Playlist - 10/07/08

0: Cop Shoot Cop by Spiritualized
1: Nowhere Again by Secret Machines
2: Kafka Does His Shopping From Home by Pidgeon
3: california by Pidgeon
4: Golden AGe by TV on the Radio
5: Kerosene by Big Black
6: ... by PSA
7: Once In A Lifetime by Talking Heads
8: Street Trash by Tobacco
9: Diesel Power by The Prodigy
10: Echoes by The Rapture
11: a by PSA
12: a by PSA
13: Sky Drool by Ponytail
14: Enter Ralph Wiggum by A-Trak
15: Never Stops by Deerhunter
16: Talk On Indolence by The Avett Brothers
17: Dry Clothes by Annuals
18: You Faded by Chavez

Playlist - 09/29/08

0: I Would Hurt A Fly by Built to Spill
2: Movement by LCD Soundsystem
3: Circumspect by Wire
4: Come Tpgether by Spiritualized
5: Arcturus by crystal antlers
6: Pink Batman by Dan Deacon
7: Bamboo Banga by M.I.A.
8: a by PSA
9: Mr. Tough by Yo La Tengo
10: I (Mikey) Rock by The Cool Kids
11: Dancing Choose by TV on the Radio
12: This Song Is Dedicated To Natures God by Sun Ra
13: Soft Pyramids by Q and Not U
14: Agorophobia by Deerhunter
15: Leave Home by The Chemical Brothers
16: Apesar De Voce by Chico Burque
17: Gladiator by The Jesus Lizard

There were a few more but I forgot to write them down. Buh.

Playlist - 09/22/08

-3: God Luck And Good Speed by Weedeater
-2: Watermelon Man by Herbie Hancock
-1: Manteca by Dizzy Gillespie
0: Blue Rondo A La Turk by Dave Brubeck
1: Walk On The Wild Side by Lou Reed
2: People by Animal Collective
3: The Scythe by Clinic
4: Walkin' With Jesus by Spacemen 3
5: Your Protector by Fleet Foxes
6: August (Die She Must) by Simon Joyner
7: Beg Waves by Ponytail
8: I'm Not A Young Man Anymore by The Velvet Underground
9: Secrets In The Dark by Clean Girls
10: Chinese Children by Devandra Banhart
11: Gobbledigook by Sigur Ros
12: Breaker by Retribution Gospel Choir
13: Golden Age by TV on the Radio
14: Crosseyed And Painless by Talking Heads
15: It Was Suppose To Be So Easy by The Streets
16: Bright Tomorrow by Fuck Buttons
17: Last Believer Drop Dead by Secret Machines

Playlist - 09/15/08

-2: Shout Me Out by TV On The Radio
-1: After Hours by The Velvet Underground
0: Murder Mystery by The Velvet Underground
1: Back and Forth by Dismemberment Plan
2: Forever Heavy by Odd Nosdam
3: Defect 2 by Tom Ze
4: Halfway Home by TV on the Radio
5: Delivery Man by The Cool Kids
6: Tell The Police The Truth by Mahjongg
7: Last Believer, Drop Dead by Secret Machines
8: Offend Maggie by Deerhoof
9: Water Curses by Animal Collective
10: Wrong Time Capsule by Deerhoof
11: Dead City by Abe Vigoda
12: Nature's Not In It by Gang of Four
13: Good Times Roll Pt. 2 by RJD2

I am the worst...

So I haven't posted the playlists for the last two weeks. Whoops. I blame it solely on shoutcast, though clearly its my own fault. But seriously, I'll probably maybe actually post tonights playlist.

In other news, the new TV On The Radio album is FANTASTIC. I'll try and type up a review in a couple of days, though you're on you're own when it comes to getting the album before September 23rd. I ain't messin' with no RIAA release, no sir.

Clap Hands: The Radio Show

Oh hi everybody. For those of you who weren't aware, I originally started this blog as a way to keep talking about music while away from college on summer vay-kay. Well, now i'm back, and with my return comes the return of Clap Hands, my weekly radio show on WCWM 90.9FM. The show will broadcast every Monday from 8-10pm e.s.t., and can be streamed here: http://web.wm.edu/so/wcwm/

Your best bet is to go to your iTunes, click "Advanced", "Open Stream", then copy "http://128.239.102.162:8000/listen.pls" and click ok.

Anyway, i'm going to start using this blog to list my weekly playlist, as well as continue to occasionally post albums or music news that pique my interest. Enjoi, and listen to the first Clap Hands tonight at 8pm!

Mahjongg - Kontpab

So i've kind of become obsessed with Mahjongg. Let me backtrack a bit: I accidently caught Mahjongg's set at Pitchfork Festival when I showed up early to the B stage to get a good spot for HEALTH. That, combined with the fact that the B stage that day was running about an hour and a half late, put me front row for what turned out to be one of the strongest sets I would end up seeing at Pitchfork that weekend. It was only 1:30pm and it was obvious most of the crowd was still shaking off the late morning haze, which is a damn shame, because Mahjongg can fuckin' GROOVE. This kind of grooving deserves a late night set and strobe lights, not an afternoon warm-up spot for a half-awake crowd. Anyway, I thought they fucking killed.


That brings me to Mahjongg's 2008 release Kontpab. Lets get this straight: this is not a perfect record. It's got lowpoints, not enough to tarnish Mahjongg as a whole, but enough that they can't be brushed off. "Those Birds Are Bats" is a weird half-baked pop-punk number that comes out of left field with its awfulness, and "Problems" drags like none other. As well, a few other songs can tend to feel a little too rigid (ex. "Kottbusser Torr"), like Mahjongg forgot to take their groove pills that day in the studio or something; again, not enough to kill the mood, but just enough to not get you to latch onto this album front to back. Those moments aside though, this record has some amazing tracks. Opener "Pontiac" is a polyrhythmic number based off a Mbira (Worlds of Music what whaaaat) loop that immediately grabs you from the beginning and doesn't let go until you've chugged through all glorious six minutes. "Tell The Police The Truth" is perhaps Mahjongg's best song of their career, a sarcastic send up to pigs everywhere all sung over a complex but surprisingly organic beat. Finally, the epic (I guess epic, it's easy to call any song over 8 minutes epic, but seriously, this song is so good) finale "Rise Rice" crunches and crushes, making you want to immediately start the whole album from the beginning again. After listening to this album on repeat I can't help but feel angry that Mahjongg didn't work just a little harder on Kontpab before releasing it into the world. Mahjongg deserves to be a more recognized band with tracks like these, they just need to deliver it next time without the duds.


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