Playlist 16.07.12

Only a couple of weeks until the release of the new Soak EP, 'Sea Creatures'. So for now we still have to depend on the previous 'Trains' EP to measure the talent of Bridie Monds-Watson. That's also a top achievement. At 16, she's already got the presence, the sense of self, the style and the tunes. She plays guitar in open tuning and recalls Nick Drake and John Martyn. She can do intrigue and I suspect she will also have political teeth before long. Like Katharine Philippa, she manifests great talent the way that zebras wear stripes.

Thanks to Paddy and Niall from the Glasgowbury organisation for driving down for the radio show and for importing some of that singular zest. There's more competition with music festivals in these parts, but Paddy has taken the years to cultivate the welcome and the sense of occasion under the Eagle's Rock. Arrive early to witness Soak, Kowalski and many others.

BBC Radio Ulster, 92-95 FM

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Mondays, ten - midnight

The Jodimars - Now Dig This (Now Dig This)

Band Of Horses - Knock Knock (Sony)

Therapy - Nowhere (A&M)

Kowalski - Letters From The Height Of Summer (white)

Neil Young - Rocking In The Free World (Reprise)

Soak - Trains (white)

Betty Wright And The Roots - In The Middle Of The Game (S-Curve)

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - Man On Fire (Rough Trade)

Rufus Wainwright - Jericho (Polydor)

Crystal Fighters - In The Summer (Zirkulo)

Mull Historical Society - Must you Make Eyes At Me Now (Xtra Mile)

Bloc Party - Octopus (French Kiss)



Beach Boys - That's Why God Made The Radio (Capitol)

Best Coast - The Only Place (Wichita)

The June Brides - January Moon (Occultation)

Ry Cooder - Wall Street Part Of Town (Nonesuch)

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Only In My Dreams (4ad)

Villagers - Delayed Reaction (The Stables)

Duke Special - Nothing Can Come Between Me And You (Reel To Reel)

Kurt Vile - In My Baby's Arms (Matador)

The Triffids - Save What You Can (Mushroom)

Patrick Watson - Step Out For A While (Domino)

Ry Cooder - Take Your Hands Off It (Nonesuch)

Bruce Springsteen - Rocky Ground (Sony)

Spector - Never Fade Away (Fiction)

Cat Power - Ruin (Matador)