Emilie Mover, Breakup Medley (Pain & Regret)
Agnes Obel, Close Watch
Esben and the Witch, Light Streams
Sleeper Agent, Get It Daddy
The Shivers, Love Is in the Air
The Lost Years, Deeper and Deeper
Gang Gang Dance, Glass Jar
Ellie Goulding, Lights
The Coathangers, Go Away
Givers, Ceiling of Plankton
The Well Wishers, Goodbye
The Wilderness of Manitoba, Summer Fires
Lemuria, Wise People
Seapony, Blue Star
Shilpa Ray and Her Happy Hookers, Stick It to the Woman
Benett, Anthemme
Bikini Kill, Rebel Girl
Birds & Batteries, Strange Kind of Mirror
Bettie Serveert, What They Call Love
The Bird and the Bee, Again & Again
Bis, Protection
Thurston Moore – Circulation
Dredg – Upon Turning
Sonic Heavy – Break it Clean
Talky Tina – Don’t Go
Huxtables – Sectional
Simple Jack – Song for Meg
Touch My Rash – Can’t Stand You
Sci Fi Zeros – Jumping Ship
Pour Habit – East 69th
Title Tracks -Forget the Ghost
Queers – Love, Love, Love
Pansy Division – Luv, Luv, Luv
POTUSA – Nuthin But Luv
Electric Frankenstein – Up from the Streets
Death Valley High – Multiply
Unseen – Don’t Look Back
Cliftons – Too High to Die
Shilpa Ray – Hooker
Vampire Weekend – Cousins
Coffin Lids- On the Loose
Anti-Flag – Underground Network
White Pig – Drop Out
Turbo Fruits – Trouble
Gits – Second Skin
Archive for June 2011
Joel’s Hit Show, Episode 115, 29 June 2011 Playlist
June 29, 2011Watch Star Trek online on Netflix
June 27, 2011Stream it live (clearly an SEO experiment to see what kind of traffic this drives — sue me).
Agnes Obel “Philharmonics”
June 26, 2011It’s a folky female singer/songwriter. “Riverside,” like many tracks on the record, is good but not great. It has the same piano as “Man in Mind” by Ida. I certainly enjoyed listening to this album, but nothing really popped. Same with “Just So” and “Avenue.” They do sound better than the others, but they doesn’t make me say “wow,” either. Just “yeah — that’s fine.” This is the musical interpretation of “Yes, dear.”
The singer sounds like Poe and Susan Ottaviano (Book of Love), the latter especially on “Close Watch.” This one is my favorite. It seems that when she tries to do less that everything turns out a lot better.
The last track is “On Powdered Ground,” but it doesn’t seem to have anything to do with skiing. Bits of PJ Harvey and Rasputina can be overheard here, but it’s subtle. This record isn’t bad, but it’s uninspired.
Emilie Mover “Seems so Long”
June 26, 2011Acoustic singer/songwriter stuff, and she has quite the calming voice. Her melodies use this perfectly, too. “Born in the Wrong Time” has strings that complement the track well.
“Break Up Melody (Pain & Regret)” is so beautiful that I don’t even want to get into a hyphenation debate. She can do whatever she wants when she sounds like this, and that includes the use of ampersands. Sweet holy moly.
Deceptive song titles abound, although it really has more to do with my senseless expectations. There’s no reason a song called “Dance All Night” can’t be about slow dancing. I mean, really, it belongs in an eHarmony commercial. And it’s not even necessarily about slow dancing, but when you see that title, you expect something with a purple sticker or at least a BPM over 100. That’s OK. What matters is that it has pretty harmony during the bridge.
“Mean Man” is the last track and a little slower than the rest, if that’s even possible. Maybe you listen to this one in the morning after binging the night before with a bucket of chicken. I’m not here to tell you how to live your life.
This could be one of my favorites of 2011.
Esben and the Witch “Violet Cries”
June 26, 2011They do the British Siouxsie and the Banshees thing, maybe with a little more guitar yet also a little more ethereal, Cocteau Twins style. The opening track, “Argyria,” might be about a country whose major exports are ugly socks and sweaters, but it’s hard to say because there aren’t any discernible lyrics until nearly four minutes have passed.
“Light Streams” is slightly cheerier and exposes their roots. This same song done by Americans would be downright depressing. The percussion is mixed a little higher, and it stands out among the slow tempo. This one sounds more like Cocteau Twins as well.
Fans of reverb and occasional haunting male backing vox will like “Chorea.” The sound is tinnier, but this seems to be intentional. It’s definitely music that belongs in a warehouse because of how it would it would echo. The song possesses me with an urge to buy vinyl.
The other song that accurately represents this record is “Eumenides.” You get a good mix of singing and accompaniment here. No Groupon necessary.
Joel’s Hit Show, Episode 113, 15 June 2011 Playlist
June 16, 2011Givers, Ceiling of Plankton
Jookabox, The Eyes of the Fly
An Horse, Dressed Sharply
Shilpa Ray and Her Happy Hookers, Stick It to the Woman
The Shivers, Kisses
The Go! Team, Buy Nothing Day
Jessica Lea Mayfield, Blue Skies Again
Mages, Moonshine
The Thoughts, You’re Not Happy Here
Does It Offend You, Yeah? Wrong Time, Wrong Planet
Rachel Goodrich, Let Me Go
Bella Ruse, An Animal a Natural
Asobi Seksu, Sighs
Ear Pwr, National Parks
About Group, Don’t Worry
Dot Allison, In Winter Spill
Allo Darlin’, Silver Dollars
Lily Allen, Cheryl Tweedy
All Girl Summer Fun Band, Becky
The Anniversary, O’ Lady Butterfly
The Amps, Tipp City
An April March, Summers Gone
Angus and Julia Stone, Just a Boy
¡Andale!, Eventually
April Smith and the Great Picture Show, Drop Dead Gorgeous
Olof Arnalds, Klara
ApSci, Under Control
Aroah, Y la Cinta de “Los Bingueros”
Asleep in the Park, Nobody Wants
astroPuppees, Woo Hoo Hoo
Autolux, High Chair
Azure Ray, Don’t Leave My Mind
Audrye Sessions, Nothing Pure Can Stay
Au Revoir Simone, Stars
Bang! Bang! Eche!, 4 to the Floor
Babes in Toyland, Won’t Tell
Bardo Pond, Yellow Turban
Bagheera, Better at Night
Balbec, Drifting
Bangs, Southern Girls
Bambara, Lullay
The Bad Plus Joined by Wendy Lewis, Lithium
Beat Happening, Cast a Shadow
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