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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 3rd April 2013

In this week’s show, Bored Spies:

<a href="http://realboredspies.bandcamp.com/album/summer-720-b-w-e">Summer 720 b/w æ²™é¼ E by Bored Spies</a>

…Main:

…and Rachel Zeffira:

Here is the full playlist:

Villagers – ‘The Bell’ (single) (Domino)
Bored Spies – ‘Summer 720’ (single) (Damnably)
Alexandr Vatagin – ‘Mantova’ (LP – Serza) (Valeot)
Blur – ‘Song 2’ (LP – Blur) (Food) (This week’s Brief Candle)
Lower Plenty – ‘White Walls’ (LP – Hard Rubbish) (Fire)
Main – ‘IV’ (LP – Ablation) (Editions Mego)
Dirty Three – ‘Ashen Snow’ (LP – Toward The Low Sun) (Bella Union)
Yo La Tengo – ‘Paddle Forward’ (LP – Fade) (Matador)
To Live And Shave In LA & Sickboy Milkplus – ‘TLASILA THAF Remix’ (LP – The Grief That Shook To Multiply) (Monotype)
Rachel Zeffira – ‘Break The Spell’ (single and LP – The Deserters) (RAF)
Letherette – ‘Say The Sun’ (LP – Letherette) (Ninja Tune)

Eclectic Mainline 27th March 2013

New music in this week’s show included Reindeer:

… Yo La Tengo:

… and John Grant:

Here is the full playlist:

Spirit Oak – ‘The Answer’ (LP – Becoming Make Believe) (Fat Cat)
Karl Bartos – ‘Nachtfahrt’ (LP – Off The Record) (Bureau B)
Reindeer – ‘Tattoo’ (LP – Tattoo) (Fat Cat)
Mathias Delphanque – ‘Bu’ (LP – Chutes) (Baskaru)
Ralfe Band – ‘Come On Go Wild’ (single) (Highline)
Yo La Tengo – ‘Before We Run’ (LP – Fade) (Matador)
Atom TM – ‘My Generation’ (LP – HD) (Raster Noton)
Pieter Nooten – ‘The Waiting II’ (LP – Haven) (Rocket Girl)
Beth Orton – ‘Dawn Chorus’ (single and LP – Sugaring Season) (Anti)
Opossom – ‘Why Why’ (single) (Fire)
Emika – ‘Searching’ (single) (Ninja Tune)
The Beatles – ‘I’ll Follow The Sun’ (LP – Beatles For Sale) (Parlophone) (This week’s Brief Candle)
Sam Lee – ‘Goodbye My Darling’ (LP – Ground Of Its Own) (The Nest Collective)
Lapalux – ‘GUUURL’ (LP – Nostalchic) (Brainfeeder)
John Grant – ‘Pale Green Ghosts’ (LP – Pale Green Ghosts) (Bella Union)

Eclectic Mainline 20th March 2013

New music in tonight’s show included The Leisure Society:

…Serph:

…and Autumns:

You can listen back to the whole show if you desire, and here be the full playlist:

The Leisure Society – ‘Fight For Everyone’ (single)
Autechre – ‘spl9’ (LP – Exai) (Warp)
Wolf People – ‘All Returns’ (single and LP – Fain) (Jagjaguwar)
Gintas K – ‘Niekovv’ (LP – Slow) (Baskaru)
Kurt Vile -‘Airbud’ (single)
Marika Hackman – ‘Bath Is Black’ (mini-LP – That Iron Taste) (Dirty Hit)
!!! – ‘Slyd’ (single and LP – Th!!!er) (Warp)
The Box Tops – ‘The Letter’ (single) (Mala)
The Physics House Band – ‘Titan’ (single)
Karl Bartos – ‘Rhythmus’ (LP – Off The Record) (Bureau B)
Casual Sex – ‘Stroh “80”‘ (single) (Moshi Moshi Singles Club)
Serph – ‘Twiste’ (LP – El Esperanka) (Noble)
Autumns – ‘Keep On Sinking’ (demo) (Fat Cat)
Lapalux – ‘Swallowing Smoke’ (LP – Nostalchic) (Brainfeeder)

Eclectic Mainline 13th March 2013

New music in tonight’s show included Stephan Mathieu:
https://soundcloud.com/deform-store/03-stephan-mathieu-eglise

…Lower Plenty:

…and King Ayisoba:

Here is the full playlist:
Itch – ‘Diplomat’ (EP – Manifesto Pt. 2: We’re All In The Gutter) (Red Bull)
Stephan Mathieu – ‘Ã‰glise’ (LP – Un CÅ“ur Simple) (Baskaru)
Thao & The Get Down Stay Down – ‘City’ (LP – We The Common) (Ribbon)
Atoms For Peace – ‘Before Your Very Eyes…’ (LP – Amok) (XL)
Sweet Baboo – ‘If I Died…’ (single) (Moshi Moshi)
Autechre – ‘prac-f’ (LP – Exai) (Warp)
Serafina Steer – ‘Disco Compilation’ (single and LP – The Moths Are Real) (Stolen)
David Bowie – ‘Breaking Glass’ (LP – Low) (RCA) (this week’s Brief Candle)
Darkstar – ‘A Day’s Pay For A Day’s Work) (single and LP – News From Nowhere) (Warp)
Lower Plenty – ‘Strange Beast’ (single) (Fire)
Liars – ‘WIXIW’ (single and LP – WIXIW) (Mute)
Lloyd Cole / Hans-Joachim Roedelius – ‘Fehmarn’ (LP – Selected Studies Vol. 1) (Bureau B)
Iron & Wine – ‘Grace For Saints And Ramblers’ (single) (4AD)
King Ayisoba – ‘Baaba Poore’ (LP – Modern Ghanaians) (Makkum)

Eclectic Mainline 6th March 2013

New music in tonight’s show included Charlie Parr (this is a live version of the current single):

…and Pixel (this is a preview of the full album):

Here’s the full playlist of the show, which you can listen back to if you desire:

Megrim – ‘Step Of The Flake’ (LP – Intersect Landscape) (Moph)
Letherette – ‘She Shines’ (single b-side – D&T) (Ninja Tune)
Ducktails – ‘Under Cover’ (LP – The Flower Lane) (Domino)
Autechre – ‘nodezsh’ (LP – Exai) (Warp)
Charlie Parr – ‘True Friends’ (single) (Tin Angel)
RM74 – ‘Anthem For A Windmill’ (LP – Two Sides Of A Triangle) (Utech)
PVT – ‘Casual Success’ (LP – Homosapien) (Felte)
Nick Drake – ‘Harvest Breed’ (LP – Pink Moon) (Island) (this week’s Brief Candle, nominated by David Craig)
Pixel – ‘Mantle’ (LP – Mantle) (Raster-Noton)
Simon Whetham – ‘(Interlude, The Suspension Of Time) (LP – Never So Alone) (CrÃ³nica)
Falty DL – ‘She Sleeps (Ital Remix)’ (single) (Ninja Tune)
Dawn McCarthy & Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – ‘Milk Train’ (LP – What The Brothers Sang) (Domino)

Eclectic Mainline 27th February 2013

New music in tonight’s show included Purling Hiss:
https://soundcloud.com/drag-city/purling-hiss-mercury

…Julia Kent:

…Blank Realm:

…and Jasper TX. The tune from the new album I played tonight was its opener. The closing tune on the new album is just as worthy, if not even more so, so here it is in full:

Listen back to the full show if you desire. Â Here is the full show playlist:
Mark Templeton – ‘Matinee’ (LP – Jealous Heart) (Under The Spire)
Purling Hiss – ‘Mercury Retrograde’ (LP – Water On Mars) (Drag City)
Vision – ‘The Phuture Makes Beats’ (Life EP) (Big Dada)
Night Moves – ‘Country Queen’ (single and LP – Colored Emotions) (Domino)
RM74 – ‘Bees And Ghosts’ (LP – Two Sides Of A Triangle) (Utech)
Steve Mason – ‘Oh My Lord’ (single and LP – Monkey Minds In The Devil’s Time) (Double Six)
Autechre – ‘jatevee C’ (LP – Exai) (Warp)
Dawn McCarthy & Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – ‘Breakdown’ (LP – What The Brothers Sang) (Domino)
Blank Realm – ‘Acting Strange’ (LP – Go Easy) (Fire)
Duane Eddy – ‘Some Kinda Earthquake’ (2xCD – Rockin’ Guitar Man 1955-1960) (Smith & Co) (this week’s Brief Candle, nominated by Phil Cope)
King Ayisoba – ‘Modern Ghanaians’ (LP – Modern Ghanaians) (Makkum)
Julia Kent – ‘Tourbillon’ (LP – Character) (The Leaf Label)
Troumaca – ‘My Love’ (Virgin Island EP) (Brownswood)
Jasper TX – ‘Abandon’ (LP – An Index Of Failure) (Handmade Birds)
Clinic – ‘Seamless Boogie Woogie (Free Reign II Version)’ (LP – Free Reign II) (Domino)

Eclectic Mainline 20th February 2013

New music in this week’s show included Letherette:

…Fawn Spots:

…and Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds. Â The video below is the censored version. Feel free to watch the uncensored version if you can handle it:

If you were to stream the show at your leisure, this is what you would hear:

Concrete Knives – ‘Wallpaper’ (LP – Be Your Own King) (Bella Union)
Blood Red Shoes – ‘Get Off My Ghost Train’ (split single with Pulled Apart By Horses)
Letherette – ‘D&T’ (single) (Ninja Tune)
Youth Lagoon – ‘Dropla’ (single)
Julia Kent – ‘Only Child’ (LP – Character) (Leaf)
Beach Fossils – ‘Careless’ (single)
Gilded – ‘Velar’ (LP – Terrane) (Hidden Shoal)
Pulp – ‘After You’ (single)
Melody’s Echo Chamber – ‘Crystallized’ (single and LP – Melody’s Echo Chamber) (Weird World)
Mogwai – ‘Special N’ (LP – Les Revenants)
Fawn Spots – ‘Watered Down’ (LP – Wedding Dress) (Fat Cat)
Wire – ‘Outdoor Miner’ (LP – Chairs Missing) (this week’s Brief Candle, nominated by Tilt Araiza)
Ducktails – ‘Ivy Covered House’ (LP – The Flower Lane) (Domino)
Yo La Tengo – ‘Ohm’ (single)
Japandroids – ‘The Nights Of Wine And Roses’ (single and LP – Celebration Rocks) (Polyvinyl)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – ‘Jubilee Street’ (LP – Push The Sky Away) (self-released)

Eclectic Mainline 13th February 2013

In this week’s show, the new music included Veronica Falls:

…Jamie Lidell:

…and Lycoriscoris:

Feel free to listen back to the show. This is what you would hear:

Thao & The Get Down Stay Down – ‘We The Common’ (single) (Ribbon)
Ty Segall – ‘Would you Be My Love’ (single) (Drag City)
Dobie – ‘Stan Lee Is A Hero Of Mine’ (LP – We Will Not Harm You) (Big Dada)
Caitlin Rose – ‘Only A Clown’ (single)
David Fenech – ‘Grand Huit’ (LP – Grand Huit) (Gagarin)
Bleached – ‘Next Stop’ (single)
RdeÄa Raketa – ‘andere Menschen (part 1)’ (LP – Wir weden) (Godrec)
Smashing Pumpkins – ‘Sweet Sweet’ (LP – Siamese Dream) (Virgin) (this week’s Brief Candle, nominated by David Craig)
Veronica Falls – ‘Teenage’ (LP – Waiting For Something To Happen) (Bella Union)
Pulled Apart By Horses – ‘Heartsink’ (split single with Blood Red Shoes)
Jamie Lidell – ‘You Naked’ (single) (Warp)
PVT – ‘Nghtfall’ (LP – Homosapien) (Felte)
Frightened Rabbit – ‘Escape Route’ (LP – Pedestrian Verse) (Atlantic)
Major Lance – ‘Investigate’ (CD – The Northern Soul Story Vol.2: The Golden Torch) (Sony BMG)
Lycoriscoris – ‘Oar’ (LP – From Beyond The Horizon) (Moph)
My Bloody Valentine – ‘Wonder 2’ (LP – MBV) (self-released)

Eclectic Mainline 6th February 2013

New tunes in tonight’s show included this from Ametsub:

…this from Widowspeak:

… and this one from Short Stories:

If you opt to Listen Again to the whole show, this is what you would hear:

Indians – “I Am Haunted” (single) (4AD)
Falty DL – “She Sleeps (feat. Ed McFarlane) (Martyn Remix)” (single and LP – “Hardcourage”) (Ninja Tune)
Grizzly Bear – “Speak In Rounds” (single and LP – “Sheilds”) (Warp)
Local Natives – “Heavy Feet” (single) (Infectious)
Palma Violets – “Step Up For The Cool Cats” (single) (Rough Trade)
Ametsub – “Cloudsfall” (LP – “All Is Silence”) (nothings66)
Short Stories – “Let It Go” (single) (Young Turks)
Fela Kuti – “Yellow Fever” (2CD – “The Best Of The Black President 2”) (Knitting Factory)
Unknown Mortal Orchestra – “So Good At Being In Trouble” (single and LP – “II”) (Jagjaguwar)
Half Man Half Biscuit – “Irk The Purists” (LP – “Trouble Over Bridgewater”) (Probe Plus) (this week’s Brief Candle)
Widowspeak – “Ballad Of The Golden Hour” (single)
Taylor Deupree – “Negative Snow” (LP – “Faint”) (12K)

Brief Candles – tunes less than 2 minutes long

I have a fascination with tunes that clock in at under 2 minutes, but I don’t necessarily mean music that isÂ ludicrously abrupt. Â I am particularly interested in expeditiousÂ tunes that have run their course and whose natural conclusion occurs before 2 minutes have been amassed. Â Basically, this is music that shines brightly, but briefly. Â Hence Brief Candles, a title suggested by Tilt Araiza. Â Such short tunes are not particularly rare, although they are not as abundant as they were in the 1950s and 1960s. Â I just find it really interesting that pop music can be so concise. Â 2 minutes is not really all that much time at all.

Since the start of 2013 I have endeavoured to include one Brief Candle in every show (Eclectic Mainline, 8pm on a Wednesday here on BCB). Â Sometimes this tune will be chosen by me, and sometimes it will be one nominated by you the listener, or you the reader. Â If you want to suggest a tune, pop a comment on this blog, or Tweet me at @albfreeman using the hashtag #briefcandles.

2013 seemed like a good time to start this Brief Candles feature, becauseÂ Patrick Thornton, whoseÂ Selection Box show has now moved to a Wednesday at 9pm, straight after me, has a slot in his show calledÂ Thanking Your Kind Indulgence, in which he plays a tune over 7 minutes in length.

I will add each of the Brief Candles that make it into my show to the list below as and when they are aired. All tunes have been chosen by yours truly unless otherwise stated.

1. The La’s – ‘Feelin” (LP – The La’s / Go! Discs)