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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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Eclectic Mainline 9th December 2009

I’m still getting over how good Monday’s Battles / Flying Lotus / Nice Nice gig was.  So I played tunes by all of them in last night’s show.  Also featured was Graham Coxon, whose latest album we are giving away this week on BCB.   This is the full list from last night:

Depeche Mode – Come Back (SixToes remix)
I, Ludicrous – We’re The Support Band
Nice Nice – Ark Drum
Cortney Tidwell – Oslo (Hands Off Cuba remix)
Das Wanderlust – Someone to pull crackers with
Metronomy – You Could Easily Have Me
Husky Rescue – First Call (Metsä Kutsuu)
Spiritualized – Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space (new version)
Flying Lotus – GNG BNG Warp20 (Chosen)
Graham Coxon – Perfect Love
Yeasayer – Ambling Alp
Fionn Regan – Protection Racket
Battles – Race:Out – Warp20 (Chosen)
Atlas Sound – Quick Canal

Selection Box Shows 114, 115 & 116

Sometimes I feel like throwing my pants up in the air.  I know I can count on you.

And in turn you can count on me to forget several things in the space of a week.  One such thing is to remember to put my ruddy playlist up, hence the three week catch-up.  Another thing was the name of Florence & The Machine, whose moniker completely escaped me whilst on air and never returned for several days.  She gone done a cover version of You Got The Love which I opened with last week which is now out as a single.  However, I’d recommend you avoid it on account of the fact that it’s horrid.  The whole world seems to love Florence’s warblings bar me, though this is the first track I’ve heard that I’ve actively disliked.  The rest fills me with the dreaded apathy.  Oddly enough, it’s strangely forgettable.

But this appears to be an unwarranted sleight at someone whose name I’ve been rude enough to slip my mind, so let’s bugger that train of thought off and get on with the playlists…

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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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Eclectic Mainline 2nd December 2009


Climate Chains - The Wheels To The Wave

Climate Chains - The Wheels To The Wave

This week finally saw Bradford’s Climate Chains cyclists head off from Bradford (a second branch also set off from Manchester) down to London for The Wave on Saturday. I’ve been involved in the planning since we had the idea about 6 months ago. It’s been a lot of hard work, and late nights in front of a computer for me. And although I’m not cycling all the way with them, I did go with them half way to Sheffield and back on Monday. That’s the furthest I’ve ever cycled in a day, and crikey, my knees didn’t like it. I shall be heading down the London for The Wave on the train on Saturday. Fingers crossed there are enough of us to effect a change, to halt the change. You can monitor progress of the cyclists on their blog, and on Twitter:

climatechains.blogspot.com
twitter.com/climatechains

Here’s what I played last night, finishing on a tune for the Climate Chains cyclists:

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Eclectic Mainline 18th November 2009

I must say, that Jon Hopkins collaboration with Tunng and some ping pong balls is pretty fine.  I think this was one of my favourite shows for quite a while.  This is what I played:

James Yorkston & The Big Eyes Family Players – Mary Connaught & James O’Donnell
Polly Scattergood – Unforgiving Arms
The Explorer’s Collective – Bangers and Mash
Frightened Rabbit – Swim Until You Can’t See Land
Darren Hayman & The Secondary Modern – Out Of My League
Jon Hopkins (with Tunng) – Seven Gulps Of Air
Hope Sandoval & The Warm Interventions – Wild Roses
Good Shoes – Under Control
Emily Loizeau – Sister
Andrew Bird – Effigy
Betty & The Werewolves – David Cassidy (from Rough Trade Shops Indiepop 09 compilation)
David Cronenberg’s Wife – Desperate Little Man
Sparrow And The Workshop – Swam Like Sharks
Brakes – Worry about it Later
Laura Gibson – Sweet Deception

And don’t forget, this week you can win the new album by Andrew Bird here on BCB.

Eclectic Mainline 11th November 2009

It’s not every day that I get to announce a piece of music called Coral Larvae – Arabesque for Flatworms but today I had that pleasure.   Forgive my brevity, but this is the full list of last night’s show:

Trashcan Sinatras – People
We Fell To Eearth – Deaf
Alela Diane – Tatted Lace
Soulsavers – Unbalanced Pieces
Animal Collective – Brother Sport
Brakes – Worry about it later
Internet Forever – Cover The Walls
Life On Earth BBC TV series – Coral Larvae – Arabesque for Flatworms
Japandroids – Young Hearts Spark Fire
Charlotte Gainsbourg – IRM
Grizzly Bear – Fix It
Archie Bronson Outfit – Rituals
The Antlers – Two
Fool’s Gold – Surprise Hotel