tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88128958146277126722024-03-12T19:39:19.960-07:00Paint the Words in Pastel BlueSome girls are quite obscureMarionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16419520820089926757noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812895814627712672.post-32934246903735479212010-12-20T09:36:00.000-08:002010-12-20T11:23:27.510-08:00My Personal Top 40 of 2010This was not an easy list to compile. Now before the totally called for "duh" involuntarily escapes from your lips, I must add that I didn't necessarily pick my favorite song in every scenario here, I instead tried to pick the 40 songs this year that made the biggest impression upon me, and that best accomplished the goals that I felt they set out to accomplish. This was especially hard in the few cases where I loved a particular album so much that my judgement on which song was the best was completely clouded. I probably should have picked "Round and Round" from the Ariel Pink album, not "Bright Lit Blue Skies." Both songs were impeccable, and a brilliant showcase of the in which direction this brilliant artist seems to be headed. "Round and Round" might have been a better display of this, but "Bright Lit Blue Skies," was, I think, my favorite. So here I am;list completed, accompanying radio show done, and I'm still debating my choices! Feel free to debate my choices as well...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.kcrw.com/music/programs/tl/the_lab">Right this way please</a>. <br /><br />Underworld - Always Loved a Film<br /><br />Teengirl Fantasy - Cheaters<br /><br />Best Coast - Boyfriend<br /><br />Veronica Falls - Stephen<br /><br />Belle and Sebastian - I Want the World to Stop<br /><br />Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Bright Lit Blue Skies<br /><br />The Splinters - Sea Salt Skin<br /><br />Liechtenstein - Passion for Water<br /><br />The Bamboos - Keep Me In Mind<br /><br />This Many Boyfriends - I Don't Like You (Cos You Don't Like The Pastels)<br /><br />Wild Nothing - Summer Holiday<br /><br />El Guincho - Ghetto Facil<br /><br />Corinne Bailey Rae - Paris Nights and New York Mornings<br /><br />Garotas Suecas - Codinome Dinomite<br /><br />Edwyn Collins - Losing Sleep<br /><br />Discodeine - Synchronize (Ft. Jarvis Cocker)<br /><br />Tracey Thorn - Why Does the Wind?<br /><br />Autolux - High Chair<br /><br />Gorillaz - Stylo<br /><br />LCD Soundsystem - One Touch<br /><br />The Liminanas - Je Ne Suis Pas Tres Drogue<br /><br />Dean & Britta - It Don't Rain in Beverly Hills<br /><br />Cinema Red and Blue - Melanie Down<br /><br />Catwalk - (Please) Don't Break Me<br /><br />Everybody Was In The French Resistance... Now! - Hey! It's Jimmy Mack<br /><br />Jo Stance - Hey Girl<br /><br />Caribou - Leave House<br /><br />Gold Bears - Jezzer<br /><br />Magic Kids - Summer<br /><br />Math & Physics Club - Jimmy Had A Polaroid<br /><br />Standard Fare - Love Doesn't Just Stop<br /><br />Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks<br /><br />Kings Go Forth - Get A Feeling<br /><br />Jens Lekman - The End of the World Is Bigger Than Love<br /><br />A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Drink Drank Drunk<br /><br />The Clientele - Paul Verlaine<br /><br />Girls Names - Falling<br /><br />Seu Jorge & Almaz - Everybody Loves the Sunshine<br /><br />The Ocean Tango - The Munich Train<br /><br />Mav!s - Feeling LuckyMarionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16419520820089926757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812895814627712672.post-48936478054503352652010-11-29T09:47:00.000-08:002010-11-29T11:23:06.904-08:00Sing a Holiday Hymn!Thanksgiving weekend has officially come and gone here in the states. We've survived Black Friday (crazy long physical shopping day), and today that I guess we're now calling "Cyber Monday" (shut-in/office drone day)!<br /><br />Some gifts however, need not be purchased. Thanks to the internet and dedicated pop archivists out there, every now and again an absolute treat like the video below is stumbled upon. It feels particularly poignant since I decided to open the radio show I was asked to fill in on with "Holiday Hymn." It sounded better than I remembered, and so perfect for the extremely chilly and windy evening that we experienced here in Los Angeles. Add to that, the show was extra heavy on Edwyn Collins last night; I played something from his new solo record, AND the Orange Juice Box Set. Plus, it's just... the holidays, there's something kind of wonderful about that, especially with tunes like when tunes like this one out there. <br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5n7VN-8pAG0?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5n7VN-8pAG0?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>Marionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16419520820089926757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812895814627712672.post-57468829754360945852010-11-01T11:21:00.000-07:002010-11-02T18:34:30.815-07:00Thoughts About Halloween, Jandek, and (You Guessed It) A Link to a Radio Show...On a scale of one to ten my level of "into-it!-ness" for Halloween is somewhere around a three. I don't despise the holiday, and I've had a pretty good costume or two in my day, but I've never been one for the vast minutae of Halloween that so many seem to hold so dear. <br /><br />That said, one thing that I do love is a good theme to base a radio show around. The fact that the majority of my October 31st was spent either on the air, or preparing to be on the air is perhaps the most perfect way I've ever spent a Halloween. Looking back, I realize that I perhaps should have made at least one of the shows entirely Halloween themed, but there's always next year. One particularly noteworthy artist that my exploration for spooky tracks brought me back to was Jandek.<br /><br />There's nothing all that particular in Jandek's work that you could use to tie back to Halloween, I loosely went with the fact that he has a record called Blue Corpse, but the overall atmosphere is what makes Jandek's music so chilling. Despite a few shows within the past few years, Jandek still remains largely a creature of seclusion and mystery. In fact, Spin Magazine ran an article about Jandek several years back and there was a sidebar citing the 5 least plausibe Jandek rumors. One of them was; "He's actually Thurston Moore." I like that. I like the idea of Jandek shrouded in as much mystery as can be, it makes the songs all the more discomforting. Cause these songs are so spare, so strange, and so sure haunt you for some time that to know anything about the person responsible for them would almost seem to take away most of the songs' overall appeal. <br /><br />All that said, you must certainly be able to imagine imagine that after a year or so of not thinking about, or hearing those songs; they're all the more jarring. The song I played on this particular Halloween show, "Part II," has always been my favorite. I can't explain why, and I think that for the best. Jandek, and this song in particular, just make me nervous, and I like it. <br /><br />You can listen to the show <a href="http://www.kcrw.com/music/programs/tl/the_lab">here</a>.Marionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16419520820089926757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812895814627712672.post-70061089317136607182010-10-18T14:37:00.000-07:002010-10-18T18:34:27.629-07:00KCRW Playlist from 10/17/2010Sometimes record and season meld together with such perfect harmony that, the entire world around you seems to possess that harmony as well. The feeling of a world where everything is completely and utterly in place can only ever last for a moment, but there are certain things that almost make you sure that it will last forever. The Ocean Tango is the new collaboration from El Records legend <a href="http://www.myspace.com/louisphilippemusic">Louis Phillipe</a>, and the experimental Swedish indiepop/lounge/jazz set <a href="http://www.myspace.com/testbildsweden">Testbild!</a> Hearing their self titled record for the first time on Saturday turned out to be the precise thing to make my entire show fall into place. <br /><br />I listened to the Ocean Tango all afternoon yesterday as well, wrapped in blankets, as the rain fell far away outside. Heavenly.<br /><br />You can hear one of the songs by visiting the Ocean Tango's <a href="http://oceantango.bandcamp.com/">Bandcamp page</a>. You'll probably want to go ahead and pick up your digital copy of the album while you're there.<br /><br /><br />You can hear a different Ocean Tango song by listening to my most recent radio show. Do that right <a href="http://www.kcrw.com/music/programs/tl/the_lab">here</a>.<br /><br /><br />Here's the full playlist:<br /><br />Kings of Convenience - I'd Rather Dance With You<br /><br />Jens Lekman - The End of the World Is Bigger Than Love<br /><br />Cinema Red and Blue - Same Mistakes<br /><br />Crystal Stilts - Shake The Shackles<br /><br />Mermaids - Everybodys Acting Like An Animal<br /><br />Belle and Sebastian - I Want the World to Stop<br /><br />The Bahama Soul Club - Sugar Cane<br /><br />Tha Boogie - Peter Parker<br /><br />Mayer Hawthorne - Thin Moon<br /><br />The New Holidays - Maybe So, Maybe No<br /><br />Bryan Ferry - Shameless<br /><br />Dinosaur L - Go Bang (Walter Gibbons unreleased mix)<br /><br />Fusioon - Tocata Y Fug<br /><br />Devo - Please Baby Please<br /><br />Pixies - La Love You<br /><br />El Guincho - Ghetto Facil<br /><br />David Bowie - Golden Years (EJL remix)<br /><br />The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Falling Over<br /><br />The Intelligence - Estate Sales<br /><br />Surf City - Kudos<br /><br />Superchunk - Why Do You Have to Put a Date on Everything?<br /><br />LA Font - Metal Box<br /><br />The Beachnuts - Cycle Annie<br /><br />Eternal Summers - A Salty Salute<br /><br />Standard Fare - Philadelphia<br /><br />Jad Fair & The Pastels - When We Touch<br /><br />Foals - Total Life Forever<br /><br />Tom Tom Club - As Above So Below<br /><br />David Sylvian - Wonderful World<br /><br />Clinic - I'm Aware<br /><br />The Vaselines - Whitechapel<br /><br />Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Time of the Season<br /><br />Broken Social Scene - Windsurfing Nation<br /><br />Deerhunter - Desire Lines<br /><br />John Cale - Antarctica Starts Here<br /><br />The Clientele - Paul Verlaine<br /><br />The Ocean Tango - The Ocean Tango<br /><br />John Vanderslice - Trance Manual<br /><br />Caribou - BowlsMarionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16419520820089926757noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812895814627712672.post-76322842870962207252010-09-27T10:59:00.000-07:002010-10-08T16:52:17.808-07:00Wild NothingWandering through the cold evening air, slightly tipsy, and alone. I'm so rarely alone these days. I'm listening to the final draft of the Hungry Beat! mix CD, but I'll eventually be thinking much more about Wild Nothing's first record. <br /> <br />I'm on my way to see Wild Nothing play their first Los Angeles show, and before I turn my attention fully to thoughts of the show I would soon experience, I make a note of the sounds of the Revolving Paint Dream encased within my headphones. I look down at the device playing the song, and make another note of the fact that I'm essentially holding the song in my hand, and that it really <span style="font-style:italic;">sounds</span> like the kind of song that should always be held in someone's hand. <br /><br />Wild Nothing's record <span style="font-style:italic;">Gemini</span> opens with a song called "Live in Dreams," it's exactly the kind of song that you wish you could hold in your hand forever, but like the feeling and time it so perfectly captures, you know it will slip away all too soon.<br /><br />I mentioned that I was alone that night because I live with someone now. He was already at the Wild Nothing show by the time I started walking as he was playing bass for the opening band. It's an exciting, and endlessly comforting feeling to realize that I'm very likely living with the person that I'll live with for the rest of my life. Still, hearing a song like "Live in Dreams" reminds me of the time when I was wandering around strange cities on my own all of the time, excited, and oddly comforted by the fact that I would probably be alone forever.<br /><br />"Live in Dreams," is not necessarily the best song on <span style="font-style:italic;">Gemini</span>, but it is the perfect opening to a record such as this one. So rarely does an LP open to reveal so much of the beauty that's in store, yet at the same time leave so much to be discovered.<br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/E2mXIfA2xNs?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/E2mXIfA2xNs?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>Marionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16419520820089926757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812895814627712672.post-31388978681104943392010-08-16T09:29:00.000-07:002010-09-13T16:35:30.905-07:00KCRW Playlist from 9/12!Got to see <a href="http://www.myspace.com/wildnothing">Wild Nothing</a>, last night, and that was great. I've been meaning to write a post about that band and their record Gemini which I believe is the best record released this year. You can expect to see that post here before the week is out.<br /><br />For now, I'll leave you with the link to listen to my most recent radio show. You can do that, <a href="http://www.kcrw.com/music/programs/tl/the_lab">here</a>.<br /><br />Here's what I played:<br /><br />NDF - Since We Last Met (Edit)<br /><br />Bostich & Fussible - I Count the Ways<br /><br />!!! - Steady As the Sidewalk Cracks<br /><br />Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - Got a Thing on My Mind<br /><br />Kings Go Forth - Now We're Gone<br /><br />Sweater Girls - Summer Girls<br /><br />Procedure Club - Rather<br /><br />Wild Nothing - Live in Dreams<br /><br />A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Drink Drank Drunk<br /><br />Jakki - Sun...Sun...Sun (Walter Gibbons original 12" edit)<br /><br />Iggy Pop - Nightclubbing<br /><br />Underworld - Grace<br /><br />Hot Chip - Hand Me Down Your Love (Todd Edwards Microchip Remix)<br /><br />Magic Kids - Skateland<br /><br />Tommy Roe - Dizzy<br /><br />The Brisk - El Juego Del Amor<br /><br />Cats On Fire - Your Woman<br /><br />This Many Boyfriends - I Should Be A Communist<br /><br />Caribou - She's The One<br /><br />El Guincho - Frutas Del Caney<br /><br />Tullycraft - DIY Queen<br /><br />Franklin Bruno - The Irony Engine<br /><br />The Mountain Goats - The Alphonse Mambo<br /><br />Wavves - Super Soaker<br /><br />Allo Darlin'- Henry Rollins Don't Dance<br /><br />The Bangles - Want You<br /><br />Best Coast - Boyfriend<br /><br />The Pastels - Crawl Babies<br /><br />Deerhunter - Revival<br /><br />The New Pornographers - Silver Jenny Dollar<br /><br />Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Fright Night<br /><br />Comet Gain - I Close My Eyes And Think Of God<br /><br />Serge Gainsbourg - Bonnie and Clyde<br /><br />Otis Redding - You Don't Miss Your Water<br /><br />The XX - Heart Skipped a Beat<br /><br />LCD Soundsystem - Somebody's Calling Me<br /><br />The Books - Beautiful People<br /><br />Dean & Britta - I Found It Not So<br /><br />The Velvet Underground - Sunday Morning [Single A-Side (Mono Version)]<br /><br />Little Joy - Don't Watch Me DancingMarionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16419520820089926757noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812895814627712672.post-19424928195676392572010-07-19T09:22:00.000-07:002010-07-19T12:13:24.371-07:00KCRW Playlist 7/18!What have you been listening to lately? I spend days scouring record stores, blogs, and/or the KCRW music library, and yet I always seem to draw at blank whenever I'm presented with that question. There is absolutely no reason for this at all, unless perhaps the concentration of too much information in one spot can form the appearance nothing being there at all. But there is so much that should be talked about. Both of the songs I've heard from Autolux's new record make me very very happy. I can't get enough of the new !!! single "Am/FM," and Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti's "Before Today" remains in heavy rotation it might even end up my favorite of the year. This week, I came across a band called Ribbons. They have a new E.P. called "Love is Mysterious," and the title track is hauntingly pretty. I plan to spend most of this week listening to their earlier full length <span style="font-style:italic;">Surprise Attacks</span>.<br /><br /><object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/DCQw7jLmUdg&hl=en_US&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DCQw7jLmUdg&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object> <br /><br />Of course, the absolute best way to share what you've been listening to lately with someone is to play them some songs. You can listen to my most recent radio show <a href="http://www.kcrw.com/music/programs/tl/the_lab">here</a>.<br /><br /><br />And here's what I played:<br /><br />Daft Punk - High Life<br /><br />LCD Soundsystem - One Touch<br /><br />Bomb The Bass - Boy Girl<br /><br />Franz Ferdinand - 40'<br /><br />The Hepburns - Writer Friend<br /><br />The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Say No To Love<br /><br />!!! - Am/FM<br /><br />Ariel Pink With Added Pizazz - In The Heat Of The Night<br /><br />Ana Tijoux - Obstaculo<br /><br />Lindstrom & Christabelle - So Much Fun<br /><br />The Beatle-Ettes - Only Seventeen<br /><br />Best Coast - Boyfriend<br /><br />Abe Vigoda - Throwing Shade<br /><br />Bart & Friends - These Words Are Too Small<br /><br />Dharma Burns - Too Many Days Gone<br /><br />REM - Can't Get There From Here<br /><br />The Pastels - Yoga<br /><br />The Pepper Pots - Dream Guy<br /><br />Ratatat - Sunblocks<br /><br />Crayon Fields - Living So Well<br /><br />Tame Impala - Alter Ego<br /><br />Autolux - Supertoys<br /><br />Seu Jorge - The Model<br /><br />The Wrens - This Boy Is Exhausted<br /><br />Unkle - Joy Factory (Feat. Autolux)<br /><br />Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse - Little Girl (Feat. Julian Casablancas) Clean Edit<br /><br />This Many Boyfriends - Diaries<br /><br />Tender Trap - Suddenly<br /><br />Wild Nothing - Bored Games<br /><br />Dean & Britta - It Don't Rain In Beverly Hills<br /><br />Roxy Music - More Than This<br /><br />The Clientele - House On Fire<br /><br />The Beach Boys - Caroline No<br /><br />Ribbons - Love Is Mysterious<br /><br />Orgone - Doin Me Wrong<br /><br />Mr. Clean & The Soul Inc. - What's Goin' On?<br /><br />Mayer Hawthorne - I Need You<br /><br />Miriam Makeba - Lindelani<br /><br />The Ipanemas - Passa O Ponto<br /><br />King Crimson - Epitaph (Alt. Instrumental)Marionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16419520820089926757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812895814627712672.post-88466386613938066032010-06-23T10:18:00.000-07:002010-06-23T12:06:18.176-07:00Listening Too Long to One Song: This Many Boyfriends - "I Don't Like You (Cos You Don't Like The Pastels)"I have a radio show in the archives from this past weekend. I'm not going to post the playlist or the link to list cause I was losing my voice steadily during the course of the program. I figured I would spare you the experience of listening to me choke my way through each break. On the bright side, what the show lacked in vocal performance I feel it made up for in musical discoveries. My favorite such discovery was this gem from Leeds band <a href="http://www.myspace.com/howmanyboyfriends">This Many Boyfriends</a>. Of course anyone who knows me would be right to assume that I'd naturally be inclined to like a song called, "I Don't like You (Cos You Don't Like the Pastels)," but the song itself is such silly good fun I'd love it regardless of the subject matter. Good joke songs are a tricky thing to pull off, and this one is a big winner in that category. Really simple melody, band checking lyrics, and a chorus that is sure to be shouted at indiepop dances for years to come are all present here. I might even be so bold as to say that it's the best musical taste factoring into a relationship song since "Pop Songs Your New Boyfriend's Too Stupid to Know About." Oh if only there were a video...<br /><br />You can pre-order your copy of the CDEP <span style="font-style:italic;">Getting a Life With</span> <a href="http://www.thismanyboyfriends.com/">here</a>.Marionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16419520820089926757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812895814627712672.post-29634510441021805212010-06-07T10:23:00.000-07:002010-06-08T13:39:43.347-07:00KCRW Playlist from 6/6!Time really does fly. As I type this brief post alerting you to the fact that my latest KCRW show is in the archive, I'm already thinking about what I want to play tonight when I fill in for Chuck P (midnite to three if you feel like tuning in.) The past few weeks have been a real blur. I wish I had some brilliant observation about a few of the songs that I pulled out for the show this past weekend, I certainly found some things that I was pretty excited about. However, extra work (in various forms), the planning of my new club night, and an overall erratic sleep schedule that is promising to be even more so this week ensures that when I am home I just don't want to think that much. With all of that said though, I would have so many enthusiastic words for almost every song on this show if only I could summon them, hopefully you'll feel the same. I will leave you with this lovely performance from Quadron on yesterday's Morning Becomes Eclectic. That's one that's definitely worth getting excited over...<br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/OHnc3GkaF_k&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/OHnc3GkaF_k&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />Listen my most recent radio show <a href="http://www.kcrw.com/music/programs/tl/the_lab">here</a>.<br /><br /><br />... And here is the playlist:<br /><br />Souljazz Orchestra - Lotus Flower<br /><br />Crystal Castles - Celestica (Thurston Moore Remix)<br /><br />Quadron - Average Fruit<br /><br />The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Lost Saint<br /><br />Wild Nothing - Chinatown<br /><br />Underworld - Scribble<br /><br />Fischerspooner - Emerge<br /><br />Allen Kwela Octet - Question Mark<br /><br />The Hepburns - Writer Friend<br /><br />Quantic Presenta Flowering Inferno - Dub Y Guaguanco<br /><br />Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - L'Estat<br /><br />Yeah Yeah Noh - The Time Beings<br /><br />The School - Shoulder<br /><br />Jonathan Richman - Parties In The U.S.A<br /><br />The Small Faces - Sha La La La La Lee<br /><br />LCD Soundsystem - Home<br /><br />Air Miami - World Cup Fever<br /><br />BLK JKS - Zol!<br /><br />Standard Fare - Vaya Vaya Mexico<br /><br />Half Man Half Biscuit - The Referee's Alphabet<br /><br />Eux Autres - World Cup Fever<br /><br />Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Love Burns<br /><br />The Californian - Sea Of Love<br /><br />Stereo Total - Illegal<br /><br />Tracey Thorn - Why Does The Wind? (Michel Cleis Remix)<br /><br />The Fall - Mexico Wax Solvent<br /><br />David Bowie - Golden Years<br /><br />Nada Surf - Bye Bye Beaute<br /><br />Teenage Fanclub - The Fall<br /><br />The Pastels - Yoga<br /><br />The Bomb Pops - Won't Find It<br /><br />The Ipanemas - Traz Um Presente Pra Mim<br /><br />The Bamboos - Keep Me In Mind (Randomer Remix)<br /><br />The Clientele - Harvest Time<br /><br />Lois - Sugar RushMarionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16419520820089926757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812895814627712672.post-88647002129217329792010-05-28T14:27:00.000-07:002010-05-31T09:19:55.810-07:00Plastic Bertrand - "Sha La La La Lee"<span style="font-style:italic;">The next installment in my listening to/obsessing about/writing about the records I found in Scotland blog post series...</span><br /><br />Plastic Bertrand's "Ca Plane Pour Moi" is a guaranteed dance floor filler every time it's played at Hungry Beat! The style of dancing that it usually inspires is at least as entertaining, and sometimes even more entertaining than the song itself. <br /><br />"Sha La La La Lee" was one of the first records I found while shopping at Elvis Shakespeare in Edinburgh. I think that I already knew that "Sha La La La Lee," and "Ca Plane Pour Moi" were separate singles, but that didn't stop me from checking the other side of the record with nervous anticipation and excitement. Even though my first guess was right, I immediately recalled the couple of times that I'd heard "Sha La La La Lee" in the past and was immediately very very excited again.<br /><br />There's absolutely nothing to analyze here. The song is every bit as stupid, and fun, and raucous as you could hope for a single from a Belgian punk outfit who essentially did the whole thing for a laugh. Raise the volume on your computer speakers as loud they will go, press play on the posted video, and jump around until you feel dizzy and giddy and all of the other things that great pop music should make you feel.<br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FzcGkH94rik&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FzcGkH94rik&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>Marionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16419520820089926757noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812895814627712672.post-33675735039425619852010-05-24T10:49:00.000-07:002010-05-24T17:59:21.482-07:00KCRW Playlist from 5/23By the time I fell into bed this past Sunday morning, I was feeling my exhaustion so severely it was all that I could do to see straight. In every moment leading up to that time, I was having a blast. I'd been pretty excited all week about starting this show on a particularly dance-y note with Fosca's It's All Going to End in Tears going right into a current over the top pop addiction of the moment Lindstrom & Christabelle (it really is so much fun). There is actually quite a bit of new music out there now to get kind of excited about. New York band <a href="http://www.myspace.com/beachfossils">Beach Fossils</a> have been a big favorite of mine lately. Sure there are plenty of existing bands that they could be compared to, but what a satisfying sound they have fallen into, every song is like walking through a pretty, hazy dream. <br /><br />French band <a href="http://www.myspace.com/theliminanas">The Liminanas</a> came onto my radar a few weeks ago. after a good deal of review in that relatively brief time span, I've pretty much come to the conclusion that they've made the coolest damn single of the year in "Je Ne Suis Pas Tres Drogue." I challenge anyone to listen to that song all the way through and not feel any desire to get down.<br /><br />And the overpowering need I felt for a last minute addition of Beat Happening to this program was taken care of in the form of "Look Around." Always a favorite of mine, and as right for this particular program as I had hoped.<br /><br />It's also worth mentioning that our guests at Hungry Beat! this forthcoming Saturday (May 29th) are <a href="http://www.myspace.com/catsonfiremusic">Cats on Fire</a>. They are from Finland and put on a highly fun live show. Observe...<br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/C6njPmm7R7Q&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/C6njPmm7R7Q&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />I fully expect to see all of you at La Cita on Saturday night...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IqYJxgNko2k/S_sZXL-xVLI/AAAAAAAAACI/op0XYK7Ueug/s1600/HungryBeat20100529_600.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IqYJxgNko2k/S_sZXL-xVLI/AAAAAAAAACI/op0XYK7Ueug/s400/HungryBeat20100529_600.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474997658142725298" /></a><br /><br /><br />You can listen to this radio show <a href="http://www.kcrw.com/music/programs/tl/the_lab">here</a>.<br /><br /><br />And here's the playlist:<br /><br />Fosca - It's All Going To End In Tears <br /><br />Lindstrom & Christabelle - So Much Fun <br /><br />Stereo Total - Baby Ouh!<br /><br />The Liminanas - Je Ne Suis Pas Tres Drogue<br /><br />Cats On Fire - Your Woman<br /><br />Quadron - Pressure<br /><br />Club 8 - Shape Up!<br /><br />Beat Happening - Look Around<br /><br />Lali Puna - Our Inventions<br /><br />Codeine Velvet Club - Hollywood<br /><br />Strawberry Switchblade - Since Yesterday<br /><br />The School - Is He Really Coming Home?<br /><br />Razorcuts - Big Pink Cake<br /><br />Herr Jazz - Hey Merlin Thanks For The Free Coffee<br /><br />Altafini - Eu Lutarei Pela Paz<br /><br />Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Bright Lit Blue Skies<br /><br />The Fall - Cowboy George<br /><br />LCD Soundsystem - Somebody's Calling Me<br /><br />Poison Control Center - Pacific Sunrise<br /><br />Orchestre Bella Bella - Sola<br /><br />The House Of Love - Destroy The Heart<br /><br />Serena Maneesh - D.I.W.S.W.T.T.D<br /><br />Math & Physics Club - Jimmy Had A Polaroid<br /><br />Tracey Thorn - Swimming<br /><br />The Pastels - Worlds Of Possibilities<br /><br />Flying Lotus - MMMHMMM Feat. Thundercat<br /><br />UNKLE - Joy Factory (Feat. Autolux)<br /><br />Black Tambourine - Drown<br /><br />The Splinters - Sea Salt Skin<br /><br />The Beatles - She's Leaving Home<br /><br />Male Bonding - Worse To Come W/ Vivian Girls<br /><br />Suzi Quatro - Brain Confusion (For All The Lonely People)<br /><br />Dangermouse & Sparklehorse - Dark Night Of The Soul W/ David Lynch<br /><br />Toro Y Moi - Leave Everywhere<br /><br />Beach Fossils - Daydream<br /><br />Foxes In Fiction - Flashing Lights Have Ended Now<br /><br />Nada Surf - Janine<br /><br />Twin Sister - The Other Side Of Your Face<br /><br />Four Tet - Love CryMarionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16419520820089926757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812895814627712672.post-57453900772963539182010-05-18T17:04:00.000-07:002010-05-18T17:57:06.893-07:00Listening Too Long to One Song: "Sea Salt Skin"There's a certain feeling that takes over when song and state of mind converge. Of course life is always a bit nicer with the right soundtrack, but this feeling takes that idea a step further. <br /><br />Yesterday my soundtrack (or more accurately my entire atmosphere) was hours upon hours of the series <span style="font-style:italic;">Twin Peaks</span>. It was the kind of lazy day that's almost embarrassing. No one was awake before two PM, no one was out of bed until at least an hour after that point, and almost no words were spoken save for the ones that determined which one of us would make the trip to the store for the much needed soda and coffee. Very little energy was expended beyond pressing play, fast forward, and pause on the remote. Therefore when today arrived, I was ready to rejoin society, and ready for a new soundtrack.<br /><br />"Sea Salt Skin" was my personal highlight of <a href="http://www.myspace.com/thesplintersband">The Splinters</a> debut record <span style="font-style:italic;">Kick</span> upon first listen. With each successive listen I've liked it more and more, but somehow listening to it in the state that I'm in today just heightened my adoration that much more. Though I woke this morning at a perfectly respectable time, and went back to work on everything that needs to be worked on this week, I could retain the best part of that lazy day feeling in the form of this lazy three minute pop song. The whole thing feels spontaneous as if the girls in the band actually did roll out of bed and churn out this lovely, lacksidasical track. It feels like a sound from the 90s that isn't being spotlighted nearly enough right now, but should be revisited way more. The sound of the guitars is simultaneously gritty and crisp, and the vocals are very very clean. The harmonies are very subtle, but essential, and layers of echo exist under the surface to give you more to discover every time. Descriptions like "deceptively simple" must exist because of songs like this one. Add to all of that the the lyrics actually do seem to be describing a lazy day, "So we didn't talk we just put records on," and "The sea salt skin never crossed my mind, and I never felt like I was wasting time..." <br /><br />Nothing could be better for walking around on a cloudy, slightly chilly day watching pockets of sun trying to emerge and thinking of how nice it is to be able to ease your way back into productivity.Marionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16419520820089926757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812895814627712672.post-26216547288323546822010-05-11T11:24:00.000-07:002010-05-11T12:23:19.058-07:00KCRW Playlist from 5/9 - Filling in for NIc Harcourt!This past Sunday I had the privilege of sitting in for Nic Harcourt at KCRW. The guest host slots are always particularly fun to plan as you want to take the taste of the person whose show you are hosting into great consideration, but you also want to put your own spin on the thing. Filling in for Nic to my mind meant that the Beatles and Morrisey were a must, and from there I thought about Creation records, "Ooh wouldn't Biff Bang Pow be perfect?" I was happy to be able to work in some newer favorites like Male Bonding, the Liminanas, and the ultra cool Brazilian garage/psych band Garotas Suecas (quite possibly my favorite discovery of the year so far). Throw in some Sonic Youth (September 30th at the Hollwood Bowl with Pavement!!!), a little Muslims (or Soft Pack, or whatever) covering Spacemen 3, and I feel like I'm looking back on what has so far been the funnest radio show to put together during my time at KCRW.<br /><br />You can take a listen for yourself, <a href="http://www.kcrw.com/music/programs/sc/sc100509marion_hodges_guest_">here</a>...<br /><br /><br />... And here is the full Playlist:<br /><br />Codeine Velvet Club - Hollywood<br /><br />The School - Let It Slip<br /><br />The What Four - I'm Gonna Destroy That Boy<br /><br />Morrissey - Cosmic Dancer<br /><br />T Rex - I Love To Boogie<br /><br />Karen Elson - The Ghost Who Walks<br /><br />The Dead Weather - Jawbreaker<br /><br />The Muslims - Walking With Jesus<br /><br />The New Pornographers - If You Can't See My Mirrors<br /><br />Bamboos - Keep Me In Mind<br /><br />Catwalk - One By Words<br /><br />Band Of Horses - Evening Kitchen<br /><br />The Beatles - If I Needed Someone<br /><br />Biff Bang Pow - She's Got Diamonds In Her Hair<br /><br />Sonic Youth - Malibu Gas Staion<br /><br />Dum Dum Girls - Bhang Bhang I'm A Burnout<br /><br />Iggy Pop - Search And Destroy<br /><br />Ana Tijoux - 1977<br /><br />Massive Attack - Teardrop<br /><br />Angelique Kidjo - Move On Up<br /><br />Little Francesco Greaves - Moving-Grooving<br /><br />Garotas Suecas - Codinome Dinomite<br /><br />The Liminanas - I'm Dead<br /><br />Black Tambourine - Dream Baby, Dream<br /><br />Nada Surf - Love Goes On<br /><br />Male Bonding - Weird Feelings<br /><br />The National - Anyone's Ghost<br /><br />Mavis - Feeling Lucky (Feat. Edwyn Collins)<br /><br />The Pastels w/ Tenniscoats - Vivid Youth<br /><br />Turin Brakes - Outbursts<br /><br />Gorillaz - To Binge<br /><br />Avi Buffalo - Can't I Know<br /><br />Kisses - Bermuda (Active Child Remix)<br /><br />Monaco - What Do You Want From Me?<br /><br />Best Coast - Far Away<br /><br />Holly Miranda - Sweet Dreams<br /><br />Jacques Dutronc - Les Cactus<br /><br />Big Star - For You<br /><br />Painted Hills - Nighttime<br /><br />John Cale - Charlemagne<br /><br />Tracey Thorn - Why Does The Wind<br /><br />Caribou - BowlsMarionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16419520820089926757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812895814627712672.post-2998437013130001472010-05-05T12:58:00.000-07:002010-05-05T13:35:09.521-07:00Listening Too Long to One Song: "Mike Alway's Diary"Every now and then my deep fascination with the weird world of El Records finds it's way to the forefront of my mind. I find myself listening to the few that I have over, and over again, and I find myself thinking about just how very entertaining it must be to have a conversation with <a href="http://www.bbgun.org/text/alway.htm">Mike Alway</a>. Mike Alway ran Blanco y Negro, and Cherry Red. El Records was a subsidiary of Cherry Red that Mr. Alway conjured up from some pretty creative recesses in his mind. The more I learn about El Records, the more it seems to function as Cherry Red: Fantasy Division.<br /><br />In a nifty turn of events, El Records was huge in Japan and was able to release music for perhaps longer than they might have been able to otherwise because of this fact. This video from Kahimi Karie is a great example of the influence that the whimsical, dreamworld-Eurolounge sound (that was just one of many in the El canon) had on the segment of the Japanese musician population that really took to this stuff.<br /><br />Kahimi Karie even worked with resident Creation/Cherry Red/El genius Momus! <br /><br />My apologies for the lack of video in this video...<br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fnw4qLAbA9w&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fnw4qLAbA9w&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>Marionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16419520820089926757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812895814627712672.post-57180374061945084182010-04-27T18:30:00.000-07:002010-04-27T20:04:14.631-07:00Primal Scream - "Ivy, Ivy, Ivy"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IqYJxgNko2k/S9ePz3lI4TI/AAAAAAAAABw/aI3atDhjp6s/s1600/10866253.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 350px; height: 350px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IqYJxgNko2k/S9ePz3lI4TI/AAAAAAAAABw/aI3atDhjp6s/s400/10866253.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464994794093207858" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><br />The next installment in my listening to/obsessing about/writing about the records I found in Scotland blog post series...</span><br /><br /><br />I'll admit it, I know far less about Primal Scream then I probably should. What I do know are trivial anecdotes, and personal feelings. Things like other bands Bobby Gillespie was in, and the fact that to me, "Gentle Tuesday" sounds like the aural equivalent of a deeply satisfying heavy sigh. I hold questionable opinions on the band's material. I prefer the title track A-side of their "Crystal Crescent" single to it's much revered B-side "Velocity Girl." I prefer <span style="font-style:italic;">Xtrmntr</span> to <span style="font-style:italic;">Screamadelica</span>. So when the "Ivy, Ivy, Ivy" 7" was held up to me at a record store in Edinburgh to be considered for purchase, I had to pause for awhile to wonder if I had actually heard the song, or if I just recognized the title. I was pretty sure that it was the latter, and when I arrived home and finally put the record on my turntable my suspicion was confirmed.<br /><br />"Ivy, Ivy, Ivy" is a good song. It's fun, it's catchy beyond belief, and though many have probably analyzed this next statement to far greater effect than I ever could, it seems to serve as a nice bridge between the band's somewhat subtle pop past, and their considerably bigger rock future. Pop melody and lyrical theme, rock execution allt the way. <br /><br />On the other hand, the B-side "You're Just Too Dark too Care" is a slow burning ember that never sparks a flame. Soft, pensive, remarkably pretty, and like "Gentle Tuesday," this one too gives me the feeling of an aural sigh. I once heard someone describe "sypathetic chords," chord progressions that were almost certain to receive a positive response from a listener. Any time I describe a song as an aural sigh, I can't help thinking that the song must contain some seriously sympathetic chords.<br /><br />In a way this might be Primal Scream making the most of the best parts of certain sounds that they primarily operated within. Mostly these are just two very pleasant songs hear, and should guarantee a positive response every time.<br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/a5XxJdTeqLA&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/a5XxJdTeqLA&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>Marionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16419520820089926757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812895814627712672.post-7671529030992267322010-04-26T09:34:00.000-07:002010-04-26T11:19:49.321-07:00KCRW 4/25This past week was kind of a haze of residual exhaustion from the week before, the slight frustration brought about by the second false start of what I believe to be a very promising new club night, and Tetris... hours upon hours of Tetris. However, the week did manage to end on a productive note; the new club is well on it's way to having a new home, I'm starting to think about the 7" that will be obsessed over in the next installment of my "Obsessing Over the Records I Purchased in Scotland" series, and perhaps the most productive thing I managed (and certainly the most fun) was this radio show: <br /><br />You can hear it by clicking this <a href="http://www.kcrw.com/music/programs/df/digging_for_fire">link</a>...<br /><br />... And here's what I played:<br /><br />LCD Soundsystem - Dance Yrself Clean<br /><br />Bad Dream Fancy Dress - Discotheque<br /><br />Love Is All - Last Choice<br /><br />Hot Chip - Take It In<br /><br />Nada Surf - Love Goes On<br /><br />Lindstom & Christabelle - Baby Can't Stop<br /><br />Zoot Woman - Just A Friend Of Mine (Jump Jump Dance Dance Remix)<br /><br />The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Falling Over<br /><br />Caribou - Leave House<br /><br />Le Tigre - Well, Well, Well<br /><br />Gil Scott-Heron - Running<br /><br />Club 8 - Western Hospitality<br /><br />Ana Tijoux - 1977 - 1977<br /><br />Mavis - Feeling Lucky (Feat Edwyn Collins)<br /><br />Saint Etienne - Spring (Air France Remix)<br /><br />Ozomatli - Love Comes Down (Anne Litt's remix)<br /><br />Guru - Loungin - Jazzmatazz Vol. 1 <br /><br />The Bamboos - Turn It Up<br /><br />Esther Williams - Last Night Changed It All<br /><br />Garotas Suecas - Codinome Dinomite<br /><br />Kisses - Bermuda<br /><br />Ancient Crux - Wingwalker<br /><br />Gorillaz - Some Kind Of Nature<br /><br />Serena Maneesh - Reprobate!<br /><br />Memory Tapes - Bicycle<br /><br />Stars On 33 - I Feel Music In Your Heart (Lifelike and Kris Menace Remix)<br /><br />The Undertones - Teenage Kicks (From John Peel's edition of Fabric Live. This was both a tribute to Peel, and to the fact that the Glasgow club <a href="http://www.optimo.co.uk/home/index.php">Optimo</a> was coming to an end that night. "Teenage Kicks" was the biggest highlight of my one trip to the club. R.I.P to both)<br /><br />Cosmetics - Honey Honey<br /><br />The Pastels - Sit On It Mother<br /><br />Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Round And Round<br /><br />Minus The Bear - My Time<br /><br />Mos Dub - History Town<br /><br />The Wake - Here Comes Everbody<br /><br />Flying Lotus - Do The Astral PlaneMarionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16419520820089926757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812895814627712672.post-34663430686206326252010-04-14T18:43:00.000-07:002010-04-14T19:52:19.699-07:00KCRW Playlist from 4/11For this show, I put the spotlight on a lot of bands that I would like to see if I make it out to Coachella at all (jury's still out). One thing is for sure though, if I'm not in the desert on Sunday night freaking out over the fact that well, you know, Pavement's there, AND Gorillaz. I will be front and center at the Echo jumping around giddily to Love is All. I've seen them three times now, each time I enjoy it more than the last. I might even go so far as to say that they are my favorite live band, and I would see them anytime I had the chance. If you are in Los Angeles on Sunday night, the Echo is the only place to be...<br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zl1PqiluWic&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zl1PqiluWic&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />Listen to the show <a href="http://www.kcrw.com/music/programs/tl/the_lab">here</a>.<br /><br /><br />And the playlist is as follows...<br /><br /><br />Dntel - This Is The Dream Of Evan & Chan<br /><br />Black Tambourine - Lazy Heart<br /><br />Love Is All - Early Warnings<br /><br />Miriam Makeba - Pata Pata<br /><br />Corinne Bailey Rae - Paris Nights/New York Mornings<br /><br />P.I.L - This Is Not A Love Song<br /><br />Caribou - Leave House<br /><br />The Glass - Four Four Letter<br /><br />The XX - Heart Skipped A Beat<br /><br />Cornelius - Windy Hill<br /><br />Girls - Headache<br /><br />Quadron - Slippin'<br /><br />New Order - Leave Me Alone<br /><br />Galaxie 500 - Ceremony<br /><br />The Lilys - Dreams Never End<br /><br />The Soft Pack - Parasites<br /><br />Dum Dum Girls - Blank Girl<br /><br />Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings - Without A Heart<br /><br />Zia - Kofriam<br /><br />Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Antivan Eyes<br /><br />The Method Actors - Dancing Underneath<br /><br />The Whitest Boy Alive - Promise Less, Do More<br /><br />Toro Y Moi - Minors<br /><br />The Ruby Suns - Cranberry<br /><br />Matt & Kim - Daylight<br /><br />Mayer Hawthorne - Your Easy Lovin' Ain't Pleasin' Nothin'<br /><br />Yacht - Psychic City (Classix Remix)<br /><br />Sex Pistols - Sub-Mission<br /><br />Gorillaz - Stylo<br /><br />Gonjasufi - Candylane<br /><br />Pavement - Shady Lane<br /><br />Joyce - Feminina<br /><br />Camera Obscura - Razzle Dazzle Rose<br /><br />Les Garcons - Encore L'Amore (Leo Zero Edit)<br /><br />She & Him - If You Can't SleepMarionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16419520820089926757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812895814627712672.post-63535203555260882722010-03-31T15:04:00.000-07:002010-03-31T16:10:45.806-07:00KCRW Playlist from 3/28There is an incredibly decent amount of new music to be excited about right now. Brazilian band, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/garotassuecas">Garotas Suecas</a> appeared on my radar last week courtesy of my ultra savvy friend Roger. It is with no hesitation that I award this week's find of the week to this super cool soul tinged psych band. The 7" who's A-side I played on my show this past weekend is available to order <a href="http://www.midheaven.com/item/codinome-dinamite-by-garotas-suecas-7">here</a>, and there is apparently a full length due out later this year.<br /><br />In addition to that discovery, another pleasant surprise last week was <span style="font-style:italic;">Fixing the Charts</span>, the new record from <a href="http://www.myspace.com/fixingthecharts">Everybody Was in the French Resistance... Now!</a> Fixing the Charts means what it implies, as with this project Art Brut frontman Eddie Argos, and Dylan Valdes from the Blood Arm offer counter perspectives to the messages put out there in twelve popular songs. Concept records like this one always have the potential to walk a fine line between clever and contrived, this one is decidedly on the side of the former. <br /><br />Plus I played a lot of Slumberland bands to spotlight the then forthcoming Slumberland 20 year anniversary show (by far the best show I've been to this year so far), and I put forth my version of a tribute to the very sadly now late Alex Chilton.<br /><br />You can check out the show <a href="http://www.kcrw.com/music/programs/tl">here</a>!<br /><br /><br />... And here's the playlist:<br /><br />Everybody Was In The French Resistance... Now! - Hey! It's Jimmy Mack<br /><br />Quadron - Pressure<br /><br />Saturday Looks Good To Me - Meet Me By The Water<br /><br />The Velvet Satins - Nothing Can Compare To You<br /><br />The Bamboos - Keep Me In Mind<br /><br />Garotas Suecas - Codinome Dinomite<br /><br /> (BREAK)<br /><br />Beulah - Emma Blowgun's Last Stand<br /><br />The Who - Pictures Of Lily<br /><br />She & Him - Over It Over Again<br /><br />Holly Miranda - Sweet Dreams<br /><br />The Pastels - Everybody Is A Star<br /><br /> (BREAK)<br /><br />The Replacements - Alex Chilton<br /><br />Big Star - Thank You Friends<br /><br />Nada Surf - Blue Moon<br /><br />Evan Dando - The Balad Of El Goodo<br /><br />Teenage Fanclub - Tears Are Cool<br /><br /> (BREAK)<br /><br />Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Sweet Feeling<br /><br />Dum Dum Girls - Rest Of Our Lives<br /><br />Knight School - Jackie The Hero<br /><br />Sweater Girls - Fingers Crossed<br /><br /> (BREAK)<br /><br />Boyracer - I've Got It And It's Not Worth Having<br /><br />Henry's Dress - Winter '94<br /><br />Go Sailor - Together Forever In Love<br /><br />The How - Dreaming Of Lily<br /><br /> (BREAK)<br /><br />The Wedding Present - I'm Not Always So Stupid<br /><br />Ringo Deathstarr - Every Time<br /><br />Caribou - Odessa (Nite Jewel Remix)<br /><br />Tunnelmental Experimental Assembly - Orange<br /><br /> (BREAK)<br /><br />Pants Yell! - Marble Staircase<br /><br />Summer Cats - Lazy Susan<br /><br />Neverever - Coconut Shampoo<br /><br />Devon Williams - Sufferer<br /><br />Brown Recluse - Contour And Context<br /><br /> (BREAK)<br /><br />The New House - Pale Boy<br /><br />The Superions - Totally Nude Island<br /><br />Gorillaz - To Binge<br /><br />Ray Davies - Days<br /><br />New Pornographers - Jackie <br /><br /> (BREAK)<br /><br />Toro Y Moi - You Hid<br /><br />Donovan - Where Is She?<br /><br />Love Is All - A Side of a Bed<br /><br />Boards of Canada - Seven Forty SevenMarionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16419520820089926757noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812895814627712672.post-37365992649474948412010-03-12T17:25:00.000-08:002010-03-17T12:48:53.442-07:00The Sexual Objects: "Merrie England/Demonstration"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IqYJxgNko2k/S6ExgQp7k3I/AAAAAAAAABU/8HyWJw_Cu9o/s1600-h/DSCN0701.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IqYJxgNko2k/S6ExgQp7k3I/AAAAAAAAABU/8HyWJw_Cu9o/s400/DSCN0701.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449691454391423858" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">The next installment in my listening to/obsessing about/writing about the records I found in Scotland blog post series...</span><br /><br />I arrived at Monorail Records slightly nervous about the possibility that I might have to purchase my records from one of my favorite songwriters, and that the words that came out of my mouth could range from anything to a simple thank you when my transaction was complete, to incoherent babble. I was personally hoping for a brief, yet thorough conversation where I said intelligent things about music other than indiepop. In reality, Stephen Pastel was nowhere to be seen, and I realized that the most clever thing that I could do while there would be to buy all of the records that would have cost me a fortune in shipping if I ordered them as imports.<br /><br />One such record was a 7" single from <a href="http://www.myspace.com/thesexualobjectsmusic">the Sexual Objects</a>. "Merrie England" b/w "Demonstration" on the Aufgenladen Und Bereit record label. I'd ordered one record from that label before, a split single from the Kingfishers and Wake the President. I was very happy with that still think "You Can't Change That Boy" was one of the strongest songs to come out of 2007. You'll hear plenty about Wake the President around these parts soon though. For now, back to the Sexual Objects. When I purchased the single I had not yet gotten around to listening to the band. I knew that it was the current project of Davy Henderson, Fire Engines' front man. That, combined with my already favorable impression of the label (who I think probably even took their name from a Fire Engines comp) made this one of my most exciting new record purchases of the entire trip.<br /><br />I started with the "Demonstration" side. It's an intriguing, slow burn of a song with a somewhat 90s indie rock feel. Well, it's that, but something more complex. I've listened to the song many times and can't quite pin point exactly why it's so compelling, but it really is so compelling. In any regard, I'm pretty much always a big fan of any song that can retain it's mystery over a decent number of repeat listens. This one is no exception.<br /><br />The other side "Merrie England" proved to be possibly more intriguing, and even more enjoyable. It bounces back and forth from a more upbeat take on that same 90s indie rock sound to a fun sort of ramshackle garage thing, and the undercurrent that I hear throughout the song is the exact sort of post punk sound that I would hope for from a former Fire Engine.<br /><br />If only all record purchase gambles proved this successful...Marionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16419520820089926757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812895814627712672.post-65755695600022410222010-03-08T10:05:00.000-08:002010-03-08T11:53:54.103-08:00KCRW Playlist From 3/7I'm the best kind of exhausted today. Hungry Beat! was super packed, and super fun. We stayed probably too late at Part Time Punks last night to dance for Cure Night, that followed an unexpected (but welcome) fill-in shift at work. Throw in the Clientele show at Spaceland on Friday night (which was the best Clientele show I've ever seen), and of course the radio show on Saturday night/Sunday Morning and I find myself looking back on a pretty full weekend this morning.<br /><br />The radio show was quite a fun one. Even though no more time had passed between my last show and this show than would have ordinarily given our rotation schedule, the fact that I had been on vacation made it feel like I had not been on the board for ages. In any regard, it felt great to be there. <br /><br />I can't decide if my favorite discovery for the show this past week was <a href="http://www.myspace.com/thegoldbears">Gold-Bears</a>, or <a href="http://www.myspace.com/warmmorning">Warm Morning</a>. I'm pretty inclined to give Gold-Bears the advantage since they are from my hometown (Atlanta), feature Stewart Boyracer on drums for the track that I played, and have themselves a giddily shambolic quality that's much like Boyracer, and Superchunk. I'm looking forward to the two singles they have promised for this year on Magic Marker, and Cloudberry. You can test Gold-Bears out for yourself over at <a href="http://indiepages.com/demo/">Indiepages</a>. On the other hand, Warm Morning sounds so gentle, and lovely, and well... warm. The song that I played "I'll be Fine" was one that I listened to several times this past week, I was struck by how subtle and sweet it sounds. It seems constructed entirely to produce good feelings in all who encounter this absolute gem of pure pop. I haven't quite figured out how to order their new record <span style="font-style:italic;">Too Far From the Stars</span> yet, perhaps an email to the band is in order? They appear to have been around for awhile, I'll let <a href="http://heavenisabove.blogspot.com/2010/02/castle-on-corner.html">Heaven is Above Your Head</a> tell you more of their back story. While you're over there, you'll definitely want to grab that mp3 for "I'll be Fine." As for me I suppose I have to call a find of the week tie for Gold-Bears, and Warm Morning. Always a good thing. <br /><br />I also might have to take a nap...<br /><br />You can listen to my full radio show <a href="http://www.kcrw.com/music/programs/tl/the_lab">here</a>.<br /><br /><br />Playlist is as follows:<br />Javelin - Moscow 1980<br /><br />Garcons - Encore L'Amore (Leo Zero Edit)<br /><br />Broken Bells - Mongrel Heart<br /><br />Stereolab - Ping Pong<br /><br />Warm Morning - I'll Be Fine<br /><br />Pants Yell! - Tried To Be Good<br /><br />Young Marble Giants - Wurlitzer Jukebox<br /><br />Corinne Bailey Rae - Paris Nights/New York Mornings<br /><br />Myron & E With The Soul Investigators - It's A Shame<br /><br />Mavis - Feeling Lucky (Feat Edwyn Collins) (!)<br /><br />Knight School - Prismatic Room<br /><br />Crystal Stilts - Love Is A Wave<br /><br />Beachniks - Coney Island<br /><br />The Art Museums - Sculpture Garden<br /><br />Gil Scott-Heron - Running<br /><br />East Of Underground - Smiling Faces Sometimes<br /><br />The Turtles - Can I Get To Know You Better<br /><br />The Magnetic Fields - Always Already Gone<br /><br />Northern Portrait - New Favorite Moment<br /><br />Gold-Bears - Jezzer<br /><br />Blair - Candy In The Kitchen<br /><br />Miike Snow - Sylvia (Hook & Sling & Goodwill Remix)<br /><br />The Radio Department - This Time Around<br /><br />The Flatmates - You're Gonna Cry<br /><br />She & Him - Thieves<br /><br />Primal Scream - Ivy Ivy Ivy<br /><br />Frightened Rabbit - Skip The Youth<br /><br />Crocodiles - I Wanna Kill<br /><br />Roxy Music - Virginia Plain<br /><br />Nada Surf - Electrocution<br /><br />Okkervil River & Roky Erickson - Goodbye Sweet Dreams<br /><br />Ride - Leave Them All Behind<br /><br />Serena-Maneesh - I Just Want To See Your Face<br /><br />Toro Y Moi - Imprint After<br /><br />Daedelus - Order Of The Golden Dawn<br /><br />Sugar Minott - Never Too Young<br /><br />The Pastels - Baby Honey<br /><br />Pantha Du Prince - Bohemian ForestMarionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16419520820089926757noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812895814627712672.post-70069151551983713342010-03-02T16:37:00.000-08:002010-03-03T14:12:08.081-08:00Girls at Our Best! "Go For Gold"I've been pouring over the records that I brought home with me from Scotland still somewhat in shock due to all of the rather incredible finds I uncovered. I thought about noting them all in one post sort of laundry list style. Then I thought it would be more fun to listen to the records one at a time, and write a few words about why I was so excited about finding whatever record it is I happen to be writing about that day. It's mostly just a nice excuse for a few weeks of pre-determined channels for my geeky obsessiveness. I'll start with the 7"s then work my way onto the longer records as I go along.<br /><br />First up, Girls at Our Best! There have been many times in my life when I've walked into a record shop, and dug through every 7" in the place muttering "please, please, please" under my breath hoping that I would turn up something from this band. I've looked on Ebay, and seen decent deals, but the timing was never quite right on any of those. So when I found this one, absent mindedly flipping through the G drawer at Elvis Shakespeare in Edinburgh, I almost yelped. I forgot that I was meant to be looking for it, and in a way that kind of made it more exciting. Sometimes you hear a band that seems to be a living embodiment of everything that you know to be fantastic and cool. There might be bands that mean more to you, and you know that there are definitely bands that are, in fact, more cool. Still sometimes you hear something and think "If all music sounded exactly like this, I'd probably be o.k. with that."<br /><br />I'd heard of the band many times before I actually heard them, and I probably heard them many times before I knew what I was hearing. I'm pretty sure that "Getting Nowhere Fast" was the one that finally caught my attention enough to put it all together. That song had a cool female vocal part, a cool guitar lead, a cool bass line. Everything in the song was perfectly in place so that you knew it had plenty in common with other post-punk songs, and other rock songs, but there was just something a bit lighter about it that made it seem that much more fun. The 7" that I now own, for example, has an Old Western theme as it's basis for the A-side which is carried out in the context of something of a disco song. The b-side "I'm Beautiful Now" is probably one of the best showcases for singer Judy Evans' unique, high pitched singing voice. And it's impossibly catchy with a build up towards the end that has the potential to leave you out of breath. This is most likely because it's almost impossible to hear the song and not want to dance.<br /><br />I had some pretty good record finds on my trip, but this one might very well be the biggest stand out.<br /><br />Here's a rather interesting video that someone put together for "I'm Beautiful Now." I'd not heard of this show "Lazy Town" before coming across this video, it definitely seems to have gotten a strong response from people commenting. Still, it's a way to hear the song, so that's good...<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZfxVsyXjFbg&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZfxVsyXjFbg&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Marionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16419520820089926757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812895814627712672.post-23356655370225073642010-02-28T17:01:00.000-08:002010-02-28T17:43:50.877-08:00AlbumsLately I've been utterly transfixed by two new ones in two very different ways.<br /><br />I'll be honest, the first time I ever heard the name Gil Scott-Heron it was being shouted at me in the LCD Soundsystem song "Losing My Edge." Even then, for reasons that I can't quite fathom (especially now after having finally heard Gil Scott-Heron) I didn't listen. However when he released his new record about a month ago entitled <span style="font-style:italic;">I'm New Here</span> I knew that listening would be inevitable. The insert of the record tells you to set aside time to hear it, pour a drink, sit down, and give it your undivided attention. While reading that advice, I realized that I couldn't remember the last time that I've done that with a brand new record. Sure there have been times where a record that I was listening to pulled me away from other things and demanded my full undivided attention, but it has most certainly been awhile since that was the case going into the situation. This record absolutely deserves your full undivided attention. Mr. Scott-Heron has a rich <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gil_Scott-Heron">back story</a> to be sure, and it's treated beautifully here. The production is spot on, technical smarts, minimal jazz and blues piano and guitar all with a nicely underlying cinematic feel create the precise world that his mostly spoken, sometimes half sung reflections deserve. Is it possible to not be knocked flat by a line like "Not running for cover, because if I knew where cover was I would stay there, and never have to run for it?" Certainly not to my mind.<br /><br />Conversely, twice now I've found myself home from a tiring day at work, and walking to the grocery store up the street while listening to the new Northern Portrait record <span style="font-style:italic;">Criminal Art Lovers</span>. Both times it's shimmering, falsetto vocal tinged, glorious melodrama have made me forget the exhaustion and gain a sense that somehow, strangely, everything will be o.k. That's in spite of titles like, "The Operation Worked, but the Patient Died."<br /><br />Here's an interesting montage of images that someone has put together of one of Gil Scott-Heron's most famous pieces:<br /><br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/BS3QOtbW4m0&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/BS3QOtbW4m0&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br />This is the song that opens <span style="font-style:italic;">Criminal Art Lovers</span>. I can't help but let it make me walk faster every time it begins:<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6__28jybbzA&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6__28jybbzA&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Marionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16419520820089926757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812895814627712672.post-48209473349044773812010-02-15T09:31:00.000-08:002010-02-15T10:59:05.182-08:00KCRW Playlist from 2/14: All Valentine's Day, All the TimeMy bags are packed, and by this time tomorrow I will be on a plane bound for Philadelphia where I'll board another plane bound for Manchester where I'll finally board a plane bound for Glasgow. To say that I'm a little bit excited about this trip would be an understatement. I still haven't fully wrapped my head around the idea that I'm going, I probably won't fully until we are riding the bus through town on Wednesday afternoon to the home of our very gracious hostess. Needless to say, I hope to return to home home with a great deal more records than I left with, and a great deal more to write about here.<br /><br />In the mean time, I have a new radio show in the archives at kcrw.com. You can listen to that show <a href="http://www.kcrw.com/music/programs/tl/the_lab">here</a> if you are so inclined. Since it was very early in the morning on Valentine's Day when the show aired, I decided to take that theme and run with it. It's fun to have a chance to sort through your favorite love, crush, and heartbreak songs. It's even more fun to share them with others. So that's what I've done for this show. I was actually surprised at how many songs didn't fit within my three hour time slot. I have a feeling that a few of them will appear on my next show. Picking the Pastels song for this one was particularly tough, it came down to the song that I took the title of this blog from "Baby Honey," and the song that I ultimately chose "Nothing to be Done." I suppose it gained bonus points for having something of a story arch, and for being one of the truly great duets out there. You'll probably hear "Baby Honey" if you tune into my next show. That song definitely deserves some credit for pairing some seriously romantic lyrics with the fantastically noisy guitar drone, and saxophone freak out that are featured so prominently. <br /><br />One of my fondest memories of KCRW is volunteering years ago on a midnight to three show that was entirely Valentine's Day themed, running to the library begging the DJ to play Galaxie 500 and the Modern Lovers, so it only felt right to do a similarly themed show on my first Valentine's Day on the air. Plus, I'm a big fan of any holiday that pretty much demands that you play Huggy Bear on the radio, and shout along to it in the studio.<br /><br /><br />Here's the playlist:<br />Donna Summer - I Feel Love<br /><br />Hercules & Love Affair - Raise Me Up<br /><br />The Velvelettes - Let Love Live (A Little Bit Longer)<br /><br />Love Is All - Make Out Fall Out Make Up<br /><br />Standard Fare - Love Doesn't Just Stop<br /><br />Louis Philippe - You Mary You<br /><br />The Troggs - With A Girl Like You<br /><br />Camera Obscura - Honey In The Sun<br /><br />The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - A Teenager In Love<br /><br />Buzzcocks - Love You More<br /><br />Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - By Your Side<br /><br />Chris Isaak - Wicked Game<br /><br />Mazzy Star - Fade Into You<br /><br />Beach House - Real Love<br /><br />Melody Dog - Futuristic Lover<br /><br />Sourpatch - Crushin'<br /><br />Tiger Trap - Supercrush<br /><br />Tullycraft - Sweet<br /><br />Gene Kelly - I've Got A Crush On You<br /><br />Arthur Russell - A Little Lost<br /><br />The Siddeleys - My Favouite Wet Wednesday Afternoon<br /><br />The Lucksmiths - Falling Off Of My Feet Again<br /><br />Cats On Fire - Garden Lights<br /><br />Razorcuts - Sorry To Embarrass You<br /><br />Math & Physics Club - I Keep To Myself<br /><br />The Magnetic Fields - Long Vermont Roads<br /><br />The Divine Comedy - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out<br /><br />Serge Gainsbourg - Bonnie & Clyde <br /><br />The Pastels - Nothing To Be Done<br /><br />Go Sailor - I'm Still Crying<br /><br />The Hit Parade - You Didn't Love Me Then<br /><br />Princeton - Shout It Out<br /><br />Huggy Bear - February 14<br /><br />My Bloody Valentime - Sunny Sundae Smile<br /><br />The Field Mice - And Before The First Kiss<br /><br />Galaxie 500 - Oblivious<br /><br />Otis Redding - You Don't Miss Your Water<br /><br />Heavenly - Shallow<br /><br />Biff Bang Pow - She's Got Diamonds In Her Hair<br /><br />Mayer Hawthorne - I Wish It Would Rain<br /><br />Miles Davis - My Funny ValentineMarionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16419520820089926757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812895814627712672.post-87466682740849143532010-02-11T13:16:00.000-08:002010-02-11T13:27:42.195-08:00Beat HappeningI wanted to write a little something here about how taken I've been lately with the Biff Bang Pow record <span style="font-style:italic;">Oblivion</span>, particularly the song "She's Got Diamonds in Her Hair." More on that to come, but I found this video to be one of the most interesting appearances in the course of my search for a video for that particular song. I never got a chance to see Beat Happening live, nor have I ever seen Calvin Johnson perform in any other capacity. He really is as charismatic a performer as all accounts would lead one to believe. I found it nearly impossible to take my eyes off of him during the course of this show. Subtle yes, but perhaps all the more compelling because of that subtlety. And it really is amazing that regardless of how many bands I see doing great things with such minimal, child like presentations - Beat Happening still seem incredibly raw, and genuinely thrilling.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dsIZg74mLt8&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dsIZg74mLt8&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Marionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16419520820089926757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812895814627712672.post-37055299110517422752010-02-01T09:16:00.000-08:002010-02-01T11:18:53.933-08:00KCRW Playlist from 1/31It's been a few weeks since I've been on the air, and I've been using a good bit of that time to track down new music that I can get excited about. I've also been spending more time with records that were released last year that I either didn't spend quite enough time with, or missed entirely. Of course I meant to spend a far greater deal of that extra time writing words of praise about those records here. Wouldn't it be nice if all of our best intentions automatically produced results? Oh well, I can say that lately I keep coming back to the new record from <a href="http://www.myspace.com/standardfare">Standard Fare</a> called <span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://www.standardfare.co.uk ">The Noyelle Beat</a></span>. They just seem to have the right balance of intimate and epic in their sound, and they manage this while still being a completely fun listen. It's a pretty cool hat trick if you ask me.<br /><br />Another project that has a pretty firm hold on my attention lately is the <a href="http://www.myspace.com/thediogenesclub">The Diogenes Club</a>. I knew nothing about them until I heard Jason Bentley play the single. "Tie Ourselves," from their forthcoming 979 EP on Morning Becomes Eclectic a few weeks ago. There is one previous EP called <span style="font-style:italic;">Do You Know How I Feel?</span>. I haven't had a chance to pick that one up yet, but that's certainly my intention. I don't have too many words about it, it just sounds really really nice. Good synthpop is just endlessly satisfying if you ask me. There's a video for that single too!<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VsHNHDOckwo&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VsHNHDOckwo&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />You can listen to this most recent show of mine <a href="http://www.kcrw.com/music/programs/tl/the_lab">here</a>...<br /><br />... And here is the playlist:<br /><br />The Crayon Fields - All The Pleasures Of The World<br /><br />Zoot Woman - Lust Forever<br /><br />Kid Creole & The Coconuts - I'm Corrupt (Idjut Boys Edit)<br /><br />Nikki & Rich - Cat & Mouse<br /><br />The Shangri-Las - Give Him A Great Big Kiss<br /><br />Nation Of Ulysses - Today I Met The Girl I'm Gonna Marry<br /><br />Boyracer - Your Dark Secrets<br /><br />The Pastels - Anne Boleyn<br /><br />The Magnetic Fields - The Dada Polka<br /><br />The Soft Pack - Answer To Yourself<br /><br />Los Campesinos! - The Sea Is A Good Place To Think Of The Future<br /><br />Standard Fare - Dancing<br /><br />Music Go Music - Warm In The Shadows<br /><br />Orange Juice - Flesh Of My Flesh<br /><br />Belle & Sebastian - Le Pastie De La Bourgeoise<br /><br />Old 97'S - Rollerskate Skinny<br /><br />The Cure - Bananafish Bones<br /><br />We Are Scientists - Worth The Wait<br /><br />The Tartans - Scenic Circles<br /><br />Wet Dog - Tidy Up Your Bedroom<br /><br />The Monochrome Set - Espresso<br /><br />Cats On Fire - Tears In Your Cup<br /><br />Love - Maybe The People Would Be The Times Or Between Clark & Hilldale<br /><br />Jacques Dutronc - Les Cactus<br /><br />Jose James - Made For Love<br /><br />Laura Veirs - Life Is Good Blues<br /><br />Lali Puna - Remember<br /><br />Bibio - All The Flowers (Lone Remix)<br /><br />Pepi Ginsberg - Shake This<br /><br />Momus - The Sadness Of Things<br /><br />The Diogenes Club - Tie Ourselves Around<br /><br />Death Kit - I Can Make You Love Me<br /><br />Memory Tapes - Bicycle<br /><br />Atlas Sound - Quick Canal (Featuring Laetitia Sadier)<br /><br />Kings Of Convenience - Renegade<br /><br />The Clientele - Bonfires On The Heath<br /><br />Hope Sandoval - Wild Roses<br /><br />Beach House - 10 Mile Stereo<br /><br />Seven Saturdays - A Beautiful DayMarionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16419520820089926757noreply@blogger.com0