On tonight’s “Static” program (Thursday 21st October) …

We’ll cast a look back at some of our show’s hero highlights from the past 29 years, via from-the-vaults interview excerpts with Sparks, The Presets and Dry Cleaning …

Plus we’ll be spinning brand new music from the likes of Hayden Thorpe, Sunflower Bean, John Carpenter, The Horrors and more …

Interview via Soundcloud:

Playlist:
SPRINTS “Modern Job” (Nice Swan)
HAYDEN THORPE “No Such Thing” (Domino)
SUNFLOWER BEAN “Baby Don’t Cry” (Mom+Pop)
JOHN CARPENTER with CODY CARPENTER and DANIEL DAVIES “Halloween Kills (End Titles)” (Sacred Bones)
BAND OF HORSES “Crutch” (Huger Lewis and The Dudes/BMG)
PORCHES “Grab The Phone” (Domino)
SPARKS “Calm Before The Storm” (Strange Ways/Festival Mushroom)
THE WALKMEN “The Rat” (Record Collection)
FELIX DA HOUSECAT featuring MISS KITTIN “Silver Screen Shower Scene” (City Rockers)
DRY CLEANING “Unsmart Lady” (4AD/Remote Control)
THE HOLIDAYS “Moonlight Hours” (Liberation)
COLDER “Crazy Love” (Output)
ARAB STRAP “The Shy Retirer” (Chemikal Underground/Spunk!)
CLOUDS “Say It” (Red Eye/Polydor)
GUIDED BY VOICES “Bulldog Skin” (Matador/Remote Control)
THE PRESETS “Are You The One?” (Modular)
GOOD MORNING “Depends On What I Know” (Good Morning Music Company Worldwide)
screensaver “Static State” (Upset The Rhythm/Fast Forward)
LOW LIFE “Hammer & The Fist” (Lulus Sonic Disc Club)
VANISHING TWIN “Tub Erupt” (Fire)
HAYDEN THORPE “Suspended Animation” (Domino)
THE HORRORS “Against The Blade” (Wolf Tone/Fiction)