After a long struggle with cancer, singer and drummer for The Band Levon Helm has died. Very sad news for music lovers, and for us here at WDCV. Read more at http://www.spinner.com/2012/04/19/levon-helm-dead-dies/
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Heavy Rotation Update: ADDs for the Week of 4/16-4/17
Hello hello, radio followers and fleers…and sheep…ers,
Apparently Carlisle weather decided to switch from almost freezing to SWELTERING summer weather overnight. I’m as shocked as the rest of you. Truly.
A little heat can’t stop ME from giving YOU the latest updates to the station’s heavy rotation binder this week though. In fact, I like the excuse to hide from the sun. No vampire jokes allowed.
Delish.
Anyway, here are the ADDs for this week:
Sarah Donner — Fossil of Girl: This album is truly lovely. Sarah Donner’s sound reminds me of a young Alannis Morisette, though slightly less angry and probably best friends with Tegan and Sara. RIYD: Bjork?
Live Animals — Live Animals: This band is a rag tag group from SoCal and they fair from a skate punk surf snob scene indeed. RIYD: Sublime, 311, people in animal masks.
Toro Y Moi — June 2009: A revival of some of Toro Y Moi’s older and unreleased tracks, reminding us all why we luv him so much in the first place. RIYD: Best Coast, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, Flaming Lips
Part Time — What Would You Say?: Synthetic pop is making a come back…who knew it ever left? RIYD: M83, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti
Horse Feathers — Cynic’s New Year: Weird album title, great album. Horse Feathers is back with an even more folky Americana album. RIYD: Iron & Wine, Damien Rice
the breakups — running jumping falling shouting: This band isn’t nearly as obnoxious as their band name and album title. RIYD: The Shins, Elliot Smith
Alabama Shakes — Boys & Girls: This band has some serious Southern soul power. RIYD: The Black Keys, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeroes, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
CHYEAHHHH BOIIIIII
Anyway, anyone else remember Sailor Moon? So magical.
Have a great rest of the week, try not to break anything, and eat lots of pizza.
Love,
Tori
Heavy Rotation Update: ADDs for the Week of 4/10-4/11 (Late, Oops)
Sorry about the lateness, I’ve been distracted by derpy cats for most of the week. As well as school assignments and a nasty cold. Excuses, excuses.
Anyway, my ADDs for the week are as such:
Vivian Darkbloom — Know Your Exit: Folk rock is always great, especially with a dark edge. This band kind of sounds like if The Decemberists got lost in the woods on a really bad day, with Straylight Run writing the lyrics. RIYD: The Kooks
Mark Alexander — Closer: Apparently “Midwest Rock” is a genre now. And this band is the epitome of that, cowboys and blue jeans and angst for the win. RIYD: Ray La Montagne
Ontario — Ontario: Described as an “indie rock powerhouse” this band is comprised of a multi-talented multi-instrumental set-up. They’re not actually from Canada, but they’re still pretty dreamy. RIYD: Fleet Foxes, C0zy Galaxies
Jonny October — The Wheelhouse: Would you look at that, I reviewed a hip-hop artist. This guy is unassuming to look at, but he has some great lyrics and a general knack of hip-hop. RIYD: Kid Cudi, Flobots
Well, that’s all I got for this week. Tune in next week for more weird pictures and/or memes. Yeehaw!
Happy Thursday,
Tori
Interplanetary Space Travel
Time to get you listeners some groovy new music for the month of April. Here we have a smooth mix of punk and alternative rock courtesy of Norma Jean. Norma Jean started out as a hardcore punk band, but their sound changed drastically with their second album, Meridional. This song, “Distance to Planets”, fits into the albums theme of weird alien creatures and alternate realities.
Heavy Rotation Update: Adds for the Week of 4/2-4/3
Hello again radio fiends, friends, and furry animals alike…
Hope you are all having a wonderful start to April so far, and that you didn’t experience too many traumatic experiences on April 1st. Honestly, the only reason I knew that Sunday was April 1st was because of the premiere of the new Game of Thrones season. Yeah, I said it…
Anyway, here are the ADDs for this week
Raven & Chimes — Comparable to Arcade Fire, a fun soft indie rock band with a lot of piano and a refreshing etheral quality. RIYD: Arcade Fire, The Kooks
Emily Wells — Mama: She may or may not be one of the sisters in Coco Rosie, or perhaps a long lost relative. Her voice is devastatingly beautiful and her music is just as haunting. RIYD: Coco Rosie, St. Vincent, (Old) Nelly Furtado
You Knew Me When — You Knew Me When: Couple doing the Mates of States shtick but not actually Mates of State. Cute, easy listening music. RIYD: The Swell Season
Lux — We Are Not The Same: Really great grungey yet pop rock album. RIYD: Abe Vigoda, Sonic Youth, St. Vincent
Enjoy!
Xiaolin Showdown
The Wu-Tang clan has become a well know hip-hop group over the past decade and a half. The group itself is well known, but a lot of individual projects have not seen much daylight. Raekwon’s album Only Built 4 Cuban Linx is a perfect example. This selection is “Guillotine (Swords)” from that album. “Guillotine” features masterful production and humorous karate movie excerpts. Enjoy!
**Warning: This song contains explicit lyrical content that may not be appropriate for some audiences or may be offensive. If this happens to be the case please choose a different selection from the Music tab**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bk8SMperwS8
That Good Ol’ Texas Rock N’ Roll
Despite their age, ZZ Top still continues to have a cult following. It must be the cutting edge rock attitude they bring along with the bluesy riffs. Known for their beards as well as their guitar playing, ZZ Top is one fun band. Taking a break from the underrepresented, it would be worth a couple seconds to check these guys out if you haven’t already. This is their number “Tush” with vocal contributions from bassist Dusty Hill. It makes for double the fun when both your bassist and guitarist can sing. ZZ Top quickly rose to fame in the early 1970’s due to their charismatic live performances and sense of humor.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z8SApalIE4
Heavy Rotation Update: Tori’s Favorite For The Week of 3/20/12
Hello radio friends and fiends,
Music directors of the past used to blog about the weekly heavy rotation updates, what was good and what was favored, etc. Well, I’ve decided to pick up the mantle once more and try to keep this blog more updated on the heavy rotation front. We’ll see how it goes.
So far of this weeks ADDS, this artist has really caught my attention:
Sleigh Bells – “Reign of Terror”
The second full-length studio album from the electronic power-pop duo, this album is full of brain blasting synthetic beats and lyrics about suicide and possible illusions to war. Or something. While the lyrics are cheesy at worst, and love sick at best, the album as a whole is a pleasurable and yet fun listen. Recommended if you like Beach House, Cults and M.I.A. Best tracks of the album are, arguably, “Born to Lose” and “End of the Line.” This album also could have totally been part of the Drive soundtrack. If you haven’t seen that movie: GET ON IT.
Feminsit Ryan Gosling is Feminist and also like Sleigh Bells
“Treats” was a great album, but this album is deeper and darker, and by deeper I mean the attempt at depth is a little more obvious.
Ladies and Djentleman, We Now Present…Periphery!
Djent is a relatively new subgenre of metal music. There is not much rhyme or reason to how it works besides a core rhythm. Most djent artists are not concerned with music theory, but making their songs a rhythmic orchestration of sorts. Following a recent trend among newer metal bands, most djent songs do not feature solos. Instead they have breakaway parts of the song which feature a signature catchy riff. Periphery helped popularize the djent movement following in the footsteps of the very popular Meshuggah. This particular number is Buttersnips from Periphery’s selt titled album.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCRD_hEeydc
Is Hip-Hop Dead? Tell Us Your Own Opinion
Arguably rap or hip-hop took over the popular music scene during the late 90’s and for the greater part of the next decade. Now the spotlight has shifted to many subgenres of electronic music, such as dubstep and the numerous forms of electronic dance music. In some recent records, hip-hop artists have taken the initiative to add elements of electronic music to their songs. There has been some debate over whether hip-hop, in its truest forms is here to stay. Some people take the stance that music evolves over time. Others say that the fire of hip-hop really has been extinguished. Some say that there is still a lot of productivity from hip-hop artists and the public is waiting for some big records to come out in the near future. Take a look around on youtube or music forums and this debate is still going on. As we are all part of the music community, it would be insightful to start the conversation here on the front porch. Let your opinion be heard and drop a comment below!
