The Olde Original! Show tracks for Sat. Apr. 27/13

The legend for a generation, Johnny Marr, played in Detroit last night. What an amazing show! He played songs from his new album, a handful of Smiths greats and a couple of Electronic hits as well. A friend described it best in his 2 word review "Morrissey who?" Johnny didn't miss a beat and I didn't miss Morrissey on vocals on the Smiths tracks at all. Johnny is the consummate professional, a class act and a really nice guy! Come back soon Johnny.
As we normally do after a great concert, we feature tracks from that show. We open the show with a handful of tracks featuring Johnny Marr.

The mail service has been getting lax again, It took a few extra weeks for a couple of the new LPs to show up. We finally get to play a couple KVB tracks for you tonight. The Blow Monkeys are in the LP Session. In case, you've seen some posts elsewhere, we played MBV's "New You" off their newest LP. It bears a slight similarity to The Blow Monkeys 80s classic "Digging Your Scene".
Hope you enjoyed the show.

the smiths - london
johnny marr - european me
electronic - forbidden city
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roxy music - editions of you
david bowie - drive in saturday
hurts - somebody to die for
serafina steer - disco compilation
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british sea power - facts are right
the electric soft parade - brother, you must walk your path alone
the pastels - check my heart
camera obscura - do it again
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jessie ware - valentine feat. sampha
lady - karma
jamie lidell - you naked
edwyn collins - too bad (that's sad)
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lp session - the blow monkeys "feels like a new morning"
the blow monkeys - chained
the blow monkeys - said too much
the blow monkeys - in no time at all
the colourfield - thinking of you
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primal scream - city slang
paul weller - flame-out!
paul weller - the olde original
kill it kid - all to me
hookworms - radio tokyo
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neil's children - trust you
the kvb - dayzed
the kvb - lines
my bloody valentine - new you
skinny dream - alloa
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james blake - life round here
beak> - 0898
simple minds - broken glass park
casual sex - soft school
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frank turner - recovery

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I Need That Record! Show tracks for Sat. Apr. 20/13

I hope that your Record Store Day experience was better than mine. Once again I was disappointed by not being able to get the releases I wanted. I'm not talking about the UK releases, some of which were featured tonight, but one's that should have been available to me here. Nope, I was shut out. I was holding a mild optimism about actually getting the 2 releases I really wanted. But I am growing more and more disillusioned with the whole day. Stores try to get the releases but the distribution of limited edition titles is crappy at best. I probably won't even bother next year.

So I came home frustrated and started surfing online and finding track after track. Enough to make a solid Record Store Day show for you. RSD releases, a few regular new releases and even a few record themed tracks. I actually, ran out of time and didn't get to feature all the tracks I had prepared for you tonight. So next week we'll slip a few stragglers in the mix of new releases, LP session(s) and old favourites. Hope you enjoyed the selection.

the view - i need that record
help stamp out loneliness - record shop
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pulp - after you
simple minds - promised you a miracle (12" version)
chvrches - recover
mark ronson & business intl - record collection
the twang - sheep
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camera obscura -do it again
edwyn collins & the heartbreaks - what are you doing, fool?
kirsty maccoll - a new england
jake bugg - kentucky
the freshies - i'm in love with the girl on the manchester virgin megastore checkout desk
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the blow monkeys - oh my
the strypes - blue collar jane
inspiral carpets - fix your smile
suede - barriers
frankie goes to hollywood - maximum joy
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ultravox - all stood still
omd - the future is silent
django django - wor (adrian sherwood hey gringo remix)
everything everything - duet
foals - bluebird
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savages - shut up
jesus & mary chain - taste the floor
the heads - fuego
hawkwind - urban guerrilla
peace - california daze
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primal scream - i want you
echo & the bunnymen - pictures on my wall
wire - keep exhaling
durutti column - otis
beak> - welcome to the machine
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glasvegas - i'd rather be dead (than be with you)
the joy formidable - a minute's silence
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bonobo - antennas

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Slave To The Atypical Rhythm! Show tracks for Sat. Apr. 13/13

the beat - stand down margaret dub
the specials - maggie's farm
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hefner - the day that thatcher dies
the the - heartland
kitchens of distinction - margaret's injection
mogwai - george square thatcher death party
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fine young cannibals - blue
the blow monkeys w/curtis mayfield - celebrate (the day after you)
style council - the lodgers
the housemartins - five get over excited
billy bragg - between the wars
new model army - 51st state
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jessie ware - imagine it was us
toddla t sound - worst enemy
china crisis - christian [request]
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lp session - omd "english electric"
omd - helen of troy
omd - kissing the machine
omd - dresden
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dutch uncles - slave to the atypical rhythm
wolf alice - bros
fear of men - spirit house
liberty vessels - sleep my dreams away
tribes - dancehall
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frankie & the heartstrings - nothing our way
inspiral carpets - i want you feat mark e smith
the prodigy - firestarter (death grips remix)
still corners - berlin lovers
the pastels - check my heart
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spare snare - movement and dance
spare snare - distinctly obsolete
wire - magic bullet
bromheads - jeans are tight
bromheads - married to a needle
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fossil collective - monument

Just Making Memories! Show tracks for Sat. Apr. 6/13

I don't know how other people are viewing this musical year, but for me it's on pace to be the best in recent memory.
Both in terms of albums and concerts. New albums from British Sea Power, James Blake and Edwyn Collins arrived this week.
Tracks featured tonight from all of these plus new House Of Love and Vondelpark as well.
Then there's re-issues from Inspiral Carpets, Armoury Show, Black and Transvision Vamp. Yes, it's definitely an assault
on my wallet!

black - just making memories
the armoury show - we can be brave again
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the electric soft parade - brother, you must walk your path alone
stornoway - farewell appalachia
steve mason - a lot of love
tunng - so far from here
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pale man made - dog, cat, pony
pale man made / dubstar - dog, cat, pony (dubstar version)
weirds - crocodile
the boo radleys - wake up boo!
kagoule - monarchy
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vondelpark - blue again
vondelpark - california analog dream
james blake - voyeur
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lp session - british sea power "machineries of joy"
british sea power - k hole
british sea power - what you need the most
british sea power - monsters of sunderland
british sea power - radio goddard
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edwyn collins - too bad (that's sad)
the house of love - she paints words in red
the house of love - holy river
primal scream - it's alright, it's ok
cast - walkaway
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the pigeon detectives - animal
the chapman family - this one's for love
so sexual - this is where the story ends
must - die for you
casual sex -soft school
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the choo choo trains - save me
bastille - these streets
candy says - melt into the sun
tear talk - breathe
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edwyn collins - carry on, carry on
mount kimbie - made to stray (fade out)

Monthly Indiessential chart for March 2013

The Best Of The British Indie/Alternative Scene

1. 180 (LP) ... Palma Violets (Rough Trade)
2. THE MESSENGER (LP) ... Johnny Marr (Warner)
3. BLOODSPORTS (LP) ... Suede (Suede/Fontana)
4. THEME PARK (LP) ... Theme Park (Transgressive)
5. BAD BLOOD (LP) ... Bastille (Virgin)
6. LOVE AND DESIRE ... Drop Out Venus (Manna Songs)
7. TRUE ECOLOGY (SHIT EVERYWHERE) ... Snapped Ankles (Ears Have Eyes)
8. IF YOU LEAVE (LP) ... Daughter (4AD)
9. I GET A TASTE ... Loom (Luv Luv Luv/Mercury)
10. PALE ... Blessa (Kayak Music)
11. URBAN HEAT ISLAND (LP) ... Night Works (Loose Lips Records)
12. IN YOUR CAR ... Big Deal (Mute)
13. EXILE (LP) ... Hurts (Major Label Ltd/Epic)
14. THE RIVER CRY (LP) ... The River Cry (Betrothed Records)
15. LETTERS EP ... Unkle Bob (Just Me)
16. GALAPAGOS (LP) ... Post War Years (RCA)
17. STAY STILL ... Vuvuvultures (Energy Snake Records)
18. ABSOLUTE ZERO (LP) ... Little Green Cars (Glassnote)
19. GOLDEN GRRRLS (LP) ... Golden Grrrls (Slumberland)
20. MUSIC FOR CARS EP ... The 1975 (Dirty Hit)

Compiled from playlists, listener requests and dj input for March 2013

Welcome To The North! Show tracks for Sat. Mar. 30/13

I love it when you go record shopping and you get surprised by new releases you didn't know were coming out or cool items on sale. All that happened this week and is represented by the tracks featured tonight. I didn't expect Little Green Cars to go domestic in Canada so fast. I thought for sure that was going to be a mail/internet order title. Then a website put The Music live cd on sale plus Carter USM and Happy Mondays live reunion cds. There was so much more like Cast, The Charlatans and P.I.L. but I'm not made of money so I had to get out before I blew my retirement fund...lol. I've been on a Music kick all week long, so welcome to the north - it's grim up here!

the music - welcome to the north
the justified ancients of mu mu - it's grim up north
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british sea power - machineries of joy
frightened rabbit - late march, death march ("faster" rabbit for Tracy P.)
father sculptor - basilica
billy bragg - there will be a reckoning
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the good natured - lovers
jessie ware - 110%
james blake - digital lion feat. brian eno
cloud boat - youthern
romare - your love (you give me fever)
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lp session - peace "in love"
peace - higher than the sun
peace - float forever
peace - sugarstone
dodgy - waiting for the sun
theme park - a mountain we love
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burning beaches - wo'man
jim jones revue - where da money go?
lost souls club - shoot me down
shinies - shuga
spotlight kid - budge up
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little green cars - my love took me down to the river to silence me
little green cars - please
toy - my heart skips a beat
girls names - notion
golden grrrls - new pop
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the leisure society - the sober scent of paper
the leisure society - fight for everyone
the pastels/tenniscoats - vivid youth
the river cry - september light
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carter usm - bloodsport for all
the adverts - one chord wonders

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Talking Loud And Clear! Show tracks for Sat. Mar. 23/13

"What happened to the voices of dissent? Getting rich I guess" Bobby Gillespie
No, I don't think they're getting rich but being stifled by the people who are afraid to take chances.
Dissenters and people taking chances, pushing the envelope are being marginalized as trouble makers and extremists.
Thankfully people like Bobby Gillespie and Savages are out there pushing back.
I left Savages' new single out of the show because I feared people would focus on the words "slut"
and "fuck" and not listen to the message of the song. That's why it's being included here.
Don't like the message or the visuals close the page and move on!

duologue - cut & run
puressence - when your eyes close feat. judy collins
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the stranglers - who wants the world
house of love - a baby got back on it's feet
post war years - lost winter
wire - doubles & trebles
omd - talking loud and clear
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primal scream - 2013
edwyn collins - dilemma
noah & the whale - there will come a time
talk talk - have you heard the news?
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lady - hold on
alunageorge - i wanna be like you
fink - walking in the sun
kate nash - cherry pickin'
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lp session - daughter "if you leave"
daughter - youth
daughter - lifeforms
daughter - human
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suede - dawn chorus
suede - howl
sleeper - vegas [request]
everything everything - kemosabe [request]
chvrches - recover
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elia & the low tears - sweet lies
tricky - nothing's changed feat. francesca belmonte
inkliing - sold ma soul
fryars - on your own
little boots - motorway
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the primitives - lose the reason
veronica falls - my heart beats
chad valley - evening surrender feat. el perra del mar
the wonder stuff - oh no!
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theme park - still life
madness - never knew your name

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