Week in Review

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.

INTERSTELLAR WEEK IN REVIEW – August 1, 2015

Posted by jayne k on August 1, 2015
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Welcome to the third 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.

Jim Picks a Matt Song 

I could easily go with Minor Victories for the great video giving a sneak peak at their upcoming debut. But the audio peaks are so short. So let’s go with something you can listen to and enjoy. I also really like the intro to Jacuzzi Boys. And the song is good, but something about the exchange with the lady about their name that is very familiar. Anyhow, lots of good stuff again this week from Matt. I’m going to go with Butterscotch Cathedral. Because damn if that doesn’t work.




Matt Picks a Jim Song

Another week full of highlights from Jim. I found myself wishing the Nicole Kidman (not the Nicole Kidman, I assume) song was longer so I could let the synth tone gently massage my brain, but ultimately I’ll go full-on 90’s emo/indie and say my favorite post of the week was Silian Rail’s “Slint if they ever smiled” instrumental, followed very closely by the eternally affable Jad Fair and Jason Willett doing their thing.


Drunk Radio Shower – Chile Edition

One of our newer features is our International Radio Shower series. We will pick a different country each month and highlight some of the interesting music coming from that nation state. The mundane aspect of this will debut next Friday with a glimpse into the Greece music scene.

Last night we debuted one of our more obnoxious features. Similar to the International Radio Shower, we dove into music from Chile. And we did so while drinking extensively. And therefore opining absurdedly.

Click here to check out the 31 bands highlighted during last night’s Drunk Radio Shower.

7″ Highlight – The Ghost Ease’s “Quit Yer Job”

We must be on to something. We posted about The Ghost Ease’s excellent 7″ EP “Quit Yer Job” on Tuesday and the next day I got an e-mail from K Records saying they are distributing it. Well, hey, they have good taste. We must have it too. Check out our full blog post here. Or listen to part of it below.



LP Highlight – Min Diesel’s Mince

This weeks focus album is the new release from Scotland’s Min Diesel. This pure indie rock album is really great. You can read the full post by visiting the blog post or listen to the album below.




Sunday, July 26th Radio Show Playlist

Matt held down the fort. The show featured Web of Sunsets, The Homosexuals, and The Aislers Set. Check out the full playlist here.

FEATURE: Interstellar Radio Shower Week in Review

Posted by jayne k on July 25, 2015
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Welcome to the second 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 JimSong – Week Ending 7/25/2015

Is it cheating if I pick the Shipping News post from Monday? It’s not really fair to other bands to have to compete with that. Just in case, I’ll officially give my spot to Infinity Girl. Jim pretty much nailed it with the Velocity Girl comparison. Never a bad influence to have, though I do feel obligated to point out that the latter of those two had actual girls in the band… Anyways, if you liked the IG tune that Jim shared, it would seem like the perfect time to check out this older post of another of their songs, due out on their forthcoming Harm LP.




Jim Picks a Matt Song – Week Ending 7/25/2015

I’m, of course, tempted to pick Yo La Tengo because I love them so much and their new song is so great. But my heart is fickle anyhow and as is usual, Matt had a great selection of music this week. The White Reaper and Protomartyr songs are just great. But i’m going to go with the Zig Zags this week. It really rocks and will fit your Saturday night party mood.



7″ Highlight of the Week – Slum of Leg’s Doll Like

This week we highlighted the very excellent Doll Like single from Slum of Legs from Brighton in the UK. Don’t forget to listen to the excellent b-side. Read more about it in our highlight post.

LP Highlight of the Week – The Ethical Debating Society’s New Sense LP

Also from the UK, this album from the Ethical Debating Society is great. Quite a bit rock and riot grrrl. If you like it loud and catchy, you’ll like this. You can read more about it in our highlight post.



Sunday, July 19th Radio Show Playlist

Sorry, due to technical difficulties there was no radio show this week. But we will be back tomorrow on Sunday, July 26th from 9pm to midnight. So tune in then!

NEW! Interstellar Radio Shower Week in Review

Posted by jayne k on July 18, 2015
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Another new feature for the blog is our week in review post. 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 posts for the week. Basically, herein we navel gaze.

Jim Picks a Matt Song – Week Ending 7/18/2015

This song from Ultimate Painting was perfect. It just completely fit my mood when it went live. As Matt points out, it’s quite Velvet Underground influenced. The Fake Palms post was a close second. And if you really just need to chill I do highly recommend his post of iNSANLAR.



Matt Picks a Jim Song – Week Ending 7/17/2015

It was a toss up with the Astro Children post from earlier in the week, but goddamn if I couldn’t listen to that guitar tone from Web of Sunsets ring out all night long. In fact, that’s exactly what I might do. Great song for wistfully staring out the window of a moving vehicle, right there.




7″ Highlight of the Week – LVL UP’s Three Songs EP

Jim Highlighted LVL UP’s new 7″ dropped on Wednesday. Check out the post, or listen below. And note that LVL UP plays the burgh on Tuesday at the Slit on the North Side. A show that also features post-punk rockers Big Ups.



Sunday, July 12th Radio Show Playlist

You can see our radio show playlist for this week by visiting this post here. Highlights included Cursive, The Telescopes, and a request for My Bloody Valentine.