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MDSWP

MDSWP #26 – March 6th 2010

by Phil Coyne on Mar.08, 2010, under Listen Again

This week was all about the Vintage fair at The Custard Factory, so not only did we talk about all the great stuff going on around the studio, we also played some scorching choons. New Music FA Cup is back with two fantastic tunes for you to vote for. Get tweeting!

  • Hawkwind – Silver Machine
  • Hole – Celebrity Skin
  • Tin Tin Out – Where the Story Ends
  • Band of Skulls
  • Stereophonics – Bartender and The Thief
  • The Verve – Sonnet
  • Sunshine Underground – Commercial Breakdown
  • The Travelling Band – Only Waiting
  • Talking Heads – Psycho Killer
  • Cha Cha – The Fellowship
  • We All Need Heros – Devil Roads
  • Otis Redding – I Can’t Turn You Loose
  • The Buzzcocks – Even Fallen In Love
  • Kool and The Gang – Jungle Boogie
  • Happy Mondays – Kinky Afro
  • The Courteeners – You Overdid It Doll
  • Ellie Goulding – Guns and Horses
  • Henry’s Children – What’s Wrong With You?
  • Two Door Cinema Club – Undercover Martyr
  • Morning Runner – Up In Flames
  • Bloc Party – Helicopters
  • Deep Purple – Hush
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MDSWP #25 – February 27th 2010 – Esteban

by Phil Coyne on Mar.08, 2010, under Listen Again

This week, Esteban joined us live in the Studio to perform some acoustic tracks (and sample some cupcakes ;) )

You can check out Esteban and their music at their website and check out when they’re playing a gig near you soon.

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MDSWP #24 – 20th February 2010

by Phil Coyne on Feb.23, 2010, under Listen Again

  • Smash Mouth – Padrino
  • The Cure – Inbetween Days
  • Weezer – If You Want Me To
  • Faith No More – Epic
  • Madness – One Step Beyond
  • Beats International – Dub Be Good To Me
  • Prince – When Doves Cry
  • Simandi – Bra
  • Manchester Orchestra – Brother
  • Deee-lite – Groove Is In The Heart
  • Fleetwood Mac – Go Your Own Way
  • OMC – How Bizzare

New Music FA Cup

  • Love Lost – Battle Scared
  • The Sillohuettes – Paint Me As You See Me
  • The White Stripes – Fell In Love With A Girl
  • Rainbow – Since You’ve Been Gone
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Brian Travers Photos

by Phil Coyne on Feb.23, 2010, under RhubarbRadio

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Brian Travers Talking About The Rainbow

by Phil Coyne on Feb.18, 2010, under RhubarbRadio

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Emerging Bands: Introducing Love Lost

by CazAshton on Feb.16, 2010, under General

Love Lost are a trio formed in Birmingham. They are composed of twin brothers, Paul and Scott – who cover the bass, singing and drums; with their long-time friend Phil on lead guitar.

Although they formed in 2007 it’s more recently that they’ve started recording their own original music, after initially forming as a favour to a friend to play a covers set at their wedding.

Their influences include Metallica, Foo Fighters and Alice in Chains and this is reflected in their original style.

The three of them work together to create the classic riffs and powerful lyrics you’ll hear, and after years of playing together in other bands, (and two of them sharing a womb for a few months), the understanding they have with each other allows them to create something that stands out from the rest.

Over the last few months they’ve had success on YouTube with their ‘alternative’ cover of Abba’s Mamma Mia which has had over 14,500 hits and numerous positive comments, they’ve laid down their first two demo tracks, had both of these voted Track of the Day on music website Garageband, and have just started on their second video piece.

This is the journey they take…..and we don’t know where it will end up!

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MDSWP #23 with Brian Travers – 13th February 2010

by Phil Coyne on Feb.15, 2010, under Listen Again, RhubarbRadio

This week we had the legendary Brian Travers in the studio to talk about growing up in Birmingham, being part of the World’s most successful and instantly recognisable Reggae band and their latest album, Labour of Love IV.

Thank you to everyone who listened on the day and submitted questions before we went live. Although we had a few problems on the day, there’s been a huge response on Listen Again already which will hopefully raise the profile of not only The Midsweep, but also Rhubarb Radio as a whole.

Remember to Tweet in your selection for this weeks New Music FA Cup by visiting our Twitter page or tweeting @midsweep. We’ll see you all at 10am next Saturday!

  • The Heavy – How You Like Me Now
  • Ash – Girl From Mars
  • The Kleptones – Welcome Back
  • Thin Lizzy – Boys Are Back In Town
  • The Smiths – Girlfriend in a Coma
  • Huey Lewis and The News – Power of Love
  • Marvin Gaye – Let’s Get It On
  • Free – All Right Now
  • The Who – Baba O’Reilly

New Music FA Cup

  • Sol Pilot – From Seed to Bait
  • Gumshen – Since the Sun Shines on Me

Brian Travers in the House

  • Junior Mervin – Police and Thieves
  • The Allman Brothers – Midnight Rider
  • Desmond Decker – It Mek
  • UB40 – Close To Me
  • Richard Hawley – Open Up
  • Sam Cooke – A Change is Gonna Come
  • UB40 – Bring It On Home
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Tammy’s Arts Column

by Phil Coyne on Feb.14, 2010, under Tammy's Arts Column

Each week, we’ll make Tammy’s Film and Arts review available for you after the show, with all the lovely links and phone numbers you need.

The Princess and the Frog

Stars Anika Noni Roseappeared in Dream Girls, Angela Bassett – played Tina Turner, John Goodman and Oprah Winfrey

Written and directed by: Ron Clements and John Musker

Summary - A prince, transformed by a voodoo magician into a frog, has to get a princess to kiss him to break the spell. He finds one willing to do it, but she’s not a princess

So what’s special: Hand Drawn!! Looks like a classic (surprising considering exec producer John ­Lasseter Pixar’s guiding spirit), successfully competes with the 3D films and first Walt Disney film to star African American heroin and a princess at that!

Awards: 3 Academy Award Nominations

Verdict: Fair

The Wolfman

Stars Anthony Hopkins and Benicio Del Toro

Directed by Joe Johnston

Summary – Upon his return to his ancestral homeland – England, an American man (Del Toro) is bitten, and subsequently cursed by a werewolf.

So what’s special: Remake of classic 1941 version. Make up, special effects have moved on a lot from the old days.  Some good cinematography. Made me jump, more than once. Too much given away and a week plot. First two acts very similar to American Werewolf in London, which is also loosely based on 1941 version The Wolfman.  Del Toro isn’t convincing, looked the part but didn’t act the part!

Verdict: Fair

Local film news

Birmingham Library - 2013

Birmingham Library teams up with BFI to provide visitors with free access to its national and rare archive of films, TV shows etc

The collection is said to include more than 1,500 titles, over 85% of which are unavailable to view anywhere else in the world.

Local arts news

Dance Festival

International Dance Festival 19th April – 15th May organised by DanceXchange and Birmingham Hippodrame, will see over 70 performances take place across the city.

Link: www.idfb.co.uk

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Pre Show Blog – MDSWP #23

by Phil Coyne on Feb.13, 2010, under RhubarbRadio

Morning all! It’s now just two hours until perhaps our biggest show since taking to the airwaves in July last year.

What started off as a conversation with Brian Travers on Twitter has snowballed in to something so exciting it’s left me shaking.

Comments from UB40 fans from all over the world have been left on this here blog and we’ve been scurrying away to pick out the best ones to ask him.

Today’s show will obviously be slightly different to our regular ones. Still playing the very best tunes from the last 40 odd years, in the second hour we’ll be handing over the tuneage to Brian. So expect even more classics!

Tune in from 10am at RhubarbRadio and Twitter us @midsweep or email team at midsweep.com.

In a bit!

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MDSWP #22 – 6th February 2010

by Phil Coyne on Feb.08, 2010, under Listen Again

A slightly subdued show for you this week, but still with all of your normal features. Strange, Movie, Music and Film news with a generous helping of classic tunes to get your weekend off to the best possible start. Remember to join us for next week’s big interview with Sir Brian of Travers and get your votes in now – Marina and the Diamonds or Patrick Wolf for the Indie FA Cup.

  • Vampire Weekend – A-Punk
  • Kula Shaker – Hush
  • Boston – More than a Feeling
  • Squeeze – Cool for Cats
  • Toto – Africa
  • The Verve – Bitter Sweet Symphony
  • Marina and The Diamonds – Mowgli’s Road
  • Peter Wolf – Hard Times
  • Violent Femes – Blister in the Sun
  • Boo Radleys – From The Bench of Belvedere
  • Cast – Walkaway
  • Sparks – This Town ain’t big enough
  • The Trogs – Louie Louie
  • Roxy Music – Love is the Drug
  • Ben Rusch – Until the Coast is Clear
  • The Stones – She’s a Rainbow
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Pre Show Blog – MDSWP #22

by Phil Coyne on Feb.05, 2010, under RhubarbRadio

The night before a show is always a bit strange. Preparing the playlist, sorting out the links for strange news and choosing the two new acts for the Indie FA Cup take a lot of work but there’s always a lot of anticipation to it all. Will the show go well? Will I be on time? Will I remember who I am? These are all things that run through my head around this time on a Friday night.

Since we mixed up the show a little bit at the start of the year, it’s been really refreshing to be able to play whatever we like and still champion new music by getting bands in to play acoustic sets and talk about their new releases. Add that together with the Music News, Film stuff and our new features and it’s all starting to come in to place.

There’s a lot in the pipeline for Midsweep in the next few months, next week being a big step in getting us, and Rhubarb Radio into the ears of lots and lots of new listeners. You can do you bit, of course – sign up to our Facebook group and help promote the station, follow us on Twitter and start spreading the word about the wide range of shows we’ve got on air and coming up.

Rhubarb is growing, and we’d love you along for the ride.

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Confirmed: Brian Travers (@BTUB40) on The Midsweep

by Phil Coyne on Feb.01, 2010, under RhubarbRadio

Here’s some good news to get your mind away from the rubbish weather and stupidly long commuting times today.

On the 13th February, Brummie of the Year 2009, and Sax-god Snax-god Brian Travers will be coming in to the Rhubarb Radio studio to discuss UB40’s new album ‘Labour Of Love IV, the ongoing discussion about the future of Digbeth as a live music hub and also the astonishingly poor nominations for the Brits 2010.

We’re all pretty excited that Brian has taken the time to come in and talk to us, and we’re now inviting you, the listening public, to send in your questions for him.

Simply leave a comment below or email phil@midsweep.com and we’ll ask Brian the best ones on the 13th. In the meantime, keep it locked to The Midsweep as we confirm more guests over the coming weeks.

Edit: The comments have now been locked to allow us to collate the best questions ahead of Saturday. Remember to tune in from 10am at http://rhubarbradio.com to hear the whole interview and Brian answer your questions.

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MDSWP #21 – 30th January 2010

by Phil Coyne on Jan.30, 2010, under Listen Again

The band are back together! Join us as Tammy returns from over a month off the airwaves. There’s music news, strange news (which Phil didn’t make up) the winner of last week’s crunch New Music FA Cup tie between Esteban and Ellie Goulding and CSI:Birmingham?

Vote now for the winner of this weeks tie by tweeting @midsweep or sending an email to phil [at] midsweep.com. There will be a prize at the end of it all ;)

  • The Heavy – No Time
  • House of Pain – Jump Around
  • David Bowie – Life On Mars?
  • White Town – Your Woman
  • Monaco – What Do You Want From Me?
  • Weezer – My Name Is Jonas
  • Groove Armada – Crazy For You
  • Kasabian – Where Did All The Love Go?
  • Curtis Mayfield – Move On Up
  • Iggy Pop – The Passenger
  • Lenny Kravitz – Are You Gonna Go My Way?
  • The xx – Crystalized
  • The Amateurs – Homesick
  • The Offspring – Want You Bad
  • Kasabian – Much Too Young
  • Oasis – Up in the sky
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MDSWP #20 – 23rd January 2010

by Phil Coyne on Jan.24, 2010, under General, Listen Again

We’re back with another belter of a show for you, including a now infamous rant from @SteveTea about the shocking Brit nominations.

  • The Knack – My Sharona
  • Status Quo – Pictures of Matchstick Men
  • The Supernaturals – Smile
  • The Shamen – Ebeneezer Goode
  • The Kinks – A Well Respected Man
  • Marmaduke Duke – Rubber Lover
  • The Killers – Mr Brightside
  • The Smiths – This Charming Man
  • The White Stripes – Seven Nation Army
  • The Stranglers – Peaches
  • Supergrass – Alright
  • FA Cup face off
  • Esteban – She Goes Out
  • Ellie Goulding – Starry Eyed
  • Brits
  • David Bowie – Moon Age Day Dreamer
  • Deep Purple – Smoke on The Water
  • Various Artists – Everybody Needs Somebody to Love
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MDSWP #19 – January 16th 2010

by Phil Coyne on Jan.18, 2010, under Listen Again

Back again with another two hours of great music for your delectation. Classics mixed in with new stuff, some strange news and the latest music goss, this is how you kick off a Saturday.

  • Foo Fighters – Everlong
  • New Order – Blue Monday
  • Republika – Ready To Go
  • Iggy and The Stooges – No Fun
  • Kasabian – L.S.F
  • Primal Scream – Rocks
  • Squeeze – Up the Junction
  • The Cure – Close to Me
  • Aretha – Respect
  • The Small Faces – Itchykoo Park
  • Ash – Burn Baby Burn
  • Stereophonics – Innocent
  • Phoenix – 1901
  • Delphic – Clarion Call
  • Passion Pit – Sleepy Head
  • Talking Heads – Same As It Ever Was
  • James – Sit Down
  • Jimi Hendrix – Foxey Lady
  • Blur – Country House
  • The Jam – A Town Called Malice
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