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

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

playlist for 3-31-09

ian dury and the blockheads - don't ask me - do it yourself
willie mitchell - that driving beat - solid soul + on top
the new centuries - another midnight show - s/t
* it's a musical! - the music makes me sick - the music makes me sick

wolf parade - fancy claps - apologies to the queen mary
willy mason - save myself - if the ocean gets rough
* elvis perkins - shampoo - dearland
* m. ward - jailbird - hold time

peggy march - if you loved me - the very best of little peggy march
the sundays - don't tell your mother - DGC rarities vol. 1
shop assistants - i don't want to be friends with you - youtube
darling buds - it's all up to you - it's all up to you (ep)

the sea urchins - pristine christine - the sea urchins
the brilliant corners - with a kiss - somebody up there likes me
* the pains of being pure at heart - come saturday - s/t
lush - scarlet - sear

teenage fanclub - maddog 20/20 - dgc rarities
wendy rene - what will tomorrow bring - youtube

~~ gray's half of the show ~~

Haley Bonar - Hawaii - Lure the Fox
* Appleseed Cast - As the Little Things Go - Sagarmatha

Mark Lanegan - The Winding Sheet - The Winding Sheet
Gillian Welch - My Morphine - Hell Among the Yearlings
Seu Jorge - Track 2 - Life Aquatic
* Jeremy Jay - The Balcony - Airwalker
Barcelona - Obsoletion - ZeroOneInfinity
* Andrew Bird - Masterswarm - Noble Beast
Beat Happening - Indian Summer
* Marissa Nadler - Mistress - Little Hells
* Mirah - Education - a(spera)

playlist for 3-17-09

the high strung - maybe you're coming down with it - get the guests
frank black - czar - frank black
sister psychic - velvet dog - surrender you freak

grandaddy - hewlett's daughter - sophtware slump
wavves - so bored - wavves

the la's - feelin' - the la's
m. ward - vincent o brien - transfiguration of vincent
dr. dog - worst trip - we all belong

musica obscura - rebecca - when did i become such a blank slate?
* animal collective - my girls - merriweather post pavilion
of montreal - a sentence of sorts in kongsvinger - hissing fauna, are you the destroyer?
* dan deacon - paddling ghost - bromst

the go-betweens - that way - bella terrace (best of)
the dBs - neverland - youtube
the bats - made up in blue - youtube
echo and the bunnymen - silver - live at the royal albert hall, '83 the
field mice - sensitive - where'd you learn to kiss that way?
the wedding present - you should always keep in touch with your friends

the sea urchins - pristine christine - sea urchins
another sunny day - i'm in love with a girl who doesn't know i exist - youtube

playlist for 3-10-09

martha wainwright - so many friends - i know you're married but i have feelings too
joanna newsom - bridges and balloons - the milk eyed mender
* anni rossi - machine - afton
like honey - airport - airport (ep)

marissa nadler - river of dirt - little hells
diane cluck - the turnaround road - oh vanille
anita lane - the world's a girl - the world's a girl (ep)

why? - gemini (birthday song) - elephant eyelash
* AC Newman - like a hitman, like a dancer - get guilty
* pains of being pure at heart - a teenager in love - s/t
hefner - the hymn for the cigarettes - the fidelity wars

comus - in the lost queen's eyes - first utterance

the nerves - hangin on the telephone - the nerves
the clean - beatnik - anthology
billy nichols - london social degree - would you believe...?
forever amber - bits of your life, bits of my life - the love cycle

the fall - CREEP - the wonderful and frightening world of...
the field mice - fabulous friend - skywriting and other singles
magazine - because you're frightened - the correct use of soap
the dBs - neverland - repercussion

dinosaur jr. - repulsion - ear-bleeding country
all about chad - i can't sleep - something pretty beautiful
the replacements - little mascara - tim
frank black - czar - s/t

* abe vigoda - house - reviver
shop assistants - i don't want to be friends with you
the clean - billy two - anthology
television personalities - the dream inspires - yes darling, but is it art?

the only ones - the whole of the law - the only ones
* pavement - no tan lines - brighten the corners
tonto and the renegades - the easy way out
stereo total - miau miau - party anticonformiste
wendy rene - what will tomorrow bring - youtube

talking heads = thank you for giving me an angel