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

Eclectic Mainline 23rd October 2013

The increasing trend for artists to releases “deluxe”, or “expanded”, versions of albums just a few months after the initial album’s release is an act of cynicism I cannot abide.  If you have extra music to release, why not just release it as another, separate LP?  The Beatles released two (or three in America) LPs a year.  There really is no need to force your fans to buy your album twice within a year to get the extra music. Phosphorescent and David Bowie, I’m thinking of you.  To their credit, Warp have made both options available with the new Grizzly Bear release.  You can buy the new 2 CD version of Shields, or get the extra tracks as a standalone LP or download.  Here’s one of the newly available songs:

Also in this week’s Eclectic Mainline, this by Black Hearted Brother, a collaboration between Neil Halstead, Nick Holton and Mark Van Hoen:

…this by Baishe Kings:

…and this by Jackson Scott:

You will find the full programme on the BCB Listen Again service. Here is the track list:

Bill Orcutt – ‘Black Betty’ (LP – A History of Every One) (Editions Mego)
Crocodiles – ‘Teardrop Guitar’ (single and LP – Crimes of Passion) (Zoo)
Tony Allen, M1 + Baloji – ‘Afrodisco Beat 2013’ (Various Artists LP – Red Hot + Fela) (Knitting Factory)
Grizzly Bear – ‘Will Calls’ (LP – Shields (Expanded) and Shields: B-Sides) (Warp)
Sweet Baboo – ‘Motorhome Songs’ (single) (Moshi Moshi)
Black Hearted Brother – ‘This Is How It Feels’ (single and LP – Stars Are Our Home) (Sonic Cathedal)
Daughn Gibson – ‘Mad Ocean’ (single and LP – Me Moan) (Sub Pop)
Mazes – ‘Hayfever Wristband’ (single) (FatCat)
Baishe Kings – ‘Like’ (Eyes Of Mark mixtape) (Big Dada)
Jackson Scott – ‘Sandy’ (single Fat Possum)
Boogarins – ‘Erre’ (LP – As Plantas Que Curam) (Other)
Of Montreal – ‘Obsidian Currents’ (LP – Lousy With Silvyianbriar)
Bleached – ‘Dreaming Without You’ (single) (Dead Oceans)
Euros Childs – ‘Holiday From Myself’ (LP – Situation Comedy) (National Elf)
Orchestra Of Spheres – ‘Journey’ (single and LP – Vibration Animal Sex Brain Music) (Fire)

Eclectic Mainline 16th October 2013

New music in this week’s programme included this from Cate Le Bon’s new Mug Museum LP:

…the latest single from Steve Mason’s Monkey Minds in The Devil’s Time LP:

…and this from Bill Orcutt’s A History of Every One LP:

You will find the full programme on the BCB Listen Again service. Here is the track list:

Satelliti – ‘Voltage’ (LP – Transister) (Cuckundoo)
Las Kellies – ‘Boy, Sweet Boy’ (single and LP – Total Exposure) (Fire)
Jeffrey Lewis – ‘What Would Pussy Riot Do’ (single) (Rough Trade)
Machinedrum – ‘Stirrin’ (b-side to Gunshotta single) (Ninja Tune)
Cate Le Bon – ‘Are You With Me Now?’ (single and LP – Mug Museum) (Turnstile)
Dean Wareham – ‘Love Is Colder Than Death’ (single and LP – Emancipated Hearts) (Sonic Cathedral)
Steve Mason – ‘Fire!’ (single and LP – Monkey Minds in The Devil’s Time) (Double Six)
Mika Vainio & Joachim Nordwall – ‘Live at the Chrome Cathedral’ (LP – Monstrance) (Touch)
Julia Holter – ‘This Is A True Heart’ (single and LP – Loud City Song) (Domino)
Jamie Lenman – ‘Fizzy Blood’ (single) (Xtra Mile)
Bill Callahan – ‘The Sing’ (LP – Dream River) (Drag City)
Bill Orcutt – ‘Ballad of Davy Crockett’ (LP – A History of Every One) (Editions Mego)
Shearwater ‘Natural One (feat. Wye Oak)’ (single and LP – Fellow Travelers) (Sub Pop)
Dutch Uncles – ‘Nometo’ (single and LP – Out Of Touch In The Wild) (Memphis Industries)

Eclectic Mainline 9th October 2013

New music in this week’s programme included Mark Pritchard:

…Au Revoir Simone:

…Spring King:

…and Satelliti:

You will find the full programmes on the BCB Listen Again service. Here’s the track list:

Mark Pritchard – ‘1234’ (Lock Off EP) (Warp)
Chris T-T & The Hoodrats – ‘The Bear’ (single) (Xtra Mile)
Au Revoir Simone – ‘Crazy’ (single) (Moshi Moshi)
Magik Markers – ‘Ice Skater’ (single) (Drag City)
Majical Cloudz – ‘Turns Turns Turns’ (single) (Matador)
Ryuichi Sakamoto + Taylor Dupree – ‘Curl to Me (featuring Ichiko Aoba)’ (LP – Disappearance) (12K)
Scott & Charlene’s Wedding – ‘Jackie Boy’s (single) (Fire)
Steve Hauschildt – ‘Liberty II’ (LP – S/H) (Editions Mego)
Spring King – ‘Let’s Ride’ (single) (White)
tUnE-yArDs, ?uestlove, Angelique Kidjo + Akua Naru – ‘Lady’ (Various Artists LP – Red Hot + Fela) (Knitting Factory)
Thundercat/Ruslan – ‘Bowzers Ballad / Legendary Nintendo boss Hirochi Yamauchi’ (free download)
Belle and Sebastian – ‘I Didn’t See It Coming (Richard X Mix)’ (LP – The Third Eye Centre) (Rough Trade)
Tunng – ‘By This’ (single) (Full Time Hobby)
Satelliti – ‘Transister’ (LP – Transister) (Cuckundoo)

Eclectic Mainline 2nd October 2013

This Saturday, Bird (listen below) and Monster Killed by Lasers (played in this week’s Eclectic Mainline) play at a Golden Cabinet gig at Shipley’s Kirkgate Centre.

Speaking of the Kirkgate Centre, I was there last Saturday as Wilful Missing were curating The Record Club.  If you are minded to see what records we played, and read what I had to say about one record in particular, Aw Come Aw Wry by Phosphorescent, have a look at The Record Club website.

Anyway, back to the now.  Music featured in this week’s programme included a couple of tracks from the excellent new Steve Hauschildt compilation on Editions Mego, including this:

…this new single by Honeyblood:

…the new single by Machinedrum:

…and this from the new Bardo Pond LP:

You will find the full programme on the BCB Listen Again service. Here’s the track list:

Midlake – ‘Antiphon’ (LP – Antiphon) (Bella Union)
Mark Pritchard – ‘Lock Off’ (Lock Off EP) (Warp)
Tindersticks – ‘If You’re Looking For A Way Out’ (single) (Lucky Number)
Monster Killed By Lasers – ‘Sharkin For A Living’ (EP – Baby Steps in the key of A) (Bandcamp)
Jackson and his Computerband – ‘Dead Living Things’ (LP – Glow) (Warp)
Superhuman Happiness w/ Sahr Ngaujah, Abena Koomson + Rubblebucket – ‘ITT (International Thief Thief)’ (Various Artists LP – Red Hot + Fela) (Knitting Factory)
Honeyblood – ‘Bud’ (single) (FatCat)
Steve Hauschildt – ‘Familiar Scene’ (LP – S/H) (Editions Mego)
Quasi – ‘See You On Mars’ (single and LP – Mole City) (Domino)
Machinedrum – ‘Gunshotta’ (single) (Ninja Tune)
Bardo Pond – ‘Taste’ (LP – Peace on Venus) (Fire)
Washed Out – ‘All I Know’ (single and LP – Paracosm) (Weird World)
Steve Hauschildt – ‘Star Map’ (LP – S/H) (Editions Mego)
Those Darlins – ‘Optimism’ (single) (Oh Wow Dang)

Eclectic Mainline 25th September 2013

New tunes this week from Euros Childs:

…Congo Natty:

…Lorelle Meets The Obsolete:

…and Of Montreal:

For the first time, you can hear my show again on the BCB Audioboo channel. Here’s the track list:

King Krule – ‘The Krockadile’ (LP – 6 Feet Beneath The Moon) (XL)
Blouse – ‘Imperium’ (single) (Captured Tracks)
Euros Childs – ‘Tête à Tête’ (single) (National Elf)
Ski Lodge – ‘Does It Bring You Down’ (LP – Big Heart) (Dovecoat)
Opdot – ‘Lamentette (Circle Traps remix)’ (single) (Just)
Of Montreal – ‘Fugitive Air’ (single) (Polyvinyl)
Las Kellies – ‘Jealousy (featuring Dennis Bovell)’ (single and LP – Total Exposure) (Fire)
His Clancyness – ‘Safe Around The Edges’ (single) (FatCat)
Schneider TM – ‘First Of May’ (LP – Guitar Sounds) (Bureau B)
Congo Natty – ‘Get Ready VIP (feat. Nanci Correia, Daddy Freddy, Phoebe “Irondread” Hibbert)’ (single) (Big Dada)
Jeffrey Lewis – ‘What Would Pussy Riot Do’ (single) (Rough Trade)
Bill Callahan – ‘Winter Road’ (LP – Dream River) (Drag City)
Temple Songs – ‘I Can’t Look After You’ (single) (RIP)
Lorelle Meets The Obsolete – ‘What’s Holding You?’ (single and LP – Chambers) (Sonic Cathedral)
Belle and Sebastian – ‘Meat and Potatoes’ (LP – The Third Eye Centre) (Rough Trade)

Eclectic Mainline 18th September 2013

New tunes this week from Toddla T Sound:

and Speedy Ortiz

You will find the full show on the BCB Listen Again service. Here’s the track list:

Vampire Weekend – ‘Step’ (single and LP – Modern Vampires of the City) (XL)
Toddla T Sound – ‘Flash’ (single) (Girls)
Pond – ‘Giant Tortoise’ (LP – Hobo Rocket) (Modular)
Senking – ‘Shading’ (LP – Capsize Recovery) (Raster Noton)
Eagulls – ‘Nerve Endings’ (single) (Partisan)
The Cairo Gang – ‘Tiny Rebels’ (LP – Tiny Rebels)
Wiley – ‘Flying (Bass Mix)’ (single) (Big Dada)
The Gun Club – ‘Goodbye Johhny (live)’ (2xCD – Miami: Deluxe Edition) (Cooking Vinyl)
Primal Scream – ‘Goodbye Johhny’ (LP – More Light) (Ignition)
Pinkunoizu – ‘Tin Can Valley’ (LP – The Drop) (Full Time Hobby)
Phosphorescent – ‘At Death, a Proclamation’ (LP – Pride) (Dead Oceans) (this week’s Brief Candle)
Camera Obscura – ‘Troublemaker’ (single and LP – Desire Lines) (XL)
Sebadoh – ‘Final Days’ (LP – Defend Yourself) (Domino)
Speedy Ortiz – ‘Tiger Tank’ (LP – Major Arcana) (Carpark)

Eclectic Mainline 11th September 2013

I got a call during the Donato Dozzy tune in this week’s show asking if something had gone wrong.  I took it as a compliment and saw this as a sign that something was going right.  This wasn’t the tune I played, but it’s from the same album:

Also in the show was this a tune from the new album by Younghusband:

…and this from Tre Mission:

…and, one more, this new one from Sebadoh:

You will find the full show on the BCB Listen Again service. Here’s the track list:

Western Lows – ‘Grapevine’ (LP – Glacial) (Highline)
Donato Dozzy – ‘Vaporware 01’ (LP – Donato Dozzy Plays Bee Mask) (Spectrum Spools)
Doug Tielli – ‘Water Falls’ (LP – Keresley) (Tin Angel)
Tre Mission – ‘Brunch’ (single) (Big Dada)
Julia Holter – ‘Horns Surrounding Me’ (LP – Loud City Song) (Domino)
Las Kellies – ‘King Lion’ (LP – Total Exposure) (Fire)
Maps – ‘You Will Find A Way’ (single and LP – Vicissitude) (Mute)
R. Stevie Moore – ‘Quarter Peep Show’ (LP – Personal Appeal) (Care In The Community)
Tamikrest – ‘Takma’ (LP – Chatma) (Glitterbeat)
Younghusband – ‘Dromes’ (LP – Dromes) (Sonic Cathedral)
Fuck Buttons – ‘The Red Wing’ (LP – Soft Focus) (ATP Recordings)
Sebadoh – ‘I Will’ (single and LP – Defend Yourself) (Domino)
Crocodiles – ‘Heavy Metal Clouds’ (LP – Crimes of Passion) (Zoo)

Eclectic Mainline 4th September 2013

In this week’s show, Uppers International from the latest Analog Africa compilation:

…this from Gastón Arévalo:

…and the title track from the new Ty Segall album:

You will find the full show on the BCB Listen Again service. Here’s the track list:

Roots Manuva – ‘Stolen Youth (Segal Remix)’ (single) (Big Dada)
Surf City – ‘NYC’ (single and LP – We Knew It Was Not Going To Be Like This) (Fire)
Uppers International – ‘Aja Wondo’ (various artists LP – Afrobeat Airwaves 2 – Return Flight To Ghana) (Analog Africa)
Jon Hopkins – ‘Breathe This Air (featuring Purity Ring)’ (single) (Domino)
King Creosote – ‘Nooks’ (LP – Bombshell) (Names)
Lola Colt – ‘I Get High If You Get High’ (single) (Too Pure Singles Club)
Gastón Arévalo – ‘Souvenir (re-ambiented)’ (LP – Rollin Ballads) (OKTAF)
No Age – ‘Circling With Dizzy’ (LP – An Object) (Sub Pop)
Julia Holter – ‘This Is A True Heart’ (LP – Loud City Song) (Domino)
Wiley – ‘Flying’ (single) (Big Dada)
Ty Segall – ‘Sleeper’ (LP – Sleeper) (Drag City)
Cavern Of Anti-Matter – ‘Solar Diamond’ (LP – Blood-Drums) (Grautag)
R. Stevie Moore – ‘Why Can’t I Write A Hit’ (LP – Personal Appeal) (Care In The Community)
Hebronix – ‘Garden’ (LP – Unreal) (ATP Recordings)

Eclectic Mainline 28th August 2013

Tunes in this week’s show included this by Flowers:

….this by Samaris:

….and this by Devon Sproule & Mike O’Neill

You will find the full show on the BCB Listen Again service.  Here’s the track list:

Anna Von Hasswolff – ‘Funeral For My Future Children’ (single) (City Slang)
Ras G And The Afrikan Space Program – ‘Children of the Hapi’ (LP – Back On The Planet) (Brainfeeder)
Kitchens Of Distinction – ‘Japan to Jupiter’ (single) (3 Loop)
Waza-Afriko 76 – ‘Gbei Kpakpa Hife Sika’ (various artists LP – Afrobeat Airwaves 2 – Return Flight To Ghana) (Analog Africa)
Braids – ‘Ebben’ (LP – Flourish/Perish) (Full Time Hobby)
Flowers – ‘Stuck’ (b-side of single – ‘Until You’re Dead’) (Fortuna Pop!)
Crocodiles – ‘Virgin’ (LP – Crimes of Passion) (Zoo)
Grey Reverend – ‘Belafonte’ (LP – A Hero’s Lie) (Motion Audio)
Arctic Monkeys – ‘Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High’ (single) (Domino)
Lorn – ‘Debris’ (EP – Debris) (Ninja Tune)
Samaris – ‘Góda Tungl’ (LP – Samaris) (One Little Indian)
Lark – ‘Goodbye Man’ (single) (Care In The Community)
Vieux Farka Touré – ‘Nouhoume Maiga’ (LP – Mon Pays) (Six Degrees)
Surf City – ‘Song For A Short-lived TV Series’ (LP – We Knew It Was Not Going To Be Like This) (Fire)
Devon Sproule & Mike O’Neill – ‘You Can’t Help It’ (single) (Tin Angel)
NAKED – ‘Lie Follows Lie’ (single) (Song, by Toad)

Eclectic Mainline 21st August 2013

New music in tonight’s show included No Age:

…Tamikresk:

… and FKA Twigs:

You will find the whole show available on today’s page of the BCB Listen Again service. Here is the full show’s track list:

Pond – ‘Giant Tortoise’ (LP – Hobo Rocket) (Modular)
Tamikrest – ‘Tisnant an Chatma’ (LP – Chatma) (Glitterbeat)
Caitlin Rose – ‘Waitin” (LP – The Stand-In) (Names)
Lorn – ‘Inverted’ (EP – Debris) (Ninja Tune)
Totem – ‘See Saw Girl’ (single) (Moshi Moshi)
The Dials – ‘Rose Marie’ (single) (Gear Discs)
FKA Twigs – ‘Water Me’ (single) (Young Turks)
Pinkunoizu – ‘Necromancer’ (LP – The Drop) (Full Time Hobby)
Pierre Antoine & Vis-a-Vis – ‘Say Min Sy Soh’ (various artists LP – Afrobeat Airwaves 2 – Return Flight To Ghana) (Analog Africa)
Las Kellies – ‘Go V!’ (LP – Total Exposure) (Fire)
No Age – ‘An Impression’ (LP – An Object) (Sub Pop)
Younghusband – ‘Running Water’ (LP – Dromes) (Sonic Cathedral)
Bill Callahan – ‘Expanding Dub’ (single) (Drag City)
Sebadoh – ‘I Will’ (LP – Defend Yourself) (Domino)