After a two-week absence, Organized Chaos was back this week! Here's this week's playlist:
1. Mouse on Mars -- Bib
2. Gastr del Sol -- Dry Bones in the Valley (I Saw the Light Come Shining 'Round and 'Round)
3. From Monument to Masses -- The Spice Must Flow
4. Mogwai -- Stop Coming to My House
5. Ride -- Vapour Trail
6. Slint -- Glenn
7. Tortoise -- Cornpone Brunch
8. Rachel's -- Full On Night (Recension Mix)
9. Cul de Sac -- Into the Cone of Cold
10. Mogwai -- Mogwai Fear Satan
11. Tricky -- Black Steel
Hope you enjoyed this week's broadcast! Please give me feedback, either in the comments, or through e-mail, or on the poll I'll put up later today. I really appreciate to see how I'm doing, what you want to see, and what you don't. I really want to cater to you guys, the audience, out there. :-)
There will be no iMix this week, sadly. Why? If I decided to put one up for this week, it would only consist of two songs, and I can't allow that. After that one week with only four songs, I realized it would be best not to do it if it's going to be futile. I'll combine this week's and next week's episode for an iMix next week. In the meantime, take care, and hope everyone has a good week!
Monday, October 29, 2007
Monday, October 22, 2007
Music Video Bombardment, Part Deux
Sorry if I'm bombarding you with videos, but not only do I want to make up for not having a show last night, there are just so many videos I've been finding that I want to share. But this'll be it for a while, OK? I ought to give you all time to enjoy these videos while you can.
First up is some more God Is An Astronaut, with "From Dust to the Beyond." The music is pretty anachronistic compared to the old images, but at the same time it's perfect. Though I should warn you: there clips from executions, so don't watch this unless you're like me and have a stomach of pure steel:
This next one's "All Is Violent, All Is Bright," from the album of the same name. Again about war, but this time the war in Iraq. The opening and ending sequences are also disturbing, so watch out:
And here's them in action live, with "Route 666." The videos you seen online are the kinds of videos they use in their live performances:
Here's Mogwai with their studio version of "Hunted By a Freak," again about animal abuse, and again something the kiddies should stay away from:
Here's Can with "Oh Yeah," off 1971's Tago Mago. This video is a good introduction to their live performances; some clips are from the videos for "Spoon" and "Bring Me Coffee or Tea," which you can also find on YouTube. Gotta love that juggler, too! It also contains covers of all the albums they've done, and...wait, they aired this on MTV? Since when?
This Can video is the song "Paperhouse," which is very different from the version on Tago Mago. This clip's from German TV:
The only Dirty Three album WRMC doesn't have is their most recent, Cinder, which I believe is from 2004. It's just as well, too; they're still amazing, and they experiment with shorter songs and more upbeat tunes like on their early efforts, but Warren Ellis' violins are pushed to the background, and the visceral beauty on their other albums is severly lacking. Nonetheless, here's a cut from that album called "Great Waves." It's one of the few times there's vocals in a D3 song; here they're provided by Chan Marshall from Cat Power:
Finally, here Neu!, a Krautrock band in a similar vein to Can. The video for this song, "Negativland," off their 1972 self-titled debut, isn't very interesting, but the music is, and the video does tell you all you need to know:
Enjoy all these videos, and I'll see you next week! Take care!
First up is some more God Is An Astronaut, with "From Dust to the Beyond." The music is pretty anachronistic compared to the old images, but at the same time it's perfect. Though I should warn you: there clips from executions, so don't watch this unless you're like me and have a stomach of pure steel:
This next one's "All Is Violent, All Is Bright," from the album of the same name. Again about war, but this time the war in Iraq. The opening and ending sequences are also disturbing, so watch out:
And here's them in action live, with "Route 666." The videos you seen online are the kinds of videos they use in their live performances:
Here's Mogwai with their studio version of "Hunted By a Freak," again about animal abuse, and again something the kiddies should stay away from:
Here's Can with "Oh Yeah," off 1971's Tago Mago. This video is a good introduction to their live performances; some clips are from the videos for "Spoon" and "Bring Me Coffee or Tea," which you can also find on YouTube. Gotta love that juggler, too! It also contains covers of all the albums they've done, and...wait, they aired this on MTV? Since when?
This Can video is the song "Paperhouse," which is very different from the version on Tago Mago. This clip's from German TV:
The only Dirty Three album WRMC doesn't have is their most recent, Cinder, which I believe is from 2004. It's just as well, too; they're still amazing, and they experiment with shorter songs and more upbeat tunes like on their early efforts, but Warren Ellis' violins are pushed to the background, and the visceral beauty on their other albums is severly lacking. Nonetheless, here's a cut from that album called "Great Waves." It's one of the few times there's vocals in a D3 song; here they're provided by Chan Marshall from Cat Power:
Finally, here Neu!, a Krautrock band in a similar vein to Can. The video for this song, "Negativland," off their 1972 self-titled debut, isn't very interesting, but the music is, and the video does tell you all you need to know:
Enjoy all these videos, and I'll see you next week! Take care!
No show this week
I've decided not to do a show this week. After all, it's midterm break, and 3/4ths of the campus is pretty much gone. Sorry about that if you've been expecting a show tonight, and I also apologize for making a decision on such short notice.
Anyway, I'll use this to post some videos of bands I would like to play on the show, or perhaps have played. First is a band I'm really trying to get a hold of, but the WRMC doesn't have any of their stuff. The band is God Is An Astronaut, and they hail from Ireland. Compared to most other post-rock bands, their stuff is fairly straightforward, but that doesn't mean it's not powerful or complex in its own way. They've released three albums so far: 2002's The End of the Beginning, 2005's All Is Violent, All Is Bright, and Far From Refuge, which came out not too long ago.
This first video is for "Fragile," the first track off of All Is Violent.... A mind-blowing video that goes well with the music, but avoid it if you're squeamish about seeing animal torture ('cuz that's what this video is about, I'm afraid):
The songs from their debut album are more electronically-based and have more synths, but GIAA have favored more organic sounds recently. Synths or not, it doesn't matter; their sound is still amazing, so like and yet so unlike other bands you may have heard. Here's "Coda," from their debut:
And it's back to the doomsday visions with "The End of the Beginning," off the album of the same name. I absolutely love the intro to this song:
Sigur Rós, the quintessential post-rock band from Iceland, is not one of my favorite bands. The music is just a touch melodramatic, the lead singer's vocals makes Thom Yorke sound like Dennis Haysbert, and there's just something about them that doesn't quite click with me. But they could sure make some amazing videos. Their 1997 debut Von (Hope) is tough to find, so it's best to stick with 1999's Ágætis byrjun (Alright Start), 2002's (), and 2004's Takk... (Thanks...). Keeping with the apocalyptic theme, here the video for the first track off (), also called "Vaka":
This one's called "Viðar Vel Til Loftárasa," which roughly translates to "Good day for an airstrike," off of Ágætis byrjun:
How about something a little happier? Here's "Glósóli," off Takk...:
This is the only Flying Saucer Attack video on YouTube. It's called "Beach Red Lullaby":
I've been playing Boards of Canada a lot lately, but the library doesn't have 2005's The Campfire Headphase, which is too bad since I can't play this amazing song, "Dayvan Cowboy':
How about some more Radiohead? Here's the long-awaited "Nude":
This is More, an Oscar-nominated short film by Mark Osborne. The music for this is "Elegia" by New Order:
Finally, a little something more fun: I probably will never play Yo La Tengo on the show, but the video for "Sugarcube" is amazing and hilarious! This is what I'm battling against, people! Check it out:
Enjoy!
Anyway, I'll use this to post some videos of bands I would like to play on the show, or perhaps have played. First is a band I'm really trying to get a hold of, but the WRMC doesn't have any of their stuff. The band is God Is An Astronaut, and they hail from Ireland. Compared to most other post-rock bands, their stuff is fairly straightforward, but that doesn't mean it's not powerful or complex in its own way. They've released three albums so far: 2002's The End of the Beginning, 2005's All Is Violent, All Is Bright, and Far From Refuge, which came out not too long ago.
This first video is for "Fragile," the first track off of All Is Violent.... A mind-blowing video that goes well with the music, but avoid it if you're squeamish about seeing animal torture ('cuz that's what this video is about, I'm afraid):
The songs from their debut album are more electronically-based and have more synths, but GIAA have favored more organic sounds recently. Synths or not, it doesn't matter; their sound is still amazing, so like and yet so unlike other bands you may have heard. Here's "Coda," from their debut:
And it's back to the doomsday visions with "The End of the Beginning," off the album of the same name. I absolutely love the intro to this song:
Sigur Rós, the quintessential post-rock band from Iceland, is not one of my favorite bands. The music is just a touch melodramatic, the lead singer's vocals makes Thom Yorke sound like Dennis Haysbert, and there's just something about them that doesn't quite click with me. But they could sure make some amazing videos. Their 1997 debut Von (Hope) is tough to find, so it's best to stick with 1999's Ágætis byrjun (Alright Start), 2002's (), and 2004's Takk... (Thanks...). Keeping with the apocalyptic theme, here the video for the first track off (), also called "Vaka":
This one's called "Viðar Vel Til Loftárasa," which roughly translates to "Good day for an airstrike," off of Ágætis byrjun:
How about something a little happier? Here's "Glósóli," off Takk...:
This is the only Flying Saucer Attack video on YouTube. It's called "Beach Red Lullaby":
I've been playing Boards of Canada a lot lately, but the library doesn't have 2005's The Campfire Headphase, which is too bad since I can't play this amazing song, "Dayvan Cowboy':
How about some more Radiohead? Here's the long-awaited "Nude":
This is More, an Oscar-nominated short film by Mark Osborne. The music for this is "Elegia" by New Order:
Finally, a little something more fun: I probably will never play Yo La Tengo on the show, but the video for "Sugarcube" is amazing and hilarious! This is what I'm battling against, people! Check it out:
Enjoy!
Monday, October 15, 2007
Episode 4 iMix
And here's the iMix! Granted, it's a little on the small side, but I guess I can try to make it bigger next Monday. Can't promise you anything, though. ;-)
Here it is...the weekly word dump!
So! First things first, last night's playlist:
1. Radiohead -- Reckoner
2. Mogwai -- Superheroes of BMX
3. The Notwist -- Pick Up the Phone
4. Dirty Three -- Authentic Celestial Music
5. Frog Eyes -- "Stockades"
6. The Sea and Cake -- Lamont's Lament
7. Fly Pan Am -- Éfférant/Afférant
8. Can -- Paperhouse
9. Ui -- Back Up
10. The Velvet Underground -- Heroin
11. Labradford -- Untitled #3 (E Luxo So)
12. Flying Saucer Attack -- Whole Day Song
13. Dirty Three -- I Remember a Time When Once You Used to Love Me
Please check out this week's poll to decide what songs you liked best!
Now, here's what I was talking about early on in the program: the Radiohead song "Reckoner", which is on their latest effort In Rainbows, is not the same version that they shopped around six years ago. It used to be a thrashy, trashy song they only performed once live; now it's one of the two songs on the album that wasn't available as a live bootleg before it was officially released last Wednesday. Here, you can compare! Here's the original "Reckoner", also called "Pulled Apart By Horses" (a better version is on the Towering Above the Rest bootleg collection, which anyone can find online, just as easily as anyone can play guitar):
And here's the new version:
The iMix of this show should be up sometime this evening. In the meantime, enjoy my favorite Dirty Three song, "I Remember A Time When Once You Used To Love Me", as our first download! (It's also kinda because it's not available on iTunes.) Check it out here: http://www.zshare.net/download/42397360af4f56/
Take care, and have a good week!
1. Radiohead -- Reckoner
2. Mogwai -- Superheroes of BMX
3. The Notwist -- Pick Up the Phone
4. Dirty Three -- Authentic Celestial Music
5. Frog Eyes -- "Stockades"
6. The Sea and Cake -- Lamont's Lament
7. Fly Pan Am -- Éfférant/Afférant
8. Can -- Paperhouse
9. Ui -- Back Up
10. The Velvet Underground -- Heroin
11. Labradford -- Untitled #3 (E Luxo So)
12. Flying Saucer Attack -- Whole Day Song
13. Dirty Three -- I Remember a Time When Once You Used to Love Me
Please check out this week's poll to decide what songs you liked best!
Now, here's what I was talking about early on in the program: the Radiohead song "Reckoner", which is on their latest effort In Rainbows, is not the same version that they shopped around six years ago. It used to be a thrashy, trashy song they only performed once live; now it's one of the two songs on the album that wasn't available as a live bootleg before it was officially released last Wednesday. Here, you can compare! Here's the original "Reckoner", also called "Pulled Apart By Horses" (a better version is on the Towering Above the Rest bootleg collection, which anyone can find online, just as easily as anyone can play guitar):
And here's the new version:
The iMix of this show should be up sometime this evening. In the meantime, enjoy my favorite Dirty Three song, "I Remember A Time When Once You Used To Love Me", as our first download! (It's also kinda because it's not available on iTunes.) Check it out here: http://www.zshare.net/download/42397360af4f56/
Take care, and have a good week!
Notice
The playlist, iMix, and promised Reckoner videos by Radiohead (just so you can hear the glaring differences between the two), not to mention the poll, should be up sometime tomorrow afternoon. Wait for it! Thanks for the cooperation! And leave a comment if you have any comments, questions, or concerns! Thanks again!
Monday, October 8, 2007
This week's playlist
Here's the playlist from last night's show:
1. Slint -- Breadcrumb Trail
2. Cul de Sac -- Dust of Butterflies
3. Explosions In the Sky -- Have You Passed Through This Night?
4. My Bloody Valentine -- To Here Knows When
5. Labradford -- P
6. Menomena -- Muscle'n Flo
7. Dirty Three -- Some Summers They Drop Like Flys
8. Boards of Canada -- Sixtyten
9. Gastr del Sol -- Even the Odd Orbit
10. To Rococo Rot -- Telema
11. Mogwai -- Hunted By a Freak
12. Blue Man Group -- Klein Mandelbrot
13. Can -- I'm So Green
14. Boards of Canada -- Roygbiv
The new poll and the iMix should be up later today. Thanks a lot for listening last night!
1. Slint -- Breadcrumb Trail
2. Cul de Sac -- Dust of Butterflies
3. Explosions In the Sky -- Have You Passed Through This Night?
4. My Bloody Valentine -- To Here Knows When
5. Labradford -- P
6. Menomena -- Muscle'n Flo
7. Dirty Three -- Some Summers They Drop Like Flys
8. Boards of Canada -- Sixtyten
9. Gastr del Sol -- Even the Odd Orbit
10. To Rococo Rot -- Telema
11. Mogwai -- Hunted By a Freak
12. Blue Man Group -- Klein Mandelbrot
13. Can -- I'm So Green
14. Boards of Canada -- Roygbiv
The new poll and the iMix should be up later today. Thanks a lot for listening last night!
Monday, October 1, 2007
Brain Dump
All right, so first up, here's the playlist from last night:
1. Dirty Three -- Red
2. My Bloody Valentine -- All I Need
3. Can -- Halleluhwah
4. The Octopus Project -- Tuxedo Hat
5. Blonde Redhead -- (We Are a Real Team) Harry and I
6. Oceansize -- Catalyst
7. Dirty Three -- Indian Love Song
8. Mogwai -- Radar Maker
9. Flying Saucer Attack -- Past
10. Gastr del Sol -- A Watery Kentucky
11. Boards of Canada -- Happy Cycling
12. Tortoise -- Along the Banks of the Rivers
So, apparently of the four people that replied to the previous poll (pathetic, people! Absolutely pathetic! XD), 3 really loved it and 1 is sorry s/he didn't listen. Another poll will be up shortly (it should by the time you read this).
An iMix of the show should also be up later tonight or early tomorrow.
And I know this is really, really old news by now (even though it came out last night...). I mean, all the other music blogs out there have probably covered this a million times over (but not WRMC's...seriously, WTF?), and I don't think I can add anything more. But let me say it with enthusiasm:
WOOO-HOOOO!!!!!!!! NEW RADIOHEAD ALBUM!!!!!! WOO-HOOOOO!!!!!!! OCTOBER 10TH BABY!!!!!!! CHECK IT OUT!!!!!!!
Ahem.
So Radiohead's seventh LP, In Rainbows, will be out in 10 days. Count it. 10 days. And the news came out yesterday. Talk about short notice. However, they way they'll be distributing it is going to be a little weird. It will only be available on the 10th as a download in which you can pay any amount. Yeah. You heard me right. ANY AMOUNT. As in, "O hay, got mah Radiohead album fer free!" There's also a ridiculously expensive "discbox" they'll be shipping out around December 3rd, which contains the CD, a bonus CD, two 12" heavyweight vinyl records, and the album artwork by the ever-amazing Stanley Donwood, all in a nice little case. The standard CD, from what I make of it, won't be out until early next year. So. That's that. Here's some more information on the latest from my favorite band:
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/46015-new-radiohead-album-aaaaaaahhh
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/news/46028-radiohead-album-coming-out-as-regular-cd-too
http://www.greenplastic.com/
http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1666973,00.html
That should give you plenty more information than you actually absolutely need, but then again, this IS the Internet.
By the way, who went to the Regina Spektor concert on Saturday? And Ivan Kuraev's performance at the Grille last night? 'Cuz I'ld like to make my shout out right here. Leave a comment, or e-mail me at jhexter@middlebury.edu.
Take care, everybody. ;-)
1. Dirty Three -- Red
2. My Bloody Valentine -- All I Need
3. Can -- Halleluhwah
4. The Octopus Project -- Tuxedo Hat
5. Blonde Redhead -- (We Are a Real Team) Harry and I
6. Oceansize -- Catalyst
7. Dirty Three -- Indian Love Song
8. Mogwai -- Radar Maker
9. Flying Saucer Attack -- Past
10. Gastr del Sol -- A Watery Kentucky
11. Boards of Canada -- Happy Cycling
12. Tortoise -- Along the Banks of the Rivers
So, apparently of the four people that replied to the previous poll (pathetic, people! Absolutely pathetic! XD), 3 really loved it and 1 is sorry s/he didn't listen. Another poll will be up shortly (it should by the time you read this).
An iMix of the show should also be up later tonight or early tomorrow.
And I know this is really, really old news by now (even though it came out last night...). I mean, all the other music blogs out there have probably covered this a million times over (but not WRMC's...seriously, WTF?), and I don't think I can add anything more. But let me say it with enthusiasm:
WOOO-HOOOO!!!!!!!! NEW RADIOHEAD ALBUM!!!!!! WOO-HOOOOO!!!!!!! OCTOBER 10TH BABY!!!!!!! CHECK IT OUT!!!!!!!
Ahem.
So Radiohead's seventh LP, In Rainbows, will be out in 10 days. Count it. 10 days. And the news came out yesterday. Talk about short notice. However, they way they'll be distributing it is going to be a little weird. It will only be available on the 10th as a download in which you can pay any amount. Yeah. You heard me right. ANY AMOUNT. As in, "O hay, got mah Radiohead album fer free!" There's also a ridiculously expensive "discbox" they'll be shipping out around December 3rd, which contains the CD, a bonus CD, two 12" heavyweight vinyl records, and the album artwork by the ever-amazing Stanley Donwood, all in a nice little case. The standard CD, from what I make of it, won't be out until early next year. So. That's that. Here's some more information on the latest from my favorite band:
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/46015-new-radiohead-album-aaaaaaahhh
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/news/46028-radiohead-album-coming-out-as-regular-cd-too
http://www.greenplastic.com/
http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1666973,00.html
That should give you plenty more information than you actually absolutely need, but then again, this IS the Internet.
By the way, who went to the Regina Spektor concert on Saturday? And Ivan Kuraev's performance at the Grille last night? 'Cuz I'ld like to make my shout out right here. Leave a comment, or e-mail me at jhexter@middlebury.edu.
Take care, everybody. ;-)
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