Playlist
Thursday, September 15, 2011 (LISTEN TO THIS SHOW)
| Time | Artist | Song | Album | Label |
| 1:00 | Tuxedomoon | Hollywood for Plywood | Desire | Ralph Records |
| DJ Comments: From San Francisco. Dirty Harry probably listened to them - http://www.allmusic.com/ | ||||
| 1:05 | Raleigh Moncrief | The Air | Watered Lawn | Anticon |
| DJ Comments: Recently finished up mixing Ganglians' new album. This full length is coming out Oct 25. He may be an aristocrat too, but I doubt it. | ||||
| 1:10 | Pantha du Prince | The Splendour | Black Noise | Rough Trade |
| DJ Comments: Tyler Pope of !!! played bass on this track. | ||||
| 1:16 | Apparat | Black Water | The Devil's Walk | Mute |
| DJ Comments: out 9/27 | ||||
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| 1:21 | James Blake & Bon Iver | Fall Creek Boys Choir | Fall Creek Boys Choir (Single) | Polydor Ltd. (UK) |
| DJ Comments: James Blake has a new EP out October 10th (and playing Showbox at the Market September 24th). Preview a track here - http://pitchfork.com/reviews/ | ||||
| 1:26 | Stac | All or Nothing (Kidkanevil Remix) | Label Love Vol. 3 | n/a |
| DJ Comments: Rugby World Cup update: USA leads Russia 10-3 at half time. Stac, meanwhile, is British artist Stacey Dowdeswell - http://wahwah45s.bandcamp.com/ | ||||
| 1:29 | DJG | Rites | V/A:Surreal Estate: Compiled and Mixed by Ana Sia | Frite Nite |
| DJ Comments: Some heavy hitters on this compilation put out by SF-label Frite Nite, such as Sepalcure, Salva, Distal and Ghosts on Tape. | ||||
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| 1:34 | Metal Chocolates | Everything Stays Dipped | Metal Chocolates | self-released |
| DJ Comments: playing the Audioasis Benefit Showcase for Seattle Weekly's REVERB Fest Sat Oct 8 @ Sunset! | ||||
| 1:38 | Sleep 8 Over | The Heavens Turn By Themselves | Forever | Hippos in Tanks |
| DJ Comments: This Austin band's debut is out soon. They're playing a big show at Pop Montreal on the 24th with Ford & Lopatin, CFCF and D'eon. | ||||
| 1:42 | Eno Moebius Roedelius | The Belldog | After the Heat | Sky |
| DJ Comments: Eno's second collaboration with Dieter Moebius (Cluster, Harmonia) and Hans-Joachim Roedelius, from 1978. | ||||
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| 1:50 | Cataldo | Don't Lose That Feeling | Prison Boxing | Red Pepper |
| DJ Comments: cd release @ the croc tonight! | ||||
| 1:56 | Widowspeak | Fir Coat | Widowspeak | Captured Tracks |
| DJ Comments: NY label Captured Tracks' newest indie darlings. They're on a mini-tour right now with Vivian Girls. | ||||
| 2:00 | Active Child | You Are All I See | You Are All I See | Vagrant |
| DJ Comments: Live on KEXP Friday 9/23 @ 1pm! | ||||
| 2:02 | Burial & Four Tet | Moth | Moth / Wolf Cub | Text Records |
| DJ Comments: Not a bad pairing, these two. Burial's Street Halo EP, his most recent release, came out in April although just before that he worked on another 12" with Thom Yorke and Four Tet - http://youtu.be/amcSJqojXsA | ||||
| 2:11 | Arthur Russell | Home Away From Home | Another Thought | Audika |
| DJ Comments: Collected recordings from the final decade of Arthur Russell's career - http://www.allmusic.com/album/ | ||||
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| 2:18 | Brilliant Colors | Value Lines | Again and Again | Slumberland |
| DJ Comments: Sept 16th at Cairo, then Grama's House in Olympia the next night. | ||||
| 2:20 | Milagres | Here to Stay | Glowing Mouth | Kill Rock Stars |
| DJ Comments: Rugby World Cup update: USA beats Russia 13-6 in a hard fought affair. In non-foreign sports news, Milagres is playing the High Dive October 24th! | ||||
| 2:23 | Foxes in Fiction | Fifteen Ativan (Alternate Version) | Alberto | Orchid Tapes |
| DJ Comments: Playing in LA tonight. You can download this EP for free as well! - http://orchidtapes.blogspot. | ||||
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| 2:28 | Barn Owl | Turiya | Lost in the Glare | Thrill Jockey |
| DJ Comments: Trans Am's Phil Manley produced this record for Barn Owl, their 8th full-length. | ||||
| 2:31 | Wooden Shjips | Home | West | Thrill Jockey |
| DJ Comments: Phil Manley also produced this album. CONTINUITY REIGNS. Discogs also labels this album as "stoner rock" which I completely disagree with because the connotation is that...wait, I lost my train of thought...uh...can you pass the Doritos? | ||||
| 2:38 | Case Studies | Animals | The World Is Just a Shape to Fill the Night | Sacred Bones Records |
| DJ Comments: Playing the very cool Rendevous September 23rd with Grant Olsen (Gold Leaves) and Shana Cleveland (Curious Mystery). Pretty good lineup. | ||||
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| 2:41 | Art of Noise | Moments in Love | (Who's Afraid Of?) The Art of Noise! | Island Records |
| DJ Comments: This song has been: sampled by Mya and Sisquo; played at (one of) Madonna's wedding; featured in the soundtrack for Pumping Iron II: The Women. AON's (Who's Afraid Of?) The Art of Noise was just reissued as well. | ||||
| 2:49 | DJ Theory | Shelter | Heartbreak presents Moombahsoul Vol. 2 | n/a |
| DJ Comments: Compiled by David Heartbreak over at Mad Decent - http://maddecent.com/blog/ | ||||
| 2:55 | Valium Aggelein | Die Wolken Werden Stufenleitern absinken | Hier kommt der schwartze Mond | AudioInformationPhenomena |
| DJ Comments: Only 500 pressed when released in 1998 under mysterious circumstances. The band was, in fact, a side project of Duster, one of the mainstays of now defunct Seattle label Up Records - http://www.uprecords.com/ | ||||
| 3:00 | Low | Cut | I Could Live in Hope | Vernon Yard Recordings |
| DJ Comments: Playing FRIDAY at Neumos! They're originally from Duluth, Minnesota. Comedian Louie Anderson had a short-lived sitcom set in Duluth in the 90s where he played a therapist...can't imagine why it didn't succeed... | ||||
| 3:06 | Atlas Sound | Terra Incognita | Parallax | 4AD |
| DJ Comments: This is so cool! Bradford Cox dressed up as Joey Ramone and came on stage with Black Lips to play "Do Ya Wanna Dance?" - http://www.spin.com/articles/ | ||||
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| 3:12 | Goldfrapp | Strict Machine (single mix) | Strict Machine | Mute |
| DJ Comments: Playing November 5th in Brasil! | ||||
| 3:16 | Oppenheimer Analysis | Don't Be Seen With Me | New Mexico | |
| DJ Comments: The Minimal Wave label reissued much of this group's material in the past year. They formed in the early 80s in London but much of their material went unheard until said reissues came out - http://minimalwave.com/ | ||||
| 3:20 | Ladytron | White Elephant | Gravity the Seducer | Nettwerk |
| DJ Comments: Playing DECIBEL Thursday, September 29th with Depressed Buttons and ONOIO at the Showbox Market. | ||||
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| 3:24 | Blood Diamonds | Move the Stars | Grins (7inch) | Transparent |
| DJ Comments: Vancouver beat maker - http://soundcloud.com/ | ||||
| 3:28 | Fennesz | Shisheido | Endless Summer | Editions Mego |
| DJ Comments: originally out in 2001 | ||||
| 3:30 | Groove Armada | Dusk You & Me | Vertigo | Jive Electro |
| DJ Comments: An 'Armada' is: a large force or group usually of moving things. That's a lot of groove. | ||||
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| 3:36 | Veronica Falls | Found love in a Graveyard | Veronica Falls | Slumberland |
| DJ Comments: Nardwuar interviews Veronica Falls at SXSW. Doot doo! - http://youtu.be/5MYNi3TAnTI | ||||
| 3:40 | The Durutti Column | Love No More | Vini Reilly | Factory Once |
| DJ Comments: The first batch of their 1979 debut came in a sleeve made of sandpaper, with Ian Curtis gluing them together whilst the rest of Joy Division watched porn in the next room (or so the story goes). | ||||
| 3:43 | Solar Bears | Neon Colony | She Was Coloured In | Planet Mu |
| DJ Comments: Dublin duo, kind of flew under the radar last year - http://soundcloud.com/solar_ | ||||
| 3:48 | SBTRKT | Wildfire | SBTRKT | Young Turks |
| DJ Comments: Neptune - October 26th. All ages too. | ||||
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| 3:52 | Neon Indian | Halogen (I Could Be a Shadow) | Ex Extrana | Static Tongues |
| DJ Comments: Out now! Neon Indian a.k.a. Alan Palomo recorded most of the record himself in Helsinki. He was stalked by a hobo there, which probably didn't inform the album at all - http://pitchfork.com/features/ | ||||
| 3:56 | Slow Club | When I Go | Yeah So | ???? |
| DJ Comments: Request! Good luck with the studying Leila! | ||||
| 4:00 | Juno | The Young Influentials | this is the way it goes and goes and goes | DeSoto Records |
| DJ Comments: From Seattle! Take that Duluth! | ||||
| 4:04 | Cut Copy | Need You Now | Zonoscope | Modular Recordings |
| DJ Comments: Very entertaining music video (the one with a bunch of different athletes brawling with one another) - http://vimeo.com/19990328 | ||||
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| 4:11 | Jónsi | Boy Lilikoi | Live at KEXP Volume Seven | KEXP |
| DJ Comments: Live at KEXP Vol. 7: wow your friends! impress your neighbours! - http://kexp.org/cd/ | ||||
| 4:15 | The Radio Dept. | Against the Tide | Lesser Matters | |
| DJ Comments: Download (well, only if you want) some unreleased tracks and their live set from this year's Sasquatch Festival - http://theradiodept.com/news/ | ||||
| 4:19 | Ducktails | Sit Around With You | Killin the Vibe 12" | |
| DJ Comments: Ducktails is the solo project of Matt Mondanile, also of NJ band Real Estate. Try as I might, though, I always think about the cartoon "DuckTales" where he swims around that huge vault full of gold coins. | ||||
| 4:22 | Destroyer | The Bad Arts | Streethawk: A Seduction | Misra |
| DJ Comments: Take a little spin around Dan Bejar's Vancouver (on a motorcycle) in the music vid for "Savage Night at the Opera" from his excellent Kaputt release - http://www.mergerecords.com/ | ||||
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| 4:30 | Mayor Hawthorne | A Long Time | How Do You Do | Universal Republic |
| DJ Comments: Out October 11th. That's a pretty soulful month, right? | ||||
| 4:33 | Phoenix | If I Ever Feel Better | United | Astralwerks |
| DJ Comments: Animal Collective's take on "Love Like a Sunset" from Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix - http://tiny.cc/82h0w | ||||
| 4:37 | NewVillager | Black Rain | NewVillager | IAMSOUND |
| DJ Comments: Would you rather live in a village, town or hamlet? You can see this band in a CITY, namely Seattle, October 11th at Neumos with Metronomy and Noddy. | ||||
| 4:41 | Clams Casino | Treetop | Rainforest | Tri Angle |
| DJ Comments: Here's the video for "Natural," also off this EP. The best part? It's set to Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes!! - http://youtu.be/Tm8QqdTVgy0 | ||||
| 4:44 | Stereo MCs | Sketch | Connected | Gee Street |
| DJ Comments: They toured with Happy Mondays prior to releasing this album. I can't begin to imagine the craziness that ensued on that tour... | ||||
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| 4:51 | Gem Club | Twins | Breakers | Hardly Art |
| DJ Comments: Drops September 27th. Pre order and get the limited edition white vinyl while supplies last - http://gemclub.bandcamp.com/ | ||||
| 4:55 | Nicolas Jaar | Keep Me There | Space Is Only Noise | Circus Company |
| DJ Comments: Born in NYC, lived in Santiago, Chile then attended Brown University. I wonder if he met Emma Watson? | ||||
| 5:00 | Do Make Say Think | Do | Other Truths | Constellation |
| DJ Comments: I guess Canadians don't know how to use commas, amirite?!? | ||||
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| 5:11 | Kurt Vile | The Creature | So Outta Reach EP | Matador |
| DJ Comments: Playing the Paramount September 28th and a new EP release set for November 8. Here's what a focus group of senior citizens think about him - http://youtu.be/MLy7R4wnLtI | ||||
| 5:17 | Caveman | Old Friend | Coco Beware | self released |
| DJ Comments: Their album came out Tuesday and was featured on KEXP's Song of the Day - http://blog.kexp.org/blog/ | ||||
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| 5:22 | Braids | Lammicken | Native Speaker | Kanine Records |
| DJ Comments: September 24th at Sunset with Painted Palms. On the 22nd they're playing Victoria's very fun Rifflandia Festival. Why not take the clipper over? It's an excellent lineup! | ||||
| 5:27 | Laura Marling | I Was Just A Card | A Creature I Don't Know | Ribbon Music |
| DJ Comments: Just came out and sounding quite lovely - http://www.lauramarling.com/ | ||||
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| 5:32 | M83 | Midnight City | Hurry Up, We're Dreaming | Mute |
| DJ Comments: Doors at 6:00 for the early show on Sunday, November 13th. They're also looking for musicians to join them on tour. Like, for real (ya gotta know how to use Ableton, though) - http://ilovem83.com/ | ||||
| 5:37 | Yellow Magic Orchestra | Behind The Mask | Solid State Survivor (Remaster) | |
| DJ Comments: From their superb 1979 release Solid State Survivor. There's even a cover of "Day Tripper" | ||||
| 5:40 | Pictureplane | Real Is a Feeling | Thee Physical | Lovepump United |
| DJ Comments: Here's the music video for "Negative Slave," which features Pictureplane taking LSD and dancing atop a Mexican pyramid. Spooky aliens too - http://youtu.be/2QRfjtd6Irk | ||||
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| 5:45 | Witch Gardens | Baby Got A Haircut | "Alice, Agatha, Branch & Christ" | self-released |
| DJ Comments: If you haven't seen Witch Gardens around town yet, you know, DO. They'll be at Reverb Fest in Ballard October 8. | ||||
| 5:47 | Built to Spill | Hindsight | There Is No Enemy | Warner Bros. Records |
| DJ Comments: October 21st at The Moore Theatre as part of City Arts Fest. Seapony's opening. | ||||
| 5:51 | Caribou | Yeti | The Milk of Human Kindness | Leaf |
| DJ Comments: Curating a stage at ATP along with Les Savy Fav and Battles, December 9 -11 - http://www.atpfestival.com/ | ||||
| 5:56 | Erlend Oye | Drop (Cornelius) | DJ Kicks | |
| DJ Comments: http://www.dj-kicks.com/ | ||||
Playlist
Friday, September 09, 2011 (LISTEN TO THIS SHOW)
| Time | Artist | Song | Album | Label |
| 9:00 | Killing Joke | Requiem | Killing Joke | |
| 9:04 | Cold Cave | The Trees Grew Emotions and Died | Love Comes Close | The Heartworm |
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| 9:09 | CSS | Hit Me Like a Rock (f. Bobby Gillespie) | ||
| 9:13 | Keep Shelly in Athens | Our Own Dream EP | Our Own Dream | Forest Family Records |
| 9:17 | Broadcast | Michael A Grammar | Tender Buttons | Warp Records |
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| 9:22 | NewVillager | Black Rain | NewVillager | IAMSOUND |
| 9:26 | Matthew Dear | Slowdance | Black City | Ghostly International |
| 9:30 | Albert Swarm | Foundling Wheels | Held | Ceremony |
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| 9:36 | The Physics | Cheers | Love Is A Business | self-released |
| 9:39 | Lindstrøm & Christabelle | Lovesick | Real Life Is No Cool | Smalltown Supersound |
| 9:42 | Orchestral Manoeuvers In The Dark | Electricity | Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark | DinDisc |
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| 9:46 | Active Child | High Priestess | You Are All I See | Vagrant |
| 9:50 | Slowdive | When the Sun Hits | Souvlaki | SBK Records |
| 9:55 | M83 | Wait | Hurry Up, We're Dreaming | Mute |
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| 10:01 | The Pains of Being Pure at Heart | Belong | Belong | Slumberland Records |
| 10:06 | The Soft Boys | Tonight | Underwater Moonlight | Rykodisc |
| 10:09 | Air France | It Feels Good To Be Around You | It Feels Good To Be Around You (Single) | Sincerely Yours |
| 10:13 | SBTRKT | Pharaohs | SBTRKT | Young Turks |
| 10:17 | Quiet Village | Free Rider | Silent Movie | !K7 |
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| 10:23 | Boards of Canada | Turquoise Hexagon Sun | Music Has the Right to Children | Matador Records |
| 10:27 | Tinariwen | Tenere Taqqim Tossam (Four Tet Remix) | ||
| 10:33 | The Knife | We Share Our Mothers' Health | Silent Shout | Rabid Records |
| 10:37 | Tycho | Hours | Dive | Ghostly International |
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| 10:44 | Flexions | R & D | Golden Fjord | Cairo Records |
| 10:46 | Neon Indian | Deadbeat Summer | Psychic Chasms | Lefse Records |
| 10:50 | The Human League | Dreams of Leaving | Travelogue | Virgin |
| 10:56 | Bjork | Crystalline | Biophilia | |
| 11:01 | Veronica Falls | Found love in a Graveyard | Veronica Falls | Slumberland |
| 11:05 | The Soul Sisters | Foolish Dreamer | ||
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| 11:09 | The Drums | What You Were | Portamento | Island |
| 11:12 | Kings of Convenience | Singing Softly to Me | Quiet Is the New Loud | Source UK |
| 11:15 | Apparat | Black Water | The Devil's Walk | Mute |
| 11:19 | Little Dragon | Please Turn | Ritual Union | Peacefrog |
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| 11:26 | Crystal Castles | Fainting Spells | Crystal Castles | Last Gang Records |
| 11:27 | DJ Theory | Shelter | Heartbreak presents Moombahsoul Vol. 2 | n/a |
| 11:33 | James Blake | Limit To Your Love | LIVE at KEXP Volume Seven | KEXP |
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| 11:38 | Tamaryn | Love Fade | The Waves | |
| 11:41 | Rafael Anton Irisarri | Watching As She Reels | Hopes and Past Desires | Immune Records |
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| 11:48 | Abe Vigoda | Dead City/Waste Wilderness | Skeleton | Post Present Medium |
| 11:51 | The Psychedelic Furs | Into You Like a Train | Talk Talk Talk | Columbia Records |
| 11:55 | Pavement | In the Mouth a Desert | Slanted and Enchanted | Matador Records |
| DJ Comments: the cd skipping gods aren't happy with me today... | ||||
| 12:00 | ||||
| Male Bonding | Tame the Sun | Endless Now | Sub Pop Records | |
| 12:00 | Jacuzzi Boys | Cool Vapors | Glazin' | Hardly Art |
| 12:03 | Buzzcocks | Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've) | Singles Going Steady | Liberty Records |
| 12:05 | Davila 666 | Basura | Davila 666 | In the Red |
| 12:09 | The Speedies | Let Me Take Your Photo | ||
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| 12:13 | Chrome Sparks | <3 & Soul | My <3 | self-released |
| 12:17 | Telepathe | I Can't Stand It | Living Bridge | Rare Book Room Records |
| 12:22 | Atlas Sound | Recent Bedroom | Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See but Cannot Feel | Kranky |
| 12:26 | The Sea and Cake | Weekend | Car Alarm | Thrill Jockey |
| 12:29 | Mayer Hawthorne | A Long Time | How Do You Do | Universal Republic |
| 12:32 | Dam Funk | Chocolate | Rhythm Trax Vol IV | |
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| 12:35 | Ladytron | The Way That I Found You | 604 | Emperor Norton |
| 12:38 | Loose Joints | Is It All Over My Face (female vocal) | Larry Levan's Classic West End Records Remixes Made Famous at the Legendary Paradise Garage | West End Records |
| 12:44 | LCD Soundsystem | Tribulations | LCD Soundsystem | DFA Records |
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| 12:50 | Real Estate | It's Real | Days | |
| 12:53 | Craft Spells | After the Moment | Idle Labor | Captured Tracks |
| 12:57 | Shigeto | French Kiss Power Up | Full Circle | Moodgadget |
| DJ Comments: at Decibel Wed Sep 28 @ Neumos! | ||||
