Odd Girl Out: show 64

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Rebecca Clamp came into the studio to discuss her new album, Key to the City, and her life in sunny Helsinki. We also had a new desk, which resulted in a few problems with levels, and a mid-show CD player switch, which ramped up the tension levels.

Show 64; 21/4/11; repeated 24/4
Joan As Police Woman—Christobel

Rebecca Clamp;
photo: Val Phoenix

Scrawl—Reuters
Dirty Projectors—Stillness Is the Move
Foehn—I Really Love High Winds
PJ Harvey—The Last Living Rose
Rebecca Clamp—live interview
Rebecca Clamp—Ghostly Tram Song
Foehn—Piano Clatter
Christine Fellows—What Makes the Cherry Red
Rebecca Clamp—interview
Rebecca Clamp—Shortcut
Ilsebill—In the Office
Yelle—Que Veux Tu (Madeon mix)
Data 3—Heartful of Soul
Freelance Whales—Hannah (Lightwaves mix)
Yo-Yo—Pass It On
Husky Rescue—Fast Lane (2 Thugs mix)
L7—Me, Myself and I
Bettina Köster—Thar She Blows (Weltklang mix)
Altered Images—Pinky Blue
Graham Coxon / Paloma Faith / Bill Ryder-Jones—Desire
Buffalo Daughter—California Blues
Autoclave—Summer
Ear Pwr—Baby Houses
Linus—Lift Off
Spoenk—Serene
Juliana Hatfield 3—Spin the Bottle
The One AM Radio—Sunlight (Prefuse 73 mix)
Shop Assistants—Too Much Adrenaline
The Clutters—More
Tsunami—Beauty part II
Delphine Dora and Half Asleep—Zelda
AngloCanadien—Japanese Water Garden

Coming up on show 64

You wait ages for a guest and then two come along in quick succession. This week's visitor to the interrogation room is Helsinki-based singer-songwriter Rebecca Clamp. Check out this video for her song, "St. Wilgefortis", patron saint of bearded ladies.


St. Wilgefortis

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Odd Girl Out: show 63

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Jude Cowan graced the studio, performing poems from her new collection, For the Messengers, as well as two songs improvised from news stories drawn from the Reuters archive.

Show 63; 14/4/11; repeated 17/4
Ladytron—Playgirl
Tarnation—Tell Me It's Not So
Sleepy Vikings—Twin Peaks
Jude Cowan—Ah, Sunflower!
Jude Cowan—interview + poems
Freschard—Life in Vain
Kill the Dandies!—Sand
Jude Cowan—interview + songs
Sneaker Pimps—Roll On
Milenasong—Love Will Appear
Strawberry Story—Think of Me
The Coathangers—Hurricane
The Action Time—The World Is Against Us
Blindness—Broken
Internal/External feat. Kathleen Hanna—Stepping up to the Mic
TBA—Deeply Superficial
Addie Brik—No
Atari Teenage Riot—Blood in My Eyes
Magnapop—13
tUnE-YarDs—Bizness
French Horn Rebellion—What I Want (JD Samson's Eva Hesse mix)
Noblesse Oblige—Moonchild
AGF / Craig Armstrong—Konstantinopolis
Lotte Kestner—Nurse
Rebecca Clamp—St. Wilgefortis
NY Loose—Spit
Cocknbull Kid—Asthma Attack
Nite Jewel—Am I Real
The Do—Too Insistent

Coming up on show 63

Live guest alert: woman-of-a-thousand-talents Jude Cowan will be in the studio, giving her take on current events in song and reciting poetry.

Odd Girl Out: show 62

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The sun shone, the equipment worked. Hurrah!

Show 62; 7/4/11; repeated 10/4

J. Foxter; photo by V. Phoenix

Free Kitten—Bouwerie Boy
Dub Narcotic Sound System ft. Lois—Ship to Shore (Boot Party mix)
Unthanks—Queen of Hearts
Laurie Anderson—Duets on Ice (live excerpt)
Josefeen Foxter—interview
Patsy Cline—Leaving On Your Mind
Therese Aune—Grey Ghost
Masha Qrella—Hypersomnia
MNDR—Cut Me Out (Hervé mix)
Jude Cowan—Nations Nations
Natalia Kills—Mirrors (Frankmusik mix)
Girl in a Thunderbolt—Rain Dance
The Clutters—Under Suspicion
Hole—Credit in the Straight World
Planningtorock—Doorway
Cobra Killer—L.A . Shaker
CALLmeKAT—My Sea
Nico—Frozen Warnings
Laurie Anderson—Duets on Ice (live excerpt)
Josefeen Foxter—interview
Siouxsie and the Banshees—New Skin
YACHT—Dystopia
50 Foot Wave—Clara Bow (live)
Low—Especially Me
Feline—Two Minds
Oh Land—White Nights (Max Tundra mix)
Florida—The Girl on the Escalator
Winter Took His Life—Could Go Now
Lady Lazarus—Immortal Youth
Dresden Dolls—Stand By Your Man (live)
Carol Anne McGowan—So to the Sea (studio version)
Architecture in Helsinki—Contact High

Coming up on show 62

This week we investigate the new queer film festival on the block, Fringe!, with one of its curators, Josefeen Foxter. Plus, new tunes from Planningtorock and The Unthanks.

Odd Girl Out: show 61

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An audio obstacle course of sorts, with disappearing channels, stuck CDs and other unplanned aural adventures.

Show 61; 31/3/11; repeated 3/4/11
Hanin Elias—Blue

Alex Thiele

CuckooLand—As Good As It Gets
Operator Please—Catapult
Dot Allison—Melted (Edit)
Alex Thiele—interview
The Raincoats—Off-duty Trip
Thomas Tantrum—Sleep (Band of Skulls mix)
Cibo Matto—Beef Jerky
Heidi Elva—The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
Gossip—And You Know...
John and Jehn—And We Run
Kill Sybil—Lucky
Ellie Goulding—Heartbeats
Wat Tyler—Saragosa Girl
Bachelorette—Instructions for Insomniacs
Karen Finley—Sacred Meat
Blonde Redhead—This Is Not
Metronomy—The Look (Ghostpoet mix)
Lisa Gornick / Campbell—interview
L7—Everglade
Yelle—Comme un Enfant
Showgirls—Saturation Saturday
Alex Winston—Locomotive
Jude Cowan—The Little Vagabond
The Au Pairs—Repetition
Ezza Rose—2%
Ra Ra Riot—Each Year
Belly—Sexy S
Sleepy Vikings—Calm
Curve—Forgotten Sanity
We Are Enfant Terrible—Filthy Love (The Shoes mix)
Bis—Skinny Tie Sensurround
Cassie Morgan and the Lonely Pine—No More Tears

Coming up on show 61

The first new show back on BST features more conversation from the launch of the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, including indie filmmakers Lisa Gornick and Campbell discussing "flirting through the mind" and producer Alex Thiele explaining the market for lesbian features.

Time Change

The clocks went forward this morning, meaning Odd Girl Out now runs on BST. This should start with today's repeat.

Odd Girl Out: show 60

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Spring shows some signs of arriving. If only a replacement for our faulty studio headphone jack would follow suit.


Show 60; 24/3/11; repeated 27/3
Edith Nylon—Edith Nylon
Nervous Gender—Exorcism
Batwings Catwings—Peacock Collection
The Shoes ft. Cocknbull Kid—Cliche
Amanda Nevill—interview
The Fall—Hotel Bloedel
Jen Gloeckner—Peace Among the Chaos
Barbara Manning—End of the Rainbow
Lykke Li—I Follow Rivers (I Follow You mix)
Bettina Köster—Crime Don't Pay
Spark—Crave
Caro Snatch—She Is Her Kink
Suburban Reptiles—45 Single
Low—July (live)
Shunda K—DANCING (Deekline and Pure SX mix)
Cherry Vanilla—The Punk
Little Scream—Cannons
Pow Wow—Brian
ilex—gamelan marimba
Lisa Gornick / Campbell—interview
Petticoats—Allergy
Jude Cowan—Echoing Green
Kleenex—Ü
The Knife/Mt. Sims/Planningtorock—Seeds
Anna Calvi—Jezebel
Tollwut—Seuchen
Stefanie Sourial—Inside Beside
Xylos—Not Enough
X-ray Spex—I Am a Poseur
TBA—Blue Shadow
Ref—Soda Bikarbona
Paper Crows—Follow the Leader (George Lenton mix)
Wartburgs für Walter—More More Anymore
Rap—Accident

Coming up on Odd Girl Out show 60

Ooh! The big 6-0 beckons, with more cinematic delights, on the theme of the 25th (and possibly, final) London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival. I have a frank interview with BFI director Amanda Nevill, outlining the impact of government funding cuts on the festival, plus indie filmmakers Lisa Gornick and Campbell discussing their involvement in the intriguing-sounding feature The Owls. Soundtracked by turbo-powered tunage.