Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Vivian Girls/Real Estate at UConn & Some CMJ

I have a couple of pictures from Vivian Girls/Real Estate show that was held at UConn and hosted by WHUS on October 30th. WHUS is the greatest... and both bands were amazing. Can't say much about the other two bands that were playing because they were super loud. I just wasn't into it.
Unfortunately, all my pictures looked the same
(click to see larger).

I love the Vivian Girls. This was the second time I've seen them live-- first time was over a year ago. They opened for Sonic Youth in August of 2008 [so did Times New Viking!] & I had no idea who they were, but I fell in love (that may be weird to write...) They are awesome and everyone should listen to them. Megs and I brought a couple of friends to the show who had never heard them and both of them really enjoyed the show, which was great! Hmm what else. I bought a t-shirt from Kickball Katy!

Real Estate was very very good as well. Gahhh. Hope everyone who went enjoyed themselves. It was lots o' fun.

I also went to CMJ about a month ago now, damn. There's lots to write about that, but I really don't feel like it. Here's a picture of the hottie from Turbo Fruits (who put on a really fun show!) at Union Pool in NYC.

This photo does him no justice. He's really nice, too. Tiff (WHUS DJ, on Sundays at 10PM) and I talked to him and I bought Echo Kid on vinyl. Sigh. More pictures of CMJ shows later, since all I did was see bands play all night and every night. OH we saw Metric last week so pictures/video (maybe?!) to come!!

Friday, November 20, 2009

11 19 2009

We had a trainee with us in the studio and he played a bunch of music for the last two-thirds of our show. Here's what we played:

Watching the Planets - The Flaming Lips - Embryonic
About a Girl - Nirvana - Bleach Reissue

Martin Luther King Day - Times New Viking - Born Again Revisited
Born Again Revisited - Times New Viking - Born Again Revisited
Hermann Loves Pauline - Super Furry Animals - Radiator
New Fang - Them Crooked Vultures - S/T
Mama's Mad Cos I Fried My Brain - Turbo Fruits - Echo Kid
Brand New Love - Sebadoh - Smash Your Head on the Punk Rock

Then he took over! It's crazy that Meg and I actually taught someone how to use the studio...

We'll be back on air in two weeks. Have a great Thanksgiving!

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Playlist November 12, 2009

oops, long time no update! anyways, this is last weeks playlist hopefully we didn't miss anything!

Poison Lips - Vitalic - Flashmob
Life Magazine - Cold Cave - Love Comes Close
Ephemeral Artery - Neon Indian - Psychic Chasms
Surf Solar - Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport
Gorilla Meat - Jogger - This Great Pressure
I Walk Alone - Music Go Music - Expressions
Life of Crime - Think About Life - Family
Our Dreams Did Weave a Shade - Sunset - Gold Dissolve to Gray

Animal Party - King Khan & BBQ Show - Invisible Girl
Hearts of Oak - Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - Hearts of Oak
Bull Black Nova - Wilco - (the album)
The First Part - Superchunk - Foolish
Move to California - Times New Viking - Born Again Revisited

I Can Be Your Lover (But I Can't be Your Baby) - The Ettes - Do You Want Power
Blinking Pigs - Little Dragon - Machine Dreams
Marry Me - St. Vincent - Marry Me
One Evening - Feist - Let It Die
When I'm with You - Best Coast - EP
I Found a Reason - Cat Power
Byford Dolphin - Conelrad

Sunday, November 8, 2009

November 5, 2009: Dwaaaaamn

This week we were joined by our friend DJ Jugs. She played some stuff and it was a lot of fun! So, there's a bunch of rap, which is a rarity for us now that we have a show outside of the safe harbor. Then we went in another direction... See what we played:

The Bay - Nelly - Brass Knuckles
Bump - Spankrock - Yo Yo Yo Yo...
The Waitress - Tech N9ne - Killer
Let's Go - Tech N9Ne - Killer
Fire on Four - Problemadddicts - First Step
Superstar - Lupe Fiasco - The Cool
Watcha doin' - NASA - Spirit of Appollo
Boyz - MIA - Single
Papi, te quiero... - Ivy Queen

Olympians - Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport
Shy - A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Ashes Grammar
Sheila - Atlas Sound - Logos

Darker Days - AM - Future Sons and Daughters
Fake Blues - Real Estate
Laura - Girls - Album
Evil - Flaming Lips - Embryonic
Psychic Chasms - Neon Indian - Psychic Chasms

What an odd show this week...! In other news, I'll be posting pictures soon, because I went to CMJ a couple of weeks ago in NYC! Saw Ted Leo, Atlas Sound, Broadcast, Turbo Fruits, Lovvers, and so many more... The whole trip was a lot of fun and a very interesting experience, to say the least. But yes, pictures to come!

Thursday, November 5, 2009

HALLOW'S EVE: Playlist for October 29, 2009

SPOOOKY HALLOWEEN SHOW PLAYLIST!

Halloween - Siouxsie & the Banshees - Juju
Evil - Interpol - Antics
I Wanna Kill - Crocodiles - Summer of Hate

Thriller - Michael Jackson - Thriller
Flesh for Fantasy - Billy Idol - Rebel Yell
Psycho Killer - Talking Heads - '77
I Bleed - The Pixies - Doolittle
Scary Monsters (& Super Creeps) - David Bowie - Scary Monsters
Dead Souls - Joy Division - Substance
Boris the Spider - The Who

Blood Red Dance - The Ettes - Do You Want Power
Zombie - The Cranberries - No Need to Argue
Monster Hospital - Metric

Teenage Lobotomy - The Ramones - Rocket to Russia
Zombie Dance - The Cramps - Songs the Lord Taught Us
Chupacabras - Super Furry Animals - Radiator
The Monster Mash - Bobby "Boris" Pickett
Time Warp - Rocky Horror Picture Show
Hooting & Howling - Wild Beasts - Two Dancers

The Horror - RJD2 - Dead Ringer
Hunting for Witches - Bloc Party - A Weekend in the City
Creeper - Islands - Arm's Way
The Reaper - Abe Vigoda - Reviver EP