Mesmerization Eclipse

BOB BEERS TOP 10 for 2011!

2012-02-02T19:47:00.008-05:00

Bob Beers is a waterproofer and occasional contributor to Mezzy.

10. Bon Iver – Bon Iver
I'll admit I bought into the hype a bit on this one. I couldn't stop listening to this album for at least a month or two after it came out. Upon revisiting the album a few months later, it wasn't quite as good as I remembered, but it was still pretty good. Haters gonna hate.
Best Song – Holocene

9. Blood Orange – Coastal Grooves
I gotta thank Rippy for this one. After following a link Rip tweeted (twat?) early last year to the pre-album single "Dinner", I was hooked on this band's sound. Think 80's inflected indie-pop through an R&B filter with a little Prince thrown in for good measure.
Best Song – Sutphin Boulevard (unfortunately "Dinner" didn't appear on the album, but if it had it would easily have been the best)

8. Atlas Sound – Parallax
Didn't pick this album up until late last year, but I've been listening to it non-stop ever since. Man, does this guy know how to craft a song.
Best Song – Te Amo

7. Akron/Family – S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT
Hippie Psychedelic Freak Folk. Or Indie Folk Trance Fusion. Or Post Indie Folk Experimental Psych Rock. Not exactly sure how to classify these guys, but I am sure that this album had me entranced for most of the year. Also, the best live show I saw last year. Insane.
Best Song – Another Sky

6. Neon Indian – Era Extraña
When I first heard Pyschic Chasms back in 2009 it felt like lightning in a bottle – an amazing album but almost no chance they'd release anything that good again. Era Extraña is damn close. It's certainly more polished and quite possibly more mature – in a good way.
Best Song – Polish Girl

5. Destroyer – Kaputt
I never really got into the New Pornographers, but oddly enough I have picked up a few of their solo/side project records over the years. And dammit if those cooky Canucks don't know how to write a song or two. The best lounge music I heard all year.
Best Song – Blue Eyes

4. Masters of the Hemisphere – Maybe These Are the Breaks
Maybe this is their best album. Seriously. This is not the obligatory put-your-friend's-band-on-your-year-end-best-of-list entry either. This is some sincere shit right here. These guys have always known how to write great pop songs, but this is by far their most polished effort.
Best Song – Watch It Go Away

3. Battles – Gloss Drop
Wow. This album came out of nowhere for me. I happened to catch the video for the first single "Ice Cream" on the interwebs and I could not get that song out of my head. Been jamming the entire album ever since. Mostly instrumental tracks with guest vocalists on a few songs.
Best Song – Wall Street

2. M83 – Hurry Up, We're Dreaming

While this album doesn't quite reach the heights of Saturdays = Youth, it is still a damn fine album. It's also a bit of a slow-burner, revealing more and more with repeated listens. This dude will be creating great music for years to come.
Best Song – Midnight City

1. Jay-Z & Kanye West – Watch the Throne

What balls these dudes have – releasing an album of self-described "luxury rap" in the midst of a global recession! Kanye gets a lot of the credit here for creating music that sonically defies simple categorization while raising the bar for not just hip-hop, but music in general.

Best Song – Ni**as in Paris

My Favorite 2011s

2012-01-17T22:24:00.002-05:00

'11 Songs
1. Dominant Legs - Hoop Of Love
2. Cut/Copy - Take Me Over
3. Summer Camp - Better Off Without You
4. Cass McCombs - County Line
5. The Drums - Days
6. Ladybug Transistor - Life Less True
7. Papercuts - Do You Really Wanna Know?
8. Little Dragon - Ritual Union
9. AIH - Yr Go To
10. Panda Bear - Last Night At The Jetty
11. Twerps - Who Are You
12. Real Estate - Wonder Years
13. Eleanor Friedberger - My Mistakes
14. Real Estate - It's Real
15. Still Corners - Wish
16. Deerhoof - Super Duper Rescue Heads
17. Cut/Copy - Need You Now
18. AIH - Contact High
19. J Mascis - Not Enough
20. Supermelody - I Want Your Blood

'11 Albums
1 Cut/Copy - Zonoscope
2 Twerps - s/t
3 Darren Sylvester - tour cdr
4 Panda Bear - Tomboy
5 The Drums - Portamento
6 John Maus - We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves
7 J Mascis - Several Shades Of Why
8 Papercuts - Fading Parade
9 Cass McCombs - Humor Risk
10 Real Estate - Days
11 Dominant Legs - Invitation
12 Destroyer - Kaputt
13 AIH - Moment Bends
14 Folklore - Home Church Road
15 Slow Club - Paradise
16 Still Corners - Creatures of An Hour
17 Deerhoof - Deerhoof vs. Evil
18 Ladybug Transistor - Clutching Stems
19 Supermelody - Destination Unknown
20 Summer Camp - Welcome To Condale

the good music of 2011

2012-01-14T00:48:00.003-05:00

In alphabetical order...

Times New Viking - Dancer Equired
Twerps - s/t
Crystal Stilts - In Love With Oblivion; Radiant Door
Total Control - Henge Beat
Fucked Up - David's Town: 11 Original Hits From Byrdesdale Spa, UK!
Kitchen's Floor - Look Forward To Nothing
Life Partners - Music Is Hard
UV Race - Homo
Iceage - New Brigade
Wounded Lion - IVXLCDM
Reports - Dinamo Cambridge
Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring For My Halo / So Outta Reach
Oneida - Absolute II
Masters of the Hemisphere - Maybe These Are The Breaks
Comet Gain - Howl of the Lonely Crowd
The Oh Sees - Carrion Crawler / The Dream; Castlemania
Je Suis France - Let's Give 'Em Something To Talk About
Big Troubles - Romantic Comedy
Gold Bears - Are You Falling In Love?

google 'em if you want

ABBY's BEST OF LIST

2011-12-20T10:52:00.002-05:00

Yo, my lil' sis wanted to post her year end list. There is a spotify link to a mix of the best jams on her list at the bottom! GREAT LIST AB!

1. Little Dragon – Ritual Union
Best Track: Little Man

2. Active Child – You Are All I See
Best Track: See Thru Eyes or Houses’ remix of Playing House

3. Washed Out – Within and Without
Best Track: Soft

4. Austra – Fee it Break
Best Track: Beat and Pulse

5. City and Colour – Little Hell
Best Track: Natural Disasters

6. Wye Oak – Civilian
Best Track: Civilian

7. Jay Z – Watch the Throne
After listening to this album I dreamt that I had Beyonce’s babies. That is all.
Best Track: N**as in Paris, y’all

8. Youth Lagoon – Year of Hibernation
Best Track: Cannons

9. Ryan Adams – Ashes & Fire
Best Track: Lucky Now

10. Metronomy – The English Riveria
Best Track: The Look

11. Sbtrkt – SBTRKT
Best Track: Trials of the Past (ft. Sampha)

If you happen to belong to Spotify, you can listen to my best of 2011 mix:
http://open.spotify.com/user/abbyhammond/playlist/2gQg7k1dxJaRwhiwFAwysC

OJ's 11 for '011

2011-12-13T00:33:00.003-05:00

I haven't written or posted here in forever. I make up for that here. Here are my top albums this year. Hope you enjoy the read.

11. Atlas Sound - Parallax
Less heavy than a Deerhunter record but just as heady. Somewhat of a different approach to this record...very clean, acoustic and bright but its trippy in its own great way. Some really complex and intricate arrangements fit into these straightforward frameworks. Its kind of refreshing that you dont have to quite work as hard to jam this thing. Lets be clear - the dude is a spewing fountain of great fucking songs and thats the root of it all. He then just smears a buncha awesome shit on top of those great foundations. Great fuckin jammer.

Best Song: Lightworks or Mona Lisa.
(Hard to believe i didnt pick Te Amo!)

10. Radiohead - The King Of Limbs
A lot of people to huge steaming shits on this album, even some of the diehards. I couldn't believe it b/c i think this album is some of their most creative and engaging work. Extremely complex rhythms and instrument layering. It leaves you wondering how anyone can conceive shit like this. Its one of those records that you should listen to in headphones and let yourself find new parts every time. I will say average fans probably wont be into it at all but if you like the more challenging side of RH, then rip it. The payoff is huge. My only complaint is that they didnt include the song "Staircase" on the album. It would have fit in perfectly and is such a jammer. Can't wait to see them live in a few months with the new addition of the double drummer/rhythm wrangler. Shit got so buck they had to add extra dudes. Also, Codex is one of the best songs they've EVER written. Real talk.

Best Song: Codex

9. Wiz Khalifa - Rolling Papers
Fuck, been a long damn time since I've heard a rap record that slays from front to end. Most complete hip hop record as a whole this entire year. Straight hooks. The other thing i love about this record is that its clear that Wiz has a lot of musical talent. These songs are well written, good example is "Get Your Shit" & "Fly Solo". He writes everything. When it came out I was certain this was going to be my top album of the year, its that good. Slipped a little but damn re-listening to this makes me think it needs to be HIGHer on my list. "Cocaine, mushrooms, ecstasy, ghb, marijuana / she can suck it if she wanna / I got tequilla, some rock, and two freaky friends / and its a Wednesday night / THIS AINT THE WEEKEND!". FUCK. ME.

Best Song: On My Level (feat. Too $hort), The Race is a distant second.

8. Ryan Adams - Ashes & Fire
This is his "I'm a grown ass man" record. No more dickin' around like a asshole, this dude grew up. This is my first example of jammin' on some DAD ASS ROCK, SON! But fuck it, this record is really great. Perfect fall record. Read that he recorded this whole record on reel to reel and you can hear/feel it here. As soft and robust as Mandy Moore's caboose. I picture it being recorded in this GIANT room because the natural reverb adds so much. Perfectly written songs, great wordplay, and that warm sound make it hard to deny. What can i say, I fuckin' dig Dad Rock.

Best Song: Kindness. (there are a lot of em tho)

7. The Drums - Portamento
I got to the party way ass late (and a little too drunk) on this band. Still Flyin' is label mates and played with them at SXSW and we caught a few songs and i was definitely interested, but this was the first full record i heard by them (early singles were a little too sugary for me). Hearing it you picture these fuckin scooter twits playing this stuff, and maybe they are but this record is fuckin' dynamite. Super catchy and you can definitely hear the Factory Records leanings. More early New Order than Joy Division, more upbeat than depressing. Simple sound with some killer synths. Songs get lodged in your brain and skull ("I Need A Doctor"). Ramble around in there for weeks tryin' to have sex with the arty chick wearing the John Lennon specs.

Best Song: the hit...MONEY

6. Real Estate - Days
Fuck, these dudes did it. Made the perfect summer record. Feels like sittin on the topless beach with some friends sippin tall boys and touchin hot dog tips as your favorite band is playing on the acoustics. So. Fucking. Great. Real Estate had been flirting with excellence for a while, and in the past where they hit a bump in the road...here they finally nail it. They crafted the sound, which is lush and inviting and wrote some classic pop songs. I can safely say they've had the Go Betweens on the van stereo for the past few tours. This is going to be a record that I listen to for a long time.

Best Song: It's Real (the best song they've ever written and one of my favorite songs of the year)

5. Jay Z / Kanye West - Watch The Throne
Is this shit even hip hop, is it music? What the fuck is going on? Is this what the future fucking sounds like? Is this album coming out in 2021? Did I just get skull fucked? Jesus did it take me a long damn time to even get my head around this thing. I mean...its fucking WEIRD. I listened to it so intently for a month that I had to stop and put it down b/c I didnt want myself NOT get mindblown every time i hear it. Its truly innovative. The first thing in a long time that i think CHANGED what music means and sounds like. The album is THAT good. Seriously. I gave up on Kanye a few albums ago and when this first came out I didnt pay it any attention b/c i was like "why would i give a fuck about this?" I could not have been dumber. The funny thing is the only song I dont like is the song the label thought was the most like a single ("Otis") and that's because its so straight up. Musically its really hard to describe because the songs morph constantly as they explode from the speakers. Dudes rapping about museums with a 90s R&B hook and a synth that hasnt even been invented yet....followed up by 1920s Parisian interludes into a movie quote from fucking Blades Of Glory???? Are you fucking serious? PLEASE listen to this album if you haven't already. Only one thing to say..."THAT SHIT CRAY"

Best Song: Niggaz In Paris & New Day (the RZA produced that track)

4. Masters of the Hemisphere - Maybe These Are The Breaks
What else do you need to know about this album? Its their best. It is. Perfect combination of nostalgia and new horizons. Its like finding a $100 bill and a salty dog in the pocket of your favorite jacket that you found buried in the back of your closet and you instantly remember why in the fuck you loved that fucking jacket so much. Because its perfect. The song writing got better somehow. How in the fuck does that happen? You now what else got better, the recording and overall sound of the band. That's hard for me to grasp because I hold these guys up on a high pedestal. Its hard to listen to to this album and not get a emotional. Both because the songs touch you and also because you kinda realize that the Masters found something very special here. They approached this album as one that was full of these songs that they had layin around here or there, but they put them together...gave em some sauce...and BLAM they end up with the best thing they've ever done. There isn't a single moment on this album that doesn't hit. No filler, no misses, no whiffs. All super whacks. Zoey's favorite song right now is "Half A Fool", she can really get a good groove going to that thing. This record sounds like the album they've wanted to write since they started as a band. Sure hope its not their last, b/c they found it again. For real. "I'm leapin' from the tracks...CMON" Classic.

Best Song: almost impossible to pick, but I'll let Z decide....Half a Fool

3. Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring For My Halo
I was floored by this record. It's TOO god damned good. I only got into KV a few records ago and thought he was good but he never truly wow'ed me. When I listened to this album it all clicked. That light went off in my brain that flashed "HOOOAH". There is something about this dude that makes me feel like he uncorked my skull and fingered my brain and figured out exactly what kind of music sounds rad to me...and then wrote an album choc full of songs that are that kind of rad. Then he shows up at my door with a sixer and wants to hang. This album has a lot of 'tude too, which is somewhat tongue in cheek yet still feels macho. You keep waiting for a song to miss...but they never do.

Best Song: Puppet To The Man or Peeping Tomboy

2. War On Drugs - Slave Ambient
Ok i'll make this easy. Imagine if Bob Dylan (who i don't like), Mark Knopfler, the song Touch of Grey, and Kevin Shields got together for a hang sesh...took handfuls of acid...drank 17 cases of beer (which they ultimately dipped the tapes in)...and then jammed the fuck out. What is birthed out is a perfect fucking thing. (oh yeah Kurt Vile is in this band too)

Best Song: Baby Missiles
(this must have been the day that Knopfler told them he wrote the sequel to Touch...)

1. Washed Out - Within and Without
CHILL! CHILL!! CHILL!!! AND PUMP!!!! AND THRUST!!! AND THEN CHILL!!! CHILL! CHILL!!! CHILL!!! AND THEN PUMP!!!!
This album was the most perfect god damned alubm of music i heard this year. You know its a good record when the first song ends and you feel like you've listened to an entire album that was awesome as FUCK. Oh wait....i still have 8 songs left?! WELL FUCK YEAH! Things could have gone very wrong for Washed Out on this record...the Chill Wave label stuck and they were getting harshed...they could have easily laid an egg. Nope. They wrote a record that is better than it should have been. Maybe better than they are capable of. That sounds retarded, but its wise beyond its years. Mature when it should have been annoying. You wanna listen to this album on vacation...or rather...it makes you feel like you're on vacation with all your friends in the best place. Thats a hard thing to capture. Its groovy and bold and has a lot of character. The songs sound like they are 80s tinged, but throb like the islands...maaaan. I dont know what the fuck i'm talking about.

Best Song: Within and Without (but probably its really...Amor Fati)

Honorable Mentions:
Beastie Boys - Hot Sauce Committee part 2
Fergus & Geronimo - Unlearn
Lifeguards - Waving At The Astronauts
Turquoise Jeep - Turquoise Jeep
Wilco - The Whole Love
Wizard Smoke - the Speed of Smoke
Lonely Island - Turtleneck & Chain
Stephen Malkmus - Mirror Traffic
Kourosh Yaghmaei - Back From The Brink

I know im forgetting some...

I'll have some of my fav jams that didnt make the list tomorrow. Cool.
thanks for the read.
OJ

Mezzy Labor Day mix

2011-09-05T13:47:00.002-05:00

1. Foo Fighters - Have A Cigar

2. Flower Travelling Band - Satori pt. 2

3. Red Dirt - Memories

4. Black Lips - Don't Mess With My Baby

5. Bleached - Think of You

6. Dr. Feelgood - She Does It Right

7. Blue Peter - Radio Silence

8. Christian Death - Romeo's Distress

9. Dirty Beaches - Lord knows Best

10. The Passions - I'm In Love With A German Film Star

11. Yaz - Situation

12. Yelle - Safari Disco Club

13. SBTRKT - Wildfire

14. The Hood Internet - Feel It On The South Side (feat Birdman/Lil' Wayne/Washed Out)

15. Jay-Z & Kanye West - Who Gon Stop Me

Grab it here

SUMMER MIX III

2011-08-29T14:41:00.004-05:00

This is the opposite of SA's mix from last week. Too big, too disjointed, no flow, and no theme other than "stuff I like". Not much of it is from 2011, either. But I am a noted arbiter of taste* and so you can trust me and whatever future mixes I might endeavor to make.

1. Z Factor - I am the Deejay!
2. Milk Music - Beyond Living
3. Cuffs - Archer
4. Home - My Friend Maurice
5. Mountains - Sequel
6. Crystal Stilts - Sycamore Tree
7. NRBQ - I Want You Bad
8. Reading Rainbow - Always On My Mind
9. Further - Quiet Riot Grrrl
10. Ultimate Spinach - Mind Flowers
11. Iceage - You're Blessed
12. Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments - Cheater's Heaven
13. Times New Viking - Fuck Her Tears
14. Reports - Arrows
15. Cinema Red and Blue - You're Gonna Screw My Head Off
16. The Chills - Rolling Moon
17. Archers of Loaf - Telepathic Traffic
18. 18th Dye - Easy (& How We Got There 1st)

Download it here.

*: noted by me, of course.

SUMMER MIX II

2011-08-22T00:55:00.004-05:00

Here's mine.

Sorry for the brevity - I was really limiting the sound palette. Really going for a theme. Really going for a mean cohesion. Striving for the mix.

All of these songs are from 2011.

1. Roommates - Elsie Dormer
2. Cut/Copy - Take Me Over
3. Dominant Legs - Hoop Of Love
4. Geoffrey O'Connor - Whatever Leads Me To You
5. Blue Harvest - The Follow Through
6. Melted Toys - Come On
7. Crush - I Need You
8. Summer Camp - Better Off Without You
9. Hooray For Earth & Twin Shadow - A Place We Like

download HERE

Mez Summer Mixes are back!!!

2011-08-15T19:47:00.002-05:00

Ok yallz.
Been a while...
We're gonna try and squeeze a few last drips out of this summer thang. Mixes from each of us on the way.

Here' is mine.

OJ's 2011 Mez Mix

1. The Men - Night Landing
2. Neon Indian - Polish Girl
3. Other Lives - For 12
4. White Denim - Street Joy
5. The Horrors - Still Life
6. Hills - Rise Again
7. Kurt Vile - Puppet To The Man
8. Washed Out - Wicked Game (Chris Isaak Cover)
9. Hooray For Earth - No Love
10. So Cow - Casablanca
11. Toro Y Moi - Still Sound
12. Turf War - Summer Time Booze
13. Sic Alps - Do You Want To Give $$?
14. The Sea & Cake - Monday
15. Other Lives - Tamer Animals

Jamm these thangs poolside with some dranks.
DL HERE!

Adios,
OJ

Ben Venom is a total badass

2011-07-21T22:41:00.004-05:00

I've been following our bro Ben (B) Venom for a while on his website and I gotta say, he's really outdone himself with some of his latest stuff. His latest quilt (like most all of his stuff) is made completely from metal band shirts.
Look at this shit...

Incredible.

Ski-ezy F. Baby

2011-06-13T21:31:00.000-05:00

Thanks Rip!!!

2011-05-04T21:39:00.001-05:00

places I wish I had been when I learned of Osama bin Laden's death

2011-05-02T08:45:00.003-05:00

1. on an airplane
2. at WrestleMania
3. at a piano bar
4. Reno, Nevada
5. right at the cusp of the first drop at Space Mountain

Hammmm

2011-04-14T09:32:00.002-05:00

Jammmm

2011-04-13T11:21:00.000-05:00

Radio Undefined playlist 3/21

2011-03-22T11:15:00.001-05:00

UNKLE - Money and Run (feat. Nick Cave)
Rolling Stones - Out of Time
REM - Alligator_Aviator_Autopilot_Antimatter
Cults - Go Outside
The Bangles - The Real World
Je Suis France - I Do Secret Things
Young Orchids - Twelve Feet Tall
Young Orchids - Tonight
All Night Drug Prowling Wolves - Where We've Been
Nation of Ulysses - Look Out! Soul Is Back
The Kills - DNA
Plimsouls - Everyday Things
Raveonettes - Recharge and Revolt
TV on the Radio - Caffeinated Consciousness
Todd Rundgren - Couldn't i Just Tell You
Manchester Orchestra - Simple Math
Turf War - Part of My Heart
Velvet Underground - Crimson and Clover
J. Mascis - Not Enough
Kurt Vile - Jesus Fever
Soft Kill - Sea of Doubt
Beady Eye - Millionaire

Radio Undefined playlist 3/14

2011-03-16T09:17:00.001-05:00

TV on the Radio - Caffeinated Consciousness
Nirvana - On A Plain
Deerhunter - Desire Lines
Manchester Orchestra - Simple Math
Inspiral Carpets - Two World Collide
Beady Eye - Millionaire
PJ Harvey - Written On the Forehead
The Pretty Things - You Don't Believe Me
J. Mascis - Not Enough
Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears - Booty City
Royal Bangs - Fireball
Budgie - Crash Course In Brain Surgery
JEFF The Brotherhood - Diamond Way
Jawbreaker - Chesterfield Kings
Pains of Being Pure At Heart - Belong
Cults - Go Outside
Kurt Vile - Jesus Fever
Peter Bjorn and John - Second Chance
White Denim - Drug
David Bowie - Drive In Saturday
Raveonettes - Recharge and Revolt
REM - Alligator_Aviator_Autopilot_Antimatter
Anna Calvi - Blackout
Buffalo Springfield - Bluebird

Radio Undefined playlist 3/7

2011-03-08T11:18:00.001-05:00

R.E.M. - Mine Smells Like Honey
Sugar - If I Can't Change Your Mind
Yuck - Georgia
Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears - Booty City
Rezillos - Top of the Pops
Dum Dum Girls - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
The Strokes - You're So Right
Primal Scream - Gentle Tuesday
Kurt Vile - Jesus Fever
Manchester Orchestra - Simple Math
Genesis - Dancing With The Moonlit Knight
R.E.M. - Walk It Back
Spirit - Girl In Your Eye
J. Mascis - Not Enough
Anna Calvi - Blackout
The Birthday Party - Six Strings That Drew Blood
The Coathangers - Hurricane
Carnivores - Darker Days
Alex Chilton - Hey Little Girl
Pains of Being Pure At Heart - Belong
Deerhunter- Desire Lines
PJ Harvey - Written On the Forehead
The Who - I Can See For Miles

why Zig will regret selling his Wii

2011-02-24T16:16:00.000-05:00

With intro by Jerry Clower

2011-02-23T19:23:00.001-05:00

deerhunter jammin letterman...

2011-02-23T16:02:00.001-05:00

cool version of this song!

LCD on Colbert

2011-02-16T07:36:00.000-05:00

Radio Undefined playlist 2/14

2011-02-16T07:26:00.000-05:00

The Strokes - Under Cover of Darkness
Joe Jackson - One More Time
Dum Dum Girls - He Gets Me High
J.Mascis - Is It Done
Wilco/Billy Bragg - California Stars
Soft Swells - Every Little Thing
Buffalo Tom - Guilty Girls
Arcade Fire - Month of May
Beady Eye - The Roller
The Kills - Satellite
Public Image Ltd - Rise
Screeching Weasel - Beginningless Vacation
Dave Edmunds - Queen of Hearts
Twin Shadow - I Can't Wait
The Dodos - Black Night
Lykke Li - Get Some
The Drums - Book of Stories
The Megaphonic Thrift - The Undertow
Black Angels - Entrance Song
The Joy Formidable - Whirring
Jesus & Mary Chain - Darklands
Ringo Deathstarr - Imagine Hearts

Radio Undefined playlist 2/7

2011-02-08T17:03:00.001-05:00

The Kills - Satellite
White Stripes - Hello Operator
Davila 666 - Mala
Celebration - Kilamanjaro
White Stripes - Hotel Yorba
Pains of Being Pure At Heart - Heart In Your Heartbreak
Smith Westerns - Weekend
White Stripes - Black Math
Wanda Jackson - Thunder on the Mountain
Ringo Deathstarr - Imagine Hearts
Twilight Singers - On the Corner
Thin Lizzy - Me and the Boys
Dum Dum Girls - He Gets Me High
LCD Soundsystem - All I Want
Destroyer - Kaputt
LCD Soundsystem - Us v. Them
British Sea Power - Who's In Control
LCD Soundsystem - Jump Into The Fire
Lykke Li - Get Some
Beady Eye - The Roller
Devo - Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA

most rad

2011-02-08T10:56:00.001-05:00

Way to go IZZO!

Still Flyin', "Bull Riff" from Impose on Vimeo.

music is the treasure of the soul

2011-02-06T00:49:00.002-05:00

'10 Songs

1. Ariel Pink - Round and Round
2. Twin Shadow - At My Heels
3. Twin Shadow - I Can't Wait
4. Summer Camp - Round The Moon
5. Wild Nothing - Chinatown
6. The Fresh & Onlys - Waterfall
7. Hot Chip - Alley Cats
8. Radio Dept. - The Video Dept.
9. Big Boi - Shine Blockas
10. Art Museums - Wrong Boys/Wrong Girls
11. LCD Soundsystem - All I Want
12. Radio Dept. - Stops Making Sense
13. Panda Bear - Alsatian Darn
14. Kanye West - Monster
15. Drums - Book Of Stories
16. Beach House - Used To Be
17. Caribou - Leave House
18. Mantles - Cascades
19. Arcade Fire - Sprawl II
20. Male Bonding - Year's Not Long

'10 Albums

1. Twin Shadow - Forget
2. Radio Dept. - Clinging To A Scheme
3. Caribou - Swim
4. Wild Nothing - Gemini
5. LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
6. Casiokid - Topp stemning på lokal bar
7. Art Museums - Rough Frame
8. Beach House - Teen Dream
9. Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot Son Of Chico Dusty
10. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Honorable Mentions:
Hot Chip
Abe Vigoda
Love Is All
Ariel Pink
The Drums
The Fresh & Onlys

Radio Undefined playlist 1/31

2011-02-01T15:45:00.001-05:00

British Sea Power - Who's In Control
Wanda Jackson - Thunder on the Mountain
Kurt Vile - Jesus Fever
Funeral Party - Just Because
Smith Westerns - Weekend
Memory Tapes - Today Is Our Life
Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Heart In Your Heart Break
Twilight Singers - On The Corner
Obits - You Gotta Lose
Queens of the Stone Age - I Think I Lost My Headache
Beady Eye - The Roller
The Runaways - Wait For Me
Them - Gloria
Ponderosa - Old Gin Road
Broken Records - A Darkness Rises up
The Feelies - Should BE Gone
Hunx and HIs Punx - Lovers Lane
Davilia 666 - Mala
Howlies - Secret Chamber
Minks - Kusmi
Mind Spiders - Mind Spiders Theme
Sleep - Dragonaut
Genleman Jesse - You Got The Wrong Man
Guided By Voices - A Salty Salute

The biggest Wooo ever

2011-01-27T19:55:00.001-05:00

Radio Undefined playlist 1/24

2011-01-25T14:32:00.001-05:00

Beady Eye - The Roller
Roxy Music - More Than This
Big Search - Getting Warm
The Greenhornes - Underestimator
CCR - Green River
Unrest - I Do Believe You Are Blushing
Howlies - Secret Charmer
Master of the Hemisphere - Volcano
REM - Mine Smell Like Honey
Reading Rainbow - Always On My Mind
Mind Spiders - Mind Spiders Theme
The Adicts - This Is Your Life
Sic Alps - Do You Want To Give $$
Modern Lovers - Roadrunner
Cold War Kids - Louder Than Ever
Wire - Strange
Ringo Deathstarr - Imagine Hearts
Twilight Singers - On The Corner
John Lennon & Yoko One - (Just Like) Starting Over
Smith Westerns - Weekend
Gentleman Jesse - You Got The Wrong Man
Wanda Jackson - Thunder On The Mountain
Ponderosa - Old Gin Road
Pains of Being Pure At Heart - Heart In Your Heart Break
Radio Birdman - What gives
The Dears - Blood
Shangri-las - Give Him A Big Kiss
Guided By Voices - A Salty Salute

I'd like to put a cloth on that picnic table head of yours.

2011-01-24T13:11:00.000-05:00

Never posted this thang...

2011-01-21T18:52:00.003-05:00

My favourite records of 2010:

10. Midlake - The Courage of Others
9. Personal & The Pizzas - Raw Pie
8. Ariel Pink - Before Today
7. Still Flyin' - A Party In Motion EP (only not #1 b/c it was an ep!)
6. Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot The Son Of Chico Dusty
5. Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest
4. Black Mountain - Wilderness Heart
3. Brandon Flowers - Flamingo
2. Beach House - Teen Dream
1. Tame Impala - InnerSpeaker

Honorable:
Little Brother, Maserati, Warpaint, Kurt Vile, Wavves, jj, some other shit i forge.t

Radio Undefined playlist 1/17

2011-01-19T14:06:00.002-05:00

Some of the second hours is out of order and it's missing a few songs. Website issues...what are you gonna do?

The Dears - Blood
Julian Cope - Sunspots
Galaxie 500 - Strange
Gentleman Jesse - You've Got the Wrong Man
Ponderosa - Old Gin Road
Billy Bragg - Waiting for the Great Leap Forward
Big Search - Getting Warm
White Wires - Did You Forget My Name
Mermaids - New Years Tears
No Age - Fever Dreaming
The Duke Spirit - Everbody's Under Your Spell
Abby GoGo - Come On
Mindspiders - Mindspiders Theme
The Testors - Let's Get Zooed Out
Naomi Greenwald - Cautionary Tale
Pains of Being Pure At Heart - Heart In Your Heartbreak
Surf City See How The Sun
The Smith Westerns - Weekend
Sic Alps - Do you Want To Give $$
Broadcast - The World Backwards
Washed Out - New Theory
Guided by Voices - A Salty Salute

LETS DO THIS DIRTY BIRDS!!! WOOOOOOH!

2011-01-15T12:31:00.001-05:00

SUPER BOWL BOUND!!!

Best Comics of 2010

2011-01-06T21:28:00.003-05:00

Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.
Thomas Merton (1765 - 1783)

1. Wilson by Daniel Clowes
2. The Outfit by Darwyn Cooke
3. Wally Gropius by Tim Hensley
4. Batman & Robin/Return of Bruce Wayne/Batman Inc by Grant Morrison and various artists
5. Thor The Mighty Avenger by Roger Langridge and Chris Samnee
6. Acme Novelty Library 20 by Chris Ware
7. Knight and Squire #1 by Paul Cornell and Jimmy Broxton
8. Dungeon Quest by Joe Daly
9. Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour by Bryan Lee O'Malley
10. Joe the Barbarian by Grant Morrison and Sean Murphy

Best Albums of 2010

2011-01-05T10:04:00.003-05:00

My heart, which is so full to overflowing, has often been solaced and refreshed by music when sick and weary.
Martin Luther (1583 - 1632)

1. Superchunk - Majesty Shredding
2. LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
3. Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
4. Ariel Pink - Before Today
5. Big Troubles - Worry
6. Reading Rainbow - Prism Eyes
7. Love Is All - Two Thousand and Ten Injuries
8. Doomstar! - Rainbow Bloodsucker
9. Tyvek - Nothing Fits
10. Ty Segall - Melted

Radio Undefined playlist 1/3

2011-01-04T15:25:00.000-05:00

Pains of Being Pure At Heart - Heart In Your Heartbreak
The Rolling Stones - She's A Rainbow
Reading Rainbow - Always on my Mind
Gentleman Jesse & His Men - You've Got the Wrong Man
The Rare Breed - Beg, Borrow and Steal
The Duke Spirit - Everybody's Under Your Spell
Surf City - See How The Sun
Pointed Sticks - Out of Luck
Carnivores - Georgia Power Company
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Time of the Season
Deerhunter - Desire Lines
The Cramps - I Was A Teenage Werewolf
The Smith Westerns - Weekend
Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros - Mondo Bongo
Woodsman - Serfer
Destroyer - Chinatown
Black Sabbath - It's Alright
Y La Bamba - November Fever
Sic Alps - Do You Want To Give $$?
Peter and the Test Tube Babies - The Jinx
Cloud Nothings - Understand at All
Maserati - Pyramid of the Sun
The Fall - How I Wrote Elastic Man
Nick Lowe - (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding

Best Video Games of 2010

2011-01-04T09:49:00.004-05:00

Games lubricate the body and the mind.
Benjamin Franklin (1712 - 1803)

Hello. I submitted this list - or one very like it - to Kill Screen's "High Scores" critical round-up poll. It's like Pazz and Jop for games and can be found here. But until then, here's this. Links are to my reviews, if they exist. I also wrote a wrap-up for the Herald; you can find that here.

1. Mass Effect 2
2. Pac-Man Championship Edition DX
3. Bioshock 2
4. Assassin's Creed Brotherhood
5. Super Meat Boy
6. Rock Band 3
7. Dance Central
8. Super Mario Galaxy 2
9. VVVVVV (here's a demo)
10. Alan Wake

Best TV Shows of 2010

2011-01-03T10:58:00.003-05:00

The theater is so endlessly fascinating because it's so accidental. It's so much like life.
Arthur Miller (1889 - 1932)

HI. I think we're doing year-end stuff. We've talked about it, at least. We've also talked about hot wing podcasts and France box sets though so that doesn't mean anything. Whether it stands alone or not here's a list of the best TV shows of 2010.

1. Louie
2. Delocated
3. Party Down
4. Eastbound & Down

The best comedies of 2010 were also the best dramas. These four hilarious shows can all turn poignant on a dime without ever getting mawkish. Hell, that's also true of every other comedy on this list, save 30 Rock.

5. Mad Men
6. Parks and Recreation
7. Community
8. Bored to Death
9. Lost
10. 30 Rock

Radio Undefined playlist 12/20

2010-12-21T16:53:00.000-05:00

AKA my favorite jams of 2010

Surfer Blood - Swim
Zola Jesus - Night
The Soft Pack - C'mon
Gorillaz - Glitter Freeze
Fang Island - Daisy
LCD Soundsystem - All I Want
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Round and Round
The Radio Dept. - Heaven's On Fire
Sleigh Bells - Rill Rill
ains of Being Pure At Heart - Say No To Love
Still Flyin' - Higher Than Five
Black Mountain - The Hair Song
Magic Kids - Summer
La Roux - Bulletproof (acoustic)
Tennis - Marathon
Black Angels - Telephone
Frankie Rose & the Outs - Candy
Jenny & Johnny - Scissor Runner
Deerhunter - Desire Lines
The Vaselines - Sex With An X
No Age Fever - Dreaming
Bruce Springsteen - Outside Looking In
Maserati - Pyramid of the Sun

2010-12-16T01:07:00.001-05:00

2010-12-10T09:59:00.001-05:00

Radio Undefined playlist 12/6

2010-12-08T07:21:00.001-05:00

Pains of Being Pure At Heart - The One
The Dirtbombs - Fire In The Western World
Cough Cool - Sup Girls In The 60's
Atlas Sound - This Wheel's On Fire
Klaatu - Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft
Woodsman - Serfer
Y La Bamba - November Fever
The Soft Moon - When It's Over
Built To Spill - Strange
Destroyer - Chinatown
Alice Cooper - Halo of Flies
Brandon Flowers - Hard Enough
T.Rex - The Motivator
Reading Rainbow - Always on my Mind
The Duke Spirit - Everybody's Under Your Spell
Bruce Springsteen - Outside Looking In
Wild Nothing - Golden Haze
Grinderman - Mickey Mouse and the Goodbye Man
The Cramps - New Kind of Kick
Cloud Nothings - Understand at All
The Hive Dwellers - Get In
Squeeze - Black Coffee in Bed
Guided By Voices - A Salty Salute

To follow up from below...

2010-12-03T14:45:00.001-05:00

This is real.

here's an email I just got

2010-11-30T19:17:00.000-05:00

And You Sir, What Type Of Busines Are You In!!!
7:15 PM (0 minutes ago)

Hello,

I was searching online to find more info about Online Business.

When I came across your information.

Can you tell me, are you still involved with Online Business? If so, What are your main challenges with this business?

How are things going for you?

Please let me know, I'm doing my due dilligence.

Sincerely,
Joe Bruton

Radio Undefined playlist 11/29

2010-11-30T17:28:00.001-05:00

The Futureheads - Sun Goes Down
Devo - Beautiful World
Tennis - Take Me Somewhere
Bruce Springsteen - Because The Night
X-Ray Specs - Germ Free Adolescents
Y La Bamba - November Fever
Maserati - Pyramid of the Sun
Ween - Transdermal Celebration
Secret Mountains - Rejoice
Cough Cool - Sup Girls In The 60's
Neu! - Hero
Destroyer - Chinatown
Alex Chilton - Hey! Little Girl
Bad Veins - Benefits of Lying
Atlas Sound - This Wheel's On Fire
Gang of Four - I Found That Essence Rare
Erase Errata - Damaged
Wild Nothing - Golden Haze
The Verve - This Could Be My Moment
Grinderman - Mickey Mouse and the Goodbye Man
Death - Let The World Turn
The Thermals - Never Listen to Me
Guided By Voices - A Salty Salute

2010-11-29T15:07:00.000-05:00

Radio Undefined playlist 11/22

2010-11-23T14:00:00.000-05:00

Bruce Springsteen - Because The Night
The Jam - When You're Young
The Radio Dept. - Never Follow Suit
Erase Errata - Damaged
Orange Juice - Blue Boy
The Thermals - Never Listen to Me
Girls - Heartbreaker
OFF! - Upside Down
Grinderman - Mickey Mouse and the Goodbye Man
Fugazi - Ex-Spectator
June of 44 - The Dexterity of Luck
Bruce Springsteen - Outside Looking In
XTC - Towers of London
The Posies - The Glitter Prize
Zach Hill - Memo To The Man
Brian Eno - 2 Forms of Anger
Tennis - Take Me Somewhere
Atlas Sound - This Wheel's On Fire
The Velvet Underground - Run Run Run
Secret Mountains - Rejoice
Fang Island - Patterns on the Wall
Black Mountain - Buffalo Swan

Need some new jams

2010-11-11T17:32:00.002-05:00

Suggestions needed. Not just individual songs either, what albums are y'all jammin as well. My ears are getting bored

Radio Undefined playlist 11/8

2010-11-09T14:25:00.001-05:00

The Concretes - My Ways
Dave Edmunds - Queen of Hearts
Girls - Heartbreaker
Fang Island - Patterns on the Wall
Takkhalha - Play With Fire
No Joy - Hawaii
Erase Errata - Damaged
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Skeletons
Veronica Falls - Found Love In A Graveyard
Cee-Lo - Old Fashioned
The Beta Band - Dry The Rain
OFF!- Upside Down
Bad Brains - I and I Survive
Warpaint - Undertow
The Radio Dept. - Never Follow Suit
The Kinks - Susannah's Still Alive
My Jerusalem - Gone for Good
Zola Jesus - Sea Talk
Serge Gainsbourg - Bonnie and Clyde
The Black - Sun In The Day
The Soft Moon - Tiny Spiders
Joy Division - Disorder
The Plimsouls - Zero Hour

Beck & Kool Keith!!!!

2010-11-05T09:32:00.004-05:00

Beck - California Rodeo (feat Kool Keith)

FUCKIN A!!
I've seriously been looking for this song for about 10 years and last night, I finally found it. While recording Midnight Vultures in the late 90's, there were rumors that Kool Keith (who Rippy and I were obsessed with at the time) dropped by Beck's studio in Los Angeles and jammed with him for a day. I bought every possible single for MV and subsequent albums hoping it would show up as a B-side. No luck. Gave up a few years back and happened to remember it recently. Went looking deep in some superfan Beck sites and found it. Here is some other info on the sesh:

Sometime during the Midnite Vultures recording sessions in 1998-1999, Beck hooked up with rapper Kool Keith and recorded a couple of tracks. As he recalled in NME, "When we hooked up, we immediately wrote three songs together. We were completely on the same wavelength. Whatever our music planets, we're definitely on the same orbit."

"California Rodeo" is the name of one of these recordings. In July 2003, the lyrics showed up on Beck.com, and the song began to circulate among Beck fans in 2006. The song is indicative of when it was recorded, and has the full-on Vultures sound. Kool Keith gives shouts out to Beck and DJ Swamp (who was also on the track) in his long freestyles. Beck does the chorus part.

Here's the song if you want to jam it before DLing:

Radio Undefined playlist 11/1

2010-11-02T16:14:00.001-05:00

Fang Island - Patterns on the Wall
Roxy Music - Virginia Plain
Diamond Rings - Something Else
Warpaint - Undertow
Public Image Ltd - Rise
The Soft Moon - Tiny Spiders
Takkhalha - Play With Fire
Kambiz - Love Knowledge
Marie Stern - Transparency Is The New Mystery
Patti Smith - Land
Zola Jesus - Sea Talk
The Fall - Crop-Dust
Valleys - Ordinary Dream
Deerhunter - Coronado
The Birthday Party - Fears of Gun
Zach Hill - Memo To The Man
Woodsman - Insects
Weezer - Tragic Girl
Kurt Vile - In My Time
Cee-Lo - Old Fashioned
Blondie - Dreaming
Guided By Voices - A Salty Salute

This is Ween on Sunday night.

2010-11-02T14:15:00.002-05:00

Deaner

Radio Undefined playlist 10/25

2010-10-26T13:52:00.001-05:00

Cee-Lo - Old Fashioned
Eric Burdon & the Animals - Winds of Change
Surf City - Kudos
Gauntlet Hair - Out, Don't...
Ride - Leave Them All Behind
Generationals - Trust
Surfer Blood - Box Elder
Shudder to Think - Red House
Kurt Vile - In My Time
Franz Nicolay -This Is Not A Pipe
Thin Lizzy - Cowboy Song
The Slits - FM
The B-52's - Devil In My Car
Marie Stern - Transparency Is The New Mystery
Girls - Heartbreaker
The Who - Naked Eye
The Coathangers - Johnny
All Night Drug Prowling W - Where We've Been
Weezer -Tragic Girl
Spectrals - Chip A Tooth (Spoil A Smile)
Belle & Sebastian - Write About Love
The Rolling Stones - 2000 Light Years From Home
The Misfits - Halloween II

lemmie smang it girl

2010-10-25T20:18:00.001-05:00

via rip. thanks for the heads up dude, this is amazang.

Lesnar vs The Undertaker!!!!

2010-10-24T16:47:00.001-05:00

I dont really care for MMA, but this Undertaker/Lesnar stare down post-fight was pretty awesome

Radio Undefined playlist 10/18

2010-10-19T14:04:00.000-05:00

Surfer Blood -Box Elder
Beck - Lazy Flies
Surf City - Kudos
Deerhunter - Desire Lines
The Velvet Underground - Run Run Run
Idle Times - Do You Hear Those Bells?
Futurebirds - Battle For Rome
The Zombies - Tell Her No
The Old 97's - Every Night Is Friday Night (Without You)
Wilco - Spiders (Kidsmoke)
Gauntlet Hair - Out, Don't...
Roky Erickson - I Think Up Demons
No Age - Fever Dreaming
Times New Viking - No Room To Live
Carnivores - Georgia Power Company
Pylon - Volume
Blue Hawaii - Blue Gowns
The Soft Pack - Gagdad
Riff Raff - Romford Girls
Porcelain Raft - Tip Of Your Tounge
Belle & Sebastian - Write About Love
Guided By Voices - A Salty Salute
Iggy Pop - Fall In Love With Me

Another Link to Click

2010-10-18T16:58:00.003-05:00

I reviewed Lucha Libre AAA: Heroes del Ring for Joystiq. It's a huge bummer and totally fails to capture the essence of lucha libre. The real La Parka would be ashamed.

DAMN GOOD DAWG!!

2010-10-16T19:57:00.001-05:00

2010-10-15T16:06:00.002-05:00

Met this dude today

2010-10-15T00:35:00.002-05:00

what's the fuss, Gus?

2010-10-14T11:25:00.001-05:00

rock central dance band 3

2010-10-13T12:16:00.001-05:00

MEZ FANZ: Last week I got to play Rock Band 3 and Dance Central and interview some of the developers up at Harmonix. I wrote about it for Village Voice Media's gaming blog Joystick Division. You can read it here; lemme know what you think!

Radio Undefined playlist 10/11

2010-10-12T17:02:00.000-05:00

Roman Photos - Decline
Talking Heads - Thank You For Sending Me An Angel
Deerhunter - Desire Lines
The Soft Pack - Gagdad
Blondie - Sunday Girl (French version)
Dark Dark Dark - Nobody Knows
The Jam - When You're Young
The Old 97's - Every Night Is Friday Night (Without
The Vaselines - Sex With An X
The Raveonettes - I Wanna Be Adored
The Fall - Blindness
Belle & Sebastian - I Want The World To Stop
Unrest - Suki
Jenny & Johnny - My Pet Snakes
Black Angels - Yellow Elevator #2
T. Rex - Ballrooms of Mars
Clinic - Lion Tamer
Maserati - Pyramid of the Moon
Killing Joke - Eighties
The Whigs - Hundred/Million
Blue Hawaii - Blue Gowns
Blue Oyster Cult - Astronomy
Guided By Voices - A Salty Salute

real talk about the Atlanta Braves

2010-10-11T22:37:00.001-05:00

This team really was surprisingly resilient, so it’s a little shocking and deeply disappointing that they pulled up short in the NLDS. These last two losses were so painful with all the errors, and this might be their worst post-season since 1996. Still, it's hard to feel truly bad about this team. Sure, we can second-guess and say that Kimbrel should’ve pitched to Huff, or that Hernandez should’ve subbed for Conrad in the 8th, or that Glaus should’ve been at third the whole time. But the Braves lost their team leader and Hall of Fame third baseman in August, their sparkplug All-Star second baseman in September, and their All-Star closer in October. It’s surprising they even made it to a game four in the NLDS, and at least now we don’t have to watch them strike out a dozen times against Lincecum on Wednesday. They’re still positioned well going into 2011, and a key outfield trade or signing could put them over the top. It’s a sad way for Bobby to go out, but at least they made the playoffs, and hopefully the next manager will have an entirely different set of weaknesses than the ones that have frustrated us for the last dozen or so years. Tonight's rough, but I'm excited for the off-season to begin and can't wait for spring training.

HITCHED!!!

2010-10-10T21:06:00.000-05:00

CONGRATS DUDES!!!!

bizarre photo!

2010-10-08T13:18:00.005-05:00

Backstage at the LA GBV show.

Never Again! Again

2010-10-07T11:50:00.007-05:00

UPDATED: Link fixed.

_{Kevin the Florist at the Never Again Tate Center Dance Party, December 1998}

You might remember Head to Head, a radio show we did back when people still listened to the radio outside of Elliott's excellent show. You also might remember Never Again, a festive celebration coordinated by the Strange Gang and several friends and hangers-on in the early December of 1998. We recently exhumed a cassette tape of the Never Again episode of Head to Head, and you can download it here.

Radio Undefined playlist 10/4

2010-10-05T13:10:00.001-05:00

Clinic - Lion Tamer
John Lennon - Gimmie Some Truth
The Radio Dept. - The New Improved Hipocracy
Blue Hawaii - Blue Gowns
Josie Cotton - Johnny, Are You Queer?
Belle & Sebastian - Write About Love
Deerhunter - Desire Lines
Primal Scream - Gentle Tuesday
Warpaint - Undertow
Maserati - Pyramid of the Moon
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
No Age - Fever Dreaming
Ryan Adams - Nervous Breakdown
Shimmering Stars - Suns Going Down
Ghostland Observatory - Miracles
Neu! - Wave Mother
Dominant Legs - About My Girls
The Vaselines - Sex With An X
The Flirts - Jukebox (Don't Put Another Dime)
Jenny & Johnny - My Pet Snakes
Les Savy Fav - Let's Get Out Of Here
Jesus & Mary Chain - Darklands
Black Sabbath - Spiral Architect

BOBBY!!!!

2010-10-03T19:27:00.001-05:00

2010-10-01T13:39:00.000-05:00

2010-10-01T12:35:00.000-05:00

2010-10-01T09:39:00.001-05:00

Love this picture from Sunday!

2010-09-29T14:24:00.001-05:00

This is how good it feels to beat them Saints!

9/27 Radio Undefined playlist

2010-09-28T15:38:00.001-05:00

Deerhunter - Helicopter
Captain Beyond - Starglow Energy
Black Angels - Yellow #2
The Drums - Down By The Water
XTC - Respectable Street
Les Savy Fav - Let's Get Out Of Here
My Morning Jacket - Lullabies, Legends and Lies
John Lennon - Just Because
Catwalk - Please Dont Break Me
Franz Nicolay - This Is Not A Pipe
The Pogues - A Rainy Night In Soho
Maserati - Pyramid of the Moon
New Order - Dreams Never End
Blank Dogs - Northern Islands
Frankie Rose & the Outs - Candy
John Lennon - New York City
The Booze - Down On Your Luck
The Soft Pack - Gagdad
Let's Active - Every Word Means No
Land of Talk - Quarry Hymn
Black Mountain - Wilderness Heart
Ghostland Observatory - Miracles
The Knack - Good Girls Dont

2010-09-26T09:57:00.001-05:00

these exist now

2010-09-21T14:36:00.001-05:00

hi

2010-09-21T12:54:00.003-05:00

I still do stuff.

1. here's the first installment of Gimme a Break!, a new thing I'm doing for the website Unwinnable. I work from home now. Every few days I play an old game on my morning break and then write way too many words about it for this site. First game: Legendary Axe on the Turbo Grafx 16.

2. I also reviewed Halo Reach for the Herald. It's better than I expected. Hopefully Thorn, Greg and I will murder each other online soon.

BFFs

2010-09-21T00:32:00.001-05:00

Thinkin about Dusty Rhodes this weekend...

2010-09-20T11:11:00.000-05:00

Found this:

2010-09-20T08:41:00.000-05:00

Thrill got a new haircut.

2010-09-18T09:31:00.002-05:00

You complete me, Dude.

Stacks on deck

2010-09-17T17:17:00.000-05:00

Jokes.com

Reggie Watts - F**k S**t Stack

comedians.comedycentral.com

Funny Jokes

Funny Videos

Daniel Tosh Stand-Up

awesome dr dog video

2010-09-16T06:35:00.001-05:00

Barefoot Frank.

Radio Undefined playlist 9/13

2010-09-14T14:16:00.000-05:00

Black Angels - Yellow Elevator #2
Sonic Youth - Computer Age
Dead Confederate - In The Dark
Azure Ray - Don't Leave My Mind
The Go-Betweens - Streets Of Your Town
Frankie Rose and the Outs - Little Brown Haired Girls
Belle & Sebastian - Write About Love
The Buzzcocks - I Don't Mind
Tamaryn - Love Fade
Black Mountain - Wilderness Heart
The New York Dolls - Frankenstein
The Vaselines - Sex With An X
Love - Bummer In The Summer
No Age - Depletion
Les Savy Fav - Let's Get Out Of Here
!!! - Jamie, My Interntions Are Bass
Grinderman - Heathen Child
T.Rex - The Motivator
Japandroids - Heavenward Grand Prix
Deerhunter - Revival
David Bowie - Station to Station (live)

great analysis of the Rangers' trade for Jeff Francoeur

2010-09-02T15:15:00.002-05:00

from Baseball Think Factory:

Radio Undefined playlist 8/30

2010-08-31T16:42:00.001-05:00

Azure Ray - Don't Leave My Mind
Iggy Pop - Fall in Love with Me
Black Mountain - The Hair Song
Jenny & Johnny - Scissor Runner
The Kinks - Susannah's Still Alive
Cloud Nothings - Hey Cool Kid
The Charlatans UK - Love is Ending
Still Flyin' - Bull Riff
Wise Blood - B.I.G.E.G.O.
Deerhunter - Revival
David Bowie - Diamond Dogs (Live)
No Age - Glitter
Nation of Ulysses - Look Out! Soul is Back
The Vacant Lots - Confusion
Nobunny - Live it Up
Screeching Weasel - One Step Beyond
Frankie Rose & the Outs - Little Brown Haired Girl
Tamaryn - Love Fade
XTC - Towers of London
Crocodiles - Sleep Forever
Duck Tails - Art Vandelay
Built to Spill - Goin' Against Your Mind

2010-08-31T16:39:00.001-05:00

Incredible WEEN show from over the weekend in Dallas:

2010-08-30T10:32:00.002-05:00

01 Intro
02 Pork Roll, Egg, And Cheese
03 Exactly Where I'm At
04 Spinal Meningitis (Got Me Down)
05 Gabrielle
06 Transdermal Celebration
07 Waving My Dick In The Air
08 Mr. Richard Smoker
09 Take Me Away
10 Bananas And Blow
11 Buckingham Blow
12 Did You See Me?
13 Tick
14 Wayne's Pet Youngin'
15 Sketches Of Winkle
16 Object
17 What Deaner Was Talkin' About
18 Roses Are Free
19 She's Your Baby
20 Learnin' To Love
21 With My Own Bare Hands
22 Your Party
23 Let's Dance (Bowie)
24 Pandy Fackler
25 Ocean Man
26 Polka Dot Tail

Encore:

27 Fiesta
28 You Fucked Up
29 Touch My Tooter
30 Homo Rainbow

Radio Undefined playlist 8/23

2010-08-24T16:01:00.000-05:00

No Age - Glitter
Blue Oyster Cult - The Red and Black
Coliseum - Blind In One Eye
School Of Seven Bells - Windstorm
Gerry Raferty - Baker Street
Still Corners - Endless Summer
The Charlatans UK - Love Is Ending
Manic Street Preachers - A Design For Life
Tired Pony - Dead American Writers
The Vaselines - Sex With An X
The Clash - The Card Cheat
Dead Confederate - Run From The Gun
The Who - I Can See For Miles
Black Mountain - The Hair Song
Wild Nothing - Golden Haze
The Move - California Man
Duffy & the Doubters - Spider Baby Jesus
Still Flyin' - Bull Riff
The Strokes - The Modern Age
Darker My Love - Dear Author
Deerhunter - Revival
The Beta Band - Dry The Rain
Nick Drake - One Of These Things First

SLAYS!

2010-08-18T15:26:00.001-05:00

FUCK YALL!!!

2010-08-14T08:23:00.002-05:00

Crews you never told us that Houston dudes were that douchey

2010-08-10T17:01:00.000-05:00

Rado Undefined 8/9 playlist

2010-08-10T15:59:00.001-05:00

The Vaselines - Sex with an Ex
The Plimsouls - Everyday Things
My Gold Mask - All Up in the Air
Dunes - Armor
Los Shakers - Buscando Dificultades
Darker My Love - Dear Author
Still Flyin' - Bull Riff
Spirit - Animal Zoo
Black Mountain - The Hair Song
Grinderman - Heathen Child
The Holy Blood - New Road Out of Hell
The Futureheads - Heartbeat Song
Pete Townshend - Rough Boys
The Thermals - I Don't Believe You
BOAT - Come With Me, We'll Win
The Music Machine - Talk, Talk
Condo F's (a.k.a. The foul mouthed kids...)- The Kid with the Replaceable Head
Deerhunter - Revival
Fun Club - For the Love of Ivory
Grass Widow - Fried Egg
The Velvet Underground - Oh! Sweet Nothin'
Black Angels - Telephone
Magic Kids - Superball
Harry Nilsson - Jump Into the Fire

Jacob's Patience

2010-08-06T00:12:00.000-05:00

Mez Summer Mix #6

2010-08-05T21:42:00.005-05:00

Mez's freshest mix comes from special guest Martin from Reports, a Cambridge/Somerville/Braintree combo that's not even remotely known for its daring fusion of soccer rock and buddy rock. In between bands, a label, and Revs home games, DJ Marty kicks shit regularly at the Independent in Union Square a couple of Saturdays a month. He's got taste to spare despite not growing up in America, and he's kind of disgustingly good with a guitar. Reports are so good I let them assimilate me. Now listen to what he wants you to listen to.

Welcome: "All Set"
Sic Alps: "Message From the Law"
Spirit: "Animal Zoo"
Kevin Ayers (feat. Syd Barrett): "Religious Experience (Singing A Song In The Morning")
Los Shakers: "Buscando Dificultades (Picking Up Troubles)"
Tommy Jay: "I Was There"
The Feelings: "Peculiar Girl"
Condo Fucks: "The Kid With The Replaceable Head"
King Astro's Trip: "I Know Her"
Dr. Dog: "The Abe's"
Brother JT: "I Am The Blob"
Earles and Jensen: "The Party Doctor"
James Pants: "We're Through"
Bob & Fred: "I'll Be On My Way"
Nite Jewel: "Artificial Intelligence"
Flin Flon: "Rimouski"
Centipede E'est: "Saffron Robe"
The Summer Hits: "Modern Cinema"
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti: "My Molly"
The American Flag: "Goodnight My Janitor"

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Radio Undefined playlist 8/2

2010-08-03T13:42:00.000-05:00

Jenny & Johnny - Scissor Runner
Richard Hell & the Voidoids - Walking On The Water
Black Angels - Telephone
Les Savy Fav - Let's Get Out Of Here
Dinosaur Jr - Start Choppin
Still Flyin' - Bull Riff
Jaill - The Stroller
Chavez - New Room
Interpol - Barricade
Zola Jesus - Sea Talk
The Small Faces - My Minds Eye
Black Mountain - The Hair Song
ZZ Top - Just Got Paid
The Thermals - I Dont Believe You
Grinderman - Heathen Child
Jesus Lizard - Zachariah
Superchunk - Digging for Something
Darker My Love - Dear Author
The Move - California Man
Frankie Rose and the Outs - Little Brown Haired Girls
Deerhunter - Revival
Julian Cope -Sunspots
Tennis - Marathon
Captain Sensible - Happy Talk

MEZ MIX 5

2010-07-29T23:40:00.007-05:00

side CRUISE
1. ROOMMATES - Elsie Dormer
2. RADIO DEPT. - The Video Dept.
3. WILD NOTHING - Live In Dreams
4. PANDA BEAR - Slow Motion
5. HOT CHIP - Alley Cats
6. CASIOKIDS - Verdens Storste Land
7. CARIBOU - Leave House
8. THINK ABOUT LIFE - Johanna
9. REPTAR - Michael Ziegler

side CREWS
1. PANTS YELL! - Somebody Loves You
2. THE DRUMS - Book Of Stories
3. THE WAVE PICTURES - Bye Bye Bubble Belly
4. SONNY AND THE SUNSETS - Too Young To Burn
5. ART MUSEUMS - Paris Cafes
6. BLUE HARVEST - Jim Belushi
7. THE MANTLES - Cascades
8. BRILLIANT COLORS - Should I Tell You
9. GRASS WIDOW - To Where

*Son of a gun I couldn't get the songs to appear in order on the old computer. Do what you can. One side's for everyone but Crews, the other side's for no one but Crews.

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Radio Undefined playlist 7/26

2010-07-27T13:30:00.001-05:00

Deerhunter - Revival
The Church - The Unguarded Moment
Magic Kids - Superball
Best Coast - Boyfriend
Talking Heads - The Girls Want To Be With The Girls
Black Angels - Telephone
Teen Inc. - Fountains
Squeeze - Up The Junction
YACHT - Nausea
Foals - Spanish Sahara
13th Floor Elevators - Pictures (Leave Your Body Behind)
Panda Bear - Tomboy
Leonard Cohen - So Long, Marianne
Zola Jesus - Sea Talk
Interpol - Barricade
Rain Parade - One Half Hour Ago
Arab Strap - Daughters of Darkness
Teenanger - Alone on Acid
The Nazz - Open My Eyes
Black Mountain - Old Fangs
Tennis - Marathon
Superchunk - Digging for Something
Guided By Voices - A Salty Salute

Mez Summer Mix Volume 4: Crewsin'

2010-07-23T08:24:00.014-05:00

THIS WEEK's MIX comes from a dear friend and lifelong Mezpert. He's been called the "Perry Peach", "That Leisure World Lad", and the "Whizzer of Warner Robins", but in these parts he's best known as Old Man Crews, prodigal founder of the Wee Turtles and sole architect of Crewsin' for a Brewsin'. Crews DJs on Durham, NC's WXDU 88.7 FM every Tuesday from 10 AM to Noon, playing choice indie-pop hits from the past, present, and future. For you kids WXDU is a college radio station, which is like a music blog that exists inside your car and won't try to sell you idiotic t-shirts.

Times New Viking: "Martin Luther King Day"
Jason Anderson: "Tonight"
Titus Andronicus: "A More Perfect Union"
Girls: "Hellhole Ratrace"
Sleigh Bells: "Infinity Guitars"
Condo Fucks: "With A Girl Like You"
The Darlings: "Eviction Party"
Love Is All: "Bigger Bolder"
Vetiver: "More Of This"
Oxford Collapse: "Young Love Delivers"
Los Campesinos!: "Romance Is Boring"
Wolf Parade: "Yulia"
Born Ruffians: "Oh Man"
BOAT: "Come With Me, We'll Win"
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone: "Optimist Vs. Silent Alarm (When the Saints Go Marching In)"
The Hidden Cameras: "In the NA"
The Soft Pack: "C'mon"
Superchunk: "Learned to Surf"
Throw Me the Statue: "Hi-Fi Goon"
Alan Singley and Pants Machine: "Le Rain"
The Love Language: "Heart to Tell"

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La Roux

2010-07-23T02:39:00.002-05:00

La Roux - Bullet Proof from serkan söğüt on Vimeo.