review time #4

just dropped off a couple new album reviews:

artist - album title - label

The M’s - Real Close Ones - Polyvinyl

You’ll likely either love or hate Real Close Ones - often a good indication of a potentially great album. It may take some getting getting used to, but the psych-pop mixed with each richly layered track offers some familiarity. Think T. Rex vs. Head Of Femur vs. The Beatles with the occasional drum machine loop (it works) and you can see why it may take a minute to adjust to this new album by The M's. 5 bucks says Real Close Ones ends up on a few "Best of 2008" lists.

Apollo Up! - Walking Papers - Grand Palace

Walking Papers is a short EP that is more of a song collection than a well-planned album. But who cares? The songs rock, the sound is fantastic, and the band is on hiatus for a little while. That's right - this is the last Apollo Up! you’ll be able to get your grubby hands on until frontman Jay Leo returns from his Afghanistan adventures. Enjoy and play often.

glastonbury videos!

courtesy of the bbc's glastonbury site. we'll see how long they stick around the internets, though. follow the links if you want to watch some of my favorites (in no particular order):

the raconteurs

massive attack

amy winehouse

band of horses

elbow

saturday sub time

i'll be filling in for dj jazzy jesse tomorrow from 6-8pm. jesse won't be able to make it to the studio for "these are the breaks", so he's asked me to sub and i'm happy to oblige. the cool part is that i can play whatever i want for 2 solid hours.

tune in if you're interested - i don't know what i'll play, but it will probably be a different show than what you normally get on nashville mixtapes. i doubt it'll be much like "these are the breaks" either.

show #8 playlist

congratulations to wiley for winning tonight's pair of tickets to forecastle! he, like me, wants to see dr. dog again and again and again. apologies to everyone else who tried to get in on the tickets, but you can go to antennas to heaven to find out what other gift-giving opportunities are on the horizon. all is not lost.

here's tonight's playlist:

makes sense to me mix
radiohead - you
clearlake - i'd like to hurt you
doves - here it comes
radiohead - blow out
fleet foxes - white winter hymnal
my morning jacket - knot comes loose
midlake - head home
travis - happy to hang around
the panics - don't fight it
blur - ambulance
my brightest diamond - inside a boy
cortney tidwell - mama from the mountain
portishead - numb

rotation & random mix
portishead - machine gun
jim noir - ships and clouds
the black angels - doves
blackstrap - steal my horses
the arcade fire - rebellion (lies)
no age - things i did when i was dead
fleet foxes - quiet houses
elbow - not a job
mercury rev - holes
gospel gossip - (fall)
j spaceman - 3d girls
silje nes - ames room
spiritualized - goodnight goodnight

forecastle favorites

as mentioned before, tonight i'll give away a pair of tickets to the last day of festivities at forecastle '08 in louisville. don't forget, it's sunday, july 27.

i'm going to copy annie's method of gift distribution this time because my "tickets-go-to-the-third-caller" method was far too darwinian. in the spirit of democracy / equal rights / socialism i'll take calls from everybody the first hour and pick the winner's name out of a hat at 11pm. so if your concert dreams have been shut down by me in the past, you'll have a fair shot this time.

i was going to play some music you can expect to hear at the festival during tonight's show, but none of it really fits with the other stuff i'll probably play. so here you go instead:

dr. dog - say something


backyard tire fire - vagabonds and hooligans


cabin - i was here


talk to you tonight.

more forecastle fun

(my old neighborhood)

i'll be giving away sunday, july 27 passes to forecastle during this week's show. dr. dog (!), backyard tire fire, keynote speaker robert f. kennedy jr., and louisville's own cabin will all be on hand for the day's festivities. with any luck i will too, but there's no doubt that some fortunatate listener will be headed to lovely louisville at the end of july. of course, you have to pay for transport and accommodations, but free festival tickets should help you on your way.

just like last time, i'll make sure to play some tunes from the bands listed above so you know what you're getting into. but hopefully you trust me by now, right? if you missed my first post championing the greatness of louisville, look no further.

good luck!

show #7 playlist

thanks for listening to my nicotine withdrawal weirdness. i promise to be back to my old self next week once i get used to my new cigarette-free lifestyle. in the meantime, you can hop over to my previous post re: paul selby's record label.

and here are the goods...

the black keys - strange times
the brian jonestown massacre - vacuum boots
blackstrap - steal my horses
blonde redhead - spring and by summer fall
elliott smith - independence day
turin brakes - state of things
i am kloot - morning rain
the brian jonestown massacre - anemone
portishead - western eyes
them - i put a spell on you
half japanese - put some sugar on it
david bowie - rebel rebel
the velvet underground - waiting for the man

spiritualized - i gotta fire
blackstrap - i burned your town
neva dinova - supercomputer
neva dinova - clouds
beach house - gila
paul selby - yellow soul
bon iver - skinny love
radiohead - reckoner
el perro del mar - glory to the world
wye oak - please concrete
rufus wainwright - poses
radiohead - house of cards
the breeders - regalame esta nocha
elbow - we're away

monster black keys giveaway blowout spectacular

this week i'll be giving away a pair of tickets to the black keys concert at the ryman on wednesday, october 8. so i guess that means you pretty much have to tune in, right? here's a tip - i'll get rid of them at some point during the first hour so you don't have to endure the whole show. happy dialing and good luck.

the black keys - strange times

mixed up

on a personal note, i gave up cigarettes today. i only attempted this monumental feat one time back in 2001. it lasted a half-hearted month, but cigarettes have long been my wubby / blanky and i happily gave into temptation after the first batch of nicotine inhalers ran out.

even though i actually want to quit this time, it feels like i'm ending a long marriage because i love my wife too much. a wife who wants to kill me every day. i should be excited, but i'm pretty sad about all this to be honest.

so, wish me luck and here's a brief mix dedicated to those pesky smokes i've loved so much and the jones i already have for them (click on the tape):

show #6 playlist

here's tonight's playlist. hope you enjoyed it!

songs for john and eileen + concert mix
the decemberists - summersong
the pogues - a pair of brown eyes
all we seabees - painter
+
margot & the nuclear so and so's - skeleton key
south - recovered now
doves - snowden
lambchop - up with people
cortney tidwell - missing link
the features - armani suede
band of horses - is there a ghost
modest mouse - dramamine
black rebel motorcycle club - weight of the world
spiritualized - out of sight

rotation mix
jim noir - look around you
working for a nuclear free city - rocket
neva dinova - supercomputer
mt. wilson repeater - tether in the haze
elbow - one day like this
neva dinova - a man and his dream
the breeders - night of joy
portishead - the rip
elbow - mirrorball
kassin+2 - lake line
wye oak - regret
el perro del mar - do not despair

neva dinova - supercomputer