Skint And Demoralised
08 single
- The Thrill Of Thirty Seconds

Art Brut
09 CD Art Brut vs Satan
- Summer job

The View
09 CD Which bitch
- Distant Dubloon

Pet Shop Boys
09 CD Yes
- pandemonium

Golden Silvers
09 CD True Romance
- Another Universe

Jack Penate
09 CD Everything is new
- Everything is new

Little boots
09 CD Hands
- Remedy

Excerpt of Paolo Nutini Interview (see home page for link to full interview)

Paolo Nutini
09 CD Sunny Side up
- coming up easy

Roots Manuva
08 CD Slime and Reason
- Again and again

Manic Street Preachers
09 CD Journal for Plague Lovers
- Me and Stephen Hawking

The Longcut — a great Manc band!
09 CD Open Hearts (Release date Oct 5)
- tell you so (FREE download on their site)

MMMMMmmmm what a GORgeOUS summer week here! BEST(inBritish) YET!

Paolo Nutini (Best In British Music Show with Tara O.)

Scotland’s Paolo Nutini’s 2M selling 2006 CD “These Streets” released pop hits that brought instant attention with singles like Last Request, Jennie don’t be hasty, and New Shoes

Yet– it’s his 180 degree musical shift for his 2009 #1 album in UK “Sunny Side Up”, that’s really cathing listener attention and catching the music world off guard, with its ragtime/jazz/folk-soul influences (play coming up easy) – it’s a return to the olden days – not what you’d expect from a 22 year old!!

He’s booked through 2009 for shows and festivals – like the one at Bluesfest in Ottawa, Canada, where I interviewed him. He’d just flown in so he starts off a bit quiet from the jetlag – but once the interview gets going, he comes ino his own – chatty and friendly – with a great sense of humour

On the serious side of this intervew, we talk about SSU and his production responsibities, what an important figure in his life would say about him now, and Ahmet Ertegun (co founder of his Atlantic records lable). … then – being the funny storyteller he is, things to a bit awry as he recounts an experience at Canada’s osheaga festival, and the REAL influence behind his single from the new CD (hint: it has to do with hip hop artist Fifty Cent!).

Extra link:
Paolo Interview discussing hilarious happening’s at the 07 Montreux Festival

More Artist Interviews with Tara O.

Playlist:

Popup
09 CD A time and a place
- Chinese burn

Screaming Lights
- Phenomena (08 Single)

Future of the Left
09 CD Travels with myself and another
- that damned fly

Paolo Nutini
06 CD These Streets
- New shoes

Brakes
09 CD Touchdown
- do you feel the same

The Heavy
- oh no not you again

La Roux
09 CD La Roux
- tigerlily

Little Boots
09 EP Illuminations
- Magical

Clientele
- I wonder who we are (new download single)

Eugene McGuiness
09 CD Eugene McGuiness
- nightshift

Nick Harrison
- something special (single)

The Metros
08 CD More money, less grief
- talk about it

Micachu and the Shapes
09 CD Jewellery
- Golden phone

Paolo Nutini
09 CD Sunny Side up
- No other way

Jarvis Cocker
09 CD Further Complications
- caucasian blues

It’s SUMMah- tyymme!

So, you’ll hear TWO hours of great new music, Excerpt of my Glasvegas Interview, CD release info, Glasto highlights, and Canadian Trivia (test your knowledge!)

New music from such bands as: Jarvis Cocker (Pulp), Florence and the Machine, Little Boots, Kasabian, Dizzee Rascal, Depeche Mode, The Red Zoids, Paolo Nutini, Some Beans, Gomez, Esser, Kid British…and TONS more !

HOUR 1:

Playlist:

The Red Zoids
Nous Sommes Mega Cool (09 Single)

La Roux NEW!
09 CD La Roux
- bulletproof

I talk about…. La Roux at Osheaga.com

Jarvis Cocker
09 CD Further Complications
- homewrecker!

Sargeant
Swiftly does it (09 Single)

I talk about... Canada Day trivia: What was Canada Day called before it was “Canada Day”?

Paolo Nutini (another Scot!)
new 09 CD Sunny Side Up
- candy

I talk about…
- Paolo plays Bluesfest this year
- Give the trivia answer

New Rhodes
- The joys of finding and losing that girl (09 Single)

Future of the Left NEW!
09 CD Travels with myself and another
- the hope that house built

The Race
09 CD In my head it works
- Rude Boy

I talk about…
- Glastonbury (Glasto) highlights… eg, attendance, best acts, extracts from a Guardian article on Daman Albarn and his performance, and how Dizzee’s performance (on the song below) went down…
- a great international festival site — the link is on my blog homepage.
- the DVD Glastonbury

Dizzee Rascal
09 CD Tongue n cheek
- bonkers

Depeche Mode
09 CD Songs of the Universe
- Peace

I talk about….
- a Martin Gore interview… talks about his e-bay purchases, career highs and lows, 1st music he ever owned, and advice he should’ve taken but didn’t
- more Canadian trivia …. do we drive on the left or the right?

Gomez
09 CD A new Tide
- Airstream driver

Maximo Park
09 CD Quicken the Heart
- Roller disco dreams

I talk about …
- answer to trivia question above
- new Arctic Monkeys CD and new single release dates
- reminder of my upcoming review of the DVD Arctic Monkeys
- next trivia question..what does Canada Day stand for?

Some Beans (New!) This is an excellent CD. Buy it!
09 CD Fear and Loathing in Tipton St. John
- no more wine

HOUR 2:

Glasvegas Interview (3min. excerpt)
Discuss:
- How are they managing /handling their continuous and rather quick rise to fame
- How and why they picked the cover songs they did (Ronettes, Nirvana),
- What it’s like being barred from bars in Glasgow…

I discuss…
- the answer to the above trivia question

Kasabian
09 CD West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
- Fast fuse

CHiF / Clown Prince
- Transmissions (09 Single)

Esser
09 CD Braveface
- long arms

I talk about …
- Canada Day in the country’s capital
- background on Little Boots and her fascination with space, her use of the Tenori-on.

Little Boots (Electro Mama!)
09 EP Illuminations
- new in town

Florence and the Machine (I’m excited about this CD. Should be good!)
09 CD Lungs (July release)
- Dog days are over (advanced single)

Friendly Fires
08 CD Jump in the Pool
- Strobe

I discuss…
- the official news release of Friendly Fires’ new Samba song (Ed & I had discussed this a few months ago in an interview)

Kid British (No beans and toast two-day!)
- Sunny Days (09 Single)

Boy least likely to (…I`ve got puppy powers!!)
09 CD The law of the playground
- Every Goliath has its David

I discuss…
- release details of the new and 4th Cribs CD …which includes Johnny Marr

Wake the President
09 CD You can’t change that boy
- The security place

Doves
09 CD Kingdom of Rust
- Lifelines

I discuss…
- Jarvis cocker at Glasto and his stage intruder, and his flute purchase at Glasto
- my thanks to many people — including YOU the listeners — for tuning in & giving me your feedback these last 2 years.

Alessi’s Ark
- over the hill (09 Single)

Hope you had a safe but FUN Canada Day …wherever you might be.. or whatever na-tio-na-li-tee!