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Look Out for Kid Chocolate

Stephen — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:20:40 +0000

One of the more satisfying moments in booking concerts is watching an opener surpass your own expectations and engage an audience on first listen. Last weekend, Kid Chocolate did just that. Though their influences are obvious (I’m looking at you, Vampire Weekend), Kid Chocolate has a unique sound and a great live show. Their best song is probably “Better on the Coast,” a surf-influenced song that is guaranteed to get an audience on their feet. Kid Chocolate has a demo of “Better on the Coast” on their facebook, but it doesn’t convey the energy of their live show. Comprised entirely of RISD Freshmen, Kid Chocolate will be around Providence for a while. Hopefully they’ll make it down the hill and into Providence’s scene; they’re definitely a band to look out for.

Retro Riddle for Friday, March 12th, 2010

James — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:01:34 +0000

Riddle: Don’t trust your judgment in the heat of the moment because this tends to happen.
Answer: The Fixx – “One Thing Leads To Another”

Congratulations to Gregory from Bristol! He won himself a pair of tickets to see Third Eye Blind at Lupo’s on April 20th (tickets).

Alt Rock Anniversary for Friday, March 12th

BIA — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:13:12 +0000

Today is the birthday of Coheed and Cambria’s guitarist Claudio Sanchez! Born in 1978 so he’s 32 today! Happy birthday!

In his honor, we’re playing TWO Coheed and Cambria songs!

“A Favor House Atlantic” off their album In Keeping Secrets of the Silent Earth:3

“The Suffering” from their album Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV, Volume 1, From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness

CD Scramble for Friday, March 12

River — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:46:50 +0000

Congratulations to Kelsey from Barrington who was the first of many to recognize the Beastie Boys’ “Girls”!

Live Cafe for Friday, March 12

River — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:45:24 +0000

Coming to us all the way from 1997, of OK Computer, it was Radiohead’s “Karma Police”.

DJ Profile: Yuli

Yuli — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:07:24 +0000

Top 5 songs
1. The Velvet Underground-After Hours
2. David Bowie-Moonage Daydream
3. Radiohead-Talk Show Host
4. LCD Soundsystem-All My Friends
5. The Magnetic Fields-I Don’t Want To Get Over You

Top 5 Bands (at the moment, in no particular order)
1. Girls (“I wish I had a beachouse…I wish I had a pizza and a bottle of wine”)
2. Best Coast (DIE WINTER DIE)
3. Final Fantasy (good for working?)
4. Pavement (REUNION, YES)
5. Four Tet (Because their new album is fantastic!)

Top 5 Albums
1. Wilco-Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
2. Radiohead-OK Computer
3. Interpol-Turn on the Bright Lights
4. Daft Punk-Discovery
5. The Hold Steady-Separation Sunday
5.5. Madvillain-Madvillainy

Favorite concert/festival ever?
Being from Chicago, it has to be Pitchfork Music Festival and Lollapalooza. They are funfests. They make me happy. They occur during the summer when the wind blowing is a good thing. Rad!

Best experience working at WBRU?
Getting positive feedback from callers…or just getting calls in general about anything and everything. CALL ME!

What do you think about right before you go on-air?
Don’t be too weird. People don’t need to hear about cheese danish again. (mmm cheese danish..)

If you could interview on band, who would it be and what would you ask them?
Ziggy Stardust era David Bowie, I would ask him where to get the best space gear and..space dust…and also tell him he’s one of my “heroes” (haha)…

Favorite color?
Indigo

Fish or Bird?
Definitely Bird.

Batman or Superman?
BATTTTTTTTTZZZZ xxxx

9 O’ Clock News for Thursday, March 11th

Yuli — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:04:24 +0000

1. MGMT-Flash Delirium (WINNER!)
2. Hole-Skinny Little Bitch
3. Two Door Cinema Club-I Can Talk
4. Fanfarlo-Harold T. Wilkins
5. The Constellations-Felicia

Debut Album from Race Horses

Laura — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:34:08 +0000

Race Horses, formed in 2005, is a psychedelic garage-rock four-piece from Wales. Consisting of former schoolmates Meilyr Jones, Dylan Hughes, Gwion Llewelyn, and Alun Gaffey, Race Horses has been garnering wildly enthusiastic reviews from the likes of NME, Shindig!, and Clash Magazine for their debut album, Goodbye Falkenburg, released last month. They will reportedly playing at this year’s SXSW Festival in Austin, TX.

After four singles, an EP, and a name change (from Radio Luxembourg), Race Horses has been working hard to define a unique sound, and what’s presented on this album certainly doesn’t disappoint. Though the influences by early 90s Welsh pop/rock group Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci are undeniable (all of their work to date has actually been produced by former Gorky’s member Euros Childs), Goodbye Falkenburg seems to belong to a class all its own. Mixed Welsh and English lyrics over trippy guitar riffs, tin-toy brass lines, clapping, ooh-la-la backing vocals, and ethereal four-part barbershop harmonies are common components of a Race Horses song. Tracks are complexly layered à la Bohemian Rhapsody while still weaving clear, brilliantly groovy melodies. In the vein of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Goodbye Falkenburg is as much a collection of fantastic songs as it is a thoughtfully, carefully, and deliberately assembled musical experience.

Celebrate the joys of baked goods by checking out their video for “Cake” from the new album below: