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That Sound #48 - The Broken West, Blind Pilot, Spiritualized, Finn Riggins, more!

Dave — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:45:44 +0000

Sydney is now the World’s Youngest DJ. Take that, Little Ricky Rocko!

artist - song - album :: extra info

The Broken West - Perfect Games - Now or Heaven? :: out September 9
(website | myspace | @ Merge | @ NPR)

Mackintosh Braun - Here - The Sound
(website | myspace | last.fm | @ The Mercury)

Blind Pilot - Oviedo - 3 Rounds And A Sound
(website | myspace)

Tea For Julie - Scape - The Sense In Tying Knots
(website | myspace)

Sally Shapiro - Time to Let Go (CFCF Remix) - Remix Romance Vol 2
(website | myspace | last.fm)

Spiritualized - Soul On Fire - Songs in A&E
(website | myspace | last.fm)

Boy Eats Drum Machine - Planets + Stars - Booomboxxx :: out October 22
(website | myspace | haystack.com | in-studio on my show)

Josh Ritter - Golden Age of Radio - Golden Age of Radio
(website | myspace)

Styrofoam - After Sunset - A Thousand Words
(myspace | last.fm)

The Weepies - Little Bird - Hideaway
(website | myspace)

Jared Mees & The Grown Children - Bees - Caffeine, Alcohol, Sunshine, Money
(myspace | last.fm)

Finn Riggins - Hraka - A Soldier, A Saint, An Ocean Explorer
(myspace | @ TLE)

Eskimo & Sons - 2012 (DoublePlusGood Remix)
(myspace | last.fm)

Flight of the Conchords - Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenocerous - Flight of the Conchords
(website | myspace | @ HBO | Ladies of the World video)
mp3s:

The Broken West - Perfect Games
Mackintosh Braun - Here
Blind Pilot - Oviedo (via The Oregonian)
Sally Shapiro - Time To Let Go (CFCF Remix)
Jared Mees and the Grown Children - Bees (via Local Cut)
Finn Riggins - Hraka

That Sound #47 - Tea for Julie, live in-studio!

Dave — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 00:05:05 +0000

There’s a few bands that I’ve watched over the years, waiting patiently (or maybe not-so-patiently) to put out new material. One of those has been Tea for Julie, a Portland four-piece who skillfully draws on the same music that is so hard-wired in my brain that even if they weren’t very good, it would still be impossible for me not to like them. But they are good, incredible, in fact.

Their second album, The Sense in Tying Knots, is out next week, and their release party for it is Wednesday, June 25 at the Doug Fir, along with friends The Turn-Ons and Crosstide. The band graciously agreed to come play in the studio, and you can listen to the results for yourself.

Playlist:

Tea for Julie - Hello - Division (2004)
Tea for Julie - I was of You - The Sense in Tying Knots

TFJ live set:
Far off Sun
The Meantime
Scape
And Winter Calls
Pollyanna

Tea for Julie - Get Home - The Sense in Tying Knots

TFJ Interview

The Turn-Ons - Crystalize - Curse (download album for FREE or self-defined price here!)
Crosstide - Empathy - Life as a Spectator

Also, I’m hosting another Portland band tonight, Derby, who will be playing an acoustic set. I’ll post it in the next couple of days.

That Sound #46 - Lackthereof, Club 8, The Stills, Lotte Kestner, more!

Dave — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:59:41 +0000

artist - song - album :: extra info

Blue Giant - Lonely Girl - Blue Giant EP
(myspace)

Lackthereof - Choir Practice - Your Anchor :: out July 22
(website | myspace | @ Barsuk | Menomena)

Matt Sheehy - Lunatics :: remixed by Brent Knopf of Menomena - original appears on Tigerphobia
(website | myspace)

The Dimes - The Liberator - TBA
(website | myspace)

Au - Two Seasons - Verbs
(website | myspace | last.fm)

Derby - Posters Fade - Posters Fade
(website | myspace | last.fm)

Club 8 - Jesus, Walk with Me (The Sound of Arrows remix) - single
(website | myspace | last.fm | @ Labrador)

The Stills - Rooibos/Palm Wine Drinkard - Oceans Will Rise, out August 19
(website | myspace | last.fm)

Tycho - Adrift - single
(website | myspace)

Echo is Your Love - Lion Tamer versus Tigers - Lion Tamer Vs. Tigers EP
(website | myspace | last.fm)

The Postmarks OX4 - By the Numbers :: Ride cover
(website | myspace | @ World’s Fair | Goodbye video)

School of Seven Bells - Chain - Ghostly Swim
(myspace)

Lotte Kestner - Face Shape - China Mountain
(myspace)

Flight Of The Conchords - Think About It - Flight of the Conchords
(website | myspace | @ HBO | Ladies of the World video)
mp3s:

Matt Sheehy - Lunatics (remixed by Brent Knoph)
Matt Sheehy - Lunatics (album version) (via Local Cut)
Club 8 - Jesus, walk with me (The Sound of Arrows remix)
The Stills - Rooibos/Palm Wine Drinkard
Echo is Your Love - Lion Tamer Versus Tigers
School Of Seven Bells - Chain

That Sound #45 - Adem, Sigur Ros, Of Montreal, Wolf Parade, more!

Dave — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 22:48:22 +0000

artist - song - album :: extra info

Adem - Invisible Man - Takes
(website | myspace)

Sigur Ros - Gobbledigook - Með Suð í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust
(website | myspace)

Mates of State - My Only Offer - Re-Arrange Us
(website | myspace | @ Daytrotter)

Boy Eats Drum Machine - 3000FLARES (remixed by Ilmakehä) - Two Ghosts
(website | myspace | haystack.com | in-studio on my show)

Morgan Grace - Valentine - Valentine
(website | myspace | @ Local Cut)

Ed Harcourt - Revolution in the Heart - The Beautiful Lie
(website | myspace)

Of Montreal - Feminine Effects - Skeletal Lamping
(website | myspace)

Derby - All or Nothing - Posters Fade
(website | myspace | last.fm)

Wolf Parade - Language City - At Mount Zoomer
(myspace | @ Sub Pop)

Ratatat - Mirando - LP3
(website | myspace)

Morrissey - All You Need is Me - Greatest Hits
(website | myspace)

The Avett Brothers - Murder in the City - The Second Gleam EP
(website | myspace)

The Hold Steady - Sequestered in Memphis - Stay Positive
(website | myspace)

Tycho - Cascade - Ghostly Swim
(website | myspace)

mp3s:

Sigur Ros - Gobbledigook
Mates of State - My Only Offer
Boy Eats Drum Machine - 3000FLARES (remixed by Ilmakeha)
Morgan Grace - Valentine (via Local Cut)
Wolf Parade - Language City
Ratatat - Mirando
Tycho - Cascade

That Sound #44 - Derby, Laura Veirs, The Cure, James, Travis, more!

Dave — Fri, 23 May 2008 11:22:36 +0000

artist - song - album :: extra info

Derby - Michigan - Posters Fade :: out June 6
(website | myspace | last.fm)

The Joggers - Talking at Keith - Tour EP 08
(website | myspace | last.fm)

Laura Veirs - Spike Drivers Blues - Two Beers Veirs tour EP :: (Mississippi John Hurt cover)
(website | myspace | youtube)

The Old Believers - Betcher Ass - Eight Golden Greats :: out July 10
(website | myspace)

Tea for Julie - The Meantime - forthcoming The Sense in Tying Knots
(website | myspace)

The Cure - The Only One - forthcoming, as of yet untitled album, out September 13
(website | myspace)

James - Hey Ma - Hey Ma
(website | myspace | last.fm)

Travis - J. Smith - forthcoming Ode to J. Smith
(website | myspace | last.fm)

The Slow Beings - Yoshkar-Ola Song - forthcoming We Know Why the Earth Moves
(website | myspace | last.fm)

Plants and Animals - Mercy - Parc Avenue
(website | myspace)

Kensington Prairie - Time on Our Side - Captured in Still Life
(website | myspace)

Ghost in the Water - I’m Not Afraid Of Falling - Tooth
(website | myspace | last.fm)

The Ting Tings - That’s Not My Name - We Started Nothing
(website | myspace | last.fm | That’s Not My Name video | @ NPR)

That Sound #43 - The eagle has landed!

Dave — Tue, 20 May 2008 10:05:57 +0000

…well, at least touched down. I’ve arrived in Portland, but didn’t get to do this week’s show live, because I had to go to Seattle (actually, Bellevue) for the weekend. I won’t get to do next week’s show in the studio either, but May 30th, I’ll be officially back in the saddle.

artist - song - album :: extra info

Tu Fawning - Out Like Bats - Secession EP
(myspace | @ Local Cut | Corrinna Repp | 31Knots)

Michael the Blind - Can’t See - Days & days :: out one of these days
(myspace | Portland Mercury audio interview)

Blue Giant - Target Heart - Blue Giant EP
(myspace)

Boy Eats Drum Machine - Demonic with Horns
(website | myspace | haystack.com | in-studio on my show)

The Sweet Serenades - First Taste of Trouble - First Taste EP
(website | myspace)

Ratatat - Shiller - 7″, & forthcoming LP3 :: out July 8
(website | myspace)

Death Cab for Cutie - No Sunlight - Narrow Stairs
(website | myspace)

Everest - Rebels in the Roses - Ghost Notes
(website | myspace)

Chelan - Endlessley - When God was Plastic and Glass :: two former members of The Waxfire
(myspace | FREE album DL @ last.fm)

Mates of State - Think Long - ~~Re-Arrange Us~~ Bring it Back (2006)
(website | myspace | @ Daytrotter)

Shearwater - Rooks - Rook
(website | myspace)

The New Frontiers - Black Lungs - Mending
(website | myspace)

Brendan Canning - Hit The Wall - Something for All of Us :: out July 22
(website | myspace | Broken Social Scene: website | myspace)

Four Tet - Ribbons - Ringer EP
(website | myspace)

They Might Be Giants - Older - Mink Car
(website | other website | myspace | fan Wiki)
mp3s:

The Sweet Serenades - First Taste of Trouble
Everest - Rebels in the Roses
Chelan - Endlessley
Mates of State - Think Long
Shearwater - Rooks
The New Frontiers - Black Lungs
Brendan Canning - Hit the Wall

That Sound #42 - It’s just like Clinton vs Obama!

Dave — Sat, 10 May 2008 18:04:56 +0000

Earlier this week, watching CNN coverage of the Indiana and North Carolina Democratic primaries (won by Clinton and Obama, respectively), and surfing music blogs in the same night, I realized that the same choice presented to Democrats is also the case with a lot of newly released music: So many established artists with long careers are releasing music, and we pretty much know what kind of album to expect from them. That’s why we love them. But we also love surprises, new faces, new voices.

So that’s what this week’s show is all about. Young vs Old. Established vs Up-and-Coming. Who is better equipped to dominate the airwaves? That’s up to you, the listener, to decide.

(Also, a couple notes: 1. This episode didn’t air on KPSU tonight. 2. Last week’s episode was hosted by Jonny Ragel of Boy Eats Drum Machine awesomeness. It’ll be posted here as soon as I’m able, but I’ll be back-dating it so that everything stays in order. Just keep an eye out for it. 3. I haven’t quite gotten back to Portland yet, I should be there Monday. OK, Mom?)

artist - song - album :: extra info

Aimee Mann - Thirity One Today - Smilers :: out June 3
(website | myspace)

Ghost In The Water - Clean Sinks and Folded Laundry - Tooth
(website | myspace | last.fm)

Coldplay - Violet Hill - Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends :: out June 17 in US
(website | myspace)

The Radio Dept. - Freddie and the Trojan Horse - Clinging to a Scheme :: single out June 4, album out Sept 10
(label site | myspace | last.fm)

Stereolab - Three Women - Chemical Chords, out August 9
(website | myspace)

Au - RR vs. D - Verbs :: out June 24
(website | myspace | last.fm)

Jonathan Richman - Because Her Beauty is Raw and Wild - Because Her Beauty is Raw and Wild
(label site | myspace)

Sunny Day Sets Fire - Brainess - Summer Palace :: out July 8
(website | myspace | last.fm)

Elvis Costello & The Imposters - No Hiding Place - Momofuku
(website | myspace)

Blue Giant - Blue Sunshine - Blue Giant EP
(myspace)

Mudcrutch - Scare Easy - Mudcrutch
(website | myspace)

Scarlett Johansson - Falling Down - Anywhere I Lay My Head :: out May 20
(website | myspace)

The B-52s - Funplex (CSS Remix) - Funplex single
(website | myspace)

CSS - Rat is Dead (Rage) - Donkey :: out July 21
(website | myspace | @ Sub Pop)

They Might Be Giants - Older - Dial-a-Song: 20 Years of They Might Be Giants
(website | other website | myspace | fan Wiki)
mp3s:

Aimee Mann - Thirty One Today
The Radio Dept. - Freddie and the Trojan Horse
Stereolab - Three Women
AU - RR vs D
Sunny Day Sets Fire - Brainess
CSS - Rat Is Dead (Rage)

That Sound #40 - The Dimes, Wolf Parade, My Brightest Diamond, Sufjan, Scarlett, more!

Dave — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 06:41:29 +0000

Please, please: If you are making renovations on a home, exercise good taste in your choices of materials.

I have just spent hours removing pink ceramic tiles, which are textured to try to emulate natural stone. (I suppose there might be some planet where you might be able to mine a milky-pink stone which repeats THE EXACT SAME PATTERN every 12 inches, it is an infinite universe, after all.) But in the interest of saving our planet, please don’t waste our resources on crap that’s just going to have to be replaced.

Sigh. Not that you would. And I’m sure the lady that lived in our place before us doesn’t read this blog or listen to this show. My ears are still ringing from the sound of hammer on crowbar, and I needed to vent. I’ll post some before and after pictures of our place here soon.
artist - song - album :: extra info

Bears Repeating - Wet and Rusting :: Menomena cover
(website | myspace)

The Dimes - Watching the Wheels (Lennon Cover) :: unreleased
(website | myspace)

The Heavenly States - Lost in the Light - Delayer
(website | myspace)

Boy Eats Drum Machine - The Crack in the Sea
(website | myspace | haystack.com | in-studio on my show)

Jim Noir - Don’t You Worry - Jim Noir
(website | myspace)

Wolf Parade - Call it a Ritual :: forthcoming tba
(myspace | @ Sub Pop)

Mackintosh Braun - Good So Far - The Sound
(myspace | @ last.fm [free album!])

My Brightest Diamond - Inside a Boy - A Thousand Shark’s Teeth :: out June 17
(website | myspace | last.fm | @ Asthmatic Kitty)

Sufjan Stevens - To Be Alone With You (Pocketknife’s Considerate Eagle Scout Remix) - Tambourine Dream
(myspace | last.fm | fan site)

Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal - Sun Giant EP
(myspace | @ Sub Pop)

Scarlett Johansson - Anywhere I Lay My Head - Anywhere I Lay My Head :: out May 20
(website | myspace)

Santogold - Starstruck
(myspace)

Emerald Park - A Higher Loss
(website | myspace)

Michael the Blind - Moontips - Days & Days :: out soon
(myspace | Portland Mercury audio interview)

Mantis - Hole in the Sky - Travelogue
(website | myspace | @ Portland Mercury | @ Local Cut)

They Might Be Giants - Ooh La! Ooh La! - Here Come the 123s!
(website | other website | myspace | fan Wiki)
mp3s:

Jim Noir - Don’t You Worry
Wolf Parade - Call it a Ritual
Mackintosh Braun - Good So Far
My Brightest Diamond - Inside a Boy
Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal
Emerald Park - A Higher Loss

That Sound #39 - Annuals, Long Blondes, Sun Kil Moon, This is Ivy League, more!

Dave — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:06:29 +0000

So, the exciting news: I am finally returning to the land of my birth! I went to college in the 90’s in the southwestern corner of Canada, went back to Portland after, then returned to marry my Canadian sweetheart and start a family. We’ve decided that now (despite all the bad news about the American economy) is the time to move our family to Portland and start building our life there.

I have missed Portland badly over the last five years, and kept doing my show on KPSU (recording it at home & sending it online to the station) in anticipation of moving back there. That time will come at the end of this month! I’m really looking forward to doing more interviews with both local and touring bands, going to shows and independent films (I’ve had to wait & rent most of the good films I’ve seen, as I’ve been living in the ~~suburbs~~ exurbs… and forget about seeing live music), seeing my family more (most of them live there), and enjoying the architecture and scenery of what Popular Science magazine named America’s Greenest City.

The downside to this move is that there will be a lag time between when I move, and when Jenn and Sydney come to join me. I miss both of them after only an 8-hour shift at work, and I’m not looking forward to being apart from them for an extended period of time. I’ll also miss my job. I’ve been working in a small store, just over the US border in Sumas, Washington. It’s been the hardest work for the least amount of money (and career momentum) that I’ve ever done, but the people I’ve worked with over the last two years have made it worth it.

I know that this is the right move for us, and in the meantime, I will, as they say, “get by with a little help from my friends.”
artist - song - album :: extra info

Thee Oh Sees - Ghost In The Trees - The Master’s Bedroom is Worth Spending A Night In
(myspace | @ Tomlab)

Slug A - Something Like Gravity - Roots and Becomings
(myspace)

Annuals - Sore - Wet Zoo EP
(website | myspace | @ Ace Fu | Sore video)

El Perro del Mar - Glory to the World - From The Valley To The Stars
(website | myspace | last.fm)

Dosh - If You Want To, You Have To - Wolves And Wishes :: out May 14
(website | myspace | last.fm)

Matt Hinkley - Blue Grey - Matt Hinkley
(website | myspace | last.fm)

Headman - New - Catch Me
(website | myspace)

The Long Blondes - Here Comes the Serious Bit - ”Couples”
(website | myspace | last.fm)

Sun Kil Moon - Moorestown - April
(website | myspace | Mark Kozelek: website | myspace)

The Lovely Sparrows - Department of Forseeable Outcomes - Bury the Cynics
(website | myspace | @ Daytrotter | last.fm)

Someone Still Loves You, Boris Yeltsin - I Think I Wanna Die - Pershing
(website | myspace)

The Breeders - It’s The Love - Mountain Battles
(website | myspace | @ 4AD)

Unicycle Loves You - Highway Robbery - Unicycle Loves You
(website | myspace | last.fm)

This is Ivy League - London Bridges - This is Ivy League
(website | myspace | last.fm)

Evan Voytas - We’d Be Good Together - Introducing Evan Voytas EP
(website | myspace | last.fm)

Sally Shapiro - Jackie Junior (Junior Boys Remix) - Remix Romance Vol 1
(website | myspace | last.fm)

The Heavy - Colleen - Great Vengeance & Furious Fire
(website | myspace)
mp3s:

Thee Oh Sees - Ghost In The Trees
El Perro Del Mar - Glory to the World
Headman - New
The Long Blondes - Here Comes the Serious Bit
The Lovely Sparrows - Department of Forseeable Outcomes
Unicycle Loves You - Highway Robbery
This is Ivy League - London Bridges
Evan Voytas - We’d Be Good Together
Sally Shapiro - Jackie Junior (The Junior Boys remix)

That Sound #38 - Charlatans, M83, Voyager One, Islands, Laura Cantrell, more!

Dave — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 05:27:48 +0000

Very soon, I’ll be moving back to Portland. More details to follow!

artist - song - album :: extra info

The Charlatans - Oh! Vanity - You Cross My Path
(website | myspace | FREE album download @ XFM)

The 1900s - When I Say Go - Cold & Kind
(website | myspace)

M83 - Graveyard Girl - Saturdays=Youth :: out April 14
(website | myspace | *updated: Graveyard Girl video!)

Voyager One - The Future is Obsolete - Afterhours in the Afterlife
(website | myspace)

Caribou - She’s the One (Kelley Polar’s Hughes Wilson Prom Night in Hell version) - She’s the One EP
(website | myspace)

Islands - Creeper - Arm’s Way :: out May 20
(website | myspace)

Clem Snide - I Love the Unknown - Rocket Science OST
(website | myspace | eefspace)

Kensington Prairie - Crooked Things Straight - Captured in Still Life
(website | myspace)

Langhorne Slim - Rebel Side of Heaven - Langhorne Slim :: out April 29
(myspace | @ Daytrotter)

The Apples in Stereo - Shine (In Your Mind) - Electronic Projects for Musicians
(website | myspace)

Hercules & Love Affair - Blind (ft. Antony Hegarty) - Hercules & Love Affair
(website | myspace | Blind video)

Yaz - Only You - Upstairs at Eric’s
(website | myspace | Only You video (1999 remix))

Laura Cantrell - Love Vigilantes - Trains and Boats and Planes :: out on April 15, also Body of War Soundtrack
(website | myspace | Radio Trift Shop)

They Might Be Giants - The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight) - Apollo 18 :: features guest vocals by Laura Cantrell
(website | other website | myspace | fan Wiki)
mp3s:

The 1900s - When I Say Go
Voyager One - The Future is Obsolete
Islands - Creeper
Kensington Prairie - Crooked Things Straight
Langhorne Slim - Rebel Side of Heaven