Half My Heart Beats DJs at Glasgow Popfest

This weekend sees the first ever Glasgow Popfest, hosted by the hardy souls over at Bubblegum Records.

Lynsey and I (Colin) will be playing records on Saturday night after the bands and we’ll try our best to make it worth sticking around for. Nothing but the sweetest indiepop and girl groups!

We’re taking a break from Half My Heart Beats for the month of December, with our usual Flying Duck night clashing with Bowlie 2 in Camber Sands and our night at The 78 falling on Christmas day, so this will be our last shindig of 2010.

You can buy tickets, download a festival guide and get directions at the Bubblegum Records popfest mini-site.

Playlist from Half My Heart Beats at the 78 (November 2010)

Colin
Arab Strap – Xmas (Baby Please Come Home)
Pete Green – Everything’s Dead Pretty When It Snows
Tiny Fireflies – Snow
Gregory Webster – Winter
The Just Joans – Christmas (Teardrops ‘neath Mistletoe)
The Smiths – Never Had No One Ever
Fireflies – Disorder
The Magnetic Fields – Take Ecstasy With Me
Withered Hand – I Am Nothing

Lynsey
Love.stop.repeat – In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
The Just Joans – States Of Undress
Kid Canaveral – Her Hair Hangs Down
Calvin Johnson – When Hearts Turn Blue
The Lucksmiths – Transpontine
Lord Cut-Glass – Look After Your Wife
Tennis – Marathon
Sylvie Vartan – Irresistiblement
Pipas – Rock And/Or Roll
Saint Etienne – Only Love Can Break Your Heart

Colin
Felt – A Wave Crashed On Rocks
Cars Can Be Blue – The Cat Is Out
Eux Autres – Another Christmas At Home
Orange Juice – I Can’t Help Myself
Belle & Sebastian – Fox In The Snow
Low – Just Like Christmas
The Specific Heats – Winter Fashion
Saturday Looks Good To Me – Hands In The Snow
Summer Cats – Maybe Pile
Camera Obscura – Knee Deep At The NPL

Lynsey
Crystal Stilts – Shattered Shine
Frankie Rose & The Outs – Little Brown-Haired Girls
A Sunny Day In Glasgow – Calling It Love Isn’t Love
Sometimes Always – You Can All Hide
Veronica Falls – Right Side Of My Brain
Liechtenstein – Passion For Water
Standard Fare – Wow
Eux Autres – Go Dancing
Magic Kids – Little Red Radio

Colin
The Felt Tips – Silver Spoon
The Smiths – Stretch Out And Wait
Math and Physics Club – Graduation Day
Weezer – Pink Triangle
The Aislers Set – Hit The Snow
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions – Four Flights Up
Richard Hawley – The Streets Are Ours
The Magnetic Fields – 100,000 Fireflies
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – In This Home On Ice

Lynsey
Gospel Music – Automobile
Robert Forster – Walcott
The Felt Tips – Not Tonight
Boyracer – North Yorkshire Coastline
Allo Darlin’ – Henry Rollins Don’t Dance
Best Coast – When I’m With You
Ballboy – Something’s Going To Happen Soon
The Vaselines – My God’s Bigger Than Your God
The Avons – Push A Little Harder
Jelly Beans – I Wanna Love Him So Bad
The Vogues – You’re The One

Half My Heart Beats at The 78 this Saturday

We're back at The 78 on Saturday for a night of indiepop, shoegaze, doo-wop, girl groups and more.

As always, it's free and we'll be playing records from 9pm til midnight. And yes, this is exactly the same as last month's post.

Hope you can make it!

♥

Playlist from Half My Heart Beats 27 (November 2010)

Colin
Pale Saints - The Sight of You
Go Sailor - Together Forever In Love
The Railway Children - Brighter
Trembling Blue Stars - November Starlings
The Smiths - The Headmaster Ritual
The Beach Boys - Little GTO
The Delgados - Girls of Valour

Lynsey
The Slits - Heard It Through the Grapevine
The Flatmates - Shimmer
The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
Jonathan Richman - My Baby Love Love Loves Me
Saint Etienne - He's On the Phone
Black Tambourine - Throw Aggi off the Bridge
Heavenly - C is the Heavenly Option
The Pastels - Comin' Through

Colin
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Just Like Honey
Stereolab - Percolator
Buzzcocks - Everybody's Happy Nowadays
Joy Division - Disorder
Orange Juice - Dying Day
Beat Happening - Midnight A Go-Go
Camera Obscura - Let Me Go Home
The Beach Boys - Help Me Rhonda
The Smiths - Sweet and Tender Hooligan

Lynsey
Annie - Heartbeat
Le Tigre - Deceptacon
Future Bible Heroes - Don't You Want Me
Sultans of Ping - Where's Me Jumper
Half Man Half Biscuit - Joy Division Oven Gloves

Colin
Dexys Midnight Runners - Tell Me When My Light Turns Green
The Go-Betweens - Bye Bye Pride
Cocteau Twins - Iceblink Luck
The Cookies - I Never Dreamed
Weezer - The World Has Turned and Left Me Here
Jonathan Richman - Roadrunner
The Royal We - I Hate Rock n Roll
The Concretes - Seems Fine
Ballboy - Avant Garde Music
The Smiths - Bigmouth Strikes Again
Pulp - Common People

Lynsey
Del Shannon - Runaway
The Shangri-Las - Give Him A Great Big Kiss
Robin Clark - Daddy Daddy
Martha and the Vandellas - Jimmy Mack
Beyonce - Single Ladies (Motown)
Abba - Does Your Mother Know
The Smiths - Girlfriend In A Coma
The B52s - Rock Lobster

Colin
Teenage Fanclub - Sparky's Dream
Belle & Sebastian - I'm A Cuckoo
Camera Obscura - Let's Get Out of This Country
Martha Reeves and the Vandellas - Heatwave
The Cure - Boys Don't Cry
New Order - Blue Monday
Vampire Weekend - A-Punk
The Crystals - Da Doo Ron Ron
The Smiths - This Charming Man

Lynsey
Ash - Kung Fu
Kenickie - Nightlife
Arab Strap - There Is No Ending
David Bowie - Queen Bitch
The Go-Betweens - Spring Rain
The Avons - Push A Little Harder
Madonna - Borderline
China Drum - Wuthering Heights
Millie - My Boy Lollipop
Bob B. Soxx - Why Do Lovers Break Each Other's Hearts

Half My Heart Beats 27 this Saturday

The weather has taken a turn for the worse but we've still got the sweetest indiepop, girl groups and more to warm your heart.

Half My Heart Beats is on this Saturday at The Flying Duck. As ever, we'll be playing perfect pop from 11pm until 3am.

Hope to see you there!

Playlist from Half My Heart Beats at The 78 (October 2010)

Colin
King Creosote - Marguerita Red
Arab Strap - Who Named The Days?
Allo Darlin' - Tallulah
Butcher Boy - Days Like These Will Be The Death of Me
Jeffrey Lewis - Don't Be Upset
Morgan Orion and the Constellations - Travel
Hexicon - Narissa I Won't
McCarthy - Keep An Open Mind or Else
Bubblegum Lemonade - Just Like You
Another Sunny Day - What Happened To You, My Dearest Friend?
The Lucksmiths - Yunta Hair
Belle & Sebastian - The Ghost of Rock School
Maple Leaves - Golden Ether
Math and Physics Club - We're So DIY
The Ballet - Corduroy
Razorcuts - I Heard You The First Time
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - Jeane, If You're Ever In Portland
God Help The Girl - He's A Loving Kind of Boy
Camera Obscura - Phil and Don
The Felt Tips - Boyfriend Devoted
The Velvet Underground - Sunday Morning
The Beach Boys - Don't Worry Baby
The Magnetic Fields - Strange Powers
The Lucksmiths - Get-to-Bed Birds
Withered Hand - I Am Nothing
Orange Juice - I Guess I'm Just A Little Too Sensitive
Au Revoir Simone - Anywhere You Looked
Summer Cats - Wild Rice
Allo Darlin' - My Heart Is A Drummer
Math and Physics Club - Weekends Away
Camera Obscura - A Sisters Social Agony
Tullycraft - Our Days In Kansas
The Lucksmiths - The Golden Age of Aviation
The Smiths - Stretch Out and Wait
Arab Strap - I Saw You
Crystal Stilts - Love Is A Wave
Shrag - Rabbit Kids
Talulah Gosh - Talulah Gosh
Voxtrot - Whiskey
Neutral Milk Hotel - In An Aeroplane Over The Sea
Malcom Middleton - Fuck It, I Love You
Frankie Rose and the Outs - Girlfriend Island
Tindersticks - Can We Start Again?
Acid House Kings - This Heart Is A Stone
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions - Jennifer She Said
Best Coast - The End
Belle & Sebastian - Come On Sister
Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career
Yo La Tengo - Sugarcube
Slow Club - Trophy Room
Orange Juice - I Can't Help Myself
Jens Lekman - You Are The Light
The Byrds - I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better
The Drums - Skippin' Town
The Smiths - Bigmouth Strikes Again
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Hey Paul
The Hidden Cameras - Smells Like Happiness

Edinburgh Popfest photos and video

A couple of weeks ago we had the pleasure of playing some records on the Saturday night of Edinburgh Popfest. It was a great day and we had a blast playing some tunes for those hardy enough to last a 12-hour all-dayer.

This was our last song of the night - the lights had come on but no-one was ready to stop dancing just yet.

Playlist from Edinburgh Popfest 2010

Colin
The Felt Tips - Boyfriend Devoted
Aberfeldy - Something I Must Tell You
All Girl Summer Fun Band - Down South, 10 Hours, I-5
The Garlands - Open Arms
The Ballety - In My Head
Math and Physics Club - April Showers
Frankie Rose and the Outs - Girlfriend Island

Lynsey
The Motifs - Envelopes
Summer Cats - Discotheque
The Blanche Hudson Weekend - Crying Shame
Magic Kids - Hey Boy
Arthur Russel - Big Moon
Rocketship - I Love You Like The Way That I Used To
The Ballet - The Face of Everything
The Essex Green - The Late Great Cassiopeia
Tennis - Marathon
Eux Autres - Under Rays
Younger Lovers - Danny

Colin
The Smittens - Doomed, Lo-fi and In Love
Architecture in Helsinki - Wishbone
Go Sailor - Together Forever In Love
Belle & Sebastian - Write About Love
The Smiths - You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby
Allo Darlin' - The Polaroid Song
Camera Obscura - Keep It Clean
Beat Happening - Cat Walk
The Go-Betweens - Right Here
Orange Juice - Felicity

Lynsey
Heavenly - C is the Heavenly Option
The Magnetic Fields - The Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side
The Hidden Cameras - Breathe On It
The Aislers Set - The Red Door
The Flatmates - I Could Be In Heaven
The Slits - I Heard It Through the Grapevine
Buzzcocks - Boredom
Milky Wimpshake - My Heart Beats Faster Than Techno
The Vaselines - Sex With An X
The Pastels - Crawl Babies

Colin
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions - Four Flights Up
The Sea Urchins - Pristine Christine
Ballboy - The Art of Kissing
Orange Juice - Rip It Up
The Royal We - All the Rage
Belle & Sebastian - The Boy With the Arab Strap

Lynsey
The Shangri-Las - Give Him A Great Big Kiss
The School - Let It Slip
St. Etienne - He's On the Phone
Jens Lekman - You Are the Light
The Smiths - There is a Light That Never Goes Out
Millie - My Boy Lollipop
Del Shannon - Runaway
Diana Ross - Chain Reaction
Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds

Half My Heart Beats DJs at Edinburgh Popfest

Just a quick note to say that the two of us (Lynsey and Colin) will be playing records at Edinburgh Popfest tomorrow night, from midnight until three.

All the details are on their website - see you there!

P.S. I'm so pumped about seeing Suburban Kids With Biblical Names again...

Playlist from Half My Heart Beats 26 (October 2010)

Lynsey
The Smittens – Stop the Bombs
Beat Happening – Bewitched
Blanche Hudson Weekend – Crying Shame
The Aislers Set – Hit the Snow
Math and Physics Club – Cold As Minnesota
The School – Hoping and Praying
The Felt Tips – The Love That Never Spoke Its Name
Eux Autres – The Sundance Kid
Betty and the Werewolves – David Cassidy

Colin
The Boo Radleys – Wish I Was Skinny
Butcher Boy – There Is No One Who Can Show You Where You’ve Been
McCarthy – Keep An Open Mind Or Else
Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers – Why Do Fools Fall In Love
Heavenly – P.U.N.K. Girl
The Drums – Skippin’ Town
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart – Orchard of My Eye
The Vaselines – Overweight but Over You
Voxtrot – The Start of Something
The Sea Urchins – Pristine Christine

Lynsey
Zoey Van Goey – Foxtrot Vandals
Herman Dune – This Will Never Happen
Ballboy – You Can’t Spend Your Whole Life Hanging Around With Arseholes
Neutral Milk Hotel – Holland, 1945
Jeffrey Lewis and the Junkyard – Broken Broken Broken Heart
Jens Lekman – Black Cab
Irene – Baby I Love Your Way
Allo Darlin’ – Henry Rollins
Standard Fare – Love Doesn’t Just Stop

Colin
Paula Rousell – Love You Baby
The Beach Boys – Do You Wanna Dance?
Felt – The Day the Rain Came Down
Kenickie – Punka
Arab Strap – Speed-Date
Belle & Sebastian – Dirty Dream no. 2
Henfer – The Hymn for the Cigarettes
Camera Obscura - French Navy
New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle
Orange Juice - Poor Old Soul Part One

Lynsey
The Housemartins - Happy Hour
The B52s - Rock Lobster
The Primitives - Crash
Yo La Tengo - Nothing To Hide
The Pastels - Comin' Through
Camera Obscura - Number One Son
The Hidden Cameras - Ban Marriage
The Postal Service - Such Great Heights
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - This Love Is Fucking Right!

Colin
Diana Ross and The Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go
Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds
The Go-Betweens - Head Full of Steam
Orange Juice - Felicity
The Royal We - All the Rage
Teenage Fanclub - Sparky's Dream
The Vaselines - Son of a Gun
Tilly and the Wall - Fell Down the Stairs
The Wedding Present - My Favourite Dress
The Smiths - Ask

Lynsey
Teenage Fanclub - Baby Lee
The Bangles - Walk Like An Egyptian
Janelle Monae - Tightrope
Outkast - Hey Ya
The Smiths - Girlfriend in a Coma
Belle & Sebastian - Dirty Dream no. 2
The Crystals - Then He Kissed Me
Kate Nash - Kiss That Girl

Colin
The Velvelettes - Needle in a Haystack
The Crystals - He's A Rebel
Belle & Sebastian - Women's Realm
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
Vampire Weekend - A-Punk
Squeeze - Up the Junction
The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
Camera Obscura - Lloyd, I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken

Half My Heart Beats 26 this Saturday

Just a quick reminder that Half My Heart Beats 26 is on this Saturday night at The Flying Duck.

We play indiepop, 60s girl groups and more by artists spanning from The Smiths, Belle and Sebastian and Orange Juice to The Shangri-Las and The Ronettes.

We’re on from 11pm til 3am and entry is £4 (or free if you come down before 11)

Hopefully see some of you there!

Playlist from Half My Heart Beats at the 78 (September 2010)

Colin
The Cat's Miaow - Third Floor Fire Escape
The Just Joans - Hopeless
Morgan Orion - Let Me Inside When I Knock On Your Door
Allo Darlin' - Tallulah
The Field Mice - Everything About You
Brighter - Killjoy
Best Friends Forever - Handpocket
Dreamdate - 8 Sleeves
The Electric Pop Group - Not By Another
Pants Yell! - Cold Hands
Voxtrot - Whiskey

Lynsey
I Know I Have No Collar - Washington
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - No Place To Fall
The Ballet - You Call Me
Real Estate - Beach Comber
The Airfields - Prisoners Of Our Love
The Lucksmiths - A Hiccup In Your Happiness
The School - I Love Everything
Jelly Beans - I Wanna Love Him So Bad
Pipas - Barbapapa
Darren Hanlon - All These Things
Belle & Sebastian - I Want The World To Stop

Colin
Tullycraft - Stowaway
Dorotea - Freedom
Milky Wimpshake - I Wanna Be Seen In Public With You
Summer Cats - TV Guide
Soda Fountain Rag - The Saddest Boy In Town
The Awesomelies - Grids of California
Math & Physics Club - Sixteen and Pretty
Cloud Nothings - Can't Stay Awake
Let's Whisper - Meet Me On The Dancefloor
Sourpatch - Fun
Betty & The Werewolves - Purple Eyes
One Happy Island - Horse Cave, Kentucky

Lynsey
Magnetic Fields - I'm Tongue-Tied
Magic Kids - Hey Boy
The Just Joans - Baby's A Boyracer
Dent May - That Feeling
The Felt Tips - Engaged For A Visa
The Vaselines - Sex With An X
Cause Co-Motion - Who's Gonna Care
Thee Oh Sees - Go Meet The Seed
Calvin Johnson - Rabbit Blood
Neutral Milk Hotel - King of Carrot Flowers
Best Coast - Sun Was High (So Was I)
The Besties - Our Days In Kansas

Colin
Jeffrey Lewis - Moving
The Ballet - Corduroy
The Besties - Pirate Song
The Buzzcocks - Everybody's Happy Nowadays
Orange Juice - Louise Louise
Camera Obscura - Pen and Notebook (Peel Session)
The Boo Radleys - Wish I Was Skinny
The Drums - Best Friend
Tiger Trap - Supreme Nothing
Crystal Stilts - Love Is A Wave
Best Coast - Happy

Lynsey
Robert Forster - Walcott
Tennis - Cape Dory
Standard Fare - Wow
Kid Canaveral - Left & Right
Betty & The Werewolves - Francis
Mo-Dettes - White Mice
The Monarchs - Pretty Little Girl
Beryl Marsden - Gonna Make Him My Baby

Half My Heart Beats at The 78 this Saturday

We're back at The 78 on Saturday for a night of indiepop, shoegaze, doo-wop, girl groups and more.

As always, it's free and we'll be playing records from 9pm til midnight.

Hope you can make it!

♥

Playlist from Half My Heart Beats 25 (September 2010)

Colin
The Ballet – Cheating On Your Boyfriend
Irene – September Skies
Best Coast – Crazy For You
Belle & Sebastian – I Want the World to Stop
Felt – September Lady
The Field Mice – This Love Is Not Wrong
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart – This Love Is Fucking Right! (EP version)
Withered Hand – New Dawn (EP version)
The Smiths – Girlfriend in a Coma
Cocteau Twins – Iceblink Luck
The Byrds – I’ll Feel A Whole Lot Better
Jackie DeShannon – Dream Boy

Lynsey
Darren Hanlon – All These Things
Math and Physics Club – Cold As Minnesota
Acid House Kings – 7 Days
The Lodger – My Finest Hour
Eux Autres – Molly
Betty and the Werewolves – Heathcliff
Brilliant Colors – Over There
Zipper – Como Un Flash
Tullycraft – Stowaway
Cars Can Be Blue – Hey Hippie!

Colin
The Smittens – Half My Heart Beats
The Drums – Let’s Go Surfing
The Smiths – These Things Take Time
The Vaselines – Son of a Gun
Neutral Milk Hotel – Song Against Sex
Glasvegas – Geraldine
Arcade Fire – Neighbourhood 3 (Power Out)
Elvis Costello – Oliver’s Army
Belle & Sebastian – Women’s Realm
The Magnetic Fields – Strange Powers

Lynsey
Mayer Hawthorne – Your Easy Lovin’ Ain’t Pleasin’
Jens Lekman – Friday Night at the Drive-in Bingo
The Breeders – Divine Hammer
Sexy Kids – Sisters Are Forever
Blondie – Dreaming
Belle & Sebastian – The Boy With the Arab Strap
The Vaselines – Sex With an X
George Harrison – Got My Mind Set On You
Camera Obscura – My Maudlin Career
Pulp – Do You Remember the First Time?
Elvis Presley – (Marie’s the Name) His Latest Flame

Colin
The Magnetic Fields – I Think I Need a New Heart
The Smiths – Sheila Take A Bow
The Byrds – Mr. Tambourine Man
The Cure – Boys Don’t Cry
Orange Juice – Rip It Up
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions – Rattlesnakes
The Ramones – Blitzkreig Bop
Vampire Weekend – Giving Up the Gun
Amerie – 1 Thing
Rihanna – Umbrella

Lynsey
France Gall – Poupee de Cire, Poupee de Son
Bobb B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans – Not Too Young to Get Married
Eileen - Ces Bottes Sont Faites Pour Marcher
Nolan Chance – Just Like the Weather
The Shangri-Las – Give Him a Great Big Kiss
Elvis Presley – Suspicious Minds

Half My Heart Beats 25 this Saturday

It's that time again... Half My Heart Beats hits its quarter century of pop nights this Saturday at The Flying Duck!

We'll be playing a load of ace indiepop, pop pop, doo wop and other things that don't end in 'op'. Like 60s girl groups. Grou-ops. Whatever.

Everything you need to know is on the flyer above. See you there!

Playlist from Half My Heart Beats at the 78 (August 2010)

Colin
Butcher Boy - The Eighteenth Emergency
Camera Obscura - I Don't Want To See You
Jam On Bread - It's Always Sunny Inside
Lead Belly - Where Did You Sleep Last Night
The Just Joans - Stuart Had A Dirty Book
Acid House Kings - Do What You Wanna Do
Boy Genius - He Can't Hit
Horowitz - Sweetness, I Could Die In Your Arms
The Electric Pop Group - Not By Another
Pocketbooks - Don't Come Close
Sourpatch - Fun
Casiotone For The Painfully Alone - Jeane, If You're Ever In Portland
Bart and Friends - These Words Are Too Small

Lynsey
Aislers Set - London Madrid
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - Patio Song
Yo La Tengo - Autumn Sweater
Nick Drake - Time Of No Reply
Lucksmiths - Little Athletics
One Happy Island - Temporary Tattoo
Darren Hanlon - Modern History
The Chantels - So Real
Jens Lekman - The End of The World Is Bigger Than Love
Brown Recluse - Contour and Context
Pipas - Mental
Real Estate - Beach Comber

Colin
Je Suis Animal - Amundsen
The Smittens - Obligatory Sad Love Song
Pants Yell! - Do You Have Your Ticket?
Best Coast - Crazy For You
Orange Juice - A Sad Lament
Summer Cats - Wild Rice
God Help The Girl - He's a Loving Kind of Boy
Irene - Baby I Love Your Way
The Specific Heats - Beach 86
Hari and Aino - Lousy Day

Lynsey
Spectrals - Keep Your Magic Out Of My House
The Magnetic Fields - Kiss Me Like You Mean It
The Hidden Cameras - Colour Of A Man
The Social Services - Medium Pop Ballad
The Blanche Hudson Weekend - Sharks
Grass Widow - To Where
The Paraffins - Something Good
Allo Darlin' - Kiss Your Lips
King Creosote - Saffy Nool

Colin
The Ballet - Corduroy
Razorcuts - I Heard You The First Time
Beat Happening - Sleepy Head
McCarthy - A Child Soon In Chains
Herman Dune - 1-2-3 Apple Tree
The Field Mice - September's Not So Far Away
The Lucksmiths - There Is A Boy That Never Goes Out
Summer Cats - TV Guide

Lynsey
The Just Joans - I Hear You're The Man Now, John
Eux Autres - Under Rays
Best Coast - Each and Everday
Betty and The Werewolves - Should I Go To Glasgow?
Alice Wonder Land - He's Mine
The Beach Boys - Do It Again
Vito and The Salutations - Unchained Melody

Playlist from Half My Heart Beats 24 (August 2010)

Colin
A Smile And A Ribbon - My Bunny's Back
The Field Mice - If You Need Someone
Shrag - Rabbit Kids
Tender Trap - Do You Want A Boyfriend?
Weezer - My Name Is Jonas
McCarthy - The Myth of the North-South Divide
Eux Autres - When I'm Up
Allo Darlin' - My Heart Is A Drummer
Withered Hand - Love In The Time of Ecstasy
Standard Fare - Dancing
Belle & Sebastian - You're Just A Baby
Buzzcocks - I Don't Mind
The Lucksmiths - Sunlight In A Jar

Lynsey
BMX Bandits - I Don't Wanna Grow Up
The Essex Green - The Late Great Cassiopeia
Pipas - Mental
Best Coast - Happy
Magic Kids - Superball
Tullycraft - Georgette Plays A Goth
Betty and the Werewolves - Paper Thin
Math and Physics Club - You're So Good To Me
Liechtenstein - Passion for Water
Kid Canaveral - Good Morning

Colin
Jonathan Richman - Roadrunner
Pixies - Here Comes Your Man
Jens Lekman - The Opposite of Hallelujah
The Left Banke - She May Call You Up Tonight
Beat Happening - Cat Walk
Orange Juice - Felicity
The Housemartins - Happy Hour
The Cribs - Men's Needs
The School - I Want You Back
Kenickie - Come Out 2Nite
The Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop

Lynsey
Allo Darlin' - Dreaming
Beat Happening - Down at the Sea
The Byrds - Mr Spaceman
Fabienne Delsol - Bluebirds Over The Mountain
Jens Lekman - The End of the World Is Bigger Than Love
Belle & Sebastian - Dirty Dream #2
The Lucksmiths - T-Shirt Weather
Ballboy - You Can't Spend Your Whole Life Hanging Around With Arseholes
Bricolage - Footsteps
The Go-Betweens - Spring Rain

Colin
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Young Adult Friction
Neutral Milk Hotel - Holland, 1945
The Smiths - Bigmouth Strikes Again
The Cure - Pictures of You
Tindersticks - Can We Start Again?
Belle & Sebastian - Wrapped Up In Books
The Jam - In The City
The 5th Dimension - The Age of Aquarius

Lynsey
The Hidden Cameras - Breathe On It
The Concretes - Seems Fine
Belle & Sebastian - Le Pastie de la Bourgeoisie
The Housemartins - Five Get Over Excited
Camera Obscura - The Sweetest Thing
Teenage Fanclub - Baby Lee
The Pastels - Nothing To Be Done
The Cribs - I'm A Realist
The Ramones - Rockaway Beach
David Bowie - Queen Bitch
Orange Juice - Blue Boy
The Magnetic Fields - The Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side

Colin
Belle & Sebastian - The Boy With the Arab Strap
The Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice
Camera Obscura - Honey in the Sun
The Go-Betweens - Streets of Your Town
Squeeze - Up the Junction
Vampire Weekend - A-Punk
The Smiths - Ask
The Jackson 5 - I Want You Back

Lynsey
Madonna - Borderline
Janelle Monae - Tightrope
Beyonce - Single Ladies (Motown)
Frank Wilson - Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)
Girls Aloud - The Promise
Kate Nash - Paris
Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds
Sheena Easton - Morning Train

Half My Heart Beats 24 this Saturday

It feels like a long time since we've been at The Flying Duck, what with Indietracks and everything, but we're back this Saturday to mark two full years of Half My Heart Beats.

No bands this time, but we'll be playing current and classic indiepop, 60s girl groups and a hell of a lot more from 11pm until 3am. You'd be a plum to miss it.

Playlist from Half My Heart Beats at The 78 (July 2010)

Colin
The Felt Tips - Silver Spoon
Horowitz - Hot To Look Imploring
Pocketbooks - Don't Come Close
Jam On Bread - It's Always Sunny Inside
Humousexual - Cum Sarf
Math and Physics Club - Love Or Loneliness
The Younger Lovers - Danny
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Say No To Love
Boy Genius - Scatterbrain
The Just Joans - Questioningly
Dorotea - Freedom
Sourpatch - I Want You Either Way
Pants Yell! - Reject, Reject
The Specific Heats - And How
Humousexual - Don't Be Slack, All Yr Music's Black

Lynsey
Elliot Smith - Everything Reminds Me Of Her
Withered Hand - Cornflake
Charlie Feathers - Defrost Your Heart
Love.Stop.Repeat - At The Bottom Of A Paper Cup
The Velvet Underground - Stephanie Says
Kid Canaveral - Her Hair Hangs Down
Sodastream - Wedding Day
Slow Club - Dance Til The Morning Light
The Softies - Postal Blue
Belle & Sebastian - I Fought In A War
Teenage Fanclub - When I Still Have Thee

Colin
Standard Fare - Don't Tell
Tender Trap - 2 To The N
Liechtenstein - Passion For Water
Betty and the Werewolves - Good As Gold
The Strokes - Between Love & Hate
The Smittens - Sapphire
Dolly Mixture - Everything and More
The Lucksmiths - Successlessness
The Go Betweens - Love Goes On!

Lynsey
Beat Happening - Cat Walk
Transmittens - Summer Won't End
The Lovely Eggs - I Collect Snails
The Awesomelies - We Win
Best Coast - In My Room
Summer Cats - St. Tropez
Betty and the Werewolves - Paper Thin
Allo Darlin' - Dear Stephen Hawking
Eux Autres - You're Alight

Colin
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Kurt Cobain's Cardigan
Weezer - El Scorcho
The Magnetic Fields - I Looked All Over Town
Shrag - Rabbit Kids
Belle & Sebastian - Stay Loose
Beirut - Postcards From Italy

Lynsey
Stars In Coma - Death and Hope
Math and Physics Club - Trying To Say I Love You
Jens Lekman - The End Of The World Is Bigger Than Love
Ballboy - Sex Is Boring
Tennis - Marathon
The School - Shoulder
The Tokens - Tonight I Fell In Love
Sunday And The Menn - You Cheated
The Four Tops - Baby I Need Your Loving

Half My Heart Beats at The 78 this Saturday

This Saturday sees the return of Half My Heart Beats at The 78. We'll be playing indiepop, anti-folk and more from 9am til midnight and entry is free. Hope to see you there!

The Smittens, Springfactory, The Specific Heats + Boy Genius this Monday

The next Half My Heart Beats popshow is an Indietracks warmup special with four ace indiepop bands.

It sees twee pop legends The Smittens, reverb-drenched garage stars The Specific Heats, indie rockers Boy Genius (joined by Ray Neal, from 90s college rock group Miracle Legion) and Springfactory (featuring Peter from Subruban Kids With Biblical Names) all on the same bill.

It should be a great night, and it's Fair Monday so you'll hopefully have the day off!

Tickets are £5 in advance from wegottickets or £6 on the door. Here's the link:

http://www.wegottickets.com/event/86641

Facebook and last.fm details are in the sidebar. Hope to see you there. Yow!

Playlist from Half My Heart Beats 23 (July 2010)

Lynsey
Acid House Kings – This Heart Is A Stone
The Smittens – It’s A Saturday
The Ballet – The Face of Everything
Math and Physics Club – Jimmy Had A Polaroid
Betty and the Werewolves – Should I Go To Glasgow?
Cause Co-Motion – Which Way Is Up?
Liechtenstein – Reflections
Beat Happening – Bewitched
The Younger Lovers – Danny
Allo Darlin’ – Dreaming
Tiger Trap – My Broken Heart
Go Sailor – Ray of Sunshine
The Aislers Set – The Red Door
Crystal Stilts – Love Is A Wave

Colin
Felt – Grey Streets
Another Sunny Day – Anorak City
Belle & Sebastian – I Could Be Dreaming
Bricolage – Footsteps
Zoey Van Goey – Foxtrot Vandals
The Undertones – Wednesday Week
The Strokes – Hard To Explain
The Smiths – The Boy With the Thorn In His Side
The Chiffons – One Fine Day
Voxtrot – Raised By Wolves
Pixies – Where Is My Mind?

Lynsey
Apples In Stereo – Energy
I’m From Barcelona – We’re From Barcelona
The Lucksmiths – Under the Rotunda
Jens Lekman – The Opposite of Hallelujah
Suburban Kids With Biblical Names – Rent-a-wreck
Ballboy – Avant Garde Music
Teenage Fanclub – Shock and Awe

Colin
Belle & Sebastian – The Act of the Apostle
Camera Obscura – Number One Son
Cats On Fire – Draw In the Reins
The Drums – Let’s Go Surfing
The Crystals – He’s A Rebel
Orange Juice – Poor Old Soul (Part One)
Blondie – Picture This
Sons and Daughters – Johnny Cash
The Royal We – I Hate Rock ‘n’ Roll

Lynsey
The Pastels – Comin’ Through
The Flatmates – I Could Be In Heaven
The Magnetic Fields – You Me and the Moon
Camera Obscura – Honey in the Sun
Belle & Sebastian – The Model
The Only Ones – Another Girl, Another Planet
Pet Shop Boys – Always On My Mind
La Roux – Bulletproof
Kate Nash – Do-wah-doo
Pulp – Disco 2000
Fats Domino – Let the Four Winds Blow
The Four Pennies – When the Boy’s Happy (The Girl’s Happy Too)
The Velvelettes – Needle In A Haystack
The Smiths – This Charming Man
The Cupons – Turn Her Down
The Ronettes – The Best Part of Breaking Up

Colin
The Concretes – Seems Fine
Heavenly – C is the Heavenly Option
Talulah Gosh – Talulah Gosh
The Hidden Cameras – Ban Marriage
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions – Lost Weekend
Squeeze – Up the Junction
The Magnetic Fields – The Luckiest Guy On the Lower East Side
Pulp – Babies
Ash – Girl From Mars
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart – Young Adult Friction
The Cure – Boys Don’t Cry
Buzzcocks – Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn’t’ve)
Vampire Weekend – A-Punk
The Ronettes – Be My Baby
Belle & Sebastian – The Boy With the Arab Strap
Teenage Fanclub – Spark’s Dream
Outkast – Hey Ya
The Smiths – There Is A Light That Never Goes Out

Standard Fare + Half My Heart Beats tomorrow (Saturday)!

Don't forget that tomorrow (Saturday) we'll be hosting Standard Fare, Kid Canaveral and Water Wolves at The Flying Duck from 7.30pm. Scroll down to the previous post for all the details.

Even if you're not coming to the gig, our usual Half My Heart Beats indie/pop dance party will be on from 11pm until 3am.

HMHB presents Standard Fare, Kid Canaveral and Water Wolves - 10th July

We’re delighted to welcome one of the UK’s most exciting indiepop bands, Standard Fare, to their first gig in Glasgow.

The release of their debut album, The Noyelle Beat, has confirmed what some of us have long suspected – that Standard Fare really are something special. They play urgent, jangly indiepop set apart from the rest by Emma Kupa’s amazing voice and funny, touching lyrics.

Kid Canaveral are a powerpop band from Edinburgh whose upbeat pop songs sound something like Teenage Fanclub crossed with The Undertones and their forthcoming debut album Shouting at Wildlife is bound to be an absolute treat.

Water Wolves are a stripped-down three piece band from Glasgow who play simple but devastatingly effective indiepop. Fans of Beat Happening would do well to cock an ear in their direction. One of them’s even called Calvin, for god’s sake.

The gig is at The Flying Duck at 142 Renfield Street, Glasgow. Doors are at 7.30pm with the first band on shortly after. We’ll be having our monthly indie/pop dance party, Half My Heart Beats, straight after the bands and your £5 will gain you entry to both gig and club.


Praise for Standard Fare:

Sunday Times
“A riot of hormones, cut-to-the-chase lyrics, bolshie girl-boy vocals and jingle-jangle propulsion… There is something incredibly winning about Emma Kupa’s mix of faux-coy naivety and don’t-f***-with-me stroppiness”

Artrocker
“The finest bouncy, jangly pop songs this side of the Smiths… as close to perfection as you could hope for”

The Girls Are
“Gloriously jangly guitars combine with heartfelt but upbeat boy/girl vocals… it wasn’t long before I was getting all misty-eyed and nostalgic about my misspent youth of endlessly listening to Kenickie and Belle & Sebastian on repeat”

New York Times
“The songs are tightly wound, packing more riffs than you’d expect into their three minutes each, and the attitude is scrappy and resilient”

Sounds XP
“There’s something of a buzz around this lot, and it’s justified. Despite wearing its inherited musical DNA boldly on its sleeve, the Noyelle Beat is a collection of fabulous tunes that deserve to stand on their own for a new audience”

Playlist from Bubblegum Records/The Hop! gig with The Powercut Choir and Miss Leggy Pee (2nd July)

Colin
The Middle Ones - Young Explorer
Camera Obscura - Shine Like a New Pin
Shrag - Rabbit Kids
Summer Cats - Hush Puppy
McCarthy - The Myth of the North-South Divide
The Lucksmiths - Successlessness
Tender Trap - Girls With Guns
Belle & Sebastian - Ease Your Feet in the Sea
The Specific Heats - End of an Error
This Many Boyfriends - I Should Be A Communist

Lynsey
Withered Hand - Oldsmobile Car
Veronica Falls - Starry Eyes
Nick Garrie - Wheel of Fortune
Math and Physics Club - You're So Good To Me
The Magnetic Fields - All My Little Words
The Lucksmiths - Midweek Midmorning
Liechtenstein - The End
Jonathan Richman - Velvet Underground

The Hidden Cameras - Smells Like Happiness
Go Sailor - Bigger Than an Ocean
Eux Autres - The Sundance Kid
The Essex Green - Julia
Dent May - God Loves You, Michael Chang
Crystal Stilts - Shattered Shine
Brown Recluse - Rotten Tangerines
Cars Can Be Blue - I Like
Betty and the Werewolves - David Cassidy
The Ballet - Personal

Colin
Standard Fare - Nuit Avec Un Amie
One Happy Island - Elegant Elephant
Slow Down Tallahassee - Tricks
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Higher than the Stars
Frankie Rose and the Outs - Little Brown Haired Girl
The Garlands - Open Arms
Belle & Sebastian - There's Too Much Love

Lynsey
Arthur Russell - Nobody Wants a Lonely Heart
Allo Darlin' - Silver Dollars
The Aislers Set - My Boyfriend (Could Be A Spanish Man)
Agent Ribbons - Le Noche
Beat Happening - Down at the Sea

Playlist from Half My Heart Beats at The 78 (June 2010)

Colin
The Cat's Miaow - Third Floor Fire Escape
Summer Cats - Hush Puppy
Bart and Friends - These Words Are Too Small
The Motifs - Notes
Crayon Fields - Mirror Ball
The Go-Betweens - Head Full of Steam
The Lucksmiths - Under the Rotunda
Allo Darlin' - Silver Dollars
Crystal Stilts - Sugar Baby
Boy Genius - Eleanor
Fireflies - Disorder
Jeffrey Lewis - New Old Friends

Lynsey
Low - Sunflowers
Maxine Funke - Can't Make Done
Pictish Trail - Words Fail Me Now
Love.Stop.Repeat - Melt Away
Let's Be Honeys - No More Two-Chord Love Songs
Withered Hand - For the Maudlin
Teenage Fanclub - Dark and Lonely
The Pastels/Tenniscoats - Vivid Youth
Ballboy - Meet Me at the Shooting Range

Colin
Morgan Orion - Let Me Inside When I Knock On Your Door
The Middle Ones - Slow Bridge
Bubblegum Lemonade - Caroline's Radio
Blueboy - Popkiss
Pipas - Mental
The Mai 68s - Working
One Happy Island - Horse Cave, Kentucky
The Specific Heats - End of an Error
Cloud Nothings - Can't Stay Awake

Lynsey
The Aislers Set - California
Beat Happening - Foggy Eyes
Dent May - Love Song 2009
Jonathan Richman - That Summer Feeling
The Just Joans - Gin and Platonic
The Social Services - Electric Brae
Brown Recluse - Rainy Saturday
The Magnetic Fields - No-one Will Ever Love You
Fair Ohs - Hey Lizzy

Colin
The Just Joans - Hideous Accident
McCarthy - A Child Soon In Chains
Camera Obscura - Phil and Don
Dorotea - The Noble Art of Being Naive
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Contender
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - Natural Light
Hari and Aino - All That Remains
Pants Yell! - Someone Loves You
All Girl Summer Fun Band - Ticking Timebomb
Liechtenstein - Roses in the Park
Sourpatch - I Want You Either Way

Lynsey
Crystal Stilts - The City in the Sea
The Blanche Hudson Weekend - Grip of Fear
Veronica Falls - Starry Eyes
Betty and the Werewolves - David Cassidy
Liechtenstein - Postcard
The Lucksmiths - The Year of Driving Languorously
The School - Is It Time
The Fresh and Onlys - I'm Gonna Be Your Elevator
Fabienne Delsol - Bluebirds Over the Mountain
The Murmaids - Popsicles and Icicles

Playlist from Half My Heart Beats 22

Lynsey
Teenage Fanclub - When I Stil Have Thee
Wild Nothing - Summer Holiday
The Blanche Hudson Weekend - Crying Shame
Liechtenstein - Postcard
Beat Happening - Pinebox Derby
Slow Club - It Doesn't Have to be Beautiful
Betty and the Werewolves - Euston Station
Bratmobile - Cherry Bomb
The School - Hoping and Praying
Math and Physics Club - Will You Still Love Me?

Colin
Dorotea - Freedom
Weezer - El Scorcho
This Many Boyfriends - I Should Be A Communist
McCarthy - Red Sleeping Beauty
Bart and Friends - These Words Are Too Small
The Field Mice - September's Not So Far Away
Malcolm Middleton - Bear With Me
Allo Darlin' - The Polaroid Song
Dolly Mixture - How Come You're Such A Hit With The Boys, Jane?

Lynsey
BMX Bandits - Baby Loves Lovin'!
Apples In Stereo - Same Old Drag
Crystal Stilts - The SinKing
Allo Darlin' - Henry Rollins Don't Dance
Ballboy - Donald in the Bushes With A Bag of Glue
The Magnetic Fields - I Think I Need A New Heart
Black Tambourine - Throw Aggi Off the Bridge
The Cribs - I'm A Realist
The Strokes - Hard to Explain
Sons and Daughters - Gilt Complex

Colin
Ballboy - The Art of Kissing
Alkaline Trio - Stupid Kid
Beat Happening - Cat Walk
Camera Obscura - Let Me Go Home
The Drums - Let's Go Surfing
Teenage Fanclub - Baby Lee
The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
Belle & Sebastian - There's Too Much Love
Those Dancing Days - Hitten

Lynsey
Teenage Fanclub - Shock and Awe
Arab Strap - There Is No Ending
Belle & Sebastian - Dirty Dream #2
The Undertones - Teenage Kicks
Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear the Reaper
Camera Obscura - If Looks Could Kil
Kate Nash - Kiss That Girl
Supergrass - Caught by the Fuzz
Orange Juice - Falling and Laughing
The Go Go's - Vacation

Colin
God Help The Girl - God Help The Girl
The Fascinations - The Girls Are Out To Get You
The Beach Boys - Don't Worry Baby
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Young Adult Friction
Belle & Sebastian - Another Sunny Day
The Go! Team - Bottle Rocket
Outkast - Hey Ya
The Smiths - Sheila Take A Bow

Lynsey
Nancy Sinatra - These Boots Are Made for Walking
The Shangri-Las - The Train From Kansas City
Beyonce - Single Ladies (Motown)
Fats Domino - My Blue Heaven
The Elgins - Heaven Must Have Sent You
The Four Tops - Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever
Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers - Why Do Fools Fall In Love
The Shirelles - Will You Love Me Tomorrow
Ike and Tina Turner - River Deep Mountain High

Colin
Del Shannon - Runaway
Buddy Holly - That'll Be The Day
The Ronettes - Be My Baby
The Supremes - When The Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes
The Angels - My Boyfriend's Back
The Chiffons - He's So Fine
The Cinderellas - Baby, Baby (I Still Love You)
The Girlfriends - My One and Only Jimmy Boy
The Honeys - The One You Can't Have
The Breakaways - That's How It Goes
The Four Pennies - When The Boy's Happy (The Girl's Happy Too)
Martha Reeves and the Vandellas - Heatwave
The Crystals - Da Doo Ron Ron
Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career

Playlist from Bubblegum Records gig with The Just Joans and more

Our friends over at Bubblegum Records asked if we fancied playing a few tunes at a gig they put on recently with The Just Joans, The Social Services and The Belle Hops at Pivo Pivo. Obviously we weren't about to say no! Here's what we played.

Colin
McCarthy - Red Sleeping Beauty
Morgan Orion - Five Days
The Ballet - Kitty
Eux Autres - When I'm Up
The Pastels - Automatically Yours
Zipper - Friday Night

Lynsey
Math and Physics Club - Darling, Please Come Home
The Motifs - Envelopes
Arthur Russell - Big Moon
Slow Club - Me and You
Standard Far - Wow
Hari and Aino - Your Heartache and Mine
The Aislers Set - My Boyfriend Could Be A Spanish Man

Colin
The Magnetic Fields - Deep Sea Diving Suit
Yo La Tengo - Sugarcube
Pocketbooks - Cross the Line
The Lucksmiths - I Prefer the 20th Century
Beat Happening - Your Secret
The Delgadoes - Girls of Valour
Pants Yell! - Reject, Reject

Half My Heart Beats 22 this Saturday

Hope you can join us for our monthly indie/pop dance party at The Flying Duck! We'll be playing indiepop, 60s girl groups and more from 11pm til late.

If you've got requests we'd love to hear them - just post a comment.

The Facebook event page for this is here.

Lynsey and Colin DJing at Bubblegum Records gig this Friday!

Our friends over at Bubblegum Records are putting on the first of their Indietracks warmup shows this Friday at Pivo Pivo, and your esteemed Half My Heart Beats DJs (that's us) will be spinning some indiepop tunes in between bands.

All the details are on the above flyer, so see you there if you're going!

Playlist from Half My Heart Beats at The 78 (May 2010)

Colin
Suburban Kids With Biblical Names - Little Boys in the Ghetto
The Charade - Loaded Gun
Parker Lewis - The Only Loving Boy in New York
Math and Physics Club - Graduation Day
Summer Cats - TV Guide
The Rosie Taylor Project - The Sun on My Right
God Help The Girl - He's A Loving Kind of Boy
Bakesale - Prom Song
Television Personalities - This Angry Silence
Antarctica Takes It! - C & F
The April Skies - Three Minute Singles

Lynsey
New Socks - I Was Very Small in Her Stomach
Johnny Cash - I See a Darkness
The Mountain Goats - Game Shows Touch Our Lives
Love.Stop.Repeat - Storm Song
Meursault - All Creatures Will Make Merry
Real Estate - Basement
Yo La Tengo - Stockholm Syndrome
Beat Happening - Bewitched

Colin
Math and Physics Club - Jimmy Had a Polaroid
Saturday Looks Good To Me - Make a Plan
Standard Fare - Secret Little Sweetheart
Minisnap - Leave It To You
Summer Cats - Your Timetable
The Concretes - Ooh La La
Arab Strap - The Week Never Starts Around Here
The Magnetic Fields - Love Goes Home to Paris in the Spring
Felt - Don't Die On My Doorstep
The Just Joans - Bellshill Station (Fast)
Sexy Kids - Sisters Are Forever

Lynsey
The Blanche Hudson Weekend - Crying Shame
The Middle Ones - Drops
The Besties - Western Song
Slow Club - Let's Fall Back in Love
Allo Darlin' - Silver Dollars
BMX Bandits - Baby Loves Lovin'
The Divine Comedy - At the Indie Disco
Apples in Stereo - Ruby
Future Bible Heroes - Don't You Want Me
The Ballet - Never Go Home

Colin
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - In This Home On Ice
Belle & Sebastian - My Girl's Got Miraculous Technique
The Deirdres - Milk Is Politics
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - I Wanna Go All the Way
The Lucksmiths - T-Shirt Weather
Camera Obscura - Park and Ride
Beirut - Postcards from Italy
Withered Hand - New Dawn

Lynsey
Eux Autres - The Sundance Kid
The Fair Ohs - Himalayas
Bunnygrunt - Don't Turn Down the High
The Beach Boys - Come Home With Me
The Lucksmiths - The Chapter In Your Life Called San Francisco
Teenage Fanclub - Baby Lee
The Orlons - Wah Watusi
The Diamonds - Little Darlin'
Castanets - I Love Him
George Formby - Noughts and Crosses

Acoustic special with Morgan Orion and The Middle Ones tomorrow!

Don't forget that our bank holiday popshow at The 78 is tomorrow afternoon from 2pm! We've got Morgan Orion and The Middle Ones playing totally acoustic. Entry is free but we'll be asking for donations for the bands.

Playlist from Half My Heart Beats at The 78 tonight

Hope some of you can make it down to The 78 tonight for some lo-fi indiepop and anti-folk! We're on from 9pm til midnight and entry, as always, is free.

Cancelled - The Cannanes and Sarandon on 4th July

The Cannanes

We're sorry to announce that our planned show with The Cannanes and Sarandon on 4th July is no longer going ahead. The bands are unable to make it to Glasgow so they've had to call it off.

Not to fear! We've still got a great summer of gigs, club nights and guest DJ slots lined up for you. Check the sidebar for a full list!

Morgan Orion and The Middle Ones - Bank Holiday special gig

As mentioned in my previous post about the Half My Heart Beats summer of pop, our next gig will be something a bit different. American folk troubadour Morgan Orion will be joined by one of our absolute favourite bands The Middle Ones at The 78 on Monday 31st May at 2pm.

Morgan Orion plays mellow and beautiful acoustic folk songs influenced by the likes of Withered Hand, Herman Dune and Jeffrey Lewis. According to his record label, Morgan "likes to dance and talk about dreams in the morning. He sings songs with trails of words and they flutter like butterflies out of his mouth. He wears brown corduroys a lot and travels the land with a guitar in his hand."

Sounds good to us! If you're still not convinced, watch this great video for his song, 'Let Me Inside When I Knock On Your Door'.

The Middle Ones headlined our first ever popshow back in December 2008 and they're coming all the way from Norwich for one day only, just for this show! They play the most glorious, disarming folk-tinged pop songs you could wish to hear and you really, really should come out to see them if you can.

Entrance is free but we'll be asking for donations to help the bands cover their costs. Hope you can make it! Links to the Facebook and last.fm pages are in the sidebar.

Playlist from Half My Heart Beats 21 (with Cherry Coloured Pop DJs)

Colin
Herman Dune – 1-2-3 Apple Tree
Jeffrey Lewis – Do They Owe Us
The Aislers Set – Hit the Snow
Zipper – Hoy Estoy Muy Pop
Hefner – The Day That Thatcher Dies
McCarthy – Write To Your MP
Milky Wimpshake – I Wanna Be Seen In Public With You
The Smittens – Doomed, Lo-fi and In Love
The Magnetic Fields – A Fear of Trains
Felt – Spanish House
Jens Lekman – Black Cab

Lynsey
Allo Darlin’ – Henry Rollins Don’t Dance
Crystal Stilts – Love Is A Wave
The School – Hoping and Praying
The Aislers Set – The Red Door
Apples In Stereo – Energy
The Lucksmiths – Self-preservation
Ballboy – Avant Garde Music
The Violent Femmes – Kiss Off
April March – Laisse Tomber Les Filles


Kev and Linda (Cherry Coloured Pop)
Heavenly – Cool Guitar Boy
Sea Urchins – Pristine Christine
The Popguns – A World Away
Camera Obscura – I Love My Jean
The Mo-dettes – White Mice
The Chefs – 24 Hours
Eydie Gorme – Blame It On The Bossa Nova
France Gall – Poupee de Cire, Poupee de Son
Nancy Sinatra – How Does That Grab You Darlin’
My Bloody Valentine – Strawberry Wine
Allo Darlin’ – Kiss Your Lips
Pastel Collision – Young
Go Sailor – Together Forever In Love
Corduroy Utd – Behind My Back
The Beach Boys – You’re So Good To Me
Vernons Girls – Only You Can Do It
The Ronettes – I Can Hear Music
The School – And Suddenly
Help Stamp Out Loneliness – Cellophane
The Hermit Crabs – Feel Good Factor
My Sad Captains – Bad Decisions
The Ramones – Blitzkreig Bop
The Buzzcocks – I Don’t Mind
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart – Young Adult Friction

Colin
The Wedding Present – I’m Not Always So Stupid
Beat Happening – Cat Walk
The Vaselines – Son of a Gun
Teenage Fanclub – Sparky’s Dream
The Undertones – Here Comes the Summer
The Smiths – Panic
Martha Reeves and the Vandellas – Heatwave
The Girlfriends – My One and Only Jimmy Boy
Belle & Sebastian – Dirty Dream #2
The Jackson 5 – I Want You Back
Outkast – Hey Ya
Vampire Weekend – A-Punk
The Only Ones – Another Girl, Another Planet
The Beach Boys – Wouldn’t It Be Nice
Jackie Wilson – Higher and Higher

Kev and Linda (Cherry Coloured Pop)
Canned Heat – Goin’ Up the Country
Reperata and the Delrons – Captain of Your Ship
Speedmarket Avenue – Way Better Now
Another Sunny Day – You Should All Be Murdered
The 10p Mixes – The Dogs of France
Altered Images – See Those Eyes
Guy Darrell – I’ve Been Hurt
Sammy Davis Jnr – Candy Man
Melba Moore – This Is It
George MacRae – I’ve Been So Long
Ellie Greenwich – Baby
Connie Francis – Don’t Ever Leave Me
The Blue Orchids – Ooh Chang A Lang
Lean Tales – Money Smile
Tender Trap – Fireworks
Allo Darlin’ – Dreaming
Math and Physics Club – Last Dance
See You In Vegas – Work
Beryl Marsden – Gonna Make Him My Baby

A summer of pop

We’ve been busy planning a summer of exciting popshows for you so we thought a quick blog post was in order to let you know what’s on the Half My Heart Beats horizon.

First of all, we’ve planned a special Bank Holiday daytime acoustic show with one of our favourite folk-pop bands The Middle Ones and their American friend Morgan Orion. This won’t be a conventional gig – it’s either going to be a house show or an outdoor guerrilla gig somewhere in Glasgow (we haven’t decided yet). Either way it will be on Monday 31st May kicking off around 2pm.

Moving on to Sunday 4th July, we’re extremely proud to be hosting Australian indiepop legends The Cannanes on the Glasgow leg of a rare UK mini-tour. Playing alongside them will be English noiseniks Sarandon and maybe one other band (to be confirmed, as is the venue).

Less than a week later we’ll be doing another special Half My Heart Beats pre-club popshow at The Flying Duck with one of the best bands of the last twelve months, Sheffield’s amazing Standard Fare. They’ll be joined by Edinburgh-based powerpop group Kid Canaveral and the bloody excellent Water Wolves from Glasgow. That will be on the night of Saturday 10th July.

Some of you might remember our pre-Indietracks gig in the kitchen bar at The Flying Duck last year with five amazing indiepop bands. It was one of the best moments of 2009 for us and we’re delighted to be doing it again. We’ll be joined once again by The Smittens from Vermont, Boy Genius from Brooklyn, Gordon MacIntyre from ace Edinburgh popsters Ballboy and Springfactory from Stockholm, Sweden (featuring Peter from Suburban Kids With Biblical Names). That’ll all be on the night of Monday 19th July.

We’ve got a few other things to announce, like guest DJ slots and what-have-you, but that should be enough to be getting on with! We’ll put out more details on all of the above when we’ve got them.

<3

Guest DJs from Cherry Coloured Pop at the next Half My Heart Beats

We’ve got another treat lined up for the next Half My Heart Beats at The Flying Duck!

We’ll have another pair of guest DJs joining us – this time it’s Kev and Linda from the ace Manchester indiepop night Cherry Coloured Pop.

Linda and Kev will be playing a (mostly-vinyl) set of pop and girl group classics, and yer usual crowd (Lynsey and Colin) will be doing likewise in between.

The whole shebang is on Saturday 8th May at The Flying Duck, 142 Renfield Street, Glasgow. Entry is free before 11pm and £4 after, and we go on ‘til 3am.

Hope to see you there!

<3

Playlist from Half My Heart Beats at The 78 (April 2010)

Colin
Jeffrey Lewis - Don't Be Upset
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - Natural Light
Go Sailor - Windy
Peter Bjorn and John - Paris 2004
The Postal Service - We Will Become Silhouettes
Northern Portrait - Crazy
The Magnetic Fields - I Don't Believe You
Meow Meow! - I Wonder What Went Wrong
Malcolm Middleton - Monday Night Nothing
France Gall - Nous Ne Sommes Pas Des Anges
Afternoon Naps - Plum City Fight Song

Lynsey
Elephant Parade - Riding In Your Car
Meursault - One Day This'll All Be Fields
Arab Strap - I Work In A Saloon
Bright Eyes - Lua
The Aislers Set - California
Calexico - Alone Again Or
Agent Ribbons - Buried With You
Belle & Sebastian - A Summer Wasting
Slow Club - When I Go
Allo Darlin' - If Loneliness Was Art

Colin
The Charlottes - Beautify
Jens Lekman - Maple Leaves
The Magnetic Fields - How To Say Goodbye
The Vaselines - Sex Sux (Amen)
Orange Juice - Louise Louise
Summer Cats - Fulton Girls
Boyracer - In Love
Irene - Some Kind of Love
The Boo Radleys - Towards the Light
A Sunny Day In Glasgow - Things Only I Can See
Arab Strap - Soaps

Lynsey
Nick Garrie - Ink Pot Eyes
Acid House Kings - Do You Wanna Do
The Clean - Secret Place
The Spectrals - Keep Your Magic Out of My House
The Fresh and Onlys - Happy To Be Living
Transmittens - Hot Dog Suit
The Airfields - Prisoner of Our Love
The Awesomelies - Like You're Awesome
Summer Cats - Hey You
All Girl Summer Fun Band - Cut Your Hair
Red Pony Clock - Don't Forget Who Your Friends Are
Apples In Stereo - Skyway

Colin
Felt - Riding on the Equator
Beat Happening - Fortune Cookie Prize
The Smittens - Doomed, Lo-fi and In Love
Dum Dum Girls - Throw Aggi
Hari and Aino - All That Remains
Saturday Looks Good To Me - The Girl's Distracted
The Go-Betweens - Right Here

Lynsey
Kate Nash - Doo Wah Doo
Brown Recluse - Skeletons
Neverever - Teardrop Tattoo
The Aprils - Precious Love
The School - I Don't Believe In Love
Ballboy - I Wonder If You're Drunk Enough To Sleep With Me Tonight
Debbie Rollins - He Really Loves Me
Thunderbolts - Heart So Cold
Betty Hope - Just A Little Bit More
Bobby Darrin - Dream Lover
The Beach Boys - Don't Worry Baby
Teenage Fanclub - Baby Lee
Baccara - Yes Sir I Can Boogie

Half My Heart Beats at The 78 this Saturday

Don't forget (because we almost did!) that we're at The 78 this Saturday for our free monthly night of indiepop, anti-folk and other dreamy pop noise. All the details are on the ace new flyer Lynsey has made.

Hope to see you there!

Guest playlists from Half My Heart Beats 20

Last weekend's Half My Heart Beats was a bit different from usual, with The Wendy Darlings and Fur Hood playing live followed by two guest DJs: Katie Pope of The Just Joans and Glasgow pop expert, David 'Brogues' Brogan.

Here's what they played!

Katie
Magnetic Fields- Saddest Story Ever Told
Hefner-Hello Kitten
Yummy Fur- Films
New Order- Age of Consent
Altered Images - Dead Pop Stars
Ginny Arnell- Dumbhead
The School- I Want You Back
Voxtrot- Four Long Days
Camera Obscura- Let Me Go Home
The Fall- Hit the North
King Creosote- Bootprints
Mint Royale feat Lauren Laverne- Don't Falter
Johnny Boy- Generation That Bought More Shoes
Those Dancing Days- Hitten

Brogues
The Shop Assistants - All That Ever Mattered
Teenage Fanclub - I Need Direction
Veronica Falls - Stephen
Fabienne Delsol - Laisser Tomber Les Filles
The Sequins - He's A Flirt
The Left Banke - She May Call You Up Tonight
Petula Clark - Reach Out (I'll Be There)
Belle and Sebastian - Le Pastie de la Bourgeoisie
The Chymes - He's Not There Any More
The Drums - Let's Go Surfing

We'll have two more great guest DJs for next month - announcement soon!

Playlist from Half My Heart Beats at The 78 (March 2010)

Colin
Sleepover - Supercrush
The Awesomelies - Grids of California
Secret Charisma - The First Party Hats Rehearsal In Ages
The Smittens - My Girl
Afternoon Naps - Discoverse
The Canannes and Steward - Hey Leopard
When I Was 12 - Explicit Content
Looper - Up A Tree
Let's Whisper - All Happy Endings
Strawberry Fair - Why Won't He Answer
Camera Obscura - I Don't Want To See You

Lynsey
Herman Dune - When The Water Gets Cold And Freezes On The Lake
Math and Physics Club - Darling Please Come Home
The Mountain Goats - No Children
The Lucksmiths - Young and Dumb
Allo Darlin' - My Heart Is A Drummer
The Softies - Sixteen Months
The Paragons - Let's Start All Over Again
The Marcels - Goodbye To Love
Ganglians - Make It Up
The Ballet - Chinatown

Colin
Belle & Sebastian - I Know Where The Summer Goes
Tullycraft - Georgette Plays A Goth
The Lucksmiths - Broken Bones
The Smiths - Never Had No One Ever
Shrag - Their Stats
Slow Down Tallahassee - Tricks
All Girl Summer Fun Band - Video Game Heart
The Specific Heats - Back Through Tyme
Withered Hand - Love In The Time Of Ecstasy
Razorcuts - I Heard You The First Time

Lynsey
Big Star - Thank You Friends
Arthur Russell - Big Moon
Sonny and the Sunsets - Lovin' On An Older Gal
The Social Services - Up In Arms
Liechtenstein - The End
The Box Tops - Cry Like A Baby
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Just Like Honey
The Aislers Set - My Boyfriend Could Be A Spanish Man
The Fresh and Onlys - Garbage Collector

Colin
The Boo Radleys - Memory Babe
Standard Fare - Secret Little Sweetheart
The Raveonettes - Dead Sound
Allo Darlin' - Silver Dollars
The School - Is It True?
The Shins - Gone For Good
Beat Happening - Bury The Hammer
The Decemberists - Yankee Bayonet
Vampire Weekend - Giving Up The Gun

Lynsey
Beachniks - I Can't Stand You
Of Montreal - Fun Loving Nun
Black Tambourine - I Was Wrong
Jens Lekman - You Are The Light
The Magnetic Fields - The Nun's Litany
Go Sailor - Fine Day For Sailing
Kid Canaveral - Good Morning
The Beach Boys - Darlin'
Teenage Fanclub - Baby Lee
The Vogues - You're The One
The Four Tops - Walk Away Renee

Half My Heart Beats at The 78 this Saturday

We're back at The 78 for our monthly mini Half My Heart Beats this Saturday night. We play mellow indiepop, anti-folk and shoegaze from 9pm til midnight, and it's free!

In other news, we're on the verge of announcing at least three popshows that will be happening this summer, so keep an eye out for that. We've got some great, great bands lined up.

Lynsey and Colin DJing at The Hidden Cameras

Sorry for the late notice, but we will be DJing tomorrow night at Stereo on Renfield Lane, Glasgow for The Hidden Cameras' return to Glasgow. Reports from London and other shows so far on this tour have been glowing - sounds like we're in for a treat!

We'll be spinning a few between the bands and carrying on afterwards until 3am. The afterparty takes the form of a club night called Unite, and we'll be joined by ex-Twee-as-Fuckers Baby Honey from that London. Entry is free if you've been at the popshow or £3 if you've not.

Oh, and support comes from our favourite Glasgwegian indiepopsters, The Just Joans!

Photos from Half My Heart Beats 19

Thanks to everyone who came to Half My Heart Beats on Saturday and made it one of the most fun nights we've had since starting all this. The bands were incredible and we had a blast.

You can hear the lovely people at the Students For Scarves And Charm radio show on Subcity Radio talking a bit about the night on their last show (around the 17-18 minute mark), so have a listen to that.

The Social Services


Allo, Darlin'


Allo, Darlin'


Allo, Darlin'


The School