Automat

Affirmative. Robots updated. Recommend that you check it out over the airwaves.

Horrifying

This is absolutely horrifying. A) theyre trying to market to businesses. B) theyre trying to market to bands. C) WTF?

Linked from YANP.

auld lang syne, etc

around here at wrmc things are quite sleepy, since santa is bringing the station a makeover, and is bringing us lots of vinyl to move around come january. i hope that winter break has treated everyone splendidly, and that family has not made everyone completely 100% nuts.

so, in the spirit of the end of 2008, i thought i'd make some lists! who doesn't like lists!? so without further ado:

The Year That Was: 2008 @ WRMC

top twenty artist played on wrmc in 2008

20. man man
19. vampire weekend
18. cat power
17. sufjan stevens
16. andrew bird
15. hot chip
14. of montreal
13. spoon
12. okkervil river
11. tv on the radio
10. chromeo
9. feist
8. bob dylan
7. lcd soundsystem
6. daft punk
5. cut copy
4. david bowie
3. the beatles
2. wilco
1. radiohead

top ten most-played albums of 2008:

10. chromeo - fancy footwork
9. menomena - friend and foe
8. calvin harris - i created disco
7. the smiths - the queen is dead (woah!)
6. feist - the reminder
5. vampire weekend - s/t
4. tv on the radio - dear science
3. cut copy - in ghost colours
2. lcd soundsystem - sound of silver
1. radiohead - in rainbows

top ten most played songs of 2008:

10. beirut - nantes
9. mgmt - electric feel
8. beach house - gila
7. architecture in helsinki - heart it races
6. lcd soundsystem - all my friends
5. new young pony club - ice cream
4. cut copy - lights and music
3. simian mobile disco - i believe
2. lcd soundsystem - someone great
1. m.i.a. - paper planes

clearly this is not indicative of every single show at wrmc, so i encourage everyone to post his or her top-ten faves of 2008, favorite wrmc dj moments, etc. we will be back rocking in j-term of 2009 and you can keep your internets tuned to this blog for lots more fun mp3s, music news and rambling of college radio djs! hurray!

Under Construction

WRMC will be undergoing a facelift this holiday season. While all of you are sifting through sails at Walmart, construction will be underway upstairs in Proctor Hall. We are all very excited to see what our new space will look like and have our finger's crossed that we will be able to broadcast live come January.

From WRMC: A Happy Holiday Season.

And now, something from our cassette archive.

Little Joy

This music is slow life on a beach sipping Mojitos with a sexy lady. It really warms up the balls-out-cold of Vermont in November.



Little Joy is Fabrizio Moretti of The Strokes, Rodrigo Amarante of Los Hermanos, and Binki Shapiro.

Oh this is nice.

Biggie Smalls, What?

Its not every day that a Biggie demo from 1992 falls into your lap. Indeed, I might go so far as to say that makes for a BANNER day.

The demo, though not of the highest production quality, and with the incredibly annoying voice of the random dj who found the tracks over the chorus, is still absolutely fantastic.

Macs and Dons, an unreleased track, is probably the most upbeat Biggie beat ive ever heard. Check it for yourself.

Biggie Smalls - Macs and Dons (zShare)

On Rotation

Let's highlight some music.



Something you should definitely check out is Devendra Banhart's side project, Megapuss. The band is made up of Banhart, Priestbird's Greg Rogove and Stroke's drummer Fabrizio Moretti. The members of the band got together and made up song names, only to later write music to match the names and put together an album. Its called Surfing.



The vinyl lp comes out December 9. The CD is out on Vapor Records.

Fresh Cold Cuts on Rye

You have probably heard of Coldcut, the British dance/hip hop duo. You probably like them.

In England, they have this great thing called the BBC, which owns radio and TV and internet outlets. Though this may be a scary example of government control of the media, they tend to do an excellent job with music programming.

BBC Radio 1 has a show called Essential Mix that is basically a late-night mix from a famous DJ or group broadcast over the air. Think DJ Shadow or RJD2 or Diplo doing a live concert set on the radio and that's about it.

Cold Cut has an excellent version of this Essential Mix, two hours of beautiful hip hop samples and dance beats.

get it here

and enjoy

best,

Sam

Paper Route Gangstaz

Yea, the tape is finally about to be out. It is going to be absolutely insane. And its (almost) free. Kinda like the 'In Rainbows' release, you pay what you want. Cept you have to pay at least 1 cent. But, if you drop more than 5 bucks, you get a few sweet bonus tracks. Peep it.

01. Blaqstarr feat. Jhi-Ali - Stuntastic (prod by Diplo)
02. Jackie Chain feat. Jhi Ali - Rollin’ (Diplo Remix)
03. PRGz - Woodgrain (Emynd Remix)
04. B.O.S.S. feat. G-Side - Real Good
05. B.O.S.S. feat. X.O. - Naturalz Pt. 2
06. Big P.O.P.E. feat Wale - Don't Go (Diplo Remix)
07. Dawgy Baggz feat. Money Addict & B. Dewitt- Travelin
08. Untamed feat Dawgy Baggz - Shotz
09. PRGz - Bama Gettin' Money (Diplo Remix)
10. Mata feat Mali Boi, M.P. & Big P.O.P.E. - Streetz
11. Jhi-Ali feat Cooley Da Dude & Big P.O.P.E. - Alabama
12. X.O - Grind Baby
13. PRGz - Soul Glo (The Knocks Remix)
14. X.O feat Mali Boi & CeeCee - 100
15. Money Addict feat Pluck - Hood Celebrity (Diplo Remix)
16. Money Addict - Life, Money & Drugs (Diplo Remix)

bonus tracks ( $5.00 and over )
17. PRGz - Woodgrain
18. PRGz - Bama Gettin' Money
19. PRGz - Soul Glo
20. Money Addict feat Pluck - Hood Celebrity
21. Amp G - Lookin Good

Check it here.

Super Bonus, heres a track from em thats been heating up the internets.

Paper Route Gangstaz - Bama Gettin Money (Diplo Remix) (zShare)

The Avett Brothers in VT

We've talked about them before. Well, here's your chance to see the banjo breaking, guitar smashing, bass thumping Avett Brothers. This Saturday, November 15 at the Chandler Music Hall in Randolph, VT. For ticket information click here or call 802-728-6464 and speak to the wonderful Kathy Corrao.


They are supporting their new EP, The Gleam II which we are spinning here at WRMC both on vinyl and compact disc.

Seriously, go.

For now, some treats






(photo courtesy of theavettbrothers.com)