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Music and chat with Nemone, plus a handpicked playlist from Hercules And Love Affair.
Blazing a trial with the worldwide club smash Blind, Hercules And Love Affair's self-titled debut garnered considerable critical and commercial acclaim. Named as the Breakthrough Album of the year in The New York Times and featuring in Pitchfork's Top Ten albums of 2008,
For new album Blue Songs, Herc main man Andy Butler has shifted the focus gently away from the New York house and disco forms of the debut; relocating to Denver and recording the album in Vienna with techno producer Patrick Pulsinger. Herc mainstay Kim Ann Foxman returns on vocals, and is joined in starring roles by Venezuelan singer Aerea Negrot, fan-turned-collaborator Shaun Wright and Kele Okereke (Bloc Party).
The band handpick the tracks for the Lunchtime playlist including Cabaret Voltaire, Brian Eno, OMD, Yazoo and Meat Beat Manifesto.
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Led Zeppelin
Communication Breakdown
- ATLANTIC.
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Adele
Rumour Has It
- 21.
- XL.
- 2.
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Prince
Delirious
- Warner Bros.
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The Kills
Satellite
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Foals
This Orient
- CD SINGLE.
- Warner Bros..
- 2.
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Villagers
Becoming A Jackal
- CD SINGLE.
- DOMINO.
- 1.
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Suede
Animal Nitrate
- Nude Records.
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Faith No More
We Care A Lot
- Sony Music TV.
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Gruff Rhys
Sensations In The Dark
- CD SINGLE.
- Ovni/Turnstile.
- 1.
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Fun Boy Three
Tunnel of Love
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Everything Everything
Photoshop Handsome
- CD SINGLE.
- Geffen.
- 1.
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Lou Reed
Satellite Of Love
- Global Television.
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Beady Eye
Four Letter Word
- Different Gear, Still Speeding.
- Beady Eye.
- 1.
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The Bongolian
The Riviera Affair
- Blow Up Records.
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Ladyhawke
My Delirium
- CD SINGLE.
- MODULAR / ISLAND.
- 1.
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Elbow
Neat Little Rows
- CD SINGLE.
- Fiction.
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Lykke Li
I Follow Rivers
- LL Recordings.
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White Denim
Let's Talk About It
- CD SINGLE.
- Full Time Hobby.
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Ben Folds & Nick Hornby
Your Dogs
- CD SINGLE.
- NONESUCH.
- 1.
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Maceo & the Macks
Cross The Tracks (We Better Go Back)
- Universal.
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The Go! Team
Buy Nothing Day
- CD SINGLE.
- Memphis Industries Ltd.
- 1.
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Dr. Buzzard’s Original Savannah Band
Sour & Sweet
- RCA.
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Zola Jesus
Night
- CD SINGLE.
- SOUTERRAIN TRANSMISSIONS.
- 1.
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The Low Anthem
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ I'll Never Be
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Bauhaus
She's In Parties
- Beggars Banquet.
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Caribou
Odessa (NEW)
- City Slang.
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Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Heads Will Roll
- CD SINGLE.
- Geffen.
- 1.
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Walkmen
Juveniles
- CD SINGLE.
- BELLA UNION.
- 1.
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Kristin Hersh
Your Ghost
- 4 A.D..
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De La Soul
Say No Go
- Big Life.
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Jonny
Waiting Around For You
- Jonny.
- Alsatian Records.
- 3.
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J Mascis
Not Enough
- CD SINGLE.
- SUBPOP.
- 1.
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Pigbag
Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag
- Virgin.
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The Phoenix Foundation
Buffalo
- CD SINGLE.
- Memphis Industries.
- 1.
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The Smiths
Reel Around The Fountain
- Strange Fruit.
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Papercuts
Do What You Will
- Sub Pop.
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Tony Williams & The Boat
Get Older
- CD SINGLE.
- Wire Boat Recordings.
- 1.
Broadcast
- Wed 2 Feb 2011 13:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 6 Music