fairytales & the occult.

halloweeeen!
on a night when all things spooky and ghoulish run rampant, what better than a haunted playlist to entrance and horrify your ears? precisely: nothing.
note the strategic narrative placement of certain track titles.

Television Personalities - Honey I Sure Miss You [cuz yr dead]
The Magnetic Fields - Falling In Love With The Wolfboy
Bad Brains - Fearless Vampire Killers
Lightning Bolt - Dracula Mountain
Silver Jews - Welcome To The House Of The Bats
Future Bible Heroes - She-Devils Of The Deep
Complex - Witch's Spell
Belle & Sebastian - Sukie In The Graveyard
Television - See No Evil
Devotchka - This Place Is Haunted
T. Rex - Cat Black (The Wizard's Hat)
XTC - Sacrificial Bonfire
Madonna - Like A Virgin
Iron Maiden - Flash Of The Blade
Irving - Death In The Garden, Blood On The Flowers
Daniel Johnston - Casper The Friendly Ghost
The Unicorns - Tuff Ghost
Os Mutantes - Ave, Lucifer
San Francisco Earthquake - Fairytales Can Come True
Guided By Voices - Cut Out Witch
Califone - Our Kitten Sees Ghosts
Television Personalities - Mummy [HAHA GET IT] You're Not Watching Me
The Magick Heads - Seventh Sense
Harry & The Potters - I Am A Wizard
Johnny Thunders - The Wizard
Fruit Bats - Magic Hour
The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour
Witch - Soul Of Fire
Avey Tare and Panda Bear - Bat You'll Fly
Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels - Devil In A Blue Dress

tune in next week, of course!
and i have no doubt that you were sufficiently spooked.

The Bounty of the Land!

The leaves are changing! We've had our first few brisk breezes! This week, you've probably donned a sweater! Time for some genuine autumn jams. We give you: the first show of (actual) fall.

Devendra Banhart – Queen Bee
Jens Lekman – Maple Leaves
Dan Deacon – Two Friends
The Clientele – Elm Grove Window
Two Gallants – Fly Low Carrion Crow
Park – Red Coat Charmer
14 Iced Bears – Hay Fever
Peter, Bjorn & John – The Chills
Katch-22 – Pumpkin Mini
Frank Zappa – Any Way The Wind Blows
Bob Marlow – Thoughts Are Leaves
Guided By Voices – Acorns & Orioles
Lush – Leaves Me Cold
The Harvest Ministers – You Do My World The World Of Good
Orange Juice – In A Nutshell
The Velvet Underground – Cool It Down
The Beatles – Long, Long, Long
Françoise Hardy – Autumn Rendezvous
Pink Floyd – Scarecrow
Linda Perhacs – Paper Mountain Man
Sandy Stoddard – Moose & Bear Calls
The Chills – Autumn Testament #20
The Velvelettes – Needle In A Haystack
The Magnetic Fields – Long Vermont Roads
Donovan – The Magpie
T.S.D.O.L.E – Summer Gave Us Sweets, But Autumn Wrought Division
Yo La Tengo – Autumn Sweater
Beach House – Apple Orchard
Starlight Mints – Pumpkin
Feathers – Silverleaves In The Air Of Starseedlings
Sufjan Stevens – Romulus

question, if anyone actually reads this: if we started uploading individual songs/podcast type things, would you download them?

songs of de-stress.

due to the unfortunate circumstances surrounding midterms, we hoped that this week's show could be a nice source of relaxation. or, at least, sweet background music for your studies. one look at the psychotic woman above should adequately sum it up.

Raincoats – Honey Mad Woman
Belle & Sebastian – Mayfly
Seasick Crocodile – Don’t Tread On My 8-Track
T. Rex – Mambo Sun
The Velvet Underground – Sunday Morning
The Zombies – Maybe After He’s Gone
Linda Perhacs – Moons & Cattails
Kaleidoscope – Jenny Artichoke
April March – Cet Air-La
Devendra Banhart – Hey Mama Wolf
The Chills – Doledrums
Felt – The World Is As Soft As Lace
The Beatles – Leave My Kitten Alone
Bob Dylan – I Am A Lonesome Hobo
Os Mutantes – Dia36
Cardigans – Your New Cuckoo
Might Flashlight – Ventilating Zephyrs
Donovan – Jennifer Juniper
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Artifact
Tyrannosaurus Rex – Conesuela
Beirut – Elephant Gun
Simon & Garfunkel – America
David Bowie – Oh! You Pretty Things
The Bats – Jetsam
Fannypack – So Stylistic
Can – Mushroom
Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci – Spanish Dance Troupe
Close Lobsters – In Spite Of These Times
The Field Mice – An Earlier Autumn
Francoise Hardy – Tous Les Garcons Et Les Filles

as always, thanks for listening! hopefully you emerged from the abyss of exams and papers relatively unscathed.

celestial bodies

this week's theme: celestial bodies!
by which, okay, we mean space.
this is actually a continuation of last week's show, which was unfortunately cut short by a power shortage. rad.

Os Mutantes – I Feel A Little Spaced Out
The Servants – The Sun Is A Small Star
ESG – UFO
Camera Obscura – Arrangements of Shapes and Space
David Bowie – Moonage Daydream
Deerhoof – Sinistar
Kraftwerk – Space Lab
McCarthy – Celestial City
Tyrannosaurus Rex – A Beard Of Stars
Guided by Voices - Jane of the Waking Universe
The Field Mice – Star of David
Television Personalities – Goodnight Mr. Spaceman
Xiu Xiu – Saturn
Circulatory System – Stars
Castanets – No Sleep Among The Stars
Seu Jorge – O Astronauta De Marmore (Starman)
Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci – Starmoonsun
Luna – Lost In Space
Bis – Young Alien Types
The Byrds – Mr. Spaceman
The Chills – Rolling Moon
The Beatles – Across The Universe (anthology version)
The Plastic People of the Universe – Spofa Blues
Galaxie 500 – Leave The Planet
Electrocute – Venus Fly Trap
Elf Power – King Of Earth
David Bowie – Life On Mars?
All Natural Lemon and Lime Flavors – Saturn Jig
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings – 100 Days 100 Nights
M. Ward – Neptune’s Net
Jens Lekman – You Are The Light By Which I Travel Into This & That
Talking Heads – Moon Rocks

we hope we boldly went where few have dared to go.