Spring Update

Hey everyone,

Welcome back to 91.1 WMUA. I hope you all had a great winter break and are excited for the upcoming spring semester. We have all sorts of awesome music and events coming up in the next few months. I’ll be sending out my cool update emails every week or so. Over break I added a new section to the library called "Out of the Vault at WMUA" which has a bunch of records we have tucked away so they don't get stolen by greedy little bastards. I burned copies of these classics and are available to all you DJ's out there. They include albums by Tom Waits, Beastie Boys, Velvet Underground, Gang of Four, and much more. I still have a bunch to take care of, so if you want some easy service hours come on down and burn some CD's for me. If you have any questions or concerns my email is music@wmua.org . If you want to speak with me face-to-face, my office hours are:

Monday/Wed/Fri 12-3pm

Feel free to come and help me out for service hours anytime! If you are busy during my office hours, shoot me an email and we can set up an appointment.

Thanks,

Corey

Of course all the weekly updates are available at:

WMUA Concert Series:

All in Northampton, MA

In conjunction with the Iron Horse Entertainment Group, I am pleased to announce the Left of the Dial Concert Series, brought to you by us (WMUA) and WOZQ (Smith College). We’ll be cross-promoting each other in all sorts of ways. It’s all the better since a lot of these bands are ‘on the rise’ and should be receiving as much help as possible. Please play these bands on their shows where appropriate. The “bands coming to the area section” located in the new music part of the library should have all these band’s records in there. DJ’s, heads up on giving away tickets, make sure you check the giveaway binder in the MCR. Also, a PSA is going to be made today for the first two shows of the series, so please play that up. Watch out for interviews or in-studios, let me know if you are interested in doing that for your show with any of these bands! Contact Sharon at publicity@wmua.org if you want to table at any of these. Contact me at music@wmua.org if you want to go to any of these shows for free and I’ll try my best. First come, first serve, of course.

Feb 28 – Cadence Weapon and Born Ruffians at the Iron Horse

March 1 – Bowerbirds and Phosphorescent at the Iron Horse

March 6 – Tigercity, Via Audio and the Thungs at the Iron Horse

March 13 – The Mountain Goats and The Moaners at the Pearl Street Ballroom

March 24 – Why? and Cryptacize (Ex-Deerhoof) at the Iron Horse

March 25 – Caribou and Fuck Buttons at the Iron Horse

April 12 – The Weakerthans and Liam Finn at the Iron Horse

April 23 – American Music Club and the Figments at the Iron Horse

May 18 – The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra and Tra-la-la Band at the Iron Horse

There’s a lot of really great new albums that we’ve received in the past couple weeks. There’s something for everyone, I expect these to be spun and spun proudly!

10 Recommended albums of the week:

*= playing locally, see concert listing at bottom

The Pack A. D. - Tintype
http://www.myspace.com/thepackad

For fans of: The White Stripes, The Kills, Sleater-Kinney, The Black Keys

*Jeffrey Lewis – 12 Crass Songs

http://www.myspace.com/jefflewisband

Covers of punk band Crass. FFO: The Moldy Peaches, Daniel Johnston

Mussels – Little Voices

http://www.myspace.com/mussels

Brooklyn band brings the old school indie rock

FFO: Modest Mouse, Built to Spill, Superchunk

*Xiu Xiu – Women as Lovers

http://www.myspace.com/xiuxiuband

FFO: The Books, Deerhoof, Joy Division, fucked up music in general

Has a cover of the Bowie/Queen cover “Under Pressure”

*The Magnetic Fields – Distortion

http://www.myspace.com/themagneticfields

One of the best bands out there. My favorite record so far this year.

Fred Thomas – Flood

http://www.myspace.com/fredthomassongs

Lead singer of pop gurus Saturday Looks Good to Me does the freak folk thing.

FFO: Animal Collective, Jonathan Richman, The Microphones

*Jason Collett – Here’s to Being Here

http://www.myspace.com/jasoncollettmusic

FFO: The Band, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Broken Social Scene

Rivers Cuomo – Alone: The Home Recordings

It’s old Weezer, so it’s pretty good, as opposed to the garbage known as new Weezer.

Baby Dee – Safe Inside the Day

http://www.myspace.com/theonlybabydee

Her backing band includes: Bonnie Prince Billy, Matt Sweeney on guitar and Andrew WK on drums. She sounds like Tom Waits!

King of Prussia – Save the Scene

http://www.myspace.com/wearekingofprussia

FFO: The Clientele, Belle and Sebastian

Mike Ladd - Nostalgilator

http://www.myspace.com/mikeladd

A genre hopping spectacle from Def Jux. In the RPM section, play it up.

Upcoming concerts in the area:

The Magnetic Fields – Feb 11/12 – Iron Horse, Northampton

Feb 14/15 – Somerville Theater - Somerville, MA

Jeffrey Lewis – March 21 – Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club with the Cribs

Jason Collett – April 17 – Boston, MA – Acton, MA

Xiu Xiu - 03-20 Bennington, VT - Bennington College
03-21 Boston, MA - Museum of Fine Arts Boston

Saturday Looks Good To Me – March 2 at the Iron Horse

Breeders – June 4^th – Pearl Street

Charts:

Radio 200 (Rock)

1 MAGNETIC FIELDS Distortion Nonesuch

2 CAT POWER Jukebox Matador

3 TENDER FOREVER Wider K

4 FRED THOMAS Flood Magic Marker

5 VARIOUS ARTISTS Disco Not Disco: Post Punk, Electro And Leftfield Disco Classics 1974-1986 Strut

6 LUPE FIASCO The Cool Atlantic-1st & 15th

7 HOT CHIP Made In The Dark DFA-Astralwerks

8 XIU XIU Women As Lovers Kill Rock Stars

9 KING OF PRUSSIA Save The Scene Kindercore

10 BABY DEE Safe Inside The Day Drag City

11 WILLIE NELSON Moment Of Forever Lost Highway

12 MARS VOLTA The Bedlam In Goliath Universal

13 SATURDAY LOOKS GOOD TO ME Fill Up The Room K

14 KILLS "U. R. A. Fever" [Single] Domino

15 JASON COLLETT Here's To Being Here Arts And Crafts

16 VARIOUS ARTISTS Dig For Fire: A Tribute To Pixies American Laundromat

17 WHY? The Hollows [EP] Anticon

18 GORILLAZ D-Sides Virgin

19 BONNIE PRINCE BILLY Ask Forgiveness Drag City

20 VIVA VOCE Lovers, Lead The Way!/The Heat Can Melt Your Brain Amore! Phonics

21 ANTIETAM Opus Mixtum Carrot Top

22 VARIOUS ARTISTS The Second Marriage Records Compilation Marriage

23 MUSSELS Little Voices Self-Released

24 RUCKUS ROBOTICUS Playing With Scratches Grease

25 MIKE LADD Nostalgialator Definitive Jux

26 VAMPIRE WEEKEND Vampire Weekend XL

27 RINGS Black Habit Paw Tracks

28 WIRE Read And Burn 03 Pink Flag

29 CORNELIUS Gum Everloving

30 MOTION SICK The Truth Will Catch You, Just Wait Naked Ear

Hip Hop:

1 ONE BE LO The R.E.B.I.R.T.H. Subterraneous

2 JEAN GRAE AND 9TH WONDER Jeanius Blacksmith

3 9TH WONDER AND BUCKSHOT The Formula Duck Down

4 DJ MUGGS VS SICK JACKEN The Legend Of The Mask And The Assassin Universal Latino

5 LUPE FIASCO The Cool 1st & 15th-Atlantic

6 SPECIAL TEAMZ Long Time Comin Duckdown

7 Y SOCIETY Travel At Your Own Pace Tres

8 MC ESOTERIC Egoclapper Flycasual

9 MAIN FLOW AND 7L Forever Brick

10 J-LIVE Reveal The Secret BBE

RPM:

1 HOT CHIP Made In The Dark DFA-Astralwerks

2 CHRIS JOSS Teraphonic Overdubs ESL Music

3 DAFT PUNK Alive 2007 Virgin

4 CORNELIUS Gum Everloving

5 GHISLAIN POIRIER No Ground Under Ninja Tune

6 BONDE DO ROLE Marina Gasolina [EP] Domino

7 BEAT CLUB Minimalista

8 PAN SONIC Katodivaihe Blast First

9 UNRECOGNIZABLE NOW In A Cave Or A Coma Pehr

10 MIKE LADD Nostalgialator Definitive Jux

World:

1 SOLA AKINGBOLA Routes To Roots: Yoruba Drums From Nigeria Arc

2 KATCHAFIRE Say What You're Thinking Ohana

3 OMAR SOSA Afreecanos Ota

4 VARIOUS ARTISTS A Passion For Music Vol. 7* LP

5 LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO Ilembe: Honoring Shaka Zulu Heads Up

6 SACAMBAYA From The Heart Of South America Kollasuyumanta Pacha Arc

7 RAY VIERA Trombao Self-Released

8 ZON DEL BARRIO Cortijo's Tribe Protel

9 GENE PERRY Mi Tambor Lo Dice Todo Masakote

10 JOHNNY RAY Camino De Fama Self-Released

Jazz:

1 NICOLE MITCHELL'S BLACK EARTH ENSEMBLE Black Unstoppable Delmark

2 HARLEM EXPERIMENT The Harlem Experiment Ropeadope

3 CUONG VU Vu-tet Artist Share

4 ARI BROWN Live At The Green Mill Delmark

5 CARLA BLEY The Lost Chords Find Paolo Fresu ECM

6 GIACOMO GATES Luminosity

7 ALBERTO PINTON QUINTET Vita Paratica* Moserobie

8 HERBIE HANCOCK River: The Joni Letters Verve

9 MIKE ELLIS Chicago Spontaneous Combustion Suite AlphaPocket

10 NYNDK Nordic Disruption Jazzheads