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Eclectic Mainline 31st October 2012

Yesterday I learnt that Halloween has its origins in a Pagan festival called Samhain.  It looks like a rather good festival, without all the nonsense that comes with modern Halloween.  Anyway, before I learnt this, I had already intended to play this Roky Erickson tune, what with my show falling on 31st October and all:

Also featured in this week’s show was the Mark Pritchard’s Harmonic 313 remix of his collaboration with Wiley, “Money Man”:

If you wish to listen back to tonight’s show, your first step will be to click here.

This is what I played:

Dan Deacon – “Crash Jam” (single and LP – “America”) (Domino)
Wiley and Mark Pritchard – “Money Man (Harmonic 313 Remix)” (single) (Big Dada)
Patterson Hood – “Disappear” (LP – “Heat Lightning Rumbles In The Distance”) (Play It Again Sam)
Fukera – Police Orchestra – “Shellelle” (LP by Getatchew Mekuria, The Ex & Friends, “Y’Anbessaw Tezeta” (Terp)
El Perro Del Mar – “Walk On By” (single) (Memphis Industries)
Grischa Lichtenberger – “globalbpm” (LP – “And IV Inertia”) (Raster Noton)
Two Fingers – “Little Brat” (LP – “Stunt Rhythms”) (Big Dada)
Efterklang – “Dreams Today” (LP – “Piramida”) (4AD)
DIIV – “Sometime”
Tilly And The Wall – “Defenders” (LP – “Heavy Mood”) (Team Love)
Fryars – “Love So Cold”
Myrian Makenwa – “Amampondo” (2CD – “Diablos Del Ritmo – The Colombian Melting Pot 1960 – 1965”) (Analog Africa)
Emmylou Harris – “Cosmonaut” (LP – “Lawless” OST) (Sony)
Ty Segall – “Would You Be My Love” (LP – “Twins”) (Drag City)
Roky Erickson and The Aliens – “Don’t Shake Me Lucifer” (LP – “Roky Erickson and Evilhook Wildlife”) (Sympathy For The Record Industry)

Eclectic Mainline 24th October 2012

I had no show last week due to 11 local men trying to chase a leather ball past 11 non-locals, who were simultaneously trying to chase the same ball the other way. BCB decided this was an event worth commentating on.  Consequently, I have a backlog of tunes I want to play you.  I squeezed 15 in this week, including this gorgeous Nicholas Jaar remix of Cherokee by Cat Power:

 

I could quite happily have played one of the two 20-minute tracks from the new Godspeed You! Black Emperor album, but not wanting to leave too many other artists out of the show, settled for one of the shorter tunes.  I would highly recommend you listen to the entire album though, as it is quite brilliant:

 

If you are inclined to listen back to tonight’s show, you’ll find it over here. Here is what I played: Continue reading →

Eclectic Mainline 10th October 2012

If you have been listening to BCB and/or following this blog over the past year, you’ll know that we are quite keen on Those Darlins. Patrick banged on about their last album, as did Laura. Well, Those Darlins didn’t rest on their proverbial laurels, and have a new, seasonal single:

Another tune I played tonight is this one by JJ Doom:

If you wish to listen back to the whole show, seek and you will find.

Here’s tonight’s playlist: Continue reading →

Eclectic Mainline 3rd October 2012

So, the new Flying Lotus album is out.  Jumbo Records sold out of the deluxe vinyl edition before I managed to get one.  I had mixed emotions as a result.  I was both disappointed (for me) but pleased (for FlyLo and Jumbo).  Clap along with this:

Shonen Knife are currently on a tour of the UK and Ireland.  Have a look at their live dates and see if there is still time for you to catch them.

Another tune from this week’s show with a video worth feasting your eyes on is that by The Helio Sequence:

If you want to listen back to the show, be my guest.  This is what I played: Continue reading →

Eclectic Mainline 26th September 2012

Matthew Bourne is playing at the University of Bradford on 29th October.  I hope to see you there if you can make it along.  Here is his take on ‘God Save The Queen‘:

If you wish to listen back to tonight’s show, you’ll find it somewhere around about here.  These are the tunes you will hear:

Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – “Baby” (LP – “Mature Themes”) (4AD)
Bob Mould – “The Descent” (single and LP – “Silver Age”) (Demon)
Hooray For Earth – “Figure” (single) (Memphis Industries)
Beth Orton – “Magpie” (single and LP – “Sugaring Season”) (Anti-)
John Cale – “Face To The Sky”
Mira Calix – “What Are You Afraid Of?” (EP – “Prickle”) (Warp)
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – “Bag Of Bones” (single and LP – “Meat and bone”)
Matthew Bourne – “Étude Psychotique” (LP – “Montauk Variations”) (Leaf)
Melody’s Echo Chamber – “I Follow You” (LP – “Melody’s Echo Chamber”) (Weird World)
The Touré-Raichel Collective – “Alem (feat. Mark Eliyahu)” (LP – “The Tel Aviv Sessions”) (Cumbancha)
Lord Huron – “Time To Run” (EP – “Time To Run”) (I Am Sound)
Tilly And The Wall – “Love Riot” (EP – “Love Riot”) (Team Love)
The Helio Sequence – “Hall Of Mirrors” (single and LP – “Negotiations”) (Sub Pop)

Eclectic Mainline 12th September 2012

After last week’s excitement, I have only the routine task of telling you how amazing the tunes in tonight’s show were. Why? are back, and this pleases me no end. I played the lead track from their new ‘Sod In The Seed’ EP tonight. Hear the whole EP though, as it’s mighty good:
WHY? – ‘Sod in the Seed’ EP by City Slang

I strongly advise you to seek out “Nothin But Time” from the new Cat Power album too. If you’ve been a Cat Power fan for as long as I have, you will remember when she played pretty much everything herself, and in those early days, that was often just her and a guitar, or her and a piano.  Well, although her sound as evolved greatly since those early albums, a similar principle applies; she plays the majority of the instruments herself.  She’s a modern day Stevie Wonder.

Here’s the full playlist from tonight’s show, which you can hear again over on this page.

Alt-J – “Something Good” (single and LP – “An Awesome Wave”) (Infectious)
Husky – “Tidal Wave” (single and LP – “Forever So”) (Sub Pop)
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – “Live It Up” (LP – “Mature Themes”) (4AD)
The Touré-Raichel Collective – “Alkataou” (LP – “The Tel Aviv Sessions”) (Cumbancha)
Dinosaur Jr. – “Pierce The Morning Rain” (LP – “I Bet On Sky”) (PIAS)
Rollo Jean – “St Tropez” (double A-side single with “Cellar Of Love”) (Memphis Industries)
Cat Power – “NothingBut Time” (LP – “Sun”) (Matador)
Rustie – “After Light feat. AlunaGeorge” (single) (Warp)
Call The Doctor – “Here To Haunt” (b-side to “Wrecking Ball” single) (Glasstone)
Why? – “Sod in the Seed” (EP – “Sod In The Seed”) (City Slang)
Sonic Boom Six – “Virus” (single) (Xtra Mile)
Frank Zappa – “Bobby Brown Goes Down” (LP re-issue – “Sheik Yerbouti”)
Babe, Terror – “Lifantastic I” (“Knights EP”) (Phantasy Sound)

Minor correction from last week’s show – I played the following but forgot to include it in my playlist:

Dinosaur Jr. – “Rude” (LP – “I Bet On Sky”) (PIAS)

Eclectic Mainline 29th August 2012

Thanks to those of you who got in touch during tonight’s show.  I hope you all enjoyed the music as much as I did.  Here is the show’s opener, the new single by Call The Doctor:

And here’s the Rollo Jean single I played:

Cellar of Love by Rollo Jean

If you wish to listen back to the show, you’ll find it right here.  This is what you would hear if you were to do so:

Call The Doctor – “Wrecking Ball” (single) (Glasstone)
Kid Koala – “7 Bit Blues” (LP – “12 Bit Blues”) (Ninja Tune)
King Creosote – “Ankle Shackles” (EP – “To Deal With Things”) (Domino)
Jeff Carey – “Step” (LP – “Interupt-Decay”) (Cwnil)
Rollo Jean – “Cellar Of Love” (single) (Memphis Industries)
Dinosaur Jr. – “Watch The Corners” (single and LP – “I Bet On Sky”) (PIAS)
Yeasayer – “Henrietta” (LP – “Fragrant World”) (Mute)
Micah P Hinson – “Beneath The Rose” (BCB Session)
Babe, Terror – “War” (“Knights EP”) (Phantasy Sound)
A.R. Kane – “Sado-masochism Is A Must” (2CD – “Complete Singles Collection”) (One Little Indian)
Animal Collective – “Wide Eyed” (LP – “Centipede Hz”) (Domino)
Sone Institute – “Tradition and Dream” (LP – “A Model Life”) (Front & Follow)
Bob Mould – “The Descent” (single and LP – “Silver Age”) (Demon)

Eclectic Mainline – 18th July 2012

As I prepared a couple of tunes to play you here on the blog, I thought to myself, “Haven’t I included this new Frankie Rose single on the BCB Music Blog before?” And the answer, it turns out, is yes I have, back in February. It’s a cracking tune though, so I don’t begrudge it being re-released.

Frankie Rose – Know Me by Slumberland Records

Frankie isn’t the only great artist on the Memphis Industries roster to have been played in tonight’s show. I also played this, the new single by Hooray For Earth:

HOORAY FOR EARTH – True Loves by Pias France

If you wish to listen back to the entire show, you’ll find it somewhere on this page of the BCB Listen Again service.  This is what I played:

Continue reading →

Eclectic Mainline 4th July 2012

What do you reckon to the new James Yorkston single?  It’s a bit alright, ain’t it?

James Yorkston – Border Song by Domino Record Co

This Wussy tune is pretty good too:

I’d like to be able to show you some more tunes from tonight’s show, as there were some (in the eyes of this writer) real gems. But I can’t find the tunes by Lorn, Jeremiah Jae or Evans The Death on either Soundcloud or YouTube.  So, you’ll have to take my word for it, or endure my ramblings and listen back to the show.

Here’s what you would hear if you do: Continue reading →

Eclectic Mainline 27th June 2012

When I introduced “Entr’acte” by The Cinematic Orchestra tonight, I apologised in advance for the fact that I would innevitably have to fade it out.  I couldn’t possibly play all 20 minutes of it, could I..? To do so would mean leaving out several other excellent tunes, and how could I possibly justify that?   However, as it played, I felt the opposite, I couldn’t possibly justify fading out something of such beauty.

‘Entr’acte‘, is taken from In Motion #1, the new album curated by The Cinematic Orchestra, and acts as a new soundtrack to René Clair’s 1924 short film of the same name.  Watch it in full here:

And here is something else you should feast your ears on, the tune I opened tonight’s show with, from the new El-P album:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrB2zUB6AiU

Here’s a full list of tonight’s tunes:

27th June:
El-P – “Request Denied” (LP – “Cancer4Cure”) (Turnstile)
Shonen Knife – “Mr. J” (LP – “Pop Tune”) (Damnably)
Slugabed – “Travel Sweets” (LP – “Time Team”) (Ninja Tune)
The Cinematic Orchestra – “Entr’acte” (LP – “In Motion #1”, curated by The Cinematic Orchestra) (Ninja Tune)
Future Of The Left – “Notes On Achieving Orbit” (LP – “The Plot Against Common Sense”) (Xtra Mile)
Fráncois & The Atlas Mountains – “Edge of Town” (single) (Domino)
My Bloody Valentine – “Angel” (LP – “EP’s 1988-1991”) (Sony)
Dobie – “Gillet Sq N16” (EP – “Nothing To Fear”) (Big Dada)
Alt-J – “Taro” (single and LP – “An Awesome Wave”) (Infectious)