Haiku Review: Passion Pit

Bubblegum beats, plus 

high stakes lyricism invoke

dancing; catharsis

photo Matt Davis for The Key

Read my full review (Thursday night, Electric Factory) here!

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Music Video Mondays: Spacing out with YLT

An excellent new Yo La Tengo-y jam to keep things mellow this Monday:

 

New record Fade drops January 15. The winter of insouciance starts now.

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INTRVW: St. James & The Apostles

Philly rockers St. James & the Apostles might have formed 2 years ago -- but the band's history goes much further back. Over at The Key, I sit down with the men of St. James -- to talk family, faith, and adding "danger" back into music. Head over there to check it out!

Dangerous men

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XPN2 Playlist, 11/19/20: The LAST SHOW of 2012

6:00

Eternal Summers, "I Love You"

Correct Behavior

Thee Oh Sees, "Flood's New Light"

Putrifiers II

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Deep Sea Arcade, "Lonely in Your Arms"

Outlands

Jawbreaker, "Save Your Generation"

Dear You

Tennis, "Origins"

Young and Old

La Sera, "I'm Alone"

Sees the Light

A Band of Bees, "(This is for the) Better Days

Octopus

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Django Django, "Hail Bop"

Django Django

I Monster, "A Sucker for Your Sound"

A Dense Swarm of Ancient Stars

Dum Dum Girls, "He Gets Me High"

He Gets Me High

The Bastards of Fate, "Fan Fiction Writer"

Who's a Fuzzy Buddy?

Crocodiles, "Sunday (Psychic Conversation #9)

Endless Flowers

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LCD Soundsystem, "North American Scum"

Sounds of Silver

Santigold, "The Keepers"

Master of My Make-Believe

Guided by Voices, "Teenage FBI"

Do the Collapse

Of Montreal, "Requiem for O.M.M.2"

The Sunlandic Twins

Switched on for the last time this year!

7:00

Work Drugs, "The Art of Progress"

Absolute Bearing

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Savoir Adore, "Dreamers"

Our Nature

Belle & Sebastian, "I'm Not Living in the Real World"

Belle & Sebastian Write About Love

Blur, "Charmless Man"

The Great Escape

Maritime, "The Guns of Navarone"

Heresy & the Hotel Choir

The Walkmen, "Heaven"

Heaven

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Cloud Nothings, "Stay Useless"

Attack on Memory

Black Lips, "New Direction"

Arabia Mountain

King Tuff, "Keep on Movin'"

King Tuff

Superchunk, "Digging for Something"

Majesty Shredding

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Islands, "Switched On"

Vapours

Mayer Hawthorne, "Dreaming"

How Do You Do

Yo La Tengo, "If It's True"

Popular Songs

Cults, "Go Outside"

Cults

Camera Obscura, "Honey in the Sun"

My Maudlin Career

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Japandroids, "The House That Heaven Built"

Celebration Rock

My home these past 100 or so Mondays

Thanks so much for listening in and supporting me as I spun tunes this past year -- it's been an amazing journey!

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Haiku Review: Metz

Eardrums ringing two

days later from affront of

shredding punk rock; rage

Photo Matthew Davis for The Key

Read my full review (Friday night, Kung Fu Necktie) via The Key!

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Music Video Mondays: Drag Queens need love, too

And by love of course I mean disco lights:

"Your Neck Around Mine" appears on the record Mostly No, out now.

Also just a reminder: if you're reading this, you're probably a fan of my radio show! Tonight is the last show of 2012 -- make sure to tune in btw 6 and 8!

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KATE’S LAST RADIO SHOW OF 2012!

That’s right—you heard correctly. Starting next Wednesday, November 21, XPN2 will be transitioning into HOLIDAY MODE—playing nothing but holiday jamz until 2013. 

Which means…next Monday, November 19 will be my LAST SHOW OF 2012! In commemoration, I’ll be playing some of my favorite songs from 2012, as well as some of my favorite songs in general. It will be a magical evening of tunes! 

Google image result #46 for "Magical Evening of Tunes."

I have no idea what is going on here but i'll agree it seems

"Magical."

Make sure to listen in from 6-8 + help me CELEBRATE this year in music! It’s gonna be a fun one.

Here's the link to listen online...

Happy rocking!

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XPN3 Playlist, 11/12/12

6:00

The Ponys, "Turn the Lights Out"

Turn the Lights Out

Sleeping Bag, "Walk Home"
Women of Your Life

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Evil Eyes, "Keep Your Mind on Me"
Keep Your Mind on Me (Single)

Melody's Echo Chamber, "You Won't Be Missing That Part of Me"

Melody's Echo Chamber

GLISS, "Weight of Love"

Langsom Dans

Polytechnic, "Cold-Hearted Business"

Down Til Dawn

Phoenix, "Rally"
It's Never Been Like That

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Bermuda Bonnie, "Evil"
Evil (Single)

Savoir Adore, "Regalia"

Our Nature

Pictureplane, "Post Physical"
Thee Physical

Austra, "Beat and the Pulse"

Feel It Break

M83, "Steven McQueen"

Hurry Up, We're Dreaming

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Crystal Castles, "Kerosene"
(III)

School of Seven Bells, "Secret Days"

Put Your Sad Down

Magic Wands, "Black Magic"
Aloha Moon

The google image results for "Black Magic" are insane (by which I

mean highly amusing.) There were so many good choices, but this

one was my fave, b/c what girl doesn't want a giant knife-blade

and a pet gargoyle?

7:00

Architecture in Helsinki, "Contact High"

Moments Bends

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Mac DeMarco, "Ode to Viceroy"

2

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, "Baby"
Mature Themes

The Morning Benders, "Wet Cement"

Big Echo

The Beach Boys, "I Know There's an Answer"

Pet Sounds

The A-Sides, "Everybody Knows the Way"
Hello, Hello

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Tame Impala, "Apocalyse Dreams"

Lonerism

Patrick Mellon, "Everybody"

Different Mind

The Minders, "If You're Lonely"
Golden Street

Django Django, "Hand of Man"

Django Django

Nada Surf, "Weightless"

Lucky

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Guided by Voices, "Class Clown Spots a UFO"

Class Clown Spots a UFO

Tennis, "Traveling"

Young and Old

Cults, "Abducted"
Cults

Cut Copy, "Where I'm Going"

Zonoscope

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Eternal Summers, "You Kill"
Correct Behavior

Tune in again next week for more hot (+ cool) jamz!

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INTRVW: Meg Baird

Philly folk musician Meg Baird has been an integral part of the local scene since she first moved here 17 years ago: her gentle melodies and lilting vocals launching both her solo material and work with psych-folk group Espers to national acclaim.

Baird looking pensive

Now, Baird prepares to leave Philly for the West Coast; I caught up with her before her last local show to discuss what's next, and reflect on all she'll miss about the local scene. Head over to XPN's The Key to check it out!

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Music Video Mondays: Magic Wands + GLISS delve deeper into the void....

As inspired by tonight's radio show (airing 6 pm EST on XPN2), this week's Music Video Monday seeks to transport. First, Magic Wands visit the netherworld of fairy queens and magic conjuring, in this sultry new vid for "Space":

"Space" appears on the record Aloha Moon, out now.


And Danish/American band GLISS dive in, in an equally bewitching vid for "Weight of Love":

"Weight of Love" appears on the record Langsom Dans, out January 21.

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Haiku Review: Tame Impala

Warm psych vibes tinged with

melancholy make for one

rare, trippy journey

Photo Eric Ashleigh for The Key

Check out my full review (Thursday night, Union Transfer) over at XPN's The Key!

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XPN2 Playlist, 11/5/12

6:00

Best Coast, "When the Sun Don't Shine"
Crazy for You

Swimsuit, "Evaporation"
Swimsuit

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The Ampersands, "Try This"
This Is Your Adventure Too

Jacuzzi Boys, "Vizcaya"
Glazin'

The Reigning Sound, "Lyin' Girl"
Abdication...For Your Love

The Swingin' Medallions, "Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love)"

Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love) (Single)

The Sonics, "Psycho"

Introducing The Sonics

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Super Wild Horses, "Fifteen"

Fifteen

The Pharmacy, "Josephine"

Stoned & Alone

Metz, "Headache"
Metz

Superchunk, "Crossed Wires"

Majesty Shredding

Les Savy Fav, "Patty Lee"
Let's Stay Friends

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Mazes, "Bodies"
Bodies (Single)

Divine Fits, "Would That Not Be Nice (RJD2 Remix)"

A Thing Called Divine Fits

Punks on Mars, "Hey! Tiffany"

Hey! Tiffany

The Feelies, "Sooner or Later"
Time for a Witness

The Fresh & Onlys, "Yes or No"
Long Slow Dance

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Dark Dark Dark, "Tell Me"
Who Needs Who

Google image result #6 for "Tell Me."

7:00

The Big Pink, "Stay Gold"

Future This

Pet Shop Boys, "It's a Sin"
Actually

Groove Armada, "History"

White Light

Justice, "Civilization"
Audio, Visual, Disco

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Holy Ghost!, "It Gets Dark"

It Gets Dark (Single)

Harouki Zombi, "Vacated Hunters"
Objet Petit A

Grimes, "Oblivion"

Visions

Reptile Youth, "Morning Sun"
Reptile Youth

Suckers, "Turn on the Sunshine"
Candy Salad

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BOY, "Little Numbers"

Mutual Friends

Harlem Shakes, "Unhurried Hearts (Passaic Pastoral)"

Technicolor Health

Cheers Elephant, "Peoples"
Like Wind Blows Fire

The Spinto Band, "Cookie Falls"

Shy Pursuit

The New Pornographers, "Your Daddy Don't Know"
FUBAR: The Album

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Creaky Boards, "You Can't Turn Me Off"
Brooklyn Is Love

Tune in again next week for more hot jamz, from my stereo to yours.

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