Playlist of 10/31/05 Radio Show

Sun Kill Moon - - "Space Travel Is Boring"
Tom Vek - - "CC (You Set the Fire In Me)"
Chris Walla - - "Shattered Dreams" (Johnny Hates Jazz Cover)
Calexico - - "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (Joy Divison Cover)
Guided By Voices - - "Everybody Thinks I'm a Raincloud"
Black Wire - - "Hard To Love (Easy To Lay)"
Pavement - - "Cream of Gold"
White Stripes - - "I Was Walking With A Ghost"
Sufjan Stevens - - "The Great God Bird"
CYHSY - - "By The Skin Of my Yellow Country Teeth"
Stars - - "Calendar Girl"
Test Icicles - - "Boa VS Python"
Minus The Bear - - "Hey, Is That A Ninja Up There?"
Tapes N' Tapes - - "Cowbell"
Wrens - - "I've Made Enough Friends"
Karen O / Squeeky Clean - - "Hello Tomorrow (Adidas Version)"
Wilco - - "The High Heat"
Sparklehorse - - "Ghost of His Smile"
Cure - - "I Don't Know What's Going (On)"
Clor - - "Stuck In A Tight Spot"
Mates of State - - "Whiners Bio"
Blue Van - - "Mob Rule"
Death Cab For Cutie - - "Prove My Hypothesis"
Bling Kong - - "We Got the Bling"
Harvey Danger - - "Sad Sweet Heart of the Rodeo"

Playlist of 10/23/05 Show

M.I.A. -- "Fire Fire"
Test Icicles - - "All You Need is Blood"
Black Wire - - "Hard To Love Easy To Lay"
Tapes n' Tapes - - "Cowbell"
Matt Pond PA - - "Halloweeen"
Fiery Furnaces - - "Candymakers Knife In My Handbag"
Bling Kong - - "BLING KONG Girls"
Metric - - "Handshakes"
Donnas - - "Drive My Car"
Castanets - -"A Song Is Not the Song of the World"
Spoon - - "I Turn My Camera On (John McEntire Remix)
ETID - - "Apocalypse Now & Then" (for all those hardcore boy & girl listeners)
New Pornographers - - "Jackie, Dressed in Cobras"
Magic Numbers - - "Loves A Game"
Atmosphere - - "Smart Went Crazy"
Danger Doom - - "Benzie Boz Ft. Cee-Lo"Oranger -- "Mr. Sandman" (off of Stubbs the Zombie Soundtrack)
Brakes - - "All Night Disco Party"
Maybellines - - "Night Ranger Party"
Gunshy - - "Remember These Chords in the Morning"
Harvey Danger - - "What You Live By"
Franz Ferdinand - - "Do You Want To"
Giant Drag - - "This Isn't It"
Annie - - "Chewing Gum" (Mylo Remix)
Capes - - "Super Girls"

Playlist of 10/09/05 Radio Show

Happy Bullets - - "If You Were Mine"
Sufjan Stevens - - "John Wayne Gacy, Jr."
Brakes - - "All Night Disco Party"
Clor - - "Good Stuff"
The Beautiful New Born Children - - "Do the Do"
Ashlee Simpson - - "Boyfriend"
Moresight - - "Take the Candy"
Long Winters - - "Scared Straight"
Harvey Danger - - "Cool James"
Super Furry Animals - - "Zoom!"
Tokyo Rose - - "Spectacle"
Broken Social Scene - - "Superconnected"
Matt Pond PA - - "Spring Provides"
Metric - - "Monster Hospital"
Metric - - "Dead Disco"
Ted Leo - - "Since You've Been Gone + Maps (Live Version)"
The Go! Team - - "Ladyflash"
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - - "Gimme Some Salt"
Constantines - - "Draw Us Lines"
Maximo Park - - "Graffiti"
Wheatus - - "The London Sun"
Lightning Bolt - - "2 Morro Morro Land"
Blue Van - - "Product of D.K."

You Don't Need a Thought to Look Good

With the summer heat finally starting to fade out, you’ll need the lush and poignant pop of Matt Pond PA to ward off the chills of fall that are soon to come. This week’s Submodern Valedictorian was formed right in FMQB’s backyard in Philadelphia. Pond currently lives in Brooklyn, New York and with the rest of his band they create lugubrious songs to warm your heart, even though many of them are about heartbreak. You might already be familiar with Matt Pond PA, as they are notorious for their covers of songs appearing on the pop-culture ridden television show The OC; first Oasis’ “Champagne Supernova” and then Neutral Milk Hotel’s “In An Aeroplane Over the Sea.” Moreover, Matt Pond PA was recently featured in Rolling Stone as “10 Bands to Watch.” Pond told Rolling Stone that this album is all “about letting go, knowing that the thing you love the most – like girls – is the worst thing for you sometimes. And then just going right back to it anyway.”



Matt Pond PA’s latest album Several Arrows Later showcases guitarist/ pianist/ vocalist Matthew Pond’s skill as an arranger. While some say Matt Pond PA’s songs all sound the same, I beg to differ for it’s Brian Pearl’s piano line or Margaret White’s subtle violin in this album that separates it from all the other releases hitting your desk this fall. Their first single “Halloween” showcases the perfection that is reached with the unity of piano, bass, guitar, violin and keyboards while Pond gives advice as he sings, “I heard its modern to be stupid / you don’t need a thought to look good.” Matt Pond PA is currently on tour in support of Liz Phair. You can find more information about Matt Pond PA at http://www.mattpondpa.com/ or http://www.altituderecords.com

(as per my review at SubModern Valedictorian, you can see it in its origianl form plus more reviews and all the updates on specialty radio at http://www.fmqb.com/specialty.asp )

Wicked Light Sleeper

You know a good record when you hear it, something inside you just twinges and your ears seem to perk up. No one can ever pinpoint why an album becomes a permanent fixture in his or her CD collection. It’s either the vocals or the catchy guitar line or some distant percussion part. This falling in love with an album instantly occurred to me with The Joggers’ new With A Cape And A Cane. Just in case you doubt the love at first listen phenomena that occurred to me, Entertainment Weekly also recently listed With A Cape And A Cane as one of their most anticipated albums of the fall, ranking the boys next to artists such as Outkast, My Morning Jacket and Madonna. Reminiscent of a less-polished Walkmen or labelmates The French Kicks, The Joggers sophomore effort was the fifth most added record at college radio and undoubtedly has potential of making an impact this fall in the commercial end of radio.


The track “Night of the Horsepills” showcases what The Joggers are all about: grimy guitar lines, ringing harmonies and reflective yet bittersweet lyrics. This track takes a personal turn as it explains that in relationships, even after they end, the memories you have created with that person will remain with you forever. Standout track “Wicked Light Sleeper” kicks off with a Futureheads-esque repetitive guitar and bass line that lasts the entire song. With start-stop vocals and one of those melodies you just can’t wrap your head around, this track definitely deserves the repeat button, plus spins on every specialty station. Having toured in the past with artists such as Hot Hot Heat, Ted Leo and The French Kicks, the Portland band plans on touring the United States almost non-stop throughout the year. You can find more information about The Joggers at www.thejoggers.com or www.startimeintl.com

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Playlist from 10/02 Radio Show

Matt Pond PA - - Halloween
King of France - - Moon
Raveonettes - - My Boyfriend's Back
Joggers - - Wicked Light Sleeper
Constantines - - Love in Fear
Halloween, Alaska - - I Can't Live Without My Radio
Mates of State - - HaHa
Morcheeba - - Ten Men
Modern Skirts - - Pasadena
Youth Group - - Shadowland
Oranger - - New Comes and Goes
Ashton Allen - - Better Than I Know
Dengue Fever - - Sleepwalking Through the Mekong
Summerbirds in the Cellar - - Behold the Wolf
New Pornographers - - Use It
Stars - - Elevator Love Letter
Atmosphere - - Smart Went Crazy
Her Space Holiday - - The Weight of the World
Ambulance Ltd. - - Primitive (The Way I Treat You)
Broadcast - - Tender Buttons
David Gray - - The One I Love
Tegan & Sara - - Where Does the Good Go
J + J + J - - Jobs That Require Headphones
Brakes - - All Night Disco Party
Gravy Train!!! - - Ghost Boobs