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Mark presents solo, with guest James Mercer of US indie-rockers The Shins

Mark Radcliffe: bagsying the last musical sun lounger on the 6 Music rock and roll beach for you all afternoon.

Mark Radcliffe: bagsying that last musical sun lounger on the 6 Music rock and roll beach JUST FOR YOU. He's joined today by James Mercer of indie-rockers The Shins. Formed by James in 1996 in Albequerque, New Mexico in the US, but now based in the well known hipsterville of Portland, Oregon, he's described it as a 'pop project' and inspired by any and all music that they discovered. With their best-known tunes Phantom Limb, Australia and Simple Song, James is here to talk about their latest fifth album, Heartworms.

There's also the trusty show staple The Chain - where you, the actual listener, get the chance to link one track to the one before AS LONG AS IT DOESN'T REPEAT - and Teatime Themetime, where you could gain instant VIP backstage passes to the office biscuit tin by being first to guess what connects all three records. PLUS there's Music News, with all the latest updates on what's happening in the music world. And all the new releases that float his handmade paper boats!

3 hours

Last on

Tue 22 Aug 2017 13:00

Music Played

  • The Walkmen

    The Rat

    • Record Collection.
  • LCD Soundsystem

    tonite

    • DFA Records/Columbia.
  • Feist

    1234

    • CD SINGLE.
    • POLYDOR.
  • Julian Cope

    Try Try Try

  • Washed Out

    Burn Out Blues

    • Stones Throw Records.
  • Kurtis Blow

    The Breaks

    • Fabric.
  • 补濒迟鈥怞

    Deadcrush

    • Infectious Music.
  • Cabbage

    Celebration Of A Disease

    • Infectious/BMG.
  • Franz Ferdinand

    Matinee

    • Domino.
  • Marika Hackman

    Time's Been Reckless

    • AMF records/Virgin EMI.
  • Sly & the Family Stone

    Everyday People

    • Nectar.
  • Manchester Orchestra

    Cope

  • Sampha

    Under

    • Beggars.
  • Massive Attack & Hope Sandoval

    The Spoils

    • Virgin/EMI.
  • Iron Butterfly

    In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

    • ATCO Records.
  • The Shins

    Cherry Hearts

  • The Shins

    Mildenhall

  • Ride

    Cali

    • Wichita Recordings.
  • Johnny Thunders

    You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory

    • So Alone.
    • Sire Records.
    • 002.
  • Gusto

    Disco's Revenge

    • Manifesto 鈥.
  • Ghostpoet

    Freakshow

    • PIAS.
  • Grizzly Bear

    Wasted Acres

  • Penguin Cafe Orchestra

    Perpetuum Mobile

  • Willie J Healey

    People And Their Dogs

    • National Anthem/Columbia.
  • Adam and the Ants

    Dog Eat Dog

    • KINGS OF THE WILD FRONTIER.
    • Columbia.
  • Queens of the Stone Age

    The Way You Used To Do

    • Matador Records.
  • Everything Everything

    Regret

  • Super Furry Animals

    Wherever I Lay My Phone

  • The House of Love

    Shine On

  • The War on Drugs

    Pain

    • Atlantic Records.
  • Toots & The Maytals

    Night And Day

    • Beverley's Records.

Broadcast

  • Tue 22 Aug 2017 13:00