Mellow, chilled? Always. But listen out for something a little bit more vibrant on this weekend's sleepy sunday show.
2 Scottish singer/songwriters - one from Edinburgh and one from Glasgow.
2 North American bands - one from Vancouver, Canada and one from the Bay area, USA.
As always feedback is appreciated, you can leave it here on the site, or email me.

• Douglas Kay - Moving Target
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• Ten Ways From Sunday - Had To Wake You
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• Junk - I Wouldn't Get Out of Bed
  Email John

• Poor Bailey - Time Well Wasted
  No email address for them, but their Podsafe Music Network page is here.

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WARNING: Today tartanpodcast is 49 minutes long and contains 13 of the best songs from independant Scottish bands.
DO NOT DOWNLOAD if you do not want 49 minutes of virtually uninterupted Scottish-produced music.

Seriously though, consider this a mix tape of some of my favourite songs from the last 7 months of the tartanpodcast.

• Electrum - Interferance
  The Twisted Melons - Panic
  Go Universe - Guitar Music Inc
  Maeve O'Boyle - The Girl Next Door
  Finniston - Listen to Your Mother
  Sans Trauma - Give in to Win
  Hotrod Cadets - My Heart Sinks
  Kasino - Never See
  Dumb Instrument - Oor Wullie's Baldy
  Ross Nichol and the Mannequins - Say What You Want
  Barely HiFi - Here to Stay
  Gum - Asleep At the Wheel
  Hollow Horse - Forget the Girl

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As you know Gail and I were at the Darvel Music Festival to see Finniston perform live.

I've video taped their set, including interviews with them before and after their set and a quick chat with the event organiser, Neil McKenna.

This special tartanpodcast brings you Finnison live. Hear the nerves disappearing as the first song comes to an end...hear their new material...hear Steven's girlfriend Lindsay cheering enthusiastically!

Finniston's EP 'Popular Music That Will Live Forever' is still available only from their website.

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Tom Morton broadcasts every weekday on BBC Radio Scotland. His radio show is one of the few I listen to and if I'm honest his broadcasting style is the one I try to model the tartanpodcast on.

I was delighted to be able to do a quick telephone interview with him.

Tom mentions The Ronelles, so I play their track Never Stop Love.

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This Sunday the music is provided by Super 8, Quinn and Reeds. I talk about the comparisons people make when discussing music, wine and babies...
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• Super 8 - Icarus
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• Quinn - Hollow Heart & Damaged Goods (the 2nd song is from their forthcoming album)
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• Reeds - Atlantic
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3 Scottish artists again, please help the Scottish independant music community by emailing the bands or posting comments about their music here on the tartanpodcast website!

• David William - Strange Comfort
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• Mummy Short Arms - Toto the Dog
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• The Twisted Melons - Panic
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  This song is in my top 5

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Recorded in the car on minidisk, a little different from usual. Includes a piece from BBC Radio 5 Live that I was involved in this week.

• Cameron Bruce - Looking For Susie
  Apologies, can't find a link to Cameron's site...

• Redsun - Badside
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• Exitpilot - Shapes & Shadows
  Email the band here
  Here's what they had to say;
  Were an unsigned band from Glasgow called Exitpilot. Currently, we are doing as much gig as possible up and down the UK and any exposure you could put our way (assuming you like the tracks) would be great.

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I love putting together a mixed bag.

3 tracks, written, recorded and produced in Scotland.

• Alan Cassidy - I Came For You
  

Email Alan here. He just keeps getting better and better.

• Satellite Dub - Magnolia Lane
  Email Craig here.
  Satellite Dub have had some great press;
  "Imagine King Tubby driving a 34 foot bassbin through your house into your fishpond and you can imagine the breakbeat sound of North Lanarkshire according to Craig Brown" - Rob Da Bank (Radio 1 / One Music) "Following in the footsteps of Mylo's successful crossover to the big time, Satellite Dub appear on the verge of something quite special. " - Dan Feeney (High Voltage)

• Reeds - Gardening
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Background music by Brain Buckit, courtesy of the Podsafe Music Network.

Settle back with the tartanpodcast's sleepy sunday show. This week it's running a bit longer than usual, hope you don't mind.

John Alexander - Won't Go Down Email John here John's got a gig coming up; 4th November Stripped Sessionss@ The Butterfly & Pig 153 Bath St Glasgow

Finniston - Listen to Your Mother Email Steven & Jolene here They still have a few copies of their limited edition EP 'Popular Music That Will Live Forever' Here's what Scotland's biggest newspaper The Daily Record had to say about their EP; FINNISTON Popular Music That Will Live Forever EP SIBLING bands have always done well in Scotland from The Proclaimers to Oasis. Finniston, Steven Finnie and sister Jolene Crawford, play alt folk - that's mandolins, fiddle, lovely melodies and harmonies. EP opener Another Love Song with it's bah-bah-bah-boohs has the clever wink of Belle & Sebastian, while Half Man Half Boy is a swaggering end-of-the-night thumbs up to every guy not ready to grow up. Changes and Peace of Mind, with their fancy fretwork and Steven's lower octave range, give nods to Nick Drake, while Listen To Your Mother adds country wisdom and Out of Sight is just a glorious folk romp. Calling an EP Popular Music That Will Live Forever opens Finniston up for a critical kicking, but you know what? With gorgeous songs like these they could be right

Karine Polwart - Only One Way Email Karine's manager here I hope to be able to bring you some of Karine's new music on the tartanpodcast soon. You guys can help by emailing her manager via the link above!

Dropkick - Hideaway Email the band here I highly recommend their album 'Music to Watch Sheep By' - buy it here They've got a few gigs coming up; Fri 21st October 2005: Caledonian Backpackers Hostel, Queensferry Street, Edinburgh. With Attic Lights and Souldrive. Doors open 8.30pm. Entry is £4. Sat 22nd October 2005: Cellar Bar, St Andrews. Supporting Edinburgh's finest popsters Slowjet. Doors open 8pm. Free Entry. Fri 4th November 2005: Bannermans, Cowgate, Edinburgh. With Slowjet again. Doors 8.30pm. £4 entry.

Dumb Instrument - Oor Wullie's Baldy Email the band here Oor Wullie was a favourite comic strip of mine, and I'd eagerly await each 2nd Sunday when he'd be published in the Sunday Post.

Jupiter and Teardop - Something Good Email Geoff Martyn from the band here

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3 rock bands, 3 heavy tracks.

Little Panic - Cake

Dark Water - Lost Drive

Stigma - Even Dead Cats Bounce

Another weekend and another Sleepy Sunday Show, and the quality of the music just keeps getting better. See if I'm not right...Well, listen and see if I'm not right. This isn't a videocast. Sheesh.

On today's podcast;

• Oldsolar - This Golden Mile

• Robin Tymm - Summer Days Like These
  No website for Robin, but here's what he wrote me;
  I'm an English songwriter in my 30's, living & working in sunny Derbyshire. Quite content with the writing, don't want to be a performer (haven't got the voice) or a producer (haven't got the patience). Nevertheless I have recorded quite a few of my songs and "released" a couple of albums, although they're not available for sale anywhere. And there's no internet presence either. People I've played my stuff to, family, friends, strangers, seem to like it and I thought your listeners might like to hear some. I've attached two tracks of my latest effort, and give tartanpodcast my permission to broadcast them - hope you like them. Regards, Robin
  you can email him here

• Amplifico - Like a Magnet
  Look out for a Spotlight show from these guys soon, I'm very excited about their music.
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• Barely Hi Fi - Silent
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A folk-based podcast today. Enjoy. 2 tracks;

• Spokersloan - The Belper

• Murder the Stout - Nancy Whisky

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