ok? ...well...I guess so....

Artist - Song - Album

These New Puritans - Elvis - Best Pyramid
Atmosphere - Guarantees - When Life Gives You Lemons You Paint That Shit Gold
Langhorne Slim - Rebel Side Of Heaven - Langhorne Slim

Last Shadow Puppets - The Age Of The Understatement - The Age Of The Understatement
Last Shadow Puppets - Standing Next To Me - The Age of the Understatement

A. A. Bondy - Black Rain, Black Rain - American Hearts
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - Hold On To Yourself - Dig Lazarus Dig
Janie Lidell - Figure Me Out - Jim

Last Shadow Puppets - Calm Like You - The Age of the Understatement
Last Shadow Puppets - Separate and Ever Deadly - The Age of Understatement
The Autumn Leaves - Lighthouse - Long Lost Friend
Jim Noir - Don't You Worry - Jim Noir

Last Shadow Puppets - The Chamber - The Age of Understatement
Last Shadow Puppet - Only The Truth - The Age of Understatement

Cut Copy - Lights and Music - In Ghost Colours
Santagold - L.E.S. Artistes - Santagold
Man Man - A Song For Liza Minnelli

Last Shadow Puppets - My Mistakes Were Made For You - The Age of Understatement
Last Shadow Puppets - Black Plant - The Age of Understatement

Lanterns On The Lake - This Year - demo
Wolf Parade - Call It A Ritual - (forthcoming, no title yet)
Cloud Cult - The Ghost Inside Our House - Feel Good Ghosts

Last Shadow Puppets - I Don't Like You Anymore - The Age of Understatement
Last Shadow Puppets -

Spiritualized - Soul On Fire - Songs
Plants and Animals - Bye Bye Bye - Parc Avenue

M83 - Graveyard Girl - Saturdays = Youth

The Spring Has Sprung Edition (I'm so happy)

Artist - Song - Album

The Weepies - Little Bird - Hide Away
Sandrine - Inertia - Dark Fades Into The Light

Andrew Bird - Fiery Crash - Armchair Apocrypha
Andrew Bird - Imatosis - Armchair Apocrypha

Pacifika - Me Cai - Asuncion
Merideth Bragg - My Absent Will -
Man Man - A Song For Liza Minnelli

Andrew Bird - Plasticities - Armchair Apocrypha
Andrew Bird - Heretics - Armchair Apocrypha

Cloud Cult - The Ghost Inside Our House - Feel Good Ghosts (Teapartying Through Tornados)
She and Him - Why Do You Let Me Stay Here? - Volume One
New Faces - My Alarm - New Faces

Andrew Bird - Armchair - Armchair Apocrypha
Andrew Bird - Darkmatter - Armchair Apocrypha

Connie Price and The Keystones - High Life - Tell Me Something
The Coup - My Favorite Mutiny - Pick A Bigger Weapon
Dodos - Fools - Visitor

Andrew Bird - The Trees Were Mistaken - Soldier On (ep)
Andrew Bird - Sic of Elephants - Soldier On

Vampire Weekend - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa - Vampire Weekend

Andrew Bird - How You Going To Keep Them Down On the Farm - Soldier On

Live Brave!

The Free Tibet Edition

Artist - Song - CD

Samantha James - Right Now - Om: Chilled Relax Recline Rewind
Mono in VCF - Escape City Scrapers -

Foals - The French Open - Antidotes
Foals - Cassius - Antidote

Honeyhoney - Little Toy Gun - Honeyhoney
White Shoes and the Couples Party - Tentang Cita - White Shoes and the Couples party
Watson Twins - How am I To Be - Fire Songs
Chris Pierce - Keep on Keeping On - Walking on the Earth

Foals - Red Sox Pugie - Antidotes
Foals - Olympic Airways - Antidotes

The Republic Tigers - Buildings and Mountains - The Republic Tigers
The Notwist - Good Lies - The Devil, You,and Me
Lykke Li - Little Bit - Youth Novels

Foals - Electric Bloom - Antidotes
Foals - Balloons - Antidotes

Andrew Bird - Sic of Elephants - Soldier On
Andrew Bird - Heretics (Early Version) - Soldier On
Sarah Cahoone - Only As the Day is Long - Only as the Day is Long

Foals - Heavey Water - Antidotes
Foals - Two Steps, Twice - Antidotes

The Heavey - Coleen - Great Vengeance and Furious Fire
Pacifika - Me Cai - Asuncion


Hey! Have a fantastic weekend!
Do the electric slide all down the street!
Toodles
Brenna

Remember Me

Some things must be shared.

Former Concord Monitor (NH) photojournalist Preston Gannaway won a Pulitzer Prize for her photos in a series of articles which “chronicle the death of Carolynne St. Pierre, a Concord NH woman who wanted to leave her children with a record of her final months.” Ms. St. Pierre was a nurse who left behind her husband and three children as well as many other loved ones. The online version is this amazing, beautiful photo-audio slide show called “Remember Me.”

This powerful multimedia documentary is uplifting and heartbreaking. The story and story-telling are life changing.

It's A Dance Party This Satuday Morning

The Foals new album Antidote will be the feature artist/album this Saturday Morning. The Foals have a dance/pop quality to go along with their alt-rockness. From their Wikipedia entry:

"Foals are an indie rock band from Oxford, England. The band are signed with Transgressive Records in Europe and Sub Pop in the USA. A full length album—entitled Antidotes—was released on 24 March 2008 in the UK, and will be released in the USA on 8 April. It was originally to have been produced by Dave Sitek of TV on the Radio^[1] but the band discarded Sitek's final mix and remixed the entire record themselves because Sitek's heavy use of reverb had given their recording a "spacey" sound that they disliked."

I've been listening through the album all week and am liking what I'm hearing. These guys have been around since 2005 and this looks to be their debut album. I love the debuts, especially when they are good. This one is good. Please do plan to join me as we explore the Foals' Antidote on Saturday Morning.

Free Tibet!

Too Much Coffee Edition

Artist - Song - Album

The Hands - Best - The Hands
Kaputt - Water Makes the Blade Blunt - Family Tree
The Lions - Jungle Struttin' - Jungle Struttin'

Yoav - Adore Adore - Charmed and Strange
Yoav - Club Thing - Charmed and Strange

Bon Iver - Skinny Love - For Emma, Forever Ago
The Coup - My Favorite Mutiny (with Black Thought and Talib Kweli) - Pick A Bigger Weapon
Cassettes Won't Listen - Large Radio - Small-Time Machine

Yoav - Live - Charmed and Strange
Yoav - One By One - Charmed and Strange

Joseph Arthur - Morning Cup - Could We Survive
American Music Club - Decibels and Little Pills - Golden Age (Merge)
Helio Sequence - Keep Your Eyes Ahead - Keep Your Eyes Ahead

Yoav - There Is Nobody - Charmed and Strange
Yoav - Wake Up - Charmed and Strange

The Mountain Goats - San Bernardino - Heretic Pride
Beirut - Elephant Gun - Lon Gisland
Beirut - Scenic World - Lon Gisland

Yoav - Beautiful Lie - Charmed and Strange
Yoav - Angel and The Animal - Charmed and Strange
B-52s - Hot Corner - Funplex

Sara Lov - A Thousand Bees - Seasoned Eyes Were Beaming
Kyle Andrews - Get Mad

All In A Days Work Edition

Artist - Song - Album

The Go - Yer Stoned Italian Cowboy - Howl On The Haunted Beat You Ride
Beirut - Nantes - The Flying Club Cup
Yeasayer - Wait For The Summer - All Hour Cymbals

The Dodo's - Walking - Visiter (Frenchkiss Records)
The Dodo's - Red and Purple - Visiter

Nada Surf - See These Bones - Lucky
Great Northern - Home - Trading Twilight For Daylight
Andrew Bird - Imatosis - Armchair Apocrypha

Dodo's - Fools - Visiter
Dodo's - Joe's Waltz - Visiter

Sea Wolf - Leaves In The River - Leaves In The River
Sea Wolf - Winter Windows - Leaves in The River
Born Ruffians - Little Garcon - Red Yellow Blue

Dodo's - Winter - Visiter
Dodo's - Paint The Rust - Visiter

Iron and Wine - Boy With A Coin - The Shepherd's Dog
Okkervil River - Plus Ones - The Stage Names
Arcade Fire - No Cars Go - Neon Bible

Dodo's - Park Song - Visiter
Dodo's - Ashley - Visiter

Dodo's - Season - Visiter.

Show Me The Money - Pledge Drive Edition

Artist - Song - Album

Tyler Ramsey - Night Time - A Long Dream About Swimming
Yoav - Adore - Charmed and Strange

Thao and The Get Down Stay Down - Beat (Health, Life and Fire ) - We Brave Bee Stings and All
Thao and The Get Down Stay Down - Bag of Hammers - We Brave Bee Stings and All

Mocean Worker - Son of Sanford - Cinco de Mowo
Mia Doi Todd - Sleep Nights - Gea
Goldfrapp - Clowns - Seventh Tree

Thao - Big Kid Table - We Brave Bee Stings and All
Thao - Swimming Pools - We Brave Bee Stings and All

Kate Maki - Blue Morning - On High
The Cinematic Orchestra - Colours - Ma Fleur
Jim Bianco - Belong - Sing

Thao - Geography - We Brave Bee Stings and All
Thao - Feet Asleep - We Brave Bee Stings and All

Thank you to the Fitzgeralds and Lynette and Dallin for their generous contributions during the show.

Tomorrow's Show

WVEW is launching it's first on-air fund raiser this week. We will be pitching for pennies (or more) on Saturday Morning. But, we will also be playing that good old brand new music like we do each week. Maybe just a little less. Of course, the more people pitch in, the more music we will play, because we'll be too busy answering the phones.

I'm planning a mix of tunes with some emphasis on Thao and The Get Down Stay Down. Hope to see you all there.

okay...take a deep breath...now...exhale... slowly

Artist - Song - CD

The Swell Season - Falling Slowly - Once (movie soundtrack)
Jack Johnson - If I had Eyes - Sleep Through the Static

James Combs - Oh Me - To Know You is to Save You
James Combs - Better Days - To Know You is to Save You

Shout Out Louds - In Your Parents Living room - Our Ill Wills
Stars - The Night Starts Here - In Our Bedroom After the War
Sia - Breathe Me - Six Feet Under Volume 2 (soundtrack)

James Combs - I'm Only Going Back - To Know You is to Save You
James Combs - Bathing suit - To Know You is to Save You

Jesca Hoop - Silverscreen - Kismet
Meiko - Hawaii - Meiko
Sea Wolf - Middle Distant Runner - Leaves in the River
Sea Wolf - Your a Wolf - Leaves in the River

James Combs - Barely Contained - To Know You is to Save You
James Combs - To Know You is to Save You - To Know You is to Save You

Rogue Wave - Lake Michigan - Asleep at Heavens Gate
Born Ruffians - Fox's Mate for Life - Red, Yellow, Blue
Th Mountain goats - Sax Rohmer,# 1 - Heretic Pride

James Combs - Tuned in to Your Star - To Know You is to Save You
James Combs - Soft One - To Know You is to Save You

Vampire Weekend - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa - Vampire Weekend
Okkerville River - Plus Ones - The Stage Names

James Combs - Strong - To Know You is to Save You

James Combs on MySpace: www.myspace.com/jamescombsmusic

Welcome to the weekend!
Everybody Wang Chung tonight!

BreNnA OuT

Listen Online

Did you know you can listen to WVEW online? You can at WVEW.org. Check us out.

this is me on nhpr

I've done a couple more music reviews for Word of Mouth on New Hampshire Public Radio. I'm crap, but the music we review is great stuff, and so is the host, Virginia Prescott. So, definitely worth a listen for leads on some good new music.

We talk about Meiko here and we did a round up of three groups (Born Ruffians, The Mountain Goats, and Thao and the Get Down Stay Down) on Monday here. The round up may air tomorrow at 2 pm on NHPR.

More radio fun.

By the way, I think Thao will be this week's feature artist on the big Saturday Morning radio show. Hope to see you then.

"love in the first person" - great love story

I want to direct your attention to a great love story. It's beautiful and compelling and moving and real. And it's here. So go there and watch it. It's 11 minutes long. It's by and about Matt and Melissa Eich. And while you are there, check out all the other fabulous stories told in pictures, video and sound on MediaStorm. What a find this site is. You have to check it out. It is one of the best places on the web. Believe me. Now go there. Now!

Rough Bornians

Artist - Song - Album

Jim White - Crash Into The Sun - Transnormal Skiperoo
Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hynmal (live) - Recorded live on KEXP

Born Ruffians - Red Yellow Blue - Red Yellow Blue
Born Ruffians - Barnacle Goose - Red Yellow Blue

Kyle Andrews - Get Mad - Find Love, Let Go
Fleet Foxes - Drops In The River - Sun Giant
Paper Airplanes - Four Trucks Sitting In The Snow - Middlemarch

Born Ruffians - Hummingbird - Red Yellow Blue
Born Ruffians - I Need A Life - Red Yellow Blue

Adele - Hometown Glory - 19
James Combs - Barely Contained - To Know You Is To Save You
Jackie Green - I Don't Live In A Dream - Give Up The Ghost
Thief - Hold On, Hold On - Sunchild

Born Ruffians - Little Garcon - Red Yellow Blue
Born Ruffians - Badonkadonkey - Red Yellow Blue

The Heavenly States - Lost In The Light - Delayer (Love Brand Music)
These United States - First Sight - A Picture of The Three of Us at the Gate of The Garden of Eden
The Tranmissionary Six - Zero Gravity - Cosmonautical

Born Ruffians - Foxes Mate For Life - Red Yellow Blue
Born Ruffians - Hedonistic Me - Red Yellow Blue

Grand Archieves - Torn Blue Foam Couch - The Grand Archieves (Sub Pop)
The Mountain Goats - New Zion - Heretic Pride
St. Vincent - Jesus Saves, I spend - Marry Me

Born Ruffians - In A Mirror - Red, Yellow, Blue
Born Ruffians - Kurt Vonnegut - Red, Yellow, Blue

Thao and the Get Down, Stay Down - Beat (Health, Life, and Fire) - We Brave Bee Stings and All

Born Ruffians This Saturday Morning

Born Ruffians, the Toronto-based trio, is this week's featured artists. Their new album, Red Yellow Blue, just release yesterday, is very good, to say the least. Actually, it's awesome, if you must know. So, if you're curious, or just interested in checking out some new music in general, plan to visit from 8a - 10a on WVEW - FM 107.7 Brattleboro, VT, or WVEW.org for a live stream. Hope to see you then.

no show too much snow feeling low

sorry campers, but no show this morning. the snow isn't really the issue. i grew up in buffalo, ny, so snow doesn't scare me. but, i am feeling under the weather physically, so am opting to stay home. more new music in one week. hope to see you then.

Bill

spring, spring, spring, spring, spring...

Artist - Song - Album

Ramsey Taylor - Night Time - A Long Dream About Swimming Across The Sea
Yoav - Adore - Charmed and Strange

The Mountain Goats - Sax Rohmer, #1 - Heretic Pride
The Mountain Goats - San Bernadino - Heretic Pride

Mocean Worker - Son of Sanford - Cinco de Mowo
Mia Doi Todd - Sleepless Nights - Gea
Goldfrapp - Clowns - Seventh Tree

The Mountain Goats - Heretic Pride - Heretic Pride
The Mountain Goats - Autoclave - Heretic Pride

Kate Maki - Blue Morning - On High
Jim Bianco - Belong - Sing
Evangelicals - Midnight Vignette - The Evening Descends

The Mountain Goats - New Zion - Heretic Pride
The Mountain Goats - So Desperate - Heretic Pride
Thao with Get Down Stay Down - Bag of Hammers - We Brave Bee Stings and All

Sea Wolf - The Cold, The Dark, and The Silence - Leaves In The River
Sea Wolf - Black Leaf Falls - Leaves In The River
Rogue Wave - Chicago x 12 - Asleep At Heaven's Gate

The Mountain Goats - In The Craters On The Moon - Heretic Pride
The Mountain Goats - Lovecraft In Brooklyn - Heretic Pride

Stars - The Night Starts Here - In Our Bedroom After The War
Meiko - Sleep - Meiko

The Mountain Goats - Tianchi Lake - Heretic Pride
The Mountain Goats - How To Embrace The Swamp Creature - Heretic Pride

Welcome to the weekend! Do the shuffle and blow on a cake! Have fun!
~Brenna

Karma Takes Care...

...but it doesn't take Visa!

Artist - Song - Album

Sons and Daughters - Guilt Complex - The Gift
Grizzly Bear - He Hit Me - Friend (ep)

Meiko - Hawaii - Meiko
Meiko - You and Onions - Meiko

Hot Chip - Made In The Dark - Made In The Dark
Thao with The Great Down Stay Down - Bag of Hammers - We Brave Bee Stings and All
The Helio Sequence - Keep Your Eyes Ahead - Keep Your Eyes Ahead

Meiko - Reasons To Love You - Meiko
Meiko - Heard It All Before - Meiko

Tulsa - Breath Thin - I Was Submerged
Lightspeed Champion - Dry Lips - Falling Of The Lavender Bridge
British Sea Power - Waving Flags - Do You Like Rock Music?

Meiko - Piano Song - Meiko
Meiko - Hiding - Meiko

The Owls - The Way On - Daughters and Suns
Regina Spektor - Better - Begin To Hope
Regina Spektor - Samson - Begin To Hope
Radiohead - Weird Fishes/Arpeggi - In Rainbows

Meiko - Sleep - Meiko
Meiko - Said and Done - Meiko

Biirdie - Life In A Box - Catherine Avenue
Vampire Weekend - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa - Vampire Weekend
Nada Surf - See These Bones - Lucky

Meiko - Walk By - Meiko
Meiko - Under My Bed - Meiko

Nothing But Net

Nada Surf - See These Bones - Lucky
British Sea Power - Waving Flags - Do You Like Rock Music

Jack Johnson - All At Once - Sleep Through The Static
Jack Johnson - Sleep Through The Static - Sleep Through The Static

Owls- The Way On- Daughters and Suns
Tulsa - Breath Thin - I Was Submerged

Jack Johnson - Hope - Sleep Through the Static
Jack Johnson - Angel - Sleep Through the Static

Daniel G. Harmann - Beer from a Bottle - Anthems
Oakkervil River- The Presidents Dead - Overboard and Down
Oakkervil River - Plus Ones - Overboard and Down

Jack Johnson - If I had Eyes - Sleep Through the Static
Jack Johnson - Same Girl - Sleep Through the Static

Liam Finn - Second Chance -
Rosewood Theives - Honey Stay Awhile - The Lonesome
Vampire Weekend - A-punk - Vampire Weekend
Vampire Weekend - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa - Vampire Weekend

Jack Johnson - What You Thought You Need - Sleep Through the Static
Jack Johnson - Adrift - Sleep Through The Static

Hot Chip - Made In The Dark - Made In The Dark
Bright Eyes - Four Winds - Cassadaga

Bye all! Have a Great weekend!
Do the twist and don't forget boots on the way out the door!
Have a knee slap'n good weekend!
~Brenna~

Six more weeks of what?!?!?!?!

Artist - Song - CD

The Go - Yer Stoned Italian Cowboy - Howl On The Haunted Beat You Ride (Cass Records)
The Go - You Go Banging On - Howl On The Haunted Beat You Ride (Cass Records)

Tulsa - Hyenas - Hunting With Cat (Park The Van)
Tulsa - Marching Band - Hunting With Cats - (Park The Van)

Yeasayer - Wait For Summer - All Our Cymbols (recorded live at CMJ for KEXP)
Nada Surf - See These Bones - Lucky
Chris Walla - Sing Again - Field Manual

Tulsa - Fill Her In - Hunting With Cats
Tulsa - Crocodile Teeth - Hunting With Cats

Buddy - Say a Lot- Alterations and Repairs
School of Language - Rockist - Sea from Shore
Damien Rice - Creep - Sounds Eclectic; The Covers Project

Tulsa - Brath Thin - I Was Submerged
Tulsa - Shaker - I Was Submerged

Muscles - Marshmallow- Guns, Babies, Lemonade
Lightspeed Champion- Dry Lips - Falling Off the Lavender Bridge
Say Hi - Northwestern Girls - Wishes and the Glitch

Tulsa- Mass - I Was Submerged
Tulsa - Rafter - I Was Submerged

Throw Me the Statue - About to Walk - Moon Beams
Kristin Hersh - Slippershell - Cashmusic.org

Tulsa - #2 - I Was Submerged

Hey Everyone!
Have a GREAT weekend !
Don't be overcome by the man (or plans she makes for you)
~Brenna