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Playlist 549 - Mar 2024 Part 2: days of longing

Playlist 1. Daisy Rickman – Signpost to the stars (Fire Records) 2. Ariel Sharratt & Mathias Kom – Never work (BB*Island) ( playing Trades Club, Hebden Bridge, Apr 16 2024 ) 3. The Go! Team – Junior kickstart (Memphis Industries) ( playing The Button Factory, Dublin, Sept 30 2024 ) 4. Kelsey Michael – Music of the waves (Dimple Discs) 5. Ella Ronen – Truth (BB*Island) 6. Hochzeitskapelle – Silver rider (Alien Transistor) 7. Magic Tuber Stringband – Days of longing (Thrill Jockey) 8. Marie Klock – Se goinfrer de rage (Pingipung) 9. Saicobab – Nyrtaman (Thrill Jockey) 10. Martin Rev – Mari (bureau b) 11. Elsa Hewitt – Citrinitas (Tompkins Square) 12. Dumbo Tracks feat Rubee Fegan – Daughter of flood (bureau b) 13. John Hynes – In over my head (bandcamp) 14. Harry Taussig – Etude in G Major #7 (take 2) (Tompkins Square) 15. Manu Delago feat Mad About Lemon – Paintings on the wall (One Little Independent) 16. Bobby Oroza – Queen of the barrio (Big Crown Records) 1

Playlist 548 - Mar 2024 Part 1

new year new vibes ceasefire now enjoy x Playlist 1. Laetitia Sadier – Panser L’Inacceptable (Duophonic Super 45s) 2. Penny Arcade – Jona (Tapete Records) 3. Chalk – Claw (Nice Swan Records) ( playing Oslo, London, Mar 21 2024 ) 4. Graham Reynolds feat Marta del Grandi – Linger in silence (Fire Records) ( playing Earth, London, Apr 27 2024 ) 5. The Gentle Spring – Dodge the rain (Skep Wax Records) 6. William Doyle – Now in motion (Tough Love) ( playing Deaf Institute, Manchester, Mar 24 2024 ) 7. Yosa Peit – Shelly (Fire Records) 8. Richard Hawley – Two for his heels (BMG) ( playing Olympia Theatre, Dublin, May 24+25 2024 ) 9. The Pheromoans – Downtown (Upset The Rhythm) 10. Crumbs – You’re just jealous (Skep Wax Records) ( playing Wharf Chambers, Leeds, May 31 2024 ) 11. Mikado Koko – Piano in a cage No. 2 (Caliban Sounds) 12. Astrid Sonne – Staying here (Escho) 13. Ellen Arkbro & Johan Graden – Postcard greetings (Thrill Jockey) 14. Avice Caro – At

Best of 2023 - Part 3

And finally...my last word on the music that floated my boat in 2023. May the year rise with you. x Playlist 1. Saeko Killy – Sun shower (Tapete Records/bureau b) 2. Hiro Ama – Ultramarine (Silent Way) 3. Robert Forster – It’s only poison (Tapete Records) 4. The Bonk – The stars look great (bandcamp) 5. Nation of Language – Sole obsession (Play It Again Sam) 6. Decisive Pink – Destiny (Fire Records) 7. Sprints – Up and comer (City Slang) 8. POZI – Pest control (PRAH Recordings) 9. Chalk – Asking (Dutch Tilt) 10. m(h)aol – Nice guys (Tulle) 11. Martin Rev – Dreams (bureau b) 12. The Umlauts – Dance and go (PRAH Recordings) 13. Ghost Woman – Yoko (Full Time Hobby) 14. Christian Cohle – Another life (bandcamp) 15. Special Friend – Bete (Skep Wax Records) 16. Surprise Chef – Rosemary Hemphill (Big Crown Records) 17. Sally Anne Morgan – The center (Thrill Jockey) 18. Cormac O Caoimh – A good place for you (bandcamp) 19. Craig Fortnam – Ruins in time (Believer

Best of 2023 - Part 2

More tunes from 2023. 20 more of the best. Enjoy. x Playlist 1. The Toads – Nationalsville (Upset The Rhythm) 2. Vanishing Twin – Afternoon X (Fire Records) 3. Me Lost Me – Eye Witness (Upset The Rhythm) 4. I Dreamed I Dream – The Bass (bandcamp) 5. Tandem Felix – There’s a new sheriff in town (bandcamp) 6. Terry – Gold duck (Upset The Rhythm) 7. Immaterial Possession – To the fete (Fire Records) 8. Lael Neale – I am the river (Sub Pop) 9. Death and Vanilla – Looking glass (Fire Records) 10. Trá Pháidín – m’anam go b’ea (bandcamp) 11. Nagasaki Swim – Sleep (Excelsior Recordings) 12. Nighttime – Veil (Ba Da Bing Records) 13. Symbol Soup – Overdressed (Sad Club Records) 14. The Notwist – Exit strategy to myself (Live from Alien Research Center) (Morr Music) 15. Aoife Nessa Frances – Automatic love (Partisan Records) 16. Spencer Cullum feat Erin Rae – Betwixt and between (Full Time Hobby) 17. BMX Bandits – Long forgotten summers (Tapete Records) 18. Holl

Best of 2023 - Part 1

A time of year for lists. Or for remembering. Here's some tunes from 2023. Enjoy. x Playlist 1. Ella Ronen – Truth (BB*Island) 2. Pierre Bastien & Michel Benabila – Stray carrier pigeon (Pingipung) 3. Hochzeitskapelle + Eddie Marcon – Itsuko Manika Watashitachi (Alien Transistor) 4. Gratin Carnival – City of silver and blue (Alien Transistor) 5. Henrik Lindstrand – Tumlare (One Little Independent) 6. Minwhi Lee – Borrowed tongue (Alien Transistor) 7. Sufjan Stevens – Will anybody ever love me (Asthmatic Kitty) 8. Marta del Grandi – Snapdragon (Fire Records) 9. Mitski – Star (Dead Oceans) 10. Rachael Lavelle – Let me unlock your full potential (Rest Energy) 11. Nuria Graham – Fire Mountain, oh sacred ancient fountain (Primavera Labels / New Deal / Verve Forecast & Universal Music Spain) 12. Arborist – Dreaming in another language (Kirkinriola Records) 13. Boa Morte – Hard to know (Gare du Nord) 14. Naima Bock – Lines (Sub Pop/Memorials of Di

2023 live...Chapter 25: John Francis Flynn with Trá Pháidín – St Lukes, Cork, Dec 9 2023

The green room at Henchy’s buzzing. Plenty of non JFF punters. Room for allsorts. JFF. 4 piece band. Voice-guitar-telecaster-tin whistle. Double bass. Clarinet-guitar-drones. Drums-4 track. Many interesting elements. Unfortunately they amount to less than the sum of the parts. Some genuinely interesting moments around JFF’s patented double whistle – two whistles, sellotape – giving fascinating undertones. Would remind you of the the uileann pipe background drone, as cc put it. The thought occurs that a different arrangement of the same elements might even produce more interesting results. Talent not in question. On support Trá Pháidín are a different kettle of fish. Intoxicating shifting improv jazz trad krautrock impossibly groovy two drummers gotta love that they even had a fucking harp onstage what’s more you could hear it harder than it sounds shades of Tortoise one minute Can the next even Neu! K heard a bit of Godspeed guitar violins brass flute

2023 live...Chapter 24: Rachael Lavelle – Coughlans, Cork, Dec 7 2023

Otherworldly sounds. Medieval. Baroque. But modern. Filtered vocals. Pillowy synths. Flutters of saxophone and clarinet. Pitter patter drums. And the voice. With fascinating diction. Giving every word a strangeness/newness. With yearning. And feeling. Along with that. A remarkable poise on stage. A presence. Self-assurance. All in all. Intriguing and wonderful. Big Dreams by Rachael Lavelle