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Erin and Jess of the Columbus Music Co-op guest on this edition of pat radio. They pick music from bands playing at the Here Comes Your Weekend Parking Lot Blowout #3 and talk about the fine work the Co-op is doing to help the local music community. We also hear selections from the freely download-able compilation, Sounds Like Columubs, vol. 2, which you can get at meritbadgerecords.com.
Play list:
1. Magic City - OH/IO (Washington Beach Party)
2. Lydia Loveless - The Only Man demo cd
3. Moon High - Where You Go Sounds Like Columbus, vol. 2
4. Heavy Mole - Provin' It To A Squirrel Sounds Like Columbus, vol. 2
5. Super Desserts - Fashion Sounds Like Columbus, vol. 2
6. This Is My Suitcase - cat sounds Sounds Like Columbus, vol. 2
7. The Tough & Lovely - I Will Not Hurt You Born of the Stars
8. The Kyle Sowashes - In The Mail What's Important (and What's Not)
9. Great Plains - Letter to a Fanzine
10. Bush League All-Stars - Papercut
11. Brainbow - Track 02 Ruff Mixes - Early Summer '06
12. Church of the Red Museum - Never Easy 7"
13. Times New Viking - New Times, New Hope Present the Paisley Reich
14. The Dead Sea - The Sabbat Woodcut Desiderata
15. Fly Union - S.B. alive! Amplified Sounds of Columbus 2008
pat radio will be broadcasting live from Comfest this Friday from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. from the WCRS booth. If you're planning on coming down Friday evening, stop by and say hello. I'll also be at the WCRS booth on Sunday from 3-6 p.m., and I'll be helping out at the band merch tent often throughout the weekend.
I put together a show for tonight that plugs a show at Carabar tonight and previews some of the bands playing at Comfest. More to come on Friday.
Play List:
1. Magic City - OH/IO (Washington Beach Party)
2. Rosehips - Enough Rosehips
3. The Jet Age - O Calendar myspace.com/thejetage
4. The Kyle Sowashes - Only Time Will Tell Yeah Buddy!
5. Polka Dot Dot Dot - Wicker Frames myspace.com/thepolkadotdotdot
6. 333 - Tired Arm Queens Wife
7. The Lindsay - Iranian Eyes Dragged Out
8. RTFO Bandwagon - New Jack 7"
9. The DAMNits - Want Love
10. Earwig - Japanese Girlfriend Center of the Earth
11. Paper Airplane - Political Lunch Middlemarch
12. Miss Molly - Lost For Words live, pat radio #99
13. Megan Palmer - Richland Woman live, pat radio #94
14. Elisa Nicolas - Always to You live, pat radio #110
15. Jason Quicksall - New Friends live, pat radio #104
Chris DeVille and John Ross from the Columbus Alive stop in to preview Sounds of Columbus 2008. We also talk to Kara and Rich from Team Smile and Nod and hear tracks from their forthcoming cd.
Play List:
1. Magic City - OH/IO (Washington Beach Party)
2. Jon Chinn & 1803 - Lying Through Your Teeth jonchinn.com
3. Bookmobile - Lies
4. This is My Suitcase - Two Expletives Short of a Fashion Statement Sounds of Columbus 2008
5. Pirate - Rebel Sounds of Columbus 2008
6. Young Wise - I'm So CO Sounds of Columbus 2008
7. Exceptional Edward - Never Come Down Sounds of Columbus 2008
8. The Muttering Retreats - Cupid Always Misses (The Ba Ba Song) The Muttering Retreatsmyspace.com/themutteringretreats
9. Argyle Denial - Argyle Of Christ Wham-Bammyspace.com/argyledenial
10. The Afternoon Naps - Winter Olympics (Summer Version) Sunbeamedmyspace.com/afternoonnapsband
11. Team Smile and Nod - still stuck Look Both Ways Before You Die
12. Team Smile and Nod - scar Look Both Ways Before You Die
13. Team Smile And Nod - Consumer Whore Look Both Ways Before You Die
14. Team Smile and Nod - they grow it Look Both Ways Before You Die
Play List:
1. Magic City - OH/IO (Washington Beach Party)
2. Miranda Sound - ...Virgins Go Baby Inertia
3. Miranda Sound - Virginia Creeper Engaged in Labor
4. Miranda Sound - We're Making Amends Donewaiting.com vol. 1 Tiara vs. Miranda Sound
5. Miranda Sound - Take It Where You Can Get It Western Reserve
6. Miranda Sound - Leave Everyone Behind Miranda Sound
7. Miranda Sound - Falling Man Miranda Sound
8. Miranda Sound - Under Hum & Violet Light Miranda Sound
9. Miranda Sound - Kaleidoscope Miranda Sound
10. Adam Heart - Strictly Ballroom Baby
11. The Spelling Bees - Keep It Simple Lightning and Pizza
12. Frightened Rabbit - The Modern Leper The Midnight Organ Fight
13. Megan Palmer - Take You Away live, pat radio #94
14. Sarah Asher - One More Valley live, pat radio #96
15. The Lab Rats - Float live, pat radio #98
I don't need to tell you hipsters about The Kills, and Midnight Boom has been out for a couple months now. I'm finally catching up, and I've got to say that the new record is a tad less raw than 2005's No Wow and considerably more varied. Both are good things, in my opinion.
Stream "Sour Cherry" below. There's also a download link below that will be good for 30 days. Buy it, you must, at Domino USA.
Two guests this week on pat radio: Couch Forts and Our Cat Philip, two bands charting their own course of pop, folk and acoustic music. Then there's a set of noisier music to maintain equilibrium.
And I have a pair of tickets to the These New Puritans / El Jesus de Magico show at the Wexner Center on June 13 to give away. Listen to win. Play along at home or at the office.
Play List:
1. Magic City - OH/IO (Washington Beach Party)
2. Fighting Weight - Witches of Kelso myspace.com/fightingweight
3. Couch Forts - Tao Lin Suffer Baby
4. Couch Forts - Elephant Shoe Suffer Baby
5. Couch Forts - I Wrote You A Letter Suffer Baby
6. Umbrella Men - Fast Cars Umbrella Men
7. Our Cat Philip - Call The Moon ourcatphilip.net
8. Our Cat Philip - Time Is Just A Healer
9. Our Cat Philip - House Fire (Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin Cover)
10. These New Puritans - Swords Of Truth Beat Pyramid
11. El Jesus de Magico - LGNO Funeral Home Session
12. Necropolis - Van V. Art Stumpf 7"
13. Loto Ball Show - Dead Kiss Levy on the Eyeway
14. The Kyle Sowashes - Rumours Yeah Buddy!
Ashleigh, Matt, Casey and Bobby of The Hot Damn sit down with me this week and play four songs from their soon-to-be released debut full-length cd. We also hear from other bands playing with the Hot Damn at their release party, happening at the House of Crave this Friday night.
Finally, friends of pat radio, The Spelling Bees, are playing tonight at the Scarlet and Grey Cafe, with Couch Forts and Zephuros. Check it out. And remember...draw me pictures and you get plugs. That's the way things work around here.
Play list:
1. Magic City - OH/IO (Washington Beach Party)
2. The Hot Damn - The Battle Of You Vs. Me The Hot Damn
3. The Hot Damn - The Worst Part Of Landing The Hot Damn
4. The Hot Damn - Thin Wool The Hot Damn
5. The Hot Damn - Left Hand, Right Hand The Hot Damn
6. Yummy Fight - Radio Round One
7. Exceptional Edward - Never Come Down Lost at Sea
8. This Is My Suitcase - It's A Hit myspace.com/thisismysuitcase
9. Jason Quicksall - Fan Fare live, pat radio #104
10. Guinea Worms - Box Of Records Box of Records 7"
11. Times New Viking - Teenage Lust (Daytrotter Session)
12. HotChaCha - It's Hard To Be a Whiteboy in 1992 Rifle, I knew you when you were a pistol
13. Home and Garden - Marco Polo The Voyage Home History and Geography
14. The Dodos - Red And Purple Visiter
15. Frightened Rabbit - Head Rolls Off The Midnight Organ Fight
16. RTFO Bandwagon - Me or You or Jesus Flagships
I'm getting to like this pitchfork.tv stuff. Here's Caribou doing "Barnowl" from a recent show at the Metro in Chicago. I would totally pay a subscription fee to have quality video like this delivered over the internets to me. Right now it's free. Enjoy.
Periodically, I declare a certain band "the greatest rock and roll band in the world" TM. This can change from week to week and certain favorite bands get the honor repeatedly. Currently the title goes to a guitar and drum duo from San Francisco called The Dodos. I'm a sucker for dynamics, quietLOUDquiet stuff, and no song illustrates that better than "Jody" (or is it "Jodi"?) from their latest album Visiter. You can stream it below:
Thanks to the Syd and all the fine people at Frenchkiss Records for allowing me to blog this mp3. Right-click and Save-As right here.
And anyone who's seen the band live will tell you that the Dodos must be experienced live to be fully appreciated, and so the band also gets the distinction of first Concert Regret TM of 2008. I stayed at home on April 15 when they played Cafe Bourbon Street. Here's a video of the Dodos performing "Jodi" at Divan Orange, Montreal, on April 8, 2008:
Dan, Nate, Kenan, and Gretchen of Phantods pass the phone around and introduce 4 songs from their soon-to-be released self-titled LP. Plus we hear other cool, mostly local music from bands playing out this weekend.
Play List:
1. Magic City - OH/IO (Washington Beach Party)
2. True Moves - Do Ya Wild Weekend
3. Whoa Nellie! - Die Tryin' Woke up Swingin'
4. Pirate - Molly myspace.com/listentopirate
5. Phantods - Shovel Phantods
6. Phantods - The Ghost In Between - Part II Phantods
7. Phantods - Bag o Bones Phantods
8. Phantods - Orpheus Phantods
9. 333 - New Thing Pop 2 Queens Wife
10. Hot Cha Cha - Ja'ccuse Rifle, I knew you when you were a pistol
11. Rosehips - What Was I Thinking? Rosehips
12. The Jellyhearts - Hot Rolls myspace.com/prospectors
13. The Dreadful Yawns - Expecting Rain Take Shape
14. Loyal Divide - Backes Loyal Divide E.P.
15. Paper Airplane - Day to Day, Today live, see pat radio #93
Hey...I'm adding categories to my blog and have decided to post mp3s and do other interesting non-podcast related things here. So I turned to my idle ioda account to see what I could plunder. Lo and behold, there are two mp3s from the latest Frightened Rabbit album The Midnight Organ Fight and one from their 2007 release Sing the Greys. If you're a fan of Orange Juice or the Wedding Present, I think you will like this guitar-driven pop. And who can resist a Scottish accent? No one, that's who.
Paul Nini, of Great Plains, Peck of Snide, and Log fame, guests on this edition of pat radio. Paul heads up Old 3C records, and we hear from some upcoming releases as well as somewhat exclusive live stuff from the recent Big Dipper / Great Plains shows that happened on the east coast back in April.
Drew of Mors Ontologica also checks in to tell us about the Black Box benefit, happening this Saturday night at Ruby Tuesday.
Play List:
1. Magic City - OH/IO (Washington Beach Party)
2. Big Dipper - All Going Out Together (live Southpaw, Brooklyn, 25 April 2008)
3. Great Plains - Obama Logs (live, WFMU, Jersey City, 25 April 2008)
4. Human Switchboard - Who's Landing In My Hangar? Who's Landing In My Hangar?
5. Neptune's Car - Baking Bread Koolie Records 7" single
6. Cruel, Cruel Moon - Fall Onto The Pavement Still Life
7. Ego Summit - We Got It All The Room Isn't Big Enough
8. Stark Folk - Find Me Some Land upcoming Old 3C release
9. Log - That's All Logjammin'
10. Mors Ontologica - Ghost & Shadows Used Kids Session
11. The Lindsay - Band Meeting myspace.com/thelindsay
12. The Main Street Gospel - All Your Love is Gone myspace.com/themainstreetgospel
13. Girls Of The Gravitron - King Kong myspace.com/girlsofthegravitron
14. GadgetVoz - City Lights myspace.com/gadgetvoz
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