Playlist 358 - June 2 2015

There's a new album by William D Drake who used to be in Cardiacs. It's another wonderful combination of folk with medieval with avant garde and overflowing with great tunes. One of them was in the middle of this week's show, the swinging 'Lifeblood'.

New (to me) music also from Kathryn Joseph, a compelling singer from Glasgow, and Flo Morrissey an English folk artist who would remind you a lot of Alela Diane, always a good thing.

The Apartments are having one of their albums reissued by Captured Tracks. One of The Apartments Peter Walsh was briefly in The Go Betweens, in fact two of the latter's songs were about him. Sounds like a double play made in heaven.

Marcus Hamblett we've had on the show a couple of wks ago. A sublime semi-instrumental from his album would put you in mind of Ennio Morricone so we had him next to Il Maestro this week.

And Those Unfortunates who've written a cracking garage rock tune in tribute to Malcolm McDowell's smile - that's an idea made for this show if ever there was one.

More on these pages as always.

June 2 2015 w/ Ralegh Long,Kathryn Joseph,William D Drake,Ennio Morricone,Marcus Hamblett++ by The Underground Of Happiness on Mixcloud



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Playlist 358
Tues June 2 2015
11.00am-12.00pm
(repeated on Tuesdays 8.30pm)
UCC 98.3FM
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Playlist
The Go Betweens – Don’t let him come back
The Apartments – Mr Somewhere
Those Unfortunates – I wish that I could smile like Malcolm (playing Stoke Newington Old Fire Station, London, June 12)
Lower Dens - Societe Anonyme
Cormac O Caoimh – Place a letter on my front porch (playing Triskel Christchurch, Cork, June 6, w/ Pat Coldrick)
Ralegh Long – Gulls hovering
Kathryn Joseph – The bird (playing Wickerman Festival, July 24)
William D Drake - Lifeblood (playing Komedia, Brighton, July 5)
Flo Morrissey – Show me (playing Courtyard Theatre, London, June 18)
Ennio Morricone – Matto, caldo, soldi, morto...Girotondo (from the soundtrack of the film Vergogna Schifosi)
Marcus Hamblett – Three four (playing The Green Door Store, Brighton, July 7)
Tandem Felix – Nothing I do will ever be good enough
Madisen Ward & The Mama Bear – Silent movies (playing The Helix, Dublin, Aug 28+29, w/ Sufjan Stevens)
The Monochrome Set – In a little village

*next week's show will feature music from Titus Andronicus, Screaming Parent & Robert Pollard, among others

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