show #38 playlist

another night of radio fun:

the war on drugs - taking the farm

cortney tidwell - missing link
department of eagles - no one does it like you
yo la tengo - you can have it all
i am kloot - sunlight hits the snow
clearlake - wonder if the snow will settle
blitzen trapper - black river killer
vetiver - the swimming song
sparklehorse - galveston
beach boys - the warmth of the sun
the besnard lakes - disaster
spiritualized - lord can you hear me
daniel johnston - life in vain
ray charles - that lucky old sun just rolls around heaven

show #37 playlist

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doves - kingdom of rust
the war on drugs - barrel of batteries
neil young - tonight's the night
beck - feather in your cap
vetiver - you may be blue
the walkmen - another one goes by
midlake - young bride
lambchop - sharing a gibson with martin luther king jr.
black mountain - angels
the beatles - here comes the sun
m. ward - here comes the sun again
dr. dog - hang on
van morrison - saint dominic's preview

show #36 playlist

the playlist is here:

fleet foxes - he doesn't know why
the occasion - register my complaints
blitzen trapper - black river killer
elbow - coming second (live)

sufjan stevens - they are night zombies!! they are neighbors!! they have come back from the dead!! ahhhhh!
gorillaz - tomorrow comes today
department of eagles - phantom other
andrew bird - the trees were mistaken
the good, the bad, and the queen - herculean
peter bjorn and john - let's call it off
caribou - melody day
badly drawn boy - say it again

wouldn't you know it?

our lovely friends at the bbc managed to shovel themselves out of the snow and put together a cool mini-site for elbow fans worldwide. you can't watch it unless you're in the uk, but anybody can listen to the band perform the entire album "the seldom seen kid" live at abbey road. it's likely a short-term deal and the cd/dvd pack is still available for pre-order, but i thought i'd pass along the info nonetheless.

music and show stuff

so silver jews played their final concert saturday inside cumberland caverns and taped it for a midnight broadcast on wsm 650am. the jews recently played at exit/in, but this was by far a much better show. joos fans came from all over the country and even bob nastanovich made a surprise appearance. if you weren't able to drive out to the middle of nowhere saturday, don't worry - a professional film crew was on hand to document the occasion. and i took pictures.


while i was 333 feet below ground in the cumberland caverns' volcano room watching history in the making, bbc was broadcasting its own bit of history over the british airwaves. my favorite band (elbow) recently put on a live show at abbey road studios and it was all over bbc yesterday. i guess they're a big deal in england now that they've won the mercury prize, so the concert was broadcast on bbc2 radio, a documentary was broadcast on bbc6 radio, and and the concert film was broadcast on bbc tv. at least we americans have the chance to buy a cd/dvd limited edition box set on march 20. i'm not sure if the dvd will be formatted for u.s. dvd players, but the last time they put out a dvd it was coded for universal viewing. you can pre-order it here.

we're into february, so album release and tour info is steadily coming out for spring and early summer now. you can see what interests nashville mixtapes on the left-hand side of this page.

oh, and nashvillemixtapes.com will soon begin offering downloads of each week's mixtape free of charge. these won't be the actual broadcasts, but the actual songs in an mp3 player-ready format so you can hear all your favorite tunes without all the talk. more on that later...

show #35 playlist

thanks to anybody who listened to the show instead of watching the super bowl. don't forget you can always listen to the archive all week long by clicking on the listen to the show link on the left-hand side of this page if you can't listen live.

after four long years, doves are releasing a new album this spring. if you liked their song on tonight's show, the doves website is offering a free download for a limited time. they ask for an email address, but you can just make one up if you'd rather not give yours away.

now i'm off to watch the rest of the game. here's tonight's playlist:

silver jews - punks in the beerlight
doves - jetstream
menomena - strongest man in the world
department of eagles - no one does it like you
radiohead - backdrifts
elbow - the fix
devotchka - head honcho
fleet foxes - mykonos
grizzly bear - knife
massive attack - everywhen
beirut - a sunday smile

silver jews - punks in the beerlight