The MOJO Record Club

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The MOJO Record Club with Norman Blake Sep 16, 2023

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Teenage Fanclub’s Norman Blake is our latest inductee to the MOJO Record Club, bringing with him the astonishing Quebec by Ween. Plus Andrew Male and John Mulvey dig into Neil Young’s long-awaited Chrome Dreams, and the final album by the incendiary trumpeter and composer jaimie branch.

Tracklisting:

1. Back To The Light, written by Norman Blake, and released on the bands own label, PeMa

2. It’s Gonna Be A Long Night, written and arranged by Ween and released on Sanctuary Records

3. Among His Tribe, written and arranged by Ween and released on Sanctuary Records

4. Sedan Delivery, written by Neil Young and released on Reprise Records

5. Take over the World from ‘Fly Or Die Fly Or Die Fly Or Die ( ( world war ) )’ composed by Jaimie Branch and released on International Anthem Records

The MOJO Record Club with Lloyd Cole Sep 16, 2023

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From his Massachusetts attic studio Lloyd Cole ponders music celebrity golf tournaments, tells us the best way to insult a musician and talks to Andrew Male and Jenny Bully about his love for Joan As Police Woman’s 2006 debut LP, Real Life. Plus, new albums by Mudhoney and Everything But The Girl, stray cat noises, the joy of small dogs and the middle-aged wit and melancholy at the heart of Gen X music.

Tracklisting:

1. Wolves, written and performed by Lloyd Cole and released on the earMUSIC label

2. Christobel, written and performed by Joan Wasser and released on Reveal Records

3. Anyone, performed by Joan Wasser, written by Joan Wasser and Anohni and released on Reveal Records

4. Nothing Left To Lose, performed by Everything But the Girl, written by Ben Watt and Tracey Thorn and released on Buzzin’ Fly Records

5. Move Under by Mudhoney, written by Mudhoney from the album Plastic Eternity released on Sub Pop Records

6. Little Dog by Mudhoney, written by Mudhoney from the album Plastic Eternity released on Sub Pop Records

The MOJO Record Club with James Skelly Sep 16, 2023

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The Coral’s James Skelly helps Andrew Male and Chris Catchpole “explore the spaces between the sun and the shadows”. To be explored, specifically: Cillian Murphy and Bela Lugosi; Phil Spector and Celine Dion; and elusive butterfly and self-proclaimed “all-out pain” Bob Lind. Oh, and new ones by Sparklehorse and our old friend Alabaster DePlume, too!

TRACKLIST

1. That’s Where She Belongs, by The Coral, written by James Skelly and released on Run On Records

2. Elusive Butterfly, by Bob Lind, written by Bob Lind, produced by Jack Nitzsche and released on World pacific Records in 1966

3. Did You Know, by Alabaster De Plume, featuring Momoko Gill and MettaShiba and composed in the act of performing by Alabaster DePlume, Falle Nioke, Rozi Plain, Sarathy Korwar, Tom Skinner, Kenichi Iwasa, James Howard, Tom Herbert, Natalie Pela, Rosa Slade, Elly Condron, Luisa Gerstein, Matt Webb, Michael Chestnutt, Ursula Russell, Conrad Singh, Hannah Miller, Donna Thompson, Matthew Bourne, Momoko Gill and Ruth Goller, from the album, Come With Fierce Grace, released on International Anthem

4. Evening Star Supercharger, by Sparklehorse, written by Mark Linkous and released on Anti Records

5. Listening to the Higsons, by Sparklehorse, written by Mark Linkous and released on Anti Records

The MOJO Record Club with Nick Banks Sep 16, 2023

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Pulp’s Nick Banks is the latest guest of the MOJO Record Club; author, potter, punk historian and Jarvis Cocker’s faithful drummer. Nick joins Andrew Male and Chris Catchpole to discuss the Pulp reunion, creativity over technique and The Slits... He remembers the first time, and the second, and the third! Plus new releases from Public Image Ltd and Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy.

Tracklisting:

1. My Legendary Girlfriend, written by Pulp and released on Fire Records in 1991

2. Typical Girls, written by by Viv Albertine, Tessa Pollitt, Ariane Forster and Paloma Romero and released on Island Records

3. Car Chase, written by Lydon, Smith, Edmonds and Firth and released on PiL Official Records

4. Bananas, written by Will Oldham and released on Domino Records

The MOJO Record Club with Kristin Hersh Sep 16, 2023

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The MOJO Record Club with Kristin Hersh Catch a wave with Kristin Hersh, as the Throwing Muses legend tells Andrew Male and Chris Catchpole about “tasty” sounds, Experimental Jelly, being a surf mom, and 40 years of fighting the good fight against the music biz. Plus the new album from Blake Mills, and some unheard revelations from Vivian Stanshall… A glance from an expiring cod!

Tracklisting:

1. Ms Haha from Clear Pond Road, written by Kristin Hersh and released on Fire Records

2. He Quits, written by Tomorrow’s Tulips and released on Burger Records in 2013

3. A Waste, written by Tomorrow’s Tulips and released on Burger Records in 2013

4. Skeleton Is Walking, from Blake Mills Jelly Road, written by Blake Mills and Chris Weismann and released on the New Deal and Verve label

5. Lady Rawlinson’s Lilt, from Rawlinson End, written by Vivian Stanshall and released by Madfish Records

The MOJO Record Club with Barry Adamson Sep 15, 2023

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Soundtrack don Barry Adamson joins Andrew Male for a trawl through the shadowy world of classic movie scores. Plus new albums from Suede and Makaya McCraven, and an epiphany in the Scala Cinema!

Tracklisting:

1. Prelude, Vertigo by Bernard Herrmann, 1996 reissue of Vertigo on Varese Sarabande

2. Vertigo, sung by Billy Eckstine and written by Jay Livingston-Ray Evens and released on Mercury in 1958

3. The Fours, by Makaya McCraven, from the album, In These Times, released on International Anthem

4. 15, by Suede taken from the album Autofiction released on BMG

The MOJO Record Club with Warren Ellis Sep 15, 2023

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This week, the whirlwind of creativity that is Warren Ellis gently ushers your host Andrew Male and MOJO Editor John Mulvey into the church of Alice Coltrane. Plus Nina Simone, John Coltrane, Jerry Lee Lewis, Karen Dalton, Bob Dylan, Bitchin Bajas, Ralph Stanley and a stunning Lou Reed revelation!

Tracklisting:

1.Alice Coltrane - My Favourite Things, from Alice Coltrane With Strings – World Galaxy (Impulse Records, 1972)

2.Alice Coltrane - A Love Supreme from Alice Coltrane With Strings – World Galaxy (Impulse Records, 1972)

3.Alice Coltrane talking about her harp from Alice Coltrane documentary (dir. St. Clair Bourne, 1970) 4.Lou Reed - Heroin (May 1965 Demo) from Lou Reed - Words And Music May 1965 (Light In The Attic, 2022)

5.Bitchin Bajas - Amorpha from Bajascillators (Drag City, 2022)

The MOJO Record Club with Robyn Hitchcock Aug 19, 2022

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Psych-pop maestro Robyn Hitchcock joins host Andrew Male and MOJO Editor John Mulvey for a mind-expanding flashback to the 1960s. Plus the week’s best new releases, as the team attempt to join the microdots between jazz, heavy metal and everything in between.

Tracklisting:

1. Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine, taken from the album Electric Music For The Mind And Body, written and performed by Country Joe And The Fish, released on Vanguard Records

2. Section 43, taken from the album Electric Music For The Mind And Body, written and performed by Country Joe And The Fish, released on Vanguard Records

3. Karaoke by Cass McCombs from the album, Heartmind, released on Anti

4. My Name is Blank by Boris, from the album Heavy Rocks, released on Relapse Records

The MOJO Record Club with Miki Berenyi Aug 05, 2022

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Miki Berenyi is Andrew Male’s latest guest, discussing her new autobiography, revisiting her ‘90s in Lush, and revealing her passion for The Passions. Plus the week’s key new releases with Andrew and MOJO’s Jenny Bulley. Subscribe now at mojo4music.com/podcast/

Tracklisting:

1. Lush - Light From A Dead Star from their 1994 album, Split (4AD, 1994)

2. Piroshka - Everlastingly Yours from Brickbat (Bella Union, 2018)

3. I'm in Love with A German Film star by The Passions on Top Of The Pops

4. The Passions - Bachelor Girls from Thirty Thousand Feet Over China (Polydor, 1981)

5. The Passions - Alice's Song from Thirty Thousand Feet Over China (Polydor, 1981)

6. Kiwi Jr - The Extra Sees The Film from Chopper (Sub Pop, 2022)

7. Rich Ruth - Older But Not Less Confused from I Survived, It’s Over (Third Man, 2022)

8. Nada Surf - Blonde On Blonde by Nada Surf from Let's Go (Heavenly reissue, 2022)

The MOJO Record Club with Thurston Moore Jul 25, 2022

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Thurston Moore and your host Andrew Male range far and wide across the musical universe in Episode Two of the MOJO Record Club: The Velvet Underground, Big Joanie, Jack White, The Supremes, Herb Alpert, The Stooges and more!

Tracklisting:

1. Hashish by Thurston Moore, from the album By The Fire, released on Daydream Library

2. Shadows & Light Source Both, poem by Rumi, music and performance by Maggie Nicols (recorded at Café Oto)

3. Fall Asleep by Big Joanie, written by Big Joanie, from the album, Sistahs, released on Daydream Library

4. Cranes in the Sky, performed by Big Joanie, written by Solange (performed live) released on Third Man Records

5. Living Torch from the album, Entering Heaven Alive by Jack White released on Third Man Records

6. Living Torch I by Kali Malone, from the album Living Torch, released on Portraits GRM

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