Month: October 2010

First Hour:

1. Lost In Space by Kool Keith from Black Elvis/Lost In Space [Ruffhouse/Columbia]
2. Lost In Space by Aimee Mann from Lost In Space [Superego Records]
3. Lost In Space by Calexico from Scraping [Live] [Our Soil Our Strength]
4. Year Of Silence by Crystal Castles from Crystal Castles [2010] [Fiction]
5. Cold Love by Tim Kasher from The Game Of Monogamy [Saddle Creek]
6. All Day Day Light by The Morning Benders from Big Echo [Rough Trade]
7. Don’t Back Down by Restless People from Restless People [IAMSOUND]
8. Northern Islands by Blank Dogs from Land And Fixed [Captured Tracks]
9. Camoflage by Small Black from New Chain [Jagjaguwar]
10. Hold Out by Washed Out from Life of Leisure EP [Mexican Summer]
11. Been Caught Stealing by Jane’s Addiction from Ritual De Lo Habitual [Warner]
12. Bottled In Cork by Ted Leo + Pharmacists from The Brutalist Bricks [Matador]
13. Too Much by Sufjan Stevens from The Age Of Adz [Asthmatic Kitty]

Second Hour:

1. Like The Wheel by The Tallest Man On Earth from Sometimes The Blues Is Just A Passing Bird EP [Dead Oceans]
2. Yellow Elevator #2 by The Black Angels from Phosphene Dream [Blue Horizon]
3. Roller Coaster by Black Mountain from Wilderness Heart [Jagjaguwar]
4. Get Off by The Dandy Warhols from Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia [Capitol]
5. What Have I Done To Deserve This? by The Pet Shop Boys from Discography [EMI]
6. I Feel Better by Hot Chip from One Life Stand [EMI]
7. Dance Yourself Clean by LCD Soundsystem from This Is Happening [DFA]
8. Lying Around by Magic Bullets from Magic Bullets [Mon Amie]
9. The Sweat Descends by Les Savy Fav from Inches [Frenchkiss]
10. Taos by Menomena from Mines [Barsuk]
11. Warpaint by Warpaint from The Fool [Rough Trade]
12. Blue As Your Blood by The Walkmen from Lisbon [Fat Possum]
13. Start Wearing Purple by Gogol Bordello from Gypsy Punks: Underdog World Strike [SideOneDummy Records]

Notes:

• Okay. The new Small Black record? New Chain? Seriously good. But you probably knew that already.
• The Black Angels will play with Light Pollution on Wed, 27 Oct 2010, at Turner Ballroom in Milwaukee, WI. 9pm show. Tickets $10.
• The Black Angels will play with Black Mountain on Thu, 28 Oct 2010, at The Metro in Chicago. 9pm show. Tickets $18.
• The Dandy Warhols will play on Fri, 29 Oct 2010, at The Majestic in Madison, WI. 9pm show. Tickets $22 / $20 adv
• Did you think you heard XTC on my show today? It was probably San Francisco band Magic Bullets. My wife likes ’em. You might, too.
• Not doing anything for Halloween? Gogol Bordello will play on Sun, 31 Oct 2010, at The Capitol Theatre in Madison, WI. 8pm show. Tickets $30.

Pre-show:

• Who’s That? Brooown! by Das Racist from Shut Up, Dude [Self-Released]
• Scenario by A Tribe Called Quest from The Low End Theory [Jive]

First Hour:

1. Black Elvis by Kool Keith from Black Elvis/Lost In Space [Ruffhouse/Columbia]
2. Rise by Doves from Lost Souls [Heavenly]
3. High Rise by Ladytron from Witching Hour [Nettwerk]
4. Rise by Kele from The Boxer [Glass Note]
5. Quitter’s Raga by Gold Panda from Quitter’s Raga [Ghostly]
6. Diamond by Your Youth from Aloha [Gigantic Music]
7. I Don’t Believe You by The Thermals from Personal Life [Kill Rock Stars]
8. Hotwax by Beck from Odelay [DGC]
9. Blue & Silver by Lower Dens from Twin-Hand Movement [Gnomonsong]
10. Sliver_Blue by Thurston Moore from Trees Outside The Academy [Ecstatic Peace]
11. Heaven’s On Fire by The Radio Dept. from Clinging To A Scheme [Labrador]
12. Weed Party by Band Of Horses from Everything All The Time [Sub Pop]
13. At My Heels by Twin Shadow from Forget [Terrible Records]
14. Electioneering by Radiohead from OK Computer [Capitol]

Second Hour:

1. Found And Lost by Capsula from Rising Mountains [B-Core]
2. Is Chicago, Is Not Chicago by Soul Coughing from Ruby Vroom [Slash/Warner]
3. Austere by The Joy Formidable from A Balloon Called Moaning [Black Bell Records]
4. Telephone by The Black Angels from Phosphene Dream [Blue Horizon]
5. Wilderness Heart by Black Mountain from Wilderness Heart [Jagjaguwar]
6. Magic Word (Daytrotter Session) by Fucked Up from Couple Tracks [Matador]
7. Meet Me In The Dollar Bin by Les Savy Fav from Inches [Frenchkiss]
8. Paranoiattack by The Faint from Wet From Birth [Saddle Creek]
9. Total Information Awareness by Trans Am from Liberation [Thrill Jockey]
10. Monkey by Matthew Dear from Black City [Ghostly]
11. When I’m Small by Phantogram from Eyelid Movies [Barsuk]
12. I Feel Ya Strutter by Of Montreal from False Priest [Polyvinyl]
13. Dance Or Die (f. Saul Williams) by Janelle Monae from The ArchAndroid [Bad Boy]
14. Underground by Ben Folds Five from Ben Folds Five [Virgin]

Notes:

• Capsula are a rock band from Buenos Aires, Argentina, and they pretty much kick my ass. Go get their album, Rising Mountains, right now. I’ll wait for you.
• The Black Angels and Black Mountain will play The Metro in Chicago on Thu, 28 Oct 2010. 9:00pm show, doors 8:00pm. Tickets $19.
• Phantogram will play with Josiah Wolf at The High Noon Saloon in Madison, WI, on Sat 23 Oct 2010. 9:30pm show. Tickets $10.
• Matthew Dear will play with DJ Nick Nice at The Frequency on 14 Nov 2010. 7:30pm. Tickets $12 / $10 adv.

First Hour:

1. One More Try* (f. Har Mar Superstar) by GAYNGS from One More Try [Self-Released]
2. Lemon Sunrise by Powderfinger from Internationalist [Polydor Australia]
3. Temecula Sunrise (Live @ Other Music) by Dirty Projectors from Bitte Orca (Expanded Edition) [Domino]
4. El Dorado Sunrise (Super Chicken) by Cee-Lo from Cee-Lo Green And His Perfect Imperfections [La Face]
5. TV All Greasy (f. Anti-Pop Consortion) by Tobacco from LA UTI EP [Anticon]
6. Transparency Is The New Mystery by Marnie Stern from Marnie Stern [Kill Rock Stars]
7. Don’t Speak (I Came To Make A BANG) by The Eagles Of Death Metal from Death By Sexy [Downtown]
8. It Gets Your Body Movin’ by Suckers from Wild Smile [Frenchkiss]
9. Get Me Away From Here I’m Dying by Bettie Serveert from Assorted Live [Chromewaves]
10. Write About Love by Belle And Sebastian from Write About Love [Matador]

Second Hour:

1. Dressed In Dresden by The Hundred In The Hands from Dressed In Dresden [Warp]
2. Best Friend by The Drums from The Drums [Downtown]
3. Tomorrow (demo) by Cold Cave from Tomorrow (demo) [Self-Released]
4. Land Of The Freak by King Khan And The Shrines from What Is?! [Vice]
5. Jerkin’ Back And Forth by Devo from New Traditionalists [Warner]
6. Why Bother? by I Fight Dragons from Weezer – The 8 bit album [Pterodactyl Squad]
7. The Weekenders by The Hold Steady from Heaven Is Whenever [Vagrant]
8. Road Regrets by Dan Mangan from Nice, Nice, Very Nice [Arts and Crafts]
9. Burn Bridges by Dom from Sun Bronzed Greek Gods [Burning Mill]
10. I Can’t Wait by Twin Shadow from Forget [Terrible]
11. 11 of Diamonds by Grass Widow from Past Time [Kill Rock Stars]
12. Texico Bitches by Broken Social Scene from Forgiveness Rock Record [Arts and Crafts]
13. You’ve Done It Again, Virginia by The National from The Virginia EP [Beggars Banquet]
14. Your Favorite Thing by Sugar from File Under Easy Listening [Rykodisc]
15. You by Gold Panda from You EP [Ghostly]
16. Follow The Leader by The Walkmen from Lisbon [Fat Possum]

Notes:

• Yes, *One More Try is a George Michael cover. It’s kind of awesome, especially with added Sean Tillman for extra sexy.
• The LA UTI EP by Tobacco is a reworking of material from his 2010 album Maniac Meat, which I still can’t get enough of.
• Belle And Sebastian have a new album, Write About Love. Available everywhere, as of 10/12/2010.
• The Hundred In The Hands will play a show with The Temper Trap & Delphic on Wed 13 Oct 2010 at Turner Ballroom in Milwaukee, WI. 8pm. $10.
• Take one part Weezer, and one part 8-bit video games, and you have Weezer – The 8 bit album. It’s free. Download it.
• The new album Forget by Twin Shadow is just excellent. It’s out on Terrible Records, which is run by Chris Taylor of Grizzly Bear.
• The Walkmen will play a show with Japandroids at The Barrymore in Madison, WI, on Thu, 14 Oct 2010. 8pm. $17/$19.

First Hour:

1. World Sick by Broken Social Scene from Forgiveness Rock Record [Arts and Crafts]
2. Heart Full Of Pentagons by Film School from Fission [High Speed Soul]
3. Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) by The Arcade Fire from The Suburbs [Merge]
4. Stoned To Death by Crocodiles from Sleep Forever [Fat Possum]
5. A Mind I Knew by Suckers from Wild Smile [Frenchkiss]
6. Friendly Ghost by Harlem from Hippies [Matador]
7. Baby Don’t Go by Dum Dum Girls from I Will Be [Sub Pop]
8. Tell Me Why by MIA from MYA [XL/Interscope]
9. Kids by Sleigh Bells from Treats [Mom & Pop]
10. The Difference Between Us by The Dead Weather from Sea Of Cowards [Third Man/Warner]
11. 100% by Sonic Youth from Dirty [DGC/Interscope]
12. Super Soaker by Wavves from King Of The Beach [Fat Possum]
13. Empathy by Crystal Castles from Crystal Castles [2010] [Fiction/Universal]
14. Like Trash by The Flaming Stars from Ginmill Perfume [Alternative Tentacles]

Second Hour:

1. Beat The Devil’s Tattoo by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club from Beat The Devil’s Tattoo [Abstract / Vagrant]
2. Barricade by Interpol from Interpol [Matador]
3. Old Fangs by Black Mountain from Wilderness Heart [Jagjaguwar]
4. Forget by Twin Shadow from Forget [Terrible]
5. Pull Out by The Soft Pack from The Soft Pack [Kemado]
6. Potion Approaching by Arctic Monkeys from Humbug [Domino]
7. Let Yourself Go by Laptop from Don’t Try This At Home [Gammon]
8. Ultimate Satisfaction by Bear In Heaven from Beast Rest Forth Mouth [Hometapes]
9. Later Is Now by Devo from Something For Everybody [Warner]
10. The Greatest Light Is The Greatest Shade by The Joy Formidable from A Balloon Called Moaning [Black Bell Records]
11. A Perfect Day Elise by PJ Harvey from Is This Desire [Island]
12. Everything You Wanted by Kele from The Boxer [Glassnote]
13. Annie by Elastica from The Radio One Sessions [Strange Fruit/BBC]