Well the transmitter magically returned to the air 12 (!) minutes before my showgram started Wednesday night. Thanks to the radio engineering gods/ godesses. Here are new trax and 80's at 8:30 playlist for this week ... 6 pm hour ... Black Mountain -- Old Fangs ... Evelyn Evelyn -- Chicken Man ... The Books -- I Know That ... Hot Hot Heat -- Implosionatic ... Dead Weather -- The Difference Between Us ... The Goodnight Loving -- Earworm (and) Doesn't Shake Me ... 7 pm hour ... Black Keys -- Next
But who's counting? ... Here's the new trax countdown from this week's Showgram ... 6 pm hour ... The Hold Steady -- Barely Breathing ... Patches & Gretchen -- Big Things ... Juniper Tar -- Inner States ... Sadies -- Cut Corners ... Flaming Lips -- Eclipse ... Wovenhand -- Denver City (prediction: I will start the City Rock Showgram with this track some day) ... Ratatat -- Neckbrace ... The Fall -- Funnel of Love ... 7 pm hour ... Yo La Tengo -- Here to Fall (new remix EP) ... Robyn Hitchcock --
Here are this week's new tracks and recurrents (released in past 4-12 months) ... 6 pm hour ... New ... Black Keys -- Sinister Kid ... Mike Benign Compulsion (the) -- What A Way to Go ... Dum Dum Girls -- Bhang Bhang I'm a Burnout ... Drive By Truckers -- After the Scene Dies ... Balkan Beat Box -- Lejape Mare ... Gogol Bordello -- My Companjera ... Black Rebel Motorcycle Club -- Mama Taught Me Better ... Recurrents ... Yeasayer -- Rome ... Kurt Vile -- Monkey ... 7 pm hour ... New ... Sleigh
Houston is Hot Tonight is the way I started this week's showgram. Iggy Pop. From '81 fer chrissake. Now I present this week's showgram new trax and, well, the '80s at 8:30 ... 6 pm hour ... New ... New Pornographers -- Your Hands (Together) ... Kings Go Forth -- Now We're Gone ... Rotary Downs -- Montrez-Vous ... The Dead Weather -- The Difference Between Us ... Robyn Hitchcock -- The Afterlight ... The Sadies -- Another Day Again ... Recurrent (4-12 months old) ... Retribution Gospel Choir --
I’m excited just typing this post. Muzzle of Bees and 91.7 WMSE have teamed up to bring Crooked Fingers to Club Garibaldi in Milwaukee on Thursday, June 24th. Crooked Fingers released one of my all-time favorite albums in 2005’s Dignity and Shame, and their supporting show at the High Noon Saloon years ago was an [ ... ] ...
We’re excited to be bringing back The Daredevil Christopher Wright, who last played Milwaukee when they headlined our 5-year anniversary show. They’re back at the Cactus Club on Saturday, June 26th. MP3: The Daredevil Christopher Wright – “The East Coast” MP3: The Daredevil Christopher Wright – “How To Get My Head Back On My Shoulders” [ ... ] ...
By Jon Stone @jwstone [deep breath] Can you smell it? It’s summer. And it’s coming. This is a big relief for me. Champaign-Urbana in the summer is really nice. The town kind of empties out, barbecue smoke curls into the air from backyards, summer food and music festivals start up; it really is a cool place to [ ... ] ...
The always amazing High Frequency guys brought back some supreme footage from Dosh’s show at Cactus Club last month. Awesome stuff, per usual. Speaking of the show, we still have some gorgeous posters available for purchase. Drop a comment if you’re interested. MP3: Dosh – “Number 41″ (Feat. Andrew Bird) ++ Buy: Dosh – Tommy ...
If you’re a subscriber to our podcast, you’re familiar with Kasey Anderson and his fantastic album, Nowhere Nights. We’re fortunate to be hosting Kasey and Tom Vollman tonight at the Cactus Club in Milwaukee. Kasey was kind enough to send through some of his favorite sad songs for this new feature. Stop by the Cactus [ ... ] ...
So the weather sucked ever since I proclaimed an early summer a couple weeks ago. Looks like it's improving the next few days. Here is this week's new track list and '80s list ... New tracks ... 6 pm hour ... Drive By Truckers -- Get Downtown ... Drive By Truckers -- Drag the Lake Charlie ... The Apples in Stereo -- Next Year At About the Same Time ... Galactic -- Dark Water ... Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt -- Tokyo Drift ... Black Rebel Motorcycle Club -- Bad Blood ... Anders Osborne -- Killing