September 25, 2009

Theme: I heart Cloudberry Records On Air: Frank

This show started with two sets dedicated to the record label Cloudberry records ( www.cloudberryrecords.com ). Their website describes themselves as "an indiepop label purveying the sound of jangly guitars based in sunny Miami, Florida", how could I not love them. They look to specialize in shorter products such as 7 inch vinyl, split CD singles, and mini-CDs. The other cool think is that for pretty much all their releases they have at least one song that you can download for free. I also put in an ectro-pop and funky set, something I haven't done in a while, so that was nice. Things I referenced on the show: Maia Hirasawa - The Wrong Way Live: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEnMc9xakeg link to soul sides blog: http://soul-sides.com/ Fireball XL5 Setlist - September 25, 2009 TALK (Cloudberry Records 1) The Parellelograms - Dream On Daisy The Shandy Express - Surfing On Love's Wave Girl Alliance - Frances And The Dancing Fairies Pale Man Made - In Your Bed Play People - Goes Out TALK (Cloudberry Records 2) Twig - Ciao Ciao Bomb Kevin McGrother - A Week Of Wednesdays The Tartans - My Baby Doesn't Care For You The Westfield Mining Disaster - Hank Williams Saved My Life The Cavalcade - Meet You In The Rain TALK So Many Dynamos - New Bones Golden Glow - Adore Me Voxtrot - Trepanation Party Astrid Swan - Unrelated Bad Hands featuring Nina Kinert - Badn Hands TALK Jenny Wilson - Only Here For The Fight The Bandwagon - Breaking Down The Walls Of Heartache Lydia Marcell - The Girl He Needs The Impossibles - Easy To Be Heard Melvin Bliss - Synthetic Substitution TALK The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Higher Than The Stars Horse Shoes - The Imperial School Rubik - No Escape Afternoon Naps - Beach Bums Maia Hirasawa - The Wrong Way TALK Free Energy - Free Energy The singles - can you go out tonight (C) Denotes Canadian Content

September 5, 2009

Theme: I Wanna Go Surfin' On Air: Frank

This was a 4 song set kind of show, just kind of worked out that way. My top song for the show was a song that I heard a while back at the NYC popfest this spring. But I was reminded of the great performance by Karim and his Brown Coach of Leisure podcast ( http://silenttalkie.com/ ). I just can't get the song out of my head. They are also releasing their first EP soon that I'm very much looking forward to. I tried not to talk a lot during this show as I felt there was a lot of talking during the Hillside review show. Keeping with the same sentiment I won't write a lot about the show except to say that I was happy with how it came together. Even got a slow set in which is relatively rare for me. And do listen to the end of the show as the last song by the band Death By Chocolate was fighting to be my top song, but I still can't describe it, you just have to listen. Things I referenced on the show: See video of the performance by The Drums at the NYC Popfest: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RC4W5SEwdOk Download the Celestial song here: http://musicismygirlfriend.com/celestial/hop-you-know/ Fireball XL5 Setlist - September 5, 2009 TALK (Theme) The Drums - Let's Go Surfing Dylan Mondegreen - Wishing Well Girl Alliance - Straight To My Heart The Champagne Socialists - Blue Genes TALK Papermoon - What are you going to do with me? (c) The San Marinos - On Our Way The School - And Suddenly The Darling Buds - Burst TALK Downdime - Lessons The Charade - A tough Decision Cut Off Your Hands - Happy As Can Be The Mugs - Could It Be TALK The Faintest Ideas - Procrastination Of Every Day Tasks Knight School - Pregnent Again Candy Panic Attack - Heartbreaker Casa Murilo - 19th Floor TALK Empire Of The Sun - Walking On A Dream Horse Shoes - Changing Winds Voxtrot - Berlin, Without Return The Radio Dept. - David TALK Margo & The Nuclear So and So's - As Tall As Cliffs Landon Pigg - Falling In Love At A Coffee Shop Tiny Microphone - Home Celestial - Hope, You Know TALK Phantogram - When I'm Small Glass Cake - We'll Work It Out Jenny Wilson - Like A Fading Rainbow The Understudies - Flickknives TALK Death By Chocolate - Magpie (C) Denotes Canadian Content