asleep in the back

elbow's classic debut album asleep in the back is set to receive the full "deluxe edition" treatment with a release date scheduled for oct. 26 in the uk . fans should be ecstatic, although the cynic in me wonders if v2 records is just cashing in on elbow's new found success since the label dumped the band prior to the recording of the seldom seen kid.

regardless, most labels worth their salt know loyal fans will not spend their hard earned cash on a reissue unless it comes with plenty of good features. it looks like there will be little room for disappointment: the whole package will include the band's original debut noisebox ep (which was never repressed after the initial self-release), concert performances, radio performances, the album itself, and what is sure to be a dvd masterpiece produced by the soup collective.

here's the breakdown:

Disc 1 - CD - The Album
1. Any Day Now
2. Red
3. Little Beast
4. Powder Blue
5. Bitten by the Tailfly
6. Asleep in the Back
7. Newborn
8. Don't Mix Your Drinks
9. Presuming Ed (Rest Easy)
10. Coming Second
11. Can't Stop
12. Scattered Black and Whites

Disc 2 - CD - The Bonus Material
Noisebox EP
1. Powder Blue
2. Red
3. Theme From Munroe Kelly
4. Can't Stop

Live At The Astoria 2001
5. Bitten By The Tail Fly *
6. Coming Second
7. Don't Mix Your Drinks *
8. Can't Stop *
9. Scattered Black And Whites *
10. George Lassoes The Moon *

Radio 1 Lamacq Session 2001
11. Newborn *
12. Don't Mix Your Drinks *
13. Red

Disc 3 - The DVD
'Asleep In The Back' Movie

* Previously Unreleased

show #65 playlist

the set was a little shorter last saturday because i wanted my new trainee to put on a couple songs at the end. it looks like wrvu has fixed the audio archive settings for the show now, so feel free to listen online via realplayer. an itunes archive is still in the works, but we're not there yet.

anyway, here's the playlist:

doves - jetstream
the xx - islands
thom yorke - feeling pulled apart by horses
the flaming lips - silver trembling hands
cortney tidwell - missing link
doves - here it comes
yo la tengo - avalon or someone very similar
le loup - forgive me
the beta band - inner meet me
john lennon - well well well

show #64 playlist + mixtape

it's been a good week. pavement announced a reunion world tour in 2010 and i have an end-of-summer mixtape just for you:

it features a lot of new music that has either just been released or will be released this fall. here's the playlist for the mixtape (and today's show):

girls - summertime - (from album - out 9.22)
atlas sound - criminals - (from logos - out 10.20)
wild beasts - all the kings men - (from two dancers - out 9.8)
bear in heaven - lovesick teenagers - (from beast rest forth mouth - out 10.13)
radiohead - the gloaming
the black hollies - can't stop these tears (from falling) - (from softly towards the light - out 10.6)
the fresh & onlys - d.y. - (from grey-eyed girls - out 9.15)
the stone roses - this is the one - (from the stone roses re-mastered edition - out 9.8)
pavement - passat dream
yo la tengo - you can have it all
blur - there's no other way
love and rockets - no new tale to tell
the xx - blood red moon
the xx - islands - (from xx - out 10.20)
beak> - i know - (from beak> - out 10.19 in europe)

show #63 playlist

as mentioned before, the show has now moved to saturdays at noon for the fall semester. the audio archive should be back up next week once the ever-vigilant wrvu online staff make all the necessary adjustments. the station now boasts 93 shows, so bear with them.

here's what you may or may not have missed last saturday:

the botticellis - awaiting on you all
george harrison - what is life
doves - 10:03
autolux - subzero fun
stardeath and white dwarfs - age of the freak
the flaming lips - silver trembling hands
cryptacize - tail & mane
radiohead - these are my twisted words
the xx - blood red moon
edward sharpe & the magnetic zeroes - desert song
the stone roses - shoot you down
the xx - crystalised
thee oh sees - ship (thee hounds of foggy notion version)
the blues magoos - sometimes i think about

the xx are the new "it" band, so you'll probably hear more about them soon. xx (their debut album) is already out in europe and will be released here on 10.6. they'll tour the u.s. to promote the album, but the closest they come to nashville is atl on 11.17.

new show time

the wrvu calendar has been updated and nashville mixtapes lives on! now the show will broadcast every saturday at noon and thanks to advances in wrvu.org technology you can mark your google calendar accordingly. bad (ish) news: nashville mixtapes will only to run for 1 hour this fall. good news: with fewer station rotation requirements it will be a better show filled with more music from my own collection. i'll take it and like it.

show #62 playlist + more

this week's newest wrvu.org development: you can now stream wrvu live via itunes! this makes my personal online listening experience much more enjoyable, but the old realaudio format is still available to all you itunes haters. at some point in the future, individual audio archived shows will also be available on itunes.

in other news, the summer schedule is ending and that means until further notice nashville mixtapes is in purgatory. will there be a show in the fall? will it change times? we just don't know right now, but hopefully by the end of the week the new schedule will be released. check back here to see what's up.

as usual, when a semester comes to a close nashville mixtapes goes into greatest hits mode. here's the playlist from last saturday's show full of plenty of songs you've heard before and a few new ones to keep it interesting:

the flaming lips - silver trembling hands
manu chao - homens
david bowie - andy warhol
half japanese - put some sugar on it
stardeath and white dwarfs - the march
here we go magic - fangela
animal collective - my girls
atlas sound - walkabout
caribou - sandy
radiohead - blow out
the raveonettes - black/white
the mantles - don't lie
bram rigg set - i can only give you everything
i am kloot - gods and monsters
elbow - grounds for divorce

the flaming lips - silver trembling hands

dan deacon

artists like dan deacon typically skip nashville in favor of atlanta, chicago, or chapel hill (a city that always seems to nab great bands out from under our snooty noses). his brand of electronic noodling is rarely seen around these parts, but thankfully the guy is a different breed of entertainer and will visit our fair city in a few weeks. he seems anxious to bring it to the people with low ticket prices and a set that emphasizes audience participation.

but he'll still have his work cut out for him when he plays the end on oct. 5. not only is that the same night as them crooked vultures at war memorial, but it's two nights before next big nashville kicks off. so most people will either be gawking at the year's newest hot supergroup or saving their cash for an extended weekend on the town.

but i say fuck it. skip the big rawk show and spend a measly $10 to see dan deacon. he may never come back and you'll likely be sick of them crooked vultures by thanksgiving anyhow.