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)

British Invasion 4/16 : Pledge Drive Edition

This week was Pledge Drive!!  The audio of this week is posted at the bottom. Here's the playlist:

Over and Done With- The Proclaimers
Take A Chance- Magic Numbers
Bombast- The Fall
Step Out of The Car- Boxer Rebellion
Two Lines- Lightships
Munich- Editors
7th date- Spectrals
Pretty In Pink- Psychedelic Furs
Starlight- Muse
Little Pieces- Gomez
Ghost- Laura Marling
This Is Not A Love Song- Public Image Ltd.
Scarlet Fields- The Horrors
Wax- Theme Park
I'm On My Way- The Proclaimers

LISTEN HERE!!!!!

Show recordings!!

Hey! Did you miss my show last week and are now your whole week is ruined because you didn't get to hear my voice and an hour of music from the UK? It's okay, because now you can listen to my shows on-demand! Every week I will post a recording of that week's show that you can listen to over and over and over and over until the end of time! (Or until the website I posted them on disappears.) These first two have a couple of minutes of the show before mine on them (you can fast-forward) because I'm lazy about editing. I will get better though, promise.

Here are shows from 3/19 and 4/2:
British Invasion 3/19
British Invasion 4/2

British Invasion 4/2: "I Get By With A Little Help From My Friends"

All Beatles all hour. That was my theme for this show. But, because it's radio1190, there was a twist. Instead of providing the same version of "I Want To Hold Your Hand" you've heard hundreds of times, I decided to scour the interwebs for the best covers I could find. I had a blast putting the show together so hopefully it was fun to listen to as well.

Here's the playlist:

Eleanor Rigby- The Patchyderm All-Stars
In My Life- Johnny Cash
Maxwell's Silver Hammer- Steve Martin
I've Just Seen A Face- Pistol Whippin All-Stars
Revolution- Total Babe
Across The Universe- Rufus Wainwright
I'm Looking Through You- The Wallflowers
She Said She Said- The Black Keys
I'm Only Sleeping- The Vines
What Goes On- Sufjan Stevens
You've Got to Hide Your Love Away- Eddie Vedder
Two Of Us- Guster
Dig A Pony- St. Vincent
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band- Jimi Hendrix
With A Little Help My Friends- Across the Universe soundtrack

Here's a video from I think my favorite song from the night "Two of Us" by Guster

British Invasion 3/19: "I Can't Love You Anymore Than This"

Cheers! This week's featured artist was The Fratellis. I said on air that I loved them, and I really meant that. They are such a fun band, and if you liked what you heard, checking out Costello Music their debut album is a MUST.

Here's the playlist for the week:

The Fratellis- For The Girl
Glen Hansard- Falling Slowly
Mogwai- San Pedro
The Cold One Hundred- Sixteen Inside
KT Tunstall- Hold On
Crybaby- I Cherish the Heartbreak
Doves- There Goes The Fear
The Thrills- Big Sur
The Pogues- Fairytale of New York
Starsailor- Four to the Floor
BIGKids- Drum In Your Chest
Travis- Love Will Come Through
Pigeon Detectives- Take Her Back
The Beta Band- Squares
The Fratellis- Chelsea Dagger

Here's a video of Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova winning an Oscar for "Falling Slowly" 

British Invasion 2/27: "I Bet That You Look Good On The Dancefloor"

Fun-fact: When I was going to see the Arctic Monkeys play this summer, I ended up jaywalking across the street to the venue with them. "I said, are you Alex Turner?" Alex said, "yeah." It was awesome.
Here is the playlist:

Arctic Monkeys- I bet that you look good on the dancefloor
Morrissey- Suedehead
Lilly Allen- LDN
Damien Rice- Coconut Skins
Prinzhorn Dance Club- I Want You
Klaxons- Golden Skans
PJ Harvey- The Words That Maketh Murder
The Darkness- Growing On Me
British Sea Power- Waving Flags
Pulp- Common People
Four Tet- Angel Echos
Thom Yorke- Analyse
The View- Same Jeans
The Rifles- Tangled Up In Love
Arctic Monkeys- Fluorescent Adolescent

Here is a video of Arctic Monkeys when they first started playing live:

British Invasion 2/20: 'God Save The Queen The Fascist Regime"

Hey!!!! This week's featured artist was punk pioneers Sex Pistols. Here are some lyrics Amanda Palmer wrote about Sid Viscious in her amazing "Ukelele Anthem"

sid vicious played a four-string fender bass guitar and couldn’t sing 
and everybody hated him except the ones who loved him 
a ukulele has four strings, but sid did did not play ukulele 
he did smack and probably killed his girlfriend nancy spungen 

if only sid had had a ukulele, maybe he could have been happy 
maybe he would not have suffered such a sad end 
he maybe would have not done all that heroin instead 
he maybe would’ve sat around just singing nice songs to his girlfriend


On that depressing note, Here's The Playlist! (and remember, drugs are bad)

Sex Pistols- Pretty Vacant
Gruff Rhys- I totally understand
IDRchtecture- Sign of The Fish
Joy Divison- Disorder
Big Deal- Swoon
BabyShambles- The Blinding
Billy Bragg and Wilco- California Stars
Dum Dum Girls- There Is a Light That Never Goes Out (Smiths cover)
Death Cab for Cutie- This Charming Man
Squarehead- Midnight Enchilada
Peace- BBlood
Towns- Heads off
Goldfrapp- Ohh La La
Sex Pistols- God Save The Queen

British Invasion: 2/13: "But Gravity Always Wins"

Here's the playlist for the week. Hope everyone eats lots of chocolate tomorrow and remembers to love and be loved.

 Radiohead- Trickster
Gross Magic- Sweetest Touch
Amy Winehouse- Valerie
Bloc Party- Like Eating Glass
Hatcham Social- So So Happy Making
The Rakes- Strasbourg
Laki Mera- More Than You
Napoleon Illrd- The Unknown Unknown
Cloud Cult- Help! (beatles cover)
Ram's Pocket Radio- Dog's Run in Packs
Seasfire- Falling
Kaiser Chiefs- Ruby
Murray James- Protect Me
The Minutes- Black Keys
Radiohead- Fake Plastic Trees

British Invasion 2/6: "A Picture Of You In Your Birthday Suit"

Hey, hope everyone enjoyed this week's show. Nothing exciting to say, so here's the playlist!

The Kinks- Picture Book
Futureheads- Hounds of Love
Let's Wrestle- I'm So Lazy
Dry The River- No Rest
The Cure- Fire In Cairo
The XX- Crystalized
The Kooks- Victoria
Dutch Uncles- X-O
Comet Gain- An Arcade From The Warm Rain That Falls
Tribes- We Were Children
Gorillaz- Kids With Guns
Two Door Cinema Club- You're Not Stubborn
All The Young- Welcome Home
Arthur Beatrice- Charity
The Kinks- This Time Tomorrow

The video for that live Arthur Beatrice track I played can be found HERE

British Invasion 1/30: "True Or False It May Be She's Still Out To Get Me"

Hope everyone enjoyed week 3 of British Invasion! Last week I started a "featured artist" that I highlight and play at the beginning and end of my show. I've decided it should be a regular occurrence and this week it was 60's surf rock influenced Brighten boys The Kooks!

Here's the playlist:
The Kooks- Naive
The Big Pink- Stay Gold
Billy Bragg- Help Save The Youth of America
Hot Chip- I Feel Better
Breton- Hours Away
Maccabees- X-Ray
The Higher State- Just Not Today
Hollie Cook- Walking In The Sand
Frightened Rabbit- Nothing Like You
Belle and Sebastian- I'm A Cuckoo
We Were Promised Jetpacks- Thunder and Lightning
Franz Ferdinand- No You Girls
The Libertines- Time For Heroes
MIA- Boyz
The Kooks- Rosie

Here's a picture I took of We Were Promised Jetpacks when I saw them in November

British Invasion 1/23: "A-M-A-N-D-A Norgaard"

Hey! Hope y'all enjoyed the show. I had a few technical issues with my computer and one of the station's old CD players, but I hope everyone heard everything okay. I tried to mix up genres a lot in this show, which is something I will continue to do. There's more than just indie rock out there mates!

Here is the playlist:

The Vaccines- Norgaard
Super Furry Animals- Gypsy Space Muffin
The Streets- Everything is Borrowed
Glasvegas- Geraldine
Los Campesinos!- Death to Los Campesinos!
The Big Pink- Dominoes
Kasabian- Fire
Summer Camp- Better Off Without You
Teenage Fanclub- Radio
Elvis Costello- Radio, Radio
Groove Amanda- Paper Romance
The Staves- Mexico
Foals- Cassius
Joy Formidable- Whirring
The Vaccines- Wetsuit

Here is a live performance of a song I hadn't heard myself until I was putting together this show. Now I can't get it out of my head, so I must share.

Peace,
ISA

First Show

My first show was a success! I can't wait for a whole semester of sharing UK music with the Radio1190 listeners. Here's the playlist:

Bombay Bicycle Club- Your Eyes
The Kills- The Future Starts Slow
Yuck- Shook Down
Noah and The Whale- 2 atoms in a molecule
Friendly Fires- Live Those Days Tonight
The Good Natured- Skeleton
Slow Club- The Dog
Tall Ships- Safe as Houses
The Smiths- Panic
Girls Names- No More Words
Bonfire Nights- Teenage Kicks
The Wombats- Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves)
Camera Obscura- The Sweetest Thing
Nick Lowe- Cruel To Be Kind
New Cassettes- Hearts Don't Beat Right

Also, if your were listening I mentioned how much I love Nick Lowe's Labour Of Lust, and how much I hate the album cover. Here's a picture:

peace,
ISA