UKNY For February 10

Valentine's Day is next week and tonight on UKNY at 11, a conversation with a rock 'n' roll couple from Melbourne who have a lot to celebrate this year — Jen Cloher and Courtney Barnett. Late in 2017, marriage equality became law in Australia and same-sex couples were finally able to marry in that country last month — a topic that was very much on Cloher's mind as she wrote the songs for her fourth, self-titled album. In late January, Cloher recorded a session for FUV Live (which airs on February 27), and since Barnett is in her band, and is the muse for much of Jen's lyrical eye, I coaxed them both into the studio to talk about the music they love as a couple, which zigzags from Kurt Vile to Dolly Parton. (And thanks to Sarah Wardrop for the fast edit too.)

Also, new releases from two unconventional Manchester bands that are New York-bound this spring, the goth-pop quartet Pale Waves and the dynamic jazz and electionic trio GoGo Penguin, and two Londoners who are blazing their own dazzling trails too — Nilüfer Yanya and Kojey Radical.

Immersed in the Winter Olympics? You can catch up to UKNY on demand on your own time in the FUV Weekend Archives immediately after broadcast.

Songs played:

1. Pale Waves, “The Tide,” All The Things I Never Said EP
2. Chvrches, “Get Out,” single
3. GoGo Penguin, “Transient State,” A Humdrum Star
4. Young Fathers, “In My View,” Cocoa Sugar
5. Robert Plant, “Carry Fire,” Carry Fire
6. Kojey Radical feat. Ghetts, “Mood,” In Gods Body
7. Nilüfer Yanya, “Thanks 4 Nothing,” single
8. UKNY Conversation with Jen Cloher and Courtney Barnett
9. Dolly Parton, “Why’d You Come In Here Lookin’ Like That,” White Limozeen (Jen and Courtney’s guest DJ pick)
10. Jen Cloher, “Sensory Memory,” Jen Cloher
11. Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile, “Fear Is Like A Forest,” Lotta Sea Lice