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under the radar review-- a review, wherein I try to not sound too geeky.

Wed 27 May – Jens Lekman, Tig Notaro

Jens Lekman

last.fm has made me OCD about my charts. it's really sad. i know no one cares about this, but i was keeping track of it, so i figured i'd just put it here.

1,000th track: Belle and Sebastian - Expectations
2,000th track: Jem - You Will Make It
3,000th track: Jens Lekman - Your Arms Around Me / 10.05.08
4,000th track: The New Pornographers - Centre for Holy Wars / 10.20.08
5,000th track: of Montreal - Wicked Wisdom / 10.31.08
6,000th track: Regina Spektor - Us / 11.12.08
7,000th track: Explosions in the Sky - Glittering Blackness / 11.25.08
8,000th track: Taylor Swift - Love Story / 12.10.08
9,000th track: Cold War Kids - We Used to Vacation / 12.24.08
10,000th track: Jack's Mannequin - La La Lie / 02.02.09
11,000th track: Bitter:Sweet - Bittersweet Faith / 03.01.09
12,000th track: Linkin Park - Valentine's Day / 03.29.09
13,000th track: Schuyler Fisk - From Where I am Standing / 05.06.09
14,000th track: A Fine Frenzy - Rangers / 06.21.09

1.Jack Nitzsche - Charmaine
2. Billy Fury - Run To My Lovin' Arms
3. Brian Hyland - The Joker Went Wild
4. ? and the Mysterians - It's Not Easy
5. The Clean - Clutch
6. Blind Mr. Jones- Regular Disease
7. Mojave 3 - Love Songs on the Radio
8. Current 93 - Sleep Has His House
9. The Breeders - Silver
10. Carl Orff- Gassenhauer
11. Martha and the Vandellas - In My Lonely Room
12. John Leyton- Johnny Remember Me
13. Martin Denny - The Enchanted Sea
14. Jens Lekman - When I Said I Wanted to Be Your Dog
15. The Ronettes - I Wish I Never Saw the Sunshine

Guided by Voices - Do the Collapse



Tom Waits - Blood Money



Television - Marquee Moon



Neil Young - Harvest



Galaxie 500 - Today



Love - Forever Changes



A Silver Mt. Zion - Born Into Trouble as the Sparks Fly Upward



The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds



The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore



Boards of Canada - Music Has The Right To The Children



The Beatles - White Album



The National - Alligator



Sonic Youth - Dirty



Sufjan Stevens - The Avalanche



Pixies - Doolittle



Sigur Rós - Agaetys Byrjun



The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead



Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea



Arcade Fire - Funeral



Belle and Sebastian - Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant



The Doors - Strange Days



Radiohead - OK Computer



Nick Drake - Pink Moon



Los Planetas - Una semana en el motor de un autobús



The Clash - London Calling



Stars of the Lid - The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid



Kashmir - Zitilites



Spacemen 3 - Playing With Fire



The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico



Tindersticks - Waiting for the Moon



The Delgados - Universal Audio



Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance



Elliott Smith - Either/Or



Luna - Bewitched



Jaime Sin Tierra - Autochocador



Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights



Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - Barafundle



John Cale - Paris 1919



Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala



Smog - Red Apple Falls



The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema



Rage Against the Machine - The Battle of Los Angeles



The Kinks - Something Else



Teenage Fanclub - Grand Prix



Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen



Subtle - For Hero: For Fool



My Morning Jacket - Z



Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space



Bob Marley And The Wailers - Kaya



Migala - Arde



Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables



Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot



Pescado Rabioso - Artaud



Stereolab - Margerine Eclipse



Mogwai - Happy Songs for Happy People



Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication



David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust



Portishead - Dummy



Víctor Jara - Antología



The Zombies - Odessey & Oracle



Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain



Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary



The Mars Volta - Deloused in the Comatorium



Hefner - The Fidelity Wars



The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots



Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures



System of a Down - Toxicity



of Montreal - Satanic Panic in the Attic



Built to Spill - Keep It Like a Secret



The Chemical Brothers - Come With Us



Battles - Mirrored



Deerhunter - Cryptograms



Disco Inferno - Technicolour



Café Tacuba - Cuatro Caminos



Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F#A#oo



Yo La Tengo - Electr-o-pura



Animal Collective - Feels



Blur - Think Thank



El mató a un Policía Motorizado - El Mató a un Policía Motorizado



Cul de Sac - China Gate



Invisible - El jardín de los presentes



Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism



Daniel Johnston - 1990



Deerhoof - The Runners Four



Low - Things We Lost in the Fire



Nacho Vegas - Actos Inexplicables



The Magnetic Fields - Get Lost



Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon



Thom Yorke - The Eraser



Os Mutantes - Everything Is Possible!



Antony and the Johnsons - I Am a Bird Now



Matt Elliott - Drinking Songs



Augustus Pablo - King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown



The Strokes - Is This It



Neil Young - After the Gold Rush



La Costa Brava - Velocidad de Crucero



The National - Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers



Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes



Xiu Xiu - Knife Play



Me Darás Mil Hijos - Un camino, algún lugar



Brian Eno - Another Green World



Anathallo - Floating World



Sonic Youth - Murray Street



The Beatles - Revolver



Joanna Newsom - The Milk Eye Mender



New Order - Get Ready



Placebo - Black Market Music



Stars - Set Yourself on Fire



The Clientele - Strange Geometry



Vashti Bunyan -Another Diamond Day



Dirty Three - Horse Stories



Panda Bear - Person Pitch



Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks



Nirvana - In Utero



Radiohead - Amnesiac



Bloc Party - Silent Alarm



Fly Pan Am - Ceux Qui Inventent N'ont Jamais Vécu



Beck - Sea Change



Arcade Fire - Neon Bible



Animal Collective - Sung Tongs



Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me

Hey folks!

It's friday! Shit yeah! Other good news: I got a gig DJing "KUCI Night" at the Kitsch Bar in Costa Mesa. If you're in the Orange County area, please stop by starting in July. I'll buy you a drink. Well...I'll say that I'm going to buy you a drink and then conveniently forget my wallet. I'm an asshole.

Things that Are Square 6-11-09

(*) = New release

The Replacements - Here Comes a Regular - Tim

The Halo Benders - Freedom Ride - God Don't Make No Junk
Make Up - Every Baby Cries the Same - Untouchable Sound
Fugazi - Suggestion - 13 Songs
Jawbreaker - The Boat Dreams From the Hill - 24 Hour Revenge Therapy

(*) Mika Miko - Turkey Sandwhich - We Be Xuxa (For Alex in Irvine, CA)
(*) The Vaselines - Lovecraft - Enter the Vaselines
Rocketship - I Love You Like the Way that I Used To - A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness
Luna - Lovedust - Best of Luna

(*) Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - Tom Justice, The Choir Boy Robber, Apprehended at Ace Hardware in Libertyville, IL - Vs. Children
(*) EAR PWR - Cats Is People, Too - Super Animal Brothers III
Michael Andrews - When I Call a Name - Me and You and Everyone We Know Original Score
Jens Lekman - I Don't Wanna Die Alone - The Opposite of Hallelujah

(*) Black Moth Super Rainbow - Twin of Myself - Eating Us
The Fiery Furnaces - Chief Inspector Blancheflower - Blueberry Boat

(*) Dirty Projectors - Useful Chamber - Bitte Orca
Hymie's Basement - You Die - Hymie's Basement
(*) Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard - To Be Objectified - 'Em Are I
(*) Akron/Family - River - Set 'EM Wild, Set 'Em Free

Secret Chiefs 3 - Renunciation - Second Grand Constitution and Bylaws
A Hawk and a Hacksaw - God Bless the Ottoman Empire - The Way the Wind Blows
Masada - Sippur - 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 7

(*) Gay Witch Abortion - Down with Giants - Maverick
(*) Sunn O))) - Big Church - Monoliths & Dimensions

Hope you guys will tune in sometime in the future. TtAS is on every Thursday 6-8pm PST on KUCI 88.9FM in Irvine, CA, and worldwide on the internet at KUCI.ORG, the public radio presets of iTunes, and the public radio app on iPhones.

<3,
Kyle

Here is a pretty accurate list for me.

1. Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation (1988)
2. Arcade Fire– Funeral (2004)
3. R.E.M. – Murmur (1983)
4. Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures (1979)
5. Pavement – Slanted and Enchanted (1992)
6. The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds (1966)
7. Deerhunter – Microcastle (2008)
8. DJ Shadow – Endtroducing….. (1996)
9. Talking Heads– Remain in Light (1980)
10. Madvillain – Madvillainy (2004)

11. Van Morrison – Astral Weeks (1968)
12. The Clash – London Calling (1980)
13. My Bloody Valentine – Loveless (1991)
14. The Tough Alliance – A New Chance (2007)
15. Tom Waits – Rain Dogs (1985)
16. Radiohead – Kid A (2000)
17. Broken Social Scene – You Forgot it in People (2002)
18. Built to Spill – Perfect From Now On (1997)
19. The Stooges – Funhouse (1970)
20. Hüsker Dü – Zen Arcade (1984)

21. The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses (1989)
22. Joni Mitchell – Blue (1971)
23. The Velvet Underground – The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)
24. The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead (1986)
25. The Beatles – Revolver (1966)
26. Joanna Newsom – Ys (2006)
27. The Replacements – Let It Be (1984)
28. Slowdive – Souvlaki (1993)
29. Radiohead – OK Computer (1997)
30. Pixies – Doolittle (1989)

31. The Rolling Stones – Exile on Main St. (1972)
32. Television – Marquee Moon (1977)
33. Sonic Youth – Murray Street (2002)
34. Slint - Spiderland
35. A Tribe Called Quest – The Low End Theory (1991)
36. Neutral Milk Hotel – In The Aeroplane Over the Sea (1998)
37. The Chameleons – Script of the Bridge (1983)
38. The Clash – The Clash (1977)
39. Guided by Voices – Bee Thousand (1994)
40. The Kinks – The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society (1969)

41. Sigur Rós - Ágætis byrjun (1999)
42. The Walkmen – Bows + Arrows (2004)
43. Neil Young – On the Beach (1974)
44. The Field – From Here We Go Sublime (2007)
45. Pavement – Wowee Zowee (1995)
46. Gang of Four – Entertainment! (1979)
47. The Jesus and Mary Chain – Psychocandy (1985)
48. Big Star – Third/Sister Lovers (1992)
49. The Flaming Lips – The Soft Bulletin (1999)
50. Elvis Costello – This Year’s Model (1978)

51. The Wrens – The Meadowlands (2003)
52. Dinosaur Jr. – You’re Living All Over Me (1987)
53. GZA/Genius – Liquid Swords (1995)
54. The Avalanches – Since I Left You (2000)
55. Sufjan Stevens – Illinois (2005)
56. The Who – The Who Sell Out (1967)
57. The B-52’s – The B-52’s (1979)
58. The Fall – Hex Enduction Hour (1982)
59. Massive Attack – Mezzanine (1998)
60. Patti Smith – Horses (1975)

61. Talk Talk – Spirit of Eden (1988)
62. Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (1995)
63. Jens Lekman – Night Falls Over Kortedala (2007)
64. The Beatles – Abbey Read (1969)
65. Talk Talk – Laughing Stock (1991)
66. The Who – Quadrophenia (1973)
67. The Rapture – Echoes (2003)
68. LCD Soundsystem – Sound of Silver (2007)
69. Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin IV (1971)
70. Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)

71. Japandroids – Post-Nothing (2009)
72. Pavement – Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (1994)
73. Meat Puppets – II (1984)
74. Pere Ubu – The Modern Dance (1978)
75. The Fall – This Nation’s Saving Grace (1985)
76. Interpol – Turn On the Bright Lights (2002)
77. Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002)
78. Stereolab – Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1996)
79. The Velvet Underground – White Light/White Heat (1968)
80. Mission of Burma – Vs. (1982)

81. Boards of Canada – Music Has the Right to Children (1998)
82. David Bowie – Hunky Dory (1971)
83. The Modern Lovers – The Modern Lovers (1976)
84. Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest (2009)
85. Wire – Pink Flag (1977)
86. Mogwai – Young Team (1997)
87. Glenn Branca – The Ascension (1981)
88. Nirvana – Nevermind (1991)
89. Joy Division – Closer (1980)
90. The Knife – Silent Shout (2006)

91. Sly and the Family Stone – There’s a Riot Goin’ On (1971)
92. Public Image Ltd. – Metal Box (1979)
93. Grizzly Bear – Yellow House (2006)
94. TV on the Radio – Return to Cookie Mountain (2006)
95. Randy Newman – Sail Away (1972)
96. The Jesus Lizard – Goat (1991)
97. Wu-Tang Clan – Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (1993)
98. Elvis Costello – My Aim Is True (1977)
99. Wolf Parade – Apologies to the Queen Mary (2005)
100. Panda Bear – Person Pitch (2007)

101. Opal – Happy Nightmare Baby (1987)
102. Josef K – The Only Fun in Town (1981)
103. Portishead – Third (2008)
104. Bruce Springsteen – Born to Run (1975)
105. Modest Mouse – The Moon & Antarctica (2000)
106. The Stooges – Raw Power (1973)
107. Tom Waits – Bone Machine (1992)
108. Love – Forever Changes (1967)
109. Clipse – Hell Hath No Fury (2006)
110. Jimi Hendrix – Electric Ladyland (1968)

111. Depeche Mode – Violator (1990)
112. The Feelies – Crazy Rhythms (1980)
113. PJ Harvey – To Bring You My Love (1995)
114. Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream (1993)
115. Cut Copy – In Ghost Colours (2008)
116. Belle and Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister (1997)
117. Public Enemy – It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988)
118. Galaxie 500 – Today (1988)
119. Sonic Youth – Sister (1987)
120. Ramones – Ramones (1976)

121. Beck – Odelay (1996)
122. Manuel Göttsching – E2-E4 (1984)
123. Fleetwood Mac – Rumours (1977)
124. No Age – Nouns (2008)
125. John Coltrane – A Love Supreme (1965)
126. Eric B. & Rakim – Pain in Full (1987)
127. Brian Wilson – Smile (2004)
128. Aphex Twin – Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (1992)
129. Yo La Tengo – I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One (1997)
130. Weezer – Pinkerton (1996)

131. Pixies – Surfer Rosa (1988)
132. The National – Boxer (2007)
133. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion (2009)
134. The Slits – Cut (1979)
135. XTC – Skylarking (1986)
136. The Zombies – Odessey & Oracle
137. The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
138. Public Enemy – Fear of a Black Planet (1990)
139. Neu! – Neu! (1972)
140. De La Soul – 3 Feet High and Rising (1989)

141. The Strokes – Is This It (2001)
142. Talking Heads – More Songs About Buildings and Food (1978)
143. Animal Collective – Sung Tongs (2004)
144. Pearl Jam – Ten (1991)
145. Battles – Mirrored (2007)
146. Scientist – Scientist Rids the World of the Evil Curse of the Vampires (1981)
147. The National – Alligator (2006)
148. The Cure – Disintegration (1989)
149. Tom Waits – Swordfishtrombones (1983)
150. New Order – Low-Life (1985)

60s: 12
70s: 29
80s: 35
90s: 35
00s: 37

Hey internet,

You guys ready for the weekend? Would you say that you, like everybody, are working for the weekend? Am I going to see you at the White Rainbow show at Echo Curio tomorrow? So many questions!

The music:

Things that Are Square 5-28-09

High Places - From Stardust to Sentience - High Places

Panda Bear - Take Pills - Person Pitch
Deerhunter - Fluorescent Grey - Fluorescent Grey
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Cut Dead - Psychocandy
The Skygreen Leopards - I Remember Sally Orchid - Disciples of California

Slings - O'Fill My Heart - The Old Hopeful Trail
Smog - To Be of Use - Red Apple Falls
Songs: Ohia - Lioness - The Lioness

(*) Akron/Family - River - Set 'em Wild, Set 'em Free
Pearls Before Swine - Ballad to an Amber Lady - One Nation Underground (For Vadi in Irvine, CA)
(*) Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard - Roll Bus Roll - 'Em Are I

(*) Black Moth Super Rainbow - Born On a Day the Sun Didn't Rise - Eating Us
(*) EAR PWR - Super Animal Bros. III - Super Animal Brothers III
(*) Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - Killers - Vs. Children
(*) Harlem Shakes - Sunlight - Technicolor Health (For Aiko in Seattle, WA)

(*) Camera Obscura - French Navy - My Maudlin Career
France Gall - Laisse Tomber les Filles - Poupée de Son
(*) Chain and the Gang - Unpronounceable Name - Down with Liberty...Up with Chains!
Thee Oh Sees - Quadrospazzed - The Master's Bedroom Is Worth Spending a Night In

(*) King Khan & The Shrines - I Wanna Be a Girl - What Is?!
Jay Reatard - See/Saw - Matador Singles '08
Wolf Parade - Grounds for Divorce - Apologies to the Queen Mary
Frightened Rabbit - Good Arms vs Bad Arm - The Midnight Organ Fight

Jens Lekman - If You Ever Need a Stranger (To Sing At Your Wedding) - When I Said I Wanted to Be Your Dog
Mogwai - New Paths to Helicon Pt I - Government Commissions

Hope those who turned in enjoyed themselves. If these look like songs you'd like, feel free to join me any Thursday night, 6-8pm PST on KUCI 88.9FM in Irvine, CA, and worldwide on the internet at KUCI.ORG, the public radio presets of iTunes, and the public radio app on your iPhone.

<3,
Kyle

jens lekman @ the echo -- welcome back!

Wed 27 May – Jens Lekman, Tig Notaro

Jens Lekman