Playlist for 09/27/08

Thanks for listening to today’s “reunion” show. I don’t think I realized how much I missed it until I started rambling between songs again!

I won’t be on the air the following two weekends, but tune in on October 18 for an all new edition of Left of the Dial!

Here’s what you heard this morning:
Wilco – “Spiders (Kidsmoke)” (from A Ghost is Born)
The Cure – “Freakshow” (from 4:13 Dream)
Husker Du – “Flip Your Wig” (from Flip Your Wig)
Death Cab for Cutie – “Cath…” (from Narrow Stairs)

The Replacements – “Left of the Dial” (from Tim)
The Hold Steady – “Sequestered in Memphis” (from Stay Positive)
Jenny Lewis – “See Fernando” (from Acid Tongue)
Teenage Fanclub – “Radio” (from Thirteen)
Okkervil River – “Singer Songwriter” (from The Stand-Ins)
The Gutter Twins – “Down the Line” (from Adorata EP)
The National – “Fake Empire (Live)” (from The Virginia EP)
The Black Kids – “Hurricane Jane” (from Partie Traumatic)
Los Campesinos! – “My Year In Lists” (from Hold on Now, Youngster…)
My Bloody Valentine – “When You Sleep” (from Loveless)
Talking Heads – “Thank You for Sending Me an Angel” (from Stop Making Sense)
Dinosaur Jr – “Almost Ready” (from Beyond)
Pavement – “Father to a Sister of Thought” (from Wowee Zowee)
TV on the Radio – “Crying” (from Dear Science)

Back on the Air Tomorrow!

Left of the Dial returns to the air tomorrow, Saturday, September 27, on WQAQ.  Click on the “how to listen” tab or head over to WQAQ.com for the live stream.

I will be on from 9 – 10 AM on Saturday mornings this semester, but I will also be broadcasting a “pre show” each week during the 8:00 hour playing some things you won’t hear during the main show.  Check in around 8:30 tomorrow and be sure to call or IM with your requests!

 

(Also, while the problems with leftofthedialradio.org are worked out, this will be the new homepage for the show).

Playlist for 12/01/07

Thanks for listening to today’s show which turned out to be a bonus 2 hour edition.

Here’s what I played up until noon:
Eddie Vedder – “Hard Sun” (from Into the Wild Soundtrack)
Sigur Ros – “Staralfur” (from Agaetis Byrjun)
Karen O & the Million Dollar Bashers – “Highway 61 Revisited” (from I’m Not ThereSoundtrack)
Scott Walker – “30 Century Man” (from Scott 3)
The Replacements – “Left of the Dial” (from Tim)
Broken Social Scene – “Ibi Dreams of Pavement (A Better Day)” (from Broken Social Scene)
Pavement – “Gold Soundz” (from Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain)
Sonic Youth – “100%” (from Dirty)
Bright Eyes – “First Day of My Life” (from I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning)
The Jesus and Mary Chain – “April Skies” (from Darklands)
Big Star – “Mod Lang” (from #1 Record / Radio City)
Elliott Smith – “Say Yes” (from Either/Or)
Afghan Whigs – “66″ (from 1965)
Talking Heads – “Heaven” (from Fear of Music)
Radiohead – “You” (from Pablo Honey)
Ted Leo / Pharmacists – “Hearts of Oak” (from Hearts of Oak)
The Hold Steady – “Stuck Between Stations” (from Boys and Girls in America)

Here’s what you heard in the bonus hour today:
Against Me! – “New Wave” (from New Wave)
The Jam – “Precious” (from The Gift)
R.E.M. – “Little America” (from Reckoning)
The Who – “So Sad About Us” (from A Quick One)
Feist – “I Feel It All” (from The Reminder)
Art Brut – “Good Weekend” (from Bang Bang Rock and Roll)
The Clash – “Somebody Got Murdered” (from Sandinista!)
The Strokes – “Someday” (from Is This It?)
U2 – “Running to Stand Still” (from The Joshua Tree)
Arcade Fire – “Keep the Car Running” (from Neon Bible)
Neutral Milk Hotel – “Two Headed Boy” (from In the Aeroplane Over the Sea)
X – “See How We Are” (from See How We Are)
LCD Soundsystem – “All My Friends” (from Sound of Silver)

Playlist for 11/10/07

I can safely say that today’s show was one of my favorite’s in a long, long time – I think that the songs flowed well, I had some good conversations on AIM with listeners, and the transitions were tremendous.

I know I went a bit overboard on the I’m Not There Soundtrack but I’m quite impressed by it. I encourage you to check it out and check out the movie when it comes out and form your own opinion on it.

Here’s what you heard this morning:
U2 – “Bad (Live)” (from Wide Awake in America EP)
Eddie Vedder & the Million Dollar Bashers – “All Along the Watchtower” (from I’m Not There Soundtrack)
Jose Gonzales – “Down the Line” (from In Our Nature)
Sigur Ros – “Staralfur” (from Hvarf/Heim)
The Replacements – “Left of the Dial” (from Tim)
Talking Heads – “What a Day That Was” (from Stop Making Sense)
Sonic Youth – “Incinerate” (from Rather Ripped)
Sufjan Stevens – “Ring Them Bells” (from I’m Not There Soundtrack)
New Order – “Ceremony” (from Substance (1987))
Joy Division – “Atmosphere” (from Substance)
Radiohead – “Just” (from The Bends)
Yo La Tengo – “Sugarcube” (from I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One)
The Jam – “Ghosts” (from The Gift)
The Hold Steady – “Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?” (from I’m Not There Soundtrack)
Stephen Malkmus & The Million Dollar Basher – “Maggie’s Farm” (from I’m Not There Soundtrack)

And here’s a link to some of those Radiohead webcast videos on Youtube (courtesy of Stereogum)

Playlist for 11/03/07

Here’s what you heard on today’s show:

Animal Collective – “Peacebone” (from Strawberry Jam)
Eisley – “Many Funerals” (from Combinations)
Arcade Fire – “Wake Up” (from Funeral)
The Jam – “Strange Town” (from Setting Sons)
Squeeze – “Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)” (from Singles 45’s and Under)
Ted Leo / Pharmacists – “Six Months in a Leaky Boat” (from Sharkbite Sessions EP)
Against Me! – “Thrash Unreal” (from New Wave)
The Rolling Stones – “Play With Fire: (from Hot Rocks: 1964 – 1971 and The Darjeeling Limited OST)
Nirvana – “All Apologies” (from MTV Unplugged)
Elliott Smith – “Angeles” (from Either/Or)
The Shins – “Phantom Limb” (from Wincing the Night Away)
The Miracle of ‘86 – “Dance! Dance, Revolution” (from Every Famous Last Word)
Husker Du – “New Day Rising” (from New Day Rising)
Pavement – “Silence Kit” (from Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain)
R.E.M. – “The One I Love” (from R.E.M. Live)

Playlist for 10/27/07

I’m always surprised with how the weather affects our moods. Here’s what you heard on today’s rain-soaked version of the show.

The Replacements – “Within Your Reach” (from Hootenany)
Superchunk – “Rainy Streets” (from Here’s to Shutting Up)
R.E.M. – “So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)” (from Reckoning)
Bright Eyes – “Train Under Water” (from I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning)
Guided By Voices – “Everybody Thinks I’m a Raincloud (When I’m Not Looking)” (from Half Smiles of the Decomposed)
Radiohead – “Sit Down, Stand Up” (from Hail to the Theif)
The Fiery Furnaces – “Sing for Me” (from The Fiery Furnaces EP)
The Hold Steady – “Killer Parties” (from …Almost Killed Me)
Animal Collective – “Grass” (from Feels)
M83 – “Don’t Save Us from the Flames” (from Before the Dawn Heals Us)
Rilo Kiley – “My Slumbering Heart” (from The Execution of All Things)
Big Star – “O My Soul” (from #1 Record / Radio City)
Band of Horses – “Is There a Ghost?” (from Cease to Begin)

Playlist for 10/20/07

Here’s what you heard on today’s two hour edition of the show:

…And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead – “Another Morning Stoner” (from Source Tags & Codes)
Elvis Costello – “The Beat (Live)” (from Live at the El Mocambo)
The Replacements – “Left of the Dial” (from Tim)
Pulp – “Mis-Shapes” (from Different Class)
Band of Horses – “Is There a Ghost?” (from Cease to Begin)
Band of Horses – “The Funeral” (from Everything All the Time)
Radiohead – “Reckoner” (from In Rainbows)
R.E.M. – “Imitation of Life” (from R.E.M. Live)
Ted Leo / Pharmacists – “Walking to Do” (from Shake the Sheets)
Jose Gonzales – “Teardrop” (from In Our Nature)
Massive Attack – “Unfinished Sympathy” (from Blue Lines)
Catherine Wheel – “Black Metallic” (from Ferment)
Primal Scream – “Movin’ on Up” (from Screamadelica)
Camper Van Beethoven – “Take the Skinheads Bowling” (from Telephone Free Landslide Victory)

The Jesus and Mary Chain – “Just Like Honey” (from Psychocandy)
Mission of Burma – “Academy Fight Song” (from Signals, Calls, & Marches)
Fugazi – “Give Me the Cure” (from 13 Songs)
Television – “See No Evil” (from Marquee Moon)
Arcade Fire – “[Antichrist Television Blues]” (from Neon Bible)
Wilco – “Impossible Germany” (from Sky Blue Sky)
The Hold Steady – “Stevie Nix” (from Separation Sunday)
Rogue Wave – “Chicago x 12″ (from Asleep at Heaven’s Gate)
Stars – “Set Yourself on Fire” (from Set Yourself on Fire)
Brazillian Girls – “Crosseyed and Painless” (from Brazillian Girls Remix EP)
The New Pornographers – “All the Old Showstoppers” (from Challengers)
Against Me! – “Thrash Unreal” (from New Wave)

Playlist for 10/13/07

Here’s what you heard this morning:

The Weakerthans – “Sun in an Empty Room” (from Reunion Tour)
Radiohead – “Bodysnatchers” (from In Rainbows)
Band of Horses – “No One’s Gonna Love You” (from Cease to Be)
The Wrens – “Hopeless” (from The Meadowlands)
Eisley – “Invasion” (from Combinations)
Morrisey – “Everyday is Like Sunday” (from Suedehead: The Singles)
I’m From Barcelona – “We’re From Barcelona” (from Let Me Introduce My Friends)
Slowdive – “Allison” (from Souvlaki)
Shocking Pinks – “The Narrator” (from Shocking Pinks)
New Order – “Love Vigilantes” (from Low-Life)
The Clash – “Police on my Back” (from Sandanista!)
Talking Heads – “Crosseyed & Painless” (from Stop Making Sense)
Spoon – “The Underdog” (from Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga)

Playlist for 10/06/07

Here’s today’s playlist. It had more of an old school Left of the Dial feel today. I’ll add the links I promised later but I wanted to put the song list up.

Black Lips – “I Once Saw a Ghost (Lean)” (from Good Bad Not Evil)
Eisley – “Many Funerals” (from Combinations)
Jonathan Rice – “Further North” (from Further North)
The Pipettes – “Pull Shapes” (from We Are the Pipettes)
Rilo Kiley – “Silver Lining” (from Under the Blacklight)
Bjork – “Earth Intruders” (from Volta)
…And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead – “It Was There That I Saw You” (from Source Tags & Codes)
Shout Out Louds – “Impossible” (from Our Ill Wills)
David Bowie – “Young Americans” (from Young Americans)
The Replacements – “Hold My Life” (from Tim)
Ben Lee – “Thrash Unreal” (from Ben Lee Sings Against Me! – New Wave)
Bright Eyes – “The Calendar Hung Itself” (from Fevers & Mirrors)
Radiohead – “Let Down” (from OK Computer)
Sonic Youth – “Youth Against Fascism” (from Dirty)
Neutral Milk Hotel – “In the Aeroplane Over the Sea” (from In the Aeroplane Over the Sea)
The Jam – “Precious” (from The Gift)
Ted Leo / Pharmacists – “Parallel or Together?” (from The Tyranny of Distance)
R.E.M. – “World Leader Pretend” (from Green)
Los Campesinos! – “Don’t Tell Me to Do the Math(s)” (from Sticking Fingers into Sockets EP)
Against Me!- “New Wave” (from New Wave)

And the links I promised:
Ben Lee Sings Against Me’s “New Wave”
Radiohead’s new album In Rainbows

Playlist for 09/29/07

Here’s what you heard (or missed) on today’s show this morning.

Animal Collective – “Peacebone” (from Strawberry Jam)
Iron & Wine – “Boy with a Coin” (from The Shepherd’s Dog)
Jose Gonzales – “Down the Line” (from In Our Nature)
Matt Pond PA – “Sunlight” (from Last Light)
Pinback – “Good to Sea” (from Autumn of the Seraphs)

The Replacements – “Left of the Dial” (from Tim)
The Who – “The Real Me” (from Quadrophenia)
The Jesus & Mary Chain – “Darklands” (from Darklands)
Black Lips – “O Katrina!” (from Good Bad Not Evil)
Low – “When I Go Deaf” (from The Great Destroyer)
Ted Leo / Pharmacists – “La Costa Brava” (from Living with the Living)
The Hold Steady – “First Night” (from Boys and Girls in America)
The New Pornographers – “Letter from an Occupant” (from Mass Romantic)
Against Me! – “Thrash Unreal” (from New Wave)
Paul Weller – “That’s Entertainment” (from Days of Speed)
The Minus Five – “Where Will You Go?” (from Down With Wilco)
Jonathan Rice – “THC” (from Further North)