Daft Punk’s new album Random Access Memories is streaming on iTunes.
I’m four tracks in and it’s perfect.
Left of the Dial Radio Playlist - 4/19/13
Thanks for tuning in last night, to those of you who did. I gave away a free Low CD and talked about Iceage a lot. I hope you liked it.
- 1. James Blake - “Overgrown”
- 2. Devendra Banhart - “Mi Negrita”
- 3. Local Natives - “Who Knows, Who Cares”
- 4. Chelsea Light Moving - “Heavenmetal”
- 5. The Front Bottoms - “Twin Size Mattress”
- 6. Great Caesar - “Generations”
- 7. The Thermals - “Faces Stay With Me”
- 8. Somebody’s Basement - “November, 2000 and 12!”
- 9. Telekinesis - “Empathetic People”
- 10. White Lung - “Those Girls”
- 11. Iceage - “Morals”
- 12. Daft Punk - “Get Lucky” (Radio Edit) (feat. Pharrell)
- 13. Silver Jews - “Dallas”
- 14. I Kill Giants - “Collector”
- 15. The Stone Roses - “Made Of Stone”
- 16. Kurt Vile - “Was All Talk”
- 17. Low - “Amethyst”
- 18. Hann Cassady - “Evergreen”
- 19. Bob Dylan - “Sara”
- 20. Sondre Lerche - “Stupid Memory”
- 21. Pure X - “Someone Else”
- 22. The Microphones - “My Roots Are Strong And Deep”
- 23. Titus Andronicus - “Arms Against Atrophy”
- 24. Elvis Depressedly - “Weird Honey”
- 25. Silver Jews - “Death of an Heir of Sorrows”
- 26. 10,000 Blades - “Airstream, 1972”
- 27. David Bello and his God-Given Right - “La La La”
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Stream via Spotify:
Tonight is my first normal, no-nonsense, playlist-oriented show in quite some time, and I’m glad to be back in the studio for it. Currently on the playlist are new tracks from Daft Punk, Kurt Vile, and Iceage, whom I saw last night with White Lung and Fins. I’ll be talking about that show (spoiler: it was kind of life-changing) and more during the 2 hour program. I’ll also be talking about Record Store Day, which is tomorrow. Feel free to leave any requests in my ask box HERE. The playlist will be up tomorrow.
ALSO: At around 7 PM I’ll be giving away a free copy of Low’s new album The Invisible Way, which Sub Pop sent us as a promo. Cooooool! Listen live for the phone number to call in!
Thanks for listening!
Left of the Dial Radio Playlist - 1/14/11
Yesterday’s show was my first two hour show on the main radio stream at WNHU. I enjoyed the extended time and having the new time slot, and I thought it went pretty smoothly, despite some computer issues at the very beginning. Here’s the playlist from last night -
- 1. Built to Spill - Randy Described Eternity
- 2. Andrew Jackson Jihad - Heartilation
- 3. Algernon Cadwallader - Some Kind of Cadwallader
- 4. The Love Language - Lalita
- 5. Lou Reed - I’m So Free
- 6. Scott Walker - Mathilde
- 7. Bob Dylan - One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later)
- 8. Husker Du - Chartered Trips
- 9. Hour of the Star - Rootbeer and Running Shoes
- 10. Carissa’s Wierd - You Should Be Hated Here
- 11. Joan of Arc - This Life Cumulative
- 12. Fucked Up - Son the Father
- 13. Daft Punk - Robot Rock
- 14. Surfer Blood - Floating Vibes
- 15. Love - Alone Again Or
- 16. The Flaming Lips - The Gash
- 17. Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti - Round and Round
- 18. The Beach Boys - God Only Knows
- 19. Bright Eyes - Shell Games
- 20. Elvis Costello - (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes
- 21. The Stone Roses - This Is The One
- 22. Beach House - Zebra
- 23. The Magnetic Fields - Long Vermont Roads
- 24. Animal Collective - Turn Into Something
- 25. Galaxie 500 - Tell Me
- 26. Sharon Van Etten - Save Yourself
- 27. Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Fire
Song of the Day Number Forty Six
Daft Punk’s Human After All record is incredibly misunderstood. After a four year wait many listeners demanded and expected what they thought to be the logical followup to 2001’s Discovery, a disco-inflected celebration of life and music that can really only be described with the word “party”. Instead, we got something entirely different. Released in 2005, Human After All is not a party, and reflects a depressing, Radiohead-like view of the technology-dependent state of the world. In contrast to the joyful tone of Discovery, everything about this record is dark and heavy. Languid analog synth lines have been replaced with distorted and unintelligible beeps and bloops, and disco style rhythms have given way to stomping electronic beats. Furthermore, Daft Punk’s robotic vocals, which on Discovery felt incredibly emotional despite their synthesized nature, have become completely void of emotion and much more heavily altered. All of these musical characteristics help convey the hopelessly dark tone of the record.
Even the lead single “Robot Rock” displays these qualities, with a searing electric guitar part and a razor-like synth loop supporting the harshly vocoded repetitive lyrics. It’s an amazing track on a fantastic and underrated record, and in my opinion one of the greatest accomplishments in the field of electronic dance music. Stream “Robot Rock” above.
well this was pointless.
you know i’m just feelin celebration tonight……
Song of the Day Number Twenty Eight
Daft Punk has always been one of those on-hand groups to shove in the face of those who claim that electronic music is cold and emotionless. “Digital Love”, a brilliant track from their album Discovery, is perhaps the duo’s most emotional. Perfectly encapsulating Discovery’s nu-disco sound, “Digital Love” is structured like a pop song, or even a classic rock song, with a traditional verse and fairly simple structure; however, it is still distinctly Daft Punk. The trademark robot-tuned vocals sing the pop hooks, while synth pads, drums and classic 80s sounding leads provide the rhythm. The song even has a DFA 1979-style distorted guitar-synth solo which rips through and slices up the track, injecting hope, nostalgia and joy straight into the listener’s ear. Robots can dream too.
Daft Punk recently composed the score for Disney’s Tron Legacy, a reboot of the not-so-classic 80s film, which arrives in theaters December 17th.
