We like to do a year-end tot up what we've been playing on our shows during the year, it's interesting to see who's been the most popular. The same suspects seem to feature quite regularly but there are always some surprises too.
So here, in reverse order, with accompanying videos, is the list of what's been floating the PVC boat in 2013.
Where you get (various) after an artist it's because there is a mixture of different bands, collaborations and solo stuff.
10. TV Personalities / Jon Spencer (various)
9. The Fat White Family / Sic Alps / Los Saicos / Edwyn Collins (various)
8. Parquay Courts / Black Lips
7. Greg Cartwright (various)
6. Lou Reed (various)
5. Ben Wallers (various)
4. The Fall
3. John Dwyer (various)
2. Ty Segall (various)
1. Billy Childish (various)
So there you have it, 2013's most played artists, hope you enjoyed it. Join us on New Year's Day for our first show of the year. Cheers, thee Pauls x
Ho ho ho, merry Christmas people, many happy returns from thee PVC shed. We've got a few seasonal songs dotted in with the usual mix this week plus some festive banter and the jingling of Santa's bells.
We very nearly didn't have a show for you at all due to a red wine and gin-inflicted power cut caused by a pissed Miggins hitting the off button on everything before we'd finished recording. We managed to salvage the majority of the show and tagged on a new ending, see if you can spot the join!
It's caper time! This is our penultimate show before the Xmas break so pull up a pew, grab a brew and enjoy the aural stew. Poet Laureate eat your heart out.
Come and listen to some records with Thee PVC, this week we have some rare Cliff Richard demos from his dynamic early '80s period along with a mega rare bedroom recording of Tina Turner's "Steamy Windows". If you shout loud enough we have a fantastic Chas and Dave session recorded at the Circus Tavern we can treat you to in a future show.
Piles of good records for you to get your ears excited today whether you dig punk, blues, jazz, garage, indie, hip hop or some African sounds there should be something here for you. Unless you like Bon Jovi or Miley Cyrus, then you're shit out of luck and have found yourself in the wrong place.
Download it here unless you are Andy Weber who may prefer to do it here! Don't think you'll get this special treatment every week sir!
The songs:
Nobody But Me – The Chosen Few
Down By the River – 13th Floor Elevators
Collibosher – Small Faces
April Skies – The Jesus and Mary Chain
That Bitch Is Gonna End Up Dead – Coachwhips
She Cried – The Lords of Altamont
My Life Is Starting Over Again – Daniel Johnston
Love At Psychedelic Velocity – The Human Expression
Pacifics – Digable Planets
I Found My Way To Wine – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
Silver City Bound – Hi Tide Harris
Evil is Going On – Howlin’ Wolf
Good Gully – Les Drivers
Breaking Lines – The Pastels
Know Your Product – The Saints
Crack In Your Eye – Thee Oh Sees
Don’t Look At Me (I Don’t Like It) – The Lovely Eggs
Man V Cock – Country Teasers
Lord Bloodbathington – Kid Congo & the Pink Monkey Birds
Having trouble with your Christmas shopping? Awkward Auntie, picky niece, vinyl addicted grandad with gaps in his garage punk collection? We may have the perfect solution - Wobbly Lamps records! £5 each or get both EPs at the knockdown-festive-discount price of £8.
The singles are limited to 250 copies only and each record is hand-stamped and comes wrapped in a thick paper sleeve designed by PVC and Wobbly Lamps member Paul Lagden.
PVCR001 Wobbly Lamps EP, 3 tracks (only a few left) "The spirit of ‘66 meets ‘77 lives on here" - Shindig! Magazine PVCR002 Wobbly Lamps "Drella" EP now available "Storming garage rock screaming with fuzz and attitude" - Rough Trade You can stream all six songs at Soundcloud, what you waiting for? The singles are £5.00 each or £8.00 for both + shipping. Please add shipping as follows: for 1 x 7" UK £1.75, Europe £3.50, Rest of the World £4.50, for 2 x 7" UK £2.25, Europe £4.00, Rest of the World £5.00. Sorry for high shipping costs but the UK post office is a money grabbing machine these days. Contact for wholesale or combined postage. Paypal payments only please to pinhead45@waitrose.com
We're back to full strength this week with Laggers returning from his sabbatical. We've got a whole heap of stuff we've never played before so hopefully you'll find a gem or two that are new to you.
Hello, PVC people! Welcome to the weekend, here are a selection of songs to tickle your noise-buds while you are enjoying that eyeball in your Martini.
We're back to regular transmissions after last week's Lou Reed tribute show, we hope you enjoyed our trawl through the music and influence of Lewis Reed.
We have all kinds of everything to titillate your lugs this week all presented in the regular booze-fuelled amateur way. Have fun folks, here is thee download.
I was lucky enough to be sent a promo of the debut LP by Mickey Gloss which comes out on 18th November through H Badger Records. It's called 'Astral Projections For The Kinetically Deranged' and you'll be able to get it on vinyl and digital download. I've had it on repeat since I first heard it and reckon it's one of the best LPs of the year so far. There's a definite late 70s post punk edge to proceedings mixed in with the contemporary Oz garagey sound that Eddy Current Suppression Ring and the UV Race do so well. It's the sort of thing I'd expect Goner Records to be releasing. Australian frontman Daniel left the east coast of Australia for London in 2011 and arrived slap bang in the middle of the chaos and disorder of the riots that summer. The sound reflects the anarchy and energy he suddenly found himself in, much like the UK bands who were mining a similar vein in the grey and grim late seventies. In tracks like the short, sharp, shock of 'Danny' you can even hear elements of early US hardcore. I'll be featuring tracks over the next few weeks on PVC shows, check out show #108 to hear first single 'Are You Happy'. The track 'Right Kind of Love' explores the notion of celebrity as something that needs to be explored, rather than accepted. The track is accompanied by a video posing as a documentary about Lindsay Lohan's life. It's pretty revealing....
I'm looking forward to seeing how much attention the LP picks up as I reckon it could make plenty of end of the year best-of lists if enough people get to hear it.
We thought that with the news of Lou Reed shuffling off this mortal coil on Sunday we'd dedicate this week's show to him. So what we've got is a mixture of Velvet Underground and solo stuff and some covers and a few bands who have been influenced by his work.
So much of what we regularly play on the show may not have sounded like it does had it not been for what Lou and the Velvet Underground put out.
We hope you enjoy what we've put together, here's the download.
Welcome to transmission 108, another trawl through the record boxes of three Pauls from Essex. As per usual we have a mix of old and new tracks for you to lend an ear to. If you feel inclined you can download it all here. If you just want to listen while you work, do the washing up, worship the devil, cook dinner, give birth, whatever use this:
What you'll get this week
I Ain’t No Miracle Worker – The Brogues
H Bomb – Nightbeats
Wanna Be Used – Lost Sounds
You’re A Bore – Slaughter and the Dogs
Are You Happy – Mickey Gloss
Magic Potion – The Open Minds
All The Time – La Luz
Screaming Skull – Sonic Youth
Cunt Tease – Pussy Galore
Tire Shop Part 2 – King Lee featuring Quintron
Mary Jane – Slim Twig
Turn Tail – Young Knives
Come Back Jonee – Devo
You’ve Got Me Wonderin’ Now – Parkay Quarts
Love Is A Lie – Black Lizard
Aisha – Death In Vegas featuring Iggy Pop
Seagreen Serenades – Silver Apples
Greedy G – Brentford All-Stars
Monkey Tonight – Eddie Kirk
I Say, I love You – Johnny Watson
Double Eyed Wammy – Freddy King & his Orchestra
Don’t You Just Know It – Dr Feelgood
Steaming Train – Tallulah Gosh
Get Carter (Lionrock Remix) – Roy Budd
Dominican Girdles – Dana Bryant
Excursions – A Tribe Called Quest
Damaged Goods – Gang of Four
And here's a glimpse of what a night in the "shed" looks like!
Welcome to the weekend PVC people, we've had a deep dig into the record boxes this week and have come up with a bunch of artists that have never featured in previous shows.
...and here are the competition answers, cover artist first, then song title followed by original artist. To find out who won you'll have to listen to the show!
1. The Briefs, Come Dancing, The Kinks
2. Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, In The Ghetto,Elvis Presley
3. Renegade Soundwave, Can't Get Used To Losing You,Andy Williams
4. Psychic TV, Good Vibrations, The Beach Boys
5. Teenage Fan Club, Like A Virgin, Madonna
6. The Cute Lepers, Lonely Boy, The Professionals
7. Ronnie Spector, You Cant Put Your Arms Around A Memory,Johnny Thunders (bonus point for guest vocalist Joey Ramone)
8. J Mascis, Circle, Edie Brickell
9. Mary Weiss, Stop & Think Its Over, Compulsive Gamblers
10. Brian Auger Trinity, Green Onions, Booker T and the MG's
11. The Specials, You're Wondering Now, Andy & Joey
