Playlist from Half My Heart Beats at The 78 (November 2011)

Saturday was our first night DJing together (Colin and Lynsey) for quite a few months, and it was so good to nestle back in to our corner table at The 78 and play some tunes while a storm raged outside.

The photo doesn't really convey how busy it was on Saturday. The place was rammed and it was one of those nights where the music was loud but the people were louder! Hopefully a few folk dug what we were playing anyway.  Here's the full list:

Colin
Pipas - Moss Oval
Hefner - Don't Flake Out On Me
Saturday Looks Good To Me - When You Got To New York
King Creosote - My Favourite Girl
Darren Hanlon - Hold On
Butcher Boy - Why I Like Babies
Pale Saints - Sight of You
The Concretes - Foreign Country

Lynsey
Slumber Party - I Don't Mind
Emmy The Great - We Almost Had A Baby
La Sera - Devils Hearts Grow Gold
Penny and the Quarters - You and Me
Math and Physics Club - La La La Lisa
Darren Hanlon - Brooklyn Bridge
The Hidden Cameras - I Believe in the Good of Life
Slow Club - If We're Still Alive
Lord Cut Glass - Look After Your Wife

Colin
Bart and Friends - Memories Fade
Dolly Mixture - Miss Candy Twist
Bricolage - The Spoilsport's Retort
Help Stamp Out Loneliness - Angelyne
Go Sailor - Last Year
Tennis - Take Me Somewhere
Connie Francis - Don't Ever Leave Me
Brown Recluse - Golden Sun
Teenage Fanclub - Shock and Awe
Shrag - Tights in August

Lynsey
Household - Desperate Times
My Bloody Valentine - When You Sleep
Veronica Falls - Misery
Gospel Music - Gamophobia
Sweet Baboo - Bounce
Dressy Bessy - If You Should Try To Kiss Her
Kids On A Crime Spree - Sweet Tooth
Crystal Stilts - Shake the Shackles
Standard Fare - Crystal Palatial
Allo Darlin' - Kiss Your Lips

Colin
The Go-Betweens - I'm Allright
Belle & Sebastian - Get Me Away From Here, I'm Dying
The Smiths - The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
British Sea Power - Tugboat
Another Sunny Day - The Very Beginning
Kids On A Crime Spree - Dead Ripe
Cats On Fire - The Sharp End of the Season
Zipper - Cosa de Artistas
Sound of Arrows - Danger

Lynsey
Bubblegum Lemonade - You're Still Beautiful When You're Sad
Orange Juice - All That Mattered
Zoey Van Goey - You Told the Drunks I Knew Karaoke
Bricolage - Looting Takes the Waiting Out of Wanting
Veronica Falls - Wedding Day
The Aislers Set - Been Hiding
Ballboy - You Can't Spend Your Whole Life Hanging Around With Arseholes
Standard Fare - Call Me Up
Kid Canaveral - Missionary

Half My Heart Beats at The 78 this Saturday

We're back at The 78 this Saturday from 9pm!  The last few months one or other of us has missed our regular slot but we're back, the original Half My Heart Beats dream team (!).

We'll be playing indiepop, anti-folk and girl groups and entry is free.

If you're not familiar with The 78, it's a really ace pub on Kelvinhaugh Street that also sells vegan food until 9pm every day. They have great drink offers too, like £2.50 for a pint of Williams Bros lager!

Hope you can make it along on Saturday night. 

Playlist from Half My Heart Beats at The 78 (October 2011)

McCarthy - Red Sleeping Beauty
Crayon Fields - Mirror Ball
The Concretes - Chico
Felt - The World Is As Soft As Lace
Brighter - Does Love Last Forever?
Just Handshakes (We're British) - Falling Over Our Fear
Frank Wilson - Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)
Pocketbooks - Don't Come Close
Dusty Springfield - I'll Try Anything
Let's Whisper - Shortest Days
Ballboy - They'll Hang Flags From Cranes Upon My Wedding Day
Arab Strap - Amante de Una Noche
The Royal We - Three Is A Crowd
Tullycraft - Polaroid From Mars
The Hardy Boys - Blackshirt
The Clientele - Six of Spades
The Beach Boys - Forever
Math and Physics Club - Graduation Day
The Lucksmiths - The Golden Age of Aviation

Au Revoir Simone - Anywhere You Looked
The Ballet - Clay
Brown Recluse - Impressions of a City Morning
Go Sailor - Fine Day for Sailing
Evans the Death - Catch Your Cold
Camera Obscura - Lemon Juice and Paper Cuts
Belle & Sebastian - Put the Book Back on the Shelf
Crystal Stilts - Through the Floor
REM - Sitting Still
Crayon Fields - Helicopters
Withered Hand - For the Maudlin
Billy Bragg - Greetings to the New Brunette
The Aislers Set - Langour in the Balcony
Ringo Deathstarr - Starrsha
Voxtrot - Long Haul
Frankie Rose and The Outs - Little Brown Haired Girls
Zoey Van Goey - Foxtrot Vandals
Kid Canaveral - Left and Right
The Cribs - My Life Flashed Before My Eyes
The Magnetic Fields - When You Were My Baby

Belle & Sebastian - Write About Love
Black Tambourine - Dream Baby Dream
Jens Lekman - Sipping on the Sweet Nectar
Sexy Kids - In A Box In A Bag
Kenickie - Millionaire Sweeper
Orange Juice - I Guess I'm Just A Little Too Sensitive
The Smiths - Stretch Out and Wait
The La's - There She Goes
The Wedding Present - Nobody's Twisting Your Arm
Parker Lewis - The Only Loving Boy in New York
The Stone Roses - Sally Cinnamon
The Jesus and Mary Chain - You Trip Me Up
Teenage Fanclub - God Knows It's True
The Vaselines - I Hate the 80s
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Anne With An E
The Raveonettes - Little Animal
Tindersticks - City Sickness

Half My Heart Beats at The 78 tonight

We're back at The 78 tonight from 9pm! It's a shame that our monthly slot has fallen on the same night as shows from Veronica Falls and The Hardy Boys but if you fancy a mellow night of tunes and drinks then we're your man.

We'll be playing indiepop, anti-folk and the odd girl group and entry is free.

Playlist from Half My Heart Beats at the 78 (August 2011)

Lynsey
Low—In the Drugs
James Yorkston—Blue Bleezing Blind Drunk
King Creosote and John Hopkins—Running on Fumes
The Clientele—Saturday
Love—You Set the Scene
Neutral Milk Hotel—Three Peaches
Brown Recluse—Rainy Saturday
Mountain Goats—Game Shows Touch Our Lives

Stoo
Jonathan Richman—Ice Cream Man
Gruff Rhys—Shark Ridden Waters
Husky Rescue—Diamonds in the Sky
Blonde Redhead—23
Tiger Trap—Supreme Nothing
Magnetic Fields—Queen of the Savages
All Girl Summer Fun Band—Later Operator
Adam Green—Salty Candy

Lynsey
Hermit Crabs—Feel Good Factor
The Diskettes—SS/DD
Daniel Johnston—Everlasting Love
The Ballet—The House On Fire
Allo Darlin'—Emily
Suburban Kids with Biblical Names—Funeral Face
Help Stamp Out Loneliness—Record Shop

Stoo
Yo La Tengo—Sugarcube
The Kinks—Everybody's Gonna Be Happy
The Concretes—Can;t Hurry Love
Belle & Sebastian—Seeing Other People
Kid Canaveral—Smash Hits
The Wedding Present—My Favourite Dress
Long Blondes—Once and Never Again
Tullycraft—Twice
Magnetic Fields—Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side
Hidden Cameras—Music Is My Boyfriend

Lynsey
Standard Fare—Suitcase
Milky Wimpshake—My Heart Beats Faster Than Techno
Kid Canaveral—Missing Me
Edwyn Collins—Losing Sleep
Cars Can Be Blue—Do You Remember
Withered Hand—New Dawn
Elvis Presley—Marie's The Name
The Chiffons—Sweet Talkin' Guy
The Vogues—You're the One
Mint Royale—Don't Falter
Eux Autres—My Love Will Not Let You Down

Stoo
The Supremes—Baby Love
Allo Darlin'—Dreaming
Flaming Lips—Race for the Prize
Lovely Eggs—I Like Birds But I Like Other Animals Too
The Fall—Victoria
Teenage Fanclub—Star Sign
Daisy Chainsaw—Love Your Money
Prince—Raspberry Beret

Playlist from Indietracks 2011

Colin
Ballboy - Where Do The Nights of Sleep Go To When They Do Not Come To Me
The Cookies - I Never Dreamed
The Smittens - Half My Heart Beats
Milky Wimpshake - Blowout at 80mph
Go Sailor - Together Forever in Love
Heavenly - C is the Heavenly Option
The Lucksmiths - T-Shirt Weather
Airport Girl - The Foolishness We Create Through Love is the Closest We Come to Greatness
Jens Lekman - Maple Leaves

Lynsey
Colin Clary - The Shape of This Town
Sourpatch - Never Ever Ever
Go Sailor - Bigger Than An Ocean
The Crabapples - All The Earnest Young Men
Milky Wimpshake - My Heart Beats Faster Than Techno
Beat Happening - Down at the Sea
Betty and the Werewolves - Should I Go To Glasgow?
The Royal We - All The Rage
Kid Canaveral - Smash Hits
Ballboy - Avant Garde Music
The Lucky Eggs - Don't Look at Me (I Don't Like It)

Colin
Tullycraft - Twee
The Tammys - Egyptian Shumba
The Aislers Set - The Way to Market Station
Beat Happening - Cat Walk
Camera Obscura - Lloyd, I'm Ready to Be Heartbroken
Belle & Sebastian - There's Too Much Love To Go Around
The Smiths - The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
Allo Darlin' - The Polaroid Song
Orange Juice - Blue Boy
Teenage Fanclub - Sparky's Dream

Lynsey
Millie - My Boy Lollipop
The Magnetic Fields - I Think I Need A New Heart
Tullycraft - Wild Bikini
Jens Lekman - You Are The Light
The B52s - Rock Lobster
Beyonce - Single Ladies (Motown)
The Supremes - You Can't Hurry Love
Frankie Lyman and The Teenagers - ABCs of Love
The Stone Roses - Sally Cinnamon
The Pastels - Crawl Babies

Playlist from Half My Heart Beats at The 78 (July 2011)

Colin

Allo Darlin' - Let's Go Swimming
Andrea Carroll - The Doolang
Ballboy - The Guide to the Shortwave Radio (Peel session)
Beat Happening - Fortune Cookie Prize
The Blue Orchids - Oo Chang-a-lang
Brown Recluse - At Last
Butcher Boy - The Eighteenth Emergency
Cocoanut Groove - A Dream of Two Summers
The Drums - I'll Never Drop My Sword
Fireflies - Himitsu
Gold-Bears - Totally Called It
The Hermit Crabs - Tonight
Jeffrey Lewis - Punk Is Dead
Kids on A Crime Spree - Sweet Tooth
King Creosote - Admiral
Lets Whisper - Shortest Days
McCarthy - A Child Soon in Chains
Minisnap - Crooked Mile
Sourpatch - Deli Dream
Very Truly Yours - Homesick
Arab Strap - Who Named The Days?
Belle & Sebastian - Like Dylan in the Movies
Bubblegum Lemonade - Caroline's Radio
Camera Obscura - The Sun on his Back (Peel Session)
The Chills - Heavenly Pop Hit
The Clientele - Since K Got Over Me
Comet Gain - An Arcade from the Warm Rain That Falls
The Felt Tips - Boyfriend Devoted
The Go-Betweens - The Devil's Eye
Kid Canaveral - Left and Right
The Lucksmiths - Synchronised Sinking
Maths & Physics Club - Weekends Away
Milky Wimpshake - Bourgeois Blues '99
The Parallelograms - Papageno
The Pastels - Automatically Yours
Summer Cats - Wild Ride
A Sunny Day In Glasgow - Things Only I Can See
Tiger Trap - My Broken Heart
The Velvet Underground - Sunday Morning
Withered Hand - I Am Nothing
Del Shannon - Runaway
Camera Obscura - Dory Previn
Felt - The World is as Soft as Lace
Dinosaur Jr - Just like Heaven
Heavenly - P.UN.K Girl
The Go! Team - Fake ID
Kenickie - Millionaire Sweeper
Jens Lekman - Your Arms Around Me
Orange Juice - Consolation Prize
The Left Banke - She May Call You Up Tonight
Richard Hawley - The Streets Are Ours
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Twins
The Smiths - Stretch Out and Wait
Slow Club - Me & You
Teenage Fanclub - Ain't That Enough?
The Tammys - Egyptian Shumba
The Wedding Present - Kennedy
The Vaselines - Oliver Twisted
The Concretes - You Can't Hurry Love
Yo La Tengo - Sugar Cube

Indietracks 2011

So, with our pre-Indietracks popshow out of the way, all that's left to look forward to is Indietracks itself!

This year we've been fortunate enough to have the chance to play some records on the last day of the festival in the main shed. If you're planning to come along we want to hear your requests and we'll try to play as many as we can fit into our two-hour slot.

If there's something you want to hear, leave a comment or contact us on Twitter or Facebook (links in the sidebar).

Math and Physics Club gig - Monday night

 

Our Indietracks warmup show with Math and Physics Club, Very Truly Yours, Bubblegum Lemonade and The Hermit Crabs is only a day away!

Headliners are Math and Physics Club, who are playing their first ever gig in Scotland. They play sweet melodic indiepop in the vein of early Belle & Sebastian or The Lucksmiths. They've released two great albums and a string of EPs and we couldn't be happier to have them in Glasgow.

Support is from Chicago's Very Truly Yours, who play gentle, jangly pop tunes, perennial local favourites The Hermit Crabs and the first ever live show from Bubblegum Lemonade, which is Laz McCluskey (ex-The Stepping Stones)'s latest project. Laz loves his 12-string Rickenbacker and his songs sound like a cross between The Byrds and The Jesus and Mary Chain.

Doors are at 7.30pm, first band is on at 8.15pm and you can buy tickets on the door or from Wegottickets.

Half My Heart Beats at The 78 this Saturday

We're back at The 78 on Saturday from 9pm until midnight. As ever, we'll be playing indiepop, girl groups, anti-folk and more and entry is free. Why not come down?

Math and Physics Club - not long to go!

 

It's just over three weeks until our Indietracks warmup show with Math and Physics Club, Very Truly Yours, Bubblegum Lemonade and The Hermit Crabs.

A little buzz has been building about this show and we think it'll be a great night. You can buy tickets for the gig from Wegottickets for the slightly-cheaper price of £6 +bf. 

Playlist from Half My Heart Beats at The 78 (June 2011)

Colin
California Snow Story - My Life Is Only A Daydream
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - White Corolla
The Halo Benders - Love Travels Faster
When I Was 12 - You Me and Symmetry
Malcolm Middleton - Speed on the M9
Jonathan Richman - Roller Coaster by the Sea
Withered Hand - Love in the Time of Ecstasy
The Drums - I'll Never Drop My Sword
The Felt Tips - Garden of Roses

Lynsey
Smog - Drunk on the Stars
Sweet Baboo - How I'd Live My Life
King Creosote and Jon Hopkins - Bats in the Attic
Circulatory System - Forever
The Hidden Cameras - A Miracle
The Lucksmiths - The Year of Driving Langorously
Darren Hanlon - Scenes from a Separation
Neutral Milk Hotel - Gardenhead/Leave Me Alone
Calvin Johnson - Deliverance

Colin
Pipas - Tout va Bien
Hari and Aino - Thank You for My Sisters
Math and Physics Club - Weekends Away
Days - Simple Things
The Depreciation Guild - Darklooming
Tullycrafy - Georgette Plays a Goth
Pocketbooks - Promises, Promises
The Clientele - My Own Face Inside the Trees
Heavenly - Our Love is Heavenly
Milky Wimpshake - Dialling Tone
Ringo Deathstarr - Starrsha

Lynsey
The Mountain Goats - Alpha Rat's Nest
Arab Strap - The First Big Weekend of the Summer
Milky Wimpshake - Too Much, Too Drunk
Kicking Giant - This Sex
Olivia Tremor Control - Beneath the Climb
Dressy Bessy - My Maryanne
Betty and the Werewolves - Tu Veux Jouer
Math and Physics Club - Cold as Minnesota
Bubblegum Lemonade - Alice Please
Frankie Rose and The Outs - Girlfriend Island


Colin
McCarthy - We Are All Bourgeoise Now
The Magnetic Fields - When You Were My Baby
Crystal Stilts - Shake the Shackles
Teenage Fanclub - God Knows It's True
The Delgados - Everybody Come Down
Kenickie - How I Was Made
Lesley Gore - That's the Way Boys Are
The Lucksmiths - Young and Dumb
Belle & Sebastian - There's Too Much Love

Lynsey
Help Stamp Out Loneliness - Split Infinitives
The Ballet - Corduroy
Cloetta Paris - Already Missing You
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - My Terrible Friend
Kid Canaveral - Left and Right
Kenickie - Millionaire Sweeper
Ballboy - Where Do the Nights of Sleep Go To When They Do Not Come To Me

Half My Heart Beats at The 78 tonight

We're back at The 78 tonight from 9pm until midnight. Hope you can make it!

Math and Physics Club poster and ticket details

 

Thanks to our friend Andy Hart for desigining this ace poster for our Indietracks warmup show with Math and Physics Club, Very Truly Yours, Bubblegum Lemonade and The Hermit Crabs. 

You can buy tickets for the gig from Wegottickets for the slightly-cheaper price of £6 +bf.  Facebook eventage can be found over here if that's your thing.

Playlist from Half My Heart Beats at The 78 (May 2011)

Colin
Amor de Dias - Bunhill Fields
The Middle Ones - Young Explorer
Ballboy - Slow Days (Peel session)
Monkey Swallows the Universe - Science
The Cat's Miaow - You Left a Note on the Table
Baffin Island - Darling, Please Come Home
The Hardy Boys - Blackshirt
Modest Mouse - Blame It on the Tetons
Irene - Summer's Gone
First Base - I'll Be Your Hangover
The Boo Radleys - Memory Babe

Lynsey
Arab Strap - The First Time You're Unfaithful
Ballboy - They'll Hang Flags from Cranes On My Wedding Day
Kicking Giant - Summer Feeling
Moldy Peaches - Lazy Confessions
The Lucksmiths - The Year of Driving Langorously
Fireflies - Rain Soaked Shoes
The Aislers Set - London Madrid
Frankie Rose and the Outs - You Can Make Me Feel Bad
Electralane - The Valleys

Colin
Pipas - Jean C
The Never Invited to Parties - Bicycle Ride
Bubblegum Lemonade - Hit the Ground Running
Slow Down Tallahassee - Winter Comes Around
The Clientele - When I Came Home from the Party
The Hermit Crabs - Closet Fan
Tiger Trap - My Broken Heart
Leslie Duncan - See That Guy
Cats on Fire - Never Land Here
Razorcuts - Summer in Your Heart

Lynsey
The Ballet - Never Go Home
Darren Hanlon - Brooklyn Bridge
Gold-Bears - HK Song
King Creosote - Jump at the Cats
The Hidden Cameras - Smells Like Happiness
Neutral Milk Hotel - King of Carrot Flowers (Pt 1)
The Mountain Goats - This Year
Math and Physics Club - Darling, Please Come Home
Help Stamp Out Loneliness - Record Shop
Bubblegum Lemonade - Girlfriend Ghost

Colin
The Raveonettes - Heartbreak Stroll
REM - I Believe
Help Stamp Out Loneliness - Cottonopolis and Promises
Crystal Stilts - Silver Sun
Bubblegum Lemonade - We Could Send Emails
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Belong
Ringo Deathstarr - Starrsha
The Chills - The Male Monster from the Id
Brown Recluse - Impressions of a City Morning
Beat Happening - Teenage Caveman

Lynsey
Sweet Baboo - Bounce
Gospel Music - Automobile
Emmy the Great - We Almost Had a Baby
Dressy Bessy - My Maryanne
Allo Darlin' - My Heart is a Drummer
Go Sailor - Together Forever in Love
Slow Down Tallahassee - The Beautiful Light
Kid Canaveral - And Another Thing
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Heart in Your Heartbreak

Half My Heart Beats at The 78 this Saturday

Tomorrow (Saturday) sees our return to our regular slot at The 78. In case you missed the announcement, our night at The Flying Duck has come to an end so The 78 is our main gig and your only chance to hear the best in indiepop, girl groups and anti-folk in Glasgow.

The 78 is on Kelvinhaugh Street, just off Argyle Street, and we'll be playing records between 9pm and midnight. Entry is free!

The future of Half My Heart Beats

First of all, sorry for the big silence of late from Half My Heart Beats but a lot has been changing behind the scenes and we wanted to be clear on the details before making an announcement.

The short version is that we’re bringing the monthly club night at The Flying Duck to an end and we’ll no longer be putting on gigs under the Half My Heart Beats name. No need to get into the whys and wherefores but we felt the night at the Duck had run its course and I (Colin) wanted to take a step back from the stress of being a promoter.

There are plenty of positives among the gloom though. First of all, we will continue to play records on the last Saturday of the month at The 78 on Kelvinhaugh Street, Glasgow. We’re on from 9pm til midnight and entry is free.

Secondly, we’ve got one final amazing popshow to bow out on. We will be hosting Math and Physics Club (Seattle), Very Truly Yours (Chicago), Bubblegum Lemonade and The Hermit Crabs on Monday 25th July at The Captain’s Rest. More details to follow, but suffice to say we’re very excited!

Finally, we’ve had the honour of being asked to DJ at the peerless Indietracks festival on Sunday 31st July. We’ve both been big fans of the festival for years and it’s a massive privilege to be asked to play records at what is surely the best indiepop festival in history.

In the longer term, Lynsey will continue to put on club nights at The Flying Duck and gigs under the name Primitive Painters, along with our good friend Stoo – keep an eye on their Facebook page for more info. The first night is on Friday 13th May.

We’ll continue to keep you informed through the blog, Facebook and Twitter about any happening with Half My Heart Beats.

We would like to put on record our huge thanks to Barney, Del and everyone at The Flying Duck, everyone at The 78, especially Lee, everyone who has made brilliant artwork for us (Andy Hart, David Zacharis, May Linn Jomisko and Indiehorse), all the amazing bands that have come and played our shows and anyone who has come along to our nights. It’s been awesome.

Playlist from Half My Heart Beats at The 78 (March 2011)

The LK - Down By Law
Pocketbooks - Every Good Time We Ever Had
Bubblegum Lemonade - We Could Send Emails
Ride - Vapour Trail
Pants Yell! - Directions, Directions
Jonathan Richman - Important in Your Life
Sourpatch - Deli Dream
The Just Joans - Your Pain is a Joke Next to Mines
The Lucksmiths - Good Light
Kid Canaveral - Smash Hits
McCarthy - The Myth of the North-South Divide
Malcolm Middleton - Fight Like the Night
Pipas - Run Run Run
King Creosote - Margeurita Red
Eux Autres - The City All to Himself
Airport Girl - The Foolishness We Create Through Love is
The Closest We Come to Greatness
Summer Cats - Your Timetable
All Girl Summer Fun Band - Later Operator
The Felt Tips - A Life More Ordinary
Allo Darlin' - Kiss Your Lips
The Clientele - Leaving Haringey
The April Skies - Three Minute Singles
Je Suis Animal - Rosseau World
Bad Banana - Pretty Like a Girl
Jeffrey Lewis - Don't Be Upset
Bart and Friends - These Words Are Too Small
Strawberry Whiplash - It Rains on Other Planets
Beat Happening - Bury the Hammer
Tender Trap - 2 to the N
Billy Bragg - There is Power in a Union
Felt - The World is as Soft as Lace
The Boo Radleys - Wish I Was Skinny
The Hidden Cameras - Breathe On It
The Magnetic Fields - I Looked All Over Town
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The One
Minisnap - Leave it to You
The Lucksmiths - Sunlight in a Jar
Northern Portait - In an Empty Hotel
Belle & Sebastian - The Ghost of Rock School
Humousexual - Punk Rock Boy
Arab Strap - I Saw You
Withered Hand - I Am Nothing
The Vaselines - The Day I Was a Horse
Tiger Trap - Supreme Nothing
Orange Juice - I Can't Help Myself
Milky Wimpshake - Eyeball to Eyeball
The Pastels - Automatically Yours
Horowitz - Super Snuggles
The Railway Children - Brighter
Slow Down Tallahassee - Angel of Death
Jens Lekman - Maple Leaves
The Specific Heats - Violent?
The Jesus and Mary Chain - You Trip Me Up
Architecture in Helsinki - City Calm Down

Playlist from Half My Heart Beats March 2011

Colin 
Squeeze - Black Coffee in Bed
Belle & Sebastian - Dog on Wheels
The Clientele - Since K Got Over Me
Dolly Mixture - Baby It's You
Sourpatch - Deli Dream
Math and Physics Club - Weekends Away
Irene - Some Kind of Love
Standard Fare - Suitcase
The Just Joans - Grant Kelly
Eux Autres - The City All to Himself
Belle & Sebastian - Expectations
Teenage Fanclub - Baby Lee
Beat Happening - Cat Walk
The Felt Tips - Boyfriend Devoted
Go Sailor - Together Forever In Love
The Aislers Set - Red Door
Tiger Trap - Supreme Nothing
Liechtenstein - Stalking Skills
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Heart in Your Heartbreak
The Lucksmiths - There Is A Boy That Never Goes Out

Lynsey
Allo Darlin' - Dreaming
Bubblegum Lemonade - You Only Leave Twice
The Ballet - Murder at the Discotheque
Eux Autres - Jamais
Ex-Crush - All Boys Break Hearts
Math and Physics Club - We're So DIY
Go Sailor - Ray of Sunshine
Slow Club - Giving Up On Love
The Hidden Cameras - Death of a Tune
Helen Love - Does Your Heart Go Boom?
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Belong
Orange Juice - Consolation Prize
The Smiths - Girlfriend in a Coma
The Lucksmiths - Sunlight in a Jar
The Magnetic Fields - The Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side
Ballboy - Donald in the Bushes with a Bag of Glue
The Just Joans - Baby's a Boy Racer
The Go-Betweens - Bye Bye Pride
The Supremes - You Can't Hurry Love
Comet Gain - You Can Hide Your Love Forever


Colin
Allo Darlin' - My Heart is a Drummer
The Concretes - Chosen One
Best Coast - Crazy for You
Crystal Stilts - Love is a Wave
Withered Hand - New Dawn
The Hidden Cameras - Smells Like Happiness
The Drums - Let's Go Surfing
Frankie Rose and The Outs - Girlfriend Island
Voxtrot - Raised By Wolves
Felt - Sunlight Bathed the Golden Glow
The Sea Urchins - Pristine Christine
Ballboy - I've Got Pictures of You in Your Underwear
The Magnetic Fields - Desert Island
Jeffrey Lewis and The Junkyard - Broken Broken Broken Heart
Buzzcocks - Love You More
Orange Juice - Poor Old Soul (Part One)
Jens Lekman - You Are the Light
The Vaselines - Son of a Gun
The Smiths - I Want the One I Can't Have
Television - Venus
Camera Obscura - Number One Son
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - This Love is Fucking Right!
The Ramones - Sheena is a Punk Rocker
Talulah Gosh - Steaming Train
The Smiths - Stop Me if You Think You've Heard This One Before
Jonathan Richman - Roadrunner
Kenickie - Come Out 2Nite
New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle
The Postal Service - Such Great Heights
Pixies - Gigantic
The Crystals - Da Doo Ron Ron
Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career
The Royal We - All the Rage
The Cure - Friday I'm In Love
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
The Ronettes - Be My Baby
Outkast - Hey Ya
Pulp - Do You Remember the First Time?
The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out

Half My Heart Beats tonight at The Flying Duck

 

We're back at The Flying Duck tonight for our monthly indiepop dance party. We'll be playing indiepop, 60s girl groups and more from 11pm til 3am. 

Hope you can make it!

Playlist from Half My Heart Beats 28

Lynsey
Darren Hanlon - I Wish That I Was Beautiful for You
Andersen Tapes - The Problem is the Solution
The Essex Green - Don't Know Why You Stay
Summer Cats - In June
Sourpatch - I Want You Either Way
Bubblegum Lemonade - You're Still Beautiful When You're Sad
Ex-Crush - The Biggest Buzz
Gospel Music - Automobile
Magic Kids - Candy
Bishop Allen - Charm School
The Aislers Set - Long Division
Frankie Rose and the Outs - Candy

Colin
Surefire Broadcast - Stars Hang Bright
Bubblegum Lemonade - Penny Fountain
Tennis - Seafarer
Strawberry Fair - Why Won't He Answer
Frankie Rose and the Outs - Girlfriend Island
Eux Autres - You're Alight
Another Sunny Day - You Should All Be Murdered
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Heart In Your Heartbreak
The Ballet - Murder at the Discotheque
Allo Darlin' - Dreaming

Lynsey
Eux Autres - My Love Will Not Let You Down
Math and Physics Club - We're So DIY
Betty and the Werewolves - Should I Go To Glasgow
The Lucksmiths - Columns o' Steam
Lavender Diamond - Open Your Heart
Zoey Van Goey - You Told the Drunks I Knew Karate
The Mountain Goats - This Year
The Felt Tips - Dear Morrissey
Apples In Stereo - The Rainbow
Best Coast - Bratty B


Colin
Belle & Sebastian - The Model
The Jelly Beans - How Fine Can One Guy Be?
Slow Club - Giving Up On Love
Math and Physics Club - Jimmy Had A Polaroid
McCarthy - Keep An Open Mind or Else
The Smiths - William, It Was Really Nothing
The Lucksmiths - Sunlight in a Jar
The Concretes - You Can't Hurry Love
The Vaselines - I Hate the 80s
Best Coast - Crazy for You
The Housemartins - Get Up Off Our Knees

Lynsey
Go Sailor - Ray of Sunshine
The Magnetic Fields - Long-forgotten Fairytale
Allo Darlin' - Henry Rollins Don't Dance
Basllboy - Where Do the Nights of Sleep Go When They Do Not Come to Me
Kid Canaveral - Couldn't Dance
The Go-Betweens - The House That Jack Kerouac Built
Saint Etienne - Only Love Can Break Your Heart
The Hidden Cameras - Breathe On It
The Smiths - Panic
The Royal We - All the Rage
Orange Juice - Rip It Up

Colin
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions - Rattlesnakes
The Pastels - Automatically Yours
Herman Dune - I Wish That I Could See You Soon
The Crystals - Then He Kissed Me
Camera Obscura - Let's Get Out of This Country
Belle & Sebastian - There's Too Much Love
Neutral Milk Hotel - Holland, 1945
Jens Lekman - Black Cab
Blondie - Picture This


Lynsey
Hefner - The Day That Thatcher Dies
The Pastels - Crawl Babies
Belle & Sebastian - Wrapped Up In Books
Soft Cell - Tainted Love
David Bowie - Queen Bitch
The Supremes - Baby Love
The Yum Yums - Gonna Be A Big Thing
Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds

Colin
Felt - Sunlight Bathed the Golden Glow
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - This Love Is Fucking Right!
Sleater-Kinney - You're No Rock 'n' Roll Fun
The Cure - Friday I'm In Love
Pulp - Babies
Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al
The Smiths - Bigmouth Strikes Again
Belle & Sebastian - Lazy Line Painter Jane
Chubby Checker - Let's Twist Again

This Saturday - Eux Autres, The Hardy Boys + The Honeymoon Period

Just a quick reminder that this gig is on Saturday night at The Flying Duck, 142 Renfield Street.

You can get tickets in advance for slightly cheaper here.

Hopefully see you there!

Playlist from Half My Heart Beats at the 78 (February 2011)

Thanks to Rowan for filling in on DJ duties this month while Colin was off living it up at the London Popfest!

Lynsey
Pipas - Hiding In The Park
Real Estate - Let's Rock The Beach
The Just Joans - Every Heartbeat
The Airfields - Prisoners Of Our Love
The Lovely Eggs - If You Were Fruit
Beat Happening - Indian Summer
Hospitality - Betty Wang
The Andersen Tapes - Riksgransen
Neutral Milk Hotel - Oh Comely
Darren Hanlon - Service Station

Rowan
Cornershop - Looking For A Way In
PJ Harvey - Words That Maketh Murder
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Christine
REM - Welcome To The Occupation
The Specific Heats - Dependable 92
Grizzly Bear - Cheerleader
Beirut - Postcards From Italy
Mouse Eat Mouse - Mair Licht
Black Lips - Trapped In A Basement

Lynsey
Sodastream - Undone
King Creosote - Home In A Sentence
The Lucksmiths - Get To Bed Birds
Jelly Beans - I Wanna Love Him So Bad
The Magnetic Fields - I'm Tongue-Tied
Bubblegum Lemonade - Last Train To Clarkston
Frankie Rose & The Outs - You Can Make Me Feel Sad
Wild Nothing - Summer Holiday
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Say No To Love
The Blanche Hudson Weekend - Crying Shame

Rowan
Blondie - Rapture
Betty Boo - Where Are You Baby?
Captain Beefheart - Yellow Brick Road
Clouds - Get Out Of My Dream
B52s - Mesopotamia
Jesus & Mary Chain - Rollercoaster
Simple Minds - Life In A Day
Stereolab - How To Play Your Internal Organs Overnight

Lynsey
The Aislers Set - Hey Lover
Eux Autres - Jamais
Zoey Van Goey - Another Day Another Disaster
Summer Cats - Christopher Wren
The Wendy Darlings - Enormous Pop
The Besties - Our Days In Kansas
Apples In Stereo - Questions & Answers
Castanets - I Love Him
Stars In Coma - Death & Hope
Big Star - Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On

Rowan
Portishead - All Mine
My Bloody Valentine - Cupid Come
Sonic Youth - Little Trouble Girl
Shangri-Las - I Can Never Go Home Anymore
Soft Cell - Say Hello Wave Goodbye
Malcolm McLaren - Madame Butterfly
Super Furry Animals - If You Don't Want Me To Destroy You

Half My Heart Beats at The 78 this Saturday

We're back at The 78 this Saturday playing indiepop, anti-folk and more from 9am til midnight and entry is free. Colin's off to the London Popfest so Lynsey will be taking the reins this time.

Hope to see you there!

Sourpatch gig tomorrow!

Sourpatch - i want you either way from Richard Gutierrez on Vimeo.

Don't forget that we've got our first popshow of 2011 tomorrow night at The Flying Duck. Sourpatch, Town Bike and Maximum Bob are playing with doors at 7pm.

See you there!

HMHB presents Eux Autres and The Hardy Boys at The Flying Duck, Sat 5th March

Eux Autres

We’re extremely chuffed to be hosting Eux Autres for their first ever gig in Scotland. They’re an indiepop band from San Francisco consisting of Nicholas and Heather Larimer, Yoshi Nakamoto (ex-Aislers Set and current Still Flyin’drummer) and Nathan Berlinguette.

Eux Autres have just released their third album, Broken Bow, and it’s a stunner. Their sound has been likened to ‘the unrequited love song Doug Martsch would have penned for Francoise Hardy, had the time/space continuum conveniently collapsed’. With their literate Francophile pop played with guts and energy they’re a proper indiepop band, the kind Half My Heart Beats is all about!

The gig is on Saturday 5th March at The Flying Duck, 142 Renfield Street, Glasgow.

Joining them will be The Hardy Boys, who formed in Greenock way back in 1985 and built a cult following on the back of their early releases. They’re back playing live after a long hiatus and have promised us a couple of new songs as well as the classics.

Tickets are available from wegottickets or on the door.


Praise for Eux Autre’s latest album, Broken Bow:

“It has a timeless, rough and tumble pure pop feel that perfectly matches its sometimes joyful, sometimes troubled, always kind of complicated lyrics” – Three Imaginary Girls

 “Guitars are spare and heavily reverbed, drumming is primal, and boy-girl vocals are sweet without being overly precious. Basically, Eux Autres has been doing for years what many a lesser band is trying to do today” – The Days of Lore

 “The best songs flog individual vocal talents. Nicolas’s goes down like a warm cup of naiveté on “A Band Undone”, a forlorn track that’s kissed by plenty of iridescence with its jangling guitars and piano curlicues, placing it firmly on a Zombies/Byrds footing. Meanwhile, Heather’s coy delivery on “Queen Turner” is as irresistibly treacle as the Pastels’ Katrina Mitchell’s vocal licks” – PopMatters

 “Songs on Broken Bow are just as poignant and stunning as before… Always fun, there’s generally a hint of emotion, be it pensive dwelling on being treated poorly, or a raucous jaunt on a favored sports team. Fun, always; but the lyrics speak something a little different from what you might be used to. That, above almost anything else, is what makes Eux Autres one of the better pop bands around” - FensePost

Changes to our regular night at The Flying Duck

We’re just writing to let you know about a few changes to Half My Heart Beats for 2011. Our monthly night at The Flying Duck is moving from its old second-Saturday slot to a new, regular third Saturday of the month slot (11pm – 3am).

Our first night in the new slot will be on Saturday 19th February and we’ll be sending out event invites to the Half My Heart Beats group on Facebook soon (although everyone is welcome, as always). 

We're also moving from the main room to the kitchen bar, which is something we’re really excited about. The kitchen bar has a dancefloor and plenty of seating in a smaller space, which will hopefully make for a more together-feeling club night.

One final change is to the entry fee – it will now be £3 before midnight and £5 after, or free if you come down before 11pm, so do!

Hope to see some of you at the Duck on 19th February!

PS. Our monthly slot at The 78 will remain unchanged on the last Saturday of every month.

PPS. Don’t forget the two awesome gigs we’ve got coming up: Sourpatch, Town Bike and Maximum Bob on Wednesday 23rd Feb and Eux Autres and The Hardy Boys + 1 (TBC) on Saturday 5th March. Both gigs are at The Flying Duck.

Playlist from Half My Heart at The 78 - Janaury 2011

Colin
The Lucksmiths - Guess How Much I Love You
One Happy Island - Earth's Circumference
Architecture in Helsinki - City Calm Down
New Morning - Working for the Payroll
Pipas - Run Run Run
The Carrots - I Tried To Call You
The Rosie Taylor Project - The Sun on My Right
The Smiths - The Hand That Rocks The Cradle
Darren Hanlon - All These Things
Withered Hand - Big Ten Four
Super Furry Animals - If You Don't Want Me To Destroy You

Lynsey
Frankie Rose and The Outs - Hollow Life
James Yorkston - Queen of Spain
King Creosote - Marguerita Red
Withered Hand - For the Maudlin
The Just Joans - Your Pain Is A Joke Next To Mine
Saint Etienne - Hobart Paving
Andersen Tapes - And They Were Saxons
Eux Autres - You're Alight
Pants Yell! - Rue de la Paix
Veronica Falls - Right Side of My Brain

Colin
Bubblegum Lemonade - Penny Fountain
Felt - The World Is As Soft As Lace
The Fascinations - Girls Are Out To Get You
The Lucksmiths - The Chapter In Your Life Entitled San Francisco
Belle & Sebastian - Mayfly
The Clientele - Since K Got Over Me
Summer Cats - In June
The Wedding Present - Brassneck
Go Sailor - Together Forever In Love

Lynsey
The Divine Comedy - The Complete Banker
Gospel Music with Shirley Simms - Gamophobia
The Felt Tips - A Life More Ordinary
The Lucksmiths - After the Afterparty
Slumber Party - Retaliation
Calvin Johnson - Rabbit Blood
Ex-Crush - All Boys Break Hearts
My Bloody Valentine - When You Sleep
Math and Physics Club - Jimmy Had A Polaroid

Colin
Crystal Stilts - Love Is A Wave
The Aislers Set - The Way to Market Station
Allo Darlin' - Dreaming
Heavenly - Stop Before You Can Say It
The Lucksmiths - Get-to-bed Birds
Cats On Fire - The White-mantled King
Beat Happening - Sleepy Head

Lynsey
Best Coast - Sun Was High (So Was I)
Frankie Rose and The Outs - That's What People Told Me
Sometimes Always - You Can All Hide
Myelin Sheaths - Everything is Contagious
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Say No To Love
The Go-Betweens - Right Here
Belle & Sebastian - I'm Not Living in the Real World
The Vaselines - My God's Bigger Than Your God
Orange Juice - Consolation Prize

HMHB presents Sourpatch, Town Bike and Maximum Bob on Wed 23rd February

It's almost time for our first gig of 2011, and it's going to be a doozy.

We’re very excited to host Californian indiepop group Sourpatch on their first visit to Scotland. They released an outstanding debut album called Crushin’ at the start of 2010 that calls to mind '90s indiepop greats like Tiger Trap, Rocketship, Cub, Go Sailor and Black Tambourine.

The record rattles and buzzes, the production is low-key to the point of non-existence but the songs radiate with a pure pop urgency.

They sing about broken hearts, wistfulness, relationships gone wrong, relationships gone right … you know the deal. The main thing is how they sound, and they sound like a joyous indiepop force of nature.

Joining Sourpatch on their tour will be Town Bike, Liverpool’s finest pop-punk riot. According to their record label, Town Bike are “equal parts Runaways, Ramones and Ronettes - the REAL three Rs that should be taught in school”.

Rounding out the lineup is Glasgow’s own Maximum Bob, a girl-fronted rock ‘n’ roll whirlwind.

Tickets are available from Wegottickets.

Here’s some praise for Sourpatch’s debut album, Crushin’:

“It's hard to put into words how exciting this album is… Every time a tune so perfect finishes you think the next one can’t possibly top it, and yet it does its best to. It’s an emotional onslaught - a kind of shock and awe on your pop senses and nerves” – A Layer of Chips

“This is a knock-out record with the pop hit of Heavenly Vs Satan and the thrill-a-minute of the All Girl Summer Fun Band at their tempestuous best” – Fire Escape Talking

“Songs like “Fun” will get inside your head and make you feel young again, unless you’re young to begin with, which means it’ll just make you feel more alive” – FensePost

Half My Heart Beats DJs tonight at The Flying Duck

We'll be playing some records tonight at The Flying Duck from 11pm until midnight to give people a taster of Half My Heart Beats, along with some of the other Flying Duck DJs.

Here's the full bumph from the Duck's website:

A wee taster of some of the fine club nights available at the Duck in our annual January sale. Free entry for students and £3 to others and with Carlsberg and Strongbow cans at £2 all night this is the perfect opportunity to check out what The flying Duck has to offer.

With DJ's from Superfly (soul & funk) Pin Up Nights (indie & Electro) and Half My Heartbeats (indiepop).
£3 /students free with NUS card
11pm - 3am

No Half My Heart Beats tonight at The Flying Duck

Just a quick message to say there won't be a Half My Heart Beats at The Flying Duck tonight. Instead, we'll be playing records at a sampler night along with the other Flying Duck DJs next Saturday (15th January).

Sorry for the short notice! We've been working on some changes to Half My Heart Beats and we'll let you know the full details as soon as they're confirmed.

We'll still be at The 78 on Saturday 29th January and will be back at The Flying Duck in February.