Sometimes the human language just doesn’t cut it, your lead guitarist is working on his second pack of Chesterfields and your engineer is too damn lazy to run a new signal chain of source > mic > preamp > processor > board > ada converter > etc — result? The whistle solo. Keep the tape rolling, the vocal mic live and make sure that wind screen is in front of your U47. If you’re lucky your whistler inhales and isn’t an overbearing twat like Whistler’s mother.

“Daniella” – Hurray For The Riff Raff

“Chewin’ The Apple Of Your Eye” – The Falming Lips

“Fitz & Dizzyspells” – Andrew Bird

“Red-Eyed And Blue” – Wilco