Things to Listen out for in 2011

I love listening to things so I thought I'd let you know what I'm looking forward to hearing more of this year.

I discovered The Strand over the christmas holidays.  It's the BBC World Service's daily arts programme; I don't get a chance to listen daily, however, there's a podcast released every weekend with the best bits.  The programme from the 8th of January is well worth a listen for the piece about the biography of Alan Lomax alone.

Having spent two weeks staring at the telly over Christmas I decided to give my eyes a rest and turned the radio on.  After some swearing at the tuning buttons I eventually found 6 Music and haven't looked back.  Ok, so this isn't a new one to most but it is to me!  In the first week alone I heard fantastic documentaries about Roxy Music and Maida Vale, got freaked out by Jarvis Cocker and felt supremely uncool when listening to Huey FLC.  My highlight though was hearing Colorama in session on Marc Riley's show.

Speaking of Colorama, Carwyn does a semi-regular mix that's well worth a listen here...
http://www.mixcloud.com/colorama/colorama-podcast-15-the-world-beyond/?utm_source=redirect&utm_medium=shorturl&utm_campaign=cloudcast

I missed Terje Isungset's Ice Music at Somerset House earlier this month - hopefully he'll be back though, it looks incredible.

Cardiff's online journal of alternative culture, Journal of Plastik, have promissed us some more podcasts this year.  I really enjoyed their Swn podcast and Marc's got his finger on the pulse when it comes to the good stuff in Cardiff.  That's why we've asked him to programme some music nights in our recently refurbished Ffresh bar.  More details will follow shortly - from what I've seen though they're nights not to be missed.

There's always a new albums section in something like this.  I don't have any that I'm particularly looking forward to - I'm just generally excited that people are making music that I haven't heard yet and that I get to discover this year.  If there's things you thing I should check out though, let me know.

Finally, I really need to do a Subtlemob this year.  You've probably seen more than enough flashmobs to last a lifetime - if you want an alternative, give your local Subtlemob a try!

Just to finish off, I thought I'd leave one of my favourite things from last year...



UPDATE
Journal of Plastik released their podcast last night...check the website for more details!

Rob.