How It Went Down: January 14, 2011

A reverb-drenched phone interview with Jon Cohen of the Jon Cohen Experimental (thanks to a crazy payphone somewhere on the road to Thunder Bay) and a talk with Les Jupes frontman Mike Petkau Falk (whose Modern Myths CD release party is TOMORROW night).

Here's what was played:

Set One: 6:30 PM - 7 PM

Igor Boxx - Breslau [Ninja Tune]
Jenn Grant - Getcha Good [Six Shooter Records]
Interview with Jon Cohen
Jon Cohen Experimental - Nightmare/Over [Independent]
Broken Records - A Leaving Song [4AD]

Set Two: 7 PM - 7:30 PM

Blue Hawaii - Dream Electrixra [Arbutus Records]
Charlotte Cornfield - Someday [Independent]
Interview with Mike Petkau Falk
Les Jupes - This Place Owes Us [Head In The Sand]

Set Three: 7:30 PM - 8 PM

MaSuper Star - Matichara [Masalacism Records]
Thank You - Birth Reunion [Thrill Jockey]
Twilight Hotel - Frozen Town [Independent]
Breathe Owl Breathe - Dogwalkers Of The New Age [Hometapes]
J Rawls - Two Girls [Polar Ent.]

How It Went Down - January 7 2011

Kicking the year off right with some great guests in the studio (and really testing the capacity/capabilities of the temporary studio space while renovations continue). John Smith joined me to talk about his new record It's True Because It Rhymes, available now on Marathon of Dope.

Romi Mayes came in and played a few live songs to give a bit of a taste of what her live album recording will be like this Friday, January 14, 2011. Great stuff as always.

The show this week is preempted for Bison Hockey.

Here's what was played:

Set One: 6:30 PM - 7 PM

John Smith - Underdogs [Marathon of Dope]
John Smith - You Ain't Never Been feat. Hellnback [Marathon of Dope]
Destroyer - Kaputt [Merge]

Set Two: 7 PM - 7:30 PM

Les Jupes - Someone Lit A Fire Under Kruschev [Head In The Sand]
Romi Mayes - The Other Dame [Live on UMFM]
Romi Mayes - Heavy Heart [Live on UMFM]

Set Three: 7:30 PM - 8 PM

Lighty Singers of Ellis, SC - In The Morning When The Trumpet Sounds [Mississippi Records]
Steve Earle and Allison Moorer - After The Fire Is Gone [Sony]
Melissa Laveaux - Needle In The Hay [Spectra Musique]
Laura Peek - Laundry [Just Friends]
Alpha Couple - Edna Pontellier [Independent]
Teddy Hotbody pronounced Holtby - I'm The Coolest [Bandcamp]
The Bongolian - Talking Synth [Blow Up Records]