The Last Leaf Left

November 2, 2008 – 0:29
 
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For one reason or another Autumn is the season that resonates most for many people. Leaves go from smooth green to crinkled red husks. Coats and mitts must be dug out from closets as breaths begin to show. Lives must be dug up and moved as students are forced out of their summer solitude, leave home for school, or are thrown kicking and screaming into the real world when the first September without school comes to call. To me there has always been a great sense of nostalgia with the season, and an explicit longing for nothing in particular. To that end The Last Leaf Left is not a raucous affair. It’s been cut down from a shortlist of 150 tracks and filled with sparse, often plaintive songs, layered with hushed acoustic strums and dry, chilled textures. It might make you want to put on a sweater and buckle down for snow, but there’s still a hint of the warmth of freshly decomposing leaves and those last warm rays of golden sun to balance out the cold.

So uhhh. Check it out. See if I was successful in bottling up a bit of the latter days of fall. mp3 / cue

1. Azeda Booth - Big Fists
2. Beach House - Tokyo Witch
3. Marissa Nadler - Thinking of You
4. Angels of Light - Evangeline
5. Akron/Family - Before And Again
6. Mirah - Cold Cold Water
7. Bon Iver - Flume
8. Phosphorescent - Endless
9. James Blackshaw - Past Has Not Passed
10. A Silver Mt. Zion - The Triumph Of Our Tired Eyes
11. Sunset Rubdown - Us Ones in Between
12. Devendra Banhart - Heard somebody say
13. The Walkmen - Red Moon
14. Paavoharju - Musta Katu
15. Espers - Meadow
16. Augie March - Sunset Studies
17. Radiohead - Reckoner
18. The National - The Geese of Beverly Road
19. Shearwater - Rooks
20. The Elected - Greetings In Braille

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THE WORD SENT INSTEAD.

October 29, 2008 – 13:53
 
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Episode 105. mp3. cue. Released October 29, 2008

Starts sparse and wisftul with acoustic and electronic turns, then it hip hops, then it gets down and dirty out in the countryside and town. I would say this episode can generally be described as gritty but still captures a wide array of different sounds. I would also say that it’s a pretty killer selection of tunes and you’d do well to be listening in! … Please?

The Neighbourhood Council / Liver and Tan / Set Pieces EP (2008)
Sparklehorse / Maxine / Gold Day EP (2001)
Azeda Booth / Big Fists / In Flesh Tones (2008)
Bark Psychosis / Rose / Codename: Dustsucker (2004)

Boards of Canada / In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country / In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country (2000)
Air / La Femme d’Argent / Moon Safari (1998)
Gang Gang Dance / House Jam / Saint Dymphna (2008)

Erykah Badu / The Healer / New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) (2008)
Outkast / Ms. Jackson / Stankonia (2000)
Elzhi / Motown 25 (feat. Royce Da 5′9″) / The Preface (2008)
Count Bass D / Seven Years (feat. Dionne Farris) / Dwight Spitz (2002)

Saul Williams / Tao of Now / Amethyst Rock Star (2001)
Barry Adamson / The Beaten Side Of Town / Back To The Cat (2008)
Alejandro Escovedo / Nuns Song / Real Animal (2008)
John Vanderslice / White Dove / Emerald City (2007)

Augie March / Tulip / Sunset Studies (2000)
Tindersticks / Here (Donkey’s Version) / Working For The Man (2004)
Love / Alone Again Or / Forever Changes (1968)
Mount Eerie With Julie Doiron And Fred Squire / You Swan Go On / Lost Wisdom (2008)
The Black Keys / Things Ain’t Like They Used to Be / Attack & Release (2008)

The Drones / Nail It Down / Havilah (2008)
The Kills / No Wow / No Wow (2005)
This Heat / The Fall of Saigon / Made Available (1997)
Deerhunter / Nothing Ever Happened / Microcastle (2008)

The Walkmen / I Lost You / You & Me (2008)

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Devils with Drum Machines II

October 26, 2008 – 19:39
 
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There is no originality in the world.
Almost exactly 3 years ago (jesus!) in honor of a special Halloween party called Valloween I made a mix CD based on a radio playlist. I was never totally satisfied with it, and always intended to remake it. Eventually I decided there was enough material to just stretch it out to a full-on sequel. So here it is!

This is a dark, grimy, evil, frightening, loud, intense collection of songs. Best served with satanic rituals, vampire raves, maniac yells, grisly deaths, and that which man was never meant to know. It also has some beats of the musical variety, so feel free to see if you maybe can’t get your partially severed arm to twitch along in the groove.

If you haven’t had your Halloween party yet, you know what to do! Get the mp3, get the cue file (tells your music player where the track breaks are) and get evil.

1. Crystal Castles - Courtship Dating
2. Tomas Andersson - The Other Day
3. Justice - Stress
4. Various - The World Is Gone
5. The Bug - Murder We (feat. Ricky Ranking)
6. Paula Nazca - Surface
7. Motiivi Tuntematon - Mankind Failed
8. MIA - So I Felt
9. Peace Division - Blacklight Sleaze (Radio Slave Vocal Mix)
10. Kode9 & The Space Ape - Victims
11. Burial - Ghost Hardware
12. Alex Smoke - Brian’s Lung
13. Edan - Torture Chamber (feat. Percee-P)
14. El-P - Deep Space 9mm
15. Plump DJs - Scram
16. Clint Mansell - We Got The Gun
17. Sage Francis - Clickety Clack
18. TV on the Radio - DLZ
19. Ulrich Schnauss - Medusa

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RADIO ON THE INTERNET.

September 13, 2008 – 20:44
 
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Episode 104. mp3. cue. Released September 13, 2008

Hellohihey.. time for some more MUSIC. This baby is muchamore synthesized than the last episode. It starts out tempered and dreamy, then layers on serious doses of funk. Then it scurries around the world, goes into the future and has a little apocalypse (albeit a fairly funky one) before sitting under a tree in the late evening and thinking about what its done.

Also just because I can, I thought it would be neat to give you the option of hearing the show with only the music. An instrumental version of the program if you will… so if you’re interested in that, click on the corresponding little box up top there, or get the file here, along with the cue sheet.

Klute / Hell Hath No Fury / The Emperor’s New Clothes (2007)

Annie / Marie Cherie / Don’t Stop (2008)
Kleerup / Until We Bleed (feat. Lykke Li) / Kleerup (2008)
Jason Sparks / Gangsters / Heroes And Villains (2003)
Olav Basoski / Mango Tree / Samplitude Vol. 9 (1998)
Seatbelts / Cats On Mars (DMX Krew Remix) / Cowboy Bebop: Music For Freelance (1999)

Steinski / Lesson 2 (James Brown Mix) / What Does It All Mean? (1984/2008)
Marlena Shaw / California Soul (Diplo/Mad Decent Remix) / Verve Remixed 4 (2008)
Roots Manuva / Let The Spirit / Slime & Reason (2008)
TV on the Radio / Golden Age / Dear Science (2008)

Massive Attack / Inertia Creeps (Manic Street Preachers Remix) / Inertia Creeps (1998)
Holger Czukay / Sudetenland / Rome Remains Rome (1987)
Orchestra Baobab / Sibam / Made In Dakar (2007)
Bajofondo Tango Club / Pa’ Bailar (feat. Ryota Komatsu) / Mar Dulce (2007)

Shed / Estrangé / Shedding The Past (2008)
Syclops / NR17 / I’ve Got My Eye On You (2008)
Louis Guilliaume / Fucked Up / Soulpoint I (2008)

TV on the Radio / DLZ / Dear Science (2008)
The Bug / Murder We (feat. Ricky Ranking) / London Zoo (2008)
Crystal Castles / Courtship Dating / Crystal Castles (2008)
Gus Gus / Believe / Polydistortion (1997)
Shy Child / The Volume / Noise Won’t Stop (2007)

TV on the Radio / Family Tree / Dear Science (2008)

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Updates and science

September 9, 2008 – 0:08

It’s been a while, but things are percolating nicely; have no fear! I realized yesterday that the real reason I was being so sloppy at actually getting the next show done was somewhere in my subconscious I was waiting for TV on the Radio’s Dear Science to leak before I carried on with things. Now that it has, I will seclude myself away for several days to soak it up like a sea sponge in the sea breeze underwater. And then I’ll figure out how to perfect next show’s playlist without just playing the whole album.. cause gosh darn it… it’s really fucking good, guys. Rly fukin gud.

So, new episode on the way soon (and I’ve also been working on some new mix cds which will see the light before too long).

Thanks for being here.

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COURTING RUST PUPPETS

August 7, 2008 – 23:15
 
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Episode 103. mp3. cue. Released August 07, 2008

Maybe we’re getting into a bit of a groove with the long delays. I apologize. But hopefully you shan’t be disappointed with the wait. Hopefully the wait will even be seen to have been well worth it? This one starts off in the sun in the country and moves slowly through the quirky rural outskirts and then to the bustle and grime in the center of the city and finally up to the top of a tall building to leap off of.

Fleet Foxes / White Winter Hymnal / Fleet Foxes (2008)
Shearwater / The Hunter’s Star / Rook (2008)
Plants and Animals / Bye Bye Bye / Parc Avenue (2008)
The Tallest Man On Earth / The Gardner / Shallow Graves (2008)

Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy / For Every Field There’s A Mole / Lie Down In The Light (2008)
Phosphorescent / Wolves / Untitled Playlist (2007)
Sun Kil Moon / Heron Blue / April (2008)
Calexico / Man Made Lake / Carried To Dust (2008)

The Dodos / Fools / Visiter (2008)
Frightened Rabbit / The Modern Leper / The Midnight Organ Fight (2008)
Radiohead / Airbag / OK Computer (1997)
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds / Jesus Of The Moon / Dig Lazarus Dig (2008)
DeVotchKa / The Clockwise Witness / A Mad And Faithful Telling (2008)

Vampire Weekend / Walcott / Vampire Weekend (2008)
Grizzly Bear / Two Weeks / Live at Letterman (2008)
Grandaddy / Hewlett’s Daughter / The Sophtware Slump (2000)
Wolf Parade / Fine Young Cannibals / At Mount Zoomer (2008)

Man Man / Harpoon Fever (Queequeg’s Playhouse) / Rabbit Habits (2008)
Spoon / Don’t Make Me A Target / Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (2007)
The Hold Steady / One for the Cutters / Stay Positive (2008)
Pete And The Pirates / Come On Feet / Little Death (2008)
The Ponys / Small Talk / Turn the Lights Out (2007)

Constantines / Trans Canada / Kensington Heights (2008)
No Age / Things I Did When I Was Dead / Nouns (2008)
Sunset Rubdown / Winged/Wicked Things / Random Spirit Lover (2007)
Crystal Antlers / Until the Sun Dies (Part 2) / Crystal Antlers (2008)
Ponytail / Beg Waves / Ice Cream Spiritual (2008)
British Sea Power / Waving Flags / Do You Like Rock Music? (2008)

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PlastikSpastik

July 18, 2008 – 16:40
 
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If there’s one thing Valerie doesn’t like, it’s driving in the car with measured or meandering music blaring outta tha speakers. This mix CD was designed expressly to neutralize such occurences. Mixed and beaten from only the most energetic of ingredients, this delightful musical confection will surely stir you to “dance-action”(tm)! Balls to the wall, son!

So what are you waiting for? Grab the mp3 file and the cue file, throw ‘em on a CD burning app, pop that disc in your car, and drive around town dangerously enthusiastically!

1. Pendulum - Fasten Your Seltbelt (feat. The Freestylers)
2. The Klaxons - Golden Skans (SebastiAn Version 1.2.0 Remix)
3. Simian Mobile Disco - I Believe
4. DJ Mehdi - I Am Somebody
5. Groove Armada - Get Down
6. Shantel - Disko Partizani
7. Balkan Beat Box - Hermetico
8. Planningtorock - Bolton Wanderer
9. Roisin Murphy - Ruby Blue
10. PM Dawn - Set Adrift (Tittsworth Neutron Dance Remix)
11. M.I.A. - World Town
12. TTC - Telephone
13. Blood on the Wall - Rize
14. Jay Reatard - My Shadow
15. The Exploding Hearts - Sleeping Aides And Razorblades
16. Le Tigre - Deceptacon
17. White Williams - New Violence
18. Lady Sovereign - Blah Blah
19. Dizzee Rascal - Sirens
20. Cadence Weapon - True Story
21. Mouse On Mars - Wipe That Sound
22. Amon Tobin - Verbal (feat. MC Decimal R)
23. Modeselektor - Silikon (feat. Sasha Perera)
24. Beastie Boys - Intergalactic
25. Electric Six - Danger High Voltage
26. Pop Will Eat Itself - Not Now James, We’re Busy…

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SKY AS MASTER, SKY AS SON

June 29, 2008 – 20:59
 
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Episode 102. mp3. cue. Released June 29, 2008

I know, I know… it’s been an awful long while. I have my reasons of course, but you’ll have to listen to find out. At any rate, this episode focuses on slow, beautiful experimental and modern classical works at first and then settles into ambience and summer dreaming before a bit of summer fun with a hint of pop.

Nico Muhly / Mothertongue Pt. 1: Archive / Mothertongue (2008)

Jacaszek / Lament / Treny (2008)
James Blackshaw / Past Has Not Passed / Litany Of Echoes (2008)

Grouper / Stuck / Dragging a Dead Deer Up A Hill (2008)
Portishead / The Rip / Third (2008)
Paavoharju / Kevätrumpu / Laulu laakson kukista (2008)
Sigur Ros / Gobbledigook / Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust (2008)
Dday One / At The Village Gate / Heavy Migration (2008)

Bruno Pronsato / Slowley Gravely / Why Can’t We Be Like Us (2008)
Sascha Funke / Mango / Mango (2008)
Efdemin / April Fools / Efdemin (2007)
Ellen Allien / Elphine / Sool (2008)

The Orb / Little Fluffy Clouds / Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld (1991)
Quiet Village / Can’t Be Beat / Silent Movie (2008)
Sweet Trip / Velocity / Velocity:Design:Comfort (2003)
Air France / No Way Down / No Way Down (2008)
Osborne / Downtown / Osborne (2008)

Cut Copy / Feel The Love / In Ghost Colours (2008)
Kleerup / Thank You for Nothing / Kleerup (2008)
Hercules & Love Affair / Athene / Hercules & Love Affair (2008)
Kelley Polar / Chrysanthemum / I Need You to Hold On While the Sky Is Falling (2008)
Lykke Li / Hanging High / Youth Novels (2008)

Grizzly Bear / He Hit Me / Friend EP (2007)

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NO. ORNITHOPTERS. YES.

May 19, 2008 – 1:01
 
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Episode 101. mp3. cue. Released May 19, 2008

What better way to spend my birthday than slaving away in the basement on my podcast, with an ear infection? That was a rhetorical question! But it’s sweet. y’all… some melty, spacey, stuff after the git go, then it all goes south. What does that mean? Just listen, aight.

Hans-Joachim Roedelius & Tim Story / Houses Of Glances / Inlandish (2008)
Ulrich Schnauss / Blumenthal / A Strangely Isolated Place (2003)
Everything But The Girl / Missing (Ultramarine Remix) / Missing (The Full Remix EP) (1995)

Dominique Leone / Clairevoyage: A Medley Performed By The 16th Rebels Of Mung / Dominique Leone EP (2007)
MGMT / Time to Pretend / Oracular Spectacular (2008)
M83 / Kim & Jessie / Saturdays = Youth (2008)

Yeasayer / Sunrise / All Hour Cymbals (2007)
Studio / West Side / Yearbook 1 (2007)
Talking Heads / Once in a Lifetime / Remain in Light (1980)
Menomena / Cough Coughing / I am the Fun Blame Monster (2003)

Matthew Herbert Big Band / Misprints / Goodbye Swingtime (2003)
The Quantic Soul Orchestra / Stampede / Stampede (2003)
Seatbelts/Yoko Kano / Tank! (TV Stretch) / Cowboy Bebop - Tank! The! Best (2004)

The Tallest Man On Earth / Shallow Grave / Shallow Graves (2008)
Langhorne Slim / Restless / Langhorne Slim (2008)
Wilco / Forget The Flowers / Being There (1996)
Old Crow Medicine Show / James River Blues / Big Iron World (2006)
Ezra Furman & The Harpoons / I Wanna Be Ignored / Banging Down The Doors (2007)

Elbow / The Fix / The Seldom Seen Kid (2008)
Death Cab For Cutie / Grapevine Fires / Narrow Stairs (2008)
Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglo / This Low / The Swell Season (2005)
Bon Iver / Re: Stacks / For Emma, Forever Ago (2007)

The National / About Today / The Virginia EP (2008)

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INCONSEQUENTIAL CONSENSUAL SENTINAL.

April 29, 2008 – 20:36
 
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Episode 100. mp3. cue. Released April 29, 2008

This is a centennial celebration of sorts. If to you an episode is a year… at any rate… one hundred 2-3 hour episodes ago, the little radio slipstream breathed its first breath. Of course if you consider that was 40 months ago, that’s not extremely impressive. But whatevs. It’s basically business as usual, although a little more upbeat: Some screaming guitar kicks, somehow mellowing out to eastern strains of trip and hip hop, some happy summery ditties, and then bringing the party back with some party rap and some quirky, peppy dance tunes. Lame longwinded explanations of moodshifts aside, one thing you can count on and that thing is this: awesomeness abounds.

Jay Reatard / My Shadow / Blood Visions (2006)

The Exploding Hearts / Sleeping Aides And Razorblades / Guitar Romantic (2003)
Les Savy Fav / Patty Lee / Lets Stay Friends (2007)
Blood on the Wall / Rize / Liferz (2007)
The Pixies / Monkey Gone To Heaven / Doolittle (1989)
The Clash / The Guns Of Brixton / London Calling (1979)
DeVotchKa / Head Honcho / A Mad and Faithful Telling (2008)
Max Harris & His Novelty Trio / Peg O’ My Heart / The Singing Detective (1986)

Portishead / We Carry On / Third (2008)
The Notwist / Alphabet / The Devil, You + Me (2008)
Me’shell NdegeOcello / The Sloganeer/ Paradise / The World Has Made Me The Man Of My Dreams (2007)

Bonobo / Flutter / Dial M for Monkey (2003)
Felt / Morris Day / Felt 2: A Tribute to Lisa Bonet (2005)
J Dilla / Time: The Donut of the Heart / Donuts (2006)
Erykah Badu / Soldier / New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) (2008)

Quiet Village / Free Rider / Silent Movie (2008)
Jamie Lidell / Another Day / Jim (2008)
Gonzales / Working Together / Soft Power (2008)
Saturday Looks Good To Me / Meet Me By The Water / All Your Summer Songs (2003)

The Honeydrips / (Lack Of) Love Will Tear Us Apart / Here Comes The Future (2007)
Mystery Jets / Young Love / Twenty One (2008)
Cut Copy / So Haunted / In Ghost Colours (2008)
Grace / Not Over Yet / If I Could Fly (1996)
Robyn / Be Mine! / Robyn (2005)

Dizzee Rascal / Sirens / Maths+English (2007)
Cadence Weapon / True Story / Afterparty Babies (2008)
Neon Neon / Trick For Treat (Feat. Spank Rock & Sean Tillmann) / Stainless Style (2008)
Lyrics Born / The World Is Calling / Everywhere At Once (2008)

TTC / Travailler (Orgasmic Remix) / You Don’t Know: Ninja Cuts CD (2008)
Best Fwends / Aaww-some (Johnny Siera Remix) / Alphabetically Arranged (2007)
Crystal Castles / Air War / Crystal Castles (2008)

Need New Body / Show Me Your Heart / UFO (2003)

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