WEVL's 30th Anniversary Spring Concert - Tonight!

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Design: Sasha Barr

The Lovers' Albums of the Week

Various Artists Congotronics 2: Buzz'N'Rumble From The Urb'N'Jungle

Konono No1 Congotronics

The Music Lovers playlist for 3/2/06

1. Everything Is Under Control - Coldcut (featuring Jon Spencer and Mike Ladd) from Everything Is Under Control
2. Song for Sunshine - Belle and Sebastian from The Life Pursuit
3. Vain - Bishop Allen from February
4. Priest's Knees - Destroyer from Destroyer's Rubies
5. Pink and Brown - Headphones from Headphones
6. Jen Nothing Matters To Me - Irving from Death In The Garden Blood On The Flowers
7. Levelling - Low Skies from All The Love I Could Find
8. The Other Side Of Mt. Heart Attack - Liars from Drum's Not Dead
9. Auto Rock - Mogwai from Mr. Beast
10. Exit Music (For A Film) - Cinematic Orchestra from Exit Music: Songs For Radio Heads
11. Manitoba - Tapes`n Tapes from The Loon
12. Thunder Road - Tortoise and Bonnie Prince Billy from The Brave And The Bold
13. Kiwembo - Sobanza Mimanisa from Congotronics 2
14. Cities Without Citadels - Chicago Underground Duo from In Praise of Shadows
15. Isi - NEU! from NEU! 75
16. The Wrath of Mikey - The Go! Team from Ladyflash EP
17. Stadiums and Shrines II - Sunset Rubdown from Shut Up I Am Dreaming
18. Fickle Cycle - Animal Collective from Grass (single)
19. Go - Sparklehorse (by request) and The Flaming Lips from The Late Great Daniel Johnston
20. Good Day - Kunek from Flight of the Flynns
21. El Rancho - Impala from El Rancho Reverbo
22. Dry - Brad Postlethwaite from Dry (single)
23. Christmas Dragon - Vending Machine from Myspace Exclusive
24. Happy Things - Harlan T. Bobo from Happy Things (single)
25. Waiting To Know You - The Fiery Furnaces from Bitter Tea
26. Hey Man (Now You're Really Living) - The Eels from Live At Town Hall
27. Ukulele Me! - Stephin Merritt from Showtunes

WEVL's 30th Anniversary Spring Concert

Design: Sasha Barr

Join us this Saturday night at the Hi-Tone as WEVL celebrates its 30th Anniversary with Impala, Harlan T. Bobo, Vending Machine, and Brad Postlethwaite and Friends. Also, DJ Buck Wilders will be on hand spinning records from his own amazing collection. The MC for the evening will be the always entertaing Monsieur Jeffrey Evans.

Showtime will start at 10pm sharp so don't be late!

Happy Birthday Goner!

Memphis Beat - Guest Robby Grant

Robby Grant (Vending Machine) will be stopping by the studio today to chat it up and perform a few tunes in support of the upcoming 30th Anniversary Spring Concert for WEVL on Saturday.

Tune in: Today 1-2pm

Tonight at the Hi-Tone

Brad Postlethwaite and the Brad Band open up.

Mark Kozelek - Tonight At the Hi-Tone!

Mark Kozelek (Red House Painters, Sun Kil Moon) will be making a rare appearance in Memphis tonight at the Hi-Tone. I first heard of Mark Kozelek when my friend Aaron gave me the Red House Painter's Down Colorful Hill album. Rarley have I been so drawn to someone's music so quickly. Kozelek's sound is often depressing in nature but always beautiful and achingly honest. If anyone deserves to be called the modern Nick Drake, it certainly would be Mr. Kozelek. Don't miss this chance!

- And don't forget about tomorrow's show at the Hi-Tone when we are privileged enough to have The Undertow Orchestra come to town. Never heard of The Undertow Orchestra? Well, believe me you've heard of the members who make it up. Here is a description of the event:

This is a very special collaborative tour with David Bazan (Pedro The Lion, Headphones), Vic Chesnutt, Mark Eitzel (American Music Club), and Will Johnson (Centro-matic) all sharing the stage, rotating between each songwriter's material, while serving as backing band on various instruments for each other's tunes. Scott Danbom (Centro-matic) will join the Orchestra on piano and violin.

Brad Postlethwaite and the Brad Band will be opening up.

The Lovers' Album of the Week

Chicago Underground Duo In Praise of Shadows

The Music Lovers playlist for 2/23/06

Today's show started off with a spotlight on the new compilation Makeshift 4 from the local label Makeshift. Many thanks go out to J.D., Brad, Greg, and Jeremy for coming down to the station to talk about the record and performing live for us. For information about the weekend shows in support of the record, click here.

1. Act of the Apostle - Belle and Sebastian from The Life Pursuit
2. I Want You To Stay (Field Music Remix) - Maximo Park from I Want You To Stay EP
3. Socialize - Metal Hearts from Socialize
4. Sherman's March - Ahleuchatistas from What You Will
5. Turn - Lying In States from Wildfire on the Lake
6. Hot Horse - Young People from Five Sunsets In Four Days EP
7. Dance To Your Daddy- Colin Meloy from Colin Meloy Sings Shirley Collins
8. Dream. Dream. Dreams. - Anna Oxygen from This Is An Exercise
9. Bread - Stone Jack Jones from Bluefolk
10. Triggers and Trash Heaps (Stairwell Demo) - Centro-Matic from Triggers and Trash Heaps
11. The Big Guns - Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins from Rabbit Fur Coat
12. Breakpoint - Nadja from Truth Becomes Death
13. Young And Old - Gregor Samsa from 55:12
14. I've Been Looking Around Me - Magnetophone from The Man Who Ate The Man
15. Paradiso - Konono No.1 from Congotronics
16. Bean Vine Blues #2 - M. Ward from I Am The Resurrection: A Tribute To John Fahey
17. Falling Awake - Chicago Underground Duo from In Praise of Shadows
18. Girl From The North Country - The Eels from Live At Town Hall
19. Paperback Bible - Lambchop from Paperback Bible (single)

This Week on the Lovers - Makeshift 4 Released!

Starting this week on the Lovers, I will be having some artists from the local label Makeshift stop by to perform a few tunes and talk about the just released double-disc Makeshift 4 compilation. There will be various shows this weekend to support the new record:

Thursday, Feb. 23 @ the Hi-Tone
Issen
Esque
The Six-String Jets

Friday, Feb. 24 @ The Hi-Tone
"The Makeshift Mambo"
Jung Shin
Jeffrey James & The Haul
Brad Postlethwaite & The Brad Band
Special Guests: Imagination Head, Holly Cole, J.D. Reager

Saturday, Feb. 25 @ Young Avenue Deli
The Glass
Augustine
Blair Combest

Plus, new releases from:
Belle and Sebastian, The Eels, Lambchop, Maximo Park, Anna Oxygen, Colin Meloy, Chicago Underground Duo, Centro-Matic, M. Ward, and many others...

Flow Radio playlist on 2/20/06

1. DJ Shadow - What Does Your Soul Look Like (Pt. 1 - Blue Sky Revisit)
2. Boxhead Ensemble - When Johnny Comes Marching Home
3. Minotaur Shock - Somebody Told Me It Existed But They Never Found It
4. Immergluck, Kaphan, Krummernacher & Hanes - Joe Kirby Blues
5. Konono N1 - Paradiso
6. Matthew Shipp - Track 3
7. Antony and the Johnsons - Frankenstein
8. Neil Young - Philadelphia
9. Venetian Snares - Senki Dala
10. Gimmer Nicholson - Red and White Light Ship
11. Sufjan Stevens - Oh God, Where Are You Now (In Pickeral Lake? Pigeon? Marquette? Mackinaw?)
12. Matmos - For the Trees (Return)
13. Junior Boys - A Certain Association
14. Brian Eno - Deep Blue Day
15. Bell Orchestre - Nuevo
16. Felix Laband - Falling Off A Horse
17. Jaga Jazzist - Swedenborgske Rom (demo)
18. Aphex Twin - Tha
19. The Books - Vogt Dig For Kloppervok
20. Rufus Wainwright - Birth Mark (for Mary Jane)

Memphis Beat - Special Guest Host

For the first time, Memphis Beat will have a special guest programmer this week when Monsieur Jeffrey Evans stops by to provide the hosting duties while I'm away on business. You don't want to miss this one! Tuesday 1-2pm

Compare/Contrast

Nick Drake Bryter Layter

Boris Akuma No Uta

The Lovers' Album of the Week

Various Artists I Am The Resurrection: A Tribute To John Fahey

The Music Lovers playlist for 2/16/06

1. Mothers, Sisters, Daughters & Wives - Voxtrot from Mothers, Sisters, Daughters & Wives
2. The Nocturnal House - Pretty Girls Make Graves from Elan Vital
3. Don't Love The Liar - Wooden Wand And The Vanishing Voice from Gipsy Freedom
4. Fire - Jason Collett from Idols Of Exile
5. Mattresses Underwater - Colour Revolt from Colour Revolt EP
6. Rifle Called Goodbye - The Minus 5 from The Gun Album
7. Hold Steady Hot Weather - Gaskets from Loose Change
8. I Don't Know If She's Worth 900kr - Jens Lekman from You Deserve Someone Better Than A Bum Like Me
9. The Rhino - Quasi from When The Going Gets Dark
10. Fake Pajamas - Anna Oxygen from This Is An Exercise
11. Emptyhead - They Shoot Horses Don't They from Boo Hoo Hoo Boo
12. The Cosmic Door - Crystal Skulls from Outgoing Behavior
13. Folk Death 95 - Mogwai from Mr. Beast
14. Naki Kyoku - Boris from Akuma No Uta
15. Carriage Return - Sleeping Weather from Dark Corners & Oxygen Mysteries
16. Psychotic Feeling - Of Montreal from Deflated Chime, Foals Slightly Flower Sibylline Responses
17. White Collar Boy - Belle and Sebastian from The Life Pursuit
18. I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor - Arctic Monkeys from Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
19. The Bank and Trust - The Elected from Sun, Sun, Sun
20. Stiltwalker's Local No.199 - Bloodthirsty Lovers (by request) from The Delicate Seam
21. Barbara Allen- Colin Meloy from Colin Meloy Sings Shirley Collins
22. Variation On "Commemorative Transfiguration and Communion at Magruder Park" - Sufjan Stevens from I Am The Resurrection: A Tribute To John Fahey
23. Big Texas - Liz Janes from Mews Too
24. Garrison - Film School from Film School
25. Stardust (demo) - Jaga Jazzist from What We Must (Spydeberg Sessions)
26. Weight Watching - Prefuse 73 from Security Sceenings
27. Interlock - Stereolab from Fab Four Suture
28. Peach Plum Pear (live) - Final Fantasy from Myspace Exclusive
29. Watercolours Into The Ocean - Destroyer from Destroyer's Rubies
30. Clementine - The Decemberists from To:Elliott, From:Portland

The Lovers' Album of the Week

Destroyer Destroyer's Rubies

The Music Lovers playlist for 2/9/06

1. Wave Goodbye - Kelley Stoltz from Below the Branches
2. Between the Walls - Aloha from Some Echoes
3. Dubai - Kelpie from Hey Friends, It's Kelpie
4. You Are What You Love - Jenny Lewis from Rabbit Fur Coat
5. Plan of the Man - The M's from Future Women
6. Chase Scene - Fire Underground from Chase Scene EP
7. You Broke My Heart - Lavender Diamond from The Cavalry Of Light
8. God Knows (You Gotta Give To Get) - El Perro del Mar from You Gotta Give To Get
9. Tusk - Clinic from Online Single
10. Blankets - The Acorn from Blankets
11. Cold December - Matt Costa from Songs We Sing
12. One For The Catholic Girls - Simon Joyner from Beautiful Losers: Singles and Compilation Tracks 1994-1999
13. Oh My - Mellowdrone from Box
14. Poke Her Girl - Argy from Night Ritual EP
15. Eyes Like Bottles - Trespassers William from Having
16. Birth, School, Work, Death - Manhead from Channel 3
17. We Are The Sleepyheads - Belle and Sebastian from The Life Pursuit
18. Beautiful Rainbow - The Elected from Sun, Sun, Sun
19. Let Us Be Naked - Eef Barzelay from Bitter Honey
20. Like Anything, It's Small - Shelly Short from Captain Wild Horse Rides The Heart Of Tomorrow
21. No Origin - Prefuse 73 from Security Sceenings
22. The Rhino - Quasi from When The Going Gets Dark
23. Lantern - Clogs from Lantern
24. Sunday Afternoon At Tamagawa River - Guitar from Tokyo
25. Cemetery Row W14 - The Minus 5 from The Gun Album
26. Some Say (I Got Devil) - Tortoise and Bonnie Prince Billy from The Brave And The Bold
27. Blinking Lights (For Me) - The Eels from Live At Town Hall
28. Your Blood - Destroyer from Destroyer's Rubies
29. Opie's Funeral Song - Sufjan Stevens from Mews Too: An Asthmatic Kitty Compilation

Memphis Beat in the Memphis Flyer

Andria Lisle has an article this week in the Memphis Flyer about Memphis music being represented on the radio. And the article starts off with a spotlight on the Memphis Beat!

Flow Radio playlist on 2/6/06

1. Clogs - Ostinato-FiveFour
2. Harold Budd - Afar
3. Badar Ali Khan - Black Night
4. 00100 - Moss Trumpeter
5. Bell Orchestre - Recording A Tape (Typewriter Duet)
6. Prefuse 73 - Pagina Seis
7. Brian and Chris - Pristina
8. Pan American - Both Ends Fixed
9. Scsi 9 - Mini
10. Final Fantasy - This Is The Dream Of Win and Regine
11. Nobukazu Takemura - Icefall
12. John Cale - The Falklands Suite: Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
13. Honeyroot - Love Will Tear Us Apart
14. Morton Feldman - Only
15. Threnody Ensemble - ThaRoman
16. Sarah Hopkins - Cello Chi
17. Terminal 4 - Slinky
18. Devics - Come Up
19. Odawas - The Unnamed Sphinx
20. Jan Jelinek - Western Mimikry
21. Antony and the Johnsons - Blue Angel