Playlist
Thursday, August 04, 2011 (LISTEN TO THIS SHOW)
Thursday, August 04, 2011 (LISTEN TO THIS SHOW)
| Time | Artist | Song | Album | Label |
| 1:01 | Chromatics | Dark Day | In The City EP | Italians Do It Better |
| DJ Comments: http://www.myspace.com/chromatics | ||||
| 1:07 | Alain Gorageur | La Femme | La Planete Sauvage Soundtrack | |
| DJ Comments: Il est un compositeur et arrangeur français, né le 20 août 1931 à Rosny-sous-Bois... | ||||
| 1:09 | Cocteau Twins | Crushed | Lonely Is an Eyesore | 4AD |
| DJ Comments: It behooves you to check out their 1986 collaboration with composer Harold Budd, The Moon and the Melodies: http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-moon-and-the-melodies-r2895- also this song was in the movie Mysterious Skin | ||||
| 1:12 | SBTRKT | Wildfire | SBTRKT | Young Turks |
| DJ Comments: Watch the video for this song (feat. Little Dragon) : http://www.sbtrkt.com/wildfire.php | ||||
| 1:16 | Burial | Near Dark | Untrue | Hyperdub |
| DJ Comments: Put out a 12" in April on Hyperdub: http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/12161-street-halo/ | ||||
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| 1:21 | Tycho | Hours | ||
| DJ Comments: He's playing Bumbershoot on September 4th! If you've not browsed around his design website either, it's full of interesting stuff: http://blog.iso50.com/ | ||||
| 1:25 | Clams Casino | Gorilla | Rainforest | Tri Angle |
| DJ Comments: Not just a dish with bacon and breadcrumbs...He put out this EP recently, but do delve into his earlier work making beats for a host of MCs: http://soundcloud.com/clammyclams | ||||
| 1:30 | Caribou | She's the One | Andorra | City Slang |
| DJ Comments: Used to be called Manitoba but had to change his name for legal reasons (those pesky laws, amirite?!?). Here's some remixes: http://soundcloud.com/caribouband/sets/swim-remixes | ||||
| 1:33 | Little Dragon | Please Turn | Ritual Union | Peacefrog |
| DJ Comments: At Bumbershoot September 3rd! This is the third LP from this Swedish group. | ||||
| 1:37 | Shabazz Palaces | free press and curl | Black Up | Sub Pop Records |
| DJ Comments: YEAH YEAH, NO YEAH. Also playing Bumbershoot September 3rd (5:45). | ||||
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| 1:42 | The Cure | The Hanging Garden | Pornography | Fiction Records |
| DJ Comments: Sean Penn IS Robert Smith (in a new movie. Kinda. There's Nazis...) : http://arts.nationalpost.com/2010/10/22/sean-penn-robert-smith/ | ||||
| 1:47 | Coil | Panic | Scatology | Force and Form |
| DJ Comments: sweet dreams (and take a listen to this weird cover of Soft Cell's "Tainted Love" : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo3TUtRnZi4) | ||||
| 1:51 | Pictureplane | Post Physical | Thee Physical | Lovepump United |
| DJ Comments: Playing Sunset Tavern August 9th. Man about town Jason Baxter recently interviewed Pictureplane: http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/what-color-are-your-fingernails-right-now/Content?oid=9321569 | ||||
| 1:55 | Zomby | Alothea | Dedication | 4AD |
| DJ Comments: Not your typical 4AD artist, but then again he's not your typical producer either (see what I did there?) http://4ad.com/artists/zomby | ||||
| 1:58 | Yppah | Again With The Subtitles | You Are Beautiful at All Times | Ninja Tune |
| DJ Comments: Good luck trying to get this song out of your head! http://www.myspace.com/yppah | ||||
| 2:00 | Belle and Sebastian | Sleep the Clock Around | The Boy With the Arab Strap | Jeepster Recordings |
| DJ Comments: Unfortunately you won't be able to wear your Twee as Fuck shirt anytime soon...they're not currently touring. http://www.belleandsebastian.com/ | ||||
| 2:06 | The War on Drugs | Best Night | Slave Ambient | Secretly Canadian |
| DJ Comments: Stream this Philly band's new one here: http://lstn.urbanoutfitters.com/lstnradio.php?auto=on&name=Slave%20Ambient | ||||
| 2:11 | La Big Vic | Mr. Broken Bird | Actually | |
| DJ Comments: Lead guitarist Toshio Masuda used to be in a J-Pop boy band in Japan. They're playing some dates in NYC this month so go see them! http://www.myspace.com/labigvic/shows | ||||
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| 2:18 | The Horrors | Moving Further Away | Skying | XL Recordings |
| DJ Comments: Thursday September 8 @ Neumos! They must have made it because Nardwuar's interviewed them. Doot doo! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLv2kM2qhHE | ||||
| 2:26 | Lush | De-Luxe | Gala | Reprise Records |
| DJ Comments: British press labelled them as part of the "scene that celebrates itself." A little pithy, innit? http://www.allmusic.com/artist/lush-p4805/biography | ||||
| 2:29 | John Maus | Believer | We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves | Domino |
| DJ Comments: Check out his, er, insightful interview posted yesterday. Also, I wish they had this song at karaoke: http://pitchfork.com/features/guest-lists/8003-john-maus/ | ||||
| 2:33 | Scott Walker | Mathilde | Scott | Philips |
| DJ Comments: It's a bummer he shares names with a certain WI elected official: http://www.allmusic.com/artist/scott-walker-p21307 | ||||
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| 2:37 | Metal Chocolates | Afro Egypt | Metal Chocolates | self-released |
| DJ Comments: Playing with Flexions August 5 @ Chop Suey and the awesome VIBRATIONS music festival at Volunteer Park, August 20th: http://cairocollection.blogspot.com/2011/07/announcing-vibrations-cairos-free.html | ||||
| 2:40 | Gultskra Artikler | Po Derevne | Kasha Iz Topora | Miasmah |
| DJ Comments: Moscow-based musician: http://www.gultskra.com/ | ||||
| 2:42 | Hauschka | Alexanderplatz | Foreign Landscapes | 130701 |
| DJ Comments: He's from Düsseldorf; it's a very nice town (though they beef with Köln evidently): http://www.hauschka-net.de/ | ||||
| 2:47 | Washed Out | A Dedication | Within and Without | Sub Pop Records |
| DJ Comments: Here's his influences mix for BBC6: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b012brzs | ||||
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| 2:51 | Prommer & Barck | Submarine Bells | Alex and the Grizzly | Derwin Recordings |
| DJ Comments: SOUNDS like a made up law firm, but they're actually a rad House duo from Germany: http://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/prommerbarck | ||||
| 2:58 | Autre Ne Veut | Your Clothes | Body EP | Olde English Spelling Bee |
| DJ Comments: Keeps getting better. FYI the cover art is very NSFW, but like in a medical way...I've said too much. http://www.myspace.com/autreneveut | ||||
| 3:01 | Low | Try to Sleep | C'mon (bonus disc: C'mon Acoustic) | Sub Pop Records |
| DJ Comments: They made a music video for this song with Uncle Jesse from Full House! http://www.subpop.com/channel/blog/watch_lows_new_video_for_try_to_sleep | ||||
| 3:04 | Roy Montgomery | Clear Night, Port Hills | Scenes From the South Island | Drunken Fish Records |
| DJ Comments: Check out his amazing split 12" with Grouper from last year: http://www.discogs.com/Grouper-Roy-Montgomery-Split/release/2078900 | ||||
| 3:08 | Amon Tobin | Lost & Found | ISAM | Ninja Tune |
| DJ Comments: Playing the DECIBEL Festival Thursday September 29 @ The Paramount with ToKiMONSTA | ||||
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| 3:13 | Active Child | High Priestess | You Are All I See | Vagrant |
| DJ Comments: New album coming August 23rd! A free download for 'ya: http://www.myspace.com/activechild/blog/543497126 | ||||
| 3:15 | Electric Light Orchestra | Letter From Spain | Secret Messages | |
| DJ Comments: this was actually used as backing music in commercials for the Games of the XXV Olympiad, held in 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain | ||||
| 3:20 | Bon Iver | Perth | Bon Iver | Jagjaguwar |
| DJ Comments: Monday September 26 @ Paramount | ||||
| 3:24 | R. Barrett | Beatnik Heart | Songs About Books: Ball of Wax 25 | Ball of Wax |
| DJ Comments: Pica Beats (Ryan Barret's band) scheduled to play the Wildrose on August 13th. | ||||
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| 3:28 | The Psychedelic Furs | Sister Europe | The Psychedelic Furs | CBS Records |
| DJ Comments: happy birthday sis <3 | ||||
| 3:33 | Chad Valley | Fast Challenges | Equatorial Ultravox | Loose Lips |
| DJ Comments: September 23rd at the Crocodile with Active Child! | ||||
| 3:38 | Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 | Cup of Dreams | Strangers From the Universe | Matador Records |
| DJ Comments: aka TFUL282: http://www.allmusic.com/artist/thinking-fellers-union-local-282-p27071 | ||||
| 3:45 | Archers of Loaf | Web in Front | Icky Mettle | Alias Records |
| DJ Comments: Just re-issued! Look out for more re-issues from them in the next few months. | ||||
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| 3:49 | Fool's Gold | Street Clothes | Leave No Trace | IAMSOUND Records |
| DJ Comments: Playing the Mural (next to the Space Needle) August 6th. Check out the other amazing shows going on there all this month: http://blog.kexp.org/blog/kexp-seattle-center-presents-concerts-at-the-mural-2011/ | ||||
| 3:51 | Autumn | I Say You Hello | ||
| DJ Comments: a 'best of' collection of songs originally released on cassette in the 80s - out in 2011 on Minimal Wave | ||||
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| 3:59 | Shlohmo | Places | Bad Vibes | Friends of Friends |
| DJ Comments: Out August 9th! | ||||
| 4:04 | The Clash | Pressure Drop | Super Black Market Clash | |
| DJ Comments: Originally recorded in 1969 by The Maytals | ||||
| 4:07 | Nodzzz | Fear of Advice | Innings | Woodsist |
| DJ Comments: Part of that feel-good Woodsist gang: http://nodzzz.blogspot.com/ | ||||
| 4:09 | Shocking Pinks | This Aching Deal | Shocking Pinks | |
| DJ Comments: Check out some newish material from this Christchurch, NZ band: http://alteredzones.com/posts/986/shocking-pinks-ten-years/ | ||||
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| 4:12 | M83 | Midnight City | Hurry Up, I'm Dreaming | Mute |
| DJ Comments: out 10/18! See them at Neumos November 13 (but only if you want to) | ||||
| 4:16 | Soft Metals | Voices | Soft Metals | Captured Tracks |
| DJ Comments: Captured Tracks puts out another winner with this Portland duo's new release. Get sexy with them here: http://soundcloud.com/soft-metals | ||||
| 4:21 | Puro Instinct | Silvers of You | Headbangers in Ecstasy | Mexican Summer |
| DJ Comments: This song originally recorded under their old name - Pearl Harbor. That is deliciously silky: http://vimeo.com/12987214 | ||||
| 4:24 | The Temper Trap | Sweet Disposition | Conditions | Liberation Music |
| DJ Comments: This band is really into tour diaries, video and written: http://www.thetempertrap.com/temper_tv | ||||
| 4:28 | Young Athletes League | We Only Feed Ourselves | We Only Feed Ourselves | Ceremony |
| DJ Comments: Released in March but you can stream the album at their Bandcamp. You'll feel more athletic because of it: http://youngathletesleague.bandcamp.com/album/we-only-feed-ourselves | ||||
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| 4:36 | Stephin Merritt | Forever And A Day | Obscurities | Merge |
| DJ Comments: I wonder if he gets mad when people misspell his name...Anyhoo, all the details about his upcoming record of older songs (out August 23rd) available here: http://www.mergerecords.com/blog/2011/05/stephin-merritt-to-release-obscurities-on-merge-in-august/ | ||||
| 4:37 | Kurt Vile | Invisibility: Nonexistent | Square Shells EP | Matador Records |
| DJ Comments: Next playing Seattle on September 28th at the Paramount. | ||||
| 4:45 | Land of Talk | Speak to Me Bones | Applause Cheer Boo Hiss | Dependent Music |
| DJ Comments: Some pretty good music videos they've made. Pretty, pretty, pretty good (as Larry would say) : http://www.landoftalk.com/landoftalk/ | ||||
| 4:48 | WU LYF | Dirt | Go Tell Fire To The Mountain | LYF |
| DJ Comments: World Unite! Youth Lucifer Foundation - see them November 11th at the Crocodile. | ||||
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| 4:53 | Josef K | It's Kinda Funny | Entomology | Domino |
| DJ Comments: 1981 - appeared on the legendary C81 mixtape put out by NME / Rough Trade along with Scritti Politti, Pere Ubu, Orange Juice, Aztec Camera and everybody else that was awesome back then. | ||||
| 4:55 | Lois | Valentine | Butterfly Kiss | K Records |
| DJ Comments: Was a DJ on KAOS in Olympia! | ||||
| 4:58 | Warren Zevon | Ain't That Pretty at All | The Envoy | Rhino |
| DJ Comments: AND I AIN'T THAT PRETTY AT ALL! http://www.allmusic.com/artist/warren-zevon-p140899 | ||||
| 5:01 | Blue Sky Black Death | Where Do We Go | Noir | Fake Four Inc |
| DJ Comments: Seattle / SF group. This album is a real grower: http://www.myspace.com/blueskyblackdeath | ||||
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| 5:08 | The Rapture | How Deep Is Your Love? | In the Grace of Your Love | DFA |
| DJ Comments: New album out in September! On a completely unrelated note, their band site is the first result in Google when you search for The Rapture. Take THAT sins of humankind! http://www.therapturemusic.com/ | ||||
| 5:12 | Loose Joints | Is It All Over My Face (Larry Levan mix) | The World of Arthur Russell | Soul Jazz Records |
| DJ Comments: 1980 - recorded much of his disco / dance tracks with producer Bob Blank : http://www.theblankgeneration-blanktapes.com/ | ||||
| 5:17 | Seun Anikulapo Kuti & Egypt 80 | You Can Run | From Africa With Fury: Rise | KF |
| DJ Comments: Fela Kuti's youngest son and a badass in his own right: http://www.myspace.com/seunkuti/shows | ||||
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| 5:25 | Zomes | Openings | Earth Grid | Thrill Jockey |
| DJ Comments: Read about "Zome" on Wikipedia - your head might explode. If that doesn't sound like your cup of tea, read about the ex-Lungfish member instead : http://www.thrilljockey.com/catalog/?id=105273 | ||||
| 5:27 | The Features | How It Starts | Wilderness | Serpents and Snakes/Bug Music |
| DJ Comments: See them (if it pleases the court) September 16th at El Corazon. In Spanish it means "The Corazon" | ||||
| 5:31 | The Birthday Party | Mr. Clarinet | Hee-Haw | 4AD |
| DJ Comments: Where Nick Cave got his start. The band was originally called The Boys Next Door. | ||||
| 5:34 | Iceage | Collapse | New Brigade | What's Your Rupture? |
| DJ Comments: http://www.myspace.com/egaeci | ||||
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| 5:38 | Cold Cave | Love Comes Close | Love Comes Close | The Heartworm |
| DJ Comments: Some US and European tour dates coming up soon: http://www.matadorrecords.com/cold_cave/ | ||||
| 5:42 | PHANTOGRAM | Mouthful of Diamonds | Eyelid Movies | Barsuk Records |
| DJ Comments: Their awesome live set at KEXP is here --------> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfTZEEJS_uU | ||||
| 5:46 | Rainbow Arabia | Boys and Diamonds | Boys and Diamonds | Kompakt |
| DJ Comments: Playing THIS Saturday at the Mural, part of the KEXP Concerts at the Mural summer series. Be there or be square : http://blog.kexp.org/blog/kexp-seattle-center-presents-concerts-at-the-mural-2011/ | ||||
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| 5:51 | Ty Segall | My Head Explodes | Goodbye Bread | Drag City |
| DJ Comments: If I saw him on the street I'd be like "sweet licks man!" | ||||
| 5:53 | Seefeel | Industrious | Quique | Too Pure |
| DJ Comments: Their new album is ace too! http://warp.net/records/seefeel | ||||
