Radio Playlists
Radio Cure Semester 2 Week 9: New Grass
This week’s playlist was literally off the hook. We had a request storm, and I ended up playing the likes of Jimi Hendrix, The Stooges, Deadmau5 and Neil Young. Thanks for calling in everyone, and as always you are more than welcome to call in every show so we can have the same type of great experience as this week. I also played some more autumn themed music (Feist, Galaxie 500, Yo La Tengo), got the Led out, and got the Stripes out TWICE (we need a better term for getting one’s daily dose of White Stripes).
1. Polaris – Hey Sandy
2. The White Stripes – Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground
3. Julian Casablancas – 11th Dimention
4. Jimi Hendrix – Manic Depression
5. George Harrison – Apple Scruffs
6. Feist – Mushaboom
7. The Stooges – Down on the Street
8. Pixies – Where is My Mind?
9. Galaxie 500 – Blue Thunder
10. Violent Femmes – Add it Up
11. J Dilla – Anti-American Graffiti
12. Led Zeppelin – Friends
13. Yeasayer – Ambling Alp
14. M.I.A. – Big Branch
15. Deadmau5 – Ghosts ‘n’ Stuff
16. Wu-Tang Clan – Shame on a Nigga
17. R.E.M. – Stand
18. Beck – Jack-Ass
19. Backini – Where R U
20. The National – Mr. November
21. Yo La Tengo – Autumn Sweater
22. Nirvana – School
23. Kurt Vile – My Best Friends (Don’t Even Pass This)
24. Akron/Family – Afford
25. The White Stripes – Girl, You Have No Faith in Medicine
26. Unwound – Demons Sing Love Songs
27. Talk Talk – New Grass
28. Neil Young – Mellow My Mind
29. Ray Charles – I Can’t Stop Loving You
Radio Cure Semester 2 Week 8: Halloween
Radio Cure’s first ever Halloween show was a massive success. As you can see, we played zombie punk, trip hop, hard rock, electronic, hip hop, and more. No, I didn’t play Monster Mash, but yes, I did play Thriller. You can draw your own conclusions based on that.
1. Ray Parker Jr. – Ghostbusters
2. The Cramps – I Was a Teenage Werewolf
3. The Cramps – Zombie Dance
4. Wesley Willis – Vampire Bat
5. Screamin’ Jay Hawkins – I Put A Spell on You
6. The Gories – Ghost Rider
7. The Meteors – Graveyard Stomp
8. Portishead – Cowboys
9. Boards of Canada – Beware the Friendly Stranger
10. Backini – Dreamer
11. Alice in Chains – Them Bones
12. The Jesus Lizard – Nub
13. Liars – Plaster Casts of Everything
14. Aphex Twin – Come to Daddy
15. Battles – Atlas
16. Justice – Stress
17. Cocteau Twins – Blind Dumb Deaf
18. Grouper – I’m Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill
19. The Cure – The Hanging Garden
20. Clipse – Keys Open Doors
21. Ghostface Killah – Saturday Night
22. TV on the Radio – Wolf Like Me
23. Burial – Ghost Hardware
24. Coil – I Don’t Get It
25. Thom Yorke – Hearing Damage
26. Gorillaz – Latim Simone (Que Pasa Contigo)
27. Spoon – The Ghost of You Lingers
28. Joy Division – Dead Souls
29. Michael Jackson – Thriller
Radio Cure Semester 2 Week 7: Hard to Explain
1. Dinosaur Jr. – Freak Scene
2. Led Zeppelin – Custard Pie
3. The Afghan Whigs – Gentlemen
4. Nirvana – Ain’t It A Shame (Studio Demo)
5. Alla – Un Dia Otra Noche
6. Phoenix – Too Young
7. The Strokes – Hard to Explain
8. Beastie Boys – Intergalactic
9. The Roots – 100% Dundee
10. A Tribe Called Quest – Electric Relaxation
11. The Knife – Heartbeats
12. The Postal Service – Nothing Better
13. Spoon – You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb
14. Smashing Pumpkins – Pennies
15. My Bloody Valentine – Drive it All Over Me
16. Camera Obscura – Lloyd, I’m Ready to Be Heartbrokenn
17. Men Without Hats – Safety Dance
18. The Flaming Lips – What is the Light?
19. Cocteau Twins – Heaven or Las Vegas
20. Bob Dylan – I Want You
21. My Morning Jacket – Lowdown
22. The Smiths – This Charming Man
23. Neil Young – Cinnamon Girl
24. The Beta Band – Dry the Rain
25. The Walkmen – The Rat
26. Sigur Ros – Gong
27. Broken Social Scene – Lover’s Spit
28. Guided by Voices – I Am A Scientist
29. Boris with Michio Kurihara – …And, I Want
Radio Cure Semester 2 Week 6: Hello Freaks
1. The Stone Roses – I Wanna Be Adored
2. Bibio – Ambivalence Avenue
3. Bibio – Kaini Industries
4. Radiohead – Subterranean Homesick Alien
5. Thao with the Get Down Stay Down – Cool Yourself
6. Sunny Day Real Estate – Seven
7. GZA – Cold World
8. Fever Ray – When I Grow Up
9. A Sunny Day in Glasgow – Failure
10. Animal Collective – Brothersport
11. A Place to Bury Strangers – In Your Heart
12. Health – Die Slow
13. Thom Yorke – Hearing Damage
14. Grizzly Bear – Two Weeks
15. The Flaming Lips – Watching the Planets
16. Yo La Tengo – Nothing to Hide
17. Annie – I Don’t Like Your Band
18. The Knife – We Share Our Mother’s Health
19. Neon Indian – I Should Have Taken Acid With You
20. Funkadelic – Music for My Mother
21. Kurt Vile – Freak Train
22. Beach House – Astronaut
23. Wilco – I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
Radio Cure Semester 2 Week 5: Two Trees are Involved
This weekend was a Radio Cure double whammy; I filled in for the 12 Noon to 2 PM slot as well as the normal 10 PM to 12 Midnight slot. Both shows went well, and thanks to all who listened.
Noon to 2 PM Playlist:
1. The Flaming Lips – Turn it On
2. Devendra Banhart – Carmencita
3. Elliott Smith – Son of Sam
4. The Rolling Stones – Street Fighting Man
5. Grizzly Bear – Two Weeks
6. Kurt Vile – Freeway
7. The Cure – Why Can’t I Be You
8. Smashing Pumpkins – Tristessa
9. of Montreal – A Sentence of Sorts in Kongsvinger
10. Yo La Tengo – Nothing to Hide
11. Mew – Beach
12. The Dodos – Longform
13. Le Loup – Go East
14. Sunny Day Real Estate – Song About an Angel
15. Boris and Michio Kurihara – Sweet No. 1
16. Dinosaur Jr. – Just Like Heaven
17. Two Gospel Keys – I Don’t Feel at Home in this World Anymore
18. Gary Wilson – When You Walk Into My Dreams
19. The Cramps – Zombie Dance
20. The Beatles – I Should Have Known Better
21. Louis Armstrong – Hello Dolly
22. The Gories – Thunderbird ESQ
23. Edith Piaf – Milord
24. The Stone Roses – Waterfall
25. Phoenix – Lisztomania
26. Monsters of Folk – Say Please
27. Radiohead – The Bends
28. Broken Social Scene – Major Label Debut (Acoustic)
10 PM to 12 Midnight Playlist:
1. Joy Division – Disorder
2. Dinosaur Jr. – Little Fury Things
3. The Walkmen – In the New Year
4. The Dead Weather – Treat Me Like Your Mother
5. Yo La Tengo – Here to Fall
6. Smashing Pumpkins – Frail and Bedazzled
7. Mew – Hawaii
8. Passion Pit – The Reeling
9. Bjork – Bachelorette
10. Talking Heads – Once in a Lifetime
11. Liars – Plaster Casts of Everything
12. Sunny Day Real Estate – Seven
13. Pissed Jeans – False Jesii Part 2
14. Health – Die Slow
15. New Order – Fine Time
16. My Bloody Valentine – Soon
17. The Stone Roses – She Bangs the Drums
18. Neutral Milk Hotel – Holland, 1945
19. Pulp – Common People
20. Jane’s Addiction – Idiots Rule
21. Led Zeppelin – Ramble On
22. Animal Collective – Unsolved Mysteries
23. Animal Collective – Fireworks
24. Edith Piaf – Milord
25. The Postal Service – The District Sleeps Alone Tonight
26. Spiritualized – Ladies and Gentlemen, We Are Floating in Space
Radio Cure Semester 2 Week 4: Off the Hook
This week’s playlist was based on the idea of the “hook” in music – a musical motif that catches the ear – and what that means in the context of music. We explored the hook from as early as the 1950s up until now and everything in between, and there was discussion about what makes a hook, what a hook does and if hooks are important, as well as what some of my favorite hooks are. Larry and Moire stopped by the station soon and good times ensued. Here’s the great stuff that was played:
1. X – Your Phone’s Off the Hook, But You’re Not
2. The Jackson Five – I Want You Back
3. The Beatles – Tell Me Why
4. The Kinks – Everybody’s Gonna Be Happy
5. Black Lips – Bad Kids
6. Condo Fucks – What’cha Gonna Do About It
7. The Cramps – Surfin’ Bird
8. The Gories – Chick-Inn
9. R.E.M. – Stand
10. The Stone Roses – She Bangs The Drums
11. Dinosaur Jr. – Over It
12. The Vaselines – Son of a Gun
13. Guided by Voices – Gold Star for Robot Boy
14. Screaming Trees – Nearly Lost You
15. Spin Doctors – Two Princes
16. Sunny Day Real Estate – Seven
17. Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit
18. Wilco – I’m Always In Love
19. Smashing Pumpkins – Perfect
20. Kylie Minogue – Love At First Sight
21. Daft Punk – Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
22. Kid Cudi – Make Her Say
23. Black Kids – I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You
24. Yo La Tengo – Nothing to HIde
25. The Strokes – What Ever Happened?
26. Mew – Hawaii
27. Matt & Kim – Daylight
28. Feist – I Feel it All
29. Spoon – You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb
30. Interpol – The New
Radio Cure Semester 2 Week 3: …While it Rained in All the Colors of the Night
First, I’d like to say that last night’s Radio Cure was one of the best, if not the best show I’ve done yet. I think the energy flowed really well and it was one of the most consistent playlists I’ve had yet.
Second, I would like to note that you shouldn’t listen to my show expecting anything specifically. Just because I have the 10 PM Saturday slot doesn’t mean I’m going to be playing music for people to party to. I think what makes college radio really, genuinely unique and interesting is that we as DJs and hosts have the freedom to fully express ourselves through the music we play, and the ability (but not requirement) to challenge what goes on with mainstream radio.
My policy is that I play good music. For that reason, people interested in good music will be interested in Radio Cure. I can’t say that I’m tailoring the playlist to my listeners to the extent that I will constantly be giving you something to dance to or sing along to, but once again, I play good music. Maybe that takes someone, somewhere thinking about what it means for music to be “good,” regardless of whether they are on their roof, in bed, at a gas station, or at a party, to appreciate what I’m at the very least trying to do.
If what you want from radio is only affirmation that tonight is going to be a good, good night, then you have options: iTunes, iPods, other radio stations. But for everyone who wants a unique radio experience, WRGW is one of the best college radio stations you’ll find, and I fully believe that what unique things radio and WRGW in particular have to offer are being appreciated. I know for a fact that you are listening.
1. The Antlers – Bear
2. The XX – VCR
3. Radiohead – Kid A
4. The Stone Roses – I Wanna Be Adored
5. Health – Die Slow
6. A Place to Bury Strangers – In Your Heart
7. The Dead Weather – Treat Me Like Your Mother
8. The Cramps – Goo Goo Muck
9. Erykah Badu – Soldier
10. Aphex Twin – Alberto Basalm
11. Thom Yorke – The Eraser
12. Crystal Castles – Courtship Dating
13. The Knife – Heartbeats
14. Smashing Pumpkins – Perfect
15. Dinosaur Jr. – Pieces
16. Mew – Why Are You Looking Grave?
17. Pavement – Elevate Me Later
18. The Walkmen – Four Provinces
19. R.E.M. – It’s the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
20. Yo La Tengo – When It’s Dark
21. Portishead – Sour Times
22. Gang Gang Dance – House Jam
23. Massive Attack – Teardrop
24. Le Loup – Go East
25. Elliott Smith – Somebody That I Used to Know
26. Elvis Perkins – While You Were Sleeping
Radio Cure Semester 2 Week 2: Nowhere Near
1. Boards of Canada – Everything You Do is a Balloon
2. Unwound – We Invent You
3. Joy Division – Disorder
4. The Stone Roses – I Wanna Be Adored
5. Radiohead – Idioteque
6. The Streets – Has it Come to This
7. Raekwon – New Wu
8. Clipse – Ain’t Cha (Feat. Re-Up Gang)
9. The Dead Weather – Treat Me Like Your Mother
10. Black Lips – Bad Kids
11. Dinosaur Jr. – Pieces
12. Pissed Jeans – False Jesii Part 2
13. The Jesus Lizard – Mouth Breather
14. Boris – Pink
15. Yo La Tengo – Here to Fall
16. James Brown – Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine
17. Gang Gang Dance – First Communion
18. Daft Punk – One More Time
19. The Knife – We Share Our Mothers’ Health
20. Flying Lotus – Parisian Goldfish
21. Cocteau Twins – Cherry-Coloured Funk
22. Talking Heads – (Nothing But) Flowers
23. Japandroids – Young Hearts Spark Fire
24. Grizzly Bear – Two Weeks
25. Elliott Smith – Everything Reminds Me of Her
26. Condo Fucks – With A Girl Like You
27. Yo La Tengo – Nowhere Near
Radio Cure Semester 2 Week 1: Keep it Goin’ Louder
Sorry it took me a while to get the playlist of my first show up. I think it went really well, although the show got cut a little bit so the station could have time for special guest 9th Wonder on a special edition of Funkadelic Freestyles. Here is the playlist:
1. Wilco – Radio Cure
2. The xx – Islands
3. The Asteroids Galaxy Tour – The Sun Ain’t Shining No More
4. Justice – D.A.N.C.E.
5. Michael Jackson – Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough
6. K.C. & the Sunshine Band – Get Down Tonight
7. The Stooges – Down on the Street
8. Dinosaur Jr. – Over It
9. Phoenix – Lisztomania
10. Backini – Dreamer
11. Depeche Mode – Wrong
12. Crystal Castles – Courtship Dating
13. Beck – Devil’s Haircut
14. M.I.A. – 10 Dollar
15. Major Lazer – Keep it Goin’ Louder
16. The Knife – Heartbeats
17. Mew – Hawaii
18. R.E.M. – The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight
19. Guided by Voices – Gold Star for Robot Boy
20. Spoon – You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb
21. The National – Fake Empire
22. DJ Shadow – Midnight in a Perfect World
Radio Cure Semester 1 Week 12: Cherry Bombs
This week’s Radio Cure was the last show of the semester. I decided to make it a Summer themed playlist, even though Summer is technically still a couple months off. But the semester is almost over, and it is starting to get warm outside. I think the show turned out very well. In fact, this whole semester went really well, and I’m hoping to have the opportunity to do this again next semester, so everyone cross their fingers.
1. The Flaming Lips – Race for the Prize (Peter Mokran Mix)
2. Spoon – Finer Feelings
3. Aerosmith – Sweet Emotion
4. Beck – Girl
5. Sly & the Family Stone – Hot Fun in the Summer Time
6. The Magnetic Fields – 100,000 Fireflies
7. M. Ward – To Go Home
8. Dinosaur Jr. – Little Fury Things
9. Animal Collective – Summertime Clothes
10. Radiohead – Airbag
11. The Dandy Warhols – Everyday Should Be a Holiday
12. Beck – Tropicalia
13. Kool & the Gang – Jungle Boogie
14. The Beach Boys – I Get Around
15. The Avalanches – Since I Left You
16. Os Mutantes – Baby
17. Neko Case – This Tornado Loves You
18. Seu Jorge – Tive Razão (I Was Right)
19. The Ramones – Rockaway Beach
20. Led Zeppelin – Rock & Roll
21. The Jesus & Mary Chain – Far Gone and Out
22. Screaming Trees – Nearly Lost You
23. My Morning Jacket – Wordless Chorus
24. Arcade Fire – Haiti
25. Smashing Pumpkins – 1979
26. The Velvet Underground – Who Loves the Sun?
27. Yo La Tengo – Center of Gravity
28. Wilco – A Shot in the Arm
29. Spoon – You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb
30. The Flaming Lips – It’s Summertime
31. Primal Scream – Movin’ On Up
32. Gorillaz – Re-Hash
33. Smashing Pumpkins – Cherub Rock
Radio Cure Semester 1 Week 11: Kickin’ It
Another electronic playlist this week. I think I gave this one a lot more energy and it really showed.
1. Dan Deacon – Build Voice
2. Air – Cherry Blossom Girl
3. The Avalanches – Since I Left You
4. The Orb – Little Fluffy Clouds
5. Boards of Canada – Skyliner
6. Chris Clark – Lord of the Dance
7. Aphex Twin – 4
8. M.I.A. – Boyz
9. Animal Collective – Brother Sport
10. Amon Tobin – Verbal (Feat. MC Decimal R)
11. Burial – Archangel
12. Depeche Mode – Wrong
13. Massive Attack – Future Proof
14. Jack Dangers – Kick It Dub
15. LCD Soundsystem – Get Innocuous!
16. Daft Punk – Around the World
17. The Chemical Brothers – Setting Sun
18. KMFDM – Ultra
19. Nine Inch Nails – Head Like a Hole
20. Radiohead – Idioteque
21. Autechre – Basscadet
22. The Knife – Silent Shout
23. Bjork – Bachelorette
24. Boards of Canada – Turquoise Hexagon Sun
25. The Knife – We Share Our Mother’s Health
26. M.I.A. – Paper Planes
Radio Cure Semester 1 Week 10: April Fools
I had way too much fun with this.
1. John Cage – 4′33″: I – Tacet
2. Horatio Lee Jenkins – Drunker Than Satan
3. Nena – 99 Luftballoons
4. Madvillain – Bistro
5. Sugarhill Gang – Rapper’s Delight
6. Dead Or Alive – You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)
7. A-Ha – Take On Me
8. Sweet – Ballroom Blitz
9. Village People – In the Navy
10. Van McCoy – The Hustle
11. Beck – Beercan
12. Amy Winehouse – Rehab
13. PanAmerican Steel Band – Super Mario Bros.
14. Vanilla Ice – Ice Ice Baby
15. Devo – Space Junk
16. William Hung – She Bangs
17. William Hung – William Hung Inspirational Thought: Passion
18. Will Smith – Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It
19. The Beastie Boys – Brass Monkey
20. Beck – Qué Onda Guero
21. Weather Girls – It’s Raining Men
22. Tom Jones – Sex Bomb
23. Salt-N-Pepa – Let’s Talk About Sex
24. Jack Black – Let’s Get it On
25. Michael Jackson – Thriller
26. The Cramps – Surfin’ Bird
27. Harry Belafonte – Jump in the Line
28. MC Hammer – U Can’t Touch This
29. Rick Astley – Never Gonna Give You Up
Next week will mostly be an experimental electronic playlist.
Radio Cure Semester 1 Week 9: The White Screen
For the first show in two weeks, since before Spring break, I thought I’d provide sort of a mixed bag, a little bit of everything. I also played a lot of music by artists that have shows coming up around DC or are going to have festival appearances this Summer (or are at least rumored to). My Pitchfork tickets came in the mail the other week, so I’ve been pretty psyched about that. I might write a post with more on the lineup after more of it becomes available.
1. The Flaming Lips – Turn it On
2. Asobi Seksu – Layers
3. Lush – Sweetness and Light
4. The Smiths – Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now
5. Bjork – Isobel
6. The Beastie Boys – Shake Your Rump
7. Public Enemy – Brothers Gonna Work it Out
8. M.I.A. – Galang
9. The Avalanches – Since I Left You
10. Michael Jackson – Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough
11. James Brown – Soul Power
12. Portishead – Sour Times
13. Smashing Pumpkins – 1979
14. The Jesus Lizard – Mouth Breather
15. Nine Inch Nails – Head Like a Hole
16. Jane’s Addiction – Been Caught Stealing
17. Pearl Jam – Daughter
18. Arcade Fire – Keep The Car Running
19. Animal Collective – My Girls
20. Beirut – Scenic World
21. Death Cab for Cutie – Photobooth
22. Akron/Family – Ed is a Portal
23. Neko Case – People Got A Lotta Nerve
24. My Morning Jacket – Anytime
25. Feist – I Feel It All
26. The National – Fake Empire
27. My Bloody Valentine – Soon
28. Boards of Canada – Amo Bishop Roden
Brian is visiting for the tail end of this week. Then Emberly. Then a kite flying festival? Then the Asobi Seksu concert on Saturday. Needless to say, it is going to be a busy, fun, exciting week. It would be even nicer if the weather decided to get a little better but well I guess we’ll see about that. I’m still a white boy who listens to hip hop. The extent of my school work is essentially living and breathing Night of the Living Dead. And I’m definitely happy to be able to live and breath a film that is that good.
Things I am listening to lately:
Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago
The National – Boxer
Madvillain – Madvillainy
Burial – Untrue
Asobi Seksu – Citrus
Radio Cure Semester 1 Week 8: Spring
Today’s playlist was Springtime oriented. I thought it would have been really hard to follow up last weeks excellent playlist, but this one was fun, and quite relaxing. Which I needed this week, considering I have four midterms, another test, and a midterm project due. Luckily the weather outside is beautiful, so we can have that along with the impending Spring break to be thankful for.
I won’t be on air next week, as I will be back in IL. The next show will be on Wednesday March 25, as always streamable from gwradio.com from 8-10 AM EST. I look forward to it.
1. Fabio Biondi: Europa Galante – Spring I
2. Fleet Foxes – Sun Giant
3. Animal Collective – Leaf House
4. Nick Drake – One of These Things First
5. Air – Cherry Blossom Girl
6. Akron/Family – Running, Returning
7. Andrew Bird – Oh No
8. Feist – Mushaboom
9. The Smiths – Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now
10. My Morning Jacket – Wordless Chorus
11. Yo La Tengo – You Can Have it All
12. Beach House – Astronaut
13. Lush – Sweetness and Light
14. Antony & the Johnsons – Kiss My Name
15. Bob Dylan – Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright
16. Neil Young – Old Man
17. Wilco – When You Wake Up Feeling Old
18. Animal Collective – My Girls
19. Chairlift – Bruises
20. Shugo Tokumaru – Parachute
21. Asobi Seksu – Me & Mary
22. Neutral Milk Hotel – In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
23. Led Zeppelin – Friends
24. Pearl Jam – Daughter
25. Vetiver – Every Day
26. M. Ward – To Go Home
27. George Harrison – If Not For You
28. Mazzy Star – Fade Into You
29. Nirvana – On a Plain
30. Nico – These Days
Radio Cure Semester 1 Week 7: Munchkins
This weeks show was by far the most amazing show Radio Cure has had yet. It was all around blast and I’m really happy I got it to work out well. The concept was actually fairly simple. While listening to the instrumental hip hop album Donuts by J Dilla, I realized that all but one of the songs on the album were under two minutes. I thought it would be fun and challenging to make a playlist with all songs under two minutes as well. So I lined up all of the songs under two minutes on my iTunes, picked and chose until I had about five hours worth of music, slowly chizzled my selections down to two hours, and then carefully arranged them. I would say it was a complete success, and that it was not only the most fun show I have ever arranged, but also the most fun to execute. I have always been a fan of micro-music, so I not only got to play music from many of my favorite artists here, but I learned a lot about music as well. I got to play a ton of songs that I would have never thought I would have had the opportunity to play on the radio because they were too short, obscure, un-radio-friendly, or out of place, and it seems like just about everything sounded at home. Thanks a ton to everyone who listened, and I hope we can have even more incredible shows like this in the future.
Some of the song selections are a bit obscure, so I have decided to include the album of origin for each song after the song title, so that everyone can get a better idea of where everything came from.
1. The Magnetic Fields – Washington, D.C. – 69 Love Songs
2. They Might Be Giants – Particle Man – Flood
3. Shugo Tokumaru – Sleet – Night Piece
4. Madvillain – Bistro – Madvillainy
5. J Dilla – Airworks – Donuts
6. George’s Answering Machine
7. Animal Collective – Sweet Road – Sung Tongs
8. Mudhoney – Generation Genocide – Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
9. Broken Social Scene – Finish Your Collapse and Stay for Breakfast – Broken Social Scene
10. The Mamas & the Papas – Once Was a Time I Thought – Gold
11. Caustic Window – Pidgeon Street – Compilation
12. Antony & the Johnsons – What Can I Do? – I Am A Bird Now
13. Sigur Ros – Intro – Agaetis Byrjun
14. Gorillaz – Punk – Gorillaz
15. Elvis Presley – A Little Less Conversation – Ocean’s 11
16. Meat Puppets – Lake of Fire – Meat Puppets II
17. Neil Young – Till the Morning Comes – After the Gold Rush
18. Jyotitindra Moitra – “Farewell to Earnest” from Merchant-Ivory’s film “The Householder” – The Darjeeling Limited
19. Beck – I’ve Seen The Land Beyond – One Foot in the Grave
20. The Rolling Stones – Not Fade Away – The Rolling Stones
21. The Jesus & Mary Chain – Taste of Cindy – Psychocandy
22. Black Flag – Spray Paint – Damaged
23. Andrew Bird – /=/ – Andrew Bird & the Mysterious Production of Eggs
24. Bjork – Frosti – Vespertine
25. Deerhunter – Calvary Scars – Microcastle
26. Madvillain – Sickfit – Madvillainy
27. Soundgarden – Kickstand – Superunknown
28. The Cramps – Zombie Dance – Songs The Lord Taught Us
29. Yo La Tengo – Return to Hot Chicken – I Can Hear The Heart Beating as One
30. Lemonheads – Rockin Stroll – It’s A Shame About Ray
31. Kevin Shields – Are You Awake? – Lost in Translation
32. Chris Clark – Pleen 1930s – Clarence Park
33. Modest Mouse – Wild Packs of Family Dogs – The Moon & Antarctica
34. Brian Eno – Another Green World – Another Green World
35. Nick Drake – Come Into the Garden – Family Tree
36. Burial – UK – Untrue
37. The Clash – Koka Kola – London Calling
38. M. Ward – Magic Trick – Post-War
39. Cocteau Twins – Strange Fruit – BBC Sessions
40. Radiohead – Fitter Happier – OK Computer
41. Aphex Twin – Btoum-Roumada – Drukqs
42. Slowdive – Visions of La – Pygmalion
43. Bob Dylan – Oxford Town – The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan
44. The White Stripes – Fell in Love With a Girl – White Blood Cells
45. This Mortal Coil – Tears – Filigree & Shadow
46. Portishead – Deep Water – Third
47. Pixies – Tony’s Theme – Surfer Rosa
48. Nirvana – Molly’s Lips – Incesticide
49. Boards of Canada – Kaini Industries – Music Has the Right to Children
50. Ramones – Do You Wanna Dance? – Rocket to Russia
51. Ysaÿe Quartet – String Quartet In F Major (Second Movement) – The Royal Tenenbaums
52. Nine Inch Nails – The Frail – The Fragile
53. Nick Drake – Harvest Breed – Pink Moon
54. The Beatles – Her Majesty – Abbey Road
55. The Magnetic Fields – Absolutely Cuckoo – 69 Love Songs
56. Rilo Kiley – Variations On A Theme (Science Vs. Romance) – Take-Offs and Landings
57. Neutral Milk Hotel – Communist Daughter – In The Aeroplane over the Sea
58. Satyajit Ray – Charu’s Theme” From Satyajit Ray’s Film Charulata – The Darjeeling Limited
59. Slowdive – Untitled [Mexico] – I’m The Elephant, U Are The Mouse
60. The Smiths – Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want – Hatful of Hollow
61. Aphex Twin – I – Selected Ambient Works 85-92
62. This Mortal Coil – D.D. and E – Blood
63. Bjork – Aurora (Music Box) – Cocoon
64. Neko Case – The Next Time You Say Forever – Middle Cyclone
65. Squarepusher – Tommib – Lost in Translation
66. Shugo Tokumaru – The Mop – Night Piece
67. J Dilla – Time: The Donut of the Heart – Donuts
68. Smashing Pumpkins – Sweet Sweet – Siamese Dream
69. Chris Clark – Emw – Clarence Park
70. Akron/Family – Love, Love, Love (Everyone) – Love is Simple
71. Cat Power – How Can I Tell You? – De Beers Commercial
72. Thomas Newman – All That Love’s About – WALL•E
73. Aphex Twin – Avril 14th – Drukqs
Radio Cure Semester 1 Week 6: Rags to Riches
This weeks playlist was very exciting. I’ve always had in mind to make a shoegaze/dreampop playlist. Narrowing down the selection was tough but I think I got in a nice sampler. There were a couple essentials I missed, but I had to make the sacrifice in order to get in some of the newer non shoegaze/dreampop stuff. I’m really getting into the new Andrew Bird and Antony and the Johnsons, so that stuff made an appearance, as you can see. Definitely a great show.
1. AR Rahman – Jai Ho
2. This Mortal Coil – Song to the Siren
3. Slowdive – Alison
4. Andrew Bird – Oh No
5. My Bloody Valentine – When You Wake (You’re Still in a Dream)
6. Smashing Pumpkins – Crush
7. Chapterhouse – Pearl
8. Deerhunter – Agoraphobia
9. Antony and the Johnsons – Another World
10. The Flaming Lips – Race for the Prize (Peter Mokran Mix)
11. Lush – Lovelife
12. Pia Fraus – Octobergirl
13. Boo Radleys – Rodney King (Song for Lenny Bruce)
14. Vetiver – Every Day
15. Catherine Wheel – Texture
16. Andrew Bird – Fitz and the Dizzyspells
17. Animal Collective – Bluish
18. The Radio Dept. – Pulling Our Weight
19. The Ecstasy of Saint Theresa – What’s
20. Asobi Seksu – Thursday
21. Antony and the Johnsons – Epilepsy is Dancing
22. Serena Maneesh – Candlelighted
23. Animal Collective – Brother Sport
24. Cocteau Twins – Heaven or Las Vegas
25. My Bloody Valentine – When You Sleep
26. Spiritualized – Ladies and Gentlemen, We Are Floating in Space
27. Sigur Ros – Svefn-g-englar
Radio Cure Semester 1 Week 5: Year of the Foamy Latte
1. The Dandy Warhols – Ride
2. The Rolling Stones – Monkey Man
3. The Smiths – Rubber Ring
4. Parlotones – Dragonflies & Astronauts
5. Cat Stevens – Here Comes My Baby
6. Bon Iver – Skinny Love
7. Beck – Loser
8. Shugo Tokumaru – Parachute
9. Love & Rockets – Ball of Confusion (That’s What the World is Today)
10. The Clash – Train in Vain
11. Animal Collective – Bluish
12. Mos Def – Hip Hop
13. The White Stripes – Little Acorns
14. Soundgarden – Hands All Over
15. Andrew Bird – Fake Palindromes
16. The Smiths – That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore
17. Led Zeppelin – Kashmir
18. Screaming Trees – Nearly Lost You
19. Modest Mouse – Heart Cooks Brain
20. Antony and the Johnsons – Another World
21. The Beatles – Your Mother Should Know
22. Beach House – Used to Be
23. Wilco – I’m Always in Love
24. Animal Collective – Fireworks
25. The Beta Band – Dry The Rain
26. The National – Fake Empire
27. Broken Social Scene – Major Label Debut (Acoustic)
Radio Cure Semester 1 Week 4: Machinists
Sorry it took so long to get this playlist up. This was easily the most ambitious, edgy playlist I have done yet. It also took the longest to make, because I had to compress a really large amount of songs that I wanted people to hear into a relatively small amount of air time. I think it worked out really well, and I’m glad that the listeners I talked to kept an open mind about it.
1. Blue States – Arion
2. Air – La Femme d’Argent
3. Boards of Canada – Turquoise Hexagon Sun
4. Aphex Twin – We Are the Music Makers
5. The Orb – Little Fluffy Clouds
6. Daft Punk – Musique
7. Radiohead – 15 Step
8. M.I.A. – Paper Planes
9. Animal Collective – Brother Sport
10. The Postal Service – The District Sleeps Alone Tonight
11. The Chemical Brothers – Did Your Own Hole
12. Autechre – Easy Muffin
13. Amon Tobin – Easy Muffin
14. Squarepusher – Cooper’s World
15. RJD2 – Ghostwriter
16. Aphex Twin – Alberto Basalm
17. Burial – Archangel
18. Thom Yorke – The Eraser
19. Venetian Snares – Hajnal
20. Boards of Canada – Roygbiv
21. Autechre – Altibzz
22. Brian Eno – The Big Ship
23. Autechre – Cichli
On another note, a big congratulations and best wishes to Mathangi Arulpragasam (M.I.A.) and her baby boy. Anyone who has ever listened to my show knows I’m a big fan of M.I.A., and it is important to me that she is doing well, and it sure seems like she is. She did a great job at the grammys, and fingers crossed for not just a win but more an all around good time at the Academy Awards on the 22nd, one of which she has been nominated for.
I hope you all decide to tune in again to Radio Cure on Wednesday at 8 AM, streamable on gwradio.com.
Radio Cure Semester 1 Week 3: Smooth
This week, the playlist was very subdued. I noted last week that some of the music I played was very jarring for such an early time slot, so I came up with this classic rock / folk playlist that I rather like. But next week, expect something completely different, even opposite.
1. Fleet Foxes – Sun it Rises
2. Louis Armstrong – Hello Dolly
3. Boards of Canada – Kid For Today
4. Bob Marley – Could You Be Loved
5. Akron/Family – Afford
6. Nick Drake – Time Has Told Me
7. Broken Social Scene – Major Label Debut
8. Beach House – You Came to Me
9. George Harrison – If Not For You
10. Feist – Mushaboom
11. M. Ward – Chinese Translation
12. Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On
13. Robert Johnson – They’re Red Hot
14. Modest Mouse – Gravity Rides Everything
15. Nirvana – All Apologies
16. Sigur Ros – Agaetis Byrjun
17. Sly and the Family Stone – Everyday People
18. Wilco – Jesus Etc.
19. Smashing Pumpkins – Landslide
20. Radiohead – No Surprises
21. Neil Young – Tell Me Why
22. John Lee Hooker – Boogie Chillen’
23. My Morning Jacket – Knot Comes Loose
24. Animal Collective – Banshee Beat
25. Yeasayer – (Red Cave)
26. Gorillaz – Re-Hash
27. The Avalanches – Since I Left You
Radio Cure Semester 1 Week 2: Deep Freeze and Great Thaw
Today’s playlist was a bit more free form than last week’s, although the only thing that really unified the music last week was that it was made in 2008, and that it was all good. This week was a sampler for the kinds of themes you might be hearing on Radio Cure this semester; every block of music had its own personality, and I think I segued from genre to genre nicely. Some of it might have been a little hard on the ears for so early in the morning (especially the punk block), but I’ve always liked to start my mornings off with lots of energy, and if this ends up being the type of show we have lots of this semester, I definitely won’t be disappointed with myself.
1. Leon Redbone & Zooey Deschanel – Baby It’s Cold Outside
2. Led Zeppelin – You Shook Me
3. Blind Willie McTell – Statesboro Blues
4. The White Stripes – Stop Breaking Down
5. The Stooges – Down on the Street
6. Boris – Pink
7. Joy Division – Disorder
8. Arcade Fire – Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)
9. Broken Social Scene – 7/4 (Shoreline)
10. M.I.A. – Boyz
11. Animal Collective – My Girls
12. Panda Bear – Take Pills
13. Bjork – It’s Not Up To You
14. Radiohead – Airbag
15. Cocteau Twins – Ivo
16. Fleet Foxes – White Winter Hymnal
17. Andrew Bird – Sovay
18. Neil Young – Old Man
19. Yo La Tengo – Our Way To Fall
20. Alice in Chains – Got Me Wrong
21. Pixies – Where Is My Mind?
22. The Jesus & Mary Chain – Far Gone And Out
23. The Velvet Underground – There She Goes Again
24. My Bloody Valentine – Drive it All Over Me
25. Boards of Canada – Everything You Do Is A Balloon
26. Aphex Twin – Xtal
27. Feist – I Feel It All
Radio Cure Semester 1 Week 1: Best of 2008
Hey everybody,
The first broadcast of my radio show, Radio Cure, went great. Thanks to everyone who listened. I thought I’d post the playlist here for all of you who are curious. This week’s theme was to a. get the show up and running and get all of the kinks ironed out and b. play the best music of 2008. Every song I played with the exception of Radio Cure by Wilco is from 2008, and the foundation of the broadcast was my top ten albums of 2008 list on this blog. The playlist was as follows:
1. Wilco – Radio Cure
2. Chairlift – Bruises
3. Gang Gang Dance – First Communion
4. TV on the Radio – Dancing Choose
5. Coldplay – Lovers in Japan / Reign of Love
6. Noah and the Whale – 5 Years Time
7. of Montreal – Id Engager
8. Mudhoney – The Lucky Ones
9. Beck – Chemtrails
10. Toadies – No Deliverance
11. Gregor Samsa – The Adolescent
12. The Magnetic Fields – California Girls
13. Fleet Foxes – Quiet Houses
14. A.R. Rahm and M.I.A. – O… Saya
15. Mogwai – Local Authority
16. Deerhunter – Never Stops
17. Beach House – You Came to Me
18. Oasis – Waiting for the Rapture
19. Vampire Weekend – M79
20. Grouper – Heavy Water / I’d Rather Be Sleeping
21. Autechre – Altibzz
22. Boz Scaggs – I’ll Remember April
23. Animal Collective – Water Curses
24. Portishead – The Rip
25. Chairlift – Planet Health
Once again, the show can be streamed on Wednesday’s at 8 AM via gwradio.com. Thanks again.
-Alex
