Category: Music

Playlist, WSUM, 2010-02-22, 6-8am

First Hour:

  1. Odessa by Caribou from Swim [Merge]
  2. Minors by Toro Y Moi from Causers Of This [Carpark]
  3. Terminally Chill by Neon Indian from Psychic Chasms [Lefse]
  4. I Know There’s An Answer by The Beach Boys from Pet Sounds Sessions [Capitol]
  5. Hang On To Your Ego by Frank Black from Frank Black [4AD]
  6. Art Czars by Japandroids from Art Czars 7″ [Polyvinyl]
  7. I Learned The Hard Way by Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings from I Learned The Hard Way [Daptone]
  8. Love More by Sharon Van Etten from Shaking Through 2010 [Weathervane Music]
  9. Our Love Was Saved by Spacemen by The Pipettes from Our Love Was Saved by Spacemen [Self-Released]
  10. The High Road by Broken Bells from The High Road Single [Columbia/Sony]
  11. Apartment Story by The National from Boxer [Beggars Banquet]
  12. The Blackest Purse (Radio Edit) by Why? from Eskimo Snow [Anticon]
  13. Army by Ben Folds Five from The Unauthorized Biography Of Reinh [Caroline/Sony]
  14. Cigarettes Will Kill You by Ben Lee from Breathing Tornados [Grand Royal]
  15. The Rules by Ben Kweller from On My Way [ATO Records/RCA]

Second Hour:

  1. I Like Your Old Remix Better Than Your New Remix by Regurgitator from The Fourth Single From Unit [eastwest/Warner Australia]
  2. Weeds by Pulp from We Love Life [Rough Trade]
  3. Weeds II (The Origin Of The Species) by Pulp from We Love Life [Rough Trade]
  4. Me and You, Watson by Alec Ounsworth from Mo Beauty [Anti]
  5. Mama, I’m Swollen by Cursive from Mama, I’m Swollen [Saddle Creek]
  6. Life Magazine by Cold Cave from Love Comes Close [Matador]
  7. The Mighty Sparrow by Ted Leo + Pharmacists from The Brutalist Bricks [Matador]
  8. Airplanes by Local Natives from Gorilla Manor [Frenchkiss]
  9. This Too Shall Pass (Live) by OK GO from Of The Blue Colour Of The Sky [Self-Released]
  10. Giving Up The Gun by Vampire Weekend from Contral [XL]
  11. Excuses by The Morning Benders from Big Echo [Rough Trade]
  12. Natural Selection (feat. The Black Angels) by UNKLE from Where Did The Night Fall [Surrender All]

Notes:

  • Japandroids will be releasing 7″ singles with songs from the Post-Nothing sessions, with cover songs on the flipside. Art Czars is available for pre-order now from Polyvinyl.
  • Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings will release their new album I Learned The Hard Way on April 6.
  • The Pipettes have released the single Our Love Was Saved by Spacemen, which is available for download from their website.
  • The National are working on a new album. They are also on tour with The Antlers this spring. They’ll be playing Bonnaroo, among other dates.
  • Ben Folds, Ben Lee, and Ben Kweller went on tour in Australia as The Bens. They recorded and released a 4-song EP as a group, taking turns on lead vocals.
  • Alec Ounsworth will play on Wednesday, 2/24/2010 at the High Noon Saloon in Madison.
  • Cursive will play on Saturday, 2/27/2010, at The Metro in Chicago.
  • Cold Cave have canceled their show on Friday, 2/26/2010, at The Project Lodge, as well as the rest of their Midwestern US tour.
  • Ted Leo + Pharmacists will release their new album, The Brutalist Bricks, on 3/9/2010 on Matador.
  • OK GO continue to make (arguably) entertaining videos. See their latest, featuring the Notre Dame Marching Band, on their website.
  • Vampire Weekend have also just released a new video, starring RZA, Jake Gyllenhall, Lil’ Jon, and Joe Jonas.
  • The Morning Benders will release their new album, Big Echo, on 3/9/2010 on Rough Trade.
  • UNKLE are set to release their new album, Where Did The Night Fall, on 05/11/2010.

Playlist, WSUM, 2010-02-15, 6-8am

First Hour:

  1. Kofi by Stafrænn Hákon from Skvettir Edik Á Ref [Resonant]
  2. Alt Er Tabt by Under Byen from Alt Er Tabt [Unbekannt]
  3. Boy Lilikoi by Jónsi from Go [XL]
  4. Need You by Darkstar from Need You / Squeeze My Lime [Hyperdub]
  5. Distant Lights by Burial from Burial [Hyperdub]
  6. Quakes by Flying Lotus from Warp Exclusive Track [Warp]
  7. Gigantes by Tortoise from Beacons Of Ancestorship [Thrill Jockey]
  8. The Trees Grew Emotions and Died by Cold Cave from Love Comes Close [Matador]
  9. Crystal Visions by The Big Pink from A Brief History Of Love [4AD]
  10. Love Dog by TV On The Radio from Dear Science [Interscope/4AD]
  11. If You Could Speak by God Help The Girl from God Help The Girl [Matador]
  12. Despicable Dogs by Small Black from Small Black EP [Cass Club]

Second Hour:

  1. Ruby Soho (Rancid Cover) by Vampire Weekend from Live @ Maida Vale
  2. Wild Heart (Stevie Nicks Cover) by Abe Vigoda from Reviver EP [Post-Present Medium]
  3. Common People (Pulp Cover) by William Shatner from Has Been [Shout! Factory Records]
  4. You Must Be Out Of Your Mind by The Magnetic Fields from Realism [Merge]
  5. Lisztomania by Phoenix from Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix [Glass Note]
  6. Crazy/Forever by Japandroids from Post Nothing [Polyvinyl]
  7. Canada by The Thermals from Canada single [Kill Rock Stars]
  8. Canada by Low from Trust [Kranky]
  9. Moving to Canada by Cloud Cult from Advice from the Happy Hippopotamus [Earthology]
  10. A Chinese Actor by Califone from Roots & Crowns [Thrill Jockey]
  11. Handshake Drugs by Wilco from More Like The Moon EP [Nonesuch/Warner]
  12. On The Tower by Sondre Lerche from Two Way Monologue [Astralwerks]

Notes:

Playlist, WSUM, 2010-02-08, 6-8am

First Hour:

  1. Black History Month by Death From Above 1979 from You’re A Woman, I’m a Machine [Vice]
  2. Here I Dreamt I Was An Architect by The Decemberists from Castaways and Cutouts [Kill Rock Stars]
  3. Maybe You Can Owe Me by Architecture In Helsinki from In Case We Die [Bar/None]
  4. Answer To Yourself by The Soft Pack from The Soft Pack [Kemado]
  5. Ambling Alp by Yeasayer from Odd Blood [Secretly Canadian]
  6. You Never Wash Up After Yourself by Radiohead from My Iron Lung [Capitol]
  7. Arrest Yourself by Hot Chip from The Warning [EMI/Astralwerks/DFA]
  8. Bomb Yourself by TV On The Radio from Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes [Touch And Go]
  9. If You Find Yourself Caught In Love by Belle And Sebastian from Dear Catastrophe Waitress [Rough Trade]
  10. You Can’t Force A Dance Party by Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele from Daytrotter Sessions [Daytrotter Sessions]
  11. Faces by Yeah Yeah Yeahs from It’s Blitz! [Interscope]
  12. Air Aid by Menomena from Friend And Foe [Barsuk]
  13. Sloop John B (A Cappella) by The Beach Boys from Pet Sounds Sessions [Capitol]
  14. John Allyn Smith Sails by Okkervil River from The Stage Names [Jagujaguar]
  15. I Want To Go Home by Johnny Cash from Songs Of Our Soil [Columbia]

Second Hour:

  1. New Theory by Washed Out from Life of Leisure EP [Mexican Summer]
  2. Low Shoulder by Toro Y Moi from Causers of This [Carpark]
  3. Saturday Come Slow by Massive Attack from Heligoland [Virgin/EMI]
  4. Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up) by Florence And The Machine from Lungs [Universal Republic]
  5. Satellite Mind (Radio Edit) by Metric from Fantasies [Last Gang / Arts and Crafts]
  6. Down Again by The Superjesus from Sumo [Warner Australia]
  7. Our Productive Years Are Fleeting by The Berg Sans Nipple from Along the Quai-Vinyl [Team Love]
  8. Take It In by Hot Chip from One Life Stand [Astralwerks/Parlophone]
  9. Flume by Peter Gabriel from Scratch My Back [Virgin]
  10. Hell by Tegan & Sara from Sainthood [Sire / Wea]
  11. Anchorage by Surfer Blood from Astrocoast [Kanine]
  12. Janine by Soul Coughing from Ruby Vroom [Warner]

Notes:

  • I was very excited to play Sloop John B (A Cappella) by The Beach Boys, John Allyn Smith Sails by Okkervil River, and I Want To Go Home by Johnny Cash. The song that most of us know as Sloop John B is actually a folk song that is much older. Johnny Cash’s 1959 version isn’t even considered the definitive one. More info at Wikipedia. (or your local library, kids!)
  • Odd Blood by Yeasayer is out 02/09/2010. They are releasing it digitally on Amazon for a special price today, 02/08. — Also, Yeasayer will be on tour with Sleigh Bells this winter/spring. In Madison 04/28/2010 at the Majestic.
  • One Life Stand by Hot Chip is out 02/09/2010. They just performed on Jimmy Fallon, which you can see here.
  • Heligoland by Massive Attack is out 02/09/2010. They had been streaming their album over at NPR.
  • Peter Gabriel just released an album of covers called Scratch My Back, which includes not only the Bon Iver track that I played today, but Heroes by Bowie, My Body Is A Cage by The Arcade Fire, and The Book Of Love by The Magnetic Fields. I haven’t picked up a copy yet, but I plan to.
  • I have a big place in my heart for Soul Coughing. They are a band I wouldn’t have known about except for college radio. I had to play this song after Mike Doughty posted on Twitter, “Soul Coughing fans note: the real-life Janine is texting me exultant texts about that touchdown call.”

Guest DJ set, 2010-02-03, 6-8am, “Things Fall Apart”

First Hour:

  1. What We Know by Sonic Youth from The Eternal [Matador]
  2. Halfway Home by TV On The Radio from Dear Science [Interscope]
  3. Faking It by Jay Reatard from Watch Me Fall [Matador]
  4. Trouble Comes Running by Spoon from Transference [Merge]
  5. And The Glitter Is Gone by Yo La Tengo from Popular Songs [Matador]
  6. Keep Slipping Away by A Place To Bury Strangers from Exploding Head [Mute]
  7. Giving Away The Bride by Califone from All My Friends Are Funeral Singers [Dead Oceans]
  8. We Used To Vacation by Cold War Kids from Robbers & Cowards [Downtown]
  9. In It For The Money by Supergrass from In It For The Money [Capitol/EMI]
  10. Me & Mia by Ted Leo + Pharmacists from Shake The Sheets [Lookout]
  11. I Am A Wicked Child by Radiohead from Go To Sleep Single [Capitol]
  12. Life Magazine by Cold Cave from Love Comes Close [Matador]

Second Hour:

  1. Skeleton by BLK JKS from After Robots [Secretly Canadian]
  2. Skeletons by Yeah Yeah Yeahs from It’s Blitz! [Interscope]
  3. The Sniper at the Gates of Heaven by The Black Angels from Passover [Light In The Attic]
  4. Who Loves The Sun by The Velvet Underground from Loaded [Atlantic]
  5. Falling From The Sun by The Album Leaf from A Chorus of Storytellers [Sub Pop] album released 2/2/2010
  6. Diplomat’s Son by Vampire Weekend from Contra [XL]
  7. Heaven Can Wait (feat. Beck) by Charlotte Gainsbourg from IRM [Elektra]
  8. E-Pro by Beck from E-Pro Single [Interscope]
  9. That Is Not My Home by Alec Ounsworth from Mo Beauty [Anti]
  10. Heaven by Talking Heads from Stop Making Sense [Sire/Warner]
  11. God Only Knows by The Beach Boys from Pet Sounds [Capitol]
  12. Watching The Planets by The Flaming Lips from Embryonic [Warner]
  13. I and Love and You by The Avett Brothers from I and Love and You [American]

Notes:

  • I am very tired today. I did a lot less planning and a lot more freestyling on the show today. I hope it did not disappoint.
  • Spoon will be playing a few shows nearby: Thu 1 April @ Aragon in CHI. Fri/Sat 2-3 April @ First Avenue in Minneapolis. All dates with Deerhunter and Micachu & The Shapes. I am very, very excited for this show. **Update: Fri 2 Apr is sold out.
  • Califone will be opening for Wilco at the sold-out show in Madison on Saturday, 20 February 2010. Had I known they were coming, I would have tried harder to get tickets.
  • A Place To Bury Strangers will be playing with The Big Pink at Turner Hall in Milwaukee on Friday, 19 March 2010. 8pm show. $10. Excited to make this trip.
  • Ted Leo + Pharmacists will be playing the High Noon in Madison on Sunday 14 March 2010. 8pm show. Tix $13 adv/$15 dos
  • Cold Cave will be playing at The Project Lodge in Madison on Friday 26 February 2010, with Hair Police and Zola Jesus. See them now. They will probably not be coming back this way if they keep blowing up.
  • Vampire Weekend will be playing on Tuesday 23 March 2010 at the Riverside Theatre in Milwaukee.
  • Alec Ounsworth will be playing at the High Noon in Madison on Wednesday 24 February 2010. 8pm show. $12 adv/$14 dos.
  • The Avett Brothers will be playing at Turner Ballroom in Milwaukee on Saturday 6 March 2010. 8pm show.
  • Thanks to Dave Zero for letting me sub for his show, and for his awesome recommendations on albums by The Beach Boys & The Velvet Underground. I’m a fan of both bands, but haven’t owned these.

Playlist, WSUM, 2010-02-01, 6-8am

First Hour:

  1. Planisphère Part 1 by Justice from Planisphère [Self-Released]
  2. Love Cry by Four Tet from There Is Love In You [Domino]
  3. Híbakúsja by Ben Frost from By The Throat [Bedroom Community]
  4. Let There Be Horns by RJD2 from The Colossus [RJ’s Electrical Connections]
  5. Rad Anthem by Rad Omen [Self-Released]
  6. Speak The Truth by Dam Funk from Unreleased [Stones Throw]
  7. Odessa by Caribou from Swim [Merge]
  8. Lovesick by Lindstrøm & Christabelle from Real Life is No Cool [Smalltown Supersound]
  9. Glory in Itself/Egyptian by Gang Gang Dance from God’s Money [The Social Registry]

Second Hour:

  1. Twin Peaks by Surfer Blood from Astrocoast [Kanine Records]
  2. Norway by Beach House from Teen Dream [Sub Pop]
  3. Real Life by Tanlines from Real Life Single [True Panther Sounds] album Settings out March 9
  4. Summer Holiday by Wild Nothing from Gemini [Captured Tracks]
  5. Evelyn McHale by Parenthetical Girls from Privilege, pt. I [Slender Means Society]
  6. Skeletons by Yeah Yeah Yeahs from It’s Blitz! [Interscope]
  7. O.N.E. by Yeasayer from O.N.E. single [Secretly Canadian]
  8. Sun Hits The Sky [Live From Peel Acres] by Supergrass from Supergrass – bonus disc [Parlophone]
  9. Give Blood by Rain Machine from Daytrotter Sessions [Daytrotter Sessions]
  10. Consolation Prize by Sharon Van Etten from Because I Was In Love [Drag City]
  11. Older Crowd by MC Chris from MC Chris Is Dead [Self-Released]
  12. C’mon by The Soft Pack from The Soft Pack [Kemado] out 2/2/2010
  13. Elephants by Warpaint from Exquisite Corpse [Manimal Vinyl]

Notes:

  • The video for Rad Anthem by Rad Omen is actually pretty rad, in the sense that it features fast food mascots getting into all sorts of trouble.  It is decidedly NOT SAFE FOR WORK.  You have been warned.
  • I am still waiting to get my hands on a copy of Toeachizown by Dam Funk. His label, Stones Throw, released Speak The Truth as a single to thank customers for their patience during a manufacturing delay.
  • Parenthetical Girls will be releasing their next album as a limited series of 12″ EPs. The first, Privilege Part I, comes out on 2/23/2010. As the band says on its website, “These EPs will be sold separately in sequence every quarter over the next 15 months, each as they are completed. They will not be distributed to stores.” Also, they will be “hand-numbered in the blood of their respective band members.” Ouch.
  • Odd Blood, the new album by Yeasayer will be out 2/9/2010. If you were lucky enough to have heard it at a local listening party, you are probably as stoked about it coming out as I am.
  • MC Chris rejects the nerdcore label, even though it’s hard to deny. You may have heard him on [adult swim], or around town. His new album, MC Chris Is Dead, is a lot of fun.

Playlist, WSUM, 2010-01-25, 6-8am

First Hour:

  1. Pass The Hatchet, I Think I’m Goodkind by Yo La Tengo from I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass [Matador]
  2. Hatchet by Low from Drums And Guns [Sub Pop]
  3. Hide It Away by Retribution Gospel Choir from 2 [Sub Pop]
  4. Billie Holiday by Warpaint from Exquisite Corpse [Manimal Vinyl]
  5. Kisses Over Babylon by Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros from Up From Below [Vagrant]
  6. October by Royal Native from L’Orangerie EP [Self-Released]
  7. In The Sun by She & Him from Volume Two [Merge], album out 3/23/2010
  8. Numbers Don’t Lie by The Mynabirds from What We Lose In The Fire We Gain In [Saddle Creek] album out 4/27/2010
  9. I Want You Back by Discovery from LP [XL]
  10. Girl I Love You (She Is Danger Remix) by Massive Attack from Heligoland [Virgin/EMI] album out 2/8/2010
  11. Blessa by Toro Y Moi from Causers of This [Carpark] album out 2/2/2010
  12. Feel It All Around by Washed Out from Life of Leisure EP [Mexican Summer]

Second Hour:

  1. Ira Glass (demo) by Adam WarRock [Self-Released] Beat used: “That’s What I Am Talking About” by Pete Rock
  2. Audience by Cold War Kids from Behave Yourself EP [Downtown]
  3. And I Was A Boy From School [Hot Chip Cover] by Grizzly Bear from TripleJ, Like A Version [TripleJ]
  4. Rowboat [Beck cover] by Johnny Cash from Unchained [American]
  5. The Robots by Kraftwerk from The Mix [Elektra]
  6. Robots [Live] by Flight Of The Conchords from The Distant Future [Sub Pop]
  7. I’m Not Done by Fever Ray from Fever Ray [Mute]
  8. I Started Something I Couldn’t Finish by The Smiths from Strangeways, Here We Come [Rough Trade]
  9. All Medicated Geniuses by Pretty Girls Make Graves from The New Romance [Matador]
  10. Modern Romance by TV On The Radio from New Health Rock Single [Touch And Go]
  11. Science vs. Romance by Rilo Kiley from Take Offs And Landings [Barsuk]

Notes:

Playlist, WSUM, 2010-01-18, 6-8am

First Hour:

  1. Ira Glass (demo) by Adam WarRock [Self-Released] Beat used: “That’s What I Am Talking About” by Pete Rock
  2. Losing My Edge by LCD Soundsystem from LCD Soundsystem [DFA]
  3. Born On A Day The Sun Didn’t Rise by Black Moth Super Rainbow from Eating Us [Graveface]
  4. Poison Lips by Vitalic from Flashmob [PIAS]
  5. Written In Reverse by Spoon from Written In Reverse Single [Merge], new album Transference out 1/26/2010
  6. Pure Shores by JJ from JJ No 2 Vinyl [Sincerely Yours]
  7. California Shakedown by Pearl Harbor from Wish We Were Here [Self-Released]
  8. Beach Comber by Real Estate from Real Estate [Woodsist]
  9. Spring by Ducktails from Landscapes [Olde English Spelling Bee]
  10. In Limbo by Radiohead from Kid A [Capitol]
  11. In My Little Thatched Hut by The Fiery Furnaces from Bitter Tea [Fat Possum]
  12. Harry Partch-MM2 Mst by Beck [Self-Released]

Second Hour:

  1. Swim (To Reach The End) by Surfer Blood from Astrocoast [Kanine] album out 01/19/2010
  2. Mystery by BLK JKS from Mystery EP [Secretly Canadian]
  3. The High Road by Broken Bells from The High Road Single [Columbia] album out 3/9/2010
  4. All The Words You Can’t Say Right by Laarks from An Exaltation of Laarks [Absolutely Kosher] from Eau Claire, WI
  5. In Our Talons by Bowerbirds from Hymns From A Dark Horse [Dead Oceans]
  6. For You by Sharon Van Etten from Because I Was In Love [Language of Stone]
  7. The Geeks Were Right by The Faint from Fasciinatiion [blank.wav]
  8. Contramelt B by Vampire Weekend from Contra-bonus disc [XL]
  9. I’m Not Going Anywhere by Nika + Rory [Zola Jesus / Rory Kane] from Myspace/Self-Released
  10. Scissor by Liars from Sisterworld [Mute] album out 3/9/2010
  11. Morning Light by Girls from Album [Matador/True Panther]
  12. Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle by Jay Reatard [Self-released]
  13. Lion Face Boy by Seabear from We Built A Fire [Morr] album out 03/02/2010
  14. Happy Hippo by Cloud Cult from Advice From The Happy Hippopotamus [Bari]
  15. Hey Hey, My My (Out of the Blue) by Neil Young & Crazy Horse from Rust Never Sleeps [Warner]

Notes:

  • Adam WarRock is the stage name of Euge Ahn. Euge and Ruckus will be reworking the demo of Ira Glass to include an original beat. Respect to Pete Rock.
  • New Spoon Album, Transference, is out Tuesday 01/26/2010 on Merge. It’s streaming right now over at NPR’s All Songs Considered. I’ve enjoyed both “Got Nuffin” and “Written In Reverse” but the rest of the album hasn’t grabbed me yet. I’m hoping it’s a grower.
  • Pearl Harbor started as two sisters from California, though they’ve added a boy for live performances. Check out an MP3 from their album Something About the Chaparrals over at Stereogum.
  • Radiohead / Fiery Furnaces / Beck internet-feud via Pitchfork. I really should have bought & played the actual Radiohead song Harry Patch.
  • Surfer Blood ‘s album Astrocoast comes out tomorrow from Kanine Records. Highly recommended. There’s also a pie chart from the Chicago Tribune breaking it down. I agree, tambourines get extra points.
  • You’ve probably already heard of Broken Bells by now, but the project with DJ Dangermouse & James Mercer [of The Shins] is going to get more hype before the actual album gets released. From what I’ve heard, it’s worth it.
  • Also, shouts out to Eau Claire, Wisconsin-based Laarks. I’m a sucker for collective nouns, as found in the title to their record An Exaltation of Laarks. The title, and the one track that I’ve heard have peaked my interest. Once I track down the actual album, I’ll report back.
  • You can check out mp3s of “I’m Not Going Anywhere” by Nika + Rory and “Scissor” by Liars on their respective websites. Seabear also have a new album coming out in March. They are from Iceland, but are a lot more gentle pop music than the weirdness that is Bjork.
  • Likewise, you can download Jay Reatard’s cover of Nirvana’s Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle via his website.  I only got to see a few minutes of him opening for The Pixies last year, but he had an intensity that was hard to ignore. RIP Jay.

Playlist, WSUM, 2010-01-11, 6-8am

First Hour:

  1. Ceremony (New Order Cover) by Radiohead from Thumbs Down Webcast [Self-Released]
  2. Keep Slipping Away by A Place To Bury Strangers from Exploding Head [Sire]
  3. Velvet by The Big Pink from A Brief History Of Love [4AD]
  4. Good Morning by Rogue Wave from Permalight [Brushfire] out 3/2/2010
  5. Brothersport by Animal Collective from Merriweather Post Pavillion [Domino]
  6. Cousins by Vampire Weekend from Contra [XL] out 01/12/2010
  7. Wet Hair by Japandroids from Post-Nothing [Polyvinyl]
  8. I Was Never Young by Of Montreal from Sundandic Twins [Polyvinyl] on a mini-tour early 2010
  9. Moonless March by Aloha from Home Acres [Polyvinyl] out 03/09/2010
  10. Skeleton by BLK JKS from After Robots [Secretly Canadian]
  11. Little Secrets by Passion Pit from Manners [Frenchkiss]
  12. Kisses Over Babylon by Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros from Up From Below [Vagrant]
  13. Ambling Alp by Yeasayer from Odd Blood [Secretly Canadian] out 02/09/2010
  14. Colouring of Pigeons by The Knife [ft. Mt. Sims and Planningtorock] from Tomorrow, In A Year [Mute] out 2/2 digitally, 3/9 LP/CD

Second Hour:

  1. Here To Fall by Yo La Tengo from Popular Songs [Matador]
  2. Hunchback by Kurt Vile from Childish Prodigy [Matador]
  3. Even Heroes Have To Die by Ted Leo & The Pharmacists from The Brutalist Bricks [Matador] out 3/9/2010
  4. Chinaberry Tree by Vic Chestnutt from At The Cut [Constellation] R.I.P.
  5. Islands by The XX from XX [XL]
  6. Rule My World by Kings Of Convenience from Declaration Of Dependence [Astralwerks]
  7. Polish Girls by Califone from All My Friends Are Funeral Singers [Dead Oceans]
  8. All The Pretty Girls by Fun. from Aim And Ignite [Nettwerk]
  9. All The Pretty Girls Go To The City by Spoon from Kill The Moonlight [Merge] – Transference out 01/18/2010
  10. Joy by Supersystem from A Million Microphones [Touch And Go]
  11. Arrow by Tegan and Sara from Sainthood [Sire]

Best of 2009, Leftovers

Show aired on WSUM, 91.7 FM, 2010-01-04, 2-4pm

The station is on an open schedule right now, so spent the afternoon playing some tracks left over from my Best of 2009 show. Here’s the list:

  1. French Navy by Camera Obscura from My Maudlin Career (4AD)
  2. Green River by Real Estate from Real Estate (Woodsist)
  3. You’re A Jerk by Bang Bang Eche from Sonic Death Cuntttt (Self-Released)
  4. Love Comes Close by Cold Cave from Love Comes Close (Matador)
  5. Tonight by The Clientele from Bonfires On The Heath (Merge)
  6. No One Said This Would Be Easy by The Postmarks from Memoirs At The End Of The World (Unfiltered)
  7. Crown On The Ground by Sleigh Bells from Self-Released
  8. Isaiah 45:23 by The Mountain Goats from Life Of The World To Come (4AD)
  9. Hysteric by Yeah Yeah Yeahs from It’s Blitz (Interscope)
  10. This Tornado Loves You by Neko Case from Middle Cyclone (Anti)
  11. Sunday Morning by Beck from Record Club (Self-Released)
  12. No You Don’t by Islands from Vapours (Anti/Epitaph)
  13. So Insane by Discovery from LP
  14. Phantom Limb by Fuck Buttons from Tarot Sport (ATP Recordings)
  15. Rising 5 by Hudson Mohawke from Butter (Warp)
  16. Growls Garden by Clark from Totems Flare (Warp)
  17. Periodically Double Or Triple by Yo La Tengo from Popular Songs (Matador)
  18. Change Of Heart by El Perro Del Mar from Love Is Not Pop (TCG/The Control Group)
  19. The Warm Heart Of Africa by The Very Best from The Warm Heart Of Africa (Green Owl Recordings)
  20. Laura by Girls from Album (True Panther Sounds)
  21. Crying Lightning by Arctic Monkeys from Humbug (Domino)
  22. I Can Be A Frog by The Flaming Lips from Embryonic (Warner)
  23. Combination Pizza Hut & Taco Bell by Das Racist & Wallpaper (Self-Released)
  24. We’re Both In Love With A Sexy Lady by Flight Of The Conchords from I Told You I Was Freaky (Sub Pop/HBO)
  25. Up From Below by Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros from Up From Below (Community Records)
  26. Written In Reverse by Spoon from Written In Reverse Single (Merge)
  27. Stand Up by Lee Fields with Sugarman & Co. from Daptone Gold (Daptone)
  28. I’ll Shoot The Moon by Tom Waits from Glitter And Doom Live (Anti)
  29. Dear God by Monsters Of Folk from Monsters Of Folk (Shangri-La Music)

A couple of thoughts:

Yo La Tengo will be playing in Madison @ Barrymore Theatre, Jan 23, 2010, 8pm. Tickets available via True Endeavors or The Barrymore.

Combination Pizza Hut And Taco Bell was just too weird of an internet meme to not include. Consider this Pitchfork Review of this song. Also worth considering, this Overcompensating Comic about this song. Then again, maybe that’s just too obscure.

I was sad to see Flight Of The Conchords get canceled, but the series probably had run its course. I would have preferred to play Too Many Dicks (On The Dancefloor), but that’s probably not FCC-friendly. I loved seeing these guys live, since I doubt I’ll get the chance again anytime soon.

Beck’s version of Sunday Morning by The Velvet Underground was one of the highlights of his Record Club project for me. Basically, he and his friends got together to play covers of famous songs by The Velvet Underground, Leonard Cohen, and Skip Spence. By his friends, I mean Jeff Tweedy, Leslie Feist, and Devendra Banhart. Project is ongoing at Beck’s website.

Don’t forget to listen to the rest of the WSUM Morning Zoo for their Best of 2009 shows the rest of this week, 6-8am on WSUM 91.7 FM (streaming online at WSUM.org)

This will be my last time plugging the Madison A.V. Club article on WSUM Morning Zoo Best of 2009 Shows.

Best of 2009 Show, 2010-01-04, 6-8am

The WSUM Morning Zoo got a nice little write up in the Madison A.V. Club for our Best of 2009 shows this week.

Show aired on WSUM, 91.7 FM, 2010-01-04, 6-8am

  1. When I Grow Up by Fever Ray from Fever Ray (Enhanced)
  2. Young Hearts Spark Fire by Japandroids from Post-Nothing (Polyvinyl)
  3. Bells Of Creation by Trail of Dead from The Century of Self (Justice)
  4. What We Know by Sonic Youth from The Eternal (Matador)
  5. Bunuel by Califone from All My Friends Are Funeral Singers (Dead Oceans)
  6. Lovesick Teenagers by Bear In Heaven from Beast Rest Forth Mouth (Hometapes)
  7. While You Wait For The Others by Grizzly Bear from Veckatimest (Warp)
  8. Summertime Clothes by Animal Collective from Merriweather Post Pavillion (Domino)
  9. Famous Last Words by Deerhunter from Rainwater Cassette Exchange (Kranky)
  10. Walkabout (w. Noah Lennox) by Atlas Sound from Logos (Kranky)
  11. Treat Me Like Your Mother by The Dead Weather from Horehound (Warner)
  12. Molalatladi by BLK JKS from After Robots (Secretly Canadian)
  13. I Say Fever by Ramona Falls from Intuit (Barsuk)
  14. Stillness Is The Move by Dirty Projectors from Bitte Orca (Domino)
  15. Basic Space by The XX from The XX (XL)
  16. DJ by Amanda Blank from I Love You (Downtown)
  17. Head Full Of Doubt / Road Full Of Promise by The Avett Brothers from I And Love And You (Sony)
  18. Give Blood by Rain Machine from Rain Machine (Anti)
  19. It’s Not Like That Anymore by Morphine from At Your Service (Rykodisc)
  20. From Africa To Malaga by JJ from JJ No 2 (Sincerely Yours)
  21. Funny Little Frog by God Help The Girl from God Help The Girl (Matador)
  22. Gimme Sympathy by Metric from Fantasies (Metric Music International)
  23. Dominos by The Big Pink from A Brief History Of Love (4AD)
  24. Exploding Head by A Place To Bury Strangers from Exploding Head (Mute)
  25. No You Girls by Franz Ferdinand from Tonight: Franz Ferdinand (Domino)
  26. Life Magazine by Cold Cave from Love Comes Close (Matador)
  27. Glorious Dawn by Carl Sagan from Glorious Dawn Single (Colorpulse/Third Man)