RDU Drive

The Last Wednesday Drive w/ David – May 11th

rdudrive — Wed, 11 May 2011 05:39:47 +0000

Well, here we go, my last Wednesday Drive. It’s essentially a Greatest Hits of the songs I’ve played over the last 2 1/2 years of Drive, and the whole 4 yrs I’ve been on air. It’s been a great time.

Thanks so much to all the awesome people I’ve met along the way, all the listeners and all the musicians. You’re all incredible.

I’ll be heading to Melbourne for the forseeable future, but I’ll be back some time. ‘Til then… (here is a link to the show)

The Shocking Pinks – Peaceout

Jon Lemmon – . . . … words … . . .

James Duncan& Bachelorette – My New Flumes

Frase + Bri – 8 Hr Crush

EAR PWR – Future Eyes

Architecture in Helsinki – It’5!

Parking Lot Experiments – Flying Colours

Fuck Buttons – Flight of the Feathered Serpent

Animal Collective – Fireworks

Panda Bear – Bros

Teengirl Fantasy – Now That’s What I Call vol. 2

The Mint Chicks – Sleeping During the Day

Cults – Most Wanted

Joanna Newsom – Emily

Dudley Benson – Rapaki

The Reduction Agents – Waiting For Your Love

Beck – Gamma Ray

Tennis – Seafarer

The White Stripes – Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground

So So Modern – Dusk and Children

Owen Pallett – E is for Estranged

Seth Frightening – I’ll Miss,

Grouper – Heavy Water/I’d Rather Be Sleeping

Grizzly Bear & Victoria Legrande – Slow Life

TV On the Radio – Staring at the Sun

Kanye West – Flashing Lights

The Roots – The Seed 2.0

Die! Die! Die! – People Talk

PJ Harvey – The Words That Maketh Murder

Neutral Milk Hotel – Two-Headed Boy/The Fool

of Montreal – An Eluardian Instance

Los Campesinos – This Is How You Spell “Hahaha, We Destroyed the Hopes and Dreams of a Generation of Faux-Romantics”

LCD Soundsystem – Dance Yrself Clean

Belle & Sebastian – The Boy With the Arab Strap

The Penultimate Wednesday Drive, May 4th

rdudrive — Wed, 04 May 2011 05:13:38 +0000

Right-o, here is my second to last Drive show. I hope you like the tracks, they’re a bunch of my favourites. Tune in next week for the last show!

Lawrence Arabia – Look Like A Fool

The Beach Boys – Don’t Worry Baby

Josephine and the Mouse People – Dance, Dance

DOM – Rude as Jude

Hot Chip – No Fit State

Metronomy – Back on the Motorway

The Ruby Suns – Give Advice

Final Fantasy – Blue Imelda

Jeffrey Lewis – Posters

Interpol – Evil

Deerhunter – Desire Lines

Arcade Fire – Rebellion (Lies)

Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – L’estat

Bang Bang Eche – You’re A Jerk

HEALTH – Die Slow

Shocking Pinks – Lovehate

The Rapture – House of Jealous Lovers

Justice vs Simian Mobile Disco – Never Be Alone

So So Modern – Fire Fights

A Silver Mt Zion – Mountains Made of Steam

Portishead – The Rip

Los Campesinos! – The Sea is a Good Place to Think of the Future

The Gladeyes – Shyness Will Get You Nowhere

Haints of Dean Hall – Very American

Liam Finn – Remember When

Polka Dot Dot Dot – Cherry Blossoms

of Montreal – Du Og Meg

The Mint Chicks – I Can’t Stop Being Foolish

The Sneaks – Les Week Des Sneaks

Grayson Gilmour – Occupation Dreamland

Secret Knives – The Garden

Radiohead – Like Spinning Plates

Wednesday Drive, April 27th

rdudrive — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 04:30:45 +0000

Hey there – things are back up and running, but there are only a couple of shows left. I’m moving to Melbourne on May 13, so I have two more shows to go. Hope you can catch them!

Atlas Sound – Strange Parade

Haunted Love – In to the Night

Arcade Fire – Black Wave/Bad Vibrations

Sonic Youth – Do You Believe in Rapture?

PJ Harvey – Last Living Rose

Neil Young – Down by the River

Chad VanGaalen – City of Electric Lights

Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues

Velvet Underground – Femme Fatale

Glasser – Treasury of We

Emeralds – Goes By

Teengirl Fantasy – Dubjam

Connan Mockasin – Forever Dolphin Love

Summer Camp – I Want You

Panda Bear – Last Night by the Jetty

Beach Boys – Hang on to Your Ego

Cults – You Know What I Mean

Tennis – South Carolina

Lawrence Arabia – Fine Old Friends

Animal Collective – Who Could Win A Rabbit?

Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Beverley Kills

Disasteradio – No Pulse

The Hood Internet – Warren G ft. Nate Dogg/Toro Y Moi – Still Regulate

Wednesday Drive, April 20th

rdudrive — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 05:57:14 +0000

Well, it’s been quite a while between drinks. This was my first show back since The Earthquake, and it felt long over-due. Many thanks to Nik, the RDU engineer for allowing the show to be prereorded at his place. Here’s what was played today

Tennis – Take Me Somewhere

Belle & Sebastian – Didn’t See it Coming

Beach House – Walk in the Park

The Ruby Sun – Birthdays on Mars

Candy Claws – The Breathing Fire

The Blow – Hey Boy

Grandaddy – Go On the Go for It

James Duncan – Of Everyone Around You

Grayson Gilmour – Follow Me Around

Glass Vaults – Worrier

Seth & Merle – Wonderfully Complicated

Architecture in Helsinki – What’s in Store?

High Places – On Giving Up

Caribou – Kaili

Jon Lemmon – Somewhere With Something

Animal Collective – Summertime Clothes

Owen Pallett – This Lamb Sells Condos

Dudley Benson – Pungawerewere

The Shins – A Call to Apathy

Los Campesinos! – We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed

MGMT – Kids

Justice – DVNO

Wednesday Drive, February 16th

rdudrive — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 06:03:41 +0000

Hi! I’ve been away for two weeks (many thanks to Andrew for covering my show!); I was up north at Laneway and Campus A Low Hum. Both were great, and I played a bunch of Camp(us) bands in the Constant Good Time hour…

Radiohead – These Are My Twisted Words (new album soon!)

Arcade Fire – Rococo (won a Grammy!)

Hold Dear – Electrons

St Rupertsberg – In Albania

Chelsea Jade & James Duncan – Skyfall

Glass Vaults – They Will Grow

Secret Knives – The Garden

Paper Ghost – Town Planners

The Parking Lot Experiments – Snowcone

Tiger Choir – Shotgun

Pond – Sunlight Cardigan

Toro y Moi – Still Sound

Caribou – Bowls

Tuesday Drive- CALH special

rdudrive — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 05:58:04 +0000

Yes we did a Campus A low Hum Special tonight. Some great abnds coming over for this and many of them are touring nz and will be in chch, i HIGHLY reccommend you check them out if they do.

Parking Lot Experiments- Flying Colours (AUST)

Rat vs Possum- Binti Jua (AUST)

Disasteradio- Gravy Rainbow (NZ)

My Disco- Olive Oil (AUST)

Captain Ahab- Feel Anymore (USA)

Leno Lovecraft- Cybernetic (NZ)

Toro Y Moi – Freak Love (USA)

High Places- Namer (USA)

The Ocean Floor- Whats the Dream? (USA)– live to air on drive in 2 weeks!

Tiger Choir- Vultures (AUST)

The Sneaks- Cocaine Mouth (NZ)

Coasting- Snoozefest (USA)

Low Tide- No Horizon (AUST)

I’ll still be away at campus next week so see you in 2 weeks time. We’ll have The Ocean Floor in for a live to air which will be exciting!

Tuesday Drive 1st of Feb!

rdudrive — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 05:59:12 +0000

Ah Big week/weekend ahead. We spoke to the Sneaks about their show with Coasting (NY)! Super looking forward to it and you should come down on Thursday night to Wunderbar and party. Won’t run very late. Also Sora Shima from Hamilton in town Thurs and Fri playing at the Dux and El Santo respectively. Like I said lots on this weekend. Gonna be a nice hot week, enjoy yourself and take care!! x

Tonight’s list is a little eclectic. Hope you enjoyed it.

The Clean- Beatnik

Architecture in Helsinki- Where You’ve Been Heading

cLOUDDEAD- Dead Dogs Two

The Drums- Me and the Moon (Mathew Dear Remix)

Fuck Buttons- Phantom Limbs

Toe- You Go

Neutral Milk Hotel- In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

Toro Y Moi- New Beat

Big Colour- Playing Puzzles

47 Diamantes- What Became of Us? -get their new EP its awesome!! 47diamantes.bandcamp.com

You Say Party! We Say Die!- He! She! You!Me! They! We! Us! OK!

Lady Killer- M.I.A/ DIPLO

Wednesday Drive, January 26th

rdudrive — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 05:52:14 +0000

I was talking about busking today, and ducked out early to catch some of the World Buskers Festival. The second half of the Constant Good Times Hour was ably helmed by Eamonn from The Sheep Technique

Teengirl Fantasy – Portofino

Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Turn Into

David Byrne & Brian Eno – Life is Long

Caribou – Hello Hammerheads

Deerhunter – Coronado

Beach House – Used to Be

LCD Soundsystem – Dance Yrself Clean

————–Eamonn’s section

Slint – Breadcrumb trail

Codiene – Kitchen Light

Low – Condescend

My Bloody Valentine – Sometimes

The Microphones – I felt your shape

My Disco – Closer

Tuesday Drive

rdudrive — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 05:48:45 +0000

Bit of an international flavour to tonight’s list!

So So Modern/ Metronomy- Give Everything (NZ/ UK)

The Field- A Paw In My Face (Sweden)

On Volcano- Acceleration of Heartbeat (Finland)

Enemies- A Blind Cocktail (Ireland)

Swimmingdoll- Last Tale (South Korea)

Disco Ruido!- Amorfos (Mexico)

Caribou- After Hours (Canada/ UK)

M.I.A- Galang (Sri Lanka/ UK)

Wednesday Drive, January 19th

rdudrive — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 06:21:24 +0000

Gospel Gossip – Blazin’

Ducktales & Panda Bear – Killin the Vibe

Eternal Summers – Pogo

Tennis – Seafarer

Cut Copy – Where I’m Going

Beach Boys – Aren’t You Glad

Camera Obscura – Let’s Get Out of This County

Islands – Switched On

The Mae Shi – Run To Your Grave

Thee Oh Sees – Ghost in the Trees

The Mint Chicks – Walking Off A Cliff Again

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Satan Said Dance

Jeffrey Lewis – Something Good