Playlist for 01/26/09

Tonight's Theme: Selected tracks from Pitchfork Media's top 500 tracks of all time.

Elvis Costello - Radio, Radio
Peter Bjorn & John - Young Folks
Devo - Mongoloid
Bjork - Hyper-Ballad
The Smiths - How Soon Is Now?
Spoon - The Way We Get By
The Books - Take Time
Wolf Parade - I'll Believe In Anything
R.E.M. - So. Central Rain
Wilco - Via Chicago
Elastica - Stutter
The Clash - Guns of Brixton
The Decemberists - Here I Dreamt I was An Architect
Fleet Foxes - Ragged Wood (top album of 2008)

Oh, and I got my first prank call during my show tonight. Kids these days!

Taking my show on the road

This Friday, January 30th.
I will be playing at Reds Cafe in downtown Santa Barbara.
Just a mellow mix of indie, oldies, and classic alternative. Something for everyone.

The event is FREE. Music starts at 8pm.

Reds is located 211 Helena Ave, just a half-block from State Street and Yanonali
Click here for Google Map

Hope to see you there!

Playlist for 01/19/09

* = new release

Tom Tom Club - Under the Boardwalk
* Animal Collective - My Girls - Merriweather Post Pavilion
Pedro the Lion - Bad things to such good people
The Pixies - Monkey goes to heaven
Wet Confetti - False Alarm
* Matt & Kim - Good old fashioned nightmare - Grand
Metric - Calculation Theme
Legends - When the day is done
Tender trap - Son of Dorion Gray
Mark Kozelek - Leo & Luna
Mazzy Star - Ride it on
Destroyer - Hey, Snow White
Wire - A mutual friend
* Sleeping in the aviary - Maybe you're the same - Expensive vomit in a cheap hotel

The Pixies "Monkey Goes to Heaven" from 1989's "Doolittle" on 4AD

Playlist for 01/12/08

Theme: Even more songs about breakups and unrequited love

Vampire Weekend - Campus
Black Moth Super Rainbow - Neon Syrup for the Cemetery Sisters
Psapp - Tiger, My Friend
Arab Strap - Serenade - lyrics
Neutral Milk Hotel - Two-Headed Boy
The Mountain Goats - Woke up New - lyrics
Plants and Animals - Bye Bye Bye
Yo La Tengo - Here Comes My Baby
Velvet Underground - Pale Blue Eyes
Red House Painters - Katy Song - lyrics
Radiohead - High and Dry
PJ Harvey - Dry
Nick Drake - Place to Be
Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine - lyrics
Regina Spektor - Samson - lyrics
Rufus Rainwright - Dinner at Eight
Dean & Britta - Crystal Blue R.I.P.
Grizzly Bear - Knife
Madeleine Peyroux - Between The Bars
Tori Amos - Tear In Your Hand

Extra long show!

Mountain Goat's "Woke Up New" from the 2006 album "Get Lonely"

same day, same time

KCSB had a new schedule the winter quarter, but Dark Entries will continue to be on Monday nights at 11pm PST after T-Rexed Media.

Playlist for 01/05/09

*Devotchka - New World- 

Sea Wolf - You're a Wolf

Pinback - Seville

Cranberries - Pretty

Sparklehorse - Hey, Joe

*Starfucker - Rawnald Gregory Erickson the Second

Hot Chip - Colours

TV on the Radio - Bomb Yourself

Death Cab for Cutie - Bixby Canyon Bridge

The Pixies - Into the White

Faux Jean - File It Away

Sufjan Stevens - Casimir Pulaski Day

Nouvelle Vague - Killing Moon

*The Coral Sea - Honey Bee

London's Hot Chip with "Colours" from their 2006 album "The Warning"

Dave from the Grave recommends: Lykke Li - I'm Good, I'm Gone