John Grant is playing not once, but twice in Leeds this Saturday. In the afternoon he is doing an instore at Jumbo Records, and then he’ll be at Leeds Met in the evening. If you are in reach of Leeds you really should think about going to one, if not both.
And here’s a Letherette a tune from the self-titled album that I played in my show last night:
If you listen back to the whole show, you will hear these tunes: Continue reading
After writing a little about music videos in this blog last week, I expanded on the topic on my own blog. That’s pretty much all my blogging power for this week used up, so I’ll be brief tonight.
New music in tonight’s show included Locust:
…The Uncluded:
…and Raffertie:
You can listen back to the show if you desire. Here is the show’s full playlist:
King Midas Sound – ‘Aroo’ (single) (Ninja Tune)
Marika Hackman – ‘Bath Is Black’ (single) (Dirty Hit)
Locust – ‘Fall For Me’ (LP – You’ll Be Safe Forever) (Editions Mego)
The Jim Jones Review – ‘7 Times Around The Sun’ (single and LP – The Savage Heart) (Play It Again Sam)
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds – ‘Mermaids’ (LP – Push The Sky Away) (self-released)
Bonobo – ‘Sapphire’ (LP – The North Borders) (Ninja Tune)
Glorytellers – ‘New T-shirt’ (LP – Current Resident) (Damnably)
Scout Niblett – ‘Can’t Fool Me Now’ (LP – It’s Up To Emma) (Drag City)
Raffertie – ‘Build Me Up’ (single) (Ninja Tune)
The Child Of Lov – ‘Fly’ (single and LP – The Child Of Lov) (Double Six)
Mick Harvey – ‘I Wish That I Were Stone’ (LP – FOUR (Acts Of Love)) (Mute) (this week’s Brief Candle)
Still Corners – ‘Berlin Lovers’ (single and LP – Strange Pleasures)
The Uncluded – ‘Delicate Cycle’ (single) (Rhymesayers)
Sigur Rós – ‘Brennisteinn’ (XL)
One of the (numerous) highlights of this year’s Bradford International Film Festival was Adam Buxton’s Best of BUG show.  In the Pictureville cinema he screened videos of several tunes that I have heard, and that I like, but have never seen. I don’t always get to see videos so it was a real eye-opener to see what amazing pieces of art have been created in the name of a music video recently, such as these by Shogu Tokumaru,  Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Bonobo.
Adam didn’t discuss the evolution of the music video, which I thought he might. Â I find it interesting how we have moved beyond the MTV era and are now in the YouTube era whereby, to the best of my knowledge, most music video consumption is now online. Â Gone are the days when I used to eagerly await The Chart Show once every 3rd Saturday morning on ITV to see if I might get to see a video by one of my favourite bands in the show’s Indie Top 10.
Anyway, moving seamlessly on from Adam’s BIFF show, the video for the next Bonobo single is also rather satisfying:
Other tunes I played in this week’s show include the new single by Marnie Stern:
..this from the new Locust album:
https://soundcloud.com/mark-van-hoen/07-oh-yeah
…and the new Bleached single:
If you wish to listen back to the show, you’ll find it on the BCB Listen Again service (look for the 8pm show). Â This is the full playlist:
Now then! We chucked in a few film-themed tunes this month to tie in with Bradford International Film Festival (you may have spotted a few BCB DJs at BIFF By Night, too). If you want to hear the show you can listen again here
And this is what we played!
1. LA SERA – Will You Please Be My Third Eye
2. BEASTIE BOYS – Shake Your Rump
3. KISHORE KUMAR & ASHA BHOSLE – Typewriter Tip Tip Tip
4. MICE PARADE – Contessa
5. CEREMONY – Hysteria
6. COWTOWN – Monotone Face
7. FRANK SIDEBOTTOM – Frank Gordon
8. TURING MACHINE – Lazy Afternoon Of The Jaguar
9. THE SCARAMANGA SIX – The Bristol Butcher
10. NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS – God Is In The House
11. ZOLA JESUS – Vessel
12. RAZZY – I Hate Hate
13. THE DICKIES – Sound of Silence
14. ADEBISI SHANK – International Dreambeat
15. SERGE GAINSBOURG – Bonnie and Clyde
We’re back on 19th May. Â Cheers!
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This Saturday is Record Store Day.  Each year when I preview this event in my BCB show I notice the list of special, very limited, releases grow and grow.  Apparently this year there are 500 such releases.  Now, I love Record Store Day, and what it does for independent record shops.  However, I think there is a real danger that these limited edition releases may be starting to overshadow to real purpose of Record Store Day, and there are record shop owners who share my oncerns.  It is not Limited Edition Day, or Record Label Day.  The clue is in the title.  It is about the record shops.
This is why I think what shops like Jumbo Records in Leeds are doing is the right way to approach the day. Â They have lined up a fabulous set of of instore performances throughout the day. Â So, whether or not there is a limited release you want (and whether or not you get there in time for there to be any left) you can enjoy some wonderful music, have a browse round the shop, and acquaint yourself with the staff. Â Last year a couple of young girls who are special to me saw The Staves at Jumbo, instantly became fans of the band, and want to go back to Jumbo again for Record Store Day this year. Â The array of limited edition releases didn’t really matter to those little girls, but Record Store Day has done its job in drawing them into an independent record shop. Â I for one hope that relationship lasts many years for them. Â Their lives will be all the richer for it.
In my show this week you can hear Adam of Jumbo Records talking about what this day means to their shop. Â If I were to make one recommendation, it would be that you are at Jumbo in the afternoon to see James Yorkston. Â He came into BCB a few years ago to record one of my favourite sessions we’ve had. Â Listen to the show here, and this is what you will hear:
Bradford International Film Festival starts tomorrow, celebrating 100 years of Indian cinema.  So, it seemed fitting that I play something by Asha Bhosle in tonight’s show.  Of the 12,000 songs she has reportedly recorded, I went for this one, from the 1970 film, Kati Patang:
BCB is involved in this year’s festival, curating some of the BIFF By Night music events.  I’ll be there most evenings, either DJing or overseeing proceedings, so if you’re around, come and say hello.
New music in tonight’s show included this by Rustie:
…and this by Bibio:
Listen back to the show at your leisure if you desire. Â Here’s the full list of tunes I played: Continue reading
In this week’s show, Bored Spies:
…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)
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)
Hello, hello! This month’s show really is a bit of a spread, straddling decades and genres, and with great new songs from Suuns, Deathfix and The Knife. You can catch up with the show here
And this is what we played:
1. Theme from THE ROCKFORD FILES
2. SLEATER-KINNEY – You’re No Rock ‘n Roll Fun
3. Â SUUNS – 2020
4. PORTABLE PONY – Festival
5. DEATHFIX – Better Than Bad
6. ESG – Dance
7. EGG HUNT – We All Fall Down
8. MAGNETIC FIELDS – Andrew In Drag
9. CHAKA KHAN – I Feel For You
10. TABLA BEAT SCIENCE – Big Brother
11. SUFJAN STEVENS – From The Mouth of Gabriel
12. LCD SOUNDSYSTEM – Drunk Girls
13. HERB ALPERT AND TIJUANA BRASS – Cabaret
14. STEVIE WONDER Â – Superstition
15. THE KNIFE – Full of Fire
We’re back on 21st April – Ciao!
A selection of songs from artists hailing from Australia & New Zealand grace this week’s show.  Listen up for an hour of most excellent music …………..
Howlin’ Bells : Cities Burnining Down
Nick Cave:  Burnin’ Hell
Angus Stone: Clouds AboveÂ
The Pond : Circle Round a Tree
Husky : Forever So
Lawrence Arabia: The Crew of the Commodore
Roger McGuin with Crowded House: Eight Miles High
Bellowhead: 10,000 Miles Away
Emily Barker: Splinters in My Fingers
Sarah Blasko : All I Want
Devastations : Take You Home
Tiny Ruins: Old as The Hills
Kris Morris: Little Light
Julia Stone : Justine
Nick Cave & Kylie Minogue: Where the Wild Roses Grow