December 24 2009: Happy Christmas Eve!

Long time no update! We've actually been off the air for awhile because of sports games and trips to NYC... but here is our playlist from Christmas Eve (last show of 2009!!!):

Merry Christmas Baby - Otis Redding - The Original Soul Christmas

I'm Home for the Holidays - AM - Hip Holiday WHUS X-Mas Mix

Snowstorm - Galaxie 500 - On Fire

Cold Night - Galaxie 500 - On Fire

1901 - Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

Abominable Snow - Islands - Arm's Way

Snow Days - Real Estate - S/T

The Night Santa Went Crazy - Weird Al - Demented Christmas Mix

Do They Know It's Christmas? - Fucked Up - Hip Holiday WHUS X-Mas Mix

The Blizzard - Camera Obscura - Hip Holiday WHUS X-Mas Mix

All I Want for Christmas is You - Mariah Carey - Merry Christmas

Last Christmas - Jimmy Eat World - Last Christmas EP

Ice Life - Eagle and Talon - Thracian

Winter A Go-Go - Yo La Tengo - Summer Sun

The White Witch - A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Ashes Grammar

Julie & Candy - Boards of Canada - Geodaddi

Christmas Island - Lake - Let's Build a Roof

Cold - The Charlottes - LoveHappy

White Christmas (Live) - Stiff Little Fingers - All the Best

Christmas Vacation - Descendents - I Don't Want to Grow Up

Peppermint Dreams - The Dentists - Dressed

Wishing You a Happy Christmas - Hush Now - Hip Holiday WHUS X-Mas Mix

20 Years of Snow - Regina Spektor - Begin to Hope

Christmas & winter-y theme going on. Kind of an all over the place show-- we hadn't been on air in so long! Also snuck in some Descendents when Meg left the station for a bit... Anyway, we will return to the airwaves on January 7, 2010!!! Stay tuned for our end-of-the-year lists.

And have a safe and happy new year! Hoping 2010 is far better than 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!!

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!

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

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!

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

Playlist for October 15th 2009

When You're Not There - The Black Hollies - Softly Towards the Light
69 Faces of Love - King Khan & The Shrines - What Is?!
Nothing to Hide - Yo La Tengo - Popular Songs
Switched On - Islands - Vapours
Heartbeat - Psychedelic Furs - Mirror Moves
The Pedlar - Polvo - In Prism
Out On A Limb - The Faunts - Feel.Love.Thinking.Of
Bizarre Love Triangle - New Order - Brotherhood
Don't You Forget About Me - Simple Minds - Breakfast Club OST
1901 - Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

The Reeling - Passion Pit - Manners
Just Me - Music Go Music - Expressions
Maria - Blondie - No Exit
Dew In the Grass - Sea Wolfe - White Water, White Bloom
It's Been So Long - AM - Future Sons & Daughters
I'm Looking Through You - The Beatles - Rubber Soul

Venice Beach - Desolation Wilderness - New Universe
Beach Comber - Real Estate - Underwater People's Comp
Two Dancers - Wild Beasts - Two Dancers
It's Always Like This - Bombay Bicycle Club - I Had the Blues but I...
Sorry For Laughing - Josef K - Endless Soul
Yours for the Taking - The Disciplines - Smoking Kills
January Twenty-Something - Why? - Eskimo Snow

ps.

Come celebrate the beginning of Halloween by hanging out at WHUS’ annual fall show and rocking out to some sweet bands! Featuring performances by:

Vivian Girls
Real Estate
Math the Band
My Heart to Joy

October 30th, Student Union Room 304. Doors: 8:00pm, Show: 8:30pm

This event is free for UConn students. Non-UConn Students: $5 with costume, $10 without costume.

10/08 Playlist

Lots of dancey stuff this week and everything was new except for slapchop. As promised, the slapchop video can be found below!


Pump up the Jam - The Lost Fingers - Lost in the 80's
Hi Tops - Vinyl Life - Vinyl Life
Biggie Smalls - Starfucker - Jupiter
Cream Dream - Simian Mobile Disco - Temporary Pleasure
1 Plus 2 Plus 3 - Shout Out Out Out Out - Reintegration Time
The Girl and The Robot - Royksopp - Junior
Suspicious Minds - Miss Kitten & the Hacker - Two
Georgia - Eagle & Talon - Thracian
No Home - The Ettes - Do You Want Power
When I'm Gone - Vivian Girls - Everything Goes Wrong
No Time No Hope - Times New Viking - Born Again Revisited
I'm Watching You - Jay Raetard - Watch Me Fall
Want Some Mo' - Turbo Fruits - Echo Kid
Welfare Bread - King Khan & The Shrines - What Is?!
Slap Chop - DJ Steve Porter
All The King's Men - Wild Beasts - Two Dancers
When It's Dark - Yo La Tengo - Popular Songs
O Maria! - Sea Wolf - White Water, White Bloom
Blood Pressure - Jaguar Club - And We Wake Up Slowly
Into the Shadows of My Embrace - Why? - Eskimo Snow
Jorge Ben - AM - Future Sons & Daughters

October 1st Playlist

We took an unexpected turn and did a lot of girly electronic-y stuff...hope you guys liked it!

I Walk Alone - Music Go Music - Expressions
Red in Tooth & Claw - The Ettes - Do You Want Power
Move to California - Times New Viking - Born Again Revisited
Aim At the Airport - No Age - Losing Feeling EP
Endless Sleeper - Abe Vigoda - Skeleton
When I'm Gone - Vivian Girls - Everything Goes Wrong
In The City - Chromatics - In Shining Violence EP
We Own the Sky - M83 - Saturdays = Youth
Into The Galaxy - Midnight Juggaurnauts - Dystopia
Larytta - Play Me Loud - Friends of Friends Vol.2
I Feel Cream - Peaches - I Feel Cream
Me Plus One- Annie - Anniemal
I'm Good, I'm Gone - Lykke Li - Youth Novels
Obsessions - Marina & the Diamonds - Neon Gold 002
Rat is Dead - CSS - Donkey
Erase/Rewind - Cardigans - Gran Turismo
Lovegame - Lady Gaga - The Fame
There is No Sun - Jay Reatard - Watch Me Fall
Too Much In Love - King Khan & BBQ Show - Whats for Dinner?
On The Road - Turbo Fruits - Echo Kid
January Twenty Something - Why? - Eskimo Snow
No You Don't - Islands - Vapours
Help I'm Alive - Metric - Fantasies

Why? Au in Concert

I saw Au and Why? in concert last night at Daniel St. in Milford. Dark Dark Dark was also playing with them...but somehow I missed that. Anyway! Au was intersting, they were more of an experimental indie band but the drummer was incredible. There were a few really nice songs in the set but honestly it was hard to tell when one song ended and the other started. But if experimental folky indie is your thing, I would suggest checking them out. I didn't get many good pictures of them although I tried since the drummer was super cute.

Why? made me happy in so many ways. First off, their set included my top favorites being "Vowels pt 2", "January twenty something" and "This blackest purse". From what I hear their newest album "Eskimo Snow" has the least amount of hip-hop influence than any of their albums. To make up for this they played a song called "21st Century Pop Song" from Hymie's Basement, Yoni's hip-hop indie side project. You can find a YouTube clip of it below since I thought it was amazing. It was a great show although I'm bummed I missed Dark Dark Dark. Anyway pictures and clips can be found below!

Au
(Luke Wyland: vocals, keyboard; Dana Valatka; Drums)

Why?
(Yoni Wolf: vocals; Josiah Wolf: drums; Doug Mcdiarmid: keyboard)


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