Playlist 12.12.08

A little hyprocritical of me perhaps, to warn the Lowly Knights about overexposure and premature attention and then encourage them to hang out on the radio show for an hour. Oh well, they were charming and brought in class records and their ATL session was a pleasure to play. These new tracks are faster and sharper than the 'Rifles' EP, and shows how their style is evolving. The stories about busking in Dun Laoghaire were also amusing.

A new compilation from Factory Records gave me the chance to salute Tony Wilson and to remember the impeccable 'Shack Up' by A Certain Ratio. Many years ago, my band tried a cover of this but ACR could not be bettered.

Playlist 12.12.08

BBC Radio Ulster, 92-95 FM

Online: www.bbc.co.uk/radioulster

Fridays, ten - midnight

Bobby Bland - Turn On Your Love Light (Ace)

Robert Forster - Let Your Light In Babe (Tag5)

Lowly Knights - Baby Don't Leave Me (session track)

Radiohead - Everything In Its Right Place (Parlophone)

Lowly Knights - Devotion (session track)

Bon Iver - Skinny Love (4ad)

Dennis Wilson - Farewell My Friend (Capitol)

Sufjan Stevens - Casmir Pulaski Day (Rough Trade)

Abyssinian Gospel Choir - Ride That Glory Train (CBS)

Lowly Knights - Weight On My Mind (session track)

Iggy Pop - Real Wild Child (Universal)

Lucinda Williams - Real love (Lost Highway)

Florence And The Machine - Dog Days Are Over (Moshi Moshi)

Pete Molinari - Sweet Louise (Damaged Goods)

Solomon Burke - The Other Side Of The Coin (Anti)

Devokchka - How It Ends (Anti)

Sea Sick Steve - St Louis Slim (Warner)

Heliopause - Dead Ends (Furious Tradesmen)

A Certain Ratio - Shack Up (Factory)

Ry Cooder - Little Trona Girl (Nonesuch)

Bob B Soxx - The Bells Of St Mary (Phil Spector)

Tony Christie - Coles Corner (Decca)