Playlist 05.12.08

I've been sparing with the Xmas songs on a Friday night, but you have to acknowledge the Glasvegas effort, a bold response to the Phil Spector legacy. Apparently it was part of the record company deal, thought they would put this out. And if you don't already have the debut album, then this tasty re-package (nice box, separate Xmas album) is reason enough. The only other bit of playlisting that would make December rock better is the glorious Grandaddy tune 'Alan Parsons In A Winter Wonderland'. It's silly, but a delight. I play it mst years and I'm rather upset because the CD has gone missing.

I know virtually nothing about Frida Hyvonen. She's Swedish, and her music walks that line between kitsch and beauty, not unlike the venerable Jens Lekman.

Playlist 05.12.08



BBC Radio Ulster, 92-95 FM

Online: www.bbc.co.uk/radioulster

Fridays, ten - midnight

Eli Paperboy Reed - Take My Love With You (Q Division)

Glasvegas - Please Come Back Home (Columbia)

Dusty Springfield -Little By Little (Mercury)

Josh Ritter - Empty Hearts (Independent)

Bettye Lavette - Down To Zero (Anti)

Josh Tillman - James Blue (Bella Union)

Ohio Players - I Want To Be Free (Spectrum)

Duke Special - I Feel For You (V2)

Frida Hyvonen - Dirty Dancing (Secretly Canadian)

Ten Gallon Hat - Never Used To Drink Alone (white)

Johnny Cash - Blue Christmas (Sony)

Laura Cantrell - No Place For Me (Shoeshine)

Eli Paperboy Reed - She Walks(Q Division)

Rachel Sage - Moonlight and Fireflies (M Press)

The Hold Steady - Magazines (Rough Trade)

Herman Dune - Baby Baby You're My Baby (City Slang)

Nitin Sawney - My Soul (cv)

Terry Callier - It's A Bout Time (Ace)

Josh Tillman - No Occasion (Bella Union)

OMD - Electricity (Factory)

Franz Ferdinand - Ulysses (Domino)

Jim moray -All You Pretty Girls (NIAG)

Glasvegas - A Snowflake Fell (Columbia)

Dr John - Quitters Never Win (Rhino)

John Shuttleworth - One Foot In The Gravy (Chic Ken)

The Joy Formidable - Cradle (Try Harder)

Royksopp - Tristesse Globale (We Love You)