Whew. Survived the post-holiday back-to-work and two-WMSE-shows in one week scene. I know -- it's tough all over. Here are new trax followed by 80s at 8:30 trax from this week's City Rock Showgram ... BTW, I played 21 new tracks in first 2.5 hours of the showgram (admittedly a bit above my average). The point is that at WMSE, we just play new and local music, as we always have. There are no "new music" days because it's every stinkin day! ... 6 pm hour ... New ... Lemonheads -- Dandelion Seeds
Been a long-time fan of Kings of Leon ... I know they’re huge stars outside of the US and they continue to increase their draw here in the states, but boy did they make a huge jump from the Eagles Ballroom to the Bradley Center, where they play on Saturday, September 26th.Check the rest of [ ... ] ...
Tax day and a pile of new music to play. Here goes ... 6 pm hour ... New tracks ... The Thermals -- When We Were Alive ... Super Drag -- Filthy & Afraid ... John Doe and the Sadies -- A Fool Such As I ... The Laureates -- Witching Boots ... The Goodnight Loving -- Safe At Home ... Wreckless Eric and Amy Rigby -- First Mate Rigby ... Dan Auerbach -- Mean Monsoon ... Recurrent tracks ... Eagles of Death Metal -- High Voltage ... Giant Sand -- Saturated Beyond Repair ... 7 pm hour ... New tracks
By Pete DonahueI don’t feel the need to get into why people obsess over Morrissey. We all know (and should love) The Smiths and Morrissey’s solo career has also provided a rather large catalog of quality cuts that make anybody who ever felt like an outsider feel like they’re not alone. How fitting that Morrissey [ ... ] ...
6:00 hour ... New tracks ... Yeah Yeah Yeahs -- Shame & Fortune ... Say Hi -- One, Two, One ... Black Lips -- Short Fuse ... A.C. Newman -- The Palace at 4 a.m ... Neko Case -- Fever ... Handsome Furs -- Talking Hotel Arbat Blues ... Recurrent track ... Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds -- Midnight Man ... 7:00 hour ... New tracks ... The Laureates -- Tomorrow Today ... Mistress Stephanie and her Melodic Cat -- Too Hard ... Sholi -- Tourniquet ... Super Drag -- Cheap Poltergeists ... Charles Spearin
New and "recurrent tracks from my showgram Feb. 4, 2009, listed by the hour I played them and in the order they were played! Recurrent means released in the past four to 12 months. New is four months or newer, hey ... 6:00 ... Kaiser Chiefs - Can't Say What I Mean ... Ladybug Transistor - This Old Chase ... A.C. Newman - Submarines of Stockholm ... Goodnight Loving - Over You ... Eagles of Death Metal - Anything Cept the Truth ... Buttless Chaps - Broken Transit Broken Soil ... Recurrent: Elvis
I filled in for Grant K. this Monday morning in my old slot. Here are the tracks/ artists I played from new releases, listed by the hour (artist-track-CD title). I may miss a word here or there as I hastily wrote the info in my notes ... If you missed the show, you can stream or download via wmse.org ... 6:00 ... Department of Eagles - No One Does It - In Ear Park ... Oren Lavie - title track - The Opposite Side of the Sea ... The Last Shadow Puppets - title track - My Mistakes Were Made for You
This is a new feature in which I'm listing artists (if I get real ambitious in the future I'll add song titles ... ) I play on each showgram that are new, or fairly new, releases. The better to keep you hipped to the new material ... I'm listing these by the hour I played them and listing the really new (4 months or less) stuff first and less new "recurrents" (4 to 11 months) after that ... 1-21-09 ... 6 to 7 p..m ... Crooked Fingers ... Land of Talk ... Clinic (Hallam Foe soundtrack) ... Hot
In no particular order, here are my 10 favorite, best newly released CDs from 2008 -- ... 1. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds -- Dig, Lazarus Dig! ... Actually, I called this the new release of the year right after I heard it the first time. Nick hits on all cylinders. Great material. Instant classics ... 2. The Kills -- Midnight Boom ... Not as colossal of a fun trip as their previous release "No Wow," but I still love their spare guitar-drums-with-hipster-chick sound ... 3. Dengue Fever -- Venus on