A Good Day For Airplay | Episode 109

Posted on | December 30, 2009 | No Comments

58 Mins : 00 Secs

Manchester Orchestra “Shake It Out” ( favorite gentlemen )
Mean Everything To Nothing [ amazon ]
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We Were Promised Jetpacks “It’s Thunder And It’s Lighting” (fatcat)
These Four Walls [ amazon ]
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Doves “The Greatest Denier” ( heavenly records )
Kingdom Of Rust [ amazon ]
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Superdrag “Filter Out The Air” ( thirty tigers records )
Industry Giants [ amazon ]
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Tanya Morgan “She’s Gone (aka Without You)” ( interdependent )
Brooklynati [ amazon ]
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Blakroc “Why Can’t I Forget Him” ( blakroc project )
Blakroc [ amazon ]
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Bear In Heaven “Lovesick Teenagers” ( hometapes )
Beast Rest Forth Mouth [ amazon ]
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The Bird And The Bee “What’s In The Middle” ( blue note records )
Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future [ amazon ]
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Marie-Pierre Arthur “Droit Devant” ( bonsound records )
Marie-Pierre Arthur [ amazon ]
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Bat For Lashes “Two Planets” ( parlophone )
Two Suns [ amazon ]
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Seasick Steve “The Banjo Song” & “Dark” ( atlantic )
Man From Another Time [ amazon ]
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My Year-End Lists Of 2009

Posted on | December 27, 2009 | 1 Comment

One of the best year we’ve had music wise in a long time.
Lot’s of new bands that blew my mindhole, veterans that
came back on the scene and did the same. A few disappointments
(I’m looking at you Mute Math and Dredg) and outright failures
(Chris Cornell … seriously dude?) some kick ass hip hop
(Tanya Morgan, Blakroc, Dälek) I loved it all.

For those who might care, I’ve also included my top 10 albums
of the decade list and my fav flicks of ’09.

Lemme know in the comment section what you tought was this
year’s cream of the crop.

Top 20 Albums Of 2009

01. Manchester Orchestra Mean Everything To Nothing
02. We Were Promised Jetpacks These Four Walls
03. Superdrag Industry Giants
04. Doves Kingdom Of Rust
05. SPC ECO 3-D
06. Sky Larkin The Golden Spike
07. Japandroids Post-Nothing
08. Bat For Lashes Two Suns
09. The Bird And The Bee Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future
10. The XX XX
11. The Big Pink A Brief History Of Love
12. The Joy Formidable A Balloon Called Moaning
13. Jack Peñate Everything Is New
14. Florence & The Machine Lungs
15. Grizzly Bear Veckatimest
16. Gliss Devotion Implosion
17. Tanya Morgan Brooklynati
18. Brakes Touchdown
19. Marie-Pierre Arthur Marie-Pierre Arthur
20. Seasick Steve Man From Another Time

Honorable Mention:

Animal Collective Merriweather Post Pavilion
Amanda Blank I Love You
Bear In Heaven Beast Rest Forth Mouth
Biffy Clyro Only Revolutions
Caspian Tertia
Cheap Star Speaking Like An Elephant
Dinosaur Jr. Farm
Charlotte Gainsbourg IRM
Grooms Rejoicer
The Heavy The House That Dirt Built
The Horrors Primary Colours
I Was A King I Was A King
Lady & Bird La Ballade Of Lady & Bird
The Life And Times Tragic Boogie
Local Natives Gorilla Manor
Manic Street Preachers Journal For Plague Lovers
Miike Snow Miike Snow
Noisettes Wild Young Hearts
Now, Now Every Children Cars
Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions Through The Devil Softly
Scary Mansion Make Me Cry
Silversun Pickups Swoon
The Sky Drops Bourgeois Beat
St. Vincent Actor
Surfer Blood Astrocoast
Switchfoot Hello Hurricane
Telekinesis Telekinesis!
Two Hours Traffic Territory
Cortney Tidwell Boys
The Warlocks The Mirror Explodes
Zoot Woman Things Are What They Used To Be

Hip Hop:

Blakroc Blakroc
Dälek Gutter Tactics
Del The Funky Homosapien & Tame One Parallel Uni-Verses
Mos Def The Ecstatic
N.A.S.A. Spirit Of Apollo
Wax Tailor In The Mood For Life

EPs & Singles:

Amusement Parks On Fire Young Fight
Cheap Star & Jon Auer Two For The Money
Cougarettes Milk Fangs
The Jamboree Doing Fine
Massive Attack Splitting The Atom
No Age Losing Feeling
Ume Sunshower
Thom Yorke Feeling Pulled Apart By Horses – The Hollow Earth (Single)

Disappointments / Pure Suckage:

Chris Cornell Scream
Dredg The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion
Mute Math Armistice
Emilie Simon The Big Machine

2008 Releases Discovered This Year And Enjoyed:

An Horse Rearrange Beds
Burning Brides Anhedonia
Peter Project Peter Project
True Widow True Widow

Albums Of The ’00s:

Without a doubt, my favorite album of the Aughts is
Autolux’s Future Perfect. It’s the one I’ve listened
to the most, the one i’ve pimped out to all my friends
and strangers alike. It’s out of this world hypnotic sound,
it’s dark, fuzzy, distorted guitars drenched in reverb …
it blows my mind everytime I hear it. The musical chemistry
between singer /bassist Eugene Goreshter, guitarist Greg
Edwards and Carla Azar, the best gosh darn drummer in the
business today is undeniable. Will 2010 be the year we
finally get to hear their sophomore album “Transit, Transit”?

I sure as shit hope so.

2000 : Radiohead Kid A
2001 : Bjork Vespertine
2002 : Interpol Turn On The Bright Lights
2003 : Massive Attack 100th Window
2004 : Autolux Future Perfect
2005 : Dredg Catch Without Arms
2006 : Mute Math Mute Math
2007 : John Davis Arigato!
2008 : Glasvegas Glasvegas
2009 : Manchester Orchestra Mean Everything To Nothing

Fav Films Of ’09:

There wasn’t a movie this year that just blew me away.
There’s a few that made me LOL’d, ones that were
big ‘ol WTFs that entertained the hell out of me and
there’s one that jerked a few tears out of this cold
hearted bastard. Hoping for a better year in films for
2010.

Adventureland
Anvil! The Story Of Anvil
Crank: High Voltage
District 9
Drag Me To Hell
500 Days Of Summer
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
The Hurt Locker
I Love You, Man
Inglourious Basterds
Up In The Air
Zombieland

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MP3 : Jon Auer Covering Holiday Classic “Let It Snow”

Posted on | December 23, 2009 | 17 Comments

Got a lil’ Christmas treat for y’all.

In between being a Posies, a Big Star member, a record producer
extraordinaire, solo artist and a swell Haberdasher, Jon Auer
took the time to record (for my blog no less)  his own
unique, beautifully rendered if somewhat dark-ish acoustic
version of the holiday classic “Let It Snow!”.

All knowing Wiki tells me that it was written and recorded in
California, July 1945, on what was the hottest day on record
at the time.

Never once mentioning Christmas or the Holidays in any way,
it somehow managed to become one of the best-selling songs
of all time and the holiday classic we all know and
love.

For some, Christmas may mean spending it the sun on a hot
Dominican Republic vacation or a nice stay in many a Jamaican
hotels, but for the rest of us, a great Christmas movie or a song
like “Let It Snow” is all one needs.

For me, whenever I hear this song, the only thing that comes
to mind are the end credits for both Die Hard movies.

Why? I dunno. It just does.

( MP3 ) Jon Auer – “Let It Snow!”

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A Good Day For Airplay | Episode 108 ( Christmas 2009 Edition )

Posted on | December 17, 2009 | 1 Comment

81 Mins : 57 Secs

The Joy Formidable “My Beerdrunk Soul Is Sadder ( 01:46 )
Than A Hundred Dead Christmas Trees” [ free download ]
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Fucked Up “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” ( 05:57 )
Do They Know It’s Christmas? [ iTunes ]
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MxPx “Christmas Party” ( 10:08 )
Punk Rock Christmas [ amazon ]
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Cheap Trick “Christmas Christmas” ( 13:50 )
Gift [ mp3 ]
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Julian Casablancas “I Wish It Was Christmas Today” ( 15:24 )
Phrazes For The Young [ amazon ]
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Slow Club “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” ( 18:33 )
Christmas, Thanks For Nothing [ amazon ]
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Metro Jets “Jingle Jangle Christmas” ( 21:23 )
Jingle Jangle Christmas (Hipp Hipp! TV Theme) [ amazon ]
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Butch Walker & Taryn Manning “Christmas All Over Again” (24:21)
Christmas All Over Again [ amazon ]
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Army Navy Feat. Charlotte Froom “Stay In” ( 28:48 )
Stay In [ free download ]
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Camera Obscura “The Blizzard” ( 33:48 )
The Blizzard [ amazon ]
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Dean & Britta “He’s Coming Home” ( 37:41 )
7″ Single [ free download ]
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The Sky Drops “Christmas Feels Like Halloween” ( 41:07 )
Christmas Feels Like Halloween [ free download ]
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Eazy-E “Merry Muthafuckin’ Christmas” ( 44:25 )
Eazy-Duz-It / 5150 Home 4 Tha Sick [ amazon ]
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Lucky Soul “Lonely This Christmas” ( 50:16 )
Ruffa Round The Christmas Tree EP [ free download ]
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Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings ( 53:41 )
“Ain’t No Chimneys In the Projects” [ mp3 ]
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The Soul Saints Orchestra “Santa’s Got A Bag Of Soul” ( 56:00 )
Badd Santa: A Stones Throw Records Xmas [ amazon ]
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James Brown “Santa Claus Go Staight To The Ghetto” ( 59:16 )
James Brown’s Funky Christmas [ amazon ]
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Yeah Yeah Yeahs “All I Want For Christmas” ( 62:16 )
All I Want For Christmas [ amazon ]
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Au Revoir Simone “Christmas Time is Here” ( 65:33 )
I’ll Stay ‘Til After Christmas [ amazon ]
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Ohbijou “Last Christmas” ( 67:58 )
Last Christmas [ free download ]
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Julie Doiron “Christmas Eve Blues” ( 71:47 )
Do You Ear What I Ear [ benefit album ]
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Holler, Wild Rose! “In Angel’s Realm” ( 75:00 )
Christmas 2009 [ amazon ]
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Matt Alber “Star Of Wonder” ( 78:40 )
Star of Wonder [ amazon ]
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MVs Collection #10

Posted on | December 13, 2009 | 1 Comment

Massive Attack Feat. Hope Sandoval – “Paradise Circus” (NSFW)

An old woman, being interviewed about her experience in a “fuck film” as
she calls it. It’s scenes between her and footage from the old skin flick.
1973’s “Devil In Miss Jones” is said flick and Georgina Spelvin is
the actress in question. Directed by Toby Dye.

From their forthcoming album titled “Heligoland” which comes out February 9.

The XX – “Basic Space”

A basic performance video set in a dark room with purty, trippy lights
swirling all around them. Directed by Anthony Dickenson.

A really interesting, minimalist video with easy, simple vocals that draws you in.
A song that could help you focus on your studies. Especially kids going for a
masters in public administration or masters in project management.

The eclectic mix of close up shots and electric imagery is a great compliment
to the vocals.

From their critically acclaimed, self-titled debut album. The XX-ers
shall be back in Montreal playing @ Le National April 3rd.

Jarvis Cocker – “Further Complications”

Jarvis brings his new album artwork to life. Directed By Stephanie Di Giusto.

May I suggest checking out his appearance on the UK Show “Songbook” where
Mr. Cocker talks about the craft of songwriting and plays a few of his
creations, acoustic style for all to enjoy.

“Further Complications”, his new solo album is out now.

Manchester Orchestra – “Shake It Out”

The life of a redneck trucker and his young African-American son dueling it out
in arm wrestling matches all over tha south. Think Sylvester Stallone in
the cheese-tastic 1987 movie “Over The Top”. Directed by Isaac Rentz.

From one of my favorite albums of the year (top 5) “Mean Everything To Nothing”.
New album in the works for 2010.

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