I’m back from London and it’s very good to be back. And yes, as promised in my last show update, there was Mika. And Lady Gaga. And a whole lot more. Here’s the run down.
Playlist
- Great DJ – The Ting Tings
- Rules Don’t Stop Me – We Are Scientists
- This Too Shall Pass – Ok Go
- Animal – Miike Snow
- Take Me To A Higher Plane – Kate Nash
- Animal – Jenny and Johnny
- 40 Day Dream – Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros
- Nobody’s Accusing You (Of Having a Good Time) – Hot Hot Heat
- Light of Love – Music Go Music
- Rocket – Goldfrapp
- Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) – Arcade Fire
- She Needs Me – Fyfe Dangerfield
- Faithfully – Glee Cast
- So Let Us Create – Jukebox the Machine
- Sing Me Spanish Techno – The New Pornographers
- Oh My God – Ida Maria
- Jilted Lovers and Broken Hearts – Brandon Flowers
- The Cave – Mumford & Sons
- Goddess on the Prairie – Hot Hot Heat
- My Sweet Lord – George Harrison
- You Want History – Kaiser Chiefs
- Can’t Stop Feeling – Franz Ferdinand
- Touches You – Mika
- Teeth – Lady Gaga
- Knights of Cydonia – Muse
News Items
- Lady Gaga wins the VMAs. No, not all of them, but most of them. Which is the same thing as winning all of them right?
- Amy Winehouse makes news for doing something besides being addicted to drugs. Granted it’s just one song, but it’s something and it’s with Mark Ronson. How horrible can it be? How desperate am I for new music? Very.
- I want to hear Terry Gilliam as a dog. Then again I’d watch anything British, so that’s not much of standard.
- Calvin College takes the New Pornographers name too seriously. They also take themselves too seriously and don’t know what irony is. But mostly they take the New Pornographers name too seriously.
- Another year, another Mercury Prize awarded. Another Mercury Prize, another year of me not caring about who wins.
- My favorite Beatle get’s his own documentary. And Martin Scorsese teases me with the hope of hearing new Beatles-era George Harrison music. Damn his eyes.
New Releases
- Blonde Redhead – Penny Sparkle
- The Charlatans – Who We Touch
- Grinderman – Grinderman 2
- of Montreal – False Priest
- The Walkmen – Lisbon
- Weezer – Hurley
- Brandon Flowers – Flamingo