pinkie swear.

artist - song

css - left behind
jovian - grendine girl
the presets - my people
daedelus - make it so
bitter:sweet - get what I want
mates of state - help help
the chap - the health of nations
minus the bear - lets play clowns
the notwist - good lies
the bridal shop - from seas
modest mouse - you're the good things
my brightest diamond - inside a boy
antenne - gloves on
lali puna - small things
brazilian girls - lazy lover
radiohead - high and dry
death cab for cutie - long division
airborne toxic event - sometime around midnight
beck - orphans
brazilian girls - good times
the honorary title - stay away
hercules and love affair - blind
the ting tings - that's not my name
the bravery - unconditional
the egg - walk on the snow
walter meego - wanna be a star
yelle - je veux te voir
the faint - get seduced
moby - crookers mass in here

-Emelie
[11027]

REVIEW: Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong - Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong

Remember that ex-upcoming album I mentioned earlier today? Well here it is. Can Blogger even handle that long of a post title? The (almost released) new album from Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong (here on referenced as "the band" because goodness I just can't type it anymore) was canceled at the end of July, just five days before it was due for release. The band said, "we can create a record that is much better, more exciting, more representative of our sound and generally more delightful to listen to."

I don't know about all that. This record is definitely a good listen. From a band that's played SXSW AND Glastonbury in one year, it's apparent that there is plenty of potential from this pop-indie group. The album opens with "Lucio Starts Fires," a single that was released back in October 2007. Upon listening, the Strokes might come to mind given all the clashing guitars and such. However, listen a little more closely. There is a stronger, more full sound to the track.

On "Where Do You Go," the band introduces the first of two great singles from this album. This track really highlights the bands energy which must translate to something fierce in the live performance. Check out the last portion of the song for an intense guitar riff.

My personal favorite on this album is "Brooklyn." It has a real doowop sound which seems to appear throughout the album but is at it's strongest here. Complete with background singers and a bass line, this one is a winner. Hopefully it will be re-recorded for the actual release of this album.

The album comes out sometime in 2009 when I'll most likely re-write this review. However, I won't leave you hanging! Here's one track to whet your appetite.

3.5/5

Official Site
MySpace

JL & the JJJ - "Brooklyn":

REVIEW: Upcoming!

Have I got a treat or two for you folks! Got more music to review from some upcoming (and ex-upcoming) albums. What do I mean by "ex-upcoming?" Come back tomorrow (or late tonight) and find out! There's really good music out there and I intend to share it with you.

One group is an indie rock band from England and has toured with CSS and Kaiser Chiefs. They also played this year's SXSW and Glastonbury Festival. The other band is named after a Gastr del Sol song and is known as a Chicago-based indie super group.

Oo

REVIEW: Ra Ra Riot - The Rhumb Line

It's been a while since anyone has posted an album review here so I thought it was high time to get some new music out to the masses.

After releasing the promising Ra Ra Riot EP last summer, dealing with the death of drummer John Pike, and going on two tours, Ra Ra Riot is ready to formally break onto the scene with The Rhumb Line. What is a rhumb line, you ask? Why, it's the path taken by a vessel that maintains a constant compass direction. What a fitting title it is, then, when no less than half of the tracks on this record are written by John Pike. His death definitely influences the tone of the album. But it's not all funeral songs. It is also a celebration.

The marriage of strings and indie rock is a good one. With Alexandra Lawn on cello and Rebecca Zeller on violin, Ra Ra Riot reminds me (and a number of other listeners, apparently) of Arcade Fire. The opening track, "Ghost Under Rocks," give the listener a sense of the profound loss endured by the band. Songs such as "St. Peter's Day Festival" and "Winter '05" only add to this tone.

However, they are able to provide enough variation that the mood doesn't get old. I don't think I've ever wanted to keep listening to an album about loss and death. Yet the celebratory notes in the tunes keep me drawn in. This is especially true for the album's single, "Dying Is Fine." Make sure to pay attention to the interlude from just before 2:00 to 2:40. The guitar/violin/cello dynamic here is intense and probably the height of the album for me.

Does the album get you down? Then check out "Too Too Too Fast," a upbeat synth track that provides a break from the chamber music sound. Listening to it reminds me of some modernized version of "Take On Me" but a little more mellow. And no, I'm not talking the Reel Big Fish or A1 versions.

I had a chance to see the sextet live at the Siren Music Festival and did they ever provide an energetic show! Too bad you'll have to drive the 2.5 hours to Syracuse if you want to see them for yourself (Syracuse University, 9/7).

In any case, The Rhumb Line comes out August 19 but you can pre-order it now from the Ra Ra Riot website.

4/5

Tracklist:
1] Ghost Under Rocks
2] Each Year
3] St. Peter's Day Festival
4] Winter '05
5] Dying Is Fine
6] Can You Tell
7] Too Too Too Fast
8] Oh, La
9] Suspended in Gaffa
10] Run My Mouth

Official Site
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Dying Is Fine
The Rhumb Line Studio Version:



Ra Ra Riot EP Version:

pinkie swear

artist - track

tilly and the wall - jumbler
jovian - grenadine girl
death cab for cutie - i will possess your heart
mates of state - help help
minus the bear - lets play clowns
midnight juggernauts - into the galaxy
cb radio - blue skies (booksworms remix)
preshish moments - makes me better
moby - crookers mass in here
flying lotus - sample from his album los angeles
the bug - freak freak
Noisia - FabricLive.40 Mix
the bug - angry
sub swara - hi fidelity (shambhala riddim)
css - lets reggae all night
frank solono - the blues line
dr dog - the rabbit, the bat and the reindeer
conor oberst - cape canaveral
conor oberst - sausalito
antenne - gloves on
bitcrush - an island, a penninsula
bitscrush - of days
bitcrush - what would hope be without disappointment
the notwist - good lies
my brightest diamond - inside a boy
domestic blend volume compilation album (link to it here)

-Emelie
[10899]

Ambient Signal 7/30/08

WRPI 91.5fm!
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6-8pm Wednesdays

Battles - Race: In
Octopus Project - Exploding Snowhorse
Dead Science - last Return
Animal Collective - Fireworks
Le Loup - We are gods! We are Wolves!
Annuals - Brother
Bitter:Sweet - Get what i want
Art in Manila - Set the woods on fire
Ambulette - If you go away
Conor Oberst - Cape Canaveral
Margot and the nuclear so and so's - Bookworm (acoustic)
Lackthereof- Fake empire
Azeda Booth - In red *BAND OF THE WEEK*
Falcon - Birds and mice
Miss murgatroid and petra haden - Untitled 1
Inara George with van dyke parks - Track 2
Brendan Canning - Hit the wall
Windmill - Asthmatic
Olafur Arnalds - Track 1
Beck - Orphans
The Album leaf - We need help
Daylights for the birds - World's away
pg.lost - Yes i am
Pacific UV -Tremolo
Midlake - Roscoe (acoustic)
Japancakes- Doublejointed

pinkie swear

artist - track
tilly and the wall - jumbler
cut copy - out there on the ice
mates of state - get better
the ting tings - great dj
daedelus - make it so
hercules and love affair - blind
bitter:sweet - the bomb
midnight juggernauts - into the galaxy
the notwist - good lies
minus the bear - lets play clowns
the egg - forwards
modest mouse - dashboard
preshish moments - make me better
n.e.r.d. - anti matter
leila - little acorns
bitter:sweet - sugar mama
antenne - gloves on
bittersweet - get what I want
anthem in - hold onto me
the faint - in concert
mgmt - electric feel - justice remix <333
four tet - ringer
walter meego - wanna be a star
the octopus project - track 2
lymbic system

Bittersweet Playing at Revolution Hall in Downtown Troy on August 8th at 8pm.

Love,
Emelie
10731

Ambient Signal 7/23/08

WRPI 91.5fm!
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6-8pm Wednesdays

Pre Show 5pm to 6pm
Mono/World's End Girlfriend - Untitled 5
Giraffes? Giraffes ! - When catholic schoolgirls go camping...
Black Kids- Partie Traumatic
Computer vs. Banjo - Give up ghosts
Calico Horse - Happy placebo syringe day
Beck - Modern Guilt
Haley Bonar- Something Great
Sunfold- oregon
Mrandmrsmays- milestone
Duchess and the duke - reservoir park
Matt pryor - Confidence man
Olafur Arnalds - Lokadu Augunum

SHOW Start 6pm
M83- Teen angst
Stars- Heart
Montag- Perfect Vision
Lykke Li- My
Neko Case- Star Witness
Maria Taylor- Good start
Paper Cranes- Triangle
Never- On a mountain
Mychael Danna- The winner is
Submarines- Hope
Six parts seven- Stolen moments
Northern Chorus- Don't think of collapse
Lackthereof- Last November
Horse Feathers- Road to ruin
Notwist- Boneless
Brendan Canning- Snowball and icicles
Windmill- Fluorescent Lights
Falcon- The Sandfighter
Boy in static- Innocent
Alaska in winter- 24 hours on lake of ice
Olafur Arnalds - 37:04 (last track on the Eulogy for evolution cd)
Mogwai- Kappa
Margot and the nuclear so and so's- Talking in code
Neva Dinova- Did you disappoint your god?
Sigur Ros- Med Sud i eyrum
Faunts- Place i've found

My favorite find of the week is the band "Falcon"..here is the blurb from their myspace..it's a little gimmicky but I quite like the music:

"How many bands form with a finite amount of material? Really, think about it. How many bands form knowing, from the start, what the songs already are, and that there will never be another one? It's a problem tribute bands must often face. But what if the tribute band's songs have never even been heard before?

Enter Falcon.
Falcon is not a tribute band.
Falcon plays all new material.

But... Falcon will never write another song. In fact, they never have. Let me explain. Every Falcon song has already been written by the band's namesake, Jared Falcon. However, Mr. Falcon is not in the band.
From 1986-88, Jared Falcon attended Petaluma Junior High in Petaluma, Ca.. He played baritone sax in the orchestra and did not do particularly well in school. However, he was a songwriting prodigy, writing close to a song a day and recording each onto a Fisher Price tape recorder. This practice started in January 1987 and ended, 336 songs later, in February 1988, when Mr. Falcon was instituionalized.

Luckily for us, however, Jared Falcon's classmates from Petaluma Junior High, Shannon Ferguson and Neil Rosen, have since found those tapes."

Ambient Signal 7/16/08

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6-8pm Wednesdays

Son lux - Don't you (forget about me)
Memphis- I dreamed we fell apart
Lykke Li- Dance dance dance
Denali- lose me (live acoustic) (SEE DENALI POST AND VIDEO BELOW)
Great White Jenkins- Brother
Margot and the Nuclear So and So's- Hello Vagina
Twilight Sad- Here it never snowed, afterwards it did
This will destroy you- They move in tracks of never ending light
Boy in static- Violet
Brendan Canning- Hit the wall
Computer vs. Banjo- Guitars need a sinners touch
Talkdemonic- Silvertone
Xu Xu Fang- The Mourning Son
Windmill-Plastic Pre-Flight Seats
The Frequency- Talk to me
Alaska in winter- The homeless and the hummingbird
Giraffes? Giraffes! - Emily Sagees secret
Calico Horse- Happy Placebo Syringe Day
SJ Esau- Bubblehead
The Decemberists- Engine Driver
DNTEL- Dumb Luck
Album leaf- Outer banks
Olafur Arnalds- Haust
Sigur Ros- Festival

pinkie swear!

artist - song

mates of state - get better
does it offend you, yeah? - dawn of the dead
minus the bear - dog park
bitter:sweet - sugar mama <---- playing 8/8 at Revolution Hall, Troy
hercules and love affair - blind
midnight juggernauts - into the galaxy
cut copy - hearts on fire
the chap -they have a name
CB radio - blue skies
moby - alice
n.e.r.d. - spaz
yacht - ring the bell (premix)
daedelus - make it so feat. michael johnson
ladytron - ghosts
bjork - wanderlust
the watson twins - how I am to be
tilly and the wall - jumbler
twink - i <3 rainbows
weezer - the greatest man that ever lived
mates of state - my only offer
the notwist - good lies
radiohead - high and dry
my brightest diamond - inside a boy
justice - let there be light
yelle - je veux te voir
the real mccoy - another night
the ting tings - shut up and let me go

[10498]
-Emelie

Denali Reunion show - 7.05.08

So after 5 years of waiting I finally got to see Denali in concert again. They broke up in 2004 (well I think the original members broke up in 2003..I saw their last show in richmond, the cd release show for the instinct). This show at Richmond's semi-new (amazing) venue The National was every bit as satisfying as when I saw them at that show.

The openers alone would have made a great show. Great White Jenkins (I'll be playing their CD on my show) was one of my favorites, with a more interesting Fleet Foxes sort of sound, and a small horn section joining them for the latter half of their set. Prabir and the substitutes wasn't quite was I was into, with a straight up 60's/Beatles kind of sound. Tulsa drone was the last opener. I had seen them a couple years ago at an odd little show in an art gallery in downtown richmond and liked them enough to pick up their CD but didn't listen to it much. They were pretty good live (the CD didn't quite compare) and this show had them in similar form but the anticipation for Denali was sort of overshadowing their western, hammer-dulcimer infused post-rock.

Denali built the crowd up for their set with a looping sound sample of cryptic organs and telephone rings. They also had some video stuff going behind a dark stage. After 5 minutes (too long! haha) of that, they finally entered and started with French Mistake. They only have 2 albums so it was pretty easy to play all of the crowd pleasing songs. Lose Me, Relief, Do Something were some of my favorites. The video work in the background was pretty amazing most times (I'm a VJ myself so I know how hard some of the stuff the artist was doing was). Not the tightest show ever but after 5 years you can't expect spot on accuracy. The important thing was that all of them looked like they were having fun with it. They did unveil one new song they had fleshed out during their practices called Church Hill Bricks (I caught the name on a setlist while I was waiting for an autograph). It sounded good, not typical Denali but hopefully they've all matured in their sounds in 5 years and taken on new influences, I know I have. Here's hoping they record that song (and maybe a couple others, pretty please) to release sometime, but that show will be enough to hold me for at least another 5 years, haha.

I know I saw several cameras recording the show, so a DVD or web series may also be in the works, I know they have a 4 part reunion web series coming out (part 1 has been out for a while). In lieu of that, I brought my own camcorder and recorded a few of the songs. That new one, Church Hill Bricks, is below..enjoy


Denali - Church Hill Bricks (New song from Reunion show) from blair neal on Vimeo.

CAMP BISCO TICKET GIVEAWAY TODAY!

GIVEAWAY TODAY!

As I've been telling you for the past (forever, really) we've got a pair of passes to Camp Bisco to give away. These passes are good for all three days of the event and include camping! I'll be on the air around 1pm today to give them away! Number at the station is 518.276.6248.

You can also buy your tickets online at www.campbisco.net

-Emelie

pinkie swear

radiohead - high and dry
my brightest diamond - pluto's moon
the notwist - gravity
ani difranco - decree
tilly and the wall - jumbler
mates of state - my only offer
feist - 1234
bitter:sweet - sugar mama [[playing at REV HALL - Listen to win tickets in coming weeks!]]
the watson twins - just like heaven (cure cover)
emmylou harris - shores of white sand
the racounteurs - consoler of the lonely
does it offend you, yeah? - dawn of the dead
midnight juggernauts - shadows
lcd soundsystem - north american scum
wolf parade - soldiers grin
weezer - heart songs
the chap - carlos walter wendy stanley
hercules and love affair - blind
james pants - dragonslayer
N.E.R.D. - anti matter
flying lotus - "los angeles"
PLAYING AT CAMP BISCO:

• DJ shadow - you can't go home again
• cut chemist - motivational speaker + the garden
• bassnectar - verbing the noun
• cut chemist - what's the altitude
• the disco biscuits - triumph
• !!! - yadnus

calvin harris - acceptable in the 80's
the ting tings - shut up and let me go [[playing at valentines on july 26th!!]]
bitter:sweet - the bomb
audio bullys - shot you down feat. nancy sinatra
computer vs. banjo - guitar needs a sinner's touch
portishead - the rip
fleet foxes - white winter hymnal
anthem in - down
dosh - don't wait for the needle to drop
frisbee - gettin' it down
death cab for cutie - you can do better than me
lali puna - small things
radiohead - fake plastic trees
lymbyc system -
mates of state - get better
the notwist - the devil, you and me
my brightest diamond - the ice & the storm
minus the bear - lets play clowns
tilly and the wall = chandelier lake

[10373]
-Emelie

pinkie swear

artist - track
WALTER MEEGO - wanna be a star
midnight juggernauts - into the galaxy
the ting tings - shut up and let me go
bitter:sweet - the bomb
mates of state - get better
hercules and love affair - blind
the chap - proper rock
ladytron - ghosts
four tet - ribbons
bjork - wanderlust - ratatat remix
robert hood - fabric live mix - the pace - m-plant
n.e.r.d. - spaz
flying lotus - camel, melt!, comet course
domestic blend compilation album - click here for more info
my brightest diamond - inside a boy
portishead - silence
the notwist - gloomy planets
radiohead - high and dry
death cab for cutie - no sunlight
dosh - don't just sit there and wait for the needle to drop

NEXT WEEK: 4 hour show (but no Blar, boo), Camp Bisco Giveaway Extravaganza! 4-8pm

Camp Bisco Info ---> here!

[10,293]
-Emelie

Ambient Signal 6/25/08

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6-8pm Wednesdays

I won't be back next week or the week after..going on vacation inside a vacation..see you again mid july!

Pre-show

Battles- SZ2
Alla- Una dia otra noche
Black kids- I'm not gonna teach your boyfriend how to dance with you
Death cab for cutie- Grapevine fires
Little Beirut- The Lottery
Mar- Underwater
SHOW START-------------- 6pm
Hammock- Three sisters
Georgie James- Cake parade
Husky Rescue- Caravan
Emily Haines - Doctor Blind
Sigur Ros - Godan Daggin
Mum - Marmalade Fires
Goddamn electric bill - March at dawn
Khoiba- Taste it
Electric president- Ten thousand lines
Forget cassettes- Quiero, Quieres
The notwist- gloomy planets
My milky way arms- All awful possibilities
My brightest diamond- To plutos moon
Wolf parade- Soldiers grin
David Ramos- Pulse
Calico Horse- Awake in the clouds
Dead heart bloom - Come back
Giraffes? Giraffes! - When catholic girls go camping, the nicotine vampies rule supreme
Fleet foxes- Sun it rises
Broken Social Scene- Hotel
Grizzly Bear- Central and remote
The twilight sad- and she would darken the memory
God is an astronaut- Sunrise in aries
Steve Reich - Drumming (Part 4)

A Friendly Reminder from Gold Sounds

Girl Talk - Feed the Animals

As of Thursday, mash-up specialist Girl Talk's newest album is available for download on his label's (Illegal Arts) website. Word has it that it picks up right where his previous album, the excellent Night Ripper, leaves off. I just started listening to the album like 30 seconds ago and already have encountered a 'holy shit, awesome' moment.

The download works much like how Radiohead's newest album worked. Choose to donate as much as you want and you obtain a download of the album (including nothing, if you're feeling stingy). The quality of the content depends on how much you donate; the benefits of donating more are listed in the download link.

If for some reason you aren't sure whether or not to download Feed the Animals for free, it's streaming in full on Girl Talk's myspace. Personal favorites so far include "Play Your Part (Pt. 1)," "Set it Off," and "Let Me See You."

You'll surely be hearing more and more about Girl Talk and this album in the next few months, including on this blog. Enjoy the album.

Ambient Signal 6/18/08 - Post 10,000 hits

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6-8pm Wednesdays

Yeaah 10,000 hitz..heres to 10,000 more

My Milky Way Arms- Unbearable Lightness of Being
Mason proper- A Chance Encounter
Bell Orchestre- Throw it on a fire
Sigur Ros- Inni mer syngur vitleysingur
Under Byen- Pilot
Le Loup- To the stars! To the night!
Menomena- The late great libido
Beck-New Round
Morning Recordings- Sugar Waltz
The Notwist- Good Lies
My Brightest Diamond- The Ice & The Storm
Wolf Parade- Language City
Fleet Foxes- White winter hymnal
My Education- Aria
Cineplexx- A mi lado
Tilly and the wall- Chandelier lake
Watson Twins- Fall
Nethers- Great big grave
Jason Webley- Little Sister
Bright Eyes- Middleman
Maria Taylor- Clean getaway
Camera Obscura- Knee deep at the NPL
Iron and Wine- Such great heights
Clare and the reasons- Alphabet City
The Album Leaf- Broken Arrow

pinkie swear

artist - track

bitter:sweet - the bomb
the ting tings - that's not my name
does it offend you, yeah? - dawn of the dead
walter meego - wanna be a star
the futureheads - decent days
portishead - silence
ladytron - ghosts
my brightest diamond - inside a boy
death cab for cutie - no sunlight
daedelus - make it so
mates of state - my only offer
feist - 1234
the notwist - good lies
the bridal shop - from seas
M83 - kim & jessie
aimee mann - freeway
modest mouse - so much beauty in dirt
weezer - pork and beans
radiohead - jigsaw falling into place
midnight juggernauts - into the galaxy
neutral milk hotel - two headed boy
lymbic system - love your abuser
architechture in helsinki - it's 5
four tet - ribbons
N.E.R.D. - anti matter
the knife - is it medicine
dosh - kit and pearle
hammock - mono mo aware
explosions in the sky - memorial



-Emelie [ 10046 hits! yay! ]

Conor Oberst's new solo album and tour

The news has been out there for a while that Conor Oberst has been writing and recording new material outside of the Bright Eyes arena since late last year. His solo album will be coming out on Merge (not saddle creek or team love? wtf..) on August 4th.

He has 2 tracks streaming on the website :

http://www.conoroberst.com/album/

and personally its going to be very hard for me to seperate them from sounding like Bright Eyes, but they have been obsessively one of my favorite bands for years..I saw them in concert 3 times last year..looks like those of you in the capitol region will be able to catch this new Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band experiment because on their tour page they list:

8/17 Saratoga, NY Saratoga Music Festival

I'm pretty sure I'm going to that..

EDIT: just found this post and I may not be going, haha..ouch..my wallet:
http://heartstack.org/2008/06/18/saratoga-music-festival-announced/

Ambient Signal 6/11/08 - Pre 10,000 hits

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Wow almost 10,000 hits on this blog...now almost 2 years old..not too shabby..should have 10,000 by friday

Pre show-
Eef Barzelay - Could be worse
Free Kittens- Help Me
James pants- Dragonslayer
Neva Dinova- Clouds
Playlist start----
My Brightest Diamond- Golden Star
Under Byen- Af samme stof som stof
Brooke Waggoner- Fresh pair of eyes
Sigur Ros- Gobbledigook
The Velvet Teen- No one gets the best of me
The Books- There is no there
Red Lions- Bay of Naples
Venice is sinking- Pulaski Heights
Cars & Trains- Painting it over did no good/Solitary Bird
Fleet Foxes- Blue Ridge Mountains
Spiritualized- you lie you cheat
Watson Twins- Just like heaven
My Education- Britches Blanket
Minus the Bear- Lets play clowns
Nethers- Three hearts
Bittersweet- Drama
Death cab for cutie- Talking Bird
Styrofoam- Lil white boy
Mates of state- The re-arranger
Slow Six- These rivers between us
This will destroy you- Threads
Bright eyes- I'll be your friend
Charlie Everywhere- Mouthful of diamonds
Khoiba- Loading of aching heads