Playlist 420 - Oct 25 2016

The marvellous Trashcan Sinatras are back in Ireland soon for a live date. What better time to roll out something from their 1996 masterpiece, the genius cut 'Genius I was'. Makes me melt every time.

Kristin Hersh is in Triskel Christchurch in Cork for a solo show next week, should be wonderful. Jherek Bischoff is in Utrecht for the Le Guess Who Festival. Rozi Plain is back in Cork at The Kino in December. Bring that great folk kosmische, Rozi.

Howe Gelb has a new piano trio album out soon, Future Standards, going back to his childhood listening lounge roots,sounds great so far.

And The Notwist with a live album, sounding as stoic and essential as ever.

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Playlist 420
Tues Oct 25 2016
11.00am-12.00pm
(repeated on Tuesdays 8.30pm)
UCC 98.3FM
listen live on the web at www.ucc.ie/983fm
*listen back to this show here
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Playlist
Rozi Plain – Marshes (playing The Kino, Cork, Dec 11)
Itasca – Carousel (playing Islington Assembly Hall, London, Nov 17, w/ Ryley Walker)
Howe Gelb feat Lonna Kelley – Terribly so (playing Café Oto, London, Dec 10)
Kristin Hersh – Hook in her head (live) (playing Triskel Christchurch, Cork, Nov 3)
Jherek Bischoff – Lemon (playing Le Guess Who Festival, Utrecht, Nov 11)
Trashcan Sinatras – Genius I was (playing The Workman's Club, Dublin, Nov 12)
Kemper Norton – Seven stones I
Shape Worship – Tamesis (Laura Cannell remix)
Time Attendant – Elementary electronics
Papertrail – I never knew that I was anyone (playing Cyprus Avenue, Cork, Nov 9)
King Crimson – The book of saturday
Syrinx – Tillicum
Angelina - Vagabond Saint
North Sea Radio Orchestra – Queen of all the day and night (playing Union Chapel, London, Nov 12)
The Notwist – They follow me
Cool Ghouls – When you were gone
Real Numbers – Wordless wonder


*next week's show features music from Alien Ensemble, Sans Chateaux & Entrance, among others

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University College Cork,
Cork,
Ireland.



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