Train of Thought (Music)
With Nick Cowan
Fri Mar 23rd 2012 3.00am–5.00am
R=listener request. N=music new at the station. L=local music. Your purchases using the Buy it! links
Time zone: central
3:01am | Wire “Pink Flag” from The Black Session - Paris, 10 May, 2011 (Red Eye 2012) N Buy it! |
3:12am | Screaming Females “It All Means Nothing” from Spin Presents Austin Power - Best Of SXSW 2012 (spin.com 2012) N —Great song from the bands upcoming record 'Ugly'. Got this as a freebie download.Buy it! |
3:15am | The Dead Kenny G's “Zombie” from 1/10/2010 Jam Cruise (livedownloads.com 2012) N —Fela Kuti coverBuy it! |
3:28am | Charlotte Gainsbourg “Terrible Angels” from Stage Whisper (Live) (Because/Elektra 2012) N —A very saucy electro groove on this.Buy it! |
3:32am | The Virgins “One Week Of Danger” from The Virgins (Atlantic 2008)Buy it! |
3:35am | The Adventures of Jet “Wasted Time” from Part 3: Coping With Insignifigance (My Records 1999) —This band out-geeks early Weezer with a great synth line. Saw them at SXSW wayyy back in 2000.Buy it! |
3:38am | The Kissaway Trail “New Lipstick” from Sleep Mountain (Bella Union / Co-op / Hostess 2010)Buy it! |
3:43am | Craig Finn “New Friend Jesus” from Clear Heart Full Eyes (Vagrant www.vagrant.com 2012) N Buy it! |
3:47am | Jay Farrar, Will Johnson, Anders Parker & Yim Yames “Angel's Blues” from New Multitudes (Rounder 2012) N —(note to self: look up the how and why these guys made an album together)Buy it! |
3:51am | Rough Shop “Torn Love Letters” from Beneath the South Side Bridge (Perdition 2012) N LBuy it! |
4:00am | Sinead O'Connor “Reason With Me” from How About I Be Me (And You Be You)? (One Little Indian 2012) N —Great song - part kiss off, part pleading.Buy it! |
4:04am | Andrew Bird “After Dinner Jam” from NoiseTrade Sampler (noisetrade.com 2012) N —There's a ton of free stuff on this site, this gem came up recently.Buy it! |
4:16am | The Decemberists “The Rake’s Song” from We All Raise Our Voices To The Air (CAPITOL 2012) N Buy it! |
4:21am | Cowboy Junkies “Leaving Normal” from Rarities, B-Sides and Slow, Sad Waltzes (True North 1999)Buy it! |
4:25am | Trashcan Sinatras “Obscurity Knocks” from Cake (Island Def Jam 1989)Buy it! |
4:29am | The Ike Reilly Assassination “What A Day” from Junkie Faithful (Silent Six 2005) —Uplifting diddy about his mom's passing and the funeral. Uplifting might not be the right word...sarcastic might be more accurate.Buy it! |
4:31am | Frank Zappa “The Deathless Horsie” from Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar (Zappa Records 2012) —Every now and then I get into a Zappa kick, this is 'now and then'Buy it! |
4:37am | Frank Zappa “The Black Page Drum Solo/Black Page” from Zappa In New York (Ryko 1976) —The craziest drum bit I think Zappa ever wrote. By crazy I mean 'really damn hard'.Buy it! |
4:45am | Pink Floyd “Have a Cigar (Alternate Version)” from Wish You Were Here (Deluxe Experience Version) (EMI UK www.themeatpuppets.com 2011) —I like hearing familiar songs done differently.Buy it! |
4:52am | Yonder Mountain String Band “Goodbye Blue Sky” from 2-18-2011, Covington (livedownloads.com 2011) R —This request came in during Have A Cigar and it completely justifies me bringing my 80 gig Ipod 'just in case'. Score.Buy it! |
Like everything else, times are approximate. Spinitron and this station are not liable for errors or omissions.