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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!

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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We’re back with another mammoth show for you. Playing some of our favourite tracks ever as well as a few new ones.

• Stoney – Let it Go
• The Hives – Tick Tick Boom
• The Rolling Stones – Paint It Black
• Reef – Place Your Hands
• The Charlatans – Just When You’re Thinking Things Over
• Ellie Goulding – Under the Sheets
• Marina & The Diamonds – I Am Not a Robot
• Delphic – Counterpoint
• Curve – Coming Up Roses
• Stone Roses – She Bangs The Drums
• 30 Seconds To Mars – Kings and Queens
• The Beatles – Helter Skelter
• Dodgy – Good Enough
• The Clash – Should I Stay Or Should I Go
• Oasis – She’s Electric
• ELO – Mr Blue Sky
• Elvis – Always On My Mind
• Chuck Berry – Jonny B Goode

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The first show of 2010 featuring our (as yet unamed feature) playing some classics tunes before getting into a plethora of new stuff. Lots of fun was had and it’s great to be back – looking forward to an action packed 2010.

Loose Fit – Happy Mondays
Common People – William Shatner and Joe Jackson
She Drives Me Crazy – Fine Young Cannibals
1979 – Smashing Pumpkins
This Is How It Feels – Inspiral Carpets
She Sells Sanctuary – The Cult
Choose Yr Side and Shut Up – Johnny Foreigner
Gemma Ray – (You Got Me In A) Death Roll
Cousins – Vampire Weekend
A Flash of Light – Chris Bathgate
Cigarettes in the Theatre – Two Door Cinema Club
Lately – BOAT
Ambling Alp – Yeasayer
Away FRM U – Oberhofer
Bruises (Passion Pit Remix) – Chairlift
Sleepyhead – Ellie Goulding & Starsmith
Beat The House – Pomplamoose
Animals – KiT
Leave Me in Love – The High Wire
By Your Side – My Robot Friend
Spirited – Laura Gibson
Old Big Trees – Taxi Taxi!
Castel – UUVVWWZ
Kill The Director (Acoustic) – The Wombats
Farewell to the Fairground – White Lies
Welcome to the Cheap Seats – The Wonder Stuff
Time to Pretend – MGMT

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We’re back after our unplanned break last week, with more cracking music for you to start your day. The first 30 minutes had just me hosting, which actually wasn’t that bad! You can Listen Again by clicking Play below, or heading to our page on RhubarbRadio to listen to previous shows.

Join us next week for the last Live show of 2009, hopefully with some musical guests. After that we’re entering the world of pre-records until the second week in January. You can also get in touch with the show by leaving a comment below, or sending email to team at midsweep dot com.

For the past few weeks I’ve been working closely with Henry’s Children – a band from Birmingham who are one of the best I’ve ever seen live.

Adam and Jon came in to talk about the album they self released in May and now the time has come for you to download it from their Bandcamp website.

You can find it at their Bandcamp for the princely sum of £5.

As someone who has been heavily involved with them recently, I’d love if you could take a listen and snap up a copy. Currently they’re trying to raise funds to record their second album, so every little helps.

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been working closely with Henry’s Children to get them set up to take the world by storm. What started off as an offer getting their latest EP, Woodbine Street, on to iTunes has now transformed into something a little bigger.

After sitting in on a couple of their practice sessions, I was asked to help them “work the desk” for their regular night at the Adam and Eve, Digbeth last Friday. Since the live sessions have started, I’ve found myself having a lot more interest in making sure levels are correct and it all sounds great for you lovely listeners on the interwebs.

It was a long but fantastic night on Friday. HC were supported by Richard Burke and James Summerfield, who incidentally signed to the same label as Simon Fox, who is on this weeks show. Despite a few problems with the sound (not me, I wasn’t “working it” at that point) they both came across very well.

At about 10ish, after being presented with three or four pints, it was time for the band to take to the stage and for my work to begin. Looking in on the practice sessions was great because I remembered who would be singing on which song, who needed to be a little louder etc and I could also rely on feedback from the crowd on who needed to be louder in the front of house. A fantastic night which has hopefully helped the band in the long run.

The next gig I’ll be helping out at is at Flan O’Briens on the 5th November in Walsall. Come down if you can and witness my skills in action.

This week I’ll be embarking on a sort of new venture. Henry’s Children have asked me to start getting involved with their online promotion and a bit of sound engineering for their regular gigs at the Adam and Eve in Digbeth. As someone who’s currently unemployed, this could be a good little outlet for my days spent at home jobseeking and generally having trouble finding something to do.

I’ve started by getting their first EP, Woodbine Street, submitted to iTunes and Spotify, so you’ll soon be able to sample it all for yourself. You can also go straight to the band and grab a CD for £5 + P&P at their website.

In what could perhaps be called a coincidence, I’ve also been asked by the lovely Suzie from The Benwahs to help out with the regular night at Gosta Green starting on the 29th October. It’s all for free at the moment, but hopefully someone, somewhere might see my talents and throw a stack of money at me. If not, I’m sure I’ll make loads of friends with bands that can then appear on The Midsweep!

This weekend was the biggest Artsfest event ever put on in Birmingham and it’s not become the biggest free arts festival in the UK. Not surprising, then that Tammy and I made a point of getting there and having a nose around. There will be a full recap on Saturday’s show, but I thought I’d share the pictures I have *so far* of the weekend, especially Sunday when we were allowed backstage.

The rest of the photos are being processed, but the set will be updated as soon as I get my virtual hands on them. Until then, enjoy some very upclose photos of Athlete

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You can check out the rest of the set here

After last weeks hiatus due to illness, Midsweep will be back tomorrow, albeit in a pre-recorded form.

The team at Rhubarb are undergoing some training, so we’ll be putting out a pre-recorded show instead of the usual live shenanigans.

Now the Summer break for most bands is over, we’re looking for people to come in to the studio and play a few tracks. We’re also going to be stepping up the number of interviews and “outside” broadcasts we do.

As always, we could use some help. If you think you could add something to the team, either as someone behind the scenes or in front of the mic, get in touch.

That’s right, after two weeks off the airwaves Midsweep is back tomorrow morning from 10am-12pm BST with a brand spanking new phone number for you to call in to.

A 24 hour voicemail line is active on +44 0121 288 4955 which will also double as a LIVE link in to the studio every Saturday morning.

We expect messages to be left whenever you’re near a telephone as well as your input on the live shows.

So what are you waiting for? Go forth, leave messages! And remember to listen live tomorrow for a special guest.

• Allison Weiss – I’m Ready
• Civilised Tears – Blue Sunrise http://www.myspace.com/civilizedtears
• Steadman – Two Together http://www.steadmanband.com/main.html
• Radio Nowhere – London Calling
• Sean Fournier – Goodbye
• !Man in Fridge! – Flying High http://www.myspace.com/maninfridgemusic
• Lauren Zettler – Killed a Man http://www.last.fm/music/Lauren+Zettler
• Elmor – One Step http://www.myspace.com/elmormusic
• Fractals – Past Within the Future http://www.garageband.com/artist/fractals
• Sarah Donner – Waterdown
• Mr Westmore – Misplaced Orchestra
• Mike Curley – Big City mikecurleymusic.com
• Crimson Joy – Decay Birmingham based
• SupraLuxe – Oleander supraluxe.com
• Revere – Find a Safe Place http://www.last.fm/music/Revere
• I Was a Cub Scout – Close To Me

The questions for Tammy’s first Izzy Wizzy are below. Email her tammy@midsweep.com and answers will be on next weeks show.

1. Kaiser Chiefs’ singer Ricky Wilson landed in hospital this week after jumping between the barrier and the stage at Madison Square Garden, while playing a Green Day support gig. But what did he break in the fall?

a His ankle
b His finger
c A rib
d His nose

2. Which of these songs was found to be the most popular first dance at UK weddings, according to a survey published this week by music rights body PRS?

a Aerosmith – Don’t Want To Miss a Thing
b Shania Twain – From This Moment On
c Lonestar – Amazed
d Bryan Adams – Everything I do (I Do It for You)

3. Which singer responded to disparaging gossip-blog remarks this week by saying: “If one more ‘journalist’ makes a cavalier statement about me and my band, I will personally greet them at their home and discover just how much they believe in their freedom of speech”?

a Britney Spears
b Marilyn Manson
c Will.i.am
d Eminem

I’m on my way back home after doing our very first show on Rhubarb Radio.

After some initial hiccups, I think everything went pretty well and definitely from a presenter’s viewpoint, the flow was kept with a good mix of music.

I’ll have a listen back shortly and it’s be cool if you could too and let me know what you think. I’ve got some exciting things in the pipeline for future shows, so hoping you can make it extra special
by being a part of it.

I met up with Paul Hadley yesterday lunchtime for a tour around the RhubarbRadio.com studios and am happy to say that the first Midsweep on Rhubarb will be broadcast from 10am next Saturday, 25th July, right before day two of Supersonic kicks off. So now the preparation begins; playlist building, MP3 sourcing, band interviewing, music playing goodness.

Am yow ready?!*

*Read in a Brummie accent ‘cos it’s talk loik a brummie day