Category Archives: The BCB Sessions

Matters relating to Laura Rawlings’ BCB show, entitled The BCB Session, broadcast on Wednesdays at 9pm (UK time).

Oh so fine acoustic sesh from Yorkshireguese

Hi folks,

Really chuffed to say Yorkshireguese came in for a live acoustic session…& selected some top local folk who play folk for our Northern Glory section. Tune in on Sat 27th at 7pm for a repeat of the show if you missed it. Here’s what I played…

Wed 24th Feb 2010

Chew Lips – Karen
Holly Miranda – No one just is
Yeasayer – Ambling Alp
Yorkshireguese (BCB Session) – Soul for sale
Dans le sac vs scroobius pip – Cauliflower
The Irrepressibles – In This Shirt
Stephanie Hladsowski (Nothern Glory) – Willy O’Winsbury
Motion Picture Soundtrack – Make it through the night
Yorkshireguese (BCB Session) – Right songs right wrongs
The Family Elan (Northern Glory) – Wide eyed fox
Yorkshireguese (BCB Session) – One sweet kiss

Back next week on Wednesday 3rd March with a very lovely acoustic sesh from Lawrence Arabia – huzah!

Tunes on t’radio

Hi folks,

Heart attack time…I’m posting the tracklistings vaguely on time! Double helpings of this week’s and last week’s listings.

Next week I’ve got Yorkshireguese live in session so stand by your beds – that’ll be Wed 24th Feb at 9pm (repeated Sat 27th at 7pm).

Get in touch with me if you’ve got tunes you’d like me to play (especially if they’re crafted by your own fair hand) or gigs to plug; laura.rawlings@bcbradio.co.uk or leave me a message here.

Toodle-oo, x

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The BCB Sessions 3rd February 2010

This week’s session from Doghouse Roses

Hadouken – Rebirth
2 Door Cinema Club – Undercover Martyn
Local Natives – Airplaines
Husky Rescue – Sound of Love
Hockey – Work
Doghouse Roses (BCB Session) – Interview
Doghouse Roses (BCB Session) – Thunder of the door
Efterklang – Modern Drift
XX – Island
Thunderheist – LBG
Dans le sac v Scroobius Pip – Get Better
Chew Lips – Toro
The Irrepressibles – In This Shirt
Miike Snow – Black & Blue

The BCB Sessions 27th January 2010

Featuring Yorks band who (in my DJ-ing mind) should be big in 2010!

Autokratz – Speak in Silence
Alphabetix (Leeds)
The Crookes – Chorus of Fools (Sheffield)
Theoretical Girl – I should have loved you more
Gonjasufi – Kowboyz & Indians
Wild Beasts – Hooting & Howling (West Yorks)
Wilful Missing – Postcode Lottery (Bradford)
Blue Roses – Anyone who knows what love is (will understand) (Shipley)
Heads We Dance – Take My Picture (Leeds)
Black Diamond Bay – Worship the Sun (Leeds)
Whizz kid – Snow Burns
La La & the Boo Ya – Youth of Today (Bradford)
Ann Drury – Loving You (Bradford)
Lawrence Arabia – The Crew of The Commodore
Gaye Device – A peculiar weave (Leeds)

The BCB Sessions 16th Dec, 13th Jan, 20th Jan

Choir Of Young Believers – Why Must It Always Be This Way? (BCB session) by DJ Albert Freeman
(first broadcast 13th January 2010)

16th December 2009
This week’s guests are Heads We Dance!

Hadouken – Turn the Lights Out
The Pains of Being Pure At Heart – Higher than the Stars
James Yorkston & The Big Eyes Family Players – Mary Connaught & James O’Donnell
Heads We Dance (BCB Session guests) interview (Ubik as bed)
Heads We Dance (BCB session guests) – Afterdark
Simian Mobile Disco – Cruel Intentions
Gavron Remix – I Hate This Do You Like It (Chickenhawk)
Barefoot Beware – Bamboo Nightlife
Eagles of Death Metal – Now I’m A Fool
Heads We Dance (BCB Session guests) – Computer Love
Blue Roses – Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (will understand)
Laura Gibson – Spirited
Heads We Dance (BCB Session) – Take My Picture

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The BCB Sesssions 30th December 2009

This show, like Phil Cope’s show and Albert Freeman’s show in the same night, had 20 minutes devoted to Warp Records, who celebrated their 20th anniversary in 2009.

Tilly And the Wall – Falling Without Knowing
Chairlift – Bruises
Soap & Skin – Spiracle
Yppah – Gumball Machine Weekend
Au Revoir Simone – Shadows
Animal Collective – Summertime Clothes
Lady Sovereign – So Human
Bat For Lashes – Moon and Moon
We Fell To Earth – Lights Out
Yatch – Psychic City (Voodoo Remix)

The BCB Sessions’ Warp20 (Minutes) Mix:
Broadcast – Still Feels Like Tears
Nightmares On Wax – Soul-Ho
Autechre – Vletrmx (Plaid remix)
Nightmares On Wax – Mirror Ball
LFO/Aphex Twin – Simon From Sydney/Untitled (Pram Remix)
Broadcast – Oh How I Miss You

Here’s where you can see the playlists for Albert’s show and Phil’s show, which also celebrated Warp’s 20th birthday.

Yo Ho Ho!

Yo Ho Ho!

Hope you’re all good…& Santa’s sweet to you.

Here’s the tracklisting for Wed 23rd Dec – pick of my favourite sessions:

The Lodger – I Can’t Stop
The Peppermint Lounge – Snow Falls Down
Redwire – Take Me Away
Wilful Missing – Escher Flight
The Research – Anytime Babe
iLiKETRAiNS – Sirens
Everything Everything – Suffragette Suffragette
Maggie8 – Carry On
Meursault – Red Candle Bulb
King Creosote – Coast on Bye
White Light Parade – Turning All The Lights Down
Stephanie Dosen – Only Getting Better
Yimino – Q-Bit
The Luminaries – OCD
Freyed Knot – Wild West Yorkshire

On next week’s show (30th Dec) – I’m celebrating 20 years of Warp with Alb (Eclectic Mainline) & Phil (When Big Joan…) plus playing my favourite releases from 2009.

Have a good one!

Laura x

The Peppermint Lounge in session on The BCB Sessions!

Hi folks,

We had a treaty treat on Wednesday’s show – a session from The Peppermint Lounge. They’re based in Leeds and their music’s really hard to describe but reminds me of The Beta Band & Hot Chip – not bad eh!

Acoustic number

Acoustic number

Also Phil Collins’ vox made an appearance – not something I’d usually big up / do but it’s a top remix from a local outfit.

We’re offering you the chance to win Graham Coxon’s latest album – check Albert’s blog for details. Deadline’s midnight Sunday 13th Dec 09.

If you missed the programme, no worries –  it’s repeated on Saturday at 7pm (12th Dec).

Here’s the list of tunes:
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Happy days

Greetings all,

Recorded two sessions this week and I’m totally chuffed with them both. The first is with The Peppermint Lounge who’re gonna be the session guests on Wed 9th Dec – think Hot Chip, Beta Band and drinking cocktails somewhere tropical. The second was with Ben Peel – Bradford lad doing acoustic solo stuff. Just done his first single and we’ll be playing it on the show. And to top it all off I had Heads We Dance in for a chat and to sort out which of their tunes we’re playing on 16th Dec (one will defo be their latest single Take My Picture). All excellent stuff – creating very happy days!

Oooh and on Wed 9th Dec, I’ll be bringing you an interview with DJ esSDee & Alphabetics – top hip hop.

Here’s the playlist from Wednesday 2nd Dec. Get in touch if you’ve got something you think I should be playing!

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When Big Joan Sets Up 2/12/09 – “When two great saints meet, it is a humbling experience”

Cheeky Beatle

Cheeky Beatle

And that rather grandiose Paul McCartney quote from the front cover of John and Yoko’s 1968 avant garde bonkersfest “Two Virgins” (although no one saw it because they were too busy looking at the staggeringly unattractive picture of them with their gear off that also adorns said LP – at least it wasn’t Ringo and Maureen, though) is my way of saying that we had a guest presenter in this week. The wonderful Laura Rawlings came to add some much needed DJ class to the programme, and was kind enough to bring some tunes in for us which feature amongst this lot. And everyone kept their clothes on. Thankfully.

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