Charlie Sheen - April 20th, 2011

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Songlist:


Joie de Vivre - "Magnet"
Summer Months (2009)

The Fresh & Onlys - "Peacock & Wings"
The Fresh & Onlys (2009)

Panda Bear - "Surfer's Hymn"
Tomboy (2011)

The Antlers - "Kettering"
Hospice (2009)

Flying Lotus - "Intro/A Cosmic Drama"
Cosmogramma (2010)

Balmorhea - "Remembrance"
All is Wild, All is Silent (2009)

Wonder Bear - "Solar Pond"
Golden Years EP (2010 [I think])

Sufjan Stevens - "Heirloom"
All Delighted People EP (2010)

Tame Impala - "Why Don't You Make Up Your Mind?"
Innerspeaker (2010)

Simon & Garfunkel - "Kathy's Song"
The Sound of Silence (1965)

Snowing - "Pump Fake"
Fuck Your Emotional Bullshit (2009)

Aphex Twin - "Girl/Boy Song"
Richard D. James Album (1996)

The Drums - "Down by the Water"
The Summertime EP (2009)

What I talked about:

- Joie de Vivre's album Summer Months is similar to American Football's s/t thematically, and musically.  But within the realm of emo they aren't that similar.  Hear for yourself though.

- I played Panda Bear after trolling you guys last week.

- I love The Antlers so much.

- My friend Tyler likes Flying Lotus and my friend Kirk likes Balmorhea.

- Wonder Bear is a band that the blogosphere is not buzzing about, but I played them anyway because it is actually a decent EP and more people should hear it.

- Tame Impala was in town the night of my show.  It would have been really fun to see them, but I played a song of there's instead.

- They play The Drums song "Down by the Water" as house music at the Wonder Ballroom in between sets all the time.

Charlie Sheen - April 13, 2011

Here's a link to my latest episode
(it starts around a minute in)


Playlist:

Neutral Milk Hotel - "My Dream Girl Don't Exist"
Live at Aquarius Records (1996)

Galaxie 500 - "Strange"
On Fire (1989)

Tom Waits - "Singapore"
Rain Dogs (1985)

Avey Tare - "3 Umbrellas"
Down There (2010)

The Tallest Man on Earth - "Troubles Will Be Gone"
The Wild Hunt (2010)

Das Racist - "All Tan Everything"
Sit Down, Man (2010)

Marnie Stern - "For Ash"
Marnie Stern (2009)

Rites of Spring - "For Want Of"
End on End (1985)

Message to Bears - "At the Top of this Hill"
Departures (2009)

Lightning Bolt - "Longstockings"
Wonderful Rainbow (2003)

The National - "Lemonworld"
High Violet (2010)

I Would Set Myself on Fire for You - "So This is Our Home"
... Believes in Patterns (2006)

Daniel Johnston - "True Love Will Find You in the End"
1990 (1990)

What I talked about:

- The blogosphere is hyping up Panda Bear's Tomboy, so I played a song from Avey Tare's Down There.


- Das Racist was in town while my show was going on, so I played a song.

- I played Marnie Stern for my friend Jake.

- Saturday is both National Record Store Day, and the first day of the Stumptown Comics Fest!

- Lightning Bolt has hella cool managers, who tried to get me into a 21+ show to see the band.  The venue wouldn't budge though.

- I wasn't going to play the National, but I was feeling High Violet, so I did.

- Daniel Johnston is manic depressive!

Charlie Sheen: Second Airing - April 6, 2011

Carissa's Wierd - "The Color That Your Eyes Changed with the Color of Your Hair"

You Should Be at Home Here (2001)

Perfume Genius - "Learning"

Learning (2010)

How to Dress Well - "Ready for the World"

Love Remains (2010)

65daysofstatic - "Come to Me"

Come to Me / Weak4 (2010)

The Beach Boys - "Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)"

Pet Sounds (1965)

American Football - "Never Meant"

American Football (1999)

Paul Baribeau - "Strawberry"

Paul Baribeau (2004)

Blind Pilot - "Things I Cannot Recall"

3 Rounds and a Sound (2008)

Okkervil River - "A Stone"

Black Sheep Boy (2005)

Grouper - "Heavy Water/I'd Rather be Sleeping"

Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill (2008)

the weeknd - "What You Need"

House of Balloons (2011)

Slint - "don, aman"

Spiderland (1991)

HEALTH - "Lost Time"

HEALTH (2007)

What I talked about:

- I don't know man, I was banging seven gram rocks and finishing them because that's how I roll.  I have one speed, I have one gear: go

- That people like the Carissa's Wierd album Songs About Leaving.

- The version of "Come to Me" by 65daysofstatic I played is not the LP version, but rather a shorter version from a 7".

- I try to play at least one artist from Portland every episode.

- Charlie Sheen was a featured artist on the song "A Stone".

- I am tired of generic and contrived music yo.

- Listen to Chelsea's show "Revolution Summer" every Thursday at 7 PM!

Okkervil River

I wasn't planning on playing this song on "Charlie Sheen" right now, but I am really feeling this song lyrically, and I suppose the album in general, so I am going to ^_^

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Again, sorry about the technical difficulties at the beginning.  It starts at about 6 minutes in.

First radio show

Setlist:
Neutral Milk Hotel - "Two Headed Boy Part 2"
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (1998)

This Will Destroy You - "Leather Wings"
This Will Destroy You (2008)

Destroyer - "Blue Eyes"
Kaputt (2011)

My Bloody Valentine - "Loomer"
Loveless (1991)

Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) - "How to Make Love Stay"
What it Takes to Move Forward (2009)

Memoryhouse - "Lately (Deuxieme)"
The Years EP (2010)

Mogwai - "Rano Pano"
Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will (2011)

Can - "Mushroom"
Tago Mago (1971)

Right Away, Great Captain! - "Right Ahead, Young Sailor!"
The Bitter End (2007)

Mineral - "If I Could"
The Power of Failing (1997)

Slowdive - "Dagger"
Souvlaki (1993)

Menomena - "Tithe"
Mines (2009)

What I talked about:
- This Will Destroy You's upcoming album Tunnel Blanket.  It is due out in May.  This Will Destroy You have stated in interviews that they are kind of tired being lumped up with other 3rd generation post rock bands - especially Explosions in the Sky (and I can't necessarily blame them) - so they have decided that the new album will have more of a sound described as Doomgaze, as opposed to Post Rock.  Think about Jesu and Boris, if you want a cross-reference for what doomgaze sounds like.  I am somewhat nervous for this, because TWDY is probably my favorite third generation post rock band, but I feel assured that it will be good.

- I thanked everyone for listening!  And I thanked Kirk for recommending Memoryhouse to me.

- Happy birthday Isabel!!

- Mogwai's Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will came out this year.  I talked about how Mogwai is in kind of a bizarre situation because their debut album Young Team was one of the major catalysts for starting 2nd generation post rock.  3rd generation post rock is so derived from 2nd gen, and yet Mogwai's career is still moving along.  So essentially, they are making music in a genre that exists in the shadow that Mogwai created themselves.  It is somewhat bizarre in my opinion.

- Everyone should listen to Chelsea's show Revolution Summer, Thursdays from 7 to 9 PM.  She was my mentor in the process of getting a show, and her show is very good!