Monday, July 26, 2004

Playlist 7/24/04 2nd Birthday Show

July 19th marks the 2nd birthday of Retro Red-Eye Express, which explains why I started the show with a birthday song.  However, there's no real significance of the Morrissey block, except that I've been listening to my old Morrissey albums and it reminded me of how much I loved them.

Track - Artist - Album/EP Title
Happy Birthday - Altered Images
Am I Awake - They Might Be Giants - Indestructible Objects EP*
Sound of Thunder - Duran Duran
Silent Seven - Controller.Controller - History*
The Letter - PJ Harvey - Uh Huh Her
Cats, Dogs & Babies Jaws - Ganger - Merge Records Compilation "Old Enough 2 Know Better"*
Palace Filled with Love - APB
Biting My Nails - Renegade Soundwave
Things Will Happen - The Somnambulants - Evacuation*
Dance This Mess Around - The B-52s
Taking Off - The Cure - The Cure*
Daisy Chain for Satan - My Life w/ The Thrill Kill Kult
I Know What Boys Like - The Waitresses (R)
Mothers Talk - Tears For Fears
Under The Sun - Astronaut - Evolve EP*
Vibration - The Vibration - Ear To The Ground EP*
High Five Hit Me - Pleasure Club - The Fugitive Kind*
The Suburbs Are Killing Us - My Favorite - The Happiest Days of Our Lives*
Blue Bell Knoll - The Cocteau Twins
I Feel You - Depeche Mode (R)
Future Sightings - I Am The World Trade Center - The Cover-up*

[Morrissey Block]
Such A Little Thing Makes Such A Big Difference (Bona Drag)
Alsatian Cousin (Viva Hate)
Yes, I'm Blind (Bona Drag)
I Don't Mind If You Forget Me (Viva Hate)

Broken Satellite - The Orphans - 5:30am on a Rainy Day*
Virginia Plain - Roxy Music
Half Jack - The Dresden Dolls - The Dresden Dolls*
Le Pain Perdu - Cibo Matto
Pluto Drive - The Creatures
Only A Downstat - Gary Numan & Tubeway Army
Long Vermont Roads - Magnetic Fields - MergeRecords Compilation "Old Enough To Know Better"*
Signals In Smoke - The Devils
Question of Lust - Depeche Mode
Jerkin' Back & Forth - Devo
Vive Le Rock - Adam Ant
Shine Like It Does - INXS
Do It Clean - Echo & The Bunnymen
Einstein A Go-Go - Landscape
Radio Radio - Elvis Costello
Go Wild In The Country - Bow Wow Wow
Favorite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl) - Haircut 100
God Tonight - Real Life
Bubble Wrap - Woven

* = New Music
(R) = Requests

Saturday, July 17, 2004

New Music Recommendations

This week's "new stuff to check out" list:

Tommy Stinson - "Village Gorilla Head" (tommystinson.com - check the music page for downloads) (Best known as the bassist for The Replacements, and has also worked with Guns 'N' Roses)

The Vibration - "Ear To The Ground" (the-vibration.com)
Cool sounding girl-punk. Think Sonic Youth, The Cure, and Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

They Might Be Giants - "The Spine" (theymightbegiants.com)

The Orphans - "5:30AM on a Rainy Day" (theorphans.us)
Okay, I recommended the EP last week (didn't I?), but I finally scored the full-length! Crystal clear male vocals w/ rockin' guitar, drum and bass. They kind of remind me of Midnight Oil, especially on the song titled "Time's Up."

Playlist July 17, 2004

Track - Artist - Album (if new)
Black Is The Color of My True Love's Hair (Jaff a Remix) - Nina Simone
Traveling Companion - The Somnambulants - Evacuation
The Life & Death of Mr. Badmouth - PJ Harvey - Uh Huh Her
Love Is The Drug - Roxy Music
Sheila Take A Bow - The Smiths (R)
alt.end - The Cure - The Cure
Open Hands - The Orphans - 5:30AM on a Rainy Day

Vinyl Selection
Come Back & Stay (Ext. Remix) - Paul Young
The Great Commandment (Hellman Luongo 12" Mix) - Camouflage

Marianne - Sisters of Mercy
Begin Again - The Vibration - Ear To The Ground EP
Clocks - The Casual Dots - The Casual Dots
Negative Re-Evaluate - Astronaut - Evolve
Village Gorilla Head - Tommy Stinson - Village Gorilla Head
Catch Me - Mink Lungs
Sheena Is A Punk Rocker - The Ramones
Experimental Film - They Might Be Giants - The Spine
19 Forever - Joe Jackson
Our Nameless Glamor - The Bother - The Night Bleeds Gold
Fortune - Dead Can Dance
World Exclusive - The Devils
Sci-Fi Wasabi - Cibo Matto
Sleep Over It - Controller.Controller - History
The Cutter - Echo & The Bunnymen
Stand & Deliver - Adam Ant
This Is Not A Lovesong - Public Image Ltd.
Miniskirt Blues - The Cramps (R)
Pink Pussycat - Devo
World Full of Nothing - Depeche Mode

Double-Take
Christine - Siouxsie & The Banshees
Peepshow - Siouxsie & The Banshees

The Air Near My Fingers - The White Stripes
Burden of Proof - Dykehouse - Midrange
Tenderness - General Public
Face The Change - INXS
Pretty In Pink - The Psychedelic Furs (R)
New Song - Howard Jones
Khundalini Express - Love 'n' Rockets
Torch - Soft Cell (R)
Secret (12" Mix) - Orchestral Maneouvres in the Dark
James Brown - Big Audio Dynamite
Know Your Rights - The Clash (R)
Slender Fungus - Tones On Tail
Frank Sinatra - Cake

As always, (R) = Request

Sunday, July 11, 2004

Playlist July 10, 2004

Track - Artist - Album (if new)
Chain of Circumstance - Camper Van Beethoven - Reissue Sampler
It's You - PJ Harvey - Uh Huh Her
Tame - Pixies - Best of Pixies: Wave of Mutilation
Space Age Love Song - A Flock of Seagulls
Be With Me - Vast - Nude
All The Things She Said - Simple Minds
When Darkness Calls - Barry Adamson
Someone's Looking At You - The Boomtown Rats
The Promise - The Cure - The Cure
Love Me Madly - The Human League
Chain Smoking - Dykehouse - Midrange
Scientist - The Dandy Warhols
Broken Satellite - The Orphans - Progressive/AAA Sampler
Bokkie - Elephant (R)
Then There Was You - Dead or Alive (R)
Empty Heart - Sahara Hotnights - Kiss & Tell
Troposphere - Steve Burns
Slap That Bass (Miguel Miggs Petal-pusher Remix) - Ella Fitzgerald
Bring Your Love Down (Didn't I) - Yaz
Pyjamarama - Roxy Music
Anyone Out There - Duran Duran
Evacuation - The Somnambulants - Evacuation
The Tongues You Have Tied - Soltero - The Tongues You Have Tied
Going Underground (cover of The Jam) - I Am The World Trade Center - The Cover-up
High Five Hit Me - Pleasure Club - The Fugitive Kind
Earn Enough For Us - XTC (R)
Hisory - Controller.Controller - History
Barbarism Begins at Home - The Smiths (R)
Confusion - New Order
Rock-it - Herbie Hancock
Enola Gay - Orchestra Manoeuvres in the Dark
Shake The Disease - Depeche Mode
Guns of Brixton - The Clash
Same Direction - INXS
I'll Find A Way - Rachel Yamagata - Happenstance (R)
Uh-oh Love Comes To Town - Talking Heads
Here I Stand and Face The Rain - A-Ha
Lie Still Little Bottle - They Might Be Giants
All We Ever Wanted - Bauhaus
Reptile - The Church
Bear Up Bison - Shonen Knife

Again, R = Requests

Sunday, July 04, 2004

Playlist July 3, 2004

Track - Artist - Album (if new)
Succexy - Metric
Things Will Happen - The Somnambulants - Evacuation
Silent Seven - Conroller.Controller - History
Promise - Violent Femmes
Hey! Hey! Hey! - Pleasure Club - The Fugitive Kind
Kick - Adam Ant
"A" Road - Concrete Blonde - Mojave
Superman - Love Spit Love

Three Song Set Contest - Winning Set
Dazzle - Siouxsie & The Banshees
Surrender - U2
The Morning Fog - Kate Bush

Future Sighting - I Am The World Trade Center - The Cover-up
Pompeii - Aalacho - Electro
Say Something New - The Concretes - The Concretes
The World is Full of Crashing Bores - Morrissey - You Are The Quarry
Another Man's Rhubarb - Pop Will Eat Itself
We Got The - Beastie Boys - To The Five Boroughs
My Own Way - Duran Duran (R)
Atmosphere - Joy Division
A Wish Away - Wonder Stuff
The Life & Death of Mr. Badmouth - PJ Harvey - Uh Huh Her
Bitter Pill - Annie Lennox
alt.end - The Cure - The Cure
Under The Sun - Astronaut - Evolve
Summer's Killing Us - The Tragically Hip - In Between Evolution
The Lightbulb Above You - Soltero - The Tongues You Have Tied
Rainbo - Salvatore - Tempo
Tour de France (live) - Kraftwerk
Big Store - The Devils
Black Celebration - Depeche Mode (R)
Left of Center - Suzanne Vega
Same Old Scene - Roxy Music
Are "Friends" Electric? - Gary Numan - Live In London
15 Minutes of Fame - Sheep On Drugs
Sebstportrait Mit Kater - Einsturzende Neubauten
God Tonight - Real Life
I Don't Remember - Peter Gabriel
2,000 Miles - Erasure
Public Image - PiL
Radio Clash - The Clash
Go About Your Day - Three Alarm Fire


(R) = Request

New Music Recommendations

Here's some new music I've been enjoying this week:
Artist - Album (website)
Pleasure Club - The Fugitive Kind (pleasureclubmusic.com)
(Check these guys out! They sound like the love-children of The Cure and INXS.

The Concretes - self-titled (theconcretes.com)

Sahara Hotnights - Kiss & Tell (saharahotnights.com)

Aalacho - Electro (aalacho.com)

I Am The World Trade Center - The Cover Up (iamtheworldtradecenter.com)

The Cure - self-titled (thecure.com)

The Tragically Hip - In Between Evolution (thehip.com)

Astronaut - Evolve (thisisastronaut.com)

Salvatore - Tempo (racingjunior.com (their label))

Soltero - The Tongues You Have Tied (solterosongs.com