March 2010
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February 2010
40 posts
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Billy Green - Race Stone Original Soundtrack...
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Claps - Fold New Science (Guilt Ridden Pop)
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Kill to Kill - Kid Whore Figher (Guilt Ridden...
Magic Triangle Starts Up Again Tonight →
Tonight at Bezanson Recital Hall on the UMass Campus at 8:00 pm the 2010 season of the Magic Triangle Jazz Series kicks off with a performance by William Parker (bass) and Hamid Drake (percussion) With Special Guest Konrad “Conny” Bauer (trombone). Parker and Drake are curating this season’s Magic Triangle, and I couldn’t be more excited; later in the season...
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Gospel, Blues, & Punk
While reading Albert Murray’s Stomping the Blues, I couldn’t help but think about how his idea of blues music as a sort of fight against the blues relates to punk music’s similar purpose. Many see punk as meaningless or even nihilist, but this is not the case. Punk is a struggle against not just the blues, but against what seems to some to be an ever more likely truth of nihilism.
The...
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Hildur Victoria - Diamond Eyes Herringbone EP...
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Polysics - Shout Aloud! Absolute Polysics (Myspace...
An Uncontrollable Urge Playlist 2/22/10
Eat it, losers. John King is the man.
Playlist after the jump.
Here’s how it works:
* denotes a new release
# denotes a request
(Artist - Song - Album - Label)
Electric Masada - Tekufah - At the Mountains of Madness - Tzadik
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An Uncontrollable Urge on WMUA Tonight
Y’know, like it’s a Monday.
Here’s what I know about tonight’s show. There will be music from Electric Masada (which features, among others, John Zorn, Jamie Saft, and Marc Ribot), David Shea, John King, and, because it’s about time, some Lord of the Rings. I also know that it’s on from 10 p.m. until midnight, broadcasting at 91.1 FM, and streaming online at...
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1986 - Aunts Marching Everybody is Whatever I...
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Datus - Stavrogin Masc, Fem, Neut (Limbic...
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Jumpiter - Fallen in Love Alone (self-released)
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An Uncontrollable Urge Playlist 2/15/10
During which I found out I have a valentine. Her name is Charlotte, and Naked City’s “Blood is Thin” was dedicated to her. Maybe someday she’ll get to meet me.
* denotes a new release
# denotes a request
(Artist - Song - Album - Label)
Minutemen - Political Song for Michael Jackson to Sing - CMJ 10: The Best of CMJ - CMJ
*Ergo - Vessel - Multitude, Solitude -...
A SHOW
I do a show on WMUA Monday nights from 10 to midnight. What to play…
I think I’ll drop some DADFAG, some Lydia Lunch, Accordion Crimes, maybe some Ashley Rodelius Story, but way more stuff you’re just gonna have to listen to figure out.
That’s 91.1 FM for those of you in the Pioneer Valley, and it streams online at WMUA.org.
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Wayne Horvitz at the Northampton Center for the...
A World of Piano, February 12, 2010
(photo lifted from Horvitz’ website. Hope he doesn’t mind.)
At Friday night‘s A World of Piano performance, Wayne Horvitz utilized a wide array of electronics and unusual objects in order to effect the sound of his piano, creating an interesting and unique sound from the otherwise familiar instrument.
A heavy assortment of echo, delay, and...
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DADFAG - Tits Scenic Abuse (Broken Rekids)
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Kyle Brenders - Section 8 Ways (Porter)
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Accordion Crimes - Lakota A Higher Quality Version...
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WatchI don’t know what this is, but I like Dead Meadow, so I guess I’m down.
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Shannon & the Clams - Blast Me to Bermuda I...
An Uncontrollable Urge Playlist 2/8/10
Damn the equipment, this was still a fun show! Good requests, a nice suggestion from fellow WMUA DJ Yulin, and some far-out “jams.”
* denotes a new release
# denotes a request
(Artist - Song - Record - Label)
Fantomas/Melvins Supergrou - The Bit - Millenium Monsterwork 2000 - Ipecac Robert Fripp & Brian Eno - Evening Star - The Essential Fripp & Eno - Caroline *Bird Show...
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“Modern recording is no longer a record of an event but a synthetic construct for...”
– Billy Childish
An Uncontrollable Urge: Space is the Place
Tonight on An Uncontrollable Urge I’ll be bringing some far-out noise from the depths of deep space … or something.
Raymond Scott, Morton Subotnick, Sun Ra, Ken Nordine, Bird Show Band, and plenty of other exploratory sounds from modern autistics.
That’s tonight from 10 p.m. until midnight, broadcasting live at 91.1 FM in and around the Amherst area, and streaming online...
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Moon Duo - Motorcycle, I Love You Escape...
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Ken Nordine's "Word Jazz" podcast →
There’re only four episodes, and the website hasn’t been updated since 2006, but each of those four episodes is trippy and awesome. Those interested in metaphysics, musical exploration, and mushrooms should definitely check this out.
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Blah blah blah
So much of the time when people talk about “songwriting,” they actually mean “lyric-writing.” It seems like the song itself is ignored almost completely, given the most boring, simple treatment possible. It’s offensive to music, it’s lazy, and I think it’s a cowardly evasion of something nobody really understands, a question which has so much importance:...
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Overnight Lows - Static Scars City of Rotten Eyes...
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Angelo Spencer - Shivers Angelo Spencer Et Les...
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Duchess Says + Red Mass = Superbang →
We all owe Corey from Music is a Sin a big ole “sanks” for bringing this to our attention.
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Citay - Hunter Dream Get Together (Dead Oceans)
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Magic Shoppe - Gallery Reverb E.P. (Optical...
An Uncontrollable Urge Playlist 2/1/10
I gave a RAP SHOUTOUT tonight, and took three requests. One of them was awesome! WHICH ONE?
Playing Kalashnikov out of that Midival Punditz request must’ve made the requestor poopy his pants.
* denotes a new release
# denotes a request
(Artist - Song - Record - Label)
The Legendary Pink Dots - Torchsong - Plutonium Blonde - ROIR...
An Uncontrollable Urge on WMUA Tonight
Tune to 91.1 FM tonight from 10 to midnight to check out my weekly program of strange music. Expect something from Matmos, Bird Show Band, Anthony Braxton, and Jamie Saft (respectively), plus some surprises (for you and probably for me) along the way.
As always, it streams online at WMUA.org, and you can find the playlists here tomorrow.