Category: DJing

ooooOOOOoooohhhh! Halloween Special Groink, hence waaaay more old tunes than normal cos I wanted to play a slew of ancient spooky / gothy tunes. Cos Goths own Halloween. Top spooooky tune tonight was October Country’s 1968 bop, ‘My Girlfriend Is A Witch’: Tonight, youse hoird: Artist Title Year Niji Sounds of the City 2023 aDUBta…

HOOOOOOWWWAAAAAHHH! Tonight’s TOP NEW TUNE was En Sista by Swedish wonders, Nära Döden. Here it is: And if you don’t like that, you smell of TORY SEWAGE. Tonight, youse hoird: Artist Title Album Year Duration Gum Minor Setback Minor Setback 2023 03:29 LUMER Nightmare Without End Nightmare Without End 2023 04:05 Palehound The Clutch Eye…

I had such a fun time on Friday night, DJing at Electric Daisy in Derby. Although it had pissed down earlier on, we were lucky with the weather and it was a fine, slightly chilly night. Both Hexial and James Glew did cool sets of very catchy, flowingly melodic bleepy bloopiness. And I did my…

The best new song was a WHOLE ALBUM tonight and that was the magical, wonderful, scintillating, shimmying, jazz-handsing Subspace Rhapsody by the cast of Strange New Worlds / crew of the Starship Enterprise. I cannot emphasise how much I love this episode. I’ve watched it four times now and each time, I notice more little…

Tonight’s best new track was Close The App by Elijah x Jammz: And you also hoird: Artist Title Masta Ace Certified Steve Reich Six Marimbas Still Mountains New Hampsterdam Seven Impale HUNTER Focus Hocus Pocus Kvelertak 1985 Young shushu Shushu Champloo (feat. Big L) Post Animal Aging Forest Blksmiith Satellite from days of old, lead…

Tonight’s best track was TWO TRACKS by Knower which I played cos their new album was released this month and you can buy it here. Here’s their superbop, I’m The President: Tonight, youse hoird: Federico Durand Niebla, montaña, pinos Carlos Dengler Desert Flora Viva Voce Alive with Pleasure Protomartyr For Tomorrow Theo Parrish Once I…

Another lubly Bzangy with a fragrant cohort of mop-topped music geeks comprising the audience. The most fun thing about being a DJ is trying to read your crowd and then poking them with tracks, seeing if you can make them sing / dance / laugh / weep. And I can tell you, I had fun…

Woohoo! A few more people tonight and some requests for tracks I’ve played previously! I was dead chuffed! Tonight’s best tune was Jonathan Bree‘s ‘When We Met’: It’s a supersmooth, dolorous threnody to the first blasting bursts of new love, very Magnetic Fields in its bassett-hound melodrama. Tonight, youse hoird: Fruit Bats We Used to…

This month’s top tune was Leila by Acid Arab: It’s a stunning track from their new album, Trois. This track is like pure crack for me; I could listen to it on a loop for months. The interplay between the rhythm of the vocals and the grunting, pulsating synth is absolutely fucking perfect. If it…

Whoop whoop! First Bzangy of 2023! Tonight’s best new choon was Get Unjaded by The Cool Greenhouse, a wonderful sputter of rambling meanderings over an angular post-punk beat. Here’s the tykes: Photay Feeling, Now Matriarchs All Hail the Underdog Ahab Colossus of the Liquid Graves Axel Boman Nowhere Good feat. Bella Boo Humour alive and…

This week’s best new track is two very old tracks – A Message To You and Ghost Town by The Specials. Well, it had to be after Terry Hall passed away on the 18th. Way before his time. As a kid, The Specials were everything great about British culture for me; this collision between different…

WOOHOOOO! After a huuuuuge hiatus, BZANGY IS BACK and it started out lovely last night with a tiny but outrageously gorgeous audience. It was a bloody long set, I DJed from 8pm to 1am at Dubrek but I’m pleased to say the majority of what I played was new music, from 2022. Plus a smattering…

On Friday night just gone, I did a little set at a shindig for Format Festival. Here’s what I played: Knocked Loose – Oblivions Peak Stromae – Tous Les Memes Brakes – Heard About Your Band A Tribe Called Quest – The Space Program Yussef Kamaal – Black Focus Kvelertak – 1985 TRIM – RPG…

HOO BOY! Another lovely night DJing for Ian Watson at his lovely HDIF night. We had a good crowd in, a load of mods, some rudeboys and, obviously, plenty of indiepop and soul kids. Here’s what I played: Band Of Gold – For You The Free Design – 2002 – A Hit Song Public Service…

I had loads of fun DJing the Grawl!x album launch party on Saturday night! Here’s what I played: The Operators – Cold Light L’Orange & Kool Keith – Dr. Bipolar Menace Beach – Tennis Court Handguns – Sleep Deprived Baths – Miasma Sky Such Gold – Two Year Plan Brood Ma – Sex Compressor Boo…

On Friday, the lovely chap above, Ian, had me guest DJ at HDIF again and, as ever, I had a whaaale of a time. It’s the first time I’ve DJed in The Buffalo Bar and I love the venue, it’s got a wonderful vibe and it was soon packed with shimmying indie peeps. There’s a…

Yaaaaay! On Saturday, I DJed How Does It Feel? again and had a silly fun time. It was a bit empty at the start but I got the floor full by the time I handed over to HDIF supremo Ian which is always VICTORY for a DJ. I managed to fit in a good few…

Last Saturday, I had the privilege of DJing at the almighty HDIF! And, my god, it was rammed! Probably the fullest I’ve done yet, which is encouraging. So many people were asking what tune I was playing, I love that because the whole reason I DJ is to introduce new music! Made me feel all…

On Friday, I travelled down to London to see my friend Amy. We had a great time wandering around (to me) exotic and sumptuous Leyton. The cake shops! Mmmm… Those little Portuguese thingies, with the pastry and the custardniess are deadly. Then last night I DJed again at HDIF (How Does It Feel To Be…

Tonight’s best new track was ‘Super Duper Rescue Heads,’ Deerhoof’s poppiest track to date. This song is pure sunshine dappling your face through leaves, butterflies flapping around like nutters and tiny dogs yapping shopping lists. The best old track was The Boo Radley’s ‘Lazy Day.’ Another slice of summer in a pop song, I used…

Tonight’s best new track was ‘Crazy For You’ by Best Coast. One minute and fifty seconds of swoonsome delight, this track comes from a similarly languid and sun-drenched album. Check it out! The best old track was Marching Band‘s ‘For Your Love.’ God, what a perfect, catchy pop song! Breezy splendour. The Vaselines – Such…

Another very, very busy night with loads of requests, good good! The best new tune was ‘MY KZ, UR BF’ by Everything Everything. Really, this isn’t the right place to go into how much I love this song. It’s… magical. Maybe I’ll write about it more here, maybe not! The album reminds me of XTC…

The best new track tonight was Reso’s ‘Armored Core.’ Recently, I went stargazing. If I could travel to the stars I was admiring, I think it’d be in a massive, shuddering spaceship that can only be described adequately by this track. But don’t take my work for it – have a click on the vid…

Only a teeny-weeny playlist, this one as it was just in between bands playing: The Hidden Cameras – A Miracle Boards of Canada – 03 Olson (Version 3) John Barry – The Ipcress File The Sweptaways – Kalla Mig de Montevert – The Ghost The Orchids – Long Drawn Sunday Night my little airport –…

Pic by Ian Watson Thanks again to Ian HDIF for inviting me to DJ at his lovely, lovely club night. I had a blast and it was nice to slip in a bit of Nas and Set Your Goals in amongst the indiepopness! 🙂 This is what I played: Allo Darlin’ – Kiss Your Lips…

Umm… how can I say this? I deleted the playlist before saving it when I was DJing at HDIF this weekend… 🙁 Ah well, I’m sure the world can miss one of my playlists in a fortnight without crumbling. What I can tell you is this: the top new song I played tonight was ‘Silver…

Woohoo, another busy night with *loads* of requests which I managed to honour as well as cramming in as much new stuff as possible! The best new song tonight was ‘What Are You Waiting For?’ by Broken Links. When I first downloaded and clicked play on Broken Links, I had no idea what would leap…

No one top new track tonight because instead there were three tracks from the fantastic new album by Huoratron. Last year, Vitalic made it to the topspot in my best albums list. I have a feeling that Huoratron’s mix of stupid, stupid noises, slamming, horrible beats and the sound of seagulls being shredded is going…

Woah, a while ago so let me give my memory cells a poke… The best new track was Tame Impala’s ‘Lucidity.’ Sea breezes and clear, moonlit nights – that’s what this wonderfully dreamy track by psychpop lovers Tame Impala sounds like. Mmmm. The best old track was Casey Jone’s ‘If You’re Smoking In Here You…

A very quiet one tonight, hence the shorter playlist! The best new track was ‘When You Were Young’ by Discover America. Twiddly, melodic indie, if you like GBV, SHTYM or other singalong US indie, I think you should check it out. The best old track was ‘Where’s My Money’ by TC. I had to play…

Best new track tonight was easy – MC Esoteric‘s ‘Waxing On Decepticon’ is pure, thefty genius! If you like the idea of Le Tigre with some fucked-up rapping all over ’em, you’ll love this. Please, please check out his new album. Just for the Gary Numan shit near the end. Esoteric, I salute you, you…

Woah, sorry for the long break before posting this up, I’ve just finished my first year at Uni, essays all over the shop! 🙂 Trying to remember back… that night’s top new track was ‘Sooner If You Let Me’ by His Statue Falls. If you like shouty metalness + ravey synths, I think you’ll love…

Woah! Last Bzangy was rammed, tonight was dead – wtf? Ah well, them’s the vicissitudes of DJing! 🙂 Tonight’s top new tune was ‘Secret Sounds’ by Sheffield beat combo Screaming Maldini. You couldn’t get get a more summery, singalong indiepop song than this. Even without the kookaburra references. Check ’em out if you’ve ever sung…

Another busy Bzangy and hence loads more requests. This time for Tarkan, Saves The Day (yaaay!), Cap’n Jazz and Andrew Gold (double yaay!). Now, that’s what I call discerning music taste! The best new tune tonight is one that I’ve had in the car on repeat for the last couple of weeks. In ‘Drugstore Diet’,…

Woo – loads of requests tonight: Russian Circles, MSTRKRFT, Refused, Venetian Snares. But I still managed to cram in craploads of brand-new music as well. The best from the new was Swanton Bombs‘ ‘Who’s Asking.’ I love the rawness of this track, I love the middle bit guitar riffery. There’s a lot to be said…

Tonight’s best new track was ‘Three Card Brag’ by Diversion Tactics. And this is just one song from an album of pure gold. It makes me happy there’s already such a raw, solid hip hop album this early in the year. Sooo good. The best old track was ‘Inertiatic Esp’ by twiddly funsters The Mars…

Best new choon tonight was ‘Microviolence’ by Aloha. Very sweet, very flowing lyrical altrock/indie/pick your genre. Check it out if you like things that are guitarry and singy! The best old track was Cylob’s ‘Flicklife.’ This haunting tinkle of electronicness always manages to make me feel wistful in the same way bits of Satie do.…

Tonight’s best new tune was by the luvverly Ginger Ninja and it was ‘Crying Shame.’ Check out their debut album, ‘Wicked Map.’ If you like Friendly Fires or Errors or any other dancey, indieishpop, I think you’ll like these gorgeous Danes. The best old track was ‘Ride The Red Rhythm’ by Like A Tim. I’m…

Still feels *slightly* weird seeing ’10’ in the date up above! :-O The best new track was Ghettosock’s ‘Role Models,’ which you can listen to for free by clicking here. It’s a catchy track, perversely so in that the lyrics veer into intense territory. Great hip hop! (And he’s also giving you a free track…

Woo! The last Bzangy of ’09 and a chance to play loads of fave tracks from this year! 🙂 Tonight’s best new track was ‘Carve A Pattern’ by Butcher Boy. A right, romping, stomping pop song that reminds me sometimes of Al Stewart, sometimes of Nick Drake and loads of being a kid and watching…

The best new track tonight was a newie by Bryan Scary & The Shredding Tears, ‘Imitation Of The Sky.’ Taken from one of the maddest albums I’ve heard in a long time, I’d suggest you check this out if you’ve ever liked Of Montreal, The New Pornographers or any late psych/early prog. Sooo catchy! The…

Ahh, the best new song tonight was easy – ‘The Comfort’ by Moss. Just a perfect, singalong indiepop song. If you’ve ever sung along with The Shins, The Format, Phoenix, The Pursuit Of Happiness or Sex Clark Five, I suggest you go and buy their new album. It’s ace! The best old song was ‘Sunday’…

There wasn’t one best new track, there were three! All from the featured album by Vitalic, ‘Flashmob.’ I’m guessing it’s not inspired by Larry Niven but even so, it’s my fave electronic record of 2009 (so far!). It’s dancey, demented, dissonant deliciousness. The track ‘Flashmob’ itself sounds like Louis and Bebe Barron discovered the funk…

The best new track tonight was ‘DQMOT’ by People Under The Stairs. Every album they release is full of gems and I really had a tough time picking one to play tonight. Amazing hip hop, just pure fun and wicked rapping! The sharp-eyed Groinker might notice a bit more retro electro than I normally play.…

The best new song tonight was ‘Straight Edge Hangover’ by the chaps above, In Defence. A lovely dollop of new (but old-skool-sounding) sXe hardcore, it slotted in nicely towards the end of my set when I had a need for some straight-edge shoutiness. Probably because I’ve been getting so much shit for choosing to be…

The best new track tonight was ‘Sweet Beef’ from The Bear Quartet, another damn fine Swedish alternative band that I only know about due to my Scandi excursions of the last few years. Check out the new album from them, it’s marvellous! The best old track was, of course, ‘Obsession’ by Animotion. What can I…

Tonight’s best new track was ‘Kids At The Club’ by The Paper Merchants. Bias disclosure: I recently gigged with TPM in Sweden and got talking to them all as I liked their show so much. And they’re as wonderful as their music. Sooo, yeah, I’m biased. But if you love singalong pop, I reckon you’ll…

The best new track tonight was ‘The Architect’ by It Dies Today. Yes, pure metalcore, yes, magnificent, shuddering breakdowns. And, yes, the new album, out on September 15th, is excellent. Buy it if you need a bit of a shout and a windmill. 🙂 The best old track was a complete contrast: ‘En noches como…