May 30th radio show

May 30th from HillBilly on 8tracks Radio.

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.

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.

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!

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!

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)

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.