Show Notes
From his Massachusetts attic studio Lloyd Cole ponders music celebrity golf tournaments, tells us the best way to insult a musician and talks to Andrew Male and Jenny Bully about his love for Joan As Police Woman’s 2006 debut LP, Real Life. Plus, new albums by Mudhoney and Everything But The Girl, stray cat noises, the joy of small dogs and the middle-aged wit and melancholy at the heart of Gen X music.
Tracklisting:
1. Wolves, written and performed by Lloyd Cole and released on the earMUSIC label 2. Christobel, written and performed by Joan Wasser and released on Reveal Records 3. Anyone, performed by Joan Wasser, written by Joan Wasser and Anohni and released on Reveal Records 4. Nothing Left To Lose, performed by Everything But the Girl, written by Ben Watt and Tracey Thorn and released on Buzzin’ Fly Records 5. Move Under by Mudhoney, written by Mudhoney from the album Plastic Eternity released on Sub Pop Records 6. Little Dog by Mudhoney, written by Mudhoney from the album Plastic Eternity released on Sub Pop Records
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