatherer On The Threshold (Single Edit)

The soundbed was ‘Earth Alone’ by Michael Brook
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Well, the laptop is alive again and just to prove it, I’m writing the shownotes on it once more from the comfort of the settee on a Sunday night! It’s strange, all of this podcast timeshifting; recording on a Friday based on music selections I’ve received in the past, with a playlist I have roughly decided in advance, then shownoting it for a release date that’s in the future (as a write). So – enjoy the music of the future from your pal in the past. Oh, and are we all using personal jetpacks & eating dinners in pill form yet?

The Kush – Aniseed

Stone Antica – They’ll Strike You Out

Tone Puppets – India Kind (The Killaflaw Remix) / Ignore

The soundbed was ‘Solaris XL’ by Bryan El
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You know those days when nothing works or goes right? Well, this recording was done on one of those. It was a struggle to start it, a struggle to get through it and a struggle to end it without something going amiss. Still, I managed somehow. The music’s great, even if the host is a bit on the flakey side this week…

Go Tell Apollo – Catch 22

This Is Lizzard – Won’t Give Up

The Easton Ellises – Ersatz / SexDrugsRockandRoll

The soundbed was ‘Phote’ by SFT
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Well, a little late because my podcasting time has been used up in other ways (daughter time!), but here it is – a superb taste of Floydian & Genesis/Marillion-esque prog. That explains the extended running time, as you can see! Enjoy – I certainly did.

Airbag – All Rights Removed

Phideaux – Snowtorch (Part 1)

Airbag – The Bridge

The soundbed was ‘SadSequence_Part1-2(edited)’ by Fumitaka Anzai
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Only a four-day week last week, and a four day week this week – then I’m off for a week on childcare duty. It almost feels like having a summer holiday, though I’m going nowhere! Still, there’ll be plenty of time to listen to lots of great music like this when I’m sitting at home.

Call The Doctor – Take It Out

Lachi – Bug Out

The Fuse – Lit Up / Phantom

The soundbed was ‘Ice Palace’ by Aeryal
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Time to pull back a little and take it a bit easier with some less frantic, more acoustic music this week. It’s ironic really, as I’m typing these shownotes on a wild & windy night with gusts battering off the side of TFL Towers….

Good King Friday – Carousel

Nick Tann – 3am

Franco & The Dreadnought – Bulletproof / Last Man Standing

The soundbed was ‘Future’s Bright’ by Hungry Lucy
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It’s the end of the Edinburgh Festival and Fringe for another year; the acts have packed up and left, the Festival Fireworks have long fizzled out and the tourists are drifting away. Fear not, however – for the Scottish artists will play on long & loud on the Three From Leith podcast! Thus week there’s a treat as we have three for you.

Prince Edward Island – You Look Like I Need A Drink

Letters – Flash!Lights!

Cancel The Astronauts – Playing Hard To Get / Seven Vices

The soundbed was ‘Waukaringa (Unreleased Version)’ by All India Radio
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Rising from the dead, amidst a flurry of new, independent music to revive even the most withered of souls, it’s the first new Three From Leith podcast in absolute YONKS. Hello again and thanks for standing by for my return, and apologies for the fact that my absence was extended due to an unexpected & severe hardware failure on the podcasting PC. Just think yourselves lucky you didn’t hear the language that spewed forth from my potty mouth during the two weeks it took me to fix it! Anyway, on with the show:

Electric River – Phony Radio

Anglia – Charming Liar

My Tiny Robots – Rock Bossa Nova Four Beat Black

Electric River – Monsters Ball

The soundbed was ‘Something Like Nostalgia’ by The Abbasi Brothers
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