Playlist 365 - July 21 2015

Some whistling to start off the show this week. Esquivel pushed the boundaries of stereo sound (and orchestral arrangements) in the 50s and 60s. And C Duncan is doing similar with pop instruments and classical techniques. Both have knockout whistling interludes.

New music from Best Boy Grip of Derry, always welcome, one of the best songwriters and arrangers on this island.

J Fernandez, lovely Beach Boyish arrangement. Ezra Furman with that great manic energy but also a searing intellect. The Phoenix Foundation taking off into epic prog territory, a great trip.

And The Chap are back and chapping away very chappishly as always.

More on these pages.

July 21 2015 w/ C Duncan,Beach Boys,J Fernandez,ALS,Blank Realm,Novella,Best Boy Grip++ by The Underground Of Happiness on Mixcloud



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Playlist 365
Tues July 21 2015
11.00am-12.00pm
(repeated on Tuesdays 8.30pm)
UCC 98.3FM
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Playlist
Esquivel – Sentimental journey
C Duncan - For (playing CCA, Glasgow, July 24)
Best Boy Grip – Can’t buy love, son
Liminal Drifter feat Chloe March – Troubled mystic
Blank Realm - River of longing (playing The Workman's Club, Dublin, Sept 27)
Novella – Land gone (playing Festival No. 6, Portmeirion, Sept 3-6)
A Lazarus Soul – Mercury hit a high
The Beach Boys – Do it again
J Fernandez – Between the channels
Ezra Furman – Restless year (playing Standon Calling Festival, July 31-Aug 2)
The Phoenix Foundation – Mountain
The Doomed Bird of Providence – In the sleepy summer noon
Mucky Sailor - Albatross, silly albatross
The Chap – That’s wrong

*next week's show is a Best of 2015 so far and features music from Noveller, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Rozi Plain & William D Drake among others

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