Playlist 434 - Feb 14 2017

A couple of love songs (of sorts) to kick off the Valentine's Day show.

The sublime version of 'My funny valentine' by Kathryn WIlliams & Anthony Kerr, a smouldering take with a distinct air of desolation in the spaces between the lines.

Laetitia Sadier Source Ensemble showing 'Undying love for humanity', which is tough to do but music as great as this makes it so convincing.

Warm Digits are a duo from Newcastle who make furious beat driven animals and here have Field Music in on guest vocals to wonderful effect.

Goldfrapp being filthy and there's not much better in life than Goldfrapp being filthy.

Urban Farm Hand make a lovely folk/kosmische hybrid.

And Foxygen being bonkers and beautiful and soulful.

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Playlist 434
Tues Feb 14 2017
11.00am-12.00pm
(repeated on Tuesdays 8.30pm)
UCC 98.3FM
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Playlist
Kathryn Williams & Anthony Kerr – My funny valentine (Kathryn Williams playing Canada Water Culture Space, London, Apr 22)
Laetitia Sadier Source Ensemble – Undying love for humanity (playing The Grand Social, Dublin, Apr 6)
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith – Arthropoda
Alexis Taylor & Green Gartside – Repair man (Alexis Taylor playing Convergence Festival, London, Mar 24)
Diagrams – Wild grasses
Urban Farm Hand feat Bella Hardy – Moving around
One Sentence. Supervisor – Scope explosion (playing The Great Escape Festival, Brighton, May 18-20)
Future Islands – Ran (playing Iveagh Gardens, Dublin, July 6)
Goldfrapp – Anymore (playing Roundhouse, London, Mar 27)
Warm Digits feat Field Music – End times (playing Safe As Milk Festival, Prestatyn, Apr 21-23)
Fazerdaze – Lucky girl (playing The Great Escape Festival, Brighton, May 18-20)
Foxygen – On Lankershim (playing Koko, London, Feb 27)
Promised Land Sound – By the rain
Noveller – Corridors (playing Kings Place, London, Feb 23, Blake & The Apocalypse, w/ Nick Flynn & Gabriel Martinez)
The Nightjar – Wardrobe (playing Proud Camden, Camden, Mar 15)

*next week's show features music from Mick Harvey, Lift To Experience & August Wells, among others

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