The Underground of Happiness

it's the middle of the year...here's the middle of the year review enjoy x Playlist 1. The Notwist – Projectors (Morr Music) 2. Boa Morte – The following on (Gare du Nord Records) 3. Marisa Anderson – Taqsim for guitar (Thrill Jockey) ( playing Boole Library, University College Cork, Sept 10 ) 4. Les Imprimés – Get lost (Big Crown Records) 5. Blumi – Jaguar (Capitane Records) 6. Yael Naim – Solaire (Mouselephant) 7. Micha Acher/Henry & The Ghost Project – Radio Four (Alien Transistor) 8. Rattling Ark – Omos Silverskin (bandcamp) ( playing Boole Library, University College Cork, July 23 ) 9. Magic Tuber Stringband – Where the place becomes forgetting (Thrill Jockey) 10. Season 2 – Abundance of power (Upset The Rhythm) 11. Library Card – Out of context (At Ease) 12. The Telescopes – Revolutionary blues (Tapete Records) 13. Dog Chocolate – Employee (Upset The Rhythm) 14. Bill Wells feat Norman Blake – El El El (Karaoke Kalk) 15. Bill Wells feat Aby...

it's touring season for bands... lots of people playing live in this batch...get out and support if you can enjoy x Playlist 1. Starter Car - Kicking (Tapete Records) 2. Vanishing Twin – Bring me the axe (Fire Records) ( playing Earth, London, Oct 29 ) 3. Boa Morte – The following on (Gare du Nord Records) 4. Marisa Anderson – Sarvi simin (Thrill Jockey) ( playing Boole Library, University College Cork, Sept 10 ) 5. ANIQO – The turn (La Double Vie) 6. Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin – 69 Année Érotique (Warner Chappell) 7. Blumi – Jaguar (Capitane Records) 8. FKJ – Soulmates (AWAL) ( playing Exhibition, London, Oct 29 ) 9. Girls in Hawaii – Eldorado (Capitane Records) ( playing Hootananny, Brixton, London, Oct 20 ) 10. Gwenno – London 1757 (Heavenly) ( playing The Savoy, Cork, July 17 ) 11. Gurry Wurry – Like a landlord (Gurry Wurry) ( playing Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh, July 10 ) 12. Tricky feat. Mitch Sanders – I’m yours (False Idols) ( playing Green...

some out there musics in this batch...german electronica, drone rock and the like some in here musics also...whatever you're having yourself enjoy x Playlist 1. The Telescopes – White noise (Tapete Records) 2. The Notwist – Like this river (Alien Transistor) 3. SUEP – In the morning (Memorials of Distinction) 4. Alan & Jan – All one (Faitiche) 5. Sylvain Chauveau – The guitar piece I wrote for Masumi (130701) 6. Anadol & Marie Klock – Magnitude 6.3 (Pingipung) 7. Yael Naim – Inouie (Mouselephant) 8. Yael Naim – Rabbit hole (Mouselephant) 9. Tulpa – Monster of the week (Skep Wax Records) 10. Micha Acher/Henry & the Ghost – Loop D (Alien Transistor) 11. Marisa Anderson – Quodlibet (Thrill Jockey) ( playing University College Cork, Sept 10 ) 12. Magic Tuber Stringband – Where the place becomes forgetting (Thrill Jockey) 13. Craig Fortnam & Laurent Valero – White swan (Dark Companion Records) 14. The Would Be Goods – The back of your bike ...

himeji to los angeles. glasgow to berlin. belfast to nashville. enjoy. x Playlist 1. Oh No Noh – Dog years (Teleskop) 2. Bella Wakame – Shades of Nambei (Umor-Rex) 3. Echolalia – Little bird (Full Time Hobby) 4. Geckos – Lo Hice (Org Music/PIAPTK Recordings) 5. Junk Drawer – Nids Niteca (Pizza Pizza Records) 6. Keeley Forsyth & Matthew Bourne – Talk to me (Fat Cat Records) 7. Pierre Bastien & Michel Banabila – Closing time: The party is over (Pingipung) 8. Quinie – Macaphee turn the cattle (Upset The Rhythm) 9. Albertine Sarges – Stand near your fire (Moshi Moshi) 10. Deradoorian – Digital gravestone (Fire Records) 11. Le Volume Courbe – Two love (Duophonic Super 45s) 12. Sam Prekop – Light shadow (Thrill Jockey) 13. Water Machine – River (Fat Cat Records) 14. Damian O’Neill – Inside out (Tompkins Square) (Imaginational Anthem XIV) 15. Me Lost Me – A souvenir (Upset The Rhythm) 16. Lael Neale – Tell me how to be here (Sub Pop Records) 17. Eddie M...

the search for new sounds does not have to be a treadmill enjoy x Playlist 1. CV Vision – R.T.B. (Bureau B) 2. Prolapse – The fall of cashline (Tapete Records) 3. claire rousay – somewhat burdensome (Thrill Jockey) 4. The Saxophones – Too big for California (Full Time Hobby) 5. Joasihno – Characo orb. (Alien Transistor) 6. Anushka Chkheidze + Robert Lippok – Rainbow road (Morr Music) 7. Kathryn Williams – Goodbye to summer (One Little Independent) ( playing The Folk House, Bristol, Oct 31 ) 8. Cian Nugent – I am asleep and do not wake me (Tompkins Square) (Imaginational Anthem XIV) 9. Ailbhe Reddy – Align (Don Giovanni Records) 10. Stereolab – Aerial Troubles (Duophonic/Warp) ( playing Cyprus Avenue, Cork, Feb 19 ) 11. Linda Smith – So long ago (Upset The Rhythm) 12. Cardiacs – Downup (The Alphabet Business Concern) 13. Me Lost Me – Ancient summer (Upset The Rhythm) 14. Chantal Acda – Hit the verge (Starman Records) 15. Clock DVA – Consent (Mute) 16. EERA...

tis the season for ... ...truth enjoy x Playlist 1. Yann Tiersen – Caledonian Canal (Mute) ( playing Barbican, London, Apr 19 ) 2. Conrad Schnitzler - Ballet statique (bureau b) (Krautrock Eruption – An Introduction to German Electronic Music 1970-1980) 3. Simon Fisher Turner and Mike Smalle + Bring Your Own Hammer – Exile (Dimple Discs) 4. Peter Baumann – From a far land (bureau b) 5. Bella Wakame – Shades of Nambei (Umor-Rex) 6. In-Flight Movie – Passenger (bandcamp) 7. Tropical Fuck Storm – Bloodsport (Fire Records) ( playing Manchester Psych Festival, Aug 30 ) 8. Albertine Sarges – Blue lagoon (Moshi Moshi) ( playing Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh, Nov 7 ) 9. Kris Kristoffersen – Me and Bobby McGee + Dialogue (Fire Records) (from the OST of the film The Last Movie ) 10. I Dreamed I Dream – Fags (bandcamp) ( playing Bello Bar, Dublin, May 3, w Echo Northstar & Jean Pack ) 11. Quinie – Macaphee turn the cattle (Upset The Rhythm) ( playing Mono, Glasgow, May ...

massive tunes backlog alert enjoy x Playlist 1. Amy Rigby – Bricks (Tapete) 2. Trust Fund – Has it been a while (Tapete) 3. David Murphy – Eleanor Plunkett (Rollercoaster Records) 4. The Byrds – You ain’t going nowhere (Columbia) 5. Sandy Denny – Blues run the game (Earth Recordings) 6. Trust Fund – The mirror (Tapete) 7. Stuart Moxham – Suburban Monochrome (Tiny Global Productions) 8. Minwhi Lee – Penitentiary (Alien Transistor) 9. The Music of Sound – Inner London Lullaby (Monochrome Motif Records) 10. ERNIE – Vineyard towns (ERNIE) 11. Aislinn Logan – Stolen days (soundcloud) 12. Albertine Sarges – Stand near your fire (Moshi Moshi) 13. Bananagun – Free energy (Full Time Hobby) 14. Derya Yildirim & Grup Şimşek – Cool hand (Big Crown Records) 15. Les Imprimés – With you (Big Crown Records) 16. Ella Raphael – Tangled love (Fire Records) 17. Naima Bock – Feed my release (Sub Pop/Memorials of Distinction) ( playing Deaf Institute, Manchester, Nov 13 ) ...

More tunes from 2023. 20 more of the best. Enjoy. x Playlist 1. The Toads – Nationalsville (Upset The Rhythm) 2. Vanishing Twin – Afternoon X (Fire Records) 3. Me Lost Me – Eye Witness (Upset The Rhythm) 4. I Dreamed I Dream – The Bass (bandcamp) 5. Tandem Felix – There’s a new sheriff in town (bandcamp) 6. Terry – Gold duck (Upset The Rhythm) 7. Immaterial Possession – To the fete (Fire Records) 8. Lael Neale – I am the river (Sub Pop) 9. Death and Vanilla – Looking glass (Fire Records) 10. Trá Pháidín – m’anam go b’ea (bandcamp) 11. Nagasaki Swim – Sleep (Excelsior Recordings) 12. Nighttime – Veil (Ba Da Bing Records) 13. Symbol Soup – Overdressed (Sad Club Records) 14. The Notwist – Exit strategy to myself (Live from Alien Research Center) (Morr Music) 15. Aoife Nessa Frances – Automatic love (Partisan Records) 16. Spencer Cullum feat Erin Rae – Betwixt and between (Full Time Hobby) 17. BMX Bandits – Long forgotten summers (Tapete Records) 18. Holl...

Tunes for your heatwave x Playlist 1. Decisive Pink – Dopamine (Fire Records) 2. Colleen – Subterranean-Movement I (Thrill Jockey) ( playing Le Guess Who, Utrecht, Nov 11 ) 3. Minwhi Lee – Dream (Morr Music) 4. Yann Tiersen – Ar maner kozh (Mute) ( playing Liquid Room, Edinburgh, Aug 8 ) 5. Spirit Fest – Lost & Found (Morr Music) 6. Saroos feat Ronald Lippok – Tin & glass (Alien Transistor) 7. Robin Saville – Beltane (Morr Music) 8. Anadol – Yapilacak Kadin (Pingipung) 9. Me Lost Me – Mirie it is while summer I last (Upset The Rhythm) 10. A.R. Kane – Crack-up (Rocket Girl) 11. Swans – Michael is done (Mute/Young God Records) ( playing The Academy, Dublin, Aug 21 ) 12. Current Affairs – Reactor (Tough Love) ( playing The Lexington, London, July 26 ) 13. Naked Lungs – Relentless (Naked Lungs) 14. POZI – Faulty receiver (PRAH Recordings) 15. Vanishing Twin – Afternoon X (Fire Records) 16. Water Machine – Water Machine Part II (Upset The Rhythm) 17. Heav...

A bit of a backlog here at UOH Towers so this one's a bit longer than usual. Enjoy. x Playlist 1. Harmonious Thelonius – Soft opening machine (bureau b) 2. Robert Forster – She’s a fighter (Tapete) 3. Albertine Sarges – Hold on (Moshi Moshi) 4. Bert Jansch – Trouble in mind (Earth Recordings) (Bert at the BBC Box Set) 5. Chalk – Velodrome (Dutch Tilt) 6. Shake Chain – RU (Upset The Rhythm) 7. Chewy She – Mustard (Chewy She) 8. David Brewis – The last day (Daylight Saving Records) 9. Fenella – The Metallic Index (Fire Records) 10. Modern Studies – Geese (Fire Records) 11. Pearls Before Swine – Where is love (Earth Recordings) 12. Rozi Plain – Help (Memphis Industries) 13. Slug – Casual cruelty (Daylight Saving Records) 14. splint – 145 (Nice Swan) 15. The Go! Team – Divebomb (Memphis Industries) 16. Ways Of Seeing – Every night (bandcamp) 17. The Single Cells – Zimmer (bandcamp) 18. Le Millipede – 8th leg (Gutfeeling Records/Broken Silence) 19. Will ...

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...

Part 1 of a 2 Part series. Songs that stuck with me through 2021. I hope something sticks with you. Enjoy. x Playlist Herbert feat Verushka – Fantasy (Accidental) Vanishing Twin – Big moonlight (ookii gekkou) (Fire Records) Marina Allen – Oh, Louise (Fire Records) Nation of Language – Across that fine line (PIAS) Virginia Wing – …Out for something (Fire Records) Shannon Lay – Rare to wake (Sub Pop) Shuko feat Lee Fields & Nia Wyn – Nothing’s gonna change (For the Love of It Recordings) The Magic Lantern – Bound for glory (Hectic Eclectic Records) Vanessa Anne Redd – By the time (Sharp Attack Records) Craig Fortnam – Ark (Onomatopoeia Records) David Lance Callahan – Born of the Welfare State (Tiny Global Productions) Robert Sotelo – Dear Resident (Upset The Rhythm) Saroos feat Ronald Lippok – Tin & glass (Alien Transistor) Dntel – The lilac and the apple (Morr Music/Les Albums Claus) Sparks feat Simon Helberg – So may we start (from the soundt...

A backlog of music in the autumn time. Enjoy. x Playlist 1. Buffet Lunch – Cheeks (Upset the Rhythm)( playing Mono, Glasgow, Nov 11 ) 2. Faust – I’ve got my car and my tv (Bureau B) 3. Harmonious Thelonious – Ayranman (Bureau B) 4. Herbert feat Mel Uye-Parker – Hypnotised (Accidental Records) 5. SUEP – Domesticated dream (Memorials of Distinction) 6. Clear History – Solar death ray (Upset The Rhythm) 7. Sone Institute – Echo Zulu India (Mystery Bridge) 8. Margot – Watercolour (Full Time Hobby) ( playing Sebright Arms, London, Nov 11 ) 9. Shuko feat Lee Fields & Nia Wyn – Nothing’s gonna change (For the Love of It Recordings) 10. The Magic Lantern – There’s a light (Hectic Eclectic Records) ( playing Wardrobe, Bristol, Dec 13 ) 11. Abiodun Oyewole – Harlem (Afar) 12. Anna Vincent – Thin skin (Ultimate Blends) ( playing Waiting Room, London, Nov 1 ) 13. Barry Adamson – The climber (Mute) 14. Pretty Happy – Sea sea sea (Art For Blind) ( playin...

Tracks from 16 albums I've enjoyed a lot this year so far. Enjoy x Playlist 1. Cool Ghouls – In Michoacan (Empty Cellar Records/Melodic) 2. The Chills – You’re immortal (Fire) 3. Buffet Lunch – Red apple happiness (Upset The Rhythm) 4. Cathal Coughlan – Falling out North Street (Dimple Discs) 5. St Vincent – Down and out (Loma Vista) 6. El Michels Affair feat Piya Malik – Murkit gem (Big Crown Records) 7. Shannon Lay – Wild (Sub Pop) actually released in 2019 but heard for the first time by me this year… 8. Craig Fortnam – Ark (Onomatopoeia Records) 9. Lucy Gooch – Rain’s break (Fire) 10. Mark Fry – Song for Wilde (Now-Again Reserve Records) (reissue) 11. Marina Allen – Belong here (Fire) 12. yumbo – A house (Morr Music) 13. Colleen – Implosion-Explosion (Thrill Jockey) 14. Adrian Crowley – Bread and wine (Chemikal Underground) 15. Lambchop – Chef’s kiss (Merge/City Slang) 16. Ann Scott - Sweetheart

New music for your lugholes. Enjoy. x Playlist 1. Herbert feat Y’akoto – The way (Accidental Records) 2. Me & My Friends – All that is you 3. Nation of Language – Across that fine line ( playing Reading/Leeds Festivals, Aug 27 & 28 2021 ) 4. Soccer96 feat Nuha Ruby Ra – Dopamine (Moshi Moshi) 5. The Go! Team – Pow (Memphis Industries) 6. Shannon Lay – Rare to wake (Sub Pop) 7. Jack Cheshire – Mystery train (Loose Tongue Records) 8. The Magic Lantern – Bound for glory (Hectic Eclectic Records) 9. Mocky – Stevie’s room (Heavy Sheet) 10. Band of Holy Joy – Leap into the great unknown (Tiny Global Productions) 11. Telefís – We need (251 Records/Dimple Discs) 12. Alasdair Roberts og Volvur – Orison of union (Drag City) 13. Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band – Dirt off your shoulder (Big Crown Records) 14. Craig Fortnam – Ark (Onomatopoeia Records) 15. Henrik Lindstrand – Enghave Lys (Alex Somers Remix) (One Little Independent) 16. Boa Morte –...

A 2 hour show that went out on Mar 1st 2021 on UCC98.3FM. One in a series of occasional Lockdown Specials. Lot of new releases in this one, lot of good tunes. Enjoy x Playlist 1. The Chills – You’re immortal (Fire) 2. The Chills – Monolith (Fire) 3. Buffet Lunch – The power of rocks (Upset the Rhythm) 4. Cathal Coughlan – Owl in the parlour 5. The Hamrahlid Choir – Sonnets (One Little Independent) 6. Boa Morte – By the time 7. Colleen – Gazing at Taurus-Santa Eulalia (Thrill Jockey) 8. Lucy Gooch – Ash and orange (Fire) 9. Sarah Neufeld – Stories (One Little Independent) 10. Cory Hanson – Paper fog ( Drag City) 11. Jack Cheshire – Tiny hands (Loose Tongue Records) 12. Esther Rose – Keeps me running (Full Time Hobby) 13. M Ward – You’ve changed (ANTI) 14. Sam Brookes – 18 and sleeping 15. Goose – Viper 16. Dntel – Fall in love (Morr Music) 17. Ed Dowie – Number Eight wire (Needle Mythology) 18. Nation of Language...

autumn give a little bit it'll do you good x Playlist The Notwist feat. Saya – Ship (Morr Music/Alien Transistor) Normil Hawaiians – In the stone (Upset The Rhythm) Sam Prekop – Comma (Thrill Jockey) Bert Jansch – Crimson moon (Earth, reissue) Tame Impala – Tomorrow’s dust (Caroline) Lizette & Quevin – Talk to me (Big Crown Records) B-Fax – Therefore (Disco-Ordination) El Michels Affair feat. Piya Malik – Dhuaan (Big Crown Records) El Michels Affair feat.Shannon Wise – Sha na na (Big Crown Records) Gabriel Olafs – Bára (Hugar Rework) (One Little Independent) Global Charming – Charming (Subroutine Records) Half Japanese – Wondrous wonder (Fire) Holy Sons – Lady of the hour (Thrill Jockey) Jens Kuross – Golden Septembers Josephine Foster – The wheel of fortune (Fire) Lee Fields & The Expressions – Two timer (Big Crown Records) M Ward – For heavens sake (Anti) Naked Roommate – Mad love (Upset The Rhythm) Mera Bhai – Manana groove (Moshi Mosh...

Keep the pop gems coming in this wet steamy summer. Playlist Mambo Noir Trio – Matador (Oona Records) Laurence Pike – Dance of the earth (The Leaf Label) Kingo Dia Ntotila – Mutwashi (Fancy Cat Remix) (Pussyfoot Records) Purple Mountains – Margaritas at the mall (Drag City) Bananagun – Do yeah (Full Time Hobby) Corey King – Fertility filter (Def Pressé) Cross Record – The fly (Ba Da Bing) Alasdair Roberts – The evernew tongue (Drag City) Drahla – Pyramid Estate (Captured Tracks) Gruff Rhys – Pang (Rough Trade) Hochzeitskapelle – Sonido Amazonico (Gutfeeling Records/Broken Silence) Manu Louis – Internet (Igloo Records) Mermaidens – I might disappear (Flying Nun) Sarathy Korwar – Bol (The Leaf Label) Band of Holy Joy – Electric pilgrims Terry – Spud (Upset The Rhythm) Twen – Damsel (Frenchkiss Records) Cabogato – Drive on dust (Hidden Shoal) Solo Collective – By the tower, at nightfall (Nonostar Records) Dubi Dolczek – Tangerine Moon (Stolen Body Re...

Playlist Sufjan Stevens – Love yourself (Asthmatic Kitty) Aldous Harding – Fixture picture (4AD) Pozi – Engaged (Prah Recordings) Jane Weaver – Slow motion (LITSS variation) (Fire Records) Stereo Total – Einfach (Tapete) Apparat – Caronte (Mute) Holy Hive feat. Mary Lattimore – Oh I miss her so (Big Crown Records) Laurence Pike – Taught by spirits (The Leaf Label) Polypores – Third level (Front & Follow) Lewsberg – Chances Vanishing Twin – Magician’s success (Fire Records) The Catenary Wires – Dream town (Tapete) Lee Hazlewood with Nina Lizell – Leather and lace (Light in the Attic) Purple Mountains – All my happiness is gone (Drag City) Sam Evian – Cherry tree (Saddle Creek) RaleghLong – Dukes of Stratosphear (Gare du Nord) Rozi Plain – Swing shut (Memphis Industries) Prefab Sprout – I trawl the megahertz (excerpt) (Sony) Prefab Sprout – Appetite (acoustic) (Columbia) The Go Betweens – Core of a flame (Beggars Banquet) Red Channel – Crazy diamonds (Upset...

I don’t need much encouragement to get worked up about Australian bands but even so I like this crowd a lot. Melbourne seems to be quite the hotbed this weather from where this four piece fashion what they’re calling dolewave. I’m not sure it’ll catch on as a name tag but the music has a charm and swagger to it that’s very appealing and the word slacker might not be out of place. Rudimentary drum machine. One note couldntgiveafuck guitar attitude. Supremely deadpan vocals proclaiming “off his bloody head goes”. The beautiful judicious use of a fuzzbox. Another Australian band who manage to make pop poetry out of unpromising materials.