Archive for April 2011
Episode 1719 is up
April 15, 2011Episode 1718 is up
April 15, 2011Joel’s Hit Show, Episode 105, 13 April 2011 Playlist
April 13, 2011Themes, Sanctuary Road
Meat Puppets, Love Mountain
Rose Melberg, Another Cup of Coffee
Juliana Hatfield, This Lonely Love
M.I.A, Boyz
Mike and Ruthy, End of Time
Webelos, Inside My Head
Mika Miko, Blues Not Speed
Amy Millan, Headsfull
Sister Sin, Outrage
Meridene, Parade of Fools
Metric, Gold Guns Girls
Elizabeth Woodbury Kasius & Heard, Bica
Holly Miranda, Everytime I Go to Sleep
Mirah, Country of the Future
Mother Mother, Chasing It Down
Cheyenne Marie Mize, With (Out)
Mixtapes & Cellmates, All of the Above
Neon Legion, Empire
Juana Molina, Rio Seco
Minipop, Made to Escape
Little Scream, The Heron and the Fox
Monkey, Chemical Nation
Mount Eerie, The Hidden Stone
Black Math, Part of Me
The Mood Swings, Nothing New
Morcheeba, Beat of the Drum
Lia Ices, Daphne
The Muffs, Silly People
Music Go Music, Warm in the Shadows
Ed Hines Band, Cindy Said
Meshell Ndegeocello, Love You Down
Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band, The Roof
Prints of China, No Shame
Nerdkween, Let Me Go
Nina Nastasia, What’s Out There
William Brittelle, Hey Child
The New Trust, There’s Been a Terrible Accident
The New Pornographers, All for Swinging You Around
Hank & Cupcakes, Hit
Kate Nash, Do-Wah-Doo
Negativland/Chumbawamba, Smelly Water
Ben + Vesper, Honors
Episode 1717 is up
April 13, 2011Episode 1716 is up
April 13, 2011Joel’s Hit Show, Episode 104, 10 April 2011 Playlist
April 10, 2011Return to Mono, Dreamer
Perfect Vacuum, Number One Comrade
Black Math, Reckless Thoughts
Kitten, Kitten With a Whip
Tumbledown, A Thousand More Times
Sassaparilla, Bruised by Tears
Sister Sin, Sound of the Underground
Juliana Hatfield, Not Enough
The Dears, Easy Suffering
Neon Legion, Twin
The Golden Dogs, Darkroom
Imaginary Cities, Cherry Blossom Tree
Little Scream, Cannons
Puro Instinct, California Shakedown
Is/Is, Eating Hourglasses
Ida Maria, Forgive Me
Megapuss, Duck Duck People Man
Mean Red Spiders, Trains and Boats and Planes
Mekons, Secrets
Nellie McKay, I Will Be There
Mecca Normal, Frozen Rain
Kathy McCarty, Sorry Entertainer
Mavis, Gangs of Rome
Various Artists “The Acidsoxx Family Sampler”
April 3, 2011Sixteen tracks of psychedelic goodness. Whether it’s bacon in a pan or little half-inch squares of paper, there’s some serious frying going on here.
Perfect Vacuum don’t suck in their song “Number One Comrade.” Like a lot of the tracks on here, this one is a little quirky, but it’s not threatening. It’s as family-friendly as a trip to Walmart. The dance beat that comes and goes make me think of Big Audio Dynamite and B-52s. They also shine on “The River Is Dry.”
Dick el Demasiado & Lukas Simonis prove you can never have too much dick with “Fangio Angel.” The obviously Latin-infused track is horny at times and sounds like something at Berryessa Flea Market. Bring it on.
The best trip may be Erikka Sylphh’s “Die Trip Summertime Die.” This is the trip half of trip-hop. Good samples of various homages to summer as well. It’s like the halftime show on the Simpsons that was dedicated to halftime itself. Far and away the best track on here.
Let’s not forget Pan Parag. “Mapping Antarctica” is the most normal-sounding track here, perhaps buried at the end because it’s what you listen to when you’re coming down.
Kings of Leon “Come Around Sundown”
April 3, 2011I don’t even understand why a college radio station should have this record, but what do I know? The first track is called “The End,” which makes no sense, but then again, that is probably why they did it. But if I can be mocked for listening to Counting Crows when I was in college, then I suppose I should be able to mock fans of Kings of Leon today. At any rate, this track must sound good live. They can do the thing where one musician comes on stage at a time, and by the second chorus the whole band is out there and the #kingsofleon hashtag takes off, with everyone saying the same damn thing, lol.
“Pyro” has a wailing chorus. Guys should like this song so they can make out with women who like this song. Say what you will about Kings of Leon, but their fans are really hot. And it also brings new meaning to the song “The Face.”
If you like John Mellencamp’s “Wild Night” (well, Van Morrison, but you know), then “Back Down South” should sound really familiar to you. A pop song with good hooks can be found in “No Money.” All kidding aside, I guess Kings of Leon aren’t completely worthless after all.
I’m thinking “Birthday” is another single. It has a catchy chorus. “Pickup Truck” is the last track. I think it’s their way of trying to keep it real. After all, a big-time star would never own a pickup truck, right?
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