And on with the show... Notebooks out completists, here's the playlist in full... CHARLI XCX - Girl, So Confusing COLA - Pulling Quotes JPEGMAFIA - don't rely on other men (featuring Freaky) DUMMY - Nullspace ROBYN & JAMIE XX - Life CHARLI XCX - The 360 Remix with Robyn and Yung Lean SWIFTUMZ - Never Impress NIA ARCHIVES - Cards On The Table (Live …

And on with the show... Notebooks out completists, here's the playlist in full... bar italia - drumstart WILL HOFBAUER - Diiing NOURISHED BY TIME - I Guess I Got My Answer PRETTY SICK - Headliner DISCLOSURE - She’s Gone, Dance On salute - saving flowers (featuring Rina Sawayama) bar italia - The only conscious being in the universe Jonathan Pie on …

And on with the show... Notebooks out completists, here's the playlist in full... KATY J PEARSON - Those Goodbyes COLD CAVE - BLACKBERRIES FAT WHITE FAMILY - Bullet Of Dignity (Beyond The Wizards Sleeve Re-Animation) HEX GIRLFRIEND - Café Culture TR/ST - Soon DEVON HENDRYX - God Bless My Homegirls THE LIBERTINES - Merry Old England BILLIE EILISH - …

And on with the show... Notebooks out completists, here's the playlist in full... MOONCHILD SANELLY - Scrambled Eggs RICO NASTY - BLEACH BROWS THE BUG - Bodied(Send for the hearse) wildkarduno - i dont give a fuxk bout da 808s GLORILLA - Yeah Glo! BROADS - Built Calypso METZ - Light Your Way Home UNIVERSE - mile away (featuring removeface) COLD CAV…

And on with the show... Notebooks out completists, here's the playlist in full... PRIMAL SCREAM - Uptown (Andrew Weatherall Remix) CHARLI XCX - B2B YABA BULUKU BOYZ - Bom Job (Good Job) ENGLISH TEACHER - Albert Road BACKXWASH - WAKE UP SHIT & SHINE - Rum And Coke CASH COBAIN & BAY SWAG - Fisherrr (Remix) (featuring Ice Spice) KENDRICK LAMAR - eupho…

And on with the show... Notebooks out completists, here's the playlist in full... TERRY EDWARDS - The Hardest Walk STETSASONIC - Handled KOTA THE FRIEND - YUMA LEWSBERG - Debbie STEVIE COX - The Golden Ratio (with Fossil Archive) NIA ARCHIVES - Unfinished Business WATER FROM YOUR EYES - Warm Storm DEVON HENDRYX - [Missing image file_ maladaptiveday…

And on with the show... Notebooks out completists, here's the playlist in full... JUSTICE - Incognito DICKIE LANDRY - Hang The Rich SHABAZZ PALACES - Take Me To Your Leader (featuring Lavarr the Starr) METRONOMY X PAN AMSTERDAM - Nice Town (Original) NIKO B - Trespass Coat (featuring Dexter In The Newsagent) PORIJ - My Only Love METRONOMY X PAN AMS…

And on with the show... Notebooks out completists, here's the playlist in full... DICKIE LANDRY - Hang The Rich (JD Twitch Edit) EMPRESS OF - Preciosa THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN - Girl 71 THE KVB - Labyrinths CHARLI XCX - Von dutch A.G. COOK - Britpop UTO - Art & Life RICO NASTY, BOYS NOIZE - Arintintin ENGLISH TEACHER - R&B JULIA HOLTER - Evening Mo…

And on with the show... Notebooks out completists, here's the playlist in full... HALO MAUD - Terres Infinies LES AMAZONES D'AFRIQUE - Flaws LEWSBERG - Angle Of Reflection HEADACHE - Truisms 4 Dummies * BROADS - Tiamat BEYONCÉ - 16 CARRIAGES THE LAST DINNER PARTY - One Of Your Girls TIERRA WHACK - 27 CLUB DJ BLAQSTARR & RYE RYE - Shake It To The Gr…

And on with the show... All the poison, I convert it and I turn it to love. Notebooks out completists, here's the playlist in full... LAST DINNER PARTY, THE - Prelude To Ecstasy JOHN GLACIER - Money Shows (featuring Eartheater) RENO ROJAS - Cómplices SISSY SPACE ECHO & THE INVISIBLE COLLABORATORS - Did You Think Things Could Ever Get This Bad ? TR/…

And on with the show... Have you ever heard of Sonic Youth? Or Kim Gordon? Notebooks out completists, here's the playlist in full... BILL RYDER-JONES This Can't Go On TWIN TEMPLE Be A Slut TIERRA WHACK Chanel Pit ASHDEN Shoes 1999 WRITE THE FUTURE, BADBADNOTGOOD, WESTSIDE GUNN, CONWAY THE MACHINE - MiNt cHoCoLaTe PREVIOUS INDUSTRIES - Showbiz HEADA…

And on with the show... I’ll serve anyone I got an open mind Notebooks out completists, here's the playlist in full... OSEES - Die Laughing GREYHOUSE - New Beats The House FORT ROMEAU, MICHAEL GREENE - A Thousand Times At Night JAMIE XX - IT'S SO GOOD THE LAST DINNER PARTY - Caesar On A TV Screen K9 - Abyss BBYMUTHA - Gun Kontrol JID - 30 (Freestyl…

And on with the show... Notebooks out completists, here's the playlist in full... SOLARDO - On The Corner HEADACHE - The Party That Never Ends HUDSON MOHAWKE & NIKKI NAIR - Set The Roof (featuring Tayla Parx) PORIJ - You Should Know Me CZARFACE - You Know My Style (featuring NEMS) AESOP ROCK - Infinity Fill Goose Down THE DURUTTI COLUMN - Fidelity …

And on with the show... Notebooks out completists, here's the playlist in full... [Tim Key’s Christmas Poetry Programme #1] SHIT ROBOT - Breathe (Looking At Gibraltar) (featuring Suzi Horn) NORMAL BRAIN - M.U.S.I.C FACETS - Breakable BXKS - Back It Up [Tim Key’s Christmas Poetry Programme #2] FAT TONY - BKNY (featuring Old Money) (Redux) BEYONCÉ - …

And on with the show... Notebooks out completists, here's the playlist in full... JESUS & MARY CHAIN - jamcod HEARTWORMS - May I Comply LORAINE JAMES - I'm Trying To Love Myself BRAZY - omg THE BUG - Floored(Point of impact) CAROLINE POLACHEK - Dang REVIVAL SEASON - Everybody LYNKS - (WHAT DID YOU EXPECT FROM) SEX WITH A STRANGER * LIP CRITIC - It'…

And on with the show... Notebooks out completists, here's the playlist in full... SIGUE SIGUE SPUTNIK - Love Missile F1-11 (The Ultra Violence Mix) LIBRARY CARD - Cognitive Dissonance BRIGITTE CALLS ME BABY - Impressively Average RATBAG - Dead End Kids DAISY THE GREAT X ILLUMINATI HOTTIES - Time Machine 2 DENZEL CURRY - WOO (featuring PlayThatBoiZa…

https://youtu.be/j9gAB_9jqcM?t=32 Massive burst of national pride combined with WWF nostalgia at the mention of The Bushwhackers in an Odd Holiday song on today's playlist. This could be a fruitful seam to mine. So here's hoping for a Big Boss Man eulogy by bar italia sometime in the near future. And on with the show... Notebooks out completists, h…

And on with the show... Notebooks out completists, here's the playlist in full... JOE POLICASTRO TRIO - Ceremony GRUFF RHYS - Celestial Candyfloss W. H. LUNG - High Pressure Days HANNAH DIAMOND - Perfect Picture MAWHOO - Ngilimele (featuring Deep Sen, KingTalkzin and Mthunzi) BIG SPECIAL - DESPERATE BREAKFAST bar italia - my little tony HELEN SMITH…

And on with the show... Notebooks out completists, here's the playlist in full... DOJA CAT - Demons REVIVAL SEASON - Everybody MOMUS - The Gatecrasher * CEECHYNAA - Last Laugh JOHN HOLT - Police In Helicopter (Alternate Extended Mix) [Drifting Off with Joe Pera] RUTH GARBUS - Mono No Aware THE BUG - Annihilated(Force of Gravity) GHOST NOTES - We're…

Today's show brought to you by Office Hours Live https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8LrEPcnFbI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJyg0Y8xLOg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTrnMa3bTC4 And on with the show... Notebooks out completists, here's the playlist in full... SCRITTI POLITTI - 28/08/78 SLOWDIVE - kisses SOFIA KOURTESIS - Si Te Portas Bonito SHAB…

And on with the show... Notebooks out completists, here's the playlist in full... HALO MAUD - Des Bras (Andy Votel Remix) SEBASTIAN, OLIVER SIM – TWIN DENZEL CURRY - ICE COLD ZEL FREESTYLE (featuring Icecoldbishop) SOFY - supermarket SLIKBACK - ASEIX NORMAL NADA THE KRAKMAXTER - Batida Hard Trance 2 NICK YOUNG & STEVE DELL - The Tomorrow People The…

Starting today's show the way Shane Meadows decided to start every episode of his recent BBC TV series Gallows Pole, with the psych blues of The Mystery Lights. Gallows Pole Opening Credits And on with the show... Notebooks out completists, here's the playlist in full... THE MYSTERY LIGHTS - What Happens When You Turn the Devil Down PINKY ANN RIHAL…

Starting today with one of our favourite Cabaret Voltaire songs "Yashar", the first of their tunes to use the “70 billion people of Earth, where are they hiding?” Outer Limits sample. It was later re-purposed for a 90's electronica compilation, "Happy Land" culminating, this week, in bewilderment for one or two unsuspecting Taylor Swift fans... htt…

And on with the show... [mixcloud https://www.mixcloud.com/thejoint/the-joint-01-july-2023/ width=100% height=120 hide_cover=1] Notebooks out completists, here's the playlist in full... KELIS - Finest Dreams / Milkshake / Smells Like Teen Spirit / I Feel Love (Live At Glastonbury 2023) REY SAPIENZ & THE CONGO TECHNO ENSEMBLE - 96 JULIO BASHMORE - B…

Notebooks out completists, here's the playlist in full... PINKY ANN RIHAL - Jabse Dekha Hai SHIT & SHINE - DR+R LIFEGUARD - Alarm TELENIGHTS - COKE CHERYL JOHNSON - pungus FLUX OF PINK INDIANS - Tube Disaster RUTI - Nothing's Easy A SMALL WORLD - The Life You Lead MOOR MOTHER - STORIES (featuring Sovei) MANDY, INDIANA - The Driving Rain (18) CRIME …

"Phone flashing, friends calling, plans forming..." On the show today: Divorce From New York, Nabihah Iqbal, Patella, Lorenzo Morresi & Le Isole, The Du​-​Rites, HOORSEES, Christine and the Queens, Klein Zage, GAYANCE, M83, Mandy, Indiana, The Tiny Dangers, The Heavy Mellow, Hiss Explosion, Blair Parkes, Nervous Jerk, Arnaud Rebotini, Body Beat Rit…

It's all about compilations on today's show, be it 70's / 80's anarcho punk [bandcamp width=100% height=120 album=1078696940 size=large bgcol=ffffff linkcol=0687f5 tracklist=false artwork=small] or 00's footwork [bandcamp width=100% height=120 album=2434220697 size=large bgcol=ffffff linkcol=0687f5 tracklist=false artwork=small] or another selectio…

Switch sides swiftly, then I'm onside chippin' Catch me online 'cause my team stay winning You know how it is They're gonna put it in the paper like, "Which baller is this?" I hide my face and wear the mask in the vids What is the true identity of the supposed Premier League footballer turned masked, mystery rapper Dide? Arsenal forward Eddie Nketi…

"My heart will never suffer inside this golden slumber..." On the show today: Nabihah Iqbal, Monte Mai, Deerhoof, Blair Parkes, The Heavy Mellow, Dorio, The Glass Eye, Klein Zage, Weyes Blood, 御山△EDIT(Mori Ra & DJgr◯un土), Shit and Shine, YOUNG GHO$T, Nikki Nair, Body Beat Ritual, 100 gecs, Michels Affair & Black Thought, seb the vegabond, Andrew Mb…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHdrtxw-pGQ And on with the show... Notebooks out completists, here's the playlist in full... MANDY, INDIANA - Peach Fuzz MEDIOCRE - Together Together NOLGA - Electric Sunrise waterbaby - Airforce Blue MASCARA - See You In L.A. / Jet Plane Ride yunè pinku - Sports SHIT & SHINE - TEN FOUR CHEESE WHOPPER GOAT - Under N…

"Sometimes I'm on hype, sometimes I'm on chill mode..." On the show today: Ambient bagpipes, hip hop mashups, synths and ballet symphonies amongst others in the forms of Kerbside Collection, Jay-Z vs Gil Scott-Heron, seb the vegabond, JPEGMAFIA x Danny Brown, Westside Gunn, Andrew Mbaruk and Rhys Langston, Lord Apex & El Lif, Thomas Bangalter, Men …

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZHfiGzAtBk It has been a long time since we plundered Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! for The Joint's commercial breaks, so repurposing the "definitely not fake ads for fake products" from Office Hours Live on Tim Heidecker's YouTube channel seems way overdue. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhYo2qAke3g Let's …

"You wanted milk, well it's in the fridge, we washed the dishes when we should have squidged...." On the show today: Body Beat Ritual, Places for People, Lorenzo Morresi & Le Isole, Michels Affair & Black Thought, seb the vegabond, Stephen & David Dewaele, Nabihah Iqbal, Andrew Mbaruk and Rhys Langston, JPEGMAFIA x Danny Brown, Lord Apex & El Lif, …

https://youtu.be/ywrUdtk1JY0 In terms of incongruousness, this is up there with the footage of PiL on America Bandstand we mentioned a few months ago. Same year, 1980, but this time it's Yellow Magic Orchestra wowing Soul Train's audience. It's just sad it took the untimely passing of Ryuichi Sakamoto to bring it to our attention. Notebooks out com…

"I messed up on the practical side..." No jokes. On the show today: 100 gecs, Zane 2000, Nabihah Iqbal, Ladytron, RAYE, 070 Shake, Syd, running club, Out of Luck!, Belle and Sebastian, Surprise Chef, The Pro-Teens, The Du​-​Rites, JPEGMAFIA x Danny Brown, seb the vegabond, J.Rocc, Coby Sey, Thomas L. Bigelow, Mantra, Damian's Ghost, Jahari Massamba…

Never ceases to amaze us that, 20 years after the fact, media pundits who enthusiastically advocated for the Iraq war are still much sought after for their opinions by the likes of CNN, MSNBC, NYT, FOX ETC. Thomas Friedman is a case in point. I wouldn't necessarily say that this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwFaSpca_3Q disqualifies you from any…

"Sometimes it seems you have it all..." On the show today: Moider Mother, running club, TV2, Jess Aspinwall, PERMANENT//ZEIMP, Art of Noise, Proteins Of Magic, Christine and the Queens, Róisín Murphy, M(h)aol, T. G. Shand, Red Axes, Body Beat Ritual, Zombies in Miami, Bawrut, Drugdealer, M83, Seekersinternational presents Ragga Preservation Society…

And on with the show... Notebooks out completists, here's the playlist in full... PUSHA T - White Lines (Cocaine Bear Remix) * STRAPONTIN & ZILLAS ON ACID - Another Job HANNAH JADAGU - What You Did ZAK VORTEX - City Nights THE ORIELLES - Sunflower Seeds (Live at Stoller Hall) SANTA MUERTE - Laberinto FLO MILLI - Nasty Dancer ZAK VORTEX - Coast 2 Co…

And on with the show... Notebooks out completists, here's the playlist in full... JUAN MACLEAN - Low Trance State (Original Mix) BJÖRK - Ovule (Sega Bodega Remix featuring Shygirl) NOIA - Eclipse de Amor (featuring Buscabulla) TOUMBA - Istibtan CLARK - Town Crank FLY ANAKIN - Outsidigan's Anthem GILLA BAND - Sports Day GLORILLA - Internet Trolls ZE…

"I know I'll love you better..." On the show today: Bob Dorough, Superswan, Black Belt Eagle Scout, running club, HOUSE Of ALL, Phenomenal Handclap Band, Alfa Mist, The Pro-Teens, M83, Squirrel Flower, Lana Del Rey, Veronica Maximova, Affekt Unit, Ede, United States of Audio, and De La Soul. THE JOINT // SATURDAYS 12PM-2PM NZT // 8K.NZ https://8k.n…

Or, more accurately, in the words of a French composer speaking to a young Burt Bacharach “never ever feel embarrassed or discomforted by a melody that people can remember or whistle” Of all the in memoriams we read, this one on Twitter made us smile the most ("His eyes did.") https://twitter.com/sleafordmods/status/1623752159463342081 Unfortunatel…

"Workin' to the beat of this broken rhythm..." On the show today: French Concession 法國租界, deepState, Shygirl, Michael Aisuru, Melissa Hibbert, Ladytron, M83, Blair Parkes, Mitra Mitra, Billy Nomates, MEDaL, The Dream Machine, Motte, Efthimis Filippou, Ben Whishaw, Panagiotis Melidis, Cruisic, Giraffi Dog & GF Rich, Leonard Charles, Leroy Burgess, R…

And on with the show... Notebooks out completists, here's the playlist in full... ANIMAL COLLECTIVE - Car Keys (Gregg Turkington Remix) HEMLOCKE SPRINGS - stranger danger! VUSI MAHLASELA, NORMAN ZULU & JIVE CONNECTION - Roots SOMERSET - Друг (Friend) EL OUTSIDER - Outsider CMAT - Mayday @ - Where'd You Put Me CLAVISH - Traumatised MISS GRIT - Lain …

"Stay with me, play hide and seek..." On the show today: Gina Lollobrigida, Sofie Royer, Billy Nomates, Rozi Plain, Everything But The Girl, Cameron Romance, Blair Parkes, Belle and Sebastian, Little Simz, Hovvdy, Big Black, Garth Marenghi, Clear Path Ensemble, Kyoto Jazz Sextet, NCY Milky Band, YĪN YĪN, 2XM, Fleeced, Patella, Coastal Drum Group, L…

And on with the show... Notebooks out completists, here's the playlist in full... MEN I TRUST - Dorian (Touché Edit) DOMINIC SONIC - When My Tears Run Cold (Cold Tears) HARRISON BDP - Resurgence THE OSCILLATORS - Leonard Cheshire SPIRIT - My Friend NIGHTWAVE - Prince of Flowers AQRXVST - Hope INTERACCION - Newton JAMIE T - 90s Cars AUTOMATIC - Turn…

There have been too many obituaries over this last month to do justice to all those who have passed but we'll make an exception for Edson Arantes Do Nascimento. Here's a short celebration of the 1970 world cup winning Brazilian team with Pelé taking centre stage. Directed by Douglas Hart, featuring the music of Primal Scream and first broadcast on …

"I can't help but feel somewhat like my body marred my soul..." On the show today: Zane 2000, Nala, BusCrates, Westside Gunn, YOUNG GHO$T, Flandiz + Jess Aspinwall, Mali-I, DOG Power, Röyksopp, Metrosideros, Hutte Sound System, Ground & MAYUKo, Saeko Killy, Helena Hauff, Poly Chain, Christine and the Queens, Unloved, Hiss Explosion, MEDaL, Snake Ch…

Not a Christmas themed show. Not a round-up of the year. Just some tunes lying at the bottom of our Santa sack that we meant to squeeze into a show this year but never quite got around to it. Until now. It makes for some unlikely bedfellows. Not sure that Bob Lind should be rubbing up against Bog-shed or that Dollar should be sitting side-by-side w…

"You're getting older. And you don't know why. And you don't know what to do..." On the show today: The Clean, Just Another June, Annual Leaf, Hiss Explosion, The Chats, Dr Hitchcock, Willem Wolfe, Akio Nagase, Helena Hauff, David Shrigley, Erny Belle, Shit and Shine, R.A.P. Ferreira, Rome Streetz, Paul Humphrey & His Cool Aid Chemists, Ebb & Ill F…

And on with the show... Notebooks out completists, here's the playlist in full... ah! - God Save September UTO - Row Paddle CONFLICT AT SERENTIY POOLS - where you are i am RUN THE JEWELS - Run The Jewels CHRISSI - Lipo* DEAN BLUNT - LONDON TONIGHT FREESTYLE (featuring Skepta, Novelist, A$AP Rocky) RAMP - Daylight JENNY HVAL - Buffy BLIND CARBON COP…