Month: December 2016

BFF.fm Archive Link: PR011 – Take A Van

My house tried to kill me last week. I had to see a doctor & get a tetanus shot. I survived. I couldn’t stop thinking about a song by The Faint.Take Me To The Hospital became the seed of this show. Everything But The Girl & Oakland’s Mall Walk provided the rest of the soundtrack to that incident.

While 2016 has been a dumpster fire of a year, there have been some incredible hip-hop albums. A Tribe Called Quest, Danny Brown, and NxWorries / Anderson.Paak are all reasons to believe. Electronic albums from Trentemøller, Junior Boys, and TV Girl aren’t half bad. Vanishing Twin remind me of Stereolab, and that’s a good thing.

Rock-wise, Sad13, PinkShinyUltraBlast, and Sunflower Bean each bring other bands to mind, but none of them too quickly. That is to say, they all sound like themselves. Influences shine through on repeat listens. Also, I decided to revisit the Medical Records catalog, and pulled out Post-Industrial Noise, Alexander Robotnick, and Psychic Youth.

First Hour:

• Take Me To The Hospital by The Faint on Saddle Creek 50 (Saddle Creek 50)
• Walking Wounded by Everything But The Girl on Walking Wounded (Atlantic)
• Death In Small Increments by Mall Walk on Funny Papers (Mt. St. Mtn.)
• The Space Program by A Tribe Called Quest on We got it from Here… Thank You for your Service (Epic)
• Goldust by Danny Brown on Atrocity Exhibition (Warp)
• Best One by NxWorries on Yes Lawd (Stones Throw)
• Tricky Kid by Tricky on Pre-Millenium Tension (Island)
• My Conviction by Trentemøller on Fixion (In My Room)
• What You Won’t Do For Love by Junior Boys on Big Black Coat (City Slang)
• The Conservation Of Energy by Vanishing Twin on Choose Your Own Adventure (Soundway)
• Kyberneticka Babicka Pt. 2 by Stereolab on Fab Four Suture (Too Pure)
• Ultra-Powerful Short Wave Radio Picks Up Music From Venus by Yo La Tengo on Genius + Love = Yo La Tengo (Matador)
• Krampus (In Love) by Sad13 on Slugger (Carpark)
• The Blonde by TV Girl on French Exit (Self-Released)
• Duplex Planet by Deerhunter on Fading Frontier (4AD)

Second Hour:

• LVL UP by Pain on Return To Love (Sub Pop)
• For You Always by Minor Victories on Minor Victories (Fat Possum)
• Strange Mercy by St. Vincent on Strange Mercy (4AD)
• Happy Xmas (War Is Over) by Father John Misty on Live (Not On Label)
• Suzy Snowflake by Soul Coughing on Made Especially For You By Soul Coughing (Warner)
• Christmas in E.C. by Brazzaville on Welcome To Brazzaville (Mimcry Records)
• Kiddy Pool Dreams by Pinkshinyultrablast on Kiddy Pool Dreams (Club Reverence by Jesus And Mary Chain on Honey’s Dead (Plain Recordings)
• My Weakness by A Place To Bury Strangers on A Place To Bury Strangers(Killer Pimp)
• Eyes by Post Industrial Noise on The Official Post Industrial Noise Anthology(Medical Records)
• Problemes D’Amour by Alexander Robotnick on Ce N’Est Q’Un Debut(Medical Records)
• Step In Time by Psychic Youth on Electroconvulsive Therapy Vol 1 (Medical Records)
• Human Ceremony by Sunflower Bean on Human Ceremony (Fat Possum)

BFF.fm Archive Link: PR010 – Prescription Meds

First Hour:

• 6:01am Melatonin by A Tribe Called Quest on We got it from Here… Thank You for your Service (Epic)
• 6:05am The Tussin (Robotussin) by MC Chris on Life’s A Bitch And I’m Her Pimp (Self-Released)
• 6:08am Ativan by Atlas Sound on Let The Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel (Kranky)
• 6:11am Life Is But A Dream by The Genders on Phone Home (Self-Released)
• 6:16am Hall Of Mirrors by The Helio Sequence on Negotiations (Sub Pop)
• 6:20am Birthplace by Flock of Dimes on If You See Me, Say Yes (Partisan)
• 6:24am And It’s Forever by Junior Boys on Big Black Coat (City Slang)
• 6:30am I’m Set Free by Yo La Tengo on Genius + Love = Yo La Tengo(Matador)
• 6:34am A Hundred Ropes by Minor Victories on Minor Victories (Fat Possum)
• 6:38am We Will Commit Wolf Murder by Of Montreal on Paralytic Stalks(Polyvinyl)
• 6:44am 2013 by Sunflower Bean on Human Ceremony (Fat Possum)
• 6:47am Unforgiving Girl (She’s Not An) by Car Seat Headrest on Teens of Denial (Matador Records)
• 6:53am Taking What’s Not Yours by TV Girl on Who Really Cares (Self-Released)
• 6:56am River In Me by Trentemøller on Fixion (In My Room)
• 6:59am Orlando by Trans Am on Trans Am (Thrill Jockey)

Second Hour:

• 7:04am Hello, Dear by American Wrestlers on Goodbye Terrible Youth (Fat Possum)
• 7:07am Rhythm Section Want Ad (Live) by They Might Be Giants on First Album Live (Idlewild)
• 7:10am Walking The Cow by TV On The Radio on The Late Great Daniel Johnston: Discovered Covered (Gammon/Eternal Yip Eye/Rogue)
• 7:15am Ha Ha Ha by The Julie Ruin on Run Fast (Dichord)
• 7:19am Professor Booty by The Beastie Boys on Check Your Head (Grand Royal)
• 7:23am Roads by Portishead on Dummy (Go! Discs)
• 7:28am Go Home To My Bed by Andrew Hung on The Greasy Strangler(Death Waltz)
• 7:32am <2 by Sad13 on Slugger (Carpark)
• 7:35am Realiti by Grimes on Art Angels (4AD)
• 7:41am Call Again by Mall Walk on Funny Papers (Mt. St. Mtn.)
• 7:44am Generator by Elastica on The Menace (Deceptive)
• 7:46am Zond by Pond on Man It Feels Like Space Again (Caroline)
• 7:50am Fuck You Sweetness by Regurgitator on Dirty Pop Fantasy (Valve)
• 7:54am Nicotine & Gravy by Beck on Midnite Vultures (DGC)