Radio Setlist - 11/25/11

"The View From The Afternoon" - The Arctic Monkeys
"The Fallen" - Franz Ferdinand
"Up, Up, Up" - GIVERS


"Our Perfect Disease" - The Wombats
"Peeping Tomboy" - Kurt Vile
"Surgeon" - St. Vincent


"Serpents" - Sharon Van Etten
"Too Insistent" - The Dø
"Leyendecker" - Battles
"Dance" - Soley


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"Romance" - Wile Flag
"Dead Sound" - The Raveonettes
"One of These Things First" - Nick Drake
"Come Back to Us" - Release the Sunbird


"Caring is Creepy" - The Shins
"O Valencia!" - The Decemberists
"Fables" - The Dodos
"Very Loud" - Shout Out Louds


"Race for the Prize" - Flaming Lips
"Rubies and Rocks" - Thao & Mirah
"Heart It Races" - Architecture in Helsinki


"Peacebone" - Animal Collective
"I Walked" - Sufjan Stevens
"From the Air" - Laurie Anderson


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"Freak Out" - Tapes 'n Tapes
"Car Crash" - Telekinesis!
"Nineteen" - Tegan & Sara
"Panda" - Mew


"German Motor Car" - Margot and the Nuclear So-So's
"Candy" - Magic Kids
"Stella Was a Diver and She Was Always Down" - Interpol


"For Love" - Lush
"They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back from the Dead!! Ahhhh!" - Sufjan Stevens
"Berlin, Without Return" - Voxtrot
"Head, First, Down" - Whitley


"To The End" - Blur
"Hey" - Pixies
"Black Like Me" - Spoon

A View From The Evening - Radio Setlist 11/22/11

"The View From The Afternoon" - Arctic Monkeys
"Future Shadows" - Forest Fire
"Janu Are" - 13 and God
"Echoes" - Washed Out

"Port of Call" - Beirut
"He Doesn't Know Why" - Fleet Foxes
"Buried Alive" - Cass McCombs

"Seven" - Sunny Day Real Estate
"Pink Turns to Blue" - Husker Du
"Shadowplay" - Joy Division
"Weekend" - Smith Westerns

"My Mistakes" - Eleanor Friedberger
"The Great Unknown" - The Figurines
"Northern Lights" - St. Vincent

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"Whirring" - Joy Formidable
"Tell 'Em" - Sleigh Bells
"Alligator (Passion Pit Remix) - Tegan & Sara

"Wintered Debts" - of Montreal

"If She Wants Me" - Belle & Sebastian
"Take It Easy" - Surfer Blood
"Sticky Thread" - Local Natives

"The Wanting Comes In Waves/Repaid" - The Decemberists
"Jesus Fever" - Kurt Vile
"I Won't Share You" - The Smiths
"Place to Be" - Nick Drake
"Only Living Boy in New York" - Simon & Garfunkel

Radio Setlist - 11/18/11

"The View From the Afternoon" - The Arctic Monkeys
"Winter" - The Dodos
"Into the Trees" - Still Corners

"Gangsta" - TuNe-YaRdS
"Love More" - Sharon van Etten
"Needles & Pins" - Superhuman Happiness
"Eleven" - Thao & Mirah

"By Your Hand" - Los Campesinos
"Ceiling of Plankton" - GIVERS
"Sweeit & Shag (ft. Kazu Kaino)" - Battles

"The Alter" - Wye Oak
"Born Into" - Forest Fire
"Original Slave" - The War on Drugs
"Pineapple Girl" - Mister Heavenly

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"She's a Rejector" - Of Montreal
"Normandie" - Shout out Louds
"Kissing the Lipless" - The Shins
"East Harlem" - Beirut
"Them That Do Nothing" - Field Music

"Rowboat" - Beck
"The Freed Pig" - Sebadoh
"In a Jar" - Dinosaur Jr.

"Nature Without Men" - Minutemen
"I Just Wanna Get Along" - The Breeders
"Laura" - Lush
"Somewhere" - Husker Du

"The World Has Turned and Left Me" - Weezer

"Disappearer" - Sonic Youth

"Sugarlight" - X

"Trailerpark Boneyard" - The Coathangers

New Hot and New for Nov 18th

Heavenly Beat is the side project of Beach Fossils bassist John Peña. His new single "Faithless" is a lovely and simple mix of lo-fi and cheerful beats behind rather depressing lyrics. It's an interesting combination that's quite a pleasant listen.

Heavenly Beat - “Faithless”

The Orwells, a band from Chicago, just released their third album entitled Remember When. One of the songs off of this album is "Halloween All Year," a fuzzily epic (or epically fuzzy) song that's somehow simultaneously loud and subdued. Here is what I believe to be a fan-made video for the song.

The Big Pink are releasing their new album Future This on January 17th. The song "Hit the Gound (Superman)" certainly adds to the Big Pink's spacey pop-rock sound we've become familiar with. Although it doesn't partically move music boundaries or have a hugely original statement, it's a fun road-trip sort of tune that's certainly worth a listen.

Los Campesinos have a new single out called "Hello Sadness" off of their upcoming album of the same name (which came out earlier this week). It's a cheery-sounding indie pop song with what seems to be one of the most uncomfortable-to-shoot videos I've ever seen.

"By Your Hand" was the first single off of the album and you can stream its pleasant music video below:

Radio Setlist 11/11/11

"The View From The Aftenoon" - Arctic Monkeys
"Parklife" - Blur
"It's Not You It's Me" - Coconut Records
"It's Real" - Real Estate

"Sick Sad Morning" - The Dig
"Holding Down the Laughter" - Bad Books
"Facing the Sun" - Treefight for Sunlight
"Everlyn" - Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin

"Lonely Boy" - The Black Keys
"Don't Do It" - Sharon van Etten
"Not What You Want" - Sleater-Kinney
"Hook and Line" - The Kills

"Level" - The Raconteurs
"The Bends" - Radiohead
"Gloria" - Patti Smith

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"Scottish Winds" - Frightened Rabbit
"Origins" - Tennis
"The Noose of Jah City" - King Krule
"Canyon" - We Are Pirates

"Tango Til You're Sore" (Tom Waits Cover) - Vince Kane
"I Know" - Vince Kane

"Let Go" - Vince Kane
"Cardinal" - Vince Kane
"Good Day Today" - David Lynch

"Marrow" - St. Vincent
"Vietnam" - Crystal Castles

Hot and New!

It's that time again, folks! Time for the next big names to watch out for in "indie and alternative"! Oh, and as a side note, for those of you who listen to the show and hear us say that we play "indie and alternative" music, just know the the quotation marks are generally there when we say it. The "indie" and "alternative" genres are both too enormous to really include in one radio show. Also, what exactly is alternative music? Alternative to what? And the term "indie" doesn't really mean "independent" anymore, just like "pop" refers to anything that sounds happy and peppy as opposed to "popular."

But that's a rant for another day. Because for this week's Hot and New I have some exciting things for you. They're not all new acts, as some of it's new material from established acts, but it's still new. And it's certainly hot.

Speaking of hot, first up we have a brand-spanking new band from South America. We Are Pirates is a brand new band of three friends Brazil. Their Facebook page (which you can find here), at the time of this writing, only has 16 likes. No word of an official EP or LP coming out, but I'll be sure to keep you all posted.
We Are Pirates - "Canyon"

Young Empires is releasing their new album Wake All My Youth on January 31, 2012. The first single "Enter Through The Sun" was released today and features happy-go-lucky vocals over top a steady bass-driven dance beat. Stream it below!

Young Empires - "Enter Through the Sun"

Next up is an act I'm quite excited about. We featured Archy Marshall, a teenage guy from Endland, last year when he went by the name Zoo Kid and his impressive first song "Out Getting Ribs." Now he's back with the name King Krule and released his new EP this week. The first single from that is "The Noose of Jah City."

King Krule - "The Noose of Jah City"

Korallreven, a band from Sweden, has been releasing single after single for the last couple years. This month, however, they're coming out with their first full length album entitled An Album By Korallreven which is set to come out on the 15th.

 Korallreven - "As Young As Yesterday"

New Releases From Established Acts! Yay!

The Black Keys are set to release their 4th studio album, El Camino, which is set for release on December 6th. You can pre-order it here.

Track Listing:

1. Lonely Boy

2. Dead and Gone

3. Gold on the Ceiling

4. Little Black Submarines

5. Money Maker
6. Run Right Back
7. Sister
8. Hell of a Season
9. Stop Stop
10. Nova Baby
11. Mind Eraser

And if you're interested in brushing up on some new dance moves, here's the video for the first single "Lonely Boy"



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Tennis is coming out with their sophomore album entitled Young and Old, which is set for release February 14, 2012. After a debut release like Cape Dory, with its retro, girl groupy, happy feel, it'll be interesting to see what they come up with. It was produced by the Black Keys' drummer, Patrick Carney, so only time will tell. From what I can tell with "Origins" (which you can stream below!) it's bound to be an excellent release. It still holds true to the typical Tennis-style lo-fi vocals and cheery vibe. You can pre-order the single "Origins" as well as a self-produced B-Side called "Deep In The Woods" here.

Track Listing:
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Here's the first single "Origins" off of Young and Old.





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Brooklyn singer/songwriter, Sharon van Etten, an extremely talented artist that we really should be promoting more, is coming out with her third album on February 7th. It's called Tramp and is the first album she's released on the record label Jagjaguwar (which is the same one used by artists such as Bon Iver and Dinosaur Jr.). The album also features an incredibly impressive round of people. Contributions to the album were made by members of Wye Oak, The National, The Walkmen, Beirut, and more.

Track Listing:
1. Warsaw
2. Give Out
3. Serpents
4. Kevin’s
5. Leonard
6. In Line
7. All I Can
8. We Are Fine
9. Magic Chords
10. Ask
11. I’m Wrong
12. Joke or a Lie

As far as I know, there has been know officially released single I can give you as a taste of the album. So instead, I'll give you a song off of her 2010 album Epic entitled "One Day."



And just because I'm sort of getting really excited about Sharon van Etten, here's a bonus song from Epic called "Don't Do It."



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Cloud Nothings is releasing their sophomore album Attack on Memory on January 24th on Carpark Records. It features the single "No Furture/No Past," an incredibly mature song that that is a strong mix between Nirvana, Weezer, and Radiohead. It's quite impressive for such a young band. Give it a listen below and find them on Facebook here.

Reintroducing: Hot and New!

Once upon a time (aka when we started this show last summer) we featured a weekly segment in which we would introduce new artists and/or new albums that were either released very recently or are upcoming. This week introduces four brand new acts (in the sense that they're haven't had official releases, as well as in the sense that we've never played them on the show before) from around the world.


First up, we have Young Maverick. They're a young band from Australia set to release their debut EP Summer 2011/2012: Visit them here at their Facebook page. But first, here's a song off of their upcoming EP:


Young Maverick - "Reception Deception"

Next up we have Friends. A Brooklyn-based band, which I suppose makes them automatically hip, regardless of what their music sounded like, but luckily for them, they have the geographical location and the music to back up their "cool-factor." Visit them here at the single's Bandcamp page where you can buy it as well as a B-side. Unfortunately their name makes it nearly impossible to Google them, but you can find them on Facebook here.



Coastal Cities is a high school band based near London, England. Their first single "Thinktank" is off of their Transgressions EP set for release this fall. It's an incredibly impressive song for a band consisting of five seventeen year-old boys. Listen to more tracks over at their Myspace page or visit their Soundcloud page to listen to demos and an assortment of other songs.



And last, but certainly not least, is R E A L M A G I C. Although the name is equal parts annoying to read and even more annoying to type, the talent behind art school grad Drew Englander is certainly not annoying. He cites his influences as being "shoegaze, R&B, and Grime" and churns out effortless, synth-heavy songs with steady drum machine beats. Visit R E A L M A G I C here at his Facebook.

R E A L M A G I C - "Hard 2 Keep"

Radio Setlist 11/4

"The View From The Afternoon" - Arctic Monkeys
"Actor Out of Work" - St. Vincent
"Tracking Elevator" - Shugo Tokumaru
"Leyendecker" - Battles

"The Rip Tide" - Beirut
"Haunt You" - The Pack A.D.
"Baby Missiles" - The War on Drugs
"The Book of Revelation" - The Drums

"Kelly" - When Saints Go Machine
"The World Has Turned and Left Me" - Weezer
"On a Plain" - Nirvana

"The Heartbreak Rides" - A.C. Newman
"Hey Ma" - James
"King of Spain" - The Tallest Man on Earth

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"Reception Deception" - Young Maverick
"Thinktank" - Coastal Cities
"Hard 2 Keep" - R E A L M A G I C
"Friend Crush" - Friends

"I Hear Noises" - Tegan and Sara
"Lately" - Washed Out
"Friday Night" - Lily Allen

"Die Toten Hosen" - Bayern
"Tonight I Have to Leave It" - Shout Out Louds
"Nowhere Is My Home" - The Replacements
"2:19" - Tom Waits

"Dying Is Fine" - Ra Ra Riot
"We End Up Together" - The New Pornographers