The Music Lovers playlist for 3/30/06

1. Gold Lion - Yeah Yeah Yeahs from Show Your Bones
2. Never Learn To Cry - The Roger Sisters from The Invisible Deck
3. The First Song - Band of Horses from Everything All The Time
4. Cowbell - Tapes`n Tapes from The Loon
5. Woman - Wolfmother from Woman (single)
6. Country Gentleman - Ambulance LTD from New English EP
7. Blue Skies - The Young Republic from Modern Plays
8. Punchlines - Mates of States from Bring It Back
9. Only This Moment (live) - Royksopp from Royksopp's Night Out
10. Sound Mirrors - Coldcut from Sound Mirrors
11. Stars of 45 - Music A.M. from Unwound From The Wood
12. Over and Over (Naum Gabo Remix) - Hot Chip from Over and Over EP
13. Seneca - Tortoise from Standards
14. Ghost Rider - Suicide from Suicide
15. Tides (Piano) - Clogs from Lantern
16. Your Eyes - Calvin Johnson from Before The Dream Faded...
17. Cruise Boat - The Red Krayola from Introduction
18. Never Begun - The World Without Magic from EP
19. Suffer (M83 Remix) - Depeche Mode from Suffer Well EP
20. When You Wake Up A Snake - Les Savy Fav from Plagues & Snakes
21. But I Did Not - Howe Gelb from `Sno Angel
22. Kanga Roo - Jeff Buckley from Peyote Radio Theatre EP
23. Mountaintop In Coves - Talkdemonic from Beat Romantic
24. Human Being - Morrissey from You Have Killed Me EP
25. Your Kisses Are Wasted On Me - The Pipettes from Your Kisses Are Waster On Me (single)

A New Look For WEVL

Have you checked out the great new website design over at WEVL? Click on the homepage photo below to take a look-see:

Shangri-la Record Swap - What I Purchased

So, the spring record swap at Shangri-la Records went down today complete with a highly energetic performance from Noise Choir.

Here's what I picked up: (all for $8!)
Clogs - Lantern
Calvin Johnson - Before the Dream Faded
Josh Wink - Profound Sounds, Vol. 1
Various Artists - Clockwork Orange Soundtrack
Suicide Suicide (First Album) (w/Bonus Disc: includes Live at CBGB's 1977 and 23 Minutes Over Brussels EP)
The Long Winters - Ultimatum
Psapp - Tiger, My Friend
Adult. - Gimmie Trouble
Tortoise - Standards
The Cure - Boys Don't Cry
The Family Ghost - The Family Ghost
Big Ass Truck - Kent
The Grifters - One Sock Missing

See you at the next one!

Congratulations On A Great Season!

Furry Friends and Monsieur Jeffrey Evans Tonight!

Tune in tonight at 6 pm CST when members of the Oregon surf/garage band Satan's Pilgrims stop by WEVL for a visit. They're in town to perform at the Furry Friends Guardian Angels fundraiser, along with Impala, Amy Lavere, Eric Lewis, Jimmy Davis, Tommy Burroughs and more.

After that, Monsieur Jeffrey Evans is back as special guest host - this time on the Rock House (normally hosted by Lonnie). He'll be playing some fantastic rockabilly music from his personal collection tonight from 7-9 pm CST, so don't miss it!

The Lovers' Album of the Week

Madlib Beat Konducta Vol. 1 - 2: Movie Scenes

The Music Lovers playlist for 3/23/06

1. All The Young Children On Crack - The TV Personalities from My Dark Places
2. Clockwork Crows - Run Chico Run from Slow Action
3. Sukkafish - The Grates from The Ouch. The Touch
4. Foothills - Metal Hearts from Socialize
5. Fraud In The 80's - Mates of States from Bring It Back
6. Tokyo - Headlights from The Enemies EP
7. Forever Love - Rahim from Ideal Lives
8. The Ruling Class - Loose Fur from Born Again In The USA
9. Heartbeats - The Knife from Deep Cuts
10. Heartbeats - Jose Gonzalez from Veneer
11. Man In A Garage - Coldcut from Sound Mirrors
12. Bleu - Isolee from Western Store
13. Touche-Moi - Stereo Total from Juke-Box Alarm
14. Roda Piao (Spiritual Soul Remix) - Azymuth from Pure (Best of Far Out Years 1995-2006)
15. I Don't Know You Anymore - Quasi from When The Going Gets Dark
16. Certain Kind Of Light - Gus Black from Autumn Days
17. Karma Police - The Bad Plus from Exit Music: Songs With Radio Heads
18. The Great Salt Lake - Band of Horses from Everything All The Time
19. R and R - Young People from All At Once
20. Skinny Boy - Amy Millan from Honey From The Tombs
21. Don't Know Why (You Say) - The Essex Green from Cannibal Sea
22. Sister 8 My Son - The Seconds from Kratitude
23. Rock `n' Roll Fantasy - Pink Mountaintops from Axis of Evol
24. Must Be Treeman - Animal Collective from Grass EP
25. Rose & Teeth for Ludwig Wittgenstein - Matmos from The Rose Has Teeth In The Mouth Of A Beast
26. Whispers From Wallface - Wizardzz from Hidden City Of Taurmond
27. Stax (Strings) - Madlib from Beat Konducta Vol. 1-2: Movie Scenes
28. Rough Gem - Islands from Return To The Sea
29. The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song - The Flaming Lips from At War With The Mystics
30. Quiet Town- Josh Rouse from Subtitulo

High Fidelity Tonight!

High Fidelity isn't just a program here on WEVL (which does air tonight from Midnight - 2am), it's also the title of Nick Hornby's novel about the world of music snobbery (as well as Hornby's common man's hero Rob Fleming searching to grow up and find a meaningful relationship). If you have ever spent hours scrutinizing the order of a mix tape for a special someone, then you understand the character of Rob Fleming. Author Hornby will be making an apperance at the Michael D. Rose Theatre tonight at 7pm on the U of M campus. The event is free and open to the public.

For more information, click here.

(Of course, High Fidelity is also the electronic reproduction of sound as well as a song by Elvis Costello.)

Are You Listening Tuesday Afternoons?

Since the Lovers fancies itself as a showcase for new releases, there is a lot of great current music out there that only gets played once on the show and then is never heard from again. Well, that isn't neccesarily true because many of the tunes you hear on the Lovers can also be heard on WEVL every Tuesday from 4 - 6pm. Check it out!

Hosted by Brian and Judy.

A Random Album Recommendation

Sonny Sharrock Ask the Ages

Vapour Trails playlist for 3/19/06

Today's edition of VT primarily focused on the days before the term "progressive rock" became so defined in the musical history books. Here is one of the sources I used in preparation for the show. A special thank you to all the listeners who called up with their stories and generous words of encouragement. It was a blast!

1. The Electric Prunes - I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night)
2. Soft Machine - I Should've Known
3. Nice - America
4. The Who - Overture
5. Silver Apples - Dancing Gods
6. Zobe - Why Do You Care?
7. Procol Harum - Whiter Shade of Pale
8. Pink Floyd - Let There Be More Light
9. Moody Blues - Question
10. The Strawbs - Where Is This Dream Of Your Youth?
11. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - 1983 (A Merman I Should Turn To Be)
12. The Wilde Flowers - Impotence
13. Giles, Giles, Fripp - Tremelo Study In A Major
14. Caravan - Austin Cambridge
15. Deep Purple - The Mule
16. Delivery - Miserable Man
17. Frank Zappa - The Gumbo Variation
18. King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man
19. Henry Cow - Nirvana For Mice

Tomorrow I Sub

You can catch me subbing tomorrow from 2 - 4pm for WEVL's prog-rock show Vapour Trails. I'll be playing mostly early prog from the 60's so it should be entertaining. Expect spins from Soft Machine, The Wilde Flowers, Giles, Giles, and Fripp, The Strawbs, Zobe, and such...

(And yes, I will be bringing a portable T.V. to watch the Tigers during those long ones.)

The Lovers' Album of the Week - Part 1

Various Artists Exit Music: Songs With Radio Heads

The Lovers' Album of the Week - Part 2

Sam Cooke The Two Sides of Sam Cooke

Go Tigers Go!

The Music Lovers playlist for 3/16/06

1. New English - Ambulance LTD from New English
2. Fireworks - The Court and Spark from Bless You
3. Triggers and Trash Heaps - Centro-matic from Fort Recovery
4. Letter To Bowie Knife - Calexico from Garden Ruin
5. Munich - The Editors from Munich (single)
6. Yr City's A Sucker - LCD Soundsystem from Introns
7. Rip Van Winkle - Witch from Witch
8. Friend, That Just Isn't So - Wooden Wand and the Vanishing Voice from Gipsy Freedom
9. Will My Feet Still Carry Me Home - Elf Power from A Dream In Sound
10. The Loving Souds of Static (Junior Boys Remix) - Mobius Band from Idol Tryouts 2: Ghostly International, Vol. 2
11. Just Drums - Tapes `N Tapes from The Loon
12. Music Television - Tom Vek from Nothing But Green Lights EP
13. Suite Life - Kudu from Death of the Party
14. Reno, I'm Coming Home - Roy from Killed John Train
15. Fashionaby Uninvited - Mellowdrone from Box
16. I'll Never Be Afraid Again - Matinee Orchestra from Matinee Orchestra
17. I See A Darkness - Bonnie "Prince" Billy from Summer In The Southeast
18. We All, Us Three, Will Ride - Iron and Wine from I Am A Cold Rock, I Am Dull Grass: A Tribute To Will Oldham
19. I Send My Love To You - Bonnie "Prince" Billy from Summer In The Southeast
20. A Minor Place - Pinetop Seven from Summer In The Southeast
21. Luminous - Lanterna from Desert Ocean
22. Everything In Its Right Place (featuring Erro) - Osunlade from Exit Music: Songs With Radio Heads
23. Sound As Ever - Track A Tiger from Woke Up Early The Day I Died
24. Behind That Locked Door - My Morning Jacket from For A Decade Of Sin: 11 Years of Bloodshot Records
25. If - Islands from Return To The Sea

The Summer of Musical Festivals

Well, I bought my tickets for the Bonnaroo festival in Manchester, TN on June 16-18 as well as Intonation in Chicago, IL on July 24-25. So who I am looking forward to seeing?

Bonnaroo:
Radiohead, Cat Power, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks, My Morning Jacket, Devendra Bandhart, Bright Eyes, Andrew Bird, Sonic Youth, Common, Beck, Dungen, Bill Frisell, Steel Train, Matt Costa, Balkan Beat Box, Amadou & Martin, Seu Jorge..

Intonation:
Silvers Jews(!), The Streets, Jens Lekman, Bloc Party, Yo La Tengo, Mountain Goats, Spoon, Mission of Burma, The National, Tapes`N Tapes, Man Man...
(remember there are still 24 more artists to be added to the bill)

Boy, I can't wait for summer to begin!

Monday Morning Blues playlist for 3/13/06

1. Furry Lewis - Shake`Em On Down
2. Gatemouth Moore - Did You Ever Love A Woman
3. Roscoe Gordon - No More Doggin'
4. Nathan Beauregard - `Bout A Spoonful (live)
5. Frank Stokes - South Memphis Blues
6. Frank Stokes - Mr. Crump Don't Like It
7. Memphis Jug Band - Beale Street Mess Around
8. Charlie Patton - You Gonna Need Somebody When You Die
9. Jim Jackson - Hesitation Blues
10. Gus Cannon - Mule Get Up In The Alley
11. Sleepy John Estes - Airplane Blues
12. Bukka White - Pinebuff, Arkansas
13. R.L. Burnside - Boogie Instrumental
14. Fred McDowell - Going Down The River
15. Cecil Augusta - Stop All The Buses
16. Memphis Jug Band - Kokomo
17. Ada Turner - This Little Light Of Mine
18. Otha Turner - When I Lay My Burden Down
19. Sid Hemphill's Band - After The Ball Is Over
20. B.B. King - Everyday I Have The Blues (live)
21. B.B. King - How Blue Can You Get (live)
22. R.L. Burnside - Glory Be
23. R.L. Burnside - Hard Time Killing Floor
24. B.B. King - B.B. Blues
25. Harmonica Frank Floyd - Swamp Root
26. The Howlin' Wolf - How Many More Years
27. Sleepy John Estes - Rats In My Kitchen
28. Roscoe Gordon - Let's Get High
29. Nathan Beauregard - Nathan's Bumble Bee Blues (live)
30. Mose Vinson - Some Thing On My Mind
31. Tom Dickson - Happy Blues

Yep, I'm Subbing Again!

Okay, I admit that I am no blues scholar but I will be subbing for the Monday Morning Blues program tomorrow from 8am - 10am so expect a strong focus on Memphis regional artists.

An Album I Purchased Today

One of the greatest rewards listening to a station like WEVL is the exposure to so many different musical styles and genres. Artists that I never even thought I would be exposed to or even care about are now amazing me each day with their timelessness. As for today's purchase, I have always loved religious music (Singing Down In Dixie is one of my favorite programs at the station, and, let's face it, the best part of church has always been the music, right?) and this is a great introduction to the soulful side of the Word. My favorite has to be "The Last Mile of the Way" from the Soul Stirrers (from Sam Cooke's early career) or Dorothy Love Coates' "Strange Man".