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Monday, April 30, 2007

April 30, 2007

The final reason why Minneapolis is awesome. The weather the next 10 days is an average 72 degrees and sunny. There are a few scattered thunderstorms but none of this raining drizzly crap for ten days that Boston has. And thunderstorms are way cool. AWESOME!

The Playlist:

Attack Formation/We Are Alive In Tune LP/Black Magic
Azeda Booth/Mysterious Body EP/Dead Girls
Thee More Shallows/Book of Bad Breaks LP/Night at the Knight School
Walker Kong/Deliver Us From People LP/We Are the Falling Stars
Frog Eyes/Tears of the Valedictorian LP/"Stockades"
Andrew Shapiro/Quiet Kissing EP/Detectors in the Eyes
Girl In A Coma/Both Before I'm Gone LP/Say
Gruff Rhys/Candylion LP/The Court of King Arthur
Adult/Why Bother? LP/Plagued By Fear
The Young Knives/Voices of Animals and Men LP/The Decision
Bonde De Role/Solta O Frango Single/Solta O Frango
Pterodactyl/Pterodactyl LP/Ask Me Nicely
The Soft Drugs/In Moderation EP/Defending the Paint
Wolf and Cub/Vessels LP/March of Clouds
Audionom/Retrospektiv LP/And You Said I Was the Only One
The Fall/Reformation Post TLC LP/Reformation

Don't forget!
5/8 Blonde Redhead
5/16 The Blow

And this weekend is steer roast at MIT. Some bands will play, I don't know which ones yet.

Oh yeah, the video for Elephant Gun by Beirut is AMAZING. I LOVE BEIRUT.

<3 anna

Monday, April 23, 2007

April 23, 2007

Sorry for the delay!

The Playlist:

Tin Cup Prophette/Liar and the Theif LP/Liar and the Thief
Kid Koala/Your Mom's Favorite DJ LP/Right Side
Liz Esenberg/Seaport, Seaport, Seaport LP/Two Weeks Till the Midwest
Holland/The Paris Hilton Mujahideen LP/Satanic Effervescent Country Black
Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid/Tongues LP/People Be Happy
Junior Boys/The Dead Horse EP/FM (tensnake remix)
Joakim/Monsters and Silly Songs LP/Everything Bright and Still
The Leather Uppers/OK, Don't Say HI LP/You Know I Do
The Ponys/Turn the Lights Out LP/Everyday Weapon
Bjork/Earth Intruders Single/Earth Intruders
Bill Callahan/Woke On A Whaleheart LP/From the Rivers to the Ocean
The Basement/Illicit Hugs and Playground Thugs LP/Medicine Day
Peel/Peel LP/In the City

Man Man is playing Beast Roast at MIT on Saturday, April 28!
Blonde Readhead May 8 @ paradise
The Blow! May 16 @ paradise

with love,
anna

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Actually from April 16, 2007

Hello. Tonight we had a lot of guests in the studio. You heard from Leanne, Katy, Julia, Jennifer, Tania, and Melody during the show, adding in some side commentary between songs.

The Playlist:

Bang Gang/Something Wrong LP/Inside
Joanna Newsom/Joanna Newsom and the Ys Street Band EP/Colleen
Seagull Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her/Future or No Future LP/Evolution
Trans Am/Sex Change LP/North East Rising Sun
Benni Hemm Hemm/Kajak LP/Snjor Ljos Snjor
The Breakers DK/Here For A Laugh LP/Tried So Hard
Deerhunter/Flourescent Grey EP/Flourescent Grey
Ono/Open Your Box LP/Walking On Thin Ice
Peter Bjorn and John/Writer's Block LP/Objects of My Affection
Idlewild/Make Another World LP/Lookin For A Love
Illinois/What the Hell Do I Know? LP/Nosebleed

I saw the books on Sunday. I hung out with them before the show and photographed them during load in/set up/sound check. Pretty cool. They're quiet guys. It was my first time at the Somerville Theatre. It's a great venue.

Deerhunter 4/25 Middle East
Blonde Redhead 5/9 Paradise

<3 anna

Monday, April 9, 2007

Today I was very tired. Then I came to WMBR, and the sight of all the shiny new cd cases glistening on the shelf brightened my day so much, that I recovered enough energy to make it through another show. The music is that good. I've also forgotten how to use commas. Thank you, MIT.

The Playlist:

Small Sails/Similar Anniversaires LP/Somnambulist
A Northern Chorus/The Millions Too Many LP/Skeleton Keys
Blonde Redhead/23 LP/23
Automusik/The Hound Dog EP/The Hound Dog*
Bright Eyes/Casadaga LP/Clairaudients (Kill Or Be Killed)
Dntel/Dumb Luck LP/Rock My Boat
The Cripple Lillies/La Bete LP/Bella of the Rocks
The Blow/Poor Aim:Love Songs LP/"Come On Petunia"
Panther/"Secret Lawns" LP/Tiger's Touch
We All Have Hooks For Hands/The Pretender LP/Jumpin Jean-Luc
Lesbians On Ecstasy/We Know You Know LP/Alone In Madness
Gowns/Red State LP/Fake July
The Ladybug Transistor/Here Comes the Rain EP/Girl On A Swing

*umm, what?

I LOVE the Blow. LOVE LOVE LOVE. love love love.

<3 anna

Monday, April 2, 2007

Hola wmbr listening denizens,

Hay retornado de Mexico para tocar mas musica para Uds. That may or may not make sense, it's been a while since the days of high school spanish class. Anyways, the show today is themed mellow with a spanish flavor. Enjoy.

The Playlist:

Woods/At Rear House LP/Don't Pass On Me
Gang/Guess What You'll Find... EP/Past, Present, Future
Cibo Matto/The Essential Cibo Matto LP/Vamos A La Playa
Tracy Thorn/Out of the Woods LP/Triangles
+/-/Plus/Minus vs. Bloodthirsty Butchers EP/Banging the Drum
Dinosaur Jr./Beyond LP/I Got Lost
The Rosebuds/Night of the Furies LP/Night of the Furies
Music For Animals/Music For Animals LP/Esperanza
The Twilight Sad/Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Summers LP/Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Summers
Low/Drums and Guns LP/Murderer
Parts and Labors/Escapers One EP/Tiny Lightening

This is hot:
http://www.avclub.com/content/feature/inventory_26_songs_that_are

The Twilight Sad @ Middle East, April 4

May the clouds part and your rainy days be filled with sunshine.

<3 anna