The Beat Frequency: 11/17/09

Today I played a bunch of music including a song off of Florence + The Machine's album Lungs. I adore that whole album. I also played "Gimme Sympathy" which I also became obsessed with after playing on the show.

"Mr. Telephone Man" was played because I broke my phone this past weekend, I think from overuse.

I also played the new Alphabeat song "The Spell." They're still great.

"Jugband Blues" was featured because I found out that a song I have liked for a long time ("The Littlest Birds" by The Be Good Tanyas) featured lyrics from it.

I don't care if the sun don't shine
I don't care if nothin' is mine
I don't care if I'm nervous with you
I'll do my lovin' in the winter

I like these. Particularly, "I don't care if I'm nervous with you."

1		Glee Cast	Dancing With Myself
2		Florence + The Machine	Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)
3		Matt & Kim	Cinders
4		Why?	Gemini (Birthday Song)
5		Red Molly	Wichita
6		Coldplay	X&Y
7		New Edition	Mr. Telephone Man
8		Bloc Party	So Here We Are
9		Alphabeat	The Spell
10		U2	I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
11		The Beatles	We Can Work It Out
12		The Grates	Burn Bridges
13		Sheb Wooley	Purple People Eater
14		Foo Fighters	Best of You
15		Pink Floyd	Jugband Blues
16		Tiësto feat. Kele Okereke	It's Not The Things You Say
17		Jason Mraz	A Beautiful Mess
18		Metric	Gimme Sympathy
19		Da Vinci's Notebook	Title of the Song
20		Rock Kills Kid	Are You Nervous?
21		Chairlift	Bruises
22		Thao with The Get Down Stay Down	Know Better Learn Faster
23		The Ian Carey Project	Get Shaky
24	*	Discovery feat. Ezra Koenig	Carby

The Beat Frequency: 11/10/09

There were rumors that Aerosmith broke up this week, so I played their song at the beginning.

The Chartjackers song was a request from Rachel. The concept of this song is really cool. Check it out.



The rest of the show was a giant mix, but I thought it was pretty good.

1		Aerosmith	Jaded
2		Chartjackers	I've Got Nothing
3		Death Cab for Cutie	Your New Twin Sized Bed
4		Johnny Cash	Ring of Fire
5		Foo Fighters	Stranger Things Have Happened
6		John Mayer	Half of My Heart (feat. Taylor Swift)
7		John Legend	Cross The Line
8		Beulah	Popular Mechanics for Lovers
9		Say Hi To Your Mom	Yeah, I'm In Love With An Android
10		Sara Bareilles	Love on the Rocks
11		Johnny Cash	Folsom Prison Blues
12		Rilo Kiley	Always
13		Three Dog Night	Shambala
14		Imogen Heap	Goodnight and Go
15		The National	Apartment Story
16		Adele	Cold Shoulder
17		The Beach Boys	Don't Worry Baby
18		Elizabeth & The Catapult	Taller Children
19		The Cave Singers	Summer Light
20	*	The Boy Least Likely To	The Boy With Two Hearts	The Law of the Playground
21	*	Discovery	I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend (feat. Angel Deradoorian)	Discovery LP
22		Phoenix	Girlfriend
23		The Wombats	My First Wedding
24		David Bowie	Changes
25		Queen	Another One Bites The Dust
26		Spoon	All The Negatives Have Been Destroyed
27		Owl City	Fireflies

The Beat Frequency: 11/3/09

This was the week I was obsessed with the song "Alone." Oh Heart, I love singing your ballads in the shower. Thanks Glee for putting that back in my head.

I'm thinking that about 50% of this playlist was about a boy. Oh music, why are you so good?

Oh, and "Tom's Diner" was for Yee-Ann. Apparently Suzanne Vega is the "Mother of the mp3" because this song was used in making the audio compression scheme of the mp3. Learn something new everyday.

Jonathan Coulton's "Mandelbrot Set" was for my friend Rachel's birthday today and for everyone in my computer science class who had to do that bloody Mandelbrot Set-related project. Happy Birthday Rachel!

1		Heart	Alone	Bad Animals
2		Broken Social Scene	7/4 (Shoreline)	Broken Social Scene
3		Flight of the Conchords	Carol Brown	I Told You I Was A Freaky
4		The Boy Least Likely To	Be Gentle With Me	The Best Party Ever
5		Switchfoot	Dare You To Move	The Beautiful Letdown
6		Jonathan Coulton	Mandelbrot Set	(for Rachel's Birthday!)
7		This Is Ivy League	You and Me and the Moon	(Magnetic Fields cover)
8		Moonbabies	I'm Insane But So Are You	Junes and Novas
9		Empire of the Sun	Walking on a Dream	Walking on a Dream
10		Alphabeat	10,000 Nights	This Is Alphabeat
11		Suzanne Vega	Tom's Diner	Solitude Standing
12		Matt & Kim	Lessons Learned	Grand
13		Radiohead	15 Step	In Rainbows
14		Billy Idol	Dancing With Myself	Don't Stop
15		Caesars	Jerk It Out	Paper Tigers
16		Weezer	(If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To	Raditude
17		The Temper Trap	Down River	Conditions
18		They Might Be Giants	Instanbul (Not Constantinople)	Flood
19		Cobra Starship	Guilty Pleasure	Viva La Cobra!
20		The Knife	Heartbeats	Deep Cuts
21		Muse	Time Is Running Out	Absolution
22		Fantastic Plastic Machine	Days and Days	Too
23		New Order	True Faith	Substance
24		Coldplay	Shiver	Parachutes
25		The Cast of Glee	Alone (feat. Kristin Chenoweth)

The Beat Frequency: Halloween!

Our Halloween show! One of my favorite musical holidays of the year. (Thanksgiving is sub-par.)

One new song was "Fish Heads" which was disturbing and strange, and awesome.

I think I played Daylight because I was obsessed with it and also had to leave.

1		Wade Denning and Kay Lande	Halloween
2		Bobby "Boris" Picket	Monster Mash
3		Creedence Clearwater Revival	Bad Moon Rising
4		Electric Light Orchestra	Evil Woman
5		Michael Jackson	Thriller
6		Stevie Wonder	Superstition
7		Sufjan Stevens	They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back from the Dead!! Ahhhh!
8		Radiohead	Bodysnatchers
9		Tegan and Sara	Walking With A Ghost
10		Frank Sinatra	Witchcraft
11		Imogen Heap	Spooky	The Zombies cover
12		Ray Parker, Jr.	Ghostbusters
13		Santana	Black Magic Woman	Fleetwood Mac cover
14		Say Hi	Toil and Trouble
15		Barnes & Barnes	Fish Heads	(as played on Dr. Demento)
16		Danny Elfman	This is Halloween
17		Blue Oyster Cult	(Don't Fear) The Reaper
18		Tracy Morgan	Werewolf Bar Mitzvah	(from 30 Rock)
19		Does It Offend You, Yeah?	Dawn of the Dead
20		Warren Zevon	Werewolves of London
21		ALL CAPS	I Love Brains
22		Ra Ra Riot	Ghost Under Rocks
23		Muse	Supermassive Black Hole
24		Rockwell	Somebody's Watching Me
25		Matt & Kim	Daylight

The Beat Frequency: 10/20/09

So this week I was preparing for my trip to the CMJ Music Marathon in New York City. I was taking the Chinatown bus, so I played two songs involving that, along with Manhattan and New York songs in the beginning. After that were mainly songs from artists performing at CMJ. Of the ones I played, I saw Moonbabies, The Temper Trap, and The Spinto Band, which were all incredible.

Oh, and Explosions and the Sky because it's long and pretty and I had to leave early.

1		Death Cab for Cutie	Marching Band of Manhattan
2		Kings of Leon	Manhattan
3		Hot Panda	Chinatown Bus
4		Bishop Allen	The Chinatown Bus
5		Billy Joel	New York State of Mind
6		Simon and Garfunkel	The Only Living Boy in New York
7		Frank Sinatra	Theme from New York, New York
8		Jay-Z	Empire State of Mind (feat. Alicia Keys)
9		Moonbabies	Take Me To The Ballroom
10		Ted Leo and the Pharmacists	Under The Hedge
11		The Temper Trap	Sweet Disposition
12		Headlights	Get Going
13		Japandroids	Young Hearts Spark Fire
14		The Spinto Band	Pumpkins & Paisley
15		Still Life Still	Pastel
16		Family of the Year	Summer Girl
17		Fanfarlo	Harold T. Wilkins, Or How To Wait For A Very Long Time
18		Lovvers	OCD GO GO GO Girls
19		Darlings/Die Die Die	We're Not Going/Sideways Here We Come	montage, or a technical error
20		Neon Indian	Terminally Chill
21		Miracles of Modern Science	MR2
22		MyNameIsJohnMichael	Character Piece
23		Explosions In The Sky	The Only Moment We Were Alone

The Beat Frequency: 10/13/09

I liked today's show. I played a set of the albums I'm reviewing this semester: The Grates, Oasis, Flight of the Conchords, and They Might Be Giants. We also had both mash-ups from that week's Glee, and our listeners approved! Thanks folks!

1		Ra Ra Riot	Ghost Under Rocks	Passion Pit Mix
2		Matt & Kim	Good Ol' Fashioned Nightmare	Grand
3		The Cribs	Men's Needs	CSS Remix
4		Snow Patrol	Set The Fire To The Third Bar	Eyes Open
5		Jimmy Eat World	The Authority Song	Bleed American
6		Sneaky Sound System	Pictures	(Digital Dog Poolside Dub)
7		Two Hours Traffic	Territory	Territory
8		The Grates	Two Kinds of Right	Teeth Lost, Hearts Won
9		Oasis	The Shock of the Lightning	Dig Out Your Soul
10		Flight of the Conchords	Hurt Feelings	I Told You I Was Freaky
11		They Might Be Giants	Science Is Real	Here Comes Science
12		Tiesto	Knock You Out (feat. Emily Haines)	Kaleidoscope
13		Van She	Strangers	V
14		Animal Collective	My Girls	Merriweather Post Pavilion
15		Los Campesinos!	Miserabilia	We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed
16		The Temper Trap	Science of Fear	Conditions
17		Keane	Broken Toy	Under The Iron Sea
18		Cast of Glee	It's My Life/Confessions	(Bon Jovi/Usher mash-up)
19		The Cure	Boys Don't Cry	Boys Don't Cry
20		The Vines	He's A Rocker	Melodia
21		The Lampshades	Best That I Can	Are Alright
22		Tal Bachman	She's So High	Tal Bachman
23		Lady GaGa	Poker Face	The Fame
24		Jude Law	Lyrics to Poker Face	(on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon)
25		Dave Sitek	With A Girl Like You	Dark Was The Night
26		Cast of Glee	Halo/Walkin' On Sunshine
27		The Shins	We Will Become Silhouettes	Postal Service cover
28		The Dandy Warhols	Bohemian Like You
29		Timbaland	Apologize (feat. OneRepublic)

The Beat Frequency: 10/6/09

Just a solid show today.  Good music all around. 

1		Sebadoh	Cold As Ice
2		The Ting Tings	Great DJ
3		David Byrne & Dirty Projectors	Knotty Pine
4		Incubus	Anna Molly
5		The Beatles	Getting Better
6		Oasis	Don't Look Back In Anger
7		Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova	Falling Slowly
8		Let's Go Sailing	Sideways
9		Jimmy Eat World	Always Be
10		Peter Gabriel	In Your Eyes
11		Cat Power	Sea of Love
12		Matt & Kim	Daylight
13		Ra Ra Riot	Manner To Act (RAC Mix)
14		Will Smith	Gettin' Jiggy Wit It
15		Allie Moss	Corner
16		Phoenix	Rome (Neighbours with Devendra Banhart Remix)
17		Ben E. King	Stand By Me
18		Cheap Trick	Surrender
19		Does It Offend You, Yeah?	Being Bad Feels Pretty Good
20		TV on the Radio	Dancing Choose
21		The Wombats	Let's Dance to Joy Division
22		Spoon	Chicago at Night
23		The Coral	Pass It On
24		Al Green	Let's Stay Together
25		Stereophonics	Dakota
26		Death Cab for Cutie	Expo '86
27		Duran Duran	Hungry Like The Wolf