Andy Gapin

I didn’t do a radio show last week, but last night’s edition of The Playlist wasn’t too shabby. I accidentally hit the stop button the CD player with the back of my hand about 3 seconds into a song and one mic break sounded a bit out of breath, but everything else was pretty solid. A nice selection of music and short but informative mic breaks.

Last night was one of those shows where you know you’ve got a ton of listeners. I mean, there are always people listening, whether they are calling you or not, but I got a couple IMs, a couple calls, and a request for Echo and the Bunneymen (which I played). I even got a compliment from the mom of the DJ after me. Nice! Apparently, she likes my show better. And separate from those, my fiancée’s college friend even got a couple of her friends listening too. Not bad!

So here’s the playlist…

• Minus The Bear – My Time – Omni
• Walter Schreifels – Arthur Lee’s Lullaby – An Open Letter To The Scene
• Annuals – Flesh And Blood – Sweet Sister [EP]
• Night Driving In Small Towns – Kick – Serial Killers
• Horse Feathers – Vernonia Blues – Thistled Spring
• The Gaslight Anthem – American Slang – American Slang [Single]
• Family Cactus – A Running Mystery – Come Howling
• Shoe. – Keep On Going – The Speed Of Life
• Kate Nash – Kiss That Grrrl – My Best Friend Is You
• The Hold Steady – Rock Problems – Heaven Is Whenever
• Echo And The Bunnymen – Do You Know Who I Am’ – The Fountain
• Sarah Jaffe – Before You Go – Suburban Nature
• Harlan T Bobo – Crazy With Loneliness – Sucker
• CocoRosie – Hopscotch – Grey Oceans
• Broken Social Scene – Meet Me In The Basement – Forgiveness Rock Record

Source: 90.3 The Core

A relatively standard show last night, I’d say. I kept the mic breaks short and concise and had the best segue between two songs I’ve ever pulled off. Minus the Bear’s “My Time” went so perfectly into Growing’s “Massive Dropout,” it couldn’t have been any better.

I forgot to play the “American Slang,”  but I guess I’ve played enough of that one song over the past couple weeks anyway. On a whole, the new Gaslight Anthem record is great, maybe I’ll play something else from it next week. It’s a better record than The ’59 Sound which is saying a lot, but the thing about The ’59 Sound is that it had no staying power for me. I loved it pretty hard for a few months and then stopped caring about it. But I think American Slang is kind of their album that says “we’re for real, we’ve got a lot of good stuff in us and we’re going to be around for a while.” It’s a pretty solid indication that these guys aren’t a fluke. Unfortunately, it also propels them farther away from being “our band,” not that they really have been for at least the last year anyway.

• Roky Erickson With Okkervil River – Be And Bring Me Home – True Love Cast Out All Evil
• Frog Eyes – Lear In Love – Paul’s Tomb: A Triumph
• Night Driving In Small Towns – Serial Killer – Serial Killers
• Sean Hayes – Pwerful Stuff – Run Wolves Run
• The Press – Pattern Mill – INTEOTWIJTEOAE
• Minus The Bear – My Time – Omni
• Growing – Massive Dropout – Pumps
• The Tallest Man On Earth – The Wild Hunt – The Wild Hunt
• The Salteens – Hallowed Ways – Moths
• CocoRosie – Grey Oceans – Grey Oceans
• The Mynabirds – LA Rain – What We Lose In Fire We Gain In The Flood
• Kate Nash – Don’t You Want To Share The Guilt? – My Best Friend Is You
• The Black Keys – Tighten Up – Tighten Up [Single]
• The Hold Steady – Our Whole Lives – Heaven Is Whenever

Source: 90.3 The Core