27 July set

More new obscure/indie artists this week.

Upcoming shows worth noting:
Mogwai - Sept. 25, Magic Stick, Detroit
Delerium - Sept. 26, Royal Oak Music Theater

The show:
Guitaro – Luna - Heaven
Cosmicdust – Meditation – Snow Noise Assemblage
Indian Guides – The Grey – unreleased demo
Film School – What I Meant to Say – Hideout – Beggars Banquet

Sebastien Grainger – American Names – American Names EP
Sea of Japan – All You Ever Need – Black Out the Stars – Suburban Sprawl
Pas/Cal – Summer is Almost Here – I Was Raised on Matthew, Mark, Luke & Laura – Le Grand Magistery
Fleet Foxes – Quiet Houses – s/t – Sub Pop

Delerium – Incantation – Semantic Spaces – Nettwerk
Isabel's Dream – Aurora – Monomara EP – Aporia
Twine – Halo – Violets – Ghostly International
Fog Runs with Kenyans – A Flat Iron in the Window – MySpace page

Mogwai – The Sun Smells Too Loud – The Hawk is Howling – PIAS
As the Poets Affirm – A Voice Recited the News on the Radio – The Jaws That Bite, The Claws That Catch
Thisquietarmy – Empire – Unconquered – Foreshadow

Archive – Veins – Lights – Universal
Julee Cruise – Mysteries of Love – Floating Into the Night – Warner Bros.
Antony and the Johnsons – I Fell in Love with a Dead Boy – single – Durtro
The Legendary Pink Dots – I Love You in Your Tragic Beauty – A Crushed Velvet Apocalypse – SPV

Damon & Naomi – A Second Life – The Earth is Blue – Sonic Unyon
Richard Hawley – Tonight the Streets are Ours – Lady's Bridge – Mute

20 July set

Mono in VCF – Escape City Scrapers – s/t – Sylomusic
Elbow – One Day Like This – The Seldom Seen Kid – Fiction
Rob Dickinson – Intelligent People – Fresh Wine for the Horses – Sanctuary
Michou – None the Less – Medea

The Golden Hands Before God – One Fine Morning – Here – Pop Echo
Copyright – The Flesh is Weak – Love Story – Vik
The Ladies and Gentlemen – Threw It All Away – Small Sins – Boompa
The Matinee – Let Me Take You Out – from their Myspace page

Melodyguild – Accomplice – Aitu – Projekt
The Arctic Flow – Fall on Me – Ocean Colored Days
Excuses for Skipping – Gravity – Out of Work Early
Panda Riot – She Dares All Things – She Dares All Things: A Collection of Singles

Pulp – Something Changed – Different Class – Island
The Stone Roses – Elephant Stone – The Very Best of… - Silvertone
The Charlatans UK – Oh! Vanity – You Cross My Path – Cooking Vinyl
The Verve – Love is Noise – single – Parlaphone

The The – Darkness Falls – Judge Dredd soundtrack – 550 Music
Love and Rockets – All in My Mind – Express – Beggars Banquet
The Chameleons UK – Tears – Strange Times – Geffen

Projektor – Young Hearts Fail – Young Hearts Fail – Manitoba
Jonas Bonnetta – Rejoice!!! – Farewell to Harmony
The Black Heart Procession – The Spell – Touch and Go

David Bowie – Strangers When We Meet – Outside – Virgin

13 July set

A bit shoegazey, a bit old school at the end, but fun all the same...

The Frequency – Raindrop – We Are the Same Machine
Mono in VCF – Death of a Spark – s/t – Stylomusic
Christine Fellows – 20 Bullets – 2 Little Birds
Mark Eitzel – If I Had a Gun – Caught in a Trap and I Can’t Back Out ‘Cause I Love You Too Much, Baby – Matador

Frightened Rabbit – Fast Blood – The Midnight Organ Fight – FatCat
Earlimart – God Loves You the Best – Hymn and Her – Majordomo
Barzin – Autumn Moon – s/t – Where Are My
Julie Doiron – I Woke Myself Up – Woke Myself Up - Endearing

The Cure – From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea – Wish – Elektra
Editors – Colours – Rarities – Fader
The Legends – Air – Public Radio – Labrador

101A – Migration – Lethe – Film4
Mean Red Spiders – Yes I Call – Stars and Sons – Teenage USA
Monster Movie – Return to Yesterday – All Lost – Graveface
iLikeTrains – Terra Nova – Progress Reform – Beggars Banquet

Young Galaxy – Outside the City – s/t – Arts and Crafts
Autumn’s Grey Solace – Cold Sea – Shades of Grey – Projekt
Secret Shine – Hate You When You Smile – All of the Stars – Clairecords
Tears Run Rings – World Upside Down – Always, Sometimes, Seldom, Never – Clairecords

Sinead O’Connor – Feel So Different – I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got – Capitol
Dead Can Dance – The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove – Into the Labyrinth – 4AD
Moby – New Dawn Fades – I Like to Score – Elektra

Blur – Beetlebum (Moby’s Remix) – Bustin’ + Dronin’ – EMI

6 July set

A pre-recorded show this week, owing to my being out of town. It's strange how recording feels very different from doing a show live, even if the studio experience is the same.

Got to catch Ladytron in Toronto. If you've seen them, then you know what a great show they put on; if you haven't, you really owe it to yourself to do so.

And now, the songs:

Emma-Lee – Never Just a Dream – Never Just a Dream – Special Agent
Leerone – JUNK/Peace of Mind – Imaginary Biographies – Fussy Music
Said the Whale – This Winter I Retire – Howe Sounds/Taking Abalonia – Upper Management
Camera Obscura – I Need All the Friends I Can Get – Let’s Get Out of This Country – Merge

Shearwater – Leviathan, Bound – Rook – Matador
Piano Magic – England’s Always Better (As You’re Pulling Away) – Part Monster – Important
Cranes – Shining Road – Loved – Dedicated
Soular – Take Me Away – Love Crash Heal – Astonish
The Notwist – Gloomy Planets – The Devil, You + Me – Domino
Pai Fraus – After Summer – After Summer – Clairecords
An April March – All the Flowery – Impatiens – Cartwheel
Soundpool – Pleasure & Pain – Dichotomies & Dreamland – Aloft

Ladytron – Tomorrow – Velocifero – Nettwerk
Deastro – Skin Worth Living In – Young Planets
Junior Boys – The Equalizer – So This is Goodbye – Domino
Faunts – Meno Mony Falls – M4 EP – Friendly Fire

Sigur Ros – Gobbledigook – Med Sud I Eyrum Spilum Endalaust – XL
M83 – Graveyard Girl – Saturdays = Youth – Mute
Echo and the Bunnymen – The Cutter – More Songs to Learn and Sing – Rhino
Cocteau Twins – Iceblink Luck – Lullabies to Violane – 4AD

The Creatures – Exterminating Angel – Anima Animus – Instinct
Unkle – Reign – Never, Never, Land – Mo Wax
Blonde Redhead – Loved Despite of Great Faults – Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons – Touch & Go

Ride – Vapour Trail – Nowhere – Reprise