Playlist for Nov. 29th

...and last nights playlist!

Again I've been revisiting the past year, playing songs I feel I may not have given the attention they deserved! I also played a Giveamanakick tune as I had the privelage of seeing their second last every show in Kellys on Saturday night, their 40th Galway show apparently! If anyone would like to join us going to their last every show in their hometown of Limerick on the 18th of December

Kicking off the show was a song about me

The Muppet Show Theme
The Drums - Let's Go Surfing
Think About Life - Havin' My Baby
Yeasayer - Ambling Alp
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Hysteric (Acoustic Version)
The Slew - 100%
Beach House - 10 Mile Stereo
Fionn Regan - Protection
Au Revoir Simone - Another Likely Story (Aeroplane Remix)
Giveamanakick - Borrowed Time
Thee Vicars - The Beat
Blk Jks - Molalatladi
Vampire Weekend - Cousins
Hey Champ - Cold Dust Girl
The Slew - It's All Over
James Yuill - This Sweet Love
Fight Like Apes - Lend Me Your Face (80 Kidz Remix)
Tom Waits - Fannin Street
CFCF - Monolith
Jamie T - The Mans Machine
Frightened Rabbit - Swin Until You Can't See Land
Fucked Up - Neat Pants
Alec Ounswoth - Modern Girl (With Scissors)
Tegan And Sara - Paperback Hand
Manchester Orchestra - Tony The Tiger
Hot Chip - Take It In
Slew - You Turn Me Cold
Fuck Buttons - You Turn Me Cold
Grizzly Bear - Knife (Girl Talk Remix)
Why? - January Twenty Something
The Raveonettes - Last Dance
Beach House - Norway
Telekinesis - Untitled
Cold War Kids - Audience Of One
Chew Lips - Slick
Anya Marina - Whatever (T.I Cover)
Local Natives - Camera Talk
Fang Island - Life Coach
The Slew - Wrong Side Of The Tracks
En Tour Cas - Steal Your Soul
Common ft. John Legend - Strange Fruit

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Playlist for iTest Nov. 22nd

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Apologies for the lack of posts over the past few days, I've been up the walls busy but all that will now change! (I'll still be busy but I'll make more time to post)

Here's the playlist for Sunday last week

A few of the songs admittedly are a little older but I've been revising the year, looking into songs I didn't give adequate attention to over the course of past 11 months

I'm working on a few wee radio projects, if you'd like to contribute please be my guest! 1) Best of the last year 2) Have yourself a every indie Christmas 3) Top 100 of the decade

Any songs you think need mention on any of these shows leave a comment of drop me an e-mail to joshclarke@iradio.ie

Blur - Tender (Live)
Au Revoir Simone - Another Likely Story (Aeroplane Remix)
Them Crooked Vultures - Elephant
Florence And The Machine - You Got The Love (XX Remix)
CFCF - Monolith
Fight Like Apes - Lend Me Your Face (80 Kidz Remix)
Devandra Banhart - Baby
Flight Of The Conchords - You Don't Have To Be A Prostitute
Vampire Weekend - Horchata
The Big Pink - Dominos
The Young Punx - Simple Pleasures
Think About Life - Joanna
Frightened Rabbit - Swim Until You Can't See Land
Surfer Blood - Swim To Reach The End
Friendly Fires - Paris (Aeroplane Remix)
Tegan And Sara - Hell
King Khan And The Barbeque Show - Invisible Girl
Death Cab For Cutie - Meet Me On The Equinox
Julian Casablancas - Left And Right In The Dark
Nouvelle Vague - Ca Plane Pour Moi
Mumford And Sons - Winter Winds
The Drums - Let's Go Surfing
Think About Life - Havin' My Baby
Blak Roc - Hoochie Coo
A Plastic Rose - All You Know And Love Will Die
The Name - Come Out Tonight
Hot Chip - Take It In
Blk Jks - Molalatladi
Vampire Weekend - Cousins
Them Crooked Vultures - New Fang
Cold War Kids - Audience Of One
Sambassaduer - Days
Flight Of The Conchords - Hurt Feelings
CFCF - Big Love
Wyclef Jean - Warriors Anthem
Port O Brien - Oslo Campfire
Baaba Maal - Television
MF Doom - Da Superfriends ft. Vast Aire

Irish at SXSW

Great showing from Irish bands at SXSW this year

Halves - Medals



Fighting With Wire - Everyone Needs A Nemesis



So Cow - To Do List

And So I Watching You From Afar - Set Guitars To Kill

Enjoy, more detailed junk later!

Songs about rain or with rain in the title

It's pissing outside. This is Galway. That's what happens here.

The Pogues - A Rainy Night In Soho

Bob Dylan - Shelter From The Storm

Prince - Purple Rain

New Vampire Weekend Pt. 3

The first new Vampire Weekend tune we heard that would be on the new Album Contra was White Sky, pretty good but a weak live recoring, then the first single Horchata which was brilliant! A good live version of Cousins dropped the other day which was very exciting and then this morning I got my hands on the studio version, not a leak or anything it's out today. The quality's iTunes-ish so no radio/club play for it yet but that's cos I haven't gotten out of bed yet and bought the single in the music shop downstairs. For the moment, this is Cousins, from Contra which will be out January 12th

Vampire Weekend - Cousins (Link taken down at request of record label)

College radio

I started out my (still short but getting there) radio "career" on college radio in Galway in a lovely little thrown together station called Flirt fm. It was, and still is run my two paid staff and over 100 volunteers and you're guaranteed to hear some damn fine music no matter when you tune in. For a station run by amateurs it's gone some excellent broadcasting and is always worth a listen. Quite a few of Galway's top DJ's have shows at night on the themed evenings, Monday is rock and metal, Tuesday has Indie, Wednesday is Leftfield, Thursday is Electronic/Techno treats and Friday brings hip hop and soul, all underground, all well thought out by people who really give a shit about their music and most importantly all good.

I had a listen in this morning and despite fumbling with mics and some awkward silences the entertainment was still there and the playlisted music is the finest you're going to hear on the airwaves, put together every month by Paula Healy, station manager. I was on Flirt for just over a year, trying my hand at as many shows as I could, talking a shocking amount of nonsense and at least once going straight from a summer beach party to the breakfast show at 8a.m. All of the playlists are on the website (flirtfm.ie) and looking back over the playlists during my time there I got tad nostalgic.

Here are a few of the gems I would never have heard if I hadn't been in there (as a first year college student I was still hanging on to my RAWK!!! roots, going to Cuba nightclub for a fix of AC/DC, Rage Against The Machine and Foo Fighters) It was being exposed to a lot of this "indie" stuff that forced me to broaden my horizons.

Common ft. Lily Allen - Drivin' Me Wild

Battles - Atlas

Vampire Weekend - Bryn

And a few I played a lot of at the time for whatever reason

Alabama 3 - Mao Tse Tung Said (Radio K Edit)

King Missile - Jesus Was Way Cool

Messiah J And The Expert - When The Bull Gores The Matador

Playlist for Sunday November 15th

I got listenership figures for the show on Thursday, absolutely delighted, I can't belive that thousands of people would tune into a show on a Sunday evening that in reality is a complete mess! No features, no structure, just loads of music that you won't hear on Irish radio. So thanks to everyone for listening!

Lot to be said for ignoring Lady Gaga For three hours. Or completely. Just a thought.

Before I continue, I have bads news for anyone who hadn't heard. First off Baria Qureshi, guitarist and keyboard player with The XX (Weds 16th Dec in Roisin Dubh) has quit the band citing exhaustion, they will continue as a three piece.

And in much sadder news Jerry Fuchs, drummer with !!! and touring drummer with MSTRKRFT and LCD Soundsystem died last week after falling down an elevator shaft after a party. If you never heard !!! check them out. A fucking excellent band.

Vitalic - One Above One
The Drums - Saddest Summer
Blk Jks - Molalatladi
Tegan And Sara - Alligator
Boat - Lately
Biffy Clyro - Booooooooooom, Blast And Ruin
Cold Cave - Life Magazine
Port O Brien - Oslo Campfire
Sleigh Bells - Infinity Guitars
Blakroc - Ain't Nothing Like You
Norah Jones - Chasing Pirates
Surfer Blood - Floating Vibes
Beat! Beat! Beat! - Fireworks
Arms - Tiger Tamer
Band On An Island - Back Disco
Suckers - Afterthoughts And TV
Vampire Weekend - Horchata
Major Lazer ft. Ricky Blaze & Nina Sky - Keep It Going Louder (Diplo Remix)
Yeasayer - Ambling Alp
Nakatomi Towers - Cut Me Out
Thom Yorke - Hearing Damage
Wyclef Jean - Warriors Anthem
Au Revoir Simone - Another Likely Story (Aeroplane Remix)
Brakes - Heard About Your Band
The Swell Season - Low Rising
Karen O - All Is Love
The Drums - Let's Go Surfing
CFCF - Monolith
The Mother Hips - White Falcon Fuzz
Marina And The Diamonds - Mowgli's Road
Fuck Buttons - Lisbon Maru
Slayer - Hate Worldwide
Flight Of The Conchords - Sugalumps
Hot Chip - Take It In
Blakroc - Hoochie Coo
The Raveonettes - last Dance
Biffy Clyro - The Captain
Frightened Rabbit - Swim Until You Can't See Land
The Name - Come Out Tonight
Cold War Kids - Audience Of One
Death Cab For Cutie - Meet Me On The Equinox

Blk Jks are from South Africa, their album After Robots is out now

Blk Jks - Molalatladi

Wyclef Jean of The Fugees has a new solo album called From The Hut, To The Projects, To The Mansion which got me thinking about tunes like 911 and Gone Til November, remember? Cracking tunes!

Wyclef Jean - Warrior's Anthem

Port O Brien's third album Threadbare is out now

Port O Brien - Oslo Campfire

Blak Roc is a new hip hop project from bluesey dudes Black Keys featuring Raekwon, RZA & (the late) Ol Dirty Bastard from Wu Tang Clan, Mos Def, Jim Jones and laods more big names. This is the first single, the album will be out Nov. 27th

Blak Roc - Hoochie Coo

This is a little Foals-ey for my liking, but it got me thinking about Foals, apparently they've just gone back into the studio to mix their second album and will choose which tracks to use based on crowd reaction at live gigs

Beat! Beat! Beat! - Fireworks

New Hot Chip! It's going to be on the album One Life Stand which is due out next February

Hot Chip - Take It In

I flipping love Frightened Rabbit, I reckon The Twist is one of the best tracks of the past 10 years. They'll be playin in Galway 4th and 5th of December, supporting Modest Mouse for Roisin Dubh presents ... in the Radisson Live Lounge. The Scots are set to release The Winter Of Mixed Drinks in March next year, for the moment this will serve as a taster to ...Mixed Drinks (!!)

Frightened Rabbit - Swim Until You Can't See Land

Some new stuff from Cold War Kids, their E.P Behave Yourself is out January 19th

Cold War Kids - Audience Of One

As ever if you've any music to suggest for the show I'd love to hear from you joshclarke@iradio.ie

Bitta Tashte

Lazing on a Sunday afternoon. Pack of smokes. Cup of tea. Newspaper. Getting the radio show ready. Lovely!

Marvin Gaye - What's Going On

Indie Christmas #2

Much like certain shopping centres, carbonated beverage companies and national postal services I'm thinking ahead this Christmas. Last year I put together an hour of Have Yourself An Indie Merry Christmas on the radio show. I want to go full three hours of funny takes on Christmas songs.

Here are a few of my favourites so far, I'll be on the look out for loads more over the next few weeks and I'd love some help, if you find anything drop me a link on the comments, on joshclarke@iradio.ie or on the facebook pages

The Revolvers - Last Christmas

Polyphonic Spree - Happy Christmas (War Is Over)

Twisted Sister - Oh Come All Ye Faithful

Girl Talk makes my day again

Sick as a dog
Sick as a parrot
Sick as a small hospital
Sick as a chip

Thank you google.

Sick as a chip though? What the?

http://74.124.198.47/illegal-art.net/__girl__talk___feed__the__anima.ls___/

Follow this link if you haven't already and download Girl Talk's Feed The Animals,

It's a spectacularly well thought out mess of some of the greatest and some of the worst songs of all time, it came out last year and I can guarantee it will make your day every few weeks. It's made mine as I sit feeling sorry for myself on the couch of a Saturday night. From Souljah Boy to Nirvana through Aphex Twin, Soul II Soul and hundreds of tracks you've never heard but it doesn't matter!

Crazy Thursdays

I'm in work. I'm finished at 10 this evening. Substance kicks off at 10. It ends at half 2 in the morning. I'm back in work at half 5. Sleep patterns be damned it's great to be young!

So here are a few songs that have been keeping me going

...because the bird is the word

The Trashmen - Surfin' Bird

Got DJ Yoda's How To Cut And paste The 80's, there was a snippit of this track in it and then I found it on Pitchforks top 500 songs of all time

The Primitives - Crash

Had a lovely evening yesterday. It involved this song

The Drifters - Up On The Roof

Playlist for November 8th

John Peel, the blueprint for how what I do is done

iTest is a new music show on i102-104, it's packed full of gems from all musical walks of life!

Raveonettes - Last Dance
Au Revoir Simone - Another Likely Story (Aeroplance Remix)
The Soft Pack - Answer To Yourself
Vitalic - One Above One
The Drums - Let's Go Surfing
Marina And The Diamonds - Mowglis Road
Why? - Eskimo Snow
Devandra Banhart - Baby
Sleigh Bells - Ring Ring
Karen O - All Is Love
Kurt Vile - Blackberry Song
Times New Viking - Move To California
Cold Cave - Life Magazine
Fuck Buttons - Flight Of The Feathered Serpent
Blitzen Trapper - Black River Killer
Big Boi - Shine Blockas (ft. Gucci Mane)
Slayer - Unit 731
Nakatomi Towers - Cut Me Out
Mirrors - Organ Song
House Of Dolls - Before She Wakes
Miike Snow - Black And Blue (Caspa Remix)
Thom Yorke - Hearing Damage
Telekenisis - Tokyo
Julian Casablancas - Left And Right In The Dark
Rain Machine - Driftwood Heart
Vampire Weekend - Horchata
Bodega Girls - Ain't That Cold
Blk Jks - Molalatadi
The Drums - Saddest Summer
Brakes - I Heard About Your Band
Sleigh Bells - Crown On The Ground
Arms - Tiger Tamer
Tom Waits - Get Beind The Mule (Live)
Julian Casablancas - 11th Dimension
Think About Life - Havin' My Baby
Surfer Blood - Floating Vibes
The Sweet Serenades - On My Way
Yeasayer - Ambling Alp
Tegan And Sara - Alligator


Suckers gave me one of my favourite songs of the year a few months back, Easy Chairs it was called, this one isn't far off as good as it. One of the big winners from the CMJ 09 Music Marathon and Film Festival, they may see their name in lights yet. Good kids.

Suckers - Afterthoughts And TV

A beautifully scuzzed out pop gem with a lovely rolling bassline

Cold Cave - Life Magazine

First track to drop from Soft Pack's second album

The Soft Pack - Answer To Yourself

Filthy rocknroll from Dublin, these guys will be playing Substance in Kelly's this Thursday, on stage about 11, free in, €5 after 12

House Of Dolls - Before She Wakes

Playing Roisin Dubh in Galway December 17th, FUCK BUTTONS!! Very excited about this one, so to get on my buzz, download this 9 minute monster from the Bristol duo and hop onto roisindubh.net and get tickets (€12)

Fuck Buttons - Flight Of The Feathered Serpent

Originals!

Originals of covers ... if you know what I mean!

Didn't realise this was the original til today

Otis Redding - Respect

Northern Soul classic was given a dark 80's makeover by Soft Cell and later by Marilyn Manson

Gloria Jones - Tainted Love

For any Irish person over 18 this will bring back memories of Mark McCabe's Maniac 2000. Fun fact: The 4th biggest selling Irish single of all time!

Michael Sembello - Maniac

Sugababes covered this after it appeared on a Lynx ad. Fun fact: Ernie K. Doe went on to present radio shows on various new Orleans radio stations, frequently promoting his own music, wearing a cape and declaring himself "Emperor Of The Universe"

Ernie K. Doe - Here Come The Girls

I've decided I'd finally like to know what Battles were on about

The real lyrics for Battles - Atlas apparently

People won't be people when they hear this sound
That's been glowing in the dark at the edge of town
People won't be people, no
The people won't be people when they hear this sound
Won't you show me what begins at the edge of town

The singer is a crook
The singer is a crook
The singer is a crook
The singer is a crook
The kitchen is the cook
The scissors are the barbers
The singer is a crook
The chorus, full of actors*

Many MANY drunken nights dancing to this song trying to sing along! I suppose that was the fun of it, and god knows the next time this comes on in the pub I'll have forgotten the real lyrics and will be back to singing "people will be people when they eat this sandwich"

Live music in Galway in December!

Roisin Dubh lisings for December are darn good, think I'll be treating myself to a few tickets!

On Saturday 5th and 6th of December

Modest Mouse - The Good Times Are Killing Me

...supporting them

Frightened Rabbit - The Twist

On Wednesday 16th

The XX - Islands

And the next day

Fuck Buttons - Bright Tomorrow

And for New Years Eve

Fight Like Apes - Tie Me Up With Jackets (i102-104 Session)

Messiah J And The Expert - Something Outta Nothing

Disconnect 4 - Eighteen

Happy effing days!

Few bits and pieces!

A few midweek bits and pieces...

Not a big dubstepper but I'm liking some of the remixes of modern indie tunes like this one!

Miike Snow - Black And Blue (Caspa Remix)

Flight Of The Conchords second album came out last week, this is a little Police-esque gem

Flight Of The Conchords - You Don't Have To Be A Prostitute

And this tune popped up in the hypem.com top 20 on Monday, funky as hell!

Captain Planet - Lagos Speedway

Enjoy!

p.s Captain Planet is a douche

Movember

November has started, which means for the silly amoung us, Movember has started. Yes, daft bastards all over the world have forgone giving money to hyperactive charity mugging pricks on the street in favour of growing a moustache, talking about it and demanding donations for mens charities. In Ireland we'll be raising money for prostate cancer.

Movember started up 5 years ago in a bar in Australia with 30 dudes growing a "mo" and raising money for charity. Since then it's spread worldwide, with €14 million being raised last year.

If you want to get involved sign up on movember.com and get growing! At the end of the month parties will be held with all of the dudes involved dressing up to match what their moustache has become, fun times while doing a good thing and looking ridiculous.

Nirvana - Mr. Moustache

Glen Hansard ... ROBBED!!!

Found a band called Brakes from Brighton today. I'd heard of them before and they've a new album out so I'd a listen to a few tracks. While listening to this little number Brakes - Heard About Your Band I thought, well that sounds rather familiar. Rather similar to this Am I being silly? Does anyone care? Glen has a fucking Oscar anyway.

Slayer - World Painted Blood out today

Slayer. The stuff of teenage nightmares are back with an album that could have been made in 1985 and that's no insult. For dudes in their late 40's to be playing this fast is incredible, for dudes who are married, have kids and are off the drugs this album is nothing short of miraculous! (Take note Metallica)

Admittedly, at the same time dudes in their late 40's still singing about serial killers, satan and war is a little juvenile but then again you've got to respect the Peter Pan Never Never Land fun of it all, plus they know that they'll probably fare better selling this to pissed off teenagers than accountants. No offence Dad.

Piss your neighbours off with these gems

Slayer - Unit

Slayer - Psychopathy Red

World Painted Blood is out today

Final Halloween Goodbye

I was at Electric Picnic in September, I was bopping along with little to do so a friend said we should check out Jaguar Skills, afterwards she was raving about it but I didn't see what the fuss was, there was far too much foghorn for me.

Earlier I was sent this link to his Halloween mix for Trevor Nelson's show on BBC Radio 1

Dude is getting a second chance from me, this mix kicks ass!

Jaguar Skills x Trevor Nelson Halloween Mix

As a final Halloween goodbye!

METAL!!!

I just googled "worst tattoo ever" ...this came up.

I do love metal, along with skateboarding it kind of defined my childhood, not this kind of metal, I liked Slayer, Metallica and Pantera.

Well that's what I told people.

Def Leppard - Animal

Whitesnake - Here I Go Again

Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train

iTest Playlist for November 1st

Halloween was amazing!!

Now for this weeks playlist, first show back after my two weeks holidays :)

Sufjan Stevens - Fanfare For The Hooper Heroes
The XX - Islands
Julian Casablancas - 11th Dimension
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Done All Wrong
LCD Soundsystem - Bye Bye Bayou
Neon Indian - Deadbeat Summer
Florence And The Machine - You Got The Love
The Sweet Serenades - On My Way
The Raveonettes - Heart Of Stone
Death Cab For Cutie - Meet Me On The Equinox
Tom Waits - Get Behind The Mule
Surfer Blood - Swim (To Reach The End)
Rain Machine - Give Blood
Fuck Buttons - Surf Solar
Nakatomi Towers - Cut Me Out
Blitzen Trapper - Black River Killer
Bon Iver ft. St. Vincent - Roslyn
Air - So Light Is Her Footfall
Times New Viking - Move To California
Rodrigo Y Gabriela - Hanuman
Mirrors - Organ Song
Islands - Vapours
Florence And The Machine - Rabbit Heart (Lionheart Remix)
Think About Life - Havin' A Baby
Marina And The Diamonds - Mowgli's Road
Karen O And The Kids - All Is Love
Why? - This Blackest Purse
Rain Machine - New Last Name
Local Natives - World News
Tegan And Sara - Arrow
Eagles Of Death Metal - Now I'm A Fool
Thom Yorke - Hearing Damage
Alec Empire - 1000 Eyes
Wolf Gang - The King And All Of His Men
Surfer Blood - Floating Vibes
Arms - Tiger Tamer
Julian Casablancas - Left And Right In The Dark
Spoon - Got Nuffin'
Yeasayer - Ambling Amp
Vitalic - One Above One
Vampire Weekend - Horchata
The Raveonettes - Last Dance

A lot of good music out at the moment, I think it's time I ease off on playing Florence And The Machine, although I'm still getting over not playing Passion Pit of a Sunday night!

Blooklyn's experimental Yeasayer have whipped out a brand new track which will eventually turn up on Odd Blood, due out February 9th next year

Yeasayer - Ambling Alp

Staying in Brooklyn we visit Arms, the solo project of Harlem Shakes' Todd Goldstein, his new album Kids Aflame is out now

Arms - Tiger Tamer

Pitchfork are creamin' all over these boy-o's at the moment, and with good reason, sweet dirty melodies

Surfer Blood - Floating Vibes

FUCK BUTTONS ARE PLAYING ROISIN DUBH DECEMBER 17th!!! ...the same week as Modest Mouse, Frightened Rabbit and The XX ... shocking ... This is their most recent single

Fuck Buttons - Surf Solar

And finally, from the Where The Wild Things Are soundtrack all written by Karen O of Yeah Yeah Yeahs and being the coolest effing person on the planet fame

Karen O And The Kids - All Is Love

iTest is live every Sunday from 6 til 9, suggestions welcome as ever to joshclarke@iradio.ie

More posts later today, check back later!

Josh x