Playlist 20.06.08

Stevie and Jonathan from Cat Malojian were on the show on Friday, talking up their self-titled album, defending the banjo, bigging up Nick Drake and getting enthused about the Glasgowbury Festival, July 26. We've been playing their music for 18 months or more and it's a delight to know that they can sustain it over a full collection.

Jonathan was raised on bluegrass music, but he seems to be in denial these days. Stevie keeps urging him to go back into that place, to unleash a full-on Earl Scruggs moment, but it may have to wait until album two. Instead, they hired a cottage in the Mournes, got their producer friend Mudd Wallace to fetch the microphones, and then recorded the sedate fun. Extra marks for the clarinet playing and while Stevie isn't a full-on fan of Harry Nilsson, he recognises a kinship in the halting voice and all that emotion, quietly stated.

You may have read plenty of enthusiastic reports about the Seattle act Fleet Foxes. We've been road-testing the songs for a month now and they hold out beautifully. Huge harmonies and awesome aspects.

PLAYLIST 20.06.08

BBC Radio Ulster, 92-95 FM

Online: www.bbc.co.uk/radioulster

Fridays, ten - midnight

Doris Duke - the Feeling Is Right (Kent)

Pete Molinari - Adelaine (Damn Good)

Fleet Foxes - Ragged Wood (Bella Union)

Cat Malojian - Couldn't Be Better (Bad Paw)

Nick Drake - From The Morning (Island)

Cat Malojian - Pettigoe (Bad Paw)

Paul Weller - Push It Along (Island)

Panama Kings - Young Blood (We Collect Records)

Weezer - Heart Songs (DGC)

Tom Rush - Sunshine Sunshine (Elektra)

Sigur Ros - Festival (EMI)

Ash - A Life Less Ordinary (Infectious)

Manu Chao - Politik Kills (Radio Bemba)

Fleet Foxes - He Doesn't Know Why (Bella Union)

Otis Clay - Piece Of My Heart (Ruf)

Republic Of Loose - The Steady Song (Loaded Dice)

Gene Vincent - Back Up Baby (Poppy Disc)

Sinful Psalm - Other Boy's Fathers (white)

My Bloody Valentine - I Only Said (Creation)

Port O' Brien - I Woke Up Today (City Slang)

Benny Green - Down By The Riverside (Blue Note)

The National - Mistaken For Strangers (Beggars Banquet)

Crystal Castles - Vanished (PIAS)

The Dramatics - Thank You For Your Love (Stax)