4.30.2009

playlist for 4-30-09

Today I gave out another mixtape, received some encouraging phone calls, and played a mess of sweet songs in the general mood of "tough girls have feelings too."

southern culture on the skids - wig out - ditch diggin'
southern culture on the skids - rumors of surf - ditch diggin'
surf teens - bullwinkle - surf mania
thunderbirds - african guitar - surfbeat behind the iron curtain

pizzicato five - twiggy twiggy - this year's girl
kaitO - go - you've seen us...you must have seen us
stereo total - carte postale - rarities

hello seahorse - atardecer en parapent - hoy a las ocho!
julieta venegas - me voy - me voy
the aislers set - catherine says - speak softly and carry a big stick
yann tiersen - summer 78 - amelie soundtrack

pylon - stop it (rock n roll no) - youtube
the je ne se quoi - we make beginnings - we make beginnings
shonen knife - another day - rock animals

herbie hancock - no means yes - sunlight
jimmy burns - i really love you - i love you girl [ep]
fela ransome kuti and the africa 70 - jeun ko ku (chop n quench)

shonen knife - flying jelly attack - let's knife
dead milkmen - punk rock girl - beezlebubba
PUNK girl - heavenly - the decline and fall of heavenly

shop assistants - i don't want to be friends with you - youtube
the sea urchins - pristine christine - stardust
the wake - crush the flowers - crush the flowers [ep]

camera obscura - french navy - my maudlin career
(brand new release!)

4.23.2009

playlist for 4-23-09

today i got to the station late! however, i still pulled through on my awesome mixtape contest. next week it shall be more of a contest instead of an insane free-for-all.

* animal collective - my girls merriweather post pavilion
* it's a musical - pain song - the music makes me sick
mates of state - think long - bring it back

~ time for some cute swedish music! ~
hakan hellstrom - for en lang lang tid - for sent for edelweiss
jens lekman - the opposite of hallelujah - night falls over kortedala
cardigans - little black cloud - super extra gravity
anna maria espinosa - a little moonlight - [random download]
miss li - i'm sorry, he's mine - god put a rainbow in the sky
fibes, oh fibes! - the city's got no boulevards - still fresh

~ now here's some cute music from elsewhere in the world! ~
what laura says - wish i could fly - thinks and feels
* hello seahorse - ok!...lobster - hoy a las ocho
* it hugs back - don't know - inside your guitar
* jeremey jay - will you dance with me - slow dance

~ now here's a mess of c86 stuff! ~
the go-betweens - two steps, step out - before hollywood
sea urchins - summershine - stardust
another sunny day - new year's honors - london weekend
the field mice - anyone else isn't you - coastal
heavenly - PUNK Girl -PUNK Girl EP
wake - pale spectre - here comes everybody

* gringo star - come on now - all y'all

4.14.2009

playlist for 4-14-09

Today I played a nice mix of things...

~~ danceable electronic beep boop indie ~~
bjork - big time sensuality - debut
* dan deacon - paddling ghost - bromst
* animal collective - brother sport - merriweather post pavilion
the mae shi - run to your grave - hlllyh

~~ world funk/soul from the early 70s ~~
nara leao - quem e - nara leao
sylvie vartan - abracadabra - best of sylvie vartan
* peter king - shango - nigeria 70
* gemini brass - you don't love me - calypsoul 70
juan pablo torres y algo nuevo - y viva la felicidad - si para usted
oscar sulley and the uhuru dance band - olufeme

~~ surf music inspired by african themes ~~
thunderbirds - african guitar - surfbeat behind the iron curtain
the revels - conga twist - jungle exotica
theo schumann combo - aladin - surfbeat behind the iron curtain
the majestics - oasis - jungle exotica
the emanons - calypso bop - jungle exotica
link wray - the swag - rumble!

~~ happy fun music ~~
pizzicato five - baby love child - made in u.s.a.
* jeremy jay - in this lonely town - slow dance
* colossal yes - permafrost drip - charlamagne's big thaw
* harlem shakes - niagra falls - technicolor health

~~ moody but optimistic tunes ~~
broadcast - paper cuts - future crayon
* anni rossi - venice - rockwell
camera obscura - eighties fan - biggest bluest hi-fi
the crabs - new fool - what were flames now smoulder
heavenly - orange courdoroy dress - heavenly

~~ moody and pessimistic but still pretty ~~
* elvis perkins - shampoo - in dearland
* a.c. newman - prophets - get guilty
cub country - your old street - high uinta high
magnetic fields - all my little words - 69 love songs

~~ fun song to close with!! ~~
* chain and the gang - unpronouncable name - down with liberty, up with chains

4.09.2009

playlist for 4-9-09

The asterisks indicate new releases!

* animal collective - summertime clothes - merriweather post pavilion
parenthetical girls - the weight she fell under - safe as houses
* wavves - gun in the sun - wavves

the ventures - telstar - the ventures
panda bear - take pills - person pitch
grandaddy - broken househould appliance national forest - the sophtware slump
sunny day real estate - in circles - diary

phenemonauts - i am a robot - phenomenauts
southern culture on the skids -
long tall texans - tomorrow today -
the charles napiers - a shot in the dark - this is mondo wray
centurians - intoxica - pulp surfin'

saturday looks good to me - don't try - SLGTM
marine girls - fridays - beac htown
* crystal stilts - the dazzled - alight of night

* connjur - school of the seven bells - alpinisms
* faunts - feel.love.thinking.of. - feel. love. thinking. of.
pipas - barbapapa - a cat escaped

* elvis perkins - send my regards to lonelyville - in dearland
* robyn hitchcock and the venus 3 -hurry for the sky - goodnight oslo *
marissa nadler - river of dirt - little hells

* pains of being pure at heart - the tenure itch - s/t
the wild flowers - melt like ice - youtube
east village - strawberry window - drop out
the la's - timeless melody - the la's

love dance - when you're with him - result
sea urchins - summershine - sea urchins
felt - the world is as soft as lace - the splendour of fear
the ammonites - you and me and the sun - youtube