Buffet #40 (with added Betty action)

We welcomed the gorgeous Bet Lynch Mob to the studio this week (well, two thirds of them). They are delightful young ladies, if somewhat cheeky. They not only danced about in the studio, but Betty Bird half-mooned us through the BCB studio glass partition. No photographic evidence I’m afraid, but here they are having a boogie in trademark gold hotpants:

You can listen again if you click this link – it starts about 5 minutes in after some sport gubbins: http://www.podcast.canstream.co.uk/bcb/index.php?id=8413

And this is what we played:

1. THE STRANGLERS – No More Heroes
2. DOPE BODY – Enemy Outta Me
3. DIRTY PROJECTORS – Offspring Are Blank
4. DEERHOOF – Break Up Song
5. BONNIE TYLER – Total Eclipse of the Heart
6. CAT POWER – Ruin
7. TEN KENS – Mousetrap
8. SPARKS – Amateur Hour
9. NENEH CHERRY – Too Tough To Die
10. SPARKLEHORSE – Saturday
11. CALIFORNIAN WIVES – Purple
12. SUZI QUATRO – Devil Gate Drive
13. MICACHU AND THE SHAPES – Easy
14. WYE OAK – Spiral

 

 

World Waves, 4th September 2012

PLAYLIST FOR 4/9/12

LISTEN AGAIN HERE

Various artists (including sheep) – “Sheep Bells and Kaval”
(from The Living Tradition: Music from Turkey, Argo)

Sister Nancy – “Bam Bam”
(from 300% Dynamite: Ska, Soul, Rocksteady, Funk & Dub, Soul Jazz)

Messouad Bellemou – “Andi Probleme”
(from Bellemou Messaoud presents Cheb Ourrad Houarri, World Circuit)

The Who – “Out in the Street”
(from My Generation, Virgin)

Hassan Kassa’i – “Tshahamezrab – delkash et feili”
(from Le Ney, Playasound)

Captain Beefheart – “Tropical Hot Dog Night”
(from Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller), Virgin)

Muhacir Ibrahim – “Gum Gum Teke”
(from the 45 rpm single b/w “Zilli Maridudu”, Seviler Plak)

Alam Lohar – “Saif ul Maluk”
(from YouTube)

Various artists – “Supurkesi Yoncadan”
(from The Living Tradition: Music from Turkey, Argo)

The Radiants – “Voice Your Choice”
(from Keepin’ the Faith, PRT Records)

Stella Haskil – “Bir Allah”
(from Bed of Pain, Mississippi/Canary)

Leib Glantz – “Sh’ma Visro’el”
(from Mysteries of the Sabbath, Secret Museum of Mankind/Yazoo)

Selda Bagcan – “Bulbul”
(from 45 rpm single b/w “Bolemedim terek ile kozumu”, Yavuz Plak)

Trio Odemira – “Jay Jay Jay”
(from Requests from Mexico, Request Records)

Eclectic Mainline 5th September 2012 – Africa Express come to town

On Monday Bradford was treated to a visit by Africa Express, and it was truly amazing.    What they are doing, touring the country, and stopping off for pop-up performances along the way, is terrific.  Some of the musicians (I say ‘some’, for there are approximately 80 musicians involved in Africa Express) stopped in Bradford on Monday morning between their London and Middlesbrough dates.

Jupiter & Okwess International

Jupiter & Okwess International in City Park. Click for more photos.

I was lucky enough to be allowed a few hours off work to experience Jupiter & Okwess International in City Park, and to be able to cover it live for BCB. Elsewhere in the city, there were performances at Culture Fusion, the University of Bradford and BRI.  More about what happened is in this Wild West Yorkshire video:

I am so pleased that Africa Express have done this.  To be able to give so many people up and down the country chance to see and hear these talented musicians for free, and to give the musicians themselves the chance to visit places they otherwise might not have done, is utterly brilliant.  Oh, and although he wasn’t performing in Bradford, Amadou Bagayoko was among the party, and what an honour it was to be introduced to him as he reboarded the coach.

In any other week, seeing Midlake and Perfume Genius in Leeds would have been the highlight.  But, such was the nature of the Africa Express experience, that double gig at the Brudenell Social Club is merely a passing comment before I tell you what I played in tonight’s show.  As ever, if you wish to listen back to the show, you will find it on here.  Just look for the 8pm slot.  This is what I played: Continue reading →

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)

Enjoy a mix of Yorkshire artists this Bank Holiday Monday on Going North from Nashville, 10-11pm!

A Yorkshire connection is our theme for this show & what a lot of talent we have for your enjoyment!

Top of the programme, Bradford’s own……

1.Wilful Missing : I am Clay …………….next a couple more locals, take us from Shipley to Ilkley

2.Blue Roses : I am Leaving

3.Ben Otwell : Step Right Back ………… we’re going live in Leeds, but not with the Who!

4. John Martin: The Man In the Station

5. Neil Mc Sweeny: London Road…………..on to a couple more artists who can be found live on the Leeds circuit……

6.Michael Rossiter: Jack Went A- Sailing

7.A Free Soul Poetic : I Whistled Up the Devil ………. let’s go to the Yorkshire coast , courtesy of a folk dynasty…

8. Martin Carthy : Scarborough Fair

9. Eliza Carthy: Train Song……….more folk royalty, this time from Barnsley….

10.Kate Rusby: Green Fields……….then, Live at York Minster….

11. Laura Marling: I Was Just a Card…………back to Leeds…

 12. Fossil Collective: Let it Go

13. Patsy Matheson: Ulverston Gypsy ……… another Yorkshireman ends the show………

14. Des Horfall’s Kushty Rye: Random Acts of Kindness

The Rock Show.

Greetings earthlings……..

People like to call me Alex (cos that’s my name) and I host the monthly rock show here on BCB.  Basically if I like it I’ll play it which is lucky for you because I like a wide range of guitar music.  From long-haired, chest-beating, village pillagers to nerdy, shoe-gazing  mummy’s boys.  I don’t discriminate (and neither should you).  My show’s on a Thursday from 9-10 pm and don’t worry, I’ll give you plenty of warning when it’s coming up!  You can listen to my last show here and below is the playlist.  The next show goes out on the 13th September and it’s gonna be black-belt.  Til then……………..

1.  The Horrors – Sheena Is A Parasite
2. Arctic Monkeys – R U Mine?
3. Garbage – Vow
4. Talking Heads – Memories Can’t Wait
5. Led Zeppelin – Ten Years Gone
6. The Boogs – Palomino’s Dream
7. Grandaddy – A.M. 180
8. Belly – Now They’ll Sleep
9. Jeff Buckley – Eternal Life (Road Version)
10. Deftones – Back To School
11. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Rockers To Swallow
12. Rocket From The Crypt – On A Rope
13. Syd Barrett – No Man’s Land
14. Dead Skeletons – Dead Mantra

 

 

Eclectic Mainline 22nd August 2012

The Jesse Boykins III & MeLo-X album, ‘Zulu Guru’, is released in the autumn. The single that precedes the album, “The Perfect Blues” is coupled with this gem, “Black Orpheus”:

Jesse Boykins III & MeLo-X – ‘Black Orpheus’ (produced by Afta-1) by Ninja Tune

You can download “Black Orpheus” for free from ninjatune.net/zuluguru.  “Black Orpheus” is one of the tunes I played in Eclectic Mainline on BCB tonight. Another, the opening tune in the show, was this gorgeous acapella piece by The Cornshed Sisters, taken from their ‘Tell Tales‘ album:

The Cornshed Sisters – Tommy by memphisindustries

If you missed the show, you can catch the whole thing again here. This is what I played:

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Eclectic Mainline – 15th August 2012

A break with convention now, in that rather than just showing you tunes here that I played in tonight’s show, here’s a tune I didn’t play:

Dusk & Blackdown Feat. Burial – High Road by PinBoardBlog

I bought that 12″ at Jumbo Records in Leeds this afternoon. Rumour has it (although the rumour, and the evidence, are both so strong that I feel it’s a little unfair to use the word “rumour”) that Burial is involved, despite not being credited on the record.

And to get back to the normal way of things, here’s a tune I did play tonight:

Willits + Sakamoto – Completion by ghostly

If you want to listen back to the full show, you’ll find it here.  This is what you will hear:

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#39 Buffet French it Up

The delightful ‘Chris in France’ joined us in the studio this month. He’s always giving us top tips for records to play, so it seemed only fair that we let him fill a whole show with French tunes whilst in Bradford. And it was as diverse as ever! If you missed it and would like to catch up, here’s the link: http://www.podcast.canstream.co.uk/bcb/index.php?id=7989

And here’s the playlist from the show:

1. Starsky Et Hutch (no, really!)
2. Plastic Bertrand – Ca Plane Pour Moi
3. Juliette Greco – Marions-les
4. Mademoiselle K – T’es Mort?
5. Jean-Claude Vannier – La Horse (du film La Horse)
6. Les Rita Mitsouko – Andy
7. Serge Gainsbourg – 69 Annee Erotique
8. Christophe Destrebecq – Trebuchet
9. Emily Loizeau – Sister
10. The Do – The Wicked and the Blind
11. L – Jalouse
12. M – Belleville Rendez-Vous (version Francaise)
13. Jacques Dutronc – Fais Pas Ci, Fais Pas Ca
14. Keren Ann – My Name is Trouble

Au revoir!

Team Buffet

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Getting into the Olympic spirit

It might have been held down in that there London but we still thought it worth nodding to the Olympics.

Our London 2012 themed show featured these tracks:

Super Furry Animals – Golden Retriever
Ooberman – Running Girl
Echo and the Bunnymen – Silver
Embrace – I’ve Been Running
Great Lake Swimmers – I Am Part Of A Large Family
Monty Casino – Put Me Back On My Bike
The Mixtures – Pushbike Song
The Jam – Eton Rifles
Rodina and the Wolf – All Because
Field ~Music – Who’ll pay the Bills?
Bill Nelson – Furniture Music
Mara Carlyle – The Devil and Me (Plaid remix)
Kaiser Chiefs – Listen To Your Head
The Chevin – Champion