Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Back To School

This week marked the first time I did my show when the kids were on campus, so I decided to select only songs whose titles were related to school or education. It all flows surprisingly well! I'm off again next week but after that I'll be back to my regular weekly schedule.

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Playlist:
Guided By Voices - Big School (Static Airplane Jive EP, 1993)
Able Tasmans - School Is No Good For You (Somebody Ate My Planet, 1992)
Captain Sensible - Back To School? (Stop The World single b-side, 1983)
Alex Chilton - New Girl In School (A Man Called Destruction, 1995)
Syd Straw - Learning The Game (Future 40's single b-side, 1989)
Brian Dewan - First Day Of School (The Operating Theater, 2001)
The Fall - My Ex-Classmates' Kids (Are You Are Missing Winner, 2001)
Throwing Muses - University (University, 1995)
Wilco - Student Loan Stereo (Can't Stand It single b-side, 1999)
Martin Newell - My Old School (The Spirit Cage, 2000)
Robyn Hitchcock - College Of Ice (Eye, 1990)
Baby Ray - You Could Go To College (Low Rises, 2005)
Rockpile - Teacher Teacher (Seconds Of Pleasure, 1980)
The Ramones - Rock & Roll High School (End Of The Century, 1980)
Magick Heads - When I Kissed The Teacher (V/A - Abbasolutely, 1995)
The Blue Aeroplanes - Teaching English Through Sex And Death (Spitting Out Miracles, 1987)
Animals That Swim - Learning To Fly (Faded Glamour: The Best Of, 2004)
Cop Shoot Cop - What Have You Teached? (digital download, unreleased 1995)
Tours - Language School (V/A - Perfect Unpop, 2008 - originally released as a single, 1979)
Husker Du - Something I Learned Today (Zen Arcade, 1984)
Mission Of Burma - Learn How (Vs, 1982)
The Wedding Present - Living And Learning (BBC session 11-85) (Tommy, 1988)
Clearlake - Here To Learn (Amber, 2006)
Camera Obscura - Pen And Notebook (Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi, 2002)
Del Amitri - Learn To Cry (Always The Last To Know single b-side, 1992)
Frank And Walters - Learn To Love Myself (A Renewed Interest In Happiness, 2007)
The Bats - Knowledge Is Power (Couchmaster, 1995)
Moreau's Island - Live And Learn (As Big As It Gets, 1999)
X - How I (Learned My Lesson) (Under The Big Black Sun, 1982)
R.E.M. - Sad Professor (Up, 1998)
Unbelievable Truth - Too Many Things To Learn (Building single b-side, 1997)
The Mekons - Learning To Love On Your Own (Rock'n'Roll, 1989)
Yummy Fur - Amphetamine Education Movie (Kinky Cinema, 1997)
XTC - Procession Towards Learning Land (Great Fire single b-side, 1983)

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

No show

Due to a glitch at the radio station, there will be no Eardrum Buzz this week! And next week I'll be unavailable as well so you'll have to get your underground rock fix somewhere else, I'm afraid. Hopefully when I get back I'll be able to share new stuff from Stan Ridgway, Cathal Coughlan, The Bodines reissue, Jon Langford and Grinderman.

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Something New, Something Old

This week I split between new acquisitions and a tribute to the bands I saw at The Big Takeover 30th Anniversary festival the other weekend.

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Tracklisting:
Wire - Our Time (Minimal mix) (Send Ultimate, 2010)
Versus - Into The Blue (On The Ones And Threes, 2010)
Julian Cope - Trampolene (BBC session, 1987) (Floored Genius expanded reissue, 2010)
Channel 3 - You Make Me Feel Cheap (The Best Of Channel 3 CDR, 2010 originally released 1982)
Robyn Hitchcock & Steve Wynn - Golden Years (live 7/1/2010)
Andy Prieboy - My Two Bit Heart (with Tony Kinman) (Don't Tell That Guy Anything EP, digital download, 2010)
Dolly Mixture - Everything And More (Everything And More 3CD box set, 2010 originally released 1982)
Snakefarm - Banks Of Ohio (V/A - Les Filles Du Crepescule, 2010 originally released 1999)
Dave Couse - Good Friday (Alonewalk, 2010)
Tender Trap - Fireworks (Dansette Dansette, 2010)
TV Smith - Impulse Buy (Sparkle In The Mud, 2010)
John Foxx - From Trash (Metatronic, 2010 originally released 2006)
Kimberley Rew - Stomping All Over The World (The Bible Of Bop reissue, 2010 originally released 1984)
White Rose Transmission - Love Or Just Loveless (Spiders In The Minds Eye, 2010)
Justin Currie - The Fight To Be Human (The Great War, 2010)
Grinderman - Heathen Child (Grinderman 2, 2010)
Jon Langford - Getting Used To Uselessness (Old Devil, 2010)

Big Takeover festival bands:
The Chameleons - Tears (Strange Times, 1986)
Newtown Neurotics - When The Oil Runs Out (The Punk Singles Collection, 2000 originally released 1980)
The Nerves - Hanging On The Telephone (One Way Ticket, 2008 originally released 1976)
Avengers - We Are The One (Avengers, 1983 originally released 1977)
For Against - Shine (Echelons, 1987)
Flower - Torch Song (Concrete Sky, 1994 originally released 1990)
Springhouse - Moving Van (From Now To OK, 2008)
The Mutton Birds - Envy Of Angels (Envy Of Angels, 1996)
Jon Auer - Love My Way (6 1/2 EP, 1999)
The Curtain Society - Beautiful Song (Every Corner Of The Room, 2005)

Kitchens Of Distinction - Drive That Fast (Strange Free World, 1991)
Cop Shoot Cop - 3AM Incident (V/A - Johnny Mnemonic soundtrack, 1995)

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Australian Garage Rock show

This weeks show covered Australian garage rock (and further choice cuts from Australian artists). My friend Monika wanted to hear some garage rock and while I like some of the 60s stuff, I much prefer garage rock mixed in with The Stooges and MC5. If I sound tired in this show it's because I've been up until 4am 3 of the past 4 nights - two in Brooklyn for the Big Takeover 30th Anniversary show and last night at the Mark Burgess (of The Chameleons) gig!

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Playlist:
The Stooges - I Wanna Be Your Dog (The Stooges, 1969)
MC5 - Looking At You (Back In The USA, 1970)
The Saints - (I'm) Stranded (I'm Stranded, 1977)
Radio Birdman - Do The Pop (Radios Appear, 1977)
Lipstick Killers - Hindu Gods Of Love (single, 1980)
Victims - Television Addict (single, 1978)
Leftovers - Cigarettes & Alcohol (single, 1979)
Thought Criminals - Land Of The Living Room (single, 1980)
The Numbers - Sunset Strip (single, 1978)
The Manikins - Premonition (V/A - Alternative Animals, originally released 1980)
Psycho Surgeons - Horizontal Action (single, 1978)
Sunnyboys - Happy Man (Happy Man, 1981)
The Kelpies - My Wall (V/A - Flowers From The Dustbin, 1983)
Angie Pepper & The Passengers - Frozen World (single, 1982)
X - I Don't Wanna Go Out (Aspirations, 1980)
The Birthday Party - Nick The Stripper (Prayers On Fire, 1981)
The Scientists - Swampland (This Is My Happy Hour single, 1982)
Beasts Of Bourbon - Anarchy In The UK (live) (From The Belly Of The Beast, 1993)
The Go-Betweens - People Say (single, 1979)
Let's Go Naked - Three Limbs (single, 1986)
The Screaming Tribesmen - Igloo (single, 1983)
Super-K - Recurring Nightmare (single, 1986)
(Makers Of) The Dead Travel Fast - Taels Of The Saeghors (single, 1980)
Laughing Clowns - Theme From Mad Flies Mad Flies (Mr Udditch-Schmudditch Goes To Town, 1982)
Tame O'Mearas - Curl Curl (V/A - A Selection, 1981)
The Goat That Went Om - The Pirate Song (V/A - Just Can't Stop It II, originally released 1981)
Primitive Calculators - Pumping Ugly Muscle (EP, 1987)
Paul Kelly - Before The Old Man Died (Gossip, 1986)
The Triffids - Wide Open Road (Born Sandy Devotional, 1986)
The Blackeyed Susans - This One Eats Souls (All Souls Alive, 1994)
Ups & Downs - The Living Kind (Sleepless, 1986)
The Stems - At First Sight (At First Sight Violets Are Blue, 1987)
You Am I - The Choices That I've Made (Saturday Night Round Ten bonus disc, 1999)

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

B-Sides show

Today's show highlighted some of my favorite b-sides and discussed the different types and sources of b-sides: covers, great songs that just didn't quite fit the album, soundtrack contributions, promos, etc. In many cases a bands b-sides were just as good as their albums and deserve a better fate.

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Tracklisting:
Siouxsie & The Banshees - B Side Ourselves (from "O Baby" single, 1994)
Astrid Williamson - Even If You Kill Me (from "Superman 2" single, 2006)
The Beautiful South - Trevor, You're Bizarre! (from "36D" single, 1992)
XTC - Extrovert (from "Grass" single, 1986)
The Frank & Walters - Teenage Kicks (from "City Lights" single, 2007)
Del Amitri - A Better Man (from "Tell Her This" single, 1995)
John Cale - Hedda Gabler (from "Animal Justice" EP, 1977)
Killing Joke - Universe B (from "Hosannas From The Basement Of Hell" single, 2006)
The Sound - Oiled (from "Temperature Drop" single, 1985)
The Chills - Whole Lot Of Non Going On (from "Heavenly Pop Hit" single, 1990)
Adorable - This House Is Rotten (from "Vendetta" single, 1994)
The Pernice Brothers - Up The Down Escalator (from "7:30" single, 2001)
The Fall - Ludd Gang (from "The Man Whose Head Expanded" single, 1983)
China Drum - Baseball In The Dark (from "Wipeout" single, 1996)
Snow Patrol - I Am An Astronaut (from "Open Your Eyes" single, 2007)
A House - More Endless Art ("from "Endless Art" single, 1992)
Strangelove - Motorpsycho Nitemare (from "Time For The Rest Of Your Life" single, 1994)
The Go-Betweens - The Locust Girls (from "Going Blind" single, 2000)
Billy Bragg - Accident Waiting To Happen (Red Star version) (from "Accident Waiting To Happen" single, 1992)
Comsat Angels - Our Secret (new version) (from "The Cutting Edge" single, 1986)
Peter Gabriel - I Have The Touch (Robbie Robertson remix) (from "Phenomenon" soundtrack, 1996)
Sons And Daughters - Blood (single version) (from "Dance Me In" single, 2005)
Subway Sect - Don't Split It (from "Nobody's Scared" single, 1978)
Buzzcocks - Something's Gone Wrong Again (from "Harmony In My Head" single, 1979)
The Stranglers - Straighten Out (from "Something Better Change" single, 1977)
Wire - Options R (from "Dot Dash" single, 1978)
Robyn Hitchcock - Belly Full Of Arms And Legs (from his first Phantom 45 digital download, 2009)
Ryan Adams - Funeral Marching (from "Halloween" single promo, 2004)
Erase Errata - Retreat, The Most Familiar, Extensive, I Bet! (from Numbers/Erase Errata split single, 2001)
Shriekback - Feelers (from "My Spine Is The Bassline" 12" only, 1982)

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Just a show

No theme this week, I just picked stuff that I've been digging lately. Lots of these bands have new albums forthcoming (Grinderman, Gang Of Four, Killing Joke, David Sylvian) that I'm really looking forward to.

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Tracklisting:
Killing Joke - In Excelsis (In Excelsis EP, 2010)
Devo - Find Out (Peek-A-Boo 12", 1984)
Plus Minus - Thrown Into The Fire (Thrown Into The Fire EP, 2009)
Avengers - The American In Me (Avengers EP, 1979)
Clearlake - Dark Blue (digital download, 2008)
Pocket with Robyn Hitchcock - Surround Him With Love (Surround Him With Love EP, 2009)
Pocket with Mark Burgess - A Force Of Nature (A Force Of Nature EP, 2009)

By request, two blues tracks:
Booker T. Laury - Early In the Morning (Classic Piano Blues from Smithsonian Folkways, 2008)
Memphis Slim - Dedication to Pete Johnson (Classic Piano Blues from Smithsonian Folkways, 2008)

Gang Of Four - Second Life (Content, 2010)
Tears For Fears - Secret World (Everybody Loves A Happy Ending, 2004)
XTC - Chain Of Command (Drums And Wires bonus 7", 1979)
Barbara Manning - Deep Sea Diver (Deep Sea Diver EP, 2005)
Dream Syndicate - Tell Me When It's Over (live) (Medicine Show reissue, 2010 - originally released in 1984)
Basement Jaxx with Siouxsie - Cish Cash (Kish Kash, 2003)
Firewater - Borneo (The Golden Hour, 2008)
The Bears - Mr. Bonaparte (Car Caught Fire, 2001)
JC Hopkins - Amsterdam (Athens By Night, 1997)
Go-Metric USA - I Met Robyn Hitchcock (Three Chords By Two Verses EP, 1998)
David Sylvian - Sleepwalkers (The World Is Everything, 2007)
The Church - Invisible (acoustic version) (El Momento Descuidado, 2004)
The Magnetic Fields - You Must Be Out Of Your Mind (Realism, 2010)
The Flatmates - Happy All The Time (Happy All The Time EP, 1987)
Grant Lee Phillips - Spring Released (Mobilize, 2001)
Grinderman - Honey Bee (Let's Fly To Mars) (Grinderman, 2007)
The Fall - Bury Pts. 1 + 3 (Your Future Our Clutter, 2010)
Ed Kuepper - Blind Girl Stripper (Black Ticket Day, 1992)
Unbelievable Truth - Agony (Sorrythankyou, 1999)
Foil - Superhero No. 1 (Never Got Hip, 2000)
Public Image Limited - Covered (live on The Dennis Miller Show, 1992) (Youtube clip)

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Punk & Post-Punk Nuggets

For today's show I highlighted my favorite punk and post-punk compilations. I was originally going to showcase my favorite compilations of *all* stripes but decided the music just wouldn't flow going from swing to country to post-punk. I adore compilations that cut to the chase and highlight the best of a particular genre, scene or label. There are those who chase after rockabilly or garage-rock comps, I'm hooked on post-punk compilations - and there always seems to be more in the pipeline.

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If any of my 9 listeners have ideas for a theme they'd like to hear, send me a comment!

Playlist:
Patrick Fitzgerald - Safety Pin Stuck In My Heart (1-2-3-4 - Punk & New Wave 1976-1979)
Jane - It's A Fine Day (Pillows & Prayers)
Red Box - Chenko (Pillows & Prayers)
The Atlantics - Lonely Hearts (DIY - Mass Ave, The Boston Scene)
Jilted John - Jilted John (DIY - UK Pop I)
The Records - Starry Eyes (DIY - UK Pop II)
The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action (DIY - Come Out And Play, American Power Pop I)
Weekend - Drumbeat For Baby (7" Up)
Gavin Bryars - White's SS (From Brussels With Love)
Rhythm Of Life - Soon (The Fruit Of The Original Sin)
Thin Yoghurts - Girl On The Bus (Messthetics Greatest Hits)
Existence - I'm Glad (Messthetics #101)
The Lines - On The Air (Messthetics #102)
The Tours - Language School (Perfect Unpop)
Shock Headed Peters - I Bloodbrother Be (Too Good To Be True - The Very Best Of El Records)
Selecter - On My Radio (The 2 Tone Collection - A Checkered Past)
IQ Zero - Insects (Auteur Labels - Object Music 1978-1981)
Diagram Brothers - Bricks (Auteur Labels - New Hormones 1977-1982)
Abecedarians - Benway's Carnival (Auteur Labels - Independent Project Records)
Asylum Party - The Sabbath (Transmission 81-89 - The French Cold Wave)
Act - Ping Pong (BIPPP - French Synth-Wave 1979-1985)
Charles De Goal - Synchro (So Young But So Cold - Underground French Music 1977-1983)
Ruth - Roman Photo (So Young But So Cold - Underground French Music 1977-1983)
Nightmares In Wax - Shangri-La (Hicks From The Sticks)
The Au Pairs - You (Rough Trade Shops - Post Punk)
Delta 5 - Mind Your Own Business (Rough Trade Shops - Post Punk)
The Flys - Love And A Molotov Cocktail (Do It Yourself - The Rise Of The Independent Music Industry)
The Normal - Warm Leatherette (Some Bizarre Album)
The Nightingales - Crafty Fag (Death To Trad Rock)
Prolapse - Psychotic Now (Death To Trad Rock)
Holger Hiller - Johnny Du Lump (Ambition - The History Of Cherry Red Records)
The Tights - China's Eternal (I'll Give You My Heart, I'll Give You My Heart - The Cherry Red Records Singles Collection)