Broadcast - Lunch Hour Pops (HiFi Bar Melbourne 9-12-10)

Broadcast - In Here The World Begins (Live Sonar 2010)

Broadcast And The Focus Group - Tuesday's Offering

I'm listening a lot to Broadcast lately, I assume a lot of fans of the band are at the moment. In particular the b-sides compilation The Future Crayon with it's lovely artwork gets a lot of spins here. There are a lot of beautiful Broadcast radio sessions floating around the internet now. The Peel Session from 2003 with 'Pendulum' and 'Minim', the Black Session from 2000, the Radio 1 Session from 1997 and this 'One Session' from 2005 with an agressive version of 'America's Boy' are some highlights.
The band released it's last single with The Focus Group last autumn on Ghost Box as part of the label's Study Series. That 7" is still available from the Ghost Box shop. Three great songs going a bit further than the record they released together in 2009. 'Tuesday's Offering' with the haunted, distant vocal and minimal sound is the most stunning track.

Broadcast - Winter Now (Live on CBC)

Broadcast - Papercuts (Black Session)

I was shocked last friday when I read about the passing of Broadcast's Trish Keenan. I have been a fan of the band since the debut from 2000, I was listening to that record for months and was fascinated by the sounds and the lyrics. The records that followed had the same effect, Broadcast was a unique band that created beautiful otherworldly music. Always pushing their limits, it was an exciting band to follow.

The music world reacted very shocked to the news, a lot of blogs and musicians posted their thoughts. Aquarium drunkard posted the Black Session Broadcast recorded in May 2000 for French radio. I never heard live recordings from this period. It's a beautiful 12 track session with songs from the debut, an early single, a track from Extended Play and 'Hammer Without A Master'. Go to Aquarium Drunkard for the download.

There's an interesting interview with Broadcast from 2009 about their last record Broadcast And The Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults Of The Radio Age on The Wire's website and there's an article about Broadcast on Pitchfork.

Session tracklist:

1. Long Was The Year

2. Where Youth And Laughter Go

3. Message From Home

4. Echo's Answer

5. Dead The Long Year

6. Look Outside

7. Come On Let's Go

8. Interlude 2

9. Unchanging Window

10. Papercuts

11. Lights Out

12. Hammer Without A Master

R.I.P. Trish Keenan

Broadcast - Live @ KCRW

Broadcast - Broadcast In Australia

Broadcast And The Focus Group - Familiar Shapes And Noises 7"

This 7" came out last week, you can listen / order on the Ghost Box website.
The tracks below are from last year's Broadcast And The Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults Of The Radio Age.

Broadcast - Elegant Elephant

This track is from Broadcast's tour EP Mother Is The Milky Way. Get the track from Bleep as part of a Sonar 2010 promotion.

Broadcast & The Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults Of The Radio Age

Broadcast have a new record out next year, this mini album with The Focus Group is out now. They'll tour in October with Atlas Sound. You can download a collaboration between them from Atlas Sound's blog here and a trailer of the new mini album here.