9/14/09: 2009 in Review

Hey everyone. This is probably going to be our last show for a while as the summer winds down, and school begins once again the schedule at WHUS is rotating to accommodate the influx of returning staff members. Don't worry fans, we'll still be on our own respective shows. Methanol Cereal will (hopefully) keep on truckin' on Wednesday evenings, ten to midnight and with the fall comes the return of DJ Next Door's Anger Your Neighbors. This isn't to say that we didn't enjoy doing this program together, but other commitments, as well as a desire to go our own ways and make room for new people on the schedule is, like last summer, leading us to suspend the show for the time being. We had a pretty good run this year. Maybe not the blockbuster status of last year, but it was good. Maybe we'll do something again next summer. We'll see. Until then, you know where to find me.

Song - Artist - Album - Label

No Home - The Ettes - Do You Want Power - Take Root

Call Me - Franz Ferdinand - War Child Presents: Heroes - Astralwerks/War Child
My Maudlin Career - Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career - 4AD
Microphone - Coconut Records - Davy - Young Baby
Should Have Shot Paul - Strange Boys - ...And Girls Club - In the Red

O Maria! - Sea Wolf - White Water, White Bloom - Dangerbird
My Time Outside the Womb - Titus Andronicus - Airing of Grievances - XL
All We Need Baby, Is Everything - Handsome Furs - Face Control - Sub Pop
House - Abe Vigoda - Reviver EP - Post Present Medium
Feel.Love.Thinking.Of - Faunts - Feel.Love.Thinking.Of - Friendly Fire
Paddling Ghosts - Dan Deacon - Bromst - Carpark

This Tornado Loves You - Neko Case - Middle Cyclone - Anti
Stick Up For Me - Reigning Sound - Love & Curses - In the Red
Zero - Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz! - Interscope

When I Died - The Thermals - Now We Can See - Kill Rock Stars
One, Two...One - Say Hi - Oohs & Aahs - Barsuk
Walking Alone at Night - Vivian Girls - Everything Goes Wrong - In the Red
Friday XIII - Deer Tick - Born on Flag - Partisan
River of Dirt - Marissa Nadler - Little Hells - Kemado
Laughing With A Mouth of Blood - St. Vincent - Actor - 4AD

Into the Shadows of My Embrace - WHY? - Eskimo Snow - Anticon
The Man in Your House - Mi Ami - Watersports - Quarterstick
The Rake's Song - The Decemberists - Hazards of Love - Capitol
False Jesii pt 2 - Pissed Jeans - King of Jeans - Sub Pop

Effigy - Andrew Bird - Noble Beast - Fat Possum
Psychosomatic - Magik Markers - Balf Quarry - Drag City
Two Weeks - Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest - Warp

and that's all she wrote.

-B

An Evening at Mountain Park

Hello all! So, I meant to post this ages ago, but that's the way things go sometimes. If you were listening closely to our show than maybe you remember me talking about seeing The Decemberists live last month. Well, I wrote up this little review of the show, complete with a few pictures. Hope you enjoy!

Ever since I first heard The Decemberists Hazards of Love album I’ve been longing to see it performed live in its entirety. Of course, seeing the band live at all would be a thrill for me, which is why I loved their set at Newport Folk Festival. For that one day they took a break from performing the whole album and instead played a few select songs off of it, as well as a bunch of old favorites and two brand new songs. It was great, but there’s no denying that any song off of their new album is just that much better when heard sequentially. The Hazards of Love plays like a mini rock/folk/opera that was made for the stage, with songs overlapping and a story that unfolds slowly as each character is introduced. A concept album. So, when I saw that they were playing the opening weekend of Mountain Park I knew this was my chance to see Hazards onstage!

Mountain Park was originally opened in 1894 as a retreat that expanded into an amusement park. It closed in 1987 but has now been reopened as a music venue by the Iron Horse Entertainment Group. This place is so new that the grass hasn’t even finished growing over the newly leveled ground. Despite all that, the site is quite picturesque and a great place to see a show on a warm August evening. The hill in front of the stage provides an excellent view, and, if you prefer to get a little closer to the action, there’s plenty of room to do so.

The Heartless Bastards opened the show. I can’t say I’m that familiar with their music and I was a bit too distracted with scoping the place out to pay close attention, but their set was al

right. Then, just as the light was fading, The Decemberists took to the stage. With little preamble, Jenny Conlee was the first to come out and strike up the opening bars of the Hazards of Love Prelude. After that the rest of the band filed in and took up their instruments… and didn’t put them down again until the whole album had been played. Watching the whole thing being performed, it struck me just how much like a play it is, though it’s being performed purely by voice and instrument. There are entrances and exits to be perfectly timed and, because of the way the songs bleed into one another, there’s barely any time to pause. It’s great to watch. The band was, of course, joined by Becky Stark voicing Margaret, and Shara Worden as the Forest Queen. And, I have to say it; can I please be Shara Worden when I grow up? Her voice and stage presence are simply amazing. Watching her and Colin Meloy sing The Wanting Comes in Waves/Repaid was one of the highlights of the night.

So, yes, having the whole album performed right there in front of me from start to tragic finish was incredible. But it didn’t end there. After the band was cheered back onstage we were treated to a bunch of old favorites as well as a new song and a chance to hear Meloy banter with the crowd. He performed Dracula’s Daughter with great gusto.

Another thing I was crossing my fingers to see was their cover of Heart’s Crazy on You. The youtube video I saw a few months ago was enough to convince me it would be amazing and I wasn’t disappointed. After being cheered back to the stage again Meloy performed Red Right Ankle and then the whole crew came back to perform an amazing Heart cover. Actually, I’m pretty sure I like it better then the original. After that they closed the show with Sons and

Daughters off of The Crane wife. The whole crowd sang along for the

refrain, and with that, the night was over.

So, in conclusion: The Decemberists put on an amazing live show. In fact, I’d say this definitely makes it into my top five favorite shows I’ve been to. Hopefully I’ll be able to catch them again next time they make it back to New England. As for Mountain Park itself, I definitely look forward to seeing what their lineup looks like next summer.

September 7th 2009

Hey everyone, I hope you are having a good labor day, did you make sure to take your two fifteens?

I was running a bit late so DJ Next Door managed the show for the first twenty minutes or so. I think my entrance is pretty obvious. I included a link for the video to HEALTH's "Die Slow". I like it. I know it's probably not DJ Next Door's thing, but forget that, it's awesome.

(song - artist - release - label)

Ribbon of Fear - Hornet Leg - Ribbon of Fear- K
Wounded - Jay Reatard - Watch Me Fall - Matador
Hooting and Howling - Wild Beasts - Two Dancers - Domino
Smith Hill - Deer Tick - Born on Flag Day - Partisan
Tegucigalpa - Fruits Bats - The Ruminant Band - Sub Pop
Preacher's Sisters Boy - Blitzen Trapper - Black River Killer - Sub Pop
Made in a Day - Jupiter One - Shunshower - Rykodisc
Deputy of Love - Don Armando's Second Avenue Band - Ze30 compilation - Strut
Bad Blood - Simian Mobile Disco - Temporary Pleasure
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - Starfucker - Jupiter - Badman
Give it Up - Datarock - Red - Nettwerk

False Jesii Pt. 2 - Pissed Jeans - King of Jeans - Sub Pop
The Icy Hands that Guides Is - Lullabye Arkestra - Threats/Worship - Vice
Die Slow - HEALTH - Get Color - Lovepump

Call Me - Reigning Sound - Love & Curses - In the Red
Dream Residue/Work - Polvo - In Prism - Merge
Stay Famous - Cougar - Patriot

More Stars Than There Are in Heaven - Yo La Tengo - Popular Songs - Matador
Luna - Fanfarlo - Reservoir - self released

"Further Complications" - Jarvis Cocker - "Further Complications" - Rough Trade
Potion Approaching - Arctic Monkeys - Humbug - Domino
February - Pterodactyl - Worldwild - Brah
Lightning - Air Waves - Air Waves - Catbird
Silver Amongst the Gold - Grand Archives - Keep in Mind Frankenstein - Sub Pop
Death of Me - Box Elders - Alice & Friends - Goner

Playlist for 8/31/09

Hello all, and welcome back students! Here we are again, another Monday afternoon. We've got some brand new stuff to debut this week so enjoy.

Crying Lightning - Arctic Monkeys - Single - Domino
Fawn Fight - The Delfields - Ogres
Nothing to Hide - Yo La Tango - Popular Songs
Here to Fall - Yo La Tango - Popular Songs

Black River Killer - Blitzen Trapper - Black River Killer - Sub Pop
Action/Reaction - Choir of Young Believers - This is for the White in Your Eyes- Ghostly International
Underpass Sunrise - The Bronzed Chorus - I'm the Spring - Hello Sir
We Can Feel It - Cale Parks - To Swift Mars - Polyvinyl

Whole Lot Better - Brendan Benson - My Old Familiar Friend
Wishes - Ducktails - Landscapes
Flaming Arrow - Jupiter One - Sunshower
Moon Dreams - Desolation Wilderness - New Universe - K Records

Friends Since 1989 - BOAT - Setting the Paces
Hole to Feed - Depeche Mode - Sounds of the Universe - Mute
Move to California - Times New Viking - Born Again Revisited - Matador
Wounded - Jay Reatard - Watch Me Fall - Matador
Hands - The Duchess and the Duke - Sunset/Sunrise
Castles in the Air - The Receiver - The Length of Arms - Vital Music

I Hate People - Jemina Pearl - Break It Up - Ecstatic Peace
Belong - Washed Out - Side A
Brake It - The Reigning Sound Love - Love and Curses - In the Red

The Afterlife - YACHT - See Mystery Lights - DFA
You Were Right - Oh No Oh My
At the Cut - Cave Singers - Welcome Joy - Matador
Green River - Real Estate - Fake Blues 7"
Eye Sore - Birds of Avalon - Uncanny Valley - Volcom

August 24th 2009

Hey everyone, we're back! Not too much to report on this week. I went to the Underwater Peoples showcase in Brooklyn this weekend so expect a full report on that on my show this week (Wednesday night, 10p-12a !). Unfortunately, the Blizten Trapper CD we recently got in (and played for you last week) has gone missing/been stolen/misplaced, upsetting DJ Next Door. Boo. Hiss.

(song title - artist - album name - record label)

The Bridge is Broken - The Do - A Mouthful - Get Down
Easy - Deer Tick - Born on Flag Day - Partisan

Share - Cymbals Eat Guitars - Why There Are Mountains - self released
Venice Beach - Desolation Wilderness - New Universe - K
What We Know - Sonic Youth - The Eternal - Matador
Over It - Dinosaur Jr - Farm - Jagjaguwar

The Ruminant Band - Fruit Bats - The Ruminant Band - Sub Pop
The Fade - Megfaun - Gather, Form, and Fly - Home Tapes
I Wish I Never Saw the Sunshine - Sugarplum Fairies - Chinese Leftovers - Starfish
Cover Your Tracks - Blue Roses - Blue Roses - XL

Dizzy From the Fall - Throw Me the Statue - Creaturesque - Secretly Canadian
Keys - Air Waves - Air Waves - Catbird

Treat Me Like Your Mother - Dead Weather - Horehound - Third Man
Call Me - Reigning Sound - Love and Curses - In the Red
Hole in My Head - Box Elders - Alice & Friends - Goner
Psychic City - YACHT - See Mystery Lights - DFA

My Reality - Jay Reatard - Watch Me Fall - Matador
Ephemeral Summer - Talbot Tagora - Lessons in the Woods or a City - Hardly Art
Atlas - Eugene McGuinness - Eugene McGuinness - Domino
Strawberry Shortcake - Marmoset - Tea Tornado - Joyful Noise
Mighty Minor - Royalchord - The Good Fight - Supply & Demand

Love in July - Sally Shapiro - My Guilty Pleasure - Paper Bag
Chalk Lines - Division Day - Visitation - Dangerbird
Wet Hair - Japandroids - Post-Nothing - Polyvinyl
Do You - Portugal. The Man - The Satanic Satanist - Equal Vision
The Boy and the Tiger - A Society in Which No Tear is Shed is Inconceivably Mediocre - Luaka Bop

We Are Water - HEALTH - Get Color - Lovepump United

Playlist for 8/17/09

Hello all. Once again we are back to rock out your Monday afternoon... or we'll certainly try anyway.

(song-artist-album-label)

Summer of Hate - Crocodiles - Summer of Hate - Fat Possum

Stick Up For Me - The Reigning Sound - Love and Curses - In the Red
Eyesore - Birds of Avalon - Uncanny Valley - Volcom
Beach Town - Le Loup - Family
Tammie - The Do - A Mouthful - Get Down
Mile After Mile - Apple's Acre - Dead Oceans

My Will is Good - Port O'Brien - Threadbare - TBD
Tag - Throw Me the Statue - Creaturesque
The Bachelor - Patrick Wolf - The Bachelor - Nylon
Gems - Air Waves - Air Waves - Catbird
Watch the Waves - Taken by Trees - East of Eden - Rough Trade
Born on a Day the Sun Didn't Rise - Black Moth Super Rainbow - Eating Us
St Tropez -Summer Cats -Songs For Tuesdays - Slumberland

Bren's Pick
Alice & Friends & Death of Me - Box Elders - Alice & Friends - Goner

DJ Nextdoor's Pick
Shoulder Full of You & Preacher's Sister's Boy - Blitzen Trapper - Black River Killer - Subpop

When I'm Gone - Vivian Girls - Everything is Wrong - In the Red
Bradley Bear - Holiday Shores - Columbus'd the Whim - Two Syllable
Come With Me - Marmoset - Tea Tornado - Joyful Noise

Die Slow - Health - Get Color - Lovepump
The Boys are Leaving Town - Japandroids - Post-Nothing - Polyvinyl
Molly - Datarock - Red - Nettwerk
It's Boring/You Can Live Anywhere You Want - Yacht - See Mystery Lights - DFA
40 Fingers - Starlight Mints - Change Remains - Barsuk

Cold Spring - Cymbals Eat Guitars - Why There are Mountains - Self Released

Playlist for 8/10/09

Hey folks, we're back! We've got a bunch of brand new music goodness headed your way this afternoon so enjoy and stay cool.

(song-artist-album-label

I Never Knew - Birds of Avalon - Uncanny Valley - Volcom

Friday XIII - Deer Tick - Born on Flag Day - Partisan

Games for Days - Julian Plenti - Julian Plenti Is... Skyscraper - Matador

Primitive Man - Fruit Bats - The Ruminant Band - Sub Pop

Kaufman's Ballad - Megafaun - Gather, Form & Fly - Hometapes

I Want You to Keep Everything - These United States - Everything Touches Everything - United Interests

Beneath Your Tree - Bowerbirds - Upper Air - Dead Oceans

Lightning - Air Waves - Air Waves - Catbird

Half Idiot - Pissed Jeans - King of Jeans - Sub Pop

Replacing the Northwest - Talbot Tagora - Lessons in the Woods or a City - Hardly Art

Primary Colours - The Horrors - Primary Colours - XL

Young Hearts Spark Fire - Japandroids - Post-Nothing - Polyvinyl

The Home - Portugal the Man - The Satanic Satanist - Equal Vision

DJ Nextdoor's Pick

Thickets & Vulture - Patrick Wolf - The Bachelor - Nylon

Bren's Pick

The Afterlife & Psychich City - Yacht - See Mystery Lights - DFA

Waving at the Shore - Throw Me the Statue - Creaturesque

Gloomy Monday Morning - The Black Hollies - single

That's All - Zeus - Sounds Like Zeus - Arts & Crafts

The Bridge is Broken - The Do - A Mouthful - Get Down

Don't Know Till You Try - The Postmarks - Memoirs at the End of the World - Unfiltered

Siamese - Wye Oak - The Knot - Merge

Until the Night is Over - Timber Timbre - Timber Timbre - Arts & Crafts

Long Walks - The Lovely Feathers - Fantasy of the Lot - Sparks Music

Julian Plenti - "Games for Days"

(Originally posted on Methanol Cereal)

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

Playlist for July 27th 2009

Hey guys! So, I guess this is our last show of July. Here's hoping you enjoy it.

(song-artist-album-label)

You and I - Wilco - Wilco (the album) - Nonesuch

Funny Little Frog - God Help the Girl - God Help the Girl - Matador

Wild Rice - Summer Cats - Songs for Tuesdays - Slumberland

Treat Me Like Your Mother - The Dead Weather - Horehounds - Thirdman

Rose City - Viva Voce - Rose City - Barsuk

Eyes Like Ours - Tiny Vipers - Life on Earth - Sub Pop

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

Beach Comber - Real Estate - Summertime Showcase 2009 - Underwater Peoples

Cryin' Smoke - Ganglians - Monster Head Room - Woodsist

The Ruminant Band - Fruit Bats - The Ruminant Band

I Hate Saturdays - Sugarplum Fairies - Chinese Leftovers - Starfish

Settled Bounds - Trevor Giuliani - Subcontrario (in stereo) - Dovecote

Eet - Regina Spektor - Far - Sire

Can't Keep Time - Foreign Born - Person to Person - Secretly Canadian

Two Weeks - Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest - Warp

Wind Phoenix (Proper Name) - Cymbals Eat Guitars - Why There Are Mountains - Self Released

All Your Downtime is Up - Birds of Avalon - Uncanny Valley - Volcom

Standing at the Station - Ty Segall - Lemons - Goner

Ossified Homes - The Lovely Feathers - Fantasy of the Lot - Sparks

New Ice Age and Primary Colours - The Horrors - Primary Colours - XL

Amarillion - Datarock - Red - Nettwerk

Power Bleed - Starlight Mints - Change Remains - Barsuk

Wet Hair - Japandroids - Post-Nothing - Polyvinyl

Psychosomatic - Magik Markers - Balf Quarry - Drag City

New Bones - So Many Dynamos - The Loud Wars - Vagrant

Fonz - Eugene McGuinness - Eugene McGuinness - Domino

July 20 2009

Hey everyone, updating semi-live today, so stay tuned. Unfortunately, DJ Next Door is not here this week, fear not though, she just wanted this week off because it's her birthday. So happy birthday and feel free to send love her way. Not to me though. My birthday isn't for another two months.

Aaaanyway....

(song - artist - release - label)

Mixed Signals Through Miles of Pilgrimage - Talbot Tagora - Lessons in the Woods or a City - Hardly Art
Don't Lie - Abe Vigoda - Reviver - Post Present Medium

The Void - Ganglians - Monster Head Room - Woodsist
Autumn Beds - Modest Mouse - Autumn Beds single - Epic
So Insane - Discovery - LP - XL
Eavesdropping on the Competition - Cass McCombs - Catacombs - Domino
Time Gets Away and Has its Way With You - Soft Black - The Earth is Black...and Other Apocalyptic Lullabies for Children - Plays with Dolls

An Anniversary Away - Reverie Sound Revue - Reverie Sound Revue - Boompa
Burial - Miike Snow - Miike Snow - Downtown
Christopher Wren - Summer Cats - Songs for Tuesdays - Slumberland
Those Old Black and White Movies Were Right - Eugene McGuinness - Eugene McGuinness - Domino
Eyes Like Ours - Tiny Vipers - Life on Earth - Sub Pop

Work All Day - Portugal. The Man - The Satanic Satanist - Equal Vision
Share - Cymbals Eat Guitars - Why There Are Mountains - self released
Green Starred Sleeve - UUVVWWZ - UUVVWWZ - Saddle Creek
Easy - Deer Tick - Born on Flag Day - Partisan
February - Pterodactyl - Worldwild - Brah

Wilco (The Song) - Wilco - Wilco (The Album) - Nonesuch
Silver Moons - Sunset Rubdown - Dragonslayer - Jagjaguwar
Red Light Love - Those Darlins - Those Darlins - Oh Wow Dang
Quiet Little Voices - We Were Promised Jetpacks - These Four Walls - Fatcat
I Should Be Born - Jets Overhead - No Nations - Vapor

Frank, AB - Rural Alberta Advantage - Hometowns - Saddle Creek
The Sweetest Thing - Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career - 4AD

Monday the 13th: Jason Goes to Hell

Hrm. I don't know if I like the look of the title. Having my name first is kind of...I don't know, a little weird. Anyway, here's this week's stuff...

Playlist for July 13, 2009.

Updating Live!

1. Die a Little - Viva Voce - Rose City - Barsuk
2. Perfection As a Hipster - God Help the Girl - God Help the Girl - Matador
3. Paper Lace - Sunset Rubdown - Dragonslayer - Jagjaguwar

4. Zero - Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz! - Interscope
5. Wild Rice - Summer Cats - Songs for Tuesdays - Slumberland
6. Two Doves - Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca - Domino
7. Angela - Jarvis Cocker - "Further Complications" - Rough Trade
8. Quiet Little Voices - We Were Promised Jetpacks - These Four Walls - Fatcat

9. Fifteen to Twenty - Phenomenal Handclap Band - Phenomenal Handclap Band - Friendly Fire
10. Amarillion - Datarock - Red - Nettwerk
11.Orange Shirt - Discovery - LP - XL

12. Natural - Starlight Mints - Change Remains - Barsuk
13. Girls Just Want to Have Fun - Starfucker - Jupiter - Badman
14. Pale Horse - Moby - Wait For Me - Mute

15. Approach the Throne - Clues - Clues - Constellation
16. Explain Yourselves - Joan of Arc - Flowers - Polyvinyl
17. Static Mind - Girl in a Coma - Trio BC - Blackheart
18. The Whale Song - Modest Mouse - Autumn Beds single
19. Long Walks - The Lovely Feathers - Fantasy of the Lot - Sparks

20. Not So Lucky and the Invisible Kid - The Pine Hill Haints - To Wi or to Lose - K Records
21. Voodoo - Ganglians - Monster Head Room - Woodsist
22. Beneath Your Tree - Bowerbirds - Upper Air - Dead Oceans
23. Little White Lies - Deer Tick - Born on Flag Day - Partisan
24. Fetal Horses - John Vanderslice - Romanian Names - Dead Oceans
25. Winter Games - Foreign Born - Person to Person - Secretly Canadian
26. Two Weeks - Grizzly Bears - Veckatimest - Warp

Probably flying solo next week. Tune in anyway. I dare you.

-B

New Datarock video!

Playlist for 7/6/09

Moped Girls - Vivian Girls - 7"
Suburban Beverage - Real Estate - 7"
Wilco (the song) - Wilco - Wilco (the album) - Nonesuch
French Navy - Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career - 4AD

Houses - Great Northern - Remind Me Where the Light Is - Eenie Meenie
Can't Keep Time - Foreign Born - Person to Person - Secretly Canadian
Jap Dad - UUVVWWZ - UUVVWWZ - Saddle Creek
Ghost Life - Bowerbirds - Upper Air - Dead Oceans

Power Bleed - Starlight Mints - Change Remains
Old Clouds - Pterodactyl - Worldwide - brah
Ms. June - Snowglobe - No Need to Light a Night Light on a Night Like Tonight - Makeshift
Glaciers - So Many Dynamos - The Loud Wars - Vagrant

Bren's Pick:
Fonz & Atlas by Eugene McGuinness - Self-titled - Domino

DJ Nextdoor's Pick:
Give It Up & The Pretender by Datarock - Red - Nettwerk

God Help the Girl - God Help the Girl - God Help the Girl - Mattador
It #1 - Ty Segall - Lemons - Goner
While We Wait For the Others - Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest - Warp
1901 - Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Jealous of Roses - Bibio - Ambivalence Avenue - Warp
Tricky Tricky - Royksopp - Junior - Astralwerks

The Dead Roads - The Rural Alberta Advantage - Hometowns - Saddle Creek
Carina Constellation - John Vanderslice - Romanian Names - Dead Oceans
When I Died - The Thermals - Now We Can See - Kill Rock Stars
Ossified Homes - The Lovely Feathers - Fantasy of the Lot - Sparks Music

Playlist for 6/29/09

Boy Toy - Starfucker - Jupiter - Badman

Help I'm Alive - Metric - Fantasies - Last Gang

Drowning - Tara Jane O'Neil - A Ways Away

Easy - Deer Tick - Born On Flag Day - Partisan

Going Back to Lucy - Kentucky Nightmare - Take Her Favour

7/23 - Magik Markers - Balf Quarry

Black Champagne - Starlight Mints - Change Remains - Barsuk

You and I - Wilco - (The Album)

Dizzy From the Fall - Throw Me the Statue - Creaturesque

First Daze - Pterodactyl - Worldwide - Brah

Davy Jones - Wicked Hemlock - Wicked Hemlock

Beneath Your Tree - Bowerbirds - Upper Air - Dead Oceans

Eyes Like Ours - Tiny Vipers - Life on Earth - Sub Pop

DJ Nextdoor's pick this week:

Funny Little Frog & Musician, Please Take Heed off of God Help the Girl's new self-titled cd

Bren's pick this week:

Standing At the Station and Lovely One off of Ty Segall's new cd Lemons

Ear Pwr - Super Animal Brothers III - Super Animal Brothers III - Carpark

Don't Tell - Hess is More - Hits

Paddling Ghost - Dan Deacon - Bromst - Carpark

You'll Disappear - The Phenomenal Handclap Band - The Phenomenal Handclap Band

My Maudlin Career - Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career

The Number - Woods - Songs of Shame - Shrimper
True Love Will Find You in the End - Headless Heroes - The Silence of Love
Paper Lace - Sunset Rubdown - Dragonslayer
Over It - Dinosaur Jr. - Farm

Playlist for 6/22/09

Twin of Myself - Black Moth Super Rainbow (Go! Team remix)

Remade Horizon - Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca - Domino

Girlfriend - Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

That Look You Give That Guy - Eels - Hombre Lobo - Vagrant

Antenna - Sonic Youth - The Eternal

Ssshhh - Hess is More - Hits

Dear Playwright - Unsparing Sea - In the Crystal Canyon

Barcelona - The Builders and the Butchers - Salvation is a Deep Dark Well - Gigantic Music

Boy Toy - Starfucker - Jupiter

New Bones - So Many Dynamos (RAC remix)

Friday XIII - Deer Tick - Born On Flag Day - Partisan

Vacationing People - Foreign Born - Person to Person - Secretly Canadian

Wander Aimlessly - Foreign Born

Patternicity - The Most Serene Republic - ... And the Ever Expanding Universe - Arts & Crafts

Periodically Double or Triple - Yo La Tango - Popular Songs (Out Sep. 8th on Matador)

Long Walks - The Lovely Feathers - Fantasy of the Lot - Sparks Music

Last Dance (Demo) The Raveonettes

Dragon's Lair - Sunset Rubdown - Dragonslayer - Jagjaguar

To Clean - Woods - Songs of Shame - Shrimper

The End is Near - The Fiery Furnaces

Angela - Jarvis  Cocker - Further Complications

Feel Like Taking You Home - Brendan Benson - My Old Familiar Friend (Out Aug. 18th) 

 

Playlist for 6/15/09

Ossified Homes - The Lovely Feathers - Fantasy of the Lot - Sparks Music

Over and Out - Hollands - Faces - Self Released

You Never Know - Wilco - New single

Skeletons - Tiny Masters of Today - Skeletons - Mute

15 to 20 - The Phenomenal Handclap Band - Self titled - Friendly Fire

Turn the Night On - Tiga - Ciao! - Last Gang/Turbo

Beam of Light - Ear Pwr - Super Animal Brothers III - Carpark

The Sticky - Black Moth Super Rainbow - Eating Us - Graveface

You're in My Eyes - Jarvis Cocker - Further Complications - Rough Trade

Life Sentence/Twisted Ladder - Joan of Arc - Flowers

Pieces Dinosaur Jr. - Farm 

Black Rainbow - St. Vincent - Actor - 4AD

Easy - Deer Tick - Born on Flag Day - Partisan

While You Wait For the Others - Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest - Warp

Bren's Pick This Week

Black Swan and Paper Lace off of the new Sunset Rubdown album, Dragonslayer

DJ Nextdoor's Pick

Glaciers and New Bones off of the new So Many Dynamos album, The Loud Wars

Devotion - Viva Voce - Rose City - Barsuk

I Got a Lot (New New New) - Mika Miko - We Be Xuxa

I'm Not You - Meat Puppets -Sewn Together

Two Doves - Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca

First.

First!

I win.

EDIT: Apparently, I lost.

Playlist for 6/8/09

Southern Point - Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest - Warp Records
Angela - Jarvis Cocker - Further Complications - Rough Trade
Easy Chairs - Suckers - Suckers EP - I Am Sound

Here - Hotel Eden - A Way Back Home
Tooth Decay - Black Moth Super Rainbow - Eating Us
Stillness is the Move - Dirty Projectors - New Single - Domino
Grampa's Old Favorite - Delby L - Nine Skies

The Hold - Woods - Songs of Shame - Shrimper
Drowning - Tara Jane O'Neil - A Ways Away
Laughing with a Mouth of Blood - St. Vincent - Actor
Goodbye - The Morakestra - Witness to Connection
I Wanna Kill - Crocodiles - Summer of Hate - Fat Possum

Roses in the Park - Liechtenstein - Survival Strategies in a Modern World
Just You and Me - Zee Avi - Zee Avi - Brushfire
Just Like Honey - Headless Heroes - The Silence of Love
Die a Little - Viva Voce - Rose City - Barsuk
Houses - Great Northern - Remind Me Where the Light Is

Long Walks - The Lovely Feathers - Fantasy of the Lot - Sparks Music
Finders Fee - The Lovely Feathers - Fantasy of the Lot

What We Know - Sonic Youth - The Eternal - Matador
Poison Arrow - Sonic Youth - The Eternal

The Boy and the Tiger - Yonlu - A Society in Which no Tear is Shed is Inconceivably Mediocre
Won't Want for Love - The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love - Capitol
In the Dream - Clues - Clues
At the Bottom of the Sea - The Thermals - Now We Can See