The Underground of Happiness

The Underground of Happiness uplifting pop music of every creed www.theundergroundofhappiness.blogspot.com www.facebook.com/theundergroundofhappiness Playlist 173 Tues Apr 26th 2011 11.00am-12.00pm (repeated on Tuesdays 8.30pm) Cork Campus Radio, 98.3FM listen live on the web at www.ucc.ie/ccr *listen back to this show at https://rapidshare.com/files/459281930/UOH_Podcast_Apr_26_2011.mp3 Playlist Wires Under Tension - Irreversible machines Grimes - intor/flowers ( playing Whelan's Upstairs, Dublin, Aug 3 w/ Catscars, re-scheduled from May 15 ) Thursten Moore - Benediction Patrick Kelleher - This sporting life Justice - Civilization (radio edit) Gablé - Too fat to fart to fight ( playing Great Escape Festival, Brighton, May 12 ) Connan Mockasin - Megumi the Milkyway above ( playing Tripod, Dublin, May 15, w/ Warpaint ) The Doomed Bird of Providence - The wild beast of Goat Island ( playing Wilmington Arms, London, June 15 ) Josh T. Pearson - Drive her out ( ...

Spring is here The grass is ris I wonder where the birdies is... Governments are falling like skittles this weather. As usual, pop music has its own soundtrack to world events. Try turning down the volume of your favourite news channel and turning up some of this UOH playlist instead. It might just turn your world upside-down. *All albums below, unless otherwise stated. John Stammers - John Stammers (Wonderful Sound) Gorgeous folk-blues hybrid from the Manchester native, built around fingerpicked acoustic guitar and a smoky, unassuming voice. For fans of Nick Drake or (especially) Bert Jansch. As usual, the beauty is in the detail - the keening cello of Idle I'm , muted trumpet set against mournful pedal steel on Here again , the one-note violin chorus of The fridge . Plaintiff and heartfelt, a beautiful addition to the canon of modern English folk music. A Lazarus Soul - Through a window in the sunshine room (Intent to Supply Records) Authentically downbeat album of el...