Wednesday, December 28, 2005

The Deathtrap, December 28

Tracks in bold are Deathtrap Debuts, albums I've never played before.

Go to this show's iMix on the iTunes Music Store to sample or buy these songs.
  • Jason Forrest "War Photographer"
  • Hellogoodbye "Shimmy Shimmy Quarterturn" (my guilty pleasure of the week)
  • Prozzak "Clothes We Wear" (my favorite track off their new album)
  • Jim's Big Ego "Cut Off Your Head"
  • Guster "Come Downstairs and Say Hello"
  • The Stereo "There Goes My Mouth Again"
  • Fastbacks "One More Hour"
  • Man or Astro-Man? "Manta Ray" (Pixies cover)
  • Red Elvises "200 lbs. of Pure Love"
  • Mike Doughty "Needle To The Bar"
  • Souls of Mischief "'93 to Infinity"
  • Bullfrog "Reverse Psychology"
  • Plastilina Mosh "I've Got That Milton Pacheco Kind Of Feeling"
  • The Album Leaf "Brennivin"
  • Jeffrey Lewis "The East River"
  • The Decemberists "The Gymnast, High Above the Ground"
  • The Honorary Title "Petals"
  • Architecture in Helsinki "Like A Call"
  • Tilly and the Wall "Shake It Out"
  • Secret Mommy "Dance Studio"
  • Gym Class Heroes "Taxi Driver" (a hip-hop song using the names of numerous indie bands)
  • Matthew Herbert "Brother Where Are You"
  • Kind of Like Spitting "The Rest Is Up To You"
  • Lincoln "Unhappy"
  • ZOX "I Am Only Waiting"
  • Caviar "Clean Getaway"
  • The Roman Candles "Summerfling"
  • The Magnetic Fields "No One Will Ever Love You"
  • Pain "Excalibur"
  • Limp "Exit"
  • Animal Chin "Seven"

Sunday, December 25, 2005

Merry Christmas! Here, have a present!

"Fucking Up My Christmas" by MC Chris.

This is not a present I can play on the radio.

This is in honor of running out of heating oil on Christmas Eve, at -10 F, while my landlord is out of town and can't help me restart my furnace.

Tuesday, December 13, 2005

A WONDERUL music video.

Warren Ellis directed me to the video for Jason Forrest's "War Photographer" . I like Forrest , so I checked it out.

It's about vikings who attack each other with laser beams of pure rock, and form together into giant robots. One of the robots looks like Voltron with a big beard and mustache. All set to a really catchy song.

It's AWESOME. HOLY CRAP.

And now it's time for you to watch it. It takes a long time to load, but it's very, very worth it.

Thursday, December 01, 2005

The Deathtrap, December 1

Go to this show's iMix on the iTunes Music Store to sample or buy these songs.
  • Soul Coughing "Screenwriter's Blues"
  • M. Doughty "By The Light Of The Silvery Silvery"
  • Death Cab For Cutie "The Sound of Settling"
  • Tilly and the Wall "Bessa"
  • Pain "The Comeback"
  • The Weakerthans "Watermark"
  • Kids These Days "Aging Friends (Snowcapped)"
  • Prefuse 73 "Desks, Pencils, Bottles"
  • Her Space Holiday "The Young Machines"
  • The Paperbacks "I Suffer This Like A Dream"
  • Say Anything "Chia-Like, I Shall Grow"
  • Basement Jaxx "Red Alert"
  • Blackalicious "Blazing Arrow"
  • Ozma "Korobeiniki" (aka the Tetris theme)
  • The Impossibles "Connecticut (live)"
  • Ratatat "17 Years"
  • Fountains of Wayne "Leave the Biker"
  • The Metasciences "Four-Color Love Story"
  • Modest Mouse "The World At Large"
  • Modulator "Don't Hold Out On Me"
  • No Use For A Name (w/Cinder Block) "Fairytale of New York"
  • Showoff "Falling Star"
  • Skycycle "Last Girl On Earth"
  • Mono Puff "It's Fun To Steal"
  • Space "Neighborhood"
  • Citizen King "Gangsters"
  • Everclear "Walk Don't Run"
  • Mr. T Experience "Up and Down" (a Sesame Street cover)
  • Alkaline Trio "Hell Yes"
  • Massive Attack "I Am Home" (off the Unleashed soundtrack)
  • Man or Astroman "Song of the Mile-Long Particle Accelerator, Stamford University, Stamford California"
  • Cake "Mahna Mahna"
  • The Dead Milkmen "The Woman Who Was Also A Mongoose"