Eclectic Mainline 5th March 2014

Hype about this year’s Record Store Day (sorry, Record Shop Day as Phil Cope keeps reminding me) is building.  The only thing I’ve actually heard so far that’s coming out on 19th April is a new tune by Spiritualized from a compilation LP of music incorporating sounds from Voyager space probes:

Also in this week’s Eclectic Mainline was this by Nothing:

And this by Todd Terje:

You will find the full programme on the BCB Listen Again service. Here is the track list:

Nothing – Endlessly (LP – Guilty of Everything) (Relapse) Soundcloud
Kangding Ray – Evento (LP – Solens Arc) (Raster Noton)
Poemss – Ancient Pony (LP – Poemss) Soundcloud
Mestre Cupijó e Seu Ritmo – Perereca (LP – Siriá) (Analog Africa)
Ringo Deathstarr – God’s Dream (LP – God’s Dream)
L-Vis 1990 – Flash Drive (Dance System EP) (Clone Jack For Daze) Soundcloud
We Are Catchers – Tap Tap Tap (single) (Domino)
Samantha Crain – Never Going Back (single and LP – Kid Face) (Full Time Hobby)
Quilt – Mary Mountain (LP – Held In Splendour)
Guerilla Toss – Club Kids (LP – Gay Disco)
Family Fodder – Savoir Faire (LP – Monkey Banana Kitchen) (Staubgold) Soundcloud
TVS meets AudioArt – Pax (featuring Speng Bond) (LP – AudioArt Presents Op’Ra Dub Style) (One Drop)
Todd Terje – Delorean Dynamite (Olsen) Soundcloud
Spiritualized Mississippi Space Program – Always Forgetting With You (The Bridge Song) (LP – Space Project) (Lefse) Soundcloud

You will find the full programme on the BCB Listen Again service. Here is the track list:

They’re the Eagulls not the Eagles…

2014 is already shaping up to be a decent year for new bands.
We’re loving the likes of Eagulls and Beaty Heart here at Bradford Beat – they both featured on our latest show, as did a couple of  blasts of nostalgia from the Cajun Aces and Terrorvision.
Here’s a full list of what we played:

Chvrches – Recover
Eagulls – Possessed
Junk Dealers – Bad Vibrations
Chris T-T and the Hoodrats – Bury Me With A Scarab
Superfood – TV
Sentimentalists – Apricots
Warpaint – Love Is to Die
Terrorvision – Perseverance
Cate Le Bon – I Can’t Help You
Embrace – Refugees
Franz Ferdinand – Bullet
Cajun Aces – Chere Joues Roses
Whiter Than – Trying Hard To Be Myself
Beaty Heart – Kanoute’s Coming Round

And you can listen again by clicking here

When Big Joan Sets Up 28th February – Skank Williamz

Y’know like Hank Williams but he does reggae and he’s called Mr Williamz so, “skank” you know, like reggae …oh please yourselves.

When Big Joan Sets Up 28th February – Mr Williamz by Phil Cope on Mixcloud

Burnside Eleven – “Obsession Song” (LP – “Cheap Diamonds”) (Retard)
Dowster and Vagabond – “Come On” (Download single) (Candy Crush)
Cab Calloway and his Orchestra – “Come On With The Come On” (LP – “The Hi-De-Ho Man”) (Revola)
Mr Williamz – “Babylon In Helicopter” (LP – “Set The Standard”) (Necessary Mayhem)
Ctrls – “Sweep” (EP – “Movements”) (Token)
Trick Mammoth – “Vesper II” (LP – “Floristry”) (Fishrider/Occultation)
Two Friends Crew – “Roughneck Dub” (V/A Box Set – “Evolution Of Dub Vol.8 -The Search For New Life”) (VP)
Myocardial Infarction – “Moldy Corrupt Genocider” (LP – “Revitalisation Of The Perniciousness”) (Bloodcurdling Enterprises)
Mr Williamz – “London” (LP – “Set The Standard”) (Necessary Mayhem)
Can Can Heads – “Breakdiscodance” (LP – “Butter Life”) (Karkia Mistika)
Sun Araw – “Solo Wallet Shuffle” (LP – “Belomancie”) (Drag City)
The Haden Triplets – “When I Stop Dreaming” (LP – “The Haden Triplets”) (Third Man)
Nasty Habits – “Shadow Boxing (Om Unit Remix)” (12″) (31 Recordings)
Mr Williamz – “Shout It Out” (LP – “Set The Standard”) (Necessary Mayhem)
Wayfarer – “Azuma” (EP – “Afterlight”) (Uprise Audio)

Eclectic Mainline 26th February 2014

Illum Sphere - Ghosts Of Then And Now LP

Illum Sphere – Ghosts Of Then And Now LP

This week’s episode of Eclectic Mainline included three tracks from the Illum Sphere LP, Ghosts Of Then And Now, out now on Ninja Tune.

This coming Saturday, 1st March, Ekoplekz play a Golden Cabinet gig in Shipley and there is a new Ekoplekz LP coming out on Planet Mu.

Other music in this week’s programme included this from the Gay Disco LP by Guerilla Toss:

Young Fathers, from their Dead LP:

And this from Hauschka’s new LP, Abandoned City:

You will find the full programme on the BCB Listen Again service. Here is the track list:

Guerilla Toss – Trash Bed (LP – Gay Disco) Soundcloud
Illum Sphere – All Night (featuring Mai Nestor) (LP – Ghosts Of Then And Now) (Ninja Tune)
Fear of Men – Waterfall (single) (Kanine) Soundcloud
Mestre Cupijó e Seu Ritmo – Mingau De Açai (LP – Siriá) (Analog Africa)
Guided By Voices – Planet Score (LP – Motivational Jumpsuit)
Dawn Landes – Try To Make A Fire Burn Again (LP – Western Vinyl) Soundcloud
Girl Band – Heckle The Frames (single b-side – Lawman) Bandcamp
Young Fathers – Am I Not Your Boy (LP – Dead) (Big Dada  / Anticon) Soundcloud
Ekoplekz – Temporal Drift (Fountain Square EP) (Mordant)
Blank Realm – Reach You On The Phone (single and LP – Grassed Inn) (Fire) Vimeo
Illum Sphere – Ghosts Of Then And Now (LP – Ghosts Of Then And Now) (Ninja Tune) Soundcloud
The Fauns – Seven Hours (single) (Invada) Vimeo
Chaino & His African Percussion Safari – Torture Of The Mau Mau (LP – Jungle Echoes)
Ringo Deathstarr – Bong Load (LP – God’s Dream) YouTube
Illum Sphere – Near The End (LP – Ghosts Of Then And Now) (Ninja Tune)
Hauschka – Elizabeth Bay (LP – Abandoned City) (City Slang) YouTube

Shipley Record Club on Buffet (#59)

This month on Buffet we were joined by Lyndon Marquis (AKA Boris) to chat about the Record Club. They meet in the Kirkgate Centre, Shipley on the last Saturday of every month to play full length LPs, giving us at Buffet an excuse to dig out some old vinyl.  Listen to the show and check out  what we played:

1. 50 Foot Wave – Long Painting
2. John Grant – Ernest Borgnine
3. Galitza – Stargazers Know This Stuff
4. Neko Case – Local Girl
5. Burning CodesShe’s The Only One For Me
6. Marnie Stern – Nothing Is Easy
7. Lungfish – Descender
8. Chelsea Wolfe – Winter
9. Count Basie – I Wanna Be Your Man
10.  tUnE-yArDs – Gangsta
11. Nisennenmondai – Soundtrack 4 For Nobetsumakunashi
12. Afghan Whigs – What Jail Is Like
13. Buffalo Tom – Witches

We’re back on March 7th with an International Women’s Day special – see you then!

Team Buffet
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Songs about………songs…..& Gigs! Going North from Nashville, Monday 24th February, 10-11pm.

This week focus on the life of the singer-songwriter/performer, as expressed in song……….

1.The Band: Stage Fright
2.Tiny Ruins: Little Notes
3.Pauline Alexander: Seven Notes
4.Patterson Hood: Leaving Time
5.Pernice Bros: We Love the Stage
6.Neil Halstead: The No Mercy for the Muse
7.Bob Dylan: Sarah
8.Josh Ritter: Bone of Song
9.Mariane Faithful: Tower of Song
10.Neil Young: For the Turnstiles
11.Cat Power: Song for Bobby
12.Caitlin Rose: Silver Sings
13.Joni Mitchell: Free Man in Paris
14.Charlotte Gainsbourg: The Songs that We Sing
15.Frank Turner: Don’t Try this at Home

When Big Joan Sets Up 21st February – Bring Me Sunn0)))shine

A drone rock/black metal showdown tonight as we aired exactly one third of the superlative new collaboration between Sunn 0))) and Ulver “Terrestrials” and started the programme with a bunch of 11 year olds gleefully mauling the favourite song of call centre managers who wear rugby union tops on casual Friday and keep a spare squash racket in the boot.

That rock ‘n’roll, eh? That rock’n’roll, it just won’t go away.

When Big Joan Sets Up 21st February – Sunn 0))) and Ulver by Phil Cope on Mixcloud

The Cuteyhearts – “We Will Rock You” (LP – “We Save The World”) (Bandcamp)
Nuerokontrol and Hielo – “Morning Wings” (V/A EP – “Graffiti Sonore Vol.6”) (AstroFonix)
Guided By Voices – “Difficult Outburst and Breakthrough” (LP – “Motivational Jumpsuit”) (Fire)
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra – “Take Away These Early Grave Blues” (LP – “Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light On Everything”) (Constellation)
Carlton and The Shoes – “Me and You” (V/A LP – “Studio One Rocksteady”) (Soul Jazz)
L-Vis 1990 feat Jammin’ Gerald – “Move It” (EP – “L-Vis 1990 presents Dance System”) (Jack For Daze)
Can Can Heads – “The Annoying and The Greedy” (LP – “Butter Life”) (Karkia Mistika)
Can Can Heads – “Spastomatiko” (LP – “Butter Life”) (Karkia Mistika)
Sunn 0))) and Ulver – “Eternal Return” (LP – “Terrestrials”) (Southern Lord)
Week of Wonders – “Piggybacks” (V/A LP – “Isaac Loves You,Especially You”) (BDLGs)
Cashmere Cat – “Wedding Bells” (EP – “Wedding Bells”) (LuckyMe)
Gene Vincent and The Bluecaps – “Wedding Bells” (LP -“Bluejean Bop!”) (Capitol)
Frank Fairfield – “Devil’s Dream Medley” (7″) (Third Man)
Sub Foundation – “Rational Anthem” (7″) (Eko Deck)

Eclectic Mainline 19th February 2014

Tunes that I played in this week’s programme included this by Jamie Isaac:

…this by Keel Her:

…and this from Young Fathers:

You will find the full programme on the BCB Listen Again service. Here is the track list:

Eagulls – Possessed (single and LP – Eagulls) (Partisan) SoundCloud
Beck – Wave (LP – Morning Phase) (Capitol)
Keel Her – Riot Grrrl (LP – Keel Her) (Critical Heights) SoundCloud
Kevin Drew – Good Sex (single) (City Slang) SoundCloud
Lee Bannon – Cold/Melt (LP – Alternate / Endings) (Ninja Tune) YouTube
Jamie Isaac – She Dried (single) (House Anxiety / Marathon Artists)SoundCloud
The War On Drugs – Red Eyes (single) (Secretly Canadian) YouTube
Young Fathers – No Way (LP – Dead) (Big Dada) SoundCloud
Dum Dum Girls – Rimbaud Eyes (single and LP – Too True) (Sub Pop) https://soundcloud.com/subpop/dum-dum-girls-rimbaud-eyes
Wild Beasts – Wanderlust (single and LP – Present Tense) (Domino) YouTube
Au Revoir Simone – More Than (single and LP – Move In Spectrums) (Moshi Moshi) SoundCloud
Illum Sphere – Liquesce (LP – Ghosts of Then and Now) (Ninja Tune)
Radkey – Feed My Brain (single) (Little Man) SoundCloud
Liars – Mess on a Mission (single and LP – Mess) (Mute) YouTube
Hospitality – Last Words (single and LP – Trouble) (Fire)
FaltyDL – ‘Danger’ (single) (Ninja Tune)

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Three this week from shouty Seattle supergroup Childbirth and their debut cassette “It’s A Girl” and we belatedly come to the unavoidable but disturbing conclusion that Chas and Dave have made a good record. “As for me, all that I know is that I know nothing” in the words of Mickey Mouse’s dog.

When Big Joan Sets Up 14th February – Childbirth by Phil Cope on Mixcloud

Aldubb meets Uly E Neuens – “Ode An Die Freude” (V/A LP – “Audioart Presents Op’Ra Dub Style”) (One Drop)
Nausea – “Falsely Accused” – (LP – “Condemned To The System”) (Willowtip)
Duane Eddy and Dan Dugmore – “Mansion On The Hill” (V/A LP “The Big E – A Salute To Steel Guitarist Buddy Emmons”) (Music Producers Inst.)
Mille and Andrea – “Stage 2″ (12”) (Daphne)
The Men – “Different Days” (Download Single) (Sacred Bones)
The Clique – “Superman” (7″) (White Whale)
Bonnie Prince Billy – “There Are Worse Things I Could Do” (Download Single) (Drag City)
Death Comet Crew – “Drag Racing” (LP – “Ghost Among The Crew”) (Diagonal)
Childbirth – “I Only Fucked You As A Joke” (LP – “It’s A Girl”) (Help Yourself)
Childbirth – “How Do Girls Even Do It?” (LP – “It’s A Girl”) (Help Yourself)
Childbirth – “Will You Be My Mom?” (LP – “It’s A Girl”) (Help Yourself)
Teksteppa – “China White” (12″) (Cymbalism)
Tinariwen – “Tamadrit In Sahara” (LP – “Emmaar”) (Wedge)
John Lee Hooker – “Union Station Blues” (LP – “House Of Blues”) (Pye International)
Chas and Dave – “San Fransisco Bay Blues” (LP – “That’s What Happens”) (Warners)
Asher Senator – “Mayhem” (V/A LP – “March of The Gremlins”) (Jahtari)
Can Can Heads – Alive With Fiery Breath (LP – “Butter Life”) (Karkia Mistika)
Bas Mooy – “Son Of Sins” (EP – “Rage,Remedy and The Lash”) (Mord)

More noise

There’s no live Bradford Beat next week (20 Feb) as BCB is covering the Bradford Bulls game.
But there will be a show available on our Listen Again service.
Meanwhile, last night was another chance to hear our special show dedicated to Bradford’s Noise of the Valleys volume 2 1988-1998.
Here was what we played:

Embrace – All You Good Good People
Old Joe Zydeco – Zydeco Gris Gris
Rootsman – Old Pan Killer
Hardware – What Race Are You?
Primate – Break My Fall
Summum Bonum – Exploding Raindrops
Psycho Surgeons – Panic On
Natural Rhythm – Bluebeat and Ska
The Headmen – Reach The Sky
Chest – Angels
Scarlet Heights – Scarcity Prayer
Sansaar – Bind Us Together

And you can listen again by clicking here.