Shows on Mixcloud

I have been posting old Odd Girl Out shows to my Mixcloud account for awhile now.

Currently residing there are three shows I did over the summer, as well as the first eight shows I did on Optical in 2009. Something for your holiday listening!

Odd Girl Out podcast 9

This edition of the podcast features an interview with filmmaker Kate Hardie, as well as music from Jude Cowan Montague.

Odd Girl Out podcast 8

As I have less time to do podcasts now, I am doing mini versions, and this one is dedicated to the Music and Liberation exhibit currently touring the UK, featuring music from the companion CD and a chat with curator Dr. Deborah Withers

Odd Girl Out podcast 7

My three live shows over the summer meant no podcasts, but I am back with a bang with this edition, featuring: my visit to the Whitstable Biennale to meet director Sue Jones; the E17 Art Trail to chat with Auntie Maureen and Catherine; plus a Skype call with Club des Femmes' Selina Robertson.

Odd Girl Out: RR1

Odd Girl Out RR1 by Val_Phoenix on Mixcloud

This was last week's My Summer special on Radeq Radio's Summer of '12 series. I was meant to broadcast up to sunset at 19:49, but it actually stopped at 19:40. Nonetheless, I managed to cram in some field recordings, Pussy Riot trial testimony and loads of summer- and sun-themed music. I will upload the recording once it's edited.

RR show 1; 30/8/12
Vanessa Daou—Waiting for the Sun to Rise
Lois—Staring at the Sun
Lucinda Williams—Big Red Sun Blues
Shonen Knife—Tower of the Sun
Juned—Sisters of the Red Sun
Pussy Riot trial testimony excerpt 1
Janis Joplin—Summertime
Lonely Drifter Karen—Some Summer Days
Cocteau Twins—Summerhead
Buffalo Daughter—Cold Summer
Juliana Luecking—H-Heat
Kristin Hersh—Sundrops (string version)
Autoclave—Summer
Weekend—Summerdays
Pussy Riot trial testimony excerpt 2
Kendra Smith—Valley of the Morning Sun
Still Corners—Endless Summer
Archive—Love in Summer
Pussy Riot trial testimony excerpt 3
Low—Sunshine
Chalk and Numbers—Summer Nights (and Summer Days)

This Thursday live on Summer of '12

This Thursday evening I shall be doing an experimental Odd Girl Out show live from Sound Fjord as part of radeq's Summer of '12 series. I shall be broadcasting from 18:30 BST to sunset, before the station hands over to New Zealand!

Very much looking forward to it, and I have been busy compiling, editing, and digitising field recordings from my travels this summer for the occasion. Will also be playing summer- and sun-themed music (with a sprinkling of rain--this is Britain!).

Odd Girl Out: SCR2

Odd Girl Out SCR2 by Val_Phoenix on Mixcloud

Odd Girl Out: Summer Club Radio show 2
My second and last show for the short-term station hosted by V22 featured a plethora of newish tunes, plus a recent interview with Bildwechsel organisers Chris, Kate and Eva and an archive chat with LLGFF programmer Naz Jamal.

28/7/12; SCR2
She Keeps Bees—See Me
Stefanie Sourial—Hide and Seek
Julia Holter—In the Same Room
Haroula Rose—Lavender Moon
The Dark Shadows—Eisbär
The Glass Child—Hypnic Jerk
Sellofan—I Want It Now
Chris, Kate, Eva of Bildwechsel—interview
Gudrun Gut—Garten Orginal (Trimmed)
Azealia Banks—Aquababe
Ladyhawke—Sunday Drive (Gigamesh mix)
Sex Jams—Gone Chillin’
Cat Power—Ruin
Jolly Goods—If I Were a Woman
Corin Tucker Band—Groundhog Day
Video Love—Jalouse, Moi
Rose Elinor Dougall—The Night
Jude Cowan—Malearang
Naz Jamal—interview
The Raincoats—Babydog
Santigold—Big Mouth
Decibelles—The End of a Reign
Plaided—So What
Sharon van Etten—Serpents
Pollyanna—Boy [yes, I know Book of Love were from Philly. My bad!]
She Makes War—Shields and Daggers
La Sera—Break My Heart
Dolly Parton—Jolene
Poliça—Lay Your Cards Out
Caro Snatch—Mary Rose (Sci-Fi Sol Ultra Dub)
2:54—The March
Pussy Riot—Putin Has Pissed Himself
Sleigh Bells—Demons (Diplo mix)
Laetitia Sadier—Find Me the Pulse of the Universe

Odd Girl Out SCR2

Summer Club Radio had server problems today, but the show did go out, and I will post a playlist and recording soon.

Coming up on Odd Girl Out...

On Saturday afternoon I have my second and final show on Summer Club Radio, from 13:00-15:00 BST.

I am still compiling a playlist, but will feature lots of tracks from the last six months or so, plus an interview with the Bildwechsel crew and an archive chat with Naz Jamal of the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival.

Odd Girl Out: SCR1

It took a bit longer than expected, but here is the playlist, with an embed (hurrah!), for my special show on Summer Club Radio two weeks ago. As requested by the station, it was archive-heavy, hence the unusual number of interviews. And I decided to make it queer-themed to tie in with Pride.

28/6/12; SCR1—Queer Special
Luscious Jackson—Daughters of the Kaos
Miss the Occupier—The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
Le Tigre—Dyke March 2001 (Reid's Aphro-Dykey mix)
JD Samson—interview
Meshell—Mass Transit
The Moves—Heavenly Creatures
Plaided—My Heart Is On Desire
Golden Diskó Ship—Out of the door, into the fields, to be seen no more
Beth Ditto—interview
Gossip—Move in the Right Direction (CSS mix)
Joan Jett and The Blackhearts—Crimson and Clover
Factory Acts—Stock Exchange
Susan O'Shea—interview
Bettina Köster—Confession
Sleater-Kinney—I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone
Räuberhöhle—I'm Not Part of the Shit
Electrelane—Between the Wolf and Dog
Fifth Column—interview
Fifth Column—Don't
Sick of Sarah—Not Listening
Echobelly—Give Her a Gun
Amanda Palmer and the Grand Theft Orchestra—Do It With a Rock Star
Karin Michalski and Renate Lorenz—interview
Peaches—I U She
The Haggard—Feminist Bullshit
Phranc—'64 Ford
Meshell—Devil's Halo
Shunda K—interview
Shunda K ft. Lady Lash—Chasin' Dat Sound
Tribe 8—Butch in the Streets
The Shondes—Nothing Glows
The Au Pairs—It's Obvious 
Lesley Woods—interview
Bratmobile—There's No Other Way / No You Don't (Peel session)
ani difranco—Shy
Abstract Random ft. KJ—Vacant Living (DJ Murr (LAL) mix)
Susan O'Shea—interview
Scream Club ft. Rhani--Spit and Glitter

Odd Girl Out SCR1 by Val_Phoenix on Mixcloud

Odd Girl Out on Summer Club Radio

Sorry for the gap in posting. Have been busy.

I am pleased to report that Odd Girl Out will return for a one-off live broadcast next Thursday, 28 June at 19:00 BST on Summer Club Radio. This is a short-term installation in Bermondsey, with loads of artistic components.

Presently, I am assembling the show, which will have the theme Queer and feature loads of archive interviews, plus music.

The player is a bit fiddly, so am giving you loads of notice to get it up and running. The shows go out live Thursday-Sunday, and then it loops, as I understand it.

3 July
Sorry I have been slow to put up the playlist. Will do very soon! 

Odd Girl Out podcast 6

In which I visit CRiSAP's Sound::Gender::Feminism::Activism conference to meet the organization's boss Cathy Lane and speakers Annie Goh, Helena Lopes Braga and Laura Seddon. Plus, I find myself overcome with the urge to rap upon meeting Toronto's Abstract Random.

Band of the Week: 2:54

Very reminiscent of early '90s shoegazing, 2:54, formed by two sisters, apparently likes hanging out in misty forests and gazing moodily into the middle distance. Works for me. New album out soon.

Band of the Week: abstract random

Saw this group last Tuesday in London and was really impressed. Part of a larger scene in Toronto (some of whom they'd brought with them), the trio combine hard beats, fierce lyrics and a bit of ramshackle stagecraft in an intriguing way. They also make their own videos.

Odd Girl Out podcast 5

Odd Girl Out podcast 5 has a punk protest feel and features interviews with Patty Schemel, Riot Grrrl Berlin speaking about Pussy Riot, and Susan of Factory Acts, plus a visit to the Wood Street Pop-up Picture Palace.

Band of the Week: ZZZ's

Something different. This noisy band from Japan is currently on tour in New York, having wowed SXSW.

Odd Girl Out podcast 4

Hot out of the editing suite comes podcast 4, featuring on-location interviews with Gabriella and Karen at Storytails, Plaided at the Lexington, Debs Henry-Pollard at the WOW Tweetmeet and Pratibha Parmar at the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival.

Band of the Week: She Makes War

A one-woman operation, She Makes War makes lush, moody pop music and is a mistress of multi-tasking, juggling guitar, loop pedal and uke. Her second album, Little Battles, is released on 9 April.

This video comes from her first album, Disarm, and was shot in sunny East London. Not enough vids on bicycles, IMHO.

Band of the Week: Pussy Riot

Some weeks after their performance in a Moscow church led to arrests and detention, Pussy Riot have made it into such unlikely media outlets as the BBC and FT, making them the most visible opposition forces to Vladimir Putin and all he represents.

The group's actions have also led to a revived discussion about the power of punk in modern society, which is to be applauded, though some of us have been having this conversation for more than 20 years. Oh, and Riot Grrrl never actually went away, chaps.

Here is the punk prayer that got alleged members arrested.

Band of the Week: Plaided

So, while we're waiting, here's some groovy music. Plaided are a duo who hail from Vienna. I saw this band on Friday and keenly await their debut in summer. This was the first single.