Playlist 08.03.10

Simon Dine made his reputation with the Noonday Underground, who delivered stylish beats with a modernist edge. His work with Paul Weller is just about ideal - respectful of the old fella's talent, but impudent enough to make it groove some more. And while I'm not a doting Weller fan, it's not hard to appreciate that he's still addressing his music with an urgency that would flatter any 20 year old.

I first met Simon around 1986, when he was a fanzine writer from Portsmouth, deep into his Two Tone, his mod and his politics. I wish I could say that his talent shone from the beginning, but he was just another keen chap trying to get work through the reviews section of Record Mirror. Later he teamed up with the mighty Go! Discs record label and began to show a deal of flair. Now he's supremely on it.

STUART BAILIE

BBC Radio Ulster, 92-95 FM

Online: www.bbc.co.uk/radioulster

Mondays, ten - midnight

Playlist 08.03.10

Paul Weller - No Tears To Cry (Island)

Fionn Regan - Catacombs (Heavenly)

Shane MacGowan And Friends - I Put a Spell On You (Concern)

A Plastic Rose - Kids Don't Behave Like This (didimau)

General Fiasco - Buildings (Infectious)

Amadou & Mariam - Djanfa (Because)

Stornoway - I Saw You Blink (4ad)

Sparklehorse - Rainmaker (Parlophone)

The Very Best - Kamphopo (Moshi Moshi)

Paul Weller - Wake Up The Nation (Island)

The Lowly Knights - You Can't Help Who You Love (We Collect Records)

Paul Brady - One More Today (Proper)

Maika Makovski - Friends (Outstanding)

Two Door Cinema Club - Do You Want It All? (Kitsune)

General Trees - Everything So So So (Soul Jazz)

Pavement - Cut Your Hair (Domino)

The Lowly Knights - I Don't Know How To Get Through To You (We Collect Records)

Ben Glover - Where The Lines Are (Mr Jones)

Chris Brokaw and Geoff Farina - Sitting On Top Of The World (Damnably)

Patsy Cline - A Poor Mans Roses Or A Rich Mans Gold (Righteous)

Sweet Billy Pilgrim - There Will It End (Samasishound)

Liz Frazer - Moses (Rough Trade)

Foals Spanish Sahara (Warner)

Blakroc - What You Do To Me (V2)