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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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" ()

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)

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)

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)

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)

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" ()

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.

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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)

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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)

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" ()

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)

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)

Episode 23, probably one of our more entertaining episodes.

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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)

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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)

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" ()

Episode 21 turned out to be one of the best yet.  It's positively brimming with fantastic music!

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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)

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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)

Episode 20 sees Jeremy venturing out into the bitter cold of podcastland all alone. How will he fare? Listen for yourself.

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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)

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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)

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

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)

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.

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!

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.

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.

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!

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.

You'll have to excuse our tardiness with this episode. It's only because we wanted to bring you the BIGGEST episode of Festival City Radio YET! We even upgraded our storage space. All for you, dear listener. All for you.

And why is this episode so eardrum-burstingly huge? Well, becuase of the slew of good releases coming out this week. Are you ready for this laundry list? Michael Leviton (01:38), Tuung (05:17), They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (10:26), Arab Strap (13:23), Arctic Monkeys (17:19), Califone (20:18), Destroyer (26:40), The Ex-Boyfriends (30:58), Head Like a Kite (34:10), The Ladies (37:20), Low Skies (38:58), Measles Mumps Rubella (44:44), Wooden Wand and the Vanishing Voice (47:58), Eef Barzelay (49:20), The Holy Fire (52:55), The Loved Ones (56:08), The Metal Hearts (59:22), and Souls She Said (1:03:40). Phew!

You, of course, won't want to miss Tom and Jeremy's rendition of an interview with Shaggy 2 Dope of the Insane Clown Posse. (1:07:14)

Then, as always, we talk about some shows coming up soon. With songs from Jucifer (1:11:35), and Pearls and Brass (1:16:10).

And finally, it's another installment of trivia, with another fantastic prize! (1:21:15).

This is the evil episode 11, the unluckiest number on the internet, of course corresponding with that the most terrifying of all holidays, Valentine's Day. Come, ye ghouls and goblins, for this bag be full of treats, not tricks. While avoiding the spirits that haunt you this V-Day, enjoy some songs by Black Wire, Magnet, National Eye, Sing Sing, and The Sword, who all have albums coming out on this accursed holiday.

There are also some fiendishly good shows coming up this week, and you'll hear from some of those groups, like Skeleton Key, Voxtrot, and Shapes and Sizes; along with others that you can hear on previous episodes.

Also don't forget Jeremy's Karaoke Birthday party, which should be a real scream.

We have another installment of the trivia, hoping for someone to guess this one, as well as some spine-tingling listener mail, which we answer, and for which we hope to hear from you, dear listener, if you dare.

Lastly, we hear from Washington natives Love Doll Swingers, who will delight you with savage taunts. A howling good episode.

The big one-oh. Festival City Radio hits double digits and Travis Searle, co-owner of Guestroom Records in Norman, drops by for some guest hosting.

This episode is full of fun, and full of new releases coming out on February 7. We've got music from the likes of Belle and Sebastian (02:45), Bracket (06:43), Bigwig (09:36), The Legendary Shack Shakers (13:15), The Go-Betweens (16:23), Frankel (19:45), Horns of Happiness (22:55), Impossible Shapes (27:12), Swearing at Motorists (30:13), Kelley Stoltz (32:47), and Mastodon (35:07).

Then we bring you a song from Of Montreal who are playing live in the area soon. (37:16)

And then the real excitement begins when we have our first ever trivia contest with an actual, tangible prize! (41:38)

Finally, we treat you to one from Neuraxis who will also be playing live in the area soon. (44:06)

Episode 9 is a landmark for precious Tom and Jeremy: not only the longest yet, but their first band interview to boot! Nerves abounded, but beer and bro-down economics overcame. The result... well, you be the judge! We think it's fantastic. Major thanks to Student Film for enduring an hour of grilling (not the good kind of grilling). We've got a few songs from them plus a song from King Kong and one from Ilya, whom Student Film will be opening for on Friday, February 3.

Also this episode is a song from the Octopus Project, who are playing in Norman on Saturday, February 4.

Plus, we got a request for the Guillemots to which we happily complied.

Enjoy!

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.

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.

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)

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)

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.

This is our 4th episode. A bit of a folly, to be quite silly about it all. Truth is, it's our favorite to date, but it's really a lead up to this Friday's episode, which will be like 45 minutes of the least boring shit yet.

Thanks for listening!

The episode is way new goodness (not yet released!) from Ester Drang and Rocky Votolato, as well as some great tracks from 2005 albums by Jeff Hanson, Sufjan Stevens, and Smog.

Don't forget to write to us!

Our third episode - first with actual equipment (thanks, jeff)! Quality microphones inspire a previously undiscovered love of their own voices in Tom and Jeremy. We talk more than before. Good thing? You be the judge. Newish music can here be heard from Centro-matic, Make Believe, The Mae Shi, Volta Do Mar, Pajo, and Cheyenne. Enjoy!

New release tracks from Chad Vangaalen, Seu J0rge, Wolf Parade, and Lightning Bolt. Live show preview track from Mommy and Daddy. Plus the first installment of "Dear FCR:" listener mail segment. Bitchin!

NOTE: This is NOT a good episode to download in order to get a feel for our podcast. Start with the latest episode, why don'tcha?

Congratulations to us on our first episode - a slap in the face of the radio industry.

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