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  • irishtimes.com - Posted: March 10, 2010 @ 9:50 am

    The Far Side – playlist for Tuesday March 9

    Jim Carroll

    As played on The Far Side, Phantom 105.2, Tuesday March 9, 10pm-midnight

    Trash Kit “ Cadets” (Upset the Rhythm)
    Thee Oh Sees “I Was Denied” (In the Red)
    Yuck “Georgia” (Transparent)
    The Fresh & Onlys “Diamond in the Dark” (Captured Tracks)
    The Bewitched Hands On the Top Of Our Heads “Work” (April77)
    Tanlines “Real Life (Memory Tapes remix)” (True Panther)
    The Golden Filter “Dance Around the Fire” (Brille)
    MEN “Off Our Backs” (Self release)
    Jamaica “I Think I Like U 2” (Ed Banger)
    Redneck Manifesto “Drum Drum” (Richter Collective)
    Herzog “Paul Blart & The Death of Art” (Transparent)
    The Ropes “I Miss You Being Gone” (Sinlo)
    Florence & The Machine v The Very Best v The XX “You’ve Got the Love” (Moshi Moshi)
    The Intruders “Hang On In There” (CBS)
    Lucy Love “Daddy Was A DJ” (Superbillion)
    Raheem DeVaughn “I Don’t Care” (Columbia)
    Los Massieras “Boogity Boogity Boogity” (Discoteca Oceano)
    Pantha Du Prince/Panda Bear “Stick to My Side (Four Tet remix)” (Rough Trade)
    Shit Robot “I Got A Feeling” (DFA)
    Floating Points “Peoples Potential” (Eglo)
    Becoming Real “Teardrops” (Tough Love)
    Foals “Spanish Sahara (Mount Kimbie remix)” (Transgressive)
    Julian Lynch “In New Jersey” (Olde English Spelling Bee)
    White Hinterland “Thunderbird” (Dead Oceans)
    Gonjasufi “Ancestors” (Warp)
    Gil Scott-Heron “New York Is Killing Me” (XL)

    • 47 Comments

    1.
    March 10, 2010
    10:23 am

    Any word on when Gil Scott Heron tickets go on sale?

    Comment by PMK
    2.
    March 10, 2010
    10:23 am

    The Intruders!! It’s become a bit of an anthem over the past week or so.

    That Lucy Love tune was ace!

    Comment by Colette
    3.
    March 10, 2010
    10:37 am

    Have you picked up The Fresh & Onlys’ s/t album from last year? It was joint top of my 2009 list. They, along with Thee Oh Sees are amongst my favourite bands right now. Thee Oh Sees are bleeding me dry with their release rate :p

    If you haven’t already, give Sonny & The Sunsets a spin. It’s Sonny Smith, with help from Shayde and Tim from The Fresh & Onlys, plus Kelley Stoltz. Can’t imagine you won’t like them.

    Comment by Fiona
    4.
    March 10, 2010
    10:45 am

    PMK – per http://www.ticketmaster.ie/event/1800446896F8287F?artistid=849231&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=4 tickets go on sale on Wed 13 at 9am

    colette – check out the “Lost & Found” album on BBE for more ace cuts like that. And I’m looking fwd to hearing more from Lucy Love

    fiona – they’re now on my (very lengthy) list of bands to see at SXSW next week. And I have a couple of Sonny & The Sunsets tunes in the ever growing iTunes library to get around to.

    Comment by Jim Carroll
    5.
    March 10, 2010
    11:04 am

    reg foals..have you heard the new song yet Jim? I take it you have, really wasn’t what I was expecting, very curious to hear the new album….those green sphere Heineken tickets haven’t opened for registration yet as far as I know, if they have I haven’t received my email (im on the mailing list for yonkers)

    PS: working away on that list you mentioned to me at the CMP…are you going to see Hey Rosetta at SXSW? if you are, you know what to do!

    Comment by caroline
    6.
    March 10, 2010
    11:07 am

    caroline – all i’ve heard is the Mount Kimbie remix which is lovely and spooky and am looking fwd to hearing the album. And don’t worry, I’ll have a word in Hey Rosetta’s shell-like about Irish shows.

    Comment by Jim Carroll
    7.
    March 10, 2010
    11:13 am

    excellent Jim, knew I could depend on you..ps can you tell them the 31st August to 7th Sept is bad for me? I’ll be out of the country, otherwise any date will do ;)

    Comment by caroline
    8.
    March 10, 2010
    11:15 am

    caroline – will make sure they know that

    Comment by Jim Carroll
    9.
    March 10, 2010
    11:18 am

    great- can I give them the setlist I’d like them to play while you’re at it?

    Comment by caroline
    10.
    March 10, 2010
    11:19 am

    caroline – that might be a step too far

    Comment by Jim Carroll
    11.
    March 10, 2010
    11:24 am

    That mount kimble remix is way better than the original re the Foals, Is the tanlines album any good?

    Comment by spacey
    12.
    March 10, 2010
    11:28 am

    spacey – mt kimbie are ahead of the game. Tanlines tune from the “Settings EP” which I am now downloading from emusic.

    Comment by Jim Carroll
    13.
    March 10, 2010
    12:14 pm

    So Gil’s tickets will go on sale last January? or am I just dense and managed to miss the entire sale of these?…[hopefully not]

    Comment by tony
    14.
    March 10, 2010
    12:18 pm

    tony – reckon they meant Mar not Jan but you never know with POD – or Gil. Hope he turns up!

    Comment by Jim Carroll
    15.
    March 10, 2010
    1:29 pm

    Im really glad to see Heron has a date planned and that Tripod is putting on some shows again. Its been too long since I was there.

    They don’t appear to be onsale yet though.

    Comment by Peter81
    16.
    March 10, 2010
    1:53 pm

    Really diggin’ the Gonjasufi album on Warp. Picked it up on Monday and have listened to it on a daily basis since. Read a review that referred to its 1-hour running time and recalled thinking it was much, much shorter than that which is a good sign. Perhaps i’ll be able to work myself up to Joanna Newsom’s new album which i’m told is a cracker though 2-hours seems like a lot to get stuck into in my, short-attentioned spanning opinion. I really, really loved The Milk-Eyed Mender and found Ys way too dense and meandering for my tastes. It’s not that i’m put-off by tracks with 17 minutes plus run-times (although a short, sharp shot of sweet or sour noise is always good!) but i found it hard to give a shit about putting the time in. Felt too academic an approach to listening to music as i think it should be a visceral, reflex reaction. Have been mulling over the idea of giving her another few hours of my time but i can’t help getting through the experience of the Ys obstacle (Ys-tacle anyone?). Any check it out yet? Perhaps there’re some tunes more in line or developed from the thread of The Milk-Eyed Mender that i could treat myself to?

    Comment by Fergal
    17.
    March 10, 2010
    1:56 pm

    Fergal – I hear you about the Joanna Newsom album – the sheer scale of the thing is putting me off (that and I’ve just had the 2 busiest weeks of the year back to back). I’m curious to hear what people make of it – people beyond those who’ve reviewed it especially. How has it sold? Has it any chance of going beyond the typical Joanna Newsom audience?

    Comment by Jim Carroll
    18.
    March 10, 2010
    2:05 pm

    Not much of a chance that J-New’s (copyright Adam Prince Billy) new album will endear her to new fans at all. It’s a lovely sprawling long form album but it has discernable peaks really. Just two hours of lovely laidback harp, piano, her voice and little else. It certainly feels less poppy than YS which was hard going in itself of course but ultimately rewarding.

    Comment by Nialler9
    19.
    March 10, 2010
    2:08 pm

    Have only listened to two of the three from the Joanna Newsom album…same thing with scale and as much as I like her voice more than an hour in one setting is too much. I do think that the tunes are more approachable than Ys but I don’t think it’s going to be her breakout album.

    On other tunes front I really liked the track Boogity Boogity Boogity from Los Massieras- at least I think that was the one since the Phantom site told me so…will have to listen to it again to make sure but it was really a great tune!

    Comment by Tim
    20.
    March 10, 2010
    2:34 pm

    I have tried many times to listen to, and enjoy, Joanna Newsom’s music. Each time I’ve ended up feeling scarred both aurally and emotionally. I’d rather listen to caterwauling accompanied by nails on a chalkboard.
    Joanna Newsom: musical marmite.

    Comment by Fiona
    21.
    March 10, 2010
    2:35 pm

    The new Joanna Newsom album isnt as yelpy as i thought the first two were. Bits of it are very 70’s AOR stuff similar to the some of the sound off the Midlake album. Think that Rilo Kiley do that stuff a lot better. The three cds get a bit annoying just trying to listen to the whole album in one go. Will just have to load onto the zen and listen interuption free. Still think that Mojo went a bit over the op with their review but then again the guy was initially on pain relief. To paraphrase Dunphy its a good album not a great album.

    Comment by feather McGraw
    22.
    March 10, 2010
    3:10 pm

    spacey @ 11 – I give the new Tanlines EP two thumbs up!

    Tim @ 19 – “Boogity Boogity Boogity” is a zinger but there were loads of zingers in the second hour last night IMHO

    Wow, that’s a mixed set of views on J-New. I thought myself from the couple of tracks I heard that the reviews were a tad over the top. I assume Drag City don’t see as the album to bankroll a move to the Cayman Islands?

    Comment by Jim Carroll
    23.
    March 10, 2010
    3:33 pm

    I’m with Feather @ 21 on this one. Hard and all as I tried, I could never get into Joanna Newsom before this one. Not really sure what it is about ‘Have One One Me’, but it’s definitely more approachable and less academic-sounding than her earlier stuff. Or maybe I’m just getting old! And yeah, I’m digging the ’70s vibe a lot too.

    Vis-a-vis running time, I haven’t actually sat down and listened to the thing in its entirety yet I must admit. I’ve been playing each disc separately. Maybe this weekend…

    Comment by theharro
    24.
    March 10, 2010
    3:46 pm

    I like the new Joanna Newsome record-albeit after a solitary listen. Very ‘Laurel Canyon’ and an ideal accompaniment to a lazy Sunday morning in Spring…

    Comment by Robert Mitchum
    25.
    March 10, 2010
    4:17 pm

    Life’s way too short for a Joanna Newsom triple album. Way too short. Anyone see that video of her that Nialler9 had of her playing live on ‘Fallon’? Bizarre facial expressions, to say the least. There’s some gorgeous stuff on the ‘Milk-Eyed Mender’ but she lost me after that. Her music is…hard work and it never should be.

    Comment by Quint
    26.
    March 10, 2010
    4:40 pm

    I see Bob Dylan is back again.

    Playing Thomand Park July

    http://www.limerickleader.ie/news/ONLINE-EXCLUSIVE-Bob-Dylan-confirmed.6140156.jp

    Comment by nerraw
    27.
    March 10, 2010
    4:49 pm

    I heart the Leader’s exclusives – Willie O’Dea and Bob Dylan

    Comment by Jim Carroll
    28.
    March 10, 2010
    5:01 pm

    I like the fact that J-New (like it!) has released a triple album after previous accusations of whimsy and self-indulgence.

    Punk Rock!

    Comment by Robert Mitchum
    29.
    March 10, 2010
    6:04 pm

    I think Mojo gushed over Newsom because very few artists these days would have the audacity to release a triple album of music with long meandering passages. It reminded them of their old Genesis LPs!

    I think its a good album but so many of the songs are similar in tone, 70% of the album becomes one long harp piece that slows down and speeds up.

    I like her though, I wonder does she make those facial expressions in the sack aswell? (sorry)

    Comment by Peter81
    30.
    March 10, 2010
    6:15 pm

    Jaysus, I’ve spent an hour listening to J-New and am still not finished with it. I have to say, it’s damn hard work so far. I think it’s an album you have to be in the mood for and trying to get three weeks work done in a week ain’t the time for it. Think the reviews I’ve read are also VERY fanboy-ish going on what I’ve heard so far. It’s like “Metal Machine Music” for flower children and hippies.

    Comment by Jim Carroll
    31.
    March 10, 2010
    6:25 pm

    Thank you for playing The Ropes ! ‘I Miss You Being Gone’ is stunning!!

    Comment by Alice
    32.
    March 10, 2010
    6:54 pm

    Not much of a chance that J-New’s (copyright Adam Prince Billy)

    If this thing takes off I want it on the record (on the record on the record) that he got J-New from me.

    Petty? Moi? It’s just that I have so little going for me.

    I really like the new album but I am something of a raging fanboy for her insofar and I think she’s one of the most consistantly fascinating figures in contemporary indie music. Not just because I really dig her music but also because despite how people try to pigeonhole her as some sort of airy fairy elf queen of pitchfork indie she just shrugs it off and does whatever she feels like with little regard for the public perception of her.

    I think I read online she had first week US sales of 9,000.

    Comment by Ian
    33.
    March 10, 2010
    7:07 pm

    Jim, please please please do a Partridge special.

    I have been listening to this mix all morning.
    The soundbites throughout are brilliant.

    http://www.mixcloud.com/funster/norfolk-nights/

    Comment by Pedro
    34.
    March 10, 2010
    7:44 pm

    I think I read online she had first week US sales of 9,000.

    That all?? Fuck, that’s low for someone who is supposed to have a huge fanbase and got such crazy-ass reviews right out of the box. 9,000? Phew

    Alice @ 31 – you’ve just reminded me to also check out the album

    Comment by Jim Carroll
    35.
    March 10, 2010
    7:58 pm

    That all?? Fuck, that’s low for someone who is supposed to have a huge fanbase and got such crazy-ass reviews right out of the box. 9,000? Phew

    That what a I recall after eavedropping on a couple of people’s twitter exchange.

    Comment by Ian
    36.
    March 10, 2010
    8:09 pm

    Ian – actually, it was 7000 which some people think is a good thing – http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2010/03/on-the-charts-johnny-cash-joanna-newsom-make-their-debuts-sade-still-leads.html – and some people think is dire – http://www.nowtoronto.com/daily/story.cfm?content=173954

    Anyone know the sales figures for Ireland?

    Comment by Jim Carroll
    37.
    March 10, 2010
    8:09 pm

    If I had my own radio show, I would play at least one Kate Bush track and one Prefab Sprout track every week.

    Paddy & Kate are two of my favourite ever songwriters.

    Comment by Pedro
    38.
    March 10, 2010
    8:13 pm

    pedro – I remember your Paddy McAloon man-love. Awesome songwriter.

    Comment by Jim Carroll
    39.
    March 10, 2010
    8:46 pm

    “Anyone know the sales figures for Ireland?”

    I suspect we could probably do a show of hands here and come up with a fairly accurate figure.

    Comment by Peter81
    40.
    March 11, 2010
    2:37 am

    I’ve only heard some of J-New’s new tracks – namely ‘81 and Kingfisher – but I’m loving them. However, that being said, it probably took me until last year before I could properly get my head around Ys. So I should be getting into her new album sometime circa 2013…

    Comment by Sona
    41.
    March 11, 2010
    11:24 am

    7,000? Hmm…i don’t really have anything to compare that with i suppose. Well most of the reviews i’ve read of her album have been on websites and in magazines that would already be embedded with the indie/alternative Panzer division so i don’t suppose that’s a surprise really. In fact, i’d guess that most indie artists (in the truest sense of the word) are slightly off-radar so i would be more surprised if she was supernova as a result of a triple album release. I’d be surprised if she went supernova, fullstop! I’m deffo going to give the more accessible tracks a go at some stage this year. In the meantime i’m quite happy with PeachPlumPear and the like :-)

    Comment by Fergal
    42.
    March 11, 2010
    11:32 am

    Or would it be the case that most of those in the indie/alternative/right-on Panzer division just downloaded J-New’s album from some slightly dodgy, unofficial, illegal source and didn’t buy the album when it was released?

    Comment by Jim Carroll
    43.
    March 11, 2010
    1:02 pm

    Highly likely Jim and it’ll be interesting to read their reviews in a weeks time when the downloads are complete…

    Comment by Fergal
    44.
    March 11, 2010
    1:07 pm

    fergal – very good! I’ve had the album on here on all morning and I’m very “meh” about it. Good but some quality control would have helped enormously.

    Comment by Jim Carroll
    45.
    March 11, 2010
    4:43 pm

    personally i thought Y’s was the best album of the last decade… haven’t managed to pick the new one up yet but looking forward to it…

    Comment by Ally
    46.
    March 15, 2010
    8:46 am

    That’s a fine list, I hope to delve before the next one arrives.
    Mr feathers, I agree the Joanna Newson stuff is wonderfully meandering. It is nice to see works that are not “radio length”.
    I am loving Mr Gnome just now after a very seventies mothers day.

    A good dose of Lee Perry and the white belly rats, and maybe some Alan Vega, if I had a radio show…
    (no accounting for taste, is there?)
    I hear there is a revolution underway over there…

    Comment by 127.0.0.1
    47.
    March 23, 2010
    7:17 pm

    Thanks for supporting Sonny & The Sunsets! …By the way, new 7″ and limited edition comic book still available !

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