The Music Lovers - Message Board

Yes, I have gone and done it! Well, a free 30 day trial at least. I hardly imagine there is a real need for this but it is free (I didn't even have to give them my credit card info). So if you would like to check out the brand new message board for The Music Lovers you can do so by clicking here or on the link on the right side of the site panel.

The Lovers' Album of the Week - Part 1

Camera Obscura Let's Get Out Of This Country

The Lovers' Album of the Week - Part 2

Beirut Gulag Orkestar

The Music Lovers playlist for 5/18/06

1. Skip To The End - The Futureheads from News and Tributes
2. Goin' Against Your Mind - Built To Spill from You In Reverse
3. Two Sitting Ducks - Danielson from Ships
4. The Longest Time - Sad Girl from Twenty Years
5. ABC - The Pipettes from We Are The Pipettes
6. Walk In The Park - Oh No! Oh My! from Oh No! Oh My!
7. Where I'm Anymore - Grandaddy from Just Like The Fambly Cat
8. Slapp In Solen - Ingenting from Sommardargboken
9. Cruel Storm - Espers from Espers II
10. Lost Girls - Tilly And The Wall from Bottoms of Barrels
11. I'd Like To Be - Faun Fables from The Transit Rider
12. The Printmaker's Dilemmas - The Big Eyes Family Players from Do The Musiking
13. Steam And Sequins For Larry Levan - Matmos from The Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth of a Beast
14. No Agreement - Fela Kuti from Shuffering and Shmiling/ No Agreement
15. As Far As The Eye Can See - Radio 4 from Enemies Like This
16. Body Language - Booka Shade from Movements
17. History's Great Navigators - Oneida from Happy New Year
18. On the Radio - Ragina Spektor from On the Radio (single)
19. Postcards From Italy - Beirut from Gulag Orkestar
20. If Looks Could Kill - Camera Obscura from Let's Get Out Of This Country
21. Tangled - The Black Heart Procession from The Spell
22. Attar - Six Organs of Admittance from The Sun Awakens
23. Lost - Olda Podrida from Myspace Release
24. The Voice Within - Howe Gelb from `Sno Angel Like You

A First for the Lovers... Starting Today!

For the frist time on the Lovers, you we be able to keep up with the playlist live as I'm on the air. Just check out the blog during the show to hear exactly what I'm playing!

A Random Album Recommendation

Fela Kuti Shuffering and Shmiling/No Agreement

Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Photos

Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Live at the Deli (5/9/06)

Ponderosa Stomp - Day 2 Photos

Ponderosa Stomp Annoucements

Lady Bo Set

Sonny Burgess Set

Ace Cannon Set

Travis Wammack Set

WEVL at the Stomp

(As always Windy Lou took the best ones from the Stomp. Check them out here.)

The Lovers' Album of the Week

Danielson Ships

The Music Lovers playlist for 5/11/06

1. Rear View Mirror - Grandaddy from Just Like The Fambly Cat
2. Wasted Day - The Old Haunts from Fuel On Fire
3. Cold World - The Electric Soft Parade from The Human Body EP
4. Champion - Professor Murder from Champion (single)
5. What A Waste - Sonic Youth from Rather Ripped
6. That's Us/Wild Combination - Arthur Russell from Calling Out Of Context
7. Sacrifice - Rondo Brothers from No Time Left On Earth
8. Pretty Words, Like Blades - Liberty Ellman from Ophiuchus Butterfly
9. Kids Pushing Kids - Danielson from Ships
10. Ilando Gima Onge - Extra Golden from Ok Oyot System
11. Cossacks Are - Scott Walker from The Drift
12. Seventy-Four, Seventy Five - Shearwater from Palo Santo
13. My Circle - Matt Sweeney & Bonnie "Prince" Billy from I Gave You EP
14. Crazy Dreams - Jolie Holland from Springtime Can Kill You
15. Clones Were Made For Them But Not For Us - The Foundry Field Recordings from Prompts/Miscues
16. I Need All The Friends I Can Get - Camera Obscura from Let's Get Out Of This Country
17. When The Angels Lift Our Eyelids In The Morning - Devin Davis from The Sound The Hare Heard
18. Bones For Doctor Swah - Wooden Wand from The Sound The Hare Heard
19. Adlai Stevenson - Sufjan Stevens from The Sound The Hare Heard
20. Where In The World Are You - Great Lake Swimmers from The Sound The Hare Heard
21. Journey With No Maps - Eleventh Dream Day from Zeroes and Ones
22. If My Heart Ever Ran Away It Would Be Looking For The Day When Right Beside You It Could Stay Forever - Kid 606 from Carpark Sampler
23. The Playboy's Demise - Fort Lauderdale from It Came From Memphis
24. Transverberations - The Squire Of Somerton from Transverbations
25. Four Long Days - Voxtrot from Mothers, Sisters, Daughters & Wives
26. Let Down - Pedro The Lion from Tour EP 2004 (released 2006)

This Week on the Lovers

New releases from:
Sonic Youth, Grandaddy, Pedro the Lion, Sufjan Stevens, Camera Obscura, Jolie Holland, Scott Walker, Elventh Dream Day, The Old Haunts, Professor Murder, and many, many more...

Coming Soon!

I got some great photos from both the Ponderosa Stomp and the Bonnie "Prince" Billy show last night. I will post them on the Lovers real soon!

Bonnie "Prince" Billy Tonight!

Bonnie "Prince" Billy (aka Will Oldham, Palace, Palace Music, etc.) will be performing tonight at the Deli.

Memphis Beat - Ponderosa Stomp Special

In celebration of the 5th Annual Ponderosa Stomp, the Memphis Beat will be playing only artists that can be seen performing at the event. Check it out tomorrow starting at 1pm on WEVL 89.9FM or online.

WEVL - Special Guests Tonight Thru Tuesday!

Wow, what a great start of the week!

- Tonight (5/7), Eddie Hankins (host of Down In The Alley) will be on air with Ponderosa Stomp artists Archie "Mr. Tighten Up" Bell and Mississippi soul legend Syl Johnson from 6-8 pm.

- Tomorrow (5/8), legendary rocker Ben Vaughn will be sitting in as special guest host starting at 1:00 pm.

- And then on Tuesday (5/9) Chris Morris sits in as special guest host starting at 4:00 pm.

Listen at 89.9 FM or online.
(All times CDT.)

Check It Out - Loconotion

My friend Trae recently started up a new website called Loconotion, which keeps a critical eye on the various forms of media (music/tv/film/etc). While I have never claimed to be a writer, I was asked to contribute and so I have joined the far more talented team. So far, I have posted several album reviews, including a few that were originally found right here on the Lovers. Hopefully, you'll get a chance to check it out.

The Lovers' Album of the Week

Arthur Russell First Thought Best Thought

The Music Lovers playlist on 5/4/06

1. Lloyd, I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken - Camera Obscura from Let's Get Out Of This Country
2. Bring The Good Boys Home - The 1900s from Plume Delivery EP
3. Fast Asleep - Voxtrot from Mothers, Sisters, Daughters & Wives
4. Seventeen Devils - The Starlight Mints from Drownaton
5. Benton Harbor Blues (Remix) - The Fiery Furnaces from Bitter Tea
6. Belly Up - Group Sounds from Group Sounds
7. Here We Are (Family In The Hallways) - The Appleseed Cast from Peregrine
8. White Wild Horses - Nicolai Dunger from Here's My Song...
9. Keep Your Hands Off Her - The Black Keys from Chulahoma
10. Fish In A Bowl - Cosmic Starfish from Cosmic Starfish
11. Tuesday - Roommate from Songs The Animals Taught Us
12. Hey! Tramp - Absentee from Schmotime
13. Vagabong - Wolfmother from Wolfmother
14. Digitalis - Zombi from Surface To Air
15. The Gorilla Is For Sand Racing - Cadence Weapon from Cadence Weapon Is The Black Hand
16. Sleep Decayer - Dysrhythmia from Barriers and Passages
17. Mi Confesion - Gotan Project from Lunatico
18. Louisana - The Walkmen from A Hundred Miles Off
19. The Other Side Of Mt. Heart Attack - Liars from Drum's Not Dead
20. Berserker - Jane from Berserker
21. Because It's Not Love - The Pipettes from Dirty Mind
22. I Never Lose, Never Really - Belong from October Language
23. Micael - Juana Molina from Son
24. Us Ones In Between - Sunset Rubdown from Shut Up I Am Dreaming
25. Elevate Myself - Grandaddy from Just Like The Fambly Cat
26. The Henney Buggy Band - Sufjan Stevens from The Avalanche
27. Message to the Boys - The Replacements from Bastards of Young: The Best of the Replacements
28. Instrumental Volume 1 Part D - Arthur Russell from First Thought Best Thought

Hi Fidelity Tonight - New Time!

Though I haven't seen anything written about this since it's offical annoucement last week, I believe Hi Fidelity starts its new time tonight from 10pm - Midnight.

Tune at 89.9FM or here.

Nancy Apple on Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour

I've just been informed that WEVL's own Nancy Apple (Car Tunes) will be featured along with Rob McNurlin and Paul Oscher on the nationally syndicated program Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour.

Tune in tomorrow on 89.9FM (or listen online) at 11am to check it out.