Palindromic post rockers To Rococco Rot were the star turn in this week’s programme interwoven into a dense tapestry of musical delights that went like this..(Sorry I’ve been listening to a lot of BBC local radio lately)

When Big Joan Sets Up 22nd August – To Rococo Rot by Phil Cope on Mixcloud

Mark Pritchard – “You Don’t Know Me” (12″) (White Label)
Godstomper – “Free of the Fire” (V/A Download LP – “Don’t Say Riotous Outburst Records Never Gave You Anything Part 7” (Riotous Outburst)
J Mascis – “Stumble” (LP – “Tied To A Star”) (Sub Pop)
To Rococo Rot – “Spreading The Strings Out” (LP – “Instrument”) (City Slang)
James Yorkston – “Guy Fawkes’ Signature” (LP – “The Cellardyke Recording and Wassailing Society”) (Domino)
Billie Holiday – “For All We Know” (LP – “Lady In Satin”) (Columbia)
Voltage – “Breakin’ Down” (EP – “Low Rollers”) (Natty Dub)
Shabazz Palaces – “New Black Wave” (LP – “Lese Majesty”) (Sub Pop)
To Rococo Rot – “Pro-Model” (LP – “Instrument”) (City Slang)
Kalbata and Mixmonster feat. Major Mackerel – “Congo Beat The Drum” (12″) (Freestyle)
The Popguns – “Waiting For The Winter” (7″) (Midnight Music)
The Popguns – “Still Waiting For The Winter” (v/a Download LP – “Indietracks 2014”) (Bandcamp)
DJ Earl – “Vox” (EP – “Afrika Tek”) (All Roads Music)
To Rococo Rot feat Arto Lindsay – “The Longest Escalator In The World” (LP – “Instrument”) (City Slang)

Unbelievably, having played hundreds of reggae and dub records over the past 8 years, we’ve never had a reggae mix.That scandalous omission was put right this week by Sound Control’s 30 minute dub mix – side 1 of a mix tape on Lion Charge records.

When Big Joan Sets Up 15th August – Sound Control by Phil Cope on Mixcloud

Frau – “Punk Is My Boyfriend” (7″) (Static Shock)
Bohdi vs George The Poet – “My City” (12″) (Push and Run)
Willie Watson – “Keep It Clean” (LP – “Folk Singer Vol 1.”) (Acony)
Them – “Here Comes The Night” (7″) (Decca)
Black Fruit – “Moonwalk” (LP – “She”) (Bandcamp)
Lurka – “KMT” (EP – “Holding”) (Black Acre)
The Lurkers – “Mass Media Believer” (7″) (Beggars Banquet)
Sound Control – “Sound Control in Dub – Side 1” (Mixtape) (Lion Charge)
Bent Shapes – “86’d in ’03” (Download) (People In A Position To Know)
Malajusted – “Six Shots” (EP – “Death Is The Only Relief”) (Self Released)
Circle Traps – “You Are” (EP – “Machine City”) (Lex)

Three tonight from Chicago’s The Yolks living up to their LP title “Kings Of Awesome plus a storming new single from the band The Stone Roses could have been.Tonight,we’re gonna party like it’s 1989.

When Big Joan Sets Up 25th July – The Yolks by Phil Cope on Mixcloud

Inspiral Carpets – “Spitfire” (Download) (Cherry Red)
Old 97’s – “Let’s Get Drunk and Get It On” (LP – “Most Messed Up”) (ATO)
Cassius Select – “Bruv (Tuff Sherm Remix)” (12″) (Plastic World)
The Yolks – “There She Goes” (LP – “Kings Of Awesome”) (Randy Records)
Disinterested Handjob – “Your Suicide Has Given Us Renewed Hope” (LP -“Cunts Is Fucked”) (Interest Free)
Shit and Shine – “Dixie Peach” (EP – “Shit and Shine”) (Diagonal)
Vatican Shadow – “Living On and Off at The Shadows Motel” (Cassette – “Death Is Unity With God”) (Hospital)
The Shadows – “F.B.I” (7″) (Colombia)
Cru-L-T “Yeah” (EP – “No New Ideas”) (Kniteforce)
The Yolks – “True Love” (LP – “Kings Of Awesome”) (Randy Records)
Mungo’s Hi-Fi feat Soom T – “31st Century Song” (LP – “Serious Time”) (Scotch Bonnet)
Fred Towles – “Too Much Monkey Business” (V/A LP “Eccentric Soul:The Way Out Label”) (The Numero Group)
Cowards – “Wolf,Wolf,Wolf” (LP – “World Champions In Male Chastity”) (Bandcamp)
The Yolks – “Stewed Tomatoes” (LP – “Kings Of Awesome”) (Randy Records)
BeauDamian – “Sayonara” (V/A LP “Saturate Vol.4”) (Saturate)