Big Scary: Slumming it in Paradise (Australia)
Bombay Bicycle Club: Carry Me (England)
AlunaGeorge: Best Be Believing (UK)
Quadron: Hey Love (Denmark)
Francisco y Madero: Hypnotize (Mexico/USA)
Elephant: Skyscraper (UK)
Thomas Dybdahl: This Love is Here to Stay (Norway)
Pajaro Sunrise: Good to See You (Spain)
Noiserv: Today is the Same as Yesterday, But Yesterday is Not Today (Portugal)
Scott Orr: Slow Down (Canada)
Gabrielle Aplin: Let Me In (England)
Mallu Magalhaes: Youhuhu (Brazil)
Jordan Klassen: The Horses are Stuck (Canada)
L.A.: Pictures on the Wall (Spain)
Asgeir: Torrent (Iceland)
The Happy Mess: Backyard Girl (Portugal)
The Paper Kites: In Reverie (Australia)
Men Among Animals: Kathy
Basia Bulat: Never Let Me Go (Canada)
Foreign Fields: Fake Arms (Canada)
Message to Bears: Moonlight
Matthew Mole: You Dare Not Run From the Whale (South Africa)
A Lily: The Sparrow in the Lemon Tree
Chantal Acda: Jason (Belgium)
Agnes Obel: Dorian (Denmark)
Ane Brun: Halo (Sweden)
Friday, November 22, 2013
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Spoooooky Fundraiser Show October 31st
Alina Orlova: Lovesong (Lithuania)
Mama Kin: The Fire (Australia)
Miike Snow: Cult Logic (Sweden)
Grimes: Oblivion (Canada)
Ous Mal: Viima (Finland)
iamamiwhoami: n (Sweden)
Christine Owman: Spelling Words (Sweden)
Dillon: You are my Winter (Germany)
Agnes Obel: The Curse (Denmark)
James Vincent McMorrow: Wicked Games (Ireland)
The Swell Season: Drown Out (Ireland)
The Acorn: Almanac (Canada)
Anthony's Garden: Spider in Our Bed (Germany)
Basia Bulat: The City with No River (Canada)
Olof Arnalds: Surrender (Iceland)
The Paper Kites: St. Clarity (Australia)
Ben Howard: The Wolves (England)
Laura Marling: Ghosts (England)
Rachel Sermanni: The Fog (Scotland)
Silje Nes: Crystals (Norway)
Soley: Pretty Face (Iceland)
London Grammar: Wasting My Young Years (England)
Forest Swords: Thor's Stone (England)
Efterklang: Towards the Bare Hill (Denmark)
Olafur Arnalds: Old Skin (Iceland)
This was by far one of my favorite shows I think I have ever done. Had too much fun finding spooky things considering my playlists tend to sound like daisies and rainbows. Hope you liked it as much as I did. Also for more spooky music look to Silje Nes, Christine Owman and especially Agnes Obel! Agnes' newest album is haunting and beautiful and so indicative of Scandinavian dark and broody folkish I don't even know what!
Thursday, October 24, 2013
October 24th playlist!!!!
John Wizards: Mulzenberg (South Africa)
Quadron: LFT (Denmark)
Mama Kin: Cherokee Boy (Australia)
Mallu Magalhaes: Lonely (Brazil)
Soley: Pretty Face (Iceland)
Amiina: Hilli (Iceland)
Pascal Pinon: When I Can't Sleep (Iceland)
Emiliana Torrini: Caterpillar (Iceland)
Bell X1: A Thousand Little Downers (Ireland)
L.A.: Mirrorball (Spain)
Oscar and the Wolf: All We Want (Belgium)
the Kissaway Trail: Cuts of Youth (Denmark)
Chevalier Avant Garde: Nowhere (Canada)
Efterklang: Scandinavian Love (Denmark)
Big Scary: Long Worry (Australia)
London Grammar: Metal & Dust (England)
Them Swoops: Work Around It (Australia)
Boreal Sons: Bloom (Canada)
The Paper Kites: Malleable Beings (Australia)
Scott Orr: A Long Life (Canada)
Will Samson: Music for Autumn (Germany)
James Vincent Mcmorrow: Like the River (Ireland)
Matt Corby: Resolution (Australia)
Laura Marling: Goodbye England Covered in Snow (England)
Gabrielle Aplin: Let Me In (England)
Basia Bulat: The City with No River (Canada)
Purple Emperors: Darling and the Lions (England)
Dangers of the Sea: Your Hands Are Folded (Denmark)
Quadron: LFT (Denmark)
Mama Kin: Cherokee Boy (Australia)
Mallu Magalhaes: Lonely (Brazil)
Soley: Pretty Face (Iceland)
Amiina: Hilli (Iceland)
Pascal Pinon: When I Can't Sleep (Iceland)
Emiliana Torrini: Caterpillar (Iceland)
Bell X1: A Thousand Little Downers (Ireland)
L.A.: Mirrorball (Spain)
Oscar and the Wolf: All We Want (Belgium)
the Kissaway Trail: Cuts of Youth (Denmark)
Chevalier Avant Garde: Nowhere (Canada)
Efterklang: Scandinavian Love (Denmark)
Big Scary: Long Worry (Australia)
London Grammar: Metal & Dust (England)
Them Swoops: Work Around It (Australia)
Boreal Sons: Bloom (Canada)
The Paper Kites: Malleable Beings (Australia)
Scott Orr: A Long Life (Canada)
Will Samson: Music for Autumn (Germany)
James Vincent Mcmorrow: Like the River (Ireland)
Matt Corby: Resolution (Australia)
Laura Marling: Goodbye England Covered in Snow (England)
Gabrielle Aplin: Let Me In (England)
Basia Bulat: The City with No River (Canada)
Purple Emperors: Darling and the Lions (England)
Dangers of the Sea: Your Hands Are Folded (Denmark)
Friday, October 11, 2013
October 10th 2013
Mama Kin: Give me a Reason (Australia)
Mikhael Paskalev: Come On (Norway)
David Lemaitre: The Incredible Airplane Party (Bolivia)
L.A.: Oh, Why (Spain)
Jessy Lanza: Against the Wall (Canada)
Braids: Victoria (Canada)
Oscar and the Wolf: Orange Sky (Belgium)
The Cactus Channel: Laika (Australia)
Forest Swords: Irby Tremor (UK)
John Wizards: Maria (South Africa)
Emilianan Torrini: Autumn Sun (Iceland)
Mallu Magalhaes: Lonely (Brazil)
Basia Bulat: It Can't Be You (Canada)
The Paper Kites: Tin Lover (Australia)
The Acorn: Almanac (Canada)
Scott Orr: Slow Down (Canada)
Matthew Mole: Infinite Land (South Africa)
Matt Corby: Lay You Down (Australia)
Jordan Klassen: Balcony (Canada)
Johnny Flynn: Tickle Me Pink (England)
Cloud Control: Promises (Australia)
The Vaccines: If You Wanna (England)
Crystal Fighters: Love Natural (England, Spain)
Kissaway Trail: Sarah Jevo (Denmark)
Thomas Dybdahl: This Love is Here to Stay (Norway)
Quadron: Crush (Denmark)
Thursday, October 3, 2013
September 19th's belated post!
Matthew Mole: Autumn (South Africa)
The Guggenheim Grotto: Home (Ireland)
The Radio Dept.: Pulling Our Weight (Sweden)
The Luyas: Spherical Mattress (Canada)
Mama Kin: Rescue (Australia)
David Lemaitre: Six Years (Bolivia)
Mikhael Paskalev: I Spy (Norway)
How to Dress Well ft. Yuksel Arslan: Decisions (Germany-ish)
Forest Swords: Irby Tremor (UK)
Big Scary: Why Hip Hop Sucks in '13 (Australia)
Jono McCleery: Ballade (England)
Majical Cloudz: Turns Turns Turns (Canada)
Shining Bird: Distant Dreaming (Australia)
London Grammar: Wasting My Young Years (England)
I'lls: Plans Only Drawn (Australia)
Braids: Hossak (Canada)
Silje Nes: Crystals (Norway)
Olof Arnalds: Allt I Guddi (Iceland)
Alina Orlova: Transatlantic Love (Lithuania)
Yuna: I Wanna Go (Malaysia)
Lisa Mitchell: Red Wine Lips (Australia)
James Vincent McMorrow: And if my Heart Should Somehow Stop (Ireland)
Basia Bulat: Tall Tall Shadow (Canada)
Johnny Flynn: Leftovers (England)
Laura Marling: Darkness Descends (England)
The Paper Kites: Tin Lover (Australia)
The Acorn: Dents (Canada)
Friday, September 20, 2013
The Master List of Shows through November!!!!!
So I've been promising to make a comprehensive list of all the foreign bands coming to the tri-state area. One of the greatest things about living in Columbia is that we are, relatively speaking, centrally located to all the best venues. To Charleston and Charlotte it's an hour and a half drive, to Asheville or Chapel Hill, two and half hours, and the longest drive would be to Athens or Atlanta at three hours. All of which are manageable in comparison to when I was growing up in Charleston. Some years Charleston would be just as important to a band's tour as Asheville or ATL, but more often than not bands would skip SC altogether and I'd be left eying shows in Atlanta or Asheville knowing the four or five hour drive was just too much (particularly if you don't have a car or when you did your parents had a heart attack just thinking about their seventeen year old daughter in Atlanta traffic). Basically us Cola folks have a really great location for seeing everyone when they come to the major cities of Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina.
With all that out of the way, oh my word so many foreign bands are coming to the area. Like above and beyond what lineups have looked like in the past few years. Which is why I was so excited to share this with y'all. And surprise! We have two foreigners coming to Columbia!!! This may not even be the complete list but this is what I have so far. Feel free to comment if there's anything I missed.
Ta da!
September 11th
Mumford and Sons
w/The Vaccines
w/Bears Den
Simpsonville, SC Charter Amphitheater
(included because they finally came to South Carolina and I just can't even begin to express my joy)
TONIGHT September 20th
Daughter
w/Bears Den
Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse
September 25th
Sigur Ros
unconfirmed supporting acts
Charleston, SC - The North Charleston Performing Arts Center
-this is their final tour and this is by far the smallest venue they are playing at. I have dreamed of seeing them for years and will not be missing this!
September 28th
Sigur Ros
Asheville, NC - The US Cellular Center Arena
-just in case you miss them in Charleston or would rather see them on a weekend
October 2nd
City and Colour
w/THE PAPER KITES!!!!
Atlanta, GA - The Tabernacle
-in case you didn't already know The Paper Kites are one of my absolute favorite bands
...also October 2nd
Gregory Alan Isakov
w/ Patrick Park
Athens, GA - The Melting Point
and then again on
October 4
Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
BUT
also on October 4th
Crystal Fighters
w/ Sea Wolf Mutiny (awesome awesome local band!)
Columbia, SC - New Brooklyn Tavern
October 8th
Junip
w/ Barbarossa
Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
Jose Gonzales' band is amazing and wonderful and oh so Swedish and they will be so close!
October 11th
Baths
w/ groundislava
w/ Time Wharp
Columbia, SC - New Brooklyn Tavern
-awesome new album out by Baths!
October 18
Noah and the Whale
w/ LP
Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse
-my high school self is squealing at the thought of seeing Noah but my current self is blown away by LPs whistling and soul!
November 6th
CocoRosie
w/ Youth Lagoon
Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
November 12th
Kate Nash
w/ La Sera
Carborro, NC - Cat's Cradle
November 13th
Laura Marling
w/ Willy Mason
Asheville, NC - The Diane Wortham Theatre
November 14th
Basia Bulat
Asheville, NC - The Grey Eagle
new album after 3 years and I just can't even
November 17th
Bonobo
w/ Chet Faker
Asheville, NC - the Orange Peel
November 30th
Chvrches
Asheville, NC - the Orange Peel
With all that out of the way, oh my word so many foreign bands are coming to the area. Like above and beyond what lineups have looked like in the past few years. Which is why I was so excited to share this with y'all. And surprise! We have two foreigners coming to Columbia!!! This may not even be the complete list but this is what I have so far. Feel free to comment if there's anything I missed.
Ta da!
September 11th
Mumford and Sons
w/The Vaccines
w/Bears Den
Simpsonville, SC Charter Amphitheater
(included because they finally came to South Carolina and I just can't even begin to express my joy)
TONIGHT September 20th
Daughter
w/Bears Den
Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse
September 25th
Sigur Ros
unconfirmed supporting acts
Charleston, SC - The North Charleston Performing Arts Center
-this is their final tour and this is by far the smallest venue they are playing at. I have dreamed of seeing them for years and will not be missing this!
September 28th
Sigur Ros
Asheville, NC - The US Cellular Center Arena
-just in case you miss them in Charleston or would rather see them on a weekend
October 2nd
City and Colour
w/THE PAPER KITES!!!!
Atlanta, GA - The Tabernacle
-in case you didn't already know The Paper Kites are one of my absolute favorite bands
...also October 2nd
Gregory Alan Isakov
w/ Patrick Park
Athens, GA - The Melting Point
and then again on
October 4
Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
BUT
also on October 4th
Crystal Fighters
w/ Sea Wolf Mutiny (awesome awesome local band!)
Columbia, SC - New Brooklyn Tavern
October 8th
Junip
w/ Barbarossa
Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
Jose Gonzales' band is amazing and wonderful and oh so Swedish and they will be so close!
October 11th
Baths
w/ groundislava
w/ Time Wharp
Columbia, SC - New Brooklyn Tavern
-awesome new album out by Baths!
October 18
Noah and the Whale
w/ LP
Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse
-my high school self is squealing at the thought of seeing Noah but my current self is blown away by LPs whistling and soul!
November 6th
CocoRosie
w/ Youth Lagoon
Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
November 12th
Kate Nash
w/ La Sera
Carborro, NC - Cat's Cradle
November 13th
Laura Marling
w/ Willy Mason
Asheville, NC - The Diane Wortham Theatre
November 14th
Basia Bulat
Asheville, NC - The Grey Eagle
new album after 3 years and I just can't even
November 17th
Bonobo
w/ Chet Faker
Asheville, NC - the Orange Peel
November 30th
Chvrches
Asheville, NC - the Orange Peel
Thursday, September 12, 2013
September 12th 2013 Playlist!
So today was much more along the Funky side of Foreign Folk and Funky Things. I'm not planning to continue flip flopping between the two but after seeing Mumford and Sons last night I didn't think I would love and gush about all the other folk outfits the way I would on any other given day. So with that in mind hurray for the funk and every other genre covered within tonight's show.
Playlist :
Paper Kites : St Clarity (Australia)
Bear's Den : Agape (UK)
Delorean ft. Carolina Polachek : Unhold (Spain)
Pascal Pinon : When I Can't Sleep (Iceland)
Mama Kin : One Too Many (Australia)
iamamiwhoami : Rascal (Sweden)
Francisco y Madero : Mamacita (Mexico/USA)
Quadron : Hey Love (Denmark)
Big Scary : Luck Now (Australia)
Joasihno : Excited (Germany)
Forest Swords : Thor's Stone (England)
The Weeknd : Belong to the World (Canada)
Jagwar Ma : What Love (Australia)
How to Dress Well : Can't See my Own Face (Germany...ish)
John Wizard : Jamieo (South Africa)
Nais Williams & Dfs : Pleasure (Chile)
Star Slinger : Dutchie Courage (UK)
King Krule : Ceiling (UK)
When Saints Go Machine : Iodine (Denmark)
Anna Von Hausswolff : Mountains Crave (Sweden)
Braids : Victoria (Canada)
London Grammar : Hey Now (England)
Dillon : You are my Winter (Germany)
Bell X1 : A Thousand Little Downers (Ireland)
Peter and Kerry : Knees (England)
Efterklang : Modern Drift (Denmark)
Johnny Borrell : Pan-European Supermodel Song / Oh! Gina (England)
The Vaccines : If You Wanna (England)
Hopefully by the weekend I'll have calmed down from the show last night enough to review Mumford and Sons (obviously) along with the Vaccines (!!!) and the ever lovely Bear's Den. Stay tuned y'all and be sure to tune in next week as always from 6-8pm (local) at 90.5 WUSC fm and HD 1 Columba or stream it live at wusc.sc.edu. 8tracks has been a little fickle for me recently but hopefully we'll have the show posted up here as well!
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Playlist :
Paper Kites : St Clarity (Australia)
Bear's Den : Agape (UK)
Delorean ft. Carolina Polachek : Unhold (Spain)
Pascal Pinon : When I Can't Sleep (Iceland)
Mama Kin : One Too Many (Australia)
iamamiwhoami : Rascal (Sweden)
Francisco y Madero : Mamacita (Mexico/USA)
Quadron : Hey Love (Denmark)
Big Scary : Luck Now (Australia)
Joasihno : Excited (Germany)
Forest Swords : Thor's Stone (England)
The Weeknd : Belong to the World (Canada)
Jagwar Ma : What Love (Australia)
How to Dress Well : Can't See my Own Face (Germany...ish)
John Wizard : Jamieo (South Africa)
Nais Williams & Dfs : Pleasure (Chile)
Star Slinger : Dutchie Courage (UK)
King Krule : Ceiling (UK)
When Saints Go Machine : Iodine (Denmark)
Anna Von Hausswolff : Mountains Crave (Sweden)
Braids : Victoria (Canada)
London Grammar : Hey Now (England)
Dillon : You are my Winter (Germany)
Bell X1 : A Thousand Little Downers (Ireland)
Peter and Kerry : Knees (England)
Efterklang : Modern Drift (Denmark)
Johnny Borrell : Pan-European Supermodel Song / Oh! Gina (England)
The Vaccines : If You Wanna (England)
Hopefully by the weekend I'll have calmed down from the show last night enough to review Mumford and Sons (obviously) along with the Vaccines (!!!) and the ever lovely Bear's Den. Stay tuned y'all and be sure to tune in next week as always from 6-8pm (local) at 90.5 WUSC fm and HD 1 Columba or stream it live at wusc.sc.edu. 8tracks has been a little fickle for me recently but hopefully we'll have the show posted up here as well!
kiss kiss
Friday, September 6, 2013
September 5th Playlist
So for this week's show I was really excited to get back to my folky routes. I realized sometime Monday that my folky favorites have been neglected as of late. Not all of the artists this week were hard core strictly bluegrass like folk but all the different veins of folk/acoustic/experimental folk and all that jazz...folk?
I'll be uploading the 8tracks once it's finally loaded along with the list of Foreign bands coming to the Tri-state area in the next two months! Over a dozen bands are finding their way to the Carolinas and Georgia. It's crazy!
Playlist by set:
Patrick Watson: Blackwind (Canada)
Will Samson: Cathedrals (Germany)
Fionn Regan: Moving to Berlin (Ireland)
Johnny Flynn: Lost and Found (England)
Matthew and the Atlas: I Will Remain (England)
The Tallest Man on Earth: The Gardner (Sweden)
The Wedding Band: Thumper (England)
Laura Marling: Rambling Man (England)
The Staves: I Try (England)
Gabrielle Aplin: Let Me In (England)
Emily Barker and the Red Clay Halo: Reckless (Australia)
Purple Emperors: Plume (England)
Rue Royale: Tiny Parcels (England)
Ben Riddle: Astronaut (Australia)
The Acorn: Almanac (Canada)
Ben Howard: The Wolves (England)
Anthony's Garden: Spiders in Our Bed (Germany)
James Vincent McMorrow: Wicked Games (Ireland)
City and Colour: We Found Each Other in the Dark (Canada)
The Paper Kites: Tenenbaum (Canada)
Matt Corby: Coloured Stones and Walls (Australia)
Bell X1: West of Her Spine (Ireland)
Basia Bulat: Run (Canada)
Jose Gonzalez: Heartbeats (Sweden)
Rachel Sermanni: Black Current (Scotland)
Isaac De Heer: Visiting Hours (Australia)
Emiliana Torrini: Heartstopper (Iceland)
Matthew Mole: Have I Told You? (South Africa)
The Unthanks: The Testimony of Patience Kershaw (England)
I'll be uploading the 8tracks once it's finally loaded along with the list of Foreign bands coming to the Tri-state area in the next two months! Over a dozen bands are finding their way to the Carolinas and Georgia. It's crazy!
Playlist by set:
Patrick Watson: Blackwind (Canada)
Will Samson: Cathedrals (Germany)
Fionn Regan: Moving to Berlin (Ireland)
Johnny Flynn: Lost and Found (England)
Matthew and the Atlas: I Will Remain (England)
The Tallest Man on Earth: The Gardner (Sweden)
The Wedding Band: Thumper (England)
Laura Marling: Rambling Man (England)
The Staves: I Try (England)
Gabrielle Aplin: Let Me In (England)
Emily Barker and the Red Clay Halo: Reckless (Australia)
Purple Emperors: Plume (England)
Rue Royale: Tiny Parcels (England)
Ben Riddle: Astronaut (Australia)
The Acorn: Almanac (Canada)
Ben Howard: The Wolves (England)
Anthony's Garden: Spiders in Our Bed (Germany)
James Vincent McMorrow: Wicked Games (Ireland)
City and Colour: We Found Each Other in the Dark (Canada)
The Paper Kites: Tenenbaum (Canada)
Matt Corby: Coloured Stones and Walls (Australia)
Bell X1: West of Her Spine (Ireland)
Basia Bulat: Run (Canada)
Jose Gonzalez: Heartbeats (Sweden)
Rachel Sermanni: Black Current (Scotland)
Isaac De Heer: Visiting Hours (Australia)
Emiliana Torrini: Heartstopper (Iceland)
Matthew Mole: Have I Told You? (South Africa)
The Unthanks: The Testimony of Patience Kershaw (England)
Sunday, July 14, 2013
June 6th Playlist
Hotel Mexico: Its Twinkle (Japan)
Hooded Fang: Bye Bye Land (Canada)
Slaraffenland: Too Late to Think (Denmark)
Woodkid: I Love You (France)
David Lemaitre: Megalomania (Bolivia)
Sin Fang: Sunbeam (Iceland)
Is Tropical: Leave the Party (England)
Milky Chance: Stolen Dance (Germany)
Paul Banks: Young Again (England)
Django Django: Default (England)
Francisco y Madero: Mamacita (Mexico)
Nais Williams and Dfs: Pleasure (Chile)
When Saints Go Machine: Iodine (Denmark)
iamamiwhoami: Rascal (Sweden)
Quadron: Hey Love (Denmark)
Lianne La Havas: Is Your Love Big Enough (England)
Yuna: Young (Malaysia)
Tessa Rose Jackson: Stepping Stone (the Netherlands)
Melanie Laurent: Kiss (France)
Peter and Kerry: Knees (England)
Avalanche City: Love Don't Leave (New Zealand)
Daughter: Still (England)
Angus and Julia Stone: And the Boys (Australia)
Big Scary: Bay Friends (Australia)
The Luyas: Too Beautiful to Work (Canada)
Folly and the Hunter: Moth in the Porch Light (Canada)
Parachutes: Tree Roots Turn to Forts (Iceland)
Crystal Fighters: You and I (Spain)
The Maccabees: Toothpaste Kisses (England)
Jay Jay Pistolet: Always on my way back home (England)
Raised Among Wolves: Tin Foil Empire (Denmark)
Frightened Rabbit: Late March, Death March (Scotland)
Kodaline: What it is (Ireland)
Tom Odell: Hold Me (England)
Bell X1: West of Her Spine (Ireland)
James Vincent McMorrow: And if My Heart Should Somehow Stop (Ireland)
Ben Riddle: Astronaut (Australia)
The Acorn: Almanac (Canada)
Patrick Watson: Blackwind (Canada)
Michael Kiwanuka: Worry Walks Beside Me (England)
Matt Corby: Resolution (Australia)
Hooded Fang: Bye Bye Land (Canada)
Slaraffenland: Too Late to Think (Denmark)
Woodkid: I Love You (France)
David Lemaitre: Megalomania (Bolivia)
Sin Fang: Sunbeam (Iceland)
Is Tropical: Leave the Party (England)
Milky Chance: Stolen Dance (Germany)
Paul Banks: Young Again (England)
Django Django: Default (England)
Francisco y Madero: Mamacita (Mexico)
Nais Williams and Dfs: Pleasure (Chile)
When Saints Go Machine: Iodine (Denmark)
iamamiwhoami: Rascal (Sweden)
Quadron: Hey Love (Denmark)
Lianne La Havas: Is Your Love Big Enough (England)
Yuna: Young (Malaysia)
Tessa Rose Jackson: Stepping Stone (the Netherlands)
Melanie Laurent: Kiss (France)
Peter and Kerry: Knees (England)
Avalanche City: Love Don't Leave (New Zealand)
Daughter: Still (England)
Angus and Julia Stone: And the Boys (Australia)
Big Scary: Bay Friends (Australia)
The Luyas: Too Beautiful to Work (Canada)
Folly and the Hunter: Moth in the Porch Light (Canada)
Parachutes: Tree Roots Turn to Forts (Iceland)
Crystal Fighters: You and I (Spain)
The Maccabees: Toothpaste Kisses (England)
Jay Jay Pistolet: Always on my way back home (England)
Raised Among Wolves: Tin Foil Empire (Denmark)
Frightened Rabbit: Late March, Death March (Scotland)
Kodaline: What it is (Ireland)
Tom Odell: Hold Me (England)
Bell X1: West of Her Spine (Ireland)
James Vincent McMorrow: And if My Heart Should Somehow Stop (Ireland)
Ben Riddle: Astronaut (Australia)
The Acorn: Almanac (Canada)
Patrick Watson: Blackwind (Canada)
Michael Kiwanuka: Worry Walks Beside Me (England)
Matt Corby: Resolution (Australia)
Thursday, June 6, 2013
We love you Coco O!!!!
For those of you who loved Coco O's track Where the Wind Blows on the Great Gatsby soundtrack you will be as thrilled as I am to know that Quadron (her band) has released a new album and holy crap is it lovely. It's got soul and funk and lovely things coming out of Denmark of all places!!! This music video is also just lovely but that may be because it reminds me of So You Think You Can Dance (in like the best way possible!) If you can't tell by the exclamation points in this post I'm a little in love.
Friday, May 31, 2013
May 30th radio show
Yuna: I Wanna Go (Malaysia)
Lisa Mitchell: Clean White Love (Australia)
Hannah Georgas: Elephant (Canada)
Feist: We're All in the Dance (Canada)
Junip: Your Life Your Call (Sweden)
Taken By Trees: Not Like Any Other (Sweden)
Grimes: Oblivion (Canada)
Niagara: Superbe (Italy)
Hooded Fang: Ode to Subterrania (Canada)
La Femme: Hypsoline (France)
Francisco y Madero: Hypnotize (Mexico)
When Saints Go Machine: Iodine (Denmark)
The Orb ft. Lee Scratch Perry: Soulman (England)
Brother: Brother (Mexico)
The Last Dinosaur: The Record Player (Australia)
Parachutes: GRass Leaves (Iceland)
The Tallest Man on Earth: Revelation Blues (Sweden)
Ben Howard: The Wolves (England)
Seamus Fogarty: The Undertaker's Daughter (Ireland)
My Bubba: Good Night Heart (Iceland)
Laura Marling: Devil's Resting Place (England)
Emiliana Torrini: Beggar's Prayer (Iceland)
Gemma Hayes: All I Need (Ireland)
Lisa Hannigan: O Sleep (Ireland)
The Paper Kites: Paint (Australia)
Folly and the Hunter: Ghost (Canada)
Patrick Watson: Words in the Fire (Canada)
Matt Corby: Resolution (Australia)
Tessa Rose Jackson: 405 (Netherlands)
David Lemaitre: Spirals (Bolivia)
MOUSTAD: Skugga (Sweden)
Holidays: Child (Italy)
Chapel Club: Sleep Alone (England)
Jinja Safari: Toothless Grin (Australia)
Shoreline Is: Krakow (Germany)
Johnny and the Fembots: Hey! Don't! (Australia)
Camera Obscura: Do it Again (Scotland)
Tribes: Dancehall (Endland)
Northcote: When You Cry (Canada)
Crystal Fighters: LA Calling (Spain)
Little Green Car: Harper Lee (Ireland)
Kodaline: Love Like This (Ireland)
Tom Odell: I Know (England)
Mikhael Paskalev: Jive Babe (Norway)
Passenger: Community Centre (England)
Jay Jay Pistolet: Always on my Way Back Home (England)
So I realize after typing this show up that I was very Anglo-centric with this week's selection. That being said there were some amazing new releases this week from Scotland's Camera Obscura and Australian McDreamy Matt Corby. Stellar tracks and all around lovely things from these two. Looking beyond the former British Empire there are a few stand outs including Iodine by When Saints Go Machine and Grass Leaves by the Icelandic band Parachutes. Oh and if you thought Mikhael Paskalev was a one hit wonder with I Spy check out his other single Jive Babe. Flirty fun summer love with old favorites sprinkled with new foreign tunes on this set.
Lisa Mitchell: Clean White Love (Australia)
Hannah Georgas: Elephant (Canada)
Feist: We're All in the Dance (Canada)
Junip: Your Life Your Call (Sweden)
Taken By Trees: Not Like Any Other (Sweden)
Grimes: Oblivion (Canada)
Niagara: Superbe (Italy)
Hooded Fang: Ode to Subterrania (Canada)
La Femme: Hypsoline (France)
Francisco y Madero: Hypnotize (Mexico)
When Saints Go Machine: Iodine (Denmark)
The Orb ft. Lee Scratch Perry: Soulman (England)
Brother: Brother (Mexico)
The Last Dinosaur: The Record Player (Australia)
Parachutes: GRass Leaves (Iceland)
The Tallest Man on Earth: Revelation Blues (Sweden)
Ben Howard: The Wolves (England)
Seamus Fogarty: The Undertaker's Daughter (Ireland)
My Bubba: Good Night Heart (Iceland)
Laura Marling: Devil's Resting Place (England)
Emiliana Torrini: Beggar's Prayer (Iceland)
Gemma Hayes: All I Need (Ireland)
Lisa Hannigan: O Sleep (Ireland)
The Paper Kites: Paint (Australia)
Folly and the Hunter: Ghost (Canada)
Patrick Watson: Words in the Fire (Canada)
Matt Corby: Resolution (Australia)
Tessa Rose Jackson: 405 (Netherlands)
David Lemaitre: Spirals (Bolivia)
MOUSTAD: Skugga (Sweden)
Holidays: Child (Italy)
Chapel Club: Sleep Alone (England)
Jinja Safari: Toothless Grin (Australia)
Shoreline Is: Krakow (Germany)
Johnny and the Fembots: Hey! Don't! (Australia)
Camera Obscura: Do it Again (Scotland)
Tribes: Dancehall (Endland)
Northcote: When You Cry (Canada)
Crystal Fighters: LA Calling (Spain)
Little Green Car: Harper Lee (Ireland)
Kodaline: Love Like This (Ireland)
Tom Odell: I Know (England)
Mikhael Paskalev: Jive Babe (Norway)
Passenger: Community Centre (England)
Jay Jay Pistolet: Always on my Way Back Home (England)
So I realize after typing this show up that I was very Anglo-centric with this week's selection. That being said there were some amazing new releases this week from Scotland's Camera Obscura and Australian McDreamy Matt Corby. Stellar tracks and all around lovely things from these two. Looking beyond the former British Empire there are a few stand outs including Iodine by When Saints Go Machine and Grass Leaves by the Icelandic band Parachutes. Oh and if you thought Mikhael Paskalev was a one hit wonder with I Spy check out his other single Jive Babe. Flirty fun summer love with old favorites sprinkled with new foreign tunes on this set.
Saturday, May 25, 2013
Sexy Summer Sounds
I've been meaning to get into Latin American music for a long time now. My shows and library of foreign music tends to be very Eurocentric. So this Summer I'm making a point of researching and finding great bands from South and Central America. One thing to note is that Mexico is killing it in their music scene right now. One band in particular to take note of is Francisco y Madero. This duo is only kind of foreign. In 2010 Franciscan native Jess Sylvester contacted Guadalajarian musician Carlos Pesina through myspace. Between dropbox and a few visits back and forth they have created one of the most stunning, and sadly short (only 5 songs), albums for the summer season. Using live cuts as well as samples from all over the place the pair have created a unique blend of traditional Latin sounds of brass horns, beats and funky bass lines with gurgling synthesized vibratos. The stand out track is Mamacita with French esque 60s phsycadelic undertones and sexy breathless vocals playing on a loop in the background. Hypnotize is also stunning in it’s use of doo op, and the manipulation and warping of different samples. The album is perfect for hot summer nights with sexy vibes and layers of lush sounds infusing modern mixing with Latin beats, while at the same time giving a nod to vintage psychedelic sounds and surfer rock of the 60s and 70s.
Here is the only track I've been able to find on youtube. It's crazy seeing that this song only has 402 views thus far.
Here is the only track I've been able to find on youtube. It's crazy seeing that this song only has 402 views thus far.
Friday, May 24, 2013
Matt Corby's done it again!
Saw this today on facebook. It is stellar, stupendous and lovely. His music gives me goose bumps and this new song (which is under lock and key within the Australian borders-damn you internet copyrights!) is no different.
Let the goose bumps begin!
Let the goose bumps begin!
May 23rd 2013 playlist
Ghostkeeper: Don't Come Knocking (Australia)
Powersolo: I Love You but I Hate You (Denmark)
Quadron: Slippin' (Denmark)
Caro Emerald: Coming Back As a Man (The Netherlands)
Lisa Mitchell: Coin Laundry (Australia)
Yuna: Young (Malaysia)
Megan Washington: How to Tame Lions (Australia)
Tessa Rose Jackson: 20 Years (The Netherlands)
Folly and the Hunter: Moth in the Porch Light (Canada)
Wintercoats: Everyone Seems to Be in on Something (Australia)
Brother: Coma (Mexico)
Born Ruffians: Needle (Canada)
Jinja Safari: Plagiarist (Australia)
Cave Painting: Gator(England)
Majical Cloudz: Turns Turns Turns (Canada)
David Lemaitre: Six Years (Bolivia)
Joasihno: Von (Germany)
Data Romance: Cargo (Canada)
James Blake: Overgrown (England)
When Saints Go Machine: Iodine (Denmark)
Francisco y Madero: Mamacita (Mexico)
Foals: Blue Blood (England)
Frightened Rabbit: Living in Colour (Scotland)
Tom Odell: Hold Me (England)
Lonely Tourist: Rattling Around (Scotland)
Niagara: Superbe (Italy)
Is Tropical: Dancing Anymore (England)
Alfred Hall: Someplace Beautiful (Norway)
Cloud Control: There's Nothing in the Water We Can't Fight (Australia)
Seabear: I'll Build You a Fire (Iceland)
Memoryhouse: To the Lighthouse (Canada)
Prizes: Volcanic Ash Cloud (England)
Johan Brannstrom: Come See Me Sometime (Sweden)
Tribes: Street Dancin' (England)
MOUSTAD: Skugga (Sweden)
Mikhael Paskalev: I Spy (Norway)
Swann: It Don't Ryme (France)
Hipnotica + Unixx: Perfect Betrayer (Portugal)
Heidi Happy: Dance with Another (Switzerland)
Laura Marling: Master Hunter (England)
Emma Louise: Freedom (Australia)
Owl Eye: Hurricane (Australia)
Daughter: Still (England)
La Femme: Sur La Planche 2013 (France)
Favorites of this show include Tessa Rose Jackson: 20 Years, with her young heart and beautiful voice, as well as David Lamaitre the Bolivian artist that came out of nowhere (perfect album for summer). Another artist that fell from the sky, Mikhael Paskalev, of Bulgarian decent but crooning fresh music out of Norway. Also featuring new releases from the oh so lovely old favorites Jinja Safari and Laura Marling.
And for those of you who missed the show yesterday you can listen here on my 8tracks page! Don't forget to tune in Thursdays from 6-9pm at WUSC's homepage for live streaming or tune in locally to Columbia's 90.5!
Powersolo: I Love You but I Hate You (Denmark)
Quadron: Slippin' (Denmark)
Caro Emerald: Coming Back As a Man (The Netherlands)
Lisa Mitchell: Coin Laundry (Australia)
Yuna: Young (Malaysia)
Megan Washington: How to Tame Lions (Australia)
Tessa Rose Jackson: 20 Years (The Netherlands)
Folly and the Hunter: Moth in the Porch Light (Canada)
Wintercoats: Everyone Seems to Be in on Something (Australia)
Brother: Coma (Mexico)
Born Ruffians: Needle (Canada)
Jinja Safari: Plagiarist (Australia)
Cave Painting: Gator(England)
Majical Cloudz: Turns Turns Turns (Canada)
David Lemaitre: Six Years (Bolivia)
Joasihno: Von (Germany)
Data Romance: Cargo (Canada)
James Blake: Overgrown (England)
When Saints Go Machine: Iodine (Denmark)
Francisco y Madero: Mamacita (Mexico)
Foals: Blue Blood (England)
Frightened Rabbit: Living in Colour (Scotland)
Tom Odell: Hold Me (England)
Lonely Tourist: Rattling Around (Scotland)
Niagara: Superbe (Italy)
Is Tropical: Dancing Anymore (England)
Alfred Hall: Someplace Beautiful (Norway)
Cloud Control: There's Nothing in the Water We Can't Fight (Australia)
Seabear: I'll Build You a Fire (Iceland)
Memoryhouse: To the Lighthouse (Canada)
Prizes: Volcanic Ash Cloud (England)
Johan Brannstrom: Come See Me Sometime (Sweden)
Tribes: Street Dancin' (England)
MOUSTAD: Skugga (Sweden)
Mikhael Paskalev: I Spy (Norway)
Swann: It Don't Ryme (France)
Hipnotica + Unixx: Perfect Betrayer (Portugal)
Heidi Happy: Dance with Another (Switzerland)
Laura Marling: Master Hunter (England)
Emma Louise: Freedom (Australia)
Owl Eye: Hurricane (Australia)
Daughter: Still (England)
La Femme: Sur La Planche 2013 (France)
Favorites of this show include Tessa Rose Jackson: 20 Years, with her young heart and beautiful voice, as well as David Lamaitre the Bolivian artist that came out of nowhere (perfect album for summer). Another artist that fell from the sky, Mikhael Paskalev, of Bulgarian decent but crooning fresh music out of Norway. Also featuring new releases from the oh so lovely old favorites Jinja Safari and Laura Marling.
And for those of you who missed the show yesterday you can listen here on my 8tracks page! Don't forget to tune in Thursdays from 6-9pm at WUSC's homepage for live streaming or tune in locally to Columbia's 90.5!
Thursday, May 16, 2013
May 16th: the first of many summer shows!
Mikhael Paskalev: I Spy (Norway)
Born Ruffians: Needle (Canada)
MOUSTAD: Sendero (Sweden)
Wintercoats: Halogen Moon (Australia)
Francisco y Madero: Mamacita (Mexico)
Nais Williams & Dfs: Pleasure (Chile)
David Lemaitre: The Incredible Airplane Party (Bolivia)
Star Slinger: Dutchie Courage (England)
Jonquil: Mexico (England)
The Holidays: Broken Bones (Australia)
The Telepathics: 23:59 (Sweden and Italy)
Les Enfants: Celeste (New Zealand)
Brother: Call (Mexico)
Junip: It's alright (Sweden)
Malojian: Witerlude (Ireland)
Greatest Month: Cringe (Sweden)
Emma Louise: Freedom (Australia)
Majical Cloudz: Childhood's End (Canada)
Milagros: For Ever 2 (Spain)
The Tallest Man on Earth: The Dreamer (Sweden)
Ligula: The Way (Spain)
Leif Vollebekk: Cairo Blues (Canada)
Hindi Zahra: Kisses and Thrills (Morrocco)
Camera Obscura: Careless Love (Scottland)
Quadron: Pressure (Denmark)
Caro Emerald: Tangled Up (The Netherlands)
Lisa Mitchell: Oh! Hark! (Australia)
Sarah Blasko: I Never Knew (Australia)
Washington: Fighting the Good Fight (Australia)
Hannah Georgas: The Deep End (Canada)
Secret Knives: The Garden (New Zealand)
The Guggenheim Grotto: Home (Ireland)
Tom Odell: Hold Me (England)
Niagara: Seal (Italy)
Jonathan Boulet: Ones Who Fly Twos Who Die (Australia)
Kyu: Trains (Australia)
King Charles: Love Lust (England)
Reverie: Get to Know Me (England)
Tessa Rose Jackson: 405 (The Netherlands)
Emily Barker and the Red Clay Halo: Billowing Sea (Australia)
Jay Jay Pistolet: Always on my Way Back Home (England)
The Luyas: Too Beautiful to Work (Canada)
Born Ruffians: Needle (Canada)
MOUSTAD: Sendero (Sweden)
Wintercoats: Halogen Moon (Australia)
Francisco y Madero: Mamacita (Mexico)
Nais Williams & Dfs: Pleasure (Chile)
David Lemaitre: The Incredible Airplane Party (Bolivia)
Star Slinger: Dutchie Courage (England)
Jonquil: Mexico (England)
The Holidays: Broken Bones (Australia)
The Telepathics: 23:59 (Sweden and Italy)
Les Enfants: Celeste (New Zealand)
Brother: Call (Mexico)
Junip: It's alright (Sweden)
Malojian: Witerlude (Ireland)
Greatest Month: Cringe (Sweden)
Emma Louise: Freedom (Australia)
Majical Cloudz: Childhood's End (Canada)
Milagros: For Ever 2 (Spain)
The Tallest Man on Earth: The Dreamer (Sweden)
Ligula: The Way (Spain)
Leif Vollebekk: Cairo Blues (Canada)
Hindi Zahra: Kisses and Thrills (Morrocco)
Camera Obscura: Careless Love (Scottland)
Quadron: Pressure (Denmark)
Caro Emerald: Tangled Up (The Netherlands)
Lisa Mitchell: Oh! Hark! (Australia)
Sarah Blasko: I Never Knew (Australia)
Washington: Fighting the Good Fight (Australia)
Hannah Georgas: The Deep End (Canada)
Secret Knives: The Garden (New Zealand)
The Guggenheim Grotto: Home (Ireland)
Tom Odell: Hold Me (England)
Niagara: Seal (Italy)
Jonathan Boulet: Ones Who Fly Twos Who Die (Australia)
Kyu: Trains (Australia)
King Charles: Love Lust (England)
Reverie: Get to Know Me (England)
Tessa Rose Jackson: 405 (The Netherlands)
Emily Barker and the Red Clay Halo: Billowing Sea (Australia)
Jay Jay Pistolet: Always on my Way Back Home (England)
The Luyas: Too Beautiful to Work (Canada)
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Overview
So introductions are in order; name's Hillary. I'm a grad student and I've been involved with my college radio station for the past four years. For three of those years I have been hosting a specialty show with the same name as this blog. See, my sophomore year I studied abroad in Ireland. While there I travelled all over the place. On the way to Amsterdam I made a pitstop in Rotterdam of all places and met a lovely Aussie that reintroduced me to my love of the hunt for great music. I'd spent the past four months or so leading up to this encounter not really in tune with current music. So between our conversations of fun new music and being in Europe I began finding and loving bands from all over. After my semester of fun I returned to school with a renewed obsession for new music and a new theme. The show, Foreign Folk and Funky Things, was founded on my love of folk music. My heart lies with folk and dreamlike crooning, however, either my ADD or my need for variety led to the necessity of the all encompassing 'Funky Things'. So while I love artists like Laura Marling and First Aid Kit, I am also in love with JT and know every word to Boom Boom Base. The Funky Things side of the show basically allows me to play every genre under the sun.
It's been a great run these past 3 years but I've never fully committed to an online presence. Sure I had a sort of blog in the beginning, and then there's the Facebook page that I'm ashamed to say has never been kept up with. I don't know for sure if this time will be different but at least this time there are a good many reasons why I am so motivated. This past semester I took a class in preservation planning and administration and something about that class made me want to preserve my show and my knowledge about foreign music. I also have a lot to say, I might not be the best writer but I know my area of music and I know now how I want this blog to work. At the very least I'll be posting my playlists for each show and will post music videos and reviews of new releases.
The Summer Schedule starts next week so you can web stream it at WUSC's homepage or listen locally (Columbia S.C) on 90.5fm. I'll be on from 6pm to 9pm on Thursdays so we'll see how things turn out both with the summer 3 hour slot and this blog.
It's been a great run these past 3 years but I've never fully committed to an online presence. Sure I had a sort of blog in the beginning, and then there's the Facebook page that I'm ashamed to say has never been kept up with. I don't know for sure if this time will be different but at least this time there are a good many reasons why I am so motivated. This past semester I took a class in preservation planning and administration and something about that class made me want to preserve my show and my knowledge about foreign music. I also have a lot to say, I might not be the best writer but I know my area of music and I know now how I want this blog to work. At the very least I'll be posting my playlists for each show and will post music videos and reviews of new releases.
The Summer Schedule starts next week so you can web stream it at WUSC's homepage or listen locally (Columbia S.C) on 90.5fm. I'll be on from 6pm to 9pm on Thursdays so we'll see how things turn out both with the summer 3 hour slot and this blog.
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