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Crossthepond

www.crossthepondmusic.com, a weekly UK music podcast

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James Yuill on Crossthepond's Acoustic Sessions
Each week, we interview an artist or figure from the music scene as well as a range of musicky features and playing some of the best tunes around. We'll also hijack you headphones, shower you with prizes, blast your past and teach you a thing or two about rock histories. We have already spoken to epic song torch bearers Battle, New Moscow, The Pipettes, Tom Brosseau, Transgressive Records, Absentee, The Mules, Jeremy Warmsley, Laura Groves, Emmy the Great, The Immediate, The Victorian English Gentlemens Club, The Noisettes, Action Plan, Stephen Jowett, Little Death, Darren Hayman, GoodBooks, Messiah J and The Expert, Martin Jondo, Tim Ten Yen, The Barker Band, Jill Barber, Rumble Strips, The Blood Arm, Foals, Dead Disco and Fyfe Dangerfield of Guillemots. Upcoming interviewees include Sunny Day Sets Fire, Field Music, Scout Niblett, The Shins, The Gorgeous Colours and Hot Club de Paris.
For a glimpse of what we do, we've collected together some of the live tracks the bands have played for us in the studio and around London. Have a listen on the player below. If it's the kind of thing that takes your fancy, make your way over to Crossthepond's website , to listen to the full shows, or head here to iTunes where you can

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My Interests

We love a bit of podcasting.

I'd like to meet:

Musicians, fans, podcasters, bloggers, writers, singer-songwriters, artists, composers, drummers, guitarists, trianglists, boy bands, girl bands, music snobs, teenie boppers, goths, geeks, nerds.....Whether you play music or just like talk about it, you can contact us at [email protected]

Music:

Crossthepond have spoken to Battle, New Moscow, The Pipettes, Tom Brosseau, Transgressive Records, Absentee, The Mules, Jeremy Warmsley, Laura Groves, Emmy the Great, The Immediate, The Victorian English Gentlemens Club, The Noisettes, Action Plan, Stephen Jowett, Little Death. Upcoming interviewees include Messiah J, Darren Hayman and Tim Ten Yen

Movies:

Glancing at an anally alphabetised DVD collection, Big Fish, Bottle Rocket, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Fight Club, Garden State, High Fidelity, I Heart Huckerbeys, Liverpool FC vs AC Milan 26/05/05, The Royal Tenenbaums... Oh and EVERYTHING Quentin Tarantino has had a hand to.

Television:

Two words- Arrested Development

Books:

England's Dreaming by Jon Savage. The number one book for punk fans, and probably the most comprehensive book written ever about music.

Heroes:

Jon Savage, Nick Kent, John Peel, Tom Waits, Gob Blooth, Con Houlihan, Joe Strummer, Marvin Gaye, Damon Albarn, Dostoevsky, Caetano Veloso and Lars Von Trier...

My Blog

The Blood Arm, Foals, Rumble Strips and Dead Disco

In this our twentieth show, we have done something slightly different. Thomas and Padraic headed down to The Insomniacs Ball, a musical extravaganza with 3 stages, 17 bands and lots of dancing. As wel...
Posted by Crossthepond on Sat, 16 Dec 2006 04:30:00 PST

Fyfe Dangerfield of Guillemots

A while back we received an email from a listener who'd passed a few sick hours sleeping to the sound of our voices and was eager to be on the show. That keen listener was Fyfe Dangerfield of Guillemo...
Posted by Crossthepond on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 04:21:00 PST

Barker Band and Jill Barber

The Eighteenth Show Finally, after making you wait a couple of weeks, we're back. This week we have an Americana double header, but without any Americans. The bluegrass Barker Band are in the studio c...
Posted by Crossthepond on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 06:49:00 PST

GoodBooks

The Seventeenth Show (click pop up player on right to listen) This week sees GoodBooks talking about an ear for a tune and not being Athlete with one of their biggest fans, Padraic. Ayden catches up w...
Posted by Crossthepond on Thu, 09 Nov 2006 03:24:00 PST

Messiah J & The Expert / Rotary Ten

Our fifteenth show sees Padraic playing on the trains of Dublin with Messiah J, one half of Irish hiphop duo Messiah J & The Expert (with the Expert obviously the other half for those who are rath...
Posted by Crossthepond on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 06:34:00 PST

Crossthepond Podcast 14, Darren Hayman & Tim Ten Yen

We're back in the comforts of our studio for Crossthepond 14, and Ayden is delighted to be joined there by ex Hefner and French talisman Darren Hayman. Darren also brought along his ukelele to play an...
Posted by Crossthepond on Fri, 20 Oct 2006 04:01:00 PST

Crossthepond Podcast 13, The Immediate & The Victorian English Gentleman's Club

We're all about on location interviews on Crossthepond 13. While Padraic was home he caught up with The Immediate in their stately North county Dublin mansion. Ayden, meanwhile stayed a little closer ...
Posted by Crossthepond on Fri, 20 Oct 2006 03:55:00 PST

Crossthepond Podcast 12, Emmy The Great & Memphis Industries

This week, on Crossthepond 12 we have the pleasure of having Emmy The Great into the studio for one of our favourite interviews to date. She also wowed us by playing a couple of exclusive acoustic tra...
Posted by Crossthepond on Fri, 20 Oct 2006 03:49:00 PST

Crossthepond Podcast 11, Little Death, Stephen Jowett and Laura Groves

Crossthepond 11 is dedicated to to the very best in unsigned UK music. We're joined in the studio by the very wonderful Stephen Jowett and the equally magnificent Little Death. Both also play  a ...
Posted by Crossthepond on Fri, 20 Oct 2006 03:43:00 PST

Crossthepond Podcast 10, Action Plan & Fear Of Flying

On Crossthepond 10 we welcome some of our favourite drinking buiddies Action Plan into the studio for a chat. Oh and just so you know, they also happen to write some great tunes. And any firends of Ac...
Posted by Crossthepond on Fri, 20 Oct 2006 03:36:00 PST