Cannibal Cheerleader

State I Am In

BELLE & SEBASTIAN RELEASE BBC LP
An unequivocable favorite of our over here at Cannibal Cheerleader through the years has been the now sadly ‘on-hiatus’ group Belle & Sebastian. From their indie-pop masterpiece If You’re Feeling Sinister to their subversively excellent b-sides and rareties (collected on Push Barman to Open Old Wounds) we love it all. That’s why we’re so excited to hear that the band is officially releasing a collection of some of their lauded BBC Sessions. Included is the rare John Peel session that includes the last recorded material with Isobell Campbell as part of the band’s lineup, as well as alternative versions of BS favorites like “The State I Am In” and “Lazy Line Painter Jane”. Tracklist below, thanks to P4K for the info!

Disc One – Radio Sessions:

01 The State I Am In (Mark Radcliffe Session; 07/96)
02 Like Dylan in the Movies (Mark Radcliffe Session; 07/96)
03 Judy and the Dream of Horses (Mark Radcliffe Session; 07/96)
04 The Stars of Track and Field (Mark Radcliffe Session; 07/96)
05 I Could Be Dreaming (Mark Radcliffe session; 12/96; abbreviated version)
06 Seymour Stein (Evening Session; 07/97)
07 Lazy Line Painter Jane (Evening Session; 07/97)
08 Sleep the Clock Around (Evening Session; 07/97)
09 Slow Graffiti (Evening Session; 07/97)
10 Wrong Love (later recorded as “The Wrong Girl”) (Evening Session; 07/97)
11 Shoot the Sexual Athlete (John Peel session; 05/01)
12 The Magic of a Kind Word (John Peel session; 05/01)
13 Nothing in the Silence (John Peel session; 05/01)
14 (My Girl’s Got) Miraculous Technique (John Peel session; 05/01)

Disc Two – Live in Belfast (12/21/01):

01 Here Comes the Sun
02 There’s Too Much Love
03 The Magic of a Kind Word
04 Me and the Major
05 Wandering Alone
06 The Model
07 I’m Waiting for the Man
08 The Boy With the Arab Strap
09 The Wrong Girl
10 Dirty Dream #2
11 The Boys Are Back in Town
12 Legal Man

Belle & Sebastian – “Dog On Wheels”
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NEW BALMORHEA LIVE VIDEOS
CC fave Balmorhea recently recorded some live sessions as a part of the Retread Sessions at Austin’s KUT. Check these videos out below, they feature songs that will be on the group’s upcoming third LP!

Balmorhea “Untitled 1″ from Retread Sessions on Vimeo.

Balmorhea “Untitled 2″ from Retread Sessions on Vimeo.
Balmorhea – “San Solomon”
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WHO IS MEMORY CASSETTE?
With a mysterious and lonely Myspace and a lone photograph (see above), Memory Cassette is a secretive but nontheless entrancing new act with a sound that recalls the disco-retro of bands like Glass Candy and the Chromatics, albeit with a little more techno experimentalism. Check out this tune below and head here if you want to download the whole EP. Thanks to the guys over at GvsB for the heads up on this awesome new artist.

Memory Cassette – “Surfin”