Rocket 88 (Music)
With Darren Snow
Tue May 1st 2012 7.00am–10.00am
R=listener request. N=music new at the station. L=local music. Your purchases using the Buy it! links
Time zone: central
7:00am | Black Bananas “Rad Times” from Rad Times Xpress IV (Drag City 2012) N Buy it! |
7:03am | Jangula “Chinese Tea” from Strange Child - EP (Jangula 2012) N Buy it! |
7:07am | The Rosebuds “Bow to the Middle” from Life Like CD ALBUM (Merge Records 2008) —"Citizen Kane" premiered 71 years ago today.Buy it! |
7:12am | The Bats “Dancing As the Boat Goes Down” from Fear of God (Rough Trade Recordings Ltd. 1992)Buy it! |
7:15am | Anya Marina “Body Knows Best” from Felony Flats (Chop Shop/Atlantic 2012) N Buy it! |
7:19am | Big Deal “Distant Neighborhood” from Lights Out (Mute Artists 2012) N Buy it! |
7:22am | Cabin “Blanket the Bonfire” from Among the Rectangles and Changeable Parts (CABIN 2010)Buy it! |
7:30am | Stew & the Negro Problem “Therapy Only Works If You Tell the Truth” from Making It (Redeye 2012) N Buy it! |
7:33am | Imperial Teen “The Last to Know” from Feel the Sound (Merge Records 2012) N Buy it! |
7:37am | Middle Class Fashion “My Attack” from Girl Talk (Blip Blap! 2012) N L —Playing CBGB Saturday with the Sajak Assassins and Soma.Buy it! |
7:39am | Raydio “Jack And Jill” from Raydio (Legacy Recordings 1978) —Happy 58th to Ray Parker Jr.Buy it! |
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7:49am | Hospitality “Friends Of Friends” from Hospitality (Merge www.mergerecords.com 2012) N Buy it! |
7:52am | ABC “The Look Of Love, Pt. 1” from The Lexicon of Love (Mercury 1982)Buy it! |
7:55am | Dr. Dog “Do the Trick” from Be the Void (Deluxe Edition) (Anti/Epitaph 2012) N Buy it! |
8:00am | Kathleen Edwards “Sidecar” from Voyageur (Zoe www.thehip.com 2012) N Buy it! |
8:02am | Jay Farrar, Will Johnson, Anders Parker & Yim Yames “No Fear” from New Multitudes (Rounder 2012) N Buy it! |
8:06am | John Hartford “In Tall Buildings” from Nobody Knows What You Do (Flying Fish 1976) —The Empire State Building was dedicated 81 years ago today; it was at the time the world's tallest building.Buy it! |
8:11am | David Bowie “Life On Mars?” from Hunky Dory (Virgin 1971)Buy it! |
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8:18am | The Clash “Police & Thieves” from The Clash (Epic 1977) —Happy 43rd to Wes Anderson.Buy it! |
8:24am | Mark Lanegan Band “Tiny Grain of Truth” from Blues Funeral (4AD 2012) N Buy it! |
8:31am | Eurythmics “Love Is A Stranger” from Greatest Hits (RCA 1983)Buy it! |
8:34am | M83 “Midnight City” from Hurry Up, We're Dreaming. (Mute 2012) —Playing the Pageant tomorrow.Buy it! |
8:38am | Escort “Why Oh Why” from Escort (Silent Voice 2011)Buy it! |
8:51am | Little Walter “My Babe” from Chess Originals (UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) 1955) —Born on this day in 1930.Buy it! |
8:53am | Elvis Presley “(You're The) Devil In Disguise” from 30 #1 Hits (RCA 1963) —Elvis married Priscilla on this date in 1967.Buy it! |
9:00am | Little Barrie “Does the Halo Rust?” from King Of The Waves (tummy touch www.tummytouch.com 2012) N Buy it! |
9:04am | The Delta 72 “Are You Ready?” from 000 (Touch and Go Records 2000)Buy it! |
9:09am | Karate Bikini “Liar's Parade” from Sauce of the Apple Horse (self 2012) N LBuy it! |
9:14am | War “Why Can't We Be Friends?” (Avenue 1975) —20 years today, on the third day of the L.A. riots, Rodney King famously asked "Can't we all just get along?"Buy it! |
9:18am | Bad Veins “Dancing on TV” from The Mess We've Made (Dangerbird www.dangerbirdrecords.com 2012) N Buy it! |
9:21am | The Breakups “Dizzyland” from Running Jumping Falling Shouting (the breakups 2012) N Buy it! |
9:25am | The Ting Tings “Day to Day” from Sounds from Nowheresville (Columbia 2012) N Buy it! |
9:28am | Vanity Theft “Symptoms” from Rattle Rattle Digital - EP (Vigilante Music 2011) —Playing the Firebird next Tuesday, May 8.Buy it! |
9:32am | Paul Simon “Me and Julio Down by The Schoolyard” from Paul Simon (Columbia 1972) —His first solo album was released 40 years ago today.Buy it! |
9:35am | Leonard Cohen “Going Home” from Old Ideas (Columbia 2012) N Buy it! |
9:39am | First Aid Kit “The Lion's Roar” (Wichita 2012) N Buy it! |
9:50am | The Trip Daddys “She's a Woman” from The Life We Chose (Daddy Time Reords 2011) LBuy it! |
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Like everything else, times are approximate. Spinitron and this station are not liable for errors or omissions.