Breakfast Special 11/1

Yo, this be the playlist for the Brekfist Special. Checkit.

(ARTIST) - (TRACK)

Explosions in the Sky - Catastrophe and the Cure
Wolf Parade - I'll Believe in Anything
Animal Collective - Fireworks

Bon Iver - Babies
Fleet Foxes - Sun Giant
Grizzly Bear - Easier
Iron and Wine - Up Over the Mountain

The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Part 1
Arcade Fire - Une Annee Sans Lumiere
Deerhunter - Revival
Lawrence Arabia - Apple Pie Bed

Four Tet - Catastrophe and the Cure (Explosions in the Sky Remix)
Hot Chip - Kids With Guns (Gorillaz Remix)

Bears - So Go
Beach House - Used to Be
Crystal Castles - Untrust Us
Phoenix - Countdown
Peter Bjorn and John - Amsterdam
Spoon - Don't You Evah

Wilco - Heavy Metal Drummer
Beck - Gamma Ray
The Black Keys - Strange Times
The White Stripes - Hotel Yorba
The Pixies - Debaser

Radiohead - Electioneering
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Y Control
Crystal Castles - Vanished
Cults - Go Outside

Cloud Nothings - My Little Raygun
Cloud Nothings - I Am Rooftop

Marked Men - Going Crazy
The Pasties - Salmon Song
Pain - Futz Said Julie

Nazcar Nation - Beeswax (Star Slinger Remix)
Piresian Beach - Ceremonial Secrets
Space Ghost - Fleet Beet
Sufijan Stevens - All for Myself

Ratatat - Mirando

Booyakasha.

Die Antwoord - "Evil Boy"

Ok, this is a little out of my usual depth but check it out.

Warning: it's a little weird and is awesome.

"Turning On", Gorillaz, KAOS Pledge Drive, and ESMP

Just wanted to let you kiddos know that Cloud Nothings have a limited supply of vinyl for sale over at Speaker Tree Records.



The cloudy white (eh, eh?) vinyl looks pretty cool and it also comes with a digital download. Which is pretty much how all music should be sold these days, I think.

Stay tuned for some Gorillaz action 'cause I'll be seeing them this Friday. I'll hopefully have pictures and whatnot up here after that.

Oh, one last thing: KAOS is runnin' their semi-annual pledge drive right now and they could really use your support. KAOS is dedicated to playing music that isn't on any of the big labels so show your support for them and the indie music world by pledging online or by phone. Your help would sure mean a lot!

Also, kinda cool, they've got all kinds of goodies you can get like these sweet green KAOS t-shirts, bumper stickers, recent releases from all kinds of artists, and a couple of limited edition Evergreen Student Music Project vinyl records.

Cloud Nothings - Cool Kid

This band called Cloud Nothings is pretty awesome right now.

Check out their video for "Hey, Cool Kid".

Cloud Nothings - Hey Cool Kid from Allen Cordell on Vimeo.

For Show 10/9

Andrew has been abducted by the Communist Lizard People's Army that live under Mount Rainier so I'm left to complete tonight's broadcast alone.

I imagine that they're interrogating him right now, hoping to get the plans for our new secret laser base. If he let's any information slip... well... Let's just say things aren't looking great.

I'll be holed up in the studio with a twelve gauge, two cases of brandy, and a lifetime supply of pudding cups.

Feel free to call in (360-867-5267) to request a song or to join in the fight against the C.L.P.A.'s colonization campaign of the Northwest.

Here is the playlist I've assembled for tonight. I hope it tickles your fancy.


Wilco - Handshake Drugs
Beck - Strange Apparition
Fleet Foxes - Ragged Wood
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Let the Cool Goddess Rust Away
Architecture in Helsinki - Maybe You Can Owe Me
Broken Social Scene - Swimmers
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - Oregon Girl
Department of Eagles - While We're Young
Dr. Dog - Adeline
The Microphones - You'll Be in the Air
Maps and Atlases - Perch Patchwork
The Pica Beats - Poor Old Ra
Starfucker - German Love
Ratatat - Dura
Beach House - Gila
St. Vincent - The Strangers
Vivian Girls - Where Do You Run To
King Khan - Welfare Bread
Harlem - South of France
White Denim - Shake Shake Shake
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks - Gardenia
Pavement - Trigger Cut / Wounded Kite at :17
Elliot Smith - Ballad of Big Nothing
Chad Vangaalen - Mini TV's
Lawrence Arabia - Applie Pie Bed
Of Montreal - Everything Disappears When You Come Around
Man Man - Van Helsing Boom Box
Ambulance LTD - Anecdote
Peter Bjorn and John - Nothing to Worry About
Sleigh Bells - Holly

Doncamatic

HOLY SH*T!

Surprise! A new Gorillaz single!

It's got somebody named Daley on vocals.

Check it.






^Oh yeah, guess what I figured out how to do : )

For Show - 10/2

BOLD = ANDREW'S SETS

REGULAR = MIKE's SETS

The Arcade Fire - Haiti
Matt & Kim - Cameras
Archie Bell & The Drells - Tighten Up
Cornershop - Brimful of Asha

Spoon - My Little Japanese Cigarette Case
Andrew Bird - Imitosis
Dr. Dog - Stranger
The Morning Benders - All Day Day Light

Gene Vincent - Be-Bop-a-Lula
Blackbird Blackbird - Float on (Modest Mouse cover)
Warpaint - Ashes to Ashes
Thom Yorke - Black Swan
Portishead - Glory Box

Wilco - Hummingbird
Ben Kweller - How it Should Be (Sha Sha)
Elliot Smith - Son of Sam
Modest Mouse - Never Ending Math Equation
Chad Vangaalen - Dead Ends

Pavement - The Killing Moon
Deerhunter - Revival
Kissed Her Little Sister - Miracle Mile
Terror Bird - Dream For Your Bathwater
Dirty Projecters AND Bjork - On and Ever Onward

Panda Bear - Comfy in Nautica
Peter Bjorn and John - The Chills
Man Man - Zebra
The Microphones - Between Your Ear and the Other Ear

The Mumlers - Raise the Blinds
Menomena - BOTE
Elvis Perkins in Dearland - Shampoo

The Black Lips - Lock and Key
Harlem - Spray Paint

Three Songs and Some Plugs

Ok, so this is kind of old but still worth listening to. Gotta love the Grizzly Bear.

In other Grizzly Bear related news, the new Department of Eagles album (Archive 2003-2006) is really cool. Check out out this song off it called "While We're Young". Super awesome.

(what are you trying to prove? / who are you trying to prove it to?)

And Panda Bear is purdy neat, too.

Lastly, and more pertinent to my life, I just started work in the Production Department at KAOS in Olympia AND I'm co-hosting a show with my friend Andrew on Saturdays from 8-10 PM. Listen in if you get a chance!

And yeah, I know. I gotta figure out a way to make stuff play on my blog so I don't just keep linking to other sites. You're as passionate about this issue as I am, right?

Right?

Oh yeah, and this is old but I love it.

White Rabbits - Percussion Gun

Just found this video today. So cool!

It's off the album "It's Frightening".



Still having trouble figuring out how to display videos on here correctly, sorry it's so little. If you'd like to check out a way bigger version just go here.

Here's A New One

I'd stay but I have to go so here's a link.

MGMT- Congratulations

Breakfast Special!

Hey, kiddos! I'm back!

But only really for today , I'm just subbing for Friday's regular host. There are a couple more slots coming up this summer I plan on grabbing. I'll give a little more warning next time!

Here's today's playlist, as usual, only I've added the label information for each song as an added bonus!

Modest Mouse - World at Large (Epic)
Peter, Bjorn and John - Amsterdam (Wichita)
Radiohead - Nude (XL)
MGMT - Weekend Wars (Columbia)
The Shins - Caring is Creepy (Sub-Pop)
Wilco - Jesus, Etc. (Nonesuch)
Spoon - You Got Your Cherry Bomb (Merge)
Grizzly Bear - Two Weeks (Warp)
Beirut - Postcards From Italy (Ba Da Bing)
Broken Social Scene - Anthems for a Seventeen Year Old Girl (Arts + Crafts)
Architecture in Helsinki - Maybe You Can Owe Me (Bar/None)
Panda Bear - Comfy in Nautica (Paw Tracks)
Department of Eagles - In Ear Park (4AD)
American Analog Set - Where Have All the Good Boys Gone? (Emperor Jones)
The Black Angels - Manipulation (Light in the Attic)
The Brian Jonestown Massacre - It Girl (Bomp)
The Jesus and Mary Chain - The Living End (Blanco y Negro)
Surfer Blood - Floating Vibes (Kanine)
Beach House - Heart of Chambers (Carpark)
Yeasayer - I Remember (Secretly Canadian)
Owen Pallet - Lewis Takes Action (Domino)
The Morning Benders - Promises (Rough Trade)
The Smith Westerns - Be My Girl (Horizontal Action)
Harlem - Gay Human Bones (Matador)
The Strange Boys - Be Brave (In the Red)
The Rolling Stones - 2120 South Michigan Ave (ABKCO)
The Black Keys - The Moan (Alive)
Queens of the Stone Age - Quick and to the Pointless (Interscope)
Them Crooked Vultures - Caligulove (Interscope)
The White Stripes - Girl, You Have No Faith in Medicine (V2)
Beck - Go It Alone (Universal)
Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse ft. The Flaming Lips - Revenge (DNots)
Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse ft. Julian Casablancas - Little Girl (DNots)
Wakey!Wakey! - The Oh Song (Family)
Wolf Parade - Ghost Pressure (Sub-Pop)
Of Montreal - Coquette Coquette (Polyvinyl)
Man Man - Big Trouble (Anti)
Broken Social Scene - Forced to Love (Arts + Crafts)

My Last Breakfast Special :(

Have no Fear I'll be back on 4/19!

The Beatles – Rocky Raccoon
Dr. Dog – Mystery to Me
Department of Eagles – Sailing by Night
Neil Young – Words
Sarah Jaffe – Clementine
Lawrence Arabia – Eye A
Wolf Parade – Fine Young Cannibals
The Clash – Death is a Star
Man Man – Poor Jackie
Tom Waits – Shake It
The Black Angels – Manipulation
The White Stripes – Little Acorns
Cymbals Eat Guitars - Cold Spring
Fugazi - Foreman's Dog
The Black Lips - I Saw a Ghost (Lean)
Pavement - Jackals, False Grails: The Lonesome Years
Black Joe Lewis & The Honey Bears - Sugarfoot
The Meters - Bo Diddley
Gorillaz - Empire Ants ft. Little Dragon
Cults - Go Outside
Keepaway - Yellow Wings
Animal Collective - Derek
The Knife - You Make Me Like Charity
QOTSA - Misfit Love
Radiohead - Kid A
Dead Meadow - Heaven
The Black Angels - Science Killer
Spoon - Is Love Forever?
It's a King Thing - Baby Tantrum
Dax Riggs - Radiation Blues
The Strange Boys - Be Brave
Happy Birthday - Perverted Girl
Harlem - Friendly Ghost
Surfer Blood - Twin Peaks
Beach Fossils - Daydream
Eldia - Favorite Murderer
Royal Bangs - B and E

BS 3/12

Hey there! This is the playlist for March 12th.

I'm not going to be around next Friday-- I'll be in Austin for SXSW!!! So don't get all crazy if I'm not on the air when you tune in next week.

While I'm on the topic: new academic quarter --> new schedule --> I prob won't be on the air next quarter! At least on Fridays.

Expect a few updates concerning this matter.

Grouper - Disengaged
Grouper - Heavy Water/I'd Rather Be Sleeping
Polka Dot Dot Dot - I'd Rather Be Sleeping
Best Coast - Wish He Was You
The Mynabirds - Numbers Don't Lie
It's a King Thing - Wine and Ponies
Blair - Hearts
Oberhofer - Dead Girls Dance
Vampire Weekend - Dead Girls Dance
Fang Island - Life Coach
Broken Social Scene - World Sick
Sleigh Bells - Crown on the Ground
Locksley - The Whip
Pick a Piper - Rooms
The Morning Benders - Excuses
Boats - Chrome Eyelids
Sunglasses - Whiplash
Dr. Dog - Shadow People
Magic Man - Like Sailors
Cults - Go Outside
Day Sleeper - Wait Stay
Said the Whale - Holly, Ontario
Timber Timbre - Lay Down in the Tall Grass
Lake - Madagascar
Wakey! Wakey! - Square Peg Round Hole
Man Man - Gold Teeth
The Apples in Stereo - Dance Floor
Beloved Rogue - Daysleeping
Heather Woods Broderick - The Colors
Bon Iver - Skinny Love
Grizzly Bear - Lullabye
Beach House - The Arrangement
Final Fantasy - Lewis Takes Action
Of Montreal - Everything Disappears When You're Gone
Lawrence Arabia - Apple Pie Bed
Wilco - Everlasting Everything
Townes Van Zandt - Tecumseh Valley
Neil Young - A Man Needs a Maid
Radiohead - Exit Music (For a Film)

Tha BS Playlist!

Guys. It's going to be so awesome.
Like.
For real.
Here's what I've got in store...

Radiohead - Reckoner
Magic Man - Monsters
Four Tet - Sing
Caribou - Odessa
The Knife - The Height of Summer
Darwin Deez - Bad Day
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks - Dragonfly Pie
Happy Birthday -Girls FM
Crystal Castles - Vanished
Vampire Weekend - Giving Up the Gun
Yawn - Toys
Man Man - Top Drawer
Lawrence Arabia - Applie Pie Bed
Sea Wolf - The Garden That You Planted
Beloved Rogue - Capital Sense
The Daze - In Spite of Any Doubt
Grizzly Bear - Two Weeks
Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
Starfucker - Pop Song
The Unicorns - Ghost Mountain
The Octopus Project - The Adjustor
Cake - Arco Arena
Cake - Comfort Eagle
The Black Angels - Science Killer
Timber Timbre - Lay Down in the Tall Grass
Dr. Dog - The World May Never Know
Wilco - Hell is Chrome
Harlem - Friendly Ghost
Toro y Moi - Master of None
Grizzly Bear - Boy From School (Hot Chip cover)
Laura Veirs - July Flame
Beach House - Take Care
Brazos - Day Glo
Andrew Bird - Nomenclature
The Shins - Caring is Creepy



As always, you can listen to it here.

Really, Click These Links

This is the first effort at what should be considered a cumulative review of bands that are worth seeing at SXSW. Remember, these are the only bands worth seeing because I told you so.

Expect a more detailed and less drunk synopsis later on. With any luck it will be before SXSW begins.

Magic Man
Yawn
Bloodsugars
The Cave Singers
Dawes
Sleigh Bells
Happy Birthday
Beach Fossils

The BS on 3/5 Will Melt Your Face

Yeah, just FYI I'm working on a sweet playlist because I've got the week off.

Expect to hear from Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, The Knife, and Darwin Deez.

Listen to it here, and I'll talk to you then!

Gorillaz Related

New Gorillaz track "Superfast Jellyfish."

Their new album, Plastic Beach, comes out 3/9 and a mostly lyric-less leak of it is circulating the internets.

Two Big Deals and One Little Deal

Hold on to your butts because the Gorillaz will play Coachella this April.
They also just released a single, Stylo, and announced the release date for their new album, Plastic Beach. Sweet.

Honus Honus of Man Man and that guy (Nick Thorburn) from Islands and The Unicorns start new porject known as Mister Heavenly.

Last thing: I'm on the air Friday!

The Get Well Soon EP

Pick up a copy of my new EP by clicking here!

It's pretty awesome, I must say. There's a lot of songs that people haven't heard before as well as a lot of songs that I'm pretty proud of.

Chris Ritchie plays guitar and mandolin. Aaron has some recording credits on one of the songs. I'll be more specific about this when I update the CD Baby website.

Support your local music scene! ;)

Breakfast Special

I'm making my playlist for tomorrow's show. Getting pumped!

If you're up between the hours of 6 and 9 tomorrow morning (Pacific Time) then click here to listen in.

Other stuff:
- Beach House @ Neumo's on 4/12
- Spoon and Deerhunter touring together. Whaaat?
- Billy Talent's newest album, III, is not that great. They came as close to selling out as they could while still being Billy Talent. You can tell the guys have been singing/yelling pretty hard, too.
- Olympia is raining too much.


Here's a thing from the interwebz.

Breakfast Special

As you may already know, GPM is in a bit of a transitional phase. Not unlike yourself when you were exploring your body for the first time. It's messy and embarassing-- but you know what? It's just part of life.

More to the point: My first show as an official operator (DJ) for KAOS is tomorrow morning from 6-9 AM. You can listen to it here.

Hi, How Are Ya?

Alright, alright, it's the new year, I get it, I get it. Shut up.

Yeah, also: it's been a while, huh? Shut up.

Now that all that is out of the way, let me explain something. GPM is no longer a one city site. In fact I'd say it's loosely affiliated with three: Austin, Olympia, and Seattle. I'll put up what I can when I can, which is pretty much the bloggers' creed anyway.

Let's talk concerts:

Seattle
1/22 - Fruit Bats @ The Vera Project
1/24 - White Denim, Brazos @ Neumo's
2/4 - St. Vincent, Wildbirds and Peacedrums, Fences @ Neumo's
2/13 - Vivian Girls, Best Coast @ High Dive
2/23 - Four Tet @ Chop Suey

Austin
2/6 - Dirty Dozen Brass Band @ Stubb's
2/13 - RJD2 @ Emo's
2/20 - Four Tet @ The Mohawk
4/10 - Vampire Weekend @ Stubb's

Vancouver
2/13 - Wilco @ David Lam Park <--- FREE SHOW!!!

And finally... Check out this sweet picture from The Daze's show at Ruta Maya