Playlist: Season 3, Episode 5

This episode includes playlists 3.14, 3.15, and 3.16; a preview of upcoming albums by Interpol, Baths, and best coast; a spotlight on the 2010 180 South soundtrack; and a vinyl listening of The xx's 2009 LP xx.

3.14

1. Mr. Peterson - Perfume Genius - Learning
2. Summer - Magic Kids
3. 100 - Keepaway - 100 [7'']
4. Holy, Holy, Holy Moses (Song for New Orleans - Alec Ounsworth - Mo Beauty
5. Here - Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted
6. Little Brown Haired Girl - Frankie Rose and the Outs

7. Say No to Love - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Say No to Love [7'']
8. Girls with English Accents - Fergus & Geronimo
9. Saturday Morning - Slow Animal

10. I Died So I Could Haunt You - Stars - The Five Ghosts
11. All We Are - Bjork & Dirty Projectors - Mount Wittenberg Orca
12. South Carolina - Tennis

R. My Girls - Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
R. Little Yellow Spider - Devendra Banhart - Nino Rojo

UP NEXT
13. Lights - Interpol - Interpol (To Be Released Sept. 14, Matador)
14. Hall - Baths - Cerulean (TBR July 6, Anticon)
15. Boyfriend - Best coast - Crazy for You (TBR July 27, Mexican Summer)

OFF THE RECORD I: The xx - xx [LP], Side A, Tracks 1-6
Intro
VCR
Crystallised
Islands
Heart Skips a Beat
Hot Like Fire

3.15

16. I'm Not the One - The Black Keys - Brothers
17. Art House Director - Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record
18. Anyone's Ghost - The National - High Violet

19. Blacking out the Friction - Death Cab for Cutie - The Studio X Sessions
20. Sweet Talk, Sweet Talk - The New Pornographers - Together
21. What I Wouldn't Do - A Fine Frenzy - Bomb in a Birdcage

22. Where Do My Bluebirds Fly - The Tallest Man on Earth - Shallow Graves
23. Spitting Venom - Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
24. The Outpouring - Ha Ha Tonka - Novel Sounds of the Nouveau South

25. Flume - Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
26. Fire Escape (Sitek Remix) - Fanfarlo
27. Psychic City (Voodoo City) - YACHT - See Mystery Lights

THE SPOTLIGHT SPOT: (various artists) - 180 South [Soundtrack]
28. Coconut Flakes - Love as Laughter
29. Journey Through the Past - James Mercer
30. Wave Goodbye - Ugly Casanova

OFF THE RECORD II: The xx - xx [LP], SideProxy-Connection: keep-alive
Cache-Control: max-age=0

, Tracks 7-9
Fantasy
Shelter
Basic Space

3.16

31. What You Want - coasting - Jap Tape
32. Sun - Caribou - Swim
33. Real Love - Beach House - Teen Dream

34. Pow Pow - LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
R. Tell 'Em - Sleigh Bells - Treats
35. Windowsill - The Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
36. Pittsfield - Sufjan Stevens - The Avalanche

OFF THE RECORD III: The xx - xx [LP], Side B, Tracks 10-12
Infinity
Night Time
Stars

Season 3, Episode 5

This episode includes playlists 3.14, 3.15, and 3.16; a preview of upcoming albums by Interpol, Baths, and best coast; a spotlight on the 2010 180 South soundtrack; and a vinyl listening of The xx's 2009 LP xx.

Album Review: Dom: Sun Bronzed Greek Gods [EP]

First chorus: “It’s so sexy/Living in America.” Second chorus: “Burn bridges/Make yourself an island.” Third chorus: “Gimme gimme/Something to believe in.” Throw in the inscrutably shiny haze of synthesizers, and you’ve got the brand of indecipherable ingenuousness that’s always in style, but, lucky for us, Dom has so much cool grace that doesn’t really matter doesn’t really matter.

7/10
Released May 1, 2010 on Burning Mill Records

Follows...a couple other summer shoegaze indie acts.
Precedes...the future irreconcilable divorce of indie music and summer fun.
Spoils...the emotional revelations of all your favorite movies.

Highlights:

Burn Bridges


Jesus


Hunny

Album Review: Sleigh Bells: Treats

Remember that time you were an elementary school badass? Yeah, well, apparently Sleigh Bells does. Mixing air raid guitars with bubble gum vocals might’ve been a gimmick. Instead, it’s a genre-conscious leviathan that rarely forgets its confidence. About 30 seconds of my day is spent wondering why it isn't Slay Bells.

8/10
Released May 11, 2010 on Mom & Pop Records, N.E.E.T. Records

Follows...the culture that came before it.
Turn the volume...down. It's gonna be loud anyway.
Start your own...mainstream.

Highlights:

Rill Rill: Short list for best song of the year.


Crown on the Ground: Find out who your friends really are in the initial wail before the beat.


A/B Machines: Raw and untouchable.

Album Review: Stars: The Five Ghosts

The Five Ghosts compromises Stars’ trademark lyrical theatrics with omnipresent synths, creating what is, at best, a nonchalant melodrama, and, at worst, a trite mess. Everyone takes themselves too seriously sometimes, and, when that self-indulgence does strike, it's not even a matter of staying restrained or self-aware—Stars thrive when they're neither. It's a matter of sounding honest and memorable. Also, what’s the point of having Amy Milan in your band if you turn her into a chipmunk?

4/10
Released June 21, 2010 on Vagrant

Follows...the unseamlessly political 2007 "In Our Bedroom After the War"
Listen instead to...their 2004 masterpiece "Set Yourself on Fire"
When there's nothing left to burn...you have to set yourself on fire.

Highlights:

I Died So I Could Haunt You: Oh yeah, and most of the album is about death.


Wasted Daylight: A nicely complex spin on their usual healthy/unhealthy relationship theme.


Changes: My favorite track here, and the most straightforward.

Playlist: Season 3, Episode 4

This playlist includes the mixed CDs 3.10, 3.11, and 3.12, as well as TV on the Radio's 2008 LP Dear Science. Songs requested live during the show are marked with an "R." Line breaks are talk breaks. Dinosaurs really did exist. Isn't that wild?

3.10

1. Come Home - Chappo - Plastique Universe [EP]
2. Some Dresses - Dananananakroyd - Hey Everyone
3. Treeton - Fang Island - Fang Island (Dig)
4. Davy Crockett - Fang Island - Fang Island (Dig)
5. Riot Rhythm - Sleigh Bells - Treats
6. Walking Through That Door - Future Islands

7. You Are One of the Few Outsiders That Understands Us - Fanfarlo

OFF THE RECORD I: TV on the Radio - Dear Science [LP], Side A, Tracks 1-3
Halfway Home
Crying
Dancing Choose

8. Criminals - Atlas Sound - Logos
9. Time - Beach Fossils - Woodsist [7'' Single]
10. Learning - Perfume Genius
11. Cold War (Nice Clean Fight) - The Morning Benders - Big Echo
12. Didn't You - Cloud Nothings - Didn't You [7'' Single]

UP NEXT
13. Oh the Wolves! - Forest City Lovers - Carriage (To Be Released June 29, 2010)
14. Post Acid - wavves - King of the Beach (TBR August 3, 2010)
15. We Used to Wait - The Arcade Fire - The Suburbs (TBR August 3, 2010)

OFF THE RECORD II: TV on the Radio - Dear Science [LP], Side A, Tracks 4-6
Stork & Owl
Golden Age
Family Tree

3.11

R. Sea Lion Woman - Feist - The Reminder
16. Evening Kitchen - Band of Horses - Infinite Arms
17. Conversation 16 - The National - High Violet
18. Sentimental X's - Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record

19. Here's to Now - Ugly Casanova - 180 Degrees South [Soundtrack]
20. Heartbeats - Jose Gonzales
21. Despicable Dogs - Small Black

R. Walkabout (featuring Panda Bear) - Atlas Sound - Logos
22. Silver Soul - Beach House - Teen Dream
23. Sleep All Day - The Rural Alberta Advantage - Hometowns
24. The Sound - Human Highway - Moody Motorcycle

25. 2080 - Yeasayer - All Hour Cymbals
26. Black Sheep - Suckers - Wild Smile
27. Forever and Ever Amen - The Drums - The Drums

THE SPOTLIGHT SPOT: Wolf Parade - Expo '86
28. Oh You, Old Thing
29. Yulia
30. Pobody's Nerfect

R. Cannibal Resource - Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
OFF THE RECORD:Proxy-Connection: keep-alive
Cache-Control: max-age=0

V on the Radio - Dear Science [LP], Side B, Tracks 7-9
Red Dress
Love Dog
Shout Me Out

3.12

31. Saturday - Built to Spill - You In Reverse
32. Lust for Life - Girls - Album
33. Thoreau in the Woods - Ha Ha Tonka - New Sounds of the Nouveau South
R. Ambling Alp - Yeasayer - Odd Blood
OFF THE RECORD IV: TV on the Radio - Dear Science [LP], Side B, Tracks 10-11
DLZ
Lover's Day

Second recorded show. The plot thickens....

Season 3, Episode 4

Tonight's episode features previews of new music from Forest City Lovers, Wavves, and The Arcade Fire; a spotlight on Wolf Parade's new album "Expo '86"; and a vinyl listening of TV On The Radio's 2008 "Dear Science" LP.

Playlist: Season 3, Episode 3

This playlist includes the mixed CDs 3.07, 3.08, and 3.09, as well as Iron & Wine's LP Our Endless Numbered Days. Songs requested live during the show are marked with an "R." Unlisted here, the show also includes the voice of Parker White, the noises of Parker White, and the likeness of Parker White, as imagined in your head while listening.

3.07

1. Up in the Dark - The New Pornographers - Together
2. Beast in Peace - Bear in Heaven - Beast Rest Forth Mouth
3. Next Girl - The Black Keys - Brothers
4. To Kingdom Come - Passion Pit - Manners
5. Superball - Magic Kids
6. Real Life (Basic Needs Remix) - Tanlines - Real Life [EP]

7. Infinity Guitars - Sleigh Bells - Treats
8. Hey Paul - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
9. This Time Around - The Radio Dept. - Clinging to a Scheme

OFF THE RECORD I: Iron & Wine: Our Endless Numbered Days LP, Side A, Tracks 1-3
On Your Wings
Naked As We Came
Cinder and Smoke

10. Marathon - Tennis
11. Daisy - Fang Island - Fang Island (Dig)
12. All I Want - LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening

UP NEXT
13. Ready to Start - The Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
14. Little Golden Age - Wolf Parade - Expo '86
15. If I Were a Tree - Forest City Lovers - Carriage

OFF THE RECORD II: Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days LP, Side A, Tracks 4-6
Sunset Soon Forgotten
Teeth in the Grass
Love and Some Verses

3.08

16. Broke - Modest Mouse - Building Nothing Out of Something
17. What Shepherds of These Hills - Ha Ha Tonka - New Sounds of the Nouveau South
18. The Purple Bottle - Animal Collective - Feels
R. On Melancholy Hill - Gorillaz - Plastic Beach

19. Brand New Shoes - She & Him - Volume Two
20. Four Night Rider - The Rural Alberta Advantage - Hometowns
21. Chase Scene - Broken Social Scene

22. Citizen - Broken Bells - Broken Bells
23. The Party - St. Vincent - Actor
24. Long Flight - Future Islands - In Evening Air

OFF THE RECORD III: Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days LP, Side B, Tracks 7-9
Radio War
Each Coming Night
Free Until They Cut Me Down

R. Home - Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros - Up From Below

R. I Feel It All - Feist - The Reminder
25. Leave Home - Caribou - Swim
26. Warmer Places - Delorean
27. Take It Easy - Surfer Blood - Astro Coast

THE SPOTLIGHT SPOT: The National - High Violet
28. Runaway
29. Lemonworld
30. England

3.09

31. Northwest Apartment - Band of Horses - Infinite Arms
32. Changes - Stars - The Five Ghosts
33. Liar - Built to Spill - You in Reverse

34. Better Times - Beach House - Teen Dream
35. Breakneck Speed - Tokyo Police Club - Champ
36. You Can't Be Alone - All Saints Day

OFF THE RECORD IV: Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days LP, Side B, Tracks 10-12
Fever Dream
Sodom, South Georgia
Passing Afternoon


I got the knobs working, so this show goes down in history as the first ever successfully recorded episode of UpBeatUp.

Season 3, Episode 3

Tonight's episode includes previews of brand new music from The Arcade Fire, Wolf Parade, and Forest City Lovers; a spotlight on The National's new album "High Violet"; and a vinyl listening of Iron & Wine's 2004 "Our Endless Numbered Days" LP.

Album Review: The National: High Violet

If “adult contemporary” didn’t already denote a genre of music that employed white people got drunk to, it would have been coined to describe The National, and it would have denoted a genre of music that employed white people got drunk to, and it would have been a hell of a lot more accurate. Intelligent but grounded, political but emotional, brooding but hopeful. One of the best records of the summer, and destined to be one of the best records of 2010, or at least the night half of 2010.

9/10
Released May 10, 2010 on 4AD

Everyone else...pretty much loves it.
Independent...in the Billboard Top 10 Alternative Music Charts way.
Follows...2007's "Boxer" pretty naturally, except a bit more grand.

Highlights:

Afraid of Everyone: Paranoid, groovy, and begging for a remix.


Runaway: "We don't bleed when we don't fight" is either the best anthem of this past decade, or else the best anthem of the next.


England: Berninger's lyrics at their furthest from their NYC haunt, but nevertheless as Gatsby as ever, and as good as ever. Wow.