30 Nov 2010

TOW on French Radio London

Heard about the latest DAB station to launch in London? French Radio London, a service for the half a million or so French speakers in the city. Monday-Friday evenings specialist music takes over the schedule and The Other Woman gets to present two hours from 10-midnight every Tuesday. Here are the playlists for the last two weeks!


Wednesday 17 November (launch day which is why we broadcast on a Wednesday)

T.Time Fantasy - Le Garcon
MC Lykez - Not Your Hair
The Horn The Hunt - Raptor (Aztec Dean Honer mix)
Lucius - Dear Tom (Songs from the Bromley House
Leslie Leblond et Elias Cornelius - L’Autre
Shrag - Ghost Before Breakfast  
White Hinterland - Icarus (Kairos)
Sleep Over - La Rose
Twin Sister - I Want A House
Veronica Falls - Stephen
Mishaped Pearls - Wind Of The Air
Sharon Van Etten - Peace Sign
Piney Gir - I’m Better Off Without A Piece Of A Shell Of A Man (Jesus Wept)
This Is The Kit - Waterproof (Wriggle Out The Restless)
Standard Fare - Philadelphia (The Noyelle Beat)
Vialka - Always Against
La La Vasquez - Kill
Saint Saviour - Birdsong
Jane Weaver - Fallen By Watch Bird
Madam - Girl Down
Dark Dark Dark - Wild Goose Chase
First Aid Kit - Hard Believer
WOOM - Salt
Gabby Young And Other Animals - We’re All In This Together
Girls In Trouble - Mountain/ When My Father Came Back
Grass Widow - Fried Egg
Emily Jane White - Stairs

Tuesday 23 November
The GreenSpiders - Hello Dee Dee
Sparrow and the Workshop - Just What I Needed
Nedry - A42 (Sideshow remix)
Leni Ward - I Want My Heart Back
6 Day Riot - All I Need
Anne Pigalle - SESSO
Anne Pigalle - With My Blonde
Deerhoof Vs Evil - The Merry Barracks
Leaf Library - Closer 
Ramona - How Long
Nuala Merne - Jupiter
Vanishing Twins - Le Jeune Prince
Lucy Jane - A Minor Inconvenience
Sentel - Widow
Rah Digga - This Ain’t No Lil Kid Rap
Cath & Phil Tyler - Lady Gay
Tokimonsta, Lunice & Swede - Alpenglow
Sean Lennon and Charlotte Kemp Muhl - The World Was Made For Men
Lower Dens - Two Cocks
Emily Barker - Little Deaths
Abigail Smith - Oh Sam
Nalle - Lily
Nadine Khouri - The Arms of Love
Florence Joelle’s Kiss of Fire - Watermelon Gin
Lazy Mary - Hangnail
Marnie Stern - For Ash

8 Nov 2010

TOW on 6 Music Introducing - the tracklists!

Ruth Barnes sat in for Tom Robinson presenting his brilliant 6 Music Introducing shows this weekend - and thanks to Tom's ace producer Tom Whalley for his help and all his picks:

SUNDAY

FRENCH KISSING – Beach Ball
http://www.myspace.com/frenchkissingband
MC LYKEZ -Not Your Hair
http://www.myspace.com/lykezmusic
T.TIME FANTASY -Le Garcon
http://www.myspace.com/ttimefantasy
RAT VS POSSUM -Binti Jua (Faux Pas Remix)
http://www.myspace.com/ratvspossum


INTRODUCING ROULETTE TRACK
Dean Jackson from The Beat (BBC Introducing in the East Midlands)
THE DAYDREAM CLUB – The Record Shop
http://www.myspace.com/thedaydreamclub


SHRAG -Ghosts Before Breakfast
http://www.myspace.com/shrag
STANDARD FARE - A NIGHT WITH A FRIEND
http://www.myspace.com/standardfare
MISHAPED PEARLS -Wind Of The Air
http://www.myspace.com/mishapedpearls


INTRODUCING INQUISITION
CHAPTER 24 - You Said
http://www.myspace.com/chapter24


MUSEUM OF BELLAS ARTES - Watch The Glow (Dreamtrak Diamond Sound)
http://www.myspace.com/museumofbellasartes
TV GIRL -If You Want It
http://www.tvgirl.bandcamp.com/


SESSION TRACK
PULLED APART BY HORSES – Yeah Buddy
http://www.pulledapartbyhorses.com/


PINEY GIR - Great Grey Belly
http://www.myspace.com/pineygir
GLDGRVZ -I Am A Ghost
http://www.myspace.com/gldgrvz
STEPHEN FARRIS - Alphabet Soup
http://www.soundcloud.com/stephenfarris
ECHO LAKE -Everything Is Real
http://www.myspace.com/echolakeandthestrangeera
LA LA VASQUEZ - Kill
http://www.myspace.com/lalavasquezband


BETHAN ELFYN TIP
VANGUARD - Track
http://www.myspace.com/levanguardfunk


SUTCLIFFE CATERING CO. - Masturbation Coma
http://www.soundcloud.com/sutcliffe-catering-co
NEDRY - A42 (Sideshow remix)
http://www.myspace.com/nedrymakesmusic
SMILE – Nightlife
http://www.myspace.com/wehatesmile
THE LEAF LIBRARY - Closer
http://www.myspace.com/theleaflibrary
BAD HABIT - Hombre Pacifica
http://soundcloud.com/badhabitmusic
LENI WARD - I Want My Heart Back
http://www.myspace.com/leniward


SESSION TRACK
PULLED APART BY HORSES – I Punched A Lion In The Throat
http://www.pulledapartbyhorses.com/

STEALING SHEEP - Shoot The Ducks To Win
http://www.myspace.com/stealingsheep
SWIM PLATFORM - Panorama
http://www.myspace.com/captainhiccupband


MONDAY

FIVENG – Give Me A Taste
http://www.myspace.com/fiveng
VILE VILE CREATURES - Traps
http://www.myspace.com/vilevilecreatures
MEAN LADY - Rain
http://www.meanlady.bandcamp.com/
SINGING ADAMS - I Need Your Mind
http://www.myspace.com/thesingingadams
BEAR BONES – Diving Bell
http://www.bearbonesmusic.com/
NADINE KHOURI - The Arms of Love
http://www.myspace.com/nadinekhouri
LETHERETTE – Dance Brace
http://www.myspace.com/letherette
KHAIRA ARBY - Tarab
http://www.myspace.com/khairaarby


INTRODUCING INQUISITION
MADAM - Someone In Love
http://www.myspace.com/madammusic


PRETTY LIGHTS – So Much In The Dark
http://www.prettylightsmusic.com/
PATRICIA PANTHER - What! I’m Not Doing Dat
http://www.myspace.com/patriciapanther


HUW STEPHENS TIP
YAAKS - HRHRHYTHM (White)
http://www.myspace.com/weareyaaks


BROKEN WATER - Normal Never Happened
http://www.myspace.com/brokenagua
MARIANNE LEE - Working At My Pleasure
http://www.myspace.com/marianneleemusic


BOBBY FRICTION TIP
ENGINE EARZ EXPERIMENT & DJ KAYPER – Gimme Some (White)
http://www.myspace.com/engineearz


GIRLS IN TROUBLE - I Was A Desert
http://www.myspace.com/girlsintroublemusic


THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT
Tom from My Psychoanalyst tipping Once There Were Dinosaurs
ONCE THERE WERE DINOSAURS – It’s About Time
http://www.myspace.com/oncethereweredinosaurs


CULTS – Go Outside
http://www.cults.bandcamp.com/


GIRL MUSIC GURU TIP 1
Hysterical Injury - Three
http://www.myspace.com/thehystericalinjury


GIRL MUSIC GURU TIP 2
She Makes War - Scared to Capsize
http://www.shemakeswar.com/


LET’S TALK ABOUT TREES – Lumberjack’s Lament
www.last.fm/music/Let's+Talk+About+Trees
VIALKA - Always Against
http://www.vialka.com/


SESSION TRACK
THE MALADIES OF BELLAFONTAINE – Radish Spirit
http://www.myspace.com/themaladiesofbellafontaine

2 Nov 2010

The 12 Days of Ladyfest!

On the 8th Day of Ladyfest, Lady Luck gave to me...
Ladyfest on BBC 6 Music!
Join TOW as we sit in for Tom Robinson on his brilliant 6 Music show, Introducing Fresh On The Net - which kicks off on Monday 8 November at 1am. We'll be playing muchos Ladyfest tunes and are joined by the fabulous Sukie Smith (Madam) who plays Sunday afternoon's quieter line up. Annette Barlow from The Girls Are comes on for a turn as our Girl Music Guru with tunes from The Hysterical Injury and She Makes War. 

OH AND - lest we forget! Annette will be doing a turn on Nemone's lunchtime show this afternoon with JD SAMSON! Tune in from 1pm... 

Tune in on digital radio or online here.

On the 9th Day of Ladyfest, Lady Luck gave to me... 

Trash Kit, Wetdog, La La Vasquez, Peepholes, Tender Trap and Viv Albertine!
Trash Kit
Viv Albertine
Peepholes
La La Vasquez
Tender Trap
Wetdog
So seriously, HAVE YOU SEEN SUNDAY'S LINE UP?? And we're only talking about the evening's line up - just wait until you've seen the rest of the day. We'll save that for another post, or you can look here. The best in lo-fi guitar bands AND Viv Albertine! Catch some of the most hyped and blogged about bands of the year all in one spot, it's going to be LOUD - prepare to get your hair blown back!


On the 10th Day of Ladyfest, Lady Luck gave to me...  Workshops and panel disco's aplenty!

Ten years on and where do we go from here? Ever wanted to put on your own Ladyfest? Join our brilliant Launch Debate on Friday 12 November, with Ladyfest founder member Lea Beattie, The Slits Viv Albertine, UK Feminista's Kat Banyard and more for YOU to fire your questions at. 

TOW is represented on the Women in Media panel discussion on Saturday 13 November with the lovely Annette Barlow from The Girls Are, the awesome Kira Cochrane from The Guardian and the super-talented broadcaster and writer Bidisha.

Plus - beat boxing workshops, bicycle maintenance, stand up comedy and a footie kick-about!

Plus - feminist discussion groups, yoga, dance, creative writing workshops, arts and crafts, life drawing and feminist self-defense.

Tickets HERE!

On the 11th Day of Ladyfest, Lady Luck gave to me...
Beats Workin' on Fri 12th Nov!

Photo by Robin Bharaj

Ladyfest is celebrating its tenth birthday and what a majestic way to kick off the party! Friday night at The Horatia will feature female beat-boxers, femmcee’s, hip hop and dance supremos. Showcasing the most exciting up and coming UK talent, Beats Workin’ promises to be an evening of fierce women and killer skills, headlined by major UK talent Envy - easily the fasted lady-rapper around, Lady Sovereign, YOU WISH!

Also catch MC Lykez, who grew up battling with the likes of Chipmunk in Crouch Hill, North London and whose single Not Your Hair is tearing up the airwaves. Birmingham's Lady Leshurr has been rapping since she was a little 'un and releasing bashment, grime and R&B mix tapes since she was just 16...

Beats Workin’ features performances from:
- MC ENVY
- LADY LESHURR
- GRACIOUS B
- LYKEZ
- PATRICIA PANTHER
- FRAMEOUS DANCE CO.
- COMPERED BY AMY & SUSAN


Tickets - HERE! 


On the 12th Day of Ladyfest, Lady Luck gave to me...
MEN as Saturday night headliners!



Can you freakin' believe it? A huge advocate of Ladyfest, Le Tigre member JD Samson will lead her crew on Saturday night to perform what will no doubt be an explosive headline set, expect hits including Off Our Backs, Simultaneously, Credit Card Babies and new material.

As well as the jam-packed music line up have you checked out the mind-boggling film schedule at this year's festival? Well, put it this way, on Saturday 13th November JD herself will be introducing the brand new 'Le Tigre On Tour' documentary...


Get booking those tickets!!