Andy Gapin

Half decent show last night, nothing really special of note though.

In other news, Gaslight Anthem posted the video for “American Slang.” The video seems to filmed entirely in NYC, which isn’t horribly surprising since Brian lives in Brooklyn now, but this feels slightly like a slap in the face. I don’t think anyone expects them to constantly be “JERSEY! JERSEY! JERSEY!” but they’ve always been so proud of being from New Jersey and it was a very big part of who they are and what the music was about. To turnaround now and make a video that is so in-your-face NYC just doesn’t feel right.

Anyway, the video is below and the playlist from last night’s radio show is below that.

• Wolf Parade – Yulia – Expo 86
• Peggy Sue – The Shape We Made – Fossils And Other Phantoms
• Villagers – The Pact (I’ll Be Your Fever) – Becoming A Jacket
• Gemma Ray – Big Spender – It’s A Shame About Gemma Ray
• Jeremy Jay – Splash – Splash
• Gogol Bordello – Uma Menina – Trans-Continental Hustle
• Blitzen Trapper – Laughing Lover – Destroyer Of The Void
• Born Ruffians – Oh Man – Say It
• Kathryn Calder – If You Only Knew – Are You My Mother?
• Mates Of State – True Love Will Find You In The End (Daniel Johnston) – Crushes (The Covers Mixtape)
• Careful – I Loved A Girl But She Loved Me – Oh, Light
• Like Bells – Sea Salt – Palma
• Cate Le Bon – Terror Of The Man – Me Oh My
• Vic Chesnutt – Dick Cheney – Skitter On Take-Off
• Band Of Horses – Laredo – Infinite Arms
• Devo – March On – Something For Everybody

Source: 90.3 The Core

The Playlist last night was a bit on the folkier/acousticy-er/chiller side of things, but it was a decent show. I wanted to do something more upbeat, but that didn’t really pan out. I wouldn’t really say that’s a bad thing though.

I always feel like missing a week kills me. There ends up being too much music to go through before the show and since I wasn’t able to do the show last week because I was at my fiancée’s sister’s high school graduation, it was one of those nights. I’ll spend the next couple of weeks still catching up.

• Walter Schreifels – Save The Saveables – An Open Letter To The Scene
• Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Beverly Kills – Before Today
• Light Pollution – Drunk Kids – Apparitions
• Everest – Let Go – On Approach
• Kathryn Calder – If You Only Knew – Are You My Mother?
• Vic Chesnutt – Dick Cheney – Skitter On Take-Off
• Christopher Smith – Middle Of The Night – The Beckon Call
• Annuals – Holler And Howl – Sweet Sister
• Peggy Sue – Watchmen – Fossils And Other Phantoms
• Cuff The Duke – Follow Me – Way Down Here
• Band Of Horses – Dilly – Infinite Arms
• Villagers – The Pact (I’ll Be Your Fever) – Becoming A Jacket
• Woods – Death Rattles – At Echo Lake
• Mates Of State – Sleep The Clock Around (Belle And Sebastian) – Crushes (The Covers Mixtape)
• Danger Mouse And Sparklehorse – Pain Feat. Iggy Pop – Dark Night Of The Soul

Source: 90.3 Core

Last night’s show wasn’t anything too special, but it was a solid one nonetheless. The only gripe I had was that the new Against Me! and Gaslight Anthem records weren’t out for play yet so I had to play songs from my iPhone to avoid sticking with the singles. That wouldn’t have been a problem, but I haven’t gotten around to buying either album yet–I might not actually buy White Crosses–so the versions of the songs I played were from the leaks and of much lower quality than I would have liked. The leaks don’t sound awful on my phone or in the car, but they both sounded incredibly flat over the radio. Oh well.

Here’s the list!

• >Walter Schreifels – Arthur Lee’s Lullaby – An Open Letter To The Scene
• >The Gaslight Anthem – Orphans – American Slang
• >Blitzen Trapper – Laughing Lover – Destroyer Of The Void
• >Deer Tick – Choir Of Angels – The Black Dirt Sessions
• >The Henry Clay People – Slow Burn – Somewhere On The Golden Coast
• >Broken Social Scene – All To All – Forgiveness Rock Record
• >The Frontier Brothers – Burning Panties – You Should Start A Band
• >Skybox – Morning After Cuts – Morning After Cuts
• >Ty Segall – Bees – Melted
• >Against Me! – High Pressure Low – White Crosses
• >Setting Sun – Into The Wire – Fantasurreal
• >Shoe. – Weight Of The World – The Speed Of Life
• >Delta Spirit – Golden State – History From Below
• >Suckers – Before Your Birthday Ends – Wild Smile
• >Here We Go Magic – Old World United – Pigeons

Source: 90.3 The Core

Well, last night was one of the craziest shows I’ve ever done in the nine years that I’ve been at The Core. Yet, as crazy as it was, I don’t think anyone listening was able to tell. There were all kinds of technical and non-technical issues and distractions that I had to deal with while trying to do the show, but I pulled it off somehow. Though because of it, I ended up starting off with a song that I hated. I didn’t get to preview it long enough and hadn’t heard the album or band before so that sucked. Oh well.

Other than that, not too much to report about the show. Here’s the playlist…

• The New Loud – Heartattack – Measures Melt
• Horse Feathers – Starving Robins – Thistled Spring
• Hurricane Bells – Darkness Is So Deep – Tonight Is The Ghost
• Good Old War – Sneaky Louise – Good Old War
• Harlan T Bobo – Crazy With Loneliness – Sucker
• Walter Schreifels – Don’t Gotta Prove It – An Open Letter To The Scene
• Family Cactus – A Running Mystery – Come Howling
• Setting Sun – Sacrifice – Fantasurreal
• Ty Segall – Caesar – Melted
• Skybox – Buckets – Morning After Cuts
• Shoe. – Keep On Going – The Speed Of Life
• The Henry Clay People – This Ain’t A Scene – Somewhere On The Golden Coast
• Broken Social Scene – Meet Me In The Basement – Forgiveness Rock Record
• Woods – Death Rattles – Echo Lake
• The New Pornographers – Crash Years – Together
• Devo – Going Under – New Traditionalists

Source: 90.3 The Core

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

The Playlist last night was not one of my better shows. Everything felt off. The segues weren’t what I wanted, I didn’t really have any life in my mic breaks, and trying to work the Crystal Castles request in with the music I had picked out was a disaster.

Oh well, they can’t all be winners.

• Love Is All – Never Now – Two Thousand And Ten Injuries
• Gaslight Anthem, The – American Slang – American Slang
• Crystal Castles – Untrust Us – Crystal Castles
• Fanfarlo – Finish Line – Live [EP]
• Tallest Man On Earth, The – Troubles Will Be Gone – The Wild Hunt
• Hold Steady, The – Our Whole Lives – Heaven Is Whenever
• Mynabirds, The – Give It Time – What We Lose In Fire We Gain In The Flood
• Kaki King – The Betrayer – Junior
• Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy And The Cairo Gang – The Sounds Are Always Begging – The Wonder Show Of The World
• Minus The Bear – Animal Backwards – Omni
• Laura Marling – Blackberry Stone – I Speak Because I Can
• Manchester Orchestra – I’ve Got Friends – Live At Park Ave -
• Roky Erickson With Okkervil River – Birds’d Crash – True Love Cast Out All Evil
• Murder By Death – You Don’t Miss Twice (When You’re Shavin’ With A Knife) – Good Morning, Magpie

Source: 90.3 The Core

I got to play new Minus the Bear, Hold Steady, and Gaslight Anthem on the show last night. I’m glad we got this stuff in the station now since I don’t normally like to play leaks on the show. I guess it’s not really a big deal, but I kind of feel weird about it.

Other than that, the show was pretty solid. It was fun and I kept all my mic breaks really short.

• Against Me! – I Was A Teenage Anarchist – I Was A Teenage Anarchist [Single]
• Minus The Bear – Into The Mirror – Omni
• The Press – Fine China – INTEOTWIJTEOAE
• Jonsi – Animal Arithmetic – Go
• Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy And The Cairo Gang – With Cornstalks Or Among Them – The Wonder Show Of The World
• Gaslight Anthem, The – American Slang – American Slang [Single]
• Codeine Velvet Club – The Black Roses – Codeine Velvet Club
• Manchester Orchestra – Tony The Tiger – Live At Park Ave
• In Tall Buildings – Walking Man – In Tall Buildings
• The Hold Steady – Rock Problems – Heaven Is Whenever
• Fanfarlo – Finish Line – Live [EP]
• Kaki King – Sloan Shore – Junior
• The Mynabirds – We Made A Mountain – What We Lose In Fire We Gain In The Flood
• Roky Erickson With Okkervil River – Goodbye Sweet Dreams – True Love Cast Out All Evil

Source: 90.3 The Core

Good show last night, nothing really worth mentioning, but it was an all around good show.

• Drive By Truckers – After The Scene Dies – The Big To Do
• The Like – Wishing He Was Dead – College Radio Sampler
• Night Driving In Small Towns – Get Free – Serial Killers
• Undersea Poem – Bacocho Sunsets – Undersea Poem
• Fanfarlo – Finish Line – Live [EP]
• The Whigs – Automatic – In The Dark
• Title Tracks – No, Girl – It Was Easy
• The Press – Fine China – INTEOTWIJTEOAE
• She And Him – Over It Over Again – Volume Two
• Murder By Death – As Long As There Is Whiskey In The World – Good Morning, Magpie
• Roky Erickson With Okkervil River – Birds’d Crash – True Love Cast Out All Evil
• Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy And The Cairo Gang – The Sounds Are Always Begging – The Wonder Show Of The World
• Roadside Graves – Jail – You Won’t Be Happy With Me
• Against Me! – I Was A Teenage Anarchist – I Was A Teenage Anarchist [Single]
• The Fall – Mexico Wax Solvent – Your Future Our Clutter

Source: 90.3 The Core

Good show last night! I had a lot of great new stuff to play again even though much of the playlist this week was the same as last week’s. I think I had my mic breaks dead on with where I wanted them to be and I was really happy with my music selection. The amount of new stuff to listen to lately has been crazy. I can barely keep up with what’s officially been released in the past month or so and the upcoming releases that have leaked. Gaslight Anthem, Murder By Death, Minus The Bear, Hold Steady, Against Me!, Drive-By Truckers, and She & Him. And that’s just a few of the bands taking up all my time right now. So much great stuff to listen to. Anyway, here’s the playlist from last night’s show…

• LCD Soundsystem – Drunk Girls – Drunk Girls [Single]
• Murder By Death – Foxglove – Good Morning, Magpie
• Jason Collett – Love Is A Dirty Word – Rat A Tat Tat
• The Mynabirds – Give It Time – What We Lose In Fire We Gain In The Flood
• The Like – Wishing He Was Dead – College Radio Sampler
• Roadside Graves – Everything – You Won’t Be Happy With Me
• The Whigs – Kill Me Carolyn – In The Dark
• Drive By Truckers – Drag The Lake Charlie – The Big To Do
• Elliott Smith – No Name #3 – Roman Candle (reissue)
• Title Tracks – Hello There – It Was Easy
• She And Him – Gonna Get Along Without You Now (Skeeter Davis Cover) – Volume Two
• Seabear – In Winters Eyes – We Built A Fire
• Bright Eyes/Neva Dinova – I Know You – One Jug Of Wine, Two Vessels (Reissue)
• Roky Erickson With Okkervil River – Goodbye Sweet Dreams – True Love Cast Out All Evil
• Tom McRae – Told My Troubles To The River – The Alphabet Of Hurricanes
• Against Me! – I Was A Teenage Anarchist – I Was A Teenage Anarchist [Single]

Source: 90.3 The Core