WEVL Fall Pledge Drive - Day 5 Photos

Bebe plays what the voices tell him to play.

Worst record ever?

Mary Jane of Flow Radio does a pledge rap.

The legendary Bashful Bob!

Nancy of Pathways smiles for the camera.

Ed and Tom give us a pledge amount update.

Eddie of Down in the Alley urges listeners to make a pledge.

Even Lucy made a pledge!

Kenya takes a phone pledge.

Your friendly phone volunteers!

Kenya can also wrap too!

Keith Sykes performs on Pathways...

...and Keith poses for the camera

...and hugs long time friend Joyce Cobb.

Joyce taking another pledge.

Apryl takes pledges at lightning speed!

Brian checks up with the latest numbers.

Memphis Beat - The Fall Pledge Show

Tune in today for the Memphis Beat (1-2pm) as I play some of your favorite local artists' local favorites. Confused? Here's the deal. I asked several musicians around town to give me a list of Memphis tunes (past or present) that they have been listening to lately. And for today I'll create the playlist with those responses. Sound fun? You betcha!

To make a pledge call us at 528-1990 or pledge securely online.

(And to make a request for the Lovers' theme show on Thursday "Best Songs of 2005 - Listener's Choice" email here.)

WEVL Fall Pledge Drive - Lou Reed Special

Tune in today from 6-8pm as Ed brings us a Lou Reed/Velvet Underground Special during the third day of WEVL's Fall Pledge Drive. At last check we were at just over $19,000. Help us achieve our goal of $62,000 by this Saturday by calling us at 528-1990 or pledging securely online.

John Cale - The Conway, Arkansas Performance

Despite taking the wrong exit out of Little Rock and a girlfriend that was on the brink of tossing her cookies due to motion sickness, I made it to see the legenedary John Cale perform a free concert at Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas. Since I didn't recgonize a lot from the playlist (I assume a lot came off of his new one, Black Acetate) here is a few that I recall:

Venus In Furs (opening song)
Guts
Momamma Scuba
Dirty-Ass Rock`n'Roll
Cable Hogue
Turn the Lights On (an iTunes single from Black Acetate)
Pablo Picasso

(I forgot my digital camera but Apryl lent me her camera phone to grab this snapshot.)

WEVL Fall Pledge Drive - Starts Today!

Well, it's that time of the year again! The 2005 WEVL Fall Pledge Drive starts today and goes until the 12th of November. So set your radio dial at 89.9FM or tune in at WEVL.org and celebrate with us for 9 days of fun and unique themed programs. Help us achieve our goal of $62,000 by calling us at 528-1990 or pledging securely online.

- And remember that I am still taking folk's request for favorite singles of 2005 for a special Listener's Choice edition of The Music Lovers next week during the pledge drive. Email here.

The Music Lovers playlist on 11/3/05

1. Grass - Animal Collective from Feels
2. This Heart Is A Stone - Acid House Kings from Sing Along with Acid House Kings
3. Night Is Over - Craig Wedren from Lapland
4. In the Corner Where It All Began - Milton Mapes The Blacklight Trap
5. Who's Fooling Who - Field Notes from Color of Sunshine
6. Julie-Anne, Patron of Thieves - Skygreen Leopards from Jehovah Surrender
7. Balloon - Hanne Hukkelberg from Little Things
8. Sanddollars - WHY? from Sanddollars (EP)
9. Song for the Angels - Great Lake Swimmers from Bodies and Minds
10. Liver-Spotted Hands - Ham1 from Ham1
11. Wildcat - The Rosebuds from Birds Make Good Neighbors
12. I Paint a Design - Michael Hurley from Watertower
13. Moss Trumpeter - OOIOO from Gold & Green
14. Lithiummelodie 1 - Jan Jelineck from Kosmicher Pitch
15. Remember Me as a Time of Day - Explosions in the Sky from How Strange, Innocence
16. Fringe - Pinetop Seven from The Night's Bloom
17. Hero - Bloc Party from Two More Years/Hero
18. Spiral - XTC from Apple Bite
19. I've Seen the Love - David Dondero from South of the South
20. The Wayward Granddaughter - The Fiery Furnaces from Rehearsing My Choir
21. Hey Saturday Sun - Boards of Canada from The Campfire Headphase
22. Laughing - Winterpills from Winterpills
23. Punks In The Beer Light - Silver Jews from Tanglewood Numbers
24. Paddy's Gone - Antony and the Johnsons from You Are My Sister EP
25. Ocean Breathes Salty - Sun Kil Moon from Tiny Cities

WEVL Fall Pledge Drive - Listener's Choice

Well, this Friday marks the first day of our Fall Pledge Drive at WEVL 89.9FM and if you have been thinking of becoming a member of the station this is the perfect time to do just that.

One of the fun parts of the pledge drive is listening to all the special theme shows throughout the week. I still haven't decided on a theme for The Music Lovers' pledge drive show but I have playing with the idea of having the listeners make up the playlist. So tell me what your favorite singles of this year are and I'll make up the show with everyone's responses. Just leave your answers as a comment or email me here.

Happy Halloween!

From the Lovers

The Lovers - Halloween Subs

Welcome to the Working Week

1. Monster Mash Party - Bobby "Boris" Pickett
2. The Screamin' Meemies from Planet X - Merv Griffin
3. Lookout Mountain - Chuck Miller
4. Midnight Monsters' Hop - Jack & Jim
5. Spooky Moves - Roy Clarke
6. Igor's Party - Tony's Monstrosities
7. Monster Mash - Beach Boys
8. Intro Monstro Crescendo - Messer Chups
9. Boris the Spider - The Who
10. Flying Saucers Rock & Roll - Billy Riley & His Little Green Men
11. Beware - Billy Buchanan
12. Blues for Dracula - Philly Joe Jones
13. Dinner with Dracula - John Zacherle
14. Haunted House - Jumpin' Gene Simmons
15. Soul Dracula - Hot Blood
16. Creature with the Atom Brain - Roky Erickson
17. Haunted House - Johnny Fuller
18. Zombie Dance - Crewnecks
19. Bo Meets the Monster - Bo Diddley
20. Frankenstein Vs. the World - Jad Fair & Daniel Johnston
21. Barnabas Theme (Dark Shadows) - First Theremin Era
22. Munster Beat! - Martinibomb and the Coconut Monkeyrocket
23. Monsters - The Boy Least Likely To
24. Creature - Jad & David Fair
25. Ghost Mountain - The Unicorns
26. Demons - El Dorado & the Ruckus
27. Bloodthirsty Lovers - The Grifters
28. Halloween Theme - John Carpenter
29. Rosemary's Baby - Half Japanese
30. Do They Know It's Halloween? - North American Hallowe'en Prevention, Inc.
31. Dicky Drakeller - Sivad

Monday Morning Blues (first hour)

1. Moanin' At Midnight - Howlin' Wolf
2. Death's Black Train Is Coming - Rev. J.M. Gates
3. Little Demon - Screaming Jay Hawkins
4. Voodoo Blues - Jumpin' Joe Williams with Red Saunders and his Orchestra
5. Haunted House Pt. 1 - Memphis Minnie
6. Up Turned the Devil - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
7. I'm Evil - Roy Buchanan
8. Trick or Treat - Robert Cray
9. Bo Meets the Monster - Bo Diddley
10. Vampire Woman - Eddie Burks
11. Evil - Howlin' Wolf
12. I Ain't superstitious - Howlin' Wolf
13. Devil's Trail - Little Sammy Davis
14. Six Cold Feet in the Ground - Leroy Carr
15. Devil's Dream - Sid Hemphill
16. Warming By the Devil's Fire - Rev. Johnny Blakery and the Sanctified Singers

The Music Lovers playlist for 10/27/05

1. Do They Know It's Halloween? (Radio Mix) - North American Hallowe'en Prevention, Inc. from Do They Know It's Hallowe'en?
2. Registered Ghost - Portastatic from Bright Ideas
3. Ghostly Baby - Dave Deporis from For the Birds and Children
4. Halloween - Donald Rubinstein from George A. Romero's Martin (soundtrack)
5. They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back from the Dead!! Ahhhh! - Sufjan Stevens from Illinois
6. Ghosties - Holopaw from Quit +/or Fight
7. The Cemetery - Architecure In Helsinki from In Case We Die
8. Vampire - Sebadoh from Smash Your Head on the Punk Rock
9. I'm A Vampire - Future Bible Heroes from Eternal Youth
10. The Ghost That Haunts Your World Will Disappear - Doleful Lions from Shaded Lodge and Mausoleum
11. Rosemary's Baby - Half Japanese from Greatest Hits
12. Frankenstein Vs. The World - Jad Fair and Daniel Johnston from It's Spooky
13. Halloween Theme - John Carpenter from Halloween: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
14. Little Ghost (Tiga Remix) - The White Stripes from Get Behind Me Satan
15. Evil and a Heathen - Franz Ferdinand from You Could Have It So Much Better
16. Monsters - The Boy Least Likely To from The Best Party Ever
17. Dicky Drackeller - Sivad from Sivad Buries Rock and Roll
18. Creature - Jad and David Fair from 26 Monster Songs For Children
19. Phantom of My Own Opera - Daniel Johnston from More Songs of Pain
20. Last Living Souls - Gorillaz from Demon Days
21. Ghost Mountain - The Unicorns from Who Will Cut Out Hair When We're Gone
22. Tuff Ghost - The Unicorns from Who Will Cut Out Hair When We're Gone
23. Suspiria (Main Title) - Goblin from The Goblin Collection 1975-1989
24. Do They Know It's Halloween? (Disco D Remix)- North American Halloween from Do They Know It's Hallowe'en?
25. City of the Damned - The Gothic Archies from The New Despair
26. Same Ghost Every Night - Wolf Parade from Apologies To The Queen Mary
27. It's Halloween - Joost Visser from Better Than The Beatles: A Tribute To The Shaggs

Spoon - Tonight In Memphis

You know who they are. And you've heard their album Gimmie Fiction. Now see them live at the New Daisy Theater tonight as they kick off their Sin City Tour (whatever that means). Tickets are $10.

Memphis Beat - Halloween Show

Shocking! Terrifying! Horrific!

Tune in this Tuesday from 1-2pm on WEVL 89.9FM for the Halloween edition of the Memphis Beat.

The Lovers' Album of the Week - Part 2

The Clientele Strange Geometry

The Lovers' Album of the Week - Part 1

Animal Collective Feels

The Music Lovers playlist for 10/20/05

1. Histor of Lovers (radio edit) - Iron and Wine & Calexico from In The Reins
2. Girls Sing - The Harvey Girls from The Wild Farewell
3. Feels Good Being Somebody - dios(malos) from dios(malos)
4. Where You're Going - Kelley Stolz from The Sun Comes Through
5. Evil And A Heathen - Franz Ferdinand from You Could Have It So Much Better
6. My Apple Has Four Legs - Feathers from Absolute Noon
7. CC (You Set The Fire In Me) - Tom Vek from We Have Sound
8. Apache Energy Plan - The Howling Hex from You Can't Beat Tomorrow
9. Nightclothes and Headphones - Jason Forrest from Shamelessly Exciting
10. Emergency - Edith Frost from It's A Game
11. We Can't Work It Out - Biirdie from Estelle/We Can't Work It Out (single)
12. (I Can't Seem To) Make You Mine - The Clientele from Strange Geometry
13. Tribulations (Tiga Remix) - LCD Soundsystem from Tribulations 12"
14. Why I Cry - Woody Whatever from Meaningless...
15. Luck Shield - Minotaur Shock from Maritime
16. Gus - Lambchop and Hands Off Cuba from CoLAB
17. Hearts - Bonnie Prince Billy from Live Outtake
18. Let's Trade Skins - Great Lake Swimmers from Bodies and Minds
19. With a Red Suit You Will Become a Man - Saxon Shore from The Exquisite Death of Saxon Shore
20. Free - Cat Power from You Are Free
21. Gideon - My Morning Jacket from Z
22. How Can I Love You If You Won't Lie Down - Silver Jews from Tanglewood Nummbers
23. Odyssey - Deerhoof from The Runners Four
24. Good Friend, Yr Hunger - Castanets from First Light's Freeze
25. Two More Years - Bloc Party from Two More Years/Hero
26. Loch Raven - Animal Collective from Feels
27. Shake Our Tree - The Rosebuds from Birds Make Good Neighbors
28. Do They Know It's Halloween? - Th' Corn Gangg from Do They Know It's Hallowe'en?

Cat Power - Last Night's Show

So you're asking yourself, did she break down? Curse the crowd? Run off the stage crying? Well, no. It was actually a very fine performance from Miss Cat Power herself, Chan Marshall. Moving back and forth between piano and guitar, Chan went through the set with one song bleeding into the next without allowing the audience the many chances to applaud. It should be noted that I didn't recognize most of the songs played throughout the night, but I can tell you that she did perform her new single "The Greatest," "Good Woman," an enjoyable cover of "Blue Moon," and a very fast version of "I Don't Blame You." Of course, there were moments when Chan became frustrated with herself during several false starts ("I can't remember how it goes") and her very little banter with the crowd ("Happy Halloween," "Thank you for coming. I hope you enjoyed yourself. Blah blah blah..."). It should also be noted that the crowd was a mixture of the quiet respectful type and very loud obnoxious folks ready for the Beer Bust to begin. That's a shame because Chan really deserved a setting that showcased her amazing talent. Still, I am very glad that I was there and would certainly check her out again if I had the chance. Now I do apologize for the poor quality of photos from the evening: there was only one dim key light on Chan until halfway through the show when she inisted that even that be turned off...

Chan Marshall hides in the shadows.

Cat Power - Tonight at the HiTone

Chan Marshall (aka Cat Power) is scheduled to perform tonight at the HiTone. Let's all hope the evening goes better than the night before in Charlottesville.

Siren's Muse playlist on 10/16/05

1. The Velvet Underground and Nico - I'll Be Your Mirror from The Velvet Underground and Nico
2. Maureen Tucker - Spam Again from Life In Exile After Abdication
3. The Vaselines - Oliver Twisted from A Complete History
4. Bettie Serveert - I'll Keep It With Mine from I Shot Andy Warhol Soundtrack
5. CocoRosie - Armageddon from Noah's Ark
6. Tara Jane O'Neil - The Poisoned Mine from You Sound, Reflect
7. Hanne Hukkelberg - Cast Anchor from Little Things
8. Nouvelle Vague - Just Can't Get Enough from Nouvelle Vague
9. Out Hud - One Life To Leave from Let Us Never Speak Of It Again
10. Feist - Mushaboom from Let It Die
11. Yo La Tengo - Little Eyes from Summer Sun
12. Caroline - Where's My Love from Where's My Love
13. Rainer Maria - Artifical Light from A Better Version Of Me
14. Rainer Maria - Hell and High Water from Hell and High Water 7 inch
15. Sleater Kinney - Jumpers from The Woods
16. The Concretes - Miss You from Layourbattleaxedown
17. The Roches - Hammond Song from The Roches
18. Cyann & Ben - I Can't Pretend Anymore from Spring
19. This Mortal Coil - You and Your Sister from Blood
20. The Pixies - Gigantic from Surfer Rosa
21. The Ladybug Transistor - The Places You'll Call Home from The Ladybug Transistor
22. Edith Frost - Pony Song from Calling Over Time
23. Architecture In Helsinki - Wishbone from In Case We Die
24. Ladytron - International Dateline from Witching Hour
25. Cat Power - The Greatest from The Greatest
26. Mojave 3 - Bringin' Me Home from Excuses for Travellers
27. Annie Hayden - Starring in the Movies from The Enemy of Love
28. The 6ths (Georgia Hubley) - Movies In My Head from Wasps' Nests
29. The Go! Team - Did You Feel It To? from Bottle Rocket EP

The Lovers' Album of the Week

Great Lake Swimmers Bodies and Minds

The Music Lovers playlist for 10/13/05

1. Turn Into Something - Animal Collective from Feels
2. 7 Days - Acid House Kings from Sing Along With Acid House Kings
3. Evil Is - Early Man from Closing In
4. Holy Holy Holy - The Chrysler from Failures and Sparks (U.S. version)
5. In My Nerves - ADULT. from Gimme Trouble
6. You Can See - Deerhoof from The Runners Four
7. Bird on the Wire - Rogue Wave from Descended Like Vultures
8. Hotline Operator - The Constantines from Tournament of Hearts
9. Fancy Claps - Wolf Parade from Apologies to the Queen Mary
10. Prepared - Lambchop and Hands off Cuba from CoLAB
11. In This Home on Ice - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (by request) from Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
12. My Own Face Inside the Trees - The Clientele from Strange Geometry
13. No Voice Was Raised - Castanets from First Light's Freeze
14. Destroy Everything You Touch - Ladytron from Witching Hour
15. Miracle (remix by The Rapture/HUSHHUSH) - Supersystem from Miracle
16. The Official Rally Song - Guided by Voices (by request) from The Best of Guided by Voices: Human Amusements at Hourly Rates
17. Hold Hands and Fight - The Rosebuds from Birds Make Good Neighbors
18. Skeleton Jar - Youth Group (by request) from Skeleton Jar
19. Various Stages - Great Lake Swimmers from Bodies and Minds
20. Great Waves - Dirty Three from Cinder
21. What a Wonderful Man - My Morning Jacket from Z
22. Glósóli - Sigur Rós from Takk...
23. War Photographer - Jason Forrest from Shamelessly Exciting
24. Somethin' For the Kids - Astronautalis from You & Yer Good Ideas
25. Bodies Adjust - Thunderbirds Are Now from Neck
26. It Dawned on Me - Calla from Collisions
27. Half Lit - Richard Swift from Walking Without Effort
28. The Greatest - Cat Power from The Greatest

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Photos of Jack Oblivian and Jimbo Mathus

Here are some photos of the live in-studio performance from Jimbo Mathus and Jack Oblivian on the Memphis Beat.

Radio Odyssey playlist on 10/11/05

1. Technicolor - Hello How Are You? from A1C EP
2. G.O.L. - Soma Holiday from Waveform One A.D.
3. The Birdwatcher - The Hunt from The Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn
4. The Higher Intelligence Agency - Spectral from Freefloater
5. Flowchart - Gee Bee from Gee Bee
6. The Silverman - Silvermandala 2 from Silvermandalas
7. Windy & Carl - Balance (Trembling) from Consciousness
8. Harold Budd - Breathless.. I (with Zeitgeist) from She Is A Phantom
9. Fontanelle - Interstices from Style Drift
10. AFRO-mYSTIK - The Odyssey from Departures
11. Scott Tuma - Jim White Drums from Hard Again
12. Tom Recchion - A Complex Shape In The Sky from Chaotica
13. Phillip Glass - Saxophone Concert (Brian Bender Remix) from Glass Cuts
14. Kiln - Mene from Kiln
15. Mount Analog - Lights Up the River from Mount Analog
16. Eluvium - New Animals from the Air from Talk Amongst The Trees
17. Air - Planet Vega from At Home with the Groovebox
18. Antenne - Here To Go (Metamatics Remix) from Here To Go
19. The Album Leaf - Malmo from Seal Beach EP
20. Scsi 9 - Mini from Kompakt Presents Total 6
21. Four Tet - Smile Around the Face from Everything Ecstatic

Thank You Jimbo and Jack!

Olga, Jimbo, and Jack (more pics to follow tomorrow)

Special thanks go out to Jimbo Mathus and Jack Oblivian for stopping by the Memphis Beat today to promote the upcoming Katrina benefit When the Levee Breaks which goes down Friday night at the Hi Tone. Also, a shout out goes out to Olga for keeping all of us fellas straight about the details of the evening. For those who missed today's program, the benefit starts at 7:30pm and tickets are $12 (or $10 with a can of food). Check out the full musical line up here.

And off the subject, I will be subbing for Jim tonight on Radio Odyssey from 10pm - Midnight.

Tomorrow on the Memphis Beat

Check out the Memphis Beat tomorrow for a live performance from Jimbo Mathus (Squirrel Nut Zippers, the Knockdown Society) and Jack Yarber (The Oblivians, The Tearjerkers). They will be promoting the Katrina Benefit being held on October 14th at the HiTone. Scheduled to appear with The Knockdown Society and The Tearjerkers are Johnny Vomit and the Dry Heaves, Luther Dickinson, The Bo-Keys, Monsieur Jeffery Evans, Paul Taylor, among many others...

Click here for more information about this upcoming event.

DJ Spooky at the HiTone - Tonight

The Hi Tone continues to bring great shows to Memphis with a scheduled performance tonight from DJ Spooky. Click here for a rather nice bio overview of the artists' life and career (taken from the AllMusic Guide).

The Lovers' Album of the Week

The Rosebuds Birds Make Good Neighbors

The Music Lovers playlist on 10/6/05

1. Juicebox - The Strokes from Juicebox (single)
2. We Tried - The Sun from Blame It On The Youth
3. The Sun Comes Through - Kelly Stolz from The Sun Comes Through
4. Loop Duplicate My Heart - Suburban Kids with Biblical Names from #3
5. This Hearts On Fire - Wolf Parade from Apologies To The Queen Mary
6. Plants - Despistado from The People Of And Their Verses
7. Do What You Wanna Do -Acid House Kings from Sing Along with Acid House Kings
8. In Your Playground- Orwell from Archipal
9. E.M.P.T.Y. - The Clientele from Strange Geomerty
10. Crosses - Jose Gonzales from Veneer
11. International Dateline - Ladytron from Witching Hour
12. Andvari - Sigur Ros from Takk...
13. Mary - Langhorne Slim from Live at Maxwell's
14. Doris - Dirty Three from Cinder
15. Streets - The Drift from Streets/Nozomi
16. Pilgrimage - Conjure One from Extraordinary Ways
17. The Great Golden Baby - Circa Survive from Juturna
18. Cinderland - Grandaddy from Excerpts from the Diary of Todd Zilla
19. Hidden Spaces - The Morning After Girls from Prelude EP 1 & 2
20. The Beatles - Devendra Banhart from Cripple Crow
21. Acoustic Guitar - Jens Kutilek from Meaningless...
22. Windy Road - The Constantines from Tournament of Hearts
23. Kindling (Clue To Kalo Remix) - Architecture In Helsinki from Keepsake
24. When Hearts Turn Blue - Calvin Johnson from Before the Dream Faded
25. Testify - Calla from Collisions
26. Jet Blast (Shame) - Shelby from The Luxury of Time
27. Ibi Dreams of Pavement (A Better Day) - Broken Social Scene from Broken Social Scene
28. Elanor Put Your Boots On -Franz Ferdinand from You Could Have It So Much Better
29. Wordless Chorus - My Morning Jacket from Z

Vic Chesnutt and Jonathan Richman - Tonight at the HiTone

Vic Chesnutt will be coming back to Memphis Wednesday night at the HiTone. Vic's early records (from Little thru Is the Actor Happy?) have been re-released with lots of bonus tracks. The new one, Ghetto Bells, is just as impressive as his back catalog with contributions from Bill Frisell and Van Dyke Parks.

Along with Vic will be ex-The Modern Lovers frontman Jonathan Richman. Perhaps the two will do a rendition of "Roadrunner" together.

These Arms Are Snakes - Sunday Night

These Arms Are Snakes will be performing Sunday night at the HiTone. For more information about TAAS, check out their band's page on the Jade Tree website. Opening up are Colour Revolt and Esque.

South Main Art Trolley Tour and WEVL

Have you ever wondered what the inside of the WEVL station looks like? Well, wonder no more... you can take a tour of the station tonight form 6-9pm during the South Main Art Trolley Tour. Also, it is a great chance to pick up some nice WEVL merchandise or even become a member!

The Lovers' Album of the Week

Calla Collisions

The Music Lovers playlist for 9/29/05

1. Grounds For Divorce - Wolf Parade from Apologies To The Queen Mary
2. Home Altars of Mexico - Art Brut from Good Weekend EP
3. Oranges In Winter - B.C. Camplight from Hide, Run Away
4. Wake Up - Arcade Fire from Funeral
5. Lazer Beam - Super Furry Animals from Love Kraft
6. We've Been Talked Down - The Joggers from With A Cape And A Cane
7. Love In Fear -The Constantines from Tournament of Hearts
8. The Vice and Virtue Ministry - Happy Bullets from The Vice and Virtue Ministry
9. Runing Thoughts - Deerhoof from The Runners Four
10. Starring In The Movies - Annie Hayden from The Enemy Of Love
11. Dubai - Kelpie from Hey Friends, Its...
12. Little Wet Head - Minus Story from No Rest For Ghosts
13. Nothing Scares Us - New Black from Time Attack
14. That's All I Know (Right Now) - Sonic Youth from Goo (Deluxe Edition)
15. Hold Yr Terror Close - The Go! Team from Thunder, Lighting, Strike (Bonus Track Version)
16. Fell Into The Well - Logh from A Sunset Panorama
17. Your Heart Is An Empty Room - Death Cab For Cutie from Plans
18. Rubber Traits - Why from Elephant Eyelash
19. Invisible Cities - The Drift from Noumena
20. I Believe - Conjure One from Extradinary Ways
21. Lonesome Valley - Liz James from Liz Janes & Create!
22. Gong - Sigur Ros from Takk...
23. Heard Somebody Say - Devendra Banhart from Greetings from Michigan
24. Monkey (Stephin Merritt Remix) - Low from Tonight the Monkeys Die EP
25. Look Into the Air - Explosions In The Sky from How Strange, Innocence
26. Blue Bird - The Rosebuds from Birds Make Good Neighbors
27. Initiate - Calla from Collisions

Matisyahu w/Mobius Band Tonight!

Matisyahu, the Hasidic Reggae Superstar, performs tonight at the Hi Tone. I wasn't able to get the audio section of his website to work but maybe you'll have better luck. You can also check out the non-profit record label JDub to discover other Jewish artists such as Balkan Beat Box and So Called.

Opening up for Matisyahu is the Mobius Band whose single "The Loving Sounds of Static" was played on the Lovers on 7/28.

Fruit Bats - Photos from the Deli

Unfortunately, I wasn't able to make the Walkie Talkie set due to working on a Three 6 Mafia shoot, but the very lovely Apryl got some photos:

The Fruit Bats Tonight!

The Fruit Bats are playing what I believe to be their first show in Memphis at the Deli tonight. These Chicagoans have released two fantastic albums on the Sub Pop label: Mouthfuls (2003) and Spelled In Bones (2005). Click here to listen to some mp3's.

And make sure to get to the show early so you can catch those excellent locals Walkie Talkie perform the opening band duties. Check out their Myspace page to listen to a few songs from their 2004 release, Proud Giraffe Walking Tall.