Radio Campus Orleans 88.3FM: Miam Les Fruits vs. DHK Inside

yesterday was Bastille day, so in honor of the french and the founding of the first republic i introduce to you: Radio Campus Orleans 88.3FM

. radio campus orleans is a french, independent radio station, and Miam Les Fruits vs. DHK Inside is a weekly program on the station. despite my francophilia, i unfortunately don't speak any french, and therefore have no idea what i'm talking about, but from what i gather, miam les fruits is a dude and the show he does is somehow affiliated with pharrell from fluokids. their show is pretty much playing sets from famous djs, as well as their own electronica or reggae/hiphop/dub sets.


anyway, i came across their program and 88.3FM on fluokids this spring, when pharrell posted a show by Mitch Silver and A-Trak. like most things i download, the show disappeared into the abyss of my hardrive. yesterday, however, in the process of breaking and fixing my ipod, i inadvertently updated all the podcasts i had ever subscribed to and voila, next thing I know i'm listening to this dirty 1 and 1/2 hour house mix.

so the point of this post is that Radio Campus Orleans 88.3FM is an amazing radio station. head over to http://www.orleans.radio-campus.org/, click broadcast in the right hand column, and then click les emissions to see all the programming. to download their older podcasts, head over to miam les fruits's myspace. vive la france;)

*if anyone understands french and wants to correct our mistakes, comment and/or shoot us an email.

Bodies of Water

Yeah, I know - I hate "sounds like" or "recommended if you like" characterizations as much as the next guy, but there's no better way to describe them: Arcade Fire if they were from Southern California, didn't have so many members, and were into God; ABBA if they weren't so old. Guy/girl vocal trade off, epic sound landscapes, spine-tingling shouting choruses in unison, ahhh AHHH ahhh ohhhh ahhhh bridges, and that unexpected accidental or modulation thrown in there. If the gospel qualities throw you off, I'm sorry. You learned to deal with the music of David Bazan in your own way, so think of the uber-positive, rousing, God-invoking moments as just, like, really inspirational. Jump up and down drunk if you want.

I may not have found God, but I found this album, and perhaps it will do for now. At least until the next Arcade Fire album drops. Or ABBA decides to stop being so old..

Bodies of Water - Doves Circled the Sky

MONTREAL 7/12/07: CHROMEO & FLOSSTRADAMUS at CLUB 1234

alex, stina and i paid a visit to our quasi-French neighbors to the north last night to catch the hotness that is chromeo and flosstradamus, at club 1234 in montreal. after enjoying the favorable exchange rate, taking part in some shady dealings, and waiting in line for an hour, we made our way into the club. flosstradamus came on around midnight and, as expected, murdered the crowd with their ill-mixery.....

...an hour later chromeo came on, opened up with tenderoni, and the place fell apart. apparently a home town crowd makes a difference, because halfway through the first song the floor had devolved into one giant, french-canadian hipster mosh pit. raucous crowds aside, chromeo put on an amazing performance (the highlight for me was definitely needy girl). but i already knew chromeo was tight going into the show......

...what i didn't know was how dirty flosstradamus really was. not only do they look cool, but they know how to DJ a sick party. (when they mixed where's your head at into their yeah yeah remix, i literally shit my pants right there on the dance floor). hands down, the best dance party I've ever heard/been to. in celebration of my recent enlightenment, i've posted a few of my favorite flosstradamus tracks, as well as a mix they put out this winter (courtesy of kissatlanta).

D4L- Laffy Taffy - (Flosstradamus Remix)(mp3)
Flosstradamus - Overnight Star (Sigur Ros vs. Twista)(mp3)
Flosstradamus - Act a Fool (Ravestradamus mix)(mp3)
Matt & Kim - Yeah Yeah (Flosstradamus Remix)(mp3)
Flosstradamus - 3 Peat Mix(mp3)

*special thanks to lost cause over at powder horn terrace for introducing me to flosstradamus this spring

Ward Wolff Wednesdays 3

This music is so good, it hurts to listen to. Almost as much as Dakota's wrist hurts right now.

Gouseion. (Puisne) - If these beats had lyrics, they'd be cooler than the other side of your pillow.
Turing Test(mp3)

Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly (The Chronicles of a Bohemian Teenager) - Sweetest band name ever. Their songs are also good.
Call Me Ishmael(mp3)

Mountaineer (When the Air is Bright They Shine) - Soft pop melodies and lazy, lo-fi vocals. Also, the lead singer is named Henning Wandhoff.
A Line for Every Letter(mp3)

Anaïs Mitchell (The Brightness)- Don Mitchell's daughter. "...she has some serious storytelling skillz and a pretty raw sound - pretty and raw, that is." (Christina Spencer 2007)
Your Fonder Heart(mp3)

Against Me! (New Wave) - Ward likes this "political folk-punk band" alot. Ward knows his shit.
Thrash Unreal(mp3)

Iron And Wine (Boy with a Coin EP) - "I don't know if I'm ready for the september release. Maybe I'll lisen a copule hundred more times before then. Like, to prepare. Caution: listen to track 3 while seated." (Ward Wolff 2007)
Kingdom of the Animals(mp3)

Joan as Police Woman (Real Life) - Joan as Police Woman has been doing her thing for some time. With Real Life you can certainly tell: "...this has the edge and excitement of a debut with the polish of a veteran." (Ward Wolff 2007)
I Defy(mp3)

Black Moth Super Rainbow (Dandelion Gum) - "Crazy dudes in the woods (seriously)..." (Ward Wolff 2007)
Sun Lips(mp3)

Frog Eyes (Tears of a Valedictorian) - "Think of any adjective and it will fit. Love it." (Ward Wolff 2007)
Idle Songs(mp3)

Dntel (Dumb Luck) - I've been in love with Jenny Lewis since she starred alongside Fred Savage in The Wizard (and I always will be;).
roll on (ft. Jenny Lewis) (DTAS)(mp3)

Bat for Lashes (Fur and Gold) - "Harpiscords and lutes. Pretty pretty." (Dakota 2007)
The Wizard(mp3)

Of Montreal (Suffer for Fashion EP) - "Extras from the last Of Montreal album with a really long name." (Dakota 2007)
Du Og Meg(mp3)

stupid.......

so the college supposedly paid a consulting firm $20 million to come up with this brilliantly intricate logo. $20 million for 12 lines....wow. that breaks down to something like $1,666,666 per line. and it looks like the school is somehow affiliated with Canada.

more food for thought: 666 is the number of the devil, and that number appears twice in the price tag for each line of the new logo. that means that Satan technically appears 24 times in the logo. also, the color of the Canadian flag is red, and everyone knows that Satan is red.

coincidence? i think not;)

van halen - runnin' with the devil(mp3)

DAVE GROHL IN '08

1997 was recently hailed in a New York Times article as the "last golden year of the music industry in America" and a defining moment of pop music. Business was booming, fans were actually buying CDs, and it was still ok to listen to Garth Brooks. But in the meantime, everything else was going to shit--Biggy died, Elton John redid 'Candle in the Wind', and it was still ok to listen to Garth Brooks. But there was one album* that held the nation together through such tumultuous ups and downs. Inspired by the very essence of life, this piece of unearthly magic was molded by the hands of a demi-god and his band of good-doing minions. That man was Dave Grohl. That band was the Foo Fighters. That album was The Colour and the Shape. And today we celebrate that miracle

...with the release of a remastered version of the entire album with 6 bonus tracks.

Says Nate Mendel in the liner notes: "We are a better band now. More self-assured and capable...(lots of skipped writing here)...TCATS is a great record. And one we're very proud of. But just wait until you hear the new one. It's...[fucking immortal, just like Dave Grohl]" Dave responded: "One last thing before I quit I never wanted anymore than I could fit into my head I still remember every single word you said and the shit that somehow came along with it still there's one thing that comforts me since I was always caged and now I'm free don't want to be your monkey wrench." yeah, and he did it in one breath too. If I could rearrange the alphabet, I would go next to Dave Grohl. Don't ever change.

*Other contributing albums may have included Radiohead's OK Computer, Prodigy's Fat of the Land and U2's Pop.

July 15 - The day internet radio dies

A pretty good article from CMJ.

IRON & WINE

We present to you Mr. Beam's latest release, featuring the whispery vocals and tales of little boys that we have all come to know and love. This time, though, he has upped the ante. Guitar and bass loops alongside synth whirs and whips add to the new rough electronic sound. We will have to wait until September for the full-length, The Shepherd's Dog, but we here at WRMC have been graced with a teaser 3-song EP called Boy With A Coin. An appetizer, if you will.

Iron & Wine - Boy with a Coin

*UPDATE 7/12/07 - K so apparently the entire upcoming LP leaked. It is gooey and dripping all over the internet like sharp Cabot cheddar on the dashboard on a sunny day. Go find it! Or, wait for the release like a decent, self-respecting, productive member of society would do.

2 nights ago.....

.......the coolest people in the world were at studio b in brooklyn, dancing their pants off to kid sister, flosstradamus and the sensational chromeo. make sure you catch them this summer on their fancy footwork tour. until they make their way up to montreal's club1234 on july 12, those of us trapped in the northeast kingdom will have to be content dancing alone to these ultra frais chromeo remixes;)
chromeo - tenderoni (etienne de crecy remix)
chromeo - tenderoni (sinden remix)
chromeo - fancy footwork (guns n' bombs remix)
chromeo - fancy footwork (strip steve you and i remix)
chromeo - my girl is calling me (blaze's extended edit)

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ward wolff wednesdays 3 was cancelled yesterday, 4 July 2007, while all of us at WRMC celebrated the birth of our nation....

...as well as the great service and sacrifice Will Smith and his fellow Air Force pilots made to our country, and world, during the 1996 Alien Invasion.



God Bless America.