Playlist 03.10.08

I'm not inclined to play Teenage Fanclub often these days, but at a choice time, it's still a pleasure. And while the tunes from 'Bandwagonesque' will always have a special value, my favourite is a later song, 'Ain't That Enough'.

It's got a woozy sense of wonderment. It speeds up and slows down. The harmonies are boss and the mention of 'toytown feelings' makes sense. The song was the very first that I played on my Friday night show in September 1999 and it kind of summarised everything that I would want in a radio show: affection, cool, accessibility, lovely taste and music that touches on so many eras and dimensions.

I was with Radiohead in a bar in New York in 1997 and Teenage Fanclub walked in. Thom and Colin's reaction was comical. The authors of 'OK Computer' were practically on their knees, paying respect, heaping on the compliments, pure fans.

BBC Radio Ulster, 92-95 FM

Online: www.bbc.co.uk/radioulster

Fridays, ten - midnight

Teenage Fanclub - Ain't That Enough (Creation)

Duke Special - Sweet Sweet Kisses (Universal)

TV On The Radio - Halfway Home (4ad)

Stevie Wonder - Jesus Children Of America (Motown)

Cashier No 9 - 42 West Avenue (No Dancing)

Seasick Steve - One True (Warner)

The Long Lost - The Art Of Kissing (Ninja)

Antony And The Johnsons - Another World (Rough Trade)

Walter Becker - Somebody's Saturday Night (Sonic 360)

Emily Barker - Breath (Everyone)

Paul Weller - Sea Spray (Island)

Lila Downs - Minimum Wage (Blue Note)

Mercury Rev - Runaway Raindrop (V2)

Friendly Fires - Paris (XL)

The Beat - Tears Of A Clown (2 Tone)

Punch And The Apostles - I'm A Hobo (Lucky Number Nine)

John Mellencamp - My Sweet Love (Universal)

Peter Broderick - And It's Alright (Bella Union)

Garland Jeffries - Moonshine On The Cornfield (SPV)

Bob Dylan - Most Of The Time (Columbia)

Lucinda Williams - Real Love (Lost Highway)

Lambchop - Slipped Dissolved And Loosened (City Slang)

Ralph Stanley - Ridin That Midnight Train (Rebel)

Emmy The Great - We Almost Had A Baby (Close Harbour)

Sparklehorse - Spirit Ditch (Parlophone)

Leo Abrahams, Foy Vance - Epilogue (Mercury)

Glen Campbell, Bobbie Gentry - Mornin Glory (Capitol)

Our Krypton Son - Catalonian Love Song (white)