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Eclectic Mainline 22nd December 2010

Well, having said last week I wouldn’t play (m)any festive tunes this year, I’ve crumbled.  This is partly thanks to Sally, who made a festive playlist on Spotify, that reminded me how good (some) festive tunes are.  So tonight, in between a few grand new releases, were dotted a few festive tunes as well:

Koudlam – “See You All” (single) (Luv Luv Luv)
Ensemble – “Things I Forget” (LP – “Excerpts”) (Fat Cat)
Slow Club – “Silent Night” (“Christmas, Thanks For Nothing” EP) (Moshi Moshi)
The Jolly Boys featuring Albert Minott – “Ring Of Fire” (LP – “Great Expectations”)
The Death Set – “Slap Slap Slap Pound Up Down Slap” (single) (Counter)
MY Latest Novel – “Outside It’s Christmas” (“Merry Christmas From Bella Union” EP) (Bella Union)
The Besnard Lakes – “Albatross” (LP – “The Besnard Lakes Are The Roaring Night”) (Jagjagwar)
Villagers – “Becoming A Jackall” (single) (Domino)
Deerhoof – “Super Duper Rescue Heads!” (LP – “Deerhoof vs Evil”) (ATP)
Low “If You Were Born Today” (LP – “Christmas”) (Tugboat)
Ike & Tina Turner – “I Can’t Stop Loving You (live)” (LP – “Ike & Tina Turner Sing Great Rock & Pop Classics”) (SPV Yellow)
Mogwai – “Christmas Song” (“Mogwai EP” – CHEM036) (Chemical Underground)
Frightened Rabbit – “It’s Christmas So We’ll Stop” (single) (Fat Cat)
Floating Points Ensemble – “Almost In Profile” (single) (Ninja Tune)

Eclectic Mainline 15th December 2010

After all these years of thinking Blue Monday included the line “Icon and shallow bay” I finally realised tonight, when listening to The Jolly Boys‘ version, what the actual line is – “I can and shall obey“!

Also on the topic of cover versions, I also think it’s worth including here Robert Wyatt‘s words in describing his cover of What A Wonderful World:
“Our ‘Wonderful World’ is not sarcastic, ironic or even just sentimental.  It’s Social Realism: not the WHOLE truth, but nevertheless The Truth.”

Usually by mid-December I would have stuck in the odd festive tune, and would be reviewing the past 12 months.  But this year, well, I’m just getting on with the business of playing new releases, such as these from tonight:

15th December 2010
Twin Sister – “All Around And Away We Go” (single) (Double Six)
The Heavy – “That Kind Of Man 1.1.” (“How You Like Me Now? EP”) (Counter)
Ensemble – “Imprints” (LP – “Excerpts”) (Fat Cat)
Tu Fawning – “I Know You Now” (single) (City Slang)
Gruff Rhys – “Shark Ridden Waters” (single) (Turnstile)
Ike & Tina Turner – “Get Back” (LP – “Ike & Tina Turner Sing Great Rock & Pop Classics”) (SPV Yellow)
Lol – “Squeeze Me” (single) (Nonplus+)
Frank Turner – “I Still Believe” (“Rock & Roll” EP) (Extra Mile)
Igor Boxx – “Fear Of A Red Planet” (LP – “Breslau”) (Ninja Tune)
Dirty Projectors – “As I Went Out One Morning” (single and LP – “No Intention + Bitte Orca (Expanded Edition)” (Domino)
Caitlin Rose – “Learning To Ride” (single and LP – “Own Side Now”) (Names)
Chief – “The Minute I Saw It” (single and LP – “Modern Rituals”) (Domino)
Dan Michaelson And The Coastguards – “All The Trying” (single)
The Jolly Boys featuring Albert Minott – “Blue Monday” (LP – “Great Expectations”)
Wyatt / Atzmon / Stephen – “What A Wonderful World” (single and LP – “……….For The Ghost Within”) (Domino)

Selection Box Show 149

Hmmm, I keep saying that I am trying to catch up on playlists, but “catching up” surely requires me to provide more of these blogs than I’m recording shows. I am currently on a ratio of just about 1:1, which really won’t do if I am going to get up to date.

This week’s featured record from the show is Edwyn Collins‘ return single Losing Sleep, which was released in September and comes from the album of the same title. It would have been difficult to be overly-critical of any record at this stage by Collins – arguably best known for his work in the marvellous Orange Juice and the mid-90s hit A Girl Like You – coming as it does after a long illness. In February 2005 Collins was interviewed on BBC 6Music and complained of feeling a little unwell. Within a couple of days he was admitted to ITU at the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead, That Fancy London, with a major cerebral hemorrhage. A second hemorrhage followed soon after. The illness left him with a weakness on the right side of his brain and a devastating problem with his speech, which has resulted in a prolonged period of neurological rehabilitation. Recent radio appearances have revealed that Collins’ speech is still not yet 100%, but thankfully the ability to write great pop songs is still in evidence. Any track from Edwyn Collins after this time would have been a triumph. That the record is a triumph purely in musical terms is all the more remarkable.

Courtesy of this lovely Soundcloud player you can listen to this show again for a limited period (probably about the length of time it would take to fill an entire 2 litre bottle with spit, were you to do one flob into it every day). Sadly due to copyright and such blah the show cannot be made available as a downloadable file. Continue reading →

Eclectic Mainline 24th November 2010

My dad, Peter Household

My dad, Peter Household

For the second time in this show’s history I had the pleasure of my dad’s company tonight, as his day in Bradford during his trip from Ireland co-incided with the day of my show.  Apart from discussing the night’s music, we discussed his “6-penny worth of porridge” as featured in yesterdays copy of The Independent and also the proposed crewed one-way mission to Mars as recently discussed on my dad’s blog.

My dad’s favourite tune in tonight’s show was that by The Phoenix Foundation.

Here’s the full list of tunes:
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When Big Joan Sets Up – 18th and 11th November – Twos Up

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I could, of course claim that I have a rich and fulfilled life, which is so brimming with exciting invites to top soirees full of movers and shakers, wherein we drape ourselves langourously across luxuriosly appointed chaise longues while sharing unimaginably witty bon mots ( too much French?) about the affairs of the day while being fed grapes by impossbibly beautiful Bolivian supermodels that I simply couldn’t find the time to update this blog – but the truth is, I’m a bit lazy – so here are the last two weeks’ tracks

18th Nov:
Weekend – “All American” (10″) (Mexican Summer)
65 Days of Static – “Tiger Girl – The Wishful Thinking Edit” (EP – “Heavy Sky”) (Hassle)
Vybz Cartel – “Dancehall Hero” (Promo)
Mordant Music – “Inn Ohm The Lake” (7″ – “Study Series 003 – Welcome to Godalming”) (GhostBox)
Dads – “Sex Theft” (EP – “Hat Creek”) (Katorga Works)
Merchandise – “Loss” (LP – “Strange Songs In The Dark”) (Katorga Works)
Ray Keith – “Something Out There Blade Runner Dub Mix” (download EP “Digital Dread Volume 2”) (Dread)
Laura Marling – “Blues Run The Game” (7″) (Third Man )
Jackson C. Frank -“You Never Wanted Me” (LP – “Jackson C. Frank”) (Columbia)
Autopsy – “The Tomb Within” (EP – “The Tomb Within”) (Peaceville)
The Fall – “Latch Key Kid” (LP – “Imperial Wax Solvent”) (Sanctuary)
Mincemeat or Tenspeed – “Points and Lines” (LP – “Strange Gods”) (ZUM)
Milky Wimpshake – “Itchy Feet on a Tuesday Night” (LP – “My Funny Social Crime”) (Fortuna Pop)
Marika Papagka – “Galata Manes” (LP – “The Further The Flame The Worse It Burns Me”) (Mississippi)
Muddy Waters – “Trouble No More” (LP – “The Anthology 1947-1972”) (Chess)
Lake Radio – “Heaven’s Gate” (download EP – “Planet Earth About To Be Recycled” (Bandcamp)

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Selection Box 147

Gah, the desperate will to catch up on my life seems to not be sufficient to actually bridge the gap into the present.  Indeed we’re still dealing with shows from August, rather terrifyingly.

So, as suggested last time we’ll have some quick blah about a featured track and then on with the playlist.

This week I have plumped for a bit of folk in the shape of Men-An-Tol’s Black Waterside which comes from the album Through The Quoit.  I can’t claim to be anything even remotely approaching a Men-An-Tol afficiando, but I certainly know how to snaffle a free record or two when offered, so when lovely Albert Freeman offered up some unknown delights from the Static Caravan label – home of the likes of Tunng – you could bet your bottoms that I did my best to ensure that the aforementioned wares would find a permanent home in my living room.

And they did – taking a brief outing back to BCB for an appearance on Selection Box 147.  Sadly, I cannot find a video online to link to the track, but you can listen to a lovely snippet here or alternatively just listen to the track along with the rest of the show in question…

Courtesy of this lovely Soundcloud player you can listen to this show again for a limited period (probably about the length of time it would take to turn a knee entirely to dust if you rubbed it non-stop with a carpet tile). Sadly due to copyright and such blah the show cannot be made available as a downloadable file. Continue reading →

Miscellaneous Plays 20th October to 10th November 2010

The following is a brief list of some of the other new releases played recently on BCB.

When I say some I mean I don’t know all the new releases played on BCB, so this is just what I know about at the time of writing.

When I say other I mean that this list does not include tunes that have appeared in other playlists here on the BCB Music Blog.

20 Oct 2010
THE NATIONAL – Bloodbuzz Ohio

22 Oct 2010
BELLE AND SEBASTIAN – Write About Love
FRIGHTENED RABBIT – Don’t Go Breaking My Heart
DARREN HAYMAN & THE SECONDARY MODERN – (feat. EMMY THE GREAT) – Calling Out Your Name Again

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