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