• 31 December 2011  (stream above from mixcloud/mp3 download/spotify)
  This is a 1.5 hr edition of the show featuring songs from my favorite albums of 2011.  I’ll post a nicer list of my top 20 albums soon.  What were your favorite albums of this past year?   Many thanks to all the people who have shared great music with me this year, and thanks for listening!  I’ll be on the air for a three hour timeslot for the month of January: Saturdays noon-3pm.
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  1 king creosote & jon hopkins bubble diamond mine [domino]
  2 king creosote & jon hopkins honest words honest words ep [domino]
  3 CANT too late, too far dreams come true [terrible records/warp]
  4 sóley i’ll drown we sink [morr music]
  5 balam acab oh, why wander/wonder [tri angle]
  6 memotone dark under the eyes (unreleased)
  7 pantha du prince a nomad’s retreat (a sight below version) xi versions of black noise [rough trade]
  8 four tet pyramid locked/pyramid [text]
  9 cut copy need you now zonoscope [modular]
  10 john maus believer we must become the pitiless censors of ourselves [upset! the rhythm/ribbon music]
  11 slow club beginners paradise [moshi moshi]
  12 owen pallett scandal at the parkade swedish love story ep [domino]
  13 cut copy need you now (architecture in helsinki) need you now [modular]
  14 withered hand love in the time of ecstasy (swimmer one remix) no cigarettes
  15 sin fang slow lights summer echoes [morr music]
  16 son lux leave the riches we are rising [anticon]
  17 evenings [II] lees lately lp [s/r]
  18 evenings saône lately lp [s/r]

  Tagged: best of 2011 college radio king creosote & jon hopkins CANT soley balam acab slow club evenings

  Posted on January 3, 2012

• 24 December 2011 (stream above from mixcloud/mp3 download/spotify)
  Electronic/ambient/experimental. Next week: songs from my favorite albums of 2011. Thanks for listening!
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  1 deleted scenes bulgarazing the deaf young people’s church of the air

  2 kurt vile invisibility: nonexistent square shells ep [matador]

  3 evenings babe north form [s/r]

  4 pantha du prince satellite snyper black noise [rough trade]

  5 luke abbott brazil holkam drones [border community]

  6 memotone many things

  7 banjo or freakout idiot rain (esperanza remix)

  8 samaris viltu vitrast (orang’s dub demo 1 remix)

  9 hounds of hate trident 2011 demo

  10 fresh touch harar rhythm the fresh touch ep [angular]

  Tagged: electronica ambient experimental college radio

  Posted on December 26, 2011

• 17 December 2011 (stream above from mixcloud/mp3 download/spotify)

  a selection of some songs that I like, some new, some old.

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  1 the accidental knock knock there were wolves [full time hobby]

  2 m83 midnight city hurry up, we’re dreaming [gooom]

  3 twin shadow tether beat forget [terrible records]

  4 moonface fast peter organ music not vibraphone like i’d hoped [dead oceans]

  5 a faulty chromosome them pleasures of the flesh as an ex-anorexic’s six sicks exit

  6 joy division isolation closer [factory]

  7 akron/family ed is portal live is simple [secretly canadian]

  8 dam mantle somnambulate, my dear we ep [getup!]

  9 four tet pyramid locked/pyramid [text]

  10 the crystal ark the city never sleeps (video edit) the city never sleeps [dfa]

  11 joe goddard gabriel (feat. valentina) gabriel [dfa]

  Tagged: college radio freeform radio twin shadow damn mantle

  Posted on December 24, 2011 with 1 note

• write-up by me/photos by Julian Vu: Balam Acab/Run DMT/Happy Family @ Sub A [18 November 2011]

  Tagged: balam acab run dmt happy family sub a shows

  Posted on December 12, 2011 with 1 note

• 3 December 2011 (stream above from mixcloud/mp3 download/spotify)
  some folky, electronica, and experimental music.   The headphone adapter is still MIA so apologies that my voice is drowned out by the end of the dan deacon track.  I was reading from the album description for the Icarus track, it read “The ‘Flensburg’ EP is dedicated to the myriad of Yamaha Disklavier player pianos consigned to a life of performing preloaded Elton John MIDI files on cruise ships, with the hope that this will inspire them to crash, short circuit and corrupt in pursuit of a less demeaning existence.”
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  1    the accidental     knock, knock    there were wolves [full time hobby]
  2    loudon wainwright iii    the swimming song    attempted mustache [columbia]
  3    sarah jaffe    a sucker for your marketing (demo)    the way sound leaves a room [kirtland]
  4    of monsters and men    six weeks    my head is an animal [record records]
  5    painted palms    all of us    canopy ep [secretly canadian]
  6    the field    then it’s white    looping state of mind [kompakt]
  7    co la    visions of excess (wet version)    friends records 2011 comp.
  8    icarus    sparkly bear    flensburg ep [not applicable]
  9    dan deacon    surprise stefani (luke abbott remix)   
  10    laura marling    all my rage    a creature i don’t know [virgin]
  11    celebration    sure shot    friends records 2011 comp.

  Tagged: college radio friends records experimental

  Posted on December 3, 2011

• 26 November 2011

  26 November 2011 (stream above from mixcloud/mp3 download/spotify)
  This show features Italian and German artists. In the first half you will hear Italian songs which were kindly selected by Valentina, and in the second half I played German artists.  Thanks for listening! (mixcloud background photo is hans unstern)
  — italian:
  1        vinicio capossela    che cossé l’amore    l’indispensabile
  2        dente    quel mazzolino    l’amore non È bello
  3        frabrizo de andré    ho visto nina volare    animal salve
  4        marco parente    il diavolaccio    la riproduzione dei
  5        baustelle    arriva lo ye-ye    la moda del lento
  6        offlaga disco pax    robespierre    socialismo tascabile (prove tecniche di trasmissione)
  — german:
  7        die goldenen zitronen    positionen    entstehung der nacht
  8        clickclickdecker    es fängt an wie es aufgehört hat    nichts für ungut
  9        die sterne    universal tellerwäscher    in echt
  10        blumfeld    verstärker    verstärker ep
  11        gisbert zu knyphausen    hurra! hurra! so nicht.    hurra! hurra! so nicht.
  12        hans unstern    paris    kratz dich raus
  13        alexander marcus    1 2 3    electrolore

  Tagged: italian german college radio electronica

  Posted on November 27, 2011 with 13 notes

• 19 November 2011

  19 November 2011 (stream above from mixcloud/mp3 download/spotify)
  A mix of electronic, experimental, and some strings and folk near the end.  Happy Family/Run DMT/Balam Acab played a show on Friday night in DC (see my review here). Thanks for tuning in this week!  As always, feel free to suggest themes/ideas/songs for future shows.
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  1        twin shadow    tyrant destroyed    forget [4ad/terrible]
  2        tanlines    bees    settings [true panther sounds]
  3        GaBLé    BuNCH    CuTe HoRSe CuT [loaf]
  4        happy family    youtube    
  5        run dmt    montana mountain groan    dreams [culture dealer]
  6        balam acab    expect    wander/wonder [tri-angle]
  7        talkdemonic    summer glass    ruins [glacial pace]
  8        leila    (disappointed cloud) anyway    (disappointed cloud) anyway 12” [warp]
  9        moonface    fast peter    organ music, not vibraphone like i’d hoped
  10        nico muhly    the only tune iii: the only tune    mothertongue [bedroom community]
  11        sibylle baier    driving    colour green [orange twin]
  12        the low anthem    ghost woman blues    smart flesh [bella union]

  Tagged: college radio electronica folk

  Posted on November 21, 2011

• 12 November 2011 (stream above from mixcloud/mp3 download/spotify)
  Velvet undergroundy music today, prompted by the National Gallery of Art Warhol exhibit and Dean & Britta concert.  Thanks for listening!
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  1        dean & britta    silver factory theme    13 most beautiful… songs for andy warhol’s screen tests [double feature]
  2        dean & britta    not a young man anymore (my robot friend remix)    13 most beautiful… songs for andy warhol’s screen tests [double feature]
  3        joy division    isolation    closer [factory]
  4        the velvet underground    i’m waiting for the man    the velvet underound & nico [verve]
  5        joy division    disorder    unknown pleasures [factory]
  6        the velvet underground    all tomorrow’s parties    the velvet underound & nico [verve]
  7        dean & britta    i’ll keep it with mine (scott hardkiss remix)    13 most beautiful… songs for andy warhol’s screen tests [double feature]
  8        galaxie 500     tugboat    today [rough trade]
  9        portastatic    tugboat (galaxie 500 cover)    some small history [merge]
  10        luna    tiger lily    bewitched [elektra]
  11        sodastream    pale blue eyes (velvet underground cover)    homesleephome2 cover songs

  Tagged: college radio dean & britta galaxie500 luna sodastream velvet underground

  Posted on November 21, 2011 with 3 notes

• 5 November 2011 (stream above from mixcloud/mp3 download/spotify)
  Field recordings and Smithsonian Folkways recordings this week.  (mixcloud background photo is Amédé Ardoin).
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  1        starlight gospel singers    oh my lord, i’m so glad i got good religion    
  classic african american gospel [smithsonian folkways]
  2        leadbelly    big fat woman    
  classic piano blues [smithsonian folkways]
  3        amédée ardoin    la valse de mon vieux village    
  prends donc courage: early black & white cajun
  4        cleoma b. falcon    ils ont vole mon traineau    
  prends donc courage: early black & white cajun
  5        cleoma b. falcon    mon bon vieux mari    
  schultze gets the blues (soundtrack)
  6        cleoma b. falcon    c’est si trieste    
  prends donc courage: early black & white cajun
  7        hackberry ramblers    une piastre ici et une piastre la-bas     
  cajun louisianne: 1928-1939
  8        joe werner & the ramblers    she’s my flapper and my baby      
  cajun louisianne: 1928-1939
  9        elton ‘bee’ cormier    carolyn, carolyn    
  schultze gets the blues (soundtrack)
  10        james p. johnson    hesitation blues    
  classic piano blues [smithsonian folkways]
  11        little brother montgomery    no special rider blues    
  classic piano blues [smithsonian folkways]
  12        thrasher wonders    moses smote the water    
  classic african american gospel [smithsonian folkways]
  13        the missionary quintet    dry bones / ezekiel saw the wheel    
  classic african american gospel [smithsonian folkways]
  14        willie gresham    soon, one mornin’    
  classic african american gospel [smithsonian folkways]
  15        elder james & mother pauline goins    old time religion    
  music maker relief foundation: blues sweet blues
  16        macavine hayes, cool john fergusun, and whistlin’ britches    mac’s boogie    
  music maker relief foundation: blues sweet blues
  17        champion jack dupree    black wolf blues    
  classic piano blues [smithsonian folkways]

  Tagged: field recordings smithsonian folkways americana gospel college radio cajun

  Posted on November 8, 2011 with 2 notes

• 29 October 2011 (stream above from mixcloud/mp3 download/spotify)
  New music, starting out with indie pop Slow Club, then electronic, then Elliott Smith :) On the air I mentioned a great article by my friend Tim Byron discussing the Gotye song “Somebody that I used to know” and he mentions the Elliott Smith song.  That is why I played those back to back.  Please leave comments with your favorite songs which would fit upcoming shows I have planned: Bands from Germany. Old-time/trad music. Thanks for listening. (mixcloud background photo is of CANT from Friday night).

  Update: see David Malitz’s article, Elliott Smith: “New” song from 1997 WMUC session unearthed.  I played “2:45am” from that session on this show.
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  1    *    slow club    the dog    paradise [moshi moshi]
  2    *    four tet    locked    locked/pyramid 12” [TEXT011]
  3    *    juk juk    winter turned spring    winter turns spring 12” [TEXT012]
  4    *    paradis    le ballade de jim    parfait tirage 12” [BIS001]
  5    *    memotone    dark under the eyes   
  6    *    balam acab    expect    wander / wonder [tri angle]
  7    *    talkdemonic    cascading    ruins [glacial place]
  8    *    CANT    too late, too far    dreams come true [warp]
  9        kraftwerk    autobahn (single version)    autobahn [vertigo / phillips]
  10    *    gotye    somebody that i used to know    making mirrors [eleven]
  11        elliott smith    somebody that i used to know    figure 8 [dreamworks]
  12        elliott smith    2:45 AM    live at WMUC (in 1997)
  13    *    leafcutterjohn    crunchy   

  Tagged: college radio electronica elliott smith

  Posted on October 29, 2011

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