August 26 2009: School's 'Round the Bend

Hey everyone. This is the last show of the summer. School started up today (Monday 8/31) and I think it was a decent send off. A little all over the place, but very few jarring sets. Cool. Unfortunately, the interviews I recorded at the Underwater Peoples show at the Market Hotel last week were eaten by the computer. Not cool. Very not cool. The interview with Nicole from Air Waves was good, but the interview with Liam (of Liam the Younger and Titus Andronicus fame) was probably the best I've ever done. Very conversational. Very natural. So, I guess I'll just have to move forward from there. Stay tuned about some Very exciting news involving some Girls I like. A lot. Coming here to UConn. Already said too much. It's not official yet, but they are promoting it on their myspace, so hopefully it actually happens. In the mean time, here's last week's playlist:

** = Plucked from the WHUS new bin, for your listening pleasure.

#. title - artist - album - label - year (this is specific or vague as the information I have at hand)

1. It Ain't Gonna Save Me - Jay Reatard - Watch Me Fall - Matador **
2. Call Me - Reigning Sound - Love & Curses - In the Red **

3. Nothing to Hide - Yo La Tengo - Popular Songs - Matador **
4. Here to Fall - Yo La Tengo - Popular Songs - Matador **
5. San Francisco 2 AM - Desolation Wilderness - New Universe - K **
6. Pacific Palisades - Desolation Wilderness - No Tomorrows 7" - International Pop Underground/K - 2009
7. Wishes - Ducktails - Landscapes - Olde English Spelling Bee *
8. Green River - Real Estate - Fake Blues 7 "

9. Dancing Barefoot - The Feelies - Away 12" - A&M - 1988
10. Cycles Per Second - The dB's - Stands for Decibels - 1981
11. A Spy in the House of Love [Remix] - 12" Single - Bearsville - 1984
12. In this Town - The Human Switchboard - Who's Landing in My Hanger - Faulty Products - 1981

13. In the Headlights - Chromatics - In the City 12" - Italians Do It Better - 2007
14. Miracle - Sally Shapiro - My Guilty Pleasure - Paperbag **
15. Computer Love - Glass Candy - B/E/A/T/B/O/X - Italians Do It Better - 2007

16. Mainlining Mystery - The Comet Gain - Broken Record Players - What's Your Rupture? - 2009
17. Cover Your Tracks - Blue Roses - Blue Roses - XL **
18. Mistress - Marissa Nadler - Little Hells - Kemado - 2009
19. Blue - Emily Jane White - Dark Undercoat - Double Negative - 2007

20. I Can Feel It - Sloan - Twice Removed - Geffen - 1994

PS - I'm the beardo w/ stripes, breaking all kinds of laws with my cigarette in the second picture here. Am I cool now?

August 19th 2009

Here's last week's list...

** = Plucked from the WHUS new bin, for your listening pleasure.

#. title - artist - album - label - year (this is specific or vague as the information I have at hand)

1. Stick Up for Me - Reigning Sound - Love & Curses - In the Red **
2. Die Slow - HEALTH - Get Color - Lovepump United **

3. My Reality - Jay Reatard - Watch Me Fall - Matador **
4. Alice & Friends - Box Elders - Alice & Friends - Goner **
5. Rusted Dust - Ty Segall - Lemons - Goner **

6. Optimistic - Radiohead - Kid A - Capitol - 2000
7. Higher Ground - The Feelies - Higher Ground 12" single - A&M - 1988
8. Memory Lane - Eddy Current Suppression Ring - Primary Colours - Goner - 2008

9. Black Lake - Real Estate - Suburban Beverage 7" - Underwater Peoples **
10. Old Folks - Real Estate - Suburban Beverage 7" - Underwater Peoples **
11. Moon Dreams - Desolation Wilderness - New Universe - K **

12. R Rated Movie - Pissed Jeans - King of Jeans - Sub Pop **
13. In My Eyes - Minor Threat - Minor Threat - Discord - 1984

14. Bends - Noveller - Red Rainbows - No Fun Productions **

15. Primitive Man - Fruit Bats - The Ruminant Band - Sub Pop **
16. Ichthus Hop - Talbot Tagora - Lessons in the Woods or a City - Hardly Art **
17. Wind Phoenix (Proper Name) - Cymbals Eat Guitars - Why There Are Mountains - Self-Released **

8/12/09: "I Sprinted a Few Times to Push the Limits..."

Very creepy title tonight. If anyone knows where it's from, you're probably sicker than I am. Awesome show tonight. All over the place stylistically with plenty of new stuff and a few choice selections from the vinyl library. A classic from Nancy and Lee, some Sonic Youth, and I even grabbed a couple avant garde/noise records that I didn't get to. Even with a first inning error from the studio being a disaster and a late-in-the-game substitution with the Tara Jane O'Neil CD I really, really wanted to play missing, tonight went really, really well (what's with the sports analogies?). The interview with Chris from Talbot Tagora, [a young, talented Seattle band I've played before, and have seen live (w/ Abe Vigoda)] was also a highlight for tonight. Very nice guy, eager and willing to show WHUS some love (not to mention, they are killer live). ALmost forgot to mention, we had former WHUS DJ Jeffrey in studio, as well as current WHUS DJ David (who can be heard Tuesdays from 10pm until midnight). Anyway, here's the playlist in all its glory.

** = Plucked from the WHUS new bin, for your listening pleasure.

#. title - artist - album - label - year (this is specific or vague as the information I have at hand)

1. Brake It - Reigning Sound - Love and Curses - In the Red **
2. Is It True? - Reigning Sound - Love and Curses - In the Red **

3. People of the Sky - Sloan - Twice Removed - Geffen - 1994
4. Death of Me - Box Elders - Alice & Friends - Goner **
5. Shine On - Air Waves - Air Waves - Catbird **
6. Broken Arm - The Shackles **
7. Bradley Bear - Holiday Shores - Columbus'd the Whim - twosyllable **
8. He's Been Napping - Marmoset - Tea Tornado - Joyful Noise
9. Jackson - Nancy Sinatra (with Lee Hazlewood) - Country, My Way - Reprise - 1967

10. Human Upskirt - Pissed Jeans - King of Jeans - Sub Pop **
11. Nowheres Nigh - Parts & Labor - Receivers - Jagjaguwar - 2008
12.Flower - Sonic Youth - single - Homestead - 1986?
13. Johnny Lazor - Talbot Tagora - Lessons in the Woods or a City - Hardly Art **

Interview with Chris Ando of TALBOT TAGORA

14. The Sporting Life - Diamanda Galás with John Paul Jones - The Sporting Life - Mute - 1994
15. The Afterlife - YACHT - See Mystery Lights - DFA **

16. St. Power - Noveller - Red Rainbow - No Fun Productions **

That just about wraps it up. Thanks again to Dave at AAM, Sarah at Hardly Art, and of course Chris from TT for organizing the interview. I may be doing a fill in tomorrow night. We'll see. Remember to tune in next week, same Bat-Time, same Bat-Station.


PS - To the girl who called asking about Noveller, want to be friends?

August 7th Fill In

Filled in for Felipe on Aug. 7th

Not the best show, but it was really last minute

** = Plucked from the WHUS new bin, for your listening pleasure.

#. title - artist - album - label - year (this is specific or vague as the information I have at hand)

1. The Light - White Magic - Dat Rosa Mel Apibus - Drag City - 2006
2. I Want You to Keep Everything - These United States - Everything Touches Everything - United Interests **
3. Sleepwalking - The Jaguar Club - And We Wake Up Slowly - self released **

4. These Days - Joy Division - Substance
5. Washing Machine - Sonic Youth - Washing Machine - DGC - 1995
6. In Mind - Slowdive - 5 EP - Creation - 1993

7. Car Crash - Apricot Rail - Apricot Rail - Hidden Shoal **
8. Dens - Holiday Shores - Columbus'd the Whim - Two Syllable **
9. Hospice - The Antlers - Shiva - Frenchkiss **
10. Sit Down. Stand Up. (Snakes & Ladders) - Radiohead - Hail to the Thief - Capitol - 2003

11. Super 16 - NEU! - NEU! 2

12. See Cops Throw Rocks - Pork Queen - Beautiful Vision - 1994
13. Forest Feeling - Inca Ore w/Lemon Bear's Orchestra - The Bird in the Bushes - 2006

August 5th 2009

I talked to Chris (guitar/vox) from the band Talbot Tagora on Tuesday. Unfortunately, I didn't have time to edit down and polish up the interview for the show this week. Fear not, it will air next week!

Anyway, here's the playlist

** = Plucked from the WHUS new bin, for your listening pleasure.

#. title - artist - album - label - year (this is specific or vague as the information I have at hand)

1. Suspicious - Miss Kittin and the Hacker - Two - Nobody's Bizness **

2. Psychic City (Voodoo City) - YACHT - See Mystery Lights - DFA **

3. Ephemeral Summer - Talbot Tagora - Lessons in the Woods or a City **

4. You Saved My Life - Cass McCombs - Catacombs - Domino ** [Request]

5. In My Box - The Dø - A Mouthful - Get Down **

6. On My Shoulders - The Dø - A Mouthful - Get Down **

7. Penpals - Sloan - Twice Removed - Geffen - 1994

8. Bad Man - Reigning Sound - ...Live at Goner Records - Goner - 2009

9. Grim Reaper Blues (Pt. 2) - The Entrance Band - The Entrance Band - Ecstatic Peace **

10. Spent - Pissed Jeans - King of Jeans - Sub Pop **

11. Keys - Air Waves - Air Waves - Catbird **

12. Little Eyes - Yo La Tengo - Summer Sun - Matador - 2003

13. Wishing Whale - Pill Wonder - Summertime Showcase - Underwater Peoples **

14. Yellow - A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Tout New Age - Mis Ojos - 2007

15. Mincer Ray - Guided by Voices - Bee Thousand - Matador - 1994

16. The First Part - Superchunk - Foolish - Merge - 1994

17. We Were Born the Mutants Again with Leafing - of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? - Polyvinyl - 2007

18. Mighty Minor - Royalchord - The Good Fight - Supply & Demand **

19. PPPO - Miss Kittin and the Hacker - Two - Nobody's Bizness **

20. Ambivalence Avenue - Bibio - Ambivalence Avenue - Warp **

21. 100% - Sonic Youth - single - Geffen - 1992

July 29th 2009: Nothing to Report On

See title.

** = new

#. title - artist - album - label - year (this is specific or vague as the information I have at hand)

1. Bleed Blood - City Center - City Center - Type **
2. Rest With Me - Talk Normal - Talk Normal - Self Released **

3. Lightning - Air Waves - Air Waves - Catbird **
4. Beach Comber - Real Estate - Summertime Showcase - Underwater Peoples **
5. Mega Secrets - Family Portrait - Summertime Showcase - Underwater Peoples **
6. The Void - Ganglians - Monster Head Room - Woodsist **

7. The Ruminant Band - Fruit Bats - The Ruminant Band - Sub Pop **
8. Mixed Signals Through Miles of Pilgrimage - Talbot Tagora - Lessons in the Woods or a City - Hardly Art **
9. Superball - Helium - The Dirt of Luck - Matador - 1995
10. Rockers East Vancouver - Japandroids - Post-Nothing - Polyvinyl **
11. B.N.E. - Japanese Motors - Japanese Motors - Vice - 2008

12. I Never Knew - Birds of Avalon - Uncanny Valley - Volcom **
13. Harvest (Within You) - Clinic - Harvest - Domino - 2006
14. Cold Spring - Cymbals Eat Guitars - Why There Are Mountains - Self Released **

15. Huffman Prairie Flying Field - Guided by Voices - Half Smiles of the Decomposed - Matador - 1994
16. Hard to Tell You - Dirty on Purpose - Dead Volcanoes - 2008
17. The Sight of You - Pale Saints - The Comfort of Madness - 4AD - 1990
18. Phantom Parade - Color Turning - Good Hands Bad Blood - Softdrive **

19. Cover Your Tracks - Blue Roses - Blue Roses - XL **
20. Tiger Mountain - Tiny Vipers - Life on Earth - Sub Pop **