For Carol Tilsley 1968 -2010
“You can’t even hear the words”
Laura Davis – “I Am Thinking Of A Friend” (LP – “God’s Got It – The Legendary Booker and Jackson Singles”) (Case Quarter)
Jah 9 – “Warning” (download) (Don Corleone)
Ellen Allien – “Pump” (12″) (Bpitch)
Japp Gutter – “Joel and Jail” (Cassette -”Heaven Dollars”) (Self Relased)
Blind Boy Fuller – “Pistol Slapper Blues” (v/a LP – “Murder:Songs From The Dark Side of The Soul”) (Trikont)
B Dolan – “The Reptillian Agenda” (LP- “Fallen House, Sunken City”) (Strange Famous)
The Radio Dept. – “Heaven’s On Fire” (LP- “Clinging To A Scheme”) (Labrador)
King – “Sissy Spacek” (v/a LP “Dubsteppers For Haiti – Volume 2″) (Betamorph)
Loretta Lynn – “The Pill” (LP -”The Very Best Of Loretta Lynn”) (MCA)
Chumbawumba – “Dance Idiot, Dance” (LP – “ABCDEFG”) (No Masters)
The Bambi Molesters – “Thundering Guitars” (LP – “As The Dark Wave Swells”) (Glitterhouse)
Dan Sartain – “Ruby Carol” (download)
Gonjasufi – “Susie Q” (LP – “A Sufi and a Killer”) (Warp)
Little Fella and Mr B -”Here I Am” (Download) (Relentless Digital)
David Thomas Broughton – “Ain’t Got No Sole” (EP – “Boating Disasters”) (Static Caravan)
Dub Spencer and Trance Hill – “The Saints Go Marching Through All The Popular Songs” (LP- “Riding Strange Horses”) (Echo Beach)
Horace Tapscott and the Pan Afrikan People’s Arkestra – “Peyote Song No.3″ (v.a LP – “Freedom, Rhythm, Sound – Revolutionary Jazz and The Civil Rights Movement 1963-1982″) (Soul Jazz)
Fun Show this week, with an interview with Chris from Yeasayer! Joel was away, but me and KC were as present as ever. KC’s Backrow Banter was entertaining as always, although it was a shame that we were back to a 6/10 film.
And the interview was fun to do. It may even get another playing at some point.
See you next week at 6.30pm on Wednesday or 1.00pm on Thursday!
Tracklisting:
Gaggle – I Hear Flies
Sondre Lerche – Bluish (Animal Collective Cover)
Yeasayer Interview
Yeasayer – Madder Red
KC’s Backrow Banter – Alice in Wonderland (6/10)
Radikal Satan – Prohibido
Well, I’m still coming to terms with the fact that Mark Linkous shot himself on Saturday. But his music will always live on, and I played some tonight, along with, it has to be said, some marvellous new tunes. These were they:
Soulsavers – Some Misunderstanding
Nice Nice – Big Bounce
Sparklehorse – Spirit Ditch
The Loves – Sweet Sister Delia
Liars – Goodnight Everything
Carter Tutti – Too Much, Too Much (from Liars ‘Sisterworld’ album CD2)
Archie Bronson Outfit – Run Gospel Singer
Mahalia Jackson – Come on children, let’s sing
Efterklang – The Soft Beating
Autechre – d-sho qub
Field Music – Share the words
Fursaxa – Poplar Moon
Sparklehorse – Hey, Joe
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Deanna
We’ve got The Birdman Rallies in session! Sounds great so really hope you can tune in. Here’s what’s on the playlist for Wed 10th March…
Disco Machine Gun – Under the blow torch
Dum Dum Girls – Jail La La
Stars and Sons – If it’s good for me
The Birdman Rallies (BCB Session) – Interview
The Birdman Rallies (BCB Session) – Lightening
Daedelus – Order of the golden dawn
Rex – My baby left me
Pifco – UK Adults
The Birdman Rallies (BCB Session) – You and I
Pavement – Cut your hair
Maika Makovski – Friends
XX – VCR
Fionn Regan – Catacombs
Au revoir simone – Another Likely Story
The Birdman Rallies (BCB Session) – Darkness
Sessions to come over the next month or so from Fionn Regan, Tim and Sam’s Tim and The Sam Band, Peter Von Poehl & The Wick Effect.
If you want to get on t’wireless for a session or to plug a gig then leave me a message or email: laura.rawlings@bcbradio.co.uk
Oh the power of a major label marketing campaign. Yes, even an indie kid like me succumbed to them. In 1992 Parlophone sent me a postcard suggesting I might like the debut EP by a new band of theirs called Radiohead. I bought it for 99p and never looked back. Four years later Parlophone sent me another postcard suggesting the debut album by another new band, Sparklehorse, might tickle my fancy. As the postcard alluded to Radiohead’s admiration for this new band, I thought it was worth a speculative purchase (this was of course before the days of the free 24/7 listening post on the internet). Again, I never looked back. Sparklehorse and Radiohoead ended up collaborating on a cover of Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here”, and I think it’s a pity no smart alec at Parlophone sent me a postcard about that.
And so, I’m afraid that’s the only gag in today’s blog entry by me. For it was with great sadness that I learnt that last weekend Mark Linkous, the heart of darkness that drove Sparklehorse, took his own life. I still can’t quite believe he’s done it, even as I write this. When Elliott Smith killed himself in 2003 I felt a similar sense of shock and upset. Yet I have to admit that in the case of Both Smith and Linkous, there was a thought that ran through my mind along the lines of “it’s not a total surprise“. But I do need to qualify that statement by saying that I didn’t know either man personally, and it is only based on what I knew of their music, on record and live, that makes me think that way.
I was at a loss to decide what would accompany this week’s playlist at first. I like to throw something out that might be of interest rather than just chucking a list of names whenever I post on here, but this week I was struggling to find inspiration.
Thankfully, you can always rely on Sting. If in doubt, have a pop at the artist formerly known as Gordon Sumner for his latest buffoon statement or glass-chewingly bad venture into 20 minute lute plucking. Finding reasons to have a pop a Sting is a bit like shooting fish in a barrel – this is a man, after all, who bashed out the most pretentious album title of all time in the shape of the frankly vomitous Dream of the Blue Turtle, claimed to be “a bit hot” at The Brits as an excuse to take his top off and believes that “cancer is the result of undigested dreams“. The last few weeks, though, the tantric tosser has excelled himself. Not only did he announce a tour of his hits, reworked for a full orchestra (which begs the question; who the bloody hell wants to hear that? [answer: Sting does]) but it was also revealed that he happily played a gig of questionable validity, proving himself not only to be an utter dick of the first order, but in addition to this he’s either a mercenary little turd who can be bought for the right price, or else a man so interned in his own cosy little world he can’t recognise a decent counter argument when it’s rammed up his Roxanne.
As today is International Women’s Day, BCB will be broadcasting women’s only voices all day – from About Bradford through to Drive, and ending this evening with shows by the ever-entertaining Buffet girls (8pm) and an hour taking you through Riot Grrrl from 11pm to midnight by yours truly and the jen fox! Tune in and enjoy
Our roving reporter Grumpy notes a new release via Sterns: Issa Juma and Super Wanyika Stars - ‘World Defeats The Grandfathers – Swinging Swahili Rumba 1982 – 1986′
With the Wanyika brand and a title like that we’re already tempted.
Grumpy says: “Guitar paradise regained – my new speakers come of age.”
See www.sternsmusic.com/tradewind.php for this and other delights.
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Our friends the 309s launch their new album, ‘They Made Me Drink It’, on Friday March 12 at the Kings Arms, Heaton, Bradford http://www.myspace.com/309s
As spring finally tries to get its act into gear and we see a few more sunny days coming our way, there’s nothing nicer than a bit of uplifting musical talent. And thanks to The Morning Benders that oh-so-appropriate track is here. The video for ‘Excuses’, from their new album ‘Big Echo’ (to be released on the 9th March 2010) manages to just miss the super cheesiness usually achieved by these sort of videos. The happy group of coincidentally ultra-talented musical friends bash out a rough and ready but spot on version of this loveable track.
So stay inside where it’s warm, look out the window at the sunshine and pretend it’s summer already…
The London lols continue. Not putting on a radio show every week means I have been putting my efforts into interviews and a few other interesting projects (more on that soon). It also means that there are alot of bands kicking around…thus more interviews.
I decided to chase after BCB favorites Kitty Daisy and Lewis at one of there few gigs, I passed the CRB with flying colours, found my way onto the guest list (thanks Andy at Sunday Best) and spent about 4 hours chasing them around. At five to twelve I finally managed to get Kitty to stand still long enough to answer a few questions the results of which can be heard below, I am also spending a little more time editing my interviews so these should be a little more interesting to listen too ….I missed the last tube and had to suffer the night bus for a hour and a half…the things I do for you guys.
Oh there is a swear in the interview…so watch out…
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