Radio Show Recap 6 July 2009

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In anticipation of tonight’s show, here is the list from last week’s radio show.

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – 666 Conducer
Jarvis Cocker - I Never Said I Was Deep
Eli “Paperboy” Reed & The True Loves – Take My Love with You
St. Vincent- Actor Out Of Work
Obits – Back and Forth
The National -Wasp Nest
Elliott Smith – Angel in the Snow
The Tallest Man on Earth -The Gardener
Maps & Atlases – Songs for Ghosts to Haunt To
Heartless Bastards -New Resolution
Colonies – Sleep Patterns
Death from Above 1979 – Blood on Our Hands
Wilco – Solitaire
The Decemberists -Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then)
Jonah Malarsky – Bones
Radiohead – Thinking About You
Jason Lytle – Brand New Sun
Grizzly Bear – Ready, Able
The Twilight Sad – Cold Days from the Birdhouse
The Butthole Surfers -Jingle of a Dog’s Collar
Kings of Leon – Talihina Sky
The Butthole Surfers – Pepper
The New Pornographers -The Bleeding Heart Show
The Explorers Club – Last Kiss
Elvis Perkins -Chains, Chains, Chains
Frightened Rabbit – The Twist
Wolf Parade – Call It a Ritual
Big Black – L Dopa
Dinosaur Jr – Whenever You’re Ready – The link is not to Whenever You’re Ready because I couldn’t find anywhere that had it. But it is them playing Forget the Swan, which is close to Imagine the Swan, which is a Zombies song (like Whenever You’re Ready). My mind is in rare form today

I’ve been working on a few new posts about music from around the world you might not know about and I am in the process of applying the finishing touches so look for that soon.

Radio Show Recap 29 June 2009

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Here’s another week’s worth of tunes for your listening pleasure:

Porcupine Tree – Trains
Animal Collective – In the Flowers
Sonic Youth – What We Know
Xiu Xiu – I Luv the Valley OH!
Richard Hell and the Voidoids – Blank Generation
Atmosphere – Always Coming Back Home to You
Dinosaur Jr – Over It
The Doors – Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar)
Prizzy Prizzy Please – Melt Melt Down
The Mars Volta – Inertiatic ESP
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Black Betty
Neutral Milk Hotel – Song Against Sex
Sunset Rubdown – Idiot Heart
Modest Mouse – Classy Plastic Lumber
Okkervil River – For Real
The Vaselines – Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam
Murder by Death – Flamenco’s Fuckin’ Easy
The Jesus Lizard – Mouth Breather
The Handsome Furs – What We Had
Pixies – Hey

I’m going to see Explosions in the Sky tomorrow in Chicago which should be great. I was just in Chicago for Sonic Youth, but I’m pumped to be going back so soon to see another great band. I’ll post more soon about the rest of the shows coming this summer to Bloomington.

Radio Show Recap 22 June 2009

Summer Shows

For all of you who didn’t know, I do a radio show every week on WIUX here in Bloomington with the very talented Katie, from the Live Buzz. We try to stick to the generic “college radio” format, but we like to take liberties with that definition as well. I will try to find a way to host the actual show, but for now, here’s the list from Monday’s show with links where you can listen to the songs if you are interested:

The Blow – True Affection
Sunset Rubdown – Idiot Heart
The Smiths – That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore
The Clash – Janie Jones
The White Stripes – Truth Doesn’t Make a Noise
Bauhaus – Ziggy Stardust
Grandaddy – The Crystal Lake
The Mars Volta – Teflon
Fugazi – Repeater
Secrets Between Sailors – In the Summertime
Eels – Fresh Blood
Fall Out Boy – Beat It (Feat. John Mayer)
The Kills – What New York Used to Be
Minutemen – Political Song for Michael Jackson to Sing
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Red Eyes and Tears
Dirty Projectors – Rise Above
Elliott Smith – Coast to Coast
Mudhoney – Twenty Four
Dinosaur Jr – Pieces
At the Drive-In – Rolodex Propaganda
Passion Pit – Moth’s Wings
Brewer and Shipley – One Toke Over the Line
DNA – Blonde Red Head
Handsome Boy Modeling School – The World’s Gone Mad
Trio in Stereo – Jupiter
The Horrors – Primary Colours
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
The Arcade Fire – Black Wave/Bad Vibrations
A.A. Bondy – You Got to Die

WIUX is 99.1FM in Bloomington, IN or you can listen on the web at http://www.wiux.org (or through iTunes/other media players). The station has been highly ranked on a few Internet radio sites and was chosen multiple times as an iTunes staff pick. We are on 11pm – 1am on Monday nights so listen in and send us your requests!