This week: repeat of Odd Girl Out 43

This week's show is a repeat of show 43, my one-year anniversary celebration. Jam-packed with interviews and my favourite tunes from the preceding 12 months.

Odd Girl Out: show 54

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The big ol' Australian special, featuring a horde of tracks from Down Under, accompanied by an interview with MEN's JD Samson and a rather embarrassing technical faux pas mid-way through, lest I rest on my laurels.

Show 54; 27/1/11, repeated 30/1/11
Suicide Squad—New Kids Army
Chicks on Speed—We Don't Play Guitars
Sia—Clap Your Hands (Prince Vince mix)
AGF / Craig Armstrong—The Tree
The Paradise Motel—Hollywood Landmines (Juniper mix)
Ladytron—Ace of Hz (Punks Jump Up mix)
Frente!—Burning Girl
Viv Albertine—The False Heart
Lady Lazarus—Twilight on a Steinway
JD Samson—interview
MEN—Life's Half Price
Caroline—Gone
Jasmina Maschina—City Fever
Sally Seltmann—Harmony to My Heartbeat
Jen Gloeckner—52nd Thrill
XL Capris—My City of Sydney
The Last Kinection—Rhythm Is a Dancer
MNDR—Cut Me Out
Danielle Spencer—Citizen
Angus and Julia Stone—Big Jet Plane
Amanda Palmer—Map of Tasmania
Woodbine—Mound of Venus
Sarah Blasko—All I Want
Operator Please—Volcanic (Dublin Aunts mix)
Brigitte Handley and the Dark Shadows—Time to Fight Back!
Seja—I'll Get to You
Angie Hart—Only Love Can Break Your Heart
Divinyls—Pleasure and Pain
NitOCriS—Sycophant
Wrong Kind of Stone Age—Run Amok
DUSTdevils—Receiver
Gash—Lovegame Bullshit
The Distillers—Warriors

Coming up on Odd Girl Out show 54

This week the long-awaited interview with JD Samson airs, ahead of the release of MEN's debut album. Plus, more than a sprinkling of Aussie tunes.

Odd Girl Out: show 53

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A bit of an odds-and-sods show, with various compilations taking us in weird directions, as well as previews of the forthcoming MEN album and my Pinky! mix.

Show 53; 20/1/11, repeated 23/1/11
The Violets—Parting Glances
The Duke Spirit—Procession
God Is My Co-Pilot—Anatomically Correct
The Hundred in the Hands—Pigeons
Cobra Killer—Vitamine
Nouvelle Vague—Dusty Typewriter
Cevanne—We're Watching You
Superchunk—Scary Monsters
Glands of External Secretion—Demons on the Mountains
Lady Lazarus—Half-Life
Esben and the Witch—Warpath
Clara Luzia—All I Wish For
Music for One—A Day in Tiger Bay
Archbishop Kebab—interview
Archbishop Kebab—Where's the Spice
Free Kitten—Revlon Liberation Orchestra
Supersnazz—Sometimes
Butter 08—It's the Rage
Demander—Conversations
The Chefs—Love Is Such a Splendid Thing
MEN—Who Am I to Feel So Free?
Broadcast—Accidentals
Natacha Atlas—I Put a Spell on You
The Horn The Hunt—Raptor
Crazy Girl and the Dog—Seein Red
Low—Laser Beam (live)
The Shondes—Fire Again
Kathleen Hanna —I Wish I Was Him
Xmal Deutschland—Mondlicht
Nikki D—Daddy's Little Girl
Helium with The Bird—Puffin Stars
KORT—Wild Mountain Berries
Kristin Hersh—Your Dirty Answer
Spinnanes—Stupid Crazy

Coming up on Odd Girl Out show 53

This week's show will feature the delayed interview with Archbishop Kebab, plus a selection of tasty compilations and a sneak preview of my Japanese mix, compiled for next Sunday's Le Cinema des Femmes event in London.

I am also accepting suggestions for the Australian special, which will be show 54. Email address is in the sidebar.

Odd Girl Out: show 52

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A drippy January day made for an appropriately seasonal accompaniment to this winter warmer, featuring the irrepressible Shunda K in fine conversational form. Unfortunate channel dropouts were less welcome.

Show 52; 13/1/11, repeated 16/1/11
Pink Kross—Dragstar 2000
Black Tambourine—Black Car
Carol Bui—'Geisha' Means 'Open-minded'
Flore—Any King
Shunda K—interview
Shunda K—The Most Wanted
Carambolage—Tu Doch Nicht So
Pure Reason Revolution—Fight Fire
The Aquanettas—Whoa!
Asobi Seksu—Trails
Laura Veirs / Mount Analog—The Ocean
Hallie Ruth—Trees Swing
Bachelorette—The National Grid
She Makes War—A-hole
God's Boyfriend—Washers
Beach House—I Do Not Care for the Winter Sun
Class Actress—Terminally Chill
Stereolab—Moogie Wonderland
White Hinterland—I Do Not Care for the Winter Sun
Petula Clark—Downtown (German version)
Blonde Redhead—My Plants Are Dead
50 Foot Wave—Golden Ocean
Shunda K—interview
Shunda K—I Am Yo! Majesty
Tom Tom Club—Genius of Love (Pinker Tones mix)
Cibo Matto—Le Pain Perdu
Solvor Vermeer—Pocket Full of Memories
Un—Stairways
Gretchen Seager—One Million Skies
Lauryn Hill—Everything Is Everything
Caro Snatch—Up With Radiance
Ladyhawke—Back of the Van (VST mix)
The Moves—Watchout
Jale—Nebulous

Coming up this week on Odd Girl Out show 52

Well, I have already reached my 80th post, something of a landmark.

Anyway, this week's show features music and conversation with the exuberant Shunda K, once (and future) member of Yo! Majesty and now a solo artiste, whose debut album, The Most Wanted, bows this week.

Plus, tracks by Pink Kross, Class Actress, Cibo Matto, and many, many more!

Here is Shunda K in action:

Shunda K (Yo Majesty) at The Hidden Artists Show in Tampa! from changbang on Vimeo.

Odd Girl Out: show 51

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Live tracks galore on our first show of 2011. I contributed via live feedback and a stuck CD. All part of the live experience.


Show 51; 6/1/11, repeated 9/1/11; live special
Babes in Toyland—Bluebell
Delta 5—Shadow
Grýlurnar—Gullúrið
The Go-Gos—Blades
Candice Pedersen—interview
Courtney Love—Motorcycle Boy
Lucinda Williams—Side of the Road
The Velvet Underground—I'm Sticking with You
Yeah Yeah Yeahs—Our Time
Blondie—Ring of Fire
Pixies—Gigantic
Ferron—Our Purpose Here
LiLiPUT—Like or Lump It
Golden Diskó Ship—T in a Milk Glass
Michelle Tea—The Beautiful
Sweet Honey in the Rock—Where Are the Keys to the Kingdom?
The Tourists—Useless Duration of Time
The Slits—Number One Enemy (with Nina Hagen)
Bonfire Madigan—Locational Variations on Rachel's Song
Alex Thiele—interview
Bjork—There's More to Life Than This
Patti Smith—My Generation
L7—Packin' a Rod
Shunda K—DANCING
Pat Benatar—Promises in the Dark
Q4U—Creeps
Throwing Muses—Counting Backwards
Rose Melberg—My Day
Concrete Blonde—Roses Grow
Cocteau Twins—Violaine
Michelle T Clinton—Solitude Ain't Loneliness
Blake Babies—Over and Over
Hole—Softer Softest
Spinnanes—Jad Fair Drives Women Wild
Marci Blackman—Song of the South
X—Beyond and Back
Kreviss—Sandi's Song

Coming up on Odd Girl Out show 51

Happy New Year to all. Odd Girl Out returns to the airwaves and, appropriately enough, the theme is "Live". I've assembled loads of tracks from gigs, as well as the odd live track from a studio album. This week's interviews are with Alex Thiele of Britspotting and Candice Pedersen of K Records.

Repeat this week: show 41

This week's repeat is show 41, the Orlando special, an unusually high-brow endeavour for me. Enjoy the quotes from Antye Greie and Cathie Boyd, plus the, er, breathless readings from the book, hurriedly recorded before I returned it to the local library!

I just found out that the music by AGF and Craig Armstrong that accompanies the interview clips is due for release on her label in February 2011, so consider the show a preview.

2010 most played artists

The end of live broadcasts for 2010 has allowed me to do some calculations of what I played during the year, and I have had some unexpected results.

Taken as pure plays, my playlists indicate this:

2010 Most Played Artists on Odd Girl Out (individual)
Girl in a Thunderbolt
Meshell = The Shondes = Shunda K
Jen Gloeckner = Golden Diskó Ship = Greie Gut Fraktion = Amanda Palmer = Twin Sister

However, if I combine bands or collaborations the artist appears in, the list comes out like this:

2010 Most Played Artists on Odd Girl Out (combined)
Gudrun Gut
Bettina Köster
Girl in a Thunderbolt = Amanda Palmer
AGF = Kristin Hersh
Deb Googe = Kathleen Hanna = Meshell = The Shondes = Shunda K

Interesting. Who knew counting could be so much fun? Though it doesn't tell the full story, of course.

Repeat this week: show 39

While Optical takes a break from live shows, Odd Girl Out this week will repeat show 39. This was the show that recapped my 20 years in journalism and features readings from some of my articles related to the artists on the playlist.

Odd Girl Out show 50

 

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So, the 2010 finale went out after a week-long delay, accompanied by another snowfall. How fitting. See you in 2011.

Show 50; 16/12/10, repeated 19/12/10
Penetration—Nostalgia (live at BBC)
Adickdid—All American Girl
Razika—Taste My Dream
Air Miami—Special Angel
Gustav —Neulich im Kanal
Princess Superstar—Lollipop
Grace Savage—interview
The Sound of Lucrecia—De Vez en Cuando
Kendra Smith—Get There
Viv Albertine—Home Sweet Home (at Christmas)
sleazy, inc. operated—Your Nearness Is My Place
Fastbacks—On the Wall
People Like Us / Wobbly—Fertile
Paula Frazer—Long Ago
The Duke Spirit—If the Kids Are United
Frightwig—Public Baths
Caro Snatch—Heart Knock Schule
Pram—Keep in a Dry Place and Away from Children
Grace Savage—interview
Poly Styrene—Black Christmas
The Loosies—In June
The Reborn Identity—American Days Are Over
Jasmine Solano—Poetic Justice
Kristin Hersh—Can the Circle Be Unbroken?
Amy Bezunartea—All the Things We Were Supposed to Be
Tabea Blumenschein / Frieder Butzmann / Gudrun Gut / Bettina Köster—Stille Nacht Goes Disco
Star Slinger—Elizabeth Fraser
Twin Sister—Ginger
Chicks on Speed—The Beat Is Happening
Royal Trux—Sometimes (Peel session)
Lady Lazarus—The Eye in the Eye in the Storm
Pat Benatar—Shadows of the Night (live)
Summer Camp—Christmas Wrapping