who I'm in love with...nowadays!

*cough cough*
*is this thing on?*

I hate midtermz, but the one thing I do like about them is that they make me listen to music beyond what is required for my radio show (think the complete opposite of what I post on this blog, ;P). I study listening to music, so I make it my "sit on the bed with big80s headfonze in some stereotypical Johnhues fashun"   rock/folk recurd time. Thosewhoknowmeknow I LIKE the folkstuff4musicstudyingso I was getting coZEE with Alela Diane's album that came out right when I heard it (spoiler al3rt: she's the focuz of theenext POSTof this bLOG, she just keeps getting betterANDshe has givemne NO choice byt to speck favorbly4her). Of curseu can't curse on kDVs, slipping back into old listening habits! caused! somewhat?somehow of a music relapse into the world
of female vocalsYcute twee punsYriot grrrlY"snaps" of approval. But sometimes I miss being a somewhat normal DJ on KDVS, but let's keep Boris out of this. andout of of thebigblackcloud over theplane of nevada hey hey that wusz aninside JK!

Yikes, too much personal shit and weird thought patterns. Long story short, before I knew it, I was naked and cracked out, wandering the streets of midtown Sacramento hipsterironically with my old walkman listening to a shitty tape copy of an album that I just fell in love even though its kinda a ripoff and its actually not even new butstill reallyawesomeandit'sby Blockshot-CUUULso: Normally, I try and pick a cool female fronted hip band with a new record from the bay area for my "who i'm in love with" band. But hell, whaddya know, I've already been in love with the Sandwitches and Shannon and the Clams, the only bands that meet that criteria with new albums that I can recall in the aftermath of my postmiderm slushbrain. So now, I'll expand my horizons to Germany.

Blockshot is the moderNold soundsof your favorite Riot Girrrl headbanzssss:=sound wise, think Excuse 17, but not quite capturing the ferocity of Carrie Brownstein at her best. God, SO GOD GREATONY it's cerreal to begreat to be back in punk land, where being a music nerd is like a warm gluve. yikesosIheard their most recent album came out in 2008, but since ever since I heard the Pixies I haven't known where my mind is; I just heard it recentlyONKDVSINDAVISKALIFUNRIA

THUS IT IS WITH GREAT PRRLEASURRRE THAT I ANNOUNCE TO YOU THIS MPFREE
song: Yesterday, You Were Too Drunk, Today You're Not Drunk Enough
album: After the Beep
listen: here

//////\\\\\\\heyheyHEY I almustve forGETTEN that I alwayze put up a tracker2fer U to enjoy frUM my old "whu i be in luv widride now" so here goes herez a coolnewgarageypoppyrockabilly track from!...none other then SHANNON and her CLAMZ. perk up yr earzwith a new sneakypeekyboo ofs their NEW NEW album
sleep talk

Keep tuned for my review of Alela Diane's new album...

...this post was also randomly inspired by David D. Young's poetry. He usually publishes his work in KDViationS (here), although I AM SOSAD toANNOUNCE that I don't have as much crateACTIVITY as heduZ.

-ginger snap!
don't buy that Boris shit dudez

Pearly Dewdrops 12-6-10

Here's today's playlist. This will be the last "pearly dewdrops" forever, so i've decided to colalate a sort of "best of" the show, with mostly my favorite albums and bands I've featured on the show. Call in (530) 752 2777 and say hi/request something!

Playlist:
Tracy + the Plastics- The Myth of the Front

airbreakairbreakairbreaairbreakairbreakairbreakairbreak 

Pens-I Sing Just for You
Vivian Girls- Wild Eyes
Fleeting Joys- Lights Underground
Lung Leg- Disco Biscuit
Finally Punk-Penguin
airbreakairbreakairbreaairbreakairbreakairbreakairbreak 
Twin Sister- Lady Daydream
Mutating Meltdown- Fantasy
Cocteau Twins- Pearly Dewdrops Dew
Belleruche- Northern Girls
Kellarissa- Pienet Sanat
June Madrona- Roll On Columbia
airbreakairbreakairbreaairbreakairbreakairbreakairbreak 
Chelsea Wolfe- Your Name
Christina Antipa- Where Are You Going, Whoever You Are
Emily Frembgen-Why? 
Sarah June- In Your Chevrolet
Hell-Kite- Cabin
airbreakairbreakairbreaairbreakairbreakairbreakairbreak 
Nu Sensae- I'm a Body
L:ittle Lungs- Pet Cemetary
Vapid- Sex Stain
White Lung- Elf/546 Kids
airbreakairbreakairbreaairbreakairbreakairbreakairbreak 
Chin Chin- Proud Soldiers
Fuzzbox- Wait and See
Neverever- Blue Genes
Grass Widow- Shadow
airbreakairbreakairbreaairbreakairbreakairbreakairbreak 
Foot Ox- The Untrained Ear
The Corin Tucker Band- Half a World Away
The Sandwitches- Fire

Chin Chin- Sound of the Westway

The other high quality post of this expired, so I decided i'd post it up here. Swiss (they don't put out much, but what they do is awesome!) female vocalist fuzz/pop/punk/c86 type awesomeness circa the mid 1980's. Re-released on slumberland records (of course!) earlier this year. The only thing you need to know is that you need to download this and listen ASAP.

d/l here (320kb)

buy it here

Fur Cups for Teeth- fcfu

I'm back! This time I actually have music, too!

Today I have one of my favorite new releases and bands, Fur Cups For Teeth. A weird name, I know. I don't get it, so don't ask me.

Fur Cups For Teeth are from Brooklyn. Sonically, their most defining feature is their harmonies, which are very sweet and filter and intertwine through every song. It's upbeat pop with a strong guitar bite in most of the songs, but not all. Sometimes they play with a drum machine and some synths, but oddly, it retains the feel of the guitar songs. That impresses me while giving the album an interesting edge that makes it more rewarding to listen to than most indie rock albums out these days. They go from sounding like riot grrrl/pop punk bands like Partyline to a female modern day Ramones, to a few other musical lands and back.

As I sometimes gripe about those musical vegetables, this band fills my (and your) inner nerdy female indie-rock vegetable palate. Although, you're not supposed to like your vegetables, so perhaps Fur Cups For Teeth is more tantamount to a giant bacon double cheeseburger. Either way you slice it (pun intended, hehe) this band will impress you, rock you, and definitely make you want to dance. Now, only if they'll come play at KDVS' O:RMF. A boy can dream.

Here at 320kb.

Wild Flag Pictures

Yep, I finally got around to finishing all those pictures I took from when Wild Flag came through Sacramento. I'll get around to posting the Grass Widow and Eux Autres pictures later (they also played).

I'll post something music-wise tomorrow, (aka later on today) so come on back.

Wild Flag Photos here
ps. the password is catattack

Enjoy!

Wild Flag- Romance

I stumbled across a couple videos of Wild Flag. They are a new indie rock supergroup, and I mean SUPER group. It seems Carrie Brownstein is doing most of the vocal work and lead guitars. Mary Timony backs up the vocals and the guitars, and Janet Weiss rocks out on drums. You may know Carrie and Janet from their earlier work in Sleater-Kinney. It sounds like a mix of Sleater-Kinney, Helium, and the Mary Timony Band. I'm obviously not arguing.

When they come through Sacto this Wednesday, we may record them (we record most bands that come through). If we do, I'll see if I can get my greedy selfish little hands on it. If nothing else, I will be taking pictures.