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Howdy, internet,

Thanks to anyone reading this who may have attended the first ever KUCI Night at the Kitsch Bar on Tuesday. I enjoyed playing music for you to get drunk by. Feel free to stop by any Tuesday, 10p-2a for excellent music played in a relaxed environment. No cover. Good times. Sexy DJs?

I may play stuff that is similar to the following:

Things that Are Square 7-9-09

Mirah - La Familia - You Think It's Like This But Really It's Like This

Jacob Borshard - Data and Worf - A Glow in the Dark
Little Wings - Faith Children - Wonderue
(*) John Vanderslice - Too Much Time - Romanian Names
The Mountain Goats - Linda Blair Was Born Innocent - We Shall All Be Healed

Low - Don't Drop the Baby - A Lifetime of Temporary Relief
(*) We Were Promised Jetpacks - Ships with Holes Will Sink - These Four Walls
Jonathan Richman - Papel de Chicle - ¡Jonathan, Te Vas a Emocionar!
Herman Düne - At Your Luau Night - Mas Cambios

(*) Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard - Slogans - 'Em Are I
Trembling Bells - The End Is the Beginning Born Knowing - Carbeth
(*) Summer Cats - Wild Rice - Songs for Tuesdays
caUSE co-MOTION! - Baby Don't Do It - It's Time

(*) Sunset Rubdown - Silver Moons - Dragonslayer
Stephen Malkmus - Vague Space - Stephen Malkmus
The Light Footwork - Docomo - One State Two State
Galaxie 500 - When Will You Come Home - Peel Sessions

(*) Dinosaur Jr. - Said the People - Farm
Built to Spill - Time Trap - Keep It Like a Secret
(*) God Help The Girl - God Help the Girl - God Help the Girl

Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - Lonesome New Mexican Nights - Advance Base Battery Life
The Faint - Desperate Guys - Wet From Birth
The Mae Shi - Lamb and Lion - Hlllyh
(*) Math the Band - Tour de Friends - Don't Worry

Holy Fuck - Echo Sam - LP
Dan Deacon - Get Older - Bromst
The Fall - L.A. - This Nation's Saving Grace

Television - See No Evil - Marquee Moon

Hope to see you fro the radio show next Thursday 6-8pm PST on KUCI 88.9FM in Irvine, CA, and worldwide on the internet at KUCI.ORG and the public radio presets of iTunes.

<3,
Kyle

Mar 21 Abr – Los Campesinos!

16:05
Los Campesinos! (LC!) estaban armando de a poco el backline y había equipo técnico de acá para allá. Los únicos que vinieron fueron LC! y su manager de gira. Ellen (bajista) y Aleks (tecladista) estaban sentadas en una escalinata, con computadora portatil cada una. Harriet (violinista) leía un libro, más atenta al escenario realmente. Encima de él, andaban los guitarristas, Neil y Tom (principal compositor) probando la configuración de sus pedales (N's - T's) y Ollie tocando la cucaracha en su batería. Como querían ver algo de la ciudad, llegaron caminando con sus instrumentos. Después de saludarlos, se me presentó Gareth (cantante y co-autor de la música) y pasamos al camarín para entrevistarlo.

Llegaron el Lunes por la noche, no pudieron ver nada de Bs.As. Hablamos de diez mil cosas. Anécodtas del Coachella, lo surreal que era estar tocando acá siendo independientes, que son amigazos, que nunca probó fernet y que quería comprarse la remera del club argentino de su jugador favorito, Lautaro Acosta (Lanús - Sevilla). No fue una entrevista ortodoxa. Se emocionó cuando se enteró que iba a tocar en el mismo lugar que Jarvis Cocker y Stephen Malkmus y que el público tenía MUCHAS ganas de ver a LC!, aun sin tener los discos editados acá. Recomendó que escuche a Johnny Foreigner y Dananananaykroyd, pensó en subir a tocar disfrazado de futbolista.

Subimos y colgamos hablando un rato más. Vimos como los demás Campesinos habían decorado el escenario con utilería que encontraron por ahí -"Indiou Solari"-. Les llevé discos de bandas locales para que escuchen (Nikita Nipone, Mataplantas y la mía, je, Placard) y prometí un regalo especial al volver.

20.30
Gareth, Ollie y Neil vendian discos y remeras antes del show a cuatro manos. El lugar se llenó de a poco. Sin cifras oficiales, habían cientos de expectantes.

21:03
Se abrió el telón, una ovación gi-gan-te; en vivo son la alegría encarnada. Encontraron un público que cantaba y bailaba cada vez más. Fue poderoso y en crecimiento. LC! no entendian los cantos de "cada día te quiero más, es un sentimiento no puedo parar" y preguntaban que significaba. Se quedaban anonadados, sonriendo de como podían estar acá. Gareth preguntó si se compraba una remera de Banfield y le gritaban "Raaaaacin" (!). La interacción fue clave: muchas palmas, coros, cantos de los riffs de guitarras. No quiero arriesgarme a contar más y quedar corto porque fue eso, un show que crecía increiblemente. No querías que se fueran. Promediando el show, con 'Box elder' -de Pavement- no había nadie quieto. Luego 'You! Me! Dancing!' con gente invadiendo el escenario, 'We are beautiful, we are doomed', Gareth entre la gente y Neil tocando mientras la gente lo elevaba. Como última canción, la más gritada de la noche 'Sweet dreams, sweet cheeks', con ese desvanecimiento de la música y todos cantando el one blink for yes! two blinks for no! Sweet dreams, sweet cheeks, we leave alone! . ¡Impagable!

Se cierra el telón. Chifle chifle chifle olé olé olé campeee sii noooos. Vuelven con la mejor sonrisa y mientras Gareth baja entre la gente, vocifera "Well, we're friends now, right?"; Harriet y Aleks cambian de lugar para tocar, el público invade el escenario, Neil y Tom bajan a tocar también y todos gritan el 1,2,3,4 de 'Broken heartbeats sounds like breakbeats' ¡fies-ta! y fin del show más caliente en lo que va del año.

Después del show, hubo más espontaneidad y buena onda inglesa de LC! Una hora de reloj en charlas, fotos y abrazos a la salida, intercambios de mails y de regalo, la botella de Fernet que les prometí antes. De repente, 27 cuerpos con LC! incluidos fuimos de copas por San Telmo, cantando. LC! invitó las dos primeras rondas de cerveza y vino. Hubo charlas de todo lo que quieras. Videos de Radiohead, Harriet cantando Pj Harvey, "If you come to Cardiff, i'll feed you" y otras propuestas. El dueño del bar se copó y puso en pantalla grande 'You! Me! Dancing!', cantamos y LC! se emocionaron más (un par lloraron). Duró hasta las 4.30am. Luego, los que quedamos los acompañamos al lobby del hotel y colgar un rato más. A las 12 salía el avión.

Posta, nos aman.

Espero haber sintetizado lo que se sintió: no sólo fue un increible show de una banda, de gente genial, ingeniosa y única, sino de nuestros nuevos amigos :)

Mis fotos de la previa
Fotos del show y lista (gracias al camarada lonely_mushroom)

pd. (!)

Miguel David Barrenechea ©
http://www.emedebe.com.ar
http://www.placardismo.com.ar

Most of them in Glasgow...

Pavement - Barrowlands
Camera Obscura - QMU - TITP - ABC - Indian Summer - Mono - Connect - Barrowlands
Belle and Sebastian - Arches - Barrowlands - Usher Hall - SECC - ABC - Botanic Gardens - Glastonbury - Royal Concert Hall - Castlemilk Community Centre
Frightened Rabbit - TITP - Captain's Rest x 2 - Connect - The Goat - The Arches - King Tuts - Barfly
The Twilight Sad - King Tuts x 4 - ABC x 2 - Mono - TITP - Nice & Sleazys
David Bowie - SECC
King Creosote - ABC - ABC2 - SECC - Arches - Mono - Garage
The Delgados - Royal Concert Hall
Herman Düne - Mono - King Tuts - Oran Mor (Stanley Brinks - Henry's Cellar Bar - Mono)
The Velvet Underground----- (Lou Reed - Playhouse)
Radiohead - Glasgow Green x 2 - Virgin Festival - Blackpool Empress Ballroom - Glastonbury - Aberdeen Exhibition Centre - Meadowbank Stadium
The White Stripes - Glastonbury - SECC - Academy x 2
Okkervil River - Nice N Sleazy - Oran Mor
Idlewild - Liquid Rooms - Byblos - Indian Summer -SECC - King Tuts x 5 - Nice n Sleazy
Stephen Malkmus - King Tuts - Liquid Room - QMU - Oran Mor - Connect,
The Decemberists -----
The Shins - Barrowlands
Neil Young -----
Malcolm Middleton - Mono - Classic Grand - Oran Mor
Grandaddy - QMU - TITP - Glastonbury
Lou Reed - Playhouse
Sebadoh - The Classic Grand
James Yorkston and The Athletes - Classic Grand - ABC2 - The Goat - ABC - Arches
Nick Drake -----
The Clash -----
The Raconteurs - ABC - Academy - Corn Exchange - TITP
Mercury Rev - Barrowlands - Connect
Sons and Daughters - ABC x 2 - Connect - TITP - Grand Old Opry - SECC - QMU
Neutral Milk Hotel -----
Zoey Van Goey - Barfly - King Tuts - Captain's Rest - Stereo x 2 - Brel - Art School
Isobel Campbell And Mark Lanegan - ABC x 2
Voxtrot - The Admiral
Lou Barlow - CCA - King Tuts - Nice n Sleazy x 2
The Strokes - Academy - TITP
Emma Pollock - Stereo - The Goat - ABC2 - Indian Summer - Mono
The Mountain Goats -----
Interpol - TITP
Pulp - Glasgow Green
Scott Walker -----
Kings of Leon - Glastonbury - SECC - TITP
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Barrowlands - TITP - Indian Summer
The Beatles ----- (Paul McCartney - Glastonbury & Anfield)
Franz Ferdinand - Subclub - QMU - Mono - Barrowlands - Academy - Princes Street Gardens - SECC - TITP
Tapes 'n Tapes - Nice n Sleazy - Liquid Room - Indian Summer - Stereo
Conor Oberst - Connect
Jarvis - ABC - Connect - Picture House
The Rolling Stones - Hampden
Primal Scream - Barrowlands - Academy - SECC - TITP - QMU - ABC2 - Connect - Glastonbury
Loney, Dear - Indian Summer - Stereo
The Doors -----
Low -----
Super Furry Animals - Barrowlands, Connect
The Kinks ----- (Ray Davies - Royal Concert Hall)
Islands - Captain's Rest
Giant Drag - Barfly, TITP
Pixies - SECC - TITP
Bright Eyes - TITP
Cold War Kids - QMU - TITP - Barrowlands
The Libertines - King Tuts - Barrowlands x 2 - TITP
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Academy x 2 - Indian Summer - TITP
Correcto - Fairfield Club
Band of Horses - T in the Park
The Coral - Garage - Barrowlands - Academy x 2 - TITP
Johnny Cash -----
The Enemy - Men .Arena
Silver Jews -----
Arcade Fire - TITP
R.E.M. - Loch Lomond
Wire -----
Pelle Carlberg -----
Eels TITP
Säkert! -----
Babyshambles - Academy - SECC - Barrowlands x 4 - Greenock
The Fall Ferry - QMU - Connect
Taken By Trees Mono

Recommended Songs (sorted by most recommended songs)

We Gathered In Spring : Midlake (Score = 79.55)
Choking Tara : Guided by Voices (Score = 75.81)
Oh My God : Kaiser Chiefs (Score = 74.3)
The Zombies Of Mora Tau : Half Japanese (Score = 73.78)
Submarine : Sebadoh (Score = 73.39)
The Happy Activist : Minus Story (Score = 72.86)
The Way Beyond : Minus Story (Score = 72.86)
Lo-Fi Suicide : The Folk Implosion (Score = 72.51)
Seas Too Far to Reach : Okkervil River (Score = 72.29)
Better Than Allrite : The Folk Implosion (Score = 72.25)
Tryin to Say : Dan Sartain (Score = 71.86)
April 8th : Neutral Milk Hotel (Score = 71.64)
Avery Island : Neutral Milk Hotel (Score = 71.55)
Needless In My Eyes : The Beta Band (Score = 70.57)
The Country Diary of a Subway Conductor : Silver Jews (Score = 70.49)
Until the Night Dies : Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti (Score = 70.37)
bomb shelter pt 1 : The Halo Benders (Score = 70.35)
Forever This Cyanide : Systems Officer (Score = 70.27)
Hael : Systems Officer (Score = 70.27)
That Girl : Beat Happening (Score = 69.95)
Little Bunny Foo Foo : The Moldy Peaches (Score = 69.81)
The Poor, The Fair, And The Good : Silver Jews (Score = 69.79)
Walk Among the Cobras, Pt. 1 : Dan Sartain (Score = 69.73)
Who Says This City Don't Party : Toby Richardson (Score = 69.35)
Capture With A Magnet : The Thermals (Score = 69.35)
Ice : The Microphones (Score = 69.27)
Inoculate the Innocuous : The Unicorns (Score = 69.17)
Crazy Eights : Tapes 'n Tapes (Score = 69.09)
The Saddest Story Ever Told : The Magnetic Fields (Score = 69.08)
Raise The Flag of Your Sibling's Favorite Daydream : Hallelujah The Hills (Score = 68.99)
The Trap : Hallelujah The Hills (Score = 68.99)
Sand : The Microphones (Score = 68.71)
House Fire : Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin (Score = 68.68)
Good Kids Make Bad Grown Ups : Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti (Score = 68.23)
To Hide A Little Thought : Hefner (Score = 68.13)
Sisters : Dump (Score = 68.01)
Freezing Point : Archers of Loaf (Score = 68.01)
The History of Love : Dump (Score = 68.01)
Yr Broom : Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin (Score = 67.81)
friend of the devil ( live 99 ) : The Moldy Peaches (Score = 67.81)
City Calls : Swan Lake (Score = 67.78)
Punk Love : The Magnetic Fields (Score = 67.65)
Three Years Ago Today : Built to Spill (Score = 67.31)
Sign the Dotted Line : Tall Dwarfs (Score = 66.91)
Barnacles : Ugly Casanova (Score = 66.87)
Let the Loser Melt : Archers of Loaf (Score = 66.56)
I've Been Wondering : The Minders (Score = 66.38)
I'm Sorry I Sang On Your Hands That Must Have Been In The Grave : Sunset Rubdown (Score = 66.29)
No Culture Icons : The Thermals (Score = 66.13)
Orange Bird : Sound Team (Score = 66)
It's Obvious What's Going On Hear : Sound Team (Score = 66)
The Men Are Called Horsemen There : Sunset Rubdown (Score = 66)
In This Home On Ice : Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! (Score = 65.91)
All The West Coast Girls : Toby Richardson (Score = 65.82)
Moldly Bread : Tapes 'n Tapes (Score = 65.78)
Held : Smog (Score = 65.53)
Shooting Rockets : Swan Lake (Score = 65.46)
Piano Fire : Sparklehorse (Score = 65.34)
Evacuate the Vacuous (outtake) : The Unicorns (Score = 65.17)
Retaliation : Slumber Party (Score = 64.89)
Strawberry Sunday : Slumber Party (Score = 64.89)
The More I Get the More I Want : Q and Not U (Score = 64.66)
One Glass of Water : The Bees (Score = 64.58)
Luxury : The Wrens (Score = 64.48)
No Atmosphere : The Bees (Score = 64.47)
Wish I Was Dead : Shout Out Louds (Score = 64.42)
The Main Thing : Portastatic (Score = 64.38)
Mama : Stephen Malkmus (Score = 64.2)
End Up Behind : Shout Out Louds (Score = 64.18)
Blah Blah Blah : Say Hi to Your Mom (Score = 64.16)
3 Feet Tall : I Am Kloot (Score = 64.14)
Tres : Pinback (Score = 64.13)
Pure Sound : The Mountain Goats (Score = 64.05)
A Line in the Sand : Q and Not U (Score = 64.02)
Evil Eye : Elf Power (Score = 64.02)
From Your Favourite : I Am Kloot (Score = 64)
Drawing Flies : Elf Power (Score = 64)
Common People : Pulp (Score = 62.33)
Banquet : Bloc Party (Score = 58.12)
Dakota : Stereophonics (Score = 55.51)
Cool It Down : The Velvet Underground (Score = 52.8)
Baba O'Riley : The Who (Score = 47.48)
Sweet Home Alabama : Lynyrd Skynyrd (Score = 46.88)
Fix You : Coldplay (Score = 45.97)
Go Your Own Way : Fleetwood Mac (Score = 45.91)
Lucky Man : The Verve (Score = 43.96)
Run : Snow Patrol (Score = 43.83)
Wild Horses : The Rolling Stones (Score = 43.38)
She Moves In Her Own Way : The Kooks (Score = 42.9)
Hard To Beat : Hard-Fi (Score = 42.79)
Brown Sugar : The Rolling Stones (Score = 42.19)
Sing : Travis (Score = 41.61)
Pinball Wizard : The Who (Score = 41.27)
Sympathy for the Devil : The Rolling Stones (Score = 40.56)
Sonnet : The Verve (Score = 39.69)
My Generation : The Who (Score = 39)
Takin' It To The Streets : The Doobie Brothers (Score = 37.18)
Ramblin' Man : The Allman Brothers Band (Score = 36.52)
Beautiful Ones : Suede (Score = 35.39)
All The Young Dudes : Mott the Hoople (Score = 34.65)




Recommended Songs (sorted by most recommended artists)

The Country Diary of a Subway Conductor : Silver Jews (Score = 70.49)
The Poor, The Fair, And The Good : Silver Jews (Score = 69.79)
Random Rules : Silver Jews (Score = 23.92)
Smith &Amp; Jones Forever : Silver Jews (Score = 22.93)
April 8th : Neutral Milk Hotel (Score = 71.64)
Avery Island : Neutral Milk Hotel (Score = 71.55)
Holland, 1945 : Neutral Milk Hotel (Score = 19.63)
Baba O'Riley : The Who (Score = 47.48)
Pinball Wizard : The Who (Score = 41.27)
My Generation : The Who (Score = 39)
Won't Get Fooled Again : The Who (Score = 33.63)
Freezing Point : Archers of Loaf (Score = 68.01)
Let the Loser Melt : Archers of Loaf (Score = 66.56)
Web in Front : Archers of Loaf (Score = 17.71)
The Happy Activist : Minus Story (Score = 72.86)
The Way Beyond : Minus Story (Score = 72.86)
Lo-Fi Suicide : The Folk Implosion (Score = 72.51)
Better Than Allrite : The Folk Implosion (Score = 72.25)
Wild Horses : The Rolling Stones (Score = 43.38)
Brown Sugar : The Rolling Stones (Score = 42.19)
Sympathy for the Devil : The Rolling Stones (Score = 40.56)
Angie : The Rolling Stones (Score = 17.88)
Tryin to Say : Dan Sartain (Score = 71.86)
Walk Among the Cobras, Pt. 1 : Dan Sartain (Score = 69.73)
Hael : Systems Officer (Score = 70.27)
Forever This Cyanide : Systems Officer (Score = 70.27)
Until the Night Dies : Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti (Score = 70.37)
Good Kids Make Bad Grown Ups : Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti (Score = 68.23)
Ice : The Microphones (Score = 69.27)
Raise The Flag of Your Sibling's Favorite Daydream : Hallelujah The Hills (Score = 68.99)
The Trap : Hallelujah The Hills (Score = 68.99)
Sand : The Microphones (Score = 68.71)
Little Bunny Foo Foo : The Moldy Peaches (Score = 69.81)
friend of the devil ( live 99 ) : The Moldy Peaches (Score = 67.81)
The Saddest Story Ever Told : The Magnetic Fields (Score = 69.08)
Punk Love : The Magnetic Fields (Score = 67.65)
House Fire : Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin (Score = 68.68)
Yr Broom : Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin (Score = 67.81)
Sisters : Dump (Score = 68.01)
The History of Love : Dump (Score = 68.01)
Capture With A Magnet : The Thermals (Score = 69.35)
No Culture Icons : The Thermals (Score = 66.13)
Who Says This City Don't Party : Toby Richardson (Score = 69.35)
All The West Coast Girls : Toby Richardson (Score = 65.82)
Crazy Eights : Tapes 'n Tapes (Score = 69.09)
Moldly Bread : Tapes 'n Tapes (Score = 65.78)
Inoculate the Innocuous : The Unicorns (Score = 69.17)
Evacuate the Vacuous (outtake) : The Unicorns (Score = 65.17)
City Calls : Swan Lake (Score = 67.78)
Shooting Rockets : Swan Lake (Score = 65.46)
I'm Sorry I Sang On Your Hands That Must Have Been In The Grave : Sunset Rubdown (Score = 66.29)
The Men Are Called Horsemen There : Sunset Rubdown (Score = 66)
Orange Bird : Sound Team (Score = 66)
It's Obvious What's Going On Hear : Sound Team (Score = 66)
Retaliation : Slumber Party (Score = 64.89)
Strawberry Sunday : Slumber Party (Score = 64.89)
One Glass of Water : The Bees (Score = 64.58)
No Atmosphere : The Bees (Score = 64.47)
The More I Get the More I Want : Q and Not U (Score = 64.66)
A Line in the Sand : Q and Not U (Score = 64.02)
Wish I Was Dead : Shout Out Louds (Score = 64.42)
End Up Behind : Shout Out Louds (Score = 64.18)
3 Feet Tall : I Am Kloot (Score = 64.14)
From Your Favourite : I Am Kloot (Score = 64)
Evil Eye : Elf Power (Score = 64.02)
Drawing Flies : Elf Power (Score = 64)
Fix You : Coldplay (Score = 45.97)
Yellow : Coldplay (Score = 25.79)
The Scientist : Coldplay (Score = 25.46)
Hotel California : Eagles (Score = 34.61)
One of These Nights : Eagles (Score = 21.8)
Take It Easy : Eagles (Score = 19.58)
Learn To Be Still : Eagles (Score = 17.14)
Lucky Man : The Verve (Score = 43.96)
Sonnet : The Verve (Score = 39.69)
Mama : Stephen Malkmus (Score = 64.2)
Freeze the Saints : Stephen Malkmus (Score = 18.54)
Banquet : Bloc Party (Score = 58.12)
Helicopter : Bloc Party (Score = 21.83)
We Gathered In Spring : Midlake (Score = 79.55)
Sing : Travis (Score = 41.61)
Writing To Reach You : Travis (Score = 18.37)
Driftwood : Travis (Score = 17.5)
Run : Snow Patrol (Score = 43.83)
Chocolate : Snow Patrol (Score = 33.38)
Dakota : Stereophonics (Score = 55.51)
Have A Nice Day : Stereophonics (Score = 20.49)
Choking Tara : Guided by Voices (Score = 75.81)
Takin' It To The Streets : The Doobie Brothers (Score = 37.18)
China Grove : The Doobie Brothers (Score = 20.78)
Listen To The Music : The Doobie Brothers (Score = 17.34)
Oh My God : Kaiser Chiefs (Score = 74.3)
The Zombies Of Mora Tau : Half Japanese (Score = 73.78)
Goodbye Stranger : Supertramp (Score = 32.22)
The Logical Song : Supertramp (Score = 23.52)
Give A Little Bit : Supertramp (Score = 17.88)
Submarine : Sebadoh (Score = 73.39)
Seas Too Far to Reach : Okkervil River (Score = 72.29)
She Moves In Her Own Way : The Kooks (Score = 42.9)
Naive : The Kooks (Score = 28.2)

Pick an artist.
Go to their page. Write down their top similar artist that is not already in your list. Click through to that artist's page. Repeat.
Asterisks indicate bands that I have "listened" to. I arbitrarily chose 10 plays for this.
Starting with my top overall artist:

1. Screaming Trees *
2. Mark Lanegan *
3. Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan
4. Isobel Campbell
5. The Gentle Waves
6. Camera Obscura
7. Belle and Sebastian *
8. The Magnetic Fields
9. The 6ths
10. Future Bible Heroes
11. Stephin Merritt
12. Beat Happening *
13. The Halo Benders
14. Built to Spill *
15. Pavement *
16. Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks
17. Stephen Malkmus *
18. Silver Jews *
19. Smog *
20. Bill Callahan
21. Will Oldham
22. Palace
23. Palace Music
24. Palace Brothers
25. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy *
26. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy & Matt Sweeney
27. Songs: Ohia
28. Jason Molina
29. Magnolia Electric Co.
30. Damien Jurado
31. David Bazan
32. Pedro the Lion
33. HEADPHONES
34. Pinback
35. Rob Crow
36. Thingy
37. Heavy Vegetable
38. Other Men
39. The Ladies
40. Hella *
41. Zach Hill
42. Marnie Stern
43. Deerhoof *
44. The Fiery Furnaces *
45. Destroyer
46. Frog Eyes
47. Sunset Rubdown
48. Wolf Parade *
49. Handsome Furs
50. Apostle of Hustle

Not a bad list. A few different genres, from grunge to indie to alternative to folk to math rock.
It makes me want to check the 50 degrees of some other band.

Coincidence: I happened to be listening to Another Day Full of Dread (on 'Artists Similar to Tom Waits) just as I started navigating through #'s 21-25. I did not know that he had so many aliases.

P.S. I got this idea from here: http://www.last.fm/user/godwand/journal/2009/02/03/2gcsir_similar_artist_game

Woop! Wednesday's best new track was 'I Lost My Colour Vision' by Burning Hearts. And instead of me wibbling on about it, you can download it for free by clicking here! Yaay!



The best old track was 'Just What I Needed' by The Cars. I bought this on 7" single way back when it came out and it remains a fabulous, rocking pop song. Just brilliant!



As an added bonus, eagle-eyed... er... listeners may have noticed that I played several tracks by Late Of The Pier. That's because they're playing tonight in Derby! Double yaaay!

This is what you heard:

6BLOCC - Warning
Rogue Wave - Bird on a Wire
DJ Honda - On The Mic
Towa Tei - Technova (La Em Copacabana)
Eric B. & Rakim - Know The Ledge
Headhunter - drop the waste
Death Vessel - Deep In The Horchada
Like A Tim - Zilver 3
Stephen Malkmus - The Hook
Channel Live - Mad Izm
School of Language - rockist part 1
Marching Band - Letters
King Cannibal - Badman Near Dark (Komonazmuk Remix)
The Faceless - Prison Born
The Bird and the Bee - Love Letter To Japan
Akrobatik - Black Hell Breaks Loose
Lykke Li - i'm good, i'm gone
Animal Collective - water curses
OVe-NaXx - Wabisabi Violence
Factor Feat Ceschi - Pray
Late of the Pier - Focker
Phoenix - Too Young
Fucked Up - Black Albino Bones
Mystic Man & Eshamanjaro - New Jack Swing
The Hidden Cameras - Ban Marriage
Skream - oskilatah
Matt & Kim - Daylight
Black Elk - Hold My Hand
All Boogie Knowledge and Mick D - You'll See
Biffy Clyro - Strung To Your Ribcage
Mr. Oizo - Positif
The Lucksmiths - Camera-Shy
Ratatat - Falcon Jab
A Life Once Lost - Cavil
Late of the Pier - Heartbeat
Common Unity - Rigodon Dance
Victor Scott - Chimp Farm
You Slut! - Roofio Shoots, Roofio Scores!
The New Pornographers - From Blown Speakers
OOO - Group Heartbeat
Fat Ray & Black Milk - Get Focus (feat. Phat Kat & Elzhi)
Tilly and the Wall - Bad Education
Scorn - super mantis
Flying Lotus - melt!
Side C Feat Loe Pesci - Trees
The Whitest Boy Alive - High On The Heels
Hello Saferide - Anna
School of Seven Bells - Chain
The Cars - Just What I Needed
Burning Hearts - I Lost My Colour Vision
Lukid - Veto
M.O. & Brakko - Geen Haat Hier
Elliott Smith - Son of Sam
Max Tundra - MBGATE
The Lemonheads - If I could talk I'd tell you
Someone Still Loves You Boris - Glue Girls
Marco Passarani - again
Fugazi - Exit Only
Late of the Pier - The Bears Are Coming
Mischif - Freaks Come Out
Fight Like Apes - Lend Me Your Face
Soft Cell – What!
Cornelius - Count Five Or Six
John Barry - Vendetta
Death Cab for Cutie - Grapevine Fires
David Devant & His Spirit Wife - Goodnight

I just posted this on myspace a few days ago, but figured it would work pretty well and be pretty relevant here. Enjoy.

It's a new year. For me, that means it's time to read the year-end best of lists, mostly for music, and mostly on Pitchfork (not that they speak only undeniable truths, but they're interesting to read), and also read Coke Machine Glow's year-end list.

This, as expected, put me on a new music kick. I've been dying for new bands and new albums from bands I already like. Sadly, my computer only has about 6 GB of free space left, leaving me with little room to actually get new music, though I have already gotten the Bon Iver CD, and I have an exorbitantly long list of music I want to get.

Aside from thirsting for new music (seriously, I'll take any suggestions you want to give, and I'd even more gladly accept burned discs to save my poor, dying hard drive), it also made me start thinking about my favorite music. It made me want to come up with a few lists of my own. The first list is a list of artists, could be new, could be old, could have a long discography, could have a short one, that I consider extremely promising to be someone I could love if I'd listen to more of them (or in the cases of the ones that are pretty new, release new stuff in the future that has the possibility to break in there if they stay on pace or exceed their previous standards). I won't elaborate on these or put them in any order, but although I haven't listened to a lot of them for whatever reasons, I consider them promising:

Bon Iver, The Walkmen, Panda Bear, Jenny Lewis, Islands (and their predecessor The Unicorns-R.I.P.), Franz Ferdinand, Devendra Banhart, and Asobi Seksu. Give them all a listen, or feel free to tell me why you think they're garbage. I like discussion.

The second list is a little harder to do, and I'll write a short paragraph about each artist and why I like them, but this is my current 10 favorite artists in order, but to precede that, I'll give you the honorable mention with no reasoning that round out what I consider my top 20 bands currently:

Honorable mention for my top artists (11-20 in alphabetical order): Air, Built to Spill, Deerhoof, Les Savy Fav, MF DOOM, Neutral Milk Hotel (hard to leave out of the top 10, but 2 whole albums and 10 years of silence forced poor Jeff Mangum's tortured soul out), The New Pornographers, Pixies, Stephen Malkmus (and pretty much all of his projects including Pavement, Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, and Silver Jews), and Ween. Now, the list:

10. LCD Soundsystem: James Murphy hasn't released too much yet, but both of his full lengths have been superb, with his second one outdoing his first. I expect him to keep getting better. If you're looking for dancey, guitar-driven rock music, he's a safe bet.
9. Wilco: With seven full-lengths, one of which is live, since 1995, it's a band with staying power. They've gone from alternative country to alternative country with an experimental rock twist. Jeff Tweedy writes some amazing lyrics.
8. Broken Social Scene: I've only heard two of their three albums, and they were good enough to put them at number 8 on my list. That should tell you something. They're a Canadian super-group making indie rock music at its finest.
7. Tom Waits: I actually feel bad that he's so low on this list. He's been around since 1973, and he's still going. In the '70s, he was a bit of a lounge singer. I'm not a big fan of his early stuff, but once you go from 1983 (Swordfishtrombones) and up, he's been amazing. I don't know what to say. If you don't know anything about him, listen to him. There's about a 50-50 shot you'll like him, and if you don't, I'd give an 80% shot of the reason you don't being his gravelly voice (or maybe his freaky circus-ish music of the late '80s).
6. Spoon: This band is consistent. They're a rock band. Nothing crazy or experimental really, but they're always fun to listen to. This is the kind of band that I think anybody that doesn't like solely country or rap/hip-hop could appreciate. If you only like one of those two genres and nothing else, though, I can't help you.
5. The Fiery Furnaces: They might be the antithesis of Spoon. A brother and sister duo, they always seem to be doing something completely unconventional. They've released six albums since 2003. They just don't seem to quit. To show how unconventional they are, one of their albums is a live album, and they made it by taking different clips from different shows at different times and venues and putting them together in the same track. If you're looking for something different, listen to them. And I love different. Hence, why I love them.
4. of Montreal: There was a time (not that long ago, too) that they would have probably been at the top of my list. I started liking them when I first got into the "indie" scene, mostly because it was kind of like the Beach Boys or the Beatles, but on copious amounts of psychotropic drugs. They played throwback pop music then, but with a dark twist. I always loved Kevin Barnes' lyrics. Then, as I listened to their discography, I really appreciated how they didn't stagnate. They would change, and never got boring. They've gone from garage pop/rock band, to '60s throwback psych-pop, to bassy rock, to mildly disco rock, and finally to funk band. How they're losing me is that they seem as though they're starting to bank on the funk that has found them the most commercial success. While "Hissing Fauna" was amazing and easily one of my favorite albums of 2007, I haven't been very interesting in listening to "Skeletal Lamping". Unless their next album is insanely impressive or a new direction shift, I'm worried they'll slip some more on my list.
3. Radiohead: What can you say about them? They've been around since 1993, reaching popular success then with the song "Creep" (that you've all heard, even if you don't know you've heard it by name). Then, they kept getting better. They released two of the best albums I've ever listened to ("OK Computer" and "Kid A"). Then, just recently, they made "In Rainbows", which still hasn't sunk in as to where it could wind up as a ranking in my head. They're consistenly brilliant.
2. The Beatles: Partially because I didn't want to play that card, and partially because I might actually believe it, they are indeed number two behind another band. They may in fact be the best band of all time (I've made the argument myself before, and I wouldn't argue against anyone that said it). In the '60s, they broke musical ground, made the entire album concept important to music. Try listening to almost anything today and not hear some sort of Beatles influence. If nothing else, they were probably the most influential band of all time.
1. Animal Collective: At this stage in time, Animal Collective is my favorite band. They're extremely experimental. I wouldn't even begin to know how to classify them into a genre. They mix and mesh genres so well. Their early stuff was often described as freak folk, and that's pretty accurate. Their new stuff is some of the most amazing music I've ever heard, and I have no idea how to classify it. If I had to pick one band to listen to right now, it'd be them. I can't even pick a favorite album by them. They have three that are all tied as my favorite album by them ("Sung Tongs", "Feels", and "Strawberry Jam"), and they have a new release coming out soon. I'm extremely disappointed that I've never seen them live. They really need to play the south more frequently.

Well, that's it. This list is definitely subject to change. It's a constant ebb and flow.

So, who are your 10 favorite artists (or more if you wish)?

Here we go, volume 5 of my annual top 100 album list. Just to clarify, this is an annual "snapshot" of my personal favorite records and in no way reflects an attempt to make a "100 greatest albums of all time" list. This year I've brought it down to a 2 album per-artist limit. The number in (##) shows the change from last year's list. Now that I have 5 years of data, I can start making some cool graphs and I am officially no longer ashamed with any of my 100 selections.


100. Siamese Dream- The Smashing Pumpkins (-1)
99. This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About- Modest Mouse (-9)
98. Fever To Tell- The Yeah yeah yeahs (-4)
97. California- Mr. Bungle (-4)
96. In an Aeroplane over the Sea- Neutral Milk Hotel (new)
95. Face the Truth- Stephen Malkmus (-7)
94. Icky Mettle- Archers of Loaf (+3)
93. The Rebel's Not In- The Halo Benders (+2)
92. Room on Fire- The Strokes (-5)
91. All Is Dream- Mercury Rev (-2)

90. Strangers From the Universe- Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 (new)
89. Stands For Decibels- The dB's (-20)
88. Whatever and Ever Amen- Ben Folds Five (-5)
87. In One Era Out The Other- The Movies (+5)
86. The Shocking Pinks- The Shocking Pinks (new)
85. Moon Safari- Air (-5)
84. Apologies to the Queen Mary- Wolf Parade (+1)
83. White Blood Cells- The White Stripes (-2)
82. Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me Is Gone- The Walkmen (--)
81. I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One- Yo La Tengo (+3)

80. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot- Wilco (-3)
79. The Argument- Fugazi (-1)
78. The Hour Of The Bewilderbeast- Badly Drawn Boy (-2)
77. Guilt, Regret, And Embarassment- Treepeople (-14)
76. Oracle Spectacular- MGMT (new)
75. Greetings From Michigan: The Great Lakes State- Sufjan Stevens (--)
74. Control- Pedro the Lion (-2)
73. Rubber Soul- The Beatles (+1)
72. Firewater- Silkworm (new)
71. Stephen Malkmus- Stephen Malkmus (+2)

70. Buhloone Mindstate- De La Soul (+16)
69. De-Loused in the Comatorium- The Mars Volta (+2)
68. Odelay- Beck (+2)
67. Teenager of the Year- Frank Black (+1)
66. Hearts of Oak- Ted Leo and The Pharmacists (-1)
65. Evil Empire- Rage Against the Machine (-20)
64. Sung Tongs- Animal Collective (+15)
63. A Series of Sneaks- Spoon (-2)
62. The Charm of the Highway Strip- The Magnetic Fields (+4)
61. This Night- Destroyer (+6)

60. Who's Your New Professor- Sam Prekop (+2)
59. High/Low- Nada Surf (+1)
58. A Ghost Is Born- Wilco (+1)
57. The Return of the Space Cowboy- Jamiroquai (-34)
56. Songs of Leonard Cohen- Leonard Cohen (+2)
55. I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness- I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness (--)
54. The Soft Bulletin- The Flaming Lips (--)
53. Before and After Science- Brian Eno (+3)
52. The Sunlandic Twins- of Montreal (--)
51. Oui- The Sea and Cake (--)

50. Fear of Music- Talking Heads (-8)
49. Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia- The Dandy Warhols (+1)
48. Instrument- Fugazi (-10)
47. Bee Thousand- Guided by Voices (new)
46. Fashion Nugget- CAKE (--)
45. Pinkerton- Weezer (-1)
44. Sharpen Your Teeth- Ugly Casanova (-1)
43. It's A Wonderful Life- Sparklehorse (-2)
42. Love Is Real- John Maus (new)
41. Vaya- At the Drive-In (-1)

40. London Calling- The Clash (+8)
39. God Don't Make No Junk- The Halo Benders (--)
38. Vs.- Mission of Burma (-7)
37. Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements- Stereolab (--)
36. Phantom Power- Super Furry Animals (--)
35. Return of the Rentals- The Rentals (-5)
34. Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain- Pavement (+1)
33. Electric Warrior- T Rex (+1)
32. The Boy With The Arab Strap- Belle and Sebastian (--)
31. Frank Black- Frank Black (-3)

30. Elliott Smith- Elliott Smith (+3)
29. After the Gold Rush- Neil Young (+24)
28. American Water- The Silver Jews (+1)
27. Doolittle- The Pixies (--)
26. Lonesome Crowded West- Modest Mouse (--)
25. Sea Change- Beck (-1)
24. Remain in Light- Talking Heads (+1)
23. Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots- The Flaming Lips (-1)
22. OK Computer- Radiohead (-1)
21. The White Album- The Beatles (-1)

20. Girls Can Tell- Spoon (-1)
19. Weezer- Weezer (-2)
18. Pet Sounds- The Beach Boys (new)
17. Daydream Nation- Sonic Youth (-1)
16. Keep It Like a Secret- Built to Spill (+2)
15. Bakesale- Sebadoh (--)
14. Marquee Moon- Television (--)
13. House Arrest- Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti (--)
12. Crazy Rhythms- The Feelies (--)
11. Here Come the Warm Jets- Brian Eno (--)

10. Funeral- Arcade Fire
9. The Modern Lovers- The Modern Lovers (--)
8. Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons- Blonde Redhead (--)
7. Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone?- The Unicorns (-3)
6. The Natural Bridge- The Silver Jews (+1)
5. Is This It?- The Strokes (--)
4. Perfect From Now On- Built to Spill (+2)
3. Surfer Rosa- The Pixies (-1)
2. Slanted and Enchanted- Pavement (-1) ...dethroned!
1. Good Morning Spider- Sparklehorse (+2)

I'd like to thank Kellen, Brendan, Andrew, as well as Jenny, Trevor, Travis, Lauren, Earl, Greg, Charlie, Jeremy and Glenn for their shared enthusiasm.