Feb. 22 - the final Friday

Well, that does it for Fridays. Tried to mix it up a bit, get out all the stuff that won't be coming over to the new show. Hope you dug it, see you next Sunday!


Bell X1 – Eve, the Apple of My Eye – Flock – Yep Roc

Comix – Touche Pas Mon Sexe – Bippp: French Synth Wave 1979-85 – Everloving, Inc.
Gary Numan - My Shadow in Vain – The Collection – Castle Communications
Slap [Unmodified] – Omnipresent (2nd edit) – Auto [repeat] – Architecture of Sound
Elastica – Da Da Da – The Menace – Atlantic

Hello, Blue Roses – Shadow Falls – The Portrait is Finished and I Have Failed to Capture Your Beauty… - Locust Music
The Locusts Have No King – Trench Song – New Year's Eve In a Small Room
Bedouin Soundclash – Bells of 59 – Street Gospels – Side One Dummy
Wintermitts – French Horn – The Cascadia Fault

Carbon/Silicon – The Magic Suitcase – The Last Post – Caroline
Stiff Little Fingers – Strummerville – Guitar and Drum – Kung Fu
New York Dolls – Lonely Planet Boy – s/t – Mercury
Iggy Pop – China Girl – The Idiot – Virgin

Dengue Fever – Seeing Hands – Venus on Earth – M80
PK-14 – Storm Eyes – Look Directly Into the Sun: China Pop 2007 – Bloodshot
Apostle of Hustle – Charade – Tour EP
the Organ – Basement Band Song – Grab That Gun – Mint

The Charlatans UK – You Cross My Path – online single
British Sea Power – Canvey Island – Do You Like Rock Music? – Rough Trade

Rufus Wainwright (w/ Kate McGarrigle) – Over the Rainbiow – Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall - Geffen

That Charlatans single can be downloaded from the band's site, and it's definitely worth picking up.

old goths never die, it seems...

I heard a track from the new Bauhaus album over the past week. The best way I can describe it is Peter Murphy singing for Love and Rockets. Not sure how to feel about it, but I suppose it's best to wait for the whole thing first.

Speaking of, if you pre-order the new album through Newbury Comics, you can get the limited edition pint glass along with the CD. Same goes for Radiohead's In Rainbows. Who doesn't love dubiously-related promotional items?

In more new release news, Morrissey's new Greatest Hits disc gets its U.S. release on March 28, with an extra track on the bonus live disc. And there's talk of a proper new album in the fall. And with its own pint glass, doubtlessly.

Dreaming in Stereo mk. II

This Friday (Feb. 22) marks the final episode of DiS on Fridays. Starting March 2nd, the show will air Sundays 6-8 p.m. Along with the time change will be a new format as well. The show will focus on shoegaze, dream pop, ethereal, ambient, indie, some Britpop, and the occasional smattering of goth here and there. I'll definitely be going for a Sunday vibe, and will feature new artists in the aforementioned genres, as well as the classics we all know and love.

If anyone has any new/obscure acts to recommend (particularly Canadian ones), feel free to suggest away.

Feb. 15 - the inadvertent Valentine's set

I hadn't meant to make the show quite as Valentine's-themed as it turned out to be, but hey, the songs are good.

Also, starting March 2nd, the show will be moving to Sundays 6-8 p.m. There will also be a bit of a format change, which I think will work out nicely; more on that next week.

And now, the set:

Super Furry Animals – Suckers! – Hey Venus! – Rough Trade

A Place to Bury Strangers – Missing You – s/t – Killer Pimp
Serena-Maneesh – Selina’s Melodie Fountain – s/t – Play Loud Recordings
Sonic Youth – Sleepin Around – “Rather Ripped” – Geffen
Black Mountain – Evil Ways – In the Future – Scratch Recordings

Twilight Hotel – Impatient Love – Highway Prayer
Luke Doucet and the White Falcon – the Lovecats – Blood’s Too Rich – Six Shooter
Camera Obscura – Lloyd, I’m Ready to be Heartbroken – Let’s Get Out of This Country – Merge
Stars – The Snowman Learned About Love – Heart – Arts & Crafts

Dean Drouillard w/ Jill Barber – Valentine – Dream at Harmony Motel – Drou Music
Richard Hawley – Valentine – Lady Bridge – Mute
McAlmont & Butler – Falling – Bring It Back - EMI
Lush w/ Jarvis Cocker – Ciao! – Lovelife – 4AD

The Gothic Archies – Shipwrecked – The Tragic Treasury – Nonesuch
The Moldy Peaches – Nothing Came Out – s/t – Rough Trade
Tom Waits – I Hope That I Don’t Fall in Love with You – Closing Time – Elektra
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – I Let Love In – Let Love In – Mute

Mecca Normal – I’m Not into Being the Woman You’re With While You’re Looking for the Woman You Want – the Observer – Kill Rock Stars
D.O.A. – It’s Not Unusual – Punk Rock Singles 1978-99 – Sudden Death

Feb. 8

Good news of the day: Ladytron, June 18, St. Andrew's Hall

Changes are in store for DiS... Right now, I'm just waiting for a couple of things to fall into place, and when they do, I'll announce them. It's gonna be good, don't you worry.

Now, on to the set:


Holly Cole - Alley Cat Song - s/t - Koch

(bed) Brian Eno - Deep Blue World

Lightspeed Champion - Galaxy of the Lost - Falling Off the Lavender Bridge -
The New Pornographers - The Laws Have Changed - Electric Version -
American Music Club - The Sleeping Beauty - The Golden Age - Merge
Bob Mould - Who Needs to Dream - District Line - Anti

British Sea Power - Lights Out for Darker Skies - Do You Like Rock Music? - Rough Trade
Infighter - The Actor - s/t
Cinemascope - See My Eyes - Soundimension - Airline
James Murdoch - Get What You Deserve - In Transit - Indica

Xiu Xiu w/ Michael Gira - Under Pressure - Women As Lovers - Kill Rock Stars
Flogging Molly - Paddy's Lament - Float - SideOneDummy
The Tom Fun Orchestra - Rum & Tequila - You Will Land with a Thid - Company House
Shane MacGowan and the Popes - A Mexican Funeral in Paris - The Snake - ZTT/WB

(the Detroit set)
the Witches - Down on Ugly Street - Thriller!- Music for Cats
the Volebeats - Miriam - Up North - Safe House
Fred Thomas - Little Songs - Flood - Magic Marker
Outrageous Cherry - Where Do I Go When You Dream? - Out There in the Dark - Del-Fi
Pas/Cal - Little Red Radio - Dear Sir - Le Grand Magistry

the D'Urbervilles - Spin the Bottle - We Are the Hunters

Kula Shaker - Song of Love/Narayana - Strange Folk - Cooking Vinyl

Feb. 1 set

That new Kevin Shields is one damn noisy album. As in Throbbing Gristle, Wolf Eyes noise. That is to say, it's amazing, if you go in for that sort of thing.

The Black Coffee Cowboys – Hot Like Fire – Hot Like Fire! – Southern Dandy

(bed) Meat beat Manifesto – Echo in Space Dub - …In Dub – Run Recordings

Rufus Wainwright – Overture: The Trolley Song/Over the Rainbow/The Man That Got Away – Does Judy at Carnegie Hall – Geffen
Rufus Wainwright – When You're Smiling (the Whole World Smiles with You) – Does Judy at Cargnegie Hall – Geffen (because no one warned me the first track was instrumental)
The Magnetic Fields – California Girls – Distortion – Nonesuch
Sons & Daughters – Rebel with the Ghost – This Gift – Domino
Black Mountain – Angels – In the Future – Scratch Recordings

(bed) Meat Beat Manifesto – Spinning Round Dub

Kevin Shields – No Good Deed Goes Unpunished – The End of Patience – Deathbomb Arc
Baby Dee – The Earle King – Safe Inside the Day – Drag City
My Bloody Valentine – Soon – Loveless – Sire/WB

(bed) Meat Beat Manifesto – Fromage Dub

Hinterland – Detwiller Pavillion – Pan Pan Medico – Submerged
Jane Vain & the Dark Matter – Don't Mind Us – Love is Where the Smoke Is – Rectangle
Cat Power – Metal Heart – Jukebox – Matador
Antony and the Johnsons w/ Boy George – You are My Sister – I am a Bird Now – Secretly Canadian

(bed) Meat Beat Manifesto – Intermission Dub

Dust Galaxy – Mother of Illusion – s/t – Emerald Tablet
The Coral – Who's Gonna Find Me – Roots & Echoes – Deltasonic
Babyshambles – The Man Who Came to Stay – B-Sides – Rough Trade (request)
The Evangelicals – Midnight Vignette – The Evening Descends – Dead Oceans

(bed) Meat Beat Manifesto – Super Soul Dub

The Luna Riot – Songbird – The Luna Riot EP
Rick White – Icicle – Memoreaper

(bed) Meat Beat Manifesto – Caramel Dub

Ragni – Rather Be You –s/t – Seven Story