Lately I've been utterly transfixed by two new ones in two very different ways.
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 I'm New Here 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 back story 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.
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 Criminal Art Lovers. 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."
Here's an interesting montage of images that someone has put together of one of Gil Scott-Heron's most famous pieces:
This is the song that opens Criminal Art Lovers. I can't help but let it make me walk faster every time it begins:
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Monday, February 15, 2010
KCRW Playlist from 2/14: All Valentine's Day, All the Time
My 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.
In the mean time, I have a new radio show in the archives at kcrw.com. You can listen to that show here 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.
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.
Here's the playlist:
Donna Summer - I Feel Love
Hercules & Love Affair - Raise Me Up
The Velvelettes - Let Love Live (A Little Bit Longer)
Love Is All - Make Out Fall Out Make Up
Standard Fare - Love Doesn't Just Stop
Louis Philippe - You Mary You
The Troggs - With A Girl Like You
Camera Obscura - Honey In The Sun
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - A Teenager In Love
Buzzcocks - Love You More
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - By Your Side
Chris Isaak - Wicked Game
Mazzy Star - Fade Into You
Beach House - Real Love
Melody Dog - Futuristic Lover
Sourpatch - Crushin'
Tiger Trap - Supercrush
Tullycraft - Sweet
Gene Kelly - I've Got A Crush On You
Arthur Russell - A Little Lost
The Siddeleys - My Favouite Wet Wednesday Afternoon
The Lucksmiths - Falling Off Of My Feet Again
Cats On Fire - Garden Lights
Razorcuts - Sorry To Embarrass You
Math & Physics Club - I Keep To Myself
The Magnetic Fields - Long Vermont Roads
The Divine Comedy - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
Serge Gainsbourg - Bonnie & Clyde
The Pastels - Nothing To Be Done
Go Sailor - I'm Still Crying
The Hit Parade - You Didn't Love Me Then
Princeton - Shout It Out
Huggy Bear - February 14
My Bloody Valentime - Sunny Sundae Smile
The Field Mice - And Before The First Kiss
Galaxie 500 - Oblivious
Otis Redding - You Don't Miss Your Water
Heavenly - Shallow
Biff Bang Pow - She's Got Diamonds In Her Hair
Mayer Hawthorne - I Wish It Would Rain
Miles Davis - My Funny Valentine
In the mean time, I have a new radio show in the archives at kcrw.com. You can listen to that show here 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.
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.
Here's the playlist:
Donna Summer - I Feel Love
Hercules & Love Affair - Raise Me Up
The Velvelettes - Let Love Live (A Little Bit Longer)
Love Is All - Make Out Fall Out Make Up
Standard Fare - Love Doesn't Just Stop
Louis Philippe - You Mary You
The Troggs - With A Girl Like You
Camera Obscura - Honey In The Sun
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - A Teenager In Love
Buzzcocks - Love You More
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - By Your Side
Chris Isaak - Wicked Game
Mazzy Star - Fade Into You
Beach House - Real Love
Melody Dog - Futuristic Lover
Sourpatch - Crushin'
Tiger Trap - Supercrush
Tullycraft - Sweet
Gene Kelly - I've Got A Crush On You
Arthur Russell - A Little Lost
The Siddeleys - My Favouite Wet Wednesday Afternoon
The Lucksmiths - Falling Off Of My Feet Again
Cats On Fire - Garden Lights
Razorcuts - Sorry To Embarrass You
Math & Physics Club - I Keep To Myself
The Magnetic Fields - Long Vermont Roads
The Divine Comedy - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
Serge Gainsbourg - Bonnie & Clyde
The Pastels - Nothing To Be Done
Go Sailor - I'm Still Crying
The Hit Parade - You Didn't Love Me Then
Princeton - Shout It Out
Huggy Bear - February 14
My Bloody Valentime - Sunny Sundae Smile
The Field Mice - And Before The First Kiss
Galaxie 500 - Oblivious
Otis Redding - You Don't Miss Your Water
Heavenly - Shallow
Biff Bang Pow - She's Got Diamonds In Her Hair
Mayer Hawthorne - I Wish It Would Rain
Miles Davis - My Funny Valentine
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Beat Happening
I wanted to write a little something here about how taken I've been lately with the Biff Bang Pow record Oblivion, 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.
Monday, February 1, 2010
KCRW Playlist from 1/31
It'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 Standard Fare called The Noyelle Beat. 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.
Another project that has a pretty firm hold on my attention lately is the The Diogenes Club. 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 Do You Know How I Feel?. 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!
You can listen to this most recent show of mine here...
... And here is the playlist:
The Crayon Fields - All The Pleasures Of The World
Zoot Woman - Lust Forever
Kid Creole & The Coconuts - I'm Corrupt (Idjut Boys Edit)
Nikki & Rich - Cat & Mouse
The Shangri-Las - Give Him A Great Big Kiss
Nation Of Ulysses - Today I Met The Girl I'm Gonna Marry
Boyracer - Your Dark Secrets
The Pastels - Anne Boleyn
The Magnetic Fields - The Dada Polka
The Soft Pack - Answer To Yourself
Los Campesinos! - The Sea Is A Good Place To Think Of The Future
Standard Fare - Dancing
Music Go Music - Warm In The Shadows
Orange Juice - Flesh Of My Flesh
Belle & Sebastian - Le Pastie De La Bourgeoise
Old 97'S - Rollerskate Skinny
The Cure - Bananafish Bones
We Are Scientists - Worth The Wait
The Tartans - Scenic Circles
Wet Dog - Tidy Up Your Bedroom
The Monochrome Set - Espresso
Cats On Fire - Tears In Your Cup
Love - Maybe The People Would Be The Times Or Between Clark & Hilldale
Jacques Dutronc - Les Cactus
Jose James - Made For Love
Laura Veirs - Life Is Good Blues
Lali Puna - Remember
Bibio - All The Flowers (Lone Remix)
Pepi Ginsberg - Shake This
Momus - The Sadness Of Things
The Diogenes Club - Tie Ourselves Around
Death Kit - I Can Make You Love Me
Memory Tapes - Bicycle
Atlas Sound - Quick Canal (Featuring Laetitia Sadier)
Kings Of Convenience - Renegade
The Clientele - Bonfires On The Heath
Hope Sandoval - Wild Roses
Beach House - 10 Mile Stereo
Seven Saturdays - A Beautiful Day
Another project that has a pretty firm hold on my attention lately is the The Diogenes Club. 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 Do You Know How I Feel?. 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!
You can listen to this most recent show of mine here...
... And here is the playlist:
The Crayon Fields - All The Pleasures Of The World
Zoot Woman - Lust Forever
Kid Creole & The Coconuts - I'm Corrupt (Idjut Boys Edit)
Nikki & Rich - Cat & Mouse
The Shangri-Las - Give Him A Great Big Kiss
Nation Of Ulysses - Today I Met The Girl I'm Gonna Marry
Boyracer - Your Dark Secrets
The Pastels - Anne Boleyn
The Magnetic Fields - The Dada Polka
The Soft Pack - Answer To Yourself
Los Campesinos! - The Sea Is A Good Place To Think Of The Future
Standard Fare - Dancing
Music Go Music - Warm In The Shadows
Orange Juice - Flesh Of My Flesh
Belle & Sebastian - Le Pastie De La Bourgeoise
Old 97'S - Rollerskate Skinny
The Cure - Bananafish Bones
We Are Scientists - Worth The Wait
The Tartans - Scenic Circles
Wet Dog - Tidy Up Your Bedroom
The Monochrome Set - Espresso
Cats On Fire - Tears In Your Cup
Love - Maybe The People Would Be The Times Or Between Clark & Hilldale
Jacques Dutronc - Les Cactus
Jose James - Made For Love
Laura Veirs - Life Is Good Blues
Lali Puna - Remember
Bibio - All The Flowers (Lone Remix)
Pepi Ginsberg - Shake This
Momus - The Sadness Of Things
The Diogenes Club - Tie Ourselves Around
Death Kit - I Can Make You Love Me
Memory Tapes - Bicycle
Atlas Sound - Quick Canal (Featuring Laetitia Sadier)
Kings Of Convenience - Renegade
The Clientele - Bonfires On The Heath
Hope Sandoval - Wild Roses
Beach House - 10 Mile Stereo
Seven Saturdays - A Beautiful Day
Friday, January 15, 2010
Listening Too Long to One Song: Sunny & the Sunliners "If I Could See You Now"
In the grand scheme of things, my knowledge of great Northern Soul records is severely limited. You could set me in front of a bin filled with nothing but absolute gems, and I could probably pull out something like five, maybe up to ten if I was particularly on top of my game that day. The fact that I would know any such records at all has a lot that I DJ at a club with people who are far more knowledgeable on the subject than myself, so I've managed to pick up a thing or two here and there. This track from Sunny & the Sunliners was the first one that really managed to jump out and grab me. I'd heard one of my fellow DJs play it a number of times, and always thought it was great. Still, it wasn't until one particular Hungry Beat! a few months ago that I finally said to myself, "I have to know what that song is!" I asked, and I was told. Ever since then I'll have a day here and there where I simply have to hear the song several times in a row before my intake of it has been satisfied. To my mind it perfectly encompasses everything about Northern Soul records that make them ideal for all night dance parties - the unasuming instrumentation with the always welcome use of horns and an organ in their respective exactly right places, the vocals that are sort of simultaneously heartfelt and whimsical, and probably more than anything else the relentlessly fast (yet very even) pace that blends fantastically with the vocal phrasing to guarantee that you'll be out of breath by the end of the song whether you've been dancing particularly hard or not. I've still not yet tracked down the 45, but I'm hoping that it's only a matter of time...
And if you feel like dancing tomorrow (quite possibly to this song) you should head out to La Cita and join us for Hungry Beat!
And if you feel like dancing tomorrow (quite possibly to this song) you should head out to La Cita and join us for Hungry Beat!
Thursday, January 14, 2010
KCRW Playlists from 1/13 (filling in for Michael Barnes) and 1/10 (My show)
Another week, another radio show, well, two actually, but not surprisingly the weekend and early part of the week managed to escape me too fast. Thus, here I am on Thursday sorting through so many thoughts of excitement over so many pop songs that I've been listening to and enjoying lately. Not surprisingly, a good number of those songs made their way into my past two radio shows so I thought this might be a good post within which to discuss those thoughts.
I'm really pleased with the lead singles from both the forthcoming Love is All record Two Thousand Ten Injuries, and the new Knight School record Revenger. It'll be interesting to see if the Brooklyn based Knight School picks up a larger audience with this new release. Their debut record The Poor and Needy Need to Party was one of my favorites of 2009, and I still can't understand why it didn't reach more people. In my opinion The Poor and Needy Need to Party was the one of the most perfect collection of bratty, noisy gleefully short pop songs to come out in quite some time. It's only further helped by the fact that it sounds like it was exactly as much fun to make as it is to hear. "Pizza My Coat," the first single from Revenger seems to be taking them further along in the same direction with perhaps a slight degree of assurance added to the sound. You can download that track here. The fact that the NME is writing about them does seem to indicate an encouraging development in their level of exposure. Slightly funny to see that the NME is writing about them now that they are releasing their music on this San Francisco based label, and not the U.K. based label that put out their first record. Lostmusic is fantastic though, and I would strongly encourage you to visit their website, and purchase the records they release. Love is All appear to have made a label change as well (they're on Polyvinyl this time around), but have also apparently stayed within the same sonic realm that they've been operating in for the past few years. I can't stop listening to the new single "Kungen," it's as giddy and frantic as any of their best, and based on it's strength Two Thousad Ten Injuries might now be my most anticipated record of this year. Hopefully this means a U.S. tour for Love is All in 2010 as well. I can't recommend their live show highly enough. It's almost certain to make you two thousand and ten times happier than you were before seeing it, in my humble opinion. On the rare occasions that I want something slower paced than the Knight School or Love is All singles I've been turning to the dreamy new Beach House record, Teen Dream. Has Beach House ever produced a song that wasn't positively dreamy? Speaking of dreamy, I severely neglected the Maria single from last year Love Is. I can't properly explain that one. Maria finally put three of my favorite songs from their live show on to a 7", and though I've owned it since it was released last year it's only within the past few weeks that I've given it the repeat listens that it deserves. The band finally achieved the exact right sound for them (the one that they have been hinting at since I first discovered that band), and I still maintain that the YAY! label is one of the most exciting things going on in indiepop these days.
Well, I suppose that is enough rambling from me for the time being. Time to head off and search for more lovely new and/or classic songs!
You can listen to me filling in for Michael Barnes here. That will be archived until Wednesday morning of next week.
And you can catch my show here. It's archived until Monday morning.
I've posted the play lists from both shows here as well...
Show from 1/13 (Filling in for Michael Barnes)
Was (Not Was) - "Tell Me That I'm Dreaming"
Quadron - "Slippin'"
Lucky Soul - "Whoa Billy"
Sunny & The Sunliners - "If I Could See You Now"
Myron And E With The Soul Investigators - "Cold Game"
The 24-Carat Black - "Gone The Promises Of Yesterday"
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - "Falling Over"
Testbild! - "My Brother The Submariner"
Slowdive - "Machine Gun"
Charles Bradley And The Menahan Street Band - "The World (Is Going Up In Flames)"
The Clientele - "Since K Got Over Me"
The Go-Betweens - "Bachelor Kisses"
David Bowie - "Unwashed And Somewhat Slightly Dazed"
Pete Dunaway - "Supermarket"
Jovenes Y Sexys - "Amor Platonico"
Maria - "When The Sun Goes Down"
Devendra Banhart - "Forget About Him"
The Yummy Fur - "Hong Kong In Stereo"
Comet Gain - "If I Had A Soul"
Love Is All - "Kungen"
Beach House - "Silver Soul"
Atlas Sound - "Shelia"
Knight School - "Pizza My Coat"
The Soft Pack - "Answer To Yourself"
Crocodiles - "Hollow Hollow Eyes"
The Velvet Underground - "I'll Be Your Mirror"
Wild Nothing - "Summer Holiday"
Jim Noir - "All Right"
Toro Y Moi - "Talamak"
The XX - "Heart Skipped A Beat"
Bibio - "Bones & Skulls"
Vis A Vis - "Obi Agye Me Dofo"
Francoiz Breut - "Mochoir De Poche"
The Pastels/Tenniscoats - "Vivid Youth"
Laura Veirs - "Silo Song"
Mulato Astake - "Tezeta"
Desolation Wilderness - "Slow Fade"
Dum Dum Girls - "Baby Don't Go"
Build An Ark - "In The Park"
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Show from 1/10 (My Show)
Girls At Our Best - "Pleasure"
Delta 5 - "Mind Your Own Business (Man Ray Mix)"
LCD Soundsystem - "Losing My Edge"
Dead Milkmen - "Instant Club Hit (You'll Dance To Anything)"
Vampire Weekend - "Giving Up The Gun"
Zoot Woman - "Just A Friend Of Mine (Jump Jump Dance Dance Remix)"
Annie - "Bad Times"
The XX - "Shelter"
Princeton - "Shout It Out"
Clare & The Reasons - "Ooh You Hurt Me So"
Plaisir De France - "Le Responsable Revisite"
Laura Veirs - "Where Are You Driving"
Beach House - "Walk In The Park"
Memory Tapes - "Stop Talking"
Washed Out - "Feel It All Around"
Television Personalities - "I Know Where Syd Barret Lives"
Pink Floyd - "Bike"
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - "Good Kids Make Bad Grown Ups"
Nosaj Thing - "Coat Of Arms"
Taxi Taxi! - "Old Big Trees"
Devendra Banhart - "Goin Back"
Rodrigo Y Gabriela - "Atman"
Kyeremateng Atwede & The Kyeremateng Stars - "I Go Die For You"
Love Is All - "Kungen"
Quasi - "Repulsion"
The Muslims - "Walking With Jesus"
Aberdeen - "Cities & Busses (Live on Morning Becomes Eclectic)"
The Pastels - "Stay With Me Until The Morning Comes"
Maria - "When The Sun Goes Down"
Peter Sarstedt - "Once Upon An Everyday"
Belle & Sebastian - "We Are The Sleepyheads"
Pulp - "David's Last Summer"
The Broadfield Marchers - "Falling Asleep To Disappear"
The Clientele - "Bonfires On The Heath"
Liechtenstein - "The End"
Air - "Tropical Disease"
I'm really pleased with the lead singles from both the forthcoming Love is All record Two Thousand Ten Injuries, and the new Knight School record Revenger. It'll be interesting to see if the Brooklyn based Knight School picks up a larger audience with this new release. Their debut record The Poor and Needy Need to Party was one of my favorites of 2009, and I still can't understand why it didn't reach more people. In my opinion The Poor and Needy Need to Party was the one of the most perfect collection of bratty, noisy gleefully short pop songs to come out in quite some time. It's only further helped by the fact that it sounds like it was exactly as much fun to make as it is to hear. "Pizza My Coat," the first single from Revenger seems to be taking them further along in the same direction with perhaps a slight degree of assurance added to the sound. You can download that track here. The fact that the NME is writing about them does seem to indicate an encouraging development in their level of exposure. Slightly funny to see that the NME is writing about them now that they are releasing their music on this San Francisco based label, and not the U.K. based label that put out their first record. Lostmusic is fantastic though, and I would strongly encourage you to visit their website, and purchase the records they release. Love is All appear to have made a label change as well (they're on Polyvinyl this time around), but have also apparently stayed within the same sonic realm that they've been operating in for the past few years. I can't stop listening to the new single "Kungen," it's as giddy and frantic as any of their best, and based on it's strength Two Thousad Ten Injuries might now be my most anticipated record of this year. Hopefully this means a U.S. tour for Love is All in 2010 as well. I can't recommend their live show highly enough. It's almost certain to make you two thousand and ten times happier than you were before seeing it, in my humble opinion. On the rare occasions that I want something slower paced than the Knight School or Love is All singles I've been turning to the dreamy new Beach House record, Teen Dream. Has Beach House ever produced a song that wasn't positively dreamy? Speaking of dreamy, I severely neglected the Maria single from last year Love Is. I can't properly explain that one. Maria finally put three of my favorite songs from their live show on to a 7", and though I've owned it since it was released last year it's only within the past few weeks that I've given it the repeat listens that it deserves. The band finally achieved the exact right sound for them (the one that they have been hinting at since I first discovered that band), and I still maintain that the YAY! label is one of the most exciting things going on in indiepop these days.
Well, I suppose that is enough rambling from me for the time being. Time to head off and search for more lovely new and/or classic songs!
You can listen to me filling in for Michael Barnes here. That will be archived until Wednesday morning of next week.
And you can catch my show here. It's archived until Monday morning.
I've posted the play lists from both shows here as well...
Show from 1/13 (Filling in for Michael Barnes)
Was (Not Was) - "Tell Me That I'm Dreaming"
Quadron - "Slippin'"
Lucky Soul - "Whoa Billy"
Sunny & The Sunliners - "If I Could See You Now"
Myron And E With The Soul Investigators - "Cold Game"
The 24-Carat Black - "Gone The Promises Of Yesterday"
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - "Falling Over"
Testbild! - "My Brother The Submariner"
Slowdive - "Machine Gun"
Charles Bradley And The Menahan Street Band - "The World (Is Going Up In Flames)"
The Clientele - "Since K Got Over Me"
The Go-Betweens - "Bachelor Kisses"
David Bowie - "Unwashed And Somewhat Slightly Dazed"
Pete Dunaway - "Supermarket"
Jovenes Y Sexys - "Amor Platonico"
Maria - "When The Sun Goes Down"
Devendra Banhart - "Forget About Him"
The Yummy Fur - "Hong Kong In Stereo"
Comet Gain - "If I Had A Soul"
Love Is All - "Kungen"
Beach House - "Silver Soul"
Atlas Sound - "Shelia"
Knight School - "Pizza My Coat"
The Soft Pack - "Answer To Yourself"
Crocodiles - "Hollow Hollow Eyes"
The Velvet Underground - "I'll Be Your Mirror"
Wild Nothing - "Summer Holiday"
Jim Noir - "All Right"
Toro Y Moi - "Talamak"
The XX - "Heart Skipped A Beat"
Bibio - "Bones & Skulls"
Vis A Vis - "Obi Agye Me Dofo"
Francoiz Breut - "Mochoir De Poche"
The Pastels/Tenniscoats - "Vivid Youth"
Laura Veirs - "Silo Song"
Mulato Astake - "Tezeta"
Desolation Wilderness - "Slow Fade"
Dum Dum Girls - "Baby Don't Go"
Build An Ark - "In The Park"
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Show from 1/10 (My Show)
Girls At Our Best - "Pleasure"
Delta 5 - "Mind Your Own Business (Man Ray Mix)"
LCD Soundsystem - "Losing My Edge"
Dead Milkmen - "Instant Club Hit (You'll Dance To Anything)"
Vampire Weekend - "Giving Up The Gun"
Zoot Woman - "Just A Friend Of Mine (Jump Jump Dance Dance Remix)"
Annie - "Bad Times"
The XX - "Shelter"
Princeton - "Shout It Out"
Clare & The Reasons - "Ooh You Hurt Me So"
Plaisir De France - "Le Responsable Revisite"
Laura Veirs - "Where Are You Driving"
Beach House - "Walk In The Park"
Memory Tapes - "Stop Talking"
Washed Out - "Feel It All Around"
Television Personalities - "I Know Where Syd Barret Lives"
Pink Floyd - "Bike"
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - "Good Kids Make Bad Grown Ups"
Nosaj Thing - "Coat Of Arms"
Taxi Taxi! - "Old Big Trees"
Devendra Banhart - "Goin Back"
Rodrigo Y Gabriela - "Atman"
Kyeremateng Atwede & The Kyeremateng Stars - "I Go Die For You"
Love Is All - "Kungen"
Quasi - "Repulsion"
The Muslims - "Walking With Jesus"
Aberdeen - "Cities & Busses (Live on Morning Becomes Eclectic)"
The Pastels - "Stay With Me Until The Morning Comes"
Maria - "When The Sun Goes Down"
Peter Sarstedt - "Once Upon An Everyday"
Belle & Sebastian - "We Are The Sleepyheads"
Pulp - "David's Last Summer"
The Broadfield Marchers - "Falling Asleep To Disappear"
The Clientele - "Bonfires On The Heath"
Liechtenstein - "The End"
Air - "Tropical Disease"
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
KCRW Playlist from 1/3 - A Few Personal Highlights from 2009
This was a tough one. 2009 was a pretty great year for me, both in terms of the music that I heard, and personal things. More often than not the two overlapped. It's always nice when such things happen. There are many things that should have been played on this show, but weren't due to time constraints (it still kills me that I wasn't able to close things out with "The End" by Lichtenstein). There are also many things that likely should have made this list that I sadly did not have a chance to hear. These are, of course, only problems indicative of an excellent year for music.
I also realize that leading my show off with a Comet Gain single that was released at the end of 2008 might raise some eyebrows, but since the "Broken Record Prayers" comp was released here in the States in 2009, I decided that it simply must be that way. Since I've taken to the airwaves Comet Gain have to be my most often played band after the Pastels (who I include on every show). 2009 was also the year when I finally started really listening to Comet Gain after too many incidences of asking a friend who was responsible for the awesome song they just played, and the answer always being "Comet Gain." As for picking the song "Love Without Lies," well, I have a weakness for any song that can make the experience of walking somewhere more pleasant, fun or exciting. This song manages all three. When it fills my headphones I walk taller, faster, and with more confidence. Everything is heightened, and the world feels at once a thousand times more risky, and ten thousand times more safe. And what would life be if certain songs didn't come along to heighten everything at the very least once a year?
Upwards and onwards to all in 2010!
Love,
Marion
P.S.
You can listen to the show here:
http://www.kcrw.com/music/programs/tl/the_lab
P.P.S.
Here is the playlist:
Comet Gain - Love Without Lies
A Sunny Day In Glasgow - The White Witch
The Drums - Let's Go Surfing
Black Moth Super Rainbow - Twin Of Myself (Go! Team Remix)
U.S.E - K.I.S.S.I.N.G
The Postmarks - My Lucky Charm
Air France - Gothenberg Belongs To Me
Little Dragon - My Step
Annie - My Love Is Better
Suburban Kids With Biblical Names - 1999
The Mayfair Set - Desert Fun
A Place To Bury Strangers - Keep Slipping Away
The Horrors - Who Can Say
Quadron - Pressure
Crocodiles - I Wanna Kill
Mos Def - Pretty Dancer
Chin Chin - Stay
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Falling Over
Bricolage - On The Omnibusses
Fol Chen - Winter, That's All
Tha Boogie - Peter Parker
Cry Babies - It's My Thing
Myron And E With The Soul Investigators - Cold Game
Mayer Hawthorne - Maybe So, Maybe No
Wake The President - Something To Turn Up
Wake The President - Professor
Sonic Youth - Malibu Gas Station
Knight School - Pregnant Again
Brilliant Colors - I Searched
Pens - I Sing Just For You
The Bridal Shop - Ideal State
Camera Obscura - Honey In The Sun
Testbild! - My Brother The Submariner
Real Estate - Fake Blues
Pastels/Tenniscoats - So Many Stars
John Vanderslice - Carina Constallation
Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions - Sets The Blaze
The Clientele - Never Anyone But You
Atlas Sound - Quick Canal (Featuring Laetitia Sadier)
I also realize that leading my show off with a Comet Gain single that was released at the end of 2008 might raise some eyebrows, but since the "Broken Record Prayers" comp was released here in the States in 2009, I decided that it simply must be that way. Since I've taken to the airwaves Comet Gain have to be my most often played band after the Pastels (who I include on every show). 2009 was also the year when I finally started really listening to Comet Gain after too many incidences of asking a friend who was responsible for the awesome song they just played, and the answer always being "Comet Gain." As for picking the song "Love Without Lies," well, I have a weakness for any song that can make the experience of walking somewhere more pleasant, fun or exciting. This song manages all three. When it fills my headphones I walk taller, faster, and with more confidence. Everything is heightened, and the world feels at once a thousand times more risky, and ten thousand times more safe. And what would life be if certain songs didn't come along to heighten everything at the very least once a year?
Upwards and onwards to all in 2010!
Love,
Marion
P.S.
You can listen to the show here:
http://www.kcrw.com/music/programs/tl/the_lab
P.P.S.
Here is the playlist:
Comet Gain - Love Without Lies
A Sunny Day In Glasgow - The White Witch
The Drums - Let's Go Surfing
Black Moth Super Rainbow - Twin Of Myself (Go! Team Remix)
U.S.E - K.I.S.S.I.N.G
The Postmarks - My Lucky Charm
Air France - Gothenberg Belongs To Me
Little Dragon - My Step
Annie - My Love Is Better
Suburban Kids With Biblical Names - 1999
The Mayfair Set - Desert Fun
A Place To Bury Strangers - Keep Slipping Away
The Horrors - Who Can Say
Quadron - Pressure
Crocodiles - I Wanna Kill
Mos Def - Pretty Dancer
Chin Chin - Stay
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Falling Over
Bricolage - On The Omnibusses
Fol Chen - Winter, That's All
Tha Boogie - Peter Parker
Cry Babies - It's My Thing
Myron And E With The Soul Investigators - Cold Game
Mayer Hawthorne - Maybe So, Maybe No
Wake The President - Something To Turn Up
Wake The President - Professor
Sonic Youth - Malibu Gas Station
Knight School - Pregnant Again
Brilliant Colors - I Searched
Pens - I Sing Just For You
The Bridal Shop - Ideal State
Camera Obscura - Honey In The Sun
Testbild! - My Brother The Submariner
Real Estate - Fake Blues
Pastels/Tenniscoats - So Many Stars
John Vanderslice - Carina Constallation
Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions - Sets The Blaze
The Clientele - Never Anyone But You
Atlas Sound - Quick Canal (Featuring Laetitia Sadier)
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