Three Short Words Playlist - Transmitter Failure Edition

Here's the songs I got through today before we had some transmitter trouble. I would have liked to play more!

The Black Keys - Black Door
TV On The Radio - Wolf Like Me
One For The Team - Good Boys Don't Make Noise
Mates Of State - Beautiful Dreamer
Casiotone For The Painfully - Young Shields
Chin Up Chin Up - Landlocked Lifeguards
The Soft Civil War - It's This Way
Sonic Youth - Pink Steam

Ambient Signal's Top 18 Albums of 2006

Yeah..this was a helluva year for great albums. The beginning of the year wasn't very strong in terms of volume, but once it hit august, good albums were coming out every week..its craazy. To rank all the albums, I based my decisions on a few factors: How much I had listened to the album(thanks itunes!), how much it had influenced me to think differently about music, and how good the album was as a whole. Alright..to start the list I'll begin with the lowest and work towards my Number 1 album of 2006.

18. The Decemberists- The Crane Wife
17. Bright Eyes- Noise Floor
16. Ambulette- The Lottery EP
15. Function- Secret Miracle Fountain
14. Brand New- The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me
13. Emily Haines and the Soft skeleton- Knives don't have your back
12. Cursive- Happy Hollow
11. Amy Millan- Honey From the Tombs
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10. Ester Drang- Rocinate
9. Sunset Rubdown- Shut Up I am Dreaming
8. Talkdemonic- Beatromantic
7. Hammock- Raising your voice trying to stop an Echo
6. Forget Cassettes- Salt
5. Camera Obscura- Let's get out of this country
4. Annuals- Be He Me


3. The Velvet Teen- Cum Laude
The Velvet Teen have been one of my favorite bands for quite some time, and I admire them mostly for their ability to completely reinvent themselves on every album. This album featured heavy use of electronics, distorted vocals, and insane drumming. Only a few songs stood out as just meh, and that knocked them down a few notches..but the songs that are great..are greaaat..
Best Track: Noi Boi
2nd: False Profits



2. The Album Leaf- Into The Blue Again
I am a huuuge fan of the Album Leaf, and they are one of my biggest musical influences, so luckily their new album did not let me down. Jimmy Lavalle returned with his signature rhodes, synths and drum machines and added even more violin and live drums than his previous album. I do not think this album is quite perfect, in that some of the songs lag a bit, but overall it is a very pleasing listening experience.
Best Track: Shine
2nd: Always For You




1. Margot and The Nuclear So and So's- The Dust of Retreat
As whole, this album is completely amazing. Only a few songs are less popular with me than others, but as I listened to the album more and more (it seems that I listened to this whole album about 30+ times this year), all of the songs would become my 'new favorite' until they all became classics. Everything is well crafted, and just where it should be.
Best Track: Talking In Code
2nd: Quiet as Mouse

Addicted to Baked Goods 12/12

Last show of the semester! New music in blue!

song - artist

baby blue sedan - modest mouse
yankee bayonet (I will be home then) - the decemberists
sunshine and the clouds (and everything pretty) - clap your hands and say yeah
sing me spanish tango - the new pornographers
kim's chords - sonic youth
is she wants me - belle and sebastian
concrete bed - nada surf
holland, 1945 - neutral milk hotel
phantom limb - the shins
factory direct - all-time quarterback (ben gibbard)
adlai stevenson - sufjan stevens
barking in the garden of ill repute - casper and the cookies
what went wrong (in your head) - supergrass
i don't really love you anymore - the magnetic fields
elevator music - beck
asleep at the wheel - the new amsterdams
do not feed (the oyster) - stephen malkamus

-Tracy

Ambient Signal Playlist 12/12/06

Tonights playlist is comprised mostly of my favorite songs/albums of 2006
WRPI 91.5fm!
http://www.wrpi.org/ for webcast

Annuals- Brothers
Brand new- Degausser
Forget Cassettes- Salt and Syncope
Ester Drang- Proustian moments
Function- Tuger Cub Samarai
Cursive- Into the Fold
Bright Eyes/The Album leaf- Hungry For a Holiday
Camera Obscura- Country Mile
Margot and the nuclear so and so's- Talking in Code
Emily Haines- Our Hell
Amy Millan- Skinny Boy
Feist- Mushaboom (Mocky mix)
The Velvet Teen- Noi Boi
Dosh- Um, Circles and Squares
Talkdemonic- White Gymnasium
The Inner Banks- Anthem
The Album Leaf- Always for you
Amina- Ugla
Hammock- Shipwrecked(flat on your back)
The Decemberists- The Crane Wife 3
Sunset Rubdown- Shut Up I am dreaming of places where lovers have wings
Sigur Ros- Gong
The Get Up Kids- Walking on a wire
Bright Eyes- Have yourself a merry little christmas
Denali- Gunner

Yeaah..check back soon to see my top 10 albums of 2006..I should have them up by the end of tonigh

Thanks for listening, and check back in january to see the new schedule of indie shows!

monsters get slain

monsters get slain 12/11/2006




petroleum jelly [the jungle nights]
black moth super rainbow [from the see]
tipsy [kitty takes a ride]
hara-kari kitty [game over... p.s. your EBM beats suck]
peppermint pony [kill the arcade]
attractive and popular [we're so pretty]
poo poodles [naked dance]
cornelius [magoo opening]
the zom zoms [hyper lenny]
need new body [pen]
tim kinsella & amy cargill [song for josh]
miracle chosuke [clifton]
the chinese stars [cheap city halo]
astrud gilberto [girl from ipanema]
tracy and the plastics [myth of the front]
gogogo airheart [how i feel tired]
devendra banhart [at the hop]
satellite fox [love in the snow]
xiu xiu [muppet face]
michael jordan touchdown pass [march of insubordination]
ghost mice and paul baribeau [good life]
craig salt peters [good morning glory]
defiance, ohio [letter home]

and that's the end of another successful semester. i'll let you know when i'll be back in january.

congratulations emelie of our little ilikewrpi world for her newly elected position of member at large for WRPI. that rocks so awesome pinkie!

my last (hopefully a little empowering) words of 2006 with a little help from crimethinc.

pinkie swear. 12/9/06

Artist/Song

Chriss the Greek/South Side Crew

Tahiti 80/Changes

Kid Beyond/Mothership

Honeycut/Dark Day, White Lines

SSI/E Pluribus Unum

Kaki King/Until We Felt Red

Riamiwo/Electric Tagtraum

Softlightes/Girl Kills Bear

Daedelus/Remix of Nothing

Hammock/I Can Almost See You

Bytecon/Erase Your Mind

Cities/Mild Davis/A Theme Remix

Caural/ Make Is Invisible

Sim-pli-ci-ty/Life Seasons Remix

Ladytron/Writing on the Wall

Ladytron/He Took Her to a Movie

The Aphex Twin/Digeridoo

CSS/Alala

PSAPP/Wet Box

Mochipet/Robot Girl

Hot Chip/Boy from School

65daysofstatic/Drove Through Ghosts to get Here

The Knife/ Pass This On

Addicted to Jock the Sock's Baked Goods!!! 12/9/06

Hey! So we did a fill in show (Sat 12-2) together this week combining Jock the Sock and Addicted to Baked Goods! We had some fun and played some Indie Christmas Music! Christmas music in red, new music in purple!

song - artist

wrapped up in books - belle and sebastian
stay up - apple jackzzzzz
we're gonna be friends - the white stripes
little drummer boy - sufjan stevens
things to do before we die - casper and the cookies
caught in the rain - preston school of industry
the metal - tenacious d
mele kalikimaka - reel big fish
the perfect crime #2 - decemberists
love love love - the mountain goats
the christmas song- weezer
surf wax america- weezer
i'll follow you into the dark - death cab for cutie
strange apparition- beck
hungry like the wolf - duran duran
clumsy heart - the matches
split needles (alt version) - the shins
the 12 days of yaksmas- ren and stimy show - crock o' christmas
invisible drugs - the comas
cinderland - grandaddy
anne arbour - the get up kids
tulip baroo - of montreal
the ice of boston - dismembernt plan
dominick the donkey - lou monte
here it goes again - ok go
futures - zero 7
blue christmas - bright eyes
wild strawberries - john vanderslice
ghost mountain - the unicorns
clampdown - the clash
black plastic bag - q and not u
center of the universe - built to spill
oi to the world - the vandals
oh you pretty thing - david bowie

-Tracy and Lauren

Punk and Indie Gems filling in for Pomp and Pride -- Dec 8

i filled in for Tony's show friday; here's my playlist

1 -- applejackzzzzz - faking sick > school
2 -- jawbreaker - with or without u2
3 -- madeline - i left the light on
4 -- morphine - mile high
5 -- evens - everybody knows
6 -- mission of burma - the mute speaks out
7 -- paul baribeau - back from college
8 -- gang of four - not great men
9 -- the replacements - i will dare
10 -- belle and sebastian - rollercoaster ride -- cut-off 30 seconds in by hockey

Jock the Sock 12/8/06

Hey, this is Lauren from Jock the Sock! I'm on 2-3PM on Fridays. Here's my playlist for 12/8/06...

Grandaddy- now it's on
The monkees- last train to clarksville
The ren & stimpy show "crock o' christmas" - the holiday hop
The shins- phantom limb
Marie antionette soundtrack- aphex twin- jynweythek ylow
The unicorns- child star
Marie antoinette soundtrack- bow wow wow- aphrodesiac
Sublime- saw red (acoustic)
Gravy train!!!!- jonny makeup
Sufjan stevens- hey guys! it's christmas time!
The mountain goats- up the wolves
Animaniacs- yakko's world
The rapture- heaven
Snmnmnm- if you didnt get me anything before, why did you get me anything for christmas?
Goldfinger- white christmas
The arcade fire- neighborhood #3 (power out)
Sebadoh- happily divided

purple = new music!
blue = requests!
green = some personal faves

Radio #1 - December 7th Maximum Awesome Edition

1. The Go Find - City Dreamer
2. Air - Radio #1
3. The Blow - Hey Boy
4. Stolen Parachute - you're my sunshine (extra sunny mix)
5. Terry S. Taylor - Klaymen's Theme
6. Serial Experiments Lain Soundtrack - Tokage Noyouni
7. guitar - naoki
8. Juana Molina - Un Beso Llega
9. Anna Domina - Zanna
10. J + J + J - Insomnia is a Sleeping Disorder
11. The Latch Brothers - Koto Stomp
12. Nick Mahon - catch
13. Mr. Oizo - Bobby Can't Dance
14. The Faint - Dropkick the Punks
15. Suicide Machines - No Face
16. Joy Division - Warsaw
17. Stolen Parachute - a tasteful disinterest in modern art
18. Donna Regina - How Beautiful
19. Daedelus - Bright Stars
20. The Smiths - Ask
21. Edith Piad - Milord
22. Denali - Run Through
23. Diablotones - Russian Folk Song
24. The Russian Futurists - You Dot, Me Dot, T-Dot
25. Nick Mahon - summertime
26. Gerling - Ghost Patrol
27. Lali Puna - Grin and Bear
28. Diplo - Money Power and Respect
29. Dan Deacon - Ohio
30. Mathematicians - 4 eyes
31. Electrocute - Kleiner Dicker Junge
32. Maximum Joy - Stretch
33. General Electrics - Central Park
34. Weird Noise Factory - Undersea Swamp
35. The Smiths - Last Night I dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
36. Guitar - Akiko
37. Denali - The Instinct
38. Silver Fins - Waiting so long...

LISTEN TO MY SHOW. IT MAKES IT SOUND BETTER.

pinkie swear. and Addicted to Baked Goods Unite!

This Saturday is a special edition of 'Addicted to Baked Goods' and 'Pinkie Swear.' Starting at 12pm (noon)' Addicted to Baked Goods' will be on from 12-2 and following that will be 'pinkie swear.' from 2-4pm. At 4pm will be the RPI Women's Hockey game thus the change in times.

Saturday December 9th
12-2pm: Addicted to Baked Goods
2-4pm: Pinkie Swear

Be sure to tune in!
-Emelie (and Tracy)

Punk and Indie Gems - December 6th

no show last week... this week i had a lot of new stuff though!
* means the band's currently active

1 -- dag nasty - circles -- song about voicing opinions
2* -- evens - cache is empty -- the evens new album is a bit better than their first one. the guitar work's a bit more complicated, but what really stands out is how often they reference washington d.c and politics in general. mostly the album is angrier than the previous one, which is a good thing
3* -- paul baribeau - strawberry -- love song referencing strawberries. i do hope i'm pronouncing his name right on the air
4? -- television - foxhole -- decent song by television. i chose this song at random off of their album adventure
5 -- the wipers - when it's over -- last song off their album 'youth of america'. pretty great
6 -- sonic youth - turquoise boy -- probably my favorite sonic youth song right now. it's off their latest album, 'rather ripped', which is also a pretty good album.
7 -- morphine - shame -- fastest song off of 'b-sides and otherwise'. morphine had a cult following back in the 90's until the lead singer died of a heart attack. they're jazz grunge for lack of a better term. saxophones and all.
8* -- dinosaur jr. - in a jar -- classic song from dinosaur jr
9 -- abe froman - soup can phones
10* -- liz isenberg - hello christmas -- acoustic guitar artist from the amherst area. she's probably playing at rpi sometime next semester
11* -- sufjan stevens - hey guys! it's christmas time! -- two christmas songs in a row!
12* -- madeline with youtube video- shaking in my boots
13* -- shins - nothing at all -- song from newest shins ep
14* -- one reason - rest stop -- screamo about politics?
15* -- the door-keys - birds and spiders -- off of their newest album "tour EP" which plan-it-x shipped to me for free. thanks!

Addicted to Baked Goods 12/5

I finally remembered to announce the blog on my show! My show is on Tuesdays 4-5pm. New stuff in colors!

song - artist

blizzard of 77 - nada surf
nothing at all - shins
love you madly - cake
german engineering - maritime
know your onion - of montreal (shins cover)
bank job - barenaked ladies
learn how do disappear - casper and the cookies
days like these - the cat empire
lost in the supermarket - clash
loose leaves - bright eyes
tracy, i love you - luna
starry eyed surprise - paul oakenfold
the whole world - the muffs
let's get out of this country - camera obscura
talk with me, dance with me - hot hot heat
last call - brazilian girls
state inspector - state radio

-Tracy

Ambient Signal Playlist 12/5/06

Tune in next week for my greatest hits of 2006 and others
WRPI 91.5fm!
http://www.wrpi.org/ for webcast

The Arcade Fire- Neighborhood #2 (laika)
Styrofoam- Couches in alleys
Khoiba- Nice Traps
Cat Power- The Greatest
Mum- WIll summer make good for all our sins
Carissa's Wierd- September come take this heart away
Margot and the Nuclear So and So's- Dust of retreat
Bright Eyes- Make War
Ambulette- If You Go Away
Beck- Broken Drum (board of canada remix)
Appleseed cast- Sila's knife (request)
Red Sparrowes- ? (track 1 off newest album) (request)
Hammock- Disappear like the morning...
Inner banks- Acoustic
The Mercury Program- Sultan of el sur
Brand New- Jesus Christ
Grizzly Bear- Easier
Cursive- Staying Alive
Doves- Rise
Sigur Ros- Olsen Olsen

Happy listening..hope you're enjoying the snow

tune in next week!

Monsters get filled in 12/4/06

Hey all,

I'm covering for allisahn this evening...last week of exams/projects have tied her down
Im not really going to try to recreate her show..so you'll have to deal with what I pick

The Velvet Teen- Chimera Obscurant
Broken Social Scene- Lover's spit (off of Bee Hives)
Hammock- ... Like Starlight into day
Midnight Movies- Patient Eye
Emily Haines- Crowd surf off a cliff
Annuals- Carry Around
The Inner Banks- Glittering sky
Brand New- Handcuffs
Margot and the Nuclear So's- Quiet as a mouse
Stars- One More night

Yay..hope you halfway enjoyed

Make your top 10's of 2006!!

Hey peoples who write on this blog:

Start compiling your top 10 albums of 2006 to put on the blog.. I've put together a list of candidates for my own top 10..and they are as follows:

Margot and the Nuclear So and So's- Dust of Retreat
The Album leaf- Into the Blue again
Brand New- The Devil and God are raging inside me
Cursive- Happy Hollow
Emily Haines and the soft skeleton- Knives don't have your back
Amy Millan- Honey from the tombs
Annuals- Be He Me
Hammock- Raising your voice trying to stop an echo
The Velvet Teen- Cum laude
Talkdemonic- Beat Romantic
Camera Obscura- Let's get out of this country
Forget Cassettes- Salt
Sunset Rubdown- Shut up I am dreaming of places
Beck- The information
Bright Eyes- Noise Floor

maybe add your own candidates to the comments..or make a new post..I should have my top 10 by the end of this week

Pomp and Pride, 12.01.06

Tonight on Pomp and Pride I managed to get here early enough to listen and prep an entire show of new music! Granted, it's a short show because Men's Hockey came on (after a lot of commotion in the studio), but I've still never managed it.



01. One for the Team - Brace Face
^ Kinda cheesy, listenable as Steve put it.
02. The Monolith - Pins & Circles
^ Some songs hit, some miss. I like 'em though overall.
03. Hot IQs - Duck & Cover
^ Ballsy RIYL list, but definitely delivers. I like.
04. The Little Ones - Lovers Who Uncover
05. The Shins - Phantom Limb
^ The most common demise for great bands? Overproduction.
06. Void's Anatomy - Inner Out
07. The Stolen Records - Vera
08. Patrick Porter - Lite Sleeper
09. Swan Lake - All Fires
^ Recommended to me by some friends at home. From the makers of Destroyer, New Pornographers and Frog Eyes
10. Manhattan Love Suicides - (The Guy on the) 14th Floor
11. Locksley - Why Not Me?
^ Self recorded? Still pretty neat.
12. Child Bite - Broach for Two
^ Segued nicely into Hockey intro after ten seconds.

Three Short Words 11/29/06

So this time I managed to remember to mention the blog on my show, but forgot to post my playlist. I'll get this down one day, I swear.

Mirah - Sweepstake Prize (remix)
The Mathematicians - Weapons of Math Instruction
Astronautilis - Seaweed Sheets
Frog Eyes - Russian Berries but You're Quiet Tonight
Why? - Rubber Traits
Of Montreal - Let's Do Everything for the First Time Forever
The Blow - Babay (Eat a Critter, Feel Its Wrath)
Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees (live @ KCRW)
The Shins - Phantom Limb
Half-Handed Cloud - Out of Crudeness: Healing
The Delgados - Pull the Wires From the Wall
The Dears - You and I Are a Gang of Losers
The Flaming Lips - Brainville
The Halo Benders - Lonesome Sundown
Radar Bros. - Shifty Lines
Eels - My Descent Into Madness
Pavement - Stop Breathin
Q And Not U - Soft Pyramids
No Wait Wait - Lost in the Bottle
Spoon - Stay Don't Go
The New Pornographers - Ballad of the Comeback Kid
Modest Mouse - All Nite Diner
The Beta Band - BrokenUpADingDong
Sparklehorse - Shade and Honey
Grizzly Bear - Easier
Architecture in Helsinki - Vanishing

Jock the Sock 12/1

I have finally thought to post my playlist in a timely manner! So here is the play list for Jock the Sock 12/1. FYI, Jock the Sock is on Fridays from 2-3PM:

*head automatica- brooklyn is burning

*beck- cellphone's dead

*aminaniacs- lake titicaca

*gravy train!!!!- hump lites

*bitter: sweet- the mating game

*david bowie- starman

*casper and the cookies- hey mr. superstar

*sublime- doin' time (snoop time remix)

*mirah- the light

*king crimson- discipline

*feathers- skara brain

*clap your hands say yeah- let the cool goddess rust away

*say anything- the writhing south

*animaniacs- wakko's america

*reel big fish- ban the tube top

*tenacious d- destiny

There will be more Animaniacs next week! There are two cd's in the library and surely I must play all of the tracks at some point. :-p

Radio #1 - November 30th Special Edition

Not really special... but I like it.

Track Listing: (new favorites in bold) (old favorites in italics)

1. Universal Hall Pass - Misdirected
2. Air - Radio #1
3. Skeletons - this is my dream come true
4. Kim Hiorthoy - Doktor Watson-Trikset
5. Arovane - Eleventh!
6. The Blow - Knowing the Things That I Know
7. Prefuse 73 - Expressing Views is Obviously Illegal
8. OCTET - Sneakers & Thong
9. Don Caballero - June is Finally Here
10. Motohiro Nakashima - Potala
11. Air - How Does It Make You Feel?
12. loden - komop
13. Boris Policeband - Tow Away
14. Delta 5 - Telephone
15. J + J + J - Skeeball vs. The Mall
16. Mr. Oizo - Oizo's (Doggy Bag Mix)
17. Prefuse 73 - It's Crowded (ft. Claudia Deheza)
18. The Blow - The Love That I Crave
19. Motohiro Nakashima - Tuesday
20. General Electrics - Tu M'Intrigues
21. Skalpel - 3. Long Distance Call
22. Portishead - Numb
23. MAKE-UP - Black Wire Pt. 2
24. O. Lamm - Tammy Metempsycho Darling
25. Lali Puna - Rapariga Da Banheira
26. The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
27. General Electrics - Take You Out Tonight
28. Anja Garbarek - Spin The Context
29. skeletons - HEY LISTEN UP
30. A Guy Called Gerald - Boy and Fear

Wow! Amazing! Doesn't it all just make you feel warm inside?!

Addicted to Baked Goods 11/28

My show is on Tuesdays 4-5pm.

company calls epilogue - death cab for cutie
subtract my life - the mathematicians
crown of love - the arcade fire
yeah yeah yeah song -flaming lips
is this love? - clap your hands and say yeah
piazza the new york catcher - belle and sebastian
everyday feels like sunday - of montreal
when the deal goes down - bob dylan
dance music - mountain goats
youre so damn hot - ok go
turn out the light - new amsterdams
walking after you - foo fighters
i've hardly been - stephen malkamus
she just happened - mighty mighty bosstones
you're the good things - modest mouse
king of time - ted leo and the pharmacists
letters to the far reaches - the promise ring

-Tracy

Ambient Signal Playlist 11/28/06

Too much work to do today..
WRPI 91.5fm!
http://www.wrpi.org/ for webcast

1. Feist- Gatekeeper
2. Stars- Set yourself on fire
3. Desaparecidos- Greater Omaha
4. 13 & God- Men of station
5. A Northern Chorus- Subjects and matter
6. Amiina-Seoul
7. Ester Drang- Caledonia
8. The Decemberists- The Engine Driver
9. Bright eyes/The Album Leaf- Bad Blood
10. Mugison- 2 Birds
11. Hammock- Will you ever love yourself?
12. Daylights for the Birds- Early Summer
13. Squarepusher- Timmib Help Buss
14. Annuals- Ida, My
15. Brand New- Limousine
16. Mirah- Sweepstakes prize
17. M83- Addicted to Self Mutilation
18. The Velvet Teen- Death
19. Station Myth- Digger
20. Niobe- Give all to love
21. Denali- Relief
22. Swords- Family photographs
23. Camera Obscura- Razzle Dazzle Rose

Thats all for today..plenty of new stuff to be played also..hope you enjoy

Addicted to Baked Goods 11/21

Here's my show for the week. Tuesdays 4-5pm.

ghost mountain - the unicorns
sing me spanish tango - the new pornographers
the book of love - the magnetic fields
here it goes again -ok go
dark star - beck
do you realize (tps remix) - the flaming lips
mama - stephen malkamus
jennifer louise - of montreal
john wayne gracy jr - sufjan stevens
cut your hair - pavement
great day - morning star
sally gal - bob dylan
protected from the rain - grandaddy
i'll follow you into the dark - death cab for cutie
plastic sun - sonic youth
lucky charm- apples in stereo
poison in the walls - go-betweens
smoke-it - dandy warhols
photograph - camper van beethoven

-Tracy

pinkie swear.

Pinkie swear! 11/18/06
song title - artist
shot you down feat. Nancy Sinatra - Audio Bullys
radiohead - skttrbrain-four tet remix
o mexico - dosh
metallic rutland - model fighter
tony joe white - rainy nights in georgia - boozoo bajou
colder - bitcrush
mild davis - cities
tk 2 - isis
noah and the electric cholos - softlightes
the garden (beats) - cut chemist
storm (instrumental) - cut chemist
dark day, white lines - honeycut
teenagers in love - riding paper airplanes
sunrise - daedelus
dead armies - caural
changes - tahiti 80
new years - asobi seksu
colours - hot chip (off the DFA remixes)
drove through glass to get here - 65daysofstatic
from bedroom to bass bins - mochipet
in the morning - razorlight
quelle heure est-il - tomcraft
chipple - thumbtack smoothie
can't remember - revox
5 year eve - alias and tarsier
not without you - roger o'donnell - album leaf
dude you feel electrical - shout out out out out
will you ever love yourself? - hammock
work slow life - so percussion
for the truth in you - roger o'donnell

DANCE ON!
-Emelie

Pomp and Pride 11.17.06

Short show this week, hockey coming on at 7. After last week, I am relieved. I'm sitting here listening to Steve play a lot of stuff I would like to play, but can't go repeating just ten minutes after he plays it. Save it for another time. Here's my playlist anyway.




01. The Stolen Records - Crunch *NEW
02. Half Handed Cloud - You Get a Horse Shoe
03. Euros Childs - Hi Mewn Socasau *NEW
04. The Curtains - The Thousandth Face *NEW
05. Olivia Tremor Control - Curtain Call pt. 3
06. Is That the Tralala - We're Comin' Out *NEW
07. Bright Eyes - I Believe in Symmetry
08. Ashford Breaks - Exposure *NEW
09. Apples in Stereo - Silver Chain
10. Softlilghtes - Heart Made of Sound *NEW
11. David and the Citizens - Graycoated Morning *NEW
12. Page France - Elephant
13. Damien Rice - Elephant *NEW
^ Cut short thanks to Hockey

pinkie swear.

Filling in for Radio #1 tonight:
title - artist
Girlkillsbear - Softlightes
I want candy - bow wow wow
shake your coconuts (dfa remix) - junior senior
banquet - bloc party
robotic voices - mathematicians
keep on moving - audio bullys
mothership - kid beyond
destroy everything you touch - ladytron
scan the waves - ms. john soda
heart made of sound - softlightes
fastforward (flochart remix) - lali puna
high and dry - radiohead
le disko - shiny toy guns
welcome to the times - 65daysofstatic
gamma knife - the dead science
run - air
every ghost has it's spectre - bitcrush
micael - juana molina
electric tagtraum - riamiwo
original bedroom rockers - ambient dance party (we had Jamison there in spirit)
processed beats - kasabian
the drinks we drank last night - azure ray
robot girl (featuring ellen alien) - mochipet
climbing on roofs (desperate edit) - 65daysofstatic
master of the music - wolfgang
lasagna - the knife
disko donkey (phon.o mix) - mochipet
sundown - daedelus
colors (dfa remix) - hot chip

Don't forget, I'll be on Saturday from 4-6! From 6-8 is special guest Rich, so I might stick around for some of that too! - Emelie

Three Short Words

So I realized on my last post I forgot to mention the name of my show. Is that important? It's Three Short Words and I'm on every Wednesday from 11 am to 1. Here's today's playlist, dig it.

Songs: Ohia - I've Been Riding With the Ghost
Wilco - Handshake Drugs
Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Death To Everyone
Lou Barlow - Legendary
Sonic Youth - Quest For The Cup* (by request, kinda)
Modest Mouse - You're the Good Things
The Dears - You and I Are a Gang of Losers
Sufjan Stevens - Juniper Winter
The Mountain Goats - First Few Desperate Hours
My Morning Jacket - Laylow (live)
The Wrens - Hopeless
The Jim Yoshi Pile-Up - Reckless Driving
Cloud Cult - That Man Jumped Out the Window
The Annuals - My Ida
Figurines - Silver Ponds
The Decemberists - The Perfect Crime #2
The Dismemberment Plan - This is the Life
The Flaming Lips - My Cosmic Autumn Rebellion
Islands - Swans
Mirah - La Familia (remix)
Clue To Kalo - As Tommy Fixes Fights
The Blow - Pardon Me
The Books - Take Time
The Knife - We Share Our Mothers Health

Punk and Indie Gems - November 15

This show had a lot of plan-it-x and dischord bands. No special reason for that, I've been looking at music to buy from these bands so I've been listening to a lot of their music.

* means the band is active
d means it's a dischord band
p means it's a plan-it-x band
links are to audio pages on websites

1d -- q and not u - kiss distinctly american
2* -- vio/mire - for the last time
3* -- ...and you will know us by the trail of dead - so divided
4* -- apple jackzzzzz - stay up
5d -- dag nasty - circles
6* -- sufjan stevens - that was the worst christmas ever
7p* -- the four eyes - the debate team
8d -- grey matter - oscar's eye
9p -- one reason - the end never mattered
10p* -- defiance ohio - tanks tanks tanks
11d -- scream - fight/american justice
12p* -- the doorkeys - bugs
13p* -- paul baribeau - like bells
14p* -- japanther - the boss
15p* -- the dauntless elite - i am ninja, my life is lonely
16p* -- madeline - sailing away
17 -- jawbreaker - peel it the fuck down
18 -- david bowie - ziggy stardust
19p -- the carrie nations - sofa king
20p -- abe froman - finnegan royce

Addicted to Baked Goods 11/14

Addicted to baked goods: Tues 4-5. Here is my playlist from 11/14. If you have any suggestions let me know.

lloyd, i'm ready to be heartbroken - camera obscura
our weekend starts on wednesday - hey mercedes
miracle drug -a.c. newman
caught in the rain - preston school of industry
sealed with a kiss - deerhoof
el caminos in the west - grandaddy
juniper winter - sufjan stevens
so says i - shins
jaques lamure - of montreal
cruisin - mathematicians
asleep at the wheel - new amsterdams
dinner at eight in the suburbs - all-time quarterback
the pink life - mike doughty
peacocks in the video rain - john vanderslice
the summer - yo la tengo
step into my office, baby - belle and sebastian
camfire kansas - get up kids
song for myla goldberg - decemberists
binary girl -mathematicians

Ambient Signal playlist11/14/06

Ew..what a rainy day
WRPI 91.5fm!
http://www.wrpi.org/ for webcast

1. 13 & God- Soft Atlas
2. Talkdemonic- Andean Twilight
3. The Album Leaf-Malmo
4. The Velvet Teen- A special gift to you
5. Valley of the giants- Westworld
6. Bright Eyes- Soon you will be leaving your man
7. The Arcade Fire- In the backseat
8. Theivary Corp.- Marching the Hate Machines into the sun (request)
9. Mice parade- The Boat Room
10. Doves- Caught by the River
11. Mirah- La Familia
12. Apple Jackzzzzz- Stay Up
13. Dosh- Everybody Cheer Up Song
14. Sufjan Stevens- Get behind me Santa!
15. Annuals- Bleary Eyed
16. Hammock- Raise your voice...trying to stop an echo
17. Bitcrush- Drop Entitled
18. Daylights for the birds- To No One
19. Pink Nasty- Napoleon Complex
20. Miho Hatori- Ecdysis
21. Camera Obscura- Books written for girls
22. Husky Rescue- Sweet little kitten
23. Stars- Going, Going, Gone
24. Amiina- Ugla

Call in with requests..i'll be adding to this list when I play new stuff...and damn is there a lot of it this week
Enjoy!

CMJ Top 30 week prior to 11/14

Here are our top played new album for the last week..comments? Way to go steve ..you made a lot of stuff no one else played manage to chart..

1 ANIMAL COLLECTIVE Hollindagain Paw Tracks
2 BECK The Information Interscope
3 AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF DEAD So Divided Interscope
4 SUBURBAN KIDS WITH BIBLICAL NAMES #3 Minty Fresh
5 ANTARCTICANS Teach Children: Fear All Teachings of Eternity, The Doom of Self and Nature
6 DISASTERPEACE Level
7 BENJY FERREE Leaving The Nest Domino
8 MIHO HATORI Ecdysis Ryko
9 FEATHERS Synchromy [EP] Hometapes
10 ARCTIC MONKEYS Leave Before The Lights Come On [EP] domino
11 CASPER AND THE COOKIES The Optimist's Club Happy Happy Birthday To Me
12 ME FIRST AND THE GIMME GIMMES Love Their Country Fat Wreck Chords
13 RIDING PAPER AIRPLANES Riding Paper Airplanes New Wine
14 DOSH The Lost Take Anticon
15 MASTODON Blood Mountain Warner Bros.
16 BLOOD BROTHERS Young Machetes V2
17 DECEMBERISTS The Crane Wife Capitol
18 DAVID AND THE CITIZENS Until The Sadness Is Gone Friendly Fire
19 AM Troubled Times Defend
20 MOCHIPET Disko Donkey Daly City
21 DEARS Gang Of Losers Arts And Crafts
22 DAYLIGHT'S FOR THE BIRDS Trouble Everywhere This Generation Tapes
23 ANNUALS Be He Me Ace Fu
24 BITCRUSH In Distance n5MD
25 TOMMY GUERRERO From The Soil To The Soul Quannum
26 HIDDEN CAMERAS Awoo Arts And Crafts
27 AS TALL AS LIONS As Tall As Lions Triple Crown
28 MUTE MATH Mute Math Teleprompt
29 OUIJA RADIO Oh No...Yes! Yes! Crustacean
30 KAMIKAZE HEARTS Oneida Road Collar City

pinkie swear. 11/12 playlist

Very danceable show today!

Cruisin - Mathematicians
Le Disko - Shiny Toy Guns
The Hearts A Lonely Hunter - David Byrne (Thievery Corporation Remix)
Mast of the Music - Wolfgang
Shake - Audio Bullys
Transistor Radio - Cloud Cult
Slash Dot Dash - Fatboy Slim
Alala - CSS
Jique - MSTRKRFT Remix - Brazilian Girls
The Last One Standing - Ladytron
I Want Candy - Bow Wow Wow
The Way We get by - Spoon
It's 5 - Architecture in Helsinki
What's the difference? - Mathematicians
Heartbeats - The Knife
Confidence - Riamiwo
Radio Protector - 65daysofstatic
Colours - Hot Chip - DFA Remix
What the Hell - So Percussion
2 + 2 = 5 - Radiohead
Body Heat - Plus Device
Homecoming - Electric Gypsy Land 2
Pa' La Calle - Urban Legend
LCD - Mathematicians
This Charming Man - The Smiths
Robotic Voices - Mathematicians

Thanks to my callers! I love hearing what you have to say : ]
-Emelie

Pomp and Pride tonight is on what I thought was going to be an 80's kick, but turned more into leading lady vocalists, and then the show is going to be looooong because there is no hockey game, so we'll see what goes.


01. XTC - Ten Feet Tall
02. Adam Ant - Kings of the Wild Frontier
03. Bishop Allen - Queen of the Rummage Sale
04. Riding Paper Airplanes - Red Carpet Gala *NEW
^ Unfortunate vocals
05. Donna Regina - Lazy Heart
06. Casper and the Cookies - Learn How to Disappear *NEW
^ Cute, next album might be great if they develop.
07. Adam Green - Jessica
08. Cake on Cake - Sparrow Parade *NEW
^ Folky Magnetic Fields thing going on.
09. Rilo Kiley - Always
10. David and the Citizens - New Direction *NEW
11. Stars - Better Than Heaven
12. The Mountain Goats - Stars Fell on Alabama
13. Benjy Ferree - A Little at a Time *NEW
^ Totally neat. Electrofolk?
14. Bjork - It's Not Up To You
15. Pixies - Dig For Fire
16. Arctic Monkeys - Put Your Dukes Up John *NEW
17. Big Audio Dynamite - Rush
^ Steve Smith doesn't like this song.
18. So Percussion - White *NEW
19. Arcade Fire - Crown of Love
20. Plus Device - Public Transport *NEW
21. Beat Happening - Pinebox Derby
22. ... And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - Life *NEW
^ Nice Lord of the Rings album art? Source Tags and Code was way better.
23. PSA - Health Proxy and Living Wills
24. Elvis Costello - (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding
25. Suburban Kids with Biblical Names - Parakit *NEW
^ Reminds me of the Future Kings of Nowhere that played at GZ last year
26. Belle and Sebastian - Legal Man
27. Neutral Milk Hotel - Up and Over We Go
^ Off of Hype City Soundtrack, precursor to King of Carrot Flowers
28. Badly Drawn Boy - Above You, Below Me
29. Figurine - Rewind
30. David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
At this point, I read 'What's going on here?', and decided to play half of Neutral Milk Hotel's In the Aeroplane Over the Sea.
31. Clientele - Spirit
32. Miho Hatori - Barracuda *NEW
33. The Clash - 1-2 Crush on You
34. Disasterpeace - Darkplaid Dungeon I - Emporor Rofliron Encounter
35. Disasterpeace - Darkplaid Dungeon II - The Return of Prince Piddles
36. Disasterpeace - Argyle Abode - March of Rigor
^ The track transitions kept slipping by me.
37. Page France - Chariot
38. Bright Eyes - Down a Rabbit Hole
More Neutral Milk Hotel at this point, the rest of the album.
39 . The Scattered Pages - I was Never Someone in Love *NEW
40 . The Mathematicians - Subtract My Life
41. The Monolith - The Sounding *NEW
42. The Feathers - Mint Cairo *NEW
43. The Head Set - Pure Convenience *NEW
^ Thanks a lot for reminding me of Aerosmith
44. Akron/Family - Italy
45. Hot IQs - Elephant in White *NEW
46. The Close - Penny Jar *NEW

I never want to do a four hour show again. But at least I've taken responsibility for the hockey slot!

RADIO #ONE

Today's magical electroweird playlist:

1. Feathers - Tone Poem (new ... to the US)
2. Air - Radio #1
3. F.S. Blumm - Nie
4. Osymoso - Fiver to Bigwig
5. Hal 9000 and Sylvie Marks - Bluetenspass
6. General Electrics - Central Park (awesome)
7. knifehandchop - goin' back to scarborough
8. Casino Versus Japan - Late for School
9. Esquivel - Yeyo
10. Chicks on Speed - Little Star
11. Stars - He Lied About Death
12. The Microphones - PreAmp
13. Mouse on Mars - Rompatrouille
14. General Electrics - Time to Undress
15. The Emergency - We Got the Horror
16. Orange Cake Mix - Bird Song
17. Magnetophone - ...And May Your Last Words Be A Chance To Make Things Better
18. Air - The Vagabond
19. General Electrics - Brain Collage
20. The Sultans - Shut Up and Sit Down
21. Magnetophone - Benny's Insobriety
22. Kim Hiorthory - Giving and Taking Book
23. Chicks on Speed - Warm Leatherette
24. Cim - Asial Fill
25. Bjork - Mouth's Cradle
26. Ms. John Soda - Go Check
27. The Church - Under the Milky Way
28. Everything But the Girl - Blame

Tune in to see how far I actually get through it!

Late To The Party, As Always

I just wanted to make sure the party didn't suck before I came in. Anyway, below is the playlist from my show today. I'd describe what type of music I played, but there's a frickin playlist right below this. I'm on every Wednesday from 11am-1, before Punk Rock and Indie Gems.

The Flaming Lips - What Is The Light?
Chin Up, Chin Up - I Need a Friend With a Boat
The Microphones - The Glow
Figurines - Rivalry
Dosh - Everybody Cheer Up Song
The Apples in Stereo - Strawberryfire
Beck - Darkstar
The Decemberists - The Island - Come and See - The Landlord's Daughter - You'll Not Feel the Drowning
The Walkmen - We've Been Had
The Black Keys - Give Your Heart Away
John Vanderslice - Coming and Going on Easy Terms
...and You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - Stand in Silence
The Dears - Ticket To Immortality
The Kamikaze Hearts - Top of Your Head
Architecture in Helsinki - Do the Whirlwind
The Knife - We Share Our Mothers Health*
The Blow - Parentheses
The Rapture - Heaven
The Annuals - Brother
Grizzly Bear - Colorado
TV on the Radio - Dirtywhirl
Why? - Sanddollars

*My next show may consist of this song on repeat. That'd violate the DMCA, but I'm crazy like that.

Pictures from CMJ - Emelie

^ Columbus Circle






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punk and indie gems - november 8

1 -- dinosaur jr - the lung - nice song from 'you're living all over me', which is pretty much all a great album
2* -- decemberists - yankee bayonet (i will be home then) -- i announced this as the crane wife, sorry for the mistake
3* -- and you will know us by the trail of dead - stand in silence - i've never listened to them before but i like this song. i was at their concert at the village voice siren festival but there were many bands and i don't remember much
4 -- jawbreaker - jet black - jawbreaker in its really emo phase. song got cut off by cd scratches, sorry
5 -- smiths - how soon is it now - maybe the smith's best song
6* -- mastodon - the wolf is loose
7 -- fugazi - the argument -- fugazi's last song. post-post-hardcore
8* -- nodal nim - five songs about fish -- he used to live in troy and attend ground zero and flavour cafe
9 -- television - marquee moon
10* -- matches - papercut skin
11* -- nofx - champ elysees -- in french
12 -- shudder to think - love catastrophe
13* -- mission of burma - this is not a photograph
14 -- replacements - i hate music

CMJ Day 4 + 5 - Emelie (sorry so late!)

First off, if you don't know what CMJ is, go to www.CMJ.com for more information and a general idea on what I've been talking about.
Day 4 was deleted by accident and I lost the notes I took (or rather Blar's car ate them) so I'm going off of what I can remember from last week. It kind of feels like a giant blur because everything went by so quickly. Friday (day 4) I started off at the "Genius Guide to Indie Concert Promotion" and it was very interesting from a DJ's standpoint. I got a lot of insight on the risks that promotion people have to deal with and how one band can make or break them. I also was shocked at the amount they use Myspace as a means of finding new artists, checking to see how popular a band is by profile views, etc. Myspace seemed to be quite the important tool throughout the entire week of conferences because it was brought up in so many panels. Following that panel, I attended the "Playlist Wars" which dealt with how artists can receive airplay. Once again, Myspace being a huge helper in that. The bottom line was, don't send digital files that need to be downloaded, don't send singles and make sure it looks appealing (though each radio station/promoter varies). The last panel I attended for the day was "Membership Privledges: Artists Exposure through Web Communities". This again, talked of Myspace, since it's the largest community of music listeners. But it also touched on Purevolume.com, Fuzz.com, and YAHOO Music!. It is amazing to me how digital the music industry has become. This is most present in the closing of Tower Records, a giant in the industry and a block from the CMJ conferences. That night I went with Jeremy to see Deerhoof and Architecture and Helsinki, which was an outstanding show! There were 9 people on stage and so much energy and emotion went into it. Not to mention talent and creativity!

Day 5 -
The last day... This day had the most panels that I wanted to see, some of which I missed because I forgot to get off the of subway (duh). I went to "Radio Star Confidential: The Top DJ's Tell All" which was VERY interesting and featured some excellent people on the board. They stressed just getting out to the clubs and listening to music will help you find new bands/ artists as well as listening to local and new music shows. Following that I went to "This Ain't No Disco" (a classic Talking Heads line - you know I wouldn't miss that one!). The panel was different people in the Electronic Music Industy (Thrive Records, XEL8R Magazine, an agent and a radio DJ). They answered many great questions including where electronic music is going as far as sales and shows. They seemed to think that Festivals were the best way to get peoples names out there since most people only know the big business guys like Paul Oakenfold and Paul Van Dyk. Lastly I attended "Battle of the DJ's and Remixers" which was also very interesting. They played for us some sample songs of the before and afters, since they generally make remixes out of songs that are from another artist. One of the people on the panel just did the "Whip it" song for the new Jetta commercial. I'm looking forward to seeing that one. From there, I got a call from Blar and we decided to head home because we were exhausted from our week! I had so much fun, and it was such a learning experience. Thanks to the Friends of WRPI who funded our trip.

www.friendsofwrpi.org

CMJ Top 30 week prior to 11/7

Yeaah..good looking charts for the most part..good to see that the Decemberists is starting to fall...and i think the annuals album is greaat

CMJ Top 30 week prior to 11/7
1 ANNUALS Be He Me Ace Fu
2 DOSH The Lost Take Anticon
3 65DAYSOFSTATIC One Time For All Time Monotreme
4 DECEMBERISTS The Crane Wife Capitol
5 BECK The Information Interscope
6 SHOUT OUT OUT OUT OUT Not Saying Just Saying Normals Welcome
7 CASPER AND THE COOKIES The Optimist's Club Happy Happy Birthday To Me
8 ME FIRST AND THE GIMME GIMMES Love Their Country Fat Wreck Chords
9 RX BANDITS ...And The Battle Has Begun Mashdown Babylon
10 BITCRUSH In Distance n5MD
11 CHIN UP CHIN UP This Harness Can't Ride Anything Suicide Squeeze
12 MATCHES Decomposer Epitaph
13 FLAMING LIPS At War With The Mystics Warner Bros.
14 DAVID AND THE CITIZENS Until The Sadness Is Gone Friendly Fire
15 STARS OF TRACK AND FIELD Centuries Before Love And War Sidecho
16 BLOOD BROTHERS Young Machetes V2
17 MOCHIPET Disko Donkey Daly City
18 TRUCKS The Trucks Clickpop
19 AS TALL AS LIONS As Tall As Lions Triple Crown
20 LES GEORGES LENINGRAD Sangue Puro Tomlab
21 MIHO HATORI Ecdysis Ryko
22 HEART ATTACKS Hellbound And Heartless Hellcat
23 CHROME CHILDREN Various Artists Stones Throw
24 CURTAINS Calamity Asthmatic Kitty
25 SO IT GOES Histrionics Self-Released
26 PORTASTATIC Be Still Please Merge
27 KAMIKAZE HEARTS Oneida Road Collar City
28 ALELA DIANE Pirate's Gospel Holocene
29 WET CONFETTI Laughing Gasping Pampelmoose
30 BORN RUFFIANS Born Ruffians Warp

Ambient Signal 11/7/06

Tonight will feature a big selection of songs from bands I saw at CMJ...enjoy!
WRPI 91.5fm!
http://www.wrpi.org/ for webcast

1. Feist- Mushaboom [K-Os Mix)
2. Stars- What the Snowman Learned about love
3. Bell orchestre- Throw it on a fire
4. Sigur Ros- Untitled 8 (request)
5. Margot and the Nuclear So & So's- A sea chanty of sorts
6. Forget Cassettes- A Legacy's Demise
7. Fembots- Prison memoirs of an anarchist
8. Fog- We're winning
9. Broken Social Scene- Windsurfing nation
10. Bright Eyes- I will be grateful for this day
11. Annuals- Brother
12. Daylights for the birds- Flicker
13. Bitcrush- Post
14. Animal Collective-Lablakely Dress
15. 65 days of static- Drove through ghosts to get here
16. Mum- The Ballad of Broken Birdie Records
17. Squarepusher- Tetra-sync
18. Four Tet- My Angel Rocks back and forth
19. The Album Leaf- Twenty Two Fourteen
20. Rachel's- Last Things Last
21. Amiina- Hemipode

Yeaahhhhh

monsters get slain november 6th2006

monsters get slain
october 6 2006

kimya dawson- i miss you
michael jordan touchdown pass- march of insubordination
this bike is a pipe bomb- this is what i want
sweep the leg johnny- only in a rerun
IBOPA- when you write
black moth super rainbow- vietcaterpillar
phil ochs- love me i'm a liberal
ryan jenkins
-love me i'm a liberal (*cover of evan greer's update*)
-untitled
-workers people (holler and a stomp)
-forget these streets
johnny hobo and the freight trains- d.i.y. orgasms
kimya dawson- like giants
sinaola- the earth is on fire
rosa- starch + carbohydrates
defiance ohio- tanks! tanks! tanks!
ghost mice- big picture
mountain goats- love love love
michael jordan touchdown pass- the waltz of the moronic


...
for more related music
http://www.plan-it-x.com/
http://www.riotfolk.org
http://www.ironweedcollective.org/
....

love
allison

CMJ wrapup 11/6

Hey folks,

Just going to give my recap of the 4 days of cmj that I didn't cover already.

Wednesday:
Saw lots of cool panels
Gearheads unite: Learned about some new technology that will be coming out from some of the large musical equipment manufacturers
Digital Domination: Learned some cool stuff about how the online digital music sales market is going
Watched the movie 'FUCK'
How to be a music player in video games: Interesting stuff on how musicians should approach getting their video games in music

Concert of the night: Tall Firs, Fog at Northsix
Managed to get Fog's autograph..they played a good show..lots of energy, but didn't really play any of the songs I really liked.
Hopped over to Manhattan to Piano's to catch a couple songs from Mixel Pixel (who played here at RPI on saturday) and to say hey to them. The use of a scrim and projector was quite interesting

Thursday:
Really really long day. Tons of cool panels today.
Music directors summit: learned about how other stations handle their music department
How to make music videos on a tight budget: This was probably my favorite panel, because i learned the most from it. Most of the knowledge they spoke of didn't apply to me right now because they talked about low budget videos being for about 10k, but a lot of it was interesting nonetheless.
College Radio Awards: watched as promo people and other stations won various prizes for being station of the year, etc etc

Concert of the night:
Sub Pop showcase: Loney dear, oxford collapse, the elected, CSS, The Thermals, The Album leaf (!!), and the The Shins at Bowery Ballroom

Loney Dear (6pm)was decent. Oxford collapse(7pm) had good energy but was very boring. The elected(8pm) had good stage banter, and energy, and it took me the longest time to realize that the lead singer used to be on 'salute your shorts' . CSS (9pm)was probably the most fun people had at the concert, 6 crazy brazilian people dancing around on stage to electronic beats and guitar. The thermals (11pm) was awful..way too loud..and every single song sounded exactly the same.

Finally, at midnight the Album leaf started to setup and play. Luckily I was leaning right on the stage on the side that Jimmy Lavalle was setting up. I got his autograph which is quite amazing because he is one of my favorite musicians of all time, and probably my biggest influence. Their set was awesome, and I was surprised they could pull it off with all of the equipment they had to set up. They played:
Always for You
Shine
2214
Outerbanks
Redeye
One your way
Wherever I go

It ended about 1am, and I made my way out (I didn't stay for the shins..I don't care for them).

Friday:
Caught The Decemberists at the SoHo Apple store at 1pm and it was an alright show. Because it was in the store, it was very quiet and not very energetic but they played a good selection of songs.

I didn't catch amny interesting panels today, I was very tired from the day before.

Concert:
Kevin Devine, Annuals at Bowery Ballroom
Kevin Devine was alright..just kind of standard indie singer songwriter stuff.
Annuals were great, tons of energy and played all of the songs I wanted to hear, and they were very nice when I thanked them afterwards..they're quickly becoming one of my new favorite bands

Saturday:
Almost over...
Saw Forget Cassettes at a Terrorbird showcase at Fontana's and it was a short, but very sweet set..I was surprised she could pull of the vocals as well as she did live.

Went to catch the Album Leaf again at an AAM party at Northsix, and once again they were very good..the set was the same pretty much, except replace 'on your way' with 'see in you'

Almost went to see Margot and the Nuclear So and So's back over in manhattan at 11pm but the strain of the day, and the previous days, and the prospect of driving 3 hours home at 2am with barely any energy made me make the choice to miss the show..which is unfortunate, but probably a wise decision.


Thats it! It was a great time and I'm really looking forward to getting back there next year.

Thanks (all 2 of my fans) for being patient with the Blender playlist updates

Two new albums I fell in love with this week. John Medeski and Matthew Shipp have released a new album on this thing called the Blue Series, curated by Shipp. Basically a mix of electronics and jazz, which typically results in an illbient sort of sound, though it varies. TONS of amazing albums have come out of this, by artists like Antipop Consortium, DJ Spooky, El P, and Meat Beat Manifesto. I'll be playing the hell out of this the next few shows.

The other is by the Antarcticans. I'm not afraid to say that they are the best post rock since Godspeed You Black Emperor. They're that good. I heard them for the first time over the summer when I was in LA on this other great college radio station KXLU. This band seems to be local to the area, seeing as how their label is out of Pasadena. But man oh man I hope I manage to catch these guys live at some point.

One show I want to mention... The Mathematicians (who rocked my pants off earlier this year) are coming back to do another awe inspiring show at RPI next saturday. I am *so* there. Check GZ's website for updates regarding location.

See ya next friday as always, 4 to 6.

Playlist for Friday November 3, 2006
4 to 6 pm
Ulrich Schnauss - In All The Wrong Places
Autechre - VI Scose Poise
John Medeski & Matthew Shipp - Noonday Demon
4:20
So Percussion - What The Hell
Quench - Dapted
Mochipet - From Bedrooms To Bass Bins
4:37
Miho Hatori - Today Is Like That
The Flaming Lips - The W.A.N.D. Supernaturalistic (Goldfrapp remix)
Les Georges Leningrad - Skulls In The Closet
4:47
Bitcrush - Drop Entitled
65daysofstatic - Drove Through Ghosts To Get Here
5:00
The Antarcticans - The Ghost of the Trees & The Erase of Man
5:13
The Kamikaze Hearts - Lubbock, TX
Frida Hyvonen - Valerie
Christine Fellows - Double Takes
Annuals - Brother
5:26
The Byrds - I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better
As Tall As Lions - Stab City
The Drones - Jezebel
5:42
The Kamikaze Hearts - Guyana Central High School Class of '78
BT - All That Makes Us Human Continues
5:58, "After Dark"
Axolotl - Pneuma
Axolotl - Uroboros
end of show 

Pomp and Pride 11.3.06

01. Shout Out Out Out - Chicken Soup for the Fuck You *NEW
02. Middlepicker - Burning up on re-entry *NEW
03. Pixies - Wave of Mutilation
04. Casper and the Cookies - Krotenwanderung *NEW
05. Chin Up Chin Up - We've Got to Keep Running *NEW
06. Stars of Track and Field - Centuries *NEW
07. The Magnetic Fields - Meaningless
08. So It Goes - Apology *NEW
10. Against Me! - Pints of Guinness Make You Strong
11. David & The Citizens - (unknown, bonus track 14) *NEW
12. They Shoot Horses, Don't They? - Apple

Short show, thanks hockey.

CMJ Day 3 - Emelie

Cold, wet and drizzly. By the time I got out on the road, it wasn't too bad. I only got four hours of sleep and my head was huuurting. I left my CMJ book at the apartment so I was just winging it. I went to Barnes and Noble for a free breakfast that was minimal but had those fancy new tea bags that are made of silk or something and they are triangular. So neat! I met up with Jeremy and Blar and we hit up many many panels that day. It was college day, so everything was geared towards us. We saw some porn stars talk.. I quoted a few of them. Interesting. Music and porn; what more do you need in life? -Jesse Caps The whole connection between women and music is very interesting. They talked about how music videos feature women and many promotional parties do as well (regardless of the item). Later we went to a lecture on PR and getting your radiostations name out there. It was really interesting and inspired me to do more PR stuff for the station. After all that, Jeremy and I went down to Tribecca to see Stranger Than Fiction which was playing for us at Tribecca Cinemas. I'm not one for humor but everyone else was laughing like crazy. I cried at the end, I felt it was a really touching movie, oddly enough. Then we went our seperate ways, and I headed off to the Marie Antoinette Filter Magazine party at the Hiro Lounge at the Maratime Hotel. They were serving Sofia champagne, from the Francis Ford Coppola Winery in California. Everything was free. Free t-shirt when you walked in, drinks, pins, magazines, feathers like Marie would wear, etc. So much fun! Ra Ra Riot performed and so did Bow Wow Wow. I grabbed some posters and went home after the show. I have to get back on the road today, later than yesterday but still okay. -Emelie

11- 02- 06

Thursdays : 4 - 6 p.m.

CMJ Day 2 - Emelie

What a trip. I woke up late yesterday and showered and got ready. Took the G train to the C right to Columbus Circle. I stopped in this amazing bagel shop (Bergen Bagels, the best of Brooklyn n my opinion) on the way for tea and a bagel with basil cream cheeese. SO good! The girls I'm staying with (who attend Pratt and are both art majors) made me a hand drawn map that told me where to go in a fun little way. It saved me. CMJ gave us this handbook that is your Bible while you are here. Seriously.

I met up with Blar and Jeremy and we did some booth browsing. I found this company that dealt with American/French electronic music relations. She gave me a booklet of all the artists. The first page was Air and it only got better from there. She gave me her business card so expect more from artists like Mr. Oizo, Octet, and many more French artists.

We attended a panel on digital music and it featured people from mp3.com, rhapsody, napster and more.

The entire crew went to see the movie FUCK, which was a documentary on the word. It was great. The interviews were from both right and left wings, and comedians; making for an extremely funny movie. Highly reccomended.

Later on in the night Jeremy and I went to a bar where I met up with Jessica from SPECTRE Entertainment, where I was denied to a bar for being under 21. Lame. Honeycut and Kraak & Smaak were playing so I wasn't able to catch them. From there we went to see The Knife play at Webster Hall (which as Jeremy pointed out, was decorated with webs for halloween - har har). We found this extremely drunk kid (or rather, he found us) who was SO excited and just made our night so much better.

In line for the show we met this cool band called In Blood Lines. They have a show on Friday. Very cool kids from Canada.

The Knife show was great, they performed in head to toe jumpsuits, facial masks that glowed in blacklight and they were behind a screen the entire show. The lights were strictly black lights and there were neat visuals on the screen in front of them and behind. It was so well done. The set felt some what short, especially considering it was the only act, but it was their second show in the US, I'll take what I can get.

After the show Jeremy and I were pools of sweat and we hit up the pizza place (again) for a bite of heaven. Then we went our seperate ways - myself, Brooklyn bound at 1am.

Today, it looks like rain. That makes me iffy. It's college day however and I have a free breakfast to catch! I'm off!
-Emelie

punk and indie gems - nov 1st

This is a shorter show than normal since WRPI was off the air until 1:18pm
* means the band is active


1 -- indian summer - truman -- my friend jon gave me an indian summer cd. it's old emo
2 -- jawbreaker - face down -- jawbreaker during their grunge phase
3* -- built to spill - conventional wisdom -- newest single from built to spill
4* -- defiance, ohio - old dead tree -- folk punk from indiana
5* -- emily haines and the soft skeleton - our hell -- from the new bins. pretty good
6 -- television - the dream's dream -- television is what the who would be if they were punk
7* -- the evens - you won't feel a thing -- former hardcore singer and indie drummer collaborate on something beautiful
8* -- the matches - sunburn vs the rhinosaurus -- this song's about suicide i think. i like the sound of the whole cd but haven't listened to it much yet
9 -- replacements - answering machine -- awesome song about heartbreak

CMJ Day 1 feedback/concert review

What up folks, I'm currently waking up in the Brooklyn place I'm staying at. I'm going to head out to the "Gearhead's Unite: An overview of the hottest new musical gadgets" panel starting at 12 over at the Lincoln Center and staying around for the Engineer/Producer reltionship panel, and possibly moving to a guide on how to get your music in video games. And I'll report tomorrow about what concerts I see. But last night...ooh last night was great. I made it into the place I'm staying and sat around for a while wondering if I had the energy to make it all the way back to manhattan to see a show that started at midnight. I was also worried that the L train wouldnt be able to get me back over to brooklyn after the show and I'd have to pay a million dollars for a taxi (or 20).

At 10:20 I was already on the move to joe's Pub(beware the 2 drink minimum..their cokes are 5 dollars!!) to see Amiina (they're the string quartet that plays with sigur ros), and I managed to get in line for the show at 11:05. I have seen the band twice before, once at joe's pub and once opening for sigur ros and they have been fantastic. I managed to get a seat that was flanking the stage..I could reach out and touch the performer's equipment. The band is comprised of 4 childlike icelandic women, and they perform in what seems like the same dresses every night. One red, one blue, one green, and one blue with white flowers. Adorable. I sat right behind the one with the blue dress, Maria is what it said on her wireless headphone transmitter. It took them quite a while to set up, but the beginning ambience of a rumbling fireplace and crackling logs signalled their impending start. I'll just now list their setlist with notes I took, because it was a long set.

1. Litli Blar - odd ambience of mostly strings, kind of short
   
2. Blaskjar-off aminamina ep
   
3. Hemi(pode) -off aminamina ep
   
4. Luppa- used a harmonium
   
5. Kolapot
6. Glamur- played wine glasses for ambience, and did odd things like bowing the edges of glockenspiel chimes
   
7. Hilli- they forgot their mandolin for this one, had to run and get it. Messed up a lot on and seemed to give up in the end, but the mandolin melody was great
   
8. Shakka- off aminamina ep
   
9. djambo- i think this was a 'jam' to lead into ugla
   
10. Ugla- featured electric guitar, and a cute synth line from a toy piano. Had a very heavy bassy driving rhythm
    
11. djamm - another jam before fjarskanistan
    
12. Fjarskanistan- also off the aminamina ep, but one of my favorite songs by them, very long drawn out melody, but very beautiful
    
13. Seoul- title track on their upcoming ep, features a bowed saw for melody, and a rocking toy bell section
14. MAMB!-Had a cool synth line, and they laid down an odd synth line with the cello that was going through some sort of effect. The whole song seemed to be building for something.The song ended with a sudden, but well orchestrated stop, and the show was over.
    

At the end the audience clapped for a solid 2 minutes and the members came out and bowed and clapped for us twice, it was very cute. I know the setlist because well..after the amazing end of the show, I managed to nab it from the stage. Lucky me, 2 of them were selling merch by the entrance, and I got their autographs and thanked them for playing. I am very glad I decided to make the trip out, I would have regretted it if i hadn't gone. Alright time to be off to the panels..check in tomorrow!

Hello From CMJ: Day 1

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Dan Deacon is playing not too far and I wish I could be at that show, or at The Mathematicians in Albany!
Let it be known, Blar, Jeremy and I have all successfully made it to CMJ. We've checked in and started our adventure. Tonight, I decided to stay in and get settled. Dragging my suitcase and sleeping bag alone, from where Blar parked, through one subway line to the next was quite the adventure. If you know me at all, you know I'm not one to pack lightly. Blar and I got some pizza in this small overheated place and it was fantastic. There was an old man in the corner who was dressed so classy but looked as if he could hardly handle walking. My badge flapping in the breeze as Blar and I walked the streets. Blar is the only person who walks faster than I do through the city. The subway was packed with halloween costumes and paper bags with alcohol. Part of me felt bad for not celebrating my favortite holiday, but I think I did enough of it this past weekend. In NYC kids go trick-or-treating to stores, I find that pretty neat. In our free-bee bag came lots of indie pins, cds, ad cards, a cigarette tin and a condom that says PLAY HARD in a matches container? I'm overwhelmed with what to do tomorrow and the rest of the week. My schedule looks like the following:

WEDNESDAY
10am-5pm – CMJ Tradeshow – Grand Promenade of Avery Fischer Hall
1:15-2:15: Based on a True Story: Music Biopics – Helen Huntington Hull
3- Asobi Sesku – Apple Store - Soho
2:30 – 3:30: The Guru Guide to Music’s Latest High-Tech Media – Avery Fischer Hall
3:15 FUCK: the movie
8-12:15 – Arlene’s Grocery – Peachcake (12:15)
7-1 – Mercury Lounge – Girl Talk(1am)
10:15 – The Knife - Webster Hall – Doors open at 6pm

So many things overlap, and I need to figure that stuff out. I definitely want to go to the Knife show though over the others. I'm getting sleepy so early tonight. I'm sleeping in tomorrow; the panels didn't grab my attention that much and I could use the sleep. That's all for now! I hope to get you some pictures soon too!

In other news, here is my playlist from last Saturday:
Push It / Salt-N-Pepa
5 Wishes & More / Moogwai
Speedbumps / Sounds from the Underground

All Sing Along / Audio Bullys
Drop Entitled / Bitcrush
Robot Girl (Featuring Ellen Allien) / Mochipet
The Hand That Feeds (DFA Remix) / Nine Inch Nails
Happy hippo / Cloud Cult
Teenagers in Love / Riding Paper Airplanes
The Snow Falls (Featuring the Train) / The Baldwin Brothers
Le Disko / Shiny Toy Guns
Rotorblade / Sounds from the Underground
Climbing on Roofs (Desperate Edit) / 65DaysOfStatic
Shake Your Coconuts (DFA Remix) / Junior Senior
Quills (Smash TV Mix) / Mochipet
Air Is Invisible / The Baldwin Brothers
Transistor Radio / Cloud Cult
Neverland / The Knife
W.O.R.K. / Bow Wow Wow
6 Days (Radio Mix) / Cloud Cult
Mothership / Kid Beyond
Colours (DFA Remix) / Hot Chip
Micael / Juana Molina
Every Ghost Has It’s Spectre / Bitcrush
Original Bedroom Rockers – Ambient Dance Party / The Anti-drama

Pomp and Pride covers for Ambient Signal

Blar's a lucky boy, so I'll be taking over for Ambient Signal today. I'll try to keep the playlist as true to AS as possible.

Here is the playlist from my collection, new music will be added during the show.

01. Hammock - Kenotic
02. Portastatic - Sour Shores *NEW
03. Galaxie 500 - Hearing Voices
04. Flaming Lips - They Yeah Yeah Yeah Song *NEW
05. Dani Siciliano - Come as You Are
06. The Asteroid #4 - Ask Me About Pittsburgh *NEW
07. Denali - Time Away
08. Shout Out Out Out Out - Dude You Feel Electric *NEW
09. Bridge And Tunnel - Phantom Semaphore
10. Moros Eros - I Will Come Back Again *NEW
11. Mathematicians - LCD
12. David and the Citizens - On All American Winds *NEW
13. Stars - Set Yourself On Fire
14. Chin Up Chin Up - Green Water *NEW
15. Bjork - Venus As A Boy
16. Theo Angell - Sheost *NEW
17. F.S. Blumm - Blick
18. Stars of Track and Field - With You *NEW
19. Grandaddy - Stray Dog And The Chocolate Shake
20. The Curtains - Green Water *NEW
21. Gang of Four - We Live as We Dream, Alone
22. Cornelius - Smoke
23. DEVO - Freedom of Choice
24. Eels - Wooden Nickels
25. The Dismemberment Plan - You Are Invited

monsters get slain! oct 30th.

well today was quite an interesting episode of monsters get slain. i had a wonderful guest band play a wonderful set live in the studio and it sounded amazing!!


scientific maps played 6 or 7 songs today!

we started the show with monsters get slain by ghost mice (to keep continuity, of course)
then we moved onto a Q&A with scientific maps.. we talked alot about their individual work as well as collective work.
then they played a great set.. but i didn't write down the names of the songs right so i'll just say they a couple from their new album, "get off the moon" which releases on a big wonderful show jan 12th at valentine's.

(they're also playing on december 23rd at red square)

then i played 3 songs.
kimya dawson- underground
michael jordan touchdown pass- the march of insubordination (please please please listen to this song. it's amazingly catchy and so so happy but so so angry too)
johnny hobo and the freight trains- put arsenic in the frosting next time.

unfortunately i won't be doing my show (anyone want a free hour after 10pm next week?) because i'll be at the johnny hobo performance at the ironweed collective in albany next monday.
you should go too!
www.ironweedcollective.org

well now back to the books!