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Interstellar Radio Shower Playlist – August 9, 2015

Posted by jayne k on August 10, 2015
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A louder show than normal, this week’s radio shower featured songs from Grubs, Icky Blossoms, and Chile’s Rehusar. Here is the playlist for last night’s show.

Artist Album Song
The Bugs The Right Time The Right Time
Grubs CYJ003 Dec 15th
Crain Speed Car Crash Decisions
Cuntz Here come the real boys Bin Day
Westkust Last Forever Jonna
Le Tigre From The Desk Of Mr. Lady Yr Critique
Eskimeaux O.K. A Hug Too Long
Thao & Mirah Thao & Mirah Folks
Senyawa Menjadi Gaib
Sebadoh Bakesale license to confuse
Eric Gaffney Sore Foot Weirdy Girls 1 2 3
Ex Hex Rips Outro
Consignment New Low The Road Song
Dirty Dishes Guilty Guilty
bloodpheasant traum our homes and their adornments
Surfer Blood 1000 Palms Into Catacombs
Rodan 15 Quiet Years Tooth Fairy Manifesto
Spit-Take Queen’s Pawn Game Nothing Ever Comes True Ever
Pterodactyl Spills Out The Break
Icky Blossoms Mask Terror Nothing
Suckdog Onward Suckdog Soldiers I’m Going to be Married
Aye Nako The Blackest Eye Killswitch
Hop Along Painted Shut Waitress
Boy on Guitar We Wait Downtown
Olivia Tremor Control Peel Session Suite 1
Rough Blush Cosequence Demo Inverse
US Maple Long Hair in THree Stages Home-made Stuff
Lady Lamb After Batter
the dudes Greatest Hits Church Youth Groups
My Light Shines for you dias de lluvia Why?
Rehusar Humano-Maquina
Sic Alps Pleasures and Treasures I am Grass
Downtown Boys Full Communism Monstro
Infinity Girl stop being on my side by now
ted danson with wolves wwtdwwd Winnebago
Polvo Siberia Light, Raking
angelic milk Pale gingerbread house
Apart Gray Light Sick of Sunlight
Church Girls Church Girls EP Powder Keg
Kinski 7 (or 8) Flight Risk
Nots We are Nots insect eyes
Mikal Cronin MCIII Made My Mind Up
Two Inch Astronaut Foulbrood Type Four
Antilles ep Of Conquest and Expansion
Aerogramme A Story in White Question is Complete
Tortuganónima split w/ UH Margen de Error
Wood Spider Decadence C’est La Vida Fuerte

Woodsman – Parallel Minds

Posted by Feige on August 10, 2015
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There was a week or two earlier this year where Woodsman’s S/T album was about the only thing I listened to, so it’s no surprise that I love this unreleased track that was recorded in those same sessions.

Titus Andronicus – The Magic Morning

Posted by jayne k on August 10, 2015
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Titus Andronicus is a band that I usually like. Not every song hits home with me. But they are interesting. And they have a rock opera lp that just came out. So kudos to them for over achieving. They made this video as a sort of teaser for the rock opera and I really really like it.

Babes in Toyland – Sweet ’69 (Live Music Sunday)

Posted by jayne k on August 9, 2015
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I first saw Babes in Toyland in (I think) 1991. Around there. My friend Gypsy and I snuck our way into the Khyber Pass. It was probably my first packed to the gills bar show since I wasn’t 21 yet. All sweat and fun.

I really want Babes in Toyland to come to Pittsburgh. They have such great energy and they don’t seem to have missed a beat here.

INTERSTELLAR WEEK IN REVIEW – August 8, 2015

Posted by jayne k on August 8, 2015
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Welcome to another edition of the Interstellar Radio Shower Week in Review. Here in we pick the favorite song posted by the other (ie. Jim picks his favorite Matt song, and Matt his favorite Jim song) and we say why it’s our fav. Also, quick summaries of our other long posts for the week. Basically, herein we navel gaze.

Matt Picks a Jim Song 

The Ethical Debating Society caught me at a time when I was ready to rock out, but I ultimately have to give the honor to Pterodactyl’s Magik Markers-cum-Battles noise beat.

This also seems like as good a forum as any to point out that if you’ve been enjoying the blog lately (and a decent amount of you are, if our page stats are to be believed), y’all should give Jim a big thanks for making this thing a real labor of love over the past few months. He’s really made things work while I’ve reduced my music nerddom to a part-time hobby due to work/travel/other 30 year old adult(ish) real-life shit. I should be able to start pulling my weight once things settle in, but til then it’s Jim’s ship to steer.




Jim Picks a Matt Song

I sound like a broken record but another week of great songs from Matt. I liked the live tune from It’s a Place to Bury Strangers. And I really liked Gun Outfit as well. But I think Rats on Rafts hits the right note, with the clever band name as well as the great song.




7″ Highlight – Melkbelly’s BATB

On Tuesday, we highlighted the new 7″ from Melkbelly. Singing about the Bathroom at the Beach, this noisy pop from Chicago is excellent. Read the post here or listen below.




10″ Highlight – Bouquet’s In a Dream

This was a busy week for highlighting newish music releases. We won’t do this one every week, but when we find a great 10″ release we’ll make sure to highlight it. This week was Bouquet who brought this mega-dreamy relaxing indie pop. Really, listening to In a Dream is very much like living In a Dream. Read the post here or listen below.




LP Highlight – Conspiración Autista’s LP

As a sort of last punch follow up to the Drunk Radio Shower, we highlighted the new release from Conspiración Autista. This lp is just phenomenal if you like a sort of screamo post-rock. Check out our post or listen below.




International Radio Shower

We also launched a new feature focused on music from different countries. In August, we have a 4-part series on music from Greece. Check out our first post featuring Acid Baby Jesus and Nefeli Walking Undercover.

Sunday,  August 2nd Radio Show Playlist

Besides pulling out a few of our new discoveries from last week’s Drunk Radio Shower, we also featured Janitor Joe, new Widowspeak, and two bands named Gunk. Check out the full playlist here.

FIDLAR – West Coast

Posted by Feige on August 8, 2015
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Here’s a good juxtaposition with yesterday’s Gun Outfit post: FIDLAR seem to know exactly what type of band they want to be, and so take the express route to writing some loud, distorted pop punk tunes.

Rough Blush – Diva Haus Song (plus Sleater-Kinney bonus)

Posted by jayne k on August 8, 2015
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An old friend of mine put this video up this week. This was part of a show bidding farewell to Diva Haus in Columbia, MO. I know nothing except that Rough Blush is pretty great. When you are done with the video, check out their stuff on bandcamp too.


If you don’t like that then you’re no rock n roll fun. Seriously. Sometimes though, you need a classic. And I had this scheduled to post today before discovering the awesomeness that is Rough Blush. So why not leave it up?

NEW! INTERNATIONAL RADIO SHOWER – Greece Edition, Part I (Nefeli Walking Undercover)

Posted by jayne k on August 7, 2015
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Each month, in the International Radio Shower, we will explore interesting (to us) music from around the world. This feature publishes every Friday. This month will focus on music in Greece.

OK, so, lately i’ve fallen in love with clicking on a country tab on bandcamp and finding new music. This started with my self awareness that I have no idea what is coming out of most parts of the world. Sure, I know some music from some of the obvious places (hi UK and New Zealand). But what are they doing with indie, punk, post punk, or riot grrrl in Greece or Greenland or South Korea? Matt told me they have a great psyche rock scene in Chile. So it seemed obvious to spend more time exploring music internationally and to share what we find.

And so it was that a couple of weeks back I ventured into music from Greece. Aided by the fact that my girlfriend enjoys doing this too and she is fond of Greece. I already have an LP from Acid Baby Jesus. So I know there is goodness there. But all I know is that someone in Greece came up with the awesome band name, Acid Baby Jesus, and they make good garage rock.

Of course, not all Greek bands are available affordably on the US domestic front. Slovenly Records happens to have several from Greece. And keep in mind that this is not an exhaustive take on Greece music. It’s just me poking around and making note of interesting (to me) music on bandcamp.

More after the fold…

Nefeli Walking Undercover

Greece seems to have a lot of post rock and a lot of stoner rock (limited sample size aside). But it was an experimental folk rock album from Nefeli Walking Undercover that caught most of my attention. Nefeli Walking Undercover is the pseudonym for a musician and music teacher from Athens named Nefeli Liouta. She is a composer too which is something that explains the fine arrangements on many of these tracks. Some of my favorite songs are from her older ep. Here is a sample:

I really appreciate their cover art for the lp. It’s just great and probably what caught my attention in the first place. And if you are in Greece, or are ok paying the international shipping, the cd comes with a 60″x60″ poster of the cover art. Also, they have a bunch of great videos they have made for their music, such as this one.

Coming Next Week: Part II on Greek’s record label εἰρκτή.

Gun Outfit – Dream All Over

Posted by Feige on August 7, 2015
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I’m having a hard time describing Gun Outfit. “Indie” certainly doesn’t do them justice, and “Dream All Over” is far too lively to call folk music. There’s an air of psychedelia to the proceedings, but not enough to classify it under the wide net of “psych rock”. It sort of reminds me of Widowspeak’s take on the slowburning type of 70’s guitar folk, overlayed with a haze of ever-present smog indicative of Gun Outfit’s home base in LA.

TLDR: It’s a good fucking song, and you should give it a listen.