The Lovers' Album of the Week

Film School Film School

The Music Lovers playlist on 2/2/06

1. Love Me Like You - The Magic Numbers from The Magic Numbers
2. Caroline Says II - Angel Corpus Christi from Louie Louie
3. Summer Left Your Heart Behind - His Name Is Alive from Detrola
4. Catalytic Convert - The Howling Hex from 1-2-3
5. Love Is - AZITA from Detail From The Mountain Side
6. 10,000 Horses - Rahim from Ideal Lives
7. The Start of Something - Voxtrot from Raised By Wolves EP
8. Empathy On A Stick - The Ladies from They Mean Us
9. Born On The Floor - Make Up from Untouchable Sound-LIVE!
10. The Apple Tree - Peter and the Wolf from Peter and the Wolf
11. Duel With A Soul - A Forest Mighty Black from Mellowdramatic
12. That Subliminal Kid vs. The Last Mohican - DJ Spooky from Thirsty Ear Presents: Blue Series Sampler
13. Voodoo People - The Prodigy from Their Law (The Singles 1990-2005)
14. He's A Deep Deep Lake - Film School from Film School
15. Can't Stop - M83 from Before The Dawn Heals Us
16. I'll Be Yr Bird - M. Ward from Duet For Guitars #2
17. Funny Little Frog - Belle and Sebastian from The Life Pursuit
18. Heaven - Eef Barzelay from Live on WEVL (3/25/05)
19. Pocket Money Rodeo - The Go! Team from Get It Together EP
20. Panda, Panda, Panda (Deerhoof) - The Joe Beats Experiment from Indie Rock Blues
21. Trouble With A Capital T - Grandaddy from Now It's On EP
22. Jeddy's Poem - Grandaddy from Signal To Snow Ratio EP
23. Beautiful Ground (live) - Grandaddy from El Caminos In The West EP
24. The Town Where I'm Livin' Now - Grandaddy from I'm On Standby/Stray Dog And The Chocolate Shake EP
25. Star Witness - Neko Case from Fox Confessor Brings The Flood
26. Cavalry Cross - Tortoise and Bonnie Prince Billy from The Brave And The Bold
27. At Dawn - My Morning Jacket from At Dawn
28. Rabbit Fur Coat - Jenny Lewis from Rabbit Fur Coat
29. Painter In Your Pocket - Destroyer from Destroyer's Rubies

The Lovers Sub

Yep, the Lovers will be subbing for the 6-8pm time slot today.

The Lovers' Album of the Week

Tortoise and Bonnie Prince Billy The Brave and the Bold

Grandaddy Breaks Up!

I just learned that one of my favorite bands Grandaddy have decided to call it quits. What a shame!

The Music Lovers playlist for 1/26/06

1. Bus Stop Boxer - The Eels from Live At Town Hall
2. The Switch - National Eye from Roomful Of Lions
3. Your Beauty Is A Knife I Turn On My Throat - Eagle*Seagull from Eagle*Seagull
4. Not Going Home - The Elected from Sun, Sun, Sun
5. Hardcore Pops Are Fun - Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti from House Arrest
6. That's When The Audience Died - Final Fantasy from Has A Good Home
7. Everybody Knows - The Decemberists from Otis's Opuses
8. Breet - Film School from Film School
9. Tale From The Black - Tunng from Magpie Bites
10. Daffy Duck - Animal Collective from Feels
11. E Talking - Soulwax from Any Minute Now
12. It Beats For You - My Morning Jacket from Z
13. Better Love - Steel Train from Twilight Tales From The Praires Of The Sun
14. Get It Together! - The Go! Team from Get It Together EP
15. Girls - Darwin Chamber from B Sides (1990-2005)
16. Cees - King Seven from Online Exclusive
17. Nuevo - Bell Orchestre from Recording A Tape The Color Of The Light
18. Awake - Smoke from Heaven On A Popsicle Stick
19. What Does T.S. Eliot Know About You - East River Pipe from What Are You On?
20. Love Will Tear Us Apart - Jose Gonzalez from Remain EP
21. In The Pines - Smog from A River Ain't Too Much To Love
22. Could We - Cat Power from The Greatest
23. The Blues Are Still Blues - Belle and Sebastian from The Life Pursuit
24. Daniel - Tortoise and Bonnie Prince Billy from The Brave And The Bold
25. Handle With Care - Jenny Lewis from Rabbit Fur Coat

Cat Power Tickets On Sale Today!

That's right! Advance tickets go on sale online today at noon for the February 11th Cat Power show at The Gibson Lounge. Chan Marshall will be backed up by the Memphis Rhythm Band, whose members include: Mabon Hodges, Leroy Hodges, Steve Potts, Doug Easley, Rick Steff, Scott Thompson, Jim Spake, Roy Brewer, Jonathan Kirkscey, and Beth Viola. For more information about the show, including ticket prices and a link to ticket sales, click here.

The Music Lovers playlist on 1/19/06

1. The Wand - The Flaming Lips from The Wand (single)
2. Pitfalls - Film School from Film School
3. Used Goods - Love Is All from Nine Times That Same Song
4. Words That Cure Pt. 1 - Ester Drang from Goldenwest
5. Nth Degree - Morningwood from Morningwood
6. Listen Up! - The Gossip from Standing In The Way Of Control
7. Fluoresceneces - Stereolab from Oscillons From The Sun
8. Balloon Maker - Midlake from Balloon Maker
9. Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt - We Are Scientists from With Love and Squalor
10. Lost Your Wig - Swearing At Motorists from Last Night Became This Morning
11. Come Up - Devics from Push The Heart
12. There's A Place - Aqualung from Easier To Lie, Pt. 2
13. My Life Is Starting Over Again - Teenage Fanclub and Jad Fair from The Late Great Daniel Johnston: Discovered Covered
14. Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Your Grievence - Clem Snide from The Late Great Daniel Johnston: Discovered Covered
15. Sorry Entertainer - Calvin Johnson from The Late Great Daniel Johnston: Discovered Covered
16. Devil Town- Bright Eyes from The Late Great Daniel Johnston: Discovered Covered
17. Streets Of Your Town (live) - The Go-Betweens from That Striped Sunlight Sound
18. Tribulation - Sam Amidon from But This Chicken Proved Falsehearted
19. In A Way - Paul Duncan from Be Careful What You Call Home
20. So Come Back, I Am Waiting - Okkervil River from Black Sheep Boy
21. Good As Gold (Morgan Geist Monophonic Mix) - Tiga from Good As Gold (single)
22. Holy Calamity (Bear Witness II) (live) - DJ Shadow from In Tune And On Time
23. A Joy (Percee P Mix) - Four Tet from A Joy
24. More Noir Blues and Tinnitus - Of Montreal from Promo EP
25. Ostinato-FiveFour - Clogs from Lantern
26. Computer World (live) - Kraftwerk from Minimum Maxium
27. The Dress Looks Nice On You - Sufjan Stevens from Seven Swans
28. Empty Shell - Cat Power from The Greatest

Cat Power's The Greatest - WEVL's Album Feature

If you were wanting to hear what the new Cat Power album sounds like (and believe me, you do) then tune into WEVL tomorrow from 11am - Noon when the The Greatest will be this week's WEVL Album Feature.

The Lovers' Album of the Week

Cat Power The Greatest

(Thanks, Judy)

The Music Lovers playlist for 1/12/06

1. Killing Lies - The Strokes from First Impressions Of Earth
2. Now That You've Gone - Delta 5 from Singles and Sessions 1979-81
3. Someone, Somewhere - Luke Temple from Hold A Match To A Gasoline World
4. List - Kanda from All The Good Meetings Are Taken
5. Jetsetter - Morningwood from Morningwood
6. Please Come Back - Catfish Haven from Please Come Back
7. Love Is Stronger Than Witchcraft - Robert Pollard from From A Compound Eye
8. Tristan and Iseult - Tarkio from Omnibus
9. Electric - Boris from Pink
10. The Mountain Tomb - Speakers from Yeats Is Great
11. There Is A Place - Silver Jews from Tanglewood Numbers
12. 50's Parking - Tapes 'N Tapes from Tapes 'N Tapes
13. The Walnut Falcon (live) - Silver Jews from Hot As Hell 7"
14. Canada - Silver Jews from Dime Map of the Reef 7"
15. In Action - We Are Scientists from The Wolf's Hour
16. Don't Misbehave In The New Age - Animals and Men from Revel In The Static
17. Standing In The Way Of Control - The Gossip from Standing In The Way Of Control
18. Madonna Approaches R&B Blonde Wreckages - Hella from Homeboy
19. A Song For Our Fathers - Explosions In The Sky from How Strange, Innocence
20. Pagina Cinco - Prefuse 73 from Prefuse 73 Reads the Books
21. Neon Rider - Junior Boys from Last Exit
22. I Will Be Good - Bonnie Prince Billy from Amalgamated Sons of Rest EP
23. The Southside of the World - Bonnie Prince Billy from Blue Lotus Feet
24. II/XV - Will Oldham from GETTHEF*CKONJOLLYLIVE
25. Boy Blue - Bonnie "Blue" Billy from Little Boy Blue EP
26. We're Not Getting Well - Half-Handed Cloud from What's The Remedy?
27. The Unnamed Sphinx - Odawas from The Aether Eater
28. (Do You Wanna) Come Walk With Me? - Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan from Ballad of Broken Seas
29. By Your Side - Beachwood Sparks from Once We Were Trees
30. You Got Played, Little Girl - East River Pipe from What Are You On?
31. Another Sunny Day - Belle and Sebastian from The Life Pursuit

This Week on the Lovers

New releases from:

Belle and Sebastian, The Strokes, The Gossip, We Are Scientists, Morningwood, East River Pipe, Boris, Robert Pollard, Half-Handed Cloud, and more...

Plus, some rare tracks from the Silver Jews and Will Oldham/Bonnie Prince Billy

Flow Radio playlist on 1/9/06

1. Animal Collective (w/Vashti Bunyan) - It's You
2. DJ Wally - Nothing Stays The Same
3. Matthew Shipp and the Blue Series Continuum - Pulsar
4. Tanakh - November Tree
5. Jan Steele - All Day
6. Prefuse 73 - Pagina Cinco
7. Natacha Atlas - Fun Does Not Exist (New Mix)
8. Afro-mystik - The Odyssey
9. Ikwunga - Di Bombs
10. Madrid - Campfiring
11. The Durrutti Columnn - Spanish Lament
12. Innocence Mission - Tomorrow on the Runway
13. Cyann & Ben - I Can't Pretend Anymore
14. Windy and Carl - Balance (Trembling)
15. Bell Orchestra - The Upwards March
16. Antony and the Johnsons - Just One Star
17. The Marquis de Tren and Bonny Billy - 2/15
18. Brian Eno - This
19. The Juan Maclean - My Time Is Running Out
20. Boards of Canada - Peacock Tail
21. Harold Budd - Breathless...I (w/Zeitgeist)
22. Vashti Bunyan - Here Before
23. This Mortal Coil - Song to the Siren (dedicated to: Mary Jane)

The Lovers Sub for Flow Radio

The Lovers will be subbing for Mary Jane today on Flow Radio from 6-8pm.

The Music Lovers playlist on 1/5/06

1. Iron Woman - Devin Davis from Lonely People of the World, Unite!
2. Concrete Bed - Nada Surf from The Weight Is A Gift
3. Must Be You - The Sun from Blame It On The Youth
4. It Ended On An Oily Stage - British Sea Power from Open Season
5. Mushaboom - Feist from Let It Die
6. Abel - The National from Alligator
7. Upon This Wave of Young Blood - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah from Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
8. Shine A Light - Wolf Parade from Apologies to the Queen Mary
9. Hey Now Now - The Cloud Room from The Cloud Room
10. Interruptions - Rogue Wave from 10:1 EP
11. Blood Machine - Chad VanGaalen from Infiheart
12. White Center - Damien Jurado from On My Way To Absence
13. Made For TV Movie - Clem Snide from End of Love
14. I Am A Full Grown Man - Phosphorescent from Aw Come Aw Wry
15. The Electric Love Letter - Langhorne Slim from When the Sun's Gone Down
16. Damaged Goods - Gang of Four from Return the Gift
17. Where You Going - Kelly Stolz from The Sun Comes Through
18. The Partisan - Electrelane from Axes
19. Strange Vibrations - Doleful Lions from Shaded Lodge and Mausoleum
20. Xiu Xiu - Bog People from La Foret
21. Untitled One - Odd Nosdam from Burner
22. Tour Along the Potomac - The Dirty Projectors from The Getty Address
23. Four - Alarm Will Sound from Acoustica
24. Ballad of Daykitty - Lou Barlow from EMOH
25. Half Lit - Richard Swift from Walking Without Effort
26. Let's Trade Skins - Great Lake Swimmers from Bodies and Minds
27. 7 Days - Acid House Kings from Sing Along with the Acid House Kings
28. Heartbeats - Jose Gonzales from Veneer

This Week on the Lovers - Honorable Mentions

Tune in today as I play 2005 tunes that somehow were neglected from my Top 25 list last week.

It's Always Something playlist for 12/30/05

1. Bing Crosby - Let's Start the New Year Off Right
2. Dick Kent with the Lancelots - A New Year's Dawning
3. Lex & the Hood - A Great New Year
4. Sun Ra - Happy New Year To You
5. Brian Fahey - Countdown
6. CHIN's - My New Year Rules
7. Amazing Amar - Merry Xmas Happy New Year
8. Beach Boys - Auld Lang Syne
9. Shockabilly - Happy New Year
10. BJ Dowdy - Resolutions
11. Bob Hope - New Years
12. Checkered Past - Happy New Year
13. Lou Rawls - What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?
14. Nancy Wilson - What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?
15. Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass - What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?
16. Aslum Street Spankers - What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?
17. Blind Lemon Jefferson - Happy New Year Blues
18. Rev. A.W. Nix - Mind Your Business (A New Year's Sermon)
19. Spirit of Melanesia - New Year Celebrations
20. All That Music All Star Band - The Tex-Mex New Year's Polka
21. Kukla, Fran and Ollie - Make Your New Year Your Good News Year
22. Kukla, Fran and Ollie - What Are You Doing New Year's Eve/Fran You're Beautiful
23. Woody Phillips - Auld Lang Syne
24. The Turtles - It Was A Very Good Year (Stereo)
25. The Simpsons (Homer) - It Was A Very Good Beer
26. William Shatner - It Was A Very Good Year
27. Cara Stewart with the Lee Hudson Orchestra - The New Year Song
28. Esquivel - Auld Lang Syne (Adios from Esquivel!)
29. Coolbreezers - Hello Mr. New Year
30. Sufjan Stevens - Year of the Dog
31. Great Lakes - This Will Be Our Year
32. M. Ward - One More Goodbye
33. Camera Obscura - Happy New Year

The Lovers Sub for It's Always Something - Today!

Yep, that's right! Today from 12pm-2pm, I will be hosting the last It's Always Something of 2005 with a two hour New Year's theme show that would make B.R. proud.

The Lovers' Top 25 Songs from 2005

1. Fistful of Love - Antony and the Johnsons from The I Am A Bird Now
2. Chicago - Sufjan Stevens from Illinois
3. This Year - The Mountain Goats from The Sunset Tree
4. The Mariner's Revenge Song - The Decemberists from Picaresque
5. Funny Like the Moon - Bunky from Born To Be A Motorcycle
6. I Feel Like The Mother Of The World - Smog from A River Ain't Too Much To Love
7. The Greatest - Cat Power from The Greatest/Hate single
8. Off the Record - My Morning Jacket from Z
9. An Own With Knees - The Books from Lost and Safe
10. I'm Getting Back Into Getting Into You - Silver Jews from Tanglewood Numbers
11. Grass - Animal Collective from Feels
12. One Life To Leave - Out Hud from Let Us Never Speak Of It Again
13. Glosoli - Sigur Ros from Takk...
14. Black - Okkervil River from Black Sheep Boy
15. The Music Lovers - Destroyer from Notorious Lighting and Other Works
16. Shake Our Tree - The Rosebuds from Birds Make Good Neighbors
17. Paul Simon - The Russian Futurists from Our Thickness
18. Heard Somebody Say - Devendra Banhart from Cripple Crow
19. Wishbone - Architecture In Helsinki from In Case We Die
20. We're In Business - Andrew Thompson from Egad!
21. The Modern Love (Dave P and Adam Sparkle's Makine Time Remix) - Bloc Party from Silent Alarm Remixed
22. A Nervous Tic Motion Of The Head To The Left - Andrew Bird from Mysterious Production of Eggs
23. The Comeback - Shout Out Louds from Howl Howl Gaff Gaff
24. I Turn My Camera On - Spoon from Gimme Fiction
25. Daft Punk Is Playing At My House - LCD Soundsystem from LCD Soundsystem

This Week on the Lovers - Best of 2005

Tune into today for the Lovers' Top 25 Favorite Songs of 2005.