Playlist for 12-27-12

Hey folks!

Thanks to everyone who tuned in last night for my final show of 2012. And double-thanks to everyone who came out to the Moon Pearl show at Detroit Bar last night. And triple-thanks to everyone who saw me drop my mic on the ground, and then just lay down to play into it and didn't laugh at me. You da bes. 

Things that Are Square 12-27-12

(*) = New release

Big Mama Thornton - Everything Gonna Be Alright - ...With the Muddy Waters Blues Band

The Johnny Otis Show - I Believe I'll Go Back Home - Cold Shot
Smog - Ex-Con - Red Apple Falls
(*) Andrew Bird - Three White Horses - Hands of Glory
Akron/Family - Last Year - Set 'em Wild, Set 'em Free

(*) Woods - Cali in a Cup - Bend Beyond
Spiritualized - Too Late - Sweetheart Sweet Light
The Walkmen - In the New Year - You & Me (For Matthew in Irvine, CA)
Japandroids - Young Hearts Spark Fire - Post-Nothing

Religious Girls - OG - Midnight Realms
Dan Deacon - Wham City - Spiderman of the Rings
Clare and the Reasons - You Got Time - Arrow (For Tyler in Newport Beach, CA)
Nas - One Mic (Andrew Broder Remix) - Modern Hits EP

Shlohmo - Ghosts Pt. 2 (Groundislava Cool Remix) - Unreleased
(*) Matmos - You (RRose Mix) - The Ganzfeld EP
Sun Araw - Get Low - Heavy Deeds

(*) CS Yeh - Starts with a Look - Transitions
Gang of Four - Anthrax - Entertainment!
The Fall - Repetition - 50,000 Fall Fans Can't Be Wrong
The Jesus Lizard - The Monkey Truck - Goat
(*) Chelsea Wolfe - The Way We Used To - Unknown Rooms

(*) The Babies - See the Country

Playlist for 12-20-12 (Christmas edition!)

You guys!

Thanks to everyone who helped make my Christmas show one of my most-listened to radio shows in a real long time. I don't wanna get sappy, but I've been feeling down and it really meant a lot to me for everyone who tuned in/requested things/called in. Definitely a rad Christmas present for a lonely little college DJ boy. If you missed it, here is the playlist. Recreate it at home and play it endlessly while you sit around drinking egg nog. Don't forget the totally awful smooth jazz Christmas music I played during back-announcing breaks.

Things that Are Square 12-20-12 (Christmas spectacular!)

The Polyphonic Spree - Happy Christmas (War Is Over) - Maybe This Christmas Tree

Belle and Sebastian - O Little Town of Bethlehem - Peel Session
The Halo Benders - Snowfall - God Don't Make No Junk
Low - Just Like Christmas - Christmas
Woods - Christmas Time Is Here - Unreleased (For Andrea in San Francisco, CA)

Yo La Tengo - It's Christmas Time - Merry Christmas from Yo La Tengo (For Alexi in San Diego, CA)
Tom Waits - Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis - Blue Valentine
Arab Strap - Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home) - Unreleased
Jens Lekman - Run Away With Me - USA Tour EP 2005

Allo Darlin' - S-P-A-C-E Christmas - Merry Christmas from Allo Darlin'
Eef Barzelay - Joy to the World - Bitter Honey
The Lucksmiths - The Winter Proper - Spring a Leak
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - Cold White Christmas - Etiquette

Shannon and the Clams - Melekalikimaka - ...Ruin Christmas
The Sonics - Santa Claus - Here Are The Sonics!!!
The Vandals - Dance of the Sugarplum Fairies - Christmas with the Vandals
eels - Everything's Gonna Be Cool this Christmas - Cancer for the Cure

Bright Eyes - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Christmas
The Pogues - Fairytale of New York - If I Should Fall from Grace with God
Galaxie 500 - Snowstorm - On Fire
The Fall - Hark the Herald Angels Sing - The Complete Peel Sessions

Okkervil River - Listening to Otis Redding at Home During Christmas -
Don't Fall in Love with Everyone You See
Pedro the Lion - The First Noel - The First Noel
Parenthetical Girls - Thank God It's Not Christmas - Christmas (For Diana in Huntington Beach, CA)

Sufjan Stevens - O Holy Night - Songs for Christmas

Playlist for 12-13-12

Hey, duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude (like the TV show?),

How's your friday going? Well? Terrific! I just got back from my first massage ever. The vice chancellor at the University I work at paid for everyone at my work to get 15 minute massages. It was pretty solid. I feel a tad looser now. And I'm an uptight dude. Which is why I started the show last night with a ton of calm, droney music. That massage was well-scheduled, indeed. I found a place in Westminster that has $20/hr massages. Let's go!

We can listen to songs like these on the way:

Things that Are Square 12-13-12


(*) = New release

White Rainbow - Gilded Golden Ladies - ZOME

Ravi Shankar - Kafi-Holi (Spring Festival of Colors) - India's Master Musician
Sir Richard Bishop - Rasheed - Salvador Kali
Panda Bear - Take Pills - Person Pitch

(*) Mogwai - San Pedro (The Soft Moon Remix) - A Wretched Virile Lore
Manitoba - Bijoux - Up in Flames
OCDJ - Smoke My Cheese - Hooray
Unicorn Kid - Boys of Paradise - Tidal Rave

(*) Flying Lotus - Electric Candyman - Until the Quiet Comes
The Soft Pink Truth - Real Shocks - Do You Want New Wave or Do You Want the Soft Pink Truth?
Mi Ami - Latin Lover - Steal Your Face
The Pop Group - She Is Beyond Good and Evil - Y

The Slits - I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Cut
(*) Io Echo - When the Lilies Die - Io Echo
Sonic Youth - Tunic (Song for Karen) - Goo
Tiger Trap - Puzzle Pieces - Tiger Trap

(*) Nous Non Plus - Moto - Le Sexe et la Politique
Television - See No Evil - Marquee Moon
The Halo Benders - Virginia Reel Around the Fountain - The Rebels Not In
Spiritualized - Too Late - Sweet Heart, Sweet Light

Suicide - Ghost Rider - Suicide
Brian Eno - Third Uncle - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)

(*) Blackbird Blackbird - Happy with You - Boracay Planet EP

Playlist for 12-6-12

Hey folks,

Y'all ready for the freakin' weekend? Me, too. Though, for 8-5 workdrones like me, it's still a couple hours away. So let's read this playlist from my show last night, and by the time that's over, we'll be a couple seconds to a minute closer to the weekend, depending on how carefully we read.

Things that Are Square 12-6-12

(*) = New release

(*) Laurie Spiegel - Patchwork - The Expanding Universe

Caribou - Sundialing - Andora
Fuck Buttons - Space Mountain - Tarot Sport
Out Hud - "My Two Nads" (Dad Reprise) - S.T.R.E.E.T. D.A.D.

(*) Twigs - Breathe - EP
Dntel - Why I'm So Unhappy - Life Is Full of Possibilities
Can - Moonshake - Future Days
Public Image Ltd. - Swan Lake - Second Edition

(*) Dan Deacon - Oscillating Diamonds - Wish Book Vol. 1
Mariah Carey - Touch My Body (Cyril Hahn Remix) - Unreleased
The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Feel So Good - Tepid Peppermint Wonderland
Galaxie 500 - Snowstorm - On Fire

Warpaint - Undertow - The Fool (For Tiffany in Murrieta, CA)
Akron/Family - River - Set 'em Wild, Set 'em Free
Billy Bragg - A New England - Life's a Riot with Spy vs. Spy
The Blow - "Come On, Petunia" - Poor Aim: Love Songs

Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard - Broken Broken Broken Heart - 'Em Are I
Paul Baribeau & Ginger Alford - Atlantic City - Darkness on the Edge
of Your Town
Beat Happening - Bewitched - Jamboree
Secret Chiefs 3 - Knights of Damcar - Book M

(*) Deerhoof - Fête d'Adieu - Breakup Song

Playlist for 11-29-12

Hey folks,

Sorry for slacking on the playlist. This weekend there were illnesses and our band played a concert and then Saturday was an all-day brutal obstacle course thing that had a hellish slog under barbed wire that tore up all my knees/elbows/knuckles. But now I'm here. And I played songs like these:

Things that Are Square 11-29-12

(*) = New release

(*) Halls - White Chalk - Ark

Mogwai - R U Still In 2 It - Young Team
(*) X-TG - Janitor of Lunacy (Ft. Antony Hegarty) - Desertshore/The Final Report
Fog - See It? See It? - Ether Teeth

Yume Bitsu - Untitled Two - The Golden Vessyl of Sound
Eternal Tapestry & Sun Araw - Night Gallery III - Night Gallery
Akron/Family - Silly Bears - S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT
(*) Vinyl Williams - Higher World - Lemniscate

(*) Blackbird Blackbird - Happy with You - Boracay Planet EP
The Field - A Paw in My Face - Here We Go Sublime
Matmos - Lipostudio...And So On - A Chance to Cut Is a Chance to Cure (For Estelle in Irvine, CA)
Don Cherry - Brown Rice - Brown Rice

(*) Thavius Beck - Joy (Bring It) - The Most Beautiful Ugly
Fujiya & Miyagi - Collarbone - Transparent Things
Tullycraft - The Lonely Life of the UFO Researcher - Every Scene Needs a Center
Freezepop - Here Comes a Special Boy - Fancy Ultra Fresh
GLaDOS - Still Alive - The Orange Box

Sucré - When We Were Young - A Minor Bird (For Tiffany in Murrieta, CA)
Harlem - South of France - Free Drugs (For Angela in Irvine, CA)
Hunx and His Punx - Too Young to Be in Love - Too Young to Be in Love
Shannon and the Clams - You Will Always Bring Me Flowers - Sleep Talk

The King Khan & BBQ Show - I'll Be Loving You - Invisible Girl
Jonathan Richman - Papel de Chicle - ¡Jonathan, Te Vas a Emocionar!

Sonic Youth - Mary-Christ - Goo