British Invasion 7/2 "I Love It When You Call"

Hello! And happy almost fourth of July! (Yeah! 'MURICA!)
The featured artist for this past show was The Feeling, a great pop group that had a great year in 2006 and then promptly disappeared into musical oblivion. (you know, the place with Rebecca Black and Chumbawumba). Anyway, they are a fantastic group and their debut album "Twelve Stops And Home" is worth a listen.

Here's the playlist:

The Feeling- I Love It When You Call 

Evans From Death- Sleeping Song/So Long

Kasabian- Club Foot 

The Libertines- Cant Stand Me Now 

PJ Harvey-  Let England Shake 

Splashh- Need It 

Travis- Love Will Come Through

Josephine- What A Day

Jesus And Mary Chain- Something I'd Like

Brian Eno- Baby's On Fire

Zulu Winter- Bitter Moon

Public Image :imited- Terra-Gate

Glen Hansard- When Your Mind's Made Up

Here is The Feeling performing "I Love It When You Call" live at Abbey Road

The Feeling- Rose 

British Invasion 6/28 "Scotland's Story"

This week I did a whole show dedicated to the small and lovely country of Scotland. I plan to do this with Ireland and Wales before summer is over as well so stay tuned for that.

Here is the playlist:

The Proclaimers- Scotland’s Story

Camera Obscura- French Navy

Copy Haho- Factory Floor

Idlewild- I Live In A Hiding Place 

We Were Promised Jetpacks- It’s Thunder And It’s Lightning 

Cinematics- Break 

Mogwai- San Pedro 

The Fratellis- Everybody Knows You Cried Last Night

Glasvegas- Geraldine 

Belle And Sebastian- Come On Sister 

The View- Same Jeans

Teenage Fanclub- Radio

Attics Lights- Bring You Down

Editors- Munich 

Paolo Nutini- new shoes 

And here is a video of The Proclaimers on Family Guy

Cheers,

Isa

British Invasion 6/18: "How Can You Lie There And Think of England?"

Hey everyone!

Here is the playlist for this past week's episode, June 18. My featured artist was political singer/songwriter/punk rocker Billy Bragg! Please tune in next Monday, as I'm going to do an entirely Scottish show.

Billy Bragg- Shirley (Greetings To The New Brunette)
The Rakes- Strasbourg
The KDM's- High Wire
The Streets- The Escapist
The Zombies- Tell Her No
Ellie Goulding- Starry Eyed
Frank Turner- Peggy Sang The Blues
2:54- Revolving
Kate Nash- Seven Nation Army (White Stripes Cover)
Errors- Mr. Milk
Yuck- Get Away
Teenage Fanclub- Sparky's Dream
Paolo Nutini- Rewind
The Good The Bad and The Queen- History Song
Billy Bragg- The Saturday Boy

HERE is a video of Billy Bragg performing another great song, "A New England" live.

Cheers,
Isa

Apologies For The Absence

Hey Guys,
Sorry for the odd absence on this blog. Been a bit busy and it got put on the back burner. Here are the playlists for the shows that currently aren't on here (5/28, 6/4, 6/11). Audio for 6/11 will be posted on Thursday evening.

5/28

Bloc Party- Like Eating Glass
Attic Lights- Bring You Down
All About The Dots- The Hit Song
Franz Ferdinand- All of My Friends (LCD Soundsystem cover)
Dunderheids- Unsteady
Copy Haho- Factory Floor
The Pictish Tail- All I Own
Frankie & The Heartstrings- Hunger
Boards Of Canada- SixtyNiner
The Roving Crows- More Than One
The Subways- Rock n' Roll Queen
Razorlight- In The Morning
Gemma Ray- Put Your Brain In Gear
Bloc Party- Banquet

6/4


Hot Chip- How Do You Do
The Staves- Icarus
San Zhi- Black Holes
Alt- J - Fitzpleasure
Theme Park- Milk
Savages- Husbands
Murray James- Blue Today
Girls Names- These Names
The XX- untitled
Stereophonics- Could You Be The One
Ben Howard- Old Pine
Franz Ferdinand- Call Me (Blondie Cover)
Mumford and Sons- England (The National cover)
Hot Chip- Dont Deny Your Heart

6/11


The Smiths- This Charming Man
The Big Pink- hit The Ground (Superman)
Lovvers- OCD Go Go Girls
Lightships- Stretching Out
Jamie Woon- Blue Truth
Vessels- Two Words and A Gesture
Cats In Paris- The One
Favours For Sailors- I Dreamt That I Dreamt That You Loved Me In Your Dream
The Hot Rats- Damaged Goods
Super  Tennis- Pushinsky
Friendly Fires- Pull Me Back To Earth
The Bicycle Thieves- You Speak So Eloquently About Love
Spritualized- I Am What I Am
The Ting Tings- Hit Me Down Sonny
The Smiths- Panic

As you can see, Franz Ferdinand really like to do cover songs.
Also, here is the video from Vh1 Storytellers of Mumford and Songs performing "England" (I still like The National's version better, but damn there is just something about Marcus Mumford's voice)

British Invasion 5/14: "If This Is a Rom-Com Kill The Director"

Hello all,

This past week was the first of my summer shows. Same time and day as Spring (Mondays 9pm) but now going through August, yay! This week's featured artist was The Wombats. This band is nothing but a good time, and their most recent release, "This Modern Glitch" is a great accompaniment for summer nights with friends. I had the pleasure of seeing them a few weeks ago in Colorado Springs, which means they are in the US and could be headed to a city near you! If so, GO. SEE. THEM. You wont regret it.

Here is the audio for this week's show.
Here is the playlist:

The Wombats- Kill The Director

Skinny Lister- Plough and Orion

Digits- Lost Dream

Alex Clare- Up All Night

The Quangos- Oh Darlin

Virals- Coming Up With The Sun

The Hall of Mirrors- Bittersweet Love 

Nina Nesbitt- Apple Tree

Michele Stodart- Take your Love Back

Josh Kumra- Dont go

Ed Sheeran- small bump

Toy- Motoring

Bressie- Can’t Stay young 

The Wombats- Girls/Fast Cars

British Invasion 4/30: "My Enemy, Please Stay Close To Me"

Hey! This was my last show for the spring semester. I will be back all summer long, hopefully the same time. But I will update the blog once I know. This week's featured artist was the lovely Scottish band, Frightened Rabbits. Yay!

Here's the playlist:

Frightened Rabbit- Nothing Like You
Idlewild- I Live In A Hiding Place
Blood Orange- Champagne Coast
Mumm-Ra- She's Got You High
Chapel Club- Surfacing
Broadcast- Ominous Clouds
Dignan Porch- Like It Was Again
The Departure- Be My Enemy
Cinematics- Break
White Rose Movement- Live Is A Number
Zulu Winter- We Should Be Swimming
All The Young- The First Time
Funeral Suits- Screen Test
Frightened Rabbit- The Wrestle

Here's the audio of the show.

British Invasion 4/30: "I Was 21 Years When I Wrote This Song"

For this episode of "British Invasion," I decided to go old school. I played the bands that the artists I normally play are influenced by. It was fun to share all this old music, so hope you enjoyed.

Here's the playlist:

Zombies- She's Not There
The Animals- Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
The Troggs- With A Girl Like You
The Pretty Things- Rosalyn
The Hollies- I'm Alive
Nick Lowe- Cruel To Be Kinds
Elvis Costello- Oliver's Army
The Killjoys- At Night
Billy Bragg- A New England
The Records- Starry Eyes
The Damned- New Rose
Cat Stevens- The Wind
The Kinks- Waterloo Sunsets
The Yardbirds- Over Under Sideways Down
The Clash- Police On My Back
Sex Pistols- Anarchy In The UK
The Move- Brontosaurus Rex

And here's the audio in case you missed the show. (starts about 2 minutes in)