Field Notes – Solstice Roads my new post on The Polymath site is Field Notes from a Solstice journey between Porto and Lisboa. A day of buses, trains, sea water, unexpected encounters, a lost scarf, and the quiet arrival of summer. It can be read here.
My radio show Amazing Songs & Other Delights #82 – The It’s Summer edition airs Monday 30th, 3-4pm (gmt+1) on Yé Yé Radio: till yeyeradio.com (or on the app).
As the name says, it’s summer. Therefore, let’s celebrate it. Nearly all the songs, from Franz Ferdinand – Build It Up ft. Johnny Marr to Sydney Minsky Sargeant – I Dont Wanna have just been released or are recent.
There are two indie oldies, The Durutti Collumn’s Sketch For A Summer and The Go-Betweens’ Two Heads. As tends to be the case with my shows, indie and mainstream go hand in hand, although here there are several pop breezy indie alternative songs. But Harry Styles and Laufey pair with Jeanines or April March. There’s an acoustic guitar instrumental, AL Guitar Duo – Reencontro (feat. Pedro Jóia), and the customary Mamas & the Papas classic California Dreamin’, here in covered by The Rebels.
Tracklist:
01: Franz Ferdinand – Build It Up ft. Johnny Marr
02: Cass McCombs – Peace
03: Robert Robertson – Broken Arrow
04: Harry Styles – Watermelon Sugar
05: Pressyes – The Sunlighttt
06: The Durutti Collumn – Sketch For A Summer
07: Jeanines – Coaxed A Storm
08: AL Guitar Duo – Reencontro (feat. Pedro Jóia)
09: Panda Bear – Virginia Tech
10: The Go-Betweens – Two Heads
11: Laufey – Lover Girl
12: The Rebels – California Dreamin’
13: Weezer – Island In The Sun
14: Lightheaded – The Garden
15: James Yorkston – Love Luck (feat. Johanna Söderberg)
16 – Forth Wanderers – Bluff
17: Swansea Sound – Pacior’Fan
18: Sydney Minsky Sargeant – I Dont Wanna
19 – April March – Laisse Tomber Les Filles
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Amazing Songs & Other Delights #69 – The Surf, Summer and Strats edition is now available on mixcloud. You can read about the show here.
Tracklist:
01: Radar Kadafi – 40 Graus à Sombra
02: Cansei de Ser Sexy – Let’s Make Love and Listen to Death From Above
03: David Bowie – China Girl
04: Dick Dale – Hava Nagila
05: Djo – End of Beginning
06: Electronic – Getting Away With It 07: Erasure – L’amour
08: Feelies – Who Loves The Sun
09: Chic – Le Freak
10: Klark Kent – Don’t Care
11: MGMT – People In The Street
12: Nunca Mates o Mandarim – Sonhos de Menino
13: Prefab Sprout – The King of Rock’n’Roll
14: Suede – She’s In Fashion
15: The Shadows – Man of Mystery
16: Violent Femmes – Blister In The Sun
17: The Specials – Enjoy Yourself (It’s Later Than You Think)
18: Mamas & The Papas – California Dreamin’
All previous shows on mixcloud: http://www.mixcloud.com/infoyeye/Yé Yé Radio mixcloud | Mondo Bizarre Magazine mixcloud
Amazing Songs & Other Delights #69 – The Surf, Summer and Strats edition airs Monday 15th, 3-4pm (gmt+1) on Yé Yé Radio: yeyeradio.com (or on the app).
This edition songs and instrumentals selection reflects the title literally or in spirit. Surf music is represented by Dick Dale and The Shadows. Surf means Summer, Dick Dale and Hank Marvin (The Shadows) played a Strat(coaster). Nile Rogers also plays a Strat and co-produced Bowie’s China Girl. Chic and China Girl feel summery.
40 Graus À Sombra (40C Degrees in the Shade) by Radar Kadafi by Radar Kadafi os the ultime Summer Song. The Feelies cover Who Loves The Sun by The Velvet Underground in a seasonal tone Stuart Copeland as Klark Kent adds to the vibe.
As usual on the Summer and Winter editions the Mamas & The Papas – California Dreamin’ is played. Here, as in the first Summer edition by the Mamas & The Papas themselves.
This is the last new edition until Amazing Songs & Other Delights is back mid September. In between repeats will be played. Have a joyous Summer!
Tracklist:
01: Radar Kadafi – 40 Graus à Sombra
02: Cansei de Ser Sexy – Let’s Make Love and Listen to Death From Above
03: David Bowie – China Girl
04: Dick Dale – Hava Nagila
05: Djo – End of Beginning
06: Electronic – Getting Away With It 07: Erasure – L’amour
08: Feelies – Who Loves The Sun
09: Chic – Le Freak
10: Klark Kent – Don’t Care
11: MGMT – People In The Street
12: Nunca Mates o Mandarim – Sonhos de Menino
13: Prefab Sprout – The King of Rock’n’Roll
14: Suede – She’s In Fashion
15: The Shadows – Man of Mystery
16: Violent Femmes – Blister In The Sun
17: The Specials – Enjoy Yourself (It’s Later Than You Think)
18: Mamas & The Papas – California Dreamin’
All previous shows on mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/infoyeye/ | www.mixcloud.com/MondoBizarreMagazine
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