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Januard 7th 2009: Best of 2009 Playlist

2010-01-19T12:37:00.000-05:00

Here's the actual playlist I did for my Best of 2009 program. Fun stuff. Due to a sport preemption, I ended up doing this show on a Thursday afternoon (a fill in for DJ Tanner) instead of my usual Wednesday night slot. In case you were wondering, there isn't really an hierarchy to the order, I just played what fit where. Except for the reissues. They're all bunched together in the middle.

song - artist - album - label

1. Invisible Girl - the King Khan and BBQ Show - Invisible Girl - In the Red
2. Teenage Eyes - Spider Bags - Teenage Eyes/Eileen 7" - Odessa
3. Broken Arm - The Shackles - Broken Arm/Funeral Shroud 7" - Sweet Rot
4. 2/11 Don't Forget - Times New Viking - Born Again Revisited - Matador

5. House - Abe Vigoda - Reviver - Post Present Medium
6. Losing Feeling - No Age - Losing Feeling - Sub Pop
7. Black Cloud - Christmas Island - Blackout Summer - In the Red

8. My Time Outside the Womb - Titus Andronicus - The Airing of Grievances - XL
9. Been a Son (Live) - Nirvana - Bleach: 20th Anniversary Reissue - Sub Pop
10. Cool Ice Cream - Eddy Current Suppression Ring - Eddy Current Suppression Ring - Goner
11. Welfare Bread - King Khan & the Shrines - What Is!? - Vice
12. Slipping (Into Something) - The Feelies - The Good Earth - Bar/None
13. Beep - Pylon - Chomp (More) - DFA

14. Half Idiot - Pissed Jeans - King of Jeans - Sub Pop
15. Echonoecho - Mi Ami - Watersports - Quarterstick
16. Easy Answers - These Are Powers - All Aboard Future - Dead Oceans
17. Rough Steez - Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport - ATP/R
18. Trashed Aircraft Baby - Boston Spaceships - Zero to 99 - Guided by Voices Inc
19. No Seasons - Jacuzzi Boys - No Seasons - Florida's Dying

20. No Home - The Ettes - Do You Want Power - Take Root
21. Die Tonight - Ty Segall - Lemons - Goner
22. Call Me - Reigning Sound - Love and Curses - In the Red
23. Save Me From What I Want - St. Vincent - Actor - 4AD
24. Close Chorus - A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Ashes Grammar - Mis Ojo
25. Suburban Beverage - Real Estate - Suburban Beverage 7" - Underwater Peoples

1/06/10 - A RETURN TO THE AIRWAVES!!!!!!1

2010-01-16T02:58:00.003-05:00

To answer the question of the observant/curious; yes.

Wow. It's been a while hasn't it? I don't think I've really posted consitantly since the early Fall of '09. At this point the WHUS Halloween Show (w/ the Vivian Girls, Real Estate, Math the Band, and My Heart to Joy rocked UConn), Halloween itself, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's, and my dad's birthday have passed between "serious" entries but that's done with for now. We'll be (semi-)regular for now.

Anyway, I know the last post was a "best of" list (and there will be 2 [TWO!!!] more best of's coming soon) but this is my playlist from my return to the FM airwaves.

Not a great playlist. There was a basketball game this night, so I was only on for about forty-five minutes. This show basically gave me a chance to play some Margik Markers (never noticed the faces on Balf Quarry) and some Noveller (which is a bit more abstract than the stuff I usually play).

Anyway, it was redundant more than it was bad. Czech out the playlist:

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

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

1. Taste - Magik Markers - BOSS - Ecstatic Peace - 2007
2. Makes Visible - These Are Powers - Terrific Seasons - Hoss - 2007
3. Glass Blocks - These Are Powers - All Aboard Future - Dead Oceans - 2009

4. Nubians on Franklin Ave. - These Are Powers - Terrific Seasons - Hoss - 2007

5. White Wife - Mi Ami - Watersports - Quarterstick - 2009
6. St. Powers - Noveller - Red Rainbows - NO FUN - 2009
7. Brilliant Colors - Noveller - Red Rainbows - NO FUN - 2009

Best of 2009: Short-Form Achievements

2009-12-30T18:46:00.002-05:00

Ah, it's that time of the year again. It's time for us to gather, and share the things we like and berate the things we didn't like. Well, I'll be doing more of the former (I'm trying to keep the negativity to a minimum, but we'll see how long that lasts). I liked some EPs and singles this year, and I would like to share what they were with you. I didn't really decide on any sort of hierarchy, so here's a simple list:

Singles and stuph:

THE SHACKLES - "Broken Arm" b/w "Funeral Shroud"

(Sweet Rot Records)

Five and a half minutes of tight, well crafted power pop split over two songs. A fun and catchy, but, more importantly, promising start from a relatively new Seattle band.

ABE VIGODA - Reviver

(Post-Present Medium)

LA art-punks continue to move toward accessibility. Reviver sounds like an epilogue to their breakout 2008 album Skeleton without simply sounding like a retread of old ideas. It's well-paced, alternating between frenetic and placid, most of the time within the same song. Plus, it has a killer cover of "Wild Heart" by Stevie Nicks.

NO AGE - Losing Feeling

(Sub Pop)

I wasn't much of a No Age fan last year when Nouns dropped, but I'm glad I gave them another shot. For two dudes, they sure get a lot done over the course of four songs. The record is equal parts frenzied punk rock, anthemic psychedelia, and lush, reverb-soaked dream pop. Fun for the whole family. The video to "Losing Feeling" is one of my favorites too.

REAL ESTATE - "Suburban Beverage" 7"

(Underwater Peoples Records)

A meandering mess of reverb and guitars over hushed vocals and a bouncy bassline almost represents Real Estate's mission statement. The A-Side clocks in at six-and-a-half minutes (it runs at 33rpm) and really only has one verse but it exemplifies the early sound of the band. It sounds two beers and a few puffs deep. The two tracks on the b-side, "Black Lake" and "Old Folk" are solid as well.

SPIDER BAGS - "Teenage Eyes" b/w "Eileen" 7"

(Odessa Records)

Twangy garage rock from Chapel Hill (by way of New Jersey?). The best thing from the South to come from the North in a long time. Rowdy without being abrasive, and catchy without being boring. Fun stuff.

Remember to stay tuned for the upcoming "Best Of" lists for albums and compilations/reissues from this year, and the daunting "Best of 2000-2009" list.

December 9 2009

2009-12-20T22:04:00.000-05:00

I saw Ted Leo the weekend before this show. Titus Andronicus opened up for him (and the Pharmacists). Both acts fucking killed it, as usual. Granted, I haven't been to an absurd amount to live rock and/or roll show, but this is the second time I've seen these two together, and it was even better than the first time. If you have a chance to see either, or both, do it.

A vague winter theme during this show. Not a lot of new stuff.

Here's this week's stuff:

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

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

1. The Sun's Gonna Shine in the Morning - Dennis Diken with Bell Sound - Late Music - Cryptovision **

2. Shy - A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Ashes Grammar - Mis Ojos Discos **

3. Don't Have to Be So Sad - Yo La Tengo - Summer Sun - Matador - 2003

4. Hoarfrost - Sonic Youth - A Thousand Leaves - Geffen - 1998

5. Under a Winter's Spell - Black Hollies - Casting Shadows - Ernest Jennings - 2008

6. Listen, the Snow is Falling - Galaxie 500 - This is Our Music - 1990

7. Snowstorm - Galaxie 500 - On Fire - 1989

8. Flight of the Feathered Serpent - Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport - ATP/R **

9. All My Friends - John Cale

10. Winter Warz - Ghostface Killah (ft. Masta Killa, U-God, Cappadonna, and Raekwon) - Iron Man - 1996

11. Blackberry Song - Kurt Vile - Childish Prodigy - Matador **

12. I Can't Wait for Winter - Sean Smith - Sean Smith - 2005

13. Snowsuit Sound - Sloan - Twice Removed - Geffen - 1994

14. Blue - Emily Jane White - Dark Undercoat - 2007

15. Snow Days - Real Estate - Real Estate - Woodsist **

Stay tuned for the top of 2009 list.

December 2 2009

2009-12-20T21:51:00.000-05:00

Okay. I can't find about a month's worth of playlists, but there isn't much missing.

The Vivian Girls/Real Estate/Math the Band/My Heart to Joy show went fine. A few things about the show:
1) Real Estate killed it, and I'm kind of surprised the kids liked them as much as they did
2) Math the Band is pretty fun
3) Hardcore bands are apparently kind of dense, self-important, and difficult to deal with
4) Vivian Girls still put on a good live show. They even switched instruments this time
5) Good times.

I had a trainee. He played some Melvins and Boris. Some other stuff I wasn't really into. Kid refuses to use headphones, will probably be way too loud or way too soft if he does his own show. He'll learn.

All of a sudden, the kids felt the need to squat in on my show. I don't mind too much, but it can get distracting. I don't want to name names, but maybe it'll show one or two of them how to do it (zing!).

Anyway, here's the show from December 2, 2009. It wasn't my best mix, but it wasn't bad.

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

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

1. Cousins - Vampire Weekend - Cousins single - XL **

2. Crystal Ball - The King Khan and BBQ Show - Invisible Girl - In the Red **

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

4. Flagpole Hill - Blacktop - I Got a Baaad Feelin' About This (Reissue) - In the Red - 2003?

5. All Consolation - White Denim - Fits - Downtown ** (song was kind of sucky, and the CD stopped working half way through)

6, Returning to the Fold - The Thermals - The Blood, the Body, the Machine - Sub Pop - 2006

7. When I Died - The Thermals - Now We Can See - Kill Rock Stars - 2009

8. Mind Eraser, No Chaser - Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures - Interscope **

9. Arms Against Atrophy - Titus Andronicus - The Airing of Grievances - XL - 2009

10. The Birthday Wars - Oxford Collapse - Bits - Sub Pop - 2008

11. Even Heroes Have to Die - Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - The Brutalist Bricks - Matador **

12. 1, 2, 3, Partyy! - Mission of Burma - The Sound, the Speed, the Light - Matador **

13. Tambourine - Little Girls - Concepts - Paper Bag **

14. Blackberry Song - Kurt Vile - Childish Prodigy - Matador **

15. Green Truck - Sunset - Gold Dissolves to Gray - Autobus **

16. For Falling Asleep - Etienne Jaumet - Night Music - Domino **

2009-12-16T22:18:00.001-05:00

Okay.

After finals.

Seriously, I'll update after finals.

2009-12-02T00:04:00.001-05:00

I'll update with playlists and some other cool stuff tomorrow! I swear!

CMJ Note

2009-11-11T19:52:00.000-05:00

Hey there. If we met at CMJ, or exchanged info or whatever, thank you for stopping by. It was a pleasure meeting you.

October 28 2009: I Like the Night Life Baby

2009-11-07T16:21:00.000-05:00

The last week of October was pretty hectic and, unfortunately, I didn't have time to plan a whole lot of my show out, it sort of veers strange directions toward the end. I was in New York from the 21-25 for CMJ, which was fun. A little more relaxed than last year. I tended to go to more of the parties/socializing events instead of hopping on the subway every hour to get to the next show. That method of attacking CMJ is very draining. Also, this year's lineup wasn't as... in your face as last year's lineup, there weren't too many big names. Everyone was going to see The xx. I think they played somewhere between 2 and 37 times over the week or so that makes up CMJ and almost everyone I talked to either had seen them the night before, couldn't get in the night before, or were going to see them that night. I don't know first hand how they were live (I got mixed reactions. Apparently they sound fine, they're just not too lively. Comparisons to Interpol came up more than once), but I was lukewarm on xx. I can see the appeal, I would probably be all over it a few years ago, but its just not really my thing anymore. A couple of my associates (Tiff, she's on Sundays and Steph) made it to Ted Leo, but apparently that was mobbed and getting in was an issue. Still kind of kicking myself for not going to that. I missed Pissed Jeans too. They were playing at the Mercury Lounge during the Sub Pop/Hardly Art showcase at midnight, or 1 AM or something late, which normally wouldn't be a problem, but the show started at 7 PM and it was a showcase that was difficult to get into. Real Estate played a few times too, but I didn't make it a priority to see them (sorry guys) because they were playing the WHUS Halloween show the week after, and I saw them in August. Even though I didn't see them, I did hang out with a couple of the guys in the band for a bit before their show. Coincidence more than anything else. Another WHUS staffer traded Matt Mondanile a gin and tonic for a copy of a Ducktails LP, which was pretty rad. Speaking of free records, I did manage to find a copy of the new Soft Black album in the bathroom at NYU between panels. As far as I could tell, it was clean, as it was still wrapped in plastic. Oh, and Tiff won some free records at the Vampire Weekend listening party. Some guy at the party was snapping pictures, getting a few of me and Dave (no show right now) so there's a picture of me in my Silver Surfer t-shirt floating around on the internet somewhere. This happened right before some guy passing through offered me some cocaine. I politely declined as some drunk dude behind me began to vomit (it was one of those nights). Aside from debauchery, free shit, and shows I did not go to, I did actually see some bands last month.

Wednesday night I went to the Fuck Buttons listening party at (le) Poisson Rouge where I met Marty McSorley from WFMU, who was doing a couple sets before/between/after playthroughs of Tarot Sport, before heading to Arlene's Grocery for the M for Montreal showcase. I was there for most of the second half of the show, which included Think About Life (incredibly fun and energetic), We Are Wolves, Malajube (both weren't bad, but a bit of a jarring shift from Think About Life), and Duchess Says. Duchess Says were supposed to play last year, but apparently ran into some visa issues, much to my disappointment. I would say in retrospect, that it was well worth the wait. It was insane. The singer, A-Claude, was incredibly intense. To be honest I'm kind of dumbfounded, I can't think of anything else to say (I have a little bit of video that I will link to once I post it on the 'ol YoTubed). Mesmerizing? I don't know, she had me in some sort of trance. A fitting cap to the rest of the evening. Friday was cool because I got to hear the new Beach House record (the one due in January) and I have to say, it's pretty good. So keep an ear out for that. Saturday was the Dutchess and the Duke (two different bands with two different spellings of the same word. Strange.) and the Dum Dum Girls in Williamsburg. Someone else too, but I forgot. Saturday night saw me and DJ Tanner (Thursdays 3-5 pm, the dude who got the Ducktails record earlier in the story) having birthday cake with the Vandelles. After playing an awesome set at Trash in Brooklyn we were talking with them a bit and it was the Jason, the singer's, birthday. They were playing another show later that night but chose the time between sets to have a little bit of cake, inviting us to join and to meet up with them at the next bar. We had to decline and I can't really recall why. Dead tired maybe? Regardless, that basically sums up the live music that week, or at least everything worth mentioning.

Here's this week's playlist, a lot of the Vivian Girls and Real Estate because of the WHUS Halloween show (see the post for the November 4th show for details), FYI.

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

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

1. Olympians - Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport - ATP/R **

2. Beach Comber - Real Estate - Summertime Showcase - Underwater Peoples **

3. Tornado Love - Blacktop - I've Got a Baaad Feelin' About This [Reissue] - In the Red

4. Which Way to Go - Eddy Current Suppression Ring - Primary Colours - Goner - 2008

5. Eileen - Spider Bags - Teenage Eyes 7" - Odessa **

6. Trouble! - Turbo Fruits - Echo Kid - Fat Possum **

7. Sweet Sixteen - Think About Life - Family - Alien8 **

8. Cristobald - Malajube - Labyrinthes - Dare to Care - 2009

9. Ccut Up - Duchess Says - Anthologie Des 3 Perchoirs - 2008

10. Sunrise/Sunet - Dutchess & the Duke - Sunset/Sunrise - Hardly Art **

11. Tell the World - Vivian Girls - Vivian Girls - In the Red - 2008

12. Blind Spot - Vivian Girls - I Can't Stay/Blind Spot 7" - In the Red - 2009

13. The Desert - Vivian Girls - Everything Goes Wrong - In the Red **

14. Suburban Beverage - Real Estate - Suburban Beverage 7" - Underwater Peoples - 2009

15. Blackberry Song - Kurt Vile - Childish Prodigy - Matador **

16. Curse Words/Close Chorus - A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Ashes Grammar - Mis Ojo Discos **

17. Deadbeat Summer - Neon Indian - Psychic Chasms - Lefse **

18. My Two Hands - Junk Culture - West Coast - Illegal Art **

19. Gorilla Meat - Jogger - This Great Pressure - Magical Properties **

20. I Walk Alone - Music Go Music - Expressions - Secretly Canadian **

21. Let's Go - The Cars - Greatest Hits

DYNAMO

2009-10-30T06:24:00.000-04:00

DYNAMO (NJ)

October 14 2009: NO SHOW NEXT WEEK!!!

2009-10-16T19:23:00.003-04:00

Hey everyone. Not a whole lot to report on tonight. The show went off without a hitch. There were slipmats for the turntables, the CD players worked, and to top it all off, my new bed music CD sounds way better than the old one. I'm going to be in New York for most of next week, so unfortunately there will not be a show. New York should be a good time and hopefully I'll return with some stories and some new stuff to play. Maybe some interviews? Even though I'm not doing my show, you, the loyal WHUS listener, are in luck though, as Chelsea is covering for me on October 21st! her the same respect you would show me. She's going to use my bed music. For some reason, when people fill in for me they feel the need to play that Television track. It was funny the first time, now it's just sort of lame. Eh, maybe I need a better sense of humor.

REMEMBER: VIVIAN GIRLS! REAL ESTATE! MATH THE BAND! MY HEART TO JOY! OCTOBER 30, STUDENT UNION! 8PM!

Anyway, here's the 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. In Your Heart - A Place to Bury Strangers - Exploding Head - Mute **
2. Evil - Flaming Lips - Embryonic - Warner Bros **

3. Dear Mr. & Mrs. Troublemaker - All Girl Summer Fun Band - 2 - K Records - 2003

4. You - Delta 5 - Singles & Sessions: 1979-1981 - Kill Rock Stars - 2006
5. How Low Are You? - Dreamdate - Patience - Skywriting Records - 2009
6. Driveway to Driveway (Acoustic) - Superchunk - Driveway to Driveway single - Merge - 1994

7. The End - Vivian Girls - Everything Goes Wrong - In the Red **
8. Freak Train - Kurt Vile - Childish Prodigy - Matador **
9. Lightning - Air Waves - Air Waves - Catbird Recordings **
10. Suburban Beverage - Real Estate - Suburban Beverage 7" - Underwater Peoples Records - 2009

11. Your Pretty Face (Is Going to Waukeegan) - Blacktop - I Got a Baaad Feelin' About This [Reissue] - In the Red
12. All My Loving - The Almighty Defenders - The Almighty Defenders - Vice **
13. Trip to the Zoo - Cheap Time - Cheap Time - In the Red - 2008
14. Call Me - Reigning Sound - Love & Curses - In the Red **
15. Teenage Eyes - Spiderbags - Teenage Eyes 7" - Odessa **
16. Ain't That Nothin' - Television - Adventure [Reissue] - Elektra [Rhino] - 1978 [2003]

17. Beach Point Pleasant - Ducktails - Live from 12/2008
18. The White Witch - A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Ashes Grammar - Mis Ojo Discos **
19. Ghost Ride Th' Whip to Berlin - Jeff: The Brotherhood - The Boys R Back in Town
20. Lust for Life - Girls - Album - True Panther **

October 7 2009: October 7"

2009-10-12T10:24:00.003-04:00

No real theme stylistically tonight, but format wise, it was all new stuff or 45s. I found a few around the station, and snagged a few from my personal collection. Everything kind of worked out, even if one of the turntables was missing a slipmat and I couldn't play the song I wanted from the first A Place to Bury Strangers CD because someone stole it. We'll look past that, and focus on the awesomeness of the stuff I played this week.

** = 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. If It's True - Yo La Tengo - Popular Songs - Matador **

2. 2/11 Don't Forget - Times New Viking - Born Again Revisited - Matador **

3. Perfect Skin (Curses Remix) - HEALTH - Perfect Skin 7" - Suicide Squeeze - 2008

4. Die Slow - HEALTH - Get Color - Lovepump United **

5. In the Blackout - Twilight Sad - I Became a Prostitute 7" - Fatcat **

6. When I'm Gone - Vivian Girls - Everything Goes Wrong - In the Red **

7. Moped Girls - Vivian Girls - Moped Girls 7" - For Us - 2009

8. Deadbeat - A Place to Bury Strangers - Exploding Head - Mute **

9. Gamma Ray - Jay Reatard - Gamma Ray 7" (Beck) - Interscope

10. Man of Steel - Jay Reatard - Watch Me Fall - Matador **

11. Bow Down and Die - The Almighty Defenders - The Almighty Defenders - Vice **

12. Extradition - Pavement - Extradition/Black Out 7"

13. Lead Me To Your Fire - Black Hollies - Softly Towards the Light - Ernest Jennings Record Co **

14. Wrong Lane - The Disciplines - 7" - Second Motion Records **

15. Lakeside - BLK JKS - After Robots - Secretly Canadian **

16. Brazil - Arcade Fire - Cold Wind/Brazil 7" - Merge - 2005

17. SSL 83 - Mission of Burma - The Sound The Speed The Light - Matador **

18. The Bomb is in My Pants - The Evaporators - A Wild Pear - Nardwuar/Mint Records **

19. Titus Andronicus - Titus Andronicus - Titus Andronicus 7" - Merok

20. Monster Room - The Happy Hollows - Spells - Self Released **

21. Record Club - Lily Cedar - Lily Cedar/Gingersnap split 7" - Extra Small Records

22. Rory Rides Me Raw - The Vaselines - Enter the Vaselines - Sub Pop **

23. Desperado - Gingersnap - Lily Cedar/Gingersnap split 7" - Extra Small Records

24. Little World - Times New Viking - Born Again Revisited - Matador **

25. Canaduh - Andrew W.K. - A Wild Pear - Nardwuar/Mint Records **

ps - that last song is a Subhumans cover.

September 30 2009: Attack of the 60ft Fudgebombs

2009-10-12T09:54:00.002-04:00

After last week's methodical playlist, this week saw Methanol Cereal return to its usual format. Sort of. Everything (with four exceptions) was pulled from the new bin. I didn't have a lot of time to plan out the show this week and felt the need to overcompensate for not playing anything new last week. Turned out pretty good. Real hip show.

** = 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. You're a Target - No Age - Losing Feeling - Sub Pop **

2. Get Up Get On Down (Tonite) - Turbo Fruits - Echo Kid - Fat Possum **

3. Brush, Brush, Brush - of Montreal - Yo Gabba Gabba: Music is Awesome - Filter **

4. Walking Alone at Night - Vivian Girls - Everything Goes Wrong - In the Red **

5. City on Drugs - Times New Viking - Born Again Revisited - Matador **

6. Half Day in Hell - Times New Viking - Born Again Revisited - Matador **

7. Sleep - Hornet Leg - Ribbon of Fear - K **

8. 2000 e Agarrum - Os Mutantes - Haih Or Amortecedor - ANTI- **

9. Reach Out - Music Go Music - Expressions - Secretly Canadian **

10. Lust for Life - Girls - Album - True Panther Sounds **

11. Switch On - Islands - Vapors - ANTI- **

12. I'm On My Way - Yo La Tengo - Popular Songs - Matador **

13. The Ghost With the Most - The Almighty Defenders - The Almighty Defenders - Vice **

14. Welfare Bread - King Khan & the Shrines - What Is?! - Vice - 2009

15. Sea of Blasphemy - Black Lips - Let it Bloom - In the Red - 2005?

16. Got to Give it Up - The Dirtbombs - Ultraglide in Black - In the Red - 2001

17. Red in Tooth and Claw - The Ettes - Do You Want Power - Take Root **

18. It Can't Be True - The Ettes - Do You Want Power - Take Root **

19. Some Kind of Love - Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground - 1969

20. Float - Sissy Wish - Beauties Never Die - Afternoon Records **

21. Sunrise/Sunset - The Dutchess and the Duke - Sunset/Sunrise - Hardly Art **

22. All the Way Down - Soulsavers - Broken - Columbia **

23. Run With Me - Black Hollies - Softly Towards the Light - Ernest Jennings Record Co **

September 23 2009: 22 Years in 23 Songs

2009-10-12T09:40:00.002-04:00

Hey everyone, sorry I've been slacking with the playlists for a few weeks. A crapton of backed up work as well as the occasional class have stopped me from updating recently. I'll probably be kind of slack for the next few weeks as well. Two upcoming exams, a business trip to New York, and the Vivian Girls/Real Estate show we at WHUS are doing on 10/30 are all bound to tie me up for a bit. Anyway, here's the list from September 23. It was my birthday show. Take a look:

1. Pacific Coast Highway - Sonic Youth - Sister - 1987

2. Pictures - Galaxie 500 - Today - 1988

3. Don't Stop - Stone Roses - Stone Roses - 1989 [there's an awesome reissue that came out in 2009]

4. Work - Lou Reed & John Cale - Songs for Drella - 1990

5. What You Want - My Bloody Valentine - Loveless - 1991

6. For Pete's Sake - Pete Rock & CL Smooth - Mecca & the Soul Brother - 1992

7. Big Day Coming - Yo La Tengo - Painful - 1993

8. Elevate Me Later - Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain - 1994

9. Crazy For You - Slowdive - Pygmalion - 1995

10. The Lines You Amend - Sloan - One Chord to Another - 1996

11. All Mine - Portishead - Portishead - 1997

12. TNT - Tortoise - TNT - 1998

13. 100% Dundee - The Roots - Things Fall Apart - 1999

14. Monsters in the Parasol - Queens of the Stoneage - R - 2000

15. Parallel or Together? - Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - Tyranny of Distance - 2001

16. Obstacle 1 - Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights - 2002

17. Raedawn - Viktor Vaughn - Vaudeville Villain - 2003

18. Haiti - Arcade Fire - Funeral - 2004

19. Sis - Jonathan Kane - February - 2005

20. Kilo - Ghostface Killah (Feat. Raekwon the Chef) - Fishscale - 2006

21. In the City - Chromatics - 12" Version - 2007

22. El Vestido - Juana Molina - Un Dia - 2008

23. Snookered - Dan Deacon - Bromst - 2009

September 16 2009: Drugs in My Body

2009-09-23T22:33:00.003-04:00

Good show this week. Thanks for listening everyone. I didn't get to a whole lot of music for this show. My buddy Sam, an activist of sorts here at UConn came on. We talked about SSDP (Students for a Sensible Drug Policy, look them up for your local chapter), the UConn Free Press, and to a lesser extent, Idealists United, another group on campus. We took some calls and had a good dialogue going with eachother and the callers. Very cool. Keep an eye (or ear?) out for Sam again, he's bound to come on again.

** = 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. A Link in the Chain - Polvo - In Prism - Merge **

2. Laura - Girls - Album - True Panther **

"Interview" segment with Sam

3. January Twenty Something - WHY? - Eskimo Snow - Anticon **

4. Komakino - Joy Division - Substance - Qwest - 1988

5. Summer of Hate - Crocodiles - Summer of Hate - Fat Possum - 2009

6. Tree Bones - Port O'Brien - Threadbare - TBD **

7. The Fun Powder Plot - Wild Beasts - Two Dancers - Domino **

"Interview" segment pt 2. This is where we took some calls

8. Take It With You - The Ettes - Do You Want Power - Take Root **

9. Call Me - Reigning Sound - Love and Curses - In the Red **

10. Becuz - Sonic Youth - Washing Machine - DGC - 1995

11. They Done Wrong/We Done Wrong - White Rabbits - It's Frightening - TBD - 2009 [REQUEST]

12. The Desert - Vivian Girls - Everything Goes Wrong - In the Red **

13. We'll Be Turned On - Eddy Current Suppression Ring - Primary Colours - Goner - 2008

14. The Fireside - Yo La Tengo - Popular Songs - Matador **

15. Don't Have to Be So Sad - Yo La Tengo - Summer Sun - Matador - 2003

That's it. Be sure to check out next week's retrospective playlist.

September 9, 2009

2009-09-16T22:09:00.002-04:00

** = 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. D.C. Trails - Polvo - In Prism - Merge **

2. Avalon or Someone Very Similar - Yo La Tengo - Popular Songs **

3. False Jesii Pt 2 - Pissed Jeans - King of Jeans - Sub Pop **

4. Magic Word - Fucked Up - The Chemistry of Common Life - Matador - 2008

5. The Icy Hand that Guides Us - Lullabye Arkestra - Threats/Worship - Vice **

6. Leg of Lamb - Queens of the Stoneage - R - Interscope - 2000

7. I Don't Wanna Play No More - Eddy Current Suppression Ring - Primary Colours - Goner - 2008

8. Snake Oil - Hornet Leg - Ribbon of Fear- K **

9. Sleepwalking - Jaguar Club - And We Wake Up Slowly - self released **

10. Freak Out - My Brightest Diamond - Bring Me the Workhorse - Asthmatic Kitty - 2006

11. Laughing With a Mouth of Blood - St. Vincent - Actor - 4AD **

12. Dream Theatre Dream - Jeff: The Brotherhood - The Boys R Back in Town - Infinity Cat

13. Dance of the Moon & the Sun - Natural Snow Buildings - The Dance of the Moon & the Sun - Students of Decay - 2008

14. Hero - NEU! - NEU! '75 - 1975

15. Slipping (Into Something) - The Feelies - The Good Earth - 1986

16. Plastic Bird - Galaxie 500 - On Fire

17. Black Coffin - The Fresh & Onlys - "Grey-Eyed Girl" - Woodsist **

18. The End - Vivian Girls - Everything Goes Wrong - In the Red **

19. Red in Tooth and Claw - The Ettes - Do You Want Power - Take Root **

September 2 2009: SCHOLL!!!!

2009-09-09T22:35:00.005-04:00

Ah yes, "scholl" started this week. First show of the new semester. Welcome back anyone who has recently returned to the area. Not a whole lot of anything happened last week, so I don't have anything to report on so 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. Dangerous Game - The Reigning Sound - Love and Curses - In the Red **

2. My Baby - Hornet Leg - Ribbon of Fear - K **

3. D.C. Trails - Polvo - In Prism - Merge **

4. Enthusiasm - Bright - Bright - Ba Da Bing! - 1996

5. Gems - Air Waves - Air Waves - Catbird **

6. Rain on Tin - Sonic Youth - Murray Street - DGC - 2002

7. Walkin' Blue - Sonic Youth - The Eternal - Matador **

8. Eyesore - Birds of Avalon - Uncanny Valley - Volcom **

9. Lost Words - Ganglians - Monster Head Room - Woodsist **

10. Tell the World - Vivian Girls - Vivian Girls - In the Red - 2008

11. Rollercoaster - Sleater-Kinney - The Woods - Sub Pop - 2005

12. Nothing Knew - Eula - Language Threat EP - self released - 2009 (they're from New Haven)

13. The Drag - Ty Segall - Ty Segall - Castle Face - 2008

14. More Stars Than There Are in Heaven - Yo La Tengo - Popular Songs - Matador **

15. Son of a Gun - Vaselines - Enter the Vaselines - Sub Pop **

16. Wendy Wonders - Eugene McGuinness - Eugene McGuinness - Domino **

17. Deputy of Love (Mutant Disco Version) - Don Armando's Second Avenue Rhumba Band - Ze 30: Ze Records 1979-2009 **

18. PPPO - Miss Kittin & The Hacker - Two

Edit: Why is the formatting awful? I don't want the text bolded and big like that, but it seems to be doing that default now...

August 26 2009: School's 'Round the Bend

2009-08-31T11:40:00.003-04:00

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

2009-08-26T21:30:00.003-04:00

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..."

2009-08-12T23:47:00.008-04:00

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

2009-08-10T13:03:00.002-04:00

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

2009-08-07T01:37:00.003-04:00

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

2009-08-04T15:07:00.002-04:00

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 **

Julian Plenti - "Games for Days"

2009-07-28T15:24:00.004-04:00

We received the lead single for Julian Plenti's "Is...Skyscraper" today. Julian Plenti is the alias of Interpol front man, post-punk revivalist, and all-around moper Paul Banks. In 2002, they were hipster darlings; Turn on the Bright Lights received universally positive reviews (especially from Pitchfork), their videos were in rotation on MTV2 (yes, at one point it wasn't all just "Rob and Big" and "Viva La Bam" reruns, for a couple years they played videos regularly), and their songs were all over TV shows like Friends and The OC. I was an early supporter, and was one of the few people I knew who wasn't completely disappointed in their 2004 lukewarm follow up Antics. My main complaint was that the reverb and echo drenched atmosphere of the debut was refined somewhat, and put in the background. The angular, almost British late 1970s/early 1980s guitar-sound dominates the album and, of course, the band's backbone, Carlos Dengler's bass playing is still very much in the forefront. This isn't to say the ominous but familiar tone of TotBL was completely lost, it just didn't seem as important. Again, I stress that I wasn't completely disappointed. At the end of today, like with any record, it's the songs that count. The band got bigger, and moved onto to greener pastures, leaving indie stalwart Matador for Capitol records. Their first release on Capitol, 2007's Our Love to Admire didn't feature their usual mopery and was a little, well, brighter. It sold well, really well actually, but didn't achieve the same level of praise as their first two records, but was still relatively well received (I wasn't a big fan of that record. They just sounded too complacent).

So, since 2007, drummer Sam Fogarino started a side project (Magnet Morning) with the dude from Swervedriver, bassist Carlos Dengler continues to DJ on the side as well as provide remixes for other band's stuff, and guitarist Dan Kessler is apparently just kind of laying low. That leaves Banks. Earlier this year, his solo album (to be released under the name Julian Plenti, an alias he apparently used to perform under pre-Interpol) was announced. Very few details were given, aside from a cover and a track listing.

Well not anymore.

"Games for Days" didn't do a whole lot for me. It doesn't sound too distant from Interpol's work to warrant a release under a different name. The radio edit clocks in at 3:49, so to be fair, I might be missing a bitching guitar solo or some profound lyrics from an excised bridge. The song isn't bad just kind of boring. It features that sort of post-punk guitar sound Interpol's been at for years, although grainier and lacking in reverb. The occasional punchy, muted, almost chugging from the guitars isn't really my thing either. Seems out of place. The fluid, throbbing bass provided by Dengler on the Interpol albums is also absent. It may be the stereo I'm using, but that was the first thing I noticed. The lack of a thumping bassline. The basslines were usually my favorite part of Interpol songs. The song has almost a dance pop drum beat with the drums themselves sounding a little less than organic. Major emphasis on the bass drum too. It feels too much like a retread of Interpol's material, without the sunglasses, black suits, and cigarette smoke that made their first album such a highlight. This is only one song though, and from the information I've been able to find on the album (which is limited, I could only find a couple early reviews) the album is split between this sort of rock stuff and a more thoughtful, solo acoustic performance. Time will tell.

Julian Plenti - "Games for Days" 2.5/5

Julain Plenti is...Skyscraper will be available August 4th from Matador Records

Sunday Night Special

2009-07-27T01:37:00.003-04:00

Hey everyone, Vitamin J could not do his show this week, so I filled in. A little later than my usual time slot, I played "night music" for any night people who may have been listening. None of the usual bed music or good time rock and roll. Just me talking over noise. I think two hours of drone, noise, and ambient music was enough to drive my listenership away. I could hear the radios being turned off over the walls of feedback. Lame. Anyway, here's what I played:

** = new

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

1. The Wandering Stranger - Nick DeWitt - Supernatural Punishment EP - Teenage Teardrops **

2. B - Ecstatic Sunshine - WAY - Cardboard - 2008

3. Hung From the Moon - Earth - The Bee Made Honey in the Lion's Skull - Southern Lord - 2008

4. The Desert Has Eyes - Natural Snow Buildings - Snowbringer Cult - Students of Decay - 2008

5. Mass Mirage - Yellow Swans - At All Ends - Load - 2007

6. Palm - Pocahaunted - Passage - Troubleman Unlimited**

7. Untitled [track 2]- Raccoo-oo-oon - Raccoo-oo-oon - Not Not Fun - 2008

8. All Channels Open (excerpt)- The Dead C - Vain, Erudite, and Stupid: Selected Works: 1987-2005 - BaDa Bing - 2006

9. Empty Table - Robedoor - Rancor Keeper

10. Underwater Mountains - Emeralds - Allegory of Allergies - Weird Forest

11. Miranda - Slowdive - Pygmalion - 1995

12. My Clown - Belong - Colorloss Record - St. Ives Recordings - 2008

13. When I Live by the Garden and the Sea - Eluvium - When I Live by the Garden and the Sea - Temporary Residence - 2006

July 22nd 2009: Fuuuuuuuuuuuudge

2009-07-23T00:17:00.005-04:00

So I saw Abe Vigoda and Talbot Tagora on Sunday. Good times. Both bands were rad and a bunch of nice dudes. I talked to Juan from Abe Vigoda and I'm trying to set up an interview. We'll see if it actually happens. Unfortunately, the CD player did not want to play my copy of Sonic Youth's Sonic Nurse as I wanted to end the show with "Peace Attack". Lame. Here's the rest of the playlist.

** = new

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

1. ...And the Hazy Sea - Cymbals Eat Guitars - Why There Are Moutains - self released **
2. Replacing the Northwest - Talbot Tagora - Lessons in the Woods or a City - Hardly Art **

3. Everything's Gone Green - New Order - Substance - Qwest - 1987
4. Procession - New Order - Substance - Qwest - 1987
5. Those Old Black and White Movies Were True - Eugene McGuinness - Eugene McGuinness - Domino **
6. House - Abe Vigoda - Reviver - Post Present Medium - 2009

7. Twilight Property - Tiny Vipers - Life on Earth - Sub Pop **
8. The Waves at Night - Phosphorescent - Pride - Dead Oceans - 2007
9. Late Lunch - Sean Smith - Sacred Crag Dancer, Corpse Whisperer - Thompkins Square - 2006

10. Dwrcan - Bibio - Ambivalence Avenue - Warp **
11. An Optimist Declines - David Grubbs - An Optimist Notes the Dusk - Drag City - 2008
12. Cryin' Smoke - Ganglians - Monster Head Room - Woodsist **
13. Lisztomania - Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix - Glassnote **
14. Ricecar of Dr. Clara Haber - Magik Markers - Balf Quarry - Drag City **

15. Green Starred Sleeve - UUVVWWZ - UUVVWWZ - Saddle Creek **
16. Souvenirs - Midnight Movies - Lion the Girl - New Line Records - 2007
17. Hooks & Ladders - The Individuals - Fields/Aquamarine - Bar/None - 2008
18. Forces at Work - The Feeelies - Crazy Rhythms - 1980

Boom. Done.

Oops, forgot to Post this: July 15th 2009

2009-07-22T16:26:00.002-04:00

** = new

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

1. Red Light Love - Those Darlins - Those Darlins - Oh Wow Dang **
2. Voodoo - Ganglians - Monster Head Room - Woodsist **

3. Standing at the Station - Ty Segall - Lemons - Goner **
4. Lo and Behold - The Ettes - Danger Is - Take Root **
5. Trapezeus - UUVVWWZ - UUVVWWZ - Saddle Creek **
6. Approach the Throne - Clues - Clues - Constellation **
7. Divided - Cootie Platoon - PDX Pop Now! 2009 **

8. Fonz - Eugene McGuinness - Eugene McGuinness - Domino **
9. Caucasian Blues - Jarvis Cocker - "Further Complications" - Rough Trade **
10. Keeping Track - Superchunk - Foolish - Merge - 1994
11. Until Its Clear - Glenn Mercer - Wheels in Motion - Pravada - 2007
12. Vive Solo - Juana Molina - Un Dia - Domino - 2008

13. In June - Summer Cats - Songs for Tuesdays - Slumberland **
14. Sudden Organ - Yo La Tengo - Painful - Matador - 1993
15. I'm Insane - Sonic Youth - Bad Moon Rising - DGC - 1995 CD Reissue
16. Work All Day - Portugal. The Man - The Satanic Satanist - Equal Vision **
17. Antenna - Sonic Youth - The Eternal - Matador **

18. Jealous of Roses - Bibio - Ambivalence Avenue - Warp **

19. Development - Tiny Vipers - Life on Earth - Sub Pop **
20. Share - Cymbals Eat Guitars - Why There Are Mountains - self released **
21. Black Swan - Sunset Rubdown - Dragonslayer - Jagjaguwar **

July 8th 2009: Up on the Sun

2009-07-09T00:06:00.003-04:00

Alrighty. Real good show tonight, a lot of fun. I strayed from the format a little, second song(s) I played is a little old, but it's new to me as I only picked it up at the Titus/Ted Leo show a couple weeks ago. We had some guests in the studio for part of the show. Chelsea showed up, stayed around for most of it and we have a rare, but welcome, appearance from Derek of Der Ohrwurm. I also had the opportunity to air my interview with Cris Kirkwood, bass player/singer of legendary cow-punks the Meat Puppets. Real nice dude. Very funny, very open about his past missteps, and all in all gave real good answers to my (dumb) questions. I also briefly mentioned the license plate below (part of a new segment here on Methanol Cereal known as "Stupid Plates") and hanging out in Brooklyn on the Fourth of July. I might post a couple of the better pictures if I get a little more motivated. We'll see. Aaaanyway, here's this week's stuff...

** = new

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

1. Suburban Beverage - Real Estate - Suburban Beverage 7" - Underwater Peoples **
2. Every Time I See the Light Part 1 & 2 - Titus Andronicus - Titus Andronicus 7" - Merok - 2008

3. Jap Dad - UUVVWWZ - UUVVWWZ - Saddle Creek **
4. Can't Talk - Ty Segall - Lemons - Goner **
5. Wendy Wonders - Eugene McGuinness - Eugene McGuinness - Domino **
6. Death - Vivian Girls - Moped Girls 7" - For Us **

7. Eyes Like Ours - Tiny Vipers - Life on Earth - Sub Pop **
8. Colour Television - Eddy Current Suppression Ring - Primary Colours - Goner - 2008
9. With a Girl Like You - Condo Fucks - Fuckbook - Matador - 2009
10. Enemy Love Song - Meat Puppets - Rise to Your Knees - Anodyne - 2007

Cris Kirkwood Interview

11. Up on the Sun - Meat Puppets - Up on the Sun - Rykodisc - 1999 Reissue
12. Climbing - Meat Puppets - Meat Puppets II - Rykodisc - 1999 Reissue
13. Sewn Together - Meat Puppets - Sewn Together - Megaforce **

14. Candy Girl - Ganglians - Monster Head Room - Woodsist **
15. Morning Lights - Glenn Mercer - Wheels in Motion - Pravada - 2007
16. Chains - Pocahaunted - Chains - Teenage Teardrops - 2008

SINNNER

2009-07-08T02:09:00.004-04:00

July 4, 2009 11:26pm

July 1 2009: Canada Day!

2009-07-02T00:02:00.003-04:00

Alright, fun show tonight. I got to honor some of Canada's best on the day of their... to be honest I'm not sure what Canada Day is all about. I'm under the impression it is tantamount to the July 4th Independence Day here in the 'States. Speaking of which, I think I'm going to be in Brooklyn for the Woodsist/Captured Tracks festival on 7/4 which sounds like a hell of a time. And of course, with Independence Day approaching fast, I had to play Galaxie 500 at the end of the show. Finally, tune in next week to hear me talk with Cris Kirkwood of the one, the only, the legendary Meat Puppets.

** = new

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

1. It #1 - Ty Segall - Lemons - Goner **
2. Moscow State Circus - Eugene McGuinness - Eugene McGuinness - Domino **

3. Four Night Rider - The Rural Alberta Advantage [Toronto, ON] - Hometowns - Saddle Creek **
4. I Should Be Born - Jets Overhead [Victoria, BC] - No Nations - Vapor Records **
5. Looks Just Like the Sun - Broken Social Scene [Toronto] - You Forgot it in People - Arts & Crafts - 2002
6. A Side Wins - Sloan [Toronto via Halifax, NS] - One Chord to Another - The Enclave - 1996
7. Feel.Love.Thinking.Of - Faunts [Edmonton, AB] - Feel.Love.Thinking.Of - Friendly Fire - 2009
8. Crooked Head - Fucked Up [Toronto] - The Chemistry of Common Life - Matador - 2008

9. Molly's Lips - The Vaselines - Enter the Vaselines - Sub Pop **
10. Shark Suit - UUVVWWZ - UUVVWWZ - Saddle Creek **
11. Arthritis Sux - The Coathangers - Scramble - Suicide Squeeze - 2009

12. Hot Pink - Meat Puppets - Up On the Sun - Rykodisc - 1999 Reissue
13. You Never Know - Wilco - Wilco (The Album) - Nonesuch **
14. The Number - Woods - Songs of Shame - Woodsist **
15. Two Doves - Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca - Domino **

16. Life on Earth - Tiny Vipers - Life on Earth - Sub Pop **
17. Howl - Tara Jane O'Neil - A Ways Away - K **
18. Dagger - Emily Jane O'Neil - Dark Undercoat - Double Negative - 2007

19. Old Clouds - Pterodactyl - Worldwild - Brah **

20. Fourth of July - Galaxie 500 - This is Our Music - Rykodisc - 1997 Reissue

June Twenty-Fourth 09

2009-06-29T21:53:00.004-04:00

Very good show this week. I had the opportunity to see Ted Leo and the Pharmacists as well as Titus Andronicus at Toad's Place. Went with Steve (DJ on after me, I don't have a link) as well as Chelsea. We met up with several other WHUS staffers including Derek of WHUS' "Der Ohrwurm", and Stephanie and Meghana of their currently untitled program. Ted and Titus proved once again, the power of Garden State rock and/or roll musics. Needless to say, a good time was had by all.

I was lucky enough to score an interview with the dudes from Titus Andronicus. I sat down with Patrick Stickles (gtr, vox, lyrics, and probably some other stuff) for a solid 30 minutes, talking about Jersey (Maxwell's, Ramapo College), Ted Leo passing the torch, van mishaps, and all other kinds of good shit. I whittled our conversation down to about 25 minutes, and if anyone knows a place where I can host it online, give me a shout. I'd love to get it out there. I also sat down briefly with Ian Graetzer (bass), Eric Harm (drums), and Liam Betson (gtr, and I think backing vox) and we basically covered the same shit. 'Twas good.

The interviews took up almost half the show, so not a whole lot of tunes this week, but still more than enough to keep you, the loyal listener (reader?) satisfied. Unfortunately, I did forget the 7" and the live LP i picked up from Titus Andronicus after the show, which kind of killed my idea to play that stuff. Oh well, there's always next show. Anyway, let's take a look, shall we?

** = new

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

1. You Go On Ahead (Trumpet Trumpet II) - Sunset Rubdown - Dragonslayer - Jagjaguwar **
2. Hot On Your Heels - Mint Chicks - PDX Pop Now! 2009 **

3. Slushy - The Vaselines - Enter the Vaselines - Sub Pop **
4. Jack Nance Hair - Comet Gain - Broken Record Prayers - What's Your Rupture? **
5. No Home - The Ettes - Danger Is - Take Root **
6. Ghosts - The Ettes - Shake the Dust - Sympathy for the Record Industry - 2006
7. Prizefighter - Eels - Hombre Lobo: 12 Songs of Desire - Vagrant **

8. Can't Keep Time - Foreign Born - Person to Person - Secretly Canadian **
9. I Was Born (A Unicorn) - The Unicorns - Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone? - Alien8 - 2003
10. When I Died - The Thermals - We Were Sick - Kill Rock Stars **
11. Walkin' Blue - Sonic Youth - The Eternal - Matador **
12. Sons of Cain - Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - Living with the Living - Touch and Go - 2007

Patrick Stickles interview

13. Albert Camus - Titus Andronicus - The Airing of Grievances - XL - 2009

Band Interview

14. Country Wide - Liam the Younger - Summertime Showcase 2009 - Underwater Peoples **
15. Waking Up Drunk - Spider Bags - A Celebration of Hunger - Birdman - 2007
16. Crazy Rhythms - The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms - 1980

17. All the Time - Vivian Girls - Vivian Girls - In the Red - 2008

Old playlist: June 17th 2009 (Extra Innings)

2009-06-24T18:37:00.003-04:00

Ah yes. I was lucky enough to catch Mika Miko, the Strange Boys, the Coathangers, Fiasco, and the Germs M.I.A. (who's music was more reminiscent of the LA band The Germs than M.I.A. but kind of sucked anyway...) at the Market Hotel in Brooklyn on June 13th. Good show, unfortunately because of how late the show started, I only got to see the first few songs from Mika Miko before I had to catch my train back to CT. Fiasco, a band native to Brooklyn went on second and played some pretty cool guitar heavy rock with solos and fretboard tapping all over the place. The Coathangers played next, who I have to say, and were probably my favorite of the bands we saw. I didn't expect them to be bad or anything, but they definitely met and exceeded my expectations. Great set. A lot of energy, a lot of instrument switching (the girl who started out on gtr/vox moved to drums before the night was over. The girl who started on drums also provided some gtr, bass, and vox, and the bassplayer switched to guitar for a song or two), balloon tossing, beer drinking, and some fire. The girl who started on drums (I'm not familiar enough with them to know them by first name) took her shirt off, accidentally threw it on a light and ended up having to stomp the fire out, leaving maybe half of her shirt. Considering it was a t-shirt with the midriff and sleeves cut off, she had maybe a quarter of a shirt left overall. The Strange Boys did a jam-packed set including a CCR cover. I did a short interview (maybe 6 or 7 minutes) with Ryan Sambol of the Strange Boys before the show. We talked about their touring history, meeting up with Mika Miko, and the new album they hope to have out in early 2010. Unfortunately, the audio wasn't too hot (a mix of me talking too loud, and Ryan speaking very softly) so I doubt I'll post it here (f I get a request for it, I might). Steve was a little late too, so in addition to the interview, I got an extra 25 minutes or so to play some stuff off of some records I recently purchased. So here's the playlist:

** = new

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

1. Dragon's Lair - Sunset Rubdown - Dragonslayer - Jagjaguwar **
2. Over It - Dinosaur Jr - Farm - Jagjaguwar **

3. Straight Into a Storm - Deer Tick - Born on Flag Day - Partisan **
4. Love Like a Sunset Part 1 - Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix - Glassnote **
5. Love Like a Sunset Part 2 - Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix - Glassnote **
6. Gamma Ray - Jay Reatard - Gamma Ray 7" [Beck] - Interscope - 2008
7. My Baby Wants Me Dead - Vivian Girls - Wild Eyes 7" - Plays With Dolls - 2008

8. Totion - Mika Miko - We Be Xuxa - Post Present Medium **
9. Time Passing - The Coathangers - Scramble - Suicide Squeeze - 2009

Ryan Sambol of the Strange Boys interview

10. Should Have Show Paul - Strange Boys - And Girls Club - In the Red - 2009
11. MLKs - Strange Boys - And Girls Club - In the Red - 2009

12. Useful Chambers - Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca - Domino **
13. Fine for Now - Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest - Warp **
14. Naoka's F - Syclops - I've Got My Eye on You - DFA - 2008
15. 5 Out - Syclops - I've Got My Eye on You - DFA - 2008

16. I Heard it Through the Grapevine - Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmo's Factory - 1970

17. White Wife - Mi Ami - Watersports - Quarterstick - 2009
18. Dusk - Pocahaunted [w/ Bobb Bruno and Cameron Stallones] - Passage - Troubleman Unlimited **
19. Veil - Pocahaunted [w/ Bobb Bruno and Cameron Stallones] - Passage - Troubleman Unlimited **

Old playlist: June 10th 2009

2009-06-24T18:20:00.003-04:00

I can't seem to find the playlist from the May 28 show, but I do have the June 10th playlist (I took June 3rd off, so nothing from that show anyway. Thanks to Neil for covering). Nothing important to report on, except that this was the week the new Sonic Youth album, The Eternal, came out, so I did a Sonic Youth set. Anyway, here's the list...

** = new

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

1. Laughing With a Mouth of Blood - St. Vincent - Actor - 4AD **
2. Gimme Sympathy - Metric - Fantasies **

3. Girlfriend - Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix - Glassnote (?) **
4. Remade Horizon - Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca - Domino **
5. Friday XIII - Deer Tick - Born on Flag Day - Partisan **
6. They're Building the Death Camps - Strange Boys - And Girls Club - In the Red - 2009

7. What We Know - Sonic Youth - The Eternal - Matador **
8. Schizophrenia - Sonic Youth - Sister - DGC - 1994 CD Reissue
9. Paper Cup Exit - Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse - DGC - 2006
10. Bull in the Heather - Sonic Youth - Experimental, Jet Set, Trash and No Star - DGC - 1994
11. Antenna - Sonic Youth - The Eternal - Matador **

12. Life During Wartime - Talking Heads - Fear of Music - Warner - 2005 Dual Disc Reissue
13. Blues Not Speed - Mika Miko - We Be Xuxa - Post Present Medium **
14. Turkey Sandwich - Mika Miko - We Be Xuxa - Post Present Medium **
15. Lost - Meat Puppets - Meat Puppets II - Rykodisc - 1999 CD Reissue
16. Blanket of Weeds - Meat Puppets - Sewn Together - Megaforce **
17. All At Once - Liechtenstein - Survival Strategies in a Modern World - Slumberland **

18. State Numbers - Magik Markers - Balf Quarry - Drag City **
19. In Mind (Bandulu Remix) - Slowdive - Souvlaki - Castle Music - 2006 Reissue
20. Spiderwebbed - Tortoise - Tortoise - Thrill Jockey - 1994
21. Leb Wohl - NEU! - NEU! '75 - 1975
22. Jaqueline - Durutti Column - LC - Facory - 1981

23. Lookin' Out My Back Door - Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmo's Factory - 1970

Toad's Place, New Haven

2009-06-21T03:06:00.004-04:00

Me + Ted Leo

(ps - I'll have older playlists up soon, I swear)
(pps - maybe some audio too...)

May 20 2009: Good Guys Win, Bad Guys Die

2009-05-21T22:11:00.003-04:00

Tonight was my triumphant return to Wednesday evenings. After a really shitty show and a week off Methanol Cereal is back on the airwaves. You're ecstatic, I can tell. Anyway, it was a pretty good show. Unfortunately, it was also my last show in which I was followed by DJ B squared. "Deconstructing Rock" was always a good time, and it was nice having a compatible replacement for the overnight shift. Unsurprisingly, Bardo Pond and Natural Snow Buildings make sense at one o'clock in the morning. I like to think we made up a pretty good block of programming as I usually could find a way to transition smoothly between shows (B^2 tended to play dronier, more experimental stuff). He will be missed, but I'm sure his replacement (Steve, who I believe is also link-less) will be just as good.

[If anyone is wondering (yeah right) I though the Lost season finale (the real reason for my absence last week) was kind of lame. First five minutes were cool. We'll see next year. But who gives a shit about that anyway?] Let's look at this week's playlist...

** = new

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

1. Rotten Shame - Meat Puppets - Sewn Together - Megaforce Records **
2. Dinner Pill - Raised by Robots - Disorganization Will Save Us All - self released **

3. Come Saturday - Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Slumberland - 2009
4. White Dress - Liechtenstein - Survival Strategies in a Modern World - Slumberland **
5. Young Drugs - Crocodiles - Summer of Hate - Fat Possum **
6. Healer - Chromatics - Nite Drive - Italians Do It Better - 2007

7. Psychosomatic - Magik Markers - Balf Quarry - Drag City **
8. 7/23 - Magik Markers - Balf Quarry - Drag City **
9. House - Abe Vigoda - Reviver - Post Present Medium - 2009
10. When I Was Afraid - The Thermals - Now We Can See - Kill Rock Stars **
11. Parallel or Together? - Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - The Tyranny of Distance - Lookout! - 2001

12. The Gayest of Sunbeams - Pink Mountaintops - Outside Love - Jagjaguwar **
13. Rebel Rebel - American Folklore - American Folklore - Haymaker Wax **
14. You Think You're a Man - The Vaselines - Enter the Vaselines - Sub Pop **
15. My Kind of Soldier - Guided by Voices - Earthquake Glue - Matador - 2003
16. Rain On - Woods - Songs of Shame - Shrimper Recordings **
17. Skeletons - Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz! - Interscope **

18. Holding Pattern - Deradoorian - Mind Raft - Lovepump United **
19. Drowning - Tara Jane O'Neil - A Ways Away - K **
20. Two Shots to the Head - Emily Jane White - Dark Undercoat - Doube Negative Records - 2007

21. Night Creme - Black Dice - Repo - Paw Tracks **
22. Riddim Queen - Pocahaunted - Island Diamonds - Not Not Fun Records - 2008

5/6/09

2009-05-06T23:51:00.003-04:00

Ugh. Don't even bother asking.

Probably won't do a show next week. I need a break. Plus, it's the Lost season finale. Might post a rant I've been working on. Check back in a bit...

April 29 2009

2009-04-30T11:22:00.002-04:00

There was some talk of Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson and his recent appearance here at the University of Connecticut. I would really encourage anyone reading this in a timely fashion to check out Boombox from the Boondocks with Benny Shaik, Chum, Apathy, and whoever else might be in the studio, this upcoming Tuesday night May 5th at 10pm on WHUS if they want to hear Rev. Peterson speak. It should be entertaining.

** = new

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

1. I'll Tell the World - Vivian Girls - Vivian Girls - In the Red - 2008
2. Molly's Lips - Vaselines - Enter the Vaselines - Sub Pop **
3. Stop - Great Northern - Remind Me Where the Light Is - Eenie Meenie **

4. Summer of Hate - Crocodiles - Summer of Hate - Fat Possum **
5. We Were Sick - Thermals - Now We Can See - Kill Rock Stars **
6. Boy Toy - Starfucker - Jupiter - Badman **
7. Get Older - Dan Deacon - Bromst - Carpark **

8. Feel.Love.Thinking.Of - Faunts - Feel.Love.Thinking.Of - Friendly Fire **
9. Everyone is Guilty - Akron/Family - Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free - Dead Oceans **

10. A Thousand Times a Day (Someone is Flying) - Years - Years - Arts & Crafts **
11. How Low Are You? - Dreamdate - Patience - Skywriting Records **
12. Moby Octopod - Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One - Matador - 1997
13. With a Girl Like You - Condofucks - Fuckbook - Matador **
14. My Iron Lung - Radiohead - The Bends - Capitol - 1995

15. Over - Portishead - Portishead - 1997
16. When I Grow Up - Fever Ray - Fever Ray - Mute **
17. In Mind - Slowdive - 5 EP - Creation - 1993
18. Free City Rhymes - Sonic Youth - NYC Ghosts & Flowers - DGC - 2000
19. The Act Committed - Durutti Column - LC - Factory - 1981

Sacred Trickster

2009-04-23T11:13:00.005-04:00

So I heard the new Sonic Youth single, "Sacred Trickster".

In late November 2008, Matador Records announced that seminal indie rock/noise/experimental/alternative/no wave band Sonic Youth had signed to their label, with a new album in the works for 2009. After Geffen/DGC/Universal/whatever name you want to use had, according to a Thurston Moore, failed to properly support and promote their last few albums the band opted not to renew their contract and began shopping around the indie labels. The mainstream acclaim the band gathered with the release of Rather Ripped and its more straight-forward rock structure and more "mature" sound, made it seem as if they were ready to settle into a new niche as underground rock's first family. While the move from Geffen was not entirely a surprise, the timing seemed off. They had just released their most conventional rock album since 1994's Experimental, Jet Set, Trash and No Star, and had made one of their best debuts on the Billboard charts.

Fast forward to 2009. Matador issues a promotional copy of "Sacred Trickster". "Trickster" has Kim Gordon covering vocal duties, and is reminiscent of the material from Rather Ripped; it's short (clocking in at a scant 2:10), melodic, and features more err... conventional guitar parts (and by that, I mean it doesn't sound like any drums sticks were used on this song, except by Steve Shelley). To be honest I'm a little disappointed. I first got into Sonic Youth in 2001 or 2002, eventually working my way through a majority of their back catalog right before the release of Murray Street. I have distinct memories of not being able to get into their Summer Stage show in Central Park, listening to "Karen Revisited" in the dead heat of summer, associating the murky chord progression of Thurston Moore with humidity and the shift from abrasive noise to ambient feedback that ends the song with summer sunsets, and trying to figure out why my other people my age weren't into this kind of stuff. I've always been more of a fan of their longer songs. Their first few albums on Geffen didn't do much for me, and neither did Rather Ripped. I may be in the minority on that one though.

Anyway, I'm definitely ready to give the album a shot, again, this is only the single but I have to say I am a little let down. It's not bad by any stretch. Just a little predictable, kind of boring. Maybe that just comes with age? I guess we'll see in June when The Eternal drops.

I'd give the song a 3 out of 5.

April 22 2009: Rainy Day (Night) Radio

2009-04-23T00:07:00.003-04:00

Shitty day. Rained all day and the ignition cylinder on my vehicle shit out on me today. Good show though.

** = new

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

1. (How Can I Keep You) Outta Harms Way? - King Khan and the Shrines - What Is?! - Vice **
2. Should Have Shot Paul - Strange Boys - And Girls Club - In the Red **

3. At the Bottom of the Sea - The Thermals - Now We Can See - Kill Rock Stars **
4. Love Without Lies - Comet Gain - Broken Record Prayers - What's Your Rupture? **
5. Water the Rocks - Carolee **
6. Stop Stomp Stompin' - Coathangers - Scramble - Suicide Squeeze **
7. Moisturizer (Wheat Calls) - Eagle and Talon - Thracian - s/r

8. Story - Great Northern - Remind Me Where the Light Is - Eenie Meenie Music **
9. Adult Army - Screaming Females - Power Move - Don Giovanni **
10. Taste - Magik Markers - Boss - Ecstatic Peace - 2007
11. Lee Shan - Clinic - Harvest (single) - Domino - 2006

12. What Do I Get? - Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady
13. Everybody's Happy Nowadays - Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady
14. Elevate Me Later - Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain: LA's Desert Origins - Matador - 2004
15. The Birthday Wars - Oxford Collapse - Bits - Sub Pop - 2008
16. Two-Headed Coin - Obits - I Blame You - Sub Pop **

17. The Loving Sun - Cryptacize - Mythomania - Asthmatic Kitty **
18. The Garden Rose - Lavender Diamond - Imagine Our Love - Matador - 2007
19. Martin Fierro - Juana Molina - Segundo - Domino - 2000
20. Two Shots to the Head - Emily Jane White - Dark Undercoat - Double Negative - 2007

21. Today is the Day - Yo La Tengo - Today is the Day (single) - Matador - 2003
22. Crusades - Fucked Up - Hidden World - Jade Tree - 2006
23. Melt Away - Galaxie 500 - This is Our Music - 1990

April 15 2009: Tax Day

2009-04-15T23:10:00.004-04:00

Happy Tax Day everyone! I'm currently waiting on a meager check from the government myself. I hope everyone else was fortunate enough to not make enough money for the Feds to take anything. Everyone else, I'm sorry.

Short show this week. Much like last semester, I am supporting the future voices of WHUS by providing the newbies with a place to get their feet wet. I guess we'll see how it goes. Anyway, here's this week's playlist. Enjoy.

** = new

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

1. No Es Tan Cierto - Juana Molina - Tres Cosas - Domino - 2004

2. 69 Faces of Love - King Khan and the Shrines - What Is?! - Vice **
3. Let Me Holler - King Khan and the Shrines - What Is?! - Vice **
4. When I Died - The Thermals - Now We Can See - Kill Rock Stars **
5. Again & Again - Black Lips - 200 Million Thousand - Vice **
6. The Reaper - Abe Vigoda - Reviver EP - Post-Present Medium **

7. Golden Years - I Was a King - I Was a King - Control Group **
8. A Name That Hurts to Say - I Was a King - I Was a King - Control Group **
9. Mainlining Mystery - Comet Gain - Broken Record Prayers - What's Your Rupture? **
10. Lights Out - Screaming Females - Power Move - Don Giovanni
11. Hot Caught - Eagle and Talon - Thracian - self-released **

Trainee Shannon took over at this point.

April 8th 2009

2009-04-14T13:21:00.002-04:00

** = new

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

1. Zero - Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz - Interscope **
2. House - Abe Vigoda - Reviver - Post Present Medium **

3. Paddling Ghost - Dan Deacon - Bromst - Carpark **
4. Peace Tactics/Downer - Mi Ami - Watersports - Quarterstick **
5. Hey Joni - Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation - 1988

6. Time Bomb High School - Reigning Sound - The Reigning Sound: Live at Goner Records - Goner **
7. Now We Can See - The Thermals - Now We Can See - Kill Rock Stars **
8. Bigger Than a Breadbox - Leather Uppers - Bright Lights - Goner
9. Witch's Wand - Sloan - Parallel Play - Yep Roc - 2008
10. Here Comes That Sound Again - The Dirtbombs - If You Don't Already Have a Look - In the Red

11. Prelude to 110 or 220/Women of the World - Jim O'Rourke - Eureka - Drag City

12. Coast of Carolina - Telekinesis - Telekinesis - Merge **
13. Calculator - Micachu - Jewellery - Rough Trade **
14. It's All You - I Was a King - I Was a King - Control Group **
15. So Easy Baby - Condo Fucks - Fuckbook - Matador **
16. 29 Acts of Love - Gliss - Devotion Implosion - Cordless **
17. Gold Guns Girls - Metric - Fantasies **
18. Lucid - Joker's Daughter - The Last Laugh - Team Love **

19. Airport '79 - Iran - Dissolver - Narnack **
20. Toomerhead - The Coathangers - Scramble - Suicide Squeeze **
21. Interview with the Chain Gang - Chain and the Gang - Down with Liberty...Up with Chains - K **
22. The Step and the Walk - Duke Spirit - Neptune - You Are Here - 2008
23. I'm Falling - Robyn Hitchcock and the Venus 3 - Goodnight Oslo - Yep Roc **
25. Woo Melodies - Clipd Beaks - Horse Lords - Lovepump United - 2007

4/1/09: April Fool's

2009-04-01T23:36:00.005-04:00

In retrospect, it was a good idea that I bailed on my initial plan of playing Katy Perry and U2 all night. Not a lot of new stuff that I was into this week, so the show is primarily stuff from my personal collection. Enjoy.

** = new

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

1. My Tim Outside the Womb - Titus Andronicus - The Airing of Grievances - XL - 2009
2. The What - His Mischief - The Perfect Lover - Modern Radio Record Label **

3. Pussywillow - The Coathangers - Scramble - Suicide Squeeze **
4. What is a Dollar? - Chain and the Gang - Down With Liberty...Up With Chains - K **
5. Your Silent Face - New Order - Power, Corruption, & Lies - 1983
6. Woof Woof - Dan Deacon - Bromst - Carpark **

7. Chains of Love - The Dirtbombs - Ultraglide in Black - In the Red - 2001
8. Scream if You're High - The Leather Uppers - Bright Lights - Goner
9. In This Town - Human Switchboard - Who's Landing in my Hanger? - 1981
10. At its Worst - Eula - Language of Threat - self released **
11. Legal Tender - Handsome Furs - Face Control - Sub Pop **

12. Falling and Laughing - Orange Juice - You Can't Hide Your Love Forever
13. All My Friends - John Cale - 2007
14. Sugarcube - Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One - Matador - 1997

15. Slow Dance - Jeremy Jay - Slow Dance - K **
16. A Needle in Your Eye #16 - War on Drugs - Wagonwheel Blues - Secretly Canadian - 2008
17. Bull in the Heather - Sonic Youth - Experimental, Jet Set, Trash, and No Star - 1994

18. Jetty - Tortoise - TNT - 1998
19. Ellen and Ben - The Dismemberment Plan - Change - 2001
20. Baby's Going Underground - Helium - The Dirt of Luck - 1995
21. Don't Let Our Youth Go to Waste - Galaxie 500 - Today - 1988
22. Stella Was a Diver and She Was Always Down - Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights - Matador - 2002
23. Don't Stop - The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses - 1989

3/25/09

2009-03-31T16:40:00.002-04:00

** = new

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

1. Morning Light - Gliss - Devotion Implostion - Cordless **
2. Stay Alive - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Slumberland **

3. All That We Can See - Sholi - Sholi - Quarterstick **
4. Hallie and Henry - Say Hi - Oohs and Aahs - Barsuk **
5. Snookered - Dan Deacon - Bromst - Carpark **

6. They're Building the Death Camps - Strange Boys - And Girls Club - In the Red **
7. Poem Party - Strange Boys - And Girls Club - In the Red **
8. Pine On - Obits - I Blame You - Sub Pop **
9. Big Black Baby Jesus of Today - Black Lips - 200 Million Thousand - Vice **
10. Bright Lights, Big City - the Gories - The Complete Bandin' Sessions
11. Wizard's Castle - Leather Uppers - Bright Lights - Goner - 2006

12. Settle on Your Skin - Swan Lake - Enemy Mine - Jagjaguwar **
13. Rosary - Marissa Nadler - Little Hells - Kemado **
14. Rise in the Springtime - Lavender Diamond - Calvary of Light - 2005
15. Enthusiasm - Bright - Bright - Ba Da Bing! - 1996
16. A Rainbow Aims - Brightblack Morning Light - Motion to Rejoin - 2008
17. Haiti - Arcade Fire - Funeral - 2004

18. I'm on Fire - Electrelane
19. 5:15 Train - A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Scribble Mural Comic Journal - Notenuf - 2007
20. One of These Days - Pink Floyd - Meddle
21. Twenty-Four Karat Soul - Sunset - The Glowing City - Autobus - 2008
22. Days - Television - Adventure
23. Chasing Heather Crazy - Guided by Voices - Isolation Drills - 2001

3/18/09 RADIOTHON

2009-03-24T14:37:00.003-04:00

This week's show was the Radiothon edition of Methanol Cereal. I was joined by the lovely Chelsea from WHUS' The Big Takeover for most of the show, with an appearance from The Moderately Late Show's Jeffrey and Washboard Pat of the Transfer Station. In terms of pledges, we crashed and burned, but a good time was had by all. Tune in next year for more zany antics and unwilling co-hosts. More importantly, tune in next week so my ego doesn't deflate.

** = new

#. title - artist - album - label - year

1. Glass Blocks - These Are Powers - All Aboard Future - Dead Oceans **
2. Enter Laughing - Electrelane - The Power Out
3. Trapped in a Basement - Black Lips - 200 Million Thousand - Vice **

4. Fear and Loathing in Mahwah, NJ - Titus Andronicus - The Airing of Grievances - XL **

5. Build Voice - Dan Deacon - Bromst - Carpark **
6. Red F - Dan Deacon - Bromst - Carpark **
7. All We Want Baby, is Everything - Handsome Furs - Face Control - Sub Pop **
8. What'cha Gonna Do About It - Condo Fucks - Fuckbook - Matador **

9. In This Lonely Town - Jeremy Jay - Slow Dance - K **
10. River of Dirt - Marissa Nadler - Little Hells - Kemado **

11. Mama, I'm Satan - Cursive - Mama, I'm Swollen - Saddle Creek **
12. The Man in Your House - Mi Ami - Watersports - Quarterstick **

13. Soul Power - Common - Electric Circus
14. Mighty Healthy - Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele
15. Syzigy - The Problemaddicts - The Dark Side of Oz

16. Out on a Limb - Faunts - Feel.Love.Thinking.Of - Friendly Fire **
17. Lights Are Always On - Faunts - Feel.Love.Thinking.Of - Friendly Fire **
18. Pat's Trick - Helium - The Dirt of Luck - Marador - 1995
19. Kung Fu - The Dirtbombs - Ultraglide in Black - In the Red

Catch Up 3: 3/11/09

2009-03-24T14:29:00.003-04:00

** = new

#. title - artist - album - label - year

1. Rod Poole's Gradual Ascent to Heaven - Nels Cline - Coward - Cryptogramophone **
2. Someone Somewhere Has Sensed That I am a Frightened Man - Sean Smith - Sean Smith - 2005
3. Birds - Sean Smith - Sean Smith - 2005
4. Our Cavaclade of Sightless Riders - Harris Newman - Decorated

5. Come Saturday - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Slumberland **
6. Pity Dance - DM Stith - Heavy Ghosts - Asthmatic Kitty **
7. Mistress - Marissa Nadler - Little Hells - Kemado **
8. Heart Paper Lover - Marissa Nadler - Little Hells - Kemado **
9. Effigy - Andrew Bird - Noble Beast - Fat Possum **

10. Emily - Joanna Newsom - Ys - Drag City - 2006
11. Down Colorful Hill - Red House Painters - Down Colorful Hills

12. Body Combat - Black Lips - 200 Million Thousand - Vice **
13. Karen Revisited - Sonic Youth - Murray Street - DGC - 2002
14. The End... - Nico - The End...

Catch Up Part Two: 3/4/09

2009-03-24T14:21:00.005-04:00

** = new

#. title - artist - album - label - year

1. Atlantic City - Hold Steady - War Child Presents: Heroes - Astralwerks **
2. Young Adult Friction - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Slumberland **
3. Wandering Eye - Pretty & Nice - Get Young! - Hardly Art - 2008
4. Shaking Hand - Women - Women - Jagjaguwar - 2008
5. It Hurts Me - Faunts - Feel.Love.Thinking.Of - Friendly Fire **

6. The Coathanger - Squarepusher - Just a Souvenir - Warp - 2008
7. Whiplash - Mr. Scruff - Ninja Tuna - Ninja Tune **
8. Magic - Ladyhawke - Ladyhawke - Modular - 2008
9. Rainbow Claw - Tussle - Cream Cuts - Smalltown Supersound **

10. I Get Mine - The Ettes - Look at Life Again Soon - Take Root - 2008
11. Drugs - Black Lips - 200 Million Thousand - Vice **
12. Short Fuse - Black Lips - 200 Million Thousand - Vice **

13. White as Diamonds - Alela Diane - To Be Still - Rough Trade **
14. Ghosts and Lovers - Marissa Nadler - Little Hells - Kemado **
15. Vive Solo - Juana Molina - Un Dia - Domino - 2008
16. It Was a Pleasure Then - Nico - Chelsea Girl
17. From the Top of the World - My Brightest Diamond - A Thousand Shark's Teeth - Asthmatic Kitty - 2008
18. Transparence - Asobi Seksu - Hush - Polyvinyl **

19. Gold Star For Robot Boy - Buided By Voices - Bee Thousand
20. Walk by Your House - The Individuals - Fields/Aquamarine - Bar/None
21. I Looked at the Sun - Jonathan Kane - single

Playing Catch Up Pt1: 2/25/09

2009-03-24T14:08:00.002-04:00

** = new

#. title - artist - album - label - year

1. Purr - Sonic Youth - Dirty - DGC - 1992
2. Loomer - My Bloody Valentine - Loveless - 1991

3. Little Hells - Marissa Nadler - Little Hells - Kemado **
4. Layers - Asobi Seksu - Hush - Polyvinyl **
5. Out of Orbit - Sholi - Sholi - Quarterstick **
6. Capital Steps - Western Civ - Shower the People You Love With Gold - Self released **

7. A Means to an End - Joy Division - Closer(Reissue) - Warner - 2007
8. Rattled by the Rush - Pavement - Wowee Zowee: Sordid Sentinels Edition - Matador - 2006

9. I Already Know You're Wrong - Iran - Dissolver - Narnack **
10. Step or Stone - Beware of Safety - Dogs - Mylene Sheath **
11. Orange - Elusive Parallelograms - And Everything Changes - Self Released **

12. First Communion - Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna - Social Registry - 2008
13. Out on a Limb - Faunts - Feel.Love.Thinking.Of - Friendly Fire Recordings **
14. Vicious - Lou Reed - Transformer
15. Perspex Icon - Wire - Object 47 - Pink Flag - 2008

16. Transparent C - Tussle - Cream Cuts - Smalltown Supersound **
17. Antillas - El Guincho - Alegranza! - XL - 2008
18. Light After Sound - These Are Powers - All Aboard Future - Dead Oceans **

19. Freed From Sin - Mi Ami - Watersports - Quarterstick **
20. Don't Lie - Abe Vigoda - Reviver - Post Present Medium **
21. Carol Ann - Yikes! - Whoa Comas/Blood Bomb - Kill Shaman - 2007
22. Sister Ray - The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat

2/4/09: Post-Rock Party

2009-02-05T12:10:00.005-05:00

Big ups to Deidre for trudging through last week's snowstorm and filling in for me. As the new music begins to flow in we're actually going to get to hear some new and interesting stuff instead of the same Ettes and Vivian Girls tunes I've been playing for the past four months.

I should also mention that Marissa Nadler will be playing at UConn for free at the Student Union, room 330 this friday (tomorrow) Feb 6. Doors open at 7:30, show starts at 8:00. Should be a good time. You'll get to see some good music and meet some, if not all, of your favorite WHUS DJs.

As usual, I fill in as much information as I can. Feel free to post questions, complaints, etc

** = new

#. title - artist - album - label - year

1. No Future, Pt 1 - Titus Andronicus - The Airing of Grievances - XL **
2. No Future, Pt 2: The Days After No Future - Titus Andronicus - The Airing of Grievances - XL **

3. Light of Day - Beware of Safety - Dogs - The Mylene Sheath **
4. New Guitar - Mi Ami - Watersports - Quarterstick **
5. I'm the Man Who Writes the Country Hits - Brent Amaker and the Rodeo - Howdy Do - Gravewax - 2008

6. Winter Warz - Ghostface Killah (Ft. U-God, Masta Killa, Cappadonna, & Raekwon) - Ironman - 1996
7. Dumb - Nirvana - In Utero - Geffen - 1993
8. Listen, the Snow is Falling - Galaxie 500 - This is Our Music - 1990

9. Fall-Triumph - A.Armada - Anam Cara - Hello Sir **
10. Pseudo Elitist Vagueness - Japanese Motors - Japanese Motors - Vice - 2008
11. Livin' for the City - The Dirtbombs - Ultraglide in Black - In the Red - 2001
12. Everybody's Going Wild - The Detroit Cobras - Baby
13. To Arms - The Ettes - Look at Life Again Soon - Take Root - 2008

14. River of Dirt - Marissa Nadler - Little Hells - Kemado **
15. Bird on Your Grave - Marissa Nadler - Songs III: Bird on the Water - Kemado - 2007
16. It Was a Sunny Summer Day - The Honeydrips - Here Comes the Future - 2007
17. Cornpone Brunch - Tortoise - Tortoise
18. A Mundane Phonecall to Jack Parsons - A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Scribble Mural Comic Journal - 2007

19. Feel.Love.Thinking.Of - Faunts - Feel.Love.Thinking.Of - Friendly Fire **
20. Triumph of Life - Fucked Up - Hidden World - Jade Tree - 2006

1/21/2009: School Begins Anew

2009-01-29T11:13:00.003-05:00

First show of the new semester. After a couple weeks of fill-ins and half-assed playlists, here's something new. For anyone reading this in a timely fashion, come to UConn Feb. 6th at 7:30 PM for Marissa Nadler, Luke Temple, and Brie Sullivan. It'll be fun.

1. Burn For It - Sloan - Parallel Play - 2008
2. Witch's Wand - Sloan - Parallel Play - 2008
3. Clone Cycle - Marnie Stern - This is It... - 2008
4. Cut and Run - Electrelane - No Shouts, No Calls - 2007
5. Bessie Smith - Emily Jane White - Dark Undercoat - 2007
6. Everybody Thinks I'm a Raincloud (When I'm Not Looking) - Guided by Voices - Half Smiles of the Decomposed - 2004
7. Neon Beanbag - Stereolab - Chemical Chords - 2008
8. Makes Visible - These Are Powers - Terrific Seasons - 2007

9. Hey, I'm Okay - The Okmoniks - Party Fever!!! - 2007
10. Lighten Up, Morrisey - Sparks - Exotic Creatures of the Deep - 2009
11. No. - Vivian Girls - Vivian Girls - 2008
12. Un Dia - Juana Molina - Un Dia - 2008
13. My Time Outside the Womb - Titus Andronicus - Airing of Grievances - 2008

14. I Saw Her Today - El Goodo - Coyote - 2009
15. Paris is Burning - Ladyhawke - Ladyhawke - 2008
16. Stereo - Pavement - Brighten the Corners: Nicene Creedence Edition - 2008
17. Epilepsy is Dancing - Antony and the Johnsons - Crying Light - 2009
18. Simmertime Clothes - Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion - 2009

19. Stickin' It to the Man - Tiny Masters of Today - Bang Bang Boom Cake
20. Shadows are Bent - Gospel Gossip - Sing Into my Mouth
21. Piranha - Pretty & Nice - Get Young - 2008
22. Christmas - Clinic - Funf - 2008
23. The Birthday Wars - Oxford Collapse - Bits - 2008
24. Summer Wine - Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood
25. Keys to the City - The Go! Team - Proof of Youth - 2007

26. Song for Laurie Bird - Natural Snow Buildings - Laurie Bird
27. Magic Word - Fucked Up - Chemistry of Common Life - 2008

Top 30 Records of 2008

2008-12-29T20:06:00.004-05:00

Here's it. We'll see how I feel in six months...

30. Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple
29. Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing
28. New Bloods - The Secret Life
27. Sloan - Parallel Play
26. Eddy Current Suppression Ring - Primary Colours
25. Brightblack Morning Light - Motion to Rejoin
24. Miss Murgatroid & Petra Haden - Hearts & Daggers
23. Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Sunday at Devil Dirt
22. Antony & the Johnsons - Another World
21. Black Mountain - In the Future
20. The War on Drugs - Wagonwheel Blues
19. Wire - Object 47
18. Pocahaunted - Island Diamonds
17. Sunset - Bright Blue Dream
16. Melissa St. Pierre - Specimens
15. Duchess Says - Anthologie Des 3 Perchoirs
14. Hercules and Love Affair - Hercules and Love Affair
13. King Khan and the Shrines - The Supreme Genius of King Khan and the Shrines
12. Syclops - I've Got My Eye on You
11. Sunset - The Glowing City
10. Beach House - Devotion
9. Portishead - Third
8. The Royal We - The Royal We
7. Vivian Girls - Vivian Girls
6. Black Hollies - Casting Shadows
5. The Ettes - Look at Life Again Soon
4. Juana Molina - Un Dia
3. El Guincho - Alegranza!
2. Fucked Up - The Chemistry of Common Life
1. The Dirtbombs - We Have You Surrounded

December 17 2008: Year's End Edition Part 3: Picks of the Year

2008-12-22T00:58:00.002-05:00

Christ that title looks unwieldy.

My actual top-whatever list will be posted by the end of the year. Here's the playlist.

Song - Artist - Band - Record Label

1. Everlovin' Man - The Dirtbombs - We Have You Surrounded - In the Red
2. Where Your Loyalties Lie - The Ettes - Look at Life Again Soon - Take Root Records
3. To Arms - The Ettes - Look at Life Again Soon - Take Root Records
4. Your Eyes Are Mirrors - Sunset - The Glowing City - Autobus
5. Twenty-Four Karat Soul - Sunset - The Glowing City - Autobus
6. La Fiche - Duchess Says - Anthologie des 3 Perchoirs - Alien8
7. A Century Old - Duchess Says - Anthologie des 3 Perchoirs - Alien8

8. Under a Winter's Spell - Black Hollies - Casting Shadows - Ernest Jennings
9. Patient Sparrow - Black Hollies - Casting Shadows - Ernest Jennings
10. Magic Word - Fucked Up - The Chemistry of Common Life - Matador
11. The Chemistry of Common Life - Fucked Up - The Chemistry of Common Life - Matador
12. Fig. II - Melissa St. Pierre - Specimens - Table of the Elements
13. Fig. VII - Melissa St. Pierre - Specimens - Table of the Elements

14. All the Years - Beach House - Devotion - Carpark
15. Astronaut - Beach House - Devotion - Carpark
16. Back and Forth Forever - Royal We - Royal We - Domino
17. Wicked Game - Royal We - Royal We - Domino
18. We Carry On - Portishead - Third - Island
19. Machine Gun - Portishead - Third - Island
20. All the Time - Vivian Girls - Vivian Girls - In the Red
21. Where Do You Run To - Vivian Girls - Vivian Girls - In the Red

22. Hercules Theme - Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules & Love Affair - DFA/Mute
23. Iris - Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules & Love Affair - DFA/Mute
24. NR17 - Syclops - I've Got My Eye On You - DFA
25. I Got My Eye On You - Syclops - DFA
26. Dar (Que Dificil) - Juana Molina - Un Dia - Domino

27. La Fin Du Monde - Dirtbombs - We Have You Surrounded - In the Red

BLAOW! How you like me now?

December 11 2008: Year's End Edition Part 2: Retrospective

2008-12-17T19:45:00.003-05:00

1. Hope Mountain - Antony & the Johnsons - Another World - Secretly Canadian

2. Window Blues - Lykke Li - Youth Novels
3. Departure - Crystal Stilts - Alight of Night
4. Science Fiction - French Miami - French Miami
5. Temporary People - Joseph Arthur and the Lonely Astronauts - Temporary People

6. Sick as a Dog - Fatal Film - Thrill'r
7. To Fix the Gash in Your Head - A Place to Bury Strangers - Live from Radio K
8. Big Steer - Gospel Gossip - Live from Radio K
9. Yeah Sapphire - Hold Steady - Stay Positive
10. A Rainbow Aims - Brightblack Morning Light - Motion to Rejoin - Matador
11. Steely - Marnie Stern - This is it... - Kill Rock Stars

12. Spendin' Days - Japanese Motors - Japanese Motors - Vice
13. Painted Shut - Jay Reatard - Matador Singles '08
14. An Ugly Death - Jay Reatard - Matador Singles '08
15. Wake - Annuals - Such Fun
16. The Light - Hush Arbors - Hush Arbors - Ecstatic Peace
17. Knickerbocker - Fujiya & Miyagi - Lightbulbs
18. Dig a Grave - Dark Dark Dark - The Snow Magic

19. Professional Suicide - Ladyhawke - Ladyhawke - Modular
20. Documented Minor Emotional Breakdown #1 - Los Camesinos - We are Beautiful, We Are Doomed - Arts & Crafts
21. Strange Overtones - David Byrne and Brian Eno - Everything that Happens Will Happen Today
22. Back Burner - Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Sunday at Devil Dirt - V2
23. One of Us - Wire - Object 47 - Pink Flag

December 10 2008: Year's End 2008 Edition Part 1

2008-12-17T19:07:00.002-05:00

1. Profanity Prayers - Beck - Modern Guilt
2. Colour Television - Eddy Current Suppression Ring - Primary Colours - Goner
3. A Burden - Horse Feathers - A House With No Home - Kill Rock Stars
4. Another Day - Miss Murgatroid & Petra Haden - Hearts & Daggers
5. Diamond Studded Caskets - Sunset - Bright Blue Dream
6. Nude With Boots - Melvins - Nude With Boots

7. Ghetto Ballet - Pocahaunted - Island Diamonds
8. Oh, Deadly Nightshade - New Bloods - The Secret Life - Kill Rock Stars
9. Sweet Love for Planet Earth - Fuck Buttons - Street Horrsing

10. Cheap Champagne - Sloan - Parallel Play - Yeproc
11. Perrier - Ecstatic Sunshine - Way
12. Go! - Go-Neko! - Una Especie de Mutante
13. Mercy - Duffy - Rockferry

14. Perspex Icon - Wire - Object 47 - Pink Flag
15. Rat is Dead [Cage] - CSS - Donkey - Sub Pop
16. Three Women - Stereolab - Chemical Chords
17. Kim & Jessie - M83 - Saturdays=Youth - Mute
18. J'Accuse - Hot Cha Cha - Rifle, I Knew You When You Were Just a Pistol
19. Queens Will Play - Black Mountain - In the Future - Jagjaguwar

December 3 2008: Red X

2008-12-17T18:50:00.002-05:00

1. Better Living Through Chemistry - Queens of the Stone Age - R - 2000
2. The Light - Hush Arbors - Hush Arbors - Ecstatic Peace, 2008*
3. Ghost Ship in a Storm - Jim O'Rourke - Eureka

4. Men of Good Fortune - Lou Reed - Berlin Live - Matador, 2008*
5. Not You Again - Dinosaur Jr
6. Jaime Vous Voire Quitter - Islands - Arm's Way, 2008
7. Pictures on my Wall - Echo & the Bunnymen

8. Search and Destroy - Iggy & the Stooges
9. I Believe in Nothing - Vivian Girls - Vivian Girls - In the Red, 2008*
10. Run My Mouth - Ra Ra Riot - The Rhumb Line - Barsuk, 2008*
11. Breakdown - Buzzcocks
12. See No Evil - Television - Marquee Moon

13. A Few Minutes an Hour - Meneguar - I Was Born at Night
14. The Life and Death of Mr. Badmouth - PJ Harvey - Uh Huh Her
15. Poor Boy - David Byrne and Brian Eno - Everything that Happens Will Happen Today - 2008*
16. The Lighthouse - David Byrne and Brian Eno - Everything that Happens Will Happen Today - 2008*
17. A Wolf at the Door - Radiohead - Hail to the Thief - 2003
18. Isolation - Joy Division - Closer

19. Thirten - Elliot Smith
20. Look Inside America - Blur
21. Come on Over (Turn Me On) - Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan - Sunday at Devil Dirt - V2, 2008*
22. Los Hongos de Marosa - Juana Molina - Un Dua - Domino, 2008*
23. Magic Word - Fucked Up - The Chemistry of Common Life - Matador, 2008*

November 5 2008: Do or Do Not, There is no Try

2008-11-19T22:33:00.002-05:00

This was the first week with (potential co-host) Mandy and my trainees Anthony and Erik. They played some music for the past couple weeks so I'm just going to skip their mentoring shows and just list what I played.

* = New Release

1. Only Shallow - My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
2. Rebellion (Lies) - Arcade Fire - Funeral
3. Freak Scene - Dinosaur Jr - Bug
4. Carrot Rope - Pavement - Terror Twilight

5. Vive Solo - Juana Molina - Un Dia - Domino *
6. Medlong - Juana Molina - Segundo
7. Son - Juana Molina - Son

8. Antillas - El Guincho - Alegranza! - XL *
9. Crooked Head - Fucked Up - The Chemistry of Common Life - Matador *
10. Father - Blonde Redhead

11. Trapped Here - Jay Reatard - Matador Singles '08 - Matador *
12. Temptation - New Order - Substance
13. Magick - Ryan Adams and the Cardinals - Cardinalogy *
14. Kids - MGMT
15. Haiti - Arcade Fire - Funeral
16. Ellen and Ben - Dismemberment Plan - Change
17. White Horse - Laid Back - Disco Not Disco 2

18. Chain - School of Seven Bells - Alpinisms - Ghostly International *
19. Pat's Trick - Helium - The Dirt of Luck - Matador
20. Junk Bones - Dark Dark Dark - The Snow Magic - Supply and Demand *
21. Each Year - Ra Ra Riot - The Rhumb Line - Barsuk *
22. The Birthday Wars - Oxford Collapse - Bits - Sub Pop *
23. Shotgun Blues - Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan - Sunday at Devil Dirt *

October 29th, 2008: Spooktacular

2008-11-19T22:18:00.002-05:00

The Halloween Spooktacular. No Television behind me tonight, just the Twin Peaks theme.

1. Ghosts - Ladytron - Velocifero - 2008, CD

2. Boris Karloff - The Barbarellatones - Interview with a Glampire - 2008, CD
3. Baby Vampire Made Me - Helium - Pirate Prude - 1994, CD
4. Friends of Mine - The Zombies - Obessey and Oracle
5. Spike Fiddle Song - Spires that in the Sunset Rise - This is Fire - 2008, CD

7. Prelude - Nico - Marble Index
8. Lawns of Dawn - Nico - Marble Index
9. Puerto Rican Ghost - Mars - No New York
10. Earthbeat - The Slits - Return of the Giant Slits
11. Nosferatu Man - Slint - Spiderland

12. Bury the Ghost - Dosh - Wolves and Wishes
13. Vampires on Saturday - Factums - Spells & Charms

14. Flower - Sonic Youth - Bad Moon Rising
15. Halloween - Sonic Youth - Bad Moon Rising
16. I'm Insane - Sonic Youth - Bad Moon Rising

17. The Killing Moon [All Nite Version] - Echo & the Bunnymen - 12" single

18. Cannibal Queen - Miniature Tigers - Tell it to the Volcano
19. Ghost - Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
20. Ghost in the Graveyard - A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Scribble Mural Comic Journal
21. Bird on Your Grave - Marissa Nadler - Songs III: Bird on the Water
22. Very Late - White Magic - Dark Stars

Stop the Presses....

2008-10-09T16:19:00.002-04:00

I look forward to my free Dr. Pepper...

August 6 2008: An Orgy of Noise

2008-08-13T16:50:00.003-04:00

I played the new Sonic Youth disc this week. My review in a snapshot: Pretty damn good. I'm split on the SYR noise recording, finding a bunch of them tests of patience more than anything, and others trying to be more ambitious, standing on their own. SYR8: Andre Sider Af Sonic Youth (Danish for The Other Side of Sonic Youth) is one of the latter. It's a set from the 2005 Rokslide Festival in Denmark. The set begins with Kim Gordon and Steve Shelley. Gordon moaning some oblique lyrics into the microphone while scraping her guitar, Shelley moving in and out of the spotlight with drum fills. Eventually Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo enter, producing an excellent example of the quartet's ability to mesh with each other's chaos while maintaining their individual styles. In this, they are unmatched. Jim O'Rourke eventually comes on stage, proving that his presence in the band was far more than that of an extra musician, that he was a full fledged experimentalist. The set continues to peak when (I don't remember what time exactly) Mats Gustafsson enters, blasting through the noise and taking an appropriate place in the mix with his reeds and horns. Finally, Merzbow himself comes on stage with dual laptops and proceeds to add, help direct, and push the set into new directions. Then they all leave stage one by one in order of appearance, Gordon and Shelley leaving first until Merzbow is the only participant left on stage.

I wish they put a DVD of this set out. It's fucking awesome. Check it out if you can stand the noise. If you're reading this, there's a chance you can't as I witnessed my listening audience dwindle while the Sonic Youth piece moved forward. But hey, Pitchfork liked it.

Here's the set.

1. This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) - Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues [Dual Disc Reissue]
2. Shayla - Blondie - Eat to the Beat - Chrysalis, LP, 1979
3. Constructive Summer - The Hold Steady - Stay Positive - Vagrant, CD, 2008 *

4. Sweet Tooth - King Khan and the Shrines - The Supreme Genius of King Khan and the Shrines - Vice - 2008 *
5. Ain't That Nothin' - Television - Adventure - Elektra, CD, 2003 Reissue
6. Shine on Heaven - White Magic - Dark Stars EP - Drag City, LP, 2007 [REQUEST]
7. The World is Awaiting - Sunset - The Glowing City - Autobus, CD, 2008 *

8. Baroque Lullaby - Miss Murgatroid and Petra Haden - Hearts and Daggers - File Under Music, CD, 2008 *
9. The Wolf - Miniature Tigers - Black Magic - Modern Art, CD [REQUEST]
10. Sister Ray - The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat - Verve, LP Reissue

11. Andre Sider Af Sonic Youth - Sonic Youth [Feat. Merzbow, Mats Gustafsson] - SYR 8 - SYR, CD, 2008 *

July 30 2008

2008-08-10T17:42:00.003-04:00

1. Big Fists - Azeda Booth - In Flesh Tones - Absolutely Kosher, CD *
2. Sequestered in Memphis - The Hold Steady - Stay Positive - Vagrant, CD *
3. Everloving Man - The Dirtbombs - We Have You Surrounded - In the Red, CD, 2008
4. Gold, Tan, Peach, and Grey - Bodies of Water - A Certain Feeling - Secretly Canadian, CD *

5. Audience #2 - Autolux - single - CD *
6. Another Day - Miss Murgatroid & Petra Haden - Hearts & Daggers - File Under Music, CD *
7. Eyes of Light - Awesome Color - Electric Aborigines - Ecstatic Peace, CD *
8. Sunshine - My Milkyway Arms - My Milkyway Arms - self-released, CD *
9. Vietnam - Miniature Tigers - Black Magic - Modern Art, CD * [REQUEST]
10. Rainout - Carolee - CD

11. The National Anthem - Radiohead - Best Of - Capitol, CD *
12. Twenty-Four Carat Soul - Sunset - The Glowing City - Autobus, CD *
13. Graveyard Dog - Sunset - The Glowing City - Autobus, CD *
14. Mad Dub - Alvin Ranglin [Maytones] - Roots Man Dub - Heartbeat, CD, 2007

15. Until Kingdom Comes - Bad Brains - Build a Nation - Megafore, CD, 2007
16. Welfare Bread - King Khan and the Shrines - The Supreme Genius of King Khan and the Shrines - Vice, CD *
17. Nude with Boots - Melvins - Nude with Boots - Ipecac, CD *
18. Milestone - mrandmrsmays - mrandmrsmays - Hand Made Recordings, CD *

19. Untitled - Nas - Untitled - Def Jam, CD *
20. Fried Chicken [Feat. Busta Rhymes] - Nas - Untitled - Def Jam, CD *
21. One Two - Cool Kids - Bake Sale - Chocolate Industries, CD *

22. I Fly - CSS - Donkey - Sub Pop, CD *

July 23 2008: Stormy High

2008-07-30T16:40:00.004-04:00

This is the show where I reported about the goings-on in New York the previous weekend (Teddy Rockstar, Siren, and the Fuck Buttons/Liars show at McCarren pool). To sum it up, Ted Leo was great, Beach House floored two of my friends (and myself), I like the Annuals set, Times New Viking were pretty good, Jaguar Love sucked, and Broken Social Scene wasn't bad. Fuck Buttons were real cool. It was good to know the Thurston Moore school of Playskool toys as instruments isn't dead. Finally, Liars blew me away. I was never the biggest fan of them, I first heard them in their dance-punk days of the early '00s, when I was fervently opposed to the notion of dance-punk. Needless to say, someone should have told me the switched over to experimental rock. I feel left out. At the end of the show I considered myself a fan.

1. Jager Yoga - CSS - Donkey - Sub Pop, CD, 2008 *
2. Ghosts - Ladytron - Velocifero - Nettwerk, CD, 2008 *
3. Triceratops (Acid Girls RMX B) - Health - Health//Disco - Love Pump, CD, 2008 *
4. Hercules Theme - Hercules and Love Affair - Hercules and Love Affair - Mute/DFA, CD, 2008 *

5. Slapped Actress - The Hold Steady - Stay Positive - Vagrant, CD, 2008 *
6. La Costa Brava - Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - Living with the Living - Touch and Go, CD, 2007
7. Shim Sham - Imperial Teen - The Hair the TV the Baby and the Band - Merge, CD, 2007
8. Fuzzy Reactor - Boris and Michio Kurihara - Rainbow - Drag City, CD, 2007
9. Sailing to Byzantium - Liars - Liars - Mute, CD, 2007
10. Sueisfine - My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything - Sire, CD, 1988
11. Doves - Black Angels - Directions to See a Ghost - Light in the Attic, CD, 2008 *
12. Alphabet - The Notwist - The Devil, You, + Me - Domino, CD, 2008 *

13. Prelude to 110 or 220/Women of the World - Jim O'Rourke - Eureka - Drag City, CD, 1999
14. Don't Have to Be So Sad - Yo La Tengo - Summer Sun - Matador, CD, 2003
15. Our Cavalcade of Sightless Riders - Harris Newman - Strange Attractions, CD, 2007

16. Bad Kids - Black Lips - Good Bad Not Evil - Vice, CD, 2007
17. You Will Fail - Digital Leather - Sorcerer - Goner, CD, 2008 *
18. Lantern Lights - Abe Vigoda - Skeleton - Post Present, CD, 2008 *
19. Tyrants - Black Mountain - In the Future - Jagjaguwar, CD, 2008
20. Audience - Dirty on Purpose - Like Bees EP - North Street, CD, 2008 *

21. Leave Me Alone - New Order - Power, Corruption, & Lies - Factory, CD, 1983

July 16 2008: I Hear the Siren(s)

2008-07-30T16:09:00.003-04:00

Took a little while to get back on track, but here's the playlist from a couple weeks ago. This was the prelude to my trip to New York, and featured artists that were playing at the Siren Music Fest on Coney Island and of course, Theo Leo, who I was lucky enough to catch in Battery Park on the 17th. I unfortunately didn't get a chance to see These Are Powers at Siren, or A Place to Bury Strangers at the after party, but I thoroughly enjoyed the bands I did see (except for Jaguar Love, they sucked). I also had an extra 10-15 minutes on the air because Doc was stuck in traffic. If I remember correctly, I just sort of filled it with a ten minute War on Drugs song.

1. Ghost Ship in a Storm - Jim O'Rourke - Eureka - Drag City, CD, 1999
2. What I See - White Magic - Dat Rosa Mel Apibus - Drag City, CD, 2006
3. Winds - White Magic - Dark Stars EP - Drag City, CD, 2007

4. Land of the Freak - King Khan and the Shrines - The Supreme Genius of King Khan and the Shrines - Vice, CD, 2008 *
5. Baby, I'm Just a Fool - Spiritualized - Songs in A&E - Fontana, CD, 2008 *
6. Don't Hold Me Close - Spiritualized - Songs in A&E - Fontana, CD, 2008 *
7. Dog Island - Melvins - Nude with Boots - Ipecac, CD, 2008 *
8. U Feline - mrandmrsmays - mrandmrsmays - Hand Made, CD, 2008 *

9. Brainwave - Nomo - Ghost Rock - Ubiquity, CD, 2008 *

10. Colleen - Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - Living with the Living - Touch and Go, CD, 2007
11. Creeper - Islands - Arm's Way - Anti, CD, 2008
12. My Organ Sounds Like... - Jaguar Love - Jaguar Love EP - Matador, CD, 2008 *
13. Real Emotional Trash - Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks - Real Emotional Trash - Matador, CD, 2008
14. All the Years - Beach House - Devotion - Carpark, CD, 2008
15. Chipping Ice - These Are Powers - Taro Tarot - Hoss, CD, 2008

16. Makes Visible - These Are Powers - Terrific Seasons - Hoss, CD, 2007
17. Another Step Away - A Place to Bury Strangers - A Place to Bury Strangers - Killer Pimp, CD, 2007
18. I Know I'll See You - A Place to Bury Strangers - A Place to Bury Strangers - Killer Pimp, CD, 2007
19. Deer-Ree-Shee - Black Angels - Directions to See a Ghost - Light in the Attic, CD, 2008 *

20. All the Stars - Nomo - Ghost Rock - Ubiquity, CD, 2008 *

21. Show Me the Coast - The War on Drugs - Wagonwheel Blues - Secretly Canadian, CD, 2008 *

With the Proliferation of Reality TV and YouTube...

2008-07-13T21:32:00.005-04:00

I like to think Andy Warhol is somewhere, and he's laughing so hard that Campbell's Tomato Soup is coming out of his nose.

I should mention that yesterday, I engineered and spun music in the studio while Cold DJ Rigorous was at Real Art Ways in Hartford, interviewing artists, community members and the director of the place about stuff. I would play music between the interviews. Aside from a few small snafus, it went pretty smoothly. I don't know if he has a website, blog, myspace, etc etc to that I could link to, but I know Mr. Cold will be editing down his interviews into a couple public affairs segments to air on WHUS.

Anyway, here're the songs I played. For anyone who's taken a look at one of my playlists, they should realize that it's shit I play all the time, and that these were all pretty short songs. I tried with the first half to play some more hipster/arty stuff before switching over to stuff that isn't as...pretentious?

1. Nite Drive - Chromatics - PDX Pop Now 2008 - CD*
2. The Garden - Abe Vigoda - Skeleton - Post Present, CD, 2008*
3. The Greater Times - Electrelane - No Shouts, No Calls - CD, 2007
4. Hologram - Digital Leather - Sorcerer - Goner, CD, 2008*

5. Rolling Down the Hills - Glass Candy - B/E/A/T/B/O/X - Italians Do it Better, 2007
6. Peep-Hole - Guided by Voices - Bee Thousand - 1994
7. Hanging on the Telephone - Blondie - Parallel Lines - 1978

8. Gamma Ray - Beck - Modern Guilt - DGC, CD, 2008*
9. Run - Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple - Downtown, CD, 2008*
10. Paisley Pattern Ground - Black Hollies - Ernest Jennings, CD, 2008

July 9 2008: Titled.

2008-07-10T00:11:00.004-04:00

I forgot to bring some CDs and records this week, so I had to rely on the Push File, the new releases, and some older stuff floating around in the (not so complete) library (we really need to get our shit together).

1. The Brightest Diamond - My Brightest Diamond - A Thousand Shark's Teeth - Asthmatic Kitten, CD, 2008*

2. First of All... - Shawn Jackson - First of All... - Tres Records, CD, 2008*
3. Strategies [Ft. Guilty Simpson] - Shawn Jackson - First of All... - Tres Records, CD, 2008*
4. Mikey Rocks - Cool Kids - The Bake Sale - Chocolate Industries, CD, 2008*
5. Lesson 3 (History of Hip-Hop) - Steinski - What Does it All Mean: 1983-2006 Retrospective - Illegal Art, CD, 2008*

6. Gamma Ray - Beck - Modern Guilt - DGC, CD, 2008*
7. Profanity Prayers - Beck - Modern Guilt - DGC, CD, 2008*
8. Whatever - Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple - Downtown, CD, 2008*
9. No Time Soon - Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple - Downtown, CD, 2008*
10. Hologram - Digital Leather - Sorcerer - Goner, CD, 2008*
11. Dead City/Waste Wilderness - Abe Vigoda - Skeleton - Past Present, CD, 2008*
12. Lantern Lights - Abe Vigoda - Skeleton - Past Present, CD, 2008*
13. This is My Love - Hercules and Love Affair - Hercules and Love Affair - DFA, CD, 2008*

14. Dom's Lament - Bardo Pond - On the Ellipse - ATP, CD, 2003
15. Astronaut - Beach House - Devotion - Carpark, CD, 2008
16. Trem Two - Mission of Burma - Vs. - Matador, CD Reissue, 2008
17. Atrocity Exhibition - Joy Division - Closer - Warner (?), 2007 Reissue, CD

18. "X" - Sonic Youth, I.C.P., & The Ex - In the Fishtank Vol. 9 - Konkurrent, CD, 2002
19. So What? - Miles Davis - Cool & Collected - Columbia, CD, 2006
20. Summertime - Miles Davis - Cool & Collected - Columbia, CD, 2006

July 2 2008: Crazy Visions

2008-07-03T00:02:00.003-04:00

Nothing to report on, except that I think my copy of New Order's "Perfect Kiss" single is shot. Skipped four or five times while I played it tonight.

1. Kim & Jesse - M83 - Saturdays=Youth - Mute, CD, 2008
2. Escape City Scrapers - Mono in VCF - Mono in VCF - Stylo, CD, 2008*
3. Where in This World - The Notwist - The Devil, You + Me - Domino, CD, 2008*
4. You on the Run - Black Angels - Directions to See a Ghost - Light in the Attic, CD, 2008

5. Bizarre Dub Triangle - New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle single - Factory, 12", 1986
6. The Perfect Kiss - New Order - The Perfect Kiss single - Factory, 12", 1985
7. Athene - Hercules and Love Affair - Hercules and Love Affair - DFA, CD, 2008*
8. Mind Your Own Business - Delta 5 - Disco, Not Disco [Compilation] - Strut, CD, 2008

9. Trouble with Dreams - Eels - Blinking Lights and Other Revelations - Vagrant, CD, 2005
10. Like Dylan in the Movies - Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister - Matador, CD, 1996
11. Whistling Song - The Meat Puppets - Meat Puppets II - Rykodisc, CD Reissue, 1999
12. Burn for It - Sloan - Parallel Play - Yep Roc, CD, 2008*
13. Pot Kettle Black - Tilly & the Wall - Saddle Creek, CD, 2008*

14. Brittle Woman - Glass Candy - Brittle Woman single - Troubleman Unlimited, 7", 2003
15. Freshman Thoughts - Meneguar - Bury a Flower single - Troubleman Unlimited, 7", 2007
16. Going On - Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple - Downtown/Atlantic, CD, 2008*
17. While the City Sleeps - Jeremy Jay - A Place Where We Could Go - K, CD, 2008

18. Agnès B Musique - Sonic Youth - SYR7 - SYR, 12", 2008*

June 25 2008: A Little Bit of Everything (sort of)

2008-06-26T00:07:00.005-04:00

A good set by all accounts. As the title suggests, we had a little bit of everything. I got tired of playing new shit, so I busted out some of my records to help ween me off of the habit of playing a ton of new stuff. God damn, I can't wait until our library is up and running again...

Oh, and I'm formatting posts slightly differently now. It goes song - Artist - Album - Additional Info (including label, year, if it's new, format, whatever information I can scrape together)

1. Took My Lady to Dinner - King Khan and the Shrines - The Supreme Genius of King Khan and the Shrines - Vice Records, CD, 2008*

2. Out of Harm's Way - King Khan and the Shrines - The Supreme Genius of King Khan and the Shrines - Vice Records, CD, 2008*

3. Elevate Me Later - Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain - Vinyl Reissue

4. Dirty Hands - Black Lips - Let it Bloom - In the Red, LP, 2005

5. Blind - Hercules and Love Affair - Hercules and Love Affair - DFA, CD, 2008*
6. True Faith - New Order - Factory, 12" single, 1987
7. In the City [Extended Version] - Chromatics - Italians Do it Better, 12" single, 2007
8. They Have a Name - The Chap - Mega Breakfast - Ghostly International, CD, 2008*

9. There, There - Radiohead - Hail to the Thief - Capitol, CD, 2003
10. Disintegration - The Cure - Disintegration - Elektra, CD, 1989
11. Blown a Wish - My Bloody Valentine - Sire, CD, 1991

12. Atomic - Blondie - Eat to the Beat - Chrysalis, LP, 1979
13. Guts - John Cale - Slow Dazzle - Island, LP, 1975
14. Rebel in You - Supergrass - Diamond Hoo Ha - Astralwerks, CD, 2008*
15. Sons of Cain - Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - Living With the Living - Touch and Go, CD, 2007
16. It Was There That I Saw You - ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - Source Tags & Codes - Interscope, CD, 2002
17. Guinea Pig - Aliens - Head First - Misc. Music, CD, 2008*

18. Festival - Sigur Rós - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust - XL Recordings, CD, 2008*
19. Iron God Chamber [Ft. U-God, RZA, Method Man] - Masta Killa - Nature Sounds, 12" single, 2007
20. Apples - My Brightest Diamond - A Thousand Shark's Teeth - Asthmatic Kitten, CD, 2008*
21. Barrel of Batteries - War on Drugs - Wagonwheel Blues - Secretly Canadian, CD, 2008*
22. Riot - Miles Davis - Nefertiti - Columbia, LP, 1967
23. After Hours - The Velvet Underground - Velvet Undergound - MGM, LP reissue

Feel free to comment with complaints or feedback.

June 18 2008: Marble Countertops

2008-06-18T23:39:00.004-04:00

Not a whole lot to report on. I got word of a promotional ticket give-away, so I tried to help the promotions director out and get rid of the tickets. I was 1/2. I might have failed in class, but the batting average is fucking good. Only had to rely on two or three of my "go-to" artists, which I guess is pretty good. Plus, I think I did a pretty good job managing the flow of dynamics in respect to the whole show.

** = new shit

1. Awake - BRMC - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - 2001
2. Sea So. - The Gang - Zero Hits - 2008**

3. No One But I - Robert Pollard - Robert Pollard is Off to Business - 2008**
4. Cheap Champagne - Sloan - Parallel Play - 2008**
5. Memories - Clinic - Do It! - 2008
6. Paris 1919 - John Cale - Paris 1919 - 1973

7. It Ain't Hard to Tell - Nas - Illmatic - 1994
8. International Players Anthem (I Choose You) [Feat. Outkast] - UGK - Underground Kingz - 2007
9. Winter Warz [Feat. Raekwon, U-God, Masta Killa, & Cappadonna] - Ghostface Killah - Ironman - 1996
10. Gold and a Pager - Cool Kids - Bake Sale - 2008**

11. 18 Years - Black Angels - Directions to See a Ghost - 2008**

12. Monster Eye - Free Kitten - Inherit - 2008**

13. Show Me the Coast - War on Drugs - Wagonwheel Blues - 2008**

14. To Cure a Weakling Child + Boy/Girl Song - Adem - Takes - 2008**
15. It Was a Pleasure Then - Nico - Chelsea Girl - 1967
16. Sadie - Joanna Newsom - The Milk-Eyed Mender - 2004
17. The Brightest Diamond - My Brightest Diamond - A Thousand Shark's Teeth - 2008**

(If you're curious, the title comes from what I said I wanted to smash Tiesto's face into because of his smug expression and dumb shirt on the website promoting his show in Hartford this weekend.)

June 11 2008: So I'm Here Again...

2008-06-18T17:35:00.005-04:00

The first episode in the new new timeslot. Again, not a lot to report on. Cuts from the new Radius album Neighborhood Suicide was used as the bed music.

1. The Sprawl - Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation [Deluxe Reissue] - 2007
2. The Black Hats - Fucked Up - Year of the Pig EP - 2007

3. White Winter Hymnal - Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes - 2008**
4. Eraser - No Age - Nouns - 2008**
5. Wire - Gospel Gossip - Sing Into My Mouth - 2008**
6. Where Da G's [El-P Remix, ft. UGK] - Dizzee Rascal - Maths + English - 2008
7. Bassment Party - Cool Kids - Bake Sale - 2008**

8. Show Me the Coast - The War on Drugs - Wagonwheel Blues - 2008**
9. Shine on Heaven - White Magic - Dark Stars - 2007

10. Cut and Run - Electrelane - No Shouts, No Calls - 2007
11. Asphyxiated Circle - Guided By Voices - Half Smiles of the Decomposed - 2004
12. Witch's Wand - Sloan - Parallel Play - 2008**
13. Your English is Good - Tokyo Police Club - Elephant Shell - 2008**

14. Serial Killer - Aliens - Head First - 2008**
15. Blue Glass - Neptune - Gong Lake - 2008
16. Baby, I'm Just a Fool - Spiritualized - Songs in A&E - 2008**
17. Up! - M83 - Saturdays=Youth - 2008

18. Oh, Deadly Nightshade! - New Bloods - The Secret Life - 2008
19. Let Go - Jarboe /Justin K. Broadrick - J2 - 2008**

Playlist from June 9th (10th) 2008

2008-06-18T17:18:00.004-04:00

No show title. Nothing to report on, except that this was my last Monday night show for the time being.

Song - Artist - Album - Year (** denotes a new release)

1. Jingling - Cool Kids - The Bake Sale - 2008**
2. Corkscrew Trepanation - Lumerians - Lumerians - 2008
3. Charity Case - Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple - 2008**
4. Paisley Pattern Ground - The Black Hollies - Casting Shadows - 2008

5. Believe in Me - Sloan - Parallel Play - 2008**
6. Already Down - Awesome Color - Electric Aborigines - 2008**
7. One Nation Under a Groove - Funkadelic - One Nation Under a Groove - 1978
8. TNT - Tortoise - TNT - 1998
9. Don't Hold Me Close - Spiritualized - Songs in A&E - 2008**

10. Let the Formula Forge Itself Fantastic - Vague Angels - Truth Loves - 2008**
11. St. John the Divine - Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - Tyranny of Distance - 2001
12. Lost Boys - Shearwater - Rook - 2008**
13. Machine Gun - Portishead - Third - 2008**
14. Doves - The Black Angels - Directions to See a Ghost - 2008**
15. Loose Medusa - Little Beirut - High Dive - 2008**
16. Cuttin' Headz [Ft. the RZA] - 'Ol Dirty Bastard - Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version - 1995
17. Double Thanks - Rings - Black Habit - 2007

18. Pirates - Mr. Gnome - Deliver This Creature - 2008**
19. The Past is a Grotesque Animal - Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? - 2007
20. My Neighbor Satan [Ft. Michio Kurihara] - Boris - Smile - 2008**

Starting from Scratch...

2008-06-11T16:00:00.008-04:00

Well, not quite but almost. Matt Little and I recently switched time slots. So, in honor of my departure from Monday nights, and my arrival on the Wednesday night airwaves, I'm not only going to try to update regularly (possibly with more than just playlists) but throw in some old ones too. So, look up on this page, or look down, I really don't know hot Blogger works, to find some recent stuff. I know I promised old playlists and all that shit in my last couple posts, but at this point most of them have been lost/destroyed/misplaced/sucked into a light fixture that leads to another dimension inhabited by bright blues and reds. Part of my reluctance to maintain the page was due to the volume of shows I was doing, or, in other words, didn't feel like upating. If I find them, I might post some of them. Really, if you want to know what I was playing there wasn't anything too, too exciting there. A lot of the new Dirtbombs album, a lot of the new Beach House album, the Black Hollies were also a mainstay, as well as Portishead. I do have stuff from ranging from late April to now-ish. I'll probably throw some of those in.

Posts

2008-04-06T21:45:00.001-04:00

I've been getting lazy, but later this week I plan on archiving my playlists from the last month or so. After that, I should be updating regularly. Again, I'm sure all two of you reading this are waiting with bated breath.

2/26/08

2008-02-26T00:29:00.005-05:00

Due to several computer errors, I can't post the stuff from the past couple weeks. I'm sure all 1.5 of you are shocked, disappointed, and angered.

1. Queens Will Play - Black Mountain - In the Future*

2. Where Beauty and Terror Dance - Danava - Unonou*

3. Ping Pong - Act - Bippp: French Synth Wave 1979-85*

4. No Warning Given - Wire - Read and Burn 03*

5. Chasing Heather Crazy - Guided by Voices - Isolation Drills

6. Launderette - Vivien Goldman - Disco Not Disco: Post Punk, Electro & Leftfield Disco Classics*

7. Shell of Light - Burial - Untrue*

8. To the East - Electrelane - No Shouts, No Calls

9. Mask - Chromatics - Night Drive

10. All the Years - Beach House - Devotion*

11. Sketch for a Summer - The Durutti Column - The Return of the Durutti Column

12. A Dream - Lou Reed & John Cale - Songs for Drella

13. In the Sun (single version) - Blondie - Blondie [Reissue]

14. As High as Wu-Tang Get - Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Forever

15. Last Day on Earth - Swervedriver - Ejector Seat Reservation

16. House of Cards - Radiohead - In Rainbows* (R)

17. Tenth Avenue Freeze Out - Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run

18. Sea Urchins - Yo La Tengo - The Sounds of the Sounds of Science

19. Irresponsible - Yikes - Whoa Comas/Blood Bomb

20. Facing the Wind - Nico - The Marble Index

21. Atrocity Exhibition - Joy Division - Closer [Deluxe Reissue]

22. I Am the Resurrection - The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses

23. The Way I Feel Inside - The Zombies - Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou OST

2/3/08...

2008-02-09T06:24:00.001-05:00

Almost the end of an er... era. My second to last Saturday night show. Nothing noteworthy to mention of tonight's show. No friends making requests, no Hell's Angels enthusiasts calling in (that happened last week, twice because of my apathy), nothing. Just some tunes. Here you go...

Song - Artist - Album
* = Newish

1. Too Drunk to Dream - Magnetic Fields - Distortion*
2. Days - Television - Adventure
3. Coffee - Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass*
4. Sit Down, Stand Up - Radiohead - Hail to the Thief
5. Neo Consumer - Super Furry Animals - Hey, Venus!*
6. Supe Aside - Rings - Black Habit*

7. Wucan - Black Mountain - In The Future*
8. One Time 4 Your Mind - Nas - Illmatic
9. Ejector Seat Reservation - Sweredriver - Ejector Seat Reservation
10. Makes Visible - These Are Powers - Terrific Seasons
11. Ordinary Son - Ungdomskulen - Cry-Baby*

12. 23 Years Too Late - Wire - Read and Burn 03*
13. Oxford Comma - Vampire Weekend - s/t*
14. A-Punk - Vampire Weekend - s/t*
15. Wolves - Wu-Tang Clan [Ft. George Clinton] - 8 Diagrams*
16. Windmill - Wu-Tang Clan - 8 Diagrams*
17. My Weakness - A Place to Bury Strangers - s/t*

18. Your Life - Konk - Disco, Not Disco*
19. In This Town - Human Switchboard - s/t
20. Mr. Evil - Live Skull - s/t
21. The Room Got Heavy - Yo La Tengo - I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
22. Axis Mundi - Magik Markers - Boss*

1/27/08

2008-01-27T01:03:00.001-05:00

...and Methanol Cereal is back in its spot. After about a month or so of Anubis Rex covering for me due to Christmas Break (or Winter Break for all you PCers out there), we're (I'm) back and going as strong as usual. The schedule is shifting in a couple weeks so I don't know where exactly I'll be when that comes around, but for you loyal listeners, stop here and I'll fill you in.

Song - Artist - Source

* denotes a newish release

1. 15 Step - Radiohead - In Rainbows*
2. Weird Fishes/Arpeggi - Radiohead - In Rainbows*
3. Love Tempo [Remix] - Quando Quango - Disco Not Disco: Post Punk, Electro, & Leftfield Disco Classics 1974-1986

4. Bury a Flower - Meneguar - 7" single
5. In The City - Chromatics - Shining Violence single
6. Earthbeat 12" Mix - The Slits - Return of the Giant Slits [Reissue]*
7. Melter - Clipd Beaks - Horse Lords*

8. Body Rot - Magik Markers - Boss*
9. Taste - Magik Markers - Boss*
10. Lick Yourself Clean - Vic Thrill + The Saturn Missle - Circus of Enlightenment
11. My Beautiful Blue Eyes - Ungdomskulen - Cry-Baby*
12. A Means to an End - Joy Division - Closer

13. Don't Ask Why - My Bloody Valentine - Glider EP
14. Don, Amon - Slint - Spiderland
15. Wu Tang Vs. Blondie - Dj Muggs - Classic Mixtape Volume 1
16. Postcards from Italy - Beirut - Gulag Orkestar
17. Stroke of Death - Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele

I'm Baaaack (1/26/08)

2008-01-26T02:38:00.001-05:00

Covering for Carr tonight. Not bad. Throwing some hip hop into the first set. It's essentially a Wu set. Anyway, here we go.

Artist - Song - Place Where I got it

* = Newish

1. New Order - Thieves Like Us - single
2. The Kills - single
3. Masta Killa [feat. U-God, RZA, and Method Man] - Iron God Chamber [Remix] - UGHH Back 2 School Mix
4. Marco Polo [Feat. Masta Ace] - Nostalgia - UGHH Back 2 School Mix
5. Inspectah Deck - Movas and Shakers - Uncontrolled Substance
6. Pete Rock and Professor Large - Rap World - Oh, Word [www.ohword.com] Mixtape
7. Wu-Tang Clan [Feat. Gerald Alston] - Stick Me For My Riches - 8 Diagrams*
8. Redman - Pick It Up -Muddy Waters
9. Ghostface Killah - Beat The Clock - The Pretty Toney Album
10. Ghostface Killah [Feat. Kid Capri] - We Celebrate - The Big Doe Rehab*
11. MF DOOM - Kookies - MM...FOOD?

12. Pavement - Perfume V - Slanted and Enchanted
13. Radiohead - National Anthem - Kid A
14. The Go! Team - Bottle Rocket - Thunder, Lightning, Strike
15. Ungdomskulen - My Beautiful Blue Eyes - Cry-Baby*
16. Midnight Movies - Patient Eye - Lion the Girl

17. The Flaming Lips - Race for the Prize - The Soft Bulletin
18. Queens of the Stoneage - In The Fade - R
19. James White & The Blacks - Contort Yourself [August Darnell remix] - Disco Not Disco: Post-Punk, Electro, and Leftfield Disco Classics 1974-1986*
20. Six Sed Red - Beat 'Em Right - "*
21. Beastie Boys - Body Movin' - Hello Nasty

22. Magik Markers - Taste - Boss*
23. Magik Markers -Four/The Ballad of Harry Angstrom - "*
24. Black Lips - O Katrina! - Good, Bad, Not Evil*
25. Black Lips - Venu Vidi Vici - "*
26. White Magic - Shine on Heaven - Dark Stars*
27. Prince - Sign O The Times - Sign O The Times

28. Television - Marquee Moon - Marquee Moon
29. That Dog. - Silently - Totally Crushed Out!
30. John Cale - Gun - Fear

Best of 2007

2008-01-08T19:45:00.003-05:00

Still on vacation and off the air.

Here's my top of 2007, for now. Enjoy.

1. Chromatics - Night Drive
2. Marissa Nadler - Songs III: Bird on the Water
3. A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Scribble Mural Comic Journal
4. White Magic - Dark Stars
5. Magik Markers - Boss
6. V/A - After Dark
7. Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
8. Clipd Beaks - Horse Lords
9. MIA - Kala
10. Fucked Up - Year of the Pig
11. Cilvaringz - I
12. Thurston Moore - Trees Outside the Academy
13. UGK - Underground Kingz
14. Ghostface Killah - The Big Doe Rehab
15. Black Lips - Good Bad Not Evil
16. Dan Deacon - Spiderman of the Rings
17. Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass
18. Wu-Tang Clan - 8 Diagrams
19. El-P - I'll Sleep When You're Dead
20. Sunset Rubdown - Random Spirit Lover
21. Ted Leo - Living With the Living
22. Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity
23. Eluvium - Copia
24. Old Time Relijun - Catharsis in Crisis
25. Yikes - Whoa Comas/Blood Bomb

12/09/07

2007-12-09T01:03:00.001-05:00

1. 2001 - Os Mutantes - Mutantes Live*
2. Box - Tokyo Police Club - Smith EP*
3. Slime and Oxygen - Black Lips - Good Bad Not Evil*
4. Gun for the Whole Family - Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass*
5. Tits and Acid - Simian Mobile Disco - Simian Mobile Disco EP
6. Animal Space/Spacier - The Slits - Return of the Giant Slits [2007 Reissue]*

7. Cease Fire - Pieces of Peace - Pieces of Peace [Reissue]*
8. Paper Planes - M.I.A. - Kala*
9. Chrome Plated Woman - UGK - UGK (Underground Kingz)
10. Howling at the Moon - Ariel Pink - Haunted Graffiti: Scared Famous*
11. Windmill - Wu-Tang Clan - 8 Diagrams*

12. Breathe - A Place to Bury Strangers - A Place to Bury Strangers*
13. Irresponsible - Yikes - Whoa Comas/Blood Bath*
14. Makes Visible - These Are Powers - Terrific Seasons*
15. Axis Mundi - Magik Markers - Boss*
16. Let it Win - Clipd Beaks - Horse Lords*

17. And You Lied to Me - The Besnard Lakes - The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse*
18. Killa Lipstick - Ghostface Killah ft. Method Man and Masta Killa - The Big Doe Rehab*
19. Healer - Chromatics - Night Drive*
20. Winds - White Magic - Dark Stars EP*
21. Gun - John Cale - Fear
22. Razor Blade - Sonic Youth - Self-Obsessed and Sexxee Single

12/02/07

2007-12-02T01:54:00.001-05:00

After two weeks away, I'm back.

There was a request for Joanna Newsom from a girl who's name I didn't get.

Damn.

Anyway, here's what I broadcasted:

1. Earthbeat - The Slits - Return of the Giant Slits [Reissue]*
2. Or What It Is? - The Slits - Return of the Giant Slits [Reissue]*
3. Manipulator - Clipd Beaks - Hoarse Lords*
4. Book of Right On - Joanna Newsom - Milk-Eyed Mender
5. Shine on Heaven - White Magic - Dark Stars*
6. Secret Side - Nico - The End

7. Trippy Green Skull - Dan Deacon - Spiderman of the Rings
8. Weak Spot - Wu-Tang Clan - 8 Diagrams*
9. The Invisible New - Old Time Relijun - Catharsis in Crisis*
10. House of Cards - Radiohead - In Rainbows*
11. Stunning Blonde - Vampire Hands - Virgin Dust American Lips*
12. Yolanda's House - Ghostface Killah [ft. Method Man and Raekwon] - Big Doe Rehab*

13. Philadelphia Grand Jury - Fiery Furnaces - Widow City*
14. Trouble Every Day - Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention - Freak Out!
15. Popsnot - Viktor Vaughn - Vaudeville Villain
16. Running Up That Hill - Chromatics - Night Drive*
17. Cabezon - Red House Painters - Ocean Beach

18. Mexican Summer - Marissa Nadler - Songs III: Bird on the Water*
19. Opposite of Hallelujah - Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala*
20. The Mending of the Gown - Sunset Rubdown - Random Spirit Lover*
21. Sympathy for the Strawberry - Sonic Youth - Murray Street

11/11/07

2007-11-11T02:21:00.000-05:00

Barring a few technical difficulties, fairly smooth.

1. World Looks Red - Sonic Youth - Free Yr Radio Compilation*
2. Axis Mundi - Magik Markers - Boss*
3. The Old Hag is Sleeping - Fiery Furnaces - Widow City*
4. 20 Dollar - MIA - Kala*

5. Hearing Voices - Galaxie 500 - This is Our Music
6. Stockholm Syndrome - Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
7. Wealth - Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden
8. I'm on Fire - Chromatics - Shining Violence 12"
9. Winds - White Magic - Dark Stars EP*
10. In the Crown of Lost Light - Old Time Relijun - Catharsis in Crisis*
11. Aaroo Piano - Vampire Hands - Virgin Dust American Lips*

11. Fudging Our Folks - Pre - Epic Fits*
12. Ghost, Assassinating Other Ghosts - Sole and the Skyrider Band - Sole and the Skyrider Band*
13. Criminology - Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
14. Silver Ships on Plasmic Oceans - Sean Smith - Sean Smith
15. Race for the Prize - The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
16. Crusades - Fucked Up - Hidden World
17. Little Red Corvette - Prince - 1999

18. When You Get Home - Serpent Rainbow - The Prole*
19. Woo Melodies - Clipd Beaks - Hoarse Load*
20. Fantasy on Lux Aeterna - Ted Mann - with_light*
21. Missing You - A Place to Bury Strangers - A Place to Bury Strangers*

11/04/07

2007-11-04T01:39:00.000-04:00

Daylight Savings Time ending means I got an extra hour to cram more music in your ears.

New thing, * denotes new(ish).

1. Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again - Cat Power - I'm Not There OST*
2. Rock the Convoy - Rob Sonic - Sabotage Gigante*
3. Jimmy - M.I.A. - Kala*
4. 3's and 7's - Queens of the Stoneage - Era Vulgaris
5. Poisenville Kids No Win - El-P - Free Yr Radio compilation*
6. Carol Ann - Yikes - Whoa Comas/Blood Bomb*

7. The Philadelphia Grand Jury - Fiery Furnaces - Widow City*
8. Caminhante Noturno - Os Mutantes - Mutantes Live*
9. Makes Visible - These are Powers - Terrific Seasons*
10. Beat the Clock - Ghostface Killah - The Pretty Toney Album

11. Hands in the Dark - Chromatics - After Dark
12. Time, Time, Time - Human Switchboard - single
13. Sunday Morning - The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground and Nico
14. NY State of Mind - Nas - Illmatic
15. Up On Your Leopard Upon the End of Your Feral Days - Sunset Rubdown - Random Spirit Lover*
16. Think Big - Hanger 18 - Sweep the Leg*

17. Pollution - Pieces of Peace - Pieces of Peace*
18. Safety Bricks - Kevin Drew - Spirit If...*
19. 1999 - Prince - 1999
20. Heavy Metal Drummer - Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

21. Melter - Clipd Beaks - Hoarse Loads*
22. Pick it Up - Redman - Muddy Waters
23. Shine on Heaven - White Magic - Dark Stars EP*
24. Very Late - White Magic - Dark Stars EP*
25. Mexican Summer - Marissa Nadler - Songs III: Bird on the Water*
26. Autumn Sweater - Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One

27. Indestructible Life! - Old Time Relijun - Catharsis in Crisis*
28. Radio Morocco - Sun City Girls - Grotto of Miracles
29. Atrocity Exhibition - Joy Division - Closer
30. The Rainbow - Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden

10/28/07

2007-10-28T02:31:00.000-04:00

Song - Artist - Album, as usual.

1. The Crystal Cat - Dan Deacon - Spiderman of the Rings
2. Sexx Laws - Beck - Midnite Vultures
3. Be Easy - Ghostface Killah (feat. Trife da God) - Fishscale
4. La Grotta [Demo] - Professor Genius - v/a: After Dark
5. Miss Broadway - Glass Candy - v/a: After Dark
6. Gronlandic Edit - Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
7. Shuffle Your Feet - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Howl
8. Temptation [Peter Black Remix] - New Order - The White Underground from a Black's Perspective
9. Bamboo Banga - M.I.A. - Kala

10. Sick, Sick, Sick - Queens of the Stoneage - Era Vulgaris
11. I'm Designer - Queens of the Stoneage - Era Vulgaris

12. Poor Harold - White Magic - Dark Stars EP
13. Winged/Wicked Things - Sunset Rubdown - Random Spirit Lover
14. Manipulator - Clipd Beaks - Hoarse Loads
15. Scenes from a 1963 Los Angeles Love-In - Pre - Epic Fits
16. Aging Faces/Losing Places - Kevin Drew - Spirit If...

17. 53100 - Cafe Tacuba - SiNo
18. I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You - Black Kids - Wizards of Ahhhs EP
19. Freedom Run - Kyuss - Blues for the Red Sun
20. Dreams Never End - New Order - [the best of] New Order
21. Switch - Bright - Switch
22. The Falconer - Nico - Desertshore
23. Diamond Heart - Marissa Nadler - Songs III: Bird on the Water

10/21/07

2007-10-21T01:52:00.000-04:00

I am going to try and update this a set list at a time, while I'm on the air.

1. Irresponsible - Yikes - Whoa Comas or Blood Bomb
2. 20 Dollar - M.I.A. - Kala
3. That Being Said - Junk Science ft. Iller Than Theirs - Grandad's Nerve Tonic
4. The Same - Iller Than Theirs - s/t
5. Gang Bang Suicide - Kevin Drew - Spirit If...

6. Bad Kids - Black Lips - Good Bad Not Evil
7. Taste - Magik Markers - BOSS
8. The Shape is in a Trance - Thurston Moore - Trees Outside the Academy
9. Sign O the Times - Prince - Sign O The Times
10. When Will You Come Home - Galaxie 500 - On Fire
11. Stallion - Sunset Rubdown - Random Spirit Lover

12. None Shall Pass - Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass
13. Opera House Stomp - Harris Newman - Decorated
14. Ex-Guru - Fiery Furnaces - Widow City
15. Redefine - Bright - Bright
16. Sexy Time - Leather Uppers - Bright Lights
17. Black Glass - Clipd Beaks - Hoarse Lords
18. The One Hundred Hills - Morning Recordings - Welcome Kinetic
19. Magic Toy Missing - Meat Puppets - Meat Puppets II

20. Year of the Pig - Fucked Up - single
21. Blue Skied An' Clear - Slowdive - Pygmalion

10/14/07

2007-10-21T00:27:00.000-04:00

1. Kennel District - Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain: LA's Desert Origins
2. None Shall Pass - Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass
3. Personified - Median's Relief - Median's Relief
4. Hey! - Junk Science - Grandad's Nerve Tonic
5. Setting Sun - Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole
6. Wraith Pinned to the Mist (And Other Games) - Of Montreal - The Sunlandic Twins
7. Heaterz - Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Forever

8. Magic Vs. Midas - Sunset Rubdown - Random Spirit Lover
9. Automatic Husband - Fiery Furnaces - Widow City
10. Body Rot - Magik Markers - BOSS
11. Join the Curtains - Morning Recordings - The Welcome Kinetic
12. Safety Bricks - Kevin Drew - Spirit If...
13. Alpes - Turzi - A

14. Honest James - Thurston Moore - Trees Outside the Academy
15. Corrina, Corrina - Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
16. Mexican Summer - Marissa Nadler - Songs III: Bird on Water
17. Thinking of You - Marissa Nadler - Songs III: Bird on Water
18. Stockholm Syndrome - Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
19. Atlantic City - Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
20. Elizabeth My Dear - Stone Roses - Stone Roses
21. High and Dry - Radiohead - The Bends

22. Big White Cloud - John Cale - Vintage Violence
23. Ell Ess Two - Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain: LA's Desert Origins
24. Things Behind the Sun - Nick Drake - Pink Moon
25. Fairest of the Seasons - Nico - Chelsea Girl
26. The Kneeling Drunkard's Plea - Johnny Cash - Unchained
27. Hearing Voices - Galaxie 500 - This is Our Music
28. Someone Somewhere has Senses That I am a Frightened Man - Sean Smith - Sean Smith

10/7/07

2007-10-17T23:25:00.000-04:00

Nothing out of the ordinary or noteworthy.
I got a couple requests, one for Wu-Tang, one for the Velvet Underground (although, this one was a request for them specifically).

Song - Artist - Album

1. Lock and Key - Black Lips - Good Bad Not Evil
2. How Do You Tell a Child That Someone Has Died? - Black Lips - Good Bad Not Evil
3. How Big is Your World? - Median's Relief - Median's Relief
4. World Town - MIA - Kala
5. Seinfeld - Jeru the Damaja
6. Jewels - Cilvaringz - I
7. With a Good Criminal Heart - The World/Inferno Friendship Society - Addicted to Bad Ideas
8. Modern Man - Tam - Tam
9. 5:15 Train - A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Scribble Music Comic Journal
10. Protect Ya Neck (The Jump Off) - Wu-Tang Clan - The W
12. Unsolved Mysteries - Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
13. Widow City - Fiery Furnaces - Widow City
14. Honest James - Thurston Moore - Trees Outside the Academy
15. Silver > Blue - Thurston Moore - Trees Outside the Academy
16. Girls of Wild Strawberries - Guided by Voices - Half Smiles of the Decomposed
17. Rapp Snitch Knishes - MF Doom ft. Mr. Fantastick - MM..Food?
18. Don't Let Our Youth Go to Waste - Galaxie 500 - Today
19. Gazing in the Dust - The Vocokesh - All This and Hieronymous Bosch
20. This is Motion - Morning Recordings - The Welcome Kinetic
21. I Wish I Met You Sooner - Morning Recordings - The Welcome Kinetic
22. Pale Blue Eyes - The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground
23. 24 Hour Party People - The Happy Mondays
24. Graveyard Shift - John Zorn - Naked City
25. The Rap World - Pete Rock and Large Professor
26. Another the Letter - Wire - Chairs Missing
27. Don't Follow Me Home - Human Switchboard - Who's Landing in My Hanger?
28. This Will Be Our Year - The Zombies - Odessey & Oracle

9/30/07

2007-10-14T21:04:00.001-04:00

A couple points of interest from this one. Early on there was a request by aging hippies for something to help reminicse about Woodstock, something from 1969 and I sort of back handedly played a Velvet Underground song. Later on, a depressed man talked with me about the trials and tribulations of his life. He said he got a hand job from Nico in the 70s. And that he discovered Bon Jovi. He asked for a Lou Reed song by the end of it. It was the week of Fall Fest, so I played a track from Damiera, one the bands who was going to be there. Oh boy, that was a mistake...

1. She Said She Said - The Beatles - Revolver
2. You Know I'm No Good - Ghostface Killah and Amy Winehouse - More Fish
3. Bad Kids - Black Lips - Good Bad Not Evil
4. What Goes On - Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground
5. Frozen Gtr - Thurston Moore - Trees Outside the Academy
6. Welcome to the Terrordome - Pharohae Monch - Desire
7. Hidden World - Fucked Up - Hidden World
8. Rapture [Disco Mix] - Blondie - Autoamerican [Reissue]
9. Heavy Kids - The Leather Uppers - Bright Lights
10. Beneath the Surface - GZA feat. Killah Priest - Beneath the Surface
11. Transmission - Joy Division - Substance
12. Don't Ask Why - My Bloody Valentine - Glider
13. Acknowledgment - John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
14. What Do I get? - The Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady
15. Dirty Blvd - Lou Reed - New York
16. Gun for the Whole Family - Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass
17. Razor Bumps - Iller Than Theirs - Iller Than Theirs
18. The Run Around - Turbo Fruits - Turbo Fruits
19. Flora: Yield - Damiera
20. Perfect Kiss - New Order - single
21. Leather Prowler - Liars - Liars
22. Sailing to Byzantium - Liars - Liars
23. You Got the Silver - The Rolling Stones - Let it Bleed
24. Hello There - John Cale - Vintage Violence

Set List from 9/23/07

2007-10-14T14:37:00.000-04:00

First show of the new term in the new studio. Nothing spectacular or noteworthy.

1. Fake ID - The Go! Team - Proof of Youth
2. Trees Outside the Academy - Thurston Moore - Trees Outside the Academy
3. No City - Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass
4. O, Katrina! - The Black Lips - Good Bad Not Evil
5. Strawberry Jam - Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
6. Rattled by the Rush - Pavement - Wowee Zowee
7. The End - Nico - The End
8. The Drop - Viktor Vaughn - Vaudeville Villain
9. Volcano - Turbo Fruits - Turbo Fruits
10. Within You Without You - Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation Deluxe Edition
11. Let's Call it Love - Sleater-Kinney - The Woods
12. The Perfect Beat - Talib Kweli - Ear Drum
13. Situation - 1990s - Cookies
14. Silvia - Marissa Nadler - Song III: Bird on the Water
15. Suffer for Fashion - Of Montreal - single
16. Alpes - Turzi - A
17. Sons of Cain - Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - Living with the Living
18. Bamboo Banga - MIA - Kala
19. So Good - Pharoahe Monch - Desire
20. Radio Moth - Meat Puppets - Rise to Your Knees
21. Best Summer Ever - A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Scribble Music Comic Journal