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.

show #61 playlist

the site is still a barren wasteland of old news, but i have a long vacation coming up in a few days and will finally have a chance to update things. you can always follow nashville mixtapes on twitter if that's your thing... i guess it's been easier for me to put up small bits of info in 140 characters or less lately, which is kind of pitiful.

anyway, sep 5 may be my last saturday a.m. show (although i hope to keep the same time), so to send off the summer schedule expect to hear some of my favorite songs from this semester. come back here soon for more some new mixtapes, more regular updates, and news on any info re: changes to the show's time slot.

last week's mixtape was:

the kinks - 20th century man
scott walker - 30 century man
ramona falls - i say fever
cryptacize - blue tears
13th floor elevators - thru the rhythm
the mumlers - coffin factory
crosby, stills, & nash - wooden ships
tom waits - 16 shells from a thirty-ought six
elbow - forget myself
animal collective - in the flowers
mos def - quiet dog bite hard
the roots - web
de la soul - eye know
stevie wonder - jesus children of america
roxy music - editions of you
beak> - i know

beak> is geoff barrow's (of portishead) new project with a s/t debut release slated for october 19:

Beak> Iron Acton - Recording Session from Mintonfilm on Vimeo.

best albums of 2009... so far

want to know what's missing from your album collection but don't know where to start? tired of sifting through the ever-growing list of worthwhile 2009 releases found on the left-hand side of this page? wish you had a handy and succinct nashville mixtapes-endorsed list of 2009 releases to take with you to your favorite locally owned record store this week?

well, you're in luck. these aren't albums i think should be good, these are albums i know are the absolute best of the year so far:

animal collective - merriweather post pavillion
cotton jones - paranoid cocoon
vetiver - tight knit
elvis perkins in dearland - s/t
every memory cassette ep and album released (ep's only available on itunes here, full album available 8.24)
dan deacon - bromst
doves - kingdom of rust
bill callahan - sometimes i wish i were an eagle
papercuts - you can have what you want
thee oh sees - help
woods - songs of shame
the horrors - primary colours
dead meadow - s/t
grizzly bear - veckatimest
danger mouse & sparklehorse - dark night of the soul (not for release, but get it here if you bittorrent)
mos def - the ecstatic
stardeath and white dwarfs - the birth
milktooth - s/t ep
ramona falls - intuit (out tomorrow)

shows #59 and #60 playlists

sorrrrry. i've been way out of blog thinking territory for some time, but i aim to remedy that this week. for now, here's what you've been hearing on the show:

show #60 playlist:

the besnard lakes - devastation
yo la tengo - here to fall
the horrors - i can't control myself
deerhunter - moon witch cartridge
jim noir - look around you
radiohead - these are my twisted nerves (you can get this new radiohead song free of charge here)
kurt vile - overnite religion
the brian jonestown massacre - straight up and down
dead meadow - between me and the ground
liechtenstein - all at once
the asteroid no. 4 - here we go
blonde redhead - spring and by summer fall
sonic youth - reena
iggy & the stooges - penetration

show #59 playlist:

the clash - police & thieves
willie williams (daddy g mix) - armagideon time
gorillaz - latin simone (que pasa contigo)
mos def - auditorium
dangerdoom - crosshairs
memory cassette - asleep at a party (you can watch a rad video of this song sans advertisements here)
atlas sound - walkabout
here we go magic - tunnelvision
the horrors - sea within a sea
caribou - eli
spiritualized - electricity
dr. dog - the ark
thee oh sees - can you see
the strange boys - poem party
sallie ford & the sound outside - write me a letter

the new wrvu.org

a couple weeks ago the sudio got a facelift, and as of this afternoon the station's website has one too. thanks to wrvu tech god jim hayes, the new site is a vast improvement over the old one which had a very basic look and limited features. it's much more dynamic than before and now boasts a revamped concert calendar, weekly top ten playlists, a chatroom, and a link to a live webcam inside the studio. pretty soon your favorite dj's will contribute to the station's new blog as well.

of course, all the old features are still there so you can find an audio archive of most shows, the station's schedule, and a link to listen to wrvu live online all at the top of the page.

so take a look around a familiarize yourself with the new surroundings. it's just a baby today, bu the new wrvu.org may soon become another bookmarked page on your browser for music enjoyment and info.

show #58 playlist

another week where life and work got ahead of me and i found myself hastily preparing a show at the 11th hour. here's what was played during the mixtape segment of the show (featuring tons of stuff from previous, i'm afraid):

radiohead - planet telex
say hi - oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
peter bjorn and john - let's call it off
here we go magic - fangela
manitoba - hendrix with ko
iggy pop - nightclubbing
the stranglers - peaches
beck - dark star
department of eagles - no one does it like you
papercuts - dictator's lament
doves - jetstream
the stone roses - something burning
echo & the bunnymen - soul kitchen