Here’s your Indie On TV Alert For The Week Of 8/25/14. Check back throughout the week for posted performances, or watch previous week’s performances in the Indie On TV page.
Here’s the schedule:
Tuesday = EMA
Wednesday = Bob Mould
Friday = Sharon Van Etten
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Here’s the weekly Top 20 College Radio Albums from the Radio 200 list published by CMJ (College Media Journal). The reputable rag surveys up to 600 college radio stations of a weekly basis to compute the list.
In addition, here’s my Spicy Six Albums of the week. These are the six albums that can’t find their way out of my six disc changer. The list consists of my Top 5 Albums of the week, and one Heritage Album that’s worth dusting off and giving a listen.
Here’s the lists:
Spoon’s latest album “They Want My Soul” remains at #1 for a second week on the College Radio Album Chart. Four new albums debut in the countdown this week; including LP’s from Benjamin Booker, The Rosebuds, Spider Bags, and 26-year-old English singer-songwriter Tahliah Barnett who goes by the moniker FKA Twigs. Ms. Twigs debuts in the Top 200 all the way up at #20. Chi-city indie rockers Twin Peaks (pictured) continues a steady climb up the charts, jumping five spots to #6. When was the last time you listened to any Berlin?
Radio 200 Top 20 College Radio Album for the week of August 19, 2014:
1. SPOON They Want My Soul
2. JENNY LEWIS Voyager
3. ALVVAYS Alvvays
4. WHITE FENCE For The Recently Found Innocent
5. THE RAVEONETTES Pe’ahi
6. TWIN PEAKS Wild Onion
7. BEAR IN HEAVEN Time Is Over One Day Old
8. SHABAZZ PALACES Lese Majesty
9. THE WYTCHES Annabel Dream Reader
10. HOW TO DRESS WELL What Is This Heart?
11. THE MUFFS Whoop Dee Doo
12. FIELD MOUSE Hold Still Life
13. MORRISSEY World Peace Is None Of Your Business
14. SPIDER BAGS Frozen Letter
15. THE ROSEBUDS Send + Silence
16. ACID Liminal
17. BENJAMIN BOOKER Benjamin Booker
18. GOT A GIRL I Love You But I Must Drive Off This Cliff Now
19. JACK WHITE Lazaretto
20. FKA TWIGS LP1
The DJ DEEp Spicy Six:
1. SPOON They Want My Soul
2. BEAR IN HEAVEN Time Is Over One Day Old
3. PARQUET COURTS Sunbathing Animal
4. HOORAY FOR EARTH Racy
5. CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH Only Run
Heritage Album Of The Week
6. BERLIN Pleasure Victim
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On many of the mid-year best of 2014 lists I’ve run across, The War On Drugs are the sexy pick for album of the year. The Philadelphia based indie rockers third studio album Lost In The Dream was stuck in my compact disc player for most of the summer, and should finish in my Top Albums of the year list, but that’s a fun post for another day.
The opening track from the album is the tune “Under The Pressure,” the band was nice enough to share the video this week. You can watch the entire eight minute and fifty six second masterpiece below. This tune has to be one of my top five favorite songs of the year. I won’t hold being from Philadelphia against them.
Enjoy “Under The Pressure” here:
Download “Lost In The Dream” here:
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The following albums dropped today and are available in your local trendy record store or on digital download.
In case you missed it, here are the albums featured last week.
The Hollywood, Florida trio are releasing their sophomore album, the follow-up to 2013’s debut Trip Trap Attack. If my calculations are correct, the word “Beach” is now in as many band names as “Deer.” Will the person who tracks those sort of things please confirm. In the meantime watch the video for “Don’t Call Me On The Phone.” In your free time check out the tune “I’m Just Messin’ Around.”
“Don’t Call Me On The Phone”
Download “Native Echoes” here:
This is the third studio album from the Swedish indie-pop duo JJ, comprised of Joakim Benon and Elin Kastlander. JJ is not for everyone, if they’re your thing, check out the video for “All White Everything” below.
“All White Everything”
Download “V” here:
Here’s your Indie On TV Alert For The Week Of 8/18/14. Check back throughout the week for posted performances, or watch previous week’s performances in the Indie On TV page.
Here’s the schedule:
Monday – Jenny Lewis
Thursday = Echo and The Bunnymen
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The band that makes front page headlines every time they play a cover song, have found enough time to make a music video for one of their own tunes. The Canadian collective Arcade Fire recently shared a video for the track “You Already Know” from the group’s 2013 album Reflektor. The band’s current North American tour concludes on August 30, and at that time, hopefully so does the cover tunes. Reflekt and watch some of the covers courtesy of Spin.
Watch “You Already Know” here:
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Here’s the weekly Top 20 College Radio Albums from the Radio 200 list published by CMJ (College Media Journal). The reputable rag surveys up to 600 college radio stations of a weekly basis to compute the list.
In addition, here’s my Spicy Six Albums of the week. These are the six albums that can’t find their way out of my six disc changer. The list consists of my Top 5 Albums of the week, and one Heritage Album that’s worth dusting off and giving a listen.
Here’s the lists:
It should come as no surprise, the eighth studio album from Spoon (pictured) “They Want My Soul,” has debuted on the College Radio Album Chart at #1. In addition to this honor, the Austin based indie rock band debuted on the Billboard Album Chart at #4, and holds down the #1 spot on my weekly Spicy Six CD Chart. I’ve listened to “They Want My Soul” countless times this week, and I dare you to find a bad tune on the album. Two bands debut in the Top 200 all the way up in the Top 20, The Ravonettes at #10 with their latest “Pe’ahi,” and the Chicago indie rockers Twin Peaks at #11. Other new albums to the countdown includes “Song Reader” by Beck, and the latest from Kim Shattuck’s band The Muffs. The sixth new album to the countdown this week belongs to the Los Angeles French-pop duo Got A Girl, their debut album is titled “I Love You But I Must Drive Off This Cliff Now,” what a fun title! This week the eighties jangle-pop band Let’s Active reunited to play their first show in 24 years.
Radio 200 Top 20 College Radio Album for the week of August 12, 2014:
1. SPOON They Want My Soul
2. ALVVAYS Alvvays
3. JENNY LEWIS Voyager
4. WHITE FENCE For The Recently Found Innocent
5. HOW TO DRESS WELL What Is This Heart?
6. MORRISSEY World Peace Is None Of Your Business
7. JACK WHITE Lazaretto
8. BEAR IN HEAVEN Time Is Over One Day Old
9. SHABAZZ PALACES Lese Majesty
10. THE RAVONETTES Pe’ahi
11. TWIN PEAKS Wild Onion
12. THE MUFFS Whoop Dee Doo
13. BRAID No Coast
14. ACID Liminal
15. THE WYTCHES Annabel Dream Reader
16. PARQUET COURTS Sunbathing Animal
17. FIELD MOUSE Hold Still Life
18. SLOW CLUB Complete Surrender
19. GOT A GIRL I Love You But I Must Drive Off This Cliff Now
20. BECK Song Reader
The DJ DEEp Spicy Six:
1. SPOON They Want My Soul
2. BEAR IN HEAVEN Time Is Over One Day Old
3. PARQUET COURTS Sunbathing Animal
4. HOORAY FOR EARTH Racy
5. CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH Only Run
Heritage Album Of The Week
6. LET’S ACTIVE Cypress
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The 2014 Pet Aid fundraising concert event was held last Sunday afternoon in the scorching heat of Portland, Oregon in the beautiful surroundings of Sellwood Riverfront Park. Portland’s alt-rock radio station 94.7 fm coordinated the event and donated a portion of proceeds to benefit Multnomah County Animal Services (MCAS). MCAS is the only open door shelter in Portland, and is the primary agency responsible for lost pet care, animal abuse investigations and animal rescue.
The fine folks at the local radio station chose some of today’s hottest buzz-worthy alt-rock bands to join in the festivities, so I’m told. The day got started with the Stockholm, Sweden synth-pop band NONONO (pictured left), lead by frontwoman Stina Wäppling. The Swedish group set the tone for the day when they got the prompt arriving crowd jumping with their electro-pop dancefloor anthem “Pumpin Blood,” off their debut album We Are Only What We Feel, released one month ago.
Next up was the Orange County, California quartet The Colourist. Someone should inform the band that it’s only cool to purposely misspell the word “color” if you’re from anywhere other than the U.S. The current pride and joy of the OC provided a relaxing set tunes from the band’s debut self-titled LP that was released back in March.
The highlight of the day came from the third band to take the stage, SKATERS, a New York City garage rock band. The group performed a high energy set of tunes mostly from the band’s debut album Manhattan, including the single “Schemers” and the crowd pleasing”Deadbolt.” Look for SKATERS (pictured right} this fall when they come to a city near you, they’re scheduled to provide support for The Orwells upcoming North American tour. SKATERS by far delivered the best set of the afternoon, and I can only assume they were all the rage around the water cooler down at the 94.7 studio headquarters on Monday.
Wild Cub (pictured left), the Nashville, Tennessee by way of Portland, Oregon band had the unfortunate task of following the SKATERS set. The indie-pop quintet did their best to provide a fun, foot tapping set led by multi-instrumentalist frontman Keegan DeWitt, a former resident of the city of roses. Mr. DeWitt’s set not only included the alt-rock chart topping single “Thunder Clatter,” but was also laced with Wikipedia style Portland banter between every tune.
By the time Bear Hands (pictured bottom right) hit the stage for their late afternoon headlining set, many of the Portland hipsters had just about enough of alt-rock and the sun for one day. What was left of the crowd were treated to the Brooklyn based band’s hit single “Giants,” as well as other soon to be alt-rock classics from their 2014 sophomore album “Distraction.”
Thirst was quenched by Laurelwood Brewing Co., a local craft brew fave . The beer garden was packed all day long as the brewery’s offerings included their Mother Lode Golden Ale, Pale Pony ISA, Free Range Red, and the delicious Workhorse IPA. Laurelwood Owner Mike De Kalb and his staff serviced a nonstop flow people the entire day with a generous pour of 5 dollar beers. Yeah, you read that right, good beer for only 5 bucks, instead the usual crappy beer for 9 bucks at a music fest, what a novel concept. It appeared as if the beer was more popular than the music, I could be wrong.
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The following albums dropped today and are available in your local trendy record store or on digital download.
U.K. buzzband Childhood is releasing their full-length debut. The London quartet’s first single “Blue Velvet” has hints of The Stone Roses throughout, decide for yourself below. It didn’t hurt that the band supported Palma Violets on their previous tour.
Watch “Blue Velvet” here:
Download “Lacuna” here:
26-year-old English singer-songwriter Tahliah Barnett, FKA Twigs, offers an interesting blend of hipster R&B, otherwise known as PBR&B. I’m actually diggin’ the track “2 Weeks,” check it out below. Ms. Twigs has already been well-received by the folks that get paid to well-receive music.
Check out “2 Weeks” right here:
Download “LP1” here:
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Here’s your Indie On TV Alert For The Week Of 8/11/14. Check back throughout the week for posted performances, or watch previous week’s performances in the Indie On TV Alert page.
Here’s the schedule:
Monday = Strand Of Oaks
Wednesday = Ty Segall
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Here’s the weekly Top 20 College Radio Albums from the Radio 200 list published by CMJ (College Media Journal). The reputable rag surveys up to 600 college radio stations of a weekly basis to compute the list.
In addition, here’s my Spicy Six Albums of the week. These are the six albums that can’t find their way out of my six disc changer. The list consists of my Top 5 Albums of the week, and one Heritage Album that’s worth dusting off and giving a listen.
Here’s the lists:
The self-titled debut from the Toronto based outfit Alvvays replaces Jack White as the #1 album on the College Radio Album Chart. A total of seven albums are new to the countdown this week, three of which debut in the Top 200 in the Top 20, those include the latest from The Wytches, Shabazz Palaces, and Bear In Heaven (pictured). The four other new album include efforts from Freeman, Slow Club, Field Mouse, and the biggest mover of the week, “Voyager” from Jenny Lewis, up 170 spots to debut at #9. When was the last time you dusted off Robyn Hitchcock’s 1989 masterpiece “Queen Elvis” ???
Radio 200 Top 20 College Radio Album for the week of August 5, 2014:
1. ALVVAYS Alvvays
2. JACK WHITE Lazaretto
3. HOW TO DRESS WELL What Is This Heart?
4. WHITE FENCE For The Recently Found Innocent
5. MORRISSEY World Peace Is None Of Your Business
6. PARQUET COURTS Sunbathing Animal
7. THE ANTLERS Familiars
8. BRAID No Coast
9. JENNY LEWIS Voyager
10. A SUNNY DAY IN GLASGOW Sea When Absent
11. ACID Liminal
12. BEAR IN HEAVEN Time Is Over One Day Old
13. WHITE LUNG Deep Fantasy
14. LULUC Passerby
15. THE BLACK KEYS Turn Blue
16. SHABAZZ PALACES Lese Majesty
17. FIELD MOUSE Hold Still Life
18. SLOW CLUB Complete Surrender
19. THE WYTCHES Annabel Dream Reader
20. FREEMAN Freeman
The DJ DEEp Spicy Six:
1. SPOON They Want My Soul
2. PARQUET COURTS Sunbathing Animal
3. CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH Only Run
4. HOORAY FOR EARTH Racy
5. THE ORWELLS Disgraceland
Heritage Album Of The Week
6. ROBYN HITCHCOCK Queen Elvis
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English indie rockers Alt-J unveiled a video for track “Left Hand Free” from the band’s forthcoming album. The sophomore album Time Is All Yours is scheduled for a September 23 release, and becomes the follow-up to the 2012 British Mercury Prize winning album An Awesome Wave, good luck topping that. Recently, the group shared a video for the first single from the new album, a tune titled “Hunger Of The Pine.” Watch both videos below and decide if more awards are possibly in Alt-J’s future. The track “Left Hand Free” is quite a departure from the band’s true vibe.
Watch “Left Hand Free” here:
Watch “Hunger Of The Pine” here:
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The following albums dropped today and are available in your local trendy record store or on digital download.
This is the fourth studio album from the Brooklyn based indie rock band Bear in Heaven. The first tune to surface a few months back was “Time Between,” one of my favorites of the year so far. Add Bear In Heaven to my 2015 Coachella Perfect Poster wish list.
Watch the video for “Time Between” here:
Download “Time Is Over One Day Old” here:
Austin, Texas indie rockers are on the verge of being called a heritage act. This is the band’s eighth studio album since they formed way back in 1993.
Listen to “Do You” here:
Download “They Want My Soul” here:
The Chicago based teenage garage rockers are releasing their sophomore album “Wild Onion.” The first single from the new album is “Flavor,” watch it here:
Download “Wild Onion” here:
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Here’s your Indie On TV Alert For The Week Of 8/4/14. Check back throughout the week for posted performances, or watch previous week’s performances in the Indie On TV page.
Fallon
Monday = Spoon
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Here’s the weekly Top 20 College Radio Albums from the Radio 200 list published by CMJ (College Media Journal). The reputable rag surveys up to 600 college radio stations of a weekly basis to compute the list.
In addition, here’s my Spicy Six Albums of the week. These are the six albums that can’t find their way out of my six disc changer. The list consists of my Top 5 Albums of the week, and one Heritage Album that’s worth dusting off and giving a listen.
Here’s the lists:
Jack White remains at #1 on the College Radio Album Chart as his album “Lazaretto” is now the biggest selling piece of physical vinyl since Pearl Jam’s 1994 release “Vitalogy,” congrats Jack. Four new albums enter the Top 20 including the latest efforts from Gulp, The Acid, White Fence, and Alvvays (pictured). The self-titled debut from the Toronto based indie beach band Alvvays (pronounced Always) enters the entire Top 200 all the way up at #7. Did I mention its okay to call them “All-Vays” for giggles? My top compact discs have been unchanged for a few weeks, I sense changes coming soon.
Radio 200 Top 20 College Radio Album for the week of July 29, 2014:
1. JACK WHITE Lazaretto
2. HOW TO DRESS WELL What Is This Heart?
3. PARQUET COURTS Sunbathing Animal
4. THE ANTLERS Familiars
5. A SUNNY DAY IN GLASGOW Sea When Absent
6. WHITE LUNG Deep Fantasy
7. ALVVAYS Alvvays
8. BRAID No Coast
9. MORRISSEY World Peace Is None Of Your Business
10. WHITE FENCE For The Recently Found Innocent
11. LULUC Passerby
12. THE BLACK KEYS Turn Blue
13. BLACK BANANAS Electric Brick Wall
14. LANA DEL REY Ultraviolence
15. LANDLADY Upright Behavior
16. OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW Remedy
17. THE ACID Liminal
18. TOTAL CONTROL Typical System
19. GULP Season Sun
20. CRAFT SPELLS Nausea
The DJ DEEp Spicy Six:
1. THE ORWELLS Disgraceland
2. PARQUET COURTS Sunbathing Animal
3. CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH Only Run
4. THE WAR ON DRUGS Lost In The Dream
5. THE ANTLERS Familiars
Heritage Album Of The Week
6. THE GODFATHERS Birth School Work Death
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