surprising western ambience from heretofore thud masters
Timothy Conlon of Can't Say I've Heard It (Tuesdays 2-4pm)
Artist
Album
Label
Detroit Cobras
Baby
Bloodshot
Lowlights
Dark End Road
Darla
Gravenhurst
Fires in Distant Buildings
Warp
Royksopp
The Understanding
Astralwerks
Zincs
Dimmer
Thrill Jockey
Rosebuds
Birds Make Good Neighbors
Merge
Ready Made
All the Plans Resting
Where are my records
Billy Corgan
The Future Embrace
Reprise
Secret Machines
The Road Leads Where It's Led
Reprise
Trembling Blue Stars
The Seven Autumn Flowers
Bar None
Scott Matthews of Jedi Mitch (Tuesdays 11pm-1am)
Artist
Album
Label
The Bats
At the National Grid
Magic Marker
Tape
Rideau
Hapna
Ali Farka Toure & Toumani Diabate
In the Heart of the Moon
Nonesuch/World Circuit
v/a
Dark Holler: Old Love Songs and Ballads
Smithsonian Folkways
Susan Howe & David Grubbs
Thiefth
Blue Chopsticks
Biosphere
Dropsonde LP
Touch
v/a
American Primitive Vol. 2
Revenant
Giuseppe Ielasi
Gesine
Hapna
Marcus Schmickler & John Tilbury
Variety
A-Musik
Six Organs of Admittance
School of the Flower
Drag City
Tom O' Halloran of Timecube Radio (Wednesdays 1-3am)
Artist
Album
Label
Chad Vangaalen
Infiniheart
Sub Pop
Rogue Wave
Descended like Vultures
Sub Pop
Death Cab For Cutie
Plans
Atlantic
Wolf Parade
Apologies to the Queen Mary
Sub Pop
Iron & Wine/Calexico
In the Reins
Overcoat
My Morning Jacket
Z
RCA
John Vanderslice
Pixel Revolt
Barsuk
Deerhoof
The Runners Four
5RC
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
s/t
self
Nada Surf
The Weight Is a Gift
Barsuk
Nate Millington of the Beard Hour (Fridays 1-3am)
Artist
Album
Label
boris
akuma to uta
southern lord
akron/family
angels of light
young god
om
variations on a theme
holy mountain
young jeezy
lets get it: thug motivation 101
def jam
sunn 0)))
black one
southern lord
Six Organs of Admittance
school of the flower
drag city
coco rosie
noah's ark
touch and go
paul wall
people's champ
Swishahouse/Asylum/Atlantic
circle
forest
ektro
growing
his return
troubleman unlimited
song of the year: Three 6 Mafia feat. Eightball & MJG with Young Buck "Stay Fly" Jeff Carlin of Black Circle Revolution (Mondays 2-4pm)
Artist
Album
Label
okay
high road
absolutely kosher
bonnie prince billy
superwolf
drag city
drakkar sauna
drakkansasauna
marriage
castanets
first light's freeze
asthmatic kitty
okay
low road
absolutely kosher
m. ward
transistor radio
merge
black mountain
black mountain
jagjaguwar
devendra banhart
cripple crow
XL
mountain goats
the sunset tree
4AD
six organs of admittance
school of the flower
drag city
DJ Arthur Function of Radio Freedonia (Wednesdays 11pm-1am)
Artist
Album
Label
The Evens
The Evens
Dischord
M Ward
Transistor Radio
Merge
Of Montreal
The Sunlandic Twins
Polyvinyl
Boards of Canada
Campfire Headphase
Warp
LCD Soundsystem
LCD
Capitol
Nouvelle vague
Nouvelle Vague
Luaka Bop
Super Furry Animals
Love Kraft
XL/Beggars US
Andrew Bird
Mysterious Production of Eggs
Righteous babe
Spoon
Gimme Fiction
Merge
Animal Collective
Feels
Fat Cat
DangerDoom
The Mouse and the Mask
Adult Swim
Benjamin Biolay
A L'origine
EMI Int'l
DJ Artur Function's top 5 reissues
Artist
Album
Label
Pep laguara & Tapinera
Brossa D'Ahir
DiscMedi!
Luiz Bonfa
live in Rio 1959
Smithsonian Folkways
Travis Biggs
Challenge
Soul Jazz
Bob Dylan
No Direction Home
Columbia
Dungen
Ta Det Lungt
Gary Slater (Rock Department assistant extraordinairre)
Artist
Album
Label
Akron/Family/Angels of Light
s/t
Young God
Oxford American Compilation
Oxford American
self
Hudson Bell
When the Sun is the Moon
Monitor
King Holla Holla and the Oh Shit Dogs
Leapin' Lizards
Kavanaugh
Johannes Kepler
Harmonicus Mundi
Pamlico
The Timewriter
Paintbox
Plastic City
Paul McCartney
Chaos and Creation in the Backyard
Capitol
Stevie Wonder
A Time 2 Love
Motown
Animal Collective
Feels
Fat Cat
Devandra Banhart
Cripple Crow
XL
Evan Cunningham of C'mon if You're Comin' (Saturdays 1-3am)
Artist
Album
Label
Edan
Beauty and the Beat
Lewis
Pete Philly & Perquisite
Mindstate
Epitaph
Silver Jews
Tanglewood Numbers
Drag City
Amadou & Mariam
Dimanche a Bamako
Nonesuch
DJ Muggs/GZA
Grandmasters
Angeles
Black Mountain
Black Mountain
Jagjaguwar
Quasimoto
The Further Adventures of Lord Quas
Stones Throw
Lightning Bolt
Hypermagic Mountain
Load
Richard Bona
Toto Bona Lokua
Sunnyside
Juelz Santana
What the Game's Been Missing
Def Jam
Brandy Savarese (Rock Depatment directress)
Artist
Album
Label
the oranges band
the world and everything in it
polyvinyl
spoon
gimme fiction
merge
black angels
s/t ep
light in the attic
black mountain
s/t
jagjaguwar
american analog set
know by heart
arts and crafts
wolf parade
apoligies to the queen mary
Sub Pop
clap your hands say yeah
s/t
self
nada surf
the weight is a gift
barsuk
calla
collisions
beggars
teenage fanclub
man made
merge
Matt Best of Robot Sanctuary (Thursdays 11pm-1) and the "best" damn assistant director ever
Artist
Album
Label
Boards of Canada
The Campfire Headphase
Warp
Kraftwerk
Minimum/Maximum
Astralwerks
Kid606
Resilience
Tigerbeat6
Black Dice
Broken Ear Record
DFA/Astralwerks
Songs of Green Pheasant
Songs of Green Pheasant
FatCat
Isolee
We Are Monster
Playhouse
Autechre
Untilted
Warp
AFX
Analord 01-11
Analord/Rephlex
Kallikak Family
May 23rd 2007
Tell-All
Various Artists
Spectral Sound, Vol. 1
Spectral Sound
Matt Simon of Nocturnal Transmissions (Mondays 11pm-1am)
Artist
Album
Label
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
s/t
self-released
Of Montreal
Sunlandic Twins
polyvinyl
Stephen Malkmus
Face the Truth
Matador
Sufjan Stevens
Illinois
Asthmatic Kitty
Deerhoof
The Runners Four
Kill Rock Stars
Caribou
The Milk of Human Kindness
Leaf/Domino
LCD Soundsytem
s/t
DFA
Smog
A River Ain't Too Much To Love
Drag City
Calexico/Iron and Wine
In the Reins
Overcoat
Iron and Wine
Woman King
Sup Pop
Animal Collective
Feels
Fat Cat
honorable mentions
Artist
Album
Label
Boy Least Likely To
The Best Party Ever
Too Young To Die
Pajo
s/t
Drag City
Pelican
The Fire in Our Throats Will Beckon the Thaw
Hydra Head
Wilco
Kicking Television
Nonesuch
Matt Pysher (former department DJ)
Artist
Album
Label
The Gunshy
Souls
Latest Flame
Wolf Parade
Apologies to the Queen Mary
Sub Pop
Thanksgiving
S/T
Marriage
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
S/T
self released
Sleater Kinney
The Woods
Sub Pop
Xiu Xiu
La Foret
5RC
Deerhoof
The Runner's Four
Kill Rock Stars
Mt. Eerie
Singers
PW Elverum & Sun
The Hold Steady
Separation Sunday
French Kiss
Black Angels
S/T
Light in the Attic
Mike Parisi of Can't Say I've Heard It (Tuesdays 2-4pm)
Artist
Album
Label
MIA
Arular
XL/Beggars
Deerhoof
The Runners Four
KRS
Sufjan Stevens
Illinois
Asthmatic Kitty
The Fiery Furnaces
Rehearsing My Choir
Rough Trade
Devendra Banhart
Cripple Crow
XL
Kanye West
Late Registration
Roc AFella/Def Jam
Broadcast
Tender Buttons
Warp
Animal Collective
Feels
Fat Cat
Black Mountain
S/T
Jagjaguwar
Giant Drag
Hearts & Unicorns
Kickball
Danny Shea of Hard Soft (Saturdays 2-4pm)
Artist
Album
Label
R Kelly
Trapped in the Closet
sony
Caribou
Milk of Human Kindness
Domino
Band of Bees
Free the Bees
Astral Works
Devendra Banhart
Cripple Crow
xl
Animal Collective
Feels
Fat Cat
Quintron & Miss Pussycat
Swamptech
Tigerbeat
Rah Brahs
WhohM
lovitt
Sufjan Stevens
Illinois
Athsmatic Kitty
Dirty Three
Cinder
touch & go
OOIOO
Gold and Green
Thrill Jockey
DJ Poubelle of Radio Freedonia (Wednesdays 11pm-1am) and winner of "Most Articulate" department assistant
Artist
Album
Label
Comments
M.I.A
Arular
XL/Beggars
A taut, sinewy predator of an album. I surrendered to its razor teeth and discovered it just wanted to dance.
Dungen
Ta Det Lungt
Kemado (2005 rerelease)
Psychotropic? No dude, psychoarctic! I surrendered to its retro charms and discovered it just wanted to melt my face.
Petra Haden
Petra Haden Sings the Who Sell Out
Bar None
An utter joy, proving that a capella actually doesn't have to suck horribly. Who knew?
The Evens
The Evens
Dischord
The Quietest Punk Record Ever. Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Ian MacKaye. Take a bow, Amy Farina.
Super Furry Animals
Love Kraft
XL/Beggars
see below
Teenage Fanclub
Man-Made
Merge
Way-unobjectionable? Super-competent? Faint praise aside, here's solid songwriting from bands experienced enough to respect the skill. As the titles collectively suggest, come to think of it.
Artist
Song/Album
Label
Comments
Voxtrot
"Start of Something" from Voxtrot EP
Cult Hero
Austin kids edge perilously close to OC territory, but this was the joyful jangle of 2005.
Stereo Total
"Do the Bambi" from Do the Bambi
KRS
Silly Europop perfection. Let's be friends, please.
Sufjan Stevens
"Come on! Feel The Illinoise" from Illinois
Asthmatic Kitty
So he's a wimp. This was epic.
Black Mountain
"Druganaut" from Black Mountain
Jagjaguwar
Bang your head gently.
mallory o'donnell of more than midnight (mondays 1-3 am)
Artist
Album
Label
Jamie Lidell
Multiply
Warp
Hot Chip
Coming On Strong
moshi mosh
The Juan Maclean
Less Than Human
Astralwerks
Richard Hawley
Coles Corner
Beggars
Out Hud
Let Us Never Speak of it Again
Kranky
Bloc Party
Silent Alarm
Vice
Kaos
Hello Stranger
Studio K7
LCD Soundsystem
s/t
DFA
MIA
Arular
XL/Beggars
Four Tet
Everything Ecstatic
Domino
Morgan McLeod of Robot Sanctuary (Thursdays 11pm-1am) and RPM Director for Life
Artist
Album
Label
Jeremy Ellis
The Lotus Blooms
Ubiquity
Monolake
Polygon Cities
Monolake / Imbalance Computer Music
Bebel Gilberto
Remixed
Ziriguiboom
Nostalgia 77
The Garden
Ubiquity
Plat
Compulsion
Unschooled
Beat Pharmacy
Earthly Delights
Deep Space Media
Lali Puna
I Thought I Was Over That: Rare, Remixed And B-Sides
Morr Music
L'usine
Serial Hodgepodge (actually Nov 2004)
Ghostly International
Boom Bip
Blue Eyed in the Red Room
Lex
Thievery Corporation
The Cosmic Game
ESL
Dominic DeVito of Pure Easy Listening (Wednesdays 2-4pm)
