Looking for something new and fantastic to listen to this week? Check these out!
- What Would I Want? Sky - Animal Collective
- Move Your Feet - Junior Senior
- Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up) - Florence + the Machine
- Everybody Somebody - White Denim
- Heartache - Lisa Jaeggi
- The Crane Wife 3 - The Decemberists
- Northshore - Tegan & Sara
- Oh Abiliene - The Literary Greats
- Isn’t It a Shame - So So Glos
- A Little Bit Cooler - The Cool Kids
- Bad Times - Annie
- Signs - Bloc Party
New Music Hour! Hot, also, happening!
- Hearts that Hanker for Mistakes - Rx Bandits
- Dream of a Failed Architect - The Ghost is Dancing
- Cheat on Me - The Cribs
- Trap Door - Miles Benjamin Anthony Davis
- Sweet Disposition - The Temper Trap (a request!)
- Phoenix - Wolfmother
- Exotic on the Speaker - Soulico
- Life’s a Dream - Built to Spill
- South Philadelphia (Drug Days) - Alec Ounsworth (for laura!)
- Heart Skipped a Beat - The xx
- Baby - Devendra Banhart
playlists
Thu, December 3rd 2009
Mini Thanksgiving/Fall Theme! Ok ok, we stretched that a little bit.
- Thankful-Glen Phillips
- Fist of a Flower-Gemma Ray
- Seasons-The Ettes
- Fortunate Family Tree-AM
- Battles On-The Ghost Is Dancing
- Banquet-Bloc Party
- I Haven’t Seen You In Years-Socratic
- See The Leaves-The Flaming Lips
- Dear God (Sincerely M.O.F.)-Monsters of Folk
- Always Wanting More-Jay Reatard
- We Share the Same Skies-The Cribs
- After the Fall-Elvis Costello
- The Sound of Settling-Death Cab For Cutie
If only there were a way for me to hear about new, good music….
- How Long Do I Have To Wait-Sharon Jones & Dap-Kings
- Good Cheer-Mission of Burma
- Show Some Love-Princeton
- Love-Air
- Bunuel-Califone
- Sink or Swim-Bad Lieutenant
- Bury It Down Low-Rx Bandits
- Hocus Pocus-Jaime T
- My Block-The So So Glos (Concert on 12/1! Rat! Free!)
- Crystalized-The xx
- Winterthru-Ad Frank & The Fast Easy Women
- Sweet Disposition-The Temper Trap (#1 at TSR this week and a request!)
- Song Away-Hockey
playlists
Tue, November 24th 2009
Indie music, that’s what! Here are our current favs.
- Arctic Monkeys-Cornerstone
- Monsters of Folk-Monsters of Folk
- Devendra Banhart-16th & Valencia
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs-Rich
- Iron & Wine-Belated Promise Ring
- The Temper Trap-Fader
- Moment of Zen-Hesitant Present
- Mission of Burma-Good
- Amanda Palmer-Leeds United
- Rubik-Goji Berries
- 7 Worlds Collide-All Comedians Suffer
- Animal Collective-Summertime Clothes
New Music Hour!
- Tegan & Sara-The Cure
- Jaime T-Hocus Pocus
- Built to Spill-Hindsight
- Alberta Cross-Leave Us and Forgive Us
- Asteroids Galaxy Tour-around the bend
- Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson-summer of fear pt 1
- The XX-Heart Skipped a Beat
- The Raveonettes-D.R.U.G.S
- Brilliant Colors-Absolutely Anything
- Mew-Beaches
- AM-Self Preservation
- Echo & The Bunnymen-Shroud of Turin
playlists
Tue, November 10th 2009
Want to know what’s hip and cool in the hopelessly indie college radio world right now? Read this!
- The Pains of Being Pure at Heart-103
- The Flaming Lips-The Sparrow Looks Up at the Machine
- They Might Be Giants-Why Does the Sun Shine?
- Maggie & the Hat-I Wanna Be Your Plans (local!)
- The Decemberists-The Infanta
- The Frames-Seven Day Mile
- Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson-Trap Door
- Jay Farrar & Ben Gibbard-These Roads Don’t Move (from the upcoming Jack Kerouac documentary One Fast Move Or I’m Gone)
- Hockey-3am Spanish
- Alberta Cross-Leave Us & Forgive Us
- Monsters of Folk-Say Please
- Mountain Goats-Color In Your Cheeks
And for more brand new music…
- Langhorne Slim-Sunday By the Sea
- Avett Brothers-Head Full of Doubt, Road Full of Promise
- Volcano Choir-Island, IS
- Jupiter One-Volcano
- Devendra Banhart-Goin Back
- Califone-1928
- Wolfmother-10,000 Feet
- The Ghost Is Dancing-Dream of a Failed Architect
- King Khan & BBQ Show-I’ll Be Loving You
- Ad Frank & the Fast Easy Women-Winterthru
- Brilliant Colors-Short Sleeves At Night
- Alec Ounsworth-South Philadelphia (Drug Days)
playlists
Mon, November 2nd 2009
Because Melissa is indie to a fault, she made a mix of Halloween related music for WTSR to play at the various Halloween events going on at TCNJ tomorrow. Enjoy!
- Beck-Devil’s Haircut
- Matt Pond PA-Halloween
- Talking Heads-Psycho Killer
- Electric Owls-Halloween Mask
- The Raveonettes-You Want the Candy
- Bloc Party-Hunting For Witches
- Hurricane Bells-Monsters (off the new moon soundtrack actually)
- Bat for Lashes-Daniel
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs-Heads Will Roll
- Ra Ra Riot-Ghost Under Rocks
- Vampire Weekend-Walcott
- Metric-Monster Hospital
- TV on the Radio-Wolf Like Me
- Doves-The Sulpher Man
- M83-Kim & Jessie
- Of Montreal-And I’ve Seen A Bloody Shadow
- Gorillaz-Dracula
- Eels-Fresh Blood
- Michael Jackson-Thriller
CD 2!
- Wilco-Candyfloss
- Cat Power-Werewolf
- Rocky Horror Picture Show-Time Warp
- M83-Graveyard Girl
- Does It Offend You, Yeah? -Dawn Of the Dead
- Joy Division-Shadowplay
- Bobby Pickett-Monster Mash
- Tegan & Sara-Walking With a Ghost
- TV on the Radio-Let the Devil IN
- St. VIncent-Laughing With a Mouthful of Blood
- Of Montreal-Chrissy Kiss The Corpse
- The Who-Boris the Spider
- Band of Horses-Is There A Ghost
- Conor Oberst & the Mystic Valley Band-Big Black Nothing
- White Zombie-I’m Your Boogieman
- The Raveonettes-Dead Sound
- Modest Mouse-Bury Me Wth It
- Nightmare Before Christmas-This Is Halloween
- Akron/Family-Many Ghosts
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back wall pick
Thu, October 29th 2009
- Rubik- Gaji Berries (cmj highlight!)
- Wallpaper-I AIn’t Most Dude (cmj)
- The XX-Crystalised (cmj)
- Jenny Owen Youngs- Led to the Sea (Local pick!)
- Rain Machine-Driftwood Heart (we met kyp malone on saturday!)
- Flaming Lips-See the Leaves
- Princeton-Korean War Memorial
- Secret Machines-All at Once
- AM-Self Preservation
- Karen O & the Kids-Capsize (Where the Wild Things Are Soundtrack!)
- Brother Ali-Games
New Music Hour!
- Ramona Falls-Russia
- Raveonettes-Bang!
- Sondre Lerche-Easy to Persuade
- 7 Worlds Collide-Duxton Blues
- Blitzen Trapper-Black River Killer
- Brand New-Daisy
- Eskimo One-Simple Day
- Jupiter One-Flaming Arrow
- A Place to Bury Strangers-In Your Heart
- Monsters of Folk-Man Named Truth
- Vivian Girls-The End (an appropriate ending)
We had a request from Stephanie at Rutgers, but we didn’t have the song she asked for. Thanks for calling in though!
playlists
Mon, October 26th 2009
Here’s our playlist from 10/19! Kevin kicked us off with the same back wall picks he always picks.
Bad Veins-Gold & Warm
Alberta Cross-ATX
R.E.M. -Living Well is the Best Revenge
N.E.R.D. -Love Bomb
BK-One-Face It
Honey Mustard DJs!
One Eskimo-Chocolate
Rubik-Radiance
Rev Run-Mind on the Road
How to Disappear-Summer of ’01 (Local pick!)
Stars of Track and Field-Racing Lights
BLK JKS-Skeletons
Habanero takes over the board!
And he played something by Princeton.
Where the Wild Things Are Soundtrack-Heads Up (by Karen O & the Kids)
Monsters of Folk -Whole Lotta Losin’
Arctic Monkeys-Cornerstone
Flight of the Conchords-Hurt Feelings
The Flaming Lips-Convinced of the Hex (brand new!)
Imogen Heap-First Train Home
Wasabi’s picks!
Avett brothers-It Goes On and On
Sea Wolf-Dew in the Grass
Vivian Girls-Can’t Get a Read on You
Bon Iver & St. Vincent-Rosalyn (New Moon Soundtrack)
7 Worlds Collide-All Comedians Suffer (for Julian!)
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habenero
Mon, October 19th 2009
Melissa’s Picks from 10/12!
Manic Streets Preachers-She Bathed Herself In a Bath of Bleach
Mason Jennings-City of Ghosts
The Flaming Lips-The W.A.N.D.
Vivian Girls-The End
The Cat Empire-So Many Nights
Jenny Owen Youngs-Last Person
Rain Machine-Hold You Holy
Silversun Pickups-Well Thought Out Twinkles
Sherwood-Hit The Bottom
The Swimmers-A Hundred Hearts
Ladytron-International Dateline
The Big Pink-Velvet
The Cardigans-Lovefool
The Gossip-Pop Goes the World
The Stars of Track & Field-In Bright Fire
Patrick Wolf-Hard Times
A Place to Bury Strangers-Keep Slipping Away (don’t you love band names sometimes?)
Funeral Singers-Califone
Madness-Dust Devil
Brother Ali-The Preacher (WTSR Song of the Month!)
Princeton-Shout It Out
The Calamity-Waiting For July
The Avett Brother-I And Love And You
Rubik-Wasteland
Echo & The Bunnymen-Think I Need It Too
The XX-Islands
Marla called in to request God Help the Girl x3, but it just moved out of low rotation :(
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self-promotion
cheese
Mon, October 12th 2009