Gold Sounds at CMJ: Part 3

Wednesday night, Hello Sir Records Showcase @ Bowery Poetry Club: The illustrious Hello Sir Records organized quite the show Wednesday night, featuring some Hello Sir mainstays and some up-and-coming artists. The best performances are once again preceded by an asterisk.

Child Bite: Probably the only mediocre band of the night, Child Bite has all the elements of what could be an interesting band: sloppy and dirty instrumentally and unpolished vocally. Dirtiness is a quality that works in some music (see: We Versus the Shark), but for Child Bite it did little to enhance their sound. Here's hoping they manage to cultivate a sound that works for them in the future.

*Pegasuses-XL: Being a very strange band, I had no idea what to expect from Pegasuses-XL. However, they put on a strong live performance full of unreserved enthusiasm. The set consisted of dual drumming at one point, beatboxing and rapping at another, and instrumental mayhem everywhere else. Most of the members swapped instruments a few times during the show, further displaying their obvious musical propensity. Recent full length The Antiphon highlight "The Big Haunt" made a strong showing, and the band also played some new songs from an upcoming new release.



We Versus the Shark: Gold Sounds favorite We Versus the Shark performed next, and played a few songs from Dirty Versions as well as their recent Radiohead cover and "I Am a Fantastic Battle" from the EP of Bees EP. The band's performance wasn't bad by any stretch, but after seeing them perform several times before, something seemed to be missing. Temporary guitarist Neil Callaghan possesses the chops of recently resigned guitarist Samantha Paulsen, but the chemistry the band had live in the past wasn't as strong this time around. Not that that's Neil's fault; that sort of chemistry is hard to come by, and is only established after a long time of playing as a unit. Hopefully WVTS will grow out of these growing pains and continue their streak of solid releases.



*The Bronzed Chorus: Two-man post-rock that sounds just as full as other like-minded bands with more members. Drummer Brennan O'Brien simultaneously drummed and played keyboard at times and guitarist Adam Joyce made his guitar swell and envelope the room. They created a warm atmosphere the crowd basked in and ingrained themselves into the minds of many an audience member, as seen by the influx of people at their merch table right after they played. The Bronzed Chorus is clearly a band to watch out for in the future.



*So Many Dynamos: For the second night in a row, So Many Dynamos put on the best performance of the night. Again playing a mix of songs old and new, the band played just as tight as the previous night and got the significantly larger crowd dancing. New songs such as "New Bones" and "The Novelty of Haunting" present a new, almost creepy dimension of the band, both with its eerie instrumentals and dark lyrics ("I think your demons need some exercise", "I'll cut the wires that run through your cranium," etc.) that is sure to get them out of the shadow cast upon them by The Dismemberment Plan. Their new album, the Chris Walla-produced The Loud Wars, comes out in February and will definitely be an album to watch out for next year. Even sooner than that, the band will be playing Valentine's in Albany on December 4th with Ra Ra Riot, a show that should not be missed.



I left the show before Ho-Ag went on because it was late. Lame, I know. More to come soon!

Gold Sounds at CMJ: Part 2

Wednesday afternoon, Terrorbird Party @ Cake Shop: The next afternoon, Cake Shop played host to many frequently covered, blogged about, up-and-coming artists (again, the best performances have an asterisk preceding them).

*Starfucker: Now here's an example of a band I had heard absolutely nothing from before I saw them live and loved after seeing them live. Their songs ranged from more traditional sounding rock songs to short keyboard/electronic freakouts, and this wide variety kept me guessing throughout their whole set. Along with the music, it looked like the band were having a lot of fun playing, especially their singer (though I wasn't close enough to take any good pictures). Good songs + enthusiastic performance = one of the best shows of the week.

Shugo Tokumaru: Japanese singer/songwriter Shugo Tokumaru recently released his new album, "Exit," here in the states. The album is a pleasant, slightly melancholic affair, something one might listen to while trying to relax or sleep. In short, his music is beautiful. However, most of the songs Shugo Tokumaru and his band played fell flat in this live setting. Perhaps with other like-minded musicians it would have been enjoyable, but the music was too quiet and reserved compared to that of the other artists playing that day and I mostly found myself patiently waiting for the next act to come on.


Faunts: This Canadian foursome only had time to play four songs, which ranged from standard mid-tempo chilled-out rock numbers to more drawn out, largely instrumental songs (sort of a mix of jam band stuff and post-rock). The music, while not very original, was pretty good and the band's live antics kept the crowd interested.

*Tobacco: Tobacco, member of Black Moth Super Rainbow, was up next and turned in a short set of his spazzy brand of electronica. He got most of the audience grooving, providing woozy beats accompanied by a very, very strange video. While it was revealed that the video also contained the majority of the performance's audio, this realization didn't take away anything from his performance; it just proved how great his music is and how enjoyable his live performance was. His new album, Fucked Up Friends, is out now.

Women: Up next was Women, a recent Jagjaguwar signing and a group that's pretty hard to categorize except as perhaps loud and dirty rock. Their songs sounded much different live than on record, but they were still very good. The band had a certain cocky swagger not often seen in such young artists, and indeed the group seemed very comfortable on the stage. Also, if you look hard enough, you can see Marnie Stern watching them in the back.



Takka Takka: Honestly, this just didn't click for me. I watched and listened to the band's set and can't remember a single aspect of it less than a week later. Maybe I missed something, or maybe they just weren't that good. Another product of the hype machine? Possibly.

Marnie Stern: Finally, the woman most of the crowd were waiting for stepped up to the microphone with her band. A lot has been made of Marnie Stern's impressive guitar skills, but the thing that struck me most about her live performance was how shrill and high-pitched her vocals were. She made innocent jokes in between songs in her normal, Alvin and the Chipmunks-esque voice, and then would go into a song and scream like a banshee. The sonic assault experienced as a result of the shredding guitar and vocals was very, very intense, and made for a good show. Just make sure to bring earplugs if you ever see her live.

Gold Sounds at CMJ: Part 1

So CMJ was this past week, and it was an absolute blast. While seeing 30 live performances, I made sure to write about and take pictures of the various artists I saw throughout the week. With hundreds of bands performing across tons of venues, there were sure to be some surprises and some duds, and indeed there were. With that said, here's the first part of my CMJ coverage, with the best performances preceded by an asterisk.

Tuesday night, The Annex and Don Pedro's: I started my night at The Annex, located in the Lower East Side (the majority of venues in NYC seem to be there). Out of all the venues I went to, I would have to say that this was, by far, the worst. The sound was totally out of whack for all two performances I saw and the audience space was very, very cramped.

Chairlift @ The Annex: Chairlift is a three-piece Brooklyn-based band who play indie pop/rock consisting of synth/guitar/drums. Yes, another one of those. Unfortunately, this band did not have any memorable songs at all; they were all similar in tempo and sound. Their stage presence was pretty static and between songs they only asked for the sound to be fixed. Basically, they took themselves way too seriously and that took all the fun out of their show.

Violens @ The Annex: Violens were one of the bands I really wanted to see at CMJ this year. They've yet to release a full-length, but the songs they have released so far sound great. They sound like The Doors, but with more pleasant vocal harmonies (see: "Violent Sensation Descends"). However, the band suffered a lot of problems during their set, included the aforementioned sound problems and a blown-out amp halfway through their set. As a result, their songs sounded much different than intended and I ended up not enjoying their set at all either. Unlike Chairlift, however, they took the sound woes more in stride and at least tried to make the best of it.

*So Many Dynamos @ Don Pedro's: This show was actually not a CMJ show, but I knew it was going on near where I was staying in Brooklyn and since I got to the Bowery Ballroom for Friendly Fires and Lykke Li way too late, I decided to stop by Don Pedro's on my way back home to check them out. I'm sure glad I did, because Don Pedro's was a much better venue than The Annex and So Many Dynamos put on one of the best shows of the week. Playing half old and half new songs, the dance-rock band were tight the whole way through and even incorporated some interesting transitions; the whole band yelling the lyrics to the outro of "In Every Direction" after the song ended and then going straight into "Progress" was my favorite moment of the show. More on So Many Dynamos to come in future CMJ coverage.

WRPI at CMJ: Update

Hello from New York City! As you know, Blar, Emelie and I are attending CMJ this week. We're a little over halfway through CMJ and it's already been a blast. The three of us have been going to different shows pretty much all week, so we'll definitely have a lot to report on once we get back to RPI! Check back for that coverage sometime next week.

Talkdemonic Interview on Ambient Signal - 10/7/08

So as you all know, Blar, Kyle and I had the pleasure of interviewing Kevin O'Connor of Talkdemonic a couple weeks ago on Blar's show, Ambient Signal. Now, we have the entire interview available for your listening pleasure! Check it out here. Topics covered include Kevin's drumming influences, Talkdemonic's history, music review criticism and questions about particular Talkdemonic songs.

Thanks again to Kevin for granting us this opportunity! It was a lot of fun for all of us here at the station. In the event that you're not familiar with Talkdemonic's music, listen to songs on their myspace or check them out live next time they tour near your city!

WRPIwave-10/13/08

Aired on 10/13/08
So this is really late...my bad
This show was pretty much all darkwave...not to toot my own horn or anything, but I thought it was freakin' sweet.

Duran Duran - Rio
The Fall - No Bulbs
Tears for Fears - Mad World
The Cure - Kyoto Song
Echo and the Bunnymen - Rescue
The Lords of the New Church - Dance with Me
Tones on Tail - Happiness
New Order - Hurt
Front 242 - Umen
Kraftwerk - Its more fun to Compute
Gang of Four - History of the World
Cocteau Twins - Those Eyes That Mouth
The Sisters of Mercy - Alice
Bauhaus - Of Lilies and Remains
Skinny Puppy - Burnt with Water
Ministry - Everyday is Halloween
Chris and Cosey - Obsession (Extended Mix)
Cabaret Voltaire - Protection
The Human League - Being Boiled
Yello - Daily Disco
Depeche Mode - Photographic
Lilevsia - Coming Back to You
20 Deadly Diseases - Several Heads
Gary Newman - Change Your Mind (Extended Version)

Fifty/Fifty {10/14}

Yes for new Animal Collective! "Merriweather Post Pavilion" (named after a venue in my hometown of Bmore, MD) will be out January 20, 2009.

[artist] - [track]
Animal Collective - Brother Sport
Radiohead - The Gloaming (DJ Shadow Remix)
M.I.A. - Boys (remix)
Le Castle Vania - Zero Machine
Yelle - Ce Jeu (The Twelves Remix)
Sparks - Lighten Up, Morrissey
The Moondoggies - Changing
Mercury Rev - Senses On Fire (Fujiya & Miyagi Remix)
Secret Dakota Ring - The Fade to Black
Murs - The Science
Mike Heron - Warm Heart Pastry
Styx Tyger - String Strikes
Our Brother The Native - Seminal Paws
The Notwist - Boneless
Shrag - Forty Five 45s
The Lemurs - Blackspot
The Cure - Love Will Tear Us Apart
Deerhoof - Chandelier Searchlight
Hospital Ships - The Shots I Drank (SayMyName Remix)
Passion Pit - Sleepyhead
Gang Gang Dance - House Jam
It's A Musical - Bad Day
Kinetic Stereokids - Have a Nice Day
Larkin Grimm - Ride That Cyclone
Matthew Herbert Big Band - The Story (Edit)
Chandeliers - Mr. Electric
The Pica Beats - Poor Old Ra
Reefer - Let It Go (Flying Lotus Remix)
The Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt! - Fast Forward Regrets.
Wilderness - Strand the Test of Time
Yonlu - I Know What It's Like
Fiasco - Oh, You Horny Monster!
Dancer Vs. Politician - Justin Fairborn
Lou Reed - Caroline Says, Pt. II

Ambient Signal 10/14/08

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5:30pm pre show:

Mono/ World's End Girlfriend - Untitled 3
Antony and the Johnsons - Shake that dog
6pm-

Radiohead - Bodysnatchers
Wolf parade - Language City
Antarctic - Your ships are googlin' pretty hard
Neva Dinova - It's worse when you're young
The Velvet Teen - Around the roller rink
Psapp - Needle and thread
Grizzly Bear - Don't ask (Final Fantasy remix)
Why? - Close to me (Cure Cover)
Maria Taylor - A Good Start
Margot and the Nuclear so and so's - As tall as cliffs
Annuals - Confessor
I'm from barcelona - Paper planes
Brooke Waggoner - The wrong
Postmarks - Three little birds
talkdemonic - A hundred faces in the neon forest
Marnie Stern - Prime
Land of talk - it's ok
Her space holiday - Sleepy tigers
Holy Sons - I'm healed
Damiak - Tenuous Gears
Morning Recordings - Sugar Waltz
A Northern chorus - This Open heart
Vio/Mire - Wood Splitting
13 & God - Perfect Speed
Helios - Woods and Gives away
Dosh - Kit and Pearls
Japancakes - Sometimes

--End of show--

Gold Sounds 10/14/08: The Really Prepared Edition

Unlike most Tuesdays, I had class right before my show so most of this is from a playlist I prepared last night. I'm also covering most of Pinkie Swear too! New stuff is in red.

Marnie Stern "Prime"
TV on the Radio "Stork & Owl"
Land of Talk "Some Are Lakes"

The Weakerthans "Everything Must Go!"
So Many Dynamos "It's Gonna Rain" (I don't want to make amends! I just want to make a mess!)
Maps and Atlases "You and Me and the Mountain"

Tokyo Police Club "Graves"
Los Campesinos! "My Year in Lists"
Mates of State "Proofs"
Why? "Waterfalls"

We Versus the Shark "I Am at the Mercy of an Ambulance Driver"
Medications "Exercise Your Futility"
Future of the Left "The Lord Hates a Coward"

Cap'n Jazz "In the Clear"
The White Stripes "Death Letter"
Weezer "Waiting on You"

CONCEPTUAL ROCK BLOCK - OMG COVERS
Dirty Projectors "Rise Above" (Black Flag)
We Versus the Shark "Idioteque" (Radiohead)
Bomb the Music Industry! "Ghost of Corporate Future" (Regina Spektor)

Andrew Jackson Jihad "Sense, Sensibility"
This Bike Is a Pipe Bomb "Depression"
Defiance, Ohio "Anxious and Worrying"
Bomb the Music Industry! "Sadder? Weirder?"
Andrew Jackson Jihad "I Am So Mad at You" (and I just can't shake the feeling that I'll be alone forever, please tell me that's not the case!)

Belle and Sebastian "Piazza, New York Catcher"
Neutral Milk Hotel "Gardenhead/Leave Me Alone" (live from New Zealand)
Colour Revolt "Moses of the South"

Animal Collective "Leaf House"
Black Mountain "Tyrants"

Bad Astronaut "These Days"
Ben Kweller "Hospital Bed"
Fourth of July "Purple Heart"

The Dismemberment Plan "Following Through"(I can do it anywhere with anyone at anytime, don't you forget, this is my life and it's gonna be good, don't you know?)
Hop Along, Queen Ansleis "Bruno Is Orange"
Kickball "Fight"

Movie Giveway - Body of Lies (Leonardo Dicaprio AND Russell Crowe? Whoa)

Death Cab for Cutie "20th Century Towers"
Le Loup "Planes Like Vultures." (Oh, this world was made for ending!)
Monroe Mustang "Found Out"

ckid "Down with Ghosts"
Deceptikon "Ox Conservatory"
Glen Porter "Prolong"/"Memoirs"

Justice "Stress"
Islands "Tsuxiit"
Minus the Bear "This Ain't a Surfin' Movie" (Iqu 06 Mix)

Irepress "Fiddler, Yeeryding"
Experimental Aircraft "Blue Cream Sky"
Do Make Say Think "The Landlord Is Dead"

Battles "Hi/Lo"

I won't be here next week (and neither will Emelie, actually) because of CMJ, so see you two weeks from today (perhaps from 12-4 instead of the normal 2-4)! I'll play more new stuff next show too.

Songs to Hear: We Versus the Shark cover Radiohead

We Versus the Shark

VERSUS

Radiohead

If you've followed my posts on this blog, you probably know how much I like We Versus the Shark. One reason I like them is due to their current prolific nature; not only have they released the excellent full length Dirty Versions this year, but they've also been releasing a new cover song every month, which will eventually make up a full album called Murmurmur, for free on mp3-based donation label Quote Unquote Records. So far they've provided unique takes of songs by well-known artists past and present, such as Tom Waits, Deerhoof and Television, and this month they cover the grandaddy of them all, the one band that's almost forbidden to be covered: Radiohead. Not just settling with any old Radiohead song, We Versus the Shark takes on Kid A centerpiece "Idioteque".

Amazingly (or not so amazingly, considering how skilled We Versus the Shark are as musicians), the band's cover is immensely enjoyable, displaying few, if any, of the qualities that made Radiohead's song so great while still creating a song just as good, if not better than, the original version. This is the way covers should be, a total reworking of a song as opposed to a song that adheres strictly to the original band's template. We Versus the Shark changes Idioteque from a somber dance song to an even more depressing-sounding rock opus, with a slow-stomping chorus, verses that just get louder and louder, and a haunting outro. It's unquestionably one of the best covers I've heard, and you'd be doing yourself a disservice by not checking it out.

Listen to We Versus the Shark's cover of "Idioteque", as well as all their other covers, for free here.

Fifty/Fifty {10/7}

[artist - track]

*Red Sea Station - The Streets Are Whispering
*Final Fantasy - The Butcher
*The Decemberists - Valerie Plame
*Pale Young Gentlemen - The Crook of My Good Arm
*Daniel Martin Moore - It's You
*Animal Collective - Fireworks / Essplode [live from Pitchfork]
*Passion Pit - Cuddle Fuddle
*The Soiree - Perfect Crimes
*Marnie Stern - Transformer
*Stereolab - Neon Beanbag
*Santogold - L.E.S. Artistes (Left/Right Remix)
*Daft Punk vs. Adam Freeland - Aer Obama
*C$H - El Buho de Minerva
I. Klaxons - No Diggity (Cover)
II. Jaques Renault - Sweet Rollin’ On
III. Purple Crush - Marry Me
IV. CSS - Move (Cut Copy Remix)
V. Le Tigre - Deceptacon (DFA Remix)
VI. Plimsouls - Contact
VII. $jammie the Money - $jammie Getting Warm
VIII. Bounce Camp - Big Dancin’
IX. Pnau - Baby
X. The Rolling Stones - You Can’t Always Get What You Want (Soulwax Remix)
*Simian Mobile Disco - Run: Nike+ Sport Music

Ambient Signal - 10/7/08 - TALKDEMONIC interview!

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We got to interview talkdemonic today! yeaaah..will be posting the interview in a few days when i find hosting for it

Talkdemonic - Dusty Flourescent
Talkdemonic - Andean Twilight
Ghost Orchid - Ana mir
Slow Six - These rivers between us
This will destroy you - Quiet
Brooke Waggoner - Lungs Speed/Lungs Sped
****TALKDEMONIC INTERVIEW**** ***SUPER FUN*****
Talkdemonic - Blackwood Crimson and March movement
Women - shaking hand
Loquat - harder Hit
Land of talk - some are lakes
Deerhoof- Tears of music and love
Antony and the johnsons- another world
These united states - Get yourself home
Spinto band - The carnival
Forget Cassettes - Ms. Rhythm and Blues
St. Vincent - Jesus saves, I spend
Georgie James - More Lights
Ester Drang - I don't want to live (in a world of infinite keys)
Styrofoam - Couches in alleys
Lymbyc Systym - Fall bicycle (Album leaf remix)
Sigur Ros - Ba Ba

pinkie swear.

artist -song

portishead - plastic
lali puna - faking the books - dntel remix
near the parenthesis - modernisme
baja - meth arrow
bitcrush - no bridge no water
alias - oakland in the rearview
modest mouse - baby blue sedan
portishead - sour times
casiotone for the painfully alone - a normal suburban lifestyle is a near impossibility once you've fallin in love with an international spy
bjork - wanderlust
lali puna - grin and bear
death cab for cutie - i will posess your heart
the appleseed cast - sunlit and acending
the notwist - sleepy
vhs or beta - bring on the comets
radiohead - fake plastic trees
brazilian girls - good times
beck - orphans
fujiya and miyagi - knickerbocker
stereo image - your collapsed state
chemical brothers - block rockin' beats
heartbreak - regret
css - let's reggae all night
hot chip - touch too much -kollektiv turmstrasse remix
the faint - the geeks were right
sbach - 06
adventure - wild wild ride
kraftwerk - pocket calculator

I hope everyone got to come out and see EMPAC!
Madlib and Juiceboxxxx were really fun!
-Emelie
[12402]

Monday 10/6/08 ::12-2am

-Darkwave in hang yourself grey
-New Wave in 80's pink
-New stuff in sweet green

Siouxsie and the Banshees - Cities in the Dust (Ext Eruption Mix)
Depeche Mode - Everything Counts
Duran Duran - Girls on Film (Night Version)
David Bowie - Up the Hill Backwards
John Foxx - Burning Car
Joy Division - Isolation
Front 242 - Quite Unusual
Riot Squad - Visa Versa
Ministry - Over the Shoulder (12" mix)
Fad Gadget - Pedestrian
Joy Division - She's Lost Control
Bauhuas - Bella Lugouis is Dead
Cocteau Twins - Wax and Wane
Echo and the Bunnymen - Silver (Tidal Mix)
She Wants Revenge - Tear You Apart
The Killers - Shadowplay (yes its by Joy Division...I know...I like Joy Division)
Boris - Statement
Battles - Tij
Mochipet - Laffy Taffy Core
Arling and Cameron - Spaceclub 1999
The Knife - Marble House
M83 - Kim and Jessie
Something for Rockets - Might as Well

Gold Sounds 10/7/07: Pinback, etc.

Here from 12-4 today! Lots of Pinback/Rob Crow/Zach Smith-related stuff today, 'cause I saw Pinback last weekend and they were awesome. That stuff is in green, and new stuff is in red.

Pinback "Boo"
My Morning Jacket "Touch Me I'm Going to Scream pt. 1"
Blitzen Trapper "Furr"

Chad Vangaalen "Phantom Anthills"
Xu Xu Fang "The Mourning Son"
All Girl Summer Fun Band "Trajectory"

Land of Talk "Death by Fire"
Tired Irie "IM Keller"
Tokyo Police Club "Graves" (you traded me for the lump sum, you can try but I'll never be a gentleman)

Pinback "From Nothing to Nowhere" (The Breakfast Club dancing to Pinback here)
Appomattox "Either Way"
The Dismemberment Plan "Gyroscope"

Los Campesinos! "Death to Los Campesinos!"
The Anniversary "The D in Detroit"
Georgie James "Look Me Up"

So Many Dynamos "Progress" (we watered the sidewalks and interstates sprouted)
Ra Ra Riot "Dying Is Fine"
Oxford Collapse "Electric Arc" (our plans fell through, what will we do?)

Adem "Loro"
Death Cab for Cutie "Grapevine Fires"
The Walkmen "In the New Year"

Delta Spirit "People C'mon"
Dr. Dog "The Old Days"
Pinback "Offcell"
Talkdemonic "Shattered into Dyes"

Fourth of July "Pimps in Paris"
Heavy Vegetable "Crash"/"P.O.E."
Women "Upstairs"

Ghost to Falco "Maupin"
Mercury Rev "Runaway Raindrop"
Jackson Browne "Lawyers in Love" (request!)

Animal Collective "Fireworks"
90 Day Men "We Blame Chicago"

Team Sleep "Princeton Review"
Pinback "Shag"
Hella "Cafeteria Bananas"
sBACH "08"
We Versus the Shark "I Am a Caffeinated Corpse"

MakeUpBreakUp "Blame Game"
31Knots "The Breaks"
TV on the Radio "Dancing Choose"

Johnny Foreigner "Eyes Wide Terrified" (your life is a song, your life is a song, your life is a song but not this one!)
Lykke Li "I'm Good, I'm Gone"
Fujiya & Miyagi "Knickerbocker"/"Uh"

Talking Heads "New Feeling"/"A Clean Break"/"Don't Worry about the Government"

Digitalism "Pogo (Mentalism Remix)"
Flying Lotus "Camel"/"Melti"/"Comet Course"
Adventure "Loredo"

Farewell.

Fifty/Fifty {9/30}

Oh this was a good one. Lots of new music!!! Plus Polaris Music Prize nominees (now in red)!

*Caribou - Melody Day
*Dresden Dolls - Girl Anachronism
*Lykke Li - Dance Dance Dance
*Au - RR vs. D
*Born Ruffians - Red Yellow And Blue (White Williams Mix)
*I am Robot and Proud - Uphill City
*Princeton - The Waves
*Golden Silvers - Magic Touch
*One-Two - Something In My Mind
*La Rocca - Sing Her Song
*Margot and the Nuclear So and So's - A Children's Crusade on Acid
*Neimo - Lines
*Western States Motel - Oh World
*Holy Fuck - Lovely Allen
*Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter - In the Summertime
*Bodies of Water - Water Here
*The Theater Fire - Coyote
*Port O'Brien - Stuck on a Boat
*Two Hours Traffic - Stuck for the Summer
*The Standard - Hotel
*Samuel Markus and the Only Ones - New Dawn
*Matthew and the Arrogant Sea - Within the Universe
*Basia Bulat - In The Night
*John Maus - Do Your Best
*Okkervil River - Lost Coastlines
*Dressy Bessy - Do You Whisper?
*Duchess Says - Black Flag

WRPIwave-9/29/08

Monday Nights 12-2AM
Darkwave Newwave Electronic

1 The Chameleons - Pleaure and Pain - Script of the Bridge - 5:11
2 Siousxie & the Banshees - Jigsaw Feeling - The Scream - 4:36
3 Kissing the Pink - Watching Their Eyes - Naked - 3:16
4 Chris and Cosey - Shivers - Technoprimitiv - 5:04
5 S.P.K. - Metal Field - 5:56
6 Yello - Bostich - Bostich - 4:30
7 Depeche Mode - Master and Servant
8 Devo - Jocko Homo - Devo - 3:38
9 The Smiths - Pretty Girls Make Graves - The Smiths - 3:43
10 Abosolute Body Control - Do You Feel It Inside - 3:48
11 Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart [live] - 3:26
12 The Cure - Fascination St - Galore - 4:20
13 Cabaret Voltaire - Sensoria - 7:52
14 The Human League - Crow and a Baby - Travelogue - 3:42
15 Kraftwerk - Autobahn (ext mix) - Ultra Rare Traxx 2 - 8:00

16 Ghostland Observatory - Heavy Heart - Robotique Majestique - 4:10
17 Hercules and Love Affair - Blind(Club Mix) - Blind Remixes - 6:58
18 Ratatat - Mumtaz Khan - LP3 - 2:38
19 Hot Chip - Hold On - Made in the Dark - 6:21
20 Interpol - Stella Was a Diver… - Turn on the Bright lights - 6:28
21 Massive Attack - Teardrop - Messainine - 5:30
22 Ladytron - Destroy Everything You Touch - Witching Hour - 4:36
23 Modeselektor - Happy Birthday (Original Mix) - Happy Birthday - 5:04
24 - Phoenix - Too Young United - 3:19
25 Luke Vibert - ComfyCozy - Chicago, Detroit, Redruth - 5:34

Guilty Pleasure
26 The Darkness - Get Your Mands Off My Woman - Permission to Land - 2:46

Ambient Signal - 9/30/08

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new music in purplz

Cut Copy - Feel the love
Broken Social Scene - 7/4 (Shoreline)
Colour revolt - Mattresses underwater
The Decemberists - Leslie anne levine
The Books - the lemon of pink
Efterklang - Bright
Forget Cassettes - Salt and Syncope (request)
The Album Leaf - malmo
Johann Johannson - Melodia (Guidelines for a propulsion system based on Heim's Quantum Theory)
Talkdemonic - March movement
Koushik - Lying in the sun
Brooke Waggoner - Fresh pair of eyes (eyes o' eyes remix)
Land of talk - Some are lakes
Women - Black rice
Deerhoof - Snoopy Waves
Jenny lewis - Acid Tongue
Spinto band - Later on
Andrew Bird - Cataracts
Secret Machines - Now you're gone
Faunts - Instantly Loved
Annuals - x
Grizzly Bear - Easier
Menomena - Oahu
Son Lux - Stay
Feist - Mushaboom [Mocky mix]

pinkie swear.

artist - title

chemical brothers - hey boy hey girl
MGMT - Electric Feel - Justice
Moby - I love to Move It - Croookers Mass Remix
Terry Lynn - Kingstonlogic
Boys Noise - My Head - Para One Remix
Daft Punk - Around the World + Harder Better Faster Stronger - 2007
Yelle - Je Veux Te Voir
The Faint - The Geeks Were Right
The Ting Tings - Fruit Machine
The Ting Tings - Shut Up and Let Me Go
Stereo Image - Dark Chapters
Hercules and Love Affair - Blind
Fujiya & Miyagi - Knickerbocker
Tilly and the Wall - Jumbler
Brazilian Girls - Good Times
Mates of State - Help Help
Bitter:sweet - The Bomb
Elsiane - Vaporous
Adventure - Loredo
sBach - 06
Glomag - Pocket Calculator
Alias - I heart Drum Machines
CSS - Move
Tobacco - Street Trash
sBach - 03
Minus the Bear - Dog Park
The Notwist - On Planet Off

I'M HAVING A REALLY FUN WEEK. LIKE CAPS LOCK.
LOVE EMELIE
[12190]

Gold Sounds 9/30/08

I had a dream last night that something bad was going to happen during my radio show today. I guess we'll see about that now! New music in red. Bands I'm going to see live soon in green

Preshow: Nick Drake "One of These Things First"

Pinback "Tres"
Mono in VCF "Escape City Scrapers"
Why "Rubber Traits" (I should cut down my caloric intake, I should go to sleep hungry and wake up with my guts knotted up and ears open like a burnt down hut)

Alias "Oakland in the Rearview"
Xu Xu Fang "These Days"
Shugo Tokumaru "Parachute"

TV on the Radio "Stork & Owl"
The Mae Shi "Run to Your Grave"
Deerhoof "Chandelier Searchlight"

Appomattox "Spanish Virgins"
Man Man "Van Helsing Boombox" (I wanna sleep for weeks like a dog at her feet even though I know it won't work out in the long runnnn)
Cold War Kids "Golden Gate Jumpers"
Talkdemonic "Ending the Orange Glow"

ROCK BLOCK - Songs with crazy breakdowns/freakouts/etc. (yeah, lame title, get over it!)
Explosions in the Sky "Glittering Blackness"
Wye Oak "Please Concrete"
Son Lux "Stand" (this whole song is basically one big drum/opera sample freakout)

Dr. Dog "The Rabbit, the Bat, and the Reindeer"
Maps + Atlases "The Ongoing Horrible"
Les Savy Fav "The Orchard"

Women "Sag Harbor Bridge"/"Group Transport Hall"
The Last Shadow Puppets "Standing Next to Me"
David Bowie "Life on Mars?" (Q: Is there life on Mars? A: I mean, maybe. But probably not)

I'm from Barcelona "Paper Planes"
The Dark Romantics "Hush Your Mouth"
The Postal Service "Against All Odds"

Pegasuses-XL "The Big Haunt"
M83 "Kim & Jessie"

Hey, nothing went wrong! Awesome. I'll be on 12-4 next Tuesday, so check that out!

Katy Perry....and MGMT??

When she's not acting all bi-curious and junk, Katy Perry actually has some talent. I just wanted to post this for those that were looking at my playlist and asking, "Katy Perry covered MGMT?" It's quite a good cover (if you listened to my show) but here it is for people that actually sleep at 12AM.

Katy Perry - Electric Feel (MGMT Cover)

Fifty-Fifty {9/23}

[artist] - [track]

*Ratatat - Shempi
*Beach House - Master Of None
*Blitzen Trapper - Furr
*FemBots - Good Days
*Boduf Songs - Quiet When Group
*Cale Parks - Wet Paint
*Dark Meat - Freedom Ritual
*Facing New York - All A This
*Fredrik - Alina's Place
*Fuck Buttons - Bright Tomorrow
*The Happy Hollows - Lieutenant
*Hotpipes - Future Bolt
*Innerpartysystem - Don't Stop
*Katy Perry - Electric Feel (MGMT Cover)
*Mason Proper - Lock and Key
*White Denim - Sitting
*Tilly and the Wall - Pot Kettle Black
*Vampire Weekend - A-Punk
*Love Is All - Big Bangs, Black Holes, Meteorites
*OrtzRoka - Love Will Tear Us Apart (Joy Division Cover)
*Emiliana Torrini - Me And Armini
*Mercury Rev - Snowflakes In A Hot World
*Olga Kouklaki - How Do You Feel
*Salty Pirates - Shark Attack
*Those Dancing Days - Hitten
*The Morning Benders - He's A Rebel (Crystals Cover)
*These United States - Honor Amongst Thieves

Ambient Signal - 9/23/08

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The Mercury Program - the secret to quiet
The Velvet Teen - Arcade Fire
The Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #2
Neva Dinova - Clouds
Le Loup - To the stars! To the night!
Bright Eyes - Middleman
Gregory alan isakov - The Stable Song
Bjork - It's not up to you
Johann Johannsson - Melodia (iV)
Age of rockets - avada kedavra
Koushik - Be With
Starfucker - Holly
Talkdemonic - Dream by heart
Jenny Lewis - Pretty bird
Andrew Bird - Imitosis
Pivot - In the Blood
Jared Mees - Tallest building in hell
Alias - Autumnal Ego
Mason proper - Lock and Key
Winterpills - Handkerchiefs
Azure ray - Fever
Marketa Irglova - The Hill
Lymbyc System - Astrology Days
The Album leaf - The outer banks
Four Tet - My angel rocks back and forth
Battles - Hi/Lo

pinkie swear with Emelie

artist - track
Seven Octaves - Morning FOG
Adventure - Civilization
sBach - 01
CSS - Let's Reggae All Night
Adventure - Loredo
Baja - Meth Arrow
Alias - Autumnal Ego
Chemical Brothers - Let Forever Be
Stereo Image - Dark Chapter
MGMT - Electric Feel - Justice Remix
Don Rimini - Nervous Breakdown
Bobby Evans - Freak-a-zoid Robotz (Rmxxology theme)
Hybrid - Trentemoller & Buda - Gamma
Terry Lynn - Kingstonlogic
The Faint - Get Seduced
Yelle - Je Veux Te Voir
Fujuya & Miyagi - knickerbocker
Bitter:sweet - The Bomb
Brazilian Girls - Good Times
Tilly and the Wall - Jumbler
The Ting Tings - Fruit Machine
Mates of State - Help Help
The Notwist - Good Lies
Minus the Bear - Dog Park
Hot Chip - Touch Too Much - Ewan Pearson Remix
Adventure - Travel Kid
Little Teeth - oh Drag

Do you like my fall color pallette?
-Emelie
[12016]

Gold Sounds 9/23/08: 90% 2008 edition

Playing lots of stuff from this year, not necessarily new by WRPI standards though. If it is new by WRPI standards, it's in red. If I talked about a song's title in an educational context, it's in blue.

Mono in VCF "Escape City Scrapers"
The Walkmen "In the New Year"
Pinback "Shag"

TV on the Radio "Dancinig Choose"
We Versus the Shark "Hello Blood"
Appomattox "Either Way"

The Mae Shi "Pwnd"
Dr. Dog "The Old Days"
Johnny Foreigner "Eyes Wide Terrified"

Pattern Is Movement "Jenny Ono"
Man Man "Poor Jackie"

Devotchka "The Clockwise Witness"
Destroyer "Dark Leaves Form a Thread"
Portugal. The Man "Colors"

Violent Femmes "Crazy" (Gnarls Barkley Cover)
Brendan Canning "Churches Under the Stairs"
The Little Ones "Unlock the Door!"

No Kids "For Halloween"
Jenny Lewis "Pretty Bird"
Neva Dinova "Tryptophan"

These United States "Honor Amongst Thieves"
The Whigs "Like a Vibration"
Silverchair "Leave Me Out" (request!)

Portishead "Plastic"
Talkdemonic "Duality of Deathening"
Alias "Prelude to a Death Watch"/"Death Watch"

Four Tet "Ribbons"

Today's show went supahsmooth, thanks for listening!

Girl Talk - Show this weekend

There is a Girl Talk show this Friday at Saratoga. Prefese 73 (OMGZ) is opening.

Wired magazine just did this awesome article on the breakdown of the girl talk song "What it's All About". Find it online here. It's really neat and it's interesting to follow along.

[11900]

Fifty/Fifty {9/16}

Tonight's theme was ninjas.

[artist] - [track]

DJ Vadim - Your Revolution (feat. Sarah Jones)
DJ Food - The Ageing Young Rebel (Gentle Cruelty) (feat. Ken Nordine)
Mos Def & Diverse - Wylin' Out (Kut Masta Kurt Remix)
Saul Williams - Twice the First Time
Coldcut - True Skool
Dynamic Syncopation - 2 Tha Left (feat. Mass Influence)
The Herbaliser - 8pt Agenda (feat. Latyrx)
Cut Chemist - What's the Altitude (feat. Hymnal)
Handsome Boy Modeling School - First... And Then (feat. Dres from Black Sheep)
One Self feat. DJ Vadim - Be Your Own
Vast Aire feat. MF Doom - Super Friendz (Edan Remix)
Dr. Octagon - Blue Flowers
Big Dada Sound - Showtime
Roots Manuva - Movements (live at Inside Tracks)
Mr. Scruff - Come Alive
Bonobo - Recurring
Cut Chemist - The Garden
Amon Tobin - Four Ton Mantis
Kid Koala - Emperor's Main Course
Hexstatic - Ninja Tune (Enter the Augmenter) (The Process Mix)
DJ Krush - Beyond Raging Waves With Shin'ichi Kinoshita
Jaga Jazzist - All I Know Is Tonight (demo)

And the special "hey you listened until 2AM!" treat:
Morris Day & the Time - Jungle Love

Ambient Signal - 9/16/08

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Broken Social Scene - Pacific Theme
The Books - There is no there
The Helio Sequence - Back to this
Camera obscura - If looks could kill
Denali - Everybody knows
Forget cassettes - Salt and syncope
Caribou - Melody Day
Caspian - Crawlspace
Foxhole - The end of dying
talkdemonic - Tides in their graves
Alias - Justamachine
Starfucker - German Love
Andrew Bird - Fiery Crash
Mason proper - Fog
Paper route - Are we all forgotten
Secret machines - Atomic heels
Jared Mees & grown children - Strong black coffee
Shugo Tokumaru - Future umbrella
Adventure - Loredo
Ra Ra Riot - Dying is fine
Annuals - Bleary Eyed
Amy Millan - Skinny Boy
Carissa's wierd - Farewell to all these rotten teeth
Caroline - Drove me to the wall
Clare and the reasons - Pluto
Dntel - Roll on (ft. jenny lewis)
Charlie Everywhere - As far as I can see

pinkie swear.

artist - track

the ting tings - fruit machine
tilly and the wall - pot kettle black
yelle - je veux te voir
stereo image - dark chapter
elsiane - vaporous
minus the bear - let's play clowns
fixmer/mccarthy: FM - into the night
brazilian girls - good times
daedelus - get off your hi-hats
chemical brothers - do it again
twink - blindfolded bird race
sBACH - 06
adventure - civilization
the faint - forever growing centipedes
alias - oakland in the rearview mirror
hybrid - trifonic - parks on fire
flying lotus - camel
hybrid - quiver - surin
moby - I love to move in here - crookers lemmesee remix
don rimini - nervous breakdown
MGMT - electric feel - justice remix (OMG JUSTICE AT ALTAMONT FAIR GROUNDS OMG)
the faint - get seduced
alias - well water black
fujiya & miyagi - knickerbocker
death cab for cutie - no sunlight
mates of state - help help
beck - orphans
my brightest diamond - apples
the notwist - good lies
kimya dawson - happy home // wiggle my tooth (off her new kids album)

Today I decided to make the playlist colorful - drawing inspiration from the cd album covers actual colors. I guess I'm having a colorful day.
Emelie
[11861]

Gold Sounds 9/16/08: Mellowish?

Mellow to start, probably not mellow as it goes on. Consistency is hard! New music in blue

Wye Oak "Please Concrete"
Mono in VCF "Spider Rotation"
Nick Drake "Which Will"

Calexico "Two Silver Trees"
Koufax "Roll the Dice"
The New Year "The Door Opens"

The Walkmen "In the New Year"
Falcon "The Sandfighter"

On the Might of Princes "The Swell and the Breaking"
Dredg "Brushstroke: A Walk in the Park"
Archers of Loaf "Audiowhore"

Pavement "In the Mouth a Desert"
Shudder to Think "Hit Liquor"

Appomattox "Style-Sore"
We Versus the Shark "Keep it Wolf"
sBACH "08"

Los Campesinos! "Drop it Doe Eyes"
Oxford Collapse "The Birthday Wars"
Mason Proper "Lock and Key"

Why? "Fatalist Palmistry"
Apostle of Hustle "Song for Lorca"
Alias "I Heart Drum Machines"/"Well Water Black"

The Notwist "On Planet Off"
Fujiya & Miyagi "Uh"/"Pickpocket"

Gold Sounds: sBACH's new s/t album reviewed

sBACH is the name of Spencer Seim's solo project. Seim plays guitar for Hella and also drums for The Advantage. Those familiar with either musical venture know, in a way, what to expect, and fans of both bands can almost entirely predict the album's sound. Seim takes equal parts Hella and The Advantage, adds a little extra 8-bit influence and blends them together to create this self-titled album.

Seim knows a good thing when he hears it. Songs such as "04" and "08" present really intriguing material, especially "08" with its complex, feedback-filled and awe-inspiring central guitar riff and surrounding drum/electronic freakout. Without a doubt, the song claims the crown of the album's best track. It's worth noting that "08" is significantly longer than most of the other tracks on the album (which, if you can't tell, are all named "01," "02," etc.). It's also worth noting that the intro of "01" is actually the intro to "08," but "01" abruptly switches gears about 25 seconds into the track to introduce a totally different-sounding song, full of guitar-picking and somewhat annoying beeping noises, which are reminiscent of a cell phone's default ringtone at times. Eventually the beeping speeds up in frequency and, thankfully, the track ends soon after.

As with "01", most of the album's 13 tracks run no longer than three minutes, and these tracks are basically hit-or-miss. There are a lot of good songs here, but most of them prove to be either much more interesting than enjoyable or much more enjoyable than interesting; the two are nearly always mutually exclusive. This situation causes most of the tracks to be pretty bland. For example, the screeching electronics of "03" nearly make the track unlistenable, which is unfortunate because the other aspects of the track are very well done. There's something to be said for experimentation, but experimentation at the chance of alienating the listener always proves risky, and unfortunately this kind of experimentation permeates the album. On the other end of the spectrum, "06" provides a great synth melody and accompanying outer space-esque bleeps and bloops. Nothing too crazy goes on in the song, but it makes for one of the album's best tracks.

It's of course worth noting Seim's obvious high level of musicianship. His guitar work in the songs is undoubtedly complex, as is his frantic drumming. The problem here isn't with his musical abilities, but with his ideas and how they're executed. For every good song on the album, there's a complimentary one that seems haphazardly pieced together, ruining the album's flow time and time again. Overall, the strength of the good tracks definitely warrants at least the initial full listen, but the large number of mediocre ones definitely hurts the album's replay value.

The album is out now on Suicide Squeeze records. sBACH will also be touring with Pinback this fall, with shows in the northeast spread throughout the beginning of October.

Rating: 5.5/10. Key tracks: 06, 08

Listen: Myspace

Fifty/Fifty {9/10}

Hey all! Here I am at yet ANOTHER 12-2AM slot. Find me here every Tuesday evening bringing you lots of music. Anyway, on with the music:

[artist] - [track]
Elke - Till I'm Gone
Department of Eagles - No One Does It Like You
TV on the Radio - Crying
M.I.A. - Hit That
Deerhoof - Offend Maggie
Matt Bauer - Don't Let Me Out
Oh No Forest Fires - Swing And A Misdemeanor
Shad - I Don't Like To
Seachange - Personal Assistant
Army Navy - Saints
Empire of the Sun - Walking On A Dream
Annuals - Confessor
Blank Dogs - Ants
The Dutchess and the Duke - Reservoir Park
Japanese Motors - Single Fins & Safety Pins
Justice - Planisphere (Pt. 1, 2, 3, Final)
The Dodos - Eyelids
The Dodos - Fools
Electric President - Insomnia
The Most Serene Republic - Why So Looking Back?
T.Rex - Bang A Gong (Get It On)
Laura Marling - New Romantic
Windsor for the Derby - Maladies

Ambient Signal - 9/9/08

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6-8pm TUESDAYS NOW! Now my banner is correct again..

Songs in pukegreen requested by Tim

Boom bip - The matter (of our discussion)
Bitcrush - Colder
Alias and Ehren - Eman Ruosis Iht
Bright Eyes - Napoleon's Hat
Mugison - 2 Birds
Neva Dinova - Blackest Heart
Engine Down - Closed Call
Amina - Fjarkanistan
Last Days - Reasons to go
Talkdemonic - ending the orange glow
Alias - Weathering
StarFUCKER - Florida
Lykke Li - My love
Why? - Rubber traits
Liz Durrett - We build bridges
Shugo Tokumaru - Clocca
Ra ra riot - St. peters day festival
Blind pilot - Go on, say it
Little teeth - Oh drag
Chad vangaalen - Phantom Anthills
The velvet teen - Death
Prefuse 73 - Pagina Dos feat. the books
Beck - Broken Drum (Broads of canada remix)
Album leaf - Brennivin
Panda Bear - Comfy in nautica

pinkie swear

NEW DAY SAME TIME!

artist - track

the watson twins - just like heaven
tilly and the wall - chandelier lake
the ting tings - great dj
fujiya & Miyagi - knickerbocker
death cab for cutie - long division
mates of state - help help
the chap - they have a name
css - left behind
stereo image - dark chapter
daedelus - i car(ry) us
the chemical brothers - do it again
moby - i like to move it remix
hybrid - luke dzierzek - identity - king unique remix
bobby evens - freak-a-ziod robotz - rmxxology theme
the faint - get seduced
don rimini - ohow?
MGMT - electric feel - justice remix
the chemical brothers - galvanize
bizarre inc - i'm gonna get you
the faint - machine in the ghost
hercules and love affair - blind
alias - i heart drum machines
jovian - grenadine girl
the notwist - good lies
minus the bear - let's play clowns
my brightest diamond - to plutos moon
antenne - gloves on

-Emelie [ 11684 ]

Gold Sounds 9/9: First real show of the semester

The title says it all! New music in red.

Mono in VCF "Escape City Scrapers"
Appomattox "Either Way"

Pavement "Newark Wilder"
Archers of Loaf "Plumb Line"
Oxford Collapse "Vernon-Jackson"

The Walkmen "Red Moon"
Okkervil River "Starry Stairs"
Lesser Gonzalez Alvarez "A Twist in the Sky"

Fourth of July "Can't Sleep"
Mass Solo Revolt "The Site..."
Target Market "No Thrills"

Pinback "Walters"
So Many Dynamos "How High the Moon"
The Notwist "Gloomy Planets"

FEATURE BAND BLOCK
Talkdemonic "Leaving Light"
Talkdemonic "Ending the Orange Glow"
Talkdemonic "Duality of Deathening"

A Silver Mt. Zion "God Bless Our Dead Marines"

Lykke Li "I'm Good, I'm Gone"
Little Teeth "Oh Drag"
sBACH "04"

Death Cab For Cutie "Your New Twin Sized Bed"
Mates of State "Get Better"
Tokyo Police Club "Juno (Ra Ra Riot/Andre Maury Remix)"

Beck "Orphans"
Radiohead "Skttrbrain (Four Tet Remix)"

omg sup Emelie

Old music writings!

So I've recently been reminded of some things I wrote for classes a few years ago, and also realized that pretty much no one read them besides the intended professor..but who knows, maybe you'll find them interesting:

Saccades: Experiences with Non-verbal thought/listening
Basically my long thoughts on how language is an inaccurate representation of our experiences, and questioning if language makes us experience music less purely

Explorations in Lo-Fi music
Exploring the issue of why certain artists seek out "warm" recordings, or leaving a certain level of authenticity in there music..referencing artists like the album leaf and neva dinova/bright eyes

enjoy! I'd love to hear thoughts...

Our shows are moving!!

Hey everyone..just a quick note..our fall schedule will be online very soon at www.wrpi.org..but until then, the following shows featured on this blog are now on at these times:

Hello Pretty City with Laura 7-9am Tuesday (No change)
Gold Sounds with Tim - 2-4pm Tuesday
Pinkie Swear with Emelie - 4-6pm Tuesday
Ambient Signal - 6-8pm Tuesday (the classic time slot..I've been on the air since Oct 2004..my first one was 12-1pm on tuesdays..then 6-8 on mondays..then finally 6-8 on tuesdays starting fall 2005 i think..HOW INTERESTING)

(Sorry mike..i dont know where you are on the schedule yet..i forgot to check)

Ambient Signal - 9/3/08

WRPI 91.5fm!
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6-8pm Wednesdays

Next week I'll most likely be moving to Tuesday 6-8..my super old time slot

Sufjan Stevens - Concerning the UFO sighting
Talkdemonic - White gymnasium
A Weather - Spiders, Snakes
Swan lake - All Fires
The Notwist - One with the freaks
Young galaxy - Swing your heartache
Mason Proper - Life's cornucopia
Saxon Shore - This shameless moment
Venetian Snares - Szerencsetlen
Shugo Tokumaru - Parachute
Chad VanGaalen - Willow Tree
Liz Durrett - Wake to beleive
Mad gregs - Old man
Fujiya and Miyagi - Uh
Laura Marling - Ghosts
Ra Ra Riot - Ghosts under rocks
Stills - Snow california
Alias - Well water black
Don Cabellero - Loudest shop vac in the world
Charlie Everywhere - Lucy's underground (see video below from their Live show!)
Ambulette - When i see you
Cat power - Maybe not
Husky rescue - Sweet little kitten
Neva Dinova - On/Off
Nico Nuhly - Skip town
Animal collective - Banshee beat

See you next tuesday!

Charlie everywhere live video featuring some of my own VJing in the background! I'll be making a music video for C-Ev later in the fall..super excited!


Charlie Everywhere - Troy, NY - 08, Aug from Sébastien Barré on Vimeo.

pinkie swear

I'm back! My show is moving to Tuesdays in a few weeks (hopefully). Blar and I are up for nomination for Best Music Director and Best Specialty Music Director at CMJ this year.

artist - track

Beck - Orphans
Bittersweet - Come Along With Me
Mates Of State - Help Help
Daedelus - Make it So
The Chap - They Have a Name
Midnight Juggernauts - Into the Galaxy
Minus the Bear - Let's Play Clowns
The Egg - Forwards
Antenne - Gloves On
Bitcrush - No Bridge No Water
Near the Parenthesis - Modernisme
Lights Out Asia - Radars Over the Ghosts of Chernobyl
Alias - I Heart Drum Machines
Stereo Image - Dark Moves
Fujiya & Miyagi - knickerbocker
Chemical Brothers - Hey Girl Hey Boy
MGMT - Electric Feel - Justice Remix
Moby - Crookers Mass in Here
Booka Shade - Charlotte
65daysofstatic - Dance Parties [Mechanised]
Preshish Moments - Make Me Better
CSS - Let's Reggae All Night
M.I.A. - Paper Planes - Scottie B Remix
Audio Bullys - Shot You Down feat. Nancy Sinatra
Alias - Resurgam
Mogwai - Auto Rock
Modest Mouse - Dashboard

-Emelie [ 11519 ]

Fifty-Fifty {9/2}

[artist] - [track]

Rilo Kiley - Portions for Foxes
Maybe Smith - Open War
Talking Heads - This Must Be The Place
The Walkmen - In The New Year
Empire Of The Sun - Walking On A Dream
Jane Vain & the Dark Matter - C'mon Baby Say Bang Bang
My Brightest Diamond - Inside A Boy
Of Montreal - Nonpareil Of Favor
Late of the Pier - Broken
MGMT - Metanoia
Portastatic - Some Small History
Land of Talk - Some Are Lakes
Joseph Arthur - Temporary People
Faded Paper Figures - Metropolis
Shugo Tokumaru - Green Rain
Passion Pit - Sleepyhead
Violent Femmes - Kiss Off
Final Fantasy - The Butcher
The Tunics - Paris, France
Fredrik - Alina's Place
Alt-Ctrl-Sleep - Take Care
Arms - Kids Aflame
The Year Of - Stephen Hawking
Kristoffer Ragnstam - Happy Mistakes
Department of Eagles - No One Does It Like You

Gold Sounds: Labor Day/really late edition

Late fill-in tonight (guess that goes without saying). I seriously didn't think I was going to do this until 10 minutes prior and sans external harddrive, so sorry about the predictable music choices. New music in red.

The Walkmen "Donde esta la Playa"/"Flamingos (for Colbert)"/"On the Water"

Menomena "Oahu"
Menomena "Wet and Rusting" (awesome music video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iqg3LVx2Ws)
Lacktherof "Doomed Elephants"

Brendan Canning "Love Is New"
Broken Social Scene "Fire Eye'd Boy"
Kevin Drew "Safety Bricks"

The Dismemberment Plan "Girl O' Clock"
Q and Not U "Soft Pyramids"
Tiger Bear Wolf "Wrong Lens, Wrong Film"

The Tiger Lillies "Gypsy Lament" (request!)
Beirut "A Call to Arms"/"Nantes"
Gogol Bordello "Start Wearing Purple"/"Sally" (request-ish)

ROCK BLOCK: The 'I don't know why people go batshit over these bands, but maybe I'll change my mind after listening to them again' edition
The National "Start a War"
The Hold Steady "Sequestered in Memphis"
Wolf Parade "Soldier's Grin" (Wolf Parade's aight, I guess)

PINKIE SWEAR: The Tim Gilman edition
!!! "Heart of Hearts"
Daft Punk "Around the World"/"Harder Better Faster Stronger" (from Alive 2007)
Justice "Phantom"/"Phantom pt 2"
The Dismemberment Plan "The Other Side (remix by Justin Norvell)"
Bitter:Sweet "Get What I Want"

Whoa, that last block was awesome. Later!

Afternoon Jams (Pinkie Swear stand-in) - 8/27

It comes 5 days late but better than never I guess.... Will do better once the fall schedule is setup and kicks in.

Dan Deacon - Wham City
Cass McCombs - That's That
Animal Collective - Peacebone
Ra Ra Riot - Ghost Under Rocks
Settlefish - Summer Drops
Joe Lean & the Jing Jang Jong - Brooklyn
Jans Lekman - A Postcard to Nina
The Clientele - That Night, a Forest Grew
The Sea and Cake - Window Sills
Okkervil River - Our Life Is Not a Movie or Maybe
Beirut - Elephant Gun
Los Campesinos! - You! Me! Dancing!
Herman Dune - I Wish That I Could See You Soon
MGMT - Time to Pretend
toe - グッドバイ
Spoon - You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb
Bloc Party - One Month Off
Thunderbirds Are Now! - Sound Issues Smart Ideas
Black Gold - Idols
The Hush Sound - Honey
Deerhoof - Perfect Me
Ambulance LTD - Straight A's
The Dark Romantics - The Death of You

Gold Sounds:Another surprise Friday edition 8/29

Here 6-730? Oh WRPI, the things I do for you. New songs are red. Songs with overtly sexual lyrics are blue.

My Morning Jacket "Touch Me I'm Going to Scream Pt. 1"

Okkervil River "Singer Songwriter"
Mason Jennings "Soldier Boy"
Matt Sharp "Goodbye West Coast"
The Weakerthans "Sun in an Empty Room"

Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Phenomena"
Weezer "You Won't Get with Me Tonight"
Parts & Labor "Unexplosions"

Ra Ra Riot "Too Too Too Fast"
Kristoffer Ragnstam "Sorry for Being the Man of 1000 Questions"
Dead Can Dance "American Dreaming"/Poster Children "Shotguns and Pickups"/Talkdemonic "Mutiny Sunshine" (The 'I messed up but made it sound awesome' mix)

Pinback "Boo"
Yo La Tengo "Autumn Sweater"
Pattern Is Movement "Maple"

The Walkmen "In the New Year"
Willie the Moak "I'm the Janitor Man"
Matt Pryor "Confidence Man"

My Morning Jacket "Touch Me I'm Going to Scream Pt. 2"

Gold signal/Ambient Sounds 8/27/08

WRPI 91.5fm!
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6-8pm Wednesdays

Sharing a show with tim today (of gold sounds)..yeaah. Tim's songs need more room to breathe.

Black Mountain "Angels"

Autolux "Great Days of the Passenger Element"

Pattern Is Movement "Elephant"

Tacks the boy disaster - Paris
Doves - The man who told everything
Go Find - Over the edge

New Buffalo "It'll Be Alright"

Mogwai "Cody"

No Age "Eraser"

Mice Parade - The Boat Room
God is an astronaut - All is violent, All is bright
Maserati - The world outside

Fujiya & Miyagi "Knickerbocker"

Okkervil River "Lost Coastlines"

Apollo Sunshine "The Funky Chamberlain (Who Begot Who)"

Don Caballero - Lord Krepelka
Mad gregs - Twelve tone
The Faint - Forever Growing centipedes
Alias - I heart drum machines

Pegasuses-XL "The Big Haunt" (NEVERMIND..CD SKIP)

The Books "Read, Eat, Sleep"

The Velvet Teen - Spin the wink (Little kid remix)
Nico Muhly - Mothertongue I: Archive
Fog - The Poor Fella

THE END

Gold Sounds Impromptu Set: 8/22/08

'sup, I'm playing music today. I wasn't expecting it either. New songs in maroon. Almost new songs in forest green.

Pavement "Spit on a Stranger"
Adem "Loro" (Pinback cover)
Herman Dune "Son of Samuel"
The Notwist "Good Lies"

The Last Shadow Puppets "Calm Like You"
Port O'Brien "I Woke Up Today"
Julie Ocean "#1 Song"

We Versus the Shark "Gothic, Y'all"
Bridge and Tunnel "Call to the Comptroller's Office"
Garrison "Know the Locale"

Oxford Collapse "Young Love Delivers"
Violent Femmes "Crazy" (Gnarls Barkley cover)

Mono in VCF "Escape City Scrapers"
The Drones "Dog Eared"
Animal Collective "Banshee Beat"

Drive Like Jehu "Sinews"
We Versus the Shark "Keep it Wolf"
Hum "I'd Like Your Hair Long"

Ben Gibbard "You Remind Me of Home"
The Get Up Kids "Campfire Kansas"
The Decemberists "Cocoon"

Death Cab for Cutie "Title Track"
Low "California"
Neil Young "Out on the Weekend" (request)

Built to Spill "Time Trap"
Anthem In "Hold on to Me"
Get Him Eat Him "Not Not Nervous"

PAVEMENT RELATED BLOCK (Yeah)
Pavement "Stop Breathin"
Preston School of Industry "Where You Gonna Go?"
Broken Social Scene Presents Kevin Drew "Lucky Ones"

But for real, it's good to be back playing music.

Ambient Signal 8/20/08

One month til my birfday!

WRPI 91.5fm!
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6-8pm Wednesdays

Menomena - Weird (Dekoder Remix)
The Velvet Teen - Gyzmkid
Sigur Ros - Vid spilum endalaust
Forget cassettes - Quiero Quieres
Battles - Atlas
This will destroy you - The world is our ____
Broken Social Scene - Windsurfing nation
Sunset Rubdown - The taming of the hands that came back to life
Efterklang - Mirador
Feist - My Moon My Man
Azeda Booth - Big Fists
The Faint - Get Seduced
Mugison - Mugiboogie
Conor oberst - Souled out!!!
Horse feathers - Curs in the weeds
Obi Best - Green and white stripes
Colourmusic - Put in a little gas
Apollo Sunshine - 666: The coming of the new world government
Midlake - Roscoe
Bright Eyes- Southern State
Ester Drang - All the feeling
Talkdemonic -Tides in their grave
The Album Leaf - Shine
Hammock - Kenotic

pinkie swear

artist - song

minus the bear - let's play clowns
tilly and the wall - jumbler
the ting tings - shut up and let me go
the notwist - good lies
beck - orphans
daedelus - make it so
hercules and love affair - blind
css - lets reggae all night
jovian - grenedine girl
mates of state - help help
midnight juggernauts - into the galaxy
twink - what the dickens
the egg - walk on the snow
antenne - gloves on
my brightest diamond - inside a boy - son lux remix
the frequency - talk to me
bitter:sweet - sugar mama
modest mouse - dashboard
eliot lipp - opening ceremony
MGMT - electric feel -justice remix (OMGSFKJSKGH SO GOOD!)
moby - i like to move
fabric noisia


-Emelie
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Gold Sounds: We Versus the Shark "Dirty Versions" album review

I was in the middle of writing a pretty long (and long overdue) review of We Versus the Shark's newest album, but then my computer messed up and I lost it all. Here's the abbreviated version:



We live in a time of cultural stagnation, with music being no exception, what with the majority of up-and-coming bands aping rock bands of yore (and very few of them worth your time, in this reviewer's humble opinion). In this climate, it's good to know that some musicians are more concerned with creating new, unique, and interesting music, We Versus the Shark among them. Have you ever heard anything as intense as opener "Hello Blood?" The blistering track starts immediately at full force and doesn't let up for its 2:46 duration. Exhilarating? Check. Inventive? Check (Oh, the time changes. Oh, the dual guitar lines). Listenable? Check, and that's the most important check of all; We Versus manage to avoid completely alienating the listener while treating them to something totally original. The album's not without its faults (lyrics/vocals occasionally seem like an afterthought, last track "Practical Animals" falls victim to some questionable mixing decisions, and a certain track-to-track cohesion is somewhat lacking) but it's loud, it's frantic, it's inventive, and yeah, it's dirty. What could be better?

Rating: 9/11. Key Tracks: "Hello Blood," "Dogs," "Gothic Y'all," "Keep it Wolf." Also, numerical ratings are kind of silly, don't you think?

Listen to We Versus the Shark live here. It's a high quality bootleg that's worth your time. All but the first and last song are featured on Dirty Versions, and they sound just as good live as they do on compact disc. Of course, the two non-Dirty Versions tracks are also worth a listen.

The more traditional route: Myspace