The Underground of Happiness

10 years since Grant McLennan died, good to remember his heartfelt cinematic songwriting, in a shape of a genius cut from Tallulah , a somewhat underrated album even by the standards of The Go Betweens . A trio of haunting/chamber/devotional pieces around the middle of the show. Teho Teardo & Blixa Bargeld , so delicate, so elegant, so compelling. Pedro Soler & Gaspar Claus , a father and son duo playing Spanish guitar and (very muscular) cello, stirring inspiring stuff. Brigid Mae Power , the Galway singer making haunting late hours music with a little help from Peter Broderick. More on these pages as always. The Underground of Happiness uplifting pop music of every creed www.theundergroundofhappiness.blogspot.com www.facebook.com/theundergroundofhappiness Twitter: UndergroundOfHappy Playlist 402 Tues May 17 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 h...

There’s a bit of a Glasgow roll on the show lately what with C Duncan and Kathryn Joseph (there’s also a new Bill Wells & Aidan Moffat album due out later in the year). What’s even more impressive about them all is the diversity of styles on show, no sign of trendsetting or bandwagon jumping. Man of Moon are a duo who take a hint of Jagwar Ma and put a motorik worm into it. Chunky power chords. Unswerving drumbeat. A song about the road. World weary vocals. (They’re only young.) Dancefloor breakdown. It’s a beautiful thing.

New this week. Man of Moon , a duo from Edinburgh with a great line in motorik rhythms. A touch of Jagwar Ma with a NEU undertone, it's also thrilling psych rock full of conviction. David Sheppard , like a kosmische flip of that sound, softer but no less insistent. William D Drake bringing the madrigal back into pop music, along with satire - brilliant brilliant stuff. And AJ Holmes & The Hackney Empire , a kind of cockney ska with fantastic African style guitar licking. More of that. The rest is great too - Rozi Plain, Titius Andronicus, Daniel Knox, Giant Sand etc.. More on these pages as always. June 9 2015 w/ Rozi Plain,David Sheppard,Man of Moon,Vinyl Williams,Giant Sand,William D Drake++ by The Underground Of Happiness on Mixcloud The Underground of Happiness uplifting pop music of every creed www.theundergroundofhappiness.blogspot.com www.facebook.com/theundergroundofhappiness Twitter: UndergroundOfHappy Playlist 359 Tues June 9 2015...