With Ben remaining stubbornly Not Here, this week Simon welcomes lovably gruff Scottish co-host Rod Begbie into the studio. The bulk of the show is dedicated to some of Rod's exquisitely-chosen favourites through the years, before Simon rounds things out with a few new things he picked up this week.
Along the way, Simon and Rod discuss Britishness, Scottishness, and the fact that being a hipster in Scotland is basically the inverse of everywhere else, requiring great enthusiasm.
Playlist
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Keep Yourself Warm by Frightened Rabbit on The Midnight Organ Fight (FatCat Records) -
There's A Girl In The Corner by The Twilight Sad on Nobody Wants To Be Here and Nobody Wants To Leave (FatCat Records) -
Check My Heart by The Pastels on Slow Summits (Domino) - Break
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Feels Like Summer by Tim Wheeler on Shaun The Sheep OST (Aardman) -
Rocks by Primal Scream on Give Out But Don't Give Up (Sire Records) -
You And I Alone by Daphne and Celeste on You And I Alone (Self-released) -
Ghosts by Ladytron on Velocifero (Nettwerk Productions) -
Debbie Loves Joey by Helen Love on The Bubblegum Killers EP (Self-released) -
Cool Slut by Chastity Belt on Time To Go Home (Hardly Art) - Break
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Black White & Blue by Ladyhawke on Anxiety (Casablanca Records) -
Hot Pants by Alan Parker on Flute for Moderns (KPM Music Ltd) -
Cable TV by Fol Chen on Part I: John Shade, Your Fortune's Made (Asthmatic Kitty) - Break
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Victoria by The Fall on The Frenz Experiment (Beggars Banquet) -
James K. Polk by They Might Be Giants on Factory Showroom (Elektra) -
Thirteen Gliding Principles by The Delgados on The Great Eastern (Mantra Recordings) -
This Is Love by PJ Harvey on Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea (Island Records) -
Dead Fox by Courtney Barnett on Sometimes I Sit and Think, Sometimes I Just Sit (Mom+Pop) -
Solitary Party Groover by Drugstore on Drugstore (Cherry Red) -
Return to the Moon (Political Song for Didi Bloome to Sing, with Crescendo) by EL VY on Return to the Moon (4AD) -
Trust by Half Moon Run on Sun Leads Me On (Glassnote) -
Josephine by Ritual on From The City To The Wilderness EP (Self-released) -
What You Don't Do by Lianne La Havas on Blood (Warner) -
m.A.A.d city by Kendrick Lamar on good kid, m.A.A.d city (Interscope)