Davids fav songs, gigs, and releases of ’08

Hello.  As it’s that time of the year, I did a bit of a look through the memory and thought about my favourite songs, live gigs, and releases of the year.  It’s tricky being picky, but the top 7 releases and 5 gigs are listed, as well as some of my fav tunes from the year

Trees Climbing Trees  – Baby Please Don’t Go

Boy Eat All – Bounce

Lykke Li – I’m Good, I’m Gone

Lawrence Arabia – Beautiful Young Crew

Architecture in Helsinki – Beef in a Box (new album out next year!)

Gigs of the Year

#5 – Polka Dot Dot Dot @ Dux – Little Finger

#4 – Tourettes @ Wunderbar – I Don’ Write Poetry for Poets

#3 – Bear Cat @ Social Centre – Red Panda Blues

#2 – Lullatone @ Physics Room – Pajama Party Pop (party mix)

#1 – Arcade Fire @ BDO – Intervention

Releases of the Year

#7 – Naked and Famous – This Machine EP – Part 1

#6 – The Insurgents – Yours Disappointiedly EP – None of us are getting out alive

#5 – Bang! Bang! Eche! – EP – Time Mismanagement

#4 – Dudley Benson – The Awakening – Asthma

#3 – Tiger Tones -Tiger Tones – Pop Eats Pop

#2 – The Ruby Suns – Sea Lion – Adventure Tour

# 1 – Los Campesinos! – Hold On Now, Youngster – My Year In Lists

Friday Drive with Dr H – 31st October 2008

Hi there, here is what I played on my show on RDU tonight. Is there anything that really caught your ear? Anything that blew you off? Let me know, either leave a comment or send me an email starliftertv (at) gmail (dot) com

4pm
CSS – move (Cut Copy remix)
Ladyhawke – dusk til dawn (Linus Loves remix)
{Surf Report}

The Draytones

The Draytones – after all
I Heart Hiroshima – candy cut
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Van She – cat & the eye
So So Modern – clean up step up
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Happy Mondays – staying alive (12″ remix)
The Go-Betweens – going blind
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Goldie – saint angel
Concord Dawn – guardian angel

5pm
Vibrasics – flick the switch (Dunedin, NZ)
James Pants – cosmic rapp
Reks – stages
[Bristol Graffiti Feature – DJ Lean] Download from here
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Fujiya & Miyagi – knickerbocker
Oasis – the turning
[Nu Noyzzzze] The Exchange – fat man in a tie
Sheba – philistine
The Deceivers – rumour and sigh
[Interview – Tes La Roc]
Uncle Sam – round the world girls (Tes La Roc remix)

6pm – Starlifter.TV Showcase
Garageland – beelines to heaven
The Doors – love me two times
The Scavengers – mysterex
Nirvana – negative creep
Cougar Cougar Cougar – fast times & cheap thrills
The Datsuns – cruel cruel fate
The Rock and Roll Machine – rock and roll machine
The Strokes – 12:51
{Gig Guide}
DJ Kicks – Erlend Oye – Tracks 4-8
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James Pants – i choose you
Rex The Dog – i can see you, can you see me?

Peace,
Dr H
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Wenerei Drive with Brett 30th July

I must apologise. I was going to add some thoughts and post this on Thursday morning, but I was distracted from the task at hand, so it’s a few days late.

I’ll quickly mention Nick Cave’s lecture, The Secret Life of the Love Song. It was written for the Vienna Poetry Festival in 1998 and released as audio on CD in 2000. Whether you think it is fantastic or melodramatic and overblown will probably depend on your existing opinion of Nick Cave. If you don’t like him, don’t bother. If you do like him, track it down. The University of Canterbury library has a copy, and I’m sure the nice folks at Galaxy Records will be able to import one for you.

The lecture’s crux is the argument that a love song is a sad song. A song which expresses both the joy and the sorrow of longing. (Roughly the theme of the songs I played in the last hour of the show) Also on the CD is a lecture on christianity ‘The Flesh Made Word’ and a few recordings of Mr Cave’s songs. The version of ‘West Country Girl’ is worth the price of admission alone.

Also, I’m quite excited about the new album from The Bug – ‘London Zoo’ which is out on Ninjatune. (myspace) Poison Darts has been kicking round the playlist for a little while, and I can’t wait to get my hands on a copy of the record.

Anyways,

To the playlist!

4pm

The Shins – So Says I

CSS – Jager Yoga

Ian Pooley – Heat (feat pete colo)

Islands – Creeper

The Bug – Poison Dart (feat. Warrior Queen)

Recloose – Deeper Waters (feat. Joe Dukie)

Dynamo Go – Sad Again

The Smiths – Still Ill

The Helio Sequence – Keep Your Eyes Ahead

High Contrast – Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

5pm

Shapeshifter – In The Rain (feat. Ladi 6))

White Swan Black Swan – Finger and Nail

The Clean – Teepees and Tomtoms (live)

Crystal Stilts – Converging in the Quiet

Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings – 100 days 100 Nights

Eli ‘ Paperboy’ Reed and the True Loves – Stake Your Claim

Action Biker – By Myself

Danny Byrd – Weird Science

The Do – On My Shoulders

NU NOIZZZZE!

Hennessey Love Machine – Butterfly Kisses

Ladytron – Ghosts

(excerpt from) Nick Cave The Secret Life of the Love Song

Sufjan Stevens – Dear Mr. Supercomputer

The Roots – Get Busy

6pm

Wilco – At Least That’s What You Said

Elliot Smith – Between the Bars

Iron and Wine w/ Calexico – History of Lovers

Bob Dylan – I Threw It All Away

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – From Her to Eternity

Tom Waits – Little Drop of Poison

Jim O’Rourke – Prelude to 110 or 120

Nick Drake – River Man

Robert Johnson – Kind Hearted Woman Blues

Nouvelle Vague – Teenage Kicks

Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Mystery Girl

Cat Power – Love & Communication

Devendra Banhart – Lover

Friday Drive with Dr Hitchcock * RDU 98.5 FM * Friday 1st August 2008 [radio show]

Hey ya!

What have you been up to this week? Isit party central this weekend or a quiet one at home? Whatever ya do, keep it real ow!

Just thought you’d like to know about Planet B-Boy at the 32nd Christchurch International Film Festival! It’s only screening twice in CHCH!

Trailer – http://www.flicks.co.nz/trailer.php?movieid=1214
Film Fest Movie Info – http://www.nzff.co.nz/n6289.html?region=4
Official Planet B-Boy Website: http://planetbboy.com/

Here’s what went down on the show today:

[songs to be listed]

Peace,
Dr H

monday drive with brett. it rocked, it rolled, and then it hit the countryside.

A few words on some of the stuff I played today…

Firstly, Invincible; She’s an MC from Detroit and has a new record out called ‘Shapeshifters’ which is totally sweet. If radical-urban-postmodern-left-wing politics, catchy eclectic production and intelligent, witty, complex rhyming sounds like your idea of good hip-hop you owe it to yourself to give this a listen. The record is out on ’emergence media’, and you can check out her myspace here.

Secondly, Mazzy Star; ‘She Hangs Brightly’ came out in 1990, so it is by no stretch of the imagination a new record, but since I discovered it last year, I can’t seem to get enough. It falls somewhere in the sweet spot between shoegaze and country; like lying in bed with the curtains open on a clear night after knocking back a few of shots of cough syrup. Highly recommended. (The record that is. Drinking robotussin whilst gazing into the ether is to be done strictly at your own risk.)

And here goes the playlist:

4pm

The L.E.Ds – Sound Surrounds

Evils – You Must Conform

The Hungry Eyes – My Scene

The Benka Boradovsky Bordello Band – The Dance of Death

Sufjan Stephens – Chicago

Grayson Gilmour – Occupation: dreamland

Booka Shade – Charlotte

Popolice – closer now

The Go! Team – Ladyflash (Simian Mobile Disco remix)

A Human – Post Post Modern Anxiety Blues

5pm

Xiu Xiu – Under Pressure (feat. Michael Gira)

XX Teens – The Way We Were

The Grates – Burn Them Bridges

Bloc Party – Mercury

Ian Pooley – Heat (feat. pete colo)

Dynamo Go – Sad Again

Unitone hi-fi -Up to Eleven

Tiger Tones – 17

Nu Noyzzzze! Pop Hits City – Skate Around (myspace)

John Matthias – I Will Disappear

The Roots – Get Busy

Invincible – Sledgehammer!

O.G. – Where I’m At (feat. Mara T.K.)

Hadouken! – Crank It Up!

The Flaming Lips – The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song

6pm

The Velvet Underground – White Light / White Heat

Shellac – Spoke

The Fall – Impresssion of J Temperance (live at Mainstreet, Auckland 21/08/82)

Gallon Drunk – Just One More

PJ Harvey – Sheela Na Gig (peel session 29/10/91)

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – City of Refuge

Frank Black and the Catholics – Bullet

Ryan Adams – Argument with David Rawlings Concerning Morrissey -> To Be Young (is to be sad, is to be high)

Loose Fur – Apostolic

Silver Jews – What is not but could be if

Samuel Flynn Scott – Chopped Liver

Wilco – Far, Far Away

Mazzy Star – Give You My Lovin’

Friday Drive with Dr Hitchcock * RDU 98.5 FM * Friday 18th July 2008 [radio show]

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Hey ho party peep! Thanks for listening to the show!!
Here’s what went down:

((( start )))
4pm
Yves Klein Blue – silence is distance
The Futureheads – the beginning of the twist

Sonic Smith – the arcade @ urs
CSS – jager yoga

Tono and the Finance Company – daffodils & a cashbook
The Deceivers – skins & slaps

Moby – alice
Quiet Village – circus of horror

Interview with Meghan, Vice President @ Sub Pop Records
Mudhoney – the lucky ones

5pm
Ed Muzik – dancing in the dark (Bruse Springstein cover)
Module – rock my computer

Does It Offend You, Yeah! – with a heavy heart (I regret to inform you)
The Dandy Warhols – now you love me

The L.E.D.s – sound surrounds
The Greenmatics – i love technology

6pm
Tweq aka Dr Muz and the Psy-Pirates with the Tall Poppy Syndrome CD Release Pre-Party

((( fin )))

Peace,
Dr H
xoxoxox

the revolution must have a soundtrack. wednesday drive with brett, 16/07

another week of excitement and sweet tunes.

4pm

2562 – Morvern

Bloc Party – Mercury

Collapsing Cities – Fear of Opening my Mouth

DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979 (oh yeah)- Romantic Rights (live CBS radio session)

The Decievers – Basement Funk

The Hungry Eyes – Bees

Grayson Gilmour – Follow Me Around

The Mighty Boosh – Soup Song

The Magic Numbers – Take a Chance

Red – Simmer

Ladytron – Ghosts

Surf City – Free the City

Urban Notion – Modaji

5pm

The ‘Dig!’ Double Up:

The Dandy Warhols – Now You Love Me

The Brian Jonestown Massacre – Mansion in the Sky

Thought Creature – Words Can’t Save You

P- Bass Expressway – Easyride

Crystal Castles – Vanished

The Fall – Taurig

Stanton Warriors – I Want To Need To

Shy FX & T-Power – Feelings

Tono – Daffodils & a Cashbook

The Album Leaf – Always for You

Ladyhawke – Always For You

The Actualities – Fools Run Wild

6pm

‘le discothèque heure’

Shantel feat. Boban Markovic Orkestar – Disko (friends of boban mix)

Kraftwerk – L’Homme Machine

The Youth For Christ International Teen Team – The Whole World In His Hands

Prinzhorn Dance School – You are the Space Invader (optimo espacio mix)

Hot Chip – And I Was a Boy From School

Flying Lotus – Parisian Goldfish

Nouvelle Vague – I Just Can’t Get Enough

The Specials – Ghost Town

DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979 – Black History Month (Fred Falke and Alan Braxe remix)

Wade Nicholls – A Horse With no Shame (re-edit of America’s ‘Horse With No Name’)

Willie Nelson – Georgia On My Mind

The last ten minutes of this evening’s show – where I dropped a subtle re-edit of some some mainstream 70s pop – generated a great deal of controversy. (one angry phonecall, one text message, and one mild rant from your host, to be precise) The track in question came my way via a nifty little blog called ‘music for robots’ which covers a range of music, from house and electro to alt.country and, well… dad-rock. You can check the edit out for yourself here. I felt it was in keeping with the ‘discothèque’ theme. If you feel you need to compare it to the original, look no further than your parents’ record collection.

Peace,

Brett

ps.

cheers to Annie for the props.

Tuesday Drive with Camo

Hellllllllllooooooooooooo RDU!!!

Another week, another drive show and another Hour of Power to tickle the drum-funk desires of all listeners out there!

Slick wee lineup for the show tonight, taking you from a selection of smooth funky tunes right through to the deep darkness of Dnb as we know it. Enjoy!

 

. . . Drive Show tracklist is as follows . . .

 

-Seeker, Stanton Warriors ( What What What rmx )

-Unknown, Cotti & Cluekid

-Kaleidoscope, Little Pictures

-Reminiscing, Unknown ( Skream rmx )

-Too much violence, The Clean

-System, Nu:Tone ( Matrix & Futurebound rmx )

-Sideways, Kolab

-Up in the VIP, Tes la Rock & Uncle Sam

-Die Die Die, Dj Vadim feat Big Red

-We do this, Krafty Kuts & Dynamite Mc

-Shooting stars, S Knight

-Burn them Bridges, The Grates

-With me or against me, D Ramirez ( TC rmx )

-Weird Science, Danny Byrd

-Back to my roots, Total Science feat Tiki Taane

-Elvis, These New Puritans

-Snake eater, Joker

-Cant test me, Benny Page

-Step out, Benny Page

-Unknown, Dj Zinc feat Warrior Queen

-Turn it up, Rogue State feat Sizla

-Country Living, Snypa Levi

 

. . . Hour of Power Tracklkist is as follows . . .

 

-Machine, Logistics

-Hard knocks, Brookes Brothers

-Ask not, Q project

TOKEN WOBBLE TUNE – Super sharp shooter, Dj Zinc

-Tense past, Cern

-Diplidocous, Noisia

-Real McCoy, State of Mind ( BSE rmx )

-Same old blues, Apex

-Vigilante, Audio

 

And there we have it, the end of another Tuesday. Thanks to all who tuned in, all who text in and to Revoltution for making it all happen!

Be sure to let us know of any tunes you want to hear or hit us up with some props if your lovin whats already there.

Til next week, ezzzz

 

                                                   

 

Complements of www.damienmason.com

RDU Drive Show with Camo – Tuesday 8th July

Yo yo mofos,

Unfortunately due to a mechanical fault, the post decided it didnt like all the previous tracks posted here from the show and has eaten them all up . . . so just the tunes from the Hour of Power are all yours to gander listeners!

Like what you hear? give us a holla and shout us up some props!

Dont like what you hear? then hit us up with a request!

Hour of Power Track List

6:00 True Romance, D-Bridge

6:05 Everythings Different, High Contrast ( Calibre Remix )

6:10 The Prayer, Block Party ( Break & Silent Witness Remix )

6:15 Ganga, Visionary ( Majistrate Remix )

6.20 Power of Ra, Ebony Dubsters ( G-Dub Remix )

6:35 Dark Times, Bulletproof & Gridlok & Mc Dino

6:40 Load Rocket, Computer Club ( Gridlok Remix )

6:45 Oiled up, The Upbeats

6:50 The Cooler, Black Sun Empire ( Audio Remix )

6:55 Stompbox, The Qemists ( Spor Remix )

Churr to all the slimey, grimey heads for tuning in and getting your skank on, and a Big Ups to the crew down at Revolution for making it happen.

Same time, same station, catch ya next week

Ezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Friday Drive * 4th July 2008 * Dr Hitchcock [playlist]

Sure beats driving…
http://www.ffffound.com

Hello! Thanks for tuning into Friday Drive tonight. Good times huh! Here’s the lowdown:

((( start )))

4PM
Sleepmask – voudou
Blind Melon – no rain
Hot Chip – made in the dark

Interview with Shayne – Capoeira
Check out www.capoeira.org.nz for more info.

Tom Cosm – swagger (Winter Soulstice 08 Remix)
Minisnap – new broom
Tiger Tones – giogrio, what have you done to me?
Justice – let there be light (breakbot remix)
Naive New Beaters – live good
Audio Bullys – gimme that punk
Mr No Hands – exo-funkadelic (Future Funk remix)

5PM
The Cure – boys don’t cry
Minx – I’m so LA
Nirvana – heart shaped box (White Trash Kids on Crank remix)
D Bridge – ponderosa

Mudhoney – the lucky ones
Portishead – machine gun (Noise Floor Crew remix)

* Pump Up The Mixtape *
Apollo Four Forty – krupa

Chromeo – fancy footwork
Robyn – konichiwa bitches (Trentemoller remix)
NERD – everyone nose
Gameboy/Gamegirl – discohouse

6PM
MSTRKRFT – vuvuvuvu
Digitialism – echoes (Digitialism’s Deep Underwater Sonar Club mix)
LCD Soundsystem – big ideas

* Brazil Beat Sound System Interview and selector set *
http://brazilbeat.org/

Shocking Pinks- dryheat

((( fin )))

Peace and mush,
Dr H