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Playlist 564 - July 2025: Mid Year Review
1. Pierre Bastien & Michel Banabila – Closing time: The party is over (Pingipung)

2. Men I Trust – Heavenly flow (bandcamp)

3. Stereolab – Melodie is a wound (Duophonic/Warp)

4. Water Machine – River (Fat Cat Records)

5. Bella Wakame – Shades of Nambei (Umor-Rex)

6. Lightheaded – Same drop (Slumberland Records/Skep Wax)

7. Elaine Howley – Hold me in a new way (Modern Love)

8. Lael Neale – Tell me how to be here (Sub Pop Records)

9. Cloth – Pink silence (Rock Action)

10. Albertine Sarges – Stand near your fire (Moshi Moshi)

11. M(h)aol – Pursuit (Tulle)

12. The Chills – Dolphins (Fire Records)

13. Keeley Forsyth & Matthew Bourne – Talk to me (Fat Cat Records)

14. Echolalia – Little bird (Full Time Hobby)

15. Oh No Noh – Dog years (Teleskop)

16. Adrian Crowley – Brother was a runaway (Valley of Eyes Records)

17. Derya Yildirim & Grup Simsek – Cool hand (Big Crown Records)

18. I Dreamed I Dream – Fags (bandcamp)

19. Quinie – Macaphee turn the cattle (Upset The Rhythm)

20. Lucy Gooch – Like clay (Fire Records)

21. Robin Kester – Happy sad (It’s a party) (Memphis Industries)

22. Chalk – Pool scene (Nice Swan)

23. Junk Drawer – Nids Niteca (Pizza Pizza Records)

24. Deradoorian – Digital gravestone (Fire Records)

25. Eddie Marcon – Slow na yume (Morr Music)

26. Jamie Lidell – The center (Todo Records)









 
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Playlist 565 - Aug 2025: after the solstice
1. Donna Regina – Nothing heavy (Karaoke Kalk)

2. Stella & The Dreaming – In another life (bandcamp) (playing Coughlans, Cork, Sept 26, w/ Ana Palindrome)

3. Emma Pollock – Prize Hunter (Chemikal Underground)

4. Thee Marloes – I’d be lost (Big Crown Records)

5. Sam Prekop – Light shadow (Thrill Jockey)

6. Kathryn Williams – Tender (One Little Independent) (playing St Pancras Old Church, London, Oct 24)

7. Julie Odell – Orioles eating oranges (Frenchkiss Records)

8. The Cords – Fabulist (Skep Wax) (playing Mono, Glasgow, Oct 5)

9. EERA – I’ll stop when I’m done (Test Card Recordings)

10. The Alien Dub Orchestra – Bike rack (Alien Transistor)

11. AVR – Renaissance (Holywood) (playing The George, London, Oct 15)

12. Mark McCausland – We’ll be just fine (Deltasonic Records) (from the soundtrack of the film The Spin)

13. Cormac O Caoimh – The heart of the human race (bandcamp)

14. Clémentine March – After the solstice (PRAH Recordings)

15. Carson McHone – Downhill (Merge Records)

16. Pictish Trail – Hold it (Fire Records) (playing The Castle, Manchester, Nov 16)

17. HAAi – Hey! (Mute)

18. J Appiah – Forget about it (Vero Music X 19Fifty7)

19. Mum – Only songbirds have a sweet tooth (Morr Music) (playing Islington Assembly Hall, London, Nov 24)

20. Robin Kester – The daylight (Memphis Industries) (playing La Belle Angele, Edinburgh, Aug 26)
 
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Playlist 566 - Sept 2025: goodbye to summer
1. CV Vision – R.T.B. (Bureau B)

2. Prolapse – The fall of cashline (Tapete Records)

3. claire rousay – somewhat burdensome (Thrill Jockey)

4. The Saxophones – Too big for California (Full Time Hobby)

5. Joasihno – Characo orb. (Alien Transistor)

6. Anushka Chkheidze + Robert Lippok – Rainbow road (Morr Music)

7. Kathryn Williams – Goodbye to summer (One Little Independent) (playing The Folk House, Bristol, Oct 31)

8. Cian Nugent – I am asleep and do not wake me (Tompkins Square) (Imaginational Anthem XIV)

9. Ailbhe Reddy – Align (Don Giovanni Records)

10. Stereolab – Aerial Troubles (Duophonic/Warp) (playing Cyprus Avenue, Cork, Feb 19)

11. Linda Smith – So long ago (Upset The Rhythm)

12. Cardiacs – Downup (The Alphabet Business Concern)

13. Me Lost Me – Ancient summer (Upset The Rhythm)

14. Chantal Acda – Hit the verge (Starman Records)

15. Clock DVA – Consent (Mute)

16. EERA – Honey, do you see me (Test Card Recordings) (playing The Lexington, London, Oct 14)

17. Emma Pollock – Future tree (Chemikal Underground) (playing Oran Mor Auditorium, Glasgow, Oct 29)

18. Franklin Gothic – Bygones (bandcamp)

19. Faten Kanaan – Afternoon (Fire Records)

20. Les Imprimés – Untainted love (Big Crown Records)

21. Johnny Burgos – Look at you (LRK Records)

22. TULPA – Let’s make a Tulpa! (Skepwax) (playing Kamera, Manchester, Nov 1)

23. Half Japanese – Step on up (Fire Records)

24. Nation of Language – Silhouette (Sub Pop) (playing Opium, Dublin, Nov 6+7)

25. Emil Friis – Zero (130701)

26. Markus Mehr – Late (Hidden Shoal)

27. Lael Neale – Some bright morning (Sub Pop) (playing Ivy House, London, Dec 6)
 
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Playlist 567 - Oct 2025: winter time
1. Brian Bilston & The Catenary Wires – Might have, might not have (Skep Wax) (playing Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, Nov 24)

2. Damian O’Neill – Inside out (Tompkins Square) (Imaginational Anthem XIV)

3. Joasihno – Crackleboom (Alien Transistor)

4. Madi Diaz – Why’d you have to bring me flowers (Anti)

5. Emma Pollock – Rapid rush of red (Chemikal Underground) (playing Oran Mor, Glasgow, Oct 29)

6. The Alien Dub Ensemble – Pundit dub (Alien Transistor)

7. Eera – Celebrate (Test Card Recordings)

8. Geckos – Lo hice (ORG Music/PIAPTK Recordings)

9. Mark McCausland feat Pieta Brown & John Parish – Sweet Thursday (Delatasonic Records) (from the soundtrack of the film The Spin)

10. Barry Walker Jr feat. Rob Smith & Jason Willmon – Quiessence (Thrill Jockey)

11. Prolapse – Swearing for decoration (Tapete Records) (playing Golden Lion, Bristol, Nov 1)

12. Marta Del Grandi – Antartica (Fire Records)

13. Jimi Tenor – Sunny song (bureau b)

14. The Saxophones – Wayward men (Full Time Hobby)

15. Astral Bakers – Healing (Sage Music)

16. Robin Kester – An hour per day (Memphis Industries) (playing The Hug & Pint, Glasgow, Nov 24)

17. Anushka Chkheidze & Robert Lippok – Bird song (Morr Music) (playing Approximation Festival, Dusseldorf, Nov 28)

18. Julie Odell – Disappearing act (Frenchkiss Records)

19. Urlaub in polen – Abacus (Tapete Records)

20. Miss Grit – Tourist mind (Mute)

21. Dreamwave – Moon buggy (Stolen Body Records) (playing The Victoria, London, Dec 6)

22. Seamus Fogarty – I passed your house (Lost Map Records) (playing Café No. 9, Sheffield, Dec 9)

23. Sandy Shorts – Dimpleface (Blue Central Records)

24. Nobukazu Takemura – Deep sea’s rainbow Part 2 (Thrill Jockey)

25. Stuart Moxham – Do the locomotion (Stuart Moxham vs Nervous Boy radio mix) (Tony Global Recordings)

26. Thee Marloes – What’s on your mind (Big Crown Records)

27. TULPA – Transfixed gaze (Skep Wax Records) (playing The Lexington, London, Nov 30)

28. Truthpaste – See you around (Memorials of Distinction)

29. Vanbur – My own (Manners McDade)

30. Virna Lindt – The like song (The Campus via Rough Trade)
 
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Playlist 568 - Nov 2025
1. Cluster & Eno – Ho Renomo (bureau b)

2. Midori Hirano – Oto, Kioku (Thrill Jockey)

3. Jimi Tenor Band – Selenites (Tapete Records)

4. Lucy Gooch – Clouds (Fire Records)

5. Barry Walker Jr feat. Rob Smith & Jason Willmon – Quiessence (Thrill Jockey)

6. The Notwist – X-ray (Morr Music)

7. Bill Callahan – The man I’m supposed to be (Drag City)

8. claire rousay feat m sage – just (Thrill Jockey)

9. Clementine March – Fireworks (PRAH Recordings)

10. Lande Hekt – Favourite pair of shoes (Tapete Records)

11. Prima Queen feat Girl Group – The prize (Submarine Cat)

12. Anna Prior – True for you (Beat Palace Records)

13. Hater – This guy (Fire Records)

14. Haylie Davis – Country boy (Fire Records)

15. Homer – Chrysanthemum (Big Crown Records)

16. The Cords – Just don’t know how to be you (Skep Wax)

17. Ladytron – I believe in you (Nettwerk) (playing Gorilla, Manchester, Mar 21)

18. lucky break – Burning string (Fire Records)

19. Marielle V Jacobsons – Warm spring (Thrill Jockey)

20. Marta Del Grandi – Alpha Centauri (Fire Records)

21. Pictish Trail – Infinity ooze (Fire Records)

22. Tulpa – PSYOPs (Skep Wax)

23. Stressgivers – Pop hit (self release)

24. The Attendant – Beautiiful humans (bandcamp)

25. Thee Marloes – Harap Dan Ragu (Big Crown Records)

26. Tony Njoku feat Ghostpoet – The slipstream (Studio Njoku)

27. Yael Naim – Multicolor (Mouselephant)

28. Naim Amor & Kid Congo Powers – Tuscon safari (In The Red Records)
 
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Playlist 569 - Best of 2025: Part 1
1. Jimi Tenor Band – Selenites (Tapete Records)

2. Lande Hekt – Favourite pair of shoes (Tapete Records)

3. Prolapse – The fall of cashline (Tapete Records)

4. Astral Bakers – Healing (Sage Music)

5. claire rousay – somewhat burdensome (Thrill Jockey)

6. Cloth – Pink silence (Rock Action)

7. Lucy Gooch – Like clay (Fire Records)

8. Marta Del Grandi – Antarctica (Fire Records)

9. Prima Queen feat Girl Group – The prize (Submarine Cat)

10. Lightheaded – Same drop (Slumberland Records/Skep Wax)

11. The Chills – Dolphins (Fire Records)

12. The Cords – Fabulist (Skep Wax)

13. Joasihno – Characa orb. (Alien Transistor)

14. Anushka Chkheidze & Robert Lippok – Rainbow road (Morr Music)

15. The Alien Dub Orchestra – Vine and fig tree (Alien Transistor)

16. The Notwist – X-ray (Morr Music)

17. Emma Pollock – Rapid rush of red (Chemikal Underground)

18. Mark McCausland – Ask the dust (Deltasonic Records) (from the soundtrack of the film The Spin)

19. Kathryn Williams – Goodbye to summer (One Little Independent)
 
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Playlist 570 - Best of 2025: Part 2
1. Oh No Noh – Dog years (Teleskop)

2. Bella Wakame – Shades of Nambei (Umor-Rex)

3. Echolalia – Little bird (Full Time Hobby)

4. Geckos – Lo Hice (Org Music/PIAPTK Recordings)

5. Junk Drawer – Nids Niteca (Pizza Pizza Records)

6. Keeley Forsyth & Matthew Bourne – Talk to me (Fat Cat Records)

7. Pierre Bastien & Michel Banabila – Closing time: The party is over (Pingipung)

8. Quinie – Macaphee turn the cattle (Upset The Rhythm)

9. Albertine Sarges – Stand near your fire (Moshi Moshi)

10. Deradoorian – Digital gravestone (Fire Records)

11. Le Volume Courbe – Two love (Duophonic Super 45s)

12. Sam Prekop – Light shadow (Thrill Jockey)

13. Water Machine – River (Fat Cat Records)

14. Damian O’Neill – Inside out (Tompkins Square) (Imaginational Anthem XIV)

15. Me Lost Me – A souvenir (Upset The Rhythm)

16. Lael Neale – Tell me how to be here (Sub Pop Records)

17. Eddie Marcon – Slow na yume (Morr Music)

18. Jamie Lidell – The center (Todo Records)

19. Brian Bilston & The Catenary Wires – 31 Rules for Midlife Rebellion (Skep Wax)
 
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Playlist 571 - Best of 2025: Part 3
1. Adrian Crowley – Brother was a runaway (Valley of Eyes Records)

2. Midori Hirano – Oto, Kioku (Thrill Jockey)

3. Naim Amor & Kid Congo Powers – Tucson safari (In The Red Records)

4. Chalk – Pool scene (Nice Swan)

5. Clementine March – Fireworks (PRAH Recordings)

6. Cormac O Caoimh – The heart of the human race (bandcamp)

7. Derya Yildirim & Grup Simsek – Cool hand (Big Crown Records)

8. Julie Odell – Disappearing act (Frenchkiss Records)

9. Donna Regina – Nothing heavy (Karaoke Kalk)

10. Dreamwave – Moon buggy (Stolen Body Records)

11. EERA – I’ll stop when I’m done (Test Card Recordings)

12. Elaine Howley – Hold me in a new way (Modern Love)

13. Half Japanese – Step on up (Fire Records)

14. Haylie Davis – Golden age (Fire Records)

15. I Dreamed I Dream – Fags (bandcamp)

16. J Appiah – Forget about it (Vero Music x 19Fifty7)

17. Jeanines – Coaxed a storm (Slumberland Records/Skep Wax)

18. Johnny Burgos – Look at you (LRK Records)

19. Les Imprimés – Untainted love (Big Crown Records)
 
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Playlist 572 - Best of 2025: Part 4
1. Tulpa – Let’s make a Tulpa! (Skep Wax)

2. M(h)aol – Pursuit (Tulle)

3. Men I Trust – Heavenly flow (bandcamp)

4. Miss Grit – Tourist mind (Mute)

5. Nobukazu Takemura – deep sea’s rainbow part 2 (Thrill Jockey)

6. Pictish Trail – Hold it (Fire Records)

7. Rats on Rafts – Painting roses (Fire Records)

8. Robin Kester – The daylight (Memphis Industries)

9. Seamus Fogarty – I passed your house (Lost Map Records)

10. Barry Walker Jr feat. Rob Smith & Jason Willmon – Quiessence (Thrill Jockey)

11. Stereolab – Melodie is a wound (Duophonic/Warp)

12. Stuart Moxham – Do the locomotion (Stuart Moxham vs Radio Boy radio mix) (Tiny Global Productions)

13. The Attendant – Beautiful humans (faux lux)

14. Thee Marloes – What’s on your mind (Big Crown Records)

15. Truthpaste – See you around (Memorials of Distinction)

16. Vanbur – My own (Manners McDade)

17. Ways of Seeing – USA 94 (bandcamp)

18. Virna Lindt – The like song (The Campus via Rough Trade)
 
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Playlist 573 - Feb 2026: see the light
1. Colleen - Antidoto (Thrill Jockey) (playing Silent Green, Berlin, May 26, w/ Midori Hirano)

2. Daniel Blumberg feat Amanda Seyfried – All is summer (from the soundtrack of the film A Testament to Ann Lee)

3. Lande Hekt – Lucky now (Tapete Records)

4. Penny Arcade – Rear view mirror (Tapete Records)

5. Barry Walker Jr feat Rob Smith & Jason Willmon – Son, don’t brighten the Bear Creek Rhyolite (Thrill Jockey)

6. Marielle V Jakobsons – The salt rounds (Thrill Jockey)

7. Marta Del Grandi – Shoe shaped cloud (Fire Records) (playing Balades Sonores, Paris, Feb 20)

8. Richard Neuberg – Crow needs the pine (Self-released)

9. Yael Naim – Wow (Mouselephant)

10. The Notwist – How the story ends (Morr Music) (playing Garage, London, Apr 23)

11. The Besnard Lakes – Pontiac spirits (Ghost Mix) (Full Time Hobby) (playing Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, Feb 15)

12. we didn’t care – Sorry for nothing (Karaoke Kalk)

13. Bill Callahan – Stepping out for air (Drag City) (playing Rough Trade, Liverpool, Feb 26)

14. Alice Costelloe – How can I (Moshi Moshi) (playing Dot to Dot Festival, Bristol, Mar 23)

15. Apparat – Hum of maybe (Mute) (playing Parallel Society Festival, Lisbon, Mar 7)

16. Heavenly – Excuse me (Skep Wax) (playing Yes, Manchester, Mar 18)

17. Myles Cochran – Four bent barn (9Ball Records)

18. Dobrawa Czocher – Blue (130701)

19. Haylie Davis – Young man (Fire Records)

20. Hen Hoose Collective – Sirens call my name (Hen Hoose)

21. Ladytron – Kingdom undersea (Nettwerk) (playing Gorilla, Manchester, Mar 21)

22. Miss Grit – Stranger (Mute)

23. Les Imprimés – You and I (Big Crown Records) (playing The Lexington, London, Feb 19)

24. Marco Benevento – Frizzante (Big Crown Records)

25. Maya Shenfeld – My Lai (Thrill Jockey) (from the soundtrack of the film Cover-Up)

26. Memorials – Cut glass hammer (Fire Records)

27. MF Tomlinson – My hand in yours (Adem Remix) (PRAH Recordings)

28. Seamus Fogarty – Fire (Lost Map Records) (playing The Moth Club, London, Mar 13)

29. Setting – Heard a bubble (Thrill Jockey)

30. Special Friend – Breakfast (Skep Wax) (playing The Hope and Anchor, London, Mar 7)

31. Spencer Cullum – Rown Tree (Full Time Hobby)

32. The Rhynes – See the light (Tiny Dog Records)

33. The Would-Be-Goods – Dr Love (Skep Wax) (playing Glad Café, Glasgow, May 30)

34. Yann Tiersen – Caledonian Canal (Mute) (playing Mythos Festival, Rennes, Apr 11)

35. Yann Tiersen & Odezenne – Harmony (Mute)

36. Yelka – King of the world (Karaoke Kalk)

37. Season 2 – Abundance of power (Upset The Rhythm)
 
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