KTUH Playlist for 01/27/2012, 3-6 AM

 So, I started off the show with a new song by The Big Pink and then a track by a group I was unfamiliar with called Liars (which I now highly recommend ). Those songs kind of sucked me down into the rabbit hole of electro beats so I just rolled with it. I played  a bunch of new electronic tunes, most of which was fairly decent. 
In other news, I think that I may have finally learned how to  use the phone in the studio. Seriously! Total rocket science going on in the KTUH studios. Some sorry sucker really wanted to talk to me about something during the beginning of the show, apparently, as the phone line just kept going off and off and off and off... By the time that I got around to reading the directions on how to answer the phone, the caller(s) gave up. Such is the story of my life; meh. Seriously, folks, I can't answer the phone if I can't answer the phone and I sure can't answer the phone when I'm talking live on the air. SRSLY!


Well, tune in next week same time and channel- Friday 3-6 AM on 90.3 FM in Honolulu, 91.3 on the North Shore, 89.9 Windward or anywhere in the world at http://www.ktuh.org for our live

Artist                       Song                    Album                        Label

The Big Pink – 1313 – Future This – 4AD *

Liars – The Wrong Coat For You Mr. Heart Attack – Drum’s Not Dead – Mute

Mother Falcon – Overture – Alhambra – S/R *

Burka Som Sistema – Voodoo Love – Komba – Rough Trade *

Bjork – Thunderbolt – Biophilia – Nonesuch *

Mother Falcon – Alligator Teeth – Alhambra – S/R *

David Lynch – She Rise Up – Crazy Clown Time – Sunday Best *

DJ Shadow – Going Nowhere – The Less You Know the Better – Island *

DJ Shadow – Redeemed – The Less You Know the Better – Island *

Baths – Departure – Cerulean *

Burka Son Sistema – Komba – Komba – Routh Trade *

Gilgamesh – When You’re Dancing (Cassian Remix) – Debut EP Remixes – Our Label International *

Penguin Prison – A Funny Thing – S/T – Down Town *

Parallel Thought – Live From the Groove 7 – Live From the Groove – S/R *

Tycho – Ascension – Dive – Ghostly International *

Totally Extinct Dinosaurs – Trouble (James Jones Remix) – Trouble – Distiller *

Dntel – Pillowcase – Life is Full of Possibilities – Sub Pop *

Dntel – Pillowcase – Fear of Corners – Sub Pop *

Jonti – Night Shift in Blue – Twirligig – Stone’s Throw *

Claps – In My Dreams – Wreck – Guilt Ridden Pop *

The Big Pink – Jump Music – Future This – 4AD *

Kasabian – I Hear Voices – Velociraptor!

Bjork – Sacrifice – Biophilia – Nonesuch *

Liars – It Fit When I Was A Kid – Drum’s Not Dead – Mute

Graham Knox Frazier – Blades of Hardhouse – House Instrumentals – Simply Deep Music *

Gunslinger – Run For Your Life – Early Volumes 1 – Last Gang *

Nero – Me and You (Steve Angelo Remix) – Me And You EP – Cherry Tree

The Field – Burned Out – Looping State of Mind – Kompakt

Sola Rosa – These Words, These Sounds, These Powers – Get It Together – Melting Pot Music *

The Specials – Ghost Town

James Ferraro – Dub Dreamtone – Far Side Virtual – Hippos In Tanks *

The Field – Burned Out – Looping State of Mind – Kompakt *

Ambulaunz – Vertical Mile – Vertical Mile – S/R *

Body Language – Social Studies – Social Studies – OM *

Apparat – Songs of Love (Mogwai Remix) – Songs of Los EP – Mute *

33HZ – Nightspot (Eli’s Darkside Dub) – Nightspot – Mute *

11 Acorn Lane – Le Sexe Au Telephone (Do Me Do Mix) – Swing Thing – Wooden Hat *

Koralleven – Keep Your Eyes Shut – An Album By Koralleven - Acephale *

* New Release (will be charted for CMJ)

† Recommended

Honolulu Vespa Rally 2012

That's me, second one in on the left on the green ET4 155cc. Pic by JF

I love to ride. I was thinking about it on the way home yesterday. The ride is often the best part of my day. I get to cruise around and carve around sharp corners. I get to listen to Haruki Murakami audiobooks or the wind or nothing at all. I get to clear my mind. I get to feel the air, see the sights, smell people cooking their food. I get to feel the road and be a part of Honolulu as I pass through it. I love living in the city! Not only do I get to live in the city, but I really get the best of both worlds because I live in a rain forest jungle on on mountain above the city. That is my life on a daily basis: jungle, windy mountain road, cityscape...all from the vantage point of the comfy Italian leather seat of my special edition scooter, affectionately known as The Locust. Sometimes riding the Vespa just makes me feel so good that I can't help zipping around with a dopey grin on my face. I've gotten so accustomed to riding that thing that when I have to drive my car it seems so clumsy, cumbersome, and inconveniently over sized that I'd rather be on my little scoot-scoot.

Riding through Waipahu. Pic by AL.

So, I've become a part of an outlaw scooter club (it's a scooter, you bastards, not a moped; it does NOT have pedals!). You know, it's funny how things work out. I'm kind of shy and keep to myself, but sometimes good connections just fall into my lap without any work on my part. I got into this whole thing while riding off to the store one day. I saw Laura on the bike path walking her little one in the stroller so I stopped to say hello. We just so happened to be across the street from Judy's house who saw us and came rushing over to say hello as she knew Laura and wanted to meet me because she's a Vespa enthusiast. From Judy I met all of these other nice people who have been great to get together with. We go on the occasional ride and have mechanic workshops where we work on each others rides. This has been great for me as I've learned how to do some basic and some semi-advanced work on my Vespa which has saved me a ton of money. I'm not sure that I'd want to do a lot of it on my own, but I could do some of it. Either way, it's great to have some knowledgeable helpers to guide me through issues and service. For instance, Dan is totally the man for having us over at his place on numerous occasions. He has boat loads of tools and really knows what he's doing. Because of him I know how to take apart my carburetor and clean it, how to do an oil change, how to take off my exhaust system, how to change my oil, and how to change my tires (though tires are tricky and it's good to have help with such). My back tire was super bald and it was to the point where my life was probably in peril so I have to give big ups and many mahalos to Dan for a special one-on-one session where we changed out my tires.
The ride basically started in Manoa and went all the way over through Pearl City, Waipahu, up Kunia Road and down to Waialua via Snake Road, past my old house and out to Kaena Point, stopped for lunch at Cholo's in Haleiwa and then through the North Shore with a stop off at the heiau in Pupukea, through the netherlands of Kahuku, stopped off at Laie Point and then down the Windward Coast, did some crazy back roads and then through Waimanalo, up past Koko Head, through Aina Haina and Hawaii Kai and then busted through Kahala and onto Waialae Avenue through Kaimuki, cut over through Manoa and the back to my jungle home in the mountains. It was a long, great day and I even got to drive on some roads that I've never been on before which was super cool.

The sixth one in from the right is mine.

My Vespa was totally the best $1500 I've ever spent in my life.

A bunch of pictures (not mine) are posted here: http://modernvespa.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1302221#1302221.

Stop staring at Locust's ass!

What is art?

Art is apparently something quite conceptual that a lot of people don’t seem to be able to understand. I can’t understand anyone who can’t understand art, but I suppose that’s similar to how people who excel at math can’t seem to understand how I can understand and use words or how I can conceive of art. While I don’t grasp people who can’t conceive of art, I have an even lesser comprehension of people who have absolutely no comprehensive understanding of art. Then there are those who profess to dislike art. What is there to not understand or to dislike? While it is granted that people may not like or understand certain types of art, I feel that there has to be a tremendous social disconnect to completely disregard something, especially when that something pertains to virtually every facet of existence. Math is art. Science is art. Nature is art. Literature, music, film, and design are all art. Just about everything is art. The only thing required by art is that one has the foggiest notion of an imagination when looking at it. Observe. Think. Interpret. The end. It doesn’t have to be pretty and it doesn’t have to be functional or sensible; it just has to inspire.




Recently, there was an art display installed on the McCarthy Mall of the University of Hawaii at Manoa campus. It started on a Friday with a giant, caterpillar like tube of textile slinking across the green grass that was big enough for a person of moderate height to walk through with out stooping. It seemed like about a 50-50 ratio for people walking through it or not. On Monday morning there were an additional number of smaller textile pieces dispersed around the mall. People were bemused and confused by this display. I heard a lot of comments along the lines of: “What is it?” “What does it mean?” “I don’t get it.” What’s the point?” The point, you fools, is to slightly skew your concept of reality, to challenge your mind, to make you think, and maybe to inspire your imagination with a sense of playful wonderment. The point is that there is no point other than the point that you, the observer, make it out to be. So, I walked through the hole in the giant worm and marveled at how incredibly dull people can be.

From the January 2012, Manoa Arts & Minds newsletter:

Life in Colors in Hawai‘i 2012

University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa’s Commons Gallery,
Art Building
January 17 – 27
Mon – Fri 10:30 am – 4:00 pm, Sunday 12 noon – 4:00 pm
Academy Art Center at Linekona,
Honolulu Academy of Arts
January 15 – February 15
Mon – Sun from 8:00 am – 9:00 pm

The University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and the Academy Art Center at Linekona present “Life in Colors in Hawai‘i” by the internationally renowned textile artist, Akihiko Izukura, from Kyoto, Japan. “Life in Colors” is exhibited at two locations—both with indoor and outdoor displays; the show features impressive large-scale textile installations, splashes of color on the landscape, as well as innovative examples of his natural dyeing and weaving. The philosophy behind Izukura’s art pieces is based on sustainability and the desire to improve the surrounding environment and hand it down to the next generation in a better state than it is now. In conjunction with the show, Izukura offers personalized Senshokudō [dyeing and weaving] workshops at the Academy Art Center at Linekona and a public lecture at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.

Hawai‘i is an ideal location for “Life in Colors.” The natural beauty of the islands, with its underlying radiance and power, provides inspiration to Izukura, a natural textile artist, who seeks to find a path for people to coexist with nature.

Beach Memorials

Awile back, there was an article in the Honolulu Weekly about the phenomenon of beach memorials around Oahu. Beach memorials are a beach-side take on road-side memorials that have often become popular at sites of traffic accident deaths. These memorials create controversy because they're placed by the family and friends of deceased people in a public space. They're illegal, they can be unsightly, and they're costly to remove. However, the government is hard up for cash and does not take the initiative to enforce laws or remove the memorials. So, who is really losing here? The idea of one memorial might not seem so terrible, but what about when they start multiplying and popping up all over the place?

Beach Memorials

Is there space for all our public displays of grief?

by Curt Sanburn | Dec 14, 2011

 

^“In Loving Memory of Robbie and Kalakekuewa, 1969–2011,” says the smooth-faced boulder in big, grey-paint letters for all to see. On the margin, scrawled above a petroglyph-style sketch of a paddler, is the name of a canoe club, Healani. “Cherish memories” is written by the drawing of a maile-draped ‘ukulele. All in all, it’s a sweet and touching memorial that will last until it weathers away or gets wiped clean by a sandblaster. The upright stone is close to water’s edge, right next to the landmark Alan Davis Ranch wall separating the city’s Wawamalu Beach Park from the state’s Ka Iwi Scenic Shoreline Park in southeast Oahu.

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KTUH Playlist for 01/20/2012, 3-6 AM

It would be good if I learned how to answer the phone in this new air-room. Too many buttons, TOO MAN BUTTONS!!! SHINNY, SHINNY BUTTONS...

Anywhoo... We have at least one listener in the City of Dirty Angels, thanks to Leo the Flea for tuning in to the show via the web all the way across the Pacific in a little sleepy little town that probably no one's ever heard, a place called called Los Angeles in the small, sparsely populated state of California.

I stayed in an hour late and got stuck in rush hour traffic on the way home. Today's gonna be a rough day...

Artist                       Song                    Album                        Label

The Keys – Teacher’s Daughter

Viva Voche – The Future Will Destroy You – The Future Will Destroy You

Destry – Smile – Waiting on an Island

Neverever– Mexicoco - Shake-a-Baby – Slumberland *

The Jezabels – Endless Summer – Prisoner – Mom + Pop *

The Jezabels – City Girl – Prisoner – Mom + Pop *

Pet Lions – Trinidad – Houses

Pete and the Pirates – United – One Thousand Pictures

Wild Beasts - Reach a Bit Further – Smother

Ennui – Lights – Formation of Tides

Your Headlights Are – Drink Gone Dead (Wank-song) – S/T

Amor de Dias – Touchstone – Street of the Love

Cloud Control – This Is What I Said – Bliss Release – Infectious *

We Were Promised Jetpacks – Medicine – In the Pit of the Stomach – Fatcat *

Icarus Himself – Wake Up – Career Culture – Science of Sound *

ABADABAD – Park Slope (I’m Sorry) - Park Slope (I’m Sorry)

Bermuda Bonnie – Kohl’s

Oregon Bike Trails – Come on Come On

Painted Palms – I Will Truck (Dirty Projectors cover)

Phantom Vibration – Burlington – Kids EP

Purity Ring – Ungirthed – 7”?

Gauntlet Hair – Shout In Tongues -– Dead Oceans *

Gem Club – Black Ship – Breakers – Hardly Art *

 Ed Hale and The Transcendence – All Your Heroes Become Villains - All Your Heroes Become Villains – Dying Van Gogh Records *

Rocketship Park – Fast Friends – Cakes and Cookies

Extra Arms – In Parallel – In Parallel – In Parallel – Extra Arms *

Brite Futures – Jag In A Jungle – Dark Past – Turnout *

Adanowsky – Si aun quieres – Amador – Ever Loving *

Ryan Garbles – Whatever You Want – Sweet Hassle

Saskatchewan – Dreamboat – Dreamboat

Stephen Agustin and the Fourth Wall – Reductio Ad Absurdum – Motion and Rest  Hungry Ear **

Bombay Bicycle Club – What You Want – A Different Kind of Fix – A&M *†

Shoreline Is – I’d Hear the Clouds Move – Demos

Soft Metals – Psychic Driving

Serenades – Birds – Birds

Thundercat – For Love I Come – The Golden Age of Apocalypse

Ty Segall – For You Make the Sun Fry – Goodbye Bread

O’Brother – Poison! – Garden Window – Triple Crown *

Sleepmakeswaves – The Obstacle Is the Path – S/T – Bird’s Robe Records *

Russian Circles – Batu - Emperos – Sargent House *

And So I Watch You From Afar – I Capture Castles – This Is Our Machine and Nothing Can Stop It

God Is An Astronaut – Sunrise In Aries – Far From Refuge

June of 44 – Sharks and Sailors – Anatomy of Sharks EP

June of 44 – Boom – Anatomy of Sharks EP

June of 44 – Seemingly Endless Streamer – Anatomy of Sharks EP

Low – Transmission – Transmission
Low – Caroline 2– Transmission

* New Release (will be charted for CMJ) 
** Local Act

† Recommended

Does Radio Matter?

Why does KTUH and other college/independent radio stations matter? College radio cuts through the bullshit. It's not commercial so it doesn't care about generating profit. Its only purpose and concern is to generate quality programming and to play the types of music that commercial stations ignore. College radio is the last bastion of freedom on the airwaves. It's a place where different opinions can be heard and where a wide variety of sounds are released for the enrichment of the public.

College radio isn't this:

Rock Radio Takes Another Hit by Steve Knopper
From Rolling Stone Magazine,
issue 1144, November 24, 2011

  Continuing Radio’s shift way from local programming in favor of centralized playlists and nationally syndicated shows, two of America’s biggest radio chains laid off dozens of DJs and programmers at stations from Albuque to Toledo in recent weeks. Clear Channel Communications, which owns 850 stations nationwide, cut hundreds of jobs in late October, and rival radio company Cumulus cut almost 30, including legendary L.A. rock DJ Jim Ladd – the inspiration behind Tom Petty’s scathing 2002 hit “The Last DJ,” which pilloried the homogenization of playlists in the Clear Channel era. “It’s really band news,” says Ladd. “it was people in my profession that fist played Tom Petty, first played the Doors. But the people programming stations [now] are not music people – they’re business people.
  “It’s a decrees in expense for the company, but the dirty little secret is it’s going to be less local – it just is,” adds Tony Florentino, who was laid off as program director for two Clear Channel pop stations in Columbus, Ohio in September. “That’s ultimately not good for listeners in those markets.”
  For rock stations – which have struggled in recent years – the blow was especially hard. So what will take the place of shows helmed by local DJs? Expect to hear more ubersyndicated personalities like Steve Harvey, and The Big D and Bubba Show. “This is not about DJs, this is about effectiveness, efficiency and giving our listeners what they want,” says Clear Channel spokeswoman Wendy Gouldberg. Adds Skip Bishop, senior VP of promotion for Sony Music Nashville, “They’re just exploiting their most successful talents. I don’t think their purpose is redefining radio, but that’s the end result.”
  Two influential modern rock stations, New York’s WRXP and Chicago’s Q101, switched formats over the summer, leaving those markets without a single major outlet to break new rock acts. A Number One rock hit reaches just 13 million listeners, compared to 138 million for a Number One Top 40 hit – a gap that has widened dramatically since 2006, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
  Even proven hitmakers, from the Red Hot Chili Peppers to Coldplay, just don’t get enough spins on the limited number of signature stations left to rely on rock radio to break a single. “A log of the records that get the biggest audience now, it’s through the combination of pop radio and TV exposure,” says Jim McGuinn, program director for the Currant, the Minneapolis public-radio rock station that helped break Mumford & Sons.
  In the end, radio’s cutbacks and strategy shifts are just more bad news for a record industry still reeling from tanking sales. And while rock continues to rule the concert business, radio support has always been required to grow a band’s audience from the hardcore fans who go to club shows to the more mainstream masses needed to fill arenas and amphitheaters.
  “Some of the biggest rock markets in the country have no rock radio,” says Bob McLynn manager of acts like Gym Class Heroes, Train, Hole and Fall Out Boy. “How are people going to find out about new acts in a lot of these markets?”

Quality music speaks for itself; you know it when you hear it.

KTUH Playlist for Friday the 13th, January 2012

Here's my playlist for Friday the 13th. Had I realized that it was Friday the 13th I probably would've done a theme show. Meh. Such is the story of my life. 7-11 had NO regular coffee so that really threw my groove off, but I tried to keep the flow of the show organic from head to toe.
See you next week. www.ktuh.org

Artist                       Song                    Album                        Label

Javelin – Coleridge – Coleridge 7”

The Twilight Sad – I Became a Prostitute – Acoustic EP

Jon McKiel – Monster of the Mirimichi – Confidence Lodge

Russian Red – Everyday Everynight – Fuerteventura

Ryan Adams – Rocks – Ashes & Fire – Capitol *

Los Campesinos! – Light Leaves, Dark Sees – Heat Rash #1

Ghoul – Milkily – Dunks

JJ – No One Can Touch Us Tonight – No One Can Touch Us Tonight

Sondre Lerche – Ricochet – S/T

Ladytron – White Elephant – White Elephant 

Giant Sand – October Anywhere – Black Out

Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs – Waulking Song – Prehistory II

Can – Don’t Say No – Saw Delight – Mute

Cant – Dreams Come True – Dreams Come True – Terrible Records *

Can Can – Pesadilla - Caos

Black Devil Disco Club – To Ardent – To Ardent EP

Golden Kannie – Arkham – Oh Woe!

The Black Belles – Honky Tonk Horror – S/T – Third Man *

The Devil Makes Three – This Life – Stomp and Smash – Milan *

Dum Dum Girls – Heartbeat (Take It Away) – Sub Pop *

The Horrible Crows – I Witnessed a Crime – Elsie – Side One Dummy *

Stephen Agusten and the Fourth Wall – Anywhere is Anywhere – Motion is Rest – Hungry Ear Records  LOCAL ARTIST; RECOMMENDED! †

Pinback – Sherman – Information Retrieved Pt. A

Melodium – Augusta Falls – Coloribus

Ghost Poet – Survive It (dBridge Remix) – Survive It

Asobi Seksu – Vicious Bears – Perfectly Crystal EP

The Never Surprise – Back Around – S/T

Matt Pond PA – Human Beings – Spring Fools

Bare Wires – Ready to Go! – Don’t Ever Change 7”

The Antlers – Parentheses – Burst Apart RECOMMENDED †

The Veils – The Stars Come Out Once the Light – Troubles of the Brain

Stornoway – Here Comes the Blackout – 4Ad Session

Big Pauper – Your Nighttime Energy is the Dream – Beyond My Means

Theme Park – Trees – S/T – S/R * LOCAL ARTIST

Vetiver – Can’t You Tell – The Errant Charm

Lulu & the Lampshades – Cups – Cold Water EP

New Animal – I Think  It’s Working – Up!

Datarock – Passive Aggressive – Catcher in the Rye

Fugazi – Bulldog Front – S/T – Dischord

Cymbols Eat Guitars – Keep Me Waiting – Lenses Alien – Bark 118 *

Nurses – Through the Window – Dracula - Dead Oceans *

Tom Vek – We Do Nothing – Leisure Seizure – Island *

The Most Serene Republic – Pre Serene: Thee Oneironauts – Everything Given to You is Equally Taken Away

Givers – Noche Nada – In Light † RECOMMENDED

City and Colour – Little Hell – Little Hell

Grey Reverend – Little Eli – Of the Days

Seapony – Go Away – Go With Me

* New Release (will be charted for CMJ) 

† Recommended

 

 

KTUH 90.3 FM Playlist for 01/06/12

 
I had planned to play rock music this morning, but that didn't really end up happening. I was feeling really tired and lazy I played an entire mix CD that my wife made four me about 6 years ago. Since that established a certain vibe, I just rolled with it. This show consisted of a lot of downtempo electronic music, turtablism, and indie hip hop. I kind of like that the theme of my show differs radically every time I go on air. That's what college radio is all about, really- VARIETY. KTUH Honolulu is radio as it should be. I'll be on again next Friday 3-6 AM HST. This playlist is incomplete as the tracks on the mixtape aren't info encoded so I have to figure out what's on it and post that stuff later if I can figure it out.

Artist                       Song                    Album                        Label

The Killers – Mr. Brightside - Hot Fuss - Island

Zero 7- In the Waiting Line - Simple Things - Palm

To track 10

Electrocutie – Get Away – Get Away – Knoxtone

Electrocutie – Electrocutie (Dance Radio Edit) – Get Away – Knoxtone

Бумбокс (Boombox) - Стяги на стяги - III - Moon †

Бумбокс (Boombox) - Полiна - III - Moon

Gogol Bordello – Illumination – Underdog World Strike – Side One Dummy

Track 11- finish

RJD2 – de l’alouette – Exotic Talk single – Definitive Jux

RJD2 – The Horror – The Horror – Definitive Jux

RJD2 – Ghostwriter remix – The Horror – Definitive Jux

Portishead – Wandering Star – Dummy – Go! Discs

Mocean Worker – Times of Danger – Times of Danger/Heaven @ 12:07 – Palm

Plastilina Mosh – Nino Bomba – Aquamosh – Capitol

Prefuse 73 – Pagina Tres – Reads the Book EP – Warp

Mouse on Mars – Kompod – Iaora Tahiti – American

Girl Talk – Summer Smoke – Night Ripper – Illegal Art

Baths – Lovely Bloodflow – Cerulean – Anticon *

J Boogie’s Dubtronic Science – Radio Con Oro11 – Undercover – OM *

J Boogie’s Dubtronic Science – El Ritmo – Undercover – OM *

Boom Bip – Do As I Do – Zig Zaj – Lex *

Ambulaunz – Concordia – Vertical Mile – S/R *

Lotus – Golden Ghost – S/T – Sci Fidelity *

Lotus – Blacklight Sunflare – S/T – Sci Fidelity *

* New Release (will be charted for CMJ) 

† Recommended

KTUH 90.3 FM Playlist for 12/29/11

So, I've finally gotten around to typing up the playlist from the 29th. I was in a bit of a mood so I started playing punk and then I got into some new metal CDs and just ran with it for the majority of the show. I hope I blew some people's minds out there in Aloha Land.

Artist                       Song                    Album                        Label

Tom Waits – Hoist That Rag – Real Gone – Anti

Against Me! – Pints of Guinness Make You Stronger –  Axl Rose – No Idea

Dropkick Murphys – Amazing Grace – The Gang’s All Here - Hellcat

Dropkick Murphys – For Boston – Sing Loud, Sing Proud – Hellcat

The Ducky Boys – Me Against the World – Dark Days – GMM Records

Sick of It All – Straight Ahead – Outakes for the Outcast – Fat Wreck Chords

Propagandhi – Today’s Empires, Tomorrow’s Ashes – Today’s Empires, Tomorrow’s Ashes – Fat Wreck Chords

Smile – September – Orange – S/R

Sexpod – Delicate Balance – Goddess Blues – Slab Recordings

Lagwagon – Hurry Up and Wait – Let’s Talk About Feelings – Fat Wreck Chords

Lakgwagon – Hurry Up and Wait – Everything Turns to Grey – Fat Wreck Chords

The Agony Scene – Sacrifice – The Darkest Red – Roadrunner

Wizard – Taste of Fear – Of Wariwulfs and Bluofwarmes – Massacre Records *

Supreme Pain – The Dark Army – Divine Incarnation – Massacre Record *

Illdisposed – Our Words Betrayed – There is Light (But It’s Not For Me) – Massacre *

Storm Warrior – Bloode to Bloode – Heathen Warrior – Massacre *

Brainstorm – My Own Hell – On the Spur of The Moment –  *

The Amity Affliction – Fire or Knife – Youngbloods – Victory *

Aiden – There Will Be Blood – Some Kind of Hate – Victory *

Counterparts – I Am No One – The Current Will Carry Us – Victory *†

Eye Empire – Idiot – Moment of Impact – Bulldog *

Ringworm – Burning Bridges – Scars – Victory *

Eat the Gun – My Retribution – Runner – Metalville *

The Devil Wears Prada – Vengeance – Dead Throne – Ferret *

Dead By Wednesday – Will to Fight – The Last Parade – Fake Four *

Black Tide – Fight Till the Bitter End – Post-Mortem – DGC *

Park Lane – Silence – Letters from the Fire – Hayfield *

Trivium – Watch the World Burn – In Waves – Roadrunner *

Pathology – Society’s Desolation – Awaken the Suffering – Victory *

Edge of Paradise – Thrown It All Away – Mask – Shredrock *

We Came As Romans – Just Keep Breathing – Understanding What We’ve Grown To Be – Equal Vision *†

Saxon – Call to Arms – Call to Arms – UDR *

Placebo – Battle for the Sun – Battle for the Sun – Vagrant

Pennywise – Killing Time – About Time – Epitaph

Bad Religion – Infected – Stranger Than Fiction – Atlantic

Public Image Limited – Emperor – That What Is Not – Virgin

Bad Brains – Build A Nation – Build A Nation – Oscilloscope

Pixies – Umass – Trompe le Monde – Elektra

Lush – Hypocrite – Hypocrite – 4AD

Luscious Jackson – Naked Eye – Fever In Fever Out – Capitol

…And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead – It Was There That I Saw You – Source Codes & Tags – Interscope

Sebadoh – Weird – Weird – Sub Pop

Ween – I Can’t Put My Finger On It – Chocolate & Cheese – Elektra

Surfer Blood – Drinking Problem – Tarot Classics - *

Mutts – Save Us – Pray for Rain - *

* New Release (will be charted for CMJ)
† Recommended

KTUH 90.3 FM Playlist for 01/05/12

I, the magnificent rock-n-roll reverend Mateo Malo was in the studio once again in the KTUH studio and more meticulous than a Mercator map. Joining me for the program was the Calamitous Coral from Constantinople. We were poised and ready for A-U-R-A-L assault of audio asymmetry delivered in a riot of raucous radio madness. It was music as it should be. It was radio as it should be. It was KTUH, 90.3 FM, from Honolulu to the world...

We started out with a dash of reggae, playing a list of songs selected by Mick Jagger for Rolling Stone Magazine's playlist special edition and then warped into some extraordinary electronica, all for the listening pleasure of the fine folks out in radio land.

I have to give a big up to Carlo G. for listening live via the web in Ecuador called Escucha Esto . He does his own radio show on Sundays from 7-8 PM (Quito time, so you'll have to google the time conversion). You can check out Escucha Esto on facebook for more info and follow Carlo on Twitter at @escuchaestoEC as well..\


This should be my last 3-6 AM Thursday slot, as I was only subbing. I'll be in the studio tomorrow and every Friday from 3-6 AM. We have a brand new air-room in the KTUH studio and I was the fourth DJ to operate a show from it!

Artist                       Song                    Album                        Label

Toots and the Maytals – 54-46 That’s My Number

Tenor Saw – Ring the Alarm         

Gregory Isaacs – Cream of the Crop

Peter Tosh – Pick Myself Up

Dawn Penn – You Don’t Love Me (♫)

Max Romeo and the Upsetters – War ina Babylon

The Viceroys – Brethren and Sistren

Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey
Bob Marley – Natty Dread – Natty Dread

Junior Murvin – Police and Thieves – Lock, Stock, & Two Smoking Barrels Soundtrack

Dusty Springfield – Spooky – Lock, Stock, & Two Smoking Barrels Soundtrack

10 Ft. Ganja Plant – Shake Up the Place – Shake Up the Place – Reach Out International Records *

The Andy Shaw Band – Righteous Ones – Own Resolve – S/R *

Thievery Corporation – The Richest Man in Babylon – The Richest Man in Babylon – ESL

Dubstar – Stars – Stars EP – EMI

Dub Pistols – Dub Pistols Dogtown Clash Radio Edit – World Gone Crazy – Lift

J Boogie’s Dubtronic Science – Blue Mountain Dub – Under Cover – OM *

Thievery Corporation – False Flag Dub – Culture of Fear - ESL

DJ Spooky – Absentia Absentia – Optometry – Thirsty Ear

DJ Shadow –  High Noon – High Noon Single – Mo Wax

Tricky – Aftermath – Maxinquae –

God Lives Underwater – All Wrong – Empty – American

The Tea Party – Temptation – Temptation single

The Jazzhole – Forward Motion – S/T - Bluemoon

Death in Vegas – Dead Elvis – Concrete

Blackanized 360 – Vibe ‘brations – After Hours Vol. 3 – Instinct

Herbalizer – The Missing Suitcase – 100% Guaranteed Remedies – Ninja Tune

Jaga Jazzist – Animal Chin – Animal Chin – Gold Standard Labratories

Boom Bip – Pele – Zig Zaj – Lex *

MC 900 Ft. Jesus – The City Sleeps (acoustic version from KCRW)

Kosma – Songs of the Siren

Beats Antique – Siren Song – Elektrafone – S/R *

Neon Indian – Polish Girl – Extra Extrana – Static Tongue *

The Dreaming – Thank You – She A Female Trip Hop Experience – Sonic Images

Tricky – Council Estate – Council Estate – Domino

Gaudi + Fateh Ali Khan – Dil Da Rog Muka Ja Mahi – Dub Qawwali *

DJ Food – The Illectrick Hoax – One Man’s Weird is Another Man’s World – Ninja Tune

* New Release (will be charted for CMJ)