Januard 7th 2009: Best of 2009 Playlist

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

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

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

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

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 **

Okay.

After finals.

Seriously, I'll update after finals.

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

CMJ Note

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

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

DYNAMO (NJ)

October 14 2009: NO SHOW NEXT WEEK!!!

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"

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

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

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

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

** = 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!!!!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

August 19th 2009

Here's last week's list...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Interview with Chris Ando of TALBOT TAGORA

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

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

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


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