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Jon plays out loads of new music from wherever he can find it, from beats to guitars, rare gems to party bangers with the odd hidden classic chucked in for good measure, every Saturday from 21:00 - 01:00.

Want to know what musical treats Jon blessed our ears with on last week's show? Well look no further.

Xfm New Noise: Saturday 11th May 2008

 

Hour 1 (9 - 10pm) (Listen Again to this hour via here)

Kidda  ‘Smile Sunday’ (Skint) www.myspace.com/kiddauk

Polka Party ‘Japanese Haircut’ (Happy Release) www.myspace.com/officialpolkaparty
Sonny J ‘Handsfree (If You Hold My Hand)’ (Stateside) single out 9th June www.myspace.com/sonnyjmusic
Hereldeduke ‘Shudda’ (Rife) single out 12th May www.myspace.com/hereldeduke
Blame  ‘Stay Forever’ (Charge) single out 2nd June www.myspace.com/blame720
White Denim ‘Let’s Talk About It’ (Full Time Hobby) single out now www.myspace.com/bopenglish
Kylie Minogue ft. Spank Rock 'Heart Beat Rock (Benny Blanco Remix)'(from Get Weird Turn Pro blog)
Black Kids ‘Hurricane Jane' (Almost Golden) single out 23rd June www.myspace.com/blackidsrock
Sportsday Megaphone 'Young Lust' (Sunday Best) single out 16th June www.myspace.com/sportsdaymegaphone
Dizzee Rascal 'Driving With Nowhere To Go' (from First Up! blog) bonus track from US version of Maths + English' album
Pin Me Down 'Cryptic (Phones Materialisation Mix)' (Kitsune) www.myspace.com/pinmedown
William 'Five Minute Wonder'(Tough Love Records) from album 'Self In Fiction' out 7th July www.myspace.com/williamtheband
MGMT 'Electric Feel' (Red Ink/Columbia) from album 'Oracular Spectacular'
HEARTSRevolution 'CYOA! (Brodinski Remix)' (I Heart Comix) from 'CYOA' 12" EP out now
Santogold 'You'll Find A Way' (Atlantic) from album 'Santogold' out 12th May

Hour 2 (10 - 11pm) (Listen again to this hour via here)
These New Puritans 'Swords of Truth' (Angular/Domino) single out now (download Swords of Truth Podcast here)
Stricken City 'Five Metres Apart' (ACTH) forthcoming single www.myspace.com/strickencity
Pete And The Pirates 'Knife' (Stolen) b-side of 'She Doesn't belong To Me' single out now
Crystal Castles '1991' (Trouble) from album 'Crystal Castles' out now
Your Twenties 'Caught Wheels' (Germs Of Youth) www.myspace.com/thenameofthebandisyourtwenties
Alex Gopher 'Belmondo (Just A Band Remix)' (Go 4 Music) from 'Belmondo EP'
Annie 'I Know Your Girlfriend Hates Me (Get Shakes Remix)' (Island) www.myspace.com/anniemusic
Everything Everything 'Luddites And Lambs' (demo) www.myspace.com/everythingeverythinguk
White Lies 'You Still Love Him' (Chess Club) b-side of single out now
Goldensilvers 'Arrow Of Eros'(Heavenly) www.myspace.com/thegoldensilvers
El Guincho 'Antillas' (Discoteca Oceano) from album 'Alegranza!' out now
Hot Club De Paris 'Hey House Brick' (Moshi Moshi) from album 'Live At Dead Lake' out 16th June
Lillica Libertine 'Britney Spears' (demo) www.myspace.com/ilovelillicalibertine
Bloody Beetroots 'Ill To Destroy' (blog track) www.myspace.com/thebloodybeetroots

Foo Fighters 'Wattershed' (Roswell, 1995) from album 'Foo Fighters'

Hour 3 (11pm - Midnight)  (Listen again to this hour via here)
Jon Claude 'Breath That Punk' (www.myspace.com/itjon)
Your Friends Are Architects 'Figure' (unlabel) www.myspace.com/yourfriendsarearchitects
Uffie 'Robot Ouef' (Ed Banger) from 'Ed Rec Vol III' compilation out 9th June
Justice 'Stress (Auto Remix)' (Ed Banger) from 'Ed Rec Vol III' compilation out 9th June
Sexy Kids 'Sisters Are Forever' (demo) www.myspace.com/sexierkids
Errors 'Salut France' (Rock Action Records) from album 'It's Not Something, But It Is Like, Whatever'
Florence And The Machine 'Kiss With A Fist' (Moshi Moshi) single out 9th June www.myspace.com/florenceandthemachine
Stuffa ft. Mapei 'Pretty Girls' (Trunkfunk)
Skepta 'Rolex Sweep' (Boy Betta Know)
DSK 'What Would We Do (Hurleys House Mix)' (FFRR, 1991)
Hercules And Love Affair 'You Belong' (EMI/DFA) from album 'Hercules & Love Affair'
The Week That Was 'Scratch The Surface' (Memphis Industries)
Akira The Don 'Back In The Day' (www.akirathedon.com)

Hour 4 (Midnight - 1am)  (Listen again to this hour via here)
Late Of The Pier 'Focker' (Zarcorp) single out 19th May
The Tings Tings 'That's Not My Name (Tom Neville Remix)' (Sony)
The Deathset 'Paranoia' (Counter Records) from free EP with Artrocker magazine
Thee Oh Sees 'Adult Acid' (Castle Face/Tomlab Records) www.myspace.com/ohsees
Subtle 'Unlikely Rock Shock' (Lex Records) from forthcoming album 'ExitingARM'
The Virgins 'Private Affair' (50 Bones)
Wave Machines 'I Go I Go I GO' (Chess Club) single out 23rd June www.myspace.com/mywavemachine
Bob Constant And The Goodbye Horses 'The Right Words' (demo) www.myspace.com/bobconstant
New Noise Secret Session, Live Track: Bob Constant And The Goodbye Horses 'Tobacco Smoke Ghosts'
New Noise Secret Session, Interview: Bob Constant And The Goodbye Horses
New Noise Secret Session, Live Track: Bob Constant And The Goodbye Horses 'Soft Towels'
Johnny Flynn 'Tickle Me Pink' (Vertigo)
Ikonika 'Please' (Dubplate)

 

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Jon on MySpace: www.myspace.com/jonhillcock

Jon's New Noise Website: www.jonhillcocknewnoise.com

The Great Xfm DJ Questionnaire

1. Your chief characteristic(s)
Honesty, perhaps due to an inability to lie convincingly

2. Your idea of happiness
A day/night/weekend spent laughing, drinking and discovering previously unheard music with those that know me best (Glastonbury, essentially)

3. Your idea of misery
 Being forcibly deprived of either music or those I am closest to

4. Your favourite virtue
Fortitude

5. Your biggest flaw
Musical snobbishness

6. For what fault have you most toleration?
Hedonism

7. What was your worst ever job?
A twelve-week internship at an investment bank: 11-hour days, countless spreadsheets and only half an enjoyable weekend overshadowed by the Fear of  Monday

8. What would your favourite occupation be?
Somewhat predictably, I’m already doing it.  If there is anything better than being paid to play music you love, then I don’t know about it

9. Where would you most like to live?
London is the place for me

10. Where do you live now? 
I live in South East London

11. Which characters in musical history do you most dislike?
Any figure that has stifled innovative musical progression in favour of cold hard cash

12. Which characters in musical history would you like to be?
Andrew Loog Oldham, Sam C. Phillips, Joe Meek, John Peel

13. Your favourite album ever (yes, I know it’s impossible, but try dammit)
This week, it’s Ramones’ ‘Ramones’

14. Who’s your favourite DJ?
In history: John Peel, right now: John Kennedy

15. What was the first single you bought? (and be honest about it)
The Bobby Brown Megamix.  Don’t laugh, it’s my prerogative, after all (Sorry)

16. …and your first gig? (ditto)
Iron Maiden, live at Pinewood Studios in 1993.  Bruce Dickinson’s LAST EVER SHOW!  Until he rejoined a few years later.

17. Your favourite qualities in a band/musician
Creative musical integrity alongside the ability to forge an entirely unique agenda.  And good hair.

18. Your favourite author
Alan Bennett

19. Your favourite film director
Michel Gondry

20. Your favourite hero or heroine in real life
Um, John Peel (again)

21. Your favourite hero or heroine in fiction
Frankenstein’s monster

22. Your favourite food and drink
Home made fajitas, or Sunday roast (beef, if possible)

24. Your pet aversion
The Daily Mail

25. What three songs would you have played at your wedding?
The Beatles ‘Something’, Etta James ‘Something’s Got A Hold On Me’ and The White Stripes ‘We’re Going To Be Friends’

26. What three songs would you have played at your funeral?
The White Stripes ‘I’m Bound To Pack It Up’, Neil Young ‘After The Gold Rush’ and Arcade Fire ‘In The Backseat’

27. What is your present state of mind
Content yet ambitious

28. Your favourite motto is?
Love is all

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