The Underground of Happiness

Another bumper crop of Irish music on the show this week. New music from Adrian Crowley with James Yorkston , September Girls , Elastic Sleep , My Pilot and Benny Smiles . Folk to shoegaze and many points in between. A bit of Moondog - every day should have some - and a great song from the new Dean Wareham EP, so good to hear from him again. I've been enjoying the new Piper's Son album very much lately, find more on it on the blog. Beautiful ambient piano work (if that's not a misnomer) from Richard J Birkin . And some dub to finish. Georges Vert taking us into deep space, Bill Callahan more of a funk variety, speaking of fertile dirt, lovemaking and other essential things. More on these pages. Nov 19 2013 w/ Moondog,Adrian Crowley & James Yorkston,Elastic Sleep,Dean Wareham,Bill Callahan++ by Theundergroundofhappiness on Mixcloud The Underground of Happiness uplifting pop music of every creed www.theundergroundofhappiness.blogspot....

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 ...