Bittersweet Melody (Music)
With Allen
Wed Aug 24th 2011 5.00am–7.00am
R=listener request. N=music new at the station. L=local music. Your purchases using the Buy it! links
Time zone: central
5:00am | Steely Dan “Pretzel Logic” (MCA 1974) —Steely Dan is at the Fox tonight!Buy it! |
5:06am | The Dive Poets “Failing Manhattan” from Failing Manhattan / The End (self 2009) LBuy it! |
5:09am | Tommy Keene “Deep Six Saturday” from Behind the Parade (Second Motion 2011) N Buy it! |
5:14am | Elliott Smith “Stupidity Tries” from Figure 8 (DreamWorks 2000)Buy it! |
5:18am | The Shins “Turn On Me” from Wincing the Night Away (Sub Pop Records 2007) —The Shins have changed labels and lineup and are due with a new album this fall/winter. Stay tuned for more.Buy it! |
5:22am | AM & Shawn Lee “Lonely Life” from Celestia Electric (ESL 2011) N Buy it! |
5:27am | Husker Du “Ice Cold Ice” from Warehouse: Songs and Stories (Warner Bros. 1987)Buy it! |
5:31am | Sugar “Gee Angel” from File Under: Easy Listening (Rykodisc 1994) —From Bob Mould's first post-Husker band ...Buy it! |
5:35am | Surfer Blood “Floating Vibes” from Astro Coast (Kanine 2010) —Playing at Loufest this Saturday ...Buy it! |
5:39am | TV on The Radio “Wolf Like Me” from Return to Cookie Mountain (Interscope 2006) —Headlining Loufest on Sunday night ...Buy it! |
5:45am | Greyhounds “Yours to Steal” from Spring Training (greyhounds 2011) N Buy it! |
5:49am | The Black Keys “Unknown Brother” from Brothers CD ALBUM (Nonesuch 2010)Buy it! |
5:53am | The Mother Hips “White Falcon Fuzz” from Pacific Dust (Camera Records 2009)Buy it! |
5:59am | White Denim “Street Joy” from D (Downtown 2011) N —From the third album from this Austin-based band ...Buy it! |
6:03am | White Denim “Is And Is And Is” from D (Downtown 2011) N Buy it! |
6:08am | Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion “Speed Of Light” from Bright Examples (Ninth Street Opus 2011) N —At the Duck Room this Friday, August 26.Buy it! |
6:10am | Martha & The Vandellas “Nowhere To Run” from Hitsville USA, Vol. 1: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 (Motown Record Company 2009)Buy it! |
6:15am | The Hold Steady “Party Pit” from Boys & Girls In America (Vagrant/Hassle 2006) —Playing Loufest Saturday evening ...Buy it! |
6:19am | Buffalo Killers “Huma Bird” from 3 (Alive 2011) N —Buffalo Killers are a Cincinnati based band that formed after the breakup of Thee Shams.Buy it! |
6:25am | Real Estate “It's Real” from Days (Domino 2011) N —From the forthcoming Real Estate albumBuy it! |
6:28am | Troubadour Dali “Ducks In a Row” from Let's Make It Right COMP (Euclid Records Records 2011) N L —Locals playing Loufest on Saturday afternoon ...Buy it! |
6:33am | Old Lights “Wilder Honey” from Like Strangers EP (oldlightsmusic.com 2011) N L —Another local band featuring Beth Bombara, David Beeman, Kit Hamon and John Joern. Playing Loufest this Sunday afternoon.Buy it! |
6:37am | Jon Hardy and The Public “Nobody Like You” from A Hard Year EP (self 2010) L —Another local band playing Loufest. JH & the P will be opening up things Saturday at noon.Buy it! |
6:41am | Blind Pilot “Half Moon” from We Are the Tide (Expunged Records 2011) N —From the new Blind Pilot album due out on September 13. They're opening at the Pageant for Brett Dennen on October 15.Buy it! |
6:44am | Eastern Conference Champions “Hurricane” from Speak-Ahh (ECC Music 2011) N Buy it! |
6:47am | Paul Westerberg “Waiting for Somebody” from Singles soundtrack (sire 1992)Buy it! |
6:51am | Mister Heavenly “Bronx Sniper” from Out Of Love (Sub Pop 2011) N —Formed in 2010 and featuring members of Modest Mouse (now the Shins), Islands and Man Man, from their debut album.Buy it! |
6:56am | The Pixies “Gouge Away” from Doolittle (Elektra 1989) —Bobby Bare Jr.'s Pixies Cover band will be doing a show at Off Broadway this Saturday night.Buy it! |
Like everything else, times are approximate. Spinitron and this station are not liable for errors or omissions.