WHY? live on BLR 3/24/08

WHY? was lovely enough to make the trek up to Uconn after their fabulous show at BAR in New Haven the night prior and before their show in North Hampton, MA. I had a great time chatting with Yoni, Josiah, Doug and Austin and they had some time to play 3 tracks off their latest album "Alopecia." Check out some pictures and some great footage of two of their three songs "Song of the Sad Assassin" and "By Torpedo or Crohn's."

Playlist 3/24/08 --WHY? Live on Air

Devices--Terrordactyls
Heaven is Human--Cryptacize
Foam Hands--Destroyer
Market Girl--Headlights
Leah--Quiet Life

Pre-teen Apocalyptic Film Acting--Half-Handed Cloud
Aly, Walk with Me--Ravonettes
Gila--Beach House
Boy With a Coin--Iron and Wine

The Beaches All Cloud--No Kids
No, Friend Oh!--XIU XIU

Hansakijiji--Anathallo
Why?--Andrew Bird
Rough Gem--Islands
The Sky Oped Wide--The Blow
No One's More Happy Than You--Clem Snide

Skinny Love--Bon Iver

WHY? Live on BLR today at 3pm!

We are sooooo excited to have the fabulous band WHY? on BLR today! Check in at 3pm at WHUS.ORG to listen into a live interview and performance. If you have not checked them out yet please do at WHY?s Myspace. Check back for pictures and recordings and keep listening.

Band of the Week!

She & Him's new and first album is called Volume One. It is the project of the actress Zooey Deschanel and a BLR fav, M. Ward. Although M. only sings on a few tracks BLR is not disappointed at all. Zooey has a voice and singing style reminicent of Dusty Springfield. As it has been described around the WHUS it is teeth hurting sweet, which I am totally okay with. Go and stream the album at Merge Records and please do enjoy.

Playlist 3/17/08

Song--Artist--Album--Label

Midnight Vignette--Evangelicals--Evening Descends--Dead Oceans
Hopscotch Willie--Stephen Malkamus and the Jicks--Real Emotional Trash
Guns of Navarone--Matitime--Heresy and the HOtel Choir--Flameshovel
Aly, Walk With Me--The Ravonettes--Lust Lust Lust
Beat (Health, Life and Fire)--Thao--We Brave Bee Stings and All--Kill Rockstars
Slow Race--The Big Sleep--Sleep Forever--French Kiss
Keep Your Eyes Ahead--Helio Sequence--Keep Your Eves Ahead--Sub Pop
These Few Presidents--Why?--Alopecia--Anticon
Heaven is Human--Crypatacize--Dig That Treasure--Asthimatic Kitty
Red, Yellow, and Blue--Born Ruffians--Red, Yellow and Blue--Warp
Barnacle Goose--Born Ruffians--Red, Yellow, and Blue--Warp
Thunder and Lightning--The Epochs--s/t--Rebels
Gila--Beach House--Devotion--Car Park
Sentimental Heart--She and Him--Volume One--Merge
I Should Have Know Better--She and Him--Volume One--Merge
Cherry Tulips--Headlights--Sine Racing, Some Stoping--Polyvinyl
Foam Hands--Destroyer--Trouble in Dreams--Merge
Paralyzed--Elf Power--In A Cave--Ryko
Get Me Away From Here I'm Dying--Belle and Sebastian--
A Parable--Clem Snide--Early Home Recordings--
Sadie--Joanna Newsome--Milk Eyed Member--
Ultimatimum--The Long Winters
Tape Song--The Kills--Midnight Boom--Domino
Right in The Head--M. Ward--
15 Step--Radiohead--In Rainbows
Reckoner--Radiohead--In Rainbows

3/3/08 Playlist!

song--artist--album--label

Make Some Sense--De Novo Dahl--Move Every Muscle, Make Every Sound--Roadrunner
When I Lose My Eyes--Saturday Looks Good To Me--Fill Up the Room--K Rec
Cheap! Cheerful!--The Kills--Midnight Boom--Domino
Armchairs--Andrew Bird--Armchair Apocrypha
Paralyzed--Elf Power--In A Cave--Ryko
Lets Get Out of The Country--Camera Obscura--Lets Get Out of the Country
Mushaboom (Postal Service Remix)--Fiest
They Wont Let Me Run--John Vanderslice
Foxes Mate for Life--Born Ruffians--Red, Yellow and Blue
Do You See The Words?--Animal Collective--Feels
Astronaut--Beach House--Devotion--Carpark
I Stand Corrected--Vampire Weekend--s/t--XL
Devices--The Terrordactyls--s/t--Pankof
Cosmic Sing Along--Crypatacize--Dig That Treasurer--Asthmatic Kitty
Heaven is Human--Crypatacize--Dig That Treasurer--Asthmatic Kitty
These Few Presidents--Why?--Alopecia--Anticon
Foam Hand--Destroyer--Trouble In Dreams--Merge
Body Buzz--Aloha--Light Works--Polyvinyl
Paper planes (DFA remix)--MIA--Homeland Security
Hold Music--Architecture in Helsinki
Shake a Fist--Hot Chip--Made in the Dark
Impossible Germany--Wilco

Song of Last Week

Its funny how time flies by. It seems like yesterday was last Monday but I did not post a song of the week which is unfortunate for all of the faithful BLR readers. Well last week I was (and of course) still in love with Bon Iver--Skinny Love. Its beautiful and lovely but alas no good youtube video but a blurry live version will do. Anyway, check out his new CD For Emma, Forever Ago and listen to BLR to hear the song.
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To hear the song go straight to http://www.myspace.com/boniver.