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About Albert

Presenter of Eclectic Mainline on BCB 106.6FM, bassist in Wilful Missing, solo musician under the name Our Albert, and photographer.

Eclectic Mainline 28th April 2010

OK, OK, so I’ve not been very quick of the mark with First Aid Kit, but I’m with it now.  Having bought their album on Record Store Day, and having listened to it almost every day since, I figured it was about time I snuck something in to my show.  I could have played either I Met Up With The King, or Hard Believer, both equally brilliant.  However, as Emma and Maria played the latter in Buffet on Saturday, my choice was made for me.   Have a lookie here if you’ve not heard it yet…

And here’s what else I played in tonight’s show:

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Eclectic Mainline 21st April 2010

This afternoon Laura and I recorded sessions with Trevor Moss and Hannah Lou and The Duke And The King.  These might be broadcast next week, and trust me, you don’t want to miss this, so keep your ear to the ground about that!

Now, back to the present, this is what I played tonight.  My thanks to Phil Cope for his advice on how to re-structure these playlists so that artist, title, release and label are all clearly detailed.

Elliott Smith – “No Name #3” (LP – “Roman Candle”) (Domino)
Caribou – “Sun” (LP – “Swim”) (City Slang)
Sparrow And The Workshop – “Devil Song” (LP – “Crystals Fall”) (Distiller)
Emma Pollock – “Hug The Harbour” (LP – “The Law Of Large Numbers”) (Chemikal Underground)
Flying Lotus – “…And The World Laughs With You” ft. Thom Yorke (LP “Cosmogramma” (Warp)
Trevor Moss & Hannah Lou – “Allotment Song” (LP – “Trevor Moss & Hannah Lou”) (Loose)
Dum Dum Girls – “Bhang Bhang, I’m A Burnout” (single and LP – “I Will Be”) (Sub Pop)
Fuck Buttons – “Olympians” (single and LP – “Tarot Sport”) (ATP)
Good Shoes – “The Way My Heart Beats” (EP – “The Way My Heart Beats”) (Brille)
Teenage Fanclub – “Baby Lee” (single and LP – “Shadows”) (PeMa)
Avi Buffalo – “Truth Sets In” (LP – “Avi Buffalo”) (Sub Pop)
Malachai – “Simple Song” (LP – “Ugly Side Of Love”) (Domino)
The Neat – “In Youth Is Pleasure” (single) (Chewing Gum)
John Grant – “I Wanna Go To Marz” (LP – “Queen Of Denmark”) (Bella Union)
The Radio Dept. – “Heaven’s On Fire” (album version) (LP – “Clinging To A Scheme”) (Labrador)
Recoil – “Jezebel” (LP – “Selected”) (Mute)

Eclectic Mainline 14th April 2010 – Record Store Day preview

Record Store Day

Record Store Day 2010

This Saturday, 17th April, is Record Store Day, the day on which we celebrate the independent record shop and acknowledge its importance to music. This year there are dozens of special limited edition releases coming out to mark the day (many limited to just 1000 or even as few as 100 copies). For a full list of releases, see the Indie Record Shop website. You will be able to get these in Leeds at Crash and Jumbo on 17th April.

If you heard the Drive show this evening you will have heard us talking to Jumbo Records about the day. Then in Too Much Too Young, you might have heard Joel, Patrick and Keiron talking about the day, and they played  She & Him and Peggy Sue, both of whom are releasing singles on Record Store Day.

I dedicated the whole of my show to things being released on Record Store Day tonight, and this is what I played:

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Moor Music Festival – Are You In A Local Band?

News has come through of the chance for local bands to play this year’s Moor Music Festival.  This is what the organisers have to say:

Do you want the chance to play at Moor Music Festival 2010?
Send us a short piece about your band and your myspace link to playmoorfest@live.co.uk
The closing date for submissions is 10th May
Bands must be from towns situated on the Airedale Trainline
Visit us at www.myspace.com/moorfest or search for ‘Moor Music Festival – Skipton Fansite’ on Facebook for more info
Moor Music Festival Team

So, if you’re in a local band, what are you waiting for?  And if you’re not, please spread the word!

Eclectic Mainline 7th April 2010

Black Francis – Six Legged Man
The Ruby Suns – Cranberry
To Rococo Rot – Bells
The Triffids – Reverie
Future Islands – Tin Man
Flying Lotus – Do The Astral Plane
Danny And The Champions Of The World – Follow The River (BCB session)
The Radio Dept. – Heaven’s On Fire
The Wave Pictures – I Shall Be A Ditchdigger
Anibal VelasQuez y Su Conjunto – Santo Amor
Band Of Horses – Compliments
Fuck Buttons – Olympians (Spaceman vs. The Olympians Remix)
Sparrow & The Workshop – I Will Break You
Danny And The Champions Of The World – Restless Feet (BCB session)
Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy & The Cairo Gang – The Sounds Are Always Begging

Lawrence Arabia session

If you didn’t hear the Lawrence Arabia session back at the start of March, you missed a really good one.  My favourite of the year so far.  So, I’ve made it available here on the blog.  Even if you did hear it, you might want to hear it again, so here you go:

Lawrence Arabia BCB session by DJ Albert Freeman

And if you are reading this on the same day I’m writing it (Wednesday 7th April 2010) you can hear both Danny and the Champions Of The World and Fionn Regan in session tonight from 8pm!

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds reissues: Tender Prey / The Good Son / Henry’s Dream

Last week saw the release of the second installment of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds re-issues. In addition to the first four albums rereleased last year, now Tender Prey, The Good Son and Henry’s Dream have all been given a makeover. As well as the remastered albums on CD, each also comes with a DVD. The DVD contains the album in 5.1 (for those interested in such), bonus songs, videos and an episode of the Do You Love Me? series of documentaries about each album, comprised of interviews with band members, associates, friends, lovers, fans, journalists etc. If you have been listening to Eclectic Mainline for the past few weeks, you will have heard me play several songs from these reissues, and if you listened last week, you will have heard me play one tune from each.  In terms of the remastering, they really have improved the sound terrifically.  I’ve always felt that some of The Bad Seeds’ albums from this period sounded a bit too toppy, and these new remasters have really warmed up the sound.

Tender Prey

Tender Prey

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Eclectic Mainline 31st March 2010

Here’s the marvellous tune I started the show with in case you tuned in late:

And here’s the full list for the show:
Vitalic – Second Lives (Lifelike remix)
Viv Albertine – Never come
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Deanna (acoustic version)
Daedelus – The open hand avows
Owen Pallett – Lewis Takes Off His Shirt
Black Francis – Dead Man’s Curve
Foals – Spanish Sahara
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – The Weeping song
Autechre – See on see
Allo, Darlin’ – Dreaming
The Fall – Bury! Pts. 2+4
Fionn Regan – Catacombs
To Rococo Rot – Seele
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – I had a dream, Joe
This Morning Call – Whistle

Keep your eye on this blog over the next couple of days for a piece about the new Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds re-issues.