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)

June 6th Playlist

❤ shaped bruises & midnight kisses from HillBilly on 8tracks Radio.

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)

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.

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!