DTRadio - 25 Aug 2008
So yes, I had the good fortune to visit my old stomping grounds at WPRB-FM and once again subject an unsuspecting public to my own warped perspective on radio. Scattered comments:
- I was pleased with this show, though it probably relies too heavily on music I know cold -- particularly songs I brought in (marked *). I need to be doing shows more often to get through my backlog of "stuff I have to play on the air" and to then start digging into those reaches of the revamped library I don't already know.
- Technically, I'm finally getting the hang of this studio and board configuration. Segues felt good and tight, breaks not so much.
- I have a huge knowledge gap (roughly 1996-2004) when I was essentially absent from the independent music world except to occasionally check in on bands I already knew. I just haven't had the time or energy to find the good stuff that existed only in that period. It's not necessarily a problem, but it is something I recognized in pulling the show together.
- As I mentioned on-air, the Gang of Four's "Armalite Rifle" is among the easiest songs to throw into a set, regardless of what precedes it. That steady martial drum intro can blend into, or more often obliterate, just about anything. I had a few other good transitions in this show, but this one was essential to get me out of a downbeat trap set by...
- Rockferry -- an uneven album to my ears, but with a standout title track.
- If you haven't heard it yet, please check out Moa Anbassa by Getatchew Mekuria and The Ex and Guests. Saw them perform last week at Lincoln Center (thanks to the NY arts fund and WFMU) and the show was fantastic. "Ethiopian post-punk jazz" is a VERY poor blippr-riffic summary that misses all the interplay and rhythm and fury and passion of the music. Sadly, WPRB doesn't have this record yet -- may I suggest a re-rock trip/order to those in the know?
Check out the full playlist after the jump...
| Artist | Song | Recording | Comments |
| Let's Wrestle | I Won't Lie To You | In Loving Memory Of... | (N, *) |
| Pavement | Forklift | Demolition Plot J-7 7" | |
| Laura Cantrell | The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald | Trains and Boats and Planes | Gordon Lightfoot cover. (N, *) |
| * break * | |||
| Duffy | Rockferry | Rockferry | (N) |
| Gang of Four | Armalite Rifle | EP | |
| Mystery Jets | Young Love | Twenty One | Summer song of the year. (N, *) |
| Blue Sandalwood Soap | How Can I Show My Love | Loring Park Love-Ins | (O) |
| * break * | |||
| Nicole Atkins | Carouselle | Bleeding Diamonds EP | (*) |
| Ladytron | They Gave You A Heart, They Gave You A Name | Velocifero | (N) |
| Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson | The Bottle | Winter In America | (*) |
| The LA Drivers Union Por Por Group | Otsokobila | Por Por: Honk Horn Music of Ghana | (N) |
| Archie Bell & The Drells | Tighten Up (remix) | "Bobby LaBeat Rework" | (N, *) |
| Joe Jackson Band | Beat Crazy | Beat Crazy | (*) |
| * break * | |||
| Cats on fire | Higher Grounds | The Province Complains | (*) |
| Felt | Sunlight Bathed The Golden Glow | Gold Mine Trash | The "single" version |
| The Bee Gees | Every Christian Lionhearted Man Will Show You | Hail Britannia! | (C, *) |
| Barbara Manning | Scissors | Scissors | |
| Kat Flint | Go Faster Stripes | 7" | New album, Dirty Birds, coming out mid-September (*) |
| Spectrum | How You Satisfy Me | Soul Kiss (Glide Divine) | (O) |
| * break * | |||
| The O-Voids | Emergency Broadcast Service | 7" | (N) |
| Sky Larkin | Antibodies (demo) | B'Wich'ed | Wichita Recordings label sampler (N, C, *) |
| The Wake | Testament | Harmony Plus Singles | (*) |
| Alemayehu Eshete | Yewoine Haregitu | Addis Ababa - New Beat Music from Ethiopia | |
| The Ex and Tom Cora | State of Shock | Scrabbling At The Lock | Chosen in lieu of Getatchew Mekurya and The Ex |
| The Endtables | Process of Elimination | Bloodstains Across The Midwest | (C) |
| * break * | |||
| The Violets | Troubles Of Keneat | The Lost Pages | (N, *) |
| The Kinks | Stop Your Sobbing | The Ultimate Collection | |
| April March & Los Cincos | The Moon Is Blue | April March & Los Cincos | |
| Hercules and Love Affair | Raise Me Up | Hercules and Love Affair | (N) |
| Leontien Snel | Ik Wil Niet Meer | Beatmeisjes | (*) |
| * break * | |||
| The Shining Path | Full Throttle Lover | Chocolate Gasoline 12" | (N) |
| Willie Williams | Armagideon Time | The Story Of Jamaican Music - Tougher Than Tough | (*) |
| Ipso Facto | Smoke & Mirrors | Live at Maida Vale - June 2008 | Swirly psych-goth never sounded so good. (N, *) |
| The Monochrome Set | The Monochrome Set (I Presume) | Tomorrow Will Be Too Long | (*) |
| The Couriers | Stomping Time Again | 7" | A "response" to the Bristol Stomp? (*) |
| * break * | |||
| The Cannanes | Don't Fear The Reaper | split 7" | Yes, it's a Blue Oyster Cult cover. No, I don't understand it. (N, C, *) |
| The Go-Betweens | Karen | Live in London - 2004 | (*) |
| Iron Maiden | Aces High | Live After Death | (*) |
| * break * | |||
| Fairport Convention | Meet On The Ledge | Live At The BBC | (*) |
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- SKM