TRACKLISTING. SUNDAY 08/01/2012

“Listen to more new music” is a pledge unlikely to have been number 1 on many people’s New Year’s resolutions list for 2012. And what a crying shame that is, especially given the many, although unproven, health benefits that come with listening to new music.

Of course, if that promise happened to be top of your list, then BBC Introducing With Tom Robinson should form a vital part of your commitment to new music. For one very simple reason alone- that every artist we play is currently burrowing their own way underneath the radar, with the talent to break out sooner or later.

As evidence, we give you Ellie Goulding, who featured on this very show way before becoming the BBC’s Sound of 2010 and selling over 620 000 copies of her debut album Lights. “Not Following You", a recording Ellie made back in 2009 that has never been released, but can be downloaded for free as part of our two hour New Year Mixtape - available via the podcasts link at bbc.co.uk/6musicintroducing .

Looking forward to 2012, we’ve welcome major new talent Tanya Auclair to the studio to discuss the experiences that helped shape her singular sound. As well as this, we give a first play on the show to Fluke from her current EP Origami.

Another set of musicians sure to grab 2012 by the scruff of the neck - in their own calm and measured way - are Newcastle 6-piece Lanterns On The Lake who we've been playing and supporting since long before they were even a twinkle in Bella Union's eye. Nick Roberts from The Evening Show on BBC Newcastle has given us two acoustic session tracks, each encapsulating the band’s wistful, disarming beauty.

We also have offerings from three emerging artists, Chris Simmons, Evanjack and Little Vegas Lies, who each exhibit a familiar kind of British songwriting that is brooding, expansive and lyrically sincere. Elsewhere, in ‘The Lynx’ by The Kemistry, the swirling, combative MC skills of Abiade are pitted against the forceful vocal tones of frontwoman Kemi, in a song that forces itself upon the listener. And in ‘Contina’ by Trogons, this London 5-piece (beloved of Ruth Barnes) channel the spirit of the B-52’s ‘Rock Lobster’ via sinister garage rock.

Then there’s ‘Broken Brain’, an arresting listen brimming with ideas courtesy of Stalking Horse, the musical project of the Leeds based songwriter known as Wu. The expert production work of James Kenosha, who has also worked with such other Leeds luminaries as Pulled Apart By Horses and Dinosaur Pile Up, is all over this short but ambitious track.

So there you have it - a foolproof way to be sure of keeping at least one of your New Year’s resolutions.

Nico Franks, former intern
BBC 6 Music Introducing

ATHLETES IN PARIS - No Bridge, No Crossing Allowed
https://athletesinparis.bandcamp.com

THE ADAMSKI KID - Mowgli
https://soundcloud.com/theadamskikid

SICKNOTE - Death Before Employment
https://soundcloud.com/tantrumrecords

TROGONS - Contina
https://soundcloud.com/trogons

INTRODUCING ROULETTE
MORNING CLAWS – For Want Of Sorcery
https://morningclaws.bandcamp.com

STALKING HORSE - Broken Brain
https://stalkinghorse.co.uk

ELLIE GOULDING - Not Following You
https://elliegoulding.com

SLEEPWALKERS - Rear Window
https://soundcloud.com/drycry-records/rear-window

INTERVIEW GUEST
TANYA AUCLAIR – Fluke
https://tanyaauclair.com

MISHAPED PEARLS - Creature of Compromise
https://mishapedpearls.org
https://soundcloud.com/ospcad-hotmail-com

BETHAN ELFYN TIP
COWBOIS RHOS BOTWNNOG – Fall On My Knees
www.sonicbids.com/cowboisrhosbotwnnog

SESSION TRACK
LANTERNS ON THE LAKE - A Kingdom
https://lanternsonthelake.com

RKC - Kittens Become Cats
https://rkcmusic.com

CHRIS SIMMONS - When The Walls Come Down
https://facebook.com/chrissimmonsmusic

DJ TARGET TIP
SILVAR LAIDLOW - Girls Scream
https://idealasilvar.com

DOUBLE MUSCLE - Tommy
https://soundcloud.com/double-muscle

DAVID LAWRIE - Dorothea
https://soundcloud.com/davidlawrie

TIM OT - Romantic Warfare
https://soundcloud.com/tim-ot

PHANTOM LIMB - The Pines
https://soundcloud.com/naimedge

CALLING ALL ASTRONAUTS - Someone Like You
https://reverbnation.com/callingallastronauts

EVANJACK - Easy On You
https://soundcloud.com/evanjack
https://evanjack.com

THE KEMISTRY - The Lynx (Feat ABIADE)
https://thekemistry.bandcamp.com

HOMEWORK - Surfacing
https://homework.bandcamp.com

SESSION TRACK
LANTERNS ON THE LAKE - You Need Better
https://lanternsonthelake.com

LITTLE VEGAS LIES - Standing Room Only
https://littlevegaslies.com/fr_thedominoep