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.