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Under the Radar interview: Moonface

Moonface
Wolf Parade
Sunset Rubdown

Folks,

I'm so goddamned tired. I haven't seen my bed before midnight in over a week. I think tonight, finally, I will be able to get to bed at a decent hour. And I will sleep the sleep of angels. With this in mind, please read the playlist from last night's show with my low energy in mind. Hahaha.

What I played:

Things that Are Square 6-2-11

(*) = New release

(*) Thurston Moore - Space - Demolished Thoughts

(*) Efrim Manuel Menuck - Our Lady of Parc Extension and Her Munificent Sorrows - ...Plays "High Gospel"
Yo La Tengo - Autumn Sweater - I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One
(*) Thao & Mirah - Hallelujah - Thao & Mirah

(*) EMA - Red Star - Past Life Martyr
Tom Waits - Jockey Till They're Sore - Rain Dogs
May McDonough - Church on Sunday - Spilt Milk

(*) The Antlers - No Windows - Burst Apart
(*) Shannon and The Clams - The Woodsman - Sleep Talk
Best Coast - Crazy for You - Crazy for You
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Hey folks,

So, as I'm sure you're aware, the world didn't end last week. That's OK. That means I can still play songs for you on the radio (and can theoretically do another end-of-the-world show in October, when those nutjobs NOW say the end of the world is). Everybody wins. Except those nutjobs.

What I played:

Things that Are Square 5-26-11

(*) = New release

(*) Thurston Moore - Benediction - Demolished Thoughts

(*) Bill Callahan - Drover - Apocalypse
GLaDOS - Still Alive - The Orange Box
(*) Gang Gang Dance - MindKilla - Eye Contact
(*) The Antlers - Every Night My Teeth Are Falling Out - Burst Apart

(*) tUnE-yArDs - Gangsta - w h o k i l l
Sunset Rubdown - Winged/Wicked Things - Random Spirit Lover
Yo La Tengo - Cast a Shadow - Walking Away from You/Cast a Shadow
Mount Eerie with Julie Doiron & Fred Squire - Voice in Headphones - Lost Wisdom

Dear Nora - Girl from the North Country - Three States
The Meat Puppets - New Gods - II
The Mummies - Stronger Than Dirt - Never Been Caught
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Battles - Ice Cream
Sunset Rubdown - Idiot Heart
Wavves - King of the Beach
Kris Demeanor - Perfect Buzz
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The Bicycles - B-B-Bicycle
Generationals - Ten-Twenty-Ten
Peter Bjorn and John - Second Chance
The Babies - All Things Come to Pass
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Spec Boogie - Amsterdam (Remix of Peter Bjorn and John)
Buck 65 - Zombie Delight
Tor/Sufjan Stevens - Dress Looks Good / Make You Feel That Way (Blackalicious)
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Fucked Up - The Other Shoe
Japandroids - Younger Us
Wye Oak - Holy Holy
Best Coast - When You Woke Up
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Chad VanGaalen - Fossilized eye
Starfucker - Born
Harlem - Gay Human Bones
Akron/Family - So It Goes
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Nick Lowe - So It Goes
The New Pornographers - End of Medicine
The Strokes - Under Cover of Darkness
Superchunk - Misfits & Mistakes
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Panda Bear - Afterburner
Ringo Death Star - So High
Black Lips - Bad Kids
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Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Over & Over Again
Teddybear Stockholm - Yours to Keep
Wolf Parade - Language City
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Last.FM Milestones40000th track: (12 Jan 2008)
amiina - Bl·feldur
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/252/7701807.jpg45000th track: (25 Mar 2008)
OutKast - Prototype
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/252/308992.jpg50000th track: (26 May 2008)
Sunset Rubdown - Colt Stands Up, Grows Horns
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/252/6099139.jpg55000th track: (20 Jul 2008)
Hammock - Maybe They Will Sing for Us Tomorrow
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/252/2888342.jpg60000th track: (20 Oct 2008)
Mercury Rev - Runaway Raindrop
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/252/12704513.jpg65000th track: (23 Dec 2008)
Gaetano Donizetti - L'elisir D'amore: Act I - "Che Vuol Dire Codesta Suonata?"
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/252/373022.jpg70000th track: (08 Mar 2009)
Owen - Nobody's Nothing
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/252/58806997.jpg75000th track: (02 Jun 2009)
The Postal Service - We Will Become Silhouettes
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/252/2285969.jpg80000th track: (03 Sep 2009)
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2012

Artist: Intercity
Venue: Vinile 45, Brescia
Date: 11/02/2012
Artist: Verbal
Venue: ARCI Magnolia, Milano
Date: 09/02/2012


2011

Artist: Kaki King
Venue: Bloom, Mezzago
Date: 04/12/2011
Artist: Patrick Wolf
Venue: Tunnel, Milano
Date: 02/12/2011
Artist: Explosions in the Sky
Venue: Live Club, Trezzo sull'Adda
Date: 09/11/2011
Artist: Verbal
Venue: Agora del Polaresco, Bergamo
Date: 14/10/2011
Artist: Fabrizio Coppola
Venue: ARCI Tambourine, Seregno
Date: 24/09/2011
Artist: Casador
Venue: ARCI Agorà, Cusano Milanino
Date: 18/09/2011
Artist: Verbal
Venue: Spazio Giovani Edoné, Bergamo
Date: 16/07/2011
Artist: Planet Funk
Venue: ARCI Magnolia, Milano
Date: 12/07/2011
Artist: Amor Fou
Venue: Carroponte, Sesto San Giovanni
Date: 16/06/2011
Artist: Battles
Venue: Teatro Franco Parenti, Milano
Date: 15/04/2011
Artist: Feeder
Venue: ARCI Magnolia, Milano
Date: 21/03/2011
Artist: Ultimo Attuale Corpo Sonoro
Venue: Castello Colleoni, Solza
Date: 25/02/2011
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Favorite Albums of 2009 - Add me as a friend if you have similar tastes!

1. Regina Spektor - Far
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-okd1I1V3q8

2. Mirah - (a)spera
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2xhNWRYBU4

3. Bat for Lashes - Two Suns
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek3coSedm7o

4. Tegan and Sara - Sainthood
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3YBX0OfNzA

5. Sunset Rubdown - Dragonslayer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJizd1JwRks

6. The Hidden Cameras Origin: Orphan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wk4NR7oVNLw

7. Neko Case - Middle Cyclone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXl870NoF4E

8. Why? - Eskimo Snow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWWLgPs0pGg

9. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZnIDwnWJtA

10. Say Anything - Say Anything
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQd7_HqR900

I'm going to do this about my top artists of the past 12 months to make it more interesting.

1. How did you get into 29?
There is no 29, there are two 28s, Gaslight Anthem and Black Hybrid Swan Fatigue
My sister recommended Gaslight to me, I think. I am a member of Black Hybrid Swan Fatigue.

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22? Fleet Foxes
Not sure, they all sound the same, haha. Probably one of the earlier singles, I guess.

3. What's your favorite lyric by 33? Led Zeppelin
"How soft your fields of green can whisper tales of gore of how we calmed the tides of war. We are your overlords." -Immigrant Song

4. How did you get into 49? Bon Iver
I used to listen to this weirdo pseudo-last.fm radio that Yahoo.com used to have. I really liked the songs that I heard, but when I stopped using Yahoo radio I forgot about Bon Iver until about a year ago ago when everybody started talking about him.

5. How many albums by 13 do you own? The Dresden Dolls
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