Heavy Rotation Update: ADDs for the Week of 4/10-4/11 (Late, Oops)

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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

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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.

WDCV Benefit Concert

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If you didn’t know by now you will soon. WDCV is having an awesome benefit concert this Saturday April 14th. There are going to be raffle drawings if you bought tickets at any of the live on Britton Plaza events. Secondly there is also another nice prize for anyone who said they were going to attend on Facebook and attends the event, so kudos to another potential winner. The event starts at 7:00 p.m. and the following bands will be playing: Charlotte, Synergy and Wild Horse. Run With It will also be making an appearance so be sure to check them out too. There will be plenty to snack on and lots of loud music so be sure to stop by. In reality, the more the merrier.

Most importantly, by attending the event you will be supporting an honorable cause. Money raised at the even will be used to help build a well in Tanzania. The township does not have the resources to collect clean water and this could give them a big hand.

Heavy Rotation Update: Adds for the Week of 4/2-4/3

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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!

Live On Britton Plaza: It’s Going Down!

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The folks at WDCV are busy raising money for a well in Africa this month. The township does not have access to water and the development of a well would solve this problem. The Live On Britton Plaza events take place on Monday and Wednesday, and this Friday there is a grilled cheese and movie night! So here’s what you folks of Dickinson College and Carlisle have available at a normal Live on BP. You can purchase raffle tickets for awesome prizes such as jewelry or a gift card for the Clothes Vine. The are also artsy “bowl shaped” objects for sale as well as splatter painted spin art. Also available are buttons and we even have a bin of cd’s you can check out. Therefore all you folks out there should check in with us on Mondays and Wednesdays from 10:30-12:30.

Xiaolin Showdown

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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

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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

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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!

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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

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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!