Playlist 296 - Jan 28 2014

Quite a bit of new music on the show again this week, including a real stormer from Dublin's Girl Band (below and currently touring), joining the dots thrillingly between Fugazi and The Pixies.

New single from Future Islands too, great to hear them back. And Girls Names are on the Choice Award list.

John Grant is certainly one cool motherfucker (whatever about being the greatest), he plays Ireland in March. As does Damien Jurado, his new album is wonderful.

Who else? More Ezra Furman, love that; strong Irish music from Patrick Freeman (lovely country feel) and Silverbacks (Yo La Tengo vibe).

Plus Pontiak kicking out some serious jams.

Jan 28 2014 show w/ Girl Band,Girls Names,Ezra Furman,Pontiak,Gram Parsons,Gene Clark++ by Theundergroundofhappiness on Mixcloud



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Playlist 296
Tues Jan 28 2014
11.00am-12.00pm
(repeated on Tuesdays 8.30pm)
UCC 98.3FM
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Playlist
Girls Names – Pittura Infamante (Choice Prize)
Future Islands – Seasons (waiting for you)
John Grant - GMF (playing Opera House, Cork, Mar 6)
Damien Jurado – Silver Timothy (playing Whela’s, Dublin, March 5)
Girl Band – Lawman (playing Crane Lane Theatre, Cork, Feb 1)
Pontiak – Innocence
Gram Parsons w/ Emmylou Harris – Return of the grievous angel
Patrick Freeman – I can’t talk about it (playing Coughlan’s, Cork, Feb 7)
Gene Clark – Echoes
John Sinclair - Mohawk
Ezra Furman – Anything can happen (playing Soup Kitchen, Manchester, Feb 11)
Silverbacks – Alive
Wildbirds & Peacedrums – Fight for me
Bjork & Dirty Projectors – On and ever onwards

*next week’s show will feature music from Julia Kent, Band of Couds, Land Lovers & Koen Holtkamp, among others

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