The Underground of Happiness

Light and airy, but full of an irresistible pop sweetness. Garage pop gems like ESP, Brahma and the title track don’t come along every day and should be cherished when they do. The first psychedelic wave may be a major musical influence but the presence of Daniel Lee’s smooth croon adds extra depth and intrigue. Make it your soundtrack for the summer.

The Underground of Happiness uplifting pop music of every creed www.theundergroundofhappiness.blogspot.com www.facebook.com/theundergroundofhappiness Playlist 210 Tues Feb 28 2012 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 https://rapidshare.com/files/896751319/The_Underground_Of_Happiness_Feb_28_2012.m4a Playlist Milagres - For disposal ( playing Primavera Festival, Barcelona, May 30 ) Julianna Barwick - Never change Hooded Fang - ESP Grand Pocket Orchestra - Five pairs of fingers ( playing Whelan's, Dublin, Mar 9, w/ Tieranniesaur & Last Days of 1984 ) Seb Rochford & Leo Abrahams - Faint eligible remains ( Days & Nights at the Takeaway 2 ) Dirty Three - Rising below ( playing I'll Be Your Mirror Festival, London, Mar 25-27 ) Fireworks Night - Amongst the disappeared ( playing Hoxton Hall, London, Mar 8 ) Walpurgis Family - Simon smiles Songs of Green Ph...

The Underground of Happiness uplifting pop music of every creed www.theundergroundofhappiness.blogspot.com www.facebook.com/theundergroundofhappiness Playlist 208 Tues Feb 14 2012 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 https://rapidshare.com/files/3315566805/The_Underground_Of_Happiness_Feb_14_2012.mp3 Playlist Grinderman - Hyper worm tamer (UNKLE remix) Errors - Tusk ( playing Grand Social, Dublin, Feb 18 ) Amadou & Mariam feat. Santigold - Dougou Badia ( playing Shepherd's Bush Empire, London, Apr 13 ) Santigold - Big mouth Shearwater - Breaking the yearlings The Agency - Midnight garden The Trascendentalists Dustin O'Halloran - Opus 54 Hauschka - Radar Johann Johannsson - There is no safe side but the side of truth ( The Transcendentalists Tour, playing Opera House, Cork, May 19 ) Matthew Bourne - Juliet British Expeditionary Force - Commotion Psych...

The Underground of Happiness uplifting pop music of every creed www.theundergroundofhappiness.blogspot.com www.facebook.com/theundergroundofhappiness Playlist 207 Tues Feb 7 2012 11.00am-12.00pm (repeated on Tuesdays 8.30pm) UCC 98.3FM listen live on the web at www.ucc.ie/983fm *no podcast this week, see blog for audio/video links Playlist Frankie Rose - Gospel / Grace Field Music - A new town ( playing Primavera Festival, Barcelona, May 31-June 2 ) Land Lovers - The cinema bell ( playing The Pavilion, Cork, Feb 11, w/ Tieranniesaur & Squarehead ) Tune-Yards - My country ( playing Button Factory, Dublin, Feb 12, w/ Thread Pulls ) Somadrone - Reckoning Chairlift - I belong in your arms Simian Ghost - Free agent Sebastian Rochford feat. Gina Loring & Ranjana Ghatak - Love a sacred path ( Days & Nights at the Takeaway 1 ) Lower Dens - Brains Best Boy Grip - Barbara St Vincent - Cheerleader ( playing Shepherd's Bush Empire, London, Feb 27 ) School...

Been enjoying listening to new Full Time Hobby signings Hooded Fang , from Toronto . They released their second album, Tosta Mista , on Daps Records in Canada last year, it'll be available this side of the Atlantic in March. FTH are giving away a free download of album track ESP through their website on this link http://www.fulltimehobby.co.uk/home/hooded-fang/ or directly on soundcloud here. Hooded Fang - ESP by fulltimehobby It's like a jumpy 60's garage Nugget dug out of the archives, with a fantastic fuzz bass and unexpectedly (but brilliantly) smooth pop vocal. Below is another album track, the equally great Highway steam , which had me from the second the triumphant ascending trumpet line kicked in. Check the rest of the album on soundcloud here, it's well worth your time. http://soundcloud.com/hoodedfang/