Playlist 16.05.08

I reckon 2008 will go down as a remarkable vintage for Ulster music. It will include champion debuts from In Case Of Fire plus Fighting With Wire and The Jane Bradfords. There's a hurtling release from Panama Kings, due soon. The second Oppenheimer album will be an ongoing thrill, and in honour of that fact, I played three tracks on Friday. 'Take The Whole Midrange And Boost It' is released on June 2, but why wait for the starting pistol?

I also had a conversation in the studio with Gerry from Boathouse. Last year, they put out a rather pedestrian CD. This time, they're playing with real intent, loading up the ferocity on 'What I Remember'. They're launching the EP on May 29 at the Empire, Belfast, so you can personally investigate.

PLAYLIST 16.05.08

STUART BAILIE
BBC Radio Ulster, 92-95 FM, 1341 MW
Online: www.bbc.co.uk/radioulster
Fridays, ten - midnight

Camper Van Beethovern - Take The Skinheads Bowling (CV)
Oppenheimer - Look Up (Fantastic Plastic)
Dr John - Promises Promises (CV)
Boathouse - What I Remember (Tiny Tuba )
Boathouse - The Johnny And Ruth Story (Tiny Tuba)
Dennis Brown - Wolves And Leopards (Magnum)
Glasvegas - Geraldine (Columbia)
Elvis Costello - Drum And Bone (Lost Highway)
Joan As Policewoman - To Be Loved (Reveal)
Bessie Jones - See Aunt Dinah (Rounder)
Aimee Mann - Freeway (Superego)
Oppenheimer - Support Our Truths (Fantastic {Plastic)
Port O' Brien - I Woke Up Today (City Slang)
The Who - Pure and Easy (Polydor)

Steve Earle - Johnny Come Lately (Geffen)
Delays - Girl's On Fire (Polydor)
Rico - Sea Cruise (2 Tone)
Manu Chao - Politik (Radio Bemba)
Sonny J - Handsfree (EMI)
The National - Fake Empire (Beggars Banqyet)
Gillian Welch - Caleb Meyer (Almo)
John And Jehn - 20L07 (Faculty)
Neil Diamond - Pretty Amazing Grace (Columbia)
We Are Scientists- Chic Lit (Virgin)
Oppenheimer - Cate Blanchett (Fantastic {Plastic)
The Ting Tings - Shut Up And Let Me Go (Columbia)
Alexander Tucker - Poltergeists Grazing (ATP)

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