Thursday, December 25, 2008

Christmas Time Is Here I Guess

Happy holidays, and merry Christmas if yr into that sort of thing. Remember a few weeks ago when WMUA held a record fair? The one where twenty vendors from throughout the Northeast came and set up shop, thousands and thousands of records in tow? Well, enjoy a trip down (a very recently paved) memory lane.


brown recluse sings performs as first act of the day. check out their myspace. they rule.


digging and chatting.


local mad genius eric hnatow. go and listen to him. he's coming back to campus february 3rd with thrust lab.


everyone loves vinyl! everyone is happy!


northampton all-stars rabbit rabbit. rejoice in sound.


umass basketball and umass radio. it's a beautiful friendship.


wmua advisor glenn siegel talks music.

So if you missed it, or if yr just hungry for more delicious vinyl, keep it tuned to WMUA for news on the next record fair. Most likely happening sometime around April.


Enjoy the holiday.

Hey Look, It's Rudolph! from dina on Vimeo.

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Alex Chilton really looks like Woody Allen now.

If I was really on top of my game, I would have posted one of these for every night of Hanukkah. Apologies to all my fellow Jews. Anyway, just in time for the fourth night of Hanukkah, here's Yo La Tengo doing the Velvet Underground's "Femme Fatale", with Alex Chilton, no less.

Sunday, December 21, 2008

It's that time of the year...

About two weeks ago I asked our great DJs to submit their lists of favorite albums of the year. A bunch of people responded, I tallied the votes, and today we learn WMUA's collective favorite 20 albums of 2008. No recounts here, no Coleman/Franken stuff, these results are guaranteed. So let's hear 'em, low to high for maximum suspense. And be sure to check out DJs' individual top tens at the bottom.


20.
Kings of Leon - Only by the Night (RCA)

19.
TV on the Radio - Dear Science (DGC/Interscope)

18.
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks - Real Emotional Trash (Matador)

17.
Dodos - Visiter (French Kiss)

16.
No Age - Nouns (Sub Pop)

15.
Magnetic Fields - Distortion (Nonesuch)

14.
Baby Guts - The Kissing Disease (Guilt Ridden Pop)

13.
Marnie Stern - This Is It and I Am It and You Are It and So Is That and He Is It and She Is It and It Is It and That Is That (Kill Rock Stars)

12.

Deerhunter - Microcastle (Kranky)

11.

M83 - Saturdays=Youth (Mute)

10.

Portishead -
Third (Mercury)

9.

Conor Oberst -
Conor Oberst (Saddle Creek)

8.

Lil' Wayne -
Tha Carter III (Cash Money)

7.

Silver Jews - Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea (Drag City)

6.

Duchess Says - Anthologie des Trois Perchoirs (Alien8)

5.

Dan Friel -
Ghost Town (Important)

4.

Vivian Girls -
Vivian Girls (In The Red)

3.

Why? -
Alopecia (Anticon)

2.

Gang Gang Dance -
Saint Dymphna (Social Registry)

1.

Parts and Labor - Receivers
(Jagjaguwar)


Yes, after spending most every week since its release at number 1 on our weekly charts, Parts and Labor take the title of WMUA's favorite album of the year. Great job! Also, if you didn't go see them at Hampshire on the 11th because it was snowing outside, you're a wimp and you missed out pretty hard. Sorry to break the news.

Now check these individual lists. If you see something you like, tune in to the show. It's not any more complicated than that.

Dave Murray (host of In the Court of the Crimson King, Wednesdays 8 pm - 10 pm)
1. Parts & Labor – Receivers
2. Duchess Says – Anthologie des 3 Perchoirs
3. Racebannon – Acid or Blood
4. Tobacco – Fucked Up Friends
5. sBach – s/t
6. Total Abuse – s/t
7. Portishead – Third
8. Subtle – Exiting Arm
9. Darker My Love – 2
10. Deerhoof – Offend Maggie

Alex Hornbeck (host of Strange Light, Tuesdays 10 pm - midnight)
1. Portishead – Third
2. Gang Gang Dance – Saint Dymphna
3. Dan Friel – Ghost Town
4. Blood on the Wall – Liferz
5. Chad VanGaalen – Soft Airplane
6. Mahjongg – Kontpab
7. Max Richter – 24 Postcards in Full Colour
8. No Age – Nouns
9. Silver Jews – Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea
10. Indian Jewelry – Free Gold!

Eric Marklein (host of Sound of Confusion, Mondays 8 - 10 pm)
1. Harvey Milk - Life...The Best Game in Town
2. Dan Friel - Ghost Town
3. Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna
4. Why? - Alopecia
5. Boris - Smile
6. Breeders - Mountain Battles
7. Torche - Meanderthal
8. Earles and Jensen - Just Farr A Laugh Vol. 1 & 2: The Greatest Prank Phone Calls Ever!
9. Deerhunter - Microcastle
10. Fucked Up - The Chemistry of Common Life

Erika Patsy (co-host of Expressway To Yr Skull, Thursdays 5:30 - 8 pm)
1. Vivian Girls - s/t
2. Times New Viking - Rip It Off
3. Jay Reatard - Matador Singles '08
4. Love Is All - A Hundred Things Keep Me Up At Night
5. Parts & Labor - Receivers
6. Stereolab - Chemical Chords
7. No Age - Nouns
8. Dead Dog - s/t
9. The New Bloods - The Secret Life
10. Pants Yell! - Alison Statton

Corey Charron (co-host of Fallen Through the Cracks/Vinyl Revival, Tuesdays 8-10 pm)
1. Why? ‐ Alopecia
2. Magnetic Fields ‐ Distortion
3. Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks ‐ Real Emotional Trash
4. Duchess Says - Anthologie des 3 Perchoirs
5. Silver Jews ‐ Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea
6. Baby Guts ‐ Kissing Disease
7. Oxford Collapse ‐ Bits
8. Jeffrey Lewis ‐ 12 Crass Songs
9. Marnie Stern - This Is It...
10. Shannon McArdle - Summer of the Whore

Zara Rose (co-host of Fallen Through the Cracks/Vinyl Revival, Tuesdays 8-10 pm)
1. Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks - Real Emotional Trash
2. Shannon McArdle - Summer of the Whore
3. Baby Guts - Kissing Disease
4. Silver Jews - Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea
5. Marnie Stern - This is it and I am it...
6. Oxford Collapse - Bits
7. Jeffery Lewis - 12 Crass Songs
8. Duchess Says - Anthologie des 3 Perchoirs
9. Jason Collett - Here's to Being Here
10. Vivian Girls - Vivian Girls

Gabe Chicoine (co-host of Mind Blinders, Mondays 10 pm - midnight)
1. No Age - Nouns
2. Dan Friel - Ghost Town
3. Jay Reatard - Singles ’06 – ‘07
4. Why? - Alopecia
5. Blood on the Wall - Liferz
6. Parts and Labor - Receivers
7. Awesome Color - Electric AborĂ­genes
8. Deerhunter - Microcastle
9. Portishead - Third
10. El Guincho - Alegranza!

Ian Nelson (co-host of Sesame Street Band-Aids, Mondays 5:30 - 8 pm)
1. lil wayne - carter III
2. dodos - visiter
3. deerhunter - microcastle
4. excepter - debt dept
5. white denim - exposion
6. air france - no way down EP
7. gang gang dance - saint dymphna
8. m83 - saturdays=youth
9. conor oberst - conor oberst
10. vivian girls - vivian girls

Barry Benham (co-host of Sesame Street Band-Aids, Mondays 5:30 - 8 pm)
1. lil' wayne - tha carter III
2. titus andronicus - the airing of grievances
3. dodos - visiter
4. little joy - s/t
5. conor oberst - s/t
6. kanye west - 808s & heartbreak
7. of montreal - skeletal lamping
8. m83 - saturdays = youth
9. panic at the disco - pretty odd
10. pretty & nice – s/t

Rich Ladew (host of End of Radio, Thursdays 8 - 10 pm)
1. Parts and Labor - Receivers
2. Dan Friel - Ghost Town
3. Torche - Meandrathal
4. TV On The Radio - Dear Science
5. Various Artists - Don't Stop: Recording Tap
6. New Order - Movement (Reissue)
7. Dark Meat - Universal Indians (Reissue)
8. Wire - Object 47
9. Melvins - Nude With Boots
10. Birdsongs Of The Mesozoic - Dawn Of The Cycads

Andujar (host of Clandestino, Mondays 2:30 - 4:30)
1. Nomo - Ghost Rock
2. Grupo Fantasma - Sonidos Gold
3. Bio Ritmo - Bionico
4. Kaleta & Kozo Afrobeat - Country of Guns
5. William Parker - Double Sunrise Over Neptune
6. Flying Lotus - Los Angeles
7. Orchestra Baobob - Made In Dakar
8. Brownout - Homenaje
9. Bronx River Parkway & the Candela All Stars - San Sebatstian 152
10. Jesus Pagan y su Orquesta - Salsa de la Mata
(and check out Andujar's full list with write-ups by clicking here)

Pete Rizzo (on air Fridays 8 - 10 pm)
1. TV on the Radio - Dear Science
2. Kings of Leon - Only By the Night
3. The Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonely
4. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
5. The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
6. Okkervil River - The Stand Ins
7. Beck - Modern Guilt
8. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
9. My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges
10. Mars Volta - Bedlam in Goliath

Beth Schumacher (no winter show, check back in spring)
1. Why? - Alopecia
2. Mason Jennings - In The Ever
3. The Toadies - Deliverance
4. Hot Chip - Made in the Dark
5. Copeland - You Are My Sunshine
6. The Mountain Goats - Heretic Pride
7. Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight
8. Secret Machines - Secret Machines
9. Brian Wilson - That Lucky Old Sun
10. Adam Green - Sixes & Sevens

Carly Stipek (no winter show, check back in spring)
1. The Rural Alberta Advatage - Hometowns
2. Deastro - Keeper’s
3. Walkmen - You & Me
4. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
5. Au - Verbs
6. Beach House - Devotion
7. Women - Women
8. Department of Eagles - In Ear Park
9. Deerhuner - Microcastle
10. Parts & Labor - Receivers

Jen Wanamaker (graduated - ciao!)
1. Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night
2. Born Ruffians - Red, Yellow And Blue
3. M83 - Saturdays=Youth
4. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
5. Conor Oberst - Conor Oberst
6. Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna
7. The Black Keys - Attack & Release
8. Beck - Modern Guilt
9. School Of Seven Bells - Alpinisms
10. Amanda Palmer - Who Killed Amanda Palmer?

Donald Hedeman (no winter show, check back in spring)
1. Flying Lotus - Los Angeles
2. Theo Parrish - Sound Signature Sounds (Reissue)
3. Osborne - Osborne
4. DJ Stingray - Aqua Team 2
5. Der Zyklus - Cherenkov Radiation
6. Wisp - Katabatic
7. Madlib - Beat Konducta, Vol.5: Dil Cosby Suite
8. Bochum Welt - R.O.B.
9. Madvillain - Madvillainy 2: The Madlib Remix
10. Q-Tip - The Renaissance

Hank Berry (host of A Thousand Plateaus, Sundays 7:30 - 9:30 pm)
1. Michael Byron - Dreamers of Pearl
2. Handel: Tolomeo, Alan Curtis Conducting - Il Complesso Baracco (with Ann Hallenberg)
3. Jordi Savall directing Hesperion XXI - Fransico Javier: La Ruta de Oriente
4. Mozart: Don Giovani - Rene Jacobs Directing the Freibruger Barockorchester
5. Karlheinz Stockhausen - Stimmung
6. Anthony Braxton - The Complete Arista Recordings of Anthony Braxton
7. Ursula Oppens - Oppens Plays Carter
8. Henry Purcell - Keyboard Suites & Grounds, Keyboardist Richard Egarr
9. Eri Yamamoto - Redwoods
10. Bob Dylan - Tell Tale Signs

Darryl Clark (host of Old School, Thursdays 6 - 8 am)
alejandro escovedo "real animal
al green "lay it down"
jenny lewis "acid tongue"
dido "safe trip home"
marc cohn "join the parade live ep"
cat power "jukebox"
sprinsteen "magic"
alice smith "for lovers, dreamers & me"
dylan "telltale signs"
dr. dog "fate"
roberet forsterer "the eveangelist"
joni mitchell "shine"
randy newman "harps & angels"
maceo parker "roots and grooves"
sharon jones "100 days, 100 nights"

Glenn Siegel (host of Jazz In Silhouette, Fridays 9 am - noon)
The Heliocentrics - Out There
Umalali - The Garifuna Women's Project
Omar Souleyman - Highway to Hassake
Dem Trio - The Fountain
Various - Ayombe
Think of One - Camping Shaabi
Etran Finatawa - Desert Crossroads
Toumast - Ishumar
Raphael Cortijo - La Quiniela Del Dia
Various - Afrobeat Nirvana
Andrew McGraw - Kolaborasi
Sidestepper - The Buena Vibra Sound System
Chapinlandia - Marimba Music of Guatemala
Beto Villa - Father of Orquesta Tejana, Vol. 1
Buika - Mi nina Lola
Rudresh Mahanthappa - Kinsmen
Bronx River Parkway - San Sebastian 152
Nomo - Ghost Rock
Hanggai - Introducing Hanggai
Various - Rough Guide to Music of Mali
Savina Yannatou - Songs Of An Other
Juaneco y Su Combo - Masters of Chica 1
Various - Rough Guide to Klezmer Revolution
Shakers n' Bakers - Yearning for Zion
Eyal Maoz - Edom

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

New Crimes to Commit on Thursday



Some people are going to see Beach House that night instead. Pansies, I say. This line-up is guaranteed good times. Even if the heat isn't working in the Red Barn, the thunderous rock will surely get it cookin'.

PARTS AND LABOR
AMPERE
BUNNIES
GREY SKULL
ERIC HNATOW

FREE FREE FREE
7:30 PM
HAMPSHIRE RED BARN

Saturday, December 6, 2008

Let's Face It Pal, You Didn't Need That Eye Surgery.


Wednesday, December 10th
Don Caballero
The Motel Matches
The John Bobbit Experience
Arctic Cave
at the Elevens in Northampton (140 Pleasant Street), 10pm, 21+, five bucks

I'm still not 100% behind this new Don Caballero incarnation, but nostalgia for late-'90s math rock is worth something.

Thursday, December 4, 2008

TONIGHT A SHOW

I couldn't get a big picture of the flyer, but tonight you should take some time out to hit up Hampshire for the Whitehaus Family WinTour. Details below.

Whitehaus Family WinTour featuring:

Gracious Calamity
Prince Rama of Ayodha
Peace Loving
Many Manions

along with local favorites:
Shire Erlichman
Eric Hnatow

8 PM, all ages?
Centrum Gallery (above Donut 1 in Greenwich)
Hampshire College

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Records & Recluses.






















Brown Recluse Sings are a fine band from Philadelphia. If '60s psychedelic-influenced indie pop gets your motor running (you like the Zombies, don't you?), you have not one but two chances to have these gentlemen wow you this weekend. They'll be playing a set at the aformentioned WMUA Record Fair, if you want to elbow people in the ribs for first grabs at various vinyl gems, but they'll also be playing the night before (that's Friday, December 5th) at the People's Pint (24 Federal Street) in Greenfield. So instead of elbowing people in the ribs, you can enjoy some delicious peanut noodles, homemade soda & maybe some vegan strawberry shortcake for dessert (collectively blew my mind, I swear). The show starts at 10pm & it's donation-style, so show some love.

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

WMUA Record Fair!



Scary kitty commands:

YOU and YOUR MONEY
THIS SATURDAY
YOUR HANDS BUY RECORDS
YOU HAVE A GREAT TIME
NOW SOMEONE GET ME A SAUCER OF MILK

Monday, December 1, 2008

Monday Mix 6.0


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Miniature Cities
1. The Luv'd Ones - Come On In
2. France Gall - Laisse Tomber Les Filles
3. Vehicle Flips - Honeywell Round Thermostat
4. The Moving Sidewalks - 99th Floor
5. The Mice - Not Proud Of The USA
6. Swell Maps - Let's Build A Car
7. The Bartlebees - Music Sounds Better (With You)
8. Submarine Races - Postcard
9. The Feminine Complex - Hide & Seek
10. Trend - She's Hi-Fi
11. Blank Dogs - Water Into Ice
12. The Mo-dettes - White Mice
13. The Cigarettes - I've Forgot My Number (Now I'm Telling You My Name)
14. Dump - Words
15. The Fastbacks - Book of Revelation
16. The Cannanes - Frightening Thing
17. The Creation - How Does It Feel To Feel