band : album : song - commentary back
.rotations for october 9th 2005.
if when : s/t : on & on & on : lush, cacophony of sounds... often with hooks and melody
night wounds : rat magic 7" : rat magic
antonius block : mp3 download : thanks : strange, yet not off-putting
fact or fiction : mp3 download : machines speak to r...? : ex-Need/Circuit Side... but even heavier!
flag of convenience : war on the wireles set : in the back : ex-Buzzcock Steve Diggle project
the prophecy : unknown : fast friends
the cupid car club : 7" : vapor rub-out : members of Nation of Ulysses, Make-Up, Delta 72
barcelona : Moshi Moshi - Pop International Style : i have the password to your shelll account : thanks Rita!
heavenly : p.u.n.k. girl : atta girl : twee godhead
nullsleep : nintendo entertainment system : starforce romance : this guy does video-game bleep-core right
deerhoof : the runners four : spy on you - by request
seasick : mp3 download : everything must go
.rotations for october 2nd 2005.
tender trap : film molecules : fin - pop fans take note of this release... lots of catchy tunes
tiger trap : s/t : puzzle pieces - great fast, jangly pop... brings back wonderful memories
dame fate : tide and time wait for no man : river letters
100 watt halo : 7" : new youth kool - this goes out to ben clark... benclarkphoto.com
double O : s/t 7" : there's no reasoning - please check out somethingilearned.blogspot.com
polvo : this eclipse : bat radar
double fudge : brown brown brown : f/ferrals
welcome : s/t : stoma
animal : deaf ox : the grey kid
blonde redhead : in an expression of the inexpressible : luv machine
chronic disorder : mutiny on the bowery? : welcome to the modern world
suicide commandos : suicide commandos make a record : mosquito crucifiction
dead teenagers : motorcycle wars can go fuck themselves e.p. : demon kids - members of kerosene 454 / beauty pill
veronica lipgloss & the evil eyes : the witches dagger : strip mall glass - by request
printed circuit : the adventure game : switch it on - really good electronic pop
solvent : apples and synthesizers : operating ease - more good electronic pop... betterpropaganda.com
glass candy : 2003 tour cd : cold party - see them live... if for no other reason than to people watch
drop nineteens : delaware : winona : relatively unknown shoegaze-ish band, very dreamy
brian jonestown massacre : methodrone : evergreen
delta 5 : 7" : anticipation - dedication to cynthia
subtonix : subtonix/glass candy split 7" : into the fire
the vaselines : the way of the vaselines : let's get ugly - thanks to scott for letting me borrow this one
stratageme : mis amis : scripts : excellent mix of synth sounds and atmospheric, punk-ish guitar... check their myspace
low : secret name : immune
stiff little fingers : inflammable material : law and order - must have album for students of punk
saccharine trust : pagan icons : i have...
brian eno : here come the warm jets : baby's on fire : featuring a 3 day long guitar solo by robert fripp
.rotations for september 25th 2005.
april march and los cincos : s/t : olive green dictionary
jonny cohen : teenbeat 50 : time loop
teenage gang debs : teenbeat 50 : on tape
bedlam hour : hardcore breakout u.s.a (compilation) : stand up and fight - wild compilation with a great Jawbreaker song
broken spindles : inside/absent : the distance is nearsighted - joel from The Faint... solo, computer style
juno : this is the way it goes and goes and goes : venus on 9th street
pelican : the fire in our throats will beckon the thaw : sirius
amps for christ : electroshpere : cold as stone - totally original and haunting
boomtown rats : burning ambitions : looking after no. 1
rozzlyn rangers : twenty years of dischord : rozzlyn rangers - fave song off the dischord 25 years retrospective
the ex oh sequence : unknown (mp3 download) : goodbye my dear - by request
young marble giants : colossal youth cd : ode to booker t. - this band sounds like clocks fucking
xbxrx : sixth in sixes : beat rolls on
the fall : i am kurious oranj : overture from "i am curious orange" - the fall provide music for a stage show
magnetic fields : get lost : the village in the morning
reptile house : i stumble as the crow flies : keel haul love - whoa... amazing... higgs... pre-lungfish
broadcast : tender buttons : i found the f - great new record... can't wait to see them live later this month
mambo kurt : the return of alienhunterhalter : waiting room - fugazi cover courtesy of jason
the three o'clock : sixteen tamborines : on my own
tree wave : cabana ep : morning coffee hymn - unreal "band" - http://www.treewave.com/
candy machine : a modest proposal : apples - by request
hoover : the lurid transversal of route 7 : distant
the vibrators : v2 : pure mania
the redcoats are coming : unknown (mp3) : ring the bell - so good... http://www.helloredcoats.com/
unity : blood days : breaking through
versus : dead leaves : astronaut
hot snakes : audit in progress : kreative kontrol
deerhoof : the runners four : spirit ditties of no tone - this new deerhoof record comes out early october
.rotations for september 18th 2005.
lois : strumpet : diopter
circle jerks : wild in the streets : defamation innuendo
the swirlies : they spent their wild youthful days... : in harmony new found freedom
400 blows : angel's trumpets and devil's trombones : the beauty of internal darkness
native nod : today puberty, tomorrow the world : tangled - http://www.gernblandsten.com/
big boys : wreck collection : shut up
garden variety : s/t : shelf life
tender forever : unknown (mp3 download) : take it off - http://www.takemybreathaway.net/
the pulses : destroy all our records : i will take your drugs and try them all
the gossip : pdx pop now! 2005 (compilation) : it's over - really solid new compilation
saturday looks good to me : all your summer songs : meet me by the water - whitney rules
wolf parade : apologies to the queen mary : grounds for divorce
daybreak : frozen wintered realms : black box
robyn hitchcock : catalog sampler : uncorrected personality traits/if you were a priest - thanks to scott for this
stereo total : do the bambi : do the bambi
instead : bonds of friendship : face to face - so. cal skate-edge (i just made that up... but you are free to use)
fred schneider w/ six finger satellite : just fred : stroke of genius - fred is from the b 52's
six finger satellite : paranormalized : perico - awesome deep, moog synth on this song
deerhoof : green cosmos : come see the duck
the warmers : wanted: more : berretta u.s.a.
10 in the swear jar : accordion solo! : san jose fight song!
ted leo : unknown (mp3 download) : since u been gone/maps - thanks Jason for providing this track
die monitr batss : pdx pop now! 2005 (compilation) : gore appeal
serge gainsbourg : comic strip : bonnie and clyde - later covered by Luna w/ Laetitia from Stereolab
tilly and the wall : woo! : do you dream at all? - pop tune fit for mix tapes
anna oxygen : all your faded things : spectacle - bedroom new wave-ish
sunny day real estate : how it feels to be something on : every shining time you arrive
.rotations for september 11th 2005.
analogue : aad : track 9
rose for bodhan : unknown (mp3 download) : ibeliever
q and not u : power : x-polination - i do believe "power" is there best... lots of variety and interesting musical ideas
human host : unknown (mp3 download) : airborne particles
the staus quo : nuggets 2 (compilation) : picture of matchstick men
the missing peece : unknown (mp3 download) : kicked the teeth
dag nasty : can i say : circles
the afterlife : unknown (mp3 download) : unkind
my dad is dead : peace, love, and murder : hill o' beans - every my dad is dead song for free at : http://www.mydadisdead.com/
kraftwelt : electric dimension : confusion - not quite kratwerk, but close
urban verbs : early damge : acceleration
ride : smile : chelsea girl - i don't know if ride likes the term "shoegaze", but i just realized i need new laces
red lorry, yellow lorry : smashed hits : hollow eyes - thanks to george for introducing me to this band
chumps : :30 over d.c. (compilation) : jet lag drag - re-issue of a late seventies new wave compilation on henry rollins' label
feral bell : coded : canned ice - russell in brooklyn provided me with all the brooklyn stuff on today's show, thank you!
twink : supercute : not enough crayons - worthy of link provision - http://www.twink.net/
cheesecake : stars kill rock (compilation) : mother's little helper
billy synth : :30 over d.c. (compilation) : every time you give me a call
mc5 : back in the u.s.a. : teenage lust - classic album... don't let anyone make fun of you for having not heard it
breaker! breaker! : where all the birds yell : do right, do wrong - thanks russ
plague of dandelions : unknown (mp3 download) : death and dying
the evens : s/t : mt. pleasant isn't - successfully orchestrated sing-alongs at live shows... great people
fields of gaffney : cosmic chicken & egg : all alone again - ex-sebadoh gone solo
brakes : give blood : heard about your band
frantic mantis : data is not information : creation sickness
albumen : demo : mouthful of pennies
parts & labor : unknown : a great divide
sinkcharmer : stars in winter : the end
.rotations for september 4th 2005.
kraftwerk : the man-machine : the model
mount sims : ultra sex : escape hatch
the checkers : let's get rid of l.a. : is he in?
the fever : pink on pink : ladyfingers
flin flon : boo-boo : floods
ocs : 3 : second date : indie/pop - by request
family fodder : the best of family fodder : debbie harrry - Unrest covered this song but changed the title to "winona ryder"
getaway car : stars kill rock (compilation) : sony radio
the prefects : ... are amateur wankers : things in general
selby tigers : south then west : cutting school - selby tigers are nice people
radar : the p.u.n. : ematic avism - hello to brandon, kevin and rob
the televangelist and the architect : unknown (mp3) : williamsburg
theorectical girls : s/t : no more sex
pink and brown : shame fantasy 11 : messy bessy, get undressy - by request
kerosene 454 : at zero : heroes - so glad i dug this out of my collection... an even better album than i remebember!
the sonics : sinderella : boss hoss
t.v. personalities : wanna but a bridge? : part time punks - this song is an absolute must for your collection
neutral milk hotel : in the aeroplane over the sea : oh comely
the adverts : crossing the red sea : no time to be 21
stiv bators : disconnected : make up your mind - i sing along to this when i'm alone
matt and kim : unknown : 5k
the soviettes : lpIII : what did i do?! : punk - dedication from sean to susy!
the move : greatest hits : fire brigade - whoa... if you haven't heard them... now is the time to start... 60's psych
lori & the chameleons : the last stiff compilation : touch - beautiful track
the lapse : betrayal! : the a,b,c, and d's of fascism
.rotations for august 28th 2005.
void : faith/void : organized sports - really chaotic hardcore
warsaw : s/t : transmission - before they were called joy division... they were warsaw
bullet train to vegas : we put scissors where our mouths are : the camera eye backbite
johnny moped : the roxy london wc2 : hard loving man
the mae shi : heartbeeps : spoils of victory/eat the prize
mates of state : my solo project : la'hov
the penetrators : :30 over d.c. (compilation) : the break
neurosis : word as law : double-edged sword - neurosis is amazing, but they are do dark... i can't go there too often
dead meadow : feathers : at her open door -
spirit caravan : elusive truth : spirit caravan - highly recommended
crash and brittany : kids luv you : a-tonal luvaffair - i was late in the game with this band, wish i could have seen 'em live
the soviettes : lp III : paranoia cha cha cha! - every song on this record is catchy
corrosion of conformity : animosity : mad world - this is a good pool-skating jam
new england roses : unknown (live mp3) :
vice squad : stand strong stand proud : rock 'n' roll massacre
gene defcon : throw up and die : i'm that type of guy - gene continues to be hilarious
kim wilde : s/t : our town
ariel pink's haunted grafitti : worn copy : cable access follies - sounds like the masters got warped... on purpose
killing joke : wild dub (compilation) : turn to red
locals only : unknown (mp3 download) : summer love
map : eastern skies/western eyes : crash - great lyrics
the redcoats are coming : unknown (mp3 download) : crown heights - fave new band... along with Tree Wave and Miss Tk..
tsunami : a brilliant mistake : a brilliant mistake - simple machines was excellent!
pony up : s/t : marlon brando's laundramat - thanks to jason for the heads up on this band
.rotations for august 14th 2005.
black heart procession : 2 : it's a crime i never told you about the diamonds in your eyes
life without buildings : rough trade ships : the leanover - singer has something special, no one like her
fm bats : unknown : 4th street to pine - check 'em out on myspace
the clamour : unknown : too soft aka get me off - mod/rock
flipper : gone fishin' : in life my friends
days of : s/t : friday
huggybear : her jazz 7-inch : her jazz
evergreen : seven inch : trudy push pin - everybody liked evergreen. huntington beach library memories
exploding white mice : in a nest of vipers : let the kids dance
ex-lion tamer : unknown : my little lioness - named after the wire song i assume
red cross : red cross : clorox girls/s&m party/standing in - by request!
tsunami : deep end : in a name - simple machines.... r.i.p.
egghunt : 7-inch : we all fall down - ian and jeff from minor threat... to bad this isn't a full album
the vibrators : s/t : keep it clean
sham 69 : tell us the truth : borstal breakout
poastal : poastal/poundsign split 7" : dizzy - again, huntington beach library scene
angel hair : insect mortality : witch hunt scene from star trek
jawbreaker : whack & blite e.p. : eye-5/lawn - early jawbreaker is sooooo good
ris paul ric : downloaded from the myspace profile : purple blaze - chris from q and not u solo
mocket : bionic parts : mailbomb
excuse 17 : s/t : hope you feel bad : indie/punk
wire : 154 : on returning
make-up : i want some : blue is beautiful - by request
the eyes of mind : tales of the turquoise umbrella : time
hatepinks : plastic bag ambitions : tupperware love - french and snotty punk/new wave
.rotations for august 7th 2005.
husker du : metal circus : real world - remember jason lee's part in video days?
casual dots : s/t : evil operations classified - please see autoclave, frumpies, panax, bikini kill, slant 6, deep lust
all natural lemon and lime flavors : turning into small : puzzled into pieces - dreamy and noisy
oxford collapse : a good ground : the boys go home
ignition : machination : previous - more dischord radness
uniform choice : screaming for change : scream to say - full on straight edge
inside out : no spiritual surrender 7 inch : by a thread - zach from rage against the machine, before the rage
the frumpies : frumpie one piece : intertube tomorrow - bikini kill without k. hanna, plus molly from bratmobile, michelle mae too
retsin : sweet luck of amaryllis : the story of one party - tara jane from rodan (godlike band) and cynthia from ruby falls
adult : ressuscitation : lost love
visage : s/t : blocks on blocks : new wave, really new wave
dance disaster movement : snow on the tv : get back on the starting line : congrats to the ticket winners
xiu xiu : la foret : muppet face
rites of spring : s/t : deeper than inside - my favorite band ever, forever... i'm pretty sure
youth gone mad : featuring dee dee ramone : bego bago - by request! thanks!
the briefs : sex object : orange alert : punk/new wave
universal order of armageddon : the switch is down : benedict
floodgate : i choose danger : grind the pepper - excellent hardcore... cross dischord records with gravity records
gorrilla biscuits : start today : competition
the books : lost and safe : none but shining hours - thanks to james from timonium for turning me onto this band
the spells : the age of backwards e.p. : the age of backwards - carrie from sleater kinney, with mary timony
destruction : mad butcher
kleenex : liliput/kleenex : krimi
willowz : by request... but i forgot to type in the song name, and now i forgot. sorry. http://www.thewillowz.com/
.rotations for july 17th 2005.
gang of four : entertainment! : i found that essence rare - uhm, yeah... highly influential record
mark robinson : canada's green highways : aluminum - i dig everything mark does... teenbeat records, unrest, air miami, etc. etc.
olivia tremor control : ...'dusk at cubist castle : define a transparent dream - perfectly executed song
nation of ulysses : 13 point program to destroy america : a kid who tells another kid is a dead kid
make-up : i want some : blue is beautiful - also see... nation of ulysses, weird war, french toast, cupid car club
feist : let it die : when i was a young girls
peaches : sweet side of peaches : rock show - an album of radio edits, otherwise, we couldn't play anything from her
beat happening : dreamy : hot chocolate boy - calvin runs K records (for those who didn't know)
little wings : light green leaves : boom! - great track, goes good on mix tapes... calvin from K records on back up vocals
the long winters : when i pretend to fall : blue diamonds - by request!
the pupils : s/t : all the people - asa and dan from lunfish, reptile house
beulah : yoko : a man like me - this song is dedicated to gwen
buzzcocks : another music in a different kitchen : fast cars - i think the peel sessions version of this song rocks harder
d.i. : ancient artifacts : o.c. life - my fave southern california punk song ever?
liam lynch (remix) : mp3 : my united states of NOOOO!! - this track was provided by stephanie... darth vadar does backing vocals!
thee headcoatees : punk girls : punk girl - can't get sassier than this song
the creeping nobodies : stop movement stop loss : quarentine
spacehorse : mp3 : hang your child - members of heroin, clikatat ikatowi... http://www.myspace.com/spacehorse
heroin : complete discography : has been
radio birdman : the essential radio birdman : hand of law - wow, way ahead of it's time
servotron : entertainment program for humans : serve, obey! - for stephanie
radio 4 : gotham : eyes wide open - whitney pick
tia carrere : wayne's world soundtrack : ballroom blitz - definitely a whitney pick
new york dolls : s/t : bad girl - they are reformed and playing again
kinks : the village green preservation society : phenominal cat - i love 60's psych
soulfish : soulfish 7-inch : so what - little known but really good hardcore band from 1991
faith : subject to change : subject to change - personal favorite
electrelane : axes : bells - i'm kicking myself for missing them open for le tigre
.rotations for july 10th 2005.
dance disaster movement : snow on the tv : turn on "on" - my fave DDM song, heavy synth, expert drumming
adolescents : s/t : kids of the black hole - southern california classic
iconoclast : groundlessness of belief 7 : i like you less than apple pie - HARDcore
poster children : no more songs about sleep and fire : flag - great comeback release
fun boy 3 : waiting : our lips are sealed - Go Go's cover, possibly superior to the original... although the original kicks ass
elefant : sunlight makes me paranoid : misfit - by request... nice one
hollAnd : drums : your face - i can't believe how good this guy is, pop hooks, electronics, warm vocals
brian brain : wave news 2 (compilation) : jive jive - P.I.L. affiliated, for the dance floor, nice bass playing
t-rex : s/t : jewel
field music : s/t : you can decide
my bloody valentine : loveless : blown a wish - this one fell from heaven
the peppermints : jesus chryst : rabid frogs
ex models : other mathematics : girlfriend is worse - i should've played a longer song
the slits : cut : fm - this record wouldn't have been as good without Budgie's drumming
emily's sassy lime : right is here : teenage heart attack - my brother owns a guitar formerly used by this lowest of all low-fi bands
rilo kiley : (live@kuci) : pictures of success - for whitney... great recording too
supersystem : always never again : born into the world - they used to be called El Guapo, great live performers
devendra banhart : nino rojo : ay mama - again, for whitney
lungfish : feral hymns : time is a weapon of time - if i ever have to choose only one band to play forevermore, it's gonna be Lungfish
wilderness : s/t : arkless - this track reminds me of a great band called For Against
jilted john : unknown mp3 download : going steady
generation x : s/t : ready steady go - Billy Idol on vocals (before becoming a household name)
the lambrettas : unknown mp3 download : go steady - mod masterpiece
the redcoats : mp3 download : ring the bell - members of Bronwyn... these girls are really, really good
bronwyn : (live@kuci) : unknown
tubeway army : first album : the life machine - Gary Numan before "cars"
.rotations for july 3rd 2005.
polvo : cor-crane secret : channel changer
subhumans : worlds apart : ex-teenage rebel
mary timony : ex-hex : return to pirates - everything this girl touches is fort knoxworthy
fad gadget : wave news (compilation) : pedestrian
lung leg : make-up/lung leg split 7-inch : krayola
clikatat ikataowi : orchestrated and conducted by... : dna timebomb - "next level" drumming
3 mile pilot : another desert, another sea : glitter wave - members of Pinback and Blackheart Procession, where's the new album!?!?
411 : this isn't me : self help - Mario from Clikitat Ikataowi/Rocket from the Crypt on drums again
swiss dot : watched you misbehave : thought i saw
public image ltd. : second edition : no birds - ex Sex pistols and Clash
the sea and cake : the fawn : there you are - this is my favorite "wake up and greet the day" album
six finger satallite : paranormalized : perico - a Moog must
white magic : through the sun door : one-note - Mira Billotte... Autoclave cover star and member of Quix-o-tic... amazing song
ezee tiger : s/t : the tiger bounce - by request... awesome track, thanks ryan!
fugazi : furniture : number 5 - by request... thanks george!
teen idles : teen idles 7-inch (dischord #100) : trans am
trans am : liberation : is trans am really your friend?
the delta 72 : the r&b of membership : get down
the rogers sisters : purely evil : zero point
carcass : symphonies of sickness : swarming vulgar mass of infected virulency
garland of hours : s/t : word versus - Amy is an expert on the cello and piano
cruise control hearts : unknown mp3 download : bees - Ryan from Los Cincos, low fi bedroom, see myspace.com for more
x-ray spex : germfree adolescents : the day the world turned dayglo
napalm death : harmony corruption : mind snare - by request.... thanks aaron!
the secret stars : les etoiles secrets : nightingale
lync : these are not fall colors : heroes and heroines - saw sam on saturday night live rocking the backup vocals for Modest Mouse
.rotations for june 26th 2005.
current : current discography : slivered lead - one of my favorite bands
excel : split image : insecurity - venice, skate style by request... thanks jason
ruts : the crack : something that i said
ultravox! : ultravox! : saturday night in the city of the dead
weird war : illuminated by the light : girls like that - ex Make-up, Frumpies, Nation of Ulysses
superchunk : on the mouth : precision auto - Mac's vocals are the best around
the stranglers : greatest hits : no more heroes - saw a crazy video of them doing "peaches", outdoors, with naked women on stage!
14 iced bears : in the beginning : lie to choose
miss tk & the revenge : xoxo : fake italians aint no stallians - sorry, had to edit out the naughty words
engineers : s/t : come in out of the rain
motorhead : 1916 : r.a.m.o.n.e.s. - a Ramones-esque tribute to the Ramones
ramones : rocket to russia : we're a happy family
bratmobile : bratmobile peel sessions : panik - thanks for letting me borrow this scott
slow dazzle : the view from the floor : fleur de lie
the fall : the wonderful and frightening world of... : c.r.e.e.p.
the vaselines : the way of the vaselines : molly's lips - Nirvana covered this (that's why you recognize the title)
june of 44 : engine takes to water : june miller
hunger farm : dogma : obvious - guitar harmonics genius
the shins : chutes too narrow : so says i - by request from the british isles!
the snakes : happy : jane of apes
hell no : skin job : average joe - check out this amazing hardcore band!
swirlies : brokedick car : wrong tube
the selecter : too much pressure : on my radio - they crossed ska with new wave... brilliant
wipers : is this real? : tragedy - i've listened to this song on "repeat" for 30 minutes before
minor threat : flex your head (compilation) : 12xu - you knew this was a Wire cover, right?
government issue : flex your head (compilation) : hey ronnie
crass : stations of the cross : walls
.rotations for june 19th 2005.
rodan : rusty : gauge - this album receives my highest recommendation
the need : the need is dead : circuit side
partyline : girls with glasses : unsafe at any speed
colin newman : a-z : & jury - Colin sings and plays guitar in Wire
unwound : the future of what : new energy - saw them loosen the ceiling tiles at Jabberjaw, they fell on people's heads
the mae shi : heartbeeps : born for a short time
00I00 : s/t : right hand ponk
the vandals : rodney on the roq volume 3 : urban struggle
headphones : headphones : major cities - members of Pedro the Lion and Starflyer 59
antioch arrow : antioch arrow/candle split 7-inch : stilts
clorox girls : unknown mp3 download : vietnam
candle : antioch arrow/candle split 7-inch : again
nervous gender : music from hell : alien point of view
bikini kill : reject all american : r.i.p.
drive like jehu : s/t : o, pencil sharp - amazing guitar weavery
young ginns : young ginns 7-inch : waist basket kid - Tim from Nation of Ulysses
the helio sequence : love and distance : repeater - nice guys, multi-layered layers of layers of tracks
stereolab : oscillons from the anti-sun : wow and flutter - one of my favorite concerts ever: Stereolab and Unrest at UCI... '93
tullycraft : disenchanted hearts unite : fall 4 u
the ecstacy of st. theresa : sussurate : icecream star - awesome request!
pop noir : (live @ kuci) : girls of prey/d.i.y. - talented brothers who can be researched at myspace.com
teflon telethon : demo cdr : go ghost - members of pop noir
the new pornographers : twin cinema : twin cinema
youth group : skeleton jar : shadowland
the ladybug transistor : argyle heir : going up north (icicles)