Week Nineteen
After some nudging to update my blog from the now legendary Ryan Mason, here tis. Speaking of which, happy birthday Ryan, even though you are sick. Some of you may remember Ryan when he appeared on the show, but it seems he is also an up-coming rockstar, performing a delightful acoustic version of Arcade Fire's Neighborhood #2 (Laika). I played it on my show cos I thought it was so good. And I don't play crap. I get sent stuff and I don't play it if it's crap. Anyway, head on over to his website to download it, I'll make him put it up now.
So the famous Glastonbury festival took place last weekend. And 150,000 people were under water. It rained so much, i really do feel sorry for them. But then again, I couldn't go see those really cool bands and I was insanely jealous, so maybe its a good thing, hehehe. Bloc Party were amongst the plethora of bands on offer at Glastonbury and I managed to grab a live song of there's from the festival, 'The Marshalls are Dead'. Hope you enjoyed. Also, the live Killers song was a newie too, perhaps we'll see it on a future album (if they get that far...).
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah have been getting lots of good press lately. They're a new band from Brooklyn and I do like. They have that quirky pop sound. So i featured some tracks off their debut self titled record. Get your hands on some if you can.
Next week my good friend Simon will be joining me for the second time to guest program on the third last show AND the 20th week. So very special stuff. Simon is man of great wisdom, so tune in, it shall be a good one.
Playlist for Monday 27th July
Patrick Wolf - The Libertine
Spoon - The Way we Get By
Muse - Uno
Apartment - Everyone says I'm Paranoid
Ambulance Ltd - Heavy Lifting
...And You Will Know us by the Trail of Dead - Baudelaire
Brakes - All Night Disco Party
Architecture in Helsinki - Do the Whirlwind
The Get Up Kids - Red Letter Day
A Gun Called Tension - Gold Franxs
The Go! Team - Huddle Formation
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Spread Your Love
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - In this Home on Ice
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Details of the War
Fiery Furnaces - Single Again
The Research - She's not Leaving
Desert Session - Crawl Home
The Strokes - Someday
The Killers - All the Pretty Faces
The White Stripes - Take, Take, Take
Bloc Party - The Marshalls are Dead (live @ Glastonbury)
The Magic Numbers - Love me Like You
Ryan Mason - Neighbohood #2 (Laika) (original by Arcade Fire)
The Shins - Turn a Square (live)
Ryan Adams - Brown Sugar (original by The Rolling Stones)