Episode 98

New releases for January 22:

Black Mountain - "Tyrants" (0:00)
Cat Power - "Song to Bobby" (9:00)
Collections of Colonies of Bees - "Flocks III" (24:24)
Dirve-By Truckers - "Two Daughters and a Beautiful Wife" (36:00)
Hey Willpower - "In the Basement" (40:00)
Hunters, Run! - "It's Gonna Be a Dark, Dark, Dark, Dark Night" (46:46)
Jack Peñate - "Torn on the Platform" (51:20)
The Photon Band - "Back Down to Earth" (57:30)
Super Furry Animals - "Battersea Odyssey" (1:01:00)
The Whigs - "Right Hand on my Heart" (1:06:00)

Upcoming shows:

Van Ha1en - "The Full Bug" (1:12:00)
Rogue Wave - "Desperate" (1:27:00)

Direct download: Episode_98_-_2008-01-21.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 2:26 PM
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Episode 97. Wait! This episode is different! We do our usual stuff, sure, but for an hour in the middle we interview Josh Jones of the Evangelicals and he even plays a few songs live in the FCR "studio" on his acoustic guitar. It's pretty bitchin'. Check it out. But please excuse the poorer-than-usual quality, we were having techincal difficulties out the wazoo.

New releases for January 8 and 15:

Sia - "Soon We'll Be Found" (000)
Kate Nash - "Foundations" (5:00)
We are Wolves - "Fight and Kiss" (11:00)
Mike Ladd - "Trouble Shot" (15:00)
The Magnetic Fields - "Xavier Says" (19:00)
Michael Cera and Ellen Page (stars of the movie Juno) - "Anyone Else But You" (25:00)

Upcoming shows:

Well, no music, but we play a song from the new Evangelicals album The Evening Descends - "Skeleton Man" (the end)

Direct download: Episode_97_-_2008-01-14.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 8:41 PM
Comments[9]


Episode 96

A few new releases for this month so far:

Wu-Tang Clan - "Wolves" (0)
Lupe Fiasco - "Gold Watch" (5:00)
Rivers Cuomo - "This is the Way" (13:00)

Then we do our little year-end thing - talk about our favorite albums, play a few songs. Yadda yadda:

Japanther - "River Phoenix" (17:30)
Sunset Rubdown - "Mending the Gown" (23:45)
Tegan & Sara - "The Con" (31:00)
Fucked Up - "Year of the Pig" (36:00)
Enon - "Ashish" (58:00)

Upcoming shows:

Grand Buffet - "Bears and Bricks" (1:08:00)
Evangelicals - "Snowflakes" (1:21:00)

Direct download: Episode_96_-_2007-12-23.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 5:10 PM
Comments[7]

Love and Rockets-Suadade
I Smell Winter-Housemartins
Philosopher-Mi & L'au
The Upstairs Room-The Cure
NE WInter-Mazarin
Cold Fever Girl-The National
The Cold, The Dark, and the Silence-Sea Wolf
Winter-Great Northern
The Cold Song-Klaus Nomi
Driving Your Girldfriend Home-Morrissey
Direct download: Episode_95.5_-_2007-12-19.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 9:27 PM
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Episode 95

New releases for December 4:

Witchcraft - "You Bury Your Head" (0)

That's all we got, so we had some fun: Played songs from bands we thought had the best live shows we saw this year, and did a sort of remix from our last show. Check out the fun!

Upcoming shows:

Dinosaur Jr. - "Back to Your Heart (live)" (1:19:00)

Direct download: Episode_95_-_2007-12-03.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 9:11 PM
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Episode 94

New releases for November 27? No. It's going to be a slow remainder of the year for new releases, so we needed to come up with some creative ideas for the next few episodes. This idea was Will's: We each choose a year that had some of our favorite or most influential releases and play some songs from them. What years did we choose? What songs did we play? Listen to find out.

Upcoming shows:

Vampire Weekend - "Mansard Roof" (at the end)

Direct download: Episode_94_-_2007-11-26.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 7:13 PM
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Episode 93

New releases for Nov 13, and one from Nov 6 :

Duran Duran - "Night Runner" (0)
Malajube - "Montreal 40degrees C" (5:45)
Os Mutantes - "A Minha Menina" (11:00)
The Hives - "T.H.E.H.I.V.E.S." (17:00)
Grizzly Bear - "Alligator" (21:00)
Vashti Bunyan - "Winter is Blue" (28:20)
Ian Dury and the Blockheads - "Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll" (33:00)
Robyn Hitchcock - "Brenda's Iron Sledge" (39:00)
Danzig - "Long Way Back From Hell" (44:00)
Johnny Cash - "One" (51:00)

Upcoming shows:

Trentalange - "Lonely Land" (59:00)
Rum Fellows - "Little Boxes" (1:14:00)

Direct download: Episode_93_-_2007-11-12.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 2:14 AM
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Episode 92

New releases for November 6:

Bob Trimble - "Night at the Asylum" (0:00)
Jeremy Jay - "Light Beam" (5:00)
Citay - "First Fantasy" (11:10)
The Drift - "For Grace and Stars" (20:00)
Bear in Heaven - "Bag of Bags" (29:00)
Sigur Rós - "Heysátan" (35:15)

Upcoming shows:

The Evens - "Mt. Pleasant Isn't" (40:30)
Magnificent Bird - "The Victorian" (45:45)
King Khan & BBQ Show - "Fish Fight" (52:20)
Old Time Relijin - "Indestructible Life!" (57:45)
Architecture in Helsinki - "Souvenirs" (1:06:00)

Direct download: Episode_92_-_2007-11-05.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 10:53 PM
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Episode 91

Some more new releases for October 23:

Castanets - "Sway" (0)
iLIKETRAINS - "The Deception" (5:00)
Subtle - "Deathful" (9:40)
David Gahan - "Kingdom" (13:40)
Phosphorescent - "A Picture of Our Torn Up Praise" (18:45)
Hangar 18 - "Baking Soda" (23:15)
Saturday Looks Good to Me - "When I Lose My Eyes" (26:15)

Upcoming shows:

Octopus Project - "Beez be Strugglin'" (33:30)
Sex Advice - "Don't be Slutty" (43:00)
Great Northern - "The Middle" (54:00)

Direct download: Episode_91_-_2007-10-28.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 11:08 PM
Comments[1]

Episode 90.5

Scary Songs for Scary Times:

Bloc Party - "Hunting For Witches" (0)
Band Of Horses - "Monsters" (4:13)
Evangelicals - "Halloween Song" (9:13)
My Best Fiend - "Deadman" (12:13)
Beans - "You're Dead, Let's Disco" (15:13)
David Bowie - "Pretty Things Are Going To Hell" (20:13)
Nico Case - "Things That Scare Me" (25:13)
The Postmarks - "Everyday Is Halloween" (27:13)
El Paso Hot Button - "Zombi" (30:13)
Partyline - "Zombie Terrorist" (34:13)
El Perro Del Mar - "Candy" (37:13)
Love And Rockets - "Haunted When The Minutes Drag" (39:13)
Dead Kennedys - "Halloween" (44:13)


Direct download: Episode_90point5_-_2007-10-23.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 9:47 PM
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Episode 90

New releases for October 23:

Holy Fuck - "Lovely Allen" (0)
Babyshambles - "Delivery" (5:00)
West Indian Girl - "To Die in LA" (10:35)
The Besnard Lakes - "Thomasina" (15:15)
Warlocks - "Baby Blue" (19:30)
Can - "I Want More" (25:50)
Lazarus - "The Sky of the Tall Sun" (33:00)

Upcoming shows:

Peelander Z - "S.T.E.A.K." (40:00)
The Cult - "Nirvana" (59:30)

Direct download: Episode_90_-_2007-10-22.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 1:10 AM
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Episode 89

New releases for October 9 (more anyway) & 16:

Celebration - "Evergreen" (zero)
Doveman - "Chasing Clouds" (5:00)
Scout Niblett - "Let Thine Heart Be Warned" (12:45)
Electric Six - "Dance Pattern" (17:10)
Band of Horses - "Is There a Ghost" (21:45)
Prints - "Easy Magic" (24:45)
Beirut - "Nantes" (31:00)
The Blakes - "Two Times" (38:50)
Maritime - "Shade" (42:20)
Pylon - "Feast on My Heart" (45:50)

Upcoming shows:

Black Mountain - "Modern Music" (54:00)
Portugal, the Man - "Shade" (57:15)
Avengers - "The American in Me" (1:04:30)
Apollo Sunshine - "I Was on the Moon" (1:18:15)

Direct download: Episode_89_-_2007-10-14.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 11:17 PM
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Episode 88

New releases for October 9:

White Shoes and the Couples Company - "Tentang Cita" (0)
Ravens & Chimes - "General Lafayette! You are Not Alone" (5:00)
Sunset Rubdown - "Up on Your Leopard, Upon the End of Your Feral Days" (9:30)
Enon - "Dr. Freeze" (15:00)
Fiery Furnaces - "Ex-Guru" (18:30)
Sleeping People - "Yellow Guy, Pink Eye" (21:50)
Jens Lekman - "A Postcard to Nina" (26:50)

Upcoming shows:

The Broken West - "Down in the Valley" (34:00)
Ghostface Killah - "Shakey Dog" (44:00)
Ghost of Monkshood - "Twenty Odd Years" (51:00)

Direct download: Episode_88_-_2007-10-08.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 2:52 PM
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Episode 87

New releases for Sept. 25 and Oct. 2:

Devendra Banhart - "Bad Girl" (0)
The Bird and the Bee - "Polite Dance Song" (9:00)
Dragons of Zynth - "Get Off" (14:30)
Eskimo Joe - "New York" (18:45)
Stars - "The Night Starts Here" (24:00)
Tuung - "Take" (29:40)
Two Gallants - "Despite What You've Been Told" (33:10)
1900s - "When I Say Go" (38:30)
Division Day - "Hurricane" (42:50)
John Ralston - "Ghetto Tested" (48:40)
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings - "100 Days, 100 Nights" (53:45)
The Most Serene Republic - "Why So Looking Back" (1:01:40)
OM - "Unitive Knowledge of the Godhead" (1:08:00)
PJ Harvey - "The Devil" (1:13:20)
Siouxsie - "Here Comes That Day" (1:18:30)

Upcoming shows:

Beat the Devil - "Shine in Exile" (1:27:00)
Yellow Swans - "Our Oasis" (1:41:00)

Direct download: Episode_87_-_2007-10-02.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 9:27 PM
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Episode 86

New releases for September 25:

Tiny Masters of Today - "K.I.D.S." (0)
Athlete - "Airport Disco" (5:00)
Club 8 - "Whatever You Want" (11:00)
HRSTA - "Entre la Mer et L'eau Douce" (15:30)
Mum - "Dancing Behind my Eyelids" (20:00)
Jose Gonzalez - "Teardrop" (25:20)
The Cave Singers - "Seeds of Night" (33:00)
Matt Pond PA - "Taught to Look Away" (40:30)
Sea Wolf - "Black Dirt" (46:00)
OFFICE - "The Ritz" (54:00)
Nellie McKay - "Mother of Pearl" (1:00:15)
Georgie James - "Need Your Needs" (1:03:30)
Rob Sonic - "Rock the Convoy" (1:08:00)
Iron and Wine - "Pagan Angel and a Borrowed Car" (1:12:30)
Bear Claw - "Embrace" (1:21:00)

Direct download: Episode_86_-_2007-09-24.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 8:19 PM
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Episode 85

New releases for September 18:

Thurston Moore - "Wonderful Witches" (0)
Les Savy Fav - "Patty lee" (8:00)
His Name is Alive - "Come to Me" (12:45)
Rogue Wave - "Lake Michigan" (16:30)
Kevin Drew - "TBTF" (20:45)
High on Fire - "Rumors of War" (26:15)
Ben Lee - "What Would Jay-Z Do?" (30:30)
James Blunt - "1973" (35:30)

Upcoming shows:

Alina Simone - "Country of 2" (1:00:00)

Direct download: Episode_85_-_2007-09-17.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 1:42 AM
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Episode 84

The rest of the new releases for Sept. 11:

Hot Hot Heat - "Let Me In" (0)
Jenny Hoyston - "Spell D-O-G" (7:00)
June Panic - "Birthday Present" (11:00)
Le Loup - "We Are Gods! We Are Wolves!" (16:00)
Mono - "Gone" (20:00)
Oakley Hall - "No Dreams" (25:45)
Adrian Orange and Her Band - "Give to Love What's Love's" (31:00)
Pinback - "From Nothing to Nowhere" (36:30)
Emma Pollock - "Adrenaline" (41:55)
Shout Out Louds - "Tonight I Have to Leave It" (48:25)
Simian Mobile Disco - "Tits 'n Acid" (53:15)
Young Marble Giants - "Searching for Mr. Right" (1:00:00)

Upcoming shows:

School of Seven Bells - "S.ADA.Light" (1:07:00)
Golden Boots - "Cellophane" (1:23:00)

Direct download: Episode_84_-_2007-09-10.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 12:39 AM
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Episode 83

The new release for Sept. 4, and several from Sept. 11:

Grand Ole Party - "Look Out Young Son" (zero)
Animal Collective - "Peacebone" (5:30)
Black Lips - "Veni Vidi Vici" (11:15)
C.O.C.O. - "Your Own Secret Way/Sly" (14:25)
Circle - "Saturnus Reality" (18:30)
Dirty Projectors - "No More" (23:00)
Eulogies - "If I Knew You" (28:30)
Figurines - "Lips of the Soldier" (34:00)
Film School - "'Lectric" (37:20)
Gang Gang Dance - "The Earthquake That Frees the Prisoners" (44:15)
The Go! Team - "Grip Like a Vice" (54:30)
The Good Life - "Keely Aimee" (1:01:00)
Grayskul - "Dope" (1:05:00)

Upcoming shows:

Old Canes - "Taxi on Vermont" (1:19:30)

Direct download: Episode_83_-_2007-09-04.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 1:08 AM
Comments[0]


Episode 82

New releases for August 28:

Akimbo - "Wizard Van Wizard" (0)
Bald Eagle - "Those are Cobras" (6:00)
Earlimart - "Everybody Knows Everybody" (13:30)
Jason Anderson - "July 4, 2004" (17:30)
Talib Kweli - "Everything Man" (24:30)
The Mendoza Line - "Since I Came" (28:30)
Minus the Bear - "Throwin' Shapes" (37:00)
Octoberman - "Run From Safety" (41:00)
The Panic Division - "Big Day" (48:00)
Aesop Rock - "None Shall Pass" (52:15)
Honorary Title - "Untouched and Intact" (59:50)
Liars - "Plaster Casts of Everything" (1:03:30)
New Young Pony Club - "The Bomb" (1:10:30)
Northern State - "MicTester" (1:17:30)
The Real Tuesday Weld - "Last Words" (1:21:00)

Upcoming shows:

The Toasters - "New York Fever" (1:30:00)
El Paso Hot Button - "When I Needed Sympathy" (1:37:00)

Direct download: Episode_82_-_2007-08-27.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 1:33 AM
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Episode 81

New releases for August 21:

Lindsay Anderson - "The Sea & the Storm" (00)
Architecture In Helsinki - "The Same Old Innocence" (7:30)
Caribou - "Melody Day" (13:00)
David Dondero - "Rothko Chapel" (18:45)
The Golden Dogs - "Elevator Man" (27:45)
Kinski - "Punching Goodbye Out Front" (32:30)
M.I.A. - "Boyz" (38:15)
Mekons - "Dickie, Chalkie, and Nobby" (43:50)
The New Pornographers - "My Rights Versus Yours" (52:00)
Rilo Kiley - "Silver Lining" (59:45)
Stereo Total - "Patty Hearst" (1:06:00)
The Waterboys - "Strange Arrangement" (1:10:00)

Upcoming shows:

Meat Puppets - "New Leaf" (1:26:00)


Direct download: Episode_81_-_2007-08-16.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 10:34 PM
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Episode 80 - best episode yet, musically. Not really.

New releases for August 14:

John Cale - "Hanky Panky Nohow" (-00-)
Eisley - "Invasion" (6:00)
Giant Bear - "Head Like a Hole" (10:45)
Junior Senior - "We R the Handclaps" (16:00)
Nina Nastasia and Jim White - "I Write Down Lists" (20:20)
Oh No - "Oxperiment 12 Cosmos" (25:50)

Upcoming shows:

Merciless Death - "Merciless Death" (30:50)
Merle, Willie & Ray - "Lost Highway" (36:30)
Kunek - "Section2" (41:10)
Ben Kweller - "I Need You Back" (48:00)
Pulpit Red - "15,000 Pounds" (55:00)

Direct download: Episode_80_-_2007-08-11.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 9:29 PM
Comments[0]


Episode 79

New releases for August 7:

Magnolia Electric Co. - "What's Broken Becomes Better" (0)
Marissa Nadler - "Thinking of You" (5:00)
Mirah & the Spectratone International - "Credo Cigalia" (10:20)
Okkervil River - "Our Life is Not a Movie or Maybe" (16:30)
Grace Patter & the Nocturnals - "Ah Mary" (22:00)
The Phenomenauts - "Mission" (26:40)
Simple Kid - "Seratonin" (29:10)

Upcoming shows:

Queens of the Stone Age - "Sick, Sick, Sick" (36:00)
The Oh Johnny! Girls - "Heart Attack Woman" (43:20)
The Show is the Rainbow - "Do the Skinny" (51:00 - haha! oops! we played this song 10 episodes ago. oh well!)

Direct download: Episode_79_-_2007-08-05.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 12:26 AM
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Episode 78, beeches.

New release for July 31 and some more from August 7:

1990's - "You're Supposed to be My Friend" (000000)
Art in Manila - "Set the Woods on Fire" (12:00)
Augie March - "One Crowded Hour" (17:30)
Bomb the Music Industry - "I Don't Love You Anymore" (24:45)
The Brunettes - "Small Town Crew" (30:00)
Flight of the Conchords - "Bowie" (36:45)
Future Rapper - "High Water Tension" (44:15)

Upcoming shows:

Dear & the Headlights - "It's Gettin' Easy" (55:30)
Stray Cats - "Race with the Devil" (1:03:00)
The Comas - "Science of your Mind" (1:08:45)

Direct download: Episode_78_-_2007-07-29.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 1:40 AM
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Episode 77, shit's all backwards.

Upcoming shows:

The Flaming Lips - "Southern Oklahoma Cosmic Trip (or something)" (000)

New releases for July 24:

John Vanderslice - "White Dove" (15:00)
Unkle - "Twilight" (19:50)
Tiny Vipers - "On This Side" (26:00)
Tegan and Sara - "Relief Next to Me" (32:00)
Prince - "Guitar" (40:00)
Marmoset - "Missing Man" (46:30)
Juliette & the Licks - "Hot Kiss" (49:00)
Emily Haines & the Soft Skeleton - "The Bank" (53:15)
Dalek - "Paragraphs Relentless" (56:40)
Bishop Allen - "Clickclickclickclick" (1:02:00)

Direct download: Episode_77_-_2007-07-22.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 12:51 AM
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Episode 76

New releases for July 19:

Beatallica - "Hey Dude" (0)
Bad Religion - "Heroes & Martyrs" (7:00)
Crowded House - "Don't Stop Now" (12:35)
Hutch & Kathy - "On the Way to Work" (17:00)
Smashing Pumpkins - "Tarantula" (22:00)
Gogol Bordello - "Supertheory of Supereverything" (32:00)
Interpol - "Mammoth" (36:00)
Justice - "D.A.N.C.E." (41:00)
We Are Standard - "On the Floor" (47:15)
Fionn Regan - "Put a Penny in the Slot" (52:30)
They Might Be Giants - "I Got My T-Shirt Back" (1:00:00)
St. Vincent - "Your Lips are Red" (1:03:00)

Upcoming shows:

Quintron - "Scary Office" (1:15:30)
The Prids - "Let It Go" (1:18:00)

Direct download: Episode_76_-_2007-07-09.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 9:56 PM
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Episode 75

The rest of the new releases for June 19, and a few for June 26:

Bumps - "Ok!!!" (0)
Jennifer Gentle - "Electric Princess" (2:30)
Maps - "It Will Find You" (6:20)
Maserati - "The World Outside" (11:45)
Savath & Savalas - "Apnea Obstructiva" (17:50)
Minus Story - "Stitch Me Up" (23:10)
Rocky Votolato - "Postcard from Kentucky" (27:00)
Arthur & Yu - "Absurd Heroes Manifestos" (30:40)
Beastie Boys - "Rat Cage" (35:30)
Bad Brains - "Jah People Make the World Go Round" (41:30)
Metric - "On the Sly" (46:00)

Upcoming shows:

Marnie Stern - "Every Single Line Means Something" (59:00)
Shearwater - "Red Sea" (1:07:30)

Direct download: Episode_75_-_2007-06-24.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 12:33 AM
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Episode 74.

New releases for June 19:

Art Brut - "Blame It on the Trains" (0000)
The Aliens - "Setting Sun" (6:00)
Chromeo - "Tenderoni" (13:00)
Lightning Dust - "Listened On" (18:00)
Matt Pond PA - "If You Live" (21:00)
Memphis - "East Van" (27:00)
Polyphonic Spree - "Running Away" (34:00)
Telephone - "Shine" (38:30)
Two Gallants - "Seems Like Home" (45:00)
The White Stripes - "Icky Thump" (53:00)

Upcoming shows:

Wolfmother - "The Joker and the Thief" (1:00:00)
Mooney Suzuki (no longer playing this show) - "99%" (1:08:00)
The Gardes - "Pyromania is for Lovers" (1:19:00)

Direct download: Episode_74_-_2007-06-17.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 12:39 PM
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Episode 73.

New releases for June 12 and some leftovers from June 5:

Shellac - "Paco" (0)
Matthew Dear - "Pom Pom" (8:00)
Cinematic Orchestra - "To Build a Home" (11:30)
Get Him Eat Him - "2x2" (18:20)
Daniel Arcus Incus Ululat Higgs - "O, Come and Walk Along" (21:50)
The Ladybug Transistor - "Always on the Telephone" (25:50)
The Long Blondes - "Weekend Without Makeup" (30:30)
John Doe - "The Golden State" (36:00)
Queens of the Stone Age - "Into the Hollow" (40:50)
Sonic Youth - "Teen Age Riot" (45:30)

Upcoming shows:

Only Crime - "Take Me" (55:00)
The Stills - "Gender Bombs" (1:03:00)

Direct download: Episode_73_-_2007-06-10.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 5:22 PM
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Episode 72.

New releases for June 5 (some of them, anyway):

They Shoot Horses Don't They? - "A Place called LA" (0)
Tiger Army - "Afterworld" (5:00)
Mice Parade - "Tales of Las Negras" (12:30)
The Foundry Field Recordings - "Transistor Kids" (19:00)
Pissed Jeans - "I've Still Got You (Ice Cream)" (24:45)
Dappled Cities - "Fire Fire Fire" (33:00)
LEYODE - "Isabelle" (42:30)
Sean Na Na - "We've Been Here Before" (48:00)
Hallelujah the Hills - "Hallelujah the Hills" (54:45)
Pelican - "City of Echoes" (58:00)

Upcoming shows:

The Hold Steady - "Killer Parties (remix)" (1:16:00)

Direct download: Episode_72_-_2007-06-03.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 11:38 PM
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Episode 71

New releases for ??-??-??:

?? - "??" (??)
Mark Ronson feat. Daniel Merriweather - "Stop Me (Smiths cover)" (4:45)
Mezzanine Owls - "Luxury Spirits" (15:00)
Trevor Childs - "Deathwish" (23:00)

Upcoming shows:

Golden Bear - "Darkness Sets In" (28:00)
Dollyrots - "Kick Me to the Curb" (44:00)

Direct download: Episode_71_-_2007-05-28.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 12:58 AM
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Episode 70.

New releases for May 22:

Astrid Swan - "They Need You if they Think You Love Them" (0)
Bark Bark Bark - "One Thing Stands" (3:45)
Battles - "Atlas" (9:30)
Ben & Vesper - "An Honest Bluff" (16:40)
Black Moth Super Rainbow - "The Afternoon Turns Pink" (20:20)
Boris with Michio Kurihara - "Rafflesia" (24:00)
Erasure - "I Could Fall in Love with You" (30:00)
Handsome Furs - "What we Had" (34:30)
Jamie T. - "Operation" (39:30)
Motor - "Bleep #1" (45:45)
The National - "Mistaken for Strangers" (50:30)
Parts & Labor - "Fractured Skies" (55:10)
Shapes & Sizes - "Head Movin'" (1:00:00)
Voxtrot - "Blood Red Blood" (1:03:25)

Upcoming shows:

Cheyenne - "This is the Fashion" (1:18:30)

Direct download: Episode_70_-_2007-05-20.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 12:49 AM
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Episode 69! last evar!

New releases for May 15:

Dungen - "Gör Det Nu" (0:00)
Au Revoir Simone - "A Violent yet Flammable World" (4:00)
Great Northern - "Low is a Height" (10:00)
Merka - "My Spaceship" (16:30)
Rufus Wainwright - "Going to a Town" (19:30)
The Show is the Rainbow - "Do the Skinny" (24:15)
The Horrors - "Sheena is a Parasite" (27:30)
The Narrator - "Surfjew" (29:40)
The Race - "Feathers" (33:00)
Dolores O'Riordan - "Ordinary Day" (37:30)

Upcoming shows:

Man Man - "I, Manface" (50:00)

Direct download: Episode_69_-_2007-05-13.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 3:15 PM
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Episode 68.

New releases for May 8:

Bjork - "Earth Intruders" (0)
BrakesBrakesBrakes - "Hold Me in the River" (5:30)
The Brokedowns - "Pro-Gear, Pro-Attitude, Pro-Results" (10:30)
The Clientele - "Bookshop Cassanova" (12:45)
Sage Francis - "Keep Moving" (17:30)
Grails - "Dead Vine Blues" (22:15)
Great Lake Swimmers - "Changing Colours" (27:00)
Junior Boys - "FM (Tensnake Remix)" (32:00)
Maximo Park - "Girls who Play Guitars" (39:30)
Melt Banana - "Green-Eyed Devil" (43:30)
Sea Wolf - "You're a Wolf" (46:20)
The Mystery Jets - "Diamonds in the Dark" (50:00)
The Wooden Stars - "Pretty Girl" (54:55)

Upcoming shows:

Hot Hot Heat - "Give Up" (1:01:00)
McCarthy Trenching - "Cold Comfort" (1:07:30)
The Rapture - "Wooh, Yeah, Alright, Uh Huh" (1:16:00)

Direct download: Episode_68_-_2007-05-06.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 6:27 PM
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Episode 67

New releases for mostly April 24 (the rest) and a couple from May 1:

Creepy Bill Callahan - "Sycamore" (000)
Joanna Newsom - "Clam, Crab, Cockle, Cowrie" (6:30)
Mando Diao - "Killer Kaczynyski" (11:30)
Midnight Movies - "Hide Away" (17:00)
Papercuts - "The World I Love" (22:00)
Pela - "Lost to the Lonesome" (28:00)
Silver Daggers - "Joy" (33:00)
Thee More Shallows - "Night at the Knight School" (35:00)
Young Galaxy - "Swing Your Heartache" (39:00)
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - "Weapon of Choice" (46:15)
Feist - "1, 2, 3, 4" (50:00)

Upcoming shows:

Elf Power - "Never Believe" (1:05:00)

Direct download: Episode_67_-_2007-04-29.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 7:02 PM
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Episode 66

New releases for April 24:

Amandine - "Secrets" (0)
Alex Delivery - "Komad" (2:35)
All Smiles - "Killing Sheep" (13:33)
Arctic Monkeys - "Brianstorm" (17:50)
The Electric Soft Parade - "Appropriate Ending" (21:30)
The Fucking Champs - "Spring Break" (25:00)
Future Clouds & Radar - "Drugstore Bust" (29:00)
Charlotte Gainsbourg - "Everything I Cannot See" (33:00)
The Go Find - "Dictionary" (40:00)
Gus Gus - "Moss" (45:35)
iLiketrains - "Terranova" (52:30)
Eddie Beram - "Riot in Thunder Alley" (59:15)

Upcoming shows:

Jana Hunter - "Valkyries" (1:04:00)
System and Station - "When You're the Witness" (1:09:00)
Ferocious Eagle - "Sea Anemone Inside Me" (1:16:00)
Vedera - "The Falling Kind" (1:25:00)

Direct download: Episode_66_-_2007-04-22.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 7:46 PM
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Episode 65.

New releases for April 17:

Dead Meadow - "Everything's Going On (LA version)" (-0-)
Priestbird - "Mandog" (9:00)
Elk City - "Cherries in the Snow" (14:00)
The Comas - "Red Microphones" (18:30)
Joseph Arthur & the Lonely Astronauts - "Diamond Ring" (22:20)
Clorox Girls - "Boys/Girls" (26:20)
Shitdisco - "Reactor Party" (30:00)

Upcoming shows:

Lightning Bolt - "13 Monsters" (38:00)
The Life and Times - "Coat of Arms" (51:00)

Direct download: Episode_65_-_2007-04-15.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 4:10 PM
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Commodore 64.

New releases for April 10:

Grinderman - "Get it On" (0)
Love of Diagrams - "Pace or the Patience" (5:30)
Bright Eyes - "No One Would Riot for Less" (10:45)
Bonde Do Role - "Solta O Frango" (17:00)
Cocorosie - "Rainbowwarriors" (20:10)
The Rosebuds - "Get Up Get Out" (24:20)
Junior Boys - "Double Shadow (Kode 9 Remix)" (29:00)
Blonde Redhead - "23" (37:20)
Panthers - "Goblin City" (44:00)

Upcoming shows:

Neko Case - "Maybe Sparrow" (55:35)
David Bazan - "Backwoods (SSL Rough Mix)" (1:02:00)
Will Johnson & the Undertow Orchestra - "Tent of Total Mystery" (1:10:00)

Direct download: Episode_64_-_2007-04-08.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 12:40 AM
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Episode 63.

New releases for April 3:

Idlewild - "In Competition for the Worst Time" (0000)
Kings of Leon - "Knocked Up" (5:00)
Paper Airplanes - "The Fences" (13:00)
Shitake Monkey - "Those Days" (18:15)
The Bang Gang - "Find What you Get" (22:45)
The Show is the Rainbow - "Gothic Cajun" (26:30)
The Marlboro Chorus - "Love is in Love" (30:00)
The Mother Hips - "Time-sick Son of a Grizzly Bear" (34:45)
The Twilight Sad - "Talking with Fireworks/Here it Never Snows" (38:45)

Upcoming shows:

Locust Avenue - "Open Letter to Mark" (59:45)

Direct download: Episode_63_-_2007-04-01.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 1:32 PM
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Episode 62 - major label release week. Boo!

New releases for March 27:

Kaiser Chiefs - "Ruby" (0)
Kate Havnevik - "Unlike Me" (9:30)
Let's Go Sailing - "Sideways" (15:00)
Antelope - "Mirroring" (21:00)
Klaxons - "Golden Skans" (24:45)

Upcoming shows:

Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - "When you were Mine" (32:30)
Robert Gomez - "Stuck Inside" (37:30)
Skybox - "Various Kitchen Utensils" (50:00)
Mouth of the Architect - "At Arms Length" (1:00:00)

Direct download: Episode_62_-_2007-03-26.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 9:03 PM
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Episode 61. We don't speak of SXSW. OK, maybe next week.

New releases for today, March 20:

El-P - "Smithereens (Stop Cryin')" (zip)
I'm from Barcelona - "Treehouse" (8:15)
J Dilla - "Make em NV" (14:30)
?? - "??" (17:30)
Low - "Sandinista" (23:30)
Modest Mouse - "Dashboard" (28:15)
Panda Bear - "Bros" (33:30)
Ted Leo - "Son of Cain" (46:15)
Ponys - "Hari Kari" (50:15)
Willowz - "Evil Son" (55:00)
Lusine - "Still Frame (remix)" (1:02:15)
The Zincs - "Head East Kaspar" (1:07:15)

Upcoming shows:

Priestbird - "Season of the Sun" (1:13:30)
The Ettes - "No More Surprises" (1:26:30)

Direct download: Episode_61_-_2007-03-20.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 12:32 AM
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Episode 60.

New releases for March 13 (and 20):

Rosie Thomas - "Say Hello" (0)
Adult - "I Feel Worse When I'm with You" (7:30)
Andrew Bird - "Heretics" (11:15)
Bill Callahan - "Diamond Dancer" (17:00)

Upcoming shows:

Silversun Pickups - "Lazy Eye" (25:25)
Under Byen - "Af Samme Stof Som Stof" (33:00)
Bishop Allen - "Calendar" (42:15)
The Phantom Family Halo - "Lady Blue" (51:30)

Direct download: Episode_60_-_2007-03-12.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 6:58 PM
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Episode 59. Extra guests equals extra talkin' equals extra LOUD talkin' because of extra drinkin'. Oops.

New releases for March 6:

Dr. Dog - "Keep a Friend" (0)
!!! - "Must be the Moon" (12:30)
Che Arthur - "Dead Trajectories" (20:00)
Albert Hammond Jr. - "In Transit" (25:45)
Arcade Fire - "Black Mirror" (33:00)
Apostle of Hustle - "My Sword Hand's Anger" (37:30)
Air - "Once Upon a Time" (40:30)
Bright Eyes - "Cartoon Blues" (47:00)
Maria Taylor - "Irish Goodbye" (53:30)
Klipspringer - "Hate to have to Kill Somebody" (58:00)

Upcoming shows:

Experimental Dental School - "Poison Reverb" (1:03:00)
Dios Malos - "In Control of the OJ" (1:07:30)
Black Moth Super Rainbow - "Lollipopsichord" (1:20:00)
RJD2 - "Beyond the Beyond" (1:30:00)

Direct download: Episode_59_-_2007-03-05.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 11:56 PM
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Episode 58. Listen to this episode for a pretty good deal of a contest. Seriously!

New releases for February 27 20:

Calla - "Rise" (0:00)
Elvis Perkins - "While You Were Sleeping" (10:00)
The Besnard Lakes - "And You Lied to Me" (22:00)
The Frames - "Falling Slowly" (33:00)
Richard Swift - "Kisses for the Misses" (40:00)
Black Lips - "Not a Problem - Live in Tijuana" (44:00)
The One AM Radio - "Mercury" (54:00)
The High Llamas - "Winter's Day" (59:00)
PG Six - "I've Been Traveling" (1:06:00)

Upcoming shows:

Maria Taylor - "Clean Getaway" (1:11:00)
What Made Milwaukee Famous - "Idecide" (1:29:00)

Direct download: Episode_58_-_2007-02-26.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 12:45 AM
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Episode 57

New releases for Feb. 20:

Aqueduct - "Living a Lie" (0)
K-Os - "Electrik Heat: The Seekwill" (9:00)
Explosions in the Sky - "Welcome Ghosts" (17:30)
Minus the Bear - "Memphis 53rd - Fog Remix" (24:00)
Teddybears - "Cobrastyle" (29:30)
Boredoms - "(boriginal)" (34:00)
Trans Am - "Reprieve" (39:00)

Upcoming shows:

Jesu - "Conqueror" (51:00)
Grizzly Bear - "Colorado" (1:06:00)

Direct download: Episode_57_-_2007-02-19.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 12:39 PM
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Episode 56.

Not new releases, but here's some music from a reissue and from someone with a new release, but not from that release... respectively:

Dr. Dog - "World May Never Know" (-)
Nina Hagen - "Du hast den Farbfilm Vergessen" (6:30)

And then we have a real treat for you - an interview with the Subatomic Pieces! They're having the CD release show for their new album Hold Out for Science at the Conservatory on Saturday, February 24th. We talked to them about the album and played a few songs: "Ripcord" (21:15), "Probe" (33:15), and "Hold Out for Science" (50:30).

Upcoming shows:

Brine Webb - "Cigarette Tree" (1:11:30)

Direct download: Episode_56_-_2007-02-12.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 4:45 PM
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Episode 55.

New releases for Feb. 6, 2007:

Aerogramme - "Nightmares" (00:00:00:00:00:55)
Bloc Party - "Waiting for the 7:18" (7:55)
Apples in Stereo - "Energy" (15:55)
Danny Cohen - "Palm of my Hand" (20:55)
The Colour - "Black Summer" (24:55)
Kristin Hersh - "In Shock" (27:55)
Múm - "Scratched Bicycle/Smell Memory" (33:55)
Peter, Bjorn, and John - "Young Folks" (41:55)
Postmarks - "Goodbye" (49:55)
Arab Strap - "Big Weekend" (53:55)
Sondre Lerche - "Airport Taxi Reception" (59:55)
Loney Dear - "I am John" (1:02:55)
Jesse Sykes & Sweet Hereafter - "LLL" (1:07:55)
Queers - "Houston We Have a Problem" (1:11:55)
Deerhunter - "Cryptograms" (1:15:55)

Upcoming shows:

Autumn Defense - "Canyon Arrow" (1:29:55)

Direct download: Episode_55_-_2007-02-04.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 6:17 PM
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Episode 54. I just noticed that, somehow, we managed to make episode 54 a single second shorter than episode 53. FCR amazes!

New releases for January 30:

Busdriver - "Sun Shower" (zeeero)
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - "Love Song No. 7" (13:00)
The Early Years - "So Far Gone" (19:00)
Hella - "The Ungreatful Dead" (23:15)
Love of Diagrams - "No Way Out" (29:50)
Lily Allen - "Friday Night" (35:30)
The Plagiarists - "The Breeze" (39:00)
P.P.T. - "Frustrated" (45:00)
Beirut - "Carousels" (53:00)

Upcoming shows:

The Queers - "Noodlebrain" (1:03:00)
Electric Primadonnas - "Love you Like a Submarine" (1:10:00)

Direct download: Episode_54_-_2007-01-29.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 7:29 PM
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Episode 53.

Some more new releases for Jan 23 (continued from last episode):

Boredoms - "Super Frake 009" & "Machine 3" (-0-)
Clinic - "Tusk" (4:45)
Earlies - "No Love in your Heart" (8:00)
Fujiya & Miyagi - "Ankle Injuries" (14:15)
Ghost - "Gareki No Toshi" (19:30)
Ghost Stories - "Nettles in your Mouth" (26:25)
The Good, the Bad, and the Queen - "A Soldier's Tale" (33:15)
Menomena - "Evil Bee" (37:15)
Six Parts Seven - "Stolen Moments" (47:50)
David Vandervelde - "Jacket" (53:45)

Upcoming shows:

Dodo Bird - "Nerds" (1:07:15)

Direct download: Episode_53_-_2007-01-22.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 7:43 PM
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Episode 52 - Festival City Radio comin' atcha through the most treacherous of conditions. Still a fairly slow week, but we're back in the game. Check it out.

New release for 1/16, and a bunch more for 1/23. We'll have even more for you next week:

Stars of Track and Field - "Fantastic" (zero)
Deerhoof - "+81" (9:30)
The New Trust - "Evolve into Nothing" (13:45)
Foreign Islands - "Fine Dining with the Future" (16:45)
Nurse and Soldier - "Green Tea" (20:15)
Camera Obscura - "If Looks Could Kill" (26:15)
Macromantics - "Scorch" (30:30)
Of Montreal - "Suffer for Fashion" (35:15)
AlasDair Roberts - "Old Men of the Shells" (39:20)
Rafter - "Tragedy" (46:05)
Vietnam - "Welcome to my Room" (49:30)

Upcoming shows:

Jucifer - "Hennin Hardine" (56:25)
Voxtrot - "Whiskey" (1:02:00)
This was the Year to Lose Friends - "The Lust for Sensation Drips from the Mouths of Saints" (1:15:15)

Direct download: Episode_52_-_2007-01-15.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 5:16 PM
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Episode 51. Happy new year! Still a slow week for music, though. These be dark times we live in.

New releases for 1/9:

Erin McKeown - "Melody" (0)
The Boils - "The Orange and the Black" (6:10)
The Hatepinks - "Sexual Liberation for Animals" (8:10)

Upcoming shows:

Pinebox Serenade - "Lost Pines" (32:15)

Direct download: Episode_51_-_2007-01-08.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 1:23 AM
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Episode 50. Wow. But there's not much to it. Slooooow week. Slow month.

New releases for 12/12:

Sonic Youth - "Fire Engine Dream" (0)
Ghostface - "Outta Town Shit" (10:30)

Upcoming shows:

The Faint - "Glass Dance" (28:30)

Direct download: Episode_50_-_2006-12-10.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 1:44 AM
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Episode 49. It's FCR's birthday! One year old. Just, eh, starting to walk on two feet. Or something.

New releases for this week and the last (not much):

Psychic Ills - "4 A.M." (zippo)
Mark Kozelek - "Carry Me Ohio" (9:00)
Midlake - "Simple" (15:30)

Upcoming shows:

Thanksgiving - "While You Live" (22:00)
Mt. Eerie - "Do not be Afraid" (26:30)
Dr. Dog - "Ain't it Strange" (28:15)
Ad Astra Per Aspera - "Goodland at Night" (32:50)
¡Forward, Russia! - "Nine Remix" (41:15)
Smog - "Cold Blooded Old Times" (54:15)

Direct download: Episode_49_-_2006-12-04.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 12:14 AM
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Episode 48!

New releases for November 21:

Sufjan Stevens - "Get Behind Me, Santa!" (nilll)
Swan Lake - "All Fires" (9:00)
Jarvis Cocker - "Fat Children" (12:30)
Mirah - "Advisory Committee" (16:30)
Summer Hymns - "Pity and Envy" (21:15)
David Fischoff - "Ghost of an Afternoon" (26:00)
The Shins - "Phantom Limb" (30:25)

Upcoming shows:

Norfolk and Western - "A Guilded Age" (38:00)
Indian Jewelry - "Come Closer" (48:00)

Direct download: Episode_48_-_2006-11-20.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 2:36 AM
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Episode 47. Not too many new releases this week, so we did a phone interview with Allison from the band Awesome Color, who will be playing at the Opolis on Tuesday, November 14. Check it out.

New releases for 11/14:

Joanna Newsom - "Cosmia" (zero:zerozero)
Graham Coxon - "Standing on my Own" (10:00)
White Magic - "The Light" (17:00)
Robbers on High Street - "The Fatalist" (20:30)

Upcoming shows:

Islands - "Rough Gem" (36:30)
The Oh Johnny! Girls - "Heart Attack Woman" (41:25)
Black Angels - "The First Vietnamese War" (53:50)

Direct download: Episode_47_-_2006-11-13.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 9:29 PM
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Episode 46. Lotsa talkin'. Lotsa drinkin'. And a barf. Not recorded, though.

New releases for November 7:

Danava - "Quiet Babies Astray in a Manger" (zeeeero)
Isobel Campbell - "Cachel Wood" (12:00)
The Evens - "Cut from the Cloth" (16:15)
Pavement - "Rattled by the Rush" (23:50)
P.I.L. - "Death Disco" (34:00)
P.J. Harvey - "Oh My Lover" (39:00)
Owen - "Bad News" (43:50)
Benjy Ferree - "In the Country" (51:00)
Roger O'Donnell - "The Truth in You" (57:00)

Upcoming shows:

Dark Romantics - "Another Song for Another Night" (1:02:10)
Boyskout - "Spotlight" (1:20:30)
Awesome Color - "Grown" (1:31:00)


Direct download: Episode_46_-_2006-11-06.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 1:45 AM
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Episode 45

New releases for October 31:

Exploding Hearts - "Teenage Faces" (zeeero)
Boris & Sunn O))) - "The Sinking Belle" (4:00)
Lady Sovereign - "Love Me or Hate Me" (11:30)
Isis - "Dulcinea" (16:10)
Mixel Pixel - "You're the Kind of Girl" (24:30)
Nellie McKay - "There You are in Me" (29:30)
The End of the World - "Last Cast" (32:35)
Johan - "Oceans" (37:30)
The Fags - "Truly, Truly" (42:25)
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - "Oregon Girl" (47:00)

Upcoming shows:

Tsu Shi Ma Mi Re - "Ebihara Shinji" (57:45)


Direct download: Episode_45_-_2006-10-31.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 7:14 PM
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Episode 44.

New release songs for 10/24:

Bright Eyes - "I will be Grateful for this Day" (zero:zerozero)
Walkmen - "Save the Last Dance" (8:15)
+/- - "Steal the Blueprints" (14:00)
Matt and Kim - "Silver Tiles" (18:20)
Graves - "Dirty Bird" (22:00)
Kid Koala - "Slew Test 2 Mosquito vs. Water Buffalo" (25:30)
The Curtains - "Go Lucky" (31:40)
Frida Hyvonen - "You Never Got me Right" (38:40)

And here's a little treat, for all those tricks you've turned:

Evangelicals - "Halloween Song" (42:45)

Upcoming shows:

Rocky Votolato - "Tinfoil Hats" (47:30)
Jennifer O'Connor - "Perfect Match" (51:30)
Pleasant Grove - "Ghost" (58:35)
Bishop Allen - "The Same Fire" (1:11:00)


Direct download: Episode_44_-_2006-10-23.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 8:48 PM
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Episode 43

New releases for October 17:

Squarepusher - "Planetarium" (start)
Badly Drawn Boy - "Born in the UK" (6:00)
Billy Bragg - "She's Got a New Spell (demo)" (8:45)
Your Black Star - "Oh Jesus" (11:43)
IV Thieves - "Higher" (16:35)
Jeremy Enigk - "River to Sea" (19:50)
Goldfrapp - "Oh La La" (23:00)
Denison Whitmer - "Breathe in This Life" (27:00)

Upcoming shows:

Alias & Tarsier - "Cub" (33:00)
Captured! By Robots - "Speed Food Pyramid" (40:00)
Ghosty - "Sad Sack" (44:15)
Joseph Arthur - "Enough to Get Away" (52:15)


Direct download: Episode_43_-_2006-10-17.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 12:45 AM
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Episode 42. Four. Two. Yep.

New releases for October 10:

Damien Jurado - "Denton, TX" (0)
Chin Up Chin UP - "This Harness Can't Ride Anything" (6:00)
These Arms Are Snakes - "Horse Girl" (11:30)
Portastatic - "Sour Shores" (14:50)
Micah P. Hinson - "Jackeyed" (19:50)
Chavez - "You Faded" (24:05)
Oxford Collapse - "Please Visit Your National Parks" (27:55)
Robert Pollard - "Supernatural Car Lover" (32:05)
Bad Brains - "Pay to Cum" (39:00)
Gothic Archies - "Walking My Gargoyle" (43:00)
Califone - "The Orchids" (46:25)
Whitey - "Can't Go Out, Can't Stay In" (49:20)

Upcoming shows:

M.C. Chris - "The Tussin" (54:30)
Bound Stems - "Excellent News, Colonel" (1:06:00)

Direct download: Episode_42_-_2006-10-09.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 2:35 AM
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Episode 41

New releases for October 3:

Beck - "Nausea" (0:00)
Decemberists - "Summersong" (4:30)
The Hold Steady - "Chips Ahoy" (9:30)
Goldenboy - "Second Day of the Year" (12:53)
The Dears - "Bandwagoneers" (16:55)
The Make Believe - "Song About Camping" (21:20)
Nina Nastasia - "Superstar" (26:00)
Subtle - "Mercury Craze" (32:45)
Thunderbirds Are Now! - "We Win (ha ha)" (38:00)

Upcoming shows:

Silversun Pickups - "Well Thought Out Twinkles" (42:30)
Black Tie Dynasty (with DARYL) - "Bloody Basin" (50:30)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Warrior" (58:20)
Man Man - "Engwish Bwudd" (1:07:00)


Direct download: Episode_41_-_2006-10-02.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 9:38 PM
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Episode 40 - Over the galdarn hill. Pissin'em britches.

New releases for September 26:

Adem - "Launch Yourself" (0:00)
Emily Haines and the Soft Skeleton - "Our Hell" (6:20)
Lucero - "I Can Get us Out of Here Tonight" (11:30)
The Oohlas - "Small Parts" (16:20)
Sparklehorse - "Shade and Honey" (20:30)
Horse Feathers - "Finch on Sunday" (25:40)
Basement Jaxx - "Hey You" (30:45)

Upcoming shows:

Lawrence Arms - "The Devil's Takin' Names" (36:45)
Super Love Attack - "Hero" (40:05)
The Build - "Sleep Tyrants" (43:20)
Nina Nastasia - "Stormy Weather" (47:35)
Sound Team - "Movie Monster" (52:30)
Husbands - "Cut Me Loose" (1:01:00)


Direct download: Episode_40_-_2006-09-25.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 12:38 AM
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Episode 39. This one's got a cool phone interview with Will Muir from Austin and his report of this Austin City Limits music festival experience. Could this mean more telephone interviews in the future? But with whom?

New releases for September 19 (ok, mostly from last week):

Bonnie Prince Billy - "Love Comes to Me" (0:00)
Richard Buckner - "Canyon" (23:45)
Polyphonic Spree - "Love My Way" (27:15)
Two Ton Boa - "Cash Machine" (33:40)
Dead Moon - "Dead Moon Night" (37:30)

Upcoming shows, too, don't forget:

Menomena - "Wet and Rusting" (43:50)
Daughters - "Cheers Pricks" (49:00)
Band of Horses - "The Funeral" (1:05:45)

Direct download: Episode_39_-_2006-09-18.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 10:28 PM
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Episode 38 - Big, BIG week. Holy cow.

New releases for this week, right here:

Yo La Tengo - "Pass the Hatchet, I think I'm Goodking" (0:00)
TV on the Radio - "Wolf Like Me" (7:30)
Favourite Sons - "Hang on Girl" (13:00)
Junior Boys - "In the Morning" (17:20)
Kunek - "Bright Eyes" (22:30)
Magnolia Electric Co. - "Lonesome Valley" (22:50)
Jihad Jerry & the Evildoers - "The Owl" (30:50)
Hella - "Biblical Violence" (34:35)
Xiu Xiu - "Boy Soprano" (37:50)
Black Keys - "Your Touch" (42:50)
The Rapture - "Get Myself into it" (45:00)

And, of course, some upcoming shows:

Tokyo Police Club - "Nature of the Experiment" (51:20)
Brandtson - "Earthquakes and Sharks" (54:40)
Deerhoof - "Milking" (1:02:00)
Appleseed Cast - "Here we Are (Family in the Hallway)" (1:12:35)


Direct download: Episode_38_-_2006-09-10.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 1:08 AM
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Episode 37

New releases for... well, some from August, some for this week (September 5) and some from next week:

El Perro Del Mar - "God Knows (You Gotta Give to Get)" (0:00)
The Format - "Dog Problems" (5:20)
As Tall As Lions - "Song for Luna" (9:30)
Aaron Schroeder - "21" (13:30)
Pinback - "Chaos Engine" (16:40)
Mark Mallman - "Death Wish" (20:20)
Catfish Haven - "Crazy for Leaving" (25:10)
The Album Leaf - "Always for You" (30:05)
Viva Voce - "When Planets Collide" (35:55)
Voices of Conquest - "O Yes, My Lord" (40:40)

Upcoming shows:

Howling Hex - "Catalytic Convert" (47:25)
Neptune - "Healer" (51:25)
The Sex P1stols Experience - "No Feelings" (54:15)
The USAISAMONSTER - "Too Many Moves" (1:06:00)

Direct download: Episode_37_-_2006-09-04.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 7:02 PM
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Episode 36

New releases, some from this week, some from last week:

Cursive - "At Conception" (0:00)
Lambchop - "Paperback Bible" (3:30)
Snowden - "Anti-Anti" (10:15)
The Grand Canyons - "Touchdown" (14:30)
The Ums - "Wear Her Out" (18:40)

Upcoming shows:

Zolar X - "Jet Set 19" (25:30)
Red Monroe - "Fingertips" (31:05)
Headlights - "TV" (35:05)
Drums & Tuba - "Four Notes of April" (38:30)


Direct download: Episode_36_-_2006-08-28.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 6:54 PM
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Episode 35. Maybe we likes the talking...

New releases for this week:

Chad VanGaalen - "Flower Gardens" (0:00)
Mountain Goats - "Wild Sage" (8:00)
M. Ward - "Requiem" (13:00)
Nouvelle Vague - "Killing Moon" (16:45)
The Thermals - "A Pillar of Salt" (22:08)
Ratatat - "Wildcat" (27:00)
J. Dilla - "4 Love" (33:33)

Upcoming shows this week:

Exit Clov - "MK Ultra" (38:40)
Roman Numerals - "MSR Control" (50:00)



Direct download: Episode_35_-_2006-08-22.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 8:42 PM
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Episode 34

New releases for August 8:

Ani DiFranco - "78% Water" (0:00)
Forget Cassettes - "The Catch" (4:00)
Comets on Fire - "Dogwood Rust" (8:10)
Matthew Friedberger - "Pennsylvania Rock Oil Company Resignation Letter" (16:10)
Jim Noir - "Key of C" (19:55)

Upcoming shows:

Cataract Camp - "Claymation" (23:50)
The Coke Dares - "Blind 17" (26:55)
Ladyhawk - "War" (28:22)
Channing Cope - "Next Year" (31:00)
Second Story Man - "Catalyst" (35:00)
Aggrolites - "Funky Fire" (38:20)


Direct download: Episode_34_-_2006-08-07.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 8:40 PM
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Episode 33. A (not) surprise visit from Tom, beamed in via satellite from outer space!

New releases for August 1, 2006:

NONE!

But we got a sneak peek at a song from Cassettes Won't Listen's upcoming instrumental album:
Cassettes Won't Listen - "A Sidewalk Cruise" (0:00)

Upcoming shows, at least there's some of THAT this week:

The Prids - "Shadow and Shadow" ()
Tides - "The Sight" ()
Say Hi to Your Mom - "Angels and Darlas" ()
Kiss Kiss - "Says my Doctor" ()
Madeline Adams - "I Left the Light On" ()
Harry and the Potters - "Song for the Death Eaters" ()

Direct download: Episode_33_-_2006-08-01.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 7:55 AM
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Episode 32. Holy cow, this is a big week. We weren't even grasping at straws, there is just a ton of new music coming out that begs to be heard. Gosh.

New releases for:

Edie Brickell & New Bohemians - "Wear You Down" (0:00)
Erase Errata - "Tax Dollar" (8:10)
Excepter - "The Rock Stepper" (10:38)
Adam Green - "Pay the Toll" (14:09)
Harvey Danger - "Cream and Bastards Rise" (16:34)
Joan of Arc - "Eventually, All at Once" (19:46) & "You (single)" (23:20)
Jenny Piccolo - "One Year" (29:00)
JR Ewing - "Pitch Black Blonde" (30:37)
The Knife - "Silent Shout" (34:27)
The Long Winters - "Pushover" (40:09)
Midlake - "We Gathered in Spring" (44:25)
Mika Miko - "Capricorinations" (49:10)
New York Dolls - "Dance Like a Monkey" (52:20)
Panda and Angel - "Dangerous" (55:50)
Professor Murder - "Champion" (1:00:18)
Puffy AmiYumi - "Call Me What You Like" (1:04:50)
Scritti Politti - "Throw" (1:09:48)
Sleepy Jackson - "God Lead Your Soul" (1:13:00)
Spoon - "Nefarious" (1:18:44)
Tapes 'n Tapes - "Insistor" (1:22:00)
Umbrellas - "Again and Again" (1:26:55)

*gasp*
Upcoming shows:

Southerly - "Naomi Ruth" (1:34:33)
Tenebre - "Somerset" (1:38:05)
Willowz - "Ulcer Soul" (1:46:55)


Direct download: Episode_32_-_2006-07-24.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 7:42 PM
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Episode 31 - Tom's valiant departure. Many a tear and sock shed on this emotionally taxing episode. What will the future hold for the remaining FCR regulars?

New releases:

French Kicks - "Also Ran" (5:00)
Minders - "Don't You Stop" (9:15)

Upcoming shows:

Only Crime - "Tenebrae" (16:30)
The Secret Handshake - "The Glitch" (20:24)
The Poison Control Center - "Kennedy" (23:50)
Unpersons - "Self-Portrait" (29:25)


Direct download: Episode_31_-_2006-07-17.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 8:35 PM
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Episode 30. Jeremy going it alone again. No worries, though. This episode is cold and calculated.

Here's some new releases for July 11:

CSS - "Let's Make Love and Listen to Death From Above" (0:00)
Oneida - "Up With People" (3:32)
Shapes and Sizes - "Islands Gone Bad" (11:17)
Sufjan Stevens - "Dear Mr. Supercomputer" (15:55)
Thom Yorke - "Black Swan" (20:13)

And how's about some upcoming shows for your pleasure:

So Many Dynamos - "Heat/Humidity" (24:52)
Shinobu - "Regular Love Triangle" (27:32)
Giant Squid - "Neonate" (31:25)

Direct download: Episode_30_-_2006-07-10.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 12:01 AM
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Episode 29 - two interviews in as many episodes. What fun! This time it's with Oklahoma's next big star Ryan Lindsey. Zach and Seth from Student Film and Will Muir from Shoes are for Work all join in for the grilling. And grilled he is, as we talk about his live setup, the artwork and recording of his new album (the best Oklahoma release this decade? you be the judge), and we even have time for a quick Madlib. It's pure lunacy.

New releases this week from:

Gooding - "Jesus is Coiming and He Knows the Mess You Made" (2:30)
Ryan Lindsey - "Friend for Life" (25:55)
& "A Weekend with You" (42:40)

Music from upcoming shows this week:

The Lord Henry - "What I Get" (48:48)
Danielson - "Did I Step on Your Trumpet?" (53:35)
The Billy Nayer Show - "Rabbits and Bears" (1:00:00)

Direct download: Episode_29_-_2006-07-03.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 6:47 PM
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Episode 28
A Super Duper Awesome Episode with Tom and Jeremy featuring a sweet-like-candy interview with Jason from Traindodge! Travis helps with the interview, and T & J slave away as always to hip you to...
New releases for :

An Albatross - "Hairobics" ()
Dr. Octagon - "Aliens" ()
Four Tet - "Pockets" ()
Spores - "(Don't) Kill Yourself" ()

Upcoming shows:

The Peelers - "Pleasure Times" ()
Traindodge - "Wolves" () & "Brushing of the Wings" ()
Bring Back the Guns - "The Season for Treason" ()
Direct download: Episode_28_-_2006-06-28.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 7:32 AM
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Episode 27. Here's a short one for you this week. What? Sorry! There just wasn't much to give you. But Tom's back, so of course it's worth it.

New releases this week include albums from:

Brightblack Morning Light - "Everybody Daylight" (3:15)
Dragonforce - "Through the Fire and Flames" (10:12)
Epsilons - "Snap, Crackle, Pop" (17:50)
Fleshies - "High Fiber" (19:50)

And, of course, some music from upcoming shows:

Steel Train - "Blown Away" (24:27)
Sex Slaves - "See You Naked" (29:09)
Black Tie Dynasty - "Die" (32:45)
Direct download: Episode_27_-_2006-06-18.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 6:59 PM
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We made it!  Episode 26.  Half a year of Festival City Radio.  And what sort of celebration do we have in store?  None whatsoever.

We've got new releases for :

Bedroom Walls - "In Anticipation of your Suicide" ()
The Donkeys - "Come on Virginia" ()
Foundry Field Recordings - "Buried Beneath the Winter Frames" ()
Francine - "Ugly but Rakish" ()
New Grenada - "Meat is Murder Mobile" ()
Six Organs of Admittance - "Attar" ()
Scanners - "Lowlife" ()
Thee Emergency - "Girl, You Should have Known" ()

And these upcoming shows :

Destroy Destroy Destroy - "Ripped Apart by the Juggernaut of Fornication" ()
The Constantines - "Love in Fear" ()
Nekromantix - "Bloody Holiday" ()
Vader - "This is the War" ()
Falling Down Hurts - "Less than Likeable" ()

Direct download: Episode_26_-_2006-06-12.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 2:11 AM
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Episode 25, sprinkled with surprises. Positively delicious with a visit from the one and only Will Muir of Shoes are for Work. This episode is full of funicity.

Wow. That's all we can say for all the fantastic new releases this week:

The Evangelicals - "Diving" (8:02)
Bouncing Souls - "The Gold Song" (12:47)
Elevator Action - "Surely You Know" (15:57)
Genghis Tron - "Chapels" (19:24)
La Rocca - "The Truth" (21:23)
Micah P. Hinson - "The Leading Guy" (25:57)
Michael Columbia - "Dog Dog Camel" (29:22)
Michael Talbott and the Wolfkings - "Goodnight" (33:47)
The pAperchAse - "We Know Where You Sleep" (39:49)
The Robot Ate Me - "Djien" (43:53)
Smoosh - "Find a Way" (45:19)
Oakley Hall - "Lazy Susan" (48:49)
Psapp - "Hi" (55:14)
Zox - "Can't Look Down" (59:21)

Not a whole lot of shows coming up this week, but here's a couple:

Me and Him Call it Us - "Encirclement of Dancing Scarecrows" (1:05:41)
A-Bomb Chop Shop - "Devil in Johnson City" (1:10:00)
Direct download: Episode_25_-_2006-06-05.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 7:11 PM
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Episode 24. Way late. We took a week off because we deserved it. Wanna fight about it?

We've got music from new releases for:

Astronautalis - "My Dinner with Andy" (4:45)
Hundred Hands - "Waiting in Denver, 4:05 AM" (9:45)
Mission of Burma - "2wice" (13:18)
Juana Molina - "Rio Seco" (16:55)
Murder by Death - "Brother" (20:20)
Scouts Honor - "I am the Dust" (24:05)
Tilly and the Wall - "Bad Education" (28:05)
VCR - "Mega God Blast" (32:05)
Asobi Seksu - "New Years" (35:45)
Celtic Frost - "Ground" (39:24)
Modern Machines - "Flash Infatuation" (43:10)
Fresh Kills - "Taste of Metal" (45:59)
Cherubs - "Paper Cut Moon" (50:38)

Plus music from upcoming shows:

Tiny Hawks - "Signal Meets a Signal" (56:35)
Apers - "Wine and Dine" (59:17)
Direct download: Episode_24_-_2006-05-31.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 12:47 AM
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Episode 23, probably one of our more entertaining episodes.


We've got some new releases for May 16:

Controlling the Famous - "Highway Parking Lot" (02:12)
Hawnay Troof - "Out of Teen" (06:13)
Little Killers - "She Don't Love Me" (08:21)
Magas - "Transgressors" (11:08)
Unwed Sailor - "Mesa" (13:54)
The Cush - "Small Town Movie" (18:30)
Don Caballero - "Mmmmm Acting, I Love Me Some Good Acting" (25:50)
Espers - "Mansfield and Cyclops" (31:56)
Faun Fables - "Transit Theme" (37:50)
Twilight Singers - "Bonnie Brae" (42:13)
And then we've got quite a bit of music from upcoming shows:

LA Symphony - "Bamboozled" (47:45)
Minmae - "Everyone Knows Jesus Wore a Chain" (51:32)
By the End of Tonight - "Setting Sail in April" (55:30)
The Court and Spark - "Your Mother was the Lightning" (1:03:30)
Lye by Mistake - "Aboriginal Negatives" (1:07:57)

Direct download: Episode_23_-_2006-05-15.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 1:30 AM
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Episode 22, with a couple of extra special guests. Who are they?

Why the hell would I want to tell you? Listen to the freakin' podcast.

We've got some new releases for May 9 according to CMJ.com:

The Everyothers - "Pink Sticky Lies" ()
Camera Obscura - "Lloyd, I'm Ready to be Heartbroken" ()
Grandaddy - "Jeez Louise" ()
Home - "Bubble" ()
Kimya Dawson - "Underground" ()
Leels - "H. L. Champs" ()
The Like Young - "For Money or Love" ()
New Mexican Disaster Squad - "Tightrope" ()
Orbit Service - "Wolves" ()
Paik - "Phantoms" ()
Pony Up! - "The Truth About Cats and Dogs (is that they die)" ()
Jolie HOlland - "Springtime can Kill YOu" ()
Thee More Shallows - "I Can't get Next to You" ()
Shearwater - "Seventy-Four Seventy-Five" ()
Violins - "The Two Simonas" ()

And then we've got some music from upcoming shows:

The Mattoid - "It Must have been Love" ()
Andrew Norsworthy - "Something Else Instead" ()
Shoplifting - "Male Gynecology" ()
Midwest Dilemma - "Old Screen" ()
Direct download: Episode_22_-_2006-05-08.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 1:51 AM
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Episode 21 turned out to be one of the best yet.  It's positively brimming with fantastic music!

We've got some new releases for May 2 according to CMJ.com:

Bloodhag - "Robert Silverburg" (2:30)
Decoder Ring - "Somersault" (3:30)
Gadget - "HSN 1" (6:20)
Glen Phillips - "Waiting" (7:28)
Human Television - "I Laughed" (10:49)
John Auer - "Six Feet Under" (12:52)
Love of Everything - "Don't Wait" (16:03)
None More Black - "Under my Feet" (18:19)
The Old Haunts - "Wasted Day" (20:42)
Silent Civilian - "Rebirth of the Temple" (26:23)
Whysall Lane - "Pillows" (30:29)
Devotchka - "Venus in Furs" (34:47)

And then we've got some music from upcoming shows:

Helio Sequence - "Everyone Knows Everyone" (39:27)
John Vanderslice - "Exodus Damage" (43:00)
Bleed the Sky - "Minion" (49:11)
Psychic Hearts - "Police" (53:26)
Vaz - "Meld W U 90" (56:38)
Direct download: Episode_21_-_2006-05-01.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 12:15 AM
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Episode 20 sees Jeremy venturing out into the bitter cold of podcastland all alone. How will he fare? Listen for yourself.

We've got some new releases for April 25 according to CMJ.com:

Starlight Mints - "inside of me" (01:00)
Danielle Howle - "this kind of light" (04:51)
Eleventh Dream Day - "lost in the city" (07:21)
Lokbra - "nosirrah egroeg" (11:20)
Madison - "radiate" (15:54)
Partisan - "intersections" (19:58)
The Rakes - "retreat" (25:43)
Soular - "american dream" (28:50)
Thunder in the Valley - "alter" (32:07)
Tom Verlaine - "lovebird asylum seeker" (35:02)

And then we've got some music from upcoming shows:

Experimental Dental School - "oakland lake legz got their way" (38:52)
Headlights - "everybody needs a fence to lean On" (41:10)
Direct download: Episode_20_-_2006-04-24.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 12:35 AM
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OMG! Episode 19 was made whilst teeth were at maximum rottitude. Tom and Jeremy ate candy and drank beer while they played these songs for you. Don't worry, the songs are as fresh as summers eve, and we brushed our teeth later.

Hear new release tracks from American Heartbreak, The Black Hollies, Cities, Dresden Dolls, Drive-By Truckers, and The Playwrights.

Also, get a preview of some upcoming shows! Hear songs from The Glass Family, Benevento/Russo Duo, Fruit Bats, Vanishing Kids, Know One, and American Princes.

We love you so much! We will rise again in 7 days to bring you Episode 20!  Benevenuto!

Tracks:

American Heartbreak - Somebody (1:20)
The Black Hollies - Always Got Something (5:02)
Cities - A Theme (8:30)
Dresden Dolls - Dirty Business (12:08)
Drive-By Truckers - Easy On Yourself (15:46)
The Playwrights - 21st Century Kaspar Hauser (19:15)
The Glass Family - Swimming in Fiction (25:10)
Benevento/Russo Duo - Soba (30:20)
The Fruit Bats - Lives of Crime (37:40)
The Vanishing Kids - Shadow of a Doubt (41:40)
Know One - My Back in the Day Song (49:00)
American Princes - Stolen Blues (53:25)
Benevento/Russo Duo - Play, Pause, Stop
Direct download: Episode_19_-_2006-04-16.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 1:02 AM
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Ho! Back at full strength for Episode 18, but not quite full length. That's ok. This stuff is hand-picked. You can't ask for a better bunch of... stuff. First off, the new releases: Oh boy, look at all of these. There's Bitman and Roban, Black Angels, Calexico, and Crystal Skulls. And then there's Ladyhawk, and Lambchop. And finally there's Maritime, and Parts and Labor and Seekonk. Gracious!

"But what about live shows?" you ask? Ha! Listen to Helios Creed, Edith Frost, and Deathray Davies. Then ask us, "But what about live shows?" We'll look at you funny.

Happy Easter!

Tracks: Bitman and Roban - Tatita (1:16)
Black Angels - Bloodhounds on My Trail (4:54)
Calexico - Cruel (8:32)
Crystal Skulls - Cosmic Door (12:30)
Ladyhawk - Dugout (15:39)
Lambchop - The Old Fat Robin (20:55)
Maritime - Parade of Punk Rock T-shirts (26:40)
Parts and Labor - A Great Divide (30:00)
Seekonk - Power Out (33:26)
Helios Creed - Blood Red (37:50)
Edith Frost - Cars and Parties (40:10)
The Deathray Davies - Her First Party (45:00)
Direct download: Episode_18_-_2006-04-09.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 1:10 AM
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Hey, sorry we're late on this one. Jeremy is moving across town and his new place is a fixer-upper! Well, Tom had a few moments to throw this gem together. A very, very short review of this last week's releases and preview of a couple of upcoming shows.

Hear new songs from Plants (0:00), Tommy Keene (5:17), Islands (8:40), and Mike Gunther and His Restless Souls (12:26).

Also be prepared to make the local show going decision of your life. Hear a strong case made for The Paper Airplanes (15:52), who will be with Student Film and It's Hysterical at the Opolis for a mere $7. Then hear a hard-to-find mixtape from Kid Koala (21:45), who will be appearing with Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey and The Ills at the Oklahoma Memorial Student Union for FREE. Both shows are Friday night, April 7th.

Episode 18 should appear at it's regularly scheduled time, assuming we don't get sidetracked.

As always, check oklahomarock.com for more updates on shows.
Direct download: Episode_17_-_2006-04-06.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 4:25 PM
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This episode is full of non-surprises.

New releases! That's right, like ones from Eastern Youth, The Editors, Envelopes, Gus Black, Hanalei, Mates of State, Moth, Quasi, Raising the Fawn, Roy, Seconds, Spank Rock, Yakuza, and House on a Hill.

Then we tell you about another load of shows coming up, with music from Dead Girls Ruin Everything, and An Albatross.

Non-surprise, non-surprise!
Direct download: Episode_16_-_2006-03-26.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 2:27 AM
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Tom and Jeremy went to SXSW this past week, slept (somtimes) in a little hotel room (Jeremy on the floor, Tom's a dick), ate (sometimes) at restaurants every day, and saw many, many bands (many of whom were technically within walking distance of each other), and because of the weather spent just over ten hours in the car driving home. No, don't feel sorry for us, because it was truly a privelege, right down to sharing dinner at a thai restaraunt with Student Film while they were in town (even though the restaraunt ripped Jeremy off for extra tea), because we saw in 4 days what can take months to see in terms of live music quantity, and can sometimes require multiple trips out of town in terms of live music quality. In short, we're exhausted, but satisfied, and while happy, we've decided to take a break from podcasting this week. We'd hate to leave you with nothing, though, we who have had so much recently, so we decided to put together a little sampler of bands that we saw at SXSW, not at all meaning to be sadistic, in order that you might hear what we did and you didn't. This little sample is by no means representitive of the crazy fucking massive amount of live music that was available in Austin this last week. We were obliged to chose what we wanted to see by what we could get into based on capcity, location, time constraints; SXSW is truly a sight to behold.

Jeremy saw about ten times as many bands as Tom, and this is because he is of greater stamina. Here are a mere fraction of the ones he saw, including Belle and Sebastian, Blackalicious, Frog Eyes, Spoon, And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Devotchka, Wolfmother, Phosphorescent, The New Pornographers, and Mogwai.

Tom saw fewer bands, but swears he had as good a time as anyone, and probably slept more. Tom saw excellent performances from Parts and Labor, Lance Hahn of J Church, Billy Bragg, Shellshag, Lifetime, and a couple of others.

Check back again next Monday for Episode 16, which I am certain will be a kick ass preview of upcoming albums and shows, as usual.
Direct download: Episode_SXSW_-_2006-03-21.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 2:41 AM
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Episode 15 is the episode of supreme importance. Don't miss it. Don't be left out in the cold, dummy. Listen.

What have we got, you ask? Well, we've got a few new releases, including songs from Cordero, Haram, The Grey, and NOFX.

And then a huge-normous show update full of... shows. Imagine that. We've got Dropsonic, The Nein, The Owls, Jai Alai Savant, Magnolia Electric Co., Zombi, Blowfly, The Old Haunts, Clair De Lune, and Damien Jurado.

Happy SXSW.
Direct download: Episode_15_-_2006-03-13.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 2:11 AM
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Episode number fourteen, comin' atcha!

Holy crap, is this one long mutha! Don't think we're going to be doing this ever again. Too much work! Screw two-hour episodes. It's going to be less-than-an-hour from here on out, with exceptions of course.

We've got more new releases than you can shake an ugly stick at. Stuff from Baron Zen, Centro-Matic, The Czars, Devics, Dogme 95, Figurines, Half-Handed Cloud, I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness, The Inklings, The Lawrence Arms, Mogwai, Mudhoney, Neko Case, The Ocean, Paul Flaherty & Chris Corsano, Pink Mountaintops, The Rogers Sisters, Some By Sea, and Stereolab

Then, as always, we give you an extensive live music preview, with tracks from The Heavenly States, The Eagles of Death Metal, Brief Candles, Thunderbirds are Now!, Band of Horses, Russian Circles, and Mazarin.

And we have a request! A fan came by Guestroom and requested a song from the new Robert Pollard album, to share it's greatness with all of our listners. Kudos to him!
Direct download: Episode_14_-_2006-03-06.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 2:17 AM
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The shortest month is drawing to a close here, and we at Festival City Radio are pleased to present Episode 13. The show rolls on as Guest PJ Mr. Brian Cantrell helps us call some songs and plays some new stuff he wanted us all to hear. Thanks, Brian.

New releases featured this week include songs from Citay (2:20), Good Morning Valentine (6:45), Hypatia Lake (11:00), Ian Love (13:56), Jel (17:23), Okay Paddy (21:36), The Sw!ms (24:30),and Treasure Mammal (27:08).

B-Can plays some tunes from Black Heart Procession (33:42), The Wading Girl (38:19), The Fiery Furnaces (42:14), Maxi Geil! & Play Colt (48:17), and Test Icicles (52:40).

Then, of course, we present the obligatory, yet brief, live music update.

Trivia is carried over from the week before and put on academic probation pending better performance.
Direct download: episode13-2006-02-27.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 11:54 AM
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Hey, folks. Since we didn't actually get around to telling you about any of the touring bands and other shows coming up this week in oklahoma, we decided to do a little supplement doing just that.

Listen to Tom and Jeremy goof off on a Monday night to songs by bands playing this week. Hear Mi & L'au, The Roustabouts, Record Hop, and Criteria.

Please check OklahomaRock.com for all the dates for these and many, many other shows. And check that background music courtesy Gravity Propulsion System.
Direct download: episode_8.5_-_2006-1-23.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 12:47 AM
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Episode 8 is happy to present tracks exclusively from albums available on or after January 24th. This is the day that FCR has been helping you anticipate since near it's inception, and episode 8 is dancing and smiling that the day has come on her day. Here she is, laden with songs from Tortoise & Bonnie "Prince" Billy (1:27), Catfish Haven (4:05), Clearlake (6:44), East River Pipe (9:50), East West Blast Test (12:16), Film School (14:05), Jose Gonzalez (19:39), Karl Blau (21:56), The National Trust (26:10), The Plastic Constellations (31:38), and Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins (36:15).

Phew! That's a lot of stuff to buy, but we know you've been saving up. So have we.
Direct download: Episode_08_-_2006-01-23.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 6:55 PM
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Lucky number seven.

This episode begins with a showcase of the upcoming releases from Kill Rock Stars, due out on January 24th, including The Gossip, Tarkio, and Delta 5. (01:55)

Then Jeremy takes over and plays a couple of songs from Red Sparowes and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!. (14:15)

Tom then takes his turn and plays songs from Paul Newman and Casiotone for the Painfully Alone. (23:22)

We finish it up with a song from The Architects, who may or may not be playing live in Oklahoma City in the near future. (30:23)
Direct download: Episode_07_-_2006-01-15.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 1:23 AM
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Episode number 6 continues by playing songs from artists with albums being released on January 24. 1/24 is a major release date for many labels, and we're hoping to preview a couple of songs per episode until then. This episode features tracks from the upcoming Cat Power and The Elected albums. (3:15)

After that, Tom serves a heaping helping of some of his favorite tunes, all from bands that start with "J", for some reason. Tracks included from Joan of Arc, The Jesus Lizard, J Church, and Jawbreaker. (11:10)

Following that Jeremy treats us to tracks from Centro-Matic and The Hold Steady. (27:25)

We finish this episode with tracks from touring bands that will be in our area this week. Songs from Get Him Eat Him (Jan. 16th at the Conservatory) and Jason Anderson (Jan. 12th at the Opolis). (35:35)
Direct download: episode_06_-_2006-01-09.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 12:15 AM
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Apologies for the delay. We started this on Friday, and worked on it all day. Yet problem after problem, and just the sheer length of the show prevented us from being finished until today, Monday.

You'll hear our special guest DJ Jenny, plus some tracks from upcoming releases by 5RC bands The Advantage and Excepter. In addition, we've got a ton of songs that came out in 2005 from the likes of Single Frame, Mt. Eerie, Riddle of Steel, Spoon, Okkervil River, The Books, Calla, Pelican, Aqueduct, Thanksgiving, and Crooked Fingers. Then we finish it off with a song from a band playing live on Tuesday, January 10 - Berry.
Direct download: Episode_05_-_2006-01-02.mp3
Category: music -- posted at: 8:51 PM
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