An impressively jam-packed week of radio delights has just about ticked by, giving Clash time to ruminate on some of the best of the U:Music content since last Friday’s showcase. Our ‘Pick of the Week’ ear-in-the-know, Hannah Stewart, gives her thoughts.
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Sail on, Sailor – Wednesday May 27, 10am-11am
Well, I just couldn’t help myself. Sail on, Sailor is as full of guilty pleasures as a box of cocaine-laced Miniature Heroes. Along with the song after which the show is named, we heard the VH1-esque delights of Stevie Nicks and the Doobie Brothers. It was the stuff that Radio 2 dreams are made of, but all on a perfectly socially-acceptable radio format. Bring on Starship.
Trojan Soundsystem, Tuesday May 26, 5pm-7pm
This really is a lovely little bit of scheduling. The first day back after a three-day weekend is never going to be the most enjoyable of the working week, particularly as the afternoon winds down and the clock ticks slower and slower. And so, placing a good two hours of reggae at the end of the office day makes 6pm roll around that little bit quicker. Is it right to enjoy ‘Everything I Own’ this much?
MGMT Desert Island Disco, Thursday May 28, 10am-11am
Sometimes you wonder how it is that Americans can get away with using the terms ‘babes’ and ‘dudes’ with impunity, as MGMT get up to in their one-hour show. Having said that, MGMT also chance shirtlessness and headbands, so slang derived from Wayne’s World is really the least of our worries. To recap: if MGMT had a desert island, they would be joined by Bob Marley, Da Brat, Funkadelic, the future ghost of Madonna, the Grateful Dead and Cindy Crawford in a sea of Coca-Cola on a tropical beach, covered in litter. How predictable.
Radioclit, Friday May 22, 7pm-9pm
First of all, Radioclit have delightfully ambiguous accents, which always makes for nice listening. Friday’s show drew heavily on last year’s The Very Best mixtape, along with the completely inexplicable yet somehow delightful appearance of ‘Chacarron’ and the Macarena…and Fischerspooner. Otherwise, their colourful, eclectic and African-inspired mixes took us from M.I.A. to Vampire Weekend and Malawian-born collaborator Esau Mwamwaya. Fun, sexy, ghettopoptastic stuff.
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Words: Hannah Stewart
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