EP20: Slabs (Aug 23)

Just in time for August and the holidays, the Podcast no one has been missing is back with Episode 20 and a review of the August 2023 playlist! Sleeves are worn and Top 3’s are picked.Meanwhile JMac takes a crash-course in European geography, Stuki shamelessly promotes a certain streaming service (presumably in hope of receiving some freebies) and retrospectively, Lowney well and truly gazes at his shoes.The August playlist on https://open.spotify.com/playlist/48b7f8EwXfAm5hJlm87GUy?si=cbcff604762845db Track list:Folly Group - Strange NeighbourEnglish Teacher - The World’s Biggest Paving SlabBilderbuch - SoftpowerYabba- JawboneA. Savage - Elvis In The ArmyJosé González, Elias Araya & Tobias Winterkorn - Line of Fire (feat. Sharon Van Etten)Flamingods - Dreams (On The Strip)Hotel Lux - ViceSlowdive - The SlabBullant - Perfect Shelving TechniqueHoliday Ghosts - VultureUh - Hit Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 19 of The JLS Show finally arrives. The hosts select their usual Top 3 picks from July’s playlist.Discussions revolve around the merits of instrumentals and the wide ranging influence of Prog, good and bad. While Stuki’s charity of choice sounds a bit dodgy. The July playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1Gc9XK0ybTzydsv2BPM6sm?si=c8d504b69dc04552Track list:PIL - Car ChaseBlack Market Karma & Tess Parks - The Sky Was All DiseasedAllah-Las - No WerewolfPlank! - Longshore DriftTreeboy & Arc - Midnight MassThe Wytches - MariaTape Runs Out - ArkSluice - CenturionFrankie And The Witch Fingers - FuturephobicA. Savage - Thanksgiving PrayerJIM - Across The StreetSun’s Signature - Bluedusk (LUMP Remix) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After an enforced hiatus and without fanfare, Episode 18 of The JLS Show is now here... and the hosts select their usual Top 3 picks from June’s playlist.The June playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4T3iOUhP93y59ve8659bS3?si=5c00f8220f9b4aa9Track list:Spirit Award - Guilt And ShameLeathers - High RiseDas Kolles - Nuffin SandwichMiss Tiny - The BeggarHong Kong Wigs - Fa Fa FaMedia Giant - Afraid Of The DarkProtomartyr - Polacrilex KidStuck - Do Not ReplyJohn Parish & Aldous Harding - Three HoursPrawn Prison - Ladies Who LunchTimmy’s Organism - Fly Your Red FlagClark - Medicine (feat. Thom Yorke)Mock Tudors - CryptoThe Cleaners From Venus - The Beautiful StonedConfidence Man & Daniel Avery- On & On (Again) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 17 of The JLS Show has arrived, finally… and the hosts select their usual Top 3 picks from May’s playlist.Meanwhile, Lowney continues to straddle fine lines, Stuki picks the ‘Oldest Goldie’ ever to appear on the show and David Coverdale makes a special guest appearance.The May playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1kh5VjYJXm9Lx7bczijGDk?si=2738778323e84c30Morrissey comments on Sinead O’Connor’s death: Morrissey Slams 'Insultingly Stupid' Tributes to Sinead O'ConnorThe Glove wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_GloveDear Prudence video (YouTube): https://youtu.be/M6rrTROoZIw?si=zEd2q3iKE0PvBvs_Track list:Motorpyscho - PatternsGeese - Mysterious LoveThe Oh Sees - Intercepted MessageYou Said Strange - Eastern SideJim Jones All Stars - Gimme The GreaseBC Camplight - Kicking Up A FussLorelle Meets The Obsolete - InvisibleQuickly, Quickly - Falling Apart Without YouThe Glove - Perfect MurderCinder Well - Two Heads, Grey MareSpitting Image - Devil’s BloomOxbow - 1000 Hours Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After another enforced absence, the JLS show returns with the usual Top 3 selections from the Guntz monthly playlist, this time April. Meanwhile, jMac owns up to some dodgy gig going, Lowney drops some vowels and Stuki gets hot under the collar about the lyrical wisdom in one of the top picks.The April playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3P4uozFRRb1ikFd0aioVVW?si=76060acd20284431Kiss's Gene Simmons visits the Houses of Parliament: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/gene-simmons-uk-parliament-kiss-ian-paisley-democracy-b2353172.htmlSpotify makes up genres - Chamber Psych: https://www.nme.com/features/spotify-wrapped-what-is-chamber-psych-2837840Track list:Trip Westerns - Blame CharliePozi - M6 TollEades - Reno Pt 2Kara Delik - HayvanDommengang - Blue & PeacefulIshmael Ensemble & Rider Shafique - ReasonsFews - Get OutTape Runs Out - 90 Deg CBdrmm - Be Careful William The Conqueror - Somebody ElseCraven Faults - Odda DelfThe Cool Greenhouse - Get Unjaded Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Back after a prolonged absence, Episode 15 is finally here. Along with more of the usual waffle and picking of Top 3's from the March playlist.JMac is looking for value for money, Lowney succumbs to a few pet-hates and Stuki longs for the day that the machines take over…The March playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3sAdV4wfEhc2OnNkMmb5gM?si=a71d3ad6218b4276Track list:Flyying Colours - Long DistanceThe The - $1 One VoteMeg Baird - Ashes, AshesKassi Valazza - Watching Planes Go ByGift - Here And Now (Time Floats By)Egyptian Blue - GeishaThe Veils - No Limit Of StarsSpecial Interest - Cherry Blue IntentionKilling Joke - Full Spectrum Dominance Amos The Kid - Enough As It WasMaps - Heya YahaDownpilot - Red Desert Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Recorded in late December 2022 when our beloved host JMac was otherwise engaged, this special episode features our collective favourite tracks from the first 11 JLS Shows. It was originally ’broadcast’ as part of the Guntzenanny listening party on New Year’s Eve eve, 2022. Enjoy. Track list:Rubber Oh - NothingDog Unit - Absolute UnitGhost Woman - Behind Your EyesReigns - The HoarderPersonal Trainer - RugbustersMesh - Ur DeadJelly Cleaver - Black LineWunderhorse - ButterfliesDactyl Terra - Tsunami Go!Hollow Ship - Magic MountainLewsberg - Six HillsAll Them Witches - 6969 WXL The CageRegressive Left - The Wrong Side Of HistoryDrive By Truckers - The DriverThe Smile - We Don’t Know What Tomorrow Brings Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 14 belatedly arrives with the usual Top 3 picks from February’s playlist and some lengthy discussion about the welfare of session musicians. Lowney and Stuki both suffer some memory lapse regarding their so-called favourite band! And JMac dances around his handbag.The February playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/037Qwr2yJ9WJWHZE5hXN4E?si=9c09c7ba59cd4a83Robert Fripp’s dispute with the Bowie estate: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/king-crimson-robert-fripp-david-bowie-estate-dispute-heroes-scary-monsters-890139/Track list:Sweet Williams - Glass StateMr. Bison - From The AbyssThe Black Delta Movement - Fourth Pass Over The GraveyardIndex For Working Musik - 1871Samana - Two WrongsCory Hanson - HouseflyLM.ORG, Robert Smith & Bjork Gudmundsdottir - Hidden Place Into A ForestSquid - Swing (In A Dream)BC Camplight - The Last Rotation Of EarthFather John Misty - The Next 20th CenturyTamino - The FlameDjango Django - Complete (feat. Self Esteem) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 13 of The JLS Show is finally here.. and celebrating its first birthday with the usual Top 3 picks from January’s playlist along with the return of an old feature.Also this month, Lowney breaks his own selection rules, Stuki becomes teacher once more - this time the subject is German colloquialisms & Shakespeare and JMac gets very hot under the collar with some magical thinking.The January playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5A7PlwY8NMkcpAEoEIqrDN?si=xOCdObVpTli-a2uJl-33bQPuck, A Midsummer Night's Dream: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puck_(A_Midsummer_Night%27s_Dream) Magical Thinking: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magical_thinkingThe Secret (book) on Amazon: https://amzn.eu/d/dpeYKtZThe Graham Norton Show with Joy Crookes on YouTube (35:30): https://youtu.be/MwRCl9Q0F9ITrack list:Air Show Disaster - Psychosis On The RunThe Church - C’est La ViePuck - CottonmouthJosefin Öhrn & The Liberation - DunesMagon - EmilyThe Drin - VenonQuasi - NowheresvilleLiela Moss - Come And Find MeGryningen - RadioskuggaSloan - Magical ThinkingJoy Crookes - Feet Don’t Fail Me NowIggy Pop - The RegencyFazerdaze - Thick Of The Honey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the long anticipated JLS Show season finale, the usual Top 3 picks are selected from December's Music Guntz playlist, with at least one of the hosts ‘under the influence’.Meanwhile, Stuki hands over the offending baton and much to JMac’s dismay, Lowney picks something nice.The December playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1fLt2MKw4WwlWueOceJoFl?si=b9aa543fa6a3491eThe Go-Betweens, Grant McClennan Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant_McLennanMark E Smith attacks Mumford & Sons: https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-fall-2-8-1260879Track list:Ceramic - FollowMock Tudors - Bin DayRobert Forster - Tender YearsVia Mardot - JollityThe Heavy Heavy - All My DreamsTrentemøller & The Ravonettes - Cops On Our TailSmirk - RevengeGhost Woman - The End Of A GunModern Studies - GeeseVerdena - Chaise LongueThe Mary Wallopers - Cod Liver Oil & Orange JuiceThe Orielles - Airtight Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.