The Mid-Week Recommendation

The Tyde Once

Silver's Okay Michelle

The Raincoats - Back in the Kitchen

The Raincoats have returned with a once hard to find classic, The Kitchen Tapes. Released in 1983, The Kitchen Tapes still remains The Raincoats only live album. For a long time, it was only available on cassette. I still have my copy which I had to special order from Shangri La Records about ten years ago. Well, I happy to report that the album is now on CD and downloadable from eMusic.

TML Monthly Review Playlist - Episode #6

1. Milk Crate - Red Eyed Legends from Mutual Insignificance
2. Bulldozers - King Kong from Buncha Beans
3. 99 and 1/2 - Mavis Staples from We'll Never Turn Back
4. Los Cruzados - Elk City from New Believers
5. He Hit Me- Grizzly Bear from Daytrotter Seasons
6. 23 - Blonde Redhead from 23
7. Appropriate Ending - The Electric Soft Parade from No Need To Be Downhearted
8. Night of the Furies- The Rosebuds from Night of the Furies
9. Like New - Deerhunter from Flourescent Grey EP
10. That Summer, At Home I Had Become the Invisible Boy - The Twilight Sad from Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters
11. Cosmia - Joanna Newsom from Joanna Newsom and the Y's Street Band EP
12. Hey Boy - The Blow from Poor Aim: Love Songs & Remixes
13. Dumb Luck - Dntel from Dumb Luck
14. All Ears - Kompis & Erlend Oye from All Ears/Untitled EP
15. In The Morning (Hot Chip Remix) - Junior Boys from Dead Horse EP
16. Don't Bother They're Here - Stars of the Lid from And Their Refinement of the Decline
17. Polyfusion - Seefeel from Quique (reissue)
18. Clown Towne - Marissa Nadler from Xix Xiu Remixed & Covered
19. Lightness - Peter and the Wolf from Daytrotter Session
20. The Wheel - Bill Callahan from Woke On A Whaleheart
21. Blessed Is The Memory (Bonus Track) - Leonard Cohen from Songs of Leonard Cohen (reissue)
22. From the River to the Ocean - Fred Anderson and Hamid Drake from From the River to the Ocean

TML Episode #6 - Today!

Sorry for the lack of posts lately, but I thought I should mention a new episode of The Music Lovers Monthly Review will be airing today on WEVL 89.9FM from 4-6pm.

Tune in or listen online.

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TML Monthly Review Playlist - Episode #5

1. Myth Takes - !!! (Chk Chk Chk) from Myth Takes
2. North American Scum - LCD Soundsystem from Sound Of Silver
3. Comfy In Nautica - Panda Bear from Person Pitch
4. I Used To Dance With My Daddy - Datarock from Datarock
5. Suicide Summer - Headache City from Headache City
6. Stop And Think It Over- Mary Weiss from Dangerous Game
7. Four Winds - Bright Eyes from Four Winds EP
8. Rehearsed Verses - The Horns of Happiness from What Spills Like Thread
9. A Tender History In Rust - Do Make Say Think from You, You're A History In Rust
10. The Sun Never Sets - Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid from Tongues
11. At The End Of The Day - Amon Tobin from Foley Room
12. From Here We Go Sublime - The Field from From Here We Go Sublime
13. Belarus - Low from Drums and Guns
14. No Comply - Studio from Yearbook 1
15. Stays Demons - Nadja from Touched
16. Up All Night - El-P from I'll Sleep When You're Dead
17. Flyentology (Cassettes Won't Listen Remix) - El-P from I'll Sleep When You're Dead (Online Exclusive)
18. Wild - J Dilla from Ruff Draft
19. Rainbowarriors - CocoRosie from Rainbowarrios (single)
20. Alleluia - Odawas from Raven and the White Night
21. New Partner - Bonnie Prince Billy from Stranger Form of Life EP
22. Sleepdriving - Archives from MySpace Exclusive
23. Scythian Empires - Andrew Bird from Armchair Apocrypha
24. Diamond Dancer - Bill Callahan from Diamond Dancer (single)
25. Black Wave/Bad Vibrations - Arcade Fire from Neon Bible

This Week on the Lovers

The Music Lovers Monthly Review Episode #5 will air today from 4-6pm. Listen at 89.9FM or online. And remember, the Spring Pledge Drive begins this Friday!

The Lovers' Album of the Week

Small Snails Similar Anniversaries

Somnambulist (music video)

This Week's Episode - Delayed (and New Date)

The Music Lovers Monthly Review will be pushed back another week (4/10), a few days before WEVL's Spring Pledge Drive. Also, all future programs will now air on the second Tuesday of each month from 4-6pm.

The Lovers' Album of the Week

Nadja Touched

The Mid-Week Recommendation

Shelby Bryant Cloud-Wow Music

The Walk

New Releases - Tuesday

If you can't get enough of Panda Bear, eMusic has released Panda Bear Live at ZDB, Lisbon, Portugal, September 2004 Part 2, which features an 11:23 minute version of "Bros". This version fades in, so we can only assume that Part 1 of this release refers to the first part of this already epic song. But since eMusic doesn't provide it, and there is no mention of the release on Carpark Records (who apparently put it out), we have no way of knowing at the moment. Oh well, enjoy another version only on eMusic.

Free Music Monday - Headache City

Headache City has a bit of a misleading band name. Sure, they come from Chicago. And sure there are days when living in this Windy City can cause the worst of migraines. But my first reaction was "noise pop/rock". Well, forget the noise and concentrate on the pop and the rock. Featuring members of the Motards and CoCoComa, Headache City create foot tappin' (even addictive) pop gems, such as "Suicide Summer," which just might be the best song I never heard in 2006. If you're in Chicago, make sure to check out a free(!) show from them tonight at the Empty Bottle.

Throw Up Red

TML Monthly Review Playlist - Episode #4

1. Bluebells - Patrick Wolf from The Magic Position
2. Nobody Sees Me Like You Do - Yoko Ono (w/Apples In Stereo) from Yes, I'm a Witch
3. You Kept Me Waiting Too Long (Ratatat Remix) - Television Personalities from My Dark Places Remixes
4. Because Tonight - The Besnard Lakes from The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse
5. Fairy Stories - Black Lips from Los Valientes Del Mondo Nuevo
6. Pretty Voice - Cloud Cult from The Meaning of 8
7. Fountains and Tramways - Beirut from Pompeii EP
8. I'm Your Man - John Hancock from Part Mongolian
9. I Am John - Loney, Dear from Loney, Noir
10. Bubbha's Dance - J Rocc from Chrome Children Vol. 2
11. Oh Well - Tim Fite from Over the Counterculture
12. Paragraphs Relentless - Dälek from Abandonded Language
13. Vanitas - Bobby Conn from King for a Day
14. Medicine - Jesu from Conqueror
15. So Long, Lonesome - Explosions in the Sky from All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone
16. Origin - Studio from Yearbook 1
17. The Campaign For Real Bread - Ollo from The If If
18. Everyone Is Someone's - Rio en Medio from Bride of Dynamite
19. Beautiful Life - Gui Boratto from Chromophobia
20. Human Punching Bag - M. Ward from To Go Home EP
21. Knoxville Girl (featuring Will Oldham) - Charlie Louvin from Charlie Louvin
22. Words You Use To Say - Dean & Britta from Back Numbers
23. Put There By The Land - Great Lake Swimmers from Ongiara

Watch Out, Here I Come!

Tune in to WEVL 89.9 on Tuesday, March 13, from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. I'll be live in the studio bringing you my favorite releases from the last month. You can also listen online. Rock on!

Friday Night!

This Week's Episode - Postponed

The Music Lovers Monthly Review will not be airing this Tuesday (3/6). Since I will be in Memphis next week, I will be able to host a new episode live at the WEVL Studio. So, tune in Tuesday March 13 for my favorite releases of the past month.

The Lovers' Album of the Week

Dälek Abandoned Language

Paragraphs Relentless

Thursday Tidbits - Asobi Seksu

This one slipped past me on Tuesday, but Asobi Seksu released an iTunes Exclusive EP called Live from SoHo. The set is entirely made up of songs from last year's release, Citrus, which certianly isn't bad thing. The live EP includes "Thursday," the single from Citrus, which perfectly blends the dreaminess of My Bloody Valentine and the pop beauty of say, Camera Obscura.

The Mid-Week Recommendation

Summer Hymns Clemency

Wet Mess