03.27.08 Oscillate Wildly Playlist

I probably shouldn't tell people this, but today's show was not planned at all. I was consumed with midterm-cramming for the previous 24 hours and this set was done on the fly. I had a lot of fun, but flow definitely suffered a bit.






Oscillate Wildly
Playlist

Nouvelle Vague - Bela Lugosi's Dead
Billy Bragg - I Almost Killed You
Don Convalli - New Hollywood Babylon
Mobius Band - Hallie
Caribou - Yeti
Handsome Furs - Sing! Captain
The National - Mistaken for Strangers
Fire Engines - Jacqueline
Ruby Suns (by request) - Tane Mahuta
PWRFL Power - Tomato Song
Low - Belarus
John Vanderslice - June July
Destroyer - Dark Leaves From a Thread
Flat Duo Jets - Mary Ann
Ted Leo - Shake the Sheets


I don't usually care for Nouvelle Vague, but they definitely have some gems. Their best covers are ones you'd never expect (like Bela Lugosi's Dead, for example). So give 'em a chance.

Also, I've been really enjoying the new album from Billy Bragg called Mr. Love and Justice and this random album we received called Don Cavalli Cryland. I've been having trouble finding much of anything about Don Cavalli, so if you come across some more info please let me know.

Greatest Hits...From My Last Two Albums

Today I learned that KUPS will be receiving a copy of Morrissey's new greatest hits album. The collection has been out in the UK since February and is now being released in the US.

There was a contest in January for Moz enthusiasts to send pictures representing their devotion and have them placed in adverts for the release.
The questions included:

HOW DO YOU SHOW YOUR DEVOTION TO MORRISSEY?

HAVE YOU ANY MORRISSEY TATTOOS? HAVE YOU EVER GRAFFITI'D MORRISSEY'S NAME ON A WALL? DO YOU OWN AMAZING MORRISSEY MEMORABILIA?

WE'RE LOOKING FOR IMAGES OF YOUR DEVOTION FOR POSSIBLE INCLUSION IN THE NEW MORRISSEY GREATEST HITS ALBUM ADVERT.

PLEASE SEND HIGH-QUALITY JPG IMAGES TO: morrisseyadvert[at]googlemail.com

BE QUICK, WE MUST RECIEVE ALL ENTRIES BY 19 JANUARY 2008.


I was not too impressed with the Greatest Hits line-up:

01 First of the Gang to Die
02 In the Future When All's Well
03 I Just Want to See the Boy Happy
04 Irish Blood, English Heart
05 You Have Killed Me
06 That's How People Grow Up
07 Everyday Is Like Sunday
08 Redondo Beach
09 Suedehead
10 The Youngest Was the Most Loved
11 The Last of the Famous International Playboys
12 The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get
13 All You Need Is Me
14 Let Me Kiss You
15 I Have Forgiven Jesus

While I do agree that his version of "Redondo Beach" is the greatest thing since mp3 players, most of these tracks are from his last two albums. I think it's kind of lame, even for Mozzer, to make a collection out of two recent albums that have not been forgotten by anyone who would actually spend money for this.

If you'd like to read more, and who could resist, I got all my information from here.

03.25.08 Oscillate Wildly Playlist

After a brief hiatus for spring break, Oscillate Wildly is back. Today's show had an abundance of electronic-alternative music. The line between alternative and electronic music seems to be blurring more and more. Actually, I think all the alternative people just got jealous of the electronica folks' cool equipment and thought they'd try it out for themselves. And I love it.

Oscillate Wildly
Playlist


Xiu Xiu - Under Pressure
New Faces - She's Like the Snow
Why? - A Sky for Shoeing Horses Under
A.M. Architect - Upon
Air - Run
The Maps - So Low, So High
Fujiya & Miyagi - Collarbone
LCD Soundsystem - Get Innocuous!
Belle & Sebastian - Electronic Renaissance
Hot Chip - Ready for the Floor
Klaxons - Atlantis to Interzone
We Are Wolves - Vietnam
Patrick Wolf - Accident & Emergency
The Magnetic Fields - I Thought You Were My Boyfriend