When Big Joan Sets Up 11th July – Fingerpicking Good

Now that the victorious Englishman Andy Murphy has packed away his tennis bat, our thoughts turn naturally to astoundingly talented guitarists from Portland, Oregon.  Six tracks from Marisa Anderson’s LP Mercury graced the programme this week alongside some scary posh kids.

Carl Orf and The Chorus of The Children’s Opera – “Oliver Cromwell” (LP – “Music For Children”) (Trunk)
Bloc Party – “Ratchet” (EP – “The Nextwave Sessions”) (Frenchkiss)
Inspirational Sound – “Warning Dub” (EP – “Warning/Sing Jah Praise”) (inspirationalsound.bandcamp.com)
Fuck Buttons – “Princes Prize” (LP – “Slow Focus”) (ATP Recordings)
Marisa Anderson – “Down Off The Mountain” (LP – “Mercury”) (Mississippi)
Marisa Anderson – “Old Names” (LP – “Mercury”) (Mississippi)
Satanicpornocultshop – “Rock” (EP – “Clover”) (satanicpornocultshop.bandcamp.com)
Cars Can Be Blue – “Lie” (download “Indietracks Compilation 2013”) (indietracks.bandcamp.com)
The Wolfhounds – “Cut The Cake” (5CD Box Set – “Scared To Get Happy – A Story Of Indie-Pop 1980-1989”) (Cherry Red)
Cornell Campbell – “Weed Out Vampire” (LP – “New Scroll”) (Zion High)
Marisa Anderson – “Mesquite Shake” (LP – “Mercury”) (Mississippi)
Marisa Anderson – “Happy Camp” (LP – “Mercury”) (Mississippi)
Rawtekk – “Photone Recruits” (LP – “Sprouted and Formed”) (Med School)
Fluorescent Tiger – “Nothing But Blue Skies From Here On Out, Nothing But Blue Skies” – (EP – “Under The Wildflowers – A Lamppost Records Sampler) (Lamppost)
Stimming – “Third of June” (LP – “Stimming”) (Diynamic)
Charlie Kunz and his Casani Club Orchestra – “On the Night of Third of June” (LP – Charlie Kunz 1934-1937) (Music and Memories)
Marisa Anderson – “Colfax” (LP – “Mercury”) (Mississippi)
Marisa Anderson – “Red Sky” (LP – “Mercury”) (Mississippi)
Eccentronic Research Council – “When You Are Woozy, Mind Your Language, Cutie) (EP – ” Bun Fight in the Open University Staff Room”) (eccentronicresearchcouncil.bandcamp.com)

Eclectic Mainline 10th July 2013

New music in tonight’s show included Julia Holter:

…Raffertie:

…No Age:

…and Mount Kimbie:

You’ll find the full show available on demand on today’s page of the BCB Listen Again service.  Here is the full track list:

Raffertie – ‘One Track Mind’ (LP – Sleep Of Reason) (Ninja Tune)
Dead Can Dance – ‘Children Of The Sun’ (single) (PIAS)
!!! – ‘Californiayeah’ (single) (Warp)
Marsen Jules Trio – ‘Les Trains Stortent De La Gare’ (LP – Présence Acousmatique) (OCTAF)
No Age – ‘C’mon, Stimmung’ (single) (Sub Pop)
Alela Diane – ‘Lost Land’ (LP – About Farewell) (Believe)
Pond – ‘Xanman’ (single) (Modular)
Nothankyou – ‘Know Yourself’ (single) (Moshi Moshi)
Big Deal – ‘Pristine’ (LP – June Gloom) (Mute)
Mount Kimbie – ‘Lie Near’ (LP – Cold Spring Fault Less Youth) (Warp)
Queens Of The Stone Age – ‘Fairweather Friends’ (LP – …Like Clockwork) (Matador)
Julia Holter – ‘In The Green Wild’ (single) (Domino)
Big Star – ‘I Am The Cosmos’ (LP – Columbia… Live At Missouri University) (SPV)

Hot, hot, hot

Some summertime tunes were on this week’s playlist to celebrate the current spell of warm weather.

Here’s the full list – you can listen again by clicking here

Animal Collective – Summertime Clothes
Das Tor – Addiction
Raglans – Digging Holes
The Seven Inches – The Little Things
Status Quo – Down Down
Blues Beaten Redshaw – Prisoner’s Home
Ruen Brothers – Walk Like A Man
Negative Panda – She is Right
Len – Steal My Sunshine
Venusian Plow – Park For Cars
City and Colour – Harder Than Stone
Steve Mason – A Lot Of Love

Buffet vs The Robots (#50)

Hello hello!

Last month we had a robot themed show, which you can listen to here. This was inspired by Jenny’s work with Playful Leeds around the theme of #secretrobots – there may be more robotic fun to be had over the coming months, so check them out on Twitter!

Anyroad, it meant lots of fun digging out themed music, and we reckon we played quite a good mix – this is it:

1. BRIAN LE BARTON – Threshold (8 Bit)
2. BEASTIE BOYS – Intergalactic
3. MARNIE STERN – Year of the Glad
4. IMANI HEKIMA – The Robots’ Rebellion
5. GRANDADDY – Jed the Humanoid
6. THE JULIE RUIN – Oh Come On
7. BEING 747 – Do the Maths
8. JOHNNY TERRIS – Bionic Fembot Mix
9. A.C.TEMPLE – Miss Sky
10. JANELLE MONAE – Cybertronic
11. NADINE SHAH – Dreary Town
12. THE FUTUREHEADS – Robot
13. SQURL – Pink Dust
14. ELO –  ‘Yours Truly, 2095’
15. KRAFTWERK – We are the Robots

And here’s a video for the Bionic Fembot Mix

The next show is on 14th July at 7pm – we’re putting on a Fantasy Festival! Who would be in your line-up? Let us know!

Maria & Jenny

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When Big Joan Sets Up – 5th July “Our Matthew’s not been well, he’s had to go for an Autopsy”

This genuine thing, overheard on a bus, is my tenuous way of telling you that this week’s When Big Joan Sets Up flung open the gates of Hades to let in the mighty Autopsy and their new LP ‘The Headless Ritual”. Very much the anti Mumford and Sons

Pilgrimage – “Ra88” (EP – “Pilgrimage”) (pilgrimagefl.bandcamp.com)
Pixies – “Bagboy” (download)
Glenn Jones – “Blues for Tom Carter” (LP – “My Garden State”) (Thrill Jockey)
Autopsy – “Slaughter At The Beast House” (LP – “The Headless Ritual”) (Peaceville)
The Black Dog – “Atavistic Ritual” (LP – “Tranklements”) (Dust Science)
Derrick Morgan – “Rasta Don’t Fear” (v/a LP – “Good News”) (King Spinna)
Tingle In The Netherlands – “Prostitute’s Handbag – Atomizer Mix” (tingleinthenetherlands.bandcamp.com)
Del Shannon – “Runaway” (7″) (London)
Dr Peacock with Hyrule War – “Runaway” (GGM) (download)
Autopsy – “When The Hammer Meets The Bone” (LP – “The Headless Ritual”) (Peaceville)
Deap Vally – “Creeplife” (LP – “Sistronix”) (Island)
Trinity – “Jah Time Now” (LP – “Eye To Eye”) (Irie-ites)
Arctic – “Shook” (EP – “Shook”) (Coyote)
Autopsy – “Flesh Turns To Dust” (LP – “The Headless Ritual”) (Peaceville)
Congo Natty – “London Dungeons” (LP – “Jungle Revolution”) (Big Dada)

Eclectic Mainline 3rd July 2013

A digression…

I’m starting this blog with a break from the norm. Rather than showing you tunes I played on BCB this evening, here are some I didn’t play.

The reason I didn’t play ‘Dies Irae’ by Gonzo is because it is possibly the most scarce release I have ever heard of. It is limited to just 30 cassettes, and the Soundcloud clip below is the closest there is to a digital version:

I’ve recently seen (twice: once at the ATP Festival, and once at the 1 in 12 Club in Bradford) the excellent presentation by Eric Isaacson of Mississippi Records. I bought several of the label’s LPs and intended to play a couple of tunes in my show, but a couple of technical glitches meant I couldn’t play any vinyl in the studio tonight. So, here’s the song by the Georgia Sea Island Singers that I would have played if able tonight:

Something I saw on the ATP TV channel at the recent festival was this amazing Bollywood rendition of a few nursery rhymes:

On with the show…

Now, onto tunes that I did play tonight. This excellent new tune from Mark Pritchard:

… ‘Basin’ by Fawn Spots:

…a welcome return from Fuck Buttons:

…and ‘Everlasting’ by Grey Reverend:

You’ll find the full show on the BCB Listen Again page for 3rd July. Here’s the full playlist:

Jon Hopkins – ‘We Disappear’ (LP – Immunity) (Domino)
Kurt Vile – ‘Was All Talk’ (LP – Wakin On A Pretty Daze) (Matador)
Jamie Lidell – ‘Do Yourself A Favour’ (double a-side single with Big Love) (Warp)
Fawn Spots – ‘Basin’ (split single with Scott & Charlene’s Wedding) (Critical Heights)
Sigur Rós – ‘Stormur’ (LP – Kveikur) (XL
Grey Reverend – ‘Everlasting’ (single) (Motion Audio)
Fuck Buttons – ‘The Red Wing’ (single) (ATP)
Guided By Voices – ‘W/ Glass In Foot’ (LP – English Little League) (Fire)
Motoomi Doi – ‘Dark Night’ (LP – The Illuminated Nightingale) (Noble)
Machinedrum – ‘Eyesdontlie’ (single) (Ninja Tune)
Vampire Weekend – ‘Unbelievers’ (single and LP – Modern Vampires Of The City) (XL)
Mark Pritchard – ‘Ghosts’ (Ghosts EP) (Warp)

Going North from Nashville – Monday 1st July, 10-11pm – songs from Antipodean artists

Another chance to hear our selection of songs from artists hailing from Australia & New Zealand.  Listen up for an hour of most excellent music …………..

Howlin’ Bells : Cities Burnining Down

Nick Cave:  Burnin’ Hell

Angus Stone: Clouds Above 

The Pond : Circle Round a Tree

Husky : Forever So

Lawrence Arabia: The Crew of the Commodore

Roger McGuin with Crowded House: Eight Miles High

Bellowhead: 10,000 Miles Away

Emily Barker: Splinters in My Fingers

Sarah Blasko : All I Want

Devastations : Take You Home

Tiny Ruins: Old as The Hills

Kris Morris: Little Light

Julia Stone : Justine

Nick Cave & Kylie Minogue: Where the Wild Roses Grow

Listen again

If you haven’t had a chance to hear our special show paying tribute to Darren Maude, you can listen again here.

The full track listing was:

Das Tor – Like A Child
Architect – More Than Before
Damn Vandals – Kings of Never
Worm – Destroy Myself
Venusian Plow – Happy Angry
Drenge – Backwaters
Arrows of Love – The Knife
Hobbes Fan Club – Your Doubting Heart
ROn Sexsmith – Nowhere To Go
Fossil Collective – Boy With Blackbird Kite
Architect – Castles In The Sky
Yo El Rey – Hey! You! Weirdo!

We’re aiming to play more from some of Darren’s former bands in the coming weeks.

When Big Joan Sets Up – 27th June 2013 – A Tingle in Yer Netherlands

WBJSU bursts back onto Untitled Noise with swag from last weekend’s All Tomorrow’s Parties Festival and three tracks from the wonderful Tingle in The Netherlands whose fine LP “Why Can’t You Write Something Nice For A Change” can and indeed should be had from here http://tingleinthenetherlands.bandcamp.com

Mira Jean Clarke – “Swing Low” (V/A LP – “Time Will Make A Change”) (Mississippi)
Winter Bear – “Jump In The Fire” (7″) (Hozac)
Clipping – “Story” (LP – “midcity”) (http://clppng.bandcamp.com/album/midcity)
Tingle In The Netherlands – “Forest of Cocks” (LP – “Why Can’t You Write Something Nice For A Change”) (bandcamp)
Amon Amarth – “We Shall Destroy” (LP – “Deceiver of the Gods”) (Metal Blade)
Pangea – “Viaduct” (12″) (Chestplate)
Hamadth Kah – “Ce Weeti” (V/A LP – “Laila Je T’Aime”) (Mississippi/Sahel Sounds)
Body/Head – “Unreleased 1” (Soundcloud)
DNA – “Not Moving” (V/A LP “No New York”) (Antilles)
QQ and Venomous – “One Drop” (download single) (Stashment Productions)
Tingle In The Netherlands – “The Housewife’s Lament” (LP – “Why Can’t You Write Something Nice For A Change”) (bandcamp)
Klute – “Best Bit’s Not Over” (12″) (Commercial Suicide)
Jimmy Lee Williams – “Hoot Your Belly Give Your Backbone Ease” (V/A LP – “Sticks Over Your Shoulder”) (Mississippi)
Tingle In The Netherlands – “I Lost My Heart To A Starship Cleaner” (LP – “Why Can’t You Write Something Nice For A Change”) (bandcamp)

Eclectic Mainline 26th June 2013

I played 3 tracks by Data 70 in tonight’s show, from the new CD Space Loops: The Complete Sessions. By coincidence, Data 70 have put a few tracks on Soundcloud in threes.  One of this 3, is one of the 3 I played tonight (am I making sense?):

Also in tonight’s show was this by Deerhunter, who curated the wonderful ATP Festival last weekend:

… and this by Magic Panda:

Here is the show’s full playlist:

Thundercat – ‘Heartbreaks + Setbacks’ (LP – Apocalypse) (Brainfeeder)
Deerhunter – ‘Monomania’ (LP – Monomania) (4AD)
Frank Bretschneider – ‘Super.Trigger’ (LP – Super.Trigger) (Raster Noton)
Robert Pollard – ‘It Disappears In The Least Likely Hands (We May Never Not Know)’ (LP – Honey Locust Honky Tonk) (Fire)
Camera Obscura – ‘Desire Lines’ (LP – Desire Lines) (4AD)
Data 70 – ‘Departure’ (LP – Space Loops: The Complete Sessions) (Enraptured)
COH – ‘Disco Discrete’ (LP – RETRO-2038) (Editions Mego)
The National – ‘Sea Of Love’ (LP – Trouble Will Find Me) (4AD)
Lord Tang – ‘Blue Sunshine’ (2xCD – 70 Years Of Sunshine) (Monotype)
Ceremonial Dagger – ‘Synesthesia’ (2xCD – 70 Years Of Sunshine) (Monotype)
Data 70 – ‘Biff! Bang! Pow!’ (LP – Space Loops: The Complete Sessions) (Enraptured)
Data 70 – ‘Ice Cubes’ (LP – Space Loops: The Complete Sessions) (Enraptured)
The Elwins – ‘Come On Out’ (LP – And I Thank You) (Affairs Of The Heart)
Magic Panda – ‘Zwolf’ (LP – Temple Of A Thousand Lights) (Tigerbeat6)