Playlist 287 - Nov 5 2013

Plenty of wonky pop on the show this week, of different hues. Just the way it goes sometimes.

Julia Holter, wonky in a floaty, enigmatic, showtunes-gone-fringe kind of way; Beaty Heart, more of a psych pop flavour; Piper's Son, very interesting offbeat guitar pop.

Bill Callahan was back, taking country music into dub territory; Georges Vert is far out in dub space already; Major Lazer featuring Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig on guest vocals is an insinuating, smouldering slow reggae jam.

Room for classic pop too. The Would Be's, top class indie guitar pop; Best Boy Grip, sharp/tender piano-lead power pop; and Dott (pictured), taking the legacy of 60's vocal girl groups and re-shaping it sublimely for 2013. They play Cork this week, their very fine debut album is out next month.

More on these pages as always.

Nov 5 2013 w/ Dott,The Shaker Hymn,Would Be's,Georges Vert,Beaty Heart,Chin of Britain,Bill Callahan by Theundergroundofhappiness on Mixcloud



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Playlist 287 Tues Nov 5 2013 11.00am-12.00pm (repeated on Tuesdays 8.30pm) UCC 98.3FM listen live on the web at www.ucc.ie/983fm *listen back to this show here http://i.mixcloud.com/CE7lXL

Playlist
The Would Be’s – Could be the weather
Dott - TEFL (playing Triskel TDC, Cork, Nov 8, w/ French For Rabbits)
Piper’s Son – Mining
Julia Holter – This is a true heart (playing Whelan’s, Dublin, Nov 16)
Beaty Heart – Lekka freakout (radio edit) (playing Hoxton Bar & Kitchen, London, Nov 6)
Satelliti - Canada (playing Kosmonaut, Manchester, Nov 22)
Best Boy Grip – Locked in the bathroom
Bill Callahan – Javelin unlanding (playing The Olympia Theatre, Dublin, Feb 2 2014)
Georges Vert – Pegasus Dub
Kramies – Clocks were all broken
The Shaker Hymn – Hunter & The Headman (playing Coughlan’s, Cork, Nov 8, w/ Tandem Felix)
Clara Hill – Konkav
Chin of Britain – Rot in heaven
Major Lazer feat. Ezra Koenig – Jessica (radio edit)

*next week's show features music from Connan Mockasin, Dean Wareham & SlowPlaceLikeHome among others

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