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.

The Lovers' Album of the Week

The Russian Futurists Our Thickness

So that there isn't any confusion, written plainly on the back cover of Our Thickness is the confession, "The Russian Futurists is Matthew Adam Hart." Might as well give credit where credit is due. And while we are throwing around acknowledgments, let me also give Hart recognition for constructing one of the best pop records of 2005. Our Thickness is a blissful pop album that echoes Phil Spector's vast sound despite the fact that it was recorded in Hart's own bedroom. Far from low-fi, The Russian Futurists create highly energized music that is built on layers upon layers of good ideas with surprising introspective lyrics (for such a feel good record) in which Hart delivers multiple choruses with... well, himself. Some of the highlights include the album's opener "Paul Simon," which has nothing do with the 60's singer/songwriter but a lot to do with one hell of a catchy beat, blasting horns, and vocals that seem to be having too much fun to be piping lines like "We're so burnt out; we're a shell now. It's the worst of lows." On the song "These Seven Notes," a sample from a birthday wish being left on an answering machine progresses into a joyful sing-a-long (with Liane DeLotbiniere, one of the few guest artist on the record) about a crumbling relationship ("All you've got's apologies, and take me back phone calls from me"). With other song titles such as "It's Over, It's Nothing," "Hurtin' 4 Certain," and "Why You Gotta Do That Thang?" you start to get the idea of the themes surrounding Our Thickness. However, I guarantee you won't be leaving this record with your head hanging low. On the contrary, I can clearly see your head bobbing back and forth.

The Music Lovers playlist for 5/5/05

1. While Walking - Blair Combest from Prettier Than Ugly - LIVE PERFORMANCE FROM BLAIR COMBEST - Dreams, The Blavier's Lament (Little Woman), The Interrogatory (Do You Want Me?) 2. Every Once In A While - Blair Combest from Prettier Than Ugly - LIVE PERFORMANCE FROM BLAIR COMBEST (con't) - Tonite, Rock N' Roll 3. Twin Cinema - The New Pornographers from Twin Cinema 4. Episodes (Diphenhydramine) - Pela from All In Time 5. I Am The Mountain - Damien Jurado from On My Way To Absence 6. The Pretender - Dr. Dog from Easy Beat 7. Pink and Brown - Headphones from Headphones 8. Walking Away - Chris Hickey from Release 9. From Sky To Core - Channing Cope from Sugar In Our Blood 10. Casimir Pulaski Day - Sufjan Stevens from Illinois 11. August Morning Haze - Oneida from The Wedding 12. O Honey We're Ridiculous - PAS/CAL from LP Demo 13. Our Pen's Out Of Ink - The Russian Futurists from Our Thickness 14. And Then Patterns - Four Tet from Everything Ecstatic 15. Great Day (remix) - Four Tet from Madvillian Remixes 16. Pinball - Stereolab from Oscillons from the Anti-Sun 17. Darla Come Down From Jackson - Charlie McAclister from Mississippi Luau 18. U and I - Vitalic from OK Cowboy 19. The Two Sides of Monsieur Valentine - Spoon from Gimmie Fiction 20. What Are You? - Bonnie Prince Billy and Matt Sweeny from Superwolf 21. Love Love Love - The Mountain Goats from The Sunset Tree 22. Free Fallin' (live) - King of Convenience from Failure EP 23. Sixteen and the Sea - Doxies from Weight of Gold 24. Battle Brigades - The Foundry Field Recordings from Battle Brigades 7" 25. True Bright Blossom - Bright Black from Ala.cali.tucky

This Week on the Lovers - Special Guest Blair Combest

Make sure to tune in this Thursday (5/5) for a very special edition of The Lovers when local singer/songwriter Blair Combest stops by the WEVL Studios to perform his unique blend of folk/country/rock balladry.

Also new releases from: The New Pornographers, Stereolab, Four Tet, Spoon, The Mountain Goats, Oneida, Bright Black, Vitalic, Sufjan Stevens, and many more...

Easley Studios - Another Follow Up

Here is an update story from the Memphis Flyer's "Music Issue" concerning the fire that broke out at the Easley-McCain Studio. Includes interviews with partners Doug Easley and Davis McCain as well as engineer extraordinaire, Kevin Cubbins. Story by Andrew Earles.

Damage Done
Sorting through aftermath of the Easley-McCain Studio fire.

The birthplace of several important alt-rock records (most recently the White Stripes' White Blood Cells) and a key component in the creative matrix that drives Memphis' Midtown-based indie-rock scene, Easley-McCain Recording Studio, located at 2272 Deadrick Avenue, was dealt a horrible blow when a blaze wiped out the studio's control room, waiting area, and sections of the second floor, which was being used for storage and a smaller studio area.

The March 2nd fire, discovered by engineer Kevin Cubbins, spared the tracking room (or "big room"). The door was closed, and the wall that separates this room from the remainder of the studio acted as a firewall. The cause of the fire hasn't been determined, but investigators have narrowed its origin to the area of a wastebasket and electrical outlet. "I don't know, and I don't think they really know yet," says studio owner Doug Easley. "It wasn't arson. Use that as your big quote. It wasn't arson."

Little compares to the despair of watching something close to you burn uncontrollably, but an adage holds true: It could have been worse. "It's only equipment. People aren't replaceable. I'd much rather go to a storage unit than go to a bunch of funerals," Easley says.

"We're sorting out what was burned and destroyed and what was burned and can be cleaned or salvaged," says Davis McCain, Easley's longtime partner. "Unfortunately, the destroyed pile is getting bigger."

But six weeks later, Easley and McCain aren't just sorting through the damage. They're also sorting through the ramifications of insurance negotiations.

"It's amazing how little communication goes on [with insurance companies]. As long as they can hold onto their money, they're happy," Easley says.

The process isn't helped by the enormous amount of work required to catalog the damage, a process that has required equipment dealers to help value some of the studio's more esoteric items.

"Every piece is a line on a form, then there is a value that you have to give it, and then [the insurance company] wants to know where you got that number," Easley says.

"We're just digging out from under this incredible mound of charred stuff. If the process seemed slow at the beginning, it's really slow now," McCain adds.

Despite the damage, work continues for Easley-McCain. Some remote work is taking place. For instance, Cubbins headed up to a rented cabin in Arkansas last week to finish an album with local band the Glass, a project that began at Easley-McCain. And Easley makes clear that, whatever the impact on the studio itself, the fire has also had an impact on local musicians now short a recording outlet.

"People are always saying, 'Let's do benefits.' It's a nice gesture, but there's no way to know right now what they would be funding," McCain says.

"I thought we should have a reverse benefit. Everybody who ever came to the studio, they'd come to a show, and they'd get $5 at the door and free beer," Easley adds. "We always tried to make it an all-inclusive thing, where people went to have a good time and where a lot of great things emanated from. In retrospect, it's been a great run for us, but we didn't do it by ourselves."

The studio's future is still in flux, pending the slow process of sorting out damages and insurance claims. At present, Easley and McCain are pricing rooms for temporary rental and ferreting out locations for in-progress projects. "I've been looking for places to continue some projects I had going," Easley says. "Though it's premature to say exactly what, we are continuing in one form or another. I'm not retiring."

• By Andrew Earles

The Lovers' Album of the Week

Madvillain Four Tet Remixes EP

Four Tet (aka Kieran Hebden) has taken on an interesting challenge remixing one of last years most highly anticipated hip-hop releases, Madvillain's Madvillainy. As a result of the teaming MF Doom and Madlib, Madvillainy is an album full of tales inspired by classic movie serial villains and set to relaxed rhymes backed by a steady but always unpredictable beat. For Madvillain Remixes EP, Four Tet takes some of the strongest tracks from Madvillainy and puts his own spin on it that for the most part improves on the original. The weakest entry is the opening track, "Meat Grinder," which replaces the laid-back Hawaiian influence found on the original with a schizo beatnik beat (I'm not sure how many folks out there are familiar with the truly awful movie called Manos: Hands of Fate, but I swear those jazz sounds come from that soundtrack!). It's not that this doesn't work, it's just that from track two on Four Tet produces material that rivals that of the legendary Madlib. "Money Folder" is highlighted by a driving beat that could easily be my favorite hip-hop tune of the year. With "Great Day," Four Tet brings an emotional element to the song where lines such as "Looks like it's gonna be a great day today. To get some fresh air like a stray on a straightaway. Hey you, got a light? Nah, a Bud Light..." actually come off sounding philosophical. MF Doom even joins Four Tet on "Rhinestone Cowboy" which on the remix sounds like a massive super hit from Beck. The bonus track, "Shadows of Tomorrow," removes all samples and vocals (originally featuring Lord Quas) for a free all improvised instrumental jam fest. Like most remixes, though, it doesn't replace the original source and if you haven't heard Madvillain's Madvillainy then make sure you pick up a copy. You just might want to also grab a copy of the Four Tet Remixes for a nice companion piece.

The Music Lovers playlist for 4/28/05

1. Blue Orchid - White Stripes from Blue Orchid Single 2. Bridge & Tunnel - The Honorary Title from Anything Else But The Truth 3. Former Hero - Heikki from 2 4. Burning Bridge - Shimmer Kids Underpop Association from The Natural Riot 5. Ferocious - The Ponys from Celebration Castle 6. Everything To Gain - Fischerspooner from Odyssey 7. The Latests Toughs - Okkervil River from Black Sheep Boy 8. Oslo Skyline - Jaga Jazzist from What We Must 9. Dirty Lives - Love As Laughter from Laughter's Fifth 10. Skeleton Jar - Youth Group from Skeleton Jar 11. Like A Honeycomb - British Sea Power from Open Season 12. Daughters of the Soho Riots - The National from Alligator 13. Smile Around The Face - Four Tet from Everything Ecstatic 14. Jolly Jolly Jolly Ego - The Dirty Projectors from The Getty Address 15. Hey Mr. Beifuss - Scandaliz Vandalistz from Rodent Fixation 16. Venice - The Books from Lost and Safe 17. This Year - The Mountain Goats from The Sunset Tree 18. Yeti - Caribou from The Milk Of Human Kindness 19. Superman - Mahi Mahi from (Re)Move Your Body 20. Milton Road (My Skull With Flowers Remix) - Mice Parade from Nights Wave EP 21. I Can't Help You Anymore - Aimee Mann from The Forgotten Arm 22. Fleets - Cartel from Safety In Numbers EP 23. The Past - Vitalic from OK Cowboy 24. Easy Beat - Dr. Dog from Easy Beat 25. I Feel Like The Mother Of The World - Smog from A River Ain't Too Much To Love 26. These Seven Notes - The Russian Futurists from Our Thickness 27. Chicago - Sufjan Stevens from Illinois

Hi Fidelity Playlist on 4/25/05 (The Lovers Sub!)

1. Mass Romantic - New Pornographers from Mass Romantic 2. Daytona Beach - Half Japanese from Greatest Hits 3. Yo Yo Yo (Please Don't Fall In Love - Plus/Minus from Self-Titled 4. Bleu - For Stars from Windows For Stars 5. New Confessions - The Tyde from Once 6. Monk Time - The Monks from Black Monk Time 7. Shiver In The Timbers - David Grubbs from The Spectrum Between 8. Joesphine - Portastatic from Naked Pilseners 7" 9. Smile: No One Cares How You Feel - The Gothic Archies from Merge Presents Survive and Advance Vol. 10. Hey Blue Sky - Honeybunch from Time Trials: 1987-1995 11. Mr. Brewer (Crackle, Crackle) - Summer Hymns from Voice Brother & Sister 12. Great Expectations - The New Year from Newness Ends 13. I Went to the Hospital - Cass McCombs from A 14. Love For Sale - Elvis Costello from Trust 15. Awake - Smoke from Heaven On A Popsicle Stick 16. Anthems for a Seventeen Year Old Girl - Broken Social Scene from You Forgot It In People 17. (David Bowie I Love You) Since I was Six - The Brian Jonestown Massacre from Take It From the Man! 18. Hit the Ground Running - Smog from Knock Knock 19. The Town Where I'm Livin' Now - Grandaddy from I'm On Standby Single 20. Beautiful Car - M. Ward from Duet for Guitars #2 21. Fractions and Feelings - Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks from Pig Lib Bonus EP 22. Long Long Gone - Silver Jews from Tennessee Single 23. Meeting in the Asile - Radiohead from Airbag/How Am I Driving EP 24. Rushes of Pure Spring - Ladybug Transistor from Live at Emmabodafestivalen 99 25. In Heaven - The Pixies from Peel Sessions 7" 26. Prominent Men - The Velvet Underground from Peel Slowly and See 27. Bad Cover Version - Pulp fom We Love Life 28. A Collection of Poems About Water - Of Montreal from The Gay Parade 29. The Shins - Flake Music from When You Land Here, It's Time To Return 30. Like A Monkey In A Zoo - Daniel Johnston from The Early Recordings Volume 1: Songs of Pain 31. We're the Replacements - They Might Be Giants from Dial-A-Song 32. Things Get Better - Velvet Crush from Free Expression

FYI - The Lovers Subbing for High Fidelity

I will be subbing for Doug this Monday (4/25) from 2 - 4pm on High Fidelity. Instead of playing new releases like those usually heard on The Music Lovers, I have decided to pull out some of my older CD's (well, mostly from the 90's). Expect to hear some "harder to find" tunes from The Pixies, Radiohead, Silver Jews, Grandaddy (one of their best!), M. Ward, Portastatic, Magnetic Fields, Ladybug Transistor, Future Bible Heroes, and The Velvet Underground.

The 2005 Spring Pledge Drive Was A Success!

Thanks to our loyal listeners, the 2005 WEVL Spring Pledge Drive was a great success! We enjoyed an amazing week of special themed shows and live performances from artists such as The Luv Clowns, Cory Branan, Ron Franklin, Old Medicine Show, and Paul Thorn. And we are very pleased to announce that not only did we meet our goal but we surpassed it by $4,375 with a grand total of $66,375! Thanks to all of you that made your pledges this week to the greatest radio station in the Mid South, WEVL 89.9FM.

WEVL's Spring Pledge Drive Ends Today!

Last day folks! The 2005 WEVL Spring Pledge Drive ends TODAY AT 6PM so please don't delay any longer. We are now just $2,000 short of our $62,000 goal. So please help us achieve that goal by calling the pledge line # 528-1990 or making an online pledge here.

The Music Lovers playlist for 4/21/05 - Special Pledge Drive Theme Show

1. If We Can't Escape, My Pretty - Nic Armstrong from Tour Single 2. E-Pro - Beck from Guero 3. Hey Now Now - The Cloud Room from The Cloud Room 4. Iron Woman - Devin Davis from Lonely People of the World 5. Knock That Door - Enon from Lost Marbles and Exploded Evidence 6. Single Again - The Fiery Furnaces from EP 7. I Will Never See The Sun - Great Lake Swimmers from Great Lake Swimmers 8. Ezekiel Bread- Half-Handed Cloud from Thy Is A Word + Feet Need Lamps 9. Woman King - Iron & Wine from Woman King 10. I Do Dream You - Jennifer Gentle from Valende 11. I Predict A Riot - Kaiser Chiefs from Employment LIVE PERFORMANCE FROM THE OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW PRESENTED BY RIDGERUNNER HOST OF BLUFF CITY BARN DANCE (Saturdays 6 - 10am) 12. Daft Punk Is Playing At My House - LCD Soundsystem from LCD Soundsystem 13. Don't Save Us from the Flames - M83 from Before the Dawn Heals Us 14. Abel - The National from Alligator 15. One Life To Leave - Out Hud from Let Us Never Speak Of It Again 16. C + F - Sam Prekop from Who's Your New Professor? 17. Wonderful People (cheating: 2004 release but aired) - Q and Not U from Power 18. Paul Simon - The Russian Futurists from Our Thickness 19. Miracle - Supersystem from Always Never Again 20. Boys and Children, Sing for Summer - Those Transatlantics from The Way of the Future 21. I Was Born (A Unicorn) (cheating: 2003 release and not aired) - The Unicorns from Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone? 22. What Do You Mean? (cheating: artist's last name ends in C not V and not aired)- Vic Chesnutt from Ghetto Bells 23. Big Boat - M. Ward from Transistor Radio 24. Eno - X-Wife from Feeding the Machine 25. Pencil Test - Yo La Tengo from A Smattering of Outtakes and Rarities 26. no Z aired...