25 JanEclectic Mainline – 25th January 2012

Here’s the video to tonight’s opening tune, the new single by Those Darlins:

If you wish to listen again to this show, you should find it on this page.

Here’s a list of the tunes I played in the show:

Those Darlins – “Screws Get Loose” (single and LP – “Screws Get Loose, Screws Get Loose”) (Oh Wow Dang)
Field Music – “A New Town” (single and LP – “Plumb”) (Memphis Industries)
Christina Vantzou – “11:11 (Dustin O’Halloran remix)” (CD+DVD – “Nº 1: DVD and Remixes”) (The Numbered Series)
MJ Hibbert & The Validators – “Here Come The Dinosaurs” (LP – “Dinosaur Planet”)
Riho – “Lazhghvashi” (Various Artists 2xCD – “World Routes On The Road”) (BBC)
Mark Van Hoen – “Laughing Stars at Night” (LP – “The Reverant Diary”) (Editions Mego)
Dan Sartain – “Indian Massacre” (LP – “Too Tough To Live”) (One Little Indian)
Rachel Sermanni – “Breathe Easy” (“Black Currents EP”)
Raffertie – “One Track Mind” (EP – “Mass Appeal”) (Ninja Tune)
Peter Broderick – “It Starts Here” (single and LP – “http://www.itstartshere.com”) (Bella Union)
Shearwater – “Breaking the Yearlings” (single and LP – “Animal Joy”) (Sub Pop)
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – “Adam’s Plane” (LP – “Hysterical”) (V2)
Alim Qasimov and Fargana Qasimova – “Ay qiz Leyla” (Various Artists 2xCD – “World Routes On The Road”) (BBC)
Illuha – “Kie” (LP – “Shizuku”) (12K)

22 JanTennis, ME & Rachel Sermanni on The BCB Sessions!

The BCB Sessions on Wednesday 25th Jan 2012!

Hello!

So, I’m getting a bid ahead of myself here for once….and have worked out what’s on the shows before you can hear them. But just imagine what it’ll be like when you tune in and know what’s coming next; it’ll be music to your ears. That’s what it’ll be!

Cue the music:

Belle and Sebastian – Write about love

Little Dragon – Crystal film

Black Mountain – The hair song

Slow Club – Two cousins (playing Brudenell on 8th Feb)

Tennis – Deep in the woods (rel. 27 Feb)

School of Seven Bells – Love from a stone (album rel. 28 Feb)

ME – Naked (rel. 5 March)

Rachel Sermanni – The fog (rel. 20 Feb) Playing in York with Jesca Hoop on 11 Feb

Lana Del Ray (Aluna George remix) – Born to die

Yimino – (BCB Session archive) Q-bit

Howling Bells (BCB Session archive) – The bell hit

Emika – Hit me feat. Jimmy Edgar (rel. 27 Feb)

Bonobo – Kiara (Cosmin TRG mix) (rel.13 Feb)

Love it!

Get in touch if you’d like me to play owt for you: @laurarawlings or laura.rawlings@bcbradio.co.uk

See you next Wednesday night at 9pm www.bcbradio.co.uk or 106.6fm in Bradford / on top of a big hill nearby if you’re lucky.

Lx

 

22 JanThose Darlins, Portishead and Plaid on The BCB Sessions!

Wednesday 18th Jan…

Come on in – this is what’s on this week’s instalment of The BCB Sessions:

Those Darlins – Sirens get loose

Gossip – Heavey cross

Shearwater – Breaking the yearlings

Tinariwan – Imidiwan Afrika Tendam

Plaid – 35 summers

Handmadehands – Sunshine

Buriel & Four Tet – Moth

The Low Anthem – To the ghosts who write history books

Cloud Control – This is what I said

Portishead – The rip

The Waves Pictures (BCB Session archive) – Walk to the backstairs quiet

Gary Stewart – (BCB Session archive) – Maggie Oh

Lx

18 JanEclectic Mainline 18th January 2012

Here’s the Illuha tune I played in tonight’s show:

If you wish to listen again to this evening’s show, you should find it on this page.

Here’s a list of the tunes I played:

Tyme. x Tujiko – “Tropic Penguin” (LP – “GYU”) (Editions Mego)
Dan Sartain – “Nam Vet” (LP – “Too Tough To Live”) (One Little Indian)
The Langa Children of Rajasthan – “Rag Soohab” (Various Artists 2xCD – “World Routes On The Road”) (BBC)
DJ Food – “Percussion Map (Pt. 1)” (LP – “The Search Engine”) (Ninja Tune)
Lovecraft – “The Telepathist” (LP – “Whistle And I’ll Come To You, My Lad”) (Probe Plus)
Illuha – “Aikou” (LP – “Shizuku”) (12K)
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – “Hysterical” (single and LP – “Hysterical”) (V2)
Ulrich Schnauss & Mark Peters – “Rosen Im Asphalt” (LP – “Underrated Silence”) (Bureau B)
Shearwater – “Breaking the Yearlings” (single and LP – “Animal Joy”) (Sub Pop)
Piney Gir – “Outta Sight” (single and LP – “Geronimo!”) (Damaged Goods)
The Twilight Sad – “Another Bed” (LP – “No One Can Ever Known”) (Fat Cat)
Justin Vali & Paddy Bush – “Veloma” (Various Artists 2xCD – “World Routes On The Road”) (BBC)
Christina Vantzou – “And Instantly Take Effect (Loscil remix)” (CD+DVD – “Nº 1: DVD and Remixes”) (The Numbered Series)

16 JanWhen Big Joan Sets Up 12.1.12 – MMXII GBV

Well as it all went royally tits up for the first prgramme of 2012 – Happy new year and all that. 2012 gets of to a magic if belated start with the three tracks from the long awaited new Guided By Voices LP “Let’s Go Eat The Factory” alongside loads of other new year treats. In the words of brother Lightnin’ “Dont let it git away,boy”

Lightnin’ Hopkins – “Happy New Year” (4 CD Set – “Texas Thunbderbolt”) (Proper)
Morphy – “Ragga Spindle” (EP – “I Dubbed The Sheriff”) (Translation)
The Blind Shake – “Man Leaves House” (LP – “Seriousness”) (Learning Curve)
Jon Convex – “Closer” (10″) (Convex Industries)
John and Tom – “Lonesome Yodel Blues # 2″ (7″) (Third Man)
Jeff The Brotherhood – “Whatever I Want” (7″) (Third Man)
Miss Omega – “Know My Name” (EP – Know My Name – The Remixes”)(Studio Rockers)
J- Rocc – “PNK” (EP – “Stay Fresh”) (Stone’s Throw)
Ilyas Ahmed and Liz Harris – “I” (EP -’Visitor”) (Social Music)
Skream – “Indistinct” (EP – “Skreamizm Vol.6″) (Tempa)
Guided By Voices – “Imperial Racehorsing” (LP – “Let’s Go Eat The Factory”) (Fire)
Guided By Voices – “Either Nelson” (LP – “Let’s Go Eat The Factory”) (Fire)
Guided By Voices – “The Unsinkable Fats Domino” (LP – “Let’s Go Eat The Factory”) (Fire)
Fats Domino -”You Done Me Wrong” (The Imperial Records Singles Collection Volume 2″) (Ace)
D-Struct – “Starport” (download) (T3K)
Hookworms – “Teen Dreams” (EP -”Hookworms EP”) (Gringo)

13 JanOld and new

A couple of oldies but goodies from The Duke Spirit and Scaramanga Six sneaked in among the new releases on the latest edition of Bradford Beat.

Here’s the full playlist for the January 12 show:

Babybird – Not Love
Threshold Shift – Superclash
Mara Carlyle – Weird Girl
Wilful Missing – Don’t Be Scared 48
PJ Harvey – All and Everyone
Scaramanga Six – Misadventure
The Duke Spirit – My Sunken Treasure
The Chevin – Blue Eyes
Arctic Monkeys – Black Treacle
The Wind-Up Birds – Cross Country
City and Colour – The Grand Optimist
Cee Lo Green – Forget You
Kate Bush – Snowflake

You can listen again here

11 JanM83, School of Seven Bells & Tindersticks on The BCB Sessions!

Choons!

Hello,

Get set go for another box of assorted songs. Loads of sparkly new ones plus a couple from The BCB Sessions’ archive – yes, I’ve been rummaging around and have plucked two tracks that have totally stood the test of time.

PLAY> (Wed 11th Jan)

M83 – Reunion

Veronica Falls – Found love in a grave yard

Benjamin Francis Leftwich – Pictures

Errors – Pleasure palaces

School of Seven Bells – Love from a stone (from third album, Ghoststory, out on 27th Feb – yey!)

The Peppermint Lounge (BCB archive session) – African orange (this takes me  back to the first electronic, laptop session I produced in the studio…I remember the massive Mickey Mouse jumper one of the guys was wearing. Sadly TPL aren’t going anymore but you can still hear tunes on their facebook page – and this show :)

Danny & the Champions of the World (BCB archive session) – Restless feet (lovely track – thanks to Albert Freeman).

Tindersticks – Slippin shoes

The Raise – Brand new shoes

The Silver Seas – Candy

Arctic Monkeys – Black treacle

Gnomefoam – Nightswing (great alt track from Bradford’s Gnomefoam – on the Insect Armour Plates album available from Bandcamp)

I’ll be back with you next Wednesday night from 9pm on 106.6fm and online at www.bcbradio.co.uk

If you missed the show or want to listen to any of BCB’s other fab shows go to www.bcbradio.co.uk

And finally, finally….if you’ve got music you’d like me to play then get in touch: @laurarawlings or laura.rawlings@bcbradio.co.uk

Lx

11 JanEclectic Mainline – 11th January 2012

Folk like myself, Simon Ashberry and Phil Cope have a proclivity for making lists when it comes to music we like.  If I were to make a list of my favourite compilations when the sun sets on 2012 for the final time, then World Routes On The Road would surely be pretty high on that list.  It’s a 2xCD set comprising tunes recorded round the world by the BBC Radio 3 team that produce the World Routes show.  I played a couple of tunes from it tonight, and will continue to do so for the next few weeks.  Here is a sample of what it contains:

World Routes: on the road by Nascente music

Here is a list of all the tunes I played in tonight’s show:

Toumani Diabaté – “Musu Maramba” (Various Artists 2xCD – “World Routes On The Road”) (BBC)
Donald Suck – “Interjupe” (Various Artists LP – “Inner Self Globophobic Clown Tester (Part. 1)”) (Wildrfid)
Plug – “A Quick Plug For A New Slot” (LP – “Back On Time”) (Ninja Tune)
Half Man Half Biscuit – “Left Lyrics In The Practice Room” (LP – “90 Bisodal (Crimond)”) (Probe Plus)
Anders Hana – “Iskoras” (LP – “Dead Clubbing”) (Drid Machine)
Christina Vantzou – “Joggers (The Dead Texan remix)” (CD+DVD – “Nº 1: DVD and Remixes”) (The Numbered Series)
S.C.U.M – “Faith Unfolds (Silver Alert remix)” (single – “Again Into Eyes”) (Mute)
Peter Broderick – “It Starts Here” (single and LP – “http://www.itstartshere.com”) (Bella Union)
Matt Elliott – “The Pain That’s Yet To Come” (LP – “The Broken Man”) (Ici, d’ailleurs)
Wiley – “Boom Blast” (single) (Big Dada)
Nakibembo Village Musicians – “Waire Nzira Nte” (Various Artists 2xCD – “World Routes On The Road”) (BBC)
Darren Hayman – “We’re Tired Of Getting Dicked Around” (2xCD – “January Songs”) (Belka)
Arctic Monkeys – “Black Treacle” (single and LP – “Suck It And See”) (Domino)

06 JanBelated New Year greetings

You can’t really say Happy New Year nearly a week into the new year can you?

But here I go anyway – Happy New Year!

We kicked off 2012 with some cracking tunes on Bradford Beat

Here’s the full tracklisting:

City and Colour – Weightless
The Wind-Up Birds – Cross Country
The Stone Roses – She Bangs the Drum
The Chevin – When The Party’s Over
Eliza Carthy – Britain Is A Car Park
Threshold Shift – Hang In There Dub
Slow Club – Trophy Room
Babybird – Can’t Love You Any More
Juffage – Small Fires
Half Man Half Biscuit – Something’s Rotten In The Back Of Iceland
Wilful Missing – Sleeptalking Over
Little Comets – Worry
State of Error – Story Of Our Lives

and remember you can listen again on the main BCB website

 

04 JanEclectic Mainline 4th January 2012

It seems to have become a pattern that early in each year I discover something amazing that passed me by the year before.  This has happened again, in that I have only just heard the wonderful album  Nº 1 by Christina Vantzou. The entire album can be streamed on Soundcloud:

Christina Vantzou – Nº 1 by christina vantzou

Christina made visuals to accompany the whole album.  Publicity for the project describes it thus:

The hierarchical relationship between image and sound which we’ve grown accustomed to from music videos and cinema is flipped upside down and ultimately erased, to produce a cohesive, synesthetic experience.

This is track 1 from the visual element to Nº 1:

All 9 visual episodes are being released on DVD, with an accompanying CD of remixes.  I played one of the remixes in tonight’s show.

While searching Vimeo and Youtube for an extract to include in this blog I found another pleasant surprise.  Christina Vantzou produced visuals to accompany Sparklehorse on tour in 2007.  Here’s one of them, ‘Spirit Ditch’, a song that never fails to give me goosepimples:

If you wish to hear the show, you do so on the BCB Listen Again service. Here is a list of all the tunes I played in tonight’s show:

DJ Food – “GIANT (feat. Matt Johnson)” (LP – “The Search Engine”) (Ninja Tune)
MJ Hibbert & The Validators – “Please Don’t Eat Us” (LP – “Dinosaur Planet”)
Christina Vantzou – “Small Choir (Ben Vida remix)” (CD+DVD – “Nº 1: DVD and Remixes”) (The Numbered Series)
The Twilight Sad – “Nil” (LP – “No One Can Ever Known”) (Fat Cat)
Tyme. x Tujiko – “Heart Koorasete” (LP – “GYU”) (Editions Mego)
Trailer Trash Tracys – “Candy Girl” (double A-side single with “Strangling Good Guys”) (Double Six)
Raffertie – “Mass Appeal” (EP – “Mass Appeal”) (Ninja Tune)
Exteenager – “I Am Shy Song” (Various Artists LP – “Inner Self Globophobic Clown Tester (Part. 1)”) (Wildrfid)
SOKO – “I Thought I Was An Alien” (single) (Because)
Dan Sartain – “Even At My Worst I’m Better Than You” (LP – “Too Tough To Live”) (One Little Indian)
Decoy Child – “Nocturne (Crewdson Remix)” (single b/w “Pray”) (Ninja Tune)
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – “Hysterical” (single) (V2)
Russell Haswell – “Acid nO!se #6 (WS+TS)” (LP – “ACID nO!se Synthesis”) (Editions Mego)