Playlist for 5-21-15

Man, I totally thought I was getting good at putting these up earlier than "4 hours before the next show." Thankfully I'm still handsome and strong and funny and cool. Whew.

#positiveselftalkday

I also play songs like these on my radio show:


Things that Are Square 5-21-15

(*) = New release

B.B. King - How Blue Can You Get - Live at the Regal

(*) Jim O'Rourke - Friends with Benefits - Simple Songs
Ballboy - Meet Me at the Shooting Range - A Guide for the Daylight Hours
Beulah - Emma Blowgun's Last Stand - When Your Heartstring's Break
Allo Darlin' - Henry Rollins Don't Dance - Henry Rollins Don't Dance

The Vandals - So Long, Farewell - Hitler Bad, Vandals Good
Big Ups - Goes Back - Eighteen Hours of Static
Best Friends Forever - Ghost Song - Romance Conflict Adventure
Babymetal - Gimme Choko!! - Babymetal (For Sierra in Hollywood, CA)

(*) Quarterbacks - Last Boy - Quarterbacks
adult mom - I Think I'm Old Enough - Somethings Bad Happens
(*) Eskimeaux - Broken Necks - O.K.
Jawbreaker Reunion - Adventure Time - Republican National Convention
(*) Joanna Gruesome - Last Year - Peanut Butter

(*) Thee Oh Sees - Web - Mutilator Defeated at Last
***************Intern Kevin takes over*******************

The National - Bloodbuzz Ohio - High Violet
Coeur De Pirate - Slow Show - Trauma
The Midnight Pine - Out Here Tonight - Buried

Nana Grizol - Motion in the Ocean - Love It Love It
Waxahatchee - Be Good - American Weekend
* Cyberbully Mom Club - March 1st - Footwear
The Gerbils - Crayon Box - Are You Sleepy?

Swearin' - Echo Locate - Surfing Strange
*Tigers Jaw - Frame You - Charmer
Mac DeMarco - Let My Baby Stay - Salad Days
The Growlers - Burden of the Captain - Hung at Heart

Girls - Love Like A River - Father, Son, Holy Ghost
Pinkshinyultrablast - Metamorphosis - Everything Else Matters
Alison's Halo - Always April - Eyedazzler

I told you once, you son of a bitch, I'm the best there's ever been

If you're gonna look me in the eye and tell me that "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" isn't one of the greatest songs ever written you need to pull your head out of your ass.

Consume them with your fire

Leviathan - "The Smoke of Their Torment" (Scar Sighted)

I don't think I should have listened to this album before bed last night.

I try not to worry, but I always worry

Dan Deacon - "Feel the Lightning" (Gliss Riffer)

Playlist for 5-14-15

Hey everyone,

Hope you're having a sweet Tuesday. Hell. I hope you're having a sweet WEEK. You deserve it. Let's all keep a positive attitude today and think about how we're worth having good things happening to us. Yeah! I got that PMA! Woooooooo.

Let these songs be the soundtrack to our ULTIMATE VICTORIES.


Things that Are Square 5-14-15

(*) = New release

Allo Darlin' - Atlantic City - Covers

(*) Eskimeaux - I Admit I'm Scared - O.K.
The Clientele - Monday's Rain - Suburban Light
Jonathan Richman - That Summer Feeling - I, Jonathan
Jens Lekman - Someone to Share My Life With - Oh You're So Silent Jens

(*) Elvis Depressedly - Bruises (Amethyst) - New Alhambra
The Lucksmiths - Get Well Now - Spring a Leak
Tullycraft - Building the Robot - Disenchanted Hearts Unite
Ida - Maybelle - Will You Find Me (For Garett in Fullerton, CA)

The Growlers - Wandering Eyes - Are You In Or Out? (For Andrea in Irvine, CA)
Kauffman & Caboor - Angel of Mercy - Songs from the Suicide Bridge
(*) John Moreland - Sad Baptist Rain - High on Tulsa Heat
The Stanley Brothers - Mountain Dew - 16 Greatest Hits

Akron/Family - Future Myth - Akron/Family & The Angels of Light
****************Intern Raf takes over********************
Washed Out, Clap Intro, High Ties
The Budos Band, Ghostwalk, Daptone Gold
The Natural Yougurt Band, Thoughts, Away with Meloncholy
Dj Vadim, Manchester, The Sound Catcher
Tino Corp, Doomsday Dub, Tino's DubSound
Autechre, Lowride, Headz [Mo'Wax Comp]
RJD2, Uprock, In Rare Form
Small Black, Despicable Dogs [Washed Out remix]
Wax Poetic, Oriental Wind, Nublu Sessions
Howard Wales, Rendezvouz With Sun
The Marvels, Rocksteady [cover] Pacific Horizens,
The Amulet Dennis Harriot, Float On [Floaters Cover]

I recognize that love is mostly situational

Quarterbacks - "Center" (Quarterbacks)

(Available as a pay-what-you-want-including-free download)

I'll just figure out a way to depart

Retox - "Let's Not Keep In Touch" (Beneath California)

My friends Chelsea, Courtney, Aki, and Colin are in this video because I am tangentially cool.

Playlist for 5-7-15

Hey tiny babies,

As I'm sure you are aware because your mom has texted you to drive safely, it's raining outside. As such, I suspect my show tonight will be extra cozy. So BYOHCBAF (bring your own hot chocolate, blanket, and fireplace). Also I think I have an intern so I'm going to blame them for anything that goes wrong.

And here's last week's playlist for those following along at home:


Things that Are Square 5-7-15 (*) = New release

Sun Kil Moon - I Can't Live Without My Mother's Love - Benji

(*) John Moreland - Heart's Too Heavy - High On Tulsa Heat
James Chadwick - The Wooden Floor - Worried Noodles
Smog - Dress Sexy At My Funeral - Dongs of Sevotion
(*) Sufjan Stevens - The Only Thing - Carrie & Lowell

(*) Waxahatchee - Air - Ivy Tripp
Polaris - Hey Sandy - Music from the Adventures of Pete and Pete
The Pastels - Different Drum - Truckload of Trouble
(*) The Mountain Goats - The Legend of Chavo Guerrero - Beat the Champ

Advance Base - Summer Music - A Shut-In's Prayer
Say Hi To Your Mom - These Fangs - Impeccable Blahs
The Aquabats - Pool Party - Myths, Legends, And Other Amazing Adventures Vol. 2
Skull Tape - Anon Anon - The Invisible Hand and the Descent of Man

(*) Built to Spill - Some Other Song - Untethered Moon
Angel Olsen - Hi-Five - Burn Your Fire For No Witness
The Weakerthans - Over Retired Explorer (Dines With Michel Foucault in Paris, 1961) - Reconstruction Site
The Spook School - I Don't Know - Dress Up

William Onyeabor - When The Going Is Smooth & Good - Anything You Sow
Fela Kuti - He Miss Road - He Miss Road

Charles Bradley - Changes - Changes
A Silver Mt. Zion - What We Loved Was Not Enough - Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light on Everything

Playlist for 4-30-15

Hey folks!

Thanks to all the folks who called in to pledge during our Spring Fund Drive! We're running a little shy of our goal, so you have until this Monday to donate. Go here to get the details and help keep your favorite radio show with me on it on the air. And I'll keep playing songs like these:

Things that Are Square 4-30-15

(*) = New release

Math and Physics Club - April Showers - Math and Physics Club

The Magnetic Fields - I Think I Need a New Heart - 69 Love Songs (For Claudia in Brooklyn, NY)
Aberfeldy - Tie One On - Young Forever
The Metasciences - Four-Color Love Story - Pencil's Down
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - New Year's Kiss - Etiquette

(*) Waxahatchee - La Loose - Ivy Tripp
Emitt Rhodes - Somebody Made for Me - Emitt Rhodes (For Mat in Brooklyn, NY)
Yo La Tengo - Last Days of Disco - And then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out
(*) Twerps - I Don't Mind - Range Anxiety

Sigur Rós - The Rains of Castamere - The Rains of Castamere (For Courtney in Anaheim, CA)
Pedro the Lion - Arizona - Achilles Heel
The Anniversary - The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter - Designing for a Nervous Breakdown (For Ali in Seattle, WA)
Nick Mulvey - Fever to the Form - First Mind (For Alex in Costa Mesa, CA)

The Pogues - The Body of an American - Poguetry in Motion
(*) Slutever - Open Wide - Almost Famous
Television - Marquee Moon - Marquee Moon

(*) John Moreland - Hang Me in the Tulsa County Stars - High on Tulsa Heat
Sturgill Simpson - Life of Sin - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
Roy Acuff - Lonesome Old River Blues - The Essential Roy Acuff
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Today I Was an Evil One - I See a Darkness

Arab Strap - (Afternoon) Soaps - (Afternoon Soaps)
Pharmakon - Bang Bang - Bestial Burden Arab Strap - (Afternoon) Soaps - (Afternoon Soaps)