TML Monthly Review - Episode #13

1. Japancakes - Only Shallow from Loveless
2. Robyn Hitchcock - I Wanna Go Backwards from I Wanna Go Backwords
3. The Veils - Advice For Young Mothers To Be from Nux Vomica
4. Joe Lally - Day Is Born from Nothing Is Underrated
5. Malajube - La Maladie from Le Compte Complet
6. Animal Collective - Safer (live) from Causes 1
7. Greg Ashley - Sailing with Bobby from Painted Garden
8. Takka Takka - We Feel Safer At Night from We Feel Safer At Night
9. Bobb Trimble - One Mile From Heave from Iron Curtain Innocence
10. Citay - First Fantasy from Little Kingdom
11. Danielson - Uh-Oh (It's Morningtime Again) from K Records Tribute
12. Fog - I Have Been Wronged from Ditherer
13. Maserati - Synchronicity IV from Inventions for the New Season
14. HEALTH - Heaven from HEALTH
15. Daft Punk - Da Funk from Alive 2007
16. Glass Candy - Computer Love from After Dark: Italians Do It Better
17. Chromatics - Running Up That Hill from Online Exclusive
18. Tim Hecker - Norberg (section) from Norberg (single)
19. Andrew Bird - Imitosis (Four Tet Remix) from Online Exclusive
20. Sixtoo - Jackals and Vipers In Envy of Man Part 9 from Jackals and Vipers In Envy of Man
21. White Williams - Route To Palm from Smoke
22. John P. Strohm - Where Is My Mind? from Dig for Fire: A Tribute to the Pixies
23. Foundry Field Recordings - Caribou from Fallout Stations EP
24. Japancakes - Soon from Loveless
25. Castanets - And The Swimming from In the Vines
26. Cat Power - Song To Bobby from Song to Bobby (single)

Garage Rock Rocks!

1. Billy John and the Continentals - Ooh Pooh Pah Doo
2. The Del-Vetts - I Call My Baby STP
3. The Beavers - Why Baby Why
4. The Avengers - Everyone's Gonna Wonder
5. Catamorands - Over You
6. Peter Pan and the Good Fairies - Kaleidoscope
7. The Hard Times - Sad, Sad Sunshine
8. The Chantels - Have You Ever Felt Blue
9. The Swingin Lamp Liters - Get Away
10. Jimmy Rabbit - Pushover
11. Lawson and 4 More - If You Want Me You Can Find Me
12. The Outcasts - 1523 Blair
13. The Kentuckys - Stupid Generation
14. Soup Greens - Like A Rolling Stone
15. The Pleazers - Don't Gimmie No Lip Child
16. Question Mark and the Mysterians - Ain't It A Shame
17. Hot Coffee - Some Day You Will Die
18. The Breakers - Don't Send Me No Flowers
19. Pleasure Seekers - What A Way To Die
20. The Mystics - Didn't We Have A Good Time
21. The Distortions - Smokestack Lighting
22. Wild Vybrashons - One Track Mind
23. The Young Tigers - I Have Nothing
24. The Action - I Can't Make A Friend
25. The Counts - Counted Out
26. Luv'd Ones - Up Down Sue
27. The Voxmen - You Tell Me
28. The Bittersweets - Hurtin Kind
29. The Romancers - Love's The Thing
30. The Merits - Please, Please Little Girl
31. The Esquires - Sadies Ways
32. Mercy - Love (Can Make You Happy)
33. Network - The Boys and the Girls
34. The Rhythm Checkers - On Your Way Down The Drain
35. The Singers - Land of 1000 Dances
36. Dara Puspita - A Go Go
37. Chris and Craig - Isha
38. Pete Schofield and the Canadians - Mrs. Robinson
39. German Bonds - We Are Out Of Sight
40. The Rock Shop - State of Your Mind
41. C.C. and the Chasers - Hey, Put the Clock Back on the Wall
42. The Relations - The Image
43. Sea-Ders - Thanks A Lot
44. Emil Richards and the Factory - No Place I'd Rther Be
45. Baby Huey and the Baby Siters - Monkey Man
46. The Ban - Bye Bye

TML Monthly Review Playlist - Episode #12

1. The Octopus Project - Truck
2. Radiohead - Bodysnatchers
3. Sunset Rubdown - Winged-Wicked Things
4. Blackball False, Truth! - Knives Chau Luvs LCD
5. Band of Horses - No One's Gonna Love You
6. Vampire Weekend - Mansard Roof
7. Samamidon - Saro
8. Grizzly Bear - Alligator (Choir Version)
9. Silver Seas - Imaginary Girl
10. Dr. Dog - The Girl (Beck Remix)
11. Johnossi - Man Must Dance
12. Celebration - Heartbreak
13. Saturday Looks Good To Me - Make A Plan
14. The Owls - Peppermint Patty
15. White Shoes & The Couples Company - Sabda Alam
16. The Fiery Furnaces - Restorative Beer
17. Yeasayer - Sunrise
18. Doveman - ...& Sunrise (Medley)
19. Battles - Tonto (Four Tet Remix)
20. Koushik - Basketball Beat
21. Beat Konducta - Trouble
22. J Rocc - Super Sound
23. Phosphorescent - My Dove, My Lamb
24. Andrew Bird - A Breaks B
25. Jens Lekman - It Was A Strange Time In My Life
26. Radiohead - House of Cards
27. Vashti Bunyan - Winter Is Blue

The Halloween Special on 10/26/07

1. Criswell - Orgy of the Dead (Opening)
2. Danny Hutton - Monster Shindig
3. Bob McFadden and Dor - Frankie And Igor At A Rock And Roll Party
4. Don Hinson and the Rigamorticians - Do the Rigomortis
5. Count Chocula, Frankenberry and Boo Berry - The Monsters Go Disco
6. Philly Joe Jones - Blues for Dracula
7. The Jazz Butcher - The Jazz Butcher Meets Count Dracula
8. The Mighty Sparrow - Madam Dracula
9. Sivad - Dickey Drakeller
10. Dickie Goodman - Dracula Drag
11. Jad and David Fair - Frankenstein
12. Daniel Johnston - Frankenstein Love
13. Wade Denning and Frank Daniels - Frankenstein Returns
14. Dickie Goodman - Frankenstein Meets the Beatles
15. Bob McFadden and Dor - The Mummy
16. Mad Monster Party - The Mummy
17. The Verdicts - Mummy's Ball
18. Bob Ridgley - The Way Out Mummy
19. Bob McFadden and Dor - Son of The Mummy
20. Frankie Stein and His Ghouls - Weerdo The Wolf
21. Don Hinson and the Rigamorticians - Werewolf Watusi
22. Gary Warren - Werewolf
23. Screaming Lord Sutch - Monster Man
24. Rich Little - Witchcraft
25. The Sonics - Witch
26. Wade Denning and Frank Daniels - Burned at the Stake
27. Shalimar and His Friends - Voodoo Mash Part 1 & 2
28. Wade Denning and Frank Daniels - Curse of the Zombies
29. Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Voodoo Priestess
30. Roky Erickson and the Aliens - I Walked With A Zombie
31. Mr. Fab - Cannibal Zombie Mom
32. Harold Arlen - Halloween
33. The Shaggs - It's Halloween
34. Morgus & The Ghouls - Morgus The Magnificent
35. Tim Curry - Anything Can Happen On Halloween
36. Joe Meek - `Til the Following Night

It's Always Something for 10/11/07 (SciFi Special)

1. Mollie Thompson - Cockeyed Ballad
2. Billy Lee Riley - Rockin' On A UFO
3. Joe Meek and the Blue Men - I Hear A New World
4. Geoff Goddard - Sky Men
5. Merv Griffin - The Screamin' Meemies from Planet X
6. Marty Quinn - Genuine UFO Contactee
7. Joe Dolce - Ain't No UFO Gonna Catch My Diesel
8. Floyd Robinson - My Little Martian
9. Walter Brennan - Space Mice
10. Sam Space & the Cadettes - Take Me To Your Leader Cha Cha
11. The Ran Dells - The Martian Hop
12. Nervous Norvus - The Fang
13. The Kirby Stone Four - You Came From Outer Space
14. Mike Adkins - The Invaders Are Here!
15. Dean Barlow and the Crickets - Man from the Moon
16. Buchanan Brothers - (When You See) Those Flying Saucers
17. Leonard Nimoy - Alien
18. Sheldon Allman - Girl From The 4th Dimension
19. Devo - Space Girl Blues
20. James Lee Turner - The Little Space Girl
21. Gloria Lambert w/Richard Maltby - Moon Man
22. Delsu & The Smarts - The Moon Bug
23. Topps Orchestra and the Toppers Cast - The Rocket Ship
24. The Five Du-Tones - The Chicken Astronaut
25. Sun Ra - Rocket Number Nine Take Off For The Planet Venus
26. Jimmy Durante - We're Going UFO'ing
27. Television - The Rocket
28. Vik Venus - Moonflight
29. The McGuire Sisters - Will There Be Space In A Space Ship
30. Hank Snow - Honeymoon on a Rocket Ship
31. Annette - That Crazy Place From Outer Space
32. Dickie Goodman - Martian Melodies
33. Bill Murray - Star Wars Theme
34. Ella Fitzgerald - Two Little Men In A Flying Saucer
35. Not Specified - Meanwhile, Back on the Air
36. Buchanan & Goodman - Flying Saucer, Pt. 1-2
37. Fibonaccis - Second Coming
38. Susan Goodman - Following A Star
39. Jelly Bean Bandits - Generation
40. The Sophisticats - Gizmo

TML Monthly Review Playlist - Episode #11

1. The Go! Team - Doing It Right from Proof Of Youth
2. Black Kids - I'm Not Gonna Teach You from Wizard of Ahhhs
3. The Black Lips - Bad Kids from Good Bad Not Evil
4. Figurines - Hey, Girl from When the Deer Wore Blue
5. Via Audio - Presents from Say Something Say Something Say Something
6. Devendra Banhart - Seahorse from Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon
7. Rogue Wave - Chicago x 12 from Asleep At Heaven's Gate
8. Georgie James - Cake Parade from Places
9. Cass McCombs - That's That from Dropping the Writ
10. Mum - Dancing Behind My Eyelids from Go Go Smear The Poison Ivy
11. Wooden Shjips - We Ask You To Ride from Wooden Shjips
12. The Heliocentrics - Once Upon A Time from Out There
13. Glass Candy - Covered In Bugs from Myspace Exclusive
14. Asobi Seksu - Then He Kissed Me from Stay Awake 7"
15. Calvin Harris - Disco Heat from I Created Disco
16. Petra Haden - Don't Stop Belevin' from Guilt By Assocation
17. The Dirty Projectors - Police Story from Rise Above
18. Peter and the Wolf - Better Days from The Ivori Palms
19. Beirut - Nantes from The Flying Club Cup
20. Great Lake Swimmers - I Am Part Of A Large Family from Live EP
21. Taken By Trees - The Legend from Open Field
22. José González - Time To Send Someone Away from In Our Nature
23. Iron & Wine - Pagan Angel And A Borrowed Car from The Shepherd's Dog
24. Sea Wolf - Black Dirt from Leaves In The River
25. Broken Social Scene feat. Kevin Drew - Aging Faces/Losing Places from Spirit If...
26. Animal Collective - For Reverend Green from Strawberry Jam
27. Akron/Family - I've Got Some Friends from Love Is Simple
28. Danielson - Happy Days Are Here Again from Song of America

It's Always Something for 9/21/07

1. The Primitives - The Ostrich
2. Wolfman Jack and the Wolf Pack - Wolfman Boogie (Part 1)
3. Liberace - Liberace's Twist
4. Murray the K - The Lone Twister
5. Chubby Checker - Move It
6. Fred Astaire - Attitude Dancing
7. Gerrard Kennedy - I Am An Island/Searching/Four Letter Word
8. Esther Rolle - Maybe It's
9. Tiny Tim and Eleanor Baruchian - I Got You Babe
10. Sam Sachs - It's A Lie, It's A Fake
11. Betty Johnston - The Little Blue Man
12. Anthony Newley - Within You, Without You
13. Beatle Barkers - All My Loving
14. Keely Smith - A Hard Day's Night
15. Mme St. Onge - Help
16. Daffy Duck - Yesterday
17. Victor Lopez - Shaft (Marching Band Version)
18. Dickie Goodman - Superfly Meets Shaft
19. The Bar-Kays - Son of Shaft
20. Harry Belafonte - Banana Boat Song
21. Dickie Goodman - The Banana Boat Story
22. George Guzman - Banana Freak Out
23. The Mariachi Brass (feat. Chet Baker) - Chiquita Banana
24. The Soft Boys - We Like Bananas
25. The Goodees - Condition Red
26. Lottie Golden - Motor Cycle Michael
27. Moby Grape - Motorcycle Irene
28. Not Specified - Motorcycle Policeman
29. Yo La Tengo (w/Daniel Johnston) - Speeding Motorcycle
30. Descendents - Weinershnitzel
31. Peggy Lee - McDonald's Theme Song
32. Rabaue - Pizza Hut
33. Phoebe Kreutz - Taco Bell Song
34. Weird Al Yankovic - Trapped in the Drive-Thru
35. The Sophisticats - Gizmo

It's Always Something for 9/14/07

1. Tidal Waves - Fun, Fun, Fun
2. The Beach Boys - Punchline
3. The Beach Boys - Help Me Rhonda Sessions
4. Murray Wilson w/The Sunrays - Colonel's March
5. Hi Hopes - Wipe Out
6. Googie Rene Combo - Smokey Joe's La La
7. Ronny Kae - Swinging Drums
8. Gary Spider Webb - Drum City Part 1 & 2
9. The Love Sitars - Paint It Black
10. The Electric Prunes - I Had To Much To Dream (Last Night)
11. George Harrison - Wah-Wah
12. Ross Johnson - Signify
13. Gypsy Boots and the Nature Boys - Learn To Be A Drinker
14. The Monks - Drunken Marie
15. Ace Cannon - Drunk
16. American-Standard - Behind Every Man Is A Woman
17. Chris - Crazy Crazy
18. Not Specified - The Women's Clothing Store Pick-Up
19. U.B.'s Group - Percussive Woman
20. Albert DeSalvo - Strangler In The Night
21. Tom Waits - Telelphone Call From Istanbul
22. Lou Reed - New York Telephone Conversation
23. Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention - Telephone Conversation
24. Y Pants - Off the Hook
25. Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty - As Soon As I Hang Up The Phone
26. The Cramps - Heartbreak Hotel
27. Elvis Presley - Are You Lonesome Tonight (Laughing Version)
28. Elvis Presley - Dominic the Impotent Bull
29. The Soft Boys - That's When Your Heartaches Begin
30. The Sunflowers - I Like the Ukulele
31. The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain - Teenage Kicks
32. Ukuleles of Halifax - Country Roads
33. The Sophisticats - Gizmo

It's Always Something for 9/07/07

1. Bill Cosby - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
2. The Beatles - Moonlight Baby (w/Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise)
3. Dickie Goodman - Frankenstein Meets the Beatles
4. The Scramblers - Beatle Walk
5. Daniel Johnston - The Beatles
6. Bobby Darin - Plain Jane
7. Robert Mitchum - Mama, Looka Boo Boo
8. Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention - What's the Ugliest Part of Your Body?
9. Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty - You're the Reason Our Kid's Are So Ugly
10. Linda Laurie - Jose He Say
11. Dick Catan and the Losers Combo - I'm Sassy But Classy
12. John Rydgren - A Beautiful Girl/Music To Watch Girls By
13. Half Japanese - Daytona Beach
14. Dave Gardner - White Silver Sands
15. Not Specified - Make A Woman Our Of Our Wife
16. Peggy Scott-Adams - Good Little House Wife
17. Travis Wammack - It's Karate Time
18. The Bedwells - Karate
19. Mad Professor and Lee Perry - Kung Fu Fighting
20. The George Garabedian Players - The Third Man Theme
21. Orson Welles - I Know What It Is To Be Young (But You Don't Know What It Is To Be Old)
22. William Shatner - Rocket Man
23. Sun Ra - Travel the Spaceways
24. Hermanos Calatrava - Space Oddity
25. Impala - LTD A Go Go
26. Tiny Tim - Tiptoe To The Gas Pumps
27. Darts - Hollywood Drag
28. The Humbards - I've Found A Place
29. Big Stick - Drag Racing
30. Not Specified - The Same In Any Language
31. The Who - Coke 2
32. The Andrew Sisters - Rum and Coca Cola
33. The Records - Coca-Cola Jingle
34. Preston Epps - Mister Bongos
35. The Rocky Fellers - Don't Sit Down
36. The Sophisticats - Gizmo

TML Monthly Review Playlist - Episode #10

1. Animal Collective - Peacebone from Peacebone (single)
2. M.I.A. - Paper Planes from Kala
3. The New Pornographers - Myriad Harbour from Challengers
4. Caribou - Eli from Andorra
5. Numbers - Mind Hole from Now You Are This
6. Athlete - Hurricane (Camp America Remix) from Athlete Exclusives
7. Odd Nosdam - Kill Tone from Level Live Wires
8. Vera November - Our Last Night Together from Four Songs By Arthur Russell
9. Minus The Bear - Dr. L'Ling from Planet Of Ice
10. James Carney - Shame from Green-Wood
11. Blue States - What Can Be Done To Right A Wrong from First Steps Into...
12. Earlimart - Don't Think About Me from Mentor Tormentor
13. Architecture In Helsinki - Like It Or Not from Places Like This
14. New Young Pony Club - The Bomb from Fantastic Playroom
15. Prinzhorn Dance School - Up! Up! Up! from Prinzhorn Dance School
16. Nina Nastasia and Jim White - I Come After You from You Follow Me
17. Josh Ritter - To The Dogs Or Whoever from The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter
18. The Ladybug Transistor - This Old Chase from Can't Wait Another Day
19. Pseudosix - Enclave from Pseudosix
20. Palliard - Drier's Butcher Shop from At The Roger Brown House
21. The Diminisher - Trainstation from Imaginary Volcano
22. Rilo Kiley - Silver Lining from Under the Blacklight
23. Okkervil River - Unless It's Kicks from The Stage Names
24. Jeremy Enigk - Oh John from The Missing Link
25. Over the Rhine - I Don't Wanna Waste Your Time from The Trumpet Child
26. New Buffalo - Cheer Me Up Thank You from Somewhere, Anywhere
27. Joel Gibb - That's Us/Wild Combination from Four Songs By Arthur Russell

It's Always Something for 8/31/07

1. Bob Vidone & The Rhythm Rockers - Weird
2. Henry Mancini - A Shot In the Dark
3. Don Reed & His Orchestra - The Lonely King of Rock N' Roll
4. Travis Wammack - Upset
5. Bernadette Carroll - Party Girl
6. Richard Cheese - Girls, Girls, Girls
7. Peggy Lee - I Enjoy Being A Girl
8. The Dollybeats - Sindy
9. The Mad Lads - The Side Walk Surf
10. Incredible Broadside Brass Bed Band - Little Dead Surfer Girl
11. Treble Spankers - Popcorn
12. Bill Cosby - Funky North Philadelphia
13. Martin Mull - Do The Nothin'
14. Joy & Dave - Let's Go See Gran'ma
15. Dickie Goodman - Batman and His Grandmother
16. Frankie Laine & Jimmy Boyd - The Little Boy & The Old Man
17. Billy Love - Harts Bread Boogie
18. Scandaliz Vandalistz - Hamsta Lovin'
19. Louis Gentile - Poor Hamster!
20. Johnny Richardson - My Funny Hamster
21. King Missile - Hamsters
22. Not Specified - Magic Oranges From Spain
23. Dick Two Ton Baker - I Like Stinky Cheese
24. Coyote McCloud & Clara Peller - Where's the Beef?
25. Watt Wilfong - Casey's Stew
26. King Missile - Jesus Was Way Cool (Millennium Edition)
27. New Creation - Dig! (The Origin Of Man)
28. The Humbards - I've Found A Place
29. Jim & Tammy & Their Friends - Oops! There Comes A Smile
30. Richard Cheese - Fight For Your Right
31. Ray Gelato Giants - Given Up, Given Up
32. Brent Bolt & The Nuts - The Mechanical Man
33. Satanic Puppeteer Orchestra - Robots Can't Cry
34. Litchfield MN High School Band - Mr. Roboto
35. Warp Nine - Theme From Star Trek
36. Johnny Cash - Wo Ist Zu Hause, Mama?
37. Ralf Paulsen - Mister Ed Theme (German)
38. Beach Boys - Ganz Allein (In My Room)
39. The Langley Schools Music Project - Good Vibrations
40. Katie Lee - It Must Be Something Psychological
41. Mae Questal - The Music Goes Round and Round
42. The Ink Spots - I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire
43. The Sophisticats - Gizmo

TML Monthly Review Playlist - Episode #9

1. You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb - Spoon from Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
2. Now, Now - St. Vincent from Marry Me
3. White Dove - John Vanderslice from Emerald City
4. Happiness Machine - Oliver Future from Pax Futura
5. Our Mouths Were Wet - Oh No! Oh My! from Between the Devil and the Sea
6. Drawing Mountains - The Album Leaf from Green Tour EP
7. Shine- Ulrich Schnauss from Goodbye
8. Your Book of Everything - RF & Lili De La Mora from Schole Compilation Vol. 1
9. Saturday People - Luke Temple from Snowbeast
10. Chicago Falcon - The Budos Band from The Budos Band II
11. Fables of Faubus - Charles Mingus from Cornell 1964 (reissue)
12. Sci Fi Kid (Principal Participant 'Kingswood' Remix) - Blitzen Trapper from Online Exclusive
13. Exp Out the Fox - Oh No from Dr. No's Oxperiment
14. Zoe - Caribou from Melody Day EP
15. Every Bird - David Garland from Noise In You
16. Take Out the Trash - They Might Be Giants from The Else
17. Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa - Vampire Weekend from EP
18. Blues Run the Game - Nick Drake from Family Tree
19. Beautiful Car - M. Ward Duet For Guitars #2 (reissue)
20. On This Side - Tiny Vipers from Hands Across the Void
21. Katydid - Will Stratton from What The Night Said
22. The Night Starts Here - Stars from In Our Bedroom After the War
23. My Life - Harlan T. Bobo from I'm Your Man
24. Telepathic Ray - Final Solutions from Songs By Solutions
25. I'll Be Yr Bird - M. Ward from Duet For Guitars #2 (original version)
26. The Anvil Will Fall - Harvey Milk from My Love Is Higher Than Your Assessment of What My Love Could Be (reissue)
27. Disorder - Bedhead from 4 Song EP (reissue)
28. Friday Night At the Drive-In Bingo - Jens Lekman from Friday Night At the Drive-In Bingo (single)

The WEVL and Daniel Johnston

The legend, Daniel Johnston, is scheduled to stop by the WEVL station today between 4:30-5:00pm to talk it up and perhaps play a few tunes before his appearance tonight at the HiTone. Show openers Harlan T. Bobo and the Chimps will also be Daniel's backing band. Don't miss out on this one!

TML Monthly Review Playlist - Episode #8

1. Welfare Bread - King Khan & His Shrines from What Is?!
2. Cool Love #1 - Blitzen Trapper from Wild Mountain Nation (outtake)
3. I See Things - The Choir Practice from The Choir Practice
4. St. Pauli - Art Brut from It's A Bit Complicated
5. Danny B. Cool- Spiritual Mansions from Give Us Your Hearts
6. Soft Rock Star - Metric from Grow Up and Blow Away
7. In Our Talons - Bowerbirds from Hymns for a Dark Horse
8. Rey - The Sharp Things from A Moveable Feast
9. To Live and Die in the Airport Lounge - My Teenage Stride from Ears Like Golden Bats
10. Debutante - Great Lakes Myth Society from Compass Rose Bouquet
11. City of Echoes - Pelican from City of Echoes
12. Eric's Trip (Demo Version) - Sonic Youth from Daydream Nation (Deluxe Edition)
13. Boute - Au from Au
14. Tamaghis - Tied and Tickled Trio from Aelita
15. OK!!!! - Bumps from Bumps
16. My Environments - Eliot Lipp from City Synthesis
17. Møljekalas - Bjørn Torske from Feil Knapp
18. D.A.N.C.E - Justice from †
19. Deserter - Matthew Dear from Asa Breed
20. The Angel of Angels - Nels Cline Singers from Draw Breath
21. The Cloud of Unknowing - James Blackshaw from The Cloud of Unknowing
22. Come To View (Song for Neil Young) - Arthur & Yu from In Camera
23. Ghost Ships - Nedelle from The Locksmith Cometh
24. Rugla - Amiina from Kurr
25. Softness I Forgot Your Name - Montag from Going Places
26. Hope For Us All - Nick Lowe from At My Age
27. Hopefully (Demo) - My Morning Jacket from At Dawn & Tennessee Fire Demos Package

TML Monthly Review Playlist - Episode #7

1. Been There All the Time - Dinosaur Jr. from Beyond
2. Hat and Rabbit - Page France from ...and the Family Telephone
3. Alone/Alive - Shapes and Sizes from Split Lips, Winning Hips, A Shiner
4. Kid Gloves - Voxtrot from Voxtrot
5. Fake Empire- The National from Boxer
6. Qhat They Said - Skeletons and The Kings of All Cities from Lucas
7. Stockades - Frog Eyes from Tears of the Valedictorian
8. A Labor More Restful - Dirty Projectors from Daytrotter Session
9. Så Blev Det Bestämt- Dungen from Tio Bitar
10. The Magic Position - Patrick Wolf from The Magic Position
11. Red Eagles - Paul Duncan from Above the Trees
12. Cut and Run - Electrelane from No Shouts, No Calls
13. Hope - Rafter from Music For Total Chickens
14. No Conclusion - Of Montreal from Icons, Abstract Thee EP
15. Rollerdisco - Black Moth Super Rainbow from Dandelion Gum
16. Pink Batman - Dan Deacon from Spiderman of the Rings
17. The Pinks - Boom Bip from Sacchrilege EP
18. See A Penny (Pick It Up) - YACHT from I Believe In You. Your Magic Is Real.
19. Chemistry - UNKLE from Night Temper EP
20. Fuzzy Reactor - Boris (w/Michio Kurihara) from Rainbow
21. Klezmer Rhapsody - The Cracow Klezmer Band from Remembrance
22. This Place In Time - Colleen from Les Ondes Silencieuses
23. Watch Out - Slaraffenland from Private Cinema
24. Idylwild - Trembling Blue Stars from The Last Holy Write
25. Dreams of Living - The Clientele from God Save the Clientele
26. High Times - Elliott Smith from New Moon
27. Transparent - The Sea and Cake from Everybody

The Mid-Week Recommendation

The Tyde Once

Silver's Okay Michelle

The Raincoats - Back in the Kitchen

The Raincoats have returned with a once hard to find classic, The Kitchen Tapes. Released in 1983, The Kitchen Tapes still remains The Raincoats only live album. For a long time, it was only available on cassette. I still have my copy which I had to special order from Shangri La Records about ten years ago. Well, I happy to report that the album is now on CD and downloadable from eMusic.

TML Monthly Review Playlist - Episode #6

1. Milk Crate - Red Eyed Legends from Mutual Insignificance
2. Bulldozers - King Kong from Buncha Beans
3. 99 and 1/2 - Mavis Staples from We'll Never Turn Back
4. Los Cruzados - Elk City from New Believers
5. He Hit Me- Grizzly Bear from Daytrotter Seasons
6. 23 - Blonde Redhead from 23
7. Appropriate Ending - The Electric Soft Parade from No Need To Be Downhearted
8. Night of the Furies- The Rosebuds from Night of the Furies
9. Like New - Deerhunter from Flourescent Grey EP
10. That Summer, At Home I Had Become the Invisible Boy - The Twilight Sad from Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters
11. Cosmia - Joanna Newsom from Joanna Newsom and the Y's Street Band EP
12. Hey Boy - The Blow from Poor Aim: Love Songs & Remixes
13. Dumb Luck - Dntel from Dumb Luck
14. All Ears - Kompis & Erlend Oye from All Ears/Untitled EP
15. In The Morning (Hot Chip Remix) - Junior Boys from Dead Horse EP
16. Don't Bother They're Here - Stars of the Lid from And Their Refinement of the Decline
17. Polyfusion - Seefeel from Quique (reissue)
18. Clown Towne - Marissa Nadler from Xix Xiu Remixed & Covered
19. Lightness - Peter and the Wolf from Daytrotter Session
20. The Wheel - Bill Callahan from Woke On A Whaleheart
21. Blessed Is The Memory (Bonus Track) - Leonard Cohen from Songs of Leonard Cohen (reissue)
22. From the River to the Ocean - Fred Anderson and Hamid Drake from From the River to the Ocean

TML Episode #6 - Today!

Sorry for the lack of posts lately, but I thought I should mention a new episode of The Music Lovers Monthly Review will be airing today on WEVL 89.9FM from 4-6pm.

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TML Monthly Review Playlist - Episode #5

1. Myth Takes - !!! (Chk Chk Chk) from Myth Takes
2. North American Scum - LCD Soundsystem from Sound Of Silver
3. Comfy In Nautica - Panda Bear from Person Pitch
4. I Used To Dance With My Daddy - Datarock from Datarock
5. Suicide Summer - Headache City from Headache City
6. Stop And Think It Over- Mary Weiss from Dangerous Game
7. Four Winds - Bright Eyes from Four Winds EP
8. Rehearsed Verses - The Horns of Happiness from What Spills Like Thread
9. A Tender History In Rust - Do Make Say Think from You, You're A History In Rust
10. The Sun Never Sets - Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid from Tongues
11. At The End Of The Day - Amon Tobin from Foley Room
12. From Here We Go Sublime - The Field from From Here We Go Sublime
13. Belarus - Low from Drums and Guns
14. No Comply - Studio from Yearbook 1
15. Stays Demons - Nadja from Touched
16. Up All Night - El-P from I'll Sleep When You're Dead
17. Flyentology (Cassettes Won't Listen Remix) - El-P from I'll Sleep When You're Dead (Online Exclusive)
18. Wild - J Dilla from Ruff Draft
19. Rainbowarriors - CocoRosie from Rainbowarrios (single)
20. Alleluia - Odawas from Raven and the White Night
21. New Partner - Bonnie Prince Billy from Stranger Form of Life EP
22. Sleepdriving - Archives from MySpace Exclusive
23. Scythian Empires - Andrew Bird from Armchair Apocrypha
24. Diamond Dancer - Bill Callahan from Diamond Dancer (single)
25. Black Wave/Bad Vibrations - Arcade Fire from Neon Bible

This Week on the Lovers

The Music Lovers Monthly Review Episode #5 will air today from 4-6pm. Listen at 89.9FM or online. And remember, the Spring Pledge Drive begins this Friday!

The Lovers' Album of the Week

Small Snails Similar Anniversaries

Somnambulist (music video)

This Week's Episode - Delayed (and New Date)

The Music Lovers Monthly Review will be pushed back another week (4/10), a few days before WEVL's Spring Pledge Drive. Also, all future programs will now air on the second Tuesday of each month from 4-6pm.

The Lovers' Album of the Week

Nadja Touched

The Mid-Week Recommendation

Shelby Bryant Cloud-Wow Music

The Walk

New Releases - Tuesday

If you can't get enough of Panda Bear, eMusic has released Panda Bear Live at ZDB, Lisbon, Portugal, September 2004 Part 2, which features an 11:23 minute version of "Bros". This version fades in, so we can only assume that Part 1 of this release refers to the first part of this already epic song. But since eMusic doesn't provide it, and there is no mention of the release on Carpark Records (who apparently put it out), we have no way of knowing at the moment. Oh well, enjoy another version only on eMusic.

Free Music Monday - Headache City

Headache City has a bit of a misleading band name. Sure, they come from Chicago. And sure there are days when living in this Windy City can cause the worst of migraines. But my first reaction was "noise pop/rock". Well, forget the noise and concentrate on the pop and the rock. Featuring members of the Motards and CoCoComa, Headache City create foot tappin' (even addictive) pop gems, such as "Suicide Summer," which just might be the best song I never heard in 2006. If you're in Chicago, make sure to check out a free(!) show from them tonight at the Empty Bottle.

Throw Up Red

TML Monthly Review Playlist - Episode #4

1. Bluebells - Patrick Wolf from The Magic Position
2. Nobody Sees Me Like You Do - Yoko Ono (w/Apples In Stereo) from Yes, I'm a Witch
3. You Kept Me Waiting Too Long (Ratatat Remix) - Television Personalities from My Dark Places Remixes
4. Because Tonight - The Besnard Lakes from The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse
5. Fairy Stories - Black Lips from Los Valientes Del Mondo Nuevo
6. Pretty Voice - Cloud Cult from The Meaning of 8
7. Fountains and Tramways - Beirut from Pompeii EP
8. I'm Your Man - John Hancock from Part Mongolian
9. I Am John - Loney, Dear from Loney, Noir
10. Bubbha's Dance - J Rocc from Chrome Children Vol. 2
11. Oh Well - Tim Fite from Over the Counterculture
12. Paragraphs Relentless - Dälek from Abandonded Language
13. Vanitas - Bobby Conn from King for a Day
14. Medicine - Jesu from Conqueror
15. So Long, Lonesome - Explosions in the Sky from All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone
16. Origin - Studio from Yearbook 1
17. The Campaign For Real Bread - Ollo from The If If
18. Everyone Is Someone's - Rio en Medio from Bride of Dynamite
19. Beautiful Life - Gui Boratto from Chromophobia
20. Human Punching Bag - M. Ward from To Go Home EP
21. Knoxville Girl (featuring Will Oldham) - Charlie Louvin from Charlie Louvin
22. Words You Use To Say - Dean & Britta from Back Numbers
23. Put There By The Land - Great Lake Swimmers from Ongiara

Watch Out, Here I Come!

Tune in to WEVL 89.9 on Tuesday, March 13, from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. I'll be live in the studio bringing you my favorite releases from the last month. You can also listen online. Rock on!

Friday Night!

This Week's Episode - Postponed

The Music Lovers Monthly Review will not be airing this Tuesday (3/6). Since I will be in Memphis next week, I will be able to host a new episode live at the WEVL Studio. So, tune in Tuesday March 13 for my favorite releases of the past month.

The Lovers' Album of the Week

Dälek Abandoned Language

Paragraphs Relentless

Thursday Tidbits - Asobi Seksu

This one slipped past me on Tuesday, but Asobi Seksu released an iTunes Exclusive EP called Live from SoHo. The set is entirely made up of songs from last year's release, Citrus, which certianly isn't bad thing. The live EP includes "Thursday," the single from Citrus, which perfectly blends the dreaminess of My Bloody Valentine and the pop beauty of say, Camera Obscura.

The Mid-Week Recommendation

Summer Hymns Clemency

Wet Mess

New Releases - Tuesday

Looking around for albums to recommend today, one of the most interesting (or unexpected) I've come across is an "eMusic Only" release from Beirut called Pompeii. Hardly even an EP (there are only two songs), the tracks are still rather strong and, along with Lon Gisland EP, will have to hold us until Beirut's follow up to Gulag Orkestar.

Also, everyone's favorite hip-hop label, Stone Throws, releases Chrome Children Vol. 2, featuring Madlib, J Rocc, Aloe Blacc (w/Four Tet), Oh No, and others on the Stone Throws roster.

Free Music Monday - Tim Fite

"I want you to buy my record so I can sell out in 60 seconds. At the Best Buy, I want to be the best guy," raps Tim Fite on "It's All Right Here" on his new album Over the Counterculture. Despite such declarations, Fite's latest release is being offered free on his website. As with most hip-hop, it should be noted that if this was found in Best Buy, it would be donned with a Parental Advisory sticker. My favorite track is "Oh Well," which doesn't even feature Fite's stylings but a hilarious sampling from an unknown (at least to me) interview:

Oh Well
from Over the Counterculture

The Weekend - Ennio Morricone

Sure, there is a new album out there right now celebrating the work of legendary film composer Ennio Morricone with artists ranging from Celine Dion to Metallica, but for a more daring tribute you might want to take a look at John Zorn's The Big Gundown: John Zorn Plays the Music of Ennio Morricone. According to Zorn, The Big Gundown was an album that even Zorn thought was a bit pointless, since who could improve on Morricone? Despite his early reservations, the project was funded and gave Zorn a chance to get back into the studio. And the results even impressed Morricone. I am mentioning all this because it's the day of the Oscars, and Morricone is receiving an Honorary Academy Award. Of course, for the ultimate Morricone experience, you can't go wrong with a piece by the man himself. Without hesitation, my suggestion would be for Morricone's work on Sergio Leone's classic spaghetti Western, Once Upon A Time In The West. It still ranks as one of my favorite soudtracks of all time.

The Lovers' Album of the Week

Studio Yearbook 1

- Audio samples can be found on Studio's Myspace page.

Thursday's Tidbits - Great Lake Swimmers

Despite the fact that Great Lake Swimmers' website claims that their new album Ongiara isn't scheduled for release in the States until May, it's already downloadable on both iTunes and eMusic. I'm not sure if this is a goof up or not, but I wasted no time in finding out. On first impression, the new one hasn't instantly drawn me in like Great Lake Swimmers' previous album, Bodies and Mind. Ongiara just might be one of those albums you have to spend some time with for awhile. And heck, I've got nowhere to go.

- If you need proof that Great Lake Swimmers' singer/songwriter Tony Dekker has one of the most achingly beautiful voices out there, listen to the evidence:

Bodies and Minds
from Bodies and Minds

I Will Never See The Sun
from Great Lake Swimmers

The Mid-Week Recommendation

Matt Marque Get There

My first introduction to Matt Marque's music was through his representative label, Truckstop Records. From 1999-2001, the output from this small (now defunct) Chicago label was nothing short of spectacular, producing some of the loveliest songs of the indie singer/songwriter genre. T.W. Walsh's "Old Fashioned Way of Speaking," Pinetop Seven's "The Fear of Being Found," Simon Joyner's "I Will Find You," and The Lofty Pillars’ “At the Station” are all underrated masterpieces. These are songs that once you hear them you become lost within their narrative landscapes, and you long to revisit them promptly after their running time has expired. The same could be said of the music of fellow labelmate, Matt Marque. Admittedly, Marque is the less polished of the bunch, but it doesn’t make his efforts any less impressive. His debut, Get There (2001), is an unassuming album that sounds like a cross between a demo and a fully realized undertaking, which is less a comment on Marque’s musical abilities than it is on the album’s honesty. Sure Marque’s voice cracks but that’s part of the charm. By the way, Marque’s real talent lies within his songs, which are cleverly crafted over an acoustic guitar and his lyrical rime. Now, it would be a disservice not to mention Marque’s strong backing band - Michael Krassner (Boxhead Ensemble), Glenn Kotche (Wilco), Fred Lonberg-Holm (God is my Co-Pilot), and Steve Dorocke - whose talents give color to Marque's lovelorn world. The highlight here is "Unknown Flowers On Your Dress," a rolling ballad where Marque's wispy voice duets with Dorocke's pedal steel. It just might be the most beautful song released on Truckstop. It's also a song that I must have listened to over a thousand times. So, in a lot of ways, revisiting Get There is a bit like getting together with an old friend.

Unknown Flowers On Your Dress

Bonus Track:
Blowback
from Nothing Personal*

*Marque's follow up was released in 2004, three years after Get There. Since it's 2007, I suspect (hope) we will be getting a new Marque album real soon.

New Releases Tuesday

Personal Picks:

M. Ward - To Go Home EP
Jesu - Conqueror
Explosions In the Sky - All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone
LCD Soundsytem - North American Scum (single)
Richard Swift - Dressed Up For The Letdown
Television Personalities - My Dark Places Remixes
Charlie Louvin - Charlie Louvin

Explosions In The Sky - Welcome, Ghosts

Free Music Monday - Pela

Starting last week and continuing until April 24, Brooklyn's Pela are putting out a free song each week from their upcoming release, Anytown Graffiti. The ploy must be working as Pela headlined a sold out show last week at The Mercury Lounge in NYC. "Lost to the Lonesome" expands on the guitar driven rock found on the group's 2005 All In Time EP, complete with crafty lines like "Hey, we should crash the party on Christmas Eve. Hey, we should write our name on every wall we see. Hey, we should break our wallets at every bar. Hey, we could break the bed without broken hearts. La La La". Enjoy!

Lost to the Lonesome

The Lovers' Album of the Week

Loney, Dear Loney, Noir

I Am John

The Mid-Week Recommendation

Jeff Mangum Orange Twin Field Works Volume 1

Orange Twin Field Works is not a lost recording of Jeff Mangum (Neutral Milk Hotel/Indie Cult God), but a Mangum field recording of his trip to the National Festival of Bulgarian Folklore, a three day festival of traditonal Bulgarian music in Koprivshitsa. The festival, which is held every five years, has been rapidly growing since it's formation in 1965, having nearly 15,000 performers in 2005 (take that Bonnaroo!). In 2000, two years after recording "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea," Mangum continued to frustrate his fan base by ignoring the studio, and instead, treking over 5,000 miles with only his recorder and microphone at hand ready to capture the eclectic sounds of the Bulgarian people. Instead of an album of seperate track recordings, Mangum has assembled the entire event into a thirty minute composition, having one song drift into another as ambient sounds of crowds, traffic, and general atmosphere linger in the background. The result feels like a sampling of the weekend, showcasing various instrumentations, odd rhythms, and singing styles. At times, Mangum only allows the listener a few minutes of a song before his interest moves along to something else. Sure, Mangum is fascinated by these artists, but unlike famous field recorders like Alan Lomax whose recordings are documentations of the artist, Orange Twin Field Works Volume 1 is a documentatoin of the recorder's experience.

New Releases Tuesday

Wow, it's a very slow week for new releases. I suppose the biggest release is Lucinda Williams' West. However, also check out the early release of Explosions In The Sky's All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone. The album isn't scheduled to come out until February 20, but it's already available on iTunes. Head over to the band's label Temporary Residence for a free mp3 of the song "Welcome, Ghosts".

And, are iTunes Live Sessions the new Peel Sessions? The newest in the Apple series is a set from The Rapture.

On the Emusic front, there is an advance release from Brooklyn's The Subject's called With the Ease Grace Precision and Cleverness of Human Beings. If you're in the Chicago area, you can check them out twice on Feb. 20: 1) Reckless Records in store performance 2)Empty Bottle CD Release Party.

"Hounds Of War"
from With the Ease Grace Precision and Cleverness of Human Beings

Free Music Monday - Podington Bear

So, do you need a reason to look forward to Mondays? Well, how about this one? Every Monday (as well as Wednesday and Friday), the Portland based Podington Bear (aka P Bear, not Panda Bear) releases upon the online sharing community a new electropop instrumental track that's 100% free. It's an experiement that he started on Janurary 1st and plans to continue until the end of the year (that's 52.177457 weeks or 156.532371 songs!). Despite the rigorous schedule put upon himself, P Bear's songs don't sound rushed. While the compositions are relatively simple, they're also highy layered with plenty of unexpected twists and turns. Some are bouncy, feel good distractions. Others are slow, calming, and reflective. I like to think of it as the perfect background music, meaning it's clever enough for a closer listen, but also an ideal listen at the office, working around the house, or even walking the dog. Highly recommended!

Go To Sleep
A sweet song today. This one already satisfying a request to do a song about dreaming. Part 1 is the lullabye. Part II is sleep (or non REM stages 1-4. Listener Tod can visualize his baby sleep-laughing here). Then something happens! - P Bear

(A similar experiment was undertook by my friends The Hometown Nobodies. You can check them out here.)

Albums of the Month (January)

Here are some of my favorite releases from January. And, expect for the Album of the Week's feature to start up again next week. Let's get started:

Of Montreal Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?

Of Montreal's lastest album is all primal scream therapy as singer/songwriter Kevin Barnes takes the listener on a journey of his past year full of resentment, heartache, depression, and divorce. Still, such subjects have never sounded this joyful. Along with their debut Cherry Peel, this is Of Montreal's second masterpiece.

Animal Collective People EP

Noah Lennox (or Panda Bear) just might be the most talented guy working in indie pop these days. Here is a four song EP to tide us over until the full length comes out from both Animal Collective and his solo record Person Pitch (which is already being labeled the best album of the year).

Radicalfashion Odoir

Odori means "dance" in Japanese, but don't expect to be busting out your best dance moves. Odori is a highly textured album combining samples, electronics, and piano to create something rather serene.

Ghost In Stormy Nights

Those Japanese psych/prog rockers are back with another strong outing with In Stormy Nights. I'm waiting for the tribute album to Ghost to emerge, highlighted by performances from Ian Anderson, Robert Wyatt, Rick Wakeman, and Robert Fripp. (Really, it's only in my mind, so don't start googling it.)

Exploding Star Orchestra We Are All From Somewhere Else

A jazz outfit led by Rob Mazurek of The Chicago Underground and Isotope 217 and containing such Thrill Jockey heavyweights as John McEntire, Jeff Parker, Jim Parker, and Nicole Mitchell. Now, there is an awe indusing reasoning behind each of these songs, somehow relating to our cosmic universe and electric eels and sting rays and rebirth. But, honestly, all that information really just seems to get in the way. So, forget the backstory, and take in the recording which, if it's not the best jazz release thus far, it's certainly the best post-rock.

TML Monthly Review Playlist - Episode #3

1. +81 - Deerhoof from Friend Opportunity
2. Sleeping Lessons - The Shins from Wincing The Night Away
3. Elephant Gun - Beirut from Lon Gisland EP
4. Underwater (You & Me) - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah from Some Loud Thunder
5. A House Is Not A Home - Field Music from Tones Of Town
6. Canyon Arrow - The Autumn Defense from The Autumn Defense
7. Jacket - David Vandervelde from The Moonstation House Band
8. Knife (Girl Talk Remix) - Grizzly Bear from Online Exclusive
9. The Troglodyte Wins - Busdriver from RoadKillOvercoat
10. The Past Is A Grotesque Animal - Of Montreal from Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
11. The Old Men Of The Shells - Alasdair Roberts from The Amber Gatherers
12. Caledonia - Ghost from In Stormy Nights
13. Tikwid - Animal Collective from People EP
14. Under the Sun - Junior Boys from Live Session (iTunes Exclusive)
15. Electro Karaoke In The Negative Style - Fujiya & Miyagi from Online Exclusive
16. Thousand (feat. Carl Stone) - Radicalfashion from Odori
17. Frogs In Tuxes - Podington Bear from Online Exclusive (January)
18. Mr. Me Too (Z.A.K. Remix) - Clipse from Online Exclusive
19. Cosmic Tomes For Sleep Walking Lovers, Pt.3 - Exploding Star Orchestra from We Are All From Somewhere Else
20. My Rain - Boris (w/Michio Kurihara) from Rainbow
21. Not Nice - Chris Garneau from Music For Tourists
22. Bro's - Panda Bear from Bro's (single)

This Week on the Lovers

My favorite new releases from month of Januaray, including such artists as The Shins, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Of Montreal, Beirut, Animal Collectice, Deerhoof, and many more...

Today, 4-6pm on WEVL 89.9FM or online.

New Episode - This Tuesday!

The Music Lovers Monthly Review (Episode #3 ) will air this coming Tuesday (2/6) from 4-6pm. Tune in to hear all my favorite songs from those albums released in January. As always, you can listen online.

- I just updated to the new Blogger (powered by Google), so I just noticed that I had been left comments on previous posts. Just so you know that I wasn't ignoring you.