Andy Gapin

Last night’s show ended up coming together surprisingly well. I had to reach back a littler further than normal for newer music so it wasn’t the absolute latest crop that The Playlist is normally comprised of, but I think the overall product of the show was pretty decent. I actually ended up playing a couple older tracks, Streetlight Manifesto to satisfy a request and Rilo Kiley for my fiancée since I got the song stuck in her head earlier in the day. Fitting these two in wasn’t too hard as it seems the Music Department has been a little behind throughout the Summer while everyone is away from school. This has resulted in the overall flow of albums getting reviewed and into the studio being almost non-existent. I expect that things will start to pick up next week as kids come back to school.

Other than that, there isn’t really a lot to say about the show.

• Maps And Atlases – Israeli Caves – Perch Patchwork
• Wolf Parade – Cloud Shadow On The Mountain – Expo 86
• Upstairs Downstairs – Stationary’s Helping – Inland And Out
• Streets On Fire, The – Chadwick Shut Up! – This Is Fancy
• Elsinore – Chemicals – Yes Yes Yes
• Menomena – Queen Black Acid – Mines
• Streetlight Manifesto – Would You Be Impressed’ – Somewhere In The Between
• White Fence – Destroy Everything – White Fence
• Steel Train – Behavior – Steel Train
• These United States – Nobody Can Tell – What Lasts
• Social Studies – We Choose Our Own Adventures – Wind Up Wooden Heart
• The Orbans – New Dress – When We Were Wild
• Best Coast – Bratty B – Crazy For You
• Wavves – Post Acid – King Of The Beach
• A Great Big Pile Of Leaves – Race Car Driving – Have You Seen My Prefrontal Cortex?
• Rilo Kiley – Silver Lining – Under The Blacklight

90.3 The Core

Last night’s show was interesting, my fiancée was with me and was distracting me by making shark faces at me in the beginning so I ended up having the whole sequencing of mic breaks, announcements, and songs off all night. It turned out to be pretty cool actually. I generally have a standard way of putting the show together and it’s been a long time since I really varied that. This was a welcome change and made everything feel much less mechanical.

The early part of the show started of rather fuzzy (band sound-wise), but that worked out somewhat well. Entirely unintentional. I also liked the new Steel Train song I played too…which was unexpected.

• Big Eyes – Since You Left – Big Eyes [EP]
• The Streets On Fire – The Basement – This Is Fancy
• Poison Control Center, The – Two Mountains – Sad Sour Future
• White Fence – Destroy Everything – White Fence
• Steel Train – You Are Dangerous – Steel Train
• The Like – I Can See It In Your Eyes – Release Me
• Faded Paper Figures – Limelight – New Medium
• The Love Language – Summer Dust – Libraries
• Telegraph Canyon – Welcome To The Night – The Tide And The Current
• Alba Lua – Ballad Of Joseph Merrick – Ballad Of Joseph Merrick [EP]
• Fol Chen – C/U – Part II: The New December
• The Orbans – Left Side – When We Were Wild
• Maps And Atlases – Living Decorations – Perch Patchwork
• Fjord Rowboat – We Both Know – Under Cover Of Brightness
• The Beauties – Devil Do – The Beauties
• Wavves – Linus Spacehead – King Of The Beach

Source: 90.3 The Core