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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.

Alex Chilton (1950-2010)

March 2010.  The month I will forever remember as the one when both Mark Linkous and Alex Chilton died.  I didn’t want to have to write about Mark Linkous dying a couple of weeks ago any more than I want to write about Alex Chilton dying now. However, on both occasions, it has been a pleasure to be able to just sit and write about what these people mean(t) to me.

Alex Chilton

Alex Chilton (1950 to 2010)

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Eclectic Mainline 24th March 2010

Big Star

Big Star

My intention earlier today was to write ‘a few words’ about Alex Chilton as part of this blog entry for today’s show. But I have to acknowledge that it actually takes quite a while for Albert to write ‘a few words’ so that will have to wait for a day when I’ve got a bit of time, so for now, here is what I played tonight in my show, including 3 tunes by Big Star, one from each album, in memory of Alex Chilton.

And I can only assume that I must have done quite a bit of talking about Big Star in this show, as I didn’t get to play as many tunes as I sometimes do:

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Evol
Gonjasufi – Kobwebz
Lou Rhodes – One Good Thing
Big Star – The Ballad Of El Goodo (Alternate Lyrics)
Elliott Smith – Roman Candle
To Rococo Rot – Fridays (Shackleton’s West Green Rd remix)
Cate Le Bon – Shoeing The Bones
The Twilight Sad – The Room
Big Star – What’s Going Ahn
Jaga Jazzist – Prognissekongen
Pavement – Grounded
Peter Von Poehl – The Story Of The Impossible (BCB session)
Big Star – You Can’t Have Me
My Albatross – I don’t love you

Eclectic Mainline 17th March 2010 – Midlake interview

Midlake - The Courage Of Others

Midlake - The Courage Of Others

For the very first time, my show has a podcast this week. If you heard the show you will have heard me talking to Eric Pulido of Midlake. What you will have heard is the abridged version of the interview, but the full thing is available for you here now, at the bottom of this blog entry.

Midlake have also backed John Grant on his debut solo album (he used to be the singer in The Czars). A funny thing happened the other day while I was listening to his album, Queen Of Denmark, for the first time. I was reading the brochure for the 16th Bradford International Film Festival while listening. Just as I was reading about Alien being on as part of Widescreen Weekend, John Grant was singing “I feel just like Sigourney Weaver, when she had to kill those aliens“. Spooksville..!

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Eclectic Mainline 10th March 2010


Efterklang – The Soft Beating

Well, I’m still coming to terms with the fact that Mark Linkous shot himself on Saturday. But his music will always live on, and I played some tonight, along with, it has to be said, some marvellous new tunes. These were they:

Soulsavers – Some Misunderstanding
Nice Nice – Big Bounce
Sparklehorse – Spirit Ditch
The Loves – Sweet Sister Delia
Liars – Goodnight Everything
Carter Tutti – Too Much, Too Much (from Liars ‘Sisterworld’ album CD2)
Archie Bronson Outfit – Run Gospel Singer
Mahalia Jackson – Come on children, let’s sing
Efterklang – The Soft Beating
Autechre – d-sho qub
Field Music – Share the words
Fursaxa – Poplar Moon
Sparklehorse – Hey, Joe
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Deanna

Eclectic Mainline 3rd March 2010

So, tonight we launched our revised schedule by having a Beach House interview split between my show and Too Much Too Young, and also a Lawrence Arabia session in Laura’s.

Beach House have commissioned videos for every song on the new album Teen Dream, as you may have heard in tonight’s interview. The above video, for Silver Soul was actually directed by Victoria Legrand herself.

Here’s what I played in the show:
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Eclectic Mainline 24th February 2010

If you were person, someone who miss,
Last night show, it lookie like this….

Eugene & The Lizards – Bugjuice
Tunng – Hustle
Liars – Scissor
Gonjasufi – Holidays
These New Puritans – Time Xone
Nedry – Scattered
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Watching Alice
Quasi – Rockabily Party
Sone Institute – On Tree Hill
Eels – Line In The Dirt
Dum Dum Girls – Jail La La
Four Tet – Circling
Mahalia Jackson – Didn’t It Rain
Local Natives – Airplanes
Grasscut – Muppet

Eclectic Mainline 17th February 2010

Here’s the rather nice video for the new Archie Bronson Outfit single:

After a (relatively) quiet start to the year, the past week has been chockablock with activity, as I’ve been recording sessions and interviews for your future listening pleasure.  Fans of Beach House, Fionn Regan, Peter Von Poehl, Lawrence Arabia and Danny And The Champions Of The World, you have some treats in store on BCB over the coming weeks!

Anway, back to the present, this was what I played tonight….
Lightspeed Champion – Dead Head Blues
Mus̩e M̩caniques РLike Home
Gigi – the Hundredth Time
Tamikrest – Tamiditin
The Kissaway Trail – SDP
Eels – On My Feet
The Loves – Sweet Sister Delia
Carl Perkins – Long Tall Sally
Gonjasufi – Ancestors
Veronica Falls – Found Love In A Graveyard
Flight Of The Conchords – Carol Brown
Quasi – Repulsion
Efterklang – Modern Drift
Lou Rhodes – The More I Run
Archie Bronson Outfit – Shark’s Tooth

Eclectic Mainline 10th February 2010

Gil Scott-Heron - Im New Here

Gil Scott-Heron - I"m New Here

The new album by Gil Scott-Heron came as something of a surprise to me, but what a wonderful surprise it was! Although I don’t make a habit of having a ‘featured album’, I’m New Here was this week’s featured album.

I’m not sure if you heard Joel White’s Too Much Too Young earlier in the day, but he played the new single by Oh No Ono.  Some bands don’t make a video for singles, but ONO have made three for their new one, and are asking you the fan to vote for your favourite:

This is what I played in Eclectic Mainline last night:
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Eclectic Mainline 3rd February 2010


Frightened Rabbit – Nothing Like You on MUZU

Here’s what I played tonight in my show:

Quasi – Repulsion
Caitlin Rose – Dead Flowers
Fool’s Gold – Poseidon (Sizzla’s Judgement Yard Dub Version)
Frightened Rabbit – Nothing Like You
El Goodo – I Saw Her Today
Liars – Proud Evolution
Allo Darlin’ – The Polaroid Song
Nice Nice – See Waves
Holly Miranda – Forest Green Oh Forest Green
Mos Def – Quiet Dog Bite Hard (from Rough Trade Shops Counter Culture 09)
Charlotte Gainsbourg – In The End
Dum Dum Girls – Jail La La
Gil Scott-Heron – I’m New Here
Gigi – No, My Heart Will Go On
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Beat The Devil’s Tattoo
Wild Beasts – We Still Got The Taste Dancin’ On Our Tongues