Playlist 08/01/27

The Lucksmiths/ Matinée Hit Parade/ Good Light
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart/ s/t/ This Love is Fucking Right!
Moscow Olympics/ Demo/ Still
Black Kids/ Wizard of Ahhhs/ Hit the Heartbreaks
Jens Lekman/ Promenade Food Comp. #3/ Baking Bread on a Hot Summernight
Kyle Evans/ (unreleased)/ sol b halelujah
Magnetic Fields/ Distortion/ California Girls
The Jesus and Mary Chain/ Psychocandy/ Inside Me
Say Hi/ The Wishes and the Glitch/ Zero to Love
Vapnet/ Jag Vet Hur Man Vänter/ Brunflovägen
Fat Tulips/ Starfish/ I Promise You
The Cat's Miaow/ Songs for Girls to Sing/ Portland, Oregon

A bunch of songs were things the twee.net indiepop list poll for 2007 was trying to tell me I missed out on during the year. The Jens Lekman was for Danny because he wanted to hear some rarities. Check out Danny's band here. (Hey, they're finally releasing something! And they're playing with Brent Randell of my favourite Halifax label Just Friends at Logan's in March too!) The Jesus and Mary Chain was because Stephin Merritt of the Magnetic Fields thinks Psychocandy is great and I do too. The Magnetic Fields was because Distortion recently came out and last week I didn't yet have it, but my boy gave it to me as a birthday present yesterday hooray. (On that note, the Marriage comp is still nowhere to be found... grr.) Best song on the show this week was "Hit the Heartbreaks" which I can't stop playing over and over again.

Someone called in and asked me what "twee" was. How am I supposed to answer a question that it took Pitchfork three lengthy pages to answer in one minute over the phone? I hope my answer was satisfactory and not too snobby sounding. If you still don't understand, or are just interested, have you ever checked out my links page? Or, like, tuned in to the show...

Playlist 08/01/20

I had no expectations for this show, but somehow flying by the seat of my pants went well today.

Blood Brothers/ Burn, Piano Island, Burn/ Fuckings's Greatest Hits
The Dismemberment Plan/ Change/ Ellen and Ben
Camper van Beethoven/ The Virgin Years/ Sweethearts
Crooked Fingers/ Red Devil Dawn/ boy with (100) hands
Death Cab for Cutie/ The Photo Album/ Blacking Out the Friction
Jale/ Dreamcake/ To Be Your Friend
The Decemberists/ Her Majesty/ Los Angeles, I'm Yours
Jens Lekman/ Oh You're So Silent Jens/ Julie (rmx)*
Phil Elverum & Nick Krgovich/ David Shrigley's Worried Noodles/ Whatcha Doin'
All Girl Summer Fun Band/ 2/ million things
Say Hi/ The Wishes and the Glitch/ Northwestern Girls
The Bartlebees & Anja/ A House Full of Friends/ Ne Me Quitte Pas

*Request/ dedication, I swear, although I did get to choose the song. For Dani. (Danny?)

Can I just say that I'm unspeakably excited about the new Magnetic Fields? Do you have it yet? I refuse to listen before it's in my hands, but anything by Stephin Merritt which is supposed to sound Psychocandy-esque makes my heart go--oh shit, Ryan just read my mind. He's playing it right now...

Other Albums I Need to Buy (Because I Keep Forgetting): Scarboro Acquarium Club/ Black Swan Days, My Teenage Stride/ Ears Like Golden Bats, Magic Marker Records/ A House Full of Friends, and the list goes on and on.

I wanted to play the Marriage Records comp for a special someone but an unknown radio insider has stolen it already, or else it's just lost. Suck.

Are you going to see Jens Lekman at his upcoming shows in Australia, Europe, and the US? Please take me.

Playlist 08/01/13

oK, I can't stand it anymore. Without my own computer, and lacking any kind of ftp client/ my files on those that I'm hopping between, I'm posting my playlists here for awhile.

shangri-las/ leader of the pack/ giver him a great big kiss
panty boy/ orgy of the senses/ sweet lemonade
the desks/ the same mistakes/ we will arise, you know, we will
the bicycles/ the good, the bad, and the cuddly/ longjohns & toques
hormones in abundance/ 2 demo/ lina's 20th birthday
jens lekman/ at the department of forgotten songs/ are birthdays happy?
jens lekman/ when I said I wanted to be your dog/ happy birthday, dear friend lisa
the smittens/ gentlefication now!/ my girl
the smittens/ gentlefication now!/ doomed, lo-fi and in love
the lighthouse choir/ omnicloud/ happy birthday, as sung by a choir of fishing boat skeletons
the lucksmiths/ first tape/ happy birthday, dear katrina
starlet/ the sound of young sweden v. 3/ I want a girl for my birthday**
trembling blue stars/ broken by whispers/ birthday girl**
birdie/ some dusty/ thanks for the birthday card**
luke doucet/ broken (and other rogue states)/ stumbling gingerly back to emily's apartment*

*Lonesome Saul
**Thank you Christos

Suggestion for the anemic's lunch box: oily fish sandwich followed by a citrus fruit.

Reasons why...

...people are great:

-someone does a radio fill-in for you at the last minute
-some people feed you dinner
-some buy you polysporin, tylenol, and vitamin e oil
-someone holds you while you cry
-they tell you you're beautiful at moments when you're not
-and others leave you alone

The Endless Bummer/ Panty Boy/ Balacade/ Desks show went off really well. It felt like friends from the past, present, and future were all there, or were thought of and missed. Bands were great, venue was great, tech and set-up/ clean-up help was great. Thaaaanks.