Where have the towers gone?

Ah, yes, another foggy morning in sweet Cleveland! We're sure to have more thunderstorms by tonight (60% sure, at least!), so bunker down everyone. In the meantime, don't forget about the many many activities going on around Cleveland this week. I'll share a few of them with you listeners today, but the rest of the work is up to you! As always, enjoy the show!

The Lucksmiths: "Music to Hold Hands To"
The Autumn Defense: "The Answer"
The Aislers Set: "Catherine Says"
Lou Barlow: "Holding Back the Year"
Josh Ritter: "Monster Ballads"
Sun Kil Moon: "Carry Me Ohio"
Damien Jurado & Gathered in Song: "Parade"
Versus: "Merry-go-Round"
Yo La Tengo: "Pablo and Andrea"
Final Fantasy: "He Poos Clouds" (playing tomorrow night @ Beachland!)
Air: "Another Day"
Couch: "Alles Sagt Ja"
Capitol K: "Pillow"
Cornelius: "Point"
Supercar: ???
Figurine: "Rewind"
Dntel: "(This is) The Dream of Evan & Chan"
Postal Service: "Recylced Air"
Jason Collett: "Hangover Days"
Camera Obscura: "I Need all the Friends I can get"
Belle & Sebastian: "We are the Sleepyheads"
The Concretes: "On the Radio"
Cub: (will add later)
Beat Happening: "Foggy Eyes"
The Wedding Present: "Three"
The Sixths: "Falling Out of Love With You"
The Magnetic Fields: "When You Were My Baby"
Jens Lekman: "A Higher Power"
Teenage Fanclub: "Ain't That Enough"

Hot Hot Stinkin Hot!

Man, did anyone else notice how H-O-T HOT it got this weekend?! Whoo boy! Well, I hope you all made the most of it and then got the hell outta the way for last night's storm...and what a lovely storm it was! Well, against all odds, I'm back for another edition of Popsicle Industries, so sit back, enjoy a little A/C or an oscillating fan, sip on some iced coffee, and enjoy the show!

Neko Case: "Knock Loud"
Cat Power: "Top Expert"
Camera Obscura: "Lunar Sea"
The Aislers Set: "Through the Swells"
Heavenly: "Tool"
Quasi: "Queen Majesty"
Mascott: "Kite" (thanks Elizabeth!)
Belle & Sebastian: "If You're Feeling Sinister"
E-Vax: "Playground"
The New Pornographers: "The New Face of Zero and One"
Ok Go: "Here it Goes Again"
Helicopter Helicopter: "Talented Socialites"
Push Kings: "Diamonds Aren't Forever"
Teenage Fanclub: "About You"
The Smiths: "Rusholme Ruffians"
Brendan Benson: "The Alternative to Love"
Jason Colett: "Lucky Star"
The Wedding Present: "California"
The Breeders: "No Aloha"
Isan: "Five to Four, Ten to Eleven"
Telefon Tel Aviv: "TTV"
Schneider TM: "Frogstears [remix]"
Vitesse: "Philosophy or Forgetfulness"
The Clientele: "When You and I Were Young"
Clinic: "Porno"
Death Cab for Cutie: "Champagne from a Paper Cup"
Built to Spill: "Car"
The Dismemberment Plan: "Sentimental Man"
Clap Your Hands, Say Yeah: "Over and Over Again (Lost and Found)"
Pere Ubu: "Heaven"
Pinback: "Syracuse"

CMJ Week!

In celebration of this, the second ever Cleveland CMJ Music Festival, I'm planning to play some of the bands that will be in town, playing shows at our many many music venues. If I get off track (no pun intended), well, that's just what happens! So, let's get this party started...

The Arcade Fire: "The Neighborhood"
The Wedding Present: "Three"
The Owls: "Air"
Holly Go Lightly: "One Neck "
Cities: "A Theme"
Pelican: "Aurora Borealis"
Mogwai: "Christmas Song"
The Six Parts Seven: "Already Elsewhere"
Mono: "Sabbath"
Explosions in the Sky: "Look Into the Air"
Do Make Say Think: "Soul and Onward"
Red House Painters: "Grace Cathedral Park"
Pinback: "Seville"
Grandaddy: "Summer Here Kids"
Quickspace: "Swisher"
Creeper Lagoon: "Sylvia"
New Radiant Storm King: "Anthym" (CMJ!!!)
The New Lou Reeds: "Brighton Beach" (CMJ!!!)
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists: "Biomusicology"
The Decemberists: "The Legionnaire's Lament" (for Matthew!)
Weakerthans: "Benediction"
Sufjan Stevens: "We Won't Need Legs to Stand"
The Stills: "Lola Stars and Stripes" (CMJ!!!)
Pedro the Lion (featuring David Bazan (CMJ!!!)): "Never Leave a Job Half Done"

June 5, 2006

Hello all and welcome to June! I hope you enjoyed last week's nearly all-vinyl revue, but this week we're back to normal here at Popsicle Industries. We're raiding the CD vault today and even cheating a bit and getting a few tunes off the old DMC Xclef...so sit back, relax and enjoy the hot beats!

Her Space Holiday: "Home is Where You Hang Yourself"
Broken Social Scene: "Love and Mathematics"
The Sea and Cake: "Early Chicago"
Helio Sequence: "The Echo-Blomp"
Dntel: "(This is) The Dream of Evan and Chan"
Figurine: "The Heartfelt"
The Beatles: "Sexy Sadie"
Joan of Arc: "White Out"
Aloha: "A Hundred Stories"
AM FM: "Come Suck Down a Cloud"
Guided by Voices: "Mushroom Art"
Bells of: "Strange Pair"
Yo La Tengo: [sorry...off of May I Sing With Me]
Beat Happening: "Bewitched"
Vomit Launch: "Block of Wood"
Camera Obscura: "Come Back Margaret"
The Autumn Defense: "Circles"
???"Special Death"??? (off of the Lullaby Lullaby Compilation)
Billy Bragg: "Days Like These" (DC Remix)
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan: "Honey Child What Can I Do?"
Swords (via Elliott Smith): "I Didn't Understand"
The Decemberists: "Shiny"
The Walkmen: "Emma, Get Me a Lemon"
Clinic: "The Vulture"
The Clientele: "Rain"
Grandaddy: "Skateboarding Saves Me Twice"
Pinback: "Syracuse"
Boards of Canada: "Left Side Drive"