Month: March 2013

CD Review – Charles Bradley, Victim Of Love, Daptone, 2013

Charles Bradley, Victim Of Love, Daptone
Charles Bradley, Victim Of Love, Daptone

Library Classification: Rock/Soul
File Under:  B

Artist:  Charles Bradley
Title:  Victim Of Love
Label:  Daptone

Date(s) Recorded:  2012/2013
Date Released: 04/02/13
Date Received: 02/28/13

Clean:  All
Indecent:  None

RIYL:  Lee Fields, Otis Redding, James Brown, Daptone, Motown, Stax
Comments:  Charles Bradley has had a rough life. He ran away from home at a young age, worked as a cook while wishing he could sing, worked as a James Brown impersonator, and only has been discovered late in life (64). That being said, we’re lucky to have him. This is his second album for Daptone and the Screaming Eagle Of Soul is stretching his wings, and his voice to new places. He (and the band) mess around for a bit on Confusion (7). It’s a bit experimental for him, but it’s nothing too far from his formula. Plenty of slow jams: Victim Of Love (4), Where Do We Go From Here (8), Through The Storm (11). But I prefer the bigger, brassier numbers: Strictly Reserved For You (1), You Put A Flame On It (2), Let Love Stand A Chance (3), and Love Bug Blues (5). If you like soul, you should try to see him live. But if you can’t at least you can give this record a spin.

Play:  5-Love Bug Blues, 1-Strictly Reserved For You, 3-Let Love Stand A Chance, 2-You Put A Flame On It

Playlist, WSUM, 2013-03-26

Tame Impala, Lonerism, Modular
Tame Impala, Lonerism, Modular

First Hour:

  1. Feels Like We Only Go Backwards by Tame Impala from Lonerism [Modular]
  2. Believing Is Art by Spoon from Girls Can Tell [Merge]
  3. Eureka Springs by Mount Moriah from Miracle Temple [Merge]
  4. Wash The Day Away by TV On The Radio from Return To Cookie Mountain [4AD]
  5. Isis by Yeah Yeah Yeahs from Is Is [EP] [Interscope]
  6. Start A War by The National from Boxer [Beggars Banquet]
  7. N Dakota by Parquet Courts from Light Up Gold [What’s Your Rupture / Dull Tools]
  8. I Wish I Was A Girl by The Vaccines from Come Of Age [Columbia]
  9. I Wanna Be A Girl by King Khan & The Shrines from What Is?! [Vice]
  10. Insides by The Soft Moon from Zeroes [Captured Tracks]
  11. Electric by PVT from Homosapien [Terrorbird]
  12. Kerosene by Crystal Castles from Crystal Castles III [Polydor]
  13. Sugar by Shout Out Louds from Optica [Merge]
  14. Starlight by The Ruby Suns from Christopher [Sub Pop]
  15. Progress by Stars from The North [Soft Revolution]

Second Hour:

  1. Ghost by Ty Segall from Twins [Drag City]
  2. World Blue by Ceremony from Zoo [Matador]
  3. Violet’s In A Pool by Tamaryn from Tender New Signs [Mexican Summer]
  4. Last Conversation by Veronica Falls from Waiting For Something To Happen [Slumberland]
  5. Wrld Peace by Golden Grrrls from Golden Grrrls [Slumberland]
  6. The Body by The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart from Belong [Slumberland]
  7. City by Thao & The Get Down Stay Down from We The Common [Ribbon]
  8. Lady, You Shot Me by Har Mar Superstar from Lady, You Shot Me (single) [Cult Records]
  9. Groovy & Linda by Chelsea Light Moving from Chelsea Light Moving [Matador]
  10. Nobody Knows Your Name by Statistics from Often Lie [Jade Tree]
  11. International Date Line by Ducktails from The Flower Lane [Domino]
  12. October by The Helio Sequence from Negotiations [Sub Pop]
  13. Who Sees You by My Bloody Valentine from m b v [mbv records]
  14. Lovers In The Backseat by The Scissor Sisters from Scissor Sisters [Umvd Labels]
  15. Breaking Glass by David Bowie from Low [RCA]

Upcoming Shows (in Madison, unless otherwise noted):

Playlist, WSUM, 2013-03-19

My Bloody Valentine, mbv, vs. Tamaryn, Tender New Signs
My Bloody Valentine, mbv, vs. Tamaryn, Tender New Signs

First Hour:

  1. Only Tomorrow by My Bloody Valentine from m b v [mbv records]
  2. Transcendent Blue by Tamaryn from Tender New Signs [Mexican Summer]
  3. Shuggie by Foxygen from We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors Of Peace And Magic [Jagjaguwar]
  4. Why Won’t They Talk To Me by Tame Impala from Lonerism [Modular]
  5. Stoned And Starving by Parquet Courts from Light Up Gold [What’s Your Rupture / Dull Tools]
  6. Briefest Moment by Bob Mould from Silver Age [Merge]
  7. In The Morning by First Aid Kit from The Big Black And Blue [Wichita]
  8. Darling Corey by Charlie Louvin from Charlie Louvin Sings Murder Ballads [Tompkins Square]
  9. It’s Sure Gonna Hurt by Dolly Parton from Dolly Parton (Box Set Sampler) [Sony]
  10. Ecstacy by Iceage from You’re Nothing [Matador]
  11. Would You Be My Love by Ty Segall from Twins [Drag City]
  12. Anonymous by Sleater-Kinney from Call The Doctor [Chainsaw]
  13. Goods by iamwhoami from Kin [Coop]
  14. Transgender by Crystal Castles from Crystal Castles III [Polydor]
  15. While I’m Alive by STRFKR from Miracle Mile [Polyvinyl]
  16. West Country Dream by The Mountain Goats from Full Force Galesburg [Emperor Jones]

Second Hour:

  1. Date It by Golden Grrrls from Golden Grrrls [Slumberland]
  2. Waiting For Something To Happen by Veronica Falls from Waiting For Something To Happen [Slumberland]
  3. New Country by The Walkmen from You & Me [Gigantic Music]
  4. One More Time by The Helio Sequence from Negotiations [Sub Pop]
  5. Time To Get Away by LCD Soundsystem from Sound Of Silver [DFA]
  6. Misery by Evan Murdock And The Imperfect Stra from Feel Bad No More [Evan Murdock Music]
  7. Take Me Home, Country Road by John Denver from The Best Of John Denver [EMI]
  8. Androgynous by The Replacements from Let It Be [Twin Tone]
  9. Bats by The Joy Formidable from Wolf’s Law [Atlantic]
  10. Novocane by Beck from Odelay [DGC]
  11. Time Will Save The Day by Ben Kweller from Go Fly A Kite [Noise]
  12. Thank You Jack White by The Flaming Lips from Fight Test EP [Warner]
  13. Swim And Sleep by Unknown Mortal Orchestra from II [Jagjaguwar]
  14. Manana by Desaparecidos from Read Music Speak Spanish [Saddle Creek]
  15. The Lovers by Ladytron from Velocifero [Nettwerk]

Upcoming Shows (in Madison, unless otherwise noted):

Playlist, WSUM, 2013-03-12

Harry Nilsson, Nilsson Schmilsson, RCA
Harry Nilsson, Nilsson Schmilsson, RCA

First Hour:

  1. Jump Into The Fire by Harry Nilsson from Nilsson Schmilsson [RCA]
  2. Remote Control by The Clash from The Clash [Epic Sony]
  3. Remote Control by The Beastie Boys from Hello Nasty [Grand Royal/Capitol]
  4. Remote Control by Trans Am from Liberation [Thrill Jockey]
  5. Yeah by Washed Out from High Times [Mirror Universe]
  6. Oh Yeah by Foxygen from We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors Of Peace &Magic [Jagjaguwar]
  7. YAYAYA by STRFKR from Miracle Mile [Polyvinyl]
  8. So Good At Being In Trouble by Unknown Mortal Orchestra from II [Jagjaguwar]
  9. Tumbledown by Catherine Wheel from Ferment [Phonogram]
  10. Homosapien by PVT from Homosapien [Terrorbird]
  11. Afterlight by Tamaryn from Tender New Signs [Mexican Summer]
  12. You’re The Doctor by Ty Segall from Twins [Drag City]
  13. Citizen by Ceremony from Zoo [Matador]
  14. Big Exit by PJ Harvey from Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea [Island]
  15. Ney Ney Weleba by Debo Band from Debo Band [Sub Pop]

Second Hour:

  1. Family Tongues by Night Moves from Colored Emotions [Domino]
  2. Never Matter by Toro Y Moi from Anything In Return [Carpark]
  3. Little Blimp by The Joy Formidable from Wolf’s Law [Atlantic]
  4. I Let Love In by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds from Let Love In [Elektra]
  5. Paddle Forward by Yo La Tengo from Fade [Matador]
  6. Sad Eyes by Crystal Castles from Crystal Castles III [Polydor]
  7. Play by iamwhoami from Kin [Coop]
  8. I Wanna Be Adored by The Stone Roses from The Stone Roses [Silverstone/Legacy]
  9. Hold On When You Get Love And Let Go When You Give It by Stars from The North [Soft Revolution]
  10. In Real Life by The Ruby Suns from Christopher [Sub Pop]
  11. Teenage Icon by The Vaccines from Come Of Age [Columbia]
  12. If You Still Want Me by Veronica Falls from Waiting For Something To Happen [Slumberland]
  13. If She Wants Me by Belle And Sebastian from Dear Catastrophe Waitress [Rough Trade]
  14. Paradise by New Order from Brotherhood [Factory]

Upcoming Shows (in Madison, unless otherwise noted):