The Hitchhiker's Dance Guide playlist for 5/27/06

1. Cut Chemist - The Garden
2. Sub Dub - Dawa Zangpo
3. Rhythm Is Rhythm - Drama
4. John Hughes - Gull
5. Kelley Polar - Here In The Night
6. Alden Tyrell - Hills of Honolulu
7. Cyber People - Void Vision
8. Trippy Disco - Robot Strut
9. The Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds
10. Matthew Dear - But For You
11. Booka Shade - Body Language
12. DJ Wally - Nothing Stays The Same
13. Jet Propulsion Laboratory - If You Build It, They Will Come
14. Aphex Twin - Xtal
15. Model 500 - No UFO's
16. Moby - Go
17. E-Dancer - World Of Deep (Carl Craig Mix)
18. Manhead - Birth School Work Death
19. Squarepusher - Rebus
20. International Music System - Nonline
21. Le Club - Un Fait Et Rien De Plus
22. Sueno Latino - Sueno Latino (Paradise Version)
23. Zombi - Digitails
24. Radio 4 - As Far As They Eye Can See
25. Claude Young - Rise
26. The Rapture - I Need Your Love
27. Audion - Kisses
28. Kill Memory Crash - Throw Up Your Mind
29. Apparat/Ellen Allen - Way Out
30. DJ Wally - The 29th Day
31. Mouse On Mars - Saturday Night Worldcup Fieber
32. Walter Meego - One Five
33. Kruder & Dorfmeister - High Noon
34. Subversion - D'or Belle
35. Mike Oldfield - Guilty (at 33)
36. Faux Pas - For The Trees
37. The Bomb Circle - Pushed To The Margins
38. AFX (Aphex Twin) - Boxing Day

The Hitchhiker's Dance Guide - I Sub Tonight!

I will be subbing tonight for the The Hitchhiker's Dance Guide from 9pm - Midnight. Dance party!

The Devil and Daniel Johnston - Starts Today!

Thanks go out to my friend Paul who informed me that the documentary The Devil and Daniel Johnston about the legendary, troubled genius musician starts today in Memphis. Click here for a review from the Onion A.V. Club.

The Devil and Daniel Johnston is playing exclusively at the Ridgeway 4.

The Lovers Singles of the Week

Cut Chemist The Garden - Single

Cut Chemist (feat. Edan and Mr. Lif) Storm - Single

The Music Lovers playlist for 5/25/06

1. Tenley Town - The Walkmen from A Hundred Miles Off
2. Emily Kane - Art Brut from Bang Bang Rock & Roll
3. Don't Send Me No Flowers - Modern Machines from Hot Nuggets
4. Dirty Mind - The Pipettes from We Are The Pipettes
5. Steal the Blueprints - +/- from Let's Build A Fire
6. 13 - Mission of Burma from The Obliterati
7. I'm Ready - The Twilight Singers from Powder Burns
8. The First Vietnamese War - The Black Angels from Passover
9. I Laughed - Human Television from Look At Who You Are Talking To
10. Carousel - Skittish from Tragedy of the Commons
11. Skateboarding Saves Me Twice - Grandaddy from Just Like The Fambly Cat
12. Long Distance Call - Phoenix from It's Never Been Like That
13. Up With People - Oneida from Happy New Year
14. Falling Awake - Chicago Underground Duo from In Praise of Shadows
15. For Cognac - The Big Eyes Family Players from Do The Musiking
16. Broaden A New Sound - Nobody & Mystic Chords of Memory from Tree Colored See
17. And I Was A Boy From School - Hot Chip from The Warning
18. Hills of Honolulu - Alden Tyrell from Times Like These (1999-2006)
19. Way Out - Apparat/Ellen Allien from Orchestra of Bubbles
20. The Garden - Cut Chemist from The Garden (single)
21. The Biggest Lie (by request) - Bright Eyes from Motion Sickness
22. Bottom of the Barrel - Arizona Amp and Alternator (by request) from Arizona Amp and Alternator
23. Busted - Vetiver from To Find Me Gone
24. The Wind Up Bird - Tunng from Comments of the Inner Chorus
25. Country Mile - Camera Obscura from Let's Get Out Of This Country
26. Fletcher's Favorite - The Curtains from Vehicles of Travel
27. Scenic World - Beirut from Gulag Orkestar
28. They Take A Vote And Say No - Sunset Rubdown from Shut Up I Am Dreaming
29. Five Stars and Thumbs Up - Danielson from Ships
30. Chicago (Acoustic Version) - Sufjan Stevens from The Avalanche

Bonnaroo 2006 - What I Plan To Check Out

Well, the daily schedule came out today for Bonnaroo 2006. Here's what I plan on checking out each day:

Friday
Andrew Bird (1:00-2:00), Seu Jorge (1:45-2:45), Devendra Banhart (2:30-3:30), Cat Power and the Memphis Rhythm Band (4:00-5:30), Bright Eyes (4:00-5:30), Death Cab For Cutie (6:15-7:45), My Morning Jacket (12:00-3:00)

Saturday
The Magic Numbers (12:30-1:30), Dungen (1:45-2:00), Bill Frissel (2:00-3:00), Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (2:30-3:30), Amadou & Marlam (3:30-5:00), Beck (5:30-7:00), Radiohead (8:30-11:00)

Sunday
Be Your Own Pet (1:25-2:00), The Streets (3:15-4:45), Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks (4:00-5:30), Sonic Youth (6:00-7:30)

I also plan on checking out Lewis Black at the Comedy Tent sometime during the week.

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.