Live in studio, playing for all your little hearts. Baltimore's Bad Liquor Pond. Listen to them live in the WSHC studios before they play at:

Unfortunately, the roads are crazy around here with freezing rain, so the show will not be going on.  Next week we will be counting down our favorite 20 records of 2008. 

ALSO--

Bad Liquor Pond will be joining us IN STUDIO for a special stripped down live show.  Do not miss this.

Matt.

MORE NEW MUSIC! IT'S A BLOWOUT!

Cramming as much new music into the show as we can as the year dwindles down.

Matt.

Playlist For Show no. 62

1. Indian Jewelry - Too Much Honkytonking (4:40)
2. The Dead C - Waves (12:16)
3. Gang Gang Dance - First Communion (3:05)
4. Helios - Backlight (4:50)
5. Mogwai - Scotland’s Shame (8:00)
6. Atlas Sound - Winter Vacation (4:00)
7. Gang Gang Dance - Vacuum (4:13)
8. William Parker - Morning Mantra (15:08)
9. Jim McAuley - Jump Start (3:18)
10. Gunter Hampel Group - Heroicredolphysiognomystery (11:40)
11. Lindstrøm - The Long Way Home (15:58)
12. Jim McAuley - Nika's Love Ballad (5:14)
13. Fred Frith, Danielle Palardy Roger - Sala Nera (7:29)
14. Rudy Adrian - Subterranean River (6:29)
15. Slow Dancing Society - Sun Spots (10:23)

Ok, ok. Enough with the bitchin'. I know there has been a week lay-over in shows. My wife was sick. I had to play Nurse Matt for a few days. The best thing about having some time though was being able to wade through all this new music. What happens when that happens? Well, the shows become firing grounds for new music. Just in time for those end of the year lists. Tonight we are all new. No repeated tracks, and a ton of never played before on the show artists. You will definitely want to listen these next few weeks.

This week we're playing new tracks from jazz-rock by way of Zappa, Barnacled in addition to the newly expanded octet Peggy Lee. Soundtrack hit from the Lips, as well as the newest in Barry Schrader's discography. I'm really pleased also to play a track from Fun Machine, which has become heavy rotation around the Ghost house.


Playlist for show Nº . 61

1. Barnacled - Battles (6:23)
2. The Flaming Lips - In Excelsior Vaginalistic (3:02)
3. Bernard Falaise - Yéti (5:16)
4. Wadada Leo Smith's Golden Quartet - Caravan Of Winter (8:41)
5. Peggy Lee Band - Preparations (8:39)
6. Bernard Falaise - Neuf (7:36)
7. Barry Schrader - Monkeys Magic Dance - Jumping Buddha's Palm (Part 3) (7:05)
8. Fun Machine - Blok People (9:05)
9. Sonic Youth - Andre Sider Af Sonic Youth (57:32)

1. Helios - Shoulder to hand (5:17)
2. Jonas Reinhardt - Worm Preach The Struggling Fire (5:09)
3. K.Leimer - Anosognosia (12:51)
4. Sankt Otten - Die Unteren Zehntausend (5:11)
5. SUN RA & HIS Astro Infinity Arkestra - Worlds Approaching (10:17)
6. Jonas Reinhardt - Crept Idea For Mom (3:24)
7. Steve Reich - Pendulum Music (5:56)
8. Dungen - Lilla Vaennen (11:37)
9. Lowell Davidson Trio - Ad Hoc (12:15)
10. Sankt Otten - Fernfahrer (4:58)
11. Fennesz Sakamoto - Sala Santa Cecilia (19:00)
12. Sunn O))) - Orthodox Caveman (10:00)

Tonight its supposed to snow. Amazingly, I feel like its time for this to happen. Its just in the air. If you've been listening the past few weeks you know the drill--new music. One of the hardest things to do if you are a music fan (snob) is to make a year-end list. Its an agonizing time of scratches and do overs until the dawn of Jan. 1st is upon you. Another problem is the inevitable "I didn't hear that" syndrome. We here at GDW hopefully have that covered with as much new music as you can handle being pumped into your heads. Listen up.

Matt.

Playlist for show Nº . 59

1. Benoît Pioulard - Modèle D'éclat (2:23)
2. MIJ - Look Into The (K)Night (8:01)
3. Suishou No Fune - In The Clouds (14:53)
4. Terry Riley - Poppy Nogood (7:59)
5. Glenn Branca - The Ascension (13:09)
6. Alex White (Autoclave) - Going To Town On You (6:22)
7. Chartreuse - Sardis Television Broadcasting System (12:59)
8. Boduf Songs - Found on the Bodies of Fallen Whales (7:06)
9. Christina Carter - Re-Found Mary (8:11)
10. MIJ - Grok (Martian Love Call) (7:06)
11. Vopat - Lathe (4:16)

Hello everyone. Its cold, I've yet to recover from the previous cold I had 3 weeks ago, but I now have meds to hopefully whisk that mucus into never-never land. Of course there is only one thing to do when yr heaped full of drugs...Listen to heady music! So, if you've got a cold, drinking the 40oz. size Nyquil, or just want to relax and enjoy some good music, tonight's show is yr gateway drug. More new releases! Yay. We love this time of the year.

New diddies from Ueno (Tenniscoats/Room 40), Gang Gang Dance, Benoit Pioulard & Windy & Carl! Plus--2 tracks from the new Birdsongs of the Mesozoic reissue 2 disc set!

As always,

Matt.


Playlist for show Nº . 58

1. Birdsongs Of The Mesozoic - Laramide Revolution (Live) (6:04)
2. Ueno - Track 03 (9:16)
3. Gang Gang Dance - Dust (5:30)
4. Chartreuse - Smolder (18:50)
5. Birdsongs Of The Mesozoic - Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous (6:23)
6. Kim Gordon, Ikue Mori & DJ Olive - Fried Mushroom (8:40)
7. Lau Nau - Rubiinilasia (5:04)
8. Chartreuse - Gale of Porcelain (8:41)
9. Benoît Pioulard - Hesperus (3:00)
10. Jed Speare - Love Object (21:24)
11. Amon Düül 2 - I Want The Sun To Shine (10:30)
12. Windy & Carl - The Same Moon And Stars (8:52)

Release Focus



Our love affair with Thor's Rubber Hammer Productions is fairly well documented on this blog. They just put out great, aurally-challenging pieces that equally delight and confuse upon listening. This year has brought some changes to the label--new release formats (less cd-r, more vinyl), and full lengths from bands previously only heard on comps.

One such band is Chartreuse. Coming from the mind of Drew Smith, Chartreuse is the type of band that you wish could be playing as a soundtrack to your life. Oh, wouldn't it be keen to be walking down the street and see the birds flying overhead to music like this? Its probably one of, if not the most heart achingly beautiful releases of the year.

What Smith aspires to on this record and accomplishes is a myriad of heavenly guitar ambience cutting through an organic sound of pure blissful exploration. Each melody builds upon the previous, looping and swirling around like cloudy puffs of smoke.

At just under an hour, Drew Smith delivers such an impact-filled album, its odd to write that this is his debut record.

Thor's Rubber Hammer web
Chartreuse myspace

I hope everyone had a less hectic, and sick week than I had. Ouch. Welcome autumn, right? I got knocked down with a cold, and then some other projects were taking flight. Sorry for the interruption in broadcasts. Anyway, this week we continue our march to the end of the year with some more amazing new release tracks in addition to some rare stuff. Check them out before you blow away like the leaves...

Playlist for show Nº . 57

1. Blumen Des Exotischen Eises - Die Katakomben Von Goa (8:42)
2. Whip & The Body-Here On Exile (3:29)
3. Richard Pinhas & Merzbow - Ikebukuro: Tout le Monde Descend! (17:36)
4. Whip & The Body-TakenTeeth (3:00)
5. Boots - New Earth (18:04)
6. Maailma - Noitalauluja (38:42)
7. Windy & Carl - La Douleur (12:38)
8. Chris Speed - Feuillage Des Gestes (9:37)

Release Focus

+ = INCREDIBLE

It was awhile back when I read about Dais. Usually when a label specializes in vinyl and I contact them about some airplay copies I get a *hrmph* and that's that. Maybe an mp3 or something. I can't say I blame the labels with the cost and all. However, Dais didn't give me the standard response and instead sent me two gorgeous pieces to add to the rotation.

Tonight, I'm playing 2 tracks from Whip and the Body, who have just birthed an amazing 7" record for Dais. Limited to 300 copies, the impressive release is sure to be sold out by new year.

What do I know about this record? Next to nothing...and perhaps that part of the appeal. Power electronics that scrape the streets of all that is unholy and unabashedly dingy. Coming at you from all directions and screaming (sometimes literally) for your undivided attention. Hailing from Brooklyn, the noise contained herein, makes you play the record over and over. Hopefully a full-length is coming soon.

Next week we'll be playing a few tracks from another Dais Records release--Cult of Youth

Dais Records
Dais myspace
Whip and the Body myspace

Sorry, the show won't be on this evening.  Be back next week.

Matt.

Greetings and salutations.

Here we are, closing in rapidly on the end of the year, fall already in our midst. As I've been saying the past few weeks, its the end of the year push with new music. Amazing things are hitting my mailbox every week, and I would be amiss not to share them with you. In fact, I think it makes me quite the gracious host. We're just glad to be on the radio still.

Unfortunately, last week some maintenance was being done to the live audio stream from WSHC's studio 1. To be honest, it could still be down as I haven't been to the station since last week. Hopefully not, but there is a chance. However, I've uploaded last week's show so you can listen to all the great music you might have potentially missed.

GDW show no. 55

Do it up download style, or stream it to your heart's desire.

That brings us to this week. More goodness. Listen up, and as Hardhat Harry says--Listen Hard.

Playlist for show no.56

1. Laura - Another One For The Humans (14:39)
2. Hermit Thrushes - Fourth (2:57)
3. Ourson - Track 06 (11:20)
4. Noah Creshevsky- Scarping Scrafide (10:37)
5. Hermit Thrushes - Second (4:04)
6. If, Bwana - Shadow Of A Doublt (15:06)
7. James Blackshaw - Lost Prayers & Motionless Dances (34:31)
8. Hermit Thrushes - Yarn (2:55)

Artist Focus

Hermit Thrushes



Ok, ok settle down. Yes, they now there is a band called Thrush Hermit, and no they don't care. These Philly musicians are out to make a name for themselves, and they don't need your preconceived notions of a pop-rock band mussing up their style.

So their new full-length "Benaki" is in my hand, and I'm trying to think of some witty comments to make about the band and how they move my soul, etc. I guess the least I can say about the band is that they take a seemingly simple concept of pop or indie rock and twist it this way and that to create their own indelible sound. Sure you can draw comparisons to bands like Apples in Stereo and Animal Collective, but they would be merely roadside landmarks to keep you on the right path.

What the 5-piece has done is create a fun record that is fun enough to keep your toes tapping, but deep and engaging enough to keep those said toes on alert.

Tonight we'll be playing several tracks off "Benaki" where you can get exposed to them before the world gets to know of them...Philly Cheesesteaks, beards and all.

Hermit Thrushes myspace