Playlist 5/15/12

Hey, ya’ll. I hope everyone is surviving finals, or for my UC buds, surviving seventh week, or for my (un)employed buds, surviving life. Chris Chu, formerly of The Morning Benders and currently producing music as POP ETC, has fulfilled my every dream by making a modern day pop/hip hop record. Can you keep a secret? It’s kind of a dream of mine to be in a pop or hip hop band. I ~might~ be starting a cover band this summer, which is probably as close as I’ll get! Also, Small Black currently has a mixtape available for free download.

P.S. The picture in the background of the music player has been my background since January.

Artist - Track - Album
(*) new release

The Softies - Sleep Away Your Troubles - Holiday in Rhode Island

Knots - Happiness - The Blistering Sun, The Pale Moon, Hahaha
Nurses - Mile After MIle - Apples Acres
Blake Mills - Hey Lover - Break Mirrors
Small Black - Love’s Not Enough - Moon Killer Mixtape

Real Estate - Barely Legal - Stereogum Presents…STROKED: A Tribute to Is This It
The Rainbows - Mary Lee - The Doo Wop Box, Vol 1, CD 1 
(*) Here We Go Magic - How Do I Know - A Different Ship
Pure Bathing Culture - Ivory Coast - Pure Bathing Culture EP

TV Girl - It Evaporates - The Wild, The Innocent, The TV Shuffle
Black Tambourine - We Can’t Be Friends - Complete Recordings
(*) Spiritualized - Freedom - Sweet Heart, Sweet Light
(*) Alabama Shakes - You Ain’t Alone - Boys & Girls

Novak - Oh Farrah! - N/A
Magazine - About the Weather - Magic, Murder and the Weather (Request from Tim in Huntington Beach!)
Owen Pallett - Odessa (Caribou cover) - N/A
Dawn Golden and Rosy Cross - Black Sun - Blow EP

Stereolab - Percolator - Emperor Tomato Ketchup
(*) Grimes - Be a Body - Visions
Caves - 310 - N/A
POP ETC - Live It Up - POP ETC

Dash Jacket - Drifting - N/A
French Quarter - Red State - Desert Wasn’t Welcome
High Highs - Open Season - High Highs
Suburban Living - Give Up - N/A

Jonathan Richman - Vincent Van Gogh - Rockin’ & Romance

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Playlist 5/8/12  Artist - Track - Album (*) new release Typhoon - Summer Home - A New Kind of House The Finches - Human Like a House - Human Like a House The Shivas - Gun in My Pocket - 2011 PDX Pop Now! Compilation Marine Girls - Falling Again - Lazy Ways Tender Forever - But The Shape is Wide - No Snare Warm Weather - I Only Know - Dances EP Ponytail - Easy Peasy - Do Whatever You Want All the Time Nurses - Mile After Mile - Apples Acres JRG - Why Are You Always In My Dreams? - N/A (*) Best Coast - Do You Love Me Like You Used To? - The Only Place (*) Spiritualized - Too Late - Sweet Heart, Sweet Light (*) Alabama Shakes - Heartbreaker - Boys & Girls (*) Allo Darlin’ - Capricornia - Europe (*) Hunx - Always Forever - Hairdresser Blues Dash Jacket - Track 07 - n/a Bleached - Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World - Studio Paradiso/Daytrotter Session 4/23/12  Dear Nora - You’re the Palindrome - Three States: Rarities 1997-2007 Slow Club - Apples and Pairs - Yeah So The Softies - Sleep Away Your Troubles - Holiday in Rhode Island Bedroom - Home d’espines - El Fum Blanc Real Estate - Three Blocks - Days (*) Part Time - I Wanna Take You Out - What Would You Say? Cookies - The Dream - Wilderness Tips Forbidden Friends - Tiny Hands - 2011 PDX Pop Now! Compilation Owen Pallett - Lewis Takes Off His Shirt - Heartland Retribution Gospel Choir - Kokomo - AV Club Undercover Haruka Nakamura - Arne - Grace (*) Beach House - Myth - Bloom

Playlist 5/8/12 

Artist - Track - Album
(*) new release

Typhoon - Summer Home - A New Kind of House

The Finches - Human Like a House - Human Like a House
The Shivas - Gun in My Pocket - 2011 PDX Pop Now! Compilation
Marine Girls - Falling Again - Lazy Ways
Tender Forever - But The Shape is Wide - No Snare

Warm Weather - I Only Know - Dances EP
Ponytail - Easy Peasy - Do Whatever You Want All the Time
Nurses - Mile After Mile - Apples Acres
JRG - Why Are You Always In My Dreams? - N/A

(*) Best Coast - Do You Love Me Like You Used To? - The Only Place
(*) Spiritualized - Too Late - Sweet Heart, Sweet Light
(*) Alabama Shakes - Heartbreaker - Boys & Girls
(*) Allo Darlin’ - Capricornia - Europe

(*) Hunx - Always Forever - Hairdresser Blues
Dash Jacket - Track 07 - n/a
Bleached - Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World - Studio Paradiso/Daytrotter Session 4/23/12 

Dear Nora - You’re the Palindrome - Three States: Rarities 1997-2007 
Slow Club - Apples and Pairs - Yeah So
The Softies - Sleep Away Your Troubles - Holiday in Rhode Island
Bedroom - Home d’espines - El Fum Blanc
Real Estate - Three Blocks - Days

(*) Part Time - I Wanna Take You Out - What Would You Say?
Cookies - The Dream - Wilderness Tips
Forbidden Friends - Tiny Hands - 2011 PDX Pop Now! Compilation
Owen Pallett - Lewis Takes Off His Shirt - Heartland
Retribution Gospel Choir - Kokomo - AV Club Undercover

Haruka Nakamura - Arne - Grace
(*) Beach House - Myth - Bloom

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He loved, he loved, he loved life so bad.

New Beach House is now streaming on NPR!

Bloom comes out next Tuesday, May 15th.

RIP MCA

Playlist 5/1/12

Fund drive going on until May 7th!

Artist - Track - Album
(*) new release

CocoRosie - Tahiti Rain Song - La Maison de Mon Reve

St. Vincent - Marry Me - Marry Me

Yo La Tengo - Here Comes My Baby - Fakebook
The 6ths - You You You You You -
Porcelain Raft - Come Closer - Fountain’s Head

Seapony - With You - Seapony
The Microphones - I Felt Your Shape - The Glow pt 2 
Akron/Family - River - Set ‘Em Wild, Set ‘Em Free

(*) Here We Go Magic - Hard to Be Close - A Different Ship
(*) Chairlift - Guilty as Charged - Something
(*) Best Coast - How They Want Me to Be - The Only Place

Marissa Nadler feat Black Hole Infinity - No Surprises - Stereogum Presents… OKX: A Tribute to OK Computer
Frankie Rose - Soma - STROKED: A Tribute to Is This It
The Softies - The Best Days - The Best Days

(*) Alabama Shakes - You Ain’t Alone - Boys & Girls
(*) Spiritualized - Hey Jane - Sweet Heart, Sweet Light

Jonathan Richman - That Summer Feeling - I, Jonathan
(*) Horse Feathers - Helen - House with No Name
Dum Dum Girls - Take Care of My Baby - He Gets Me High

Wild Nothing - Summer Holiday - Gemini
Sleeping Bag - Slime - Slime
Hospitality - Friends of Friends - Hospitality
Sweater Girls - Pretty When You Smile - Sweater Girls

(*) Grimes - Oblivion - Visions

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sweet heart, sweet light

sweet heart and love of my life

There is thunder in our hearts.

There are five hours left of this Ella Fitzgerald marathon.

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