11/20 and 11/27 Radio Shows

I have been so neglectful of this silly little blog lately! Here are playlists for the past two shows:

Tues, November 20th
Magnetic Fields - California Girls
Thurston Moore - Benediction
Bedhead - Extramundane
Pete Krebs - Bad Penny
Simon Joyner - My Life is Sweet
Thee Oh Sees - I Was Denied
Flamin' Groovies - You Tore Me Down
Holly Golightly - No Big Thing
The Seeds - Can't Seem to Make You Mine
The Black Ryder - Sweet Come Down
Frankie Rose and the Outs - Candy
Barna Howard - Promise, I Won't Laugh
The Feelies - Nobody Knows
Toy - Dead and Gone
Mr. Airplane Man - How Long*

Tues, November 27th
Drop Nineteens - Winona*
The Evens - King of Kings
Bill Callahan - Sycamore
Teenage Fanclub & Big Star - Patti Girl/Mine Exclusively
Banditas - Virginia*
Krill - 32 Teeth*
Full Tang - Pre/Post
Cass McCombs - Bobby, King of Boys Town
Marshall Crenshaw - Someday, Someway
Luna - Astronaut
Tall Dwarfs - Clover
The People's Temple - More for the Masses
Brian Eno & John Cale - Spinning Away
Those Darlins - Be Your Bro
Menomena - Baton
Blouse - Into the Black

I recently discovered Barna Howard, a Portland-based Bob Dylan acolyte whose roots are in the Boston music scene. On Howard's debut self-titled album that was released earlier this year, he is equipped with just an acoustic guitar and earnest vocals. His lyric-driven, stripped-down songs harken back to the 50s folk revival and draw a stark contrast to the electronica and distortion that dominates the radio waves today. It's also nice to hear lyrics that are so eloquently introspective: while our generation's dominant form of expression is snark and irony, Mr. Howard sings with straightforward honesty-- and because of this, what could otherwise be construed as a Townes Van Zandt rip-off sounds entirely vulnerable and refreshing. I absolutely love this album.