The Underground of Happiness

Some Flying Nun news this week. Dunedin band Look Blue Go Purple reissue 3 x 80s EPs through the legendary NZ label. It's juicy jangly and swoonsome psych pop. Howe Gelb is back on tour, bringing Lonna Kelley and Naim Amor for company. Expect sumptuous lounge tones with to die for smoky vocals and from Naim a French jazz meets Tucson swing. Also getting the reissue treatment is Bert Jansch on Earth Recordings . We took the title track from his wonderful final studio album The black swan (2006). C Duncan is on tour around now. Transcendental vocal magic. And Whyte Horses making genius thrilling psych pop. More on these pages. The Underground of Happiness uplifting pop music of every creed www.theundergroundofhappiness.blogspot.com www.facebook.com/theundergroundofhappiness Twitter: UndergroundOfHappy Playlist 445 Tues May 2 2017 11.00am-12.00pm (repeated on Tuesdays 8.30pm) UCC 98.3FM listen live on the web at www.ucc.ie/983fm *liste...

A mix and match this week, some Best of 2016 , some new music (ahead of the Christmas Special next week). The former. Entrance , beautiful sweeping orch pop. Weyes Blood , a monumental noise with a voice deceptively smooth. North Sea Radio Orchestra , a wonderful album of shifting avant folk music. The latter. Nadia Reid , back with a new album in the new year, a lovely foretaste. Whyte Horses , reinterpreting their album with a 400 strong children's choir. A Winged Victory For The Sullen , soundtrack music with great propulsion. And a classic from Super Furry Animals , currently on tour. More on these pages. The Underground of Happiness uplifting pop music of every creed www.theundergroundofhappiness.blogspot.com www.facebook.com/theundergroundofhappiness Twitter: UndergroundOfHappy Playlist 426 Tues Dec 6 2016 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 her...

More music from Whyte Horses from their debut album. Real feel of The Go! Team about it I thought (which is always a good thing) so how about some post Brexit politico-jangle pop from them (from 5 years ago) to go with. Yes. The new Jherek Bischoff album has gorgeous, and often unsettling, orchestrations. Debut solo album from Marielle V Jakobsons of Date Palms contains wonderful 1000 yard drones. A new album by Trashcan Sinatras is another reason to rejoice and give praise. It sounds like they've never been away. And The Fiction Aisle make another beautiful but unsettling brand of orchestral pop music. I'm not sure exactly what it is but I know I like it a lot. More on these pages. The Underground of Happiness uplifting pop music of every creed www.theundergroundofhappiness.blogspot.com www.facebook.com/theundergroundofhappiness Twitter: UndergroundOfHappy Playlist 408 Tues June 28 2016 11.00am-12.00pm (repeated on Tuesdays 8.30pm) UCC 9...

Serge Gainsbourg died 25 years ago this month. Always room at UOH Towers to pay tribute to that legend. Whyte Horses (pic) are a new band on me, making some lovely psych pop, sung in French here which is always good. This is the Kit can also do French, brilliantly, and they play Cork in April. More Giorgio Tuma , loving that album, sitting somewhere between Stereolab/High Llamas and Ennio Morricone. And Britta Phillips (of Luna, Dean & Britta), debut album out next month. Check Bert Jansch goodies out for Record Store Day on Earth Records . And a nice little electronic run with Iggy Pop taking Walt Whitman on a journey with Tarwater & Alva Noto and gorgeous ambient sounds from Qluster . And Orchestra of Spheres , the best bonkers music to shake your ass to. More on these pages. The Underground of Happiness uplifting pop music of every creed www.theundergroundofhappiness.blogspot.com www.facebook.com/theundergroundofhappiness Twitter: Undergrou...