Computer Blue

7/06/09 Show
Yep, I'm way behind in posting this, but July has been a remarkably busy month. I'm going ahead and tweeking the post format a bit, so I won't have to waste time retyping all of my playlists. Instead, a link is provided below to the full playlist on the KBUT website. MP3 links from each week will be posted, allowing me to spend more time on those than on needless retyping of playlists. Let me know what you think.

Of particular note this week:
- Be sure to check out the Generationals, who share a label and some sonic qualities with Dr. Dog. All of the tracks available are really enjoyable and worth downloading.
The Generationals - Angry Charlie, etc.

- Of Montreal cover Prince! Computer Blue

- Promising new single from this Austin quartet, who have already made some solid tunes in recent years: The Octopus Project - Wet Gold

- Part tropicalia pop, part epic indie songwriting with a dash of electro = I like it: Daestro - Spritle

- Played it on the show, but you can probably skip this one unless you are really in the mood for an overly poppy/cheesy Cat Stevens soundalike: The Voyces - Kissing Like It's Love

- And finally, a fitting and very worthwhile MJ tribute: Erykah Badu w/ The Roots - I Wanna Be Where You Are

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Halfway There

6/29 Show
I find it hard to believe that half of 2009 is in the books, but so it is. With this in mind I tried to play some tracks from some of my favorite albums of the year so far. A short list of said albums is below, but I shall resist putting them in numerical order until the end of the year.

In No Particular, Space-Consuming Order...

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest

Dan Deacon - Bromst

Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

Cotton Jones - Paranoid Cocoon

Richard Swift - The Atlantic Ocean

Handsome Furs - Face Control

Sunset Rubdown - Dragonslayer

The Thermals - Now We Can See

Here We Go Magic - Here We Go Magic

Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career

Papercuts - You Can Have What You Want

Vetiver - Tight Knit

Dark Was the Night Compilation

Suckers - Suckers EP


the Playlist
Artist / Song
Generationals / Angry Charlie
Generationals / When They Fight They Fight
Little Joy / The Next Time Around
Little Joy / Brand New Start
Richard Swift / Lady Luck
Richard Swift / Would You
Grizzly Bear / Cheerleader
Cotton Jones / Blood Red Sentimental Blues
AA Bondy / When the Devil's Loose
Megafaun / Kaufman's Ballad
Vetiver / Everyday
Yo La Tengo / Periodically Double or Triple
Wilco / Wilco (the song)
Wilco / Bull Black Nova
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart / The Tenure Itch
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart / Young Adult Friction
Handsome Furs / All We Want, Baby, Is Everything
Sunset Rubdown / Idiot Heart
Papercuts / Dictator's Lament
Camera Obscura / French Navy
Here We Go Magic / Tunnelvision
The Thermals / Now We Can See
Phoenix / Girlfriend
Dan Deacon / Snookered
Jonathan Richman / Time Has Been Going By So Fast
Jonathan Richman / Old World
The Modern Lovers / Ride on Down the Highway
Jonathan Richman / Dodge Veg-O-Matic
The Modern Lovers / The Mixer (Men & Women Together)

The Radio's Hot Sun

6/22 Show
Only one link this week, but its to a Daytrotter session featuring Little Joy. Certainly worth your time.

Artist / Song
The Shaky Hands / I'm Alive
State Bird / I Saw the Light
Little Joy / No One's Better Sake
Spoon / Back to the Life
Spiritualized / I Gotta Fire
Wilco / You Never Know
Grizzly Bear / Two Weeks
Suckers / Easy Chairs
Yeasayer / Sunrise
Black Moth Super Rainbow / Born on a Day the Sun Didn't Rise
Sunset Rubdown / Apollo and the Buffalo and Anna Anna Anna Oh!
Handsome Furs / The Radio's Hot Sun
Wolf Parade / I'll Believe in Anything
Kurt Vile / Freeway
Viva Voce / Octavio
Jonathan Richman / Parties in the USA
The Modern Lovers / Roadrunner
The Velvet Underground / Lonesome Cowboy Bill (live)
Television / Marquee Moon
Talking Heads / Don't Worry About the Government
Eels / That Look You Give That Guy
Apostle of Hustle / Soul Unwind
White Rabbits / Rudie Fails
The Strange Boys / Untitled
Phoenix / Lisztomania
The Phenomenal Handclap Band / All of the Above
Passion Pit / Sleepyhead
Shout Out Out Out Out / How Do I Maintain, Pt. II

This Must Be The Place

6/15 Show
Music is My Girlfriend went well this week. Lots of new stuff, some older tracks, previewed upcoming concerts, no bad requests or hate calls, etc. The show was generally mellower than most MIMGs with mostly acoustic stuff taking the place of the danceable electro I sometimes play at the end of the show.

This Thursday the 18th, KBUT is presenting the classic Talking Heads concert film "Stop Making Sense" at the Majestic Theatre. Thus, you may notice a couple live Talking Heads tracks in today's playlist.

Hey! Guess what! Links are back. Dara Puspita kicks ass. Also, Peter Bjorn & John's "Nothing to Worry About" is 320x better without the screaming kids chorus.

Artist / Song
Talking Heads / Life During Wartime
Fanfarlo / Finish Line
Fruit Bats / My Unusual Friend
Heavy Hometown / Hold Hands Plans
Apostle of Hustle / Eazy Speaks
Au Revoir Simone / Shadows
Still Flyin / Good Thing It's a Ghost Town Around Here
Architecture in Helsinki / Do the Whirlwind
Get Back Guinozzi / Police & Thieves
Peter Bjorn & John / Nothing to Worry About
Violens / Doomed (MGMT remix)
Highlife / F Kenya Rip
Dara Puspita / Believe Me
Smith Westerns / Be My Girl
Mark Sultan / Hold On
Talking Heads / This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)
The Fiery Furnaces / The End is Near
Belle & Sebastian / The Loneliness of a Middle Distance Runner
The Felice Brothers / Penn Station
AA Bondy / Witness Blues
Radiohead / House of Cards
Amanez / Khala My Friend
Bill Callahan / Faith/Void
Antony & the Johnsons / Fistful of Love
DeVotchKa / Transliterator
Drummer / Diamonds to Shake
Talking Heads / Once in a Lifetime

From Blown Speakers

6/08 Show
Lots of "older" tracks this week that I was profusely spinning a couple of years ago. Not too many new releases were moving me this week.

Artist / Song
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists / Parallel or Together?
The New Pornographers / From Blown Speakers
Dr. Dog / Heart it Races
Sufjan Stevens / Casimir Pulaski Day
Zee Avi / Kantoi
Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele / 26 Miles
Jens Lekman / A Sweet Summer's Night on Hammer Hill
Boy Least Likely To / Be Gentle With Me
Architecture in Helsinki / It's 5!
Beirut / Elephant Gun
Grizzly Bear / Cheerleader
Here We Go Magic / Only Pieces
Kurt Vile / Freeway
Black Moth Super Rainbow / Twin of Myself
Savoir Adore / Bodies
Jay Reatard / It Ain't Gonna Save Me
Love Language / Lalita
Micachu & the Shapes / Lips
Spirit Spine / How Soon?
Patrick Wolf / Bluebells
Phoenix / Girlfriend
Real Estate / Old Folks
Dana Jewell / Baby Come On
Electrelane / To the East
Toro y Moi / Talamak
Passion Pit / The Reeling
Phoenix / 1901
The Phenomenal Handclap Band / 15 to 20
Cansei Se Ser Sexy / Let's Make Love and Listen to Death From Above
Starfucker / Medicine
Royskopp / Happy Up Here

Frazzled Rock

6/1 Show
I rolled into Crested Butte about twenty minutes before my show on Monday feeling somewhat discombobulated. Although I spent most of the drive from Denver to CB listening to new music in preparation for the show, I still felt clueless. As such, you may recognize many of the below tunes from previous weeks.

I got to see Menomena, Handsome Furs, White Rabbits and Dent May & Magnificent Ukulele while in Chicago last week. Order of preference? (first to last): Handsome Furs, Dent May, Menomena, White Rabbits. All four were enjoyable though.

Artist / Song
Grizzly Bear / While You Wait for the Others
Here We Go Magic / Collector
The National / Fake Empire
The Rural Alberta Advantage / Don't Haunt This Place
Akron/Family / River
Cotton Jones / Chewing Gum
Woods / September With Pete
Family Portrait / Mega Secrets
Leichtenstein / Postcard
Love is All / Last Choice
Marmoset / Peach Cobbler
Menomena / E is Stable
Menomena / Evil Bee
Handsome Furs / Evangeline
Handsome Furs / All We Want, Baby, Is Everything
Dire Straits / Sultans of Swing *by request
Grizzly Bear / Two Weeks
Kurt Vile / Freeway
Love Language / Lalita
Throw Me the Statue / Lolita
Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele / Oh, Paris!
White Rabbits / Percussion Gum
Spoon / You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb
Yeah Yeah Yeahs / Soft Shock
Starfucker / Medicine
Phoenix / Lisztomania
Phoenix / 1901
The Magic Kids / Hey Boy
Girls / Lust for Life
Surf City / Free the City
Suckers / Beach Queen

No Time

5/18 Show
Forgot to post this playlist before I went on vacation...

Artist / Song
John Vanderslice / Too Much Time
The Balky Mule / Range
Here We Go Magic / It's a Surprise
Papercuts / Once We Walked in the Sunlight
Family Portrait / Mega Secrets
Marmoset / Peach Cobbler
Surf City / Free the City
Deerhunter / Circulation
Leichtenstein / Roses in the Park
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart / Everything With You
The Magic Kids / Hey Boy
Camera Obscura / French Navy
Belle & Sebastian / Wrapped Up in Books
Cotton Jones / Gotta Cheer Up
Liam the Younger / Country Wide
Elvis Perkins in Dearland / Shampoo
Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele / You Can't Force a Dance Party
Neko Case / This Tornado Loves You
Cloud Cult / Journey of the Featherless
Harlem Shakes / Sunlight
Foreign Born / Early Warnings
Woods / To Clean
The Soft Pack / Extinction
King Khan & the Shrines / No Regrets
New York Dolls / Personality Crisis
Art Brut / DC Comics & Chocolate Milkshakes
Crocodiles / Soft Skull (In My Room)
Suckers / Beach Queen
Richard Swift / Lady Luck
Thao & the Get Down, Stay Down / Fear & Convenience
Starfucker / Medicine
The Whip / Trash