See you all next semester!

With early morning classes and more responsibilities, I've decided to end Cool Britannia for this semester. Hopefully I'll get a better air-shift in the fall and can continue CB at that time. Until then, thank you for listening! Also, keep an ear out for Sean's new program, The Fridge, Saturday nights on KRUI's online station.

First week back: 26 March 2010

Shark's Tooth, Archie Bronson Outfit

You Overdid It Doll, The Courteeners *new single*

How Soon Is Now, The Smiths

Setting Sun, The Chemicals Brothers

I Am Not A Robot (Passion Pit Remix), Marina and the Diamonds

Weird Science, Does It Offend You, Yeah?

Anarchy In The UK, Sex Pistols

Planet Earth, Duran Duran

Rocket, Goldfrapp *new single*

Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, The Beatles

Knotty Pine, David Byrne and Dirty Projectors

It's Thunder And It's Lightning, We Were Promised Jetpacks

Wrong, Micachu

Bathroom Gargle, Late Of The Pier

Science In Violence, The Rifles

Tombstone, The Auteurs

Cupid Come, My Bloody Valentine

The Neighbors Can't Breathe, The Twilight Sad

Open House, Bombay Bicycle Club

Baby Lee, Teenage Fanclub *new single*

Animal Nitrate, Suede

Dance With Me Tonight, Hugh Grant (from the film "Music & Lyrics")

A Certain Romance, Arctic Monkeys

We'll Live And Die In These Towns, The Enemy

Open Spaces, Jonny Greenwood (from the film "There Will Be Blood")

True Love Waits (Live), Radiohead

Last CB before spring break--see you in two weeks!

This morning's tunes:

Cowboys, Portishead

Fine Line, Paul McCartney

Looking Glass, The La's

Pictures of Matchstick Men, Status Quo

One Step Beyond, Madness

A Song for Sorry Angel, Franz Ferdinand and Jane Birkin (Serge Gainsbourg cover in English)

Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up), Florence & The Machine

Leaders of the Free World, Elbow

If You Could Love Me, Edwyn Collins

Red Socks Pugie, Foals

Pop Is Dead, On A Friday

Meddle, Little Boots

Superhuman Touch, Athlete

Won't Get Fooled Again, The Who

It's Not Your Birthday Anymore, Morrissey

Climbatize, Prodigy

Munich, Editors

Fade Away, Oasis

Freakin' Out, Graham Coxon

Solitary Party Groover, Drugstore

The Man Who Would Be King, The Libertines

Set Fire to the Third Bar, Snow Patrol featuring Martha Wainwright

Careless Whisper, Wham!

Sleep Well Tonight, Gene (appropriate, no?)

As the title suggests, next week is spring break, so I won't be in, but Cool Britannia will return with a vengeance on 26 March!

Shaping up to be a good spring/summer: 5 March 2010

New albums galore! This week features Aqualung's latest single, which will be featured on the forthcoming album "Magnetic North." Also, Belle & Sebastian are in the process of recording a new album, and will be touring later this summer. And of course, the new Gorillaz album comes out this Tuesday, but you can stream "Plastic Beach" in its entirely on NPR's website. The video for the first single, "Stylo," was just released, and features a car chase with Bruce Willis. It's probably the most bad-ass thing ever.

You may or may not have heard that the BBC is planning on shutting down 6 Music, the most alternative and eclectic of the Beeb's radio stations. In response, everyone from David Bowie to Lily Allen is releasing statements voicing their opposition. More details here.

In other news, Thom Yorke recently performed three new songs in Cambridge. His American tour will commence next month.

Anyway, this morning's tunes:

I Am The Unknown, The Aliens

Yellow, Coldplay (request)

Who Left The Lights Off, Baby?, Guillemots

Fingertip, Aqualung

Solid Gold, Easy Action, The Fratellis

The Rockafeller Skank, Fatboy Slim

Reality, Electronic

Dumb Waiters, The Psychedelic Furs

Clipping, Mutemath

This Gift, Sons & Daughters

I Shall Overcome, Hard-Fi

Roseability, Idlewild

Turn To The Right, The Killing Joke

Untouchable, Rialto

Fire, Arthur Brown

Cold Turkey, John Lennon

Bang A Gong (Get It On), T. Rex

One Horse Race, Tom Vek

Kingdom Of Rain, The The feat. Sinead O'Connor

Black Steel, Tricky

The Boy With The Arab Strap, Belle & Sebastian

Closet Romantic, Damon Albarn

It's Late, Queen

This week marks the end of Sean's training, but it's been a blast having you, and best of luck on your new show!

Tours! And tunes for 26 February 2010

Everyone's gearing up for warm weather and spring tours. Maybe not everyone, but Massive Attack and Thom Yorke, who's recently announced that his solo band will now be called Atoms For Peace rather than ????. Personally, I thought the latter was catchier. More info on Dead Air Space.

Anyway, this morning's music:

She's So High, Blur

Roxanne, The Police

Silly Love Songs, Wings

An Awful Lot Of Running, Chameleon Circuit

She Found The Diamonds, Get Shakes

Kiss Of Life, Friendly Fires

Cascade, Deluka

Something Hot In A Cold Country, Echobelly (favorite song title this week)

Time, Pink Floyd

Fools Gold, The Stone Roses

She's Lost Control (BBC session), Joy Division

Stockholm Syndrome, Muse

The Bends, Radiohead

Woebegone Wanderers, Wild Beasts

Leave Them All Behind, Whitey

Virtual Insanity, Jamiroquai

Say Hello, Wave Goodbye, Soft Cell

Say Hello, Wave Goodbye (cover), David Gray

Hurdy Gurdy Man, Donovan

6 Underground, Sneaker Pimps

19 February 2010

Dimstar, Gay Dad

Dirrtylicious (Christina Aguilara and Beyoncé cover), Keane

Fuck You, Lily Allen

Heavenly Peach Banquet, Monkey: Journey To The West

Tiny Dancer, Elton John

Father Figure, George Michael

Death, White Lies

Vampire In The Sun, Nine Black Alps

Without MSG I Am Nothing, McLusky

She's Attracted To, The Young Knives

Ooh La, The Kooks

Personal Jesus, Depeche Mode

Rio, Duran Duran

Generals And Majors, XTC

Insomniac, Echobelly

Primitive Painters, Felt

Nightclubbing, Iggy Pop and David Bowie

Won't Get Fooled Again, The Who

To Hell With Poverty, Gang Of Four

Homecoming, Kanye West feat. Chris Martin

The Eraser, Thom Yorke

Flowers In The Window, Travis

6 Underground, Sneaker Pimps

You've Got The Love / Dirtee Cash (live), Florence & The Machine and Dizzee Rascal

Tonight's final track is a live mash-up (from the recent Brit Awards) of "You've Got The Love" and "Dirtee Love," appropriately called "You've Got The Dirtee Love."

On a less awesome note, CNN reports that EMI is planning to sell Abbey Road studios, where the album of the same name was recorded, as well as albums by the likes of Blur and Radiohead. So, if you have a few million pounds lying around, why not purchase a part of modern musical history?

Setlist for 12 February 2010

Down In The Tube Station At Midnight, The Jam

My Propeller, Arctic Monkeys

King Midas In Reverse, The Hollies

A Hundred Times In Every Direction, Vessels

Bathroom Gargle, Late Of The Pier

Everybody's Happy Nowadays, The Buzzcocks

Billy Ocean, Super Tennis

The Hill, Bombay Bicycle Club

The Beat, Elvis Costello

Lovers In Japan / Reign Of Love, Coldplay

Patricia The Stripper, The Wombats

I Don't Not Love You, Flashguns

Three Changes, The Good, The Bad, & The Queen

All The Young Dudes, Mott The Hoople

Child Brides, The Auteurs

F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E., Pulp

Something For The Weekend, The Divine Comedy

We Are The Men You'll Grow To Love, Let's Wrestle

Just Like Honey, The Jesus & Mary Chain

In A Room, Dodgy

Stuntman, Kasabian

The One, Cats In Paris

Step Into My World, Hurricane #1

Lovers Rock, Gentle Friendly

Out At The Pictures, Hot Chip