http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00mw2wv/Adam_Walton_20_09_2009/

Howdy.

That link above contains 3 hours of the finest Welsh music rubbing its broad shoulders against excellent company from elsewhere.

In particular, there is a splenetic, bruised and excellent session from Anglesey's DIY hardcore nuts, Bastions. Not only can they wield noise as well as anyone else in Wales, but they know how to twist it into something compelling. I love them. But I wouldn't want to live next door to their rehearsal room.
http://myspace.com/bstns

Future of the Left's Andrew Falkous leads us by the hand and takes us on a skip down the streets of Switzerland [it's not like that at all, but I do - perversely - like the image of Andy skipping... especially in Switzerland. All those mountains. It'd be great for the calves.] In actuality, this is the first of Andy's weekly missives from Future of the Left's current world tour. And he pokes sticks at me until I play the Jesus Lizard.
http://futureoftheleft.com

I used a similarly well-sharpened stick to herd Adam from The Victorian English Gentlemens Club into our Cardiff studio where I tortured him with banal questions and asinine observations about their playful and stimulating second album, Love On An Oil Rig [available now on This Is Fake DIY Records]. Unlike other things that are described as 'playful and stimulating' there are no worries about having the right-sized batteries or going blind with this album. It's all the best colours of pop bashed around a bit [by Louise, by all accounts.]
http://thevictorianenglishgentlemensclub.co.uk

And the man who produced that ace album mentioned above, legendary record producer Charlie Francis [Pixies, REM, High Llamas etc.], shares with us his insightful Words of Wisdom.
http://www.charlie-francis.co.uk/

Cymruophile, subverters of glimmering pop, Golau Glau, dip us into their eddying and ever-shifting Yourspace.
http://myspace.com/golauglau

Huw Pooh [he was the singer in the Pooh Sticks - please avoid reading anything questionable into the scatological nomenclature] continues teaching us our Masters Degree in Fascinating Welsh Music Past. However, our aged gramophone player is having none of it and rebels mere seconds into Perrerin. [I will play this next week. Yes, I will.]

Soundhog doesn't feel quite so alone in his appreciation of Cliff Richard anymore.
http://soundhog.co.uk

And there is music - much of it - as itemised below.

Please send me MORE MUSIC, because my appetite is insatiable, with a short biography and a contact number to:

themysterytour@gmail.com

And that e-mail address also desires your gig info, complaints and observations.

Have an excellent week!

Thank you / diolch yn fawr,

Adam

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THE DOGBONES [Holyhead / London]
Never Gonna Get Us
http://myspace.com/thedogbonesuk

VANGUARD [Pembrokeshire]
Femme Fatale
http://myspace.com/levanguardfunk

DINOSAUR JR.
The Backyard
http://markmulcahy.com

CATE LE BON [Cardiff]
Sad Sad Feet
http://catelebon.com

BASTIONS [Anglesey]
The Clipper [session Version]
http://myspace.com/bstns

** DEMO of the WEEK **

GALANASTRA [Swansea]
Horses Balls / Fat Bag / Black Bess
http://myspace.com/galanastra

THE VICTORIAN ENGLISH GENTLEMENS CLUB [Cardiff]
Love On An Oil Rig
http://thevictorianenglishgentlemensclub.co.uk

Adam from Victorian English Gentlemens Club pt. 1

THE VICTORIAN ENGLISH GENTLEMENS CLUB [Cardiff]
Watching The Burglars
http://thevictorianenglishgentlemensclub.co.uk

DARKHOUSE FAMILY [Cardiff]
Stay Blazed Deux
http://myspace.com/associatedminds

NEW CITY ORDER [Cardiff]
Fed Up
http://myspace.com/traxxcardiff

STARDEATH AND NEW HEAT
New Heat
http://myspace.com/stardeath

CERYS MATTHEWS [pan Wales]
Smash The Glass
http://cerysmatthews.co.uk

** Huw Pooh reminds us of Perrerin **

PERERRIN - record player knackered...

HEAL THE LAST STAND [Wrexham]
The Garden
http://myspace.com/healthelaststand

KLAUS KINSKI [Llanfairfechan]
Happiness Happiness
http://myspace.com/klauskinski

SCANLAN [Aberystwyth]
Sad Lady
http://brainquake.co.uk

SLY AND ROBBIE
Crazy Day
http://strut-records.com/songlines

THE SELECTER VS ENNIO MACCARONI [Aberystwyth]
My Collie, Not A Dog
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FOOL'S GOLD
Surprise Hotel
No website details entered.

BASTIONS [Anglesey]
Matriarch [session Version]
http://myspace.com/bstns

Adam from Victorian English Gentlemens Club pt. 2

THE VICTORIAN ENGLISH GENTLEMENS CLUB [Cardiff]
Driver's Companion
http://thevictoriangentlemensclub.co.uk

OX
Burnout
http://myspace.com/oxmusic

FUTURE OF THE LEFT [Cardiff]
Throwing Bricks At Trains
http://futureoftheleft.com

** Andrew Falkous' Future of the Left tour blog **

JESUS LIZARD
Nub
http://thejesuslizard.net

PSI [Bangor]
Gwydr
http://myspace.com/psiuk

MARTIN CARR [Cardiff]
The Dead Of Winter
http://martin-carr.com

REM
Daysleeper
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** Charlie Francis' Words of Wisdom **

THE HIGH LLAMAS
Nomads
http://highllamas.com

BASTIONS [Anglesey]
A Young James Dean [session Version]
http://myspace.com/bstns

Adam from Victorian English Gentlemens Club pt. 3

THE VICTORIAN ENGLISH GENTLEMENS CLUB [Cardiff]
God Save Us From Being So Primitive
http://thevictorianenglishgentlemensclub.co.uk

GOLAU GLAU [secret]
Yourspace
http://myspace.com/psiuk

** Soundhog inspires us with... **

CLIFF RICHARD
Throw Down A Line
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BOO HEWERDINE
Sleeping Lions
http://5060169470224

GIAMAN [Betws Yn Rhos]
Soul To Keep
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GIAMAN [Betws Yn Rhos]
Sheep Lightning [extract]
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