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Gold Sounds 1/14/09

I'm back, baby. New time this semester, Wednesdays 4-6pm 12-2pm on Wednesdays, sorry for being misleading. Starting this show upbeat and then slowwwwing down. New stuff in red.

Between the Pine "Coca-cola"
Shudder to Think "X-French Tee Shirt"
Los Campesinos! "Ways to Make it through the Wall"
Les Savy Fav "Reformat"

The Go! Team "Feelgood by Numbers"/"The Power Is On"
We Versus the Shark "Head Over Heels" (Tears for Fears cover)
Gang Gang Dance "First Communion"
Marnie Stern "Ruler"
Mates of State "Middle Is Gold"

Chairlift "Garbage"
Van Morrison "Ivory Tower" (request!)
Murder By Death "Comin' Home"
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds "Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!"
Bomb the Music Industry! "Fresh Attitute, Young Body"

ROCK BLOCK - God Builds Like Frank Lloyd Wright (check it out this Friday at EMPAC. http://www.empac.rpi.edu/events/2009/spring/green/ for information)
Califone "Don't Let Me Die Nervous"
Giant Sand "Without a Word"
Fugazi "Smallpox Champion"

So Many Dynamos "Saturday Night, Sunday Morning"/"Search Party"
Pattern Is Movement "Trolley Friend"
Dirty Projectors "Depression"

Charles Spearin "Mr. Gowrie" (more information about this album here: http://www.happiness-project.ca/)
Do Make Say Think "The Landlord Is Dead"

Dismemberment Plan "Spider in the Snow"
French Kicks "Said So What"
Centaur "Wait for the Sun"
Joey Cape "Errands"

Dub Trio "Not for Nothing"
Deerhoof "The Tears and Music of Love"

Back next week!

Ambient Signal - 1/23/09 The 2009 Album Anticipation show

WRPI 91.5fm!
http://www.wrpi.org/ for webcast
Tuesdays 6-8pm

For tonights show I am playing songs from artists who will either be releasing a new album in 2009 or aritsts that i hope will be releasing a new album in 2009 *fingers crossed*..this list is basically repeated in my top 10 list of 2008 *see below* but may have additions

Amina - Fjarskanistan (No word on recording..on my wishlist..last album was in early 2007)
The Album Leaf - Into the Sea (Recording..Fall 2009)
Doves - Caught by the river (recorded? releasing mid 2009?)
Cat Power - Maybe not (Recorded..Releasing in March)
Emily Haines and the soft skeleton - Our Hell (On my wish list)
Feist - My Moon My Man (Grizzly bear remix) (On my wish list)
Animal Collective - Fireworks (Released..will be playing new album next week)
Grizzly Bear - Knife (Recorded..releasing in March)
The Velvet Teen - Noi Boi (Recording..Fall 2009)
Mono - The Flames beyond the cold mountain (Recorded..Releasing in March)
Charles Spearin - Marisa
Arabeske for piano In C Major Op 18 (From Benjamin Button Soundtrack)
BPA - Seattle
Bright Eyes - I must belong somewhere (Recording.. Fall 2009)
Menomena - Rotten hell (Recording.. Fall 2009)
Camera Obscura - If Looks could kill (On my wish list)
Sunset Rubdown - The Taming of the Hands that came back to life (On my wish list)
Battles - Atlas (On my wish list)
Charlie Everywhere - Mouthful of diamonds (Recorded..releasing soon?)

pinkie swear

track - title

misha - losing
casiotone for the painfully alone - bobby malone
the dead science - the ghost integrity
death cab for cutie - champagne in a paper cup
arliss parker - besos
pinback - victorious d
kieran hebden and steve reid - between b & c
the chemical brothers - galvanize
atmosphere - shoulda known
cut chemist - what's the altitude
lcd soundsystem - us vs them (go home productions remix)
hercules and love affair - blind
justice - intro, genesis, phantom pt 1, phantom 1.5, D.A.N.C.E., D.A.N.C.E. PT 2, DVNO
digitalism - pogo (digitalism's pogo robotic remix)
minus the bear - drilling
her space holiday - the weight of the world
modest mouse - little motels
the notwist - gloomy planets

-Tim & Emelie
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Ambient Signal 12/30/08 - Top of the year show

WRPI 91.5fm!
http://www.wrpi.org/ for webcast
Tuesdays 6-8pm

Tonight I played some of my top songs/albums/artists etc..see top 10 list below..happy new yeaar

Pre show: Mono/World's end girlfriend - Untitled 5 and then Excerpts from Johann Johannson's Fordlandia

Margot and the Nuclear so and so's - Tall as cliffs
Annuals - Always Do
The Falcon - The Sandfighter
Land of talk - Some are lakes
Wolf Parade - Language City
Brendan Canning - Hit the wall
Starfucker - Florida
Dosh - Kit and Pearls
Sigur Ros - Med sud i eyrum
Son Lux - Raise
Why? - By Torpedo or Crohns
Helio Sequence - Hallelujah
Talkdemonic - Black wood crimson and March movement
School of seven bells - Half Asleep
Anathallo - The River
Why? - Fatalist Palmistry
Annuals - The Confessor
Hammock - Three Sisters
Chad VanGaalen - Willow tree
Fleet Foxes - Blue Ridge Mountains
The Helio Sequence - Lately
Death Cab for Cutie - Grapevine Fires
Notwist - Good lies
Alias - Weathering
Azeda Booth - In Red
Son Lux - Stand

Engaged!

Ben Gibbard (Death Cab frontman) and Zooey Dechanel (She & Him) are engaged!


Congrats!

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Gold Sounds: Top Ten Albums of 2008

Tim of Gold Sounds here, presenting the top ten albums of the year. 2008 saw an influx of many new artists, a fact that is reflected by this list, more than half of which consists of debut albums from these new artists.

10) French Miami - s/t

The musical climate of the past few years has been absolutely littered with dance-oriented rock/electronic bands, most of which are mediocre at best. French Miami's debut album could be best described as dance rock, but they manage to separate themselves from their dance rock contemporaries by injecting some interesting qualities into their music - the constant time changes of "God Damn Best" and the technical, Minus the Bear-esque guitar work of "Science Fiction" are good examples of this. However, this is still a very listener-friendly album with shouting vocals and fun songs that will get stuck in your head for days ("Lil' Rabbits," "All on Fire"), and this combination of complexity and exuberance results in one of 2008's most pleasant surprises.

Listen: French Miami

9) Lykke Li - Youth Novels

Swedish songstress Lykke Li begins her debut album with the entrancing "Melodies & Desires," where she sings, "Love is the harmony/Desire is the key/Love is a symphony/Now play it with me." This statement sets the tone for the rest of the album, where Li explores the feelings and complications of love, from noting, "I'm a little bit in love with you/If only you're a little bit in love with me," to later teasing, "I'll let you think that I'm yours when I'm not." Maybe she's just being cruel, but more likely she's just trying to wrap her head around love, and who hasn't ever been confused by that feeling? Besides, who could hate that cooing voice (especially enticing in "This Trumpet in My Head") and those melodies, ranging from cute ("Let it Fall") to driving and aggressive ("Breaking it Up")? From lyrical content to musical arrangements, Youth Novels delivers and is yet another impressive new artist debut.

Listen: Lykke Li

8) Monroe Mustang - Monroe Mustang, the Imaginary Band, Regretfully Declines

If this were a 'Top Ten Relaxing Albums of 2008" list, this album would be king. Several years in the making, slowcore (e.g. Low, early Death Cab, The New Year) artist Monroe Mustang has released the perfect Sunday morning album, calm, lazy and contemplative. That's not to say the album can't be enjoyed during other times: Little moments like the piano outro/intro of "Found Out"/"R.O.W." and the sudden dynamic shift of "Consequence" keep the listener intrigued and provide more incentive to continue listening. As a result, the album is rewarding as well as relaxing.

Listen: Monroe Mustang

7) Tobacco - Fucked Up Friends

2008 was a banner year for the anticon. collective, with Tobacco's (member of Black Moth Super Rainbow) solo debut among one of their best releases. One of 2008's most ridiculous albums, Tobacco creates music that can best be described as the aural equivalent of getting drunk; it's a woozy and somewhat sloppy instrumental hybrid of electronica and hip-hop. As a result, listening to it might elicit drunken dancing behavior despite your sober state during the day, and any album that causes one to lose their inhibitions about dancing so quickly no matter their level of intoxication can't be bad. With the seriousness most artists display toward their work these days, it's refreshing to see an artist just having fun with their music and whose main goal is making people dance and grin uncontrollably.

Listen: Tobacco

6) Miniature Tigers -Tell it to the Volcano

The debut album from Miniature Tigers proudly displays the band's affinity for traditional pop/rock. Singing about the highs and lows of relationships with a sense of humor, the band mixes poppy melodies reminiscent of bands past (The Beach Boys) and present (Fourth of July, The Flaming Lips) with relatable lyrical content about college and twenty-something life ("I don't want to move too fast/I don't want to scare you off/I don't want to move too slow/Someone's gonna snatch you up", "Tell me how you feel about me/Do you like or like like me", and "Washing off last night's fake blood/From an even faker cut" are prime examples). Despite the obvious poppy influences and familiar lyrical content, the melodies remain original and the lyrics (especially in relation to their song title metaphors) are clever enough to warrant multiple listens.

Listen: Miniature Tigers

5) Jessica Lea Mayfield - With Blasphemy So Heartfelt

19 year old Jessica Lea Mayfield first gained national exposure when she provided vocals on the Black Keys' newest album, and her debut has that band's bluesy feel. Though the album lacks some of the Keys' finer musical moments (excepting the guitar in "I Can't Lie to You, Love") it more than makes up for it with Mayfield's incredible, haunting voice. Her singing lends every song, most of which deal with feelings of love, a certain mystical quality that 99% of female singers could only hope to duplicate. When you hear her sing, "Is this it baby, are you out of my life?" on "Is This Love?," you feel as though she's either singing directly to you or on behalf of one of your personal lost loves. Also, the endearing lyrical content, such as "If you want, you can call/I will stay awake for you" and referring to a man's shallow love interests as "girlies" would only turn up on an album from someone so young, another way of separating Mayfield from her contemporaries. A truly unique album from a truly unique singer.

Listen: Jessica Lea Mayfield

4) Los Campesinos! - Hold on Now, Youngster

Welsh septet Los Campesinos! released two albums in 2008, both of which were gloriously loud and unrestrained. However, it's their debut full-length, Hold On Now, Youngster, that proves to be superior. Full of poppy singalongs such as opener "Death to Los Campesinos!," one can't help but shake their feet to the rhythm of these twelve songs. It's these melodies along with the band's clever, relatable lyrics (especially to those privy to the current technological age, which most likely includes you if you're reading this) and unabashed enthusiasm so seemingly rare in music these days that keep listeners coming back for more.

Listen: Los Campesinos!

3) We Versus the Shark -Dirty Versions

Simply put, this album (We Versus the Shark's second) slays. From the opening sonic onslaught of "Hello Blood," where both guitars seem to be racing to an unknown finish line, to the ever-changing structure of "Practical Animals," each song possesses razor-sharp guitar parts and a punishing rhythm section. However, there's more charm to the album than the raw, powerful musicianship. The varying lyrical content (from war and the economy in "I am the President of the World" to a friend's foray into the wild world of werewolves in "Keep it Wolf") keeps things interesting on multiple fronts, and like the album title (make no mistake, these songs are gloriously dirty), some song titles manage to accurately depict its contents. For example, "Mountaineering" slowly builds to a very epic climax, making the listener feel as though they are participating in the titular hobby. This is the rock album of 2008.

Listen: We Versus the Shark

2) Why? - Alopecia

Despite the plentiful amazing releases of anticon. in 2008, none were as compelling as Why?'s third full-length, Alopecia. The album is lyrically puzzling, including the absurd refrain of opener "The Vowels pt. 2" ("Cheeri-a, cheeri-e, cheeri-i, cherri-o, cherri-u"? What?) and really all the lyrics in general (it's impossible not to laugh or balk at some of the lines in "Good Friday"). The album is musically puzzling as well, a goofy mix of hip-hop and indie rock with Yoni Wolf's slightly nasally vocals at the foreground. However, the strange lyrics and music work together exceptionally well, especially in "By Torpedo or Crohn's," where Yoni laments puking behind Whole Foods, and "Fatalist Palmistry," the closest thing the album has to an instantly accessible song (and also lyrically the album's best, with clever lines like "I know a psychic who reads her own palms and her findings are personal"). The most interesting thing about the album, however, is its many moods and feelings; from the utter depression of "Song of the Sad Assassin" and the frustration of "The Fall of Mr. Fifths" to the hopeful unrequited love of "Simeon's Dilemma," the album's fourteen songs all have a different, unique feel. This will be an album put on repeat for years to come.

Listen: Why?

1) Pattern Is Movement - All Together

Chalk this one up to consistency. All ten songs are not only good, but standouts; "Right Away" was chosen as the first single, but any other song would have served just as well. Each track consists of several repeated movements (staying true to the band's moniker), with the impressive musical talents of the band's two members creating a full, lush, orchestrated sound. Simple lyrical declarations such as, "How I just love the sound of your voice," accompany these complex arrangements; musically precise like Pinback but with a bizarre mixture of almost opera-style singing and pop that mostly sounds like it was created in a dark dungeon, the album isn't instantly welcoming. However, after a couple listens, an appreciation for these unique musical stylings, from the wistful, longing atmostphere of "Peach Trees" to the bounding, enthused feel of "Jenny Ono," develops. In addition to this, unlike the other albums of 2008 (which are all to some degree hit-or-miss), this album is consistently great and inventive, features often prominent when discussing great albums, All Together being part of that class.

Listen: Pattern Is Movement

Honorable mention:
Talkdemonic - Eyes at Half Mast
The Walkmen - You and Me
Alias - Resurgam
Pegasuses-XL - The Antiphon
Appomattox - AO
We Versus the Shark - Murmurmur (the pure rock of Dirty Versions in the form of cover songs. Download it for free from Quote Unquote Records.)

Some anticipated albums of 2009:
So Many Dynamos - The Loud Wars (recorded with Chris Walla way back in July 2007 and finally getting released on April 7th by Vagrant Records. This will be one of the year's best albums; look for them to get the same sort of exposure the Hold Steady got upon releasing their first album on Vagrant)

Bomb the Music Industry! - Scrambles (finished recording, no info on a release date but it probably won't be too long now. Looking forward to see how the full band setup introduced on Get Warmer is developed)

Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion (comes out next month. Always curious about whatever Animal Collective comes up with)

Charles Spearin - The Happiness Project (comes out in February. Do Make Say Think/Broken Social Scene member creates an album in hopes to answer the question: What is happiness? Listen to a song and learn more here)

Ambient signal's Top 10 Albums of 2008 and other enumerations

This was a year of great triumphs and great let downs..not quite sure if this was a year to beat but I seemed to have an unusually high volume of highly anticipated releases this year. We'll start off with the Top 10 or so best albums, best songs, then biggest let downs, and most anticipated releases of 2009.

Top 10 or so albums of 2008:

1. Son Lux - At War with Walls and Mazes

This was a landmark year for the record label anticon in my opinion. They became even more removed from the sort of fringe electronic/hiphop label I had associated them with a few years ago and released some albums that really pushed some boundaries. The debut album from Son Lux is certainly no exception. I was completely addicted to this album when it came out, not for its hooks, but for its deep musical structures and innovations. Part hip hop drums, part classical (opera samples anyone?), part something else entirely. A clear line runs through the whole album, and many musical themes pop up in different forms in different songs. When first listening to the whole album I found myself going "What??? You can't do that!" and its outbursts like that that made me realize I was dealing with something really special, and it has been #1 in my mind ever since it came out in March.
Key Songs: Stay, Raise, Stand

2. Why? - Alopecia

Again, you can see why I called this a landmark year for anticon...I really thought this was going to be #1 of the year before Son Lux came along. This third Why? effort feels extremely cohesive but with each song having an identity of its own. Handling topics like death and palm reading with an odd but amazing combination of hiphop and indie pop. Yoni Wolf's lyrics dance around from topic to disconnected topic with a certain sense of humor and weirdness that I think everyone needs every once in a while.
Key tracks: By Torpedo or Crohns, Fatalist Palmistry, These Few Presidents

3. Sigur Ros - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust

I can't resist a good ol' fashioned Sigur Ros album. Luckily for me I hadn't been anticipating this album for months or years, which I think led to it being much more satisfying (unlike other albums..see below). It came out in the summer, which I don't normally associate with icelandic post-rock but this album made me change my mind. While not quite as solid as their last two releases, it definitely has its share of innovations and great songs.

Key Tracks: Með suð í eyrum, Inni mer syngur vitleysingur, Festival

4. Helio Sequence - Keep your eyes ahead
I was a little dismayed to hear my favorite song on this album being played during an episode of The Hills, but I guess dem's da brakes. I hadn't been into the Helio Sequence before this album, but this was a really solid offering with many hits and very few misses. They are great live too.
Key tracks: Lately, Hallelujah, Back to this
5. Talkdemonic - Eyes at half mast
6. Annuals - Such Fun
7. Azeda Booth - In Flesh Tones
8. Johann Johannson - Fordlandia
---Not really sure of the order after this
Starfucker - Starfucker
This Will Destroy You - This Will Destroy You
Margot and the Nuclear So and So's - Not Animal
Alias - Resurgam
Brendan Canning - Something for all of us
The Falcon - EP
Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs
Dosh - Wolves and Wishes
Flight of the Conchords - s/t
School of Seven Bells - Alpinisms


Best songs (no order):
School of Seven Bells - Half Asleep
Chad Vangaalen - Willow Tree
Son Lux - Raise
Annuals - Always Do
Brendan Canning - Hit the wall
Land of talk - Some are lakes
Azeda Booth - In Red
Wolf Parade - Language City
Cut Copy - Hearts on fire
Dosh - Kit and Pearls
Why? - By Torpedo or Crohns
Margot and the Nuclear so and so's - As tall as cliffs
The Falcon - The Sandfighter
and more!

Biggest letdowns:
---Neva Dinova - You may already be dreaming
I had been anticipating this album for a long time and unfortunately there just wasn't a song I could really gravitate towards and the lyrics weren't quite at the same level as other albums. Oh well..keep it up guys!
---Conor Oberst - Conor Oberst
I'm not sure what I was expecting from Oberst's solo debut, but it wasn't quite up to snuff for me when compared to Bright Eyes stuff, but I'm glad he took the chance to stretch some other muscles.
---Margot and the Nuclear so and so's - Animal/Not Animal
Although there are some great tracks on this album, it didn't come close to 2006's Dust of Retreat (which was my #1 album that year) but I guess you can't improve much on perfection...I had also been anticipating this album for over a year and its hard to deliver on that much anticipation
---Hammock - Maybe they will sing for us tomorrow
Unfortunately my favorite ambient artist Hammock has been veering more towards beatless ambient soundscapes rather than the more song minded light post rock that drew me to them in the first place..this album just didn't do it for me like some of their earlier ones

Most anticipated releases of 2009 (in no order of course):
Animal Collective - Merryweather post-pavilion (January)
Grizzly Bear (March/April)
Charlie Everywhere (done recording, shopping for a label)
Menomena (Recording now, Fall 2009)
The Velvet Teen (Recording now, no telling)
The Album Leaf (Recording now, Fall 2009)
Cat Power (Done recording? no telling
Bright Eyes (Recording now, no telling)
Doves (Done recording? Anytime now?)
Hopes and wishes: Sunset Rubdown, Camera Obscura (might be recording..I forget), Feist, Amiina, Battles

Fifty/Fifty {12/11}

Surprise! One last show before I go home....

[artist] - [track]
belle and sebastian - christmas time is here   
Kitty Hoff & Forêt-Noire - Toc-Toc-Toc   
Passion Pit - Sleepyhead (Mummers remix)   
Bishop Allen - Click Click Click Click   
Bell - Brown Bear   
The Sweet Serenades - Mona Lee   
The Knife - Na Na Na
Dreamend - If Only for a Day   
Little Joy - No One's Better Sake   
Young Marble Giants - Brand New Life
Theresa Andersson - Birds Fly Away   
Future Clouds and Radar - Feet On Grass   
Love Is All - Wishing well    
Terry Callier - You Miss Your Candyman   
Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - Beggin' (Pilooski Edit)   
Cornershop - Candyman   
Stetsasonic - Stet Troop '88!   
M.I.A. - O... Saya    
Clipse - Intro   
Meursault - the furnace   
Ladyhawke - Back of the Van (Dj Lapse remix)   
Hot Chip - Hold On   
Jackson 5/Naughty By Nature - I Want You Back   
Ace Of Base/Timbaland - Cruel Summer/Give It To Me   
Celia Cruz/Pitbull/DJ Sizzahandz - Guantanamera/Culo   
Timbaland/Starpoint/DJ Bling - The Way I Desire   
Daft Punk/Kanye West/A-Trak - Harder, Better, Stronger   
Jay-Z/Led Zepplin/Crooklyn Clan - I Just Wanna Whole Lotta Love
Cut Copy - Sands of Time   

pinkie swear

daedelus - remix of nothing
cassius - cactus
noisia - fabric live mix
alias - weathering
the annuals - springtime
death cab for cutie - sound of settling
tilly and the wall - jumbler
lykke li - breaking it up
death cab for cutie - i will posses your heart
teddy bears - cobrastyle
casiotone for the painfully alone - bobby malone
the dead science - drrrty magneto
lali puna - clear cut
mylo - sunworshiper
georgie james - need your needs
bloc party - flux
chemical brothers - do it again
sbach - 03
mogwai - travel is dangerous
modest mouse - fire it up
misha - weatherbees

Take - Tuesday Never Comes
Glen Porter - Intrid
ILL Padre - Theif of Tranquility
Milfod Reynolds - Building 453
Glen Porter - Image of You
Unknown Source - Frowning
Glen Porter - Prolong
Glen Porter - Memoirs
Urban Quilt - This Rhythm
Akello Uchenna - Been So Good
Milford Reynolds - Lowe's Market
ILL Padre - ILL Padre Theme Part 2
Tsunchoo - Stutsja
ILL Padre - Cielo

Emelie
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Gold Sounds 12/9/08: 2008 Retrospective + songs that make me feel good

The year's almost over, so I've decided to play lots of the best stuff from 2008, some very recent stuff and some older songs I really like. For variety's sake, songs that aren't from a 2008 release are in red.

Talkdemonic "Ending the Orange Glow"

The Walkmen "Red Moon"
Pinback "Walters"
French Miami "All on Fire"

Brendan Canning "Churches Under the Stairs"
Ra Ra Riot "Dying Is Fine"
Land of Talk "Young Bridge"

Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks "Wicked Wanda"
Mono in VCF "Escape City Scrapers"
Pattern Is Movement "Trolley Friend"

Glassjaw "Ape Dos Mil"
Why? "Song of the Sad Assassin"
Pegasuses-XL "The Big Haunt"

We Versus the Shark "Hello Blood"
Appomattox "Either Way"
Pavement "Date w/ Ikea"/"Fin" (from the Brighten the Corners reissue...1997 Peel Session)

Wallpaper "Pop Rocket"
Secret Dakota Ring "Losing Eyeballs"
Deerhoof "Basket Ball Get Your Groove Back" (rebound rebound rebound rebound)

Marnie Stern "Prime"
Death Vessel "Bruno's Torso"
Calexico "House of Valparaiso"

Longwave "No Direction"
sBACH "08"
Hum "Green to Me"

Rivers Cuomo "Oh Jonas"/"Please Remember"/"Come to My Pod"
Sebastien Grainger "I Hate My Friends"
Starfucker "Mike Ptyson"

Bomb the Music Industry! "Ghost of Corporate Future" (Regina Spektor cover)
Los Campesinos! "Ways to Make it through the Wall"
caUSE-coMOTION! "Only Fades Away"/"Baby Don't Do It"

Johnny Foreigner "Eyes Wide Terrified"
Brazilian Girls "Good Time"
Dungen "Det Tar Tid"

Miniature Tigers "The Wolf"
Hearts of Palm UK "Trust"
Margot & the Nucleaer So and So's "As Tall As Cliffs"

Noah and the Whale "Two Atoms in a Molecule"
The New Year "My Neighborhood"
Annuals "Springtime"
Pinback "Tres"

Rock Block: The evolution of Death Cab for Cutie
Death Cab for Cutie "Your Bruise"
"Title and Registration"
"Grapevine Fires"
The Postal Service "Against All Odds"

The Decemberists "Record Year"
Belle and Sebastian "Judie and the Dream of Horses" (wtf CD 2? cut off)
Spoon "Paper Tigers"
Jessica Lea Mayfield "I Can't Lie to You, Love"
Pavement "Range Life"

Mates of State "Open Book"
Lykke Li "I'm Good, I'm Gone"
Alias "I Heart Drum Machines"/"Well Water Black"

This is my last show of the semester! Sad, but I'll be back next semester, though at a time TBD. I'll keep you posted once next semester starts (Jan 13th, I believe is the day). Happy holidays!

WRPI featured in NY Times article!

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/07/arts/television/07sisa.html?_r=1

Features interviews and photographs (including one of yous truly) of people around the station..commenting on the state of college radio in the age of blogs and internets..yeaah

Gold Sounds: Show alert (Dec. 4th)!

Hey, Capital District! Can't think of anything exciting to do tomorrow night? Well, why not head over to Valentine's in Albany and see Ra Ra Riot, So Many Dynamos (always excellent live), and Princeton at 8pm? These three up-and-coming bands are guaranteed to provide energetic live sets, and this lineup is one of the best that's passed through the Albany area in awhile. Here's a taste of what to expect:


Ra Ra Riot "Ghost Under Rocks" music video:



So Many Dynamos "The Novelty of Haunting" live:



Further listening: Ra Ra Riot, So Many Dynamos, Princeton

Hope to see you there!

{Fifty/Fifty} There It Is...

Ok so we're caught up, right? There were 2 weeks in there I didn't have a show but other than everything is posted to date (including tonight).

Fifty/Fifty {12/2}

 [artist] - [track]

Beta Satan - Party On The Death Star   
Lily Allen - The Fear   
Benji Hughes - You Stood Me Up   
Takka Takka - In The Air Tonight (Phil Collins Cover)   
The British Columbians - Ain't No Direction   
Populous - Royal Gold   
Thao Nguyen - Bag Of Hammers   
Deerhunter - Vox Humana   
Fol Chen - Cable TV   
Black Keys - I Got Mine (live)   
The Menahan Street Band - Make The Road By Walking   
The Acorn - Blankets   
Free Blood - Quick And Painful   
Quiero Club - The Flow   
T. Dekker - Old Milwaukee  
Passion Pit - Sleepyhead

Black Mountain - Tyrants   
Xylos - In the Bedroom   
White Hinterland - Lindberghs & Metal Birds   
Starkey - Pressure   
The Henry Clay People - Something in the Water   
Hemme Fatale - Peryglus Lucifer   
Junesex - Boy With Your Tongue
Heartsrevolution - Switchblade   
Piano Magic - Vacancies  
Lambchop - Slipped Dissolved And Loosed   
  

Fifty/Fifty {11/18}

[artist] - [track]

A.C. Newman - Miracle Drug   
Coeur de Pirate - Comme Des Enfants   
Los Campesinos! - Miserabilia   

The Genevan Heathen & Mattfoley (movie in parentheses):
01_“Main Theme” Hans Zimmer (True Romance) / “Prologue” Charles Bernstein (A Nightmare on Elm Street)   
02_“Winner Takes All” Sammy Hagar (Over The Top)   
03_“Feel The Heat” Jean Beauvoir (Cobra)    The Genevan Heathen & Mattfoley
04_“Stir It Up” Patti LaBelle (Beverly Hills Cop)    The Genevan Heathen & Mattfoley
05_“Night Train” Marvin Berry & The Starlighters (Back to the Future)
06_“Holiday Road” Lindsey Buckingham (National Lampoon’s Vacation)
07_“Beat City” The Flowerpot Men (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off)   
08_“Earth Angel” Marvin Berry & The Starlighters (Back to the Future) / “Delorean Revealed” Alan Silvestri (Back to the Future)   
09_“Win in the End” Mark Safan (Teen Wolf)   
10_“Fletch Theme” Harold Faltermeyer (Fletch)   
11_“I’m Free (Heaven Helps the Man)” Kenny Loggins (Footloose)
12_“Howard The Duck” Thomas Dolby & The Cherry Bombs (Howard The Duck) / “Second Melt” Rick Ulfik (Street Trash)   
13_“Angel of the City” Robert Tepper (Cobra)   
14_“Bang Your Head (Metal Health)” Quiet Riot (Footloose)   
15_“Danke Shoen” Connie Francis (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off)   
16_“Overload” Alfie Zappacosta (Dirty Dancing)   
17_“Citizens On Patrol” Michael Winslow & The LA Dream Team (Police Academy 4)
18_“Come To Me” Brad Fiedel (Fright Night)   
19_“Love Missile” Sigue Sigue Sputnik (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off)
20_“No Easy Way Out” Robert Tepper (Rocky IV)   
21_“Main Theme” Hans Zimmer (True Romance)
   
Paper Route Gangstaz - Rollin (Flosstradamus Remix)   
Boston Spaceships - You Satisfy Me   
Ben Gibbard - Joga (Bjork Cover)   
Audrye Sessions - Waltz #2 (Xo)   
The Smashing Pumpkins - Soma [Live]   
R.E.M. - Living Well Is the Best Revenge (Live from Athens)
The Herbaliser - Can't Help This Feeling (Original Version)   
The Kills - What New York Used To Be   
The Golden Filter - Moonlight Fantasy (demo)   

Fifty/Fifty {11/11}

[artist] - [track]

The Knife - Heartbeats   
Bloc Party - Helicopter [Sheriff Whitey Mix]   
Mr Scruff - Hold On (Ft. Andreya Triana) (Album Version)   
Bird Peterson - Shooked   
Gang Gang Dance - Princes   
Björk (feat. Thom Yorke) - Náttúra   
DJ Class - I'm The Ish   
Prepmode - Dj Kool Bmore Kool   
Shinichi Osawa - Star Guitar [Popular Computer Remix]   
Plus Move - Boss   
Au Revoir Simone - Lark (Ruff and Jam Remix)    
Born Ruffians - I Need A Life   
Architecture in Helsinki (feat. Marina) - That Beep (Radioclit's French Mix)
Old Money - The NYC Tee Mix   
Crystal Waters - In De Ghetto
Diplo & Buraka Som Sistema - Inna De Ghetto (Remix)
Bonde Do Role - Marina Gasolina (Scottie B & King Tutt Remix)
Old Money - Dust Me Off (Mix):

• Ninjasonik - Tight Pants (Rap Remix)
  DJ Tameil - I Get Money
• M.I.A. - XR2
  Skyzoo feat. Wale - Lyrically Inclined (Konrad Remix)
  AC Slater - Jack Got Jacked
• Dances With White Girls - Everyone's Got To Make A Living
  Che Grand - City On Fire
• Hot Chip - Shake A Fist (Morsy Mix)
  Designer Drugs - Zombies!
• Theophilus London - Sand Castles
• A-Trak - Say Whoa (DJ Craze Remix)
• Kudu - Hey 50
• Rakim Does The Mambo
  

Obi Best - Swedish Boy   
belle and sebastian - sukie in the graveyard   
The Rural Alberta Advantage - Don't Haunt this Place   
Wild Beasts - The Devil's Crayon   
The Bent Pen project - dead birds   

Fifty/Fifty {11/4}

[artist] - [track]

Cook - Bring It On   
1032 - Blue Little   
TV On The Radio - Me-I   
Camu Tao - Plot for a Little   
Magaz - Dangerous   
Aeroc - Idiom   
The Raveonettes - Dead Sound   
El-P - Smithereens   
GUMSHEV - ES'kabani   
Ben Benjamin - Squirmy Sign Language   
Les Savvy Fav - The Equestrian   
Rob Sonic - Brand New Vandals   
Mapaputsi - Kufa   
Cepia - Ithaca   
The Rapture - Crimson Red   
Hangar 18 - Think Big   
Jozi - Livin in Africa   
Dabrye - Temper   
120 Days - Justine   
Mr. Lif and Cannibal Ox - Brothaz REmix   
GUMSHEV - Matha   
Dark Party - Active   
Broken Social Scene - Canada vs. America   
Despot - Get Rich or Try Dying   
Jozi - Muthaland   
Cool Calm Pete - Get with the Times   
Drencko - NO More   

Fifty/Fifty {10/21}

[artist] - [track]

Bobby Hebb - Sunny       
Boney M - Sunny   
Justice - Genesis (Datsu REMIX)   
Nid & Sancy - kidzz (original dub)   
Gang Gang Dance - House Jam (xxxchange remix)   
Anoraak - Never Ending Romance Disaster (NERD)   
Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (Solly Remix)   
The Very Best (Esau Mwamwaya & Radioclit) - Dinosaur On The Ark
Winter Gloves - I Can't Tell You   
Brett Dennen - Make You Crazy (feat. Femi Kuti)
Malajube - Pâte Filo   
The Apples In Stereo - (Baby It's) So Cold   
White Denim - Sitting   
Weird Tapes - Home   
Parts & Labor - Nowheres Nigh
+/- [Plus Minus] - Snowblind   
Memory Cassette - Asleep At A Party   
Begushkin - Refugee & the Hag   
Lake - Blue Ocean Blue   
Brazos - Mary Jo   
Hearts of Palm UK - People & Logistics   
Love Is All - A More Uncertain Future   
Max Tundra - Number Our Days   
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Politely Declined

{Fifty/Fifty} The Long Overdue Playlists

OK people so I've been really lax this semester in posting playlists. I think I owe you all an apology. So here are the playlists for not only all the ones I've missed, but also tonight's.

Enjoy!