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
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
WMUA Concert Series:
All in
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 (
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
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
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
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!
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,
Feb 14/15 – Somerville Theater -
Jeffrey Lewis – March 21 –
Jason Collett – April 17 –
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 4th –
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
7 HOT CHIP Made In The Dark DFA-Astralwerks
8 XIU XIU Women As Lovers Kill Rock Stars
9 KING OF
10 BABY
11 WILLIE NELSON Moment Of Forever Lost Highway
12 MARS
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
20 VIVA VOCE Lovers, Lead The Way!/The Heat Can Melt Your Brain Amore! Phonics
21
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
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
7 RAY VIERA Trombao Self-Released
8 ZON
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
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
10 NYNDK Nordic Disruption Jazzheads
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