The Flipside top 25 Albums of 2011

Tough year because there was no stand out, this is the grand list. Debate and enjoy.

#25 (tie) The Black Keys "El Camino"- A late comer to the list. The Akron duo provide the perfect antidote to the years abundance of electronic offerings with straight ahead blues oriented rock. Dangermouse couldn't even over produce this one. Selected: "Gold On the Ceiling"

#25 (tie)Dum Dum Girls "Only In Dreams" -The most complete offering to date by the girls. Would have played "Coming Down" the best song on the album but its six minutes long. A perfect compliment to their EP release earlier this year. Selected:"Just A Creep"

#24 Sloan "The Double Cross" - By far, Sloan's best work in Twenty years and one of their best in their career. The best Power Pop album of the year, the songs are so well crafted its sick, almost automatic. Selected:"Beverly Terrace"

#23 The Decemberists "The King is Dead" -the first big indie album of 2011, the band shakes off the last two lack luster efforts and produces a gem. Colin Meloy's vocals have never been stronger. Features Gillian Welch with additional vocals and Peter Buck. Selected:"Down By the Water"

#22 A A Bondy "Believers" -Excellent follow up to 2009's "When the Devils Loose", for the former Verbena frontman. A great mix of folk and indie with some musical twists. Not your typical indie rock album. Selected:"The Heart is Willing"

#21 The Rosebuds "Loud Planes Fly Low" -What do you do when as a married duo undergoing a divorce? Make a record, of course. The tension in music is subtle in spots, in your face obvious in others. Its a great train wreck worth watching. Selected:"Go Ahead"

#20 Wye Oak "Civilian" -The Baltimore duo's follow up to 2009's the Knot. Jenn Wasner's vocals are excellent and the band is tight but the production goes too lo-fi at times. Still worth the price of admission. Selected:"Holy Holy"

#19 Wild Flag "Wild Flag" -Debut album by music veterans from Slater Kinney and Helium. The band sounds like it's been together for years and the sound is a progression from the other two bands mentioned above and it rocks. Selected :"Future Crimes"

#18 The Rural Alberta Advantage-"Departing" - One of my favorite albums of the first half of 2011, there is no filler in this album. A true blend of pop, indie with a twist of americana. The track "Good Night" has show stopping vocals. Selected: "The Breakup"

#17 Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks "Mirror Traffic" - It may not be Stephen Malkmus' best work but still an excellent album. Beck's production brings out the best in terms of musical range working with the Jicks. Selected "No One Is(As I Are Be)"

#16 Bass Drum of Death "GB City"-The duo from Mississippi produce an album that channels everything rock from the Ramones to the White Stripes. The band kicks in appropriately placed breaks and hooks on tracks like "Young Pros" and "Get Found" . Selected "Heart Attack Kid"

#15 Big Troubles "Romantic Comedy"-The boys from Jersey via Brooklyn produce a remarkable indie nugget. Check out songs like "Sad Girls" and "Minor Keys" The album is texture laden, appropriate given its production by music vet Mitch Easter. Selected "Misery"

#14 Mikal Cronin (Self Titled)- Debut solo album by the veteran of the San Francisco DIY movement. Plenty of help from other SF sceners including Ty Segall. The albums shows the 60's garage rock influence while 70's pop sensibilities. Cronin excels as a songwriter on tracks such as "Gone" and "Apathy". Selected "Apathy"

#13 Obits "Moody Standard and Poor"- Ironic album title, deep volume of great rock on the band's sophomore offering. Tracks are timely including "You Gotta Lose" which digs up the ghosts of Archers of Loaf. Selected "Everything Looks Better in the Sun"

#12 Wilco "The Whole Love"- Possibly Wilco's best album in ten years, far superior to the self titled album from 2009. This time around the band rocks with tracks like "Art of Almost" and abruptly changes direction with slow burners like "Black Moon". Selected "Dawned On Me"

#11 Apex Manor "The Year Of Magical Drinking"-Former Broken West member Ross Flournoy's band produces on the best songs of 2011 in response to writer's block, "Under the Gun". Unblocked, the band kicks out greats tracks such as "Teenage Blood" and "The Party Line". Only ironic that Flournoy was admitted to the hospital in August for a drinking problem, magical indeed. Selected "Under the Gun"

#10 Times New Viking "Dancer Required" -the band from Columbus OH drips into the Guided by Voices formula and produces a true Lo-fi classic. They were able to expand on 2009's Born Again Revisited with deeper songwriting and more complex arrangements. The production sounds DIY with the analog hiss but it's part of the show. Selected "No Room To Live"

#9 The Vaccines "What Did You Expect From the Vaccines" -The one truly British album and hard to believe it's their first album. Definitely some Stooges and Ramone influences here along with some more current British band like the Arctic Monkeys. "Post Break up Sex" is a candidate for song of the year. Selected "Wetsuit"

#8 Fleet Foxes "Helplessness Blues"-An album that is not much indie rock but a folk based trip across a musical landscape. In the album, you can hear influences of the Beach Boys and Bitches Brew era Miles Davis to Radiohead and Animal Collective with a production value of Phil Spector. I tried not to like this album but it sucked me in. Selected "Battery Kinzie"

#7 Iceage "New Brigade" -Danish punk band's debut. It's great to see a punk band actually have a musical vision and carry it off. The band uses sixties style harmonies ("Broken Bones") along with unconventional beat signatures ("IIIIIIIII") to create a remarkable record that does not let down in its angst but can still be easy on the ears. Selected "Broken Bones"

#6 Richmond Fontaine "The High Country" -An album about a lady who works in an auto parts store and a speed freak, homicidal lumberjack. I kid you not. An Americana opera written in narrative. It may not be a first of its kind, but nothing matches story behind the album. Like much of the Who's "Tommy", the album needs to be taken as a whole to understand the parts and in the end you'll hate Angus King. Selected "The Chainsaw Sea"

#5 EMA "Past Life Martyred Saints"- Former singer of the pyscho/folk group the Gowns, Ericka M Anderson (AKA EMA) gives one of the most stirring and most emotionally charged albums of 2011 and yes, its her debut solo release. The track "California" is one of the best of the year with rap/sermon delivery or the Phil Collin beats of "Milkman". The vocals are reminiscent of a younger Kirstin Hersh with similar dark imagery. Selected "Milkman" and "Anteroom"

#4 Five Eight "Your God is Dead to Me Now" -Veteran rockers out of Athens GA known more for their live shows drop what is arguably their best album in their 23 year career, their first since 2004. The album is an introspective about faith and false profits. It floats from straight on rocker to americana, from the title track's take on deities ("you're not real, that's just how I feel") to the optimism of "Ode to Massachusetts" . Selected "Sad Eyes" and "Ode to Massachusetts"

#3 Veronica Falls "Veronica Falls" - British quartet that seemingly came out of nowhere. Praised for their performance at this year's SXSW, the band released their self titled debut album. Surf guitars , boy/girl vocal harmonies straight from the Mamas and the Papas and the darkness of Jesus and the Mary Chain. Nothing new but given its simplicity in the sound with reverb and a lot of tambourines , there is only a tip of the ice berg showing here. Selected "Bad Feeling" and "Right Side of My Brain"

#2 Kurt Vile "Smoke Ring for My Halo"-Singer/Songwriter from Philadelphia came into 2011 after leaking one of the tracks, "In My Time" in November 2010 and making Smoke Ring one of the most anticipated albums coming into the year. It did not disappoint. You can see all of Vile's influenced evident in the album up to and including Lou Reed, Bob Dylan and Sebadoh. Word imaging close to that of a mid 60's Dylan is all over tracks like "Jesus Fever", "Baby's Arms" and the title track. Vile's guitar work on Peeping Tomboy some of the best I've heard all year. Selected "Puppet to the Man" and "In My Time"

#1 Ty Segall "Goodbye Bread" -Talk about a busy year. Ty Segall released a live album ("Live In Aisle Five"), an EP of T. Rex covers ("Ty Rex"), a compilation of his early works ("Singles") along with "Goodbye Bread" not to mention he drums on 5 tracks of Mikal Cronin's solo album (see #14). The album veers away ever so slightly from the lo-fi sound that was Segall's trademark. More focused, you can hear his influences from the Who power chords and Moonesque drumming on "The Flood" to more T Rex on "You Make the Sun Fry" to the indie jangle of "Fine", DIY indie has found its flag bearer. Selected "The Flood" and "You Make the Sun Fry"


Honorable Mention:
The War On Drugs "Slave Ambient"
TV on the Radio "Nine Types of Light"
We Were Promised Jetpacks "In the Pit of the Stomach"
The Cults "The Cults"
The Builders and the Butchers "Dead Reckoning"
Male Bonding "Endless Now"

The blog is back and just in time for the Flipside top 25 album countdown of 2011. Join me on the webcast Sunday December 11 from 8-10pm on WQFS where I will be counting them down. ONLY ON THE FLIPSIDE.

ICE AGE

Catch up time with the playlists for the Flipside. This week I had my first trainee, Erik, in to help out. Lots of new music, Let us proceed, shall we?


September 4, 2011 8-10PM

Breeders "Flipside"-only natural we start here
Ice Age "White Rune"
Times New Viking "California Roll"
Tommy Stinson "Meant to Be"
John Maus "Quantum Leap"
Wavves "I Wanna Meet Dave Grohl"
Let's Active "Waters Part"
Kurt Vile "Jesus Fever"
Mikal Cronin "Apathy"
Wilco "Black Moon"
Obits "Everything Looks Better In the Sun"
Fulton Lights "Staring Out the Window"
The Vaccines "Wreckin Bar (Ra Ra Ra)"
Surfer Blood "Miranda"
The War On Drugs "I Was There"
Smoke Fairies "Hotel Room"
Male Bonding "Before Its Gone"
Widowspeak "Gun Shy"
My Morning Jacket "Holdin On To Black Metal"
Ty Segall "Goodbye Bread"
Dum Dum Girls "Bedroom Eyes"

At this point Erik took over:

EMA "Milkman"
Toro Y Moi "Before I'm Done"
Eluviuance "In Circulation"
Broken Social Scene "Forced To Love"
Bob Mould "Stupid Now"
Destroyer "Molly Going Lightly"
Foals "Blue Blood"
The Magnetic Fields "Rats in the Garbage of the Western World"
Battles "Ice Cream"
Anthony and the Johnsons "Fletta"


Another positively great show, thanks to all who called in. We'll be back next Sunday, September 11, at the regular time 8-10pm only on the Flipside.

CASS MCCOMBS

Catch up time with the playlists for the Flipside. This is lame on my part but I have a whole lot more good coming up for the blog, I promise. No more excuses, Lots of new music, Let us proceed, shall we?


August 28, 2011 8-10PM

Cass McCombs "The Same Thing"-Sorry no theme music today
Crooked Fingers "Typhoon"
EMA "Milkman"
Fulton Lights "Staring Out the Window" Great video, take a look



Husker Du "Dead Set on Destruction"
Matthew Sweet "She Walks the Night"
Tape N Tapes "Freak Out"
Megafaun "State Meant"
Male Bonding "Tame the Sun"
The War On Drugs "I Was There"
Fresh & Onlys "I Would Not Know the Devil"
The Great Book Of John "Robin Hood"
Widowspeak "Gun Shy"
Times New Viking "California Roll"
Girls "Vomit"
Eleanor Friedberger "My Mistakes"
Steve Malkmus and the Jicks "No On Is"
Kurt Vile "Peeping Tomboy"
Black Whales "Shangra La Indeed"
Big Troubles "Sad Girls"
Jacuzzi Boys "Cool Vapors"
Five Eight "Sad Eyes"
Surf City "Autumn"
Ty Segall "I Can't Feel It"
Dum Dum Girls "Coming Down"
UV Race "Inner North"
Battles "Ice Cream"

Another positively great show, thanks to all who called in. We'll be back next Sunday, September 4, at the regular time 8-10pm only on the Flipside.

VERONICA FALLS

Again, I failed to keep up with my weekly duties logging the playlists for the Flipside. I can blame it on life upheaval but maybe it's just laziness. No more excuses, Lots of new music, Let us proceed, shall we?


August 21, 2011 8-10PM

Breeders "Flipside"-only natural we start here
Veronica Falls "Bad Feelings"
Erland and the Carnival "This Night"
Old 97's "Brown Haired Daughter"
Pavement "Date With IKEA"
DOM "Happy Birthday Party"
Obits "You Gotta Lose"
Tommy Stinson "Meant To Be"
The Replacements "Shiftless When Idle"
Ty Segall "Goodbye Bread"
EMA "Milkman"
Mikal Cronin "Apathy"
Guided By Voices "Echoes Myron (Demo)"
The War On Drugs "Black Water Falls"
The National "Bloodbuzz Ohio"
Archers of Loaf "Web In Front"
RainDogs "The Higher Ground"
The Wrong Words "Summer's Gone"
The Rosebuds "Go Ahead"
The Great Book Of John "Robin Hood"
Peter Wolf Crier "Setting It Off"
The Gytters "Divebomber"
Smoke Fairies "Hotel Room"
Portishead ""Plastic"
De La Soul "Eye Know"
Black Gun "Single Life"
Dum Dum Girls "Coming Down"
Bob Mould "Wishing Well"
Big Troubles "Misery"
Elvis Costello "The Spell that You Cast"

Another positively great show, thanks to all who called in. We'll be back next Sunday, August 28, at the regular time 8-10pm only on the Flipside.

TOMMY STINSON
I had a chance to move up the time slots and sit in for Shawn on Paddy Wacked Radio. Different audience from the evening time slot but the reviews were quite positive. On the show we debuted the lead track from the new Tommy Stinson solo album and got to play music from some old acquaitances.. Lots of new music, Let us proceed, shall we?


August 14, 2011 4-6PM
Breeders "Flipside"-only natural we start here
Tommy Stinson "Meant to Be"
Paul Westerberg "My Dad"
Chris Mars "Popular Creeps"
The Replacements "Hold My Life"
Unknown Mortal Orchestra "Thought Ballune"
REM "Superman"
Polvo "Heavy Detour"
Fulton Lights "Staring Out the Windows"
Megafaun "State Meant"
Obits "Everything Looks Better in the Sun"
Bare Wires "Cheap Perfume"
Cactus World News "Jigsaw Street"
Wild Flag "Romance"
Fruit Bats "Wild Honey"
Big Troubles "Misery"
Black Whales "Lately"
The National "Exile Vilify"
Apex Manor "Under the Gun"
Old 97's "Brown Haired Daughter "
Violent Femmes "Blister in the Sun"
Sleeping Bags "Slime"
Release the Sunbird "Come Back To Us"
The Great Book of John "Robin Hood"
Dum Dum Girls "Coming Down"
T Rex "Hot Love"
The Rosebuds "Woods"
The Asteroid No 4 "The Unknown"
Wilco "I Might"
The Builders and the Butchers "Lullaby"

Another positively great show, thanks to all who called in. We'll be back next Sunday, August 21, at the regular time 8-10pm only on the Flipside.

One final thought, now we've managed to bring everyone up to date on the playlist postings. Tonight's Show has been moved from 8-10pm to the 4-6pm slot to give Shawn at Paddy Wacked Radio a break. Tune in for some great new rock from Tommy Stinson, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, The National, and Sleeping Bag. Check on the Listen on the Web on the right side of the page.

MIKAL CRONIN

We'll get caught up somehow, be patient. Lots of new music, Plenty catching up to do, Let us proceed, shall we?


July 31, 2011 8-10PM

Breeders "Flipside"-all's right in the world, got the theme music back
Mikal Cronin "Get Along"
Sloan "Follow the Leader"
Dum Dum Girls "Coming Down"
John Maus "Quantum Leap"
Fulton Lights "Staring Out the Windows"
The Wombats "Girls/Fast Cars"
TV on the Radio "Keep Your Heart"
Black Whales "Shangra La Indeed"
Frightened Rabbits "Scottish Wind"
Obits "Beggin Dogs"
Big Troubles "Misery"
Let's Active "Blue Line"
They Might Be Giants "Can't Keep Johnny Down"
Kurt Vile "Society is My Friend"
The Deep Dark Woods "Westside Street"
Nirvana "Here She Comes Now"
Widowspeak "Nightcrawlers"
Surf City "Autumn"
Mister Heavenly "Bronx Sniper"
Centro Matic "Only In My Double Mind"
Real Estate "Barely Legal"(Strokes Cover)
Erland and the Carnival "Map of an Englishman"
The Pursesnatchers "Baseball on the Radio"
Arctic Monkeys "The Hellcats Spangled Shalala"
TuneYards "Powa"
Deerhunter "Revival"
Fair Ohs "Summer Lake"
The Features "Content"


Through July with another one down, let's take this even further, another day..

POLVO
Let's get to it......shall we?

July 24, 2011 8-10PM
Breeders "Flipside"
Polvo "Heavy Detour"
Fruit Bats "Tangie and Ray"
Dum Dum Girls "Coming Down"
Ty Segall "You Make The Sun Fry
Dave Cloud and the Gospel of Power "Boogaloo"
Wye Oak "Civilian"
Souixie and the Banshees "Christine"
Ganglians "Sleep"
The Great Book of John "Robin Hood"
Battles "Ice Cream"
Mikal Cronin "Apathy"
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks "Senator"
Royal Headaches "Down the Line"
Apex Manor "Teenage Blood"
Art Brut "Lost Weekend"
Black Whales "Lately"
Male Bonding "Tame the Sun"
EMA "Anteroom"
Mathieu Santos "I Hear the Trains Coming"
Girls "Vomit"
Whirr "Junebouvier"
The Rural Alberta Advantage "The Breakup"
Fulton Lights "Staring Out the Windows"
The Jimi Hendrix Experience "I Don't Live Today"
The Bloody Hollies "Satanic Satellite"
The Wombats "Tokyo (Vampires and Wolves)"
Beck "Girl"
The La's "There She Goes"
Archers of Loaf "Web In Front"
The Rosebuds "Cover Ears"


And now, now we are caught up. I promise you that I will never get this far behind in posting my playlists, I don't think that would be physically possible. Stay Tuned, I will have more postings, not related to playlists, in the near future and word about, yes , podcasting.

FRUIT BATS

We'll get caught up somehow, be patient. Lots of new music, Plenty catching up to do, Let us proceed, shall we?


July 17, 2011 8-10PM

Breeders "Flipside"-Again, it's only natural we start here
Fruit Bats "Tangie and Ray"
Kurt Vile "Jesus Fever"
Jeff the Brotherhood "Mellow Out"
White Denim "Street Joy"
Megafaun "These Words"
Rosebuds "Go Ahead"
EMA "Milkman"
REM "9-9"
Old 97's "Brown Haired Daughter"
Devo "Gut Feeling/Slap Your Mammy"
Five Eight "Ode to Massachusetts"
Portugal the Man "Everything You See (Kids Count Hallelujahs)"
War On Drugs "Come to the City"
Erland and the Carnival "This Night"
Boston Spaceships "Christmas Girl"
Guided By Voices "Best of Jill Ives"
Elanor Friedberger "My Mistakes"
Obits "Beggin Dogs"
Broadcaster "Vacation Days"
The Db's "Amplifier"
Big Troubles "Misery"
Sleeping in the Aviary "You Don't Have to Drive"
Pavement "Summer Babe (Winter Version)"
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks "Tiger"
We Were Promised Jetpacks "Act On Impulse"
The Asteroid No 4 "Ignition Slated for Eight"
Black Whales "Lately"
Oax "Love and Crushing"
Army Navy "The Long Goodbye"
Apex Manor "Under the Gun"
Flashguns "Come and See the Lights"


Another one down, let's take this even further, another day..

DUM DUM GIRLS

Let's get to it......shall we?


July 24, 2011 8-10PM

Dum Dum Girls "Coming Down" -no theme music today, straight into the good stuff
Roadside Graves " Double Feature"
Fruit Bats "Tangie and Ray"
Kurt Vile "Freeway"
They Might Be Giants "Judy Is Your Viet Nam"
Real Estate "It's Real"
REM "Fall On Me(Alt version) "
War On Drugs "Come to the City"
Letting Up Despite Great Faults "Teenage Tide"
Turf War "Cheers to the Years"
Times New Vikings "It's A Culture"
The Lions "Groove (Scene 1)""
Animal Collective "Summertime Clothes"
Jaccuzi Boys "Cool Vapors"
Obits "Shift Operator"
Old 97's "Brown Haired Daughter"
Cults "Bumper"
Mikal Cronin "Apathy"
Tape N Tapes "Freak Out"
Blitzen Trapper "American Goldwing"
Smoke Fairies "Hotel Room"
St Vincent "Surgeon"
Dengue Fever " Cement Slippers"
UV Race "Inner North"
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions "Rattlesnakes"
Christmas Island "Poisoner"
The Rosebuds "Go Ahead"
Girls "Vomit"
Oax "Liar Cheat Jerk"
The Asteroid No 4 "The Unknown"


Moving right along, only two more I we are caught up. Stay Tuned.

WOODS


Another day of playlists down many more to go. Lots of new music, Plenty catching up to do, Let us proceed, shall we?

June 12, 2011 8-10PM

Breeders "Flipside"-Again, it's only natural we start here
Woods "Find Them Empty"
EMA "Breakfast"
Bass Drum of Death "Young Pros"
Banjo or Freakout "Idiot Rain"
Jeff the Brotherhood "Mellow Out"
The Rural Alberta Advantage "Barne's Yard"
Hoodoo Gurus "Bittersweet"
Kurt Vile "Puppet to the Man"
Obits "Everything Looks Better in the Sun"
Apex Manor "Under the Gun"
Arctic Monkeys "All My Own Stunts"
Cults "You Know What I Mean"
White Denim "Street Joy"
The Asteroid No 4 "The Unknown"
Deerhunter "Cool (Pylon cover)"
Street Eaters "Nation Building"
Dengue Fever "Cement Slippers"
Five Eight "Your God is Dead to Me Now"
Viva Voce "Analog Woodland Song"
Darker My Love "She Lives (in a Time of Her Own)"(Thirteenth Floor Elevators cover)
Sloan "Follow the Leader"
Wye Oak "The Alter"
Let's Active "Room With a View"
Paul Westerberg "Silent Film Star"
The Rosebuds "Go Ahead"
The Mynabirds "Let the Record Go"
Stuyvesant "St Cloud"
INXS "This Time"
Witches "Count To Ten"
Iggy Pop and the Stooges "Search and Destroy"
Alice Cooper "Hello Hooray"

Another one down, let's take this even further, another day..

WILCO

Let's get to it......shall we?

July 3, 2011 8-10PM

Breeders "Flipside"-Of course.
Wilco "I Might"
Woods "Find Them Empty"
The Latebirds (featuring Levon Helm) "City of New Orleans "(Arlo Guthrie cover)
Flashguns "Come and See the Lights"
Dex Romweber Duo "Jungle Drums"
Kurt Vile "Ghost Town "
The Rosebuds "Go Ahead"
Oax "Liar Cheat Jerk"
Obits "Standards"
White Denim "Street Joy"
Peter Bjorn John "Breaker Breaker"
The Doors "Waiting for the Sun"
Erland and the Carnival "So Tired in the Morning"
The Clutters "Run"
The Strokes "Machu Picchu"
Black Whales "Lately"
The Mast "Wild Poppies"
The Asteroid No 4 "The Unknown"
Centro Matic "Only in My Double Mind"
Ice Age "Broken Bones"
The Antlers "Every Night My Teeth Are Falling Out"
Five Eight "Staring Contest"
Winter Wires "Summer Girls"
EMA "Milkman"
Priory "King of Troy"
The Hold Steady "Chillout Tent"
Jeff the Brotherhood "Mellow Out"
Gruff Rhys "Sensations in the Dark"
Julian Casablancas "Rave On"(Buddy Holly cover)
My Morning Jacket "Holdin on to Black Metal"
Arcade Fire "Wake Up"


That catches us up to July 3rd. I had a fill in on July 10th because I was vacationing on top of a mountain, so, obviously, no post for that date.

THE VACCINES

Another day of playlists down many more to go. Lots of new music, Plenty catching up to do, Let us proceed, shall we?


June 12, 2011 8-10PM

Breeders "Flipside"-only natural we start here
The Vaccines -"If You Wanna"
Bon Iver "Minnesota WI"
Ty Segall "You Make the Sun Fry"
Flashguns "Racing Race"
Little Deadman "Shooting Seagulls"
The Kills "DNA"
Kurt Vile "Puppet to the Man"
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks "Senator"
Jeff the Brotherhood "Diamond Way"
Fergus and Geronimo "Baby Don't You Cry"
We Are Actors "I Feel Like this Summer is Going to Be One Long Hold Steady Song"
Howth "Needles and Pins"
John Doe "Heartless"
Centro Matic "Only in My Double Mind"
Archers of Loaf "What Did You Expect?"
Okkervil River "Wake and Be Fine"
Point Juncture WA "Boston Gold"
Obits "You Gotta Lose"
The Clutters "Run"
The Builders and the Butchers "The Moon is on the March"
Battles "Ice Cream"
Seafarer "Cave"
Lake Isle "Steel Rails"
War On Drugs "Baby Missles"
Waters "For the One"
Guided By Voices "Surgical Focus"
Other Lives "For 12"
The Flaming Lips "Race for the Prize"
Glasvegas "Euphoria Take My Hand"
Ride "Eight Miles High (Byrds cover)"


Let's take this even further, another day..

LE BUTCHERETTES
Let's get to it......shall we?

June 19, 2011 8-10PM

John Doe "Hwy 5"
Breeders "Flipside"-Of course.
Le Butcherettes "Henry Don't Got Love"
Sleeping in the Aviary "You Don't have to Drive"
EDM "Stereo Video "
Bon Iver "Holocene"
Wye Oak "Hot As Day"
Let's Active "Grey Scale "
Morrissey "Action is My Middle Name"
The Vaccines "If You Wanna"
The Rural Alberta Advantage "North Star"
The People's Temple "Son of Stone"
Peter Murphy "Final Solution"
Peter Wolf Crier "Right Away"
Kurt Vile "Smoke Ring For My Halo"
Centro Matic "Only in My Double Mind"
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band "Thunder Road"
The Replacements "Can't Hardly Wait"
The Asteroid #4 "Wicked Wire"
Almost Free "Don't Bother Me Know"
I Believe In Hot Pants "An Outclassed Song Title"
Dengue Fever "Family Fever"
The Decemberists "Calamity Song"
Arctic Monkeys "Don't Sit Down Cus I Moved Your Chair"
Son Volt "Endless War"
Ty Segall "You Make the Sun Fry"
The War On Drugs "Baby Missiles"
The Poison Control Center "Dracula's Casket"
Little Deadman "Shooting Seagulls"
Nick Cave "Money and Run"


More new music and tomfoolery on the Flipside on 90.9FM WQFS!

back again

FLASHGUNS

Oh boy I have been a slacker. I make an announcement that was suppose to turn the world upside and then leave you all dangling. This is the weekend I make the entries in the blog I've been lacking. Lots of new music, Plenty catching up to do, Let us proceed, shall we?


June 5, 2011 8-10PM

Pavement "Cut Your Hair" -not the usual way to start the show, I know
Flashgun "Come and See the Lights"
The Clutters "Run"
The Morning Benders "Waiting for a War"
Butterflies "Sunday Afternoon"
Jeff the Brotherhood "Diamond Way"
Fergus and Geronimo "Baby Don't You Cry"
Street Eaters "Nation Building"
Nick Lowe "Cracking Up"
Portugal the Man "Got it All"
Darker My Love "Dear Author"
Pure X "Twisted Mirror"
White Denim "Anvil Everything"
Okkervil River "White Shadow Waltz"
My Morning Jacket "First Light"
Dead Milkmen "Commodity Your Dissent"
Arctic Monkeys "Don't Sit Down Cus I Moved Your Chair"
Ty Segall "You Make the Sun Fry"
Alejandro Escovedo "Anchor"
War On Drugs "Baby Missles"
Mister Heavenly "Pineapple Girl"
Night Moves "Headlights"
Apex Manor "Under the Gun"
Kurt Vile "Jesus Fever"
The Who "I Don't Even Know Myself"
Woods "Any Other Day"
O'Death "Ghost Head"
Christmas Island "Drawing Skulls"
Telekinesis "Coast of Carolina"
Roadside Graves "Love Me More"
Deerhunter "Revival"
Gil Scott Heron "Me and the Devil"

One down many more to go. Thanks for listening to your only Alternative!

MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT!

The Flipside has a new time on WQFS 90.9fm! 8-10pm on Sundays! I'm Still be playing the best new music on the planet with the same tomfoolery as usual without the sleep deprivation.

Tune in one and all! Only on your only Alternative WQFS!

A Major Anouncement coming Soon regarding the Flipside. Stay Tuned.......

APEX MANOR

Nothing like ending a beautiful day with some great rock and roll, its time for a Sunday version of the Flipside! Following Steve-O 's fill in show for Dave and Higgs, Plenty of great music to get to, Let us proceed, shall we?


May 29, 2011 8-10PM

The Replacements "Alex Chilton"
Flashgun "Come and See the Lights"
Prisoners "Fix Yr Head"
The Antlers "I Don't Want Love"
Ganglians "Jungle"
Apex Manor "Under the Gun"
Dengue Fever "Cement Slippers"
Butterflies "Sunday Afternoon"
Glasvegas "Euphoria Take My Hand"
Cults "You Know What I Mean"
Roxy Music "Love Is the Drug"
The Rural Alberta Advantage "The Breakup"
Future of the Left "Arming Eritea"
Wye Oak "Holy Holy"
Art Brut "Lost Weekend"
Street Eaters "Nation Building"
Howth "Needles and Pins"
The Builders and the Butchers "Lullaby"
Fergus and Geronimo "Unlearn"
David Lowery "Baby, Those Girls Meant Nothing to Me"
Ringo Death Starr "Imagine Hearts
The Kills "DNA"
The Henry Clay People "California Wildfires"
Man Man "Knuckle Down"
Jacuzzi Boys "Planet of the Dreamers"
Mynabirds "The Numbers Don't Lie"

A great show for a Sunday night. More to come on the Flipside. Two shows scheduled for Saturday June 4 from 6-8am and Sunday June 5 from 8-10pm. Only on your only Alternative!

TY SEGALL

A rainy Saturday morning on the Flipside. So much new music, so little time. Let's get to it......shall we?



Breeders "Flipside"-Of course, it starts all Saturday Mornings on WQFS.
Flashgun "Come and See the Lights"
The Stooges "No Fun"
Crocodiles "Billy Speed"
Future of the Left "Arming Eritea"
Ty Segall "You Make the Sun Fry"
The Kills "DNA "
EMA "Milkman"
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks "Dragonfly Pie"
Portugal the Man "Sleep Forever"
Point Juncture WA "Boston Gold"
Dengue Fever "Cement Slippers"
UNKLE (Feat Nick Cave) "Money And Run"
The Rosebuds "Woods"
Howth "Cooperstown"
Seapony "Blue Star"
The Db's "Amplifier"
Henry Clay People "California Wildfire"
My Morning Jacket "Victory Dance"
The Mynabirds "What we Gained In the Fire"
The La's "There She Goes"
The War On Drugs "Baby Missiles"
Roadside Graves "Love Me More"
The Rural Alberta Advantage "Good Night"
John Doe (with Niko Case)"Hwy 5"
Joel Plaskett and Shotgun Jimmie "Jimmie's Still Jimmie"
Apex Manor "Teenage Blood"
The Sea and Cake "Up on the North Shore"

More new music and minor traffic violations on the Flipside TONIGHT from 8-10pm May 29. See you there on 90.9FM WQFS!

Nothing like ending a beautiful day with some great rock and roll, its time for a Sunday version of the Flipside! Plenty of great music to get to, Let us proceed, shall we?

May 22, 2011 8-10PM

The Rolling Stones "We Love You"
Ty Segall "You Make the Sun Fry"
Unknown Mortal Orchestra "How Can U Luv Me?"
Dag for Dag "I am the Assassin"
The Sea and Cake "Up on the North Shore"
Glasvegas "Euphoria Take My Hand"
Grant Lee Buffalo "Mockingbirds" Live
The War On Drugs "Baby Missiles"
Howth "Needles and Pins"
Meat Puppets "Damn Thing"
Quinn Marston "Can You Hear Now"
Poison Control Center "Seagull"
Bob Dylan "Love Sick Blues"-Happy 70th Birthday Bob!
Okkervil River "Wake and Be Fine"
Ringo Deathstarr "Imagine Heart"
Point Venture WA "Boston Gold"
Other Mothers "Rain Down"
The Rural Alberta Advantage "Barne's Yard"
Deerhunter "Revival"
Jews And Catholics "Bandits"
Transmissions Fields "Did it Wrong"
Portugal the Man "Got It All"
Art Brut "Lost Weekend"
Kurt Vile "In My Time"
Thurston Moore "Circulation"
The Builders and the Butchers "We All Know the Way"
Fergus and Geronimo "Baby Don't You Cry"
Marshall Crenshaw "Whenever You're On My Mind"
The Undertones "More Songs About Chocolate and Girls"
REM "The End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)" -dedicated to Reverend Camping
Bon Iver "Calgary"

Another great show for a Sunday night. More to come on the Flipside. Two shows scheduled for Saturday May 28 from 6-8am (posting coming soon) and Sunday May 29 from 8-10pm. Only on your only Alternative!

Another sunny Saturday morning on the Flipside. So much new music, so little time including new Art Brut, Portugal the Man and Bon Iver . Let's get to it......shall we?

May 21, 2011 6-8am

Breeders "Flipside"-Of course, it starts all Saturday Mornings on WQFS.
Art Brut "Bad Comedian"
Apex Manor "Under the Gun"
Mudhoney "I'm Now"
Tyvek "Underwater 2"
Portugal the Man "Got it All"
The Vacant Lots "Confusion "
The War on Drugs "Baby Missles"
Soft "Fall Into Sand"
Thurston Moore "Circulation"
The Rural Alberta Advantage "The Breakup"
Edelweiss "Icarus"
Husker Du "Could You Be the One?"
Robert Pollard "In A Circle"
Lake Isle "Steel Rails"
The Antlers "I Don't Want Love"
Jets to Brazil "Psalm"
Bon Iver "Calgary
Joel Plaskett and Shotgun Jimmie "Jimmie's Still Jimmie"
Bass Drum of Death "Heart Attack Kid"
Grant Lee Buffalo "Mockingbirds (Live Buffalo 1994)"
Okkervil River "Lay of the Last Survivor"
The Rosebuds "Woods"
Butterflies "Serious Fun"
Ned's Atomic Dustbin "Grey Cell Green"
Ganglians "Jungle"
Ramones "Pet Cemetary"
Builders and Butchers "Lullaby"
Howth "I Will Always Love You (Dolly Parton cover)"

More new music and tomfoolery on the Flipside TONIGHT from 8-10pm May 22. See you there on 90.9FM WQFS!

Coming up on the Morning Flipside, new music from Portugal the Man, Robert Pollard, Bon Iver and a whole lot more.... Hear it here first, the Morning Flipside 6-8 am Saturday May 14, on your only alternative... WQFS 90.9fm

The students are gone for the summer but don't fret, its time for a Sunday version of the Flipside! Plenty of great music to get to, Let us proceed, shall we?


May 15, 2011 8-10PM

Joe Jackson "Got the Time"
Howth "Needles and Pins"
Kurt Vile "Puppet to the Man"
Let's Wrestle "Dear John"
REM "Sitting Still"
Thurston Moore "Circulation"
Man Man "Knuckle Down"
Japandroids "Art Czar"
Ganglians "Jungle"
The Rural Alberta Advantage "Barne's Yard"
The Call "I Still Believe (Grand Design)"
The Heartless Bastards "The Mountain"
Apex Manor "Southern Decline"
The Antlers "I Don't Want Love
Joel Plaskett and Shotgun Jimmie "Jimmie's Still Jimmie"
Henry Clay People "California Wildfires"
Absofacto "Gnat Years"
The Rosebuds "Woods"
War On Drugs "Baby Missiles"
EMA "Milkman"
Prisoners "Fix Yr Head"
The Replacements "Answering Machine"
The Dead Milkmen "Meaningless Upbeat Happy Song"
Jonny "Candyfloss"
The Peoples Temple "Sons of Stone"
The Asteroid #4 "The Unknown"
The Clash "Complete Control"
Fergus and Geronimo "Baby Don't You Cry"
Telekinesis "You Turn Clear in the Sun"

A great show for a Sunday night. More to come on the Flipside. Two shows scheduled for Saturday May 14 from 6-8am and Sunday May 15 from 8-10pm. Only on your only Alternative!

Another fun filled Saturday morning on the Morning Flipside. Plenty of new music including impressive numbers from Okkervil River, EMA and Howth. Let's get to it......shall we?

Breeders "Flipside"-Of course, it starts all Saturday Mornings on WQFS.
The Builders and The Butchers "Lullaby"
Hold Steady "The Swish"
Tyvek "Underwater 2"
Bass Drum of Death "Get Found"
Poison Control Center "Seagull"
Arctic Monkeys "Don't Sit Down Caus I Moved Your Chair"
Apex Manor "Under the Gun"
The Rural Alberta Advantage "North Star"

Here we go to a segment called "Then and Now" where we take a look at specific artist then and now. Not an original idea, I know, but VH-1 is never going to do one of these on J Mascis, Norman Blake or Thurston Moore.

Dinosaur Jr "Bulbs of Passion" Off their 1985 debut
J Mascis "Not Enough" off his current album Several Shades of Why
Teenage Fanclub "Radio" off the 1993 album Thirteen
Jonny "Candyfloss" off the current self titled debut
Sonic Youth "Silver Rocket" off 1987's Daydream Nation
Thurston Moore "Circulation" off his latest forthcoming sole effort Demolished Thoughts

Okkervil River "Rider"
Joel Plaskett and Shotgun Jimmie "Jimmie's Still Jimmie"
The Replacements "Unsatisfied"
My Morning Jacket "Holdin On To Black Metal"
EMA "Milkman"
Wye Oak "Holy Holy"
Fruit Bats "My Unusual Friend"
Favourite Sons "Safe For All Seasons"
Howth "Needles and Pins"
Ramones "Needles and Pins (cover)"
Owen Tromans "Guru Femmes"
Elvis Costello "Lipstick Vogue"
Kurt Vile "Peeping Tomboy"
The Wrens "Happy"

More new music and tomfoolery on the Flipside TONIGHT from 8-10pm May 15. Hope you all tune in on 90.9FM WQFS! To listen to me or any of the other wonderful DJ's on WQFS, click on the hear us on the web icon on the right side of the screen.

Graduation day on the campus of Guilford College and what can we do to contribute to the festivities? Lots of new music on the Morning Flipside including music from the fantastic new Okkervil River album "I am Very Far" . Let's get to it......shall we?.


Breeders "Flipside"-Of course, it starts all Saturday Mornings on WQFS.
Jeff the Brotherhood "Shredder"
Brass Bed "Mission Pop"
Yuck "Doctors in my Bed"
Husker Du "She Floated Away"
Ganglians "Jungle"
The Oh Sees "I Need Seed"
The Black Ryders "Gone Without Feeling"
The Charlatans UK "The Only One I Know"
The Henry Clay People "California Wildfires"
Apex Manor "Under the Gun"
The Rural Alberta Advantage "The Breakup"
Cosmonauts "California TV"
Okkervil River "White Shadow Waltz"
The Butterflies "Sunday Afternoon"
Soft "Turns Into Sand"
The Db's "Spitting Into the Wind"
Crystal Stilts "Precautious Stair"
The Peoples Temple "Where You Gonna Go?"
Telekinesis "You Turn Clear In the Sun"
Ramones "Beat On the Brat"
Favourite Sons "Safe For All Seasons"
Jonny "Candyfloss"
Fergus and Geronimo "Baby Don't Cry"
Five Eight "Ode To Massachusetts"
Fleet Foxes "Grown Ocean"
Two Tears "Heise Hexe"
Guided By Voices "I Am a Scientist"
Key Witness "Pinebox"
Man Man "Knuckle Down"
Surf City "Crazy Rulers of the World"
The Smithereens "One Look At You"
Cults "Abducted"

More new music and tomfoolery on the Flipside TONIGHT from 8-10pm May 8. That's TONIGHT!!!You must tune in on 90.9FM WQFS!

Good News all! The Flipside can be heard twice this week; once at its usual time 6-8am (EDST) on Saturday and now on Sunday nights from 8-10pm. ONLY ON WQFS, Your only Alternative. This week's shows are going to be fantabulous with new music from Okkervil River, Fleet Foxes, Cosmonauts, The People's Temple and a whole bunch more. All that can fit in four hours, only on WQFS 90.9FM.

A beautiful Saturday morning, the sun is out, the grass is green and lots of new music on the Morning Flipside. Let's get to it......shall we?


Breeders "Flipside"-The standard that starts all Saturday Mornings.

Grand Atlantic "Poison the Vine"
Steve Wynn and the Miracle 3 "Resolution"
OFF! "Upside Down"
Jeff the Brotherhood "Shredder"
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit "Stopping By"
Kurt Vile "Puppet to the Man"
The Fervor "Let's Get Loaded"
Wye Oak "Hot as Day"
The Smithereens "One Look At You"
Vivian Girls "I Heard You Say"
The Butterflies "Guitarist"
Fergus & Geronimo "Girls With English Accents"
The People's Temple "Sons of Stone"
The Asteroid #4 "The Unknown"
The Paperhead "Let Me Know"
Pink Floyd "See Emily Play"
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart" Anne with an E"
The Rural Alberta Advantage "Good Night"
Sleeping In the Aviary "YMCA (No, Not that One) "
Wye Oak "Two Small Deaths"
Sleeping in the Aviary "The Very Next Day I Died"
Get Help "It's Only in Your Head"
Two Cow Garage "Lucy and the Butcher Knife"
The Smiths "This Charming Man"
Okkervil River "Wake and Be Fine"
Giant Sand "Pathfinder"
Cults "You Know What I Mean"
The Dead Milkmen "Meaningless Upbeat Happy Song"

A dedication to Aiden and Bridget sharing their 15th birthday, Happy Birthday Ladies!!!
The National "Conversation 16"-For Aiden because she thinks she's evil
Telekinesis "Coast of Carolina"-For Bridget because this is one of her favorites.

More new music and disobedience on the Flipside next week from 6-8am May 6. You must tune in on 90.9FM WQFS! I command you!!!!

Tune in to the Morning Flipside on WQFS. New Music from Jason Isbell, The Smithereens, Crystal Stilts, The People's Temple along with a special announcement about the upcoming Hopscotch Festival in Raleigh. We're on 6-8 am on "Your Only Alternative" WQFS!

Yet another rainy, dreery day in the Triad so I offered a little sunshine on the start of a gray day. New music galore and I get to go off on a tangent today. Let's get to it......shall we?

Breeders "Flipside"-Like sunshine and a cup of coffee, the standard that starts all Saturday Mornings.

The Asteroid #4 "The Unknown"
Deerhunter "Desire Lines"
The Dogs "Dance More"
White Stripes "Fell In Love with a Girl"

Tangent #1 , a Guided by Voices set with GBV covers and other goodness. Rumor has that they will be playing Hopscotch Festival in September
Western Civ " My Valuable Hunting Knife"
Le Sera "Watch Me Jump Start"
Cymbals Eat Guitars "Gleemer"
Guided By Voices "I Am a Tree" -the original of course

TV on the Radio "Caffeinated Consciousness" -in memory of their bassist/keyboardist Gerard Smith
Vivian Girls "I Heard You Say"
Peace "The Dark"
The Mountain Goats "Beautiful Gas Mask"
OKkervil River "Wake and Be Fine"
Surf City "Retro"
The Rural Alberta Advantage "Stamp"
Fergus and Geronimo "Unlearn"

Tangent #2, the death set with songs about, well, you know, death....
Wye Oak "Two Small Deaths"
Sleeping in the Aviary "The Very Next Day I Died"
Adam Thorn and the Top Buttons "Life's a Bummer"
Grateful Dead "That's It for the Other One"

Kurt Vile "Peeping Tomboy "
The Smithereens "Only A Memory"
Tristen "Heart and Hope to Die"
Talk Talk "Happiness is Easy"
Danger Mouse and Danielle Luppi featuring Jack White "Two Against One"
Apex Manor "Under the Gun"
Slobberbone "Billy Prichard"

More new music and knunkleheaded decisions disobedience on the Flipside next week from 6-8am April 30. You must tune in on 90.9FM WQFS!

A rainy, dreery day in the Triad so I offered a little sunshine on the start of a gray day. A Lot of music, some new, some I played on Wednesday while sitting in for J-. Let's get to it......shall we?


April 16, 2011 6-8am

Breeders "Flipside"-Like sunshine and a cup of coffee, the standard that starts all Saturday Mornings.

A few weeks back, we started the segment "the Morning Jumpstart" where the first set of music was a little more up tempo.

The Rural Alberta Advantage "Barne's Yard"
Fergus and Geronimo "Baby Don't You Cry"
Mission of Burma "1,2,3, Party"
White Hills "Upon Arrival"
No morning jitters..A nice way to start the day sans caffeine, Eh?

My Morning Jacket "Circuital"
Iron and Wine "Tree by the River"
The Asteroid #4 "Ignition Slated For Eight"
White Mystery "Blood and Venom"
Arctic Monkeys "Don't sit Down Caus I Moved Your Chair"
Voxhaul Broadcast "Rotten Apples"
The Rosebuds "Second Bird of Paradise"
Bettye LaVette "Love Reign O' Me (the Who cover)"
The Butterflies "Forklift"
Let's Active "Forty Years"
Ty Segall "Fist Heart Might Dawn Dart (T-Rex cover)"
Fresh and Onlys "Tropical Island Suite"
Lower Dens "Deer Knives"
Telekinesis "You Turn Clear in the Sun"
Kanye West "Skit #1"
Missing Persons "Walking In LA"
Kurt Vile "Jesus Fever"
The Dogs "Dance More"
The Dead Milkmen :Commodify You Dissent"
Nick Cave "Money and Run"
Ha Ha Tonka "Usual Suspects"
The Feelies "Should Be Gone"
Five Eight "Ode to Massachusetts"
Honest Engines "French Song"

More new music and disobedience on the Flipside next week from 6-8am April 23. You must tune in on 90.9FM WQFS!

I had a wonderful opportunity to sit in on the mic for J's Indie Rock Mayhem this past Wednesday. With plenty of new music this was an easy show to prepare for. In the mix we have some special releases for Record Store Day which is today! Let us proceed, shall we?

April 13, 2011 6-8PM

Lower Dens "Deer Knives" -7" vinyl especially release for Record Store Day
Fergus and Geronimo "Baby Don't You Cry"
Pixies "Wave of Mutilation (UK Surf Mix)" off the Pump up the Volume soundtrack
The Mountain Goats "Beautiful Gas Mask"
Okkervil River "Wake and Be Fine"
Prisoners "Fix Yer Head"
Ha Ha Tonka "Usual Suspects"
The Rural Alberta Advantage "Barne's Yard"
Ty Segall "Fist Heart Might Dawn Dart (T-Rex cover)" another 7" release for Record Store Day
The Dead Milkmen "Meaningless Upbeat Happy Song"
Grouplove "Colours"
the Builders and the Butchers "Black Elevator"
Arctic Monkeys "Don't sit Down Caus I Moved Your Chair"
Nick Cave "Money and Run"
The Spinto Band "Mr Blue Sky (ELO cover)"
Kurt Vile "Puppet to the Man"
The Replacements "Bastards of Young"
Fleet Foxes "Helplessness Blues"
Deerhunter "Memory Boy"
My Morning Jacket "Circuital"
Apex Manor "Under the Gun"
Lake Isle "Anodyne"
Bass Drum of Death "Heart Attack Kid"
Obits "Shift Operator"
Voxhaul Broadcast "Rotten Apples"
Tape N Tapes "Freak Out"
Elvis Costello "The Spell that You Cast"
Radio Dept. "Why Won't You Talk about It?"
Beady Eye "Four Letter Word"

Thanks again to J- for letter sit in for the show. Now back to the regularly scheduled program......

I had a wonderful opportunity to sit in on the mic for J's Indie Rock Mayhem this past Wednesday. With plenty of new music this was an easy show to prepare for. In the mix we have some special releases for Record Store Day which is today! Let us proceed, shall we?

April 13, 2011 6-8PM

Lower Dens "Deer Knives" -7" vinyl especially release for Record Store Day
Fergus and Geronimo "Baby Don't You Cry"
Pixies "Wave of Mutilation (UK Surf Mix)" off the Pump up the Volume soundtrack
The Mountain Goats "Beautiful Gas Mask"
Okkervil River "Wake and Be Fine"
Prisoners "Fix Yer Head"
Ha Ha Tonka "Usual Suspects"
The Rural Alberta Advantage "Barne's Yard"
Ty Segall "Fist Heart Might Dawn Dart (T-Rex cover)"
The Dead Milkmen "Meaningless Upbeat Happy Song"
Grouplove "Colours"
the Builders and the Butchers "Black Elevator"
Arctic Monkeys "Don't sit Down Caus I Moved Your Chair"
Nick Cave "Money and Run"
The Spinto Band "Mr Blue Sky (ELO cover)"
Kurt Vile "Puppet to the Man"
The Replacements "Bastards of Young"
Fleet Foxes "Helplessness Blues"
Deerhunter "Memory Boy"
My Morning Jacket "Circuital"
Apex Manor "Under the Gun"
Lake Isle "Anodyne"
Bass Drum of Death "Heart Attack Kid"
Obits "Shift Operator"
Voxhaul Broadcast "Rotten Apples"
Tape N Tapes "Freak Out"
Elvis Costello "The Spell that You Cast"
Radio Dept. "Why Won't You Talk about It?"
Beady Eye "Four Letter Word"Thanks again to J- for letter sit in for the show. Now back to the regularly scheduled program......

Tonight from 6-8pm, in for J's Indie Rock Mayhem on WQFS your only alternative. Click on the listen icon on the right side to hear it live!!!!

Springtime thunderstorms could not stop the Morning Flipside. Musically, another fantastic show with new releases from the Mountain Goats and New Times Viking. We premiered a special segment today called "the Lead Track" in which we took a look at some classic rock lead tracks that kicked off some of rocks best albums ever made. Let us proceed, shall we?


April 9, 2011 6-8am
Breeders "Flipside"-Like sunshine and a cup of coffee, the standard that starts all Saturday Mornings.

A few weeks back, we started the segment "the Morning Jumpstart" where the first set of music was a little more up tempo.

Fergus and Geronimo "Baby Don't You Cry"
Bass Drum of Death "Heart Attack Kid"
Apex Manor "Teenage Blood"
The Red Hills "Seal It Up"

A nice way to start the day sans caffeine, Eh?

The Mountain Goats "Beautiful Gas Mask"
The Rural Alberta Advantage "The Breakup"
Grand Atlantic "Poison the Vine"
The Butterflies "Serious Fun"
The Asteroid #4 "Ignition Slated For Eight"
Possum Jenkins "Ruined Road"
Pomegrantes "Anywhere You Go"
Margot and the Nuclear So & Sos "New York City Hotel Blues"
The Beastie Boys "Make Some Noise"
Phineas and the Lonely Leaves "Kids We Used to Be"
Telekinesis "You Turn Clear in the Sun"
Voxhaul Broadcast "Rotten Apples"

The "Lead Track" set list, immortalized forever.....

The Replacements "Hold My Life" off 1985's TIM
Pavement "Summer Babe (Winter Version)" off 1991's Slanted and Enchanted
The Rolling Stones "Rocks Off" off 1972's Exile on Main Street
Beck "The Golden Age" off 2002's Sea Change
Breeders "New Year" off 1993's Last Splash
David Bowie "Five Years" off 1972's the Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
I enjoyed this segment so much I am going to do it again next month. If you have any requests, let me know. On with the count down...

Dirty Gold "California Sunrise"
Wye Oak "Hot as Day"
The Dead Milkmen "Meaningless Upbeat Happy Song"
Deerhunter "Revival"
Grouplove "Colours"
The Rosebuds "Second Bird of Paradise"
New Times Viking "Ever Falling in Love
Adam Thorn and the Top Buttons "Life's A Bummer"

More new music and loose interpretations of the law on the Flipside next week from 6-8am April 16. You must tune in on 90.9FM WQFS! That's an order.

As for the show that starts 8 Hours from now, we'll be bringing more new music from New Times Viking, Okkervil River, the Beastie Boys, and we will be doing another new segment of lead songs from classic albums... All on the Flipside from 6-8am on Your Only Alternative, 90.9FM

Bless you Kurt, RIP

Springing into the month of April on the Morning Flipside. We featured our first "Comeback from the 80's bands not named REM" segment where we featured new music from the Fleshtones, Gang of Four, The Feelies and the surprise of the week, the first new muse from the Dead Milkmen in 16 years. We also featured new music from the Rosebuds, The Mountain Goats and Okkervil River. With eight hours to spare before we hit the airwaves.

April 2, 2011 6-8am

Breeders "Flipside"-Like sunshine and a cup of coffee, the standard that starts all Saturday Mornings.
White Mystery "Blood and Venom"
Crocodiles "Billy Speed"
Wavves "Post Acid"
Builders and Butchers "We all know the Way"
Five Eight "Ode to Massachusetts"
The Rural Alberta Advantage "Stamp"
The Mountain Goats "Never Quite Free"
The Radio Dept. "Why Won't You Talk About it?"
Tape N Tapes "Freak Out"
The Rosebuds "Second Bird of Paradise"
Boats "Forever in Armitron"
Obits "You Gotta Lose"
Okkervil River "Wake and Be Fine"
Peter Murphy "Final Solution"
Nick Cave "Money and Run"
Yuck "Doctors in My Bed"
TV on the Radio "Caffeinated Consciousness"
Cults "You know What I Mean"
Sundrelles "Can't Win"
Corin Tucker Band "Doubt"
Sun Volt "Jet Pilot"
REM "Uberlin"
The Fleshtones "Bite of My Soul"
Gang of Four "Never Pay for the Farm"
The Feelies "Should be Gone"
The Dead Milkmen "Meaningless Upbeat Happy Song"
Sleigh Bells "Infinity Guitars"
The Smiths "Big Mouth Strikes Again"
Smith Westerns "Weekend"
The Skygreen Leopards "Dixie Cups in the Dead Grass"

More new music and hi jinks on the Flipside next week from 6-8am April 9. Hope you tune in on 90.9FM WQFS!

Oh my god! New music from the Dead Milkmen. First the Gang of Four, then the Feelies, now this? The 80's are still alive!

Another fantastic show on the Morning Flipside. I didn't get a chance to play all of the great music I pulled for the show. Sometimes two hours aren't enough. Here we go with another installment of the coveted playlist from today's show....


March 26, 2011 6-8am

Breeders "Flipside"-The standard that starts all Saturday Mornings.
Wye Oak "Hot As Day"
The Rural Alberta Advantage"Stamp"
Okkervil River "Wake and Be Fine"
The Spinto Band "Mr Blue Sky(ELO Cover)"
Grouplove "Colours"
The Stone Roses "Love Spreads"
Paul Westerberg "It's a Wonderful Lie"
Obits "Shift Operator"
Cults "You Know What I Mean"
Butterflies "Goodbye"
The Dodos "Don't Stop"
Elliott Smith "A Distorted Realty is now A Necessity"
Slowwaves "Pour"
Kurt Vile "In My Time"
PJ Harvey "Let England Shake"
Thurston Moore "Benediction"
Parenthetical Girls "The Pornographer"
The Avett Brothers "The Perfect Space"
Noah's Ark Was a Spaceship "Opener"
Lake Isle "Wake Up"
Nick Lowe "Cracking Up"
The Feelies "Should Be Gone"
The National "Think You Can Wait"
Citified "Stopping the Clock"
Wire "Girl Rhumba"
Telekinesis "You Turn Clear In the Sun"
Pulp "Sunrise"
Deerhunter "Revival"
Velvet Underground "Guess I'm Falling In Love (live)"
Apex Manor "Under the Gun"

More new music and hi jinks on the Flipside next week from 6-8am April 2. Hope you tune in on 90.9FM WQFS!

Another fantastic show on tap for the Morning Flipside with new music from Kurt Vile, Wye Oak, the Rural Alberta Advantage along with old classics from Nick Lowe, the Velvet Underground, Wire and Arthur Lee w/Love. Rock the way it should be done, only on the Flipside 6-8am on WQFS 90.9FM .

We're back to the regular schedule back on the Flipside. The students are back on campus and the smell of spring is in the air. The music selection was all over the map, and even more so with today's show. Let's proceed, shall we....


March 19, 2011 6-8am

Breeders "Flipside"-If you tune in at 6am and this song is not on, I'm not on the air.
The Idle Hands "Socialite Death Squad"
Okkervil River "Wake and Be Fine"
Japandroids "Young Hears Spark Fire"
Mudhoney "Overblown"-Satisfying a need for a mini Mudhoney tangent
Pains of Being Pure at Heart "Belong"
Dum Dum Girls "There is a Light that Never Goes Out"(Smiths cover)
The Smiths "How Soon is Now"
The Fleshtones "Bite of My Soul"
Telekinesis "You Turn Clear In the Sun"
Superchunk "The Majestic"
Adam Thorn and the Top Buttons "Throwing it all Away"
Elton John "My Father's Gun"-Listener requested Elton John on Sunday night's show. I hope this will do.
Buffalo Tom "Arise Watch"
Jews and Catholics "Bandits"- Like Mudhoney, I felt a need for a mini tangent
Maritime "Paraphernalia"
Lake Isle "Funhouse"
David Lowery "Raise Em up on Honey"
Edwin Collins "Losing Sleep"
J Mascis "Is It Done?"
Kurt Vile "Puppet to the Man"
TV on the Radio "Caffeinated Consciousness"
Disappears "Halo"
The Hold Steady "Cattle and the Creeping Things"
The Replacements "Little Mascara"
Nick Cave "Money and Run"
Jimi Hendrix "Gypsy Eyes"
Phil Cook "Ballad of A Hungry"

More new music and shenanigans on the Flipside next week from 6-8am March 26. Hope you tune in on 90.9FM WQFS!

The Flipside on back-to-back days. So much new music, so little time. I went more strait out rock for the show and still managed to keep it new and fresh. Let's proceed, shall we....


March 13, 2011 8-10pm

Breeders "Flipside"-Gotta start the show with the theme music. It's the law.
Grand Atlantic "Poison the Vine"
Apex Manor "Under the Gun"
Radiohead "Separator"
Prisoners "Fix Yer Head"
Kurt Vile "Puppet to the Man"
Lake Isle "Anodyne"
Jamaica "Jericho"
Mudhoney "When In Rome"
Wye Oak "Holy Holy"
The Builders and the Butchers "Lullaby"
Slater Kinney "Modern Girl"
The Red Hills "Seal It Up"
Yuck "Holing Out"
Dead Milkmen "Punk Rock Girl"
Let's Wrestle "Dear John"
Telekinesis "You Turn Clear in the Sun"
The Rural Alberta Advantage "Barne's Yard"
The Members "Working Girl"
Pink Floyd "See Emily Play" -by request. Listener wanted old Floyd, he just didn't say how old.
Nick Cave "Money and Run"
Lucinda Williams "Seeing Black"
Adam Thorn and the Top Buttons "Life's a Bummer"
Cactus World News "Jigsaw Street"- Irish band
Flogging Molly "The Kilburn High Road"-
The Wrens "As I've Known"
Crystal Stilts "Through the Floor"
Jews and Catholics "Who Are? We Think We Are!"
Deerhunter "Revival"
Okkervil River "Wake and Be Fine"
Dag for Dag "I am the Assassin"

More new music and tomfoolery on the Flipside coming soon. Hope you tune in on 90.9FM WQFS!

Tune in tonight at 8pm EDST for a special edition of the Flipside. Two hours of fun and hijinks on 90.9fm WQFS. Click on the listen link on the right side of the page to listen. I'll be playing new music from the Builders & the Butchers, the Red Hills, Kurt Vile, Wye Oak plus old Pink Floyd, Slater Kinney and much more......

A whole lot of new music was released this week, much of it I could not physically get on the air due to time constraints of the two hour show. What I did get to play was amazingly good stuff. This is the time a podcast would come in handy, wouldn't it? Let's proceed, shall we....


March 12, 2011 6-8am

Breeders "Flipside"
Arctic Monkeys "Brick By Brick"
Dag for Dag "Hands and Knees"
REM "Oh My Heart"
Beach Fossils "Calyer"
Telekinesis "You Turn Clear in the Sun"
Omma Cobba "Policeman"
Adam and the Ants "Deutscher"
Guided By Voices "The Best of Jill Ives"
Nick Cave "Money and Run"
Lake Isle "Steel Rails"
Fergus & Geronimo "Baby Don't Cry"
Wake Up Lucid "Sugar"
Beedy Eye "Four Letter Word"
The Wrens "This Boy is Exhausted"
Prisoners "Fix Yer Head"
Foster the People "Pump up the Kicks"
Obits "Shift Operator"
Middle Brother "Middle Brother"
Adam Thorn and the Top Buttons "Lost Stairway"
The Veils "Bloom"
Kurt Vile "Puppet for the Man"
The Dirtbombs "Sherivari"
California Wives "Blood Red Youth"
The Butterflies "Sleepless"
The Joy Formidable "I Don't Want to See You Like This"
Alexander "Truth"
Apex Manor "I know these Waters Well"
Tape N Tapes "Hidee Ho"
Way Oak "Holy Holy"

Remember, the next show is Bonus flipside on Sunday from 8-10pm. That's tomorrow night folks. More new music and tomfoolery. Hope you tune in on 90.9FM WQFS!

This should finally catch me up to date on the postings. This was a relatively eventful week and through it all I got to review some new music for the station which I had the opportunity to play from two of the CD's. Let move forward, Shall we?

March 5, 2011 6-8am

Breeders "Flipside"
The Builders and the Butchers "Black Elevator"
Apex Manor "I Know these Waters Well"
Absofacto and 10K Cities "Kiko (103 Words)"
Wake Up Lucid "Sugar"
Fergus & Geronimo "Baby Don't Cry"
The Fleshtones "Bite of My Soul"
Stylofone "Loose Boots"
Bass Drum of Death "Heart Attack Kid"
The Baseball Project "Don't Call Them Twinkies"
Telekenesis "Car Crash"
Phineas and the Lonely Leaves "The Bros of Summer"
Beach Fossils "Calyer"
The Rural Alberta Advantage "Barne's Yard"
Cactus World News "Jigsaw Street"
The Fresh and Onlys "Summer of Love"
The Db's "Spitting into the Wind"
The Butterflies "Serious Fun"
Adam Thorn and the Top Buttons "Throwing It All Away"
The Babies "Run Me Over"
New Times Vikings "No Room To Live"
Nodzz "Time(What's it Gonna Do)"
Abe Vigoda "Crush"
Stewart Copeland and Stan Ridgeway "Don't Box Me In"
Hungry Kids of Hungry "Wristwatch"
Drive By Truckers "Go Go Boots"
Pixies "Allison"
Elliott Smith "Son of Sam"
Deerhunter "Coronado"
Edwin Collins "Girl Like You"

Finally, caught up with the playlists. Once the issues with my storage devices are resolved, podcasting! Two shows on tap for next week; Saturday March 12 6-8am, The usual time slot and Bonus flipside on Sunday from 8-10pm. Hope you tune in!

Posting again, this time only eight days out. Another great show with even better new music to boot. New music from TV on the Radio, The Donkeys and BDOD (Bass Drum of Death) along with some old favorites. Let's proceed shall we?

February 26, 2011 6-8am

Breeders "Flipside"
TV on the Radio "Will Do"
Watch Out For Rockets "Ghetto and Rye"
The Db's "Lonely is as Lonely Does"
Kurt Vile "Jesus Fever"
The Builders and the Butchers "Lullaby"
The Strokes "Under Cover of Darkness"
The Decemberists "Cuyahoga (REM cover)"-by request
Lake Isle "Anodyne"
Obits "Shift Operator"
The Mynabirds "What We Lose In the Fire"
Echo and the Bunnymen "The Killing Moon"
Gruff Rhys "Shark Ridden Waters"
The Donkeys "Don't Know Who We Are"
Corin Tucker Band "1000 Years"
Adam Thorn and the Top Buttons "Life's A Bummer"
Radiohead "Little By Little"
The Feelies "Should Be Gone"
Deerhunter "Memory Boy"
The The "That Sinking Feeling"
Sloan "Follow The Leader"
Drive By Truckers "Go Go Boots"
Violent Femmes "Prove My Love"
Bass Drum of Death "Young Pros"
John Doe "Heartless"
The Devil Whale "Barracudas"
Twilight Singers "On the Corners"
Ty Segall "Rusted Dust"
Fresh and Onlys "Do You Believe in Destiny"

My apologies to the Violent Femmes for the preemptive strike on the two FCC words that had to be removed from the air. We'll make it up to you!

Leave to me to not post anything for three weeks so I have three weeks worth of radio broadcast playlists to publish.

February 19, 2011 6-8am

Breeders "Flipside"
New Times Viking "No Room To Live"
The Fresh and Onlys "Summer of Love"
Iggy Pop "Lust for LIfe"
Apex Manor "Teenage Blood"
Twilight Singers "On the Corner"
Film School "Heart Full of Pentagons"
My Morning Jacket "Off the Record"
Chris Stamey "Shape of Things"
Yuck "Rubber"
Five Eight "You're God is Dead to Me Now"
Lake Isle "Funhouse"
The Paperhead "Let Me Know"
Drive By Truckers "Everybody Needs Love"
Prisoners "Fix Yer Head"
Yeasayer "Mondegreen"
Public Enemy "Fight the Power"
The Decemberists "Cuyahoga (REM cover)"
The District Attorney "Splitsville"
David Lowery "Baby, All Those Girls Meant Nothing"
The Builders and the Butchers "Lullaby"
The Only Sons "Cutting Corners"
The Feelies "Should Be Gone"
Telekenesis "Car Crash"
Kurt Vile "Jesus Fever"
The Fleshtones "Bite of My Soul"
Neil Young "All Along the Watchtower (Dylan via Hendrix cover)
Okay, two weeks and a day but we got it posted.

Saturday Morning from 6-8am EST, the Morning Flipside.



Another fantastic show coming your way with new music from Yuck, New Times Viking, Drive By Truckers and much much more. The Decemberists, Neil Young and Owen doing songs made famous by other people. Click on the link to the right to hear me and all the other wickedly good djs on WQFS.....

Anti Music Missiles

I was debating whether for my first official review justify my top album pick for the past year, Deerhunter's "Halcyon Digest" or look back at an album that had not only impact on the way I listen to music or, I guess, my life in general. That's simple, I'm choosing the latter. Spin magazine used to run a segment called 10 albums that changed my life where they would interview a musician about those albums that influenced them personally. I could focus on only one album.

As a junior at a small liberal arts college in Ohio in 1986, I still had this unshakable faith that somehow popular music was going to be a relevant force in pop culture again. At that time, the landscape was dominated by mega-heavy weight pop stars (Michael Jackson, Prince, Bruce Springsteen, etc...) and sprinkled with half-assed wannabes, too numerous to mention. It was an age where material volume and image where vogue. Polished digital recording was becoming the new standard, the dawn of the compact disc and MTV was still showing music videos. Very corporate, indeed.

In January 1986, I was perusing the record store next to the Laundromat where I always seem to spend my Saturday mornings when I found what thought was the source of a song that I heard over the previous summer from a band called the Replacements. The album didn't have the song I was looking for but I bought it anyway out of shear boredom. The album was TIM. I was the first major label release for the band which is the likely the reason it ended up in that particular store in the first place.

When I got back to my room, I broke out an adult malted beverage, yes it was still morning, and hit the cassette to side one. The one-two punch of "Hold My Life" followed by "I'll Buy" I comparable to Exile on Main Street's "Rocks Off" and "Rip this Joint" to start an album. Not only did it have a guitar driven attack driven by Bob Stinson's lead but Paul Westerberg's desperate vocals sounded as if it could have been a confessional outburst. Whether belting out "Tell em' what do we really care" on "I'll Buy" or the childlike banter of "Kiss Me On the Bus" "OK, don't say 'Hi' then" all the way to "Swingin Party" with "If being wrong's a crime, I'm serving forever" , the theme was not being one step away from the "brink" all the time but fear. Fear of success, fear of failure, fear of what comes next, other people's fear, who knows.

I figured that I had five adult beverages while listening to side one of the new cassette over and over again. Six times, I believe, rewinding each time, all this before I even pressed play on side two. Finally, I got sick of rewinding the tape over and over again and played the second side of the cassette.

Whoa, one of the best anthem songs ever to start side two, "Bastards of Young" was a shot of adrenalin. It was all over, I was hooked. There was no going back. I didn't do anything drastic like "quittin' school" but I would never listen to pop radio the same way again. For the first time, I realized that music didn't have to be on the radio to be good. It would be easy to draw comparisons between personal upheaval and those happening within the band. Bob Stinson's guitar work was apparently recorded in one session with producer Tommy Erdelyi and spliced in later the engineer Steven Fjelstad after Bob disappeared not to return during the remainder of the recording sessions for Tim. Leave that to lore.

The album was not polished, many will say it was under produced but, hey, critics said the same thing about the Rolling Stone's "Exile on Main Street" when it was released. Even the subsequent Lo-Fi sounds of 1994s Guided By Voices "Bee Thousand". After listening to the 2008 rerelease of Tim I get the impression that polish would destroy this record. The power of the record was not in the perfected digital sound that would leave a lasting image but the emotional attachment to whatever fear that serve Paul Westerberg on a given day. 25 years later, Tim still remains a link to my past that I will cherish, always.

Thanks for sharing it Paul.

Wow! I'm posting the playlist on the same day as the show. Today's show had it all, well all that can fit into a two hour time slot, new music from unexpected sources and birthday wishes to someone very special to me. Let's get started shall we?:

February 12, 2011 6-8am

Breeders "Flipside"
PJ Harvey "Written on the Forehead"
Pomegrantes "Anywhere You Go"
My Bloody Valentine "Only Shallow"
The Replacements "Valentine" (Because Monday February 14 is Valentine's Day, of course)
The Kills "Satellite"
White Denim "I Start to Run"
The Booze "Kick Me Where it Hurts"
Adam Thorn and the Top Buttons " Throwing it all Away"
The Joy Formidable "I Don't Want to See You this Way"
Transmission Fields "Did It Wrong"
Elvis Costello "The Spell that You Cast"
UV Race "Low"
The Strokes "Under Cover of Darkness"
Kurt Ville "In My Time"
J Mascis "Is It Done?"
The Dirtbombs "Sherevari"

Now take a trip up I-77 for our very own Morning Flipside solute to bands from Ohio, the Heart of it All....
The National "Bloodbuzz Ohio"-Cincinnati
Lifeguards "Paradise is not so Bad"-Cleveland via Dayton
Guided By Voices "Things That I Will Keep"- Dayton
Prisoners "Fix Yer Head"-Cleveland
The Black Keys "Howlin for You"-Akron
Two Cow Garage "My Great Gatsby"-Columbus
Twilight Singers "Blackbird and the Fox"-New Orleans via Cincinnati
The Afghan Whigs "Debonair"-Cincinnati

A special birthday wish to Kelsey B

The Beatles "Happy Birthday"
Apex Manor "Under the Gun"
Lullwater "One More Time "
Lake Isle "Steel Rails"

That's it for February 12. Stayed tuned for updates on the podcast, my first non playlist related post, and what's going to be on the next show, February 19, 6-8am EST on 90.9FM WQFS Greensboro NC!

Last Saturday's show bursting with juicey musical goodness. Let's get started shall we?:

February 5, 2011 6-8am

Breeders "Flipside"
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart "Belong"
The Veils "Bloom"
Beady Eye "The Roller"
Broadcaster "Passerby"
Fleet Foxes "Helplessness Blues"
Lake Isle "Anodyne"
The Dirtbombs "Sherevari"
The Builders and the Butchers "Lullaby"
The White Stripes "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground"
Bright Eyes "Hallie Selassie"
REM "Oh My Heart"
Wild Nothing "My Angel Lonely"
The Decemberist "Don't Carry It All"
Sean Carey "In the Dirt"
Lifeguards "Paradise is not so Bad"
Prisoners "Fix Yer Head"
Drive By Truckers "Everybody Needs Love"
Adam Thorn and the Top Buttons "Life's a Bummer"
Avett Brothers "Head Full of Doubt Road Full of Promise"
The Rolling Stones "Let It Loose"
Wye Oak "Civilian"
David Lowery "The Palace Guards"
Weekend "Age Class"
Abe Vigoda Throwing Shade"
Apex Manor "Under the Gun"
The White Stripes "There's No Home for You Here"

Yes I did manage to sneek in two White Stripe songs in one show. They will be missed.

That's it for February 5th's show, hopefully it won't take another six days to put out a play list. The next show is tomorrow morning, February 12, 6-8am EST on 90.9FM WQFS Greensboro NC! New Strokes and PJ Harvey and solute to the music of......Ohio! Only on the Flipside!

Big show, my first "Focus" Show we'll be playing new music from The Drive By Truckers, The Decemberists, David Lowery, The Dirtbombs, The Builders and the Butchers, plus more tomfoolery....and a salute to the White Stripes all on the Morning Flipside 6-8am on February 5. Live feed on the web cast!

Last Saturday's show filled with lots of sweet musical goodness. Let's get started shall we?:

January 29, 2011 6-8am

Breeders "Flipside"
Lifeguard "Paradise is not so Bad"
Corin Tucker Band "Pulling Pieces"
Adam Thorn and the Top Buttons "Life's a Bummer"
Grinderman "Worm Tamer"
Fergus and Geronimo "Baby Don't You Cry"
Crystal Stits "Shake Your Shackles"
Elvis Costello "The Spell that You Cast"
Nathan Oliver "Playground Lies"
Beady Eye "The Roller"
The National "Mistaken For Strangers"
Tape N Tapes "Freak Out"
Obits "You Gotta Lose"
The Builders and the Butchers "We All Know the Way"
Wye Oak "Civilian"
The Morning Benders "Waiting for A War"
Papercranes "Synapses"
Lake Isle "Steel Rails"
Darker My Love "Trail the Line"
Fresh and Onlys "Peacock and a Wing"
Jews and Catholics "Bandits"
The Decemberists "Rox In a Box"
Belle and Sebastian "Write about Love"
Deerhunter "Memory Boy"
The Feelies "Should Be Gone"
Abe Vigoda"November"
Apex Manor "Under the Gun"
Disappears "Halo "
The Smithereens "Behind the Wall of Sleep"
Middle Brother "Me Me Me"
Kurt Vile "Jesus Fever"
Smith Westerns "All Die Young"
That's it for January 29. The next show is tomorrow morning, February 5, 6-8am EST on 90.9FM WQFS Greensboro NC!

Sorry about the wait, the week has been a busy one. I have three shows to post so let's get it started. Lots of music including Flipside debuts of some North Carolina Bands:

January 15, 2011 6-8am

Breeders "Flipside"
Tape N' Tapes "Freak Out "
Broken Records "A Leaving Song"
James " It's Hot"
REM "Wendel Gee"
Obits "You Gotta Lose"
Lower Dens "Completely Golden"
Deer Tick "Twenty Miles"
Son Volt "Bandages and Scars"
Tyler Jon Tyler "Separate Issue"
Neil Young "Someone's Gonna Rescue You"
Hunting Club "Arizona"
Telekinesis "Car Crash"
The Love Language "Horophones"
Matthew Sweet "What Do You Know (demo)"
Starling TN "How Dark It is Before the Dawn"
Gang Of Four "Never Pay for the Farm"
Push Pals "Keep Pushing"
Adam Thorn and the Top Buttons "Throwing It all Away"
Nathan Oliver "Playground Lies"
Megafaun "Carolina Days"
Let's Active "Waters Part"
Apex Manor "Under the Gun"
Posies "The Glittering Prize "
Gindermen "Worm Tamer"
The Jam "The Modern World"
Bardo Pond "Don't Know About You"
Pepper Rabbit "Red Wine"
Public Image Ltd. "Public Image"

My last evening show for a while. I had a lot of positive calls on this so let's continue:

January 16, 2011 8-10pm

Breeders "Flipside"
Adam Thorn and the Top Buttons "Throwing It all Away"
Kurt Vile "Jesus Fever"
Wye Oak "Civilian"
Apex Manor "Under the Gun"
Wall of Voodoo "Ring of Fire (Johnny Cash Cover)"
Lake Isle "Steel Rail"
Belle and Sebastian "I Want the World Stop"
Twilight Singers "Blackbird and the Fox"
Ty Segall "Rusted Dust"
Pomegrantes "Prouncer"
Crocodiles "Stoned to Death"
Thrifty Astronaut "Another California Song"
Transmission Fields "Air/Lungs"
Megafaun "For Connor Pass" -By request.
Guided By Voices "Gold Star for Robot Boy"
Abe Vigoda "Crush"
Sic Alps "Do you Want to Give $$?"
Darker My Love "She Lives (in a Time of Her Own)" -Thirteenth Floor Elevators cover
Neil Young "Sign of Love"
Public Enemy "Shut Em Down (PE Remix)"
Love "You Set the Scene (Alt Take)"
Death "Politicians in My Eyes"
Push Pals "Keep Pushing"
Jay Reatard "Frances Farmer Will have Her Revenge On Seattle"-Nirvana cover

And Finally today's playlist posted on the same day January 22, 6-8am.....I will get better I promise...

Breeders "Flipside"
Broadcaster "Passerby"
Adam Thorn and the Top Buttons "Greaseboro"
Corin Tucker Band "Big Goodbye"
Wild Nothing "My Angel Lonely"
Smith Westerns "All Die Young"
Yuck "Holing Out"
Built to Spill "Conventional Wisdom"
Over the Hill "Bella"
Push Pals "Keep Pushing"
Elvis Costello "National Ransom"
The Moondoggies "Tidelands"
Masters of the Hemisphere"Volcano"
The Decemberists "January Hymn"
Apex Manor "Under the Gun"
The Posies "Take Care of Yourself"
Megafaun "Carolina Days"
Lake Isle "Anodyne"
The Booze "Kick Me Where It Hurts"
Lower Dens "Hospice Gates"
Wavves "Mutant"
J Mascis "Not Enough"
Kurt Vile "In My Time"
John Doe "Heartless"
Wall Of Voodoo "Call of the West"
Deadstring Brothers "It's a Shame"
Starling TN "How Dark It is Before the Dawn"
Bass Drum of Death "Heart Attack Kid"
Phineas and the Lonely Leaves "The Kids We Used to Be"

That's it for this week. The next show is at 6am on January 29. Keep an look out for podcasting, soon, very soon. I will be posting my first "thoughts" on the blog with a review of an album that changed my life....Until then, heads up!

Again, I am a bit delayed on posting the playlists from last weekend's shows, the weather, yeah, the weather. A lot of good new music to make your ears happy.

From Saturday January 8,2011 6-8am

Breeders "Flipside"
Telekenesis "Car Crash"
Corin Tucker Band "Pulling Pieces"
Spoon "Written in Reverse"
Twilight Singers "Blackbird and the Fox"
Kurt Vile "Jesus Fever"
Mr Dream "Learn the Language"
Let's Active "Still Dark Out"
Crocodiles "Stoned to Death"
Pomegranates "Prouncer"
Band of Horses "Laredo"
Arcade Fire "Ready to Start"
Ride "Vapor Trail"
J Mascis "Not Enough"
Steve Wynn and the Miracle 3 "Resolution"
We Are Trees "Dear Cahn Marshall"
Television "Marquee Moon" -all ten plus minutes
Adam Thorn and the Top Buttons "Life's Bummer"
Pavement "Date w/ Ikea"
Let's Wrestle "We are the Men You'll Grow to Love Soon"
Psychedelic Furs "Love My Way"
Transmission Fields "Did it Wrong"
Gorillaz "Crystallized (XX cover)"
Megafaun "Bonnie's Song"
Black Keys "Stack Shot Billy"
Daniel G Harmann and the Trouble Starts "Dee"
Wilco/Fleet Foxes "I shall Be Released (The Band cover)
The Mynabirds "Ways of Looking"

Sunday January 9, 2011 8-10pm

Breeders "Flipside"
Kurt Vile "Jesus Fever"
Giant Sand "Ride the Rail"
Deerhunter "Revival"
The Replacements "I'll Buy"
J Mascis "Not Enough"
The Fresh and Onlys "Tropical Island Suite"
Pixies "Gouge Away"
Wye Oak "Civilian"
Adam Thorn and the Top Buttons "Throwing It all Away"
Abe Vigoda "Crush"
Jay Reatard "Frances Farmer will have Her Revenge on Seattle"
Elvis Costello "The Spell that You Cast"
Bass Drum of Death "Heart Attack Kid"
Deadstring Brothers "It's A Shame"
Ty Segall "Skin (Live)"
Possum Jenkins "Reidsville"
Sleeping In the Aviary "You Don't Have to Drive"
Tape Deck Mountain "It Goes Down"
Ghostkeeper "Til Morning"
Lower Dens "Completely Golden"
Grinderman "Worm Tamer"
Easter Island "Proud"
Let's Active "Ring True"
Drive By Truckers "Used to be A Cop"
Absofacto "Gnat Years"
Joe Jackson "I' m The Man"

That's another group of shows. I will be back on the air on Saturday January 15 from 6-8am and again on Sunday January 16 from 8-10pm. I hope you can join me. Click on the WQFS link on the upper right side of the page and enjoy.

Podcast will be coming soon. I do mean soon.......

Well folks, it's the new year and a lot of new music coming to you on the Flipside. Two shows to post, sorry about the delay, let's get it started:


January 1, 2011 6-8am

Breeders "Flipside"
Zombies "This Will Be Our Year"
Deadstring Brothers "It's a Shame"
REM "Discoverer"
Dead Trees "Back to LA"
Drive By Truckers "Used to Be a Cop"
Deerhunter "Revival"
Jay Reatard "An Ugly Death"
Captain Beefheart "Click Clack"
Wye Oak "Civilian"
Sleep Ins "Silver State"
Jews and Catholics "Mirror"
Death "Can You Give Me a Thrill?"
Low Anthem "Ghost Woman Blues"
Lower Dens "Hospice Gates"
Bob Mould "Wishing Well"
Giant Sand "Ride the Rail"
The Decemberists "Down by the Water"
Belle and Sebastian "Write About Love"
Sic Alps "Do You Want to Give $$?"
Buzzcocks " What Do I Get?"
Megafaun "Heretofore"
The Moondoggies "Tideland"
Breeders "New Year"
Black on White Affair "Auld Lang Syne"
Avi Buffalo "Remember the Last Time?"
New Pornographers "Your Hands(Together)"
Gang of Four "Never Pay for the Farm"

January 2, 2011 8-10pm

Breeders "Flipside"
Drive By Truckers "Used to Be a Cop"
The Decemberists "Down By the Water"
Quinn Marston "Can You Hear Me Now?"
The Shins "Caring is Creepy"
Wye Oak "Civilian"
The Thermals "I Don't Believe You"
Crocodiles "Billy Speed"
Violens "Violent Sensation Decends"
Twilight Singers "Blackbird and the Fox"
Adam Thorn and the Top Bottons "Don't Want"
Corin Tucker Band "Thrift Store Coat"
Modern Lovers "Roadrunner"
Cloud Nothings "Understand At All"
British Sea Power "Zeus"
Morrissey "Every Day is Like Sunday"
Sic Alps "Do Want to Give $$?"
Bass Drum of Death "Get Found"
The Posies " Take Care of Yourself"
Guided By Voices "Echos Myron"
Abe Vigoda "Crush"
Gang of Four "Never Pay for the Farm"
Lollipop "7 and 7 Is"
Joy Formidable "Austre"
The National "Lemonworld"
Superchunk "Digging for Something"
White Wires "Be True to Your School (Til you get Kicked Out)"
Deerhunter "Memory Boy"
Jim Carroll Band "People Who Died"
Monotonix "Before I Pass Away"
The Replacements "Hold My Life"
Broken Records "a Leaving Song"

That's it. The next show is at 6am on January 8 (Saturday) on WQFS 90.9fm and again on Sunday January 9 at 8-10pm. Listen on the web click the application on the top right hand side. More new music including Telekenesis and Kurt Vile.