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Hello everybody, I hope you're well.
This week on the show we celebrated National Noise Day (it's today, but everyday can be National Noise Day if you want it to be) with tunes by Robot Ninja Dinosaur Bastards, The Harpies, Jason Forrest and Friends Electric. Have a brilliant time if you're going to the Venn Festival in Bristol this weekend - the line up is superb.

Over the last week I've seen ace music at the Full Ponty festival in Pontypridd (tonight's Radio 1 Wales show with me and Beth Elfyn is all from the Full Ponty with loads of live music from there). Also been in Carmarthen for the Eisteddfod and Hay on Wye to see Young Marble Giants play their first gig in 27 years, and it was great. Then it was up to London and now I'm a bit ill. So I'm going to stay still this weekend.

Check out this weeks Free Podcast on Friday for Brighton's Esiotrot in session. A must for indie and Roald Dahl fans everywhere!

Pontypridd hosted the second Full Ponty festival over the weekend, and it was a rock-tastic day. Friends Electric from Neath proved to be a really interesting new band making a rock-electronic racket which sounded really good, different to others who make a rock-electro racket who can get it very wrong in my opinion.
Massive crowds for The New 1920, The Blackout, Kids in Glass Houses and everyone going crazy for the Automatic and of course Lostprophets, back in Ponty where it all started for them. The Prophets support of local bands they've been championing, taking out on tour and encouraging is something really special, and something thy can be vey roud of. Also Gethin Pearson and the Scenry were ace, and the mighty Gallows who were, as usual, amazing. Check out Radio 1 in Wales this Thursday night for me and Beth Elfyn from the festival with live music...
Tonight I got to see Young Marble Giants play their first gig in 27 years. The legendary Cardiff band only released one album, the amazing Colossal Youth which led Kurt Cobain to call them his favourite band. They were superb too, playing as part of the Hay on Wye literary festival, and sounding so fresh and insiring, gentle and musically brilliant. The album and Peel sessions is being re-released soon on Domino.
I'm listening to Eugene McGuinness' cd which I do beieve will be released in the next couple of months. It's as lovely and warm as the session he did for the show recently...
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Pontypridd hosted the second Full Ponty festival over the weekend, and it was a rock-tastic day. Friends Electric from Neath proved to be a really interesting new band making a rock-electronic racket which sounded really good, different to others who make a rock-electro racket who can get it very wrong in my opinion.
Massive crowds for The New 1920, The Blackout, Kids in Glass Houses and everyone going crazy for the Automatic and of course Lostprophets, back in Ponty where it all started for them. The Prophets support of local bands they've been championing, taking out on tour and encouraging is something really special, and something thy can be vey roud of. Also Gethin Pearson and the Scenry were ace, and the mighty Gallows who were, as usual, amazing. Check out Radio 1 in Wales this Thursday night for me and Beth Elfyn from the festival with live music...
Tonight I got to see Young Marble Giants play their first gig in 27 years. The legendary Cardiff band only released one album, the amazing Colossal Youth which led Kurt Cobain to call them his favourite band. They were superb too, playing as part of the Hay on Wye literary festival, and sounding so fresh and insiring, gentle and musically brilliant. The album and Peel sessions is being re-released soon on Domino.
I'm listening to Eugene McGuinness' cd which I do beieve will be released in the next couple of months. It's as lovely and warm as the session he did for the show recently...
h

Last night's show was crammed with new tunes from Whiskycats, Armrug, Costello, Dollymops, Y'r Impossible and Redwings representing the Preston Fringe to new Bearsuit, Stuffy and the Fuses, Swansea's Viva Machine, Breaking the Illusion and Middleman from Leeds, Ceri Collins and Black Ceasar from the thriving South Wales rock scene and new hip hop from Scots Underling and Park Bench Poet. Listen again if you missed it.
Tonight me and Beth Elfyn are live from Pontypridd for the Full Ponty festival that's on in Ponty this Saturday. Viva Machine and Americans Head Automatica are live on Radio 1 Wales, and we'll be recording the festival on Saturday.
Also this weekend in Fyfe check out the Tigerfest festival -
And in Leeds there's a whole load of music going on in the Live in Leeds fest!

Last night's show was crammed with new tunes from Whiskycats, Armrug, Costello, Dollymops, Y'r Impossible and Redwings representing the Preston Fringe to new Bearsuit, Stuffy and the Fuses, Swansea's Viva Machine, Breaking the Illusion and Middleman from Leeds, Ceri Collins and Black Ceasar from the thriving South Wales rock scene and new hip hop from Scots Underling and Park Bench Poet. Listen again if you missed it.
Tonight me and Beth Elfyn are live from Pontypridd for the Full Ponty festival that's on in Ponty this Saturday. Viva Machine and Americans Head Automatica are live on Radio 1 Wales, and we'll be recording the festival on Saturday.
Also this weekend in Fyfe check out the Tigerfest festival -
And in Leeds there's a whole load of music going on in the Live in Leeds fest!

I went up on Friday to Preston to take part in a
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for me was Y'r Impossible who played a storming set at 53 Degrees, and who'll be
on the show on Wednesdays. I saw Whiskeycats play at the cleverly named and brilliant pub the
Mad Ferret, and met up with local promoter John Winstanley. The Fringe gigs are
a vital part of these Radio 1 weekends. I remember when it happened in Cardiff -
it was one of the most exciting things ever to happen to the South Wales music
scene. Wish I could have been there on Wednesday and Thursday night too to see
the bands.
Over the weekend I was hosting the In New Music we Trust Stage. The line-up was
incredibly strong. Here are some of my highlights -

The Pigeon Detectives opening it all up to a packed tent of new and old fans.
Debut album on the ace Leeds Dance to the Radio label is out next Monday.

Tim Westwood djing at midday on Saturday and not only playing the most banging'
hip hop but comeing out with some hilarious quotes. 'Put your F'ing F fingers in
the air' being a highlight. And dancing to Annie Mac's brilliant set too^_^

Dizzee Rascal sounding incredible to a rammed tent with tracks from his first
albums and a selection of new ones. Taking grime to the masses without selling
out a single inch.

Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly. Two years ago playing an acoustic stage in Manchester.
Now at Radio 1's Big Weekend with everyone in awe. Brilliant.

Gossip were superb, and Maximo Park, Klaxons, CSS, LCD Soundsystem. What a
brilliant line-up!

Tonight we've got get Cape live tracks from Preston - and more unsigned Preston bands like Redwings, Whiskeycats, more Y'r Impossible and loads more ace new tunes to play you.
see you at midnight^_^
h

Last night Sam Duckworth was in - and it was great to have him on the show playing bands like Gideon Conn, Eugene McGuinness, The New 1920's and Boom in the Diamond Industry, Sean Redmond from Peston who is giving Sam a guided tour of Preston on Saturday. I'll be up in Preston from tomorrow afternoon introducing a few bands onstage on the In New Music We Trust and I'm off to some of the Fringe gigs too. We played Star 27, Y'r Impossible and the Answering Machine last night amongst other bands playing the Fringe. Full run down on the show next week.
Take care
h

Yes, it is a lovely Fringe. You may know that Radio 1's Big Weekend is happening this weekend in Preston. The line up is huuuuge, and there's a mighty strong week of Fringe gigs leading up to it too.
This week on the show one of the main artists from the Big Weekend, Sam from Get Cape.Wear Cape.Fly will be joining me in the studio as we play some of the bands playing the Fringe, and Sam will be bringing some of his favourite new music on his new label and from elsewhere in to play....
Also in preston I'll be there on the Friday for a panel on the beast of a thing they call the Music Industry...
get all the details here! www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/bigweekend/2007/fringe

Hello hello...
been to some good gigs recently - saw Richard james the folkster and Italian band Jennifer Gentle last week. Their name suggets a lady called Jennifer, who'se kind of gentle. Their staccatto indie is, therefore, a surprise.
Went to my friends night which was a Ceili (yknow, traditional Irish dancing) geniously titled Ceili Minogue! and ace Welsh band Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog. Last weekend I saw promising young North Walian band The Stilletoes and Berlin based Dublin all female three piece Party Weirdo - every bit as interesting as the name sugggests.
On bank holiday Monday I got to see Elvis Perkins again. When his album Ash Wednesday is released in July the world should fall in love. He recorded a session for Radio 1 Wales this Thursdya night too. Willy Mason was on fine form too. A much finer form than I was on Tuesday morning...
Tonight on the show - the brilliant Slow Club in session - Sheffield's finest sea shantying duo by a far stretch. And there's great new tunes by Breaking the Illusion, Johnny Foreigner, Pete and the Pirates, Ghoukeu, Actionier and loads more too..
catch you later
h

Last nights Eugene McGuinness session was soooooo good. The brilliant band Slow Club texted in last night driving home from a gig, bigging up Eugene as they're fans...and Next week it'll be Slow Club in session! Not, you understand, because they texted in last night, but because they were booked anyway... It's gonna be ace!
Went to vote today, and had a driving lesson. It went well. Both the drive and the vote
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