29 June, 2007

set June 29

Airiel (feat. Ulrich Schnauss) – Sugar Crystals – The Battle of Sealand – Highwheel
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Elias – Sinking Ships – Blow Away EP
Metric – Rock Me Now – Grow Up and Blow Away
Arks – Cars on Fire – The International – Highwheel
Sonic Youth – Touch Me I’m Sick – Daydream Nation (Deluxe) – Geffen
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The Long Blondes – Heaven Help the New Girl – Someone to Drive You Home – Rough Trade
Shitdisco – I Know Kung Fu – Kingdom of Fear – Fierce Panda
Chromeo – Momma’s Boy – Fancy Footwork – Last Gang
Death to Sexy – Like a Record – Fall of the Prom Queen –
Adult. – I Feel Worse When I’m With You – Why Bother? – Thrill Jockey
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the Little Bicycles – Portland – Broken Hearts and Tired Legs – Jane Awesome
the Icicles – La Ti Da – Arrivals & Departures – Microindie
Love Spit Love – Am I Wrong – s/t
Morrissey – Interesting Drug – Bona Drag – Sire/Reprise
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Lotus Child – Had to Laugh – Gossip Diet –
Interpol – Evil – Antics – Matador
The Moonbabies – Shout It Out – At the Ballroom – Hidden Agenda
Feist – Brandy Alexander – The Reminder – Arts & Crafts
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Lavender Diamond – Open Your Heart – Imagine Our Love – Matador
The Magnetic Fields – Young and Insane – The House of Tomorrow – Merge
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T Rex – Jeepster – Death Proof sdtk

24 June, 2007

recommendations and reconsiderations

Finally, I've gotten around to putting something here besides the weekly setlist. Well folks, grad school will do that to a person, but hopefully I can keep up a little better with this, at least til the next semester starts.

Enough of that, on to the goodness...

Stuff you should know about (in my opnion, anyway):

Girl in a Coma: Both Before I'm Gone - Texas=based three-piece doing indie guitar rock with a very heavy British influence. Solid songwriting with some definite Morrissey-isms (listen to some of the vocalisations) and they're on Joan Jett's label, so there you go.

Elias are some lads out of Canada who tread the same emotional/epic ground as Coldplay and Keane, but with more spark than a lot of groups doing the same.

The new Björk is all kinds of awesome, but you knew that already.

Now, I know what you're saying, "I don't like comic books, I don't like magic, and I don't like comic books about magic." Fair enough. But you really need to check out Phonogram. Writer Kieron Gillen takes the premise of "music as magic" and makes it literal, but then uses the story as a set-up for an examination of the heroes and casualties of Britpop and the dangers of aging hipsterism. And Jamie McKelvie's art is just spot-on. You're best off getting the individual issues, if nothing else then for Gillen's commentaries, which act as a nice primer both for the series and the scene in general.

Similarly, while you may have had your fill of mp3 blogs, Emptyfree is well worth a look. Not only because you'll find links to things such as the entire Aphex Twin discography or all three discs of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' B-Sides and Rarities for download, but because of nuggets of joy such as this. Now, if that's not worth the price of admission, well, you tell me what is.

A little while ago I sang the praises of the Chris Randall solo album. Well, recently I had the chance to get properly acqauainted with it and, well... I'm not going to go a full 180 and completely rescind my recommendation, but man, does this guy want to be Tom Waits. Not that anyone in their right mind wouldn't want to be Tom Waits, but seriously, it did get to be a bit much after prolonged listening. Still and all, there are plenty worse artists to try and ape.

Don't forget, starting this Friday, June 29th, new DiS day and time, Fridays 7-9, and July 5th, Radio Free Thursdays presents Dreaming in Stereo at the Avalon Front, 300 Oullette Ave. in Windsor. All the best tunes of the show, and the bartender's pretty cool, to boot.

22 June, 2007

announcement and setlist

Starting next week, DiS will no longer be heard on Thursday nights, but rather Friday evenings, 7-9 p.m.! That's right, all the same music, but while the sun's up!

And now, the set list for 22 June:

Maserati – 12/16 – Inventions for the New Season – Temporary Residence
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Teach Yourself Piano – Beer Hall Lament – Sweet Waltz, Bitter Waltz – TYP
The Dresden Dolls – Shores of California – Yes, Virginia – Roadrunner
The Gossip – Listen Up! – Standing in the Way of Control – Kill Rock Stars
Wilderness – The Blood Is On the Wall – Vessel States – Secretly Canadian
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Wafer Thin Mints – Hot Chevette – The Finest Car They Ever Built in 1983 – WTM
The High Strung – Gravedigger – Get the Guests – Park the Van
Pissed Jeans – Secret Admirer – Hope for Men – SubPop
Mission of Burma – (That’s When I Reach for My) Revolver – A Gun to the Head – Rykodisc
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Beastie Boys – Electric Worm – The Mix-Up – Capitol
The Kleptones – Listen – A Night at the Hip-Hopera
G.I. Joe Killaz – We Possess Power – s/t – Cobra Records
Aphex Twin – To Cure a Weakling Child – Richard D. James Album – Warp
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Clorox Girls – Le Banana Split – J’aime Les Filles – BYO
The Horrors – Horrors’ Theme – Strange House – Loog
Guitar Wolf – Jet Generation – Golden Black – Narnack
The Gruesomes – Bikers from Hell – Live in Hell – Ricochet Sound
Los Straitjackets w/ Big Sandy – La Hiedra Veneosa – Rock En Español – Yep Roc
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Elias – Burn to the Ground – Blow Away EP –
The Moonbabies – War On Sound – At the Ballroom – Hidden Agenda
Young Galaxy – Wailing Wall – s/t – Arts & Crafts
Broadcast – Black Cat – Tender Buttons – Warp
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The Afghan Whigs – I’m a Soldier – Unbreakable (A Retrospective 1990-2006) – Rhino
Weird War – See About Me – Illuminated By the Light – Drag City
The Ripps – Loco – Loco single – Catskills
Bauhaus – Third Uncle – The Sky’s Gone Out – Beggar’s Banquet
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Joan Jett and the Blackhearts – Bad Reputation – Bad Reputation – Blackheart
Buzzcocks – Everybody’s Happy Nowadays – Singles Going Steady – Capitol
The Misfits – Skulls – Walk Among Us – Rhino
Andrew W.K. – Party Party Party – Aqua Teen Hunger Force soundtrack – [adult swim]
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Blondie – Dreaming – Eat to the Beat – Chrysalis
OMD – Dreaming – the Best Of – Virgin
Kate Bush – The Dreaming – the Whole Story – EMI America
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Tom Waits – Cold, Cold Ground (live) – Beautiful Maladies: the Island Years – Island
Love – Alone Again Or – Forever Changes – Elektra
The Jam – The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had to Swallow) – The Bitterest Pill… Single – Polydor
Belle and Sebastian – Judy and the Dream of Horses – If You’re Feeling Sinister – Matador
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Tenderhooks – Mouthful of Rain – Vidalia – Rock Snob
The Bluetones – The King of Outer Space – s/t – Cooking Vinyl USA
Boats! – Classic Rock Weekend – Intercontinental Champion –
New Order – Ceremony – Marie Antionette soundtrack – Verve/Polydor
Muse – Thoughts of a Dying Atheist – Absolution – EastWest
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Arab Strap – There is No Ending – The Last Romance – Transdreamer

15 June, 2007

set 15 June

Love of Diagrams – Confrontation – Mosaic – Matador

-(bed) King Nawahi’s Hawaiians – Hawaiian Capers – Hawaiian String Virtuoso - Yazoo

Metric – The Twist – Grow Up and Blow Away – Last Gang
The Rosebuds – I Better Run – Night of the Furies – Merge
Trans Am – White Rhino – Liberation –
Death to Sexy – Pick Up Line – Fall of the Prom Queen –
Chicks on Speed – Love Life - 99¢ - Chicks on Speed Records
Bonde Do Role – Geremia – With Lasers – Domino

-(bed) Four Hawaiian Guitars – Singin’ In the Bathtub – Hawaiian String Virtuoso – Yazoo

The Kill Devil Hills – Jesus Train – The Drought – Torn & Frayed
Flogging Molly – If I Ever Leave This World Alive – Drunken Lullabies – Side One Dummy
The Veils – More Heat Than Light – The Runaway Found – Rough Trade
Catherine Wheel – Kill Rhythm – Chrome – Fontana

(bed) Georgia Jumpers – Ukulele Benny

The Twilight Sad – Mapped By What Surrounded Them – Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters – Fatcat
Stars of Track and Field – Movies of Antarctica – Centuries Before Love and War – Wind-Up
The Awkward Stage – We’re Going for a Ride – Heaven Is For Easy Girls – Mint Records
The Autumns – Siren Wine – In the Russet Gold of This Hour

(bed) King Nawahi’s Hawaiians – May Day is Lei Day in Hawaii

Bad Brains – Banned in D.C. – s/t – ROIR
D.O.A. – Brigands and Pirates – Live Free or Die! – Sudden Death
Tiger Army – Forever Fades Away – Music From Regions Beyond – Hellcat
Girl in a Coma – Say – Both Before I’m Gone – Blackheart

(bed) Red Devils – Dinah

Arcade Fire – Oceans of Noise – Neon Bible
Rufus Wainwright – Going to a Town – Release the Stars
Current 93 – Black Ships in the Sky – Black Ships Ate the Sky – Durtro
Espers – Cruel Storm – II – Drag City

(bed) King Nawahi’s Hawaiians – Mauna Kea

And One – Military Fashion Show – Body Pop – Metropolis
CSS – This Month, Day 10 – Cansei De Ser Sexy
The Rapture – Sister Saviour (DFA dub) – DFA Compilation #2 – DFA

(bed) Hawaiian Beach Combers – Honolulu Bound

Ride – Vapour Trail – OX4: The Best of -

08 June, 2007

set list 8 June 07

The Choir Practice – Things I Say – s/t
Sun Ra Arkestra –Cosmo Sun Connection – Cosmo Sun Connection

-(bed) Jack Nitzsche – The Last Race – Death Proof sdtk

Khan – Golden Dawn – Who Never Rests
Bjork – Earth Intruders – Volta
Bonde Do Role – James Bonde – With Lasers
Balkan Beat Box – BBBeat – Nu-Med

-(bed) Ennio Morricone – Paranoia Prima – Death Proof

Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars – Weapon Conflict – Living Like a Refugee
Tim Armstrong – Inner City Violence – A Poet’s Life
The Aggrolites – Faster Bullet – Reggae Hit L.A.
Madness – I Chase the Devil aka Ironshirt – The Dangerman Sessions
Burning Spear – Them A Come – Studio One Kings

-(bed) Pino Donaggio – Sally and Jack – Death Proof

Dengue Fever – Made of Steam – Escape From Dragon House
T-Rex – Jeepster – Death Proof
Soular – Take Me Away – Love Crash Heal
Blonde Redhead – The Dress – 23

-(bed) Eddie Beram – Riot in Thunder Alley – Death Proof

Jarvis Cocker – From Auschwitz to Ipswich
Keren Ann – The Hardest Ships of the World – s/t
The National – Fake Empire – Boxer
Immaculate Machine – Dear Confessor – Fables

-(bed) Luis Bacalov – The Grand Duel (Parte Prima) – Kill Bill vol.1

Chow Nasty – Thick Shake – Super (Electrical) Recordings
Glomag – Pocket Calculator – 8-Bit Operators
Bloc Party – Banquet – E.P.
Ladytron – Cease2exist – Light & Magic

-(bed) Bernard Hermann – Twisted Nerve – Kill Bill vol.1

Peter Murphy – Subway (Epilogue) – Dust
Mali Music – Sunset Coming On – s/t

-(bed) Zamfir – The Lonely Shepherd

Easy Dub All-Stars feat. Citizen Cope – Karma Police - Radiodread

01 June, 2007

set list 1 June 2007

Viarosa – Only Child – Where the Killers Run – Tarnished
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Frog Eyes – “Stockades” – Tears of the Valedictorian – Absolutely Kosher
Xiu Xiu – Ceremony (Xiu Xiu Remix) – Remixed and Covered – 5RC
Cornelius – Breezin’ – Sensuous – Everloving
Mukesh – Awaara Hoon – the Rough Guide to Bollywood Gold – Rough Guides/World Music Network
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Tiger Army – Ghosts of Memory – Music From Regions Beyond – Hellcat
The Gruesomes – You Gotta Believe Me – Cave-In! – Ricochet Sound
Mark Sultan – Two Left Feet – The Sultanic Verses – In the Red
The Detroit Cobras – Leave My Kitten Alone – Tied and True – Bloodshot
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James Chance & the Contortions – Contort Yourself – Soul Exorcism Redux – Roir
ESG – Dance – A South Bronx Story – Universal Sound
Devo – Get Feeling/Slap Your Mammy – Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! – Warner Bros.
Sexual Harassment – If I Gave You a Party – Anti NY – Gomma
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Matthew Dear – Deserter – Asa Breed – Ghostly International
Schneider TM – The Blacksmith – škoda mluvit – City Slang
Chromeo – Bonafied Lovin – Fancy Footwork – Last Gang
Death From Above 1979 – Sexy Results (MSTRKRFT Edition) – Romance Bloody Romance – Vice
Thomas Jirku – Footloose – Monoeuvers1: A Collection of Vancouver Electronica – So Called Recordings
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Young Galaxy – No Matter How Hard You Try – s/t – Arts and Crafts
A Band of Bees (a.k.a the Bees) – Who Cares What the Question Is? – Octopus – Astralwerks
The Ladybug Transistor – I’m Not Mad Enough – Can’t Wait Another Day – Merge
The Pipettes – Pull Shapes – We Are the Pipettes – Memphis Industries
The Raveonettes (w/ Ronnie Spector) – Ode to L.A. – Pretty in Black – Columbia
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South Ambulance – Saturdays for Sad Excuses – s/t – Rollerderby
The Icicles – Crazy – Arrivals & Departures – Microindie
The Velvet Underground – Femme Fatale – The Velvet Underground & Nico – Polydor
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Klaus Nomi – Simple Man – Simple Man - RCA

(Bed music - Piero Piccioni - Puppet On a Chain soundtrack - DC Recordings)