#3: self-titled third albums are stupid

1. cursive - opening the hymnal/babies (happy hollow)
2. action biker - farrah (action biker)
3. the (international) noise conspiracy - do i have to spell it out? (survival sickness)
4. the 5.6.7.8's - it's raining (bomb the rocks: early days singles 1989)
5. architecture in helsinki - the cemetary (in case we die)
6. camille - ta douleur (la fil)
7. casiotone for the painfully alone - young shields (etiquette)
8. cocorosie - noah's ark (noah's ark)
9. deltron 3030 - things you can do (deltron 3030)
*10. the black keys - you're the one (magic potion)
11. the ditty bops - wishful thinking (self-titled)
12. ex models - love japanese style (other mathematics)
13. kings of convenience - the build-up (riot on an empty street)
*14. single frame - damaged (fragments) (self-titled)
15. ymck - magical 8-bit tour (n/a)
16. wolf parade - i'll believe in anything (apologies to the queen mary)
17. animal collective - grass (feels)
18. gang of four - damaged goods (entertainment)
*19. the rapture - don gon do it (pieces of the people we love)
20. sonic youth - candle (daydream nation)
21. jeff meaningless - summit of the mountain (summit of the mountain)
*22. tv on the radio - blues from down here (return to cookie mountain)
23. clap your hands say yeah - upon this tidal wave of young blood (clap your hands say yeah)
24. johnny cash - man in black (man in black)
25. matt pond pa - it is safe (several arrows later)
*26. ladyhawk - my old jacknife (S/T)
27. crystal castles - xxzxczx me (not released)
28. man man - van helsing boombox (six demon bag)
29. pink type - triceratops are tops (not released)
30. his name is alive - you need a heart (detrola)
31. talulah gosh - my best friend (backwash)

#2: unicorns are awesome

i have two new interns this semester! jessie and kaia will be helping me out with all that craziness that goes on. they played some stuff too, check out the archives if you missed us live this week

1. the wrens - thirteen grand (the meadowlands)
2. devo - jocko homo (q: are we not men? a: we are devo!)
3. the exploding hearts - sleeping aids & razor blades (guitar romantic)
4. hot hot heat - bandages (make up the breakdown)
5. husker du - i apologize (new day rising)
6. the knife - heartbeats (deep cuts)
7. le shok - 122 hours of fear (LA to NY)
8. les double six - boo's bloos (les double six)
9. art brut - bad weekend (bang bang rock and roll)
10. the fall - proteinprotection (the real new fall lp (formerly country on the click))
11. guided by voices - my kind of soldier (earthquake glue)
12. islands - humans (return to the sea)
*13. magnolia electric co. - don't fade on me (fading trails)
*14. tv on the radio - wolf like me (return to cookie mountain)
15. joanna newsom - the book of right-on (the milk-eyed mender)
16. jose gonzales - heartbeats (n/a)
17. the mountain goats - alpha incipiens (zopilote machine)
18. sleater-kinney - modern girl (the woods)
*19. the grates - lies are much more fun (gravity won't get you high)
20. stars - your ex lover is dead (set yourself on fire)
21. deerhoof - panda panda panda (apple o')
22. anathallo - a great wind more ash (floating world)
*23. tha antiques - crook (nicknames and natives)
24. patrick wolf - paris (lycanthropy)
25. radio 4 - eyes wide open (gotham!)
26. super furry animals - hometown unicorn (fuzzy logic)
*27. the decemberists - o valencia! (o valencia! single)
28. why? - sanddollars (elephant eyelash)
29. wilco - heavy metal drummer (yankee hotel foxtrot)
30. the unicorns - i was born (a unicorn) (who will cut our hair when we're gone?)

episode #1: the first one

played some stuff i saw this summer when i was back home in l.a. plus a few fun new bands. thanks for calling in, aaron with the totally interesting story and to jessie and james for being my fabulous slaves i mean interns

1. sonic youth - sunday (a thousand leaves)
2. modest mouse - out of gas (the lonesome crowded west)
3. the black keys - brakes (the big come up)
4. the decemberists - every day is like sunday (colin meloy sings morrisey)
5. aesop rock - daylight (labor days)
6. the fiery furnaces - sullivan social slub (ep)
7. at the drive in - one armed scissor (relationship of command)
8. the thermals - overgrown, overblown! (more parts per million)
9. the thermals - here's your future (the body, the blood, the machine)
*10. sean lennon - headlights (friendly fire)
11. bad brains - don't bother me (black dots)
12. the capricorns - geeky pop song (in the zone)
13. citizen bird - magnetic city (citizen bird)
14. conor oberst and britt daniel - spent on rainy days (post parlo split)
15. the cribs - we can no longer cheat you (the new fellas)
16. ratatat - el pico (ratatat)
17. stars - romantic comedy (heart)
18. french kicks - crying just for show (one time bells)
19. scissor sisters - take me out (n/a)
*20. two ton boa - favorite bloody patient (parasiticide)
21. a passing feeling - red/gold (we might not sleep at all this year) ~ james' pick
*22. walking bicycles - welcome to the future (disconnected)
23. le joshua - dead girls (point to the sky)
24. big black - fists of love (atomizer) ~ jessie's pick
*25. hellogoodbye - all time lows (zombies! aliens! vampires! dinosaurs!)
26. arrah & the ferns - emo philips (evan is a vegan) ~ james' pick
*27. ladyhawk - 48 hours (ladyhawk)
28. wolf parade - modern world (apologies to the queen mary)
29. the pipettes - dirty mind (we are the pipettes) ~ jessie's pick
30. the strokes - i'll do anything once (heart in a cage ep)

starred items denote an album in wtbu's current rotation