March 26, 2010 (Playlist)

March 26, 2010 (Playlist):
"Our Forty-First Show!"

The Stars Of Track And Field – The Breaking Of Waves
Radiohead – Electioneering
OK Go – This Too Shall Pass
The Hold Steady – Hurricane J
Jane's Addiction – Stop
Tokyo Police Club – Breakneck Speed
Polaris – She Is Staggering
Rilo Kiley – With Arms Outstretched
Broken Social Scene – World Sick
The Good Life – I Am An Island
Fever Ray – When I Grow Up
*"Allen Reed Memorial Cover Of The Week": The Fruit Bats – Never Tear Us Apart (INXS Cover)

The Vaselines – Son Of A Gun
Weezer – Why Bother?
*"Punk Trunk!": Nick Lowe – Heart Of The City
*"Punk Trunk!": The Clash – The Guns Of Brixton
The Radio Dept. – Heaven's On Fire
The National – Bloodbuzz Ohio
Screaming Trees – Nearly Lost You
*"The Mighty Mighty Boss-Tune": Bruce Springsteen – Adam Raised A Cain (Live)
Spoon – The Mystery Zone
Beat Happening – Indian Summer
The Smiths – Rubber Ring/What She Said (Live).

*Background music consisted of various instrumental alternative rock tunes from the 1980s and 1990s. The list features acts the likes of The Meat Puppets, New Order, Pixies, R.E.M., and Sonic Youth.

Old dogs can learn new tricks. This old saying could be said for Big Jim and myself, as our mighty tandem radio force took an unorthodox approach to our forty-first installment of NMTM. The approach: we planned nothing in advance. This is because of a few reasons. One being that we simply could not settle on a time and date earlier in the week to put the show together. Another being that I was too focused on comprehensive exams to give the show a fair amount of my week's attention. And last, we wanted to test ourselves, to see how we could manage a spur-of-the-moment playlist. Jim said it right when we were flying by the seat of our pants. The show, however, was stellar. It also started on time with the both of us ready for action (unlike an hour later, as predicted earlier in the week). Check out that list. We couldn't have added more variety, new music, and risky numbers if we had tried (Beat Happening isn't entirely radio friendly, but hey, that's why we're college radio). We spoke about how excited we are for the Spring because some of the biggest names in the world of independent music are releasing new material. That being said, we sampled some of that music this week: The Hold Steady, Tokyo Police Club, Broken Social Scene, and The National all shined on our program. We also spun a breed of alt-rock classics: Jane's Addiction, The Vaselines, Screaming Trees, The Smiths, and more. We also threw in some live tracks. And as always, our special segments were important in their own way. Thanks again for tuning in to most random show ever. Tune in next week for another great set.

Radiohead - "Electioneering"


Broken Social Scene - "World Sick"


Spoon - "The Mystery Zone"