The Music Lovers playlist for 6/23/05

1. Over and Over Again (Lost and Found - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah from Clap Your Hands Say Yeah 2. Victim - Despistado from The People Of And Their Verses 3. Escape Clause - The Stairs from On Sleep Lab 4. Show Me - Bullette from The Secrets 5. The Wives Of Artie Shaw - Kinski from Alpine Static 6. We Had Pleasure - Foreign Born from In The Remote Woods 7. The Great Golden Baby - Circa Survive from Juturna 8. Waterloo Sunset - Scrabble from 1909 9. The Great Dinosaurs with Fifties Section - Bear vs. Shark from Terrowhawk 10. Alt. Wave - Codeseven from Dancing Echoes/Dead Sounds 11. All Waste the Days - Salim Nourallah from Beautiful Noise 12. Cool My Fire (Erlend Oye Remix) - Ada from Blondix 2 Vinyl 13. Honeycomb - Frank Black from Honeycomb 14. Somewhere I Know There Is Nothing - Chad VanGaalen from Infiniheart 15. Better Things To Do - The Dreadful Yawns from The Dreadful Yawns 16. The Electric Love Letter - Langhorne Slim from Wen The Sun's Gone Down 17. Dance Till the Morning Sun - Brazilian Girls from Brazilian Girls 18. More Than Real - Junior Boys from Last Exit 19. This Side of Vigo Bay - Minotaur Shock from Maritime 20. Singing in the Shower - Red Pony Clock from Red Pony Clock 21. The Ballad of Daykitty - Lou Barlow from Emoh 22. Rescue - Kelly Stoltz from Crockodials 23. Parade of Geronimos - Pela from All In Time 24. Theo B - Sunny Day Real Estate from The Pink Album 25. We Are Nothing - Goodtime John from I'll Sing Till the Sun Turns Cold 26. This Year - The Mountain Goats from The Sunset Tree 27. Go Sadness - Shout Out Louds from Howl Howl Gaff Gaff 28. At Dawn - My Morning Jacket from Live At Bonaroo 2004 29. Would You Sign My iPod? - Vic Chesnutt from Extra Credit EP

The Glass CD Release Party - Date Change!

The CD release party for The Glass which was scheduled for this Firday (June 24th) has been changed to a Saturday night on July 2nd at the Deli. Hope to see everyone out supportin'!

Memphis Beat Summer Schedule

Okay, so here is the schedule for the Summer School Theme Shows on the Memphis Beat (Tuesday 1-2pm):

6/21 - In-studio performance from The Hometown Nobodies

6/28 - Discussion with Andria Lisle who co-wrote the book Waking Up In Memphis with Mike Evans

7/5 - In-studio performance from Brad Postlethwaite (Snowglobe) with special guests

7/12 - History of Memphs Garage and Frat Bands

7/19 - In-studio performance from Luke White (Coach and Four, The Pirates)

7/26 - History of Loverly Recordings

- a possible final show on August 2 about Memphis Field Recordings TBA

A Random Lyric

And yeah, I'm in love with an android
But so what?
Stranger things have happened
Stranger things have been loved

"Yeah, I'm In Love With An Android"
from Say Hi To Your Mom

The Lovers' Album of the Week

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah s/t

The Music Lovers playlist for 6/16/05

1. Good Weekend - Art Brut from Bang Bang Rock and Roll 2. Everyone Says I'm Parnoid - Apartment from Everyone Says I'm Parnoid 3. There Will Be Violins - The Sharp Things from Foxes and Hounds 4. Business Before Pleasure - Group Sounds from Group Sounds EP 5. In This Home On Ice - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah from Clap Your Hands Say Yeah 6. The Shape Is Me - Hexes and Ohs from Goodbye Friend, Welcome Lover 7. The Clock In My Heart - Todd Stadtman from Only I Can Save You 8. Car Trouble - Red Pony Clock from Red Pony Clock 9. 5, 6 Kids - Bear vs. Shark from Terrowhawk 10. One Heavy February - Architecture In Helsinki from Fingers Crossed 11. Git - Skeletons and the Girl-faced Boys from Git 12. The Green Bus - The Apes from Baba's Mountains 13. Side 2 - Dressy Bessy from Electrified 14. Be Careful What You Wish For - Gabby La La from Be Careful What You Wish For 15. Rainy Days Swimming - Absentee from Donkey Stock 16. 100mph Checker Champ - Yip Yip from ProTwelveThinker 17. Fire Coming Out of the Mountain - Gorillaz from Demon Days 18. The Movie - Fizzle Like A Flood from Golden Sand and the Grandstand 19. Rage (Rito Re Rub) - Chromeo from She's In Control 20. The Videoage - Farben from Click and Cuts, Vol. 2 21. Vigo Bay - Minotaur Shock from Maritime 22. Memorial - Explosions In The Sky from The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place 23. O Nei (Unit 21 Remix) - Sleepy Town Manufacture from Intelligent Toys 2 24. R.F.O. - Fug from Ready For Us 25. Mountains Are Awake - Goodtime John from I'll Sing Till the Sun Turns Cold 26. Anyday Will Be Fine - Mojave 3 from Excuses for Travellers 27. Mind Blindness - Dirty On Purpose from Sleep Late for a Better Tomorrow 28. As Ugly As I Seem - The White Stripes from Get Behind Me Satan 29. Remember My Markings - James Hindle from Town Feeling

Playing Games Is Fun!

Solve the puzzle to find out who your programmer is hanging out with: (photo: Judy)

Andrew Thompson's "We're In Business" Lyrics

An instant classic:

Robot: Hey Andrew!
Andrew: What's up Robot?
Robot: I love you!
Andrew:I know you do
Robot: Hey Andrew!
Andrew:What's up Robot?
Robot: I love you!
Andrew: I know you do
Robot: Hey Andrew!
Andrew:What's up Robot?
Robot: I love you!
Andrew: I know you do
Robot: Hey Andrew!
Andrew:What's up Robot?
Robot: I"M GOING TO KILL YOU!
Andrew: OH MY GOD!

Never trust a robot(s)
Never trust a robot(s)
You might think that they are your friend
They'll only kill you in the end
Never trust a robot(s)
Never trust a robot(s)
Don't leave them with your kids
Don't invite them to play bridge

Chorus:
Andrew:If you're a human being, we're in business
Andrew:If you are not a machine, we're in business
Robot: If you are not me?
Andrew:We're in business. We're in business

Don't take them along for trips
They might posion your bag of chips
Never trust a robot(s)
Never trust a robot(s)
Don't take them with you to work
They just might go berserk

Robot:Hey Andrew!
Andrew:What's up Robot?
Robot: I love you!
Andrew:I know you do
Robot:Hey Andrew!
Andrew:What's up Robot?
Robot: I love you!
Andrew:I know you do
Robot:Hey Andrew!
Andrew:What's up Robot?
Robot: I love you!
Andrew:I know you do
Robot:Hey Andrew!
Andrew:What is it Robot?
Robot:YOUR ASS IS MINE!
Andrew:OH MY GOD!

Chorus:
Andrew:If you're a human being, we're in business
Andrew:If you are not a machine, we're in business
Robot: If you are not me?
Andrew:We're in business. We're in business

Robot: Come on outside! I brought you a lollipop. Oh, what? This? It only looks a laser gun that kills people! Hahahaaaaa!

Andrew Thompson "We're In Business"

The Memphis Beat attends Summer School!

Yep, the Memphis Beat fooled around too much during the regular school session and is now forced to attend Summer School. Luckily, summer school is a blast! Starting on June 21st, the Memphis Beat will be teaching a month long class on musical appreciation. So expect homework-reading assignments on some essential Memphis books as well as live in-studio performances from some hip local musicians. More details coming soon!

the Beat

The Lovers' Album of the Week

Minotaur Shock Vigo Bay EP

The Music Lovers playlist for 6/9/05

1. It's All In My Mind - Teenage Fanclub from Man-Made 2. The Comeback - Shout Out Louds from Howl Howl Gaff Gaff 3. My Love Is True - The Brokedown from The Dutchman's Gold 4. The Ghost That Haunts Your World Will Disappear - Doleful Lions from Shaded Lodge and Mausoleum 5. Home - Engineers from Engineers 6. Summer Twin - Blitzen Trapper from Field Rexx 7. I Love You - The Spectacular Fantastic from I Love You EP 8. Alive With Pleasure - Viva Voce from The Heat Can Melt Your Brain 9. CRC 7173, Affectionately - John Vanderslice from Pixel Revolt 10. Fun Does Not Exist (New Mix) - Natacha Atlas from Best of Natacha Atlas 11. Everything I Own - Paula Frazer from Friends and Lovers: Songs of Bread 12. Mistaken Tourist - Minotaur Shock from Maritime 13. The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts - Sufjan Stevens from Illinois 14. Owls Go (JIMIC Remix) - Architecture In Helsinki from Single 15. Your Eyes Have It - Bullette from The Secrets 16. Born in the BBS - Pants Pants Pants from Pop Songs to Make Us Famous 17. Yeah, I'm In Love with an Android - Say Hi To Mom from Ferocious Mopes 18. We're In Business - Andrew Thompson from Egad! 19. If Not Now, When? - Electrelane from Axes 20. Joe Tex, These Tarming Blues - Phosphorescent from Aw come Aw wry 21. Wake Up and Smell the Millennium - Nobody from And Everything Else 22. Fleur De Lie - Slow Dazzle from The View from the Floor 23. You Could See Halley's Comet - Madagascar from Forced March 24. Take Ecstasy With Me - !!! (Chk Chk Chk) from Take Ecstasy With Me - Single 25. My Doorbell - The White Stripes from Get Behind Me Satan 26. Details of War - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah from Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

The Music Lovers playlist for 6/2/05

1. A Nervous Tic Motion of the Head to the Left - Andrew Bird from The Mysterious Production of Eggs 2. The Twenty-Second Century - Say Hi To Mom from Ferocious Mopes 3. I'll Always Be Your Loser, Honey - The Sharp Things from Foxes & Hounds 4. There's A Fire - Longwave from There's A Fire 5. Rhyme Mime - PINE*am from Pull the Rabbit Ears 6. City of God - Diesler from Diggin It Something Rotten 7. BC March - Kyla from Single 8. JGNE - Out Hud from GSL26/Lab Series Vol. 2 9. Give Yourself To Me (Fake ID Remix) - Infadels from Single 10. High Lonesome Moan - PAJO from PAJO 11. Bellona - Junior Boys from Last Exit 12. Secrets - Boyskout from School of Etiquette 13. Mama - Stephen Malkmus from Face the Truth 14. My Heartbeat - Annie from Anniemal 15. Major Cities - Headphones from Headphones 16. Mountains Made of Steam - The Silver Mt. Zion from Horses in the Sky 17. Jumpers - Sleater-Kinney from The Woods 19. Lighthearterd Love Song - The Pets from Love & War 20. Together - William Shatner from Has Been 21. Pull Up the People - M.I.A. from Arular 22. Last Train - Scrabbel from 1909 23. Blood and Peanut Butter - B.C. Camplight from Hide, Run Away 24. Going Fetal- Eels from Blinking Lights and Other Revelations 25. Let Me See the Colts - Smog from A River Ain't Too Much To Love 26. Very Loud - Shout Out Louds from Howl Howl Gaff Gaff 27. Latitudes - PELA from All In Time EP 28. The Partisan - Electrelane from Axes 29. John of the Slum - Anomoanon from Envol Villon 30. Rain - Anomoanon from Twenty Verses Set To Music 31. This - Brian Eno from Another Day on Earth

This Week on the Lovers - Special Guest Cancellation

Due to sickness, Andrew Bird will not be able to make an on air apperance tomorrow on the Lovers. I know everyone here at WEVL was really looking forward to it. While tonight's show in Oxford has been cancelled, the show at the HiTone still seems to be a go for tomorrow night at 10pm with Chris Mills. Let's hope Andrew starts feeling better real soon!

Still expect an exciting show with new releases from: Sleater-Kinney, The Sharp Things, Smog, Brian Eno, Doleful Lions, Eels, PAJO, The Silver Mt. Zion, and many more...

The Music Lovers playlist for 5/26/05

1. Couldn't You Tell - B.C. Camplight from Hide, Run Away 2. Summer Is Almost Here - PAS/CAL from Cancer Of Time 3. The Good In Everyone - Sloan from A Sides Win: Singles 1992 - 2005 4. Rent A Wreck - Suburban Kids With Biblical Names from EP 5. Replacement - Saxon Shore from Be A Bright Blue 6. Spine - Page France from Come, I'm A Lion 7. Hot Girls - Headphones from Headphones 8. Bad Shepherds - The Zincs from Dimmer 9. Ping Pong (original)- Stereolab from Oscillons from the Anti-Sun 10. Dub #4 - Dub Nomads from Headphones 11. The Coast Is Clear (For Fireworks) - NOBODY from And Everything Else... 12. Sister Saviour (DFA Remix) - The Rapture from DFA Compliation #2 13. The Coast Is Always Changing - Maximo Park from A Certain Trigger 14. It's Been Hurting All the Way with You, Joanna - Moneybrother from Blood Panic 15. Yo Yo Yo (Please Don't Fall In Love) - Scrabbel from 1909 16. D. Henley's Dream - The Dirty Projectors from The Getty Address 17. Autumn Sweater (Kevin Smith Remix) - Yo La Tengo from A Smattering of Outtakes and Rarities 1986 - 2002 19. Woo - Vitalic from OK Cowboy 20. 2 Dots On A Map - The Russian Futurists from Our Thickness 21. Prospect Hummer - Animal Collective from Prospect Hummer EP 22. Espionage - The Decemberists from Picaresque 23. Fistful of Love - Antony and the Johnsons from I Am A Bird Now 24. Things the Grandchildren Should Know - Eels from Blinking Lights and Other Revelations 25. Elliott Gould Is In California Split - Head of Femur from Hysterical Stars 26. This Is Just A Modern Rock Song - Belle and Sebastian from Push Barman To Open Old Wounds 27. Drinking at the Dam - Smog from A River Ain't Too Much To Love

The Lovers' Album of the Week

Animal Collective Prospect Hummer EP (featuring Vashti Bunyan)

If you're like me, you never even heard of Vashti Bunyan or her sole album, Just Another Diamond Day, prior to Devendra Banhart and the entire "freak-folk" movement. And I must admit, I still don't know that much about the woman or her music other than the 30 sec samples allowed through iTunes. What does come through, though, is that her approach to folk music is different from her peers (Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez, Dylan, etc.). I had a friend mention to me recently that he thought folk music would be making a big comeback due to the current state of affairs in America. I'm not sure that's true. To me, this neo hippie folk movement coming out from folks like Banhart and Joanna Newsom, and for which Bunyan is being labeled the Mother of, is less concerned about the world around them than the sweet and innocent world they have created within themselves. The music of Bunyan also seems to turn its head away from political matters and instead favors melodies that are dedicated to nature ("Lily Pond," Rainbow River," "Winter Is Blue" etc.). After the initially unsuccessful 1970 release, Just Another Diamond Day, Bunyan apparently left the music business all together to focus on a family. Thirty-five years later, Bunyan is back. Only this time it's not a solo album but a collaboration with the continuously fascinating Animal Collective. I never really thought of Animal Collective as part of the same crowd as Banhart and Newsom, but I do deem "freak-folk" as an adequate description of their type of music. Actually, Prospect Hummer is less chaotic than previous Animal Collective releases as it more resembles Panda Bear's (aka Noah Lennox) solo album, Young Prayer. The opener, "It's You," is a beautiful meditation of strings and voice that highlight Bunyan's strength as a vocalist. And when Panda Bear joins her halfway you are ready to sign the petition to have her as a permanent member of the band. Every one joins in on the very playful "Prospect Hummer," a tune that makes me conjure up images of Bunyan leading an odd campfire sing-a-long. The only weak track here is the instrumental "Baleen Sample," which was recorded at a different time than the rest of the EP and comes off feeling like filler material. The closing number "I Remember Learning How To Drive" is so far removed from my friend's folk revival prediction that it makes me feel hopeful for the world that inspires these artists. If there is to be an influx of politically charged music I predict that it will be loud and angry. Thank God we are given these alternate worlds to dwell in if only for awhile...

The Music Lovers playlist for 5/19/05

1. Central Avenue - Andrew Bryant from The Story Never Told - Live performance from Andrew Bryant - Anything, A Road To Take Me Home, Cowboy Blues 2. Wonderin' and Thinkin' - Andrew Bryant from The Story Never Told - Live performance from Andrew Bryant (con't) - Listen To Me 3. I Turn My Camera On - Spoon from Gimmie Fiction 4. In Response - Dead Letter Auction from Cancer Of Time 5. Must Be You - The Sun from Blame It On The Youth 6. Perfect Situation - Weezer from Make Believe 7. The Wait - Shelby from Luxury of Time 8. Ear Nose & Throat - Troubled Hubble from Making Beds In A Burning House 9. It's All In My Mind - Teenage Fanclub from Man-Made 10. Keep Fallin' - Hot Chip from Coming On Strong 11. Let's Make My Bed - Applied Communications from Uhhh Sort Of 12. Natural Disaster - Headphones from Headphones 13. Do the Split and Say Neat - Thunderbirds Are Now! from Necks 14. Hot Gossip (!!! Remix) - Jon Spencer Blues Explosion from Crunchy EP 15. Medium Sized Working Dog - Caribou from Tour CD 16. Skakka - Amina from Animamina 17. Malmo - The Album Leaf from Seal Beach (EP Bonus Tracks) 18. Simple Hello - Damien Jurado from On My Way To Absence 19. Your Picture - Camera Obscura from Underachievers Please Try Harder 20. John Wayne Gacy, Jr. - Sufjan Stevens from Illinois 21. Strange Vibrations - Doleful Lions from Shaded Lodge and Mausoleum 22. From Which I Came/A Magic World - Eels from Blinking Lights and Other Revelations 23. I Remember Learning How To Drive - Animal Collective from Prospect Hummer EP 24. Why You Gotta Do That Thang? - The Russian Futurists from Our Thickness 25. Take Your Carriage Clock and Shove It - Belle and Sebastian from Push Barman To Open Old Wounds

This Week on the Lovers - Special Guest Andrew Bryant

Tune in this week as Andrew Bryant, the first of my Andrew guests (the other being Andrew Bird on 6/2), stops by the WEVL Studios to visit and perform a few songs from his new album, The Story Never Told. Just click on the photo of Mr. Bryant to find out more about the man and his music.

New releases from:
Belle & Sebastian, Animal Collective, Saxon Shore, Spoon, Teenage Fanclub, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Weezer, Sufjan Stevens, Caribou, Headphones, and a few others... (I had a hard drive full of music go down this week that even Disk Warrior couldn't bring back so I'm a little bummed.)

The Lovers' Album of the Week

Headphones Headphones

David Bazan is one Christian artist that you won't be seeing on the CCM Awards any time soon. His band Pedro the Lion has always dealt with sensitive subject matter that would scare off the typical Christian music listener. Which is a shame because Bazan is one of the more interesting Christian artists out there (Sufjan Stevens notwithstanding, of course). His new side project, Headphones, will no doubt disturb the same conservative critics with its foul language, particularly the song "The S**t Talker" (hey, that's how iTunes spells it). I understand from a more liberal point of view this is no big deal. I only mention it because while Bazan may not win Christian of the Year, he is a deeply spiritual man who is not afraid to show his faults. And with the Headphones' sound being that of cheap keyboards and synthesizers (as oppose to the typical Pedro the Lion guitar rock), Bazan's confessions are really allowed to be the focus. Actually the Headphones sound is not their sound at all. Let me be blunt. David Bazan has been listening to a lot of Magnetic Fields. Really, it must be the only thing loaded on his iPod these days. Particularly Charm of the Highway Strip-era Magnetic Fields. I haven't heard such a blatant rip-off/homage of Stephin Merritt since the last time Jens Lekman stepped into a studio (Look at me! I just made an indie rock joke!). Okay, I know this is starting to sound rather negative and you might be asking yourself why this is even my album of the week, but stick with me here. What's so amazing about the Headphones new album is that despite a "borrowed" sound, the music appears fresh because the songs are so structurally strong. I would guess that these songs were all constructed the same way any Pedro the Lion song would have been only then recorded with different instruments (It should be noted that PTL drummer T.W. Walsh makes up the other half of the Headphones). From all my past albums of the week selections, the Headphones' album has gotten the most car play and I think that is because the songs are just so easy to get into and claim your own. Expect multiple plays from "Pink and Brown," "Major Cities," "Hot Girls," and "Natural Disaster". So if imitation really is the greatest form of flattery well than Bazan is all out of butter. Still, the result is what counts and I have another album to consider for my Top Albums of the Year list (and for the record, Jens Lekman can sure make a meaningful imitation too!)

The Music Lovers playlist for 5/12/05

1. This Is Such A Pity - Weezer from Make Believe 2. Love In A Trashcan - The Raveonettes from Pretty In Black 3. Spit It Out - Brendan Benson from The Alternative To Love 4. Sister Jack - Spoon from Gimmie Fiction 5. Entertain - Sleater-Kinney from The Woods 6. Today - The Ponys from Celebration Castle 7. Dance Music - The Mountain Goats from The Sunset Tree 8. Try To Make It - Sloan from A Sides Win: Singles 1992-2005 9. Hurtin' 4 Certain - The Russian Futurists from Our Thickness 10. We Should Have Never Lived Like We Were Skycrapers - Chin Up Chin Up from We Should Have Never Lived Like We Were Skycrapers 11. I Want To Live In A Dream (Remix) - Clearlake from Wonder If The Snow Will Settle EP 12. Fool's Life - Dr. Dog from Easy Beat 13. Exact Copy Of This In The Basement - Single Frame from Body/End\Basement 14. Everybody Sings - Supersystem from Always Never Again 15. Make Love - Daft Punk from Human After All 16. In, Flux - DJ Shadow from In Tune And On Time 17. My Friend Dario - Vitalic from OK Cowboy 18. Bad Feelings - The Robot Ate Me from Carousel Waltz 19. Come on! Feel the Illinoise! - Sufjan Stevens from Illinois 20. An Animated Description of Mr. Maps - The Books from Lost and Found 21. Broken Drum (Remix) - Boards of Canada (Beck) from Guero (Deluxe) 22. I Have Forgiven Jesus - Morrissey from Live from Earls Court 23. Relax - Scout Niblett from Kidnapped By Neptune 24. Barcelona - Will Oldham from The Isota Records Singles Club: A Short Tale of Beauty/Madness/Greed 25. The Shift Change Splits the Streets - Kevin Devine from The Shift Change Splits the Streets 26. Sharks - Picastro from Metal Cares 27. The Well - Smog from A River Ain't Too Much To Love 28. Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me - Low from Live In Brussels

Upcoming Guests on the Lovers

In the upcoming weeks, the Music Lovers will be having some very special guests stopping by the WEVL Studios to chat it up and perform a few songs.

Andrew Bryant is scheduled to make an apperance on the Lovers on May 19th. You can check out a free mp3 from his excellent new album The Story Never Told here.

Andrew Bird is also scheduled to appear on The Lovers on June 2nd. His latest album The Mysterious Production of Eggs is a magnificent achievement that will sure to top many critics Best of 2005 lists. You can check out the single "A Nervous Tic Motion of the Head to the Left" here.

Check back for further updates.