The Underground of Happiness

dublin to berlin. new orleans to belfast. brooklyn to cork. enjoy x Playlist 1. Adrian Crowley – Brother was a runaway (Valley of Eyes Records) 2. Midori Hirano – Oto, Kioku (Thrill Jockey) 3. Naim Amor & Kid Congo Powers – Tucson safari (In The Red Records) 4. Chalk – Pool scene (Nice Swan) 5. Clementine March – Fireworks (PRAH Recordings) 6. Cormac O Caoimh – The heart of the human race (bandcamp) 7. Derya Yildirim & Grup Simsek – Cool hand (Big Crown Records) 8. Julie Odell – Disappearing act (Frenchkiss Records) 9. Donna Regina – Nothing heavy (Karaoke Kalk) 10. Dreamwave – Moon buggy (Stolen Body Records) 11. EERA – I’ll stop when I’m done (Test Card Recordings) 12. Elaine Howley – Hold me in a new way (Modern Love) 13. Half Japanese – Step on up (Fire Records) 14. Haylie Davis – Golden age (Fire Records) 15. I Dreamed I Dream – Fags (bandcamp) 16. J Appiah – Forget about it (Vero Music x 19Fifty7) 17. Jeanines – Coaxed a storm (Slumberland R...

enjoy people x Playlist 1. Cluster & Eno – Ho Renomo (bureau b) 2. Midori Hirano – Oto, Kioku (Thrill Jockey) 3. Jimi Tenor Band – Selenites (Tapete Records) 4. Lucy Gooch – Clouds (Fire Records) 5. Barry Walker Jr feat. Rob Smith & Jason Willmon – Quiessence (Thrill Jockey) 6. The Notwist – X-ray (Morr Music) 7. Bill Callahan – The man I’m supposed to be (Drag City) 8. claire rousay feat m sage – just (Thrill Jockey) 9. Clementine March – Fireworks (PRAH Recordings) 10. Lande Hekt – Favourite pair of shoes (Tapete Records) 11. Prima Queen feat Girl Group – The prize (Submarine Cat) 12. Anna Prior – True for you (Beat Palace Records) 13. Hater – This guy (Fire Records) 14. Haylie Davis – Country boy (Fire Records) 15. Homer – Chrysanthemum (Big Crown Records) 16. The Cords – Just don’t know how to be you (Skep Wax) 17. Ladytron – I believe in you (Nettwerk) (playing Gorilla, Manchester, Mar 21) 18. lucky break – Burning string (Fire Records) 19. Ma...

the dub is the genius alien dub orchestra loads of brass love it x Playlist 1. Donna Regina – Nothing heavy (Karaoke Kalk) 2. Stella & The Dreaming – In another life (bandcamp) ( playing Coughlans, Cork, Sept 26, w/ Ana Palindrome ) 3. Emma Pollock – Prize Hunter (Chemikal Underground) 4. Thee Marloes – I’d be lost (Big Crown Records) 5. Sam Prekop – Light shadow (Thrill Jockey) 6. Kathryn Williams – Tender (One Little Independent) ( playing St Pancras Old Church, London, Oct 24 ) 7. Julie Odell – Orioles eating oranges (Frenchkiss Records) 8. The Cords – Fabulist (Skep Wax) ( playing Mono, Glasgow, Oct 5 ) 9. EERA – I’ll stop when I’m done (Test Card Recordings) 10. The Alien Dub Orchestra – Bike rack (Alien Transistor) 11. AVR – Renaissance (Holywood) ( playing The George, London, Oct 15 ) 12. Mark McCausland – We’ll be just fine (Deltasonic Records) (from the soundtrack of the film The Spin ) 13. Cormac O Caoimh – The heart of the human race (bandca...

tripping through sheffield, surabaya, los angeles, navan, fermanagh, helsinki, cork, copenhagen & montreal in this batch enjoy x Playlist 1. Minwhi Lee – Mirror therapy for phantom pain (Alien Transistor) 2. Ella Raphael – Tangled love (Fire Records) 3. Yosa Peit – Shelly (Fire Records) 4. Naima Bock – Takes one (Sub Pop Records/Memorials of Distinction) 5. Bobby Oroza – Goddess (Big Crown Records) 6. David Murphy – An Draigheann (Rollercoaster Records) 7. Hiro Ama feat. Keeley Forsyth – Billowing (PRAH Recordings) 8. Golden Bug feat. The Liminanas & Vega Voga – Hi No Tori (La Belle) 9. Jessica Pratt – Life is (City Slang) 10. Matthew Bourne – The mirror and its fragments (The Leaf Label) 11. Róis – Caoine (bandcamp) 12. William D Drake – The flickering shade (Zebedog Records) 13. Myriam Gendron – Long way home (Thrill Jockey & Feeding Tube) 14. Oisin Leech – Colour of the rain (Outside Music/Tremone Records) 15. Mary Lattimore & Walt McClem...

And finally...my last word on the music that floated my boat in 2023. May the year rise with you. x Playlist 1. Saeko Killy – Sun shower (Tapete Records/bureau b) 2. Hiro Ama – Ultramarine (Silent Way) 3. Robert Forster – It’s only poison (Tapete Records) 4. The Bonk – The stars look great (bandcamp) 5. Nation of Language – Sole obsession (Play It Again Sam) 6. Decisive Pink – Destiny (Fire Records) 7. Sprints – Up and comer (City Slang) 8. POZI – Pest control (PRAH Recordings) 9. Chalk – Asking (Dutch Tilt) 10. m(h)aol – Nice guys (Tulle) 11. Martin Rev – Dreams (bureau b) 12. The Umlauts – Dance and go (PRAH Recordings) 13. Ghost Woman – Yoko (Full Time Hobby) 14. Christian Cohle – Another life (bandcamp) 15. Special Friend – Bete (Skep Wax Records) 16. Surprise Chef – Rosemary Hemphill (Big Crown Records) 17. Sally Anne Morgan – The center (Thrill Jockey) 18. Cormac O Caoimh – A good place for you (bandcamp) 19. Craig Fortnam – Ruins in time (Believer...

dreams. memories. all the feels. let the tunes be your soundtrack. enjoy. x Playlist 1. Richard Jones - OAR003-B (PRAH Recordings) 2. Superparka – razz (Superparka) 3. The Umlauts – Mad blue love (PRAH Recordings) 4. Yowl – The machine (Clue Records/EMI North) ( playing Moth Club, London, Oct 21 ) 5. Cloud Management feat. Peaking Lights – PST (Altin Village and Mine) 6. Galya Bisengalieva – Saryzhal (One Little Independent) ( playing ICA, London, Nov 28 ) 7. Rachael Lavelle – Let me unlock your full potential (Rest Energy) ( playing Coughlans, Cork, Dec 7 ) 8. Sufjan Stevens – Will anybody never love me (Asthmatic Kitty) 9. Richard Hawley – Coles Corner (Mute) 10. Bas Jan – No more swamp (Fire Records) 11. Crime & the City Solution – Brave hearted woman (Mute) ( playing La Boule Noire, Paris, Nov 29 ) 12. Dave Evans – Only blue (Earth Recordings) 13. Tandem Felix – There’s a new sheriff in town (bandcamp) ( playing Coughlans, Cork, Nov 17 ) 14. Ghost Wo...

There's a lot of soul music going around this weather. I suppose there always is, just my ears are picking it up lately. Enjoy. x Playlist 1. Sufjan Stevens – So you are tired (Asthmatic Kitty) 2. Craig Fortnam – Shepherd of the lawn (Believer’s Roast) 3. Carrtoons feat Rae Khalil – Grace (Wichita Recordings) 4. Thee Marloes – Logika (Big Crown Records) 5. Ella Ronen – Truth (BB*Island) 6. Duvet – Girlcow (Fear of Missing Out) 7. Naked Lungs – River (Down) (Naked Lungs) ( playing Shacklewell Arms, London, Oct 3 ) 8. Beak> – Wulfstan (bandcamp) 9. Nation of Language – Too much, enough ([PIAS]) ( playing New Century, Manchester, Oct 4 ) 10. Supalung – Wreck my body (KiAn Records) ( playing Brighton Folk Rooms, Nov 15 ) 11. The Umlauts – Dance and go (PRAH Recordings) ( playing Lost Map x PRAH Halloween All Dayer, Platform, Glasgow, Oct 28 ) 12. Spirit Fest – Lost and found (Morr Music) 13. Galya Bisengalieva – Balapan (One Little Independent) ( playing I...

aka Massive Summer Backlog Mix Lots of cello going around at the moment. Not sure why. But always welcome. Enjoy. x Playlist 1. Decisive Pink – Destiny (Fire Records) 2. Bruce Haack – Cherubic hymn (Columbia) 3. CV Vision – Die frommen wanderer (bureau b) 4. Mera Bhai feat Stealing Sheep – Evil butter (Morning Raga Recordings) 5. Air Waves – Star earring (Planningtorock’s Planning to Star Version) (Fire Records) ( playing The Shacklewell Arms, London, June 19 ) 6. Modern Cosmology – Le train ne passera pas (Duophonic UHF Disk) 7. The Chills – Party in my heart (Fire Records) 8. The Chills – Double summer (Fire Records) ( playing Whelan’s, Dublin, June 22 ) 9. Caoilian Sherlock – Push the oil away (bandcamp) ( playing The Green Room, Cork Opera House, July 1 ) 10. MD Pallavi & Andi Otto – Flute boy (Pingipung) 11. Eden Ahbez – Eden’s Island (Trunk Records) 12. Minwhi Lee – Borrowed tongue (Morr Music) 13. The Saxophones – Boy crazy (Full Time Hobby) 14....

Another batch from end of year compiling. Some you may have heard of. Some you probably haven't. Enjoy them all. x Playlist 1. BJ Cole – Ely revisited (Tompkins Square) ( Luke Schneider Presents Imaginational Anthem vol. XI : Chrome Universal - A Survey of Modern Pedal Steel ) 2. Yuko Kono – Ginger (Morr Music) ( Minna Miteru 2 ) 3. Jimi Tenor – Lifehugger (bureau b) 4. L.A. Salami – Desperate times, mediocre measures (Sunday Best Recordings) 5. Shake Chain – RU (Upset The Rhythm) 6. The Umlauts – Sweat (PRAH Recordings) 7. Etienne Jaumet & Fabrizio Rat – Visione pop (bureau b) 8. Aoife Nessa Frances – Emptiness follows (Partisan Records) 9. Marina Allen – Or else (Fire Records) 10. Telefís feat Sean O’Hagan – Space is us (Dimple Discs) 11. Yosa Peit – Anthy (Fire Records) 12. The Burning Hell – Dirty Microphones (BB*Island) 13. Modern Studies – Geese (Fire Records) 14. Bjork – Sorrowful soil (One Little Independent) 15. The Orchids – This boy is...

The first instalment of tunes that caught my ear last year. A combination of albums I played a lot and one off tracks that stuck with me. Call them earworms. Enjoy. x Playlist 1. Harmonious Thelonius – Soft opening machine (bureau b) 2. Ghost Power – Asteroid witch (Duophonic Super 45s) 3. Astrel K – Is it it or is it I (Duophonic Super 45s) 4. Albertine Sarges – Hold on (Moshi Moshi) 5. Chalk – Velodrome (Dutch Tilt) 6. Chewy She – Mustard (Chewy She) 7. Donna Thompson – Be with you (PRAH Recordings) 8. Guerilla Toss – Cannibal capitol (Sub Pop) 9. Josephine Foster – Hum menina (Fire Records) 10. Junk Drawer – Tears in Costa (Art For Blind Records) 11. L’Exotighost – Exotique mecanique (Everlasting Records) 12. Rozi Plain – Help (Memphis Industries) 13. Silverbacks – A job worth something (Full Time Hobby) 14. splint – Military procedures (Nice Swan) 15. Sprints – Literary mind (Nice Swan) 16. The Garbage and The Flowers – Eye know who you are (Fire...

the music of sound OR the sound of music enjoy x Playlist 1. The Orchids – This boy is a mess (Skep Wax Records) 2. Robert Sotelo – Caught in a shape (Upset The Rhythm) 3. Trick Mist – Boring bread (Pizza Pizza Records) ( playing Coughlans, Cork, Oct 23, w/ Howlbux ) 4. Howlbux – Nightfall/Over (Moot Tapes) ( playing Coughlans, Cork, Oct 23, w/ Trick Mist ) 5. Elaine Howley – To the test (Touch Sensitive Records) ( playing Coughlans, Cork, Nov 27, w/ Aoife Nessa Frances ) 6. Jimi Tenor – Bass kalimba dance (bureau b) 7. splint – Military procedures (Nice Swan) ( playing YES, Manchester, Oct 29 ) 8. Television – See no evil (Elektra Records) 9. Sprints – Literary mind (Nice Swan) ( playing Winthrop Avenue, Cork, Oct 8 ) 10. Marisa Anderson – Waking (Thrill Jockey) ( playing Clonakilty International Guitar Festival, Sept 16 ) 11. Ellen Arkbro & Johan Graden – Never near (Thrill Jockey) 12. Cornelia Murr – All souls (Full Time Hobby) ( currently touring...

A bumper crop for this late summer. Enjoy. x Playlist 1. The Doomed Bird of Providence – Businessman found dead in a shop at Mildura (bandcamp) 2. Sam Prekop & John McEntire – A ghost at noon (Thrill Jockey) 3. The Magnetic Fields – ’69: Judy Garland (Nonesuch) ( playing Cyprus Avenue, Cork, Sept 8 ) 4. The Burning Hell – Dirty microphones (BB*Island) ( playing Bush Hall, London, Oct 21 ) 5. Kathryn Williams – Radioactive (One Little Independent) ( playing Purbeck Valley Folk Festival, Wareham, Aug 18-22 ) 6. Craig Fortnam – New gold (Best Behaviour) 7. Mitski – The only heartbreaker (Dead Oceans) 8. Sinead O’Brien – Holy country (Chess Club) ( playing Cyprus Avenue, Cork, Oct 26 ) 9. Æ Mak – Sun God, I'll Be Your Woman (Spacer Records) 10. Elephant – Calling (Excelsior Records) 11. Thee U.F.O. – Transparent seed (Gelatinous Records) ( playing Electric Avenue, Waterford, Aug 13 ) 12. The Besnard Lakes – A jacket for a rainy lady (Full Time Hobby) 1...

From Brisbane to Tokyo. From Brooklyn to Stroud. London. Cork. Dublin. Minneapolis. Enjoy. x Playlist 1. Ghost Woman – Along (Full Time Hobby) ( playing Oslo, London, Aug 29 ) 2. Casino – Back in the day 3. Polica – Blood (Memphis Industries) 4. Curse of Lono – In your arms 5. Donna Thompson – Be with you (PRAH Recordings) 6. Yuko Kono – Ginger (Morr Music) 7. Naked Lungs – Why do people change ( playing The Workman’s Cellar, Dublin, Aug 12 ) 8. Fixity – Hungry clouds (KantCope) ( playing Coughlan’s, Cork, Aug 12 ) 9. The Umlauts – Another fact (PRAH Recordings) 10. Marina Allen – Superreality (Fire Records) 11. Yosa Peit – Anthy (Fire Records) 12. Kate Bush – Cloudbusting (EMI) 13. Bobby Oroza – Loving body (Big Crown Records) 14. Sunny & The Sunliners – Viva mi triestesa (Big Crown Records) 15. MF Tomlinson – A cloud (PRAH Recordings) 16. The Go Betweens – Bye bye pride (Beggars Banquet) 17. Peter Broderick – With the notes in my ears (Hush) ...