DISCOVERY.

PLAYLIST: 9 September @ 12pm

2009-09-09T02:42:00.000-07:00

Warm Heart of Africa (feat. Ezra Koenig) - The Very Best, Warm Heart of Africa

Evacuate - The Boxer Rebellion, Union

Forever - Love Of Diagrams ,

Heading For The Cold - Ernest Ellis,

Some Fish, Mum Smokes, Easy/House Music

The Boys Are Out, Hanoi Janes

Dead Mans Train - Lady Of The Sunshine, Smoking Gun

Artist Spotlight
Void - Seekae, The Sound of Trees Falling on People

Lay Everything On Me - Oh Mercy, Privileged Woes

Beat The Twilight - Decoder Ring, They Blind The Stars, And The Wild Team

Missed Hit
Midsummer Classic - Sundowner, Four One Five Two

Down To The Cemetery - Kid Sam, Kid Sam

PLAYLIST: 2 September @ 12pm

2009-09-02T01:40:00.000-07:00

Sing, Sang, Sung - Air,

Sink Or Swim - Bad Lieutenant, Never Cry Another Tear

Wayside (Studio Version : Mastered) - Canvas Kites, Canvas Kites

Relator - Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson, Break Up

Artist Spotlight
Tender Years, Dick Diver

Splitting The Atom - Massive Attack, Splitting The Atom EP

Stellify - Ian Brown, Stellify - EP

What We Talkin' About (feat. Empire Of The Sun) - Jay-Z, The Blueprint 3

Messy Enough - The Radio Dept, David EP

Fast Friends - Paul Dempsey, Everything Is True

Missed Hit
Loro - Pinback, Pinback

The Good News, Philadelphia Grand Jury, The Good News(single)

PLAYLIST: 26 August @ 12pm

2009-08-26T01:24:00.000-07:00

Love of an Orchestra - Noah and the Whale, The First Days of Spring

What's A Fella Gotta Do - Eels, Hombre Lobo

The Note (These Voices) - Maps, Turning The Mind

Artist Spotlight
Quitters Raga - Gold Panda, Quitters Raga 7"

Papillon - Editors, Papillon (single)

Stop The World - The Big Pink, A Brief History Of Love

Chaka Demus - Jamie T, Kings & Queens

Mindwarp - Bachelorette

Mikhael - Laura Jean, Eden Land

Missed Hit
A Good Idea - Sugar, Copper Blue

Sweating Out Weaves (ft. UCB), Wale, Back To The Future

Superhuman Touch - Athlete, Superhuman Touch (single)

Fast Fuse - Kasabian, The West Rider Pauper Lunatic Asylum

PLAYLIST: 19 August @ 12pm

2009-08-19T01:12:00.000-07:00

So Insane - Discovery, LP

Set in Stone - Fires of Rome, You Kingdom You

Mrs. Cold - Kings of Convenience, Declaration Of Dependence

Artist Spotlight
I Dreamt That You Loved Me In Your Dreams - Favours For Sailors, Furious Sons

Enemy Destruct - Thee Oh Sees, Help

Needles, Grand Salvo, Soil Creatures

Cold Spring - Cymbals Eat Guitars, Why There Are Mountains

Missed Hit
You're On My Side - Seona Dancing, More To Lose (single) (1983)

Dust On The Ground - Bombay Bicycle Club, I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose

Hooting & Howling - Wild Beasts, Two Dancers

Refuse Angels - Crocodiles, Summer of Hate

Fables - Dodos, Time To Die

PLAYLIST: 12 August @ 12pm

2009-08-12T22:45:00.000-07:00

The Price - Dappled Cities, Zounds

Walkabout (feat. Noah Lennox) - Atlas Sound, Logos

Spinnin' - Speech Debelle, Speech Therapy

One Rose - WHY?, Eskimo Snow

Over Again - Red Riders, Drown In Colour

Sport Mode - Acoustic Ladyland, Living With A Tiger

At The Bottom - Brand New, Daisy

Artist Spotlight
Shanty Song - Bruce Peninsula, A Mountain Is A Mouth

Missed Hit
White Magic For Lovers - Drugstore, White Magic For Lovers

Harry Patch (In Memory Of) - Radiohead

Bear - The Antlers, Hospice

PLAYLIST: 5 August @ 12pm

2009-08-05T22:39:00.000-07:00

Basic Space - The XX, XX

I'm Going To Kill You - Philadelphia Grand Jury,

Hang You from the Heavens - The Dead Weather, Horehound

Blue Skies - Noah and the Whale, The First Days of Spring

Love in the Time of Human Papillomavirus - Andrew Jackson Jihad,

Dangerous Animals - Arctic Monkeys, Humbug

Artist Spotlight
London Girl - The Invisible, The Invisible

Missed Hit
To Earth With Love - Gay Dad, Leisure Noise

Run This Town - Jay-Z, The Blueprint 3

Oh! Hark! - Lisa Mitchell, Wonder

We Won't Run - Sarah Blasko, As Day Follows Night

PLAYLIST: 25 May @ 1pm

2009-08-01T19:49:00.000-07:00

Just War (feat. Gruff Rhys) - Danger Mouse And Sparklehorse, Dark Night Of The Soul

Mirror's Image - The Horrors, Primary Colours

Little Secrets - Passion Pit, Manners

Fader - The Temper Trap, Conditions

Rabbit Heart - Florence & The Machine, Lungs

Artist Spotlight
Velvet - The Big Pink, Velvet

Winter Hill - Doves, Kingdom Of Rust

Legal Tender - Handsome Furs, Face Control

Missed Hit
The Music Next Door - The Lucksmiths, Warmer Corners (2005)

Anonanimal - Andrew Bird, Noble Beast

Daylight - Matt & Kim, Grand

Bits And Pieces - Junior Boys, Begone Dull Care

PLAYLIST: 18 May @ 1pm

2009-05-18T01:44:00.000-07:00

Angela - Jarvis Cocker, Further Complications

Blood - The Middle East , Recordings Of The Middle East
--> amazing track from a new Australian band, buy this LP!

Murderer - Grammatics, Grammatics

Wilco (The Song) - Wilco, Wilco (The Album)

Smoking Gun - Lady Of The Sunshine, Smoking Gun
--> Angus from 'Angus & Julia Stone' doing his rock thing.

Rockers East Vancouver - Japandroids, Post-Nothing

Artist Spotlight
Already Over - Violens, V (EP)
--> fantastic pop band out of New York, MGMT meets Vampire Weekend.

Star Eyes (I Can Catch It) (feat. James Mercer) - Danger Mouse And Sparklehorse, Dark Night Of The Soul

Missed Hit
We Float - PJ Harvey, Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea (2000)

Fun That We Have - Julian Plenti, Julian Plenti Is... Skyscraper FINAL

Take It In - Hot Chip, A Bugged Out Mix by Hot Chip

Beeline - Sky Larkin, The Golden Spike

PLAYLIST: 11 May @ 1pm

2009-05-11T05:28:00.000-07:00

Summarize - Little Birdy, Confetti

Gettin Wise - Yves Klein Blue, Gettin Wise (single)
--> first taste of their album and its as catchy as heck

Pine On - Obits, I Blame You

Missed Hit
This Day Last Year - The Panics, A House On A Street In A Town I'm From
--> such an underrated track

You've Got A Lot Of Nerve - Red Riders, Drown In Colour

Designed For Damage - Kyte, Science For The Living

Moth - Burial & Four Tet, Moth / Wolf Club EP

Artist Spotlight
The Last Drop - The Joy Formidable, A Balloon Called Moaning

Sticks N Stones - Jamie T, Sticks N Stones EP

Heart - Bertie Blackman, Secrets and Lies

Look Into The Light - Graham Coxon, The Spinning Top

PLAYLIST: 4 May @ 1pm

2009-05-04T01:02:00.000-07:00

Little Pieces - Gomez, A New Tide

Rome - Phoenix, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

Fresh Blood - Eels
--> amazing new track from Mr E

Little Secrets - Passion Pit, Manners
--> it may contain children singing but don't let that put you off too much

All I Want - Sarah Blasko, All I Want (single)
--> this is the first taste of the new album and it is amazing, features a musical saw!!

Midnights (Parts 1) - Lost Valentinos, Midnights (single)

Missed Hit
Light From A Dead Star - Lush, Split
--> one of my fav shoegaze tracks - haunting

Artist Spotlight
Orange Shirt - Discovery
--> namesake of this very show, side project of Vampire Weekend and Ra Ra Riot members

I'm Confused - Handsome Furs, Face Control

Two Weeks - Grizzly Bear, Veckatimest

PLAYLIST: 27 April @ 1pm

2009-04-27T05:00:00.000-07:00

French Navy - Camera Obscura, My Maudlin Career

Percussion Gun - White Rabbits, It's Frightening
--> do you like Spoon? If so check out this album

Bullets - Archive, Controlling Crowds
--> if you've never heard them check 'em out, modern trip-hop - awesome.

Missed Hit
Apple Of My Eye - Ed Harcourt, Apple Of My Eye (single)
--> for such a catchy song to only make #61 in the UK charts is criminal

The Greatest Denier - Doves, Kingdom Of Rust

Artist Spotlight
Good Ol' Fashion Nightmare - Matt & Kim, Grand

Love You Better - The Maccabees, Wall Of Arms

Panic Switch - Silversun Pickups, Swoon

Crystalised - The XX, Crystalised (single)

Murder In The Dark - Hatcham Social, You Dig The Tunnel, I'll Hide The Soil

Sing Tomorrow's Praise - Asobi Seksu, Hush

PLAYLIST: 20 April @ 1pm

2009-04-18T23:08:00.000-07:00

Coin Laundry - Lisa Mitchell, Promo
--> aus idol contestant come good

Counterpoint - Delphic, Promo

Foreign Land - Eskimo Joe, Foreign Land (single)

K.I.A. (Killed In Action) - Jet, Promo

--> catchy, but it ain't great

Missed Hit
Circle, Square, Triangle - Test Icicles, Circle, Square, Triangle (single)

Artist Spotlight
California On My Mind - Wild Light, Adult Nights

Eyes Lose Their Fire - Kyte, Science For The Living

The Kids Are Sick Again - Maxïmo Park, Quicken The Heart

Three Decades - The Horrors, Primary Colours

So Fine - Telepathe, Dance Mother

Please Don't Touch - Polly Scattergood, Polly Scattergood

PLAYLIST: 6 April @ 1pm

2009-04-09T03:27:00.000-07:00

I Don't Even Know What That Is - 1990s, Kicks

Winter Hill - Doves, Kingdom Of Rust

Vlad The Impaler - Kasabian

Bonkers - Dizzee Rascal
--> catchy as heck, but still ruined by Armand Van Helden's annoying production

Give It Up, Datarock, Promo

Win Park Slope - Gomez, A New Tide

Artist Spotlight
Work Day - It Hugs Back, Inside Your Guitar

Missed Hit
Vapour Trail - Ride, Nowhere (1990)

Back Round - Wolfmother, Stoney Roads
--> shit new single

Springer - Tosca, No Hassle
--> check out their new album tis good

PLAYLIST: 30 March @ 1pm

2009-03-30T05:20:00.000-07:00

One Night In October - Little Comets, One Night In October (Promo)
--> buzzworthy English indie that covers the same territory as The Wombats

The Explorer - Leader Cheetah, The Sunspot Letters

Artist Spotlight
Summer Of Hate - Crocodiles, Summer Of Hate

Biko (Mogwai Remix) - Bloc Party,

A Little Death Around The Eyes - Pete Doherty, Grace / Wastelands

Black Sun - Kode9, Black Sun/2 Far Gone (single)
--> great new dubstep 7" out on Hyperdub

Muller's Ratchet - The Rakes, Klang!

The Reeling - Passion Pit, Manners
--> promo for their debut album, looks like the string of MGMT styled bands is set to continue

Black Hearted Love - PJ Harvey & John Parish, A Woman A Man Walked By
--> pretty strong first single

Missed Hit
Isolation - John Lennon, Plastic Ono Band (1970)

Hazel (Radio Edit) - Junior Boys, Hazel

PLAYLIST: 23 March @ 1pm

2009-03-23T04:20:00.000-07:00

The Feeling - Peter Bjorn And John, Living Thing

Harold T. Wilkins Or How To Wait For A Very Long Time - Fanfarlo, Reservoir

No Hope Kids - Wavves, Wavvves
--> noise punk!!!

Camp Out - An Horse, Rearrange Beds
--> check out the grammar.

Messages - Filthy Dukes, Nonsense In The Dark
--> features Tommy Sparks (filled in on bass for some recent Bloc Party tours) who is a really talented guy that has an amazing pop voice. This is chessy, catchy and should be their next single.

Artist Spotlight
Teardrops (Womack & Womack Cover) - The XX, Promo
--> finally an act worthy of internet buzz.

Sleep Alone - Bat For Lashes, Two Suns

Trepanation Party - Voxtrot,
--> free download: sxsw.com

Beware Your Only Friend - Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Beware

PLAYLIST: 16 March @ 1pm

2009-03-16T04:13:00.000-07:00

Serio - Lost Valentinos,
--> single out now

New In Town (Fred Falke Remix) - Little Boots, Promo

Help I'm Alive - Metric, Fantasies
--> 1st on new album.

Alcoholics Unanimous - Art Brut, Alcoholics Unanimous
--> produced by Frank Black.

Lisztomania - Phoenix, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
--> free download of '1901' : wearephoenix.com

The Plot - WhoMadeWho, The Plot

Running To Stand Still (U2 Cover) - Elbow, War Child Presents: Heroes

Vision One - Röyksopp, Junior
--> yep. a new Royksopp, it's good but prepare for the ubiquity.

Artist Spotlight
Golden Phone - Micachu
--> freshly signed London chick creating lots of buzz, being doing some cool stuff with Matthew Herbert.

Azzurra - Gui Boratto, Take My Breath Away

Missed Hit
Monkey Man - The Rolling Stones, Let It Bleed

My Maudlin Career - Camera Obscura, My Maudlin Career

Talk To Me - Peaches, Promo
--> not as filthy as you'd expect, prob toned it down so it'd be a hit - which it deserves to be.

PLAYLIST: 9 March @ 1pm

2009-03-09T22:18:00.000-07:00

No Kind Words - The Maccabees
--> free download: themaccabees.co.uk

Heads Will Roll - Yeah Yeah Yeahs, It's Blitz!
--> album out today!!

Kickstrasse - 1990s, Kicks

Fading Fader - The Temper Trap
--> album due out around June

Last of the English Roses - Peter Doherty
--> single out now

Bits And Pieces - Junior Boys, Begone Dull Care
--> one of the albums of this year, out in April

Artist Spotlight
Hush - Sad Day for Puppets, Just Like a Ghost EP
--> great new swedish shoegaze band, they sound a lot like Lush.

Atlantic City - The Hold Steady, War Child Presents: Heroes

Missed Hit
Some Say - Nina Simone, Silk And Soul (1967)

In For The Kill (Skream's Let's Get Ravey Remix) - La Roux
--> awesome dubstep remix of one of the hotly tipped pop acts of 09

Heartbreaker (feat.John Legend) - MSTRKRFT, Fist Of Gold
--> likely to be a commercial hit, out end of March

Daniel - Bat For Lashes, Two Suns
--> single out now

Kingdom Of Rust (Radio Edit) - Doves, Kingdom Of Rust (single)
--> free download of 'Jetstream': doves.co.uk