Afternoon Balloon

Playlist: 11th September 1pm

afternoonballoon — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 02:02:25 +0000

Inland Empire – Peter Bjorn And John, Seaside Rock [2008]

Too Much To Do – Sparkadia, Postcards [2008]

DLZ – TV On The Radio, Dear Science [2008]

Talons – Bloc Party, Talons (single) [2008]

Half Right – Mercy Arms, Mercy Arms [2008]

Brave Bulging Buoyant Clairvoyants – Wild Beasts, Limbo, Panto [2008]

Talk Show Host – Radiohead, Street Spirit (Fade Out) (single) [1996]

Kim and Jessie (Montag Remix) – M83, Kim and Jessie (single) [2008]

Reptile – The Church, Starfish [1988]

Photobooth – Friendly Fires, Friendly Fires [2008]

Open Mouth – Kaki King, Dreaming of Revenge [2008]

Grounds for Divorce – Elbow, The Seldom Seen Kid [2008]

Playlist: 28th August 1pm

afternoonballoon — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:05:57 +0000

Ghost – Voxtrot, Voxtrot [2007]

The Bears Are Coming – Late Of The Pier, Fantasy Black Channel [2008]

California Soul (Diplo/Mad Decent Remix) – Marlena Shaw, Verve Remixed 4 [2008]

Ares – Bloc Party, Intimacy [2008]

The Devil’s Crayon – Wild Beasts, Limbo, Panto [2008]

Everywhere You Turn – Longwave, The Strangest Things [2003]

Mass Destruction (P*Nut & Sister Bliss Mix) – Faithless, No Roots [2004]

Tricky Kid – Tricky, Pre-Millennium Tension [1996]

Playlist: 21th August 1pm

afternoonballoon — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:05:07 +0000

Breaking It Up – Lykke Li, Youth Novels [2008]

Dragonfly – M. Craft, Silver & Fire [2006]

Cuts And Lies – Acoustic Ladyland, Skinny Grin [2006]

Big Jumps – Emiliana Torrini, Me and Armini [2008]

Social Competence – Peter Moren, The Last Tycoon [2008]

The Shock Of The Lighting – Oasis, The Shock Of The Lighting (single) [2008]

Trojan Horse – Bloc Party, Intimacy [2008]

Walking On A Dream – Empire Of The Sun, Walking On A Dream (single) [2008]

Death – White Lies, Death (single) [2008]

Salt, Peppa And Spinderella – Johnny Foreigner, Waited Up Til It Was Light [2008]

All Right – Jim Noir, Welcome Commander Jameson [2008]

Playlist: 14th August 1pm

afternoonballoon — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:15:01 +0000

Can’t Stand It – Wilco, Summerteeth [1999]

Ladykillers – Lush, Lovelife [1995]

The Spike – The Music, Strength In Numbers [2008]

It Could Be The Same – Van She, V [2008]

Strange Overtones – David Byrne and Brian Eno, Everything That Happens Will Happen Today [2008}

Valium Skies - The Verve, Forth [2008]

New Years Day – Caesars, Strawberry Weed [2008]

Sometimes – My Bloody Valentine, Loveless [1992]

Jump In The Pool – Friendly Fires, Friendly Fires [2008]

Sex on Fire – Kings of Leon, Sex on Fire (single) [2008]

Playlist: 7th August 1pm

afternoonballoon — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:08:58 +0000

Bookshop Casanova – The Clientele, God Save The Clientele [2007]

Champagne Girls I Have Known – Johnny Foreigner, Arcs Across The City [2008]

He Doesn’t Know Why – Fleet Foxes, Fleet Foxes [2008]

A Forest – Bat For Lashes, Perfect As Cats: a tribute to The Cure [2008]

Gamma Ray – Beck, Modern Guilt [2008]

Something Is Not Right With Me – Cold War Kids, Loyalty to Loyalty [2008]

My Home Ghost – Husky Rescue, Ghost Is Not Real [2007]

All This Will Pass – Youth Group, The Night Is Ours [2008]

Storm – José González , Crosses [EP] [2003]

The Glory of Love – Primal Scream, Beautiful Future [2008]

You Are The Generation That Bought More Shoes And You Get What You Deserve – Johnny Boy, Johnny Boy [2006]

Beautiful To Watch – GoodBooks, Control [2007]

Middlenight – The Sea And Cake, Everybody [2007]

Playlist: 31st July 1pm

afternoonballoon — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:00:11 +0000

My Heart is On Fire – The Dirty Secrets, The Dirty Secrets [2008]

One Man Brawl – I Am Kloot, Plays Moolah Rouge [2007]

I’m Good, I’m Gone – Lykke Li, Youth Novels [2008]

I Like You So Much Better When You’re Naked – Ida Maria, Fortress Round My Heart [2008]

No Sex For Ben – The Rapture, GTA IV Soundtrack [2008]

Van Tango – Franz Ferdinand, Darts Of Pleasure (single) [2003]

I Said I’m Sorry – British India, Thieves [2008]

Endorphin – Burial, Untrue [2007]

Run Into Flowers (Abstrackt Keal Agram Remix) – M83, Run Into Flowers [EP] [2003]

Emerge – Fischerspooner, #1 [2002]

Superfreaky Memories – Luna, The Days Of Our Nights [1999]

Playlist: 17th July 1pm

afternoonballoon — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:00:09 +0000

For the first show in ages, there was plenty of new music with unreleased tracks from Bloc Party, The Verve and The Black Ghosts. Also there was one of the most beautiful cover versions youll will ever find from the Kings Of Convenience and some classics from Sonic Youth and Ride.

Kid Gloves – Voxtrot, Voxtrot [2007]

Safari World – Midnight Juggernauts, Midnight Juggernauts EP [2004]

Once Around The Block (Badly Drawn Boy Cover) – Kings Of Convenience, Toxic Girl (single) [2001}

Mercury - Bloc Party, Mercury (single) [2008]

Love Is Noise – The Verve, Love Is Noise (single) [2008]

Left Behind – CSS, Donkey [2008]

Council Estate – Tricky, Knowle West Boy [2008]

Repetition Kills You – The Black Ghosts, The Black Ghosts [2008]

Into The Groove(Y) – Sonic Youth as Ciccone Youth, Screaming Fields Of Sonic Love [1995]

Decay – Ride, Nowhere [1990]

Sukie In The Graveyard – Belle & Sebastian, The Life Pursuit [2006]

Update

afternoonballoon — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 23:38:40 +0000

Afternoon Balloon will be returning early in the new year, with a new format, new time slot and of course new music.

Playlist: 19 October 2pm

afternoonballoon — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 23:37:27 +0000

New music from: Muscles, Bloc Party, Cut Copy, Expatriate
Artists to watch: Flunk, Muscles

Our Velocity – Maxïmo Park, Our Earthly Pleasures [2007]
~ Download [MP3] (via Maxïmo Park Official Website)

Dead Bodies – Air, The Virgin Suicides (soundtrack) [2000]

Flux – Bloc Party, Flux (single) [2007]
~ Download [MP3] (via Bloc Party Official MySpace)

The Lake – Muscles, Guns Babes Lemonade [2007]

So Haunted – Cut Copy, In Ghost Colours [2007]

Everywhere You Turn – Longwave, Lincs-O-Matic [2002]

Missing (Everything But The Girl Cover) – Expatriate, No Mans Woman [2007]
~ Download [MP3] (via Expatriate Official MySpace)

Waterfall – The Stone Roses, The Stone Roses [1989]
-> Britpop track of the week

Kemikal Girl – Flunk, Morning Star [2004]

The Test (feat. Richard Ashcroft) – The Chemical Brothers, Come With Us [2002]

Playlist: 12 October 2pm

afternoonballoon — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 04:22:32 +0000

New music from: Radiohead, Ulrich Schnauss, Reverend And The Makers
Artists to watch: Ulrich Schnauss, Tom Vek

Advice For Young Mothers To Be – The Veils, Nux Vomica [2006]

Goodnight Lovers – Depeche Mode, Exciter [2001]

Reckoner – Radiohead, In Rainbows [2007]

Stars – Ulrich Schnauss, Goodbye [2007]
~ Download [MP3] (via Ulrich Schnauss Official MySpace)

Wake Up! (Its a Beautiful Morning) – Boo Radleys, Boo Radleys [1995]
-> Britpop track of the week

She Came Home For Christmas – Mew, Frengers [2003]

Wrapped In My Memory – Shawn Smith, Shield of Thorns [2003]

He Said He Loved Me – Reverend And The Makers, The State of Things [2007]

Nothing But Green Lights – Tom Vek, We Have Sound [2005]

The Outer Banks – The Album Leaf, In A Safe Place [2004]

Brand New Colony – The Postal Service, Give Up [2003]

Central Reservation – Beth Orton, Central Reservation [1999]

Three Seed – Silversun Pickups, Carnavas [2006]