Infernal Racket!!!!!!! Radio Session...

Radio Radio….

And so we completed Febs mad radio promos, with a visit to The Infernal Racket Radio show on Hayes 91.8 fm… each show we've done has been very different and with different personnel… due to an inner ear infection for Grim, it left the 'slimmed' down duo of Andy and John to take up the baton.

Following a slightly lengthy journey… rac router masters are only SO good! … in conjunction with luck and esp…

Anyhow, we arrived at 9.00, greeted by one half of the dynamic 'indie' DJ duo, Charlie and were shown into the live room… the show had just begun, so it was a couple of minutes before we met his co-host Darren. They outlined the idea of the show and where we fitted in, then while they 'retired' to the DJ room, we sat fiddling with our instruments.

The session kicked off with a play of Critical Mass (don't forget not released until 28th April folks) and then it was time for the live stuff… stripped down and raw (the music) first track was Numbers, which went none too bad (even we say so)… then followed an interview session talking about, Ponyland records (our label of course), The M.E.N, Mr.Boon and our influences… to this end we supplied a 'top 20 ' cd of tracks by artists that inspired us, that allowed the guys to pick 3 of for the show and meant that next weeks playlist was sorted already…. Think we'll have to negotiate more than £1.99, for then next one boys! …

The tracks selected on this occasion ranged from Primal Scream's - Rise, to Buzzcocks – Boredom and even Stakker Humaniod's – Humaniod.

Back to the live stuff and next up was Strange 4Play, (with Andy exhibiting an until now hidden 'repetitive' tendency for the chronological, as identified by Darren having chosen the 3 live tracks, in order from the album with Dial Xero, completing the tri-umberate off of Night Bus or Milk Train... it was unplanned honest guv!

Pretty soon 11 o'clock had ticked by and all that was left was a quick plug of our itunes 'wares' and on the request of Charlie and Darren a 10 second 'thrash' version of their jingle for future play on the station, which rounded off a thoroughly enjoyable evening… in summary, we have to big up Charlie and Darren for a really entertaining show, good banter, good tracks and most importantly, they are trying to get some exposure for small or unsigned bands and if for nothing else, deserve at least a check out their myspace. (look in our top 20 friends).

Thanks guys, stay in touch. See you at Turnmills on 19th March then?

We'll the rest of you at the Dry Bar on Friday!

The Scratch
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