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Singles And Albums Of The Year 2006 December 31, 2006

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Well despite the promises below unfortunately technical difficulties have put paid to both our Signal Christmas party and end of year round-up!  I haven’t been able to put together the planned shows, but thought I’d post our list of favourite singles and albums of 2006 here.

Not sure when the first Signal of 2007 will be online – hopefully sometime in January.  There’s loads of great music coming up plus a few interviews stashed away that are overdue their broadcast so still plenty to look forward to.

Meantime here’s the end of year countdown.  Any thoughts or lists of your own very welcome!

The Signal’s Top 20 Singles Of The Year 2006 

  1. CAMERA OBSCURA – Lloyd, I’m Ready To Be Heartbroken
  2. PETER BJORN AND JOHN – Young Folks
  3. THE BE BE SEE – You K Gold
  4. THE LONG BLONDES – Weekend Without Make-Up
  5. THE GOSSIP – Standing In The Way Of Control
  6. JARVIS COCKER – Running The WorldCamera Obscura
  7. HOT CHIP –  Over And Over
  8. JUSTICE VS SIMIAN – We Are Your Friends
  9. LOVE IS ALL – Busy Doing Nothing
  10. BONNIE PRINCE BILLY – Cursed Sleep
  11. CSS – Let’s Make Love And Listen To Death From Above
  12. THE RAPTURE – Get Myself Into It
  13. BELLE & SEBASTIAN – Funny Little Frog
  14. THE VIEW –Wasted Little DJs
  15. HOWLING BELLS – Setting Sun
  16. GNARLS BARKLEY – Crazy
  17. BE YOUR OWN PET – Adventure
  18. THE RIFLES – Repeated Offender
  19. YOUNG KNIVES – Weekends And Bleak Days
  20. THE ORGAN – Brother

The Signal’s Top 50 Albums Of The Year 2006

  1. JOAN AS POLICEWOMAN – Real Life
  2. LONG BLONDES – Someone To Drive You Home
  3. CAMERA OBSCURA – Let’s Get Out Of This Country
  4. EL PERRO
    DEL MAR – El Perro
    Del Mar
  5. ARCTIC MONKEYS - Whatever People Say I Am That’s What I’m Not
  6. JARVIS – The Jarvis Cocker Record Joan As Policewoman
  7. CAT POWER – The Greatest
  8. LOVE IS ALL – Nine Times That Same Song
  9. THE GRATES – Gravity Won’t Get You High
  10. OPPENHEIMER - Oppenheimer
  11. THE GOSSIP – Standing In the Way Of Control
  12. CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG – 5:55
  13. ROGERS SISTERS – The Invisible Deck
  14. MATTHEW SWEET & SUSANNAH HOFFS – Under The Covers Vol. 1
  15. THE RIFLES – No Love Lost
  16. BONNIE PRICE BILLY – The Letting Go
  17. M. CRAFT – Silver And Fire
  18. SPARKLEHORSE – Dreamt For Light Years In The Belly Of A Mountain
  19. ISOBEL CAMPBELL & MARK LANEGAN – Ballad Of The Broken Seas
  20. THE YOUNG KNIVES – Voices Of Animals And Men
  21. YO LA TENGO – I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass
  22. CSS – Cansei De Ser Sexy
  23. REGINA SPEKTOR – Begin To Hope
  24. PIPETTES – We Are The Pipettes
  25. THE RAPTURE – Pieces Of The People We Love
  26. COMET GAIN – City Fallen Leaves
  27. YEAH YEAH YEAHS – Show Your Bones
  28. GIANT DRAG – Hearts And Unicorns
  29. LADYFUZZ - Kerfuffle
  30. THE LIKE – Are You Thinking What I’m Thinking?
  31. THE ORGAN – Grab That Gun
  32. NICKY WIRE – I Killed The Zeitgeist
  33. GNARLS BARKLEY – St. Elsewhere
  34. HOT CHIP – The Warning
  35. THE CONCRETES – The Concretes In Colour
  36. BE YOUR OWN PET – Be Your Own Pet
  37. BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE – Broken Social Scene
  38. GRAHAM COXON – Love Travels At Illegal Speeds
  39. BELLE & SEBASTIAN – The Life Pursuit
  40. HOT CLUB DE
    PARIS – Drop Til It Pops
  41. THE LEMONHEADS – The Lemonheads
  42. GUILLEMOTS – Through A Window Pane
  43. PETER BJORN & JOHN – Writer’s Block
  44. HOWLING BELLS – Howling Bells
  45. RACONTEURS – Broken Boy Soldiers
  46. SEAN LENNON – Friendly Fire
  47. BECK – The Information
  48. CORTNEY TIDWELL – Don’t Let The Stars Keep Us Tangled Up
  49. SOL SEPPY – Bells Of 1 2
  50. ALBERT HAMMOND JR – Yours To Keep

A Christmas Gift For You from The Signal December 16, 2006

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A Christma Gift For You

Well it’s that time of year when the sleigh rides are in motion, snowmen called Frosty wrinkle their noses and I start to gorge myself on a Marshmallow World.  It’s Cwistmus and The Signal on Radio Magnetic is celebrating with our Signal Office party.  I’ll be at the decks spinning the alternative hits of Christmas past and present, with a few of the new singles that are released in December but not actually covered with tinsel.  Plus we’ll have an interview with Mark Linkous from Sparklehorse and no doubt be scoffing a few too many mint matchmakers.

The Signal Christmas Special should be online on the next few days – watch out for the playlist here!

The Signal Show 2006-07 Playlist December 6, 2006

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The Signal Show 2006-07

The Signal Show 2006-07

featuring The Long Blondes and 1990s 

The new edition of the Signal is online now!  Just click the link above to hear the show.

On this edition of The Signal, Stuart Flanagan interviews two bands signed to Rough Trade Records who recently toured together, and features a competition to win a copy of The Long Blondes debut album.

 Jackie, Jamie & Michael 1990s

The 1990s are a Glasgow 3 piece formed from the ashes of The Yummy Fur and V-Twin. Their debut full release on Rough Trade records is a stomping glam-rock disco-pop classic and the band’s debut album, produced by Bernard Butler, will be one of the early classics of 2007. Screeh Long Blondes

The Long Blondes are one most exciting bands in the
UK, and are particular favourite with The Signal!  The
Sheffield band’s long awaited debut album “Someone To Drive You Home” was finally released to rapturous acclaim in November 2006 and features 12 tales of kitchen sink drama laid to indie-disco melodies, managing to namecheck Edie Sedgewick, Billy Wilder and reference film noir along the way.  We caught up with Screech from the band for a detailed look at the recording of the album.

Also we have classic pop moments from The Wombats, Jarvis Cocker and The Grates as well as classics from Chicks, The Jam and Gene, plus your chance to win a copy of The Long Blondes’ “Someone To Drive You Home”.

THE SIGNAL SHOW 2006-07
Featuring the 1990s and The Long Blondes Interviews & Competition1. THE WOMBATS – Moving To New York (Kids)
2. TOKYO POLICE CLUB – Nature Of The Experiment (Memphis Industries)
3. YO LA TENGO – Bean Bag Chair (Matador)
4. TUNNG – It’s Because We Got Hair (Full Time Hobby)

1990s InterviewStuart interviews 1990s
5. 1990s – You’re Supposed To Be My Friend (Rough Trade)
6. 1990s – You Made Me Like It (Rough Trade)

7. THE GRATES – Science Is Golden (Polydor)
8. THE JAM – A Bomb In Wardour St (Polydor)
9. THE DIVINE COMEDY – “Three Cheers for Pooh, Cottleston Pie, Piglet Ho” (Rough Trade)
10. BELLE & SEBASTIAN – The Monkeys Are Breaking Out The Zoo (Rough Trade)
11. ROGERS SISTERS – Never Learn To Cry (Too Pure)
12. DE ROSA – Father’s Eyes (Chemikal Underground)
13. JARVIS COCKER – Fat Children (Rough Trade)
14. PULP – Tomorrow Never Dies (Island)
15. ISOBEL CAMPBELL – Willow’s Song (V2)

THE LONG BLONDES InterviewStuart chats with Screech Long Blondes
16. LONG BLONDES – Lust In The Movies (Rough Trade)
17. LONG BLONDES – Giddy Stratospheres (Rough Trade)
18. LONG BLONDES – Weekend Without Make-Up (Rough Trade)
19. LONG BLONDES – Only Lovers Left Alive (Rough Trade)

20. CHICKS – Let Me Go (Remo)
21. THE MOTORETTES – I Am Blister, I Am (Kitchenware)
22. THE TACTICIANS – Girls Grow Up Faster Than Boys (Dancing Giraffe)
23. GENE – Save Me, I’m Yours [BBC Session] (Polydor)
24. WE ARE SCIENTISTS – Hoppipolla [BBC Session] (Virgin)
25. CANSEI DER SEXY – Alala (Sub Pop)