Listen: Hodge-Podge – Feb. 26, 2013

For this episode of KOXY's Hodge-Podge, Michael was gone, but Mary helped out. We played songs by women who play the guitar in rock/blues music. It was all kinds of fun! Here it is, playlist below the player:

"Bad Reputation" - Joan Jett
"Romance" - Wild Flag
"I Wanna Go Home" - The Ettes
"Well, Well" - Beth Hart and Joe Bonamassa
"Be Mine" - Alabama Shakes
"Come See About Me" - Tedeschi Trucks Band
"Let's Give Them Something To Talk About" - Bonnie Raitt
"Crazytown" - Aimee Mann
"Angels Would Fall" - Melissa Etheridge
"Spaces" - The NowhereNauts
"Medicine" - Grace Potter & The Nocturnals
"Honey" - Torres

Listen: The End Groove – Feb. 21, 2013

The End Groove Radio Hour from February 21, 2013, in which I play and talk about eight songs that have been released in the last ten days.

Playlist:

"Entertainment" – Phoenix
"Mirrors" – Justin Timberlake
"All The Time" – The Strokes
"Always Alright" – Alabama Shakes
"Out Of My League" – Fitz & the Tantrums
"Sun and Moon" – Johnny Marr
"Falling" – Haim
"Slyd" – !!!

New Phoenix Song and Album Info!

What a lovely way to wake up on Monday morning, to the news of a new Phoenix song! The band's website, after months of displaying only cryptic names and sounds, now features a short animation of cursive text, which says that the album Bankrupt! will be released the week of April 22nd (the 22nd in the UK, 23rd in the US), and then links to a brand new homepage featuring the album artwork and track list, as well as links to the band's various social media.

Check out the new single "Entertainment" and the unofficial lyric video on Pitchfork. I love the song. It's fun and summery and pop-y, but underlaid by classic Phoenix styling. It gives me great hope for the album (as if I needed a reason to have great hope). What do you think?

Here is the track list for Bankrupt! :

01 Entertainment
02 The Real Thing
03 SOS in Bel Air
04 Trying to Be Cool
05 Bankrupt!
06 Drakkar Noir
07 Chloroform
08 Don't
09 Bourgeois
10 Oblique City

Listen: The End Groove – Feb. 14, 2013

I talk about the Grammys and play some of my favorite artists who both won and didn't win awards. Also it is Valentine's Day.

Kudos to everyone who stuck around for the whole Lamb of God song, I didn't expect so many of you to listen through that. Rock on. Here's what I played:

The Black Keys - “Lonely Boy”

Gotye - “I Feel Better”

Esperanza Spalding - “City of Roses”

Florence + The Machine - “Lover to Lover”

Fiona Apple - “Valentine”

Alabama Shakes - “Hold On”

Muse - “Madness”

Bruce Springsteen - “We Take Care of Our Own”

Ed Sheeran - “The A Team”

Lamb of God - “Ghost Walking”

What did you think of the Grammys?

Listen: Jeremy Murphy Interview

I interviewed Newfoundland/Portland singer/songwriter Jeremy Murphy on the phone for KOXY Radio. It was a blast! Here's that interview! Hit up his Bandcamp page to download his album Wherever You Are for free!

Listen: The End Groove – Feb. 7, 2013

The End Groove from Feb. 7, 2013. I take a tour of the music to come in 2013. Apologies for the abrupt start, I had an issue with the podcasting software right at the beginning and the first couple sentences I said got cut off.

Listen: Hodge-Podge – Feb. 5, 2013

KOXY's Hodge-Podge from Tuesday, February 5, 2013. The theme: Music in languages other than English. This was one of the most fun shows we've done! Check it!

Here are the songs in languages that aren't English we played:

“Chan Chan” - Buena Vista Social Club [Spanish]
“Nå’t För Dom Som Väntar” - Miss Li [Swedish]
“Stivalli e Colbacco” - Gogol Bordello [Italian]
“Bukra Wba’do” - Pink Martini [Arabic]
“Lulepielli” - Gillespie [Albanian]
“Blackbird” - Julie Fowlis [Gaelic]
“La Résistance” - Akhenton [French]
“Vile Inafaa” (feat. Octopizzo) - Muthoni the Drummer Queen [Swahili]
“Ce Jeu” - Yelle [French]
“ハイブリッドレインボウ” - the pillows [Japanese]
“Swing för Hyresgästföreningen” - Movits! [Swedish]

Spring Festival Lineups

Last night the Sasquatch '13 lineup was announced, and with Coachella announcing their lineup last week, we now have some fun opportunities to compare!

Listen: The End Groove – Feb. 1, 2013

The End Groove Radio Hour from Feb. 1, 2013.

I talk about and play my favorite songs from the new(ish) year.

Here's what I played:

"White on White" - FIDLAR

"Hideaway" - The NowhereNauts

"Closer" - Tegan and Sara

"Jealousy and I" - Torres

"Sun Blows Up Today" - The Flaming Lips

"Still" - Daughter

"Arrow" - The Rescues

"Just A Little Rain" - Janet LaBelle

Podcasts!

Podcasts are now available through the blog as well as the KOXY website! Check the new "Podcasts" page in the menu bar above. You can listen to them right here on the blog, or you can right click on them and choose "Download Document" to get The End Groove to go!

Wooooo!

Listen: Hip Hatchet In-Studio Performance and Interview

Hip Hatchet came to the KOXY studio to hang out/play and we stayed there for an hour. Listen to it because it's great.