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I'll keep the banter to a minimum. Don't want to detract, you see, from the sounds.
Oh, and what sounds!
We have some new Future Of The Left. The amount of words in that statement is in inverse proportion to how excited I am about this. I've heard a handful of finished tracks from their forthcoming album (no title or release date announced yet) and they're great [understatement]. They're upright and bipedal compared to the phenomenal but, in comparison, primitive sounds of yore. The new line up has given the band more taut space, more scope for adventure, more sonic grist for Falco's mill. My keyboard is hyperventilating fevered words at the prospect of IT, whenever IT arrives.
In fact, I think the Future Of The Left track's ('Untitled', or possibly something to do with very friendly bears) excellence precipitated some kind of meltdown in CD player 2. Because CD player 2 then had a hissy fit and refused to play anything else for the remainder of the show. Which made for an interesting five minutes.
Elsewhere - you'll find debut plays for LannyBOOM!, Presk, Girl Muscle, Christine Cooper and Lleucu Sian. Do any of you know Lleucu? She's brilliant. But I know nothing about her (other than the fact that she's 18 and from Lampeter - more info, please).
Godfather of the Welsh underground, Alan Holmes, brings us some excellent (when it finally gets played) contemporary blues from Holyhead. Lara Catrin translates some Breichiau Hir. Ben 'Soundhog' Hayes gets bubblegum in our ears - it's up, pop, pink and sticky, courtesy of Ohio Express.
Many crimes were committed to hyperbole during the cause of making this programme but I feel - strongly - that they were all justified. Your mileage may, of course, vary.
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Canolfan y Diwydiannau Creadigol / The Centre for the Creative Industries
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Have an excellent week. Thanks for reading/listening/being interested.
Adam
JOHN CALE - 'Big Apple Express ( Excerpt )'
Garnant
TARA BUSCH - 'Rocket Wife'
Cardiff
DILEU - 'Drygioni ( S F A Cover )'
Bangor
LANNYBOOM! - 'Fat Girls Who Take Photos Of Their Faces'
Newport
PRESK - 'Devour'
Eindhoven / Swansea
MEKONS, THE - 'Space In Your Face'
Croesyceiliog
JOANNA GRUESOME - 'Lemonade Grrl'
Cardiff
LOS CAMPESINOS - 'By Your Hand'
Cardiff
COLORAMA - 'Candy Street'
Benllech
LEFT BANKE, THE - 'Desiree'
New York
MAX SIX - '4 Hours'
Cardiff
FALL, THE - 'Futures And Pasts'
Prestwich
FUTURE OF THE LEFT - 'Untitled'
Cardiff
WIRE - 'Map Ref 41 Degrees N 93 Degrees W'
London
TAUCHSIEDER - 'Herd The Shadows'
Ruthin
CARAMELOU - 'J'adore Electronique'
Newport
CRACK FOX - 'Walking Stick'
Swansea
RATCATCHER - 'Bubbledub'
Cardiff
THREATMANTICS - 'Dumpamundo'
Cardiff
ALAN HOLMES - 'Spoken Contribution'
Bangor
HOLY MOUNTAIN BOOGIE MEN, THE - 'Crying Wolf'
Bangor
BIG STAR - 'Thirteen'
Memphis
H. HAWKLINE - 'Mind How You Go'
Cardiff
KUTOSIS - 'Shadows ( Single )'
Cardiff
CATHERINE A D - 'Waiting To Breathe'
Merthyr Tydfil
GIRL MUSCLE - 'Heartbreak For Breakfast'
Newport
MC MABON - 'Volcanoes'
Caernarfon
ZONDERHOOF - 'Hogslayer'
Swansea
HEAVY PETTING ZOO - 'Night Train'
Swansea
FALCON LAKE - 'Gold Cult'
Newport / Cardiff
AMONG BROTHERS - 'Loved'
Cardiff / Aberdare
VVOLVES - 'She ( E P Version )'
Monmouth / Cardiff
CHRISTINE COOPER - 'The Cruel Mother'
Brighton
GIRLS - 'Honey Bunny'
San Francisco ( Welsh Management )
LITTLE ARROW - 'Boat'
Cardiff
LLEUCU SIAN - 'Cer O Ngolwg I'
Lampeter
LARA CATRIN - 'Spoken Contribution'
Bangor / Cardiff
BREICHIAU HIR - 'Geni Eto'
Cardiff
SLEEPY PANDA CLUB - 'Ghost In The Mirrorr'
Swansea
BEN HAYES - 'Spoken Contribution'
Ruthin
OHIO EXPRESS - 'Try It'
Ohio, Usa
LOWLAND HUNDRED, THE - 'Salt Water Bathing'
Aberystwyth
