It’s Country Gospel Night ! Going North from Nashville, Monday 4th November, 10-11pm

A fine selection of gospel – themed songs, country style……….

The Soggy Bottom Boys : Man of Constant Sorrow

Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan : Salvation

Gillian Welch : Rock of Ages

God’s Little Monkeys : Calgary Cross

Sixpence None the Richer : Field of Flowers

T Bone Burnett : Shut it Tight

Cerys Matthews : I Believe in You

Billy Bragg : Do Unto Others

Kevin Prosch & Bryn Haworth : Finer Things in Life

Lucinda Williams : Blessed

Derri Daugherty : All to Jesus

Emmylou Harris : So You’ll Aim Towards the Sky

 

 

When Big Joan Sets Up 31st October – Pay No More Than £2.99

This week WBJSU brought you national treasure Billy Bragg live at The Union Chapel in that London in June this year running through the whole of his first LP “Life’s A Riot With Spy Vs. Spy” in it’s 30th Anniversary year. A record which told my 12 year old brain more about socialism, love and justice in 18 minutes than a million Russell Brands wanking on on Newsnight.

Stop Press: Robbie Williams says “The War in Syria is bad and they should stop it” Twitter explodes with calls for him to be made Foreign Secretary.

Lumpy and The Dumpers – “Sex Pit” (7″) (Muckracker)
Hard Toch – “Rolling,Rolling,Rolling (Download EP – “GGM Digital 46”) (GGM Digital)
The Naturalites – “Picture On The Wall” (LP – “Picture On The Wall”) (CSA)
Thomas Grinder – “Living Dead In Poznan” (EP – “Late Train”) (Symbiosis Trax)
Whore Paint – “Trigger” (LP – “Swallow My Bones”) (Load)
Roy Rogers – “A Four Legged Friend” (LP – “30 Greatest Cowboy Songs”) (Vintage Masters Inc)
Billy Bragg – “Lovers Town Revisited – Live At The Union Chapel” (LP -“Life’s A Riot with Spy vs.Spy – 30th Anniversary Edition”) (Cooking Vinyl)
Billy Bragg – “To Have And Have Not – Live At The Union Chapel” (LP -“Life’s A Riot with Spy vs.Spy – 30th Anniversary Edition”) (Cooking Vinyl)
Billy Bragg – “The Busy Girl Buys Beauty – Live At The Union Chapel” (LP -“Life’s A Riot with Spy vs.Spy – 30th Anniversary Edition”) (Cooking Vinyl)
Billy Bragg – “The Man In The Iron Mask – Live At The Union Chapel” (LP -“Life’s A Riot with Spy vs.Spy – 30th Anniversary Edition”) (Cooking Vinyl)
Billy Bragg – “Richard – Live At The Union Chapel” (LP -“Life’s A Riot with Spy vs.Spy – 30th Anniversary Edition”) (Cooking Vinyl)
Billy Bragg – “The Milkman Of Human Kindness – Live At The Union Chapel” (LP -“Life’s A Riot with Spy vs.Spy – 30th Anniversary Edition”) (Cooking Vinyl)
Billy Bragg – “A New England – Live At The Union Chapel” (LP -“Life’s A Riot with Spy vs.Spy – 30th Anniversary Edition”) (Cooking Vinyl)
Xtrah and Break feat. DRS – “Always There” (EP – “Lost Time”) (Symmetry Recordings)
Saint Max and The Fanatics – “T-Shirt” (LP – “Saint Max Is Missing And The Fanatics Are Dead”) (Ahmelodie)
L Pierre – “Movement III” (EP – “Surface Noise”) (Melodic)
10ft Ganja Plant – “Sounding Zone” (LP – “Skycatcher”) (Reach Out International)
Swearin’ – “Dust In The Gold Sack” (download single) (Witchita)

Eclectic Mainline 30th October 2013

I’ve got a bit of a Warp thing going on at the moment, which is never a bad thing. New tunes in this week’s programme included the latest single by Kwes:

…this from the new Oneohtrix Point Never album, R Plus Seven:

…the lead track from the latest Mark Pritchard EP, Make a Livin’:

…and two tracks from Clark’s new Feast/Beast remix album, including this remix of ‘Hammersmashed’ by Drvg Cvltvre:

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

Boxed In – ‘All Your Love Is Gone’ (single) Moshi Moshi)
DM Stitch – ‘Braid of Voices (Clark remix)’ (Clark remix LP – Feast/Beast) (Warp)
The Jim Jones Review – ‘Collision Boogie’ (single) (Play It Again Sam)
Braids – ‘December’ (single and LP – Flourish/Perish) (Full Time Hobby)
Airchamber3 – ‘Inhale – Exhale’ (LP – Peripharel) (Frattonove)
Kwes – ’36’ (single) (Warp)
The Head And The Heart – ‘Summertime’ (LP – Let’s Be Still) (Kobalt)
Bass Clef – ‘Hackney – Chicago – Jupiter’ (LP – Reeling Skullways)
Pure Bathing Culture – ‘Dream the Dare’ (single and LP – Moon Tides) (Memphis Industries)
Oneohtrix Point Never – ‘Zebra’ (LP – R Plus Seven) (Warp)
Magik Markers – ‘Machines’ (b-side to Ice Skater single) (Drag City)
Mark Pritchard – ‘Make a Livin” (EP – Make a Livin’) (Warp)
Drvg Cvltvre – ‘Hammersmashed (Clark remix)’ (Clark remix LP – Feast/Beast) (Warp)

New, new, new

There was a deluge of brand new tracks on this week’s Bradford Beat, including local heroes Rodina, Vessels, John Parkes and Eagulls.

Here’s the full list of tracks and you can listen again by clicking here:

Beaty Heart – Lekka Freakout
John Parkes – What To Do (One True Love)
Heaven’s Basement – I Am Electric
To Kill A King – Rays
Suzi Quatro – Devil Drive Gate
Rodina – There You’ll Be
Steve Mason – Fire
Vessels – Elliptic
Larry and His Flask – The Battle For Clear Sight
The Seven Inches – Cash Back
In The Valley Below – Stand Up
Eagulls – Nerve Endings
Marika Hackman – Cinnamon
New Order – Blue Monday

Don’t miss our Hallowe’en special on, er, Hallowe’en…(8pm till 9pm)

When Big Joan Sets Up 23th October – So Hard To Beat

Three tracks tonight from “NYC Hell 3AM” the new LP by James Ferraro a man described by thequietus.com as an “absurd electronic soloist” and introduced by an equally absurd DJ were these..

Omar Souleyman – “Ya Yumma” (LP – “Wendu Wendu”) (Ribbon Music)
CTRLS – “Displacer” (EP – “Shifting States”) (Token)
Robert Wyatt – “Rivmic Melodies” (LP – “68”) (Cuneiform)
James Ferraro – “QR_JR” (LP – “NYC Hell 3AM”) (Hippos In Tanks)
Bailterspace – “Together” (LP – “Trinine”) (Fire)
Marcus Intalex – “Gripped” (12″) (Exit)
Tommy McCook – “Rock Away” (LP – Reggae In Jazz”) (Pressure Sounds)
Wolf Alice – “Nosedive” (EP – “Blush”) (Chess Club)
James Ferraro – “City Smells” (LP – “NYC Hell 3AM”) (Hippos In Tanks)
Autechre – “M39 Diffain” (EP – “L-Event”) (Warp)
Theesatisfaction – “Seattle’s Restraining Order Against The Sun” (EP – “..And That’s Your Time”) (Bandcamp)
YT – “In The Streets” (V/A LP – “Legalize Riddim”) (Friendly Fire)
Solid Attitude – “Dash-Ex” (7″) (Sweet Rot)
James Ferraro – “Vanity” (LP – “NYC Hell 3AM”) (Hippos In Tanks)
The Undertones – “Teenage Kicks” (7″) (Sire)

Eclectic Mainline 23rd October 2013

The increasing trend for artists to releases “deluxe”, or “expanded”, versions of albums just a few months after the initial album’s release is an act of cynicism I cannot abide.  If you have extra music to release, why not just release it as another, separate LP?  The Beatles released two (or three in America) LPs a year.  There really is no need to force your fans to buy your album twice within a year to get the extra music. Phosphorescent and David Bowie, I’m thinking of you.  To their credit, Warp have made both options available with the new Grizzly Bear release.  You can buy the new 2 CD version of Shields, or get the extra tracks as a standalone LP or download.  Here’s one of the newly available songs:

Also in this week’s Eclectic Mainline, this by Black Hearted Brother, a collaboration between Neil Halstead, Nick Holton and Mark Van Hoen:

…this by Baishe Kings:

…and this by Jackson Scott:

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

Bill Orcutt – ‘Black Betty’ (LP – A History of Every One) (Editions Mego)
Crocodiles – ‘Teardrop Guitar’ (single and LP – Crimes of Passion) (Zoo)
Tony Allen, M1 + Baloji – ‘Afrodisco Beat 2013’ (Various Artists LP – Red Hot + Fela) (Knitting Factory)
Grizzly Bear – ‘Will Calls’ (LP – Shields (Expanded) and Shields: B-Sides) (Warp)
Sweet Baboo – ‘Motorhome Songs’ (single) (Moshi Moshi)
Black Hearted Brother – ‘This Is How It Feels’ (single and LP – Stars Are Our Home) (Sonic Cathedal)
Daughn Gibson – ‘Mad Ocean’ (single and LP – Me Moan) (Sub Pop)
Mazes – ‘Hayfever Wristband’ (single) (FatCat)
Baishe Kings – ‘Like’ (Eyes Of Mark mixtape) (Big Dada)
Jackson Scott – ‘Sandy’ (single Fat Possum)
Boogarins – ‘Erre’ (LP – As Plantas Que Curam) (Other)
Of Montreal – ‘Obsidian Currents’ (LP – Lousy With Silvyianbriar)
Bleached – ‘Dreaming Without You’ (single) (Dead Oceans)
Euros Childs – ‘Holiday From Myself’ (LP – Situation Comedy) (National Elf)
Orchestra Of Spheres – ‘Journey’ (single and LP – Vibration Animal Sex Brain Music) (Fire)

Songs of Farewell on Going North from Nashville – Monday 21st October, 10-11pm

 1. Eliza Carthy Band : Adieu, Adieu 

2.  Leonard Cohen: Hey,That’s No Way to Say Goodbye  

3.  Tom Paxton: Outward Bound

4.  The National : This is the Last Time

5.  She & Him: I’m Gonna Get Along Without You Now 

6. Dawn Mc Carthy & Bonnie Prince Billy: It’s All Over 

7.  Fossil Collective: How was I to Know 

8.  Michelle Shocked: Goodnight Irene  

9. Bob Dylan: Farewell

10. Billy Bragg : Goodbye, Goodbye 

11. Boo Hewerdne: I Almost Said Goodbye

12. Caitlin Rose: When I’m Gone 

 13. Ryan Adams : Goodnight Hollywood Boulevard

14. Anna Elias & the Forlorn Hope: Lullaby

15. Sarabeth Tucek: Good Night

When Big Joan Sets Up 17th October – Tet Offensive

Three from “Beautiful Rewind” the excellent new LP from Four Tet on this week’s programme plus these beauties…

Perc and Einstürzende Neubauten – “Leibesdub” (EP – “Interpretations”) (Submit)
Mexican Knives – “Killer Snake” (EP – “Other Trams”) (Self Released)
Noel Phillips – “Money Man Skank” (V/A 4CD Set – “Rootsman Vibration at King Jammy’s”) (Greensleeves)
Four Tet – “Gong” (LP -“Beautiful Rewind”) (Text)
Gong – “Ego” (LP – “Magick Brother”) (BYG)
The Razorblades – “Let’s Go Down To Brighton” (V/A LP – “Best of the North Sea Surf Festival Since 2010”) (Bandcamp)
DJ Rashad feat. DJ Phil – “Everyday Of My Life” (LP – “Double Cup”) (Hyperdub)
The Fall – “Enigrammatic Dream” (LP – “Live in San Fransisco”) (Ozit/Dandelion)
Four Tet – “Ba Teaches Yoga” (LP -“Beautiful Rewind”) (Text)
Lord Sassafrass – “Talking Yardie” (7″) (Maffi)
Lost In The Riots – “Reset,Engage!” (LP – “Stranger In The Alps”) (Lonely Voyage)
The Young Tradition – “The Bold Fisherman” (LP – “Oberlin 1968”) (Proper)
John Zorn and Thurston Moore – “Jazz Laundromat” (LP – “@”) (Tzadik)
Lee Ranaldo and The Dust – “Key Hole” (LP – “Last Night On Earth”) (Matador)
Four Tet – “Buchla” (LP -“Beautiful Rewind”) (Text)

Eclectic Mainline 16th October 2013

New music in this week’s programme included this from Cate Le Bon’s new Mug Museum LP:

…the latest single from Steve Mason’s Monkey Minds in The Devil’s Time LP:

…and this from Bill Orcutt’s A History of Every One LP:

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

Satelliti – ‘Voltage’ (LP – Transister) (Cuckundoo)
Las Kellies – ‘Boy, Sweet Boy’ (single and LP – Total Exposure) (Fire)
Jeffrey Lewis – ‘What Would Pussy Riot Do’ (single) (Rough Trade)
Machinedrum – ‘Stirrin’ (b-side to Gunshotta single) (Ninja Tune)
Cate Le Bon – ‘Are You With Me Now?’ (single and LP – Mug Museum) (Turnstile)
Dean Wareham – ‘Love Is Colder Than Death’ (single and LP – Emancipated Hearts) (Sonic Cathedral)
Steve Mason – ‘Fire!’ (single and LP – Monkey Minds in The Devil’s Time) (Double Six)
Mika Vainio & Joachim Nordwall – ‘Live at the Chrome Cathedral’ (LP – Monstrance) (Touch)
Julia Holter – ‘This Is A True Heart’ (single and LP – Loud City Song) (Domino)
Jamie Lenman – ‘Fizzy Blood’ (single) (Xtra Mile)
Bill Callahan – ‘The Sing’ (LP – Dream River) (Drag City)
Bill Orcutt – ‘Ballad of Davy Crockett’ (LP – A History of Every One) (Editions Mego)
Shearwater ‘Natural One (feat. Wye Oak)’ (single and LP – Fellow Travelers) (Sub Pop)
Dutch Uncles – ‘Nometo’ (single and LP – Out Of Touch In The Wild) (Memphis Industries)

(Who is) The Second Coolest Person In Town (After You)?

The Seven Inches think they have the answer.
They and other West Yorkshire acts including Sentimentalists, Eagulls, Rodina and John Parkes feature in the latest edition of Bradford Beat.
Here’s the full list of tracks:

Chris T-T – The Bear
Rodina – What Is It About Today?
Bill Haley and the Comets – Rock Around The Clock
The Seven Inches – (I Wanna Be) The Second Coolest Person In Town (After You)
Drenge – Nothing
John Parkes – A Strange Affair
Proclaimers – Make My Heart Fly
Sentimentalists – I’m Beat
Eagulls – Nerve Endings
Bastille – Pompeii
Negative Panda – She Is Right
Us3 – Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)
Nick Toczek – Head Came Off
New Order – Age of Consent

You can listen again by clicking here.