Playlist 353 - Apr 28 2015

A couple of great Thrill Jockey releases to kick off this week. Mary Lattimore & Jeff Zeigler play Dublin soon when they'll presumably roll out some of these beautiful spiralling harp arpeggios (harpeggios?) with ambient electronic backing. And Circuit des Yeux is American Haley Fohr with a landmark singing voice.

Speaking of great singers, Daniel Knox would make your heart melt. Arborist with Kim Deal on guest backing is another beauty.

Virginia Wing with a wonderful post-Stereolab intervention, danceable. Lower Dens brilliantly smuggling unsettling observations into electro pop.

Jean Jacques Perrey & David Chazam, a superbly playful addition to the Moog library genre.

Colleen plays Cork next weekend, spacious dub explorations. And Rozi Plain (pic) with folk drones and kosmische synths which are glorious and uplifting.

More on these pages.

Apr 28 2015 w/ Circuit des Yeux,Arborist,Daniel Knox,Virginia Wing,Lower Dens,Polar Bear,Colleen++ by The Underground Of Happiness on Mixcloud



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Playlist 353
Tues Apr 28 2015
11.00am-12.00pm
(repeated on Tuesdays 8.30pm)
UCC 98.3FM
listen live on the web at www.ucc.ie/983fm
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Playlist
Mary Lattimore & Jeff Zeigler - The white balloon (playing Workman's Club, Dublin, May 21, w/ Steve Gunn)
Circuit des Yeux – Fantasize the scene (playing Supersonic Festival, Birmingham, June 13)
Arborist feat Kim Deal – Twisted arrow (playing Great Escape Festival, Brighton, May 15)
Daniel Knox – White Oaks Mall
Virginia Wing – Donna’s gift (playing Liverpool Psych Fest, Sept 25+26)
Lower Dens – To die in L.A.
Polar Bear – Don’t let the feeling go
Jean Jacques Perrey & David Chazam – Electropop parade
Troyka - Seahouses (playing Trondheim Jazz Festival, May 8)
Colleen – Eclipse (playing Cork Opera House, May 3, w/ Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh)
Rozi Plain – Actually
Tender Prey – Bug blood
Screaming Parent – The enemies in
Marker Starling – Uphill battle (playing Latest Music Bar, Brighton, May 14)
Aloa Input – Vampire song

*next week's show will feature music from Tandem Felix, Jon DeRosa & Laetitia Sadier, among others

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University College Cork,
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Ireland.



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