Playlist 05.06.09

Hurrah for the Duckworth Lewis Method, a cricket-loving combo formed around Neil Hannon of the Divine Comedy and Thomas Walsh from Pugwash. The connection between rock and roll and cricket is a slender one, unless you include 'Soul Limbo' by Booker T and Roy Harper's 'When An Old Cricketer Leaves The Crease'. The latter is an overpowering epitaph for the demise of England's past and was played as a requiem for John Peel. Otherwise, football takes all the musical glory.

But Neil and Thomas are clearly having stellar fun. Hannon has the plummy reserves and the arcane language. The music takes an unexpected boogie on occasions and it celebrates the cosmic importance of the game. It radiates great joy, so we should all be delighted for Neil, who has also been working on the soundtrack to 'Wide Open Spaces'.

Playlist 05.06.09

BBC Radio Ulster, 92-95 FM

Online: www.bbc.co.uk/radioulster

Fridays, ten - midnight

Wings - Helen Wheels (Parlophone)

Camera Obscura - Honey In The Sun (4AD)

The Duckworth Lewis Method - The Age Of Revolution (1969)

Cookin' On 3 Burners - This Girl (Freestyle)

Steve Earle - Delta Moma Blues (New West)

Dale Watson - Wine Wine Wine (Hightone)

Wilco - You And I (Nonesuch)

Tenariwen - Chabiba (Independiente)

Aztec Camera - Deep And Wide And Tall (WEA)

The Noisettes - Never Forget You (Vertigo)

Augustus Pablo - East Of The River Nile (Shanachie)

The Minus 5 - The Lurking Barrister (cv)

James Blackshaw - Cross (Young God)

The Faces - Poolhall Richard (Rhino)

Broken Records - A Good Reason (4ad)

The Duckworth Lewis Method - Gentlemen And Players (1969)

Robbie Robertson - Somewhere Down The Crazy River (Geffen)

Super Furry Animals- Mt (Rough Trade)

Heliopause - Moment Of Recognition (Furious Tradesmen)

Daby Toure and Skip McDonald - Riddem (Real World)

The Smoke Fairies - Frozen Heart (white)

Tenariwen - Imidiwan Afrik Tendam (Independiente)

Dinosaur Jr - Ocean In The Way (PIAS)

Henry McCullough - Cross The Line (Flamingo)

The Duckworth Lewis Method - The End Of The Over (1969)

Manic Street Preachers - Design for Life (Stealth Sonic Orchestra Remix) (Sony)