FFFreakout #56 (Aired on 4/12/07)

1) Modest Mouse - Missed the Boat
2) Klaxons - Isle of Her
3) Talking Heads - Crosseyed and Painless
4) Black Sabbath - Computer God
5) Kings of Leon - Black Thumbnail
6) Grinderman - Electric Alice
7) Comsat Angels - Waiting for a Miracle
8) Throbbing Gristle - United
9) Low - Dragonfly
10) LCD Soundsystem - Time to get Away
11) Radio 4 - Dance to the Underground (DFA Remix)

FFFreakout Record of the Week:


Panda Bear
Person Pitch
[Paw Tracks]

Noah Lennox (a.k.a. Panda Bear) has been involved with several genre-defying albums over the past few years through his membership in the Animal Collective, whose recorded output runs the gamut from noise abstractions to dreamy-folk to straight-up blissful rock. This is not to mention the electronic soundscapes of their early efforts. It comes as no surprise then that Person Pitch, Panda Bear’s second solo outing, sounds only vaguely familiar to anything he has done before.

Panda Bear’s first album The Young Prayer was a stripped down affair, offering up dream-like vocals, layered over randomly strummed acoustic guitar figures. Created in the wake of his father’s death, the album was imbued with a sense of melancholy and loss. With the recent birth of a daughter and relocation to a sunny Euro environment, Panda has reason to rejoice and this certainly shines through on Person Pitch.

Pieced together in a collage-like fashion using a variety of loops and patterns, Person Pitch is an electronic album created with modern ears and a classic 60’s pop sensibility. In fact, it’s hard not to mention the Beach Boys when describing the beautiful vocal harmonies that Panda liberally employs throughout. While his Mac, rather than his acoustic guitar, seems to be his main instrument, Panda has an ear for organic sound sources and classic vocal melodies that overcomes the redundancies of many dancefloor electronic albums. While shorter tracks such as Comfy in Nautica and Take Pills are certainly the strongest, the two 10+ minute songs Bros and Good Girl/Carrot provide enough sonic variation within their extended rhythmic pulse to keep things engaging.

All said, Person Pitch is the perfect album as we head into the summer months. Turn this baby up loud as you are driving around with your windows down.

FFFreakout #55 (Aired on 4/5/07)

1) The Fall - Fall Sound
2) Sapat - Dark Silver
3) SJ Esau - All Agog
4) Carla Bozulich - Prince of the World
5) Unknown Instructors - In Your Town without You
6) Dinosaur Jr. - Almost Ready
7) Pink Reason - Dead End
8) Amy Winehouse - Rehab
9) Young Marble Giants - Brand New Life
10) The Fratellis - Flathead
11) Kings of Leon - Charmer
12) Cloud Cult - Chemicals Collide
13) Ozomatli - Don't Mess with the Dragon
14) Beat Happening - Angel Gone
15) MV & EE w/ the Bummer Road - Canned Happiness

For those who want to delve deeper:

The Siltbreeze label were purveyors of the lo-fi aesthetic during its heyday in the 90's, releasing albums by such notables as Guided by Voices, the Dead C, and Charalambides among others. After closing down shop for several years, they are back and have released some stellar albums that maintain that same lo-fi goodness. Both Sapat and Pink Reason, whom we played on today's show, are recent releases from Siltbreeze. For more info. check out their website.

After a string of solid albums, the legendary Fall have returned with a new long player entitled Reformation Post-TLC. Mark E. Smith leads an ever-changing new line-up through 13 new songs of the "Fall Sound". Upon initial listening, this album doesn't have the same bite has the last few, but I have never heard a bad Fall album among the lot. Check out the Fall's website for all the happenings in their orbit.

FFFreakout #54 (Aired on 3/29/07)

1) The Pop Group - She is Beyond Good and Evil
2) Low - Breaker
3) Coco Rosie - Japan
4) The Nein - Achilles Last Tape Solo
5) The Sea and Cake - Crossing Line
6) Dean & Britta - You Turned My Head Around
7) Peter Bjorn & John - Amsterdam
8) Arcade Fire - No Cars Go
9) Dennis Coffey & the Detroit Guitar Band - Scorpio
10) Hella - The Ungrateful Dead
11) DNA - Egomaniac's Kiss
12) J Dilla - Geek Down/Thunder/Gobstopper
13) Arctic Monkeys - Dancing Shoes
14) Isaac Hayes - Theme from Shaft
15) This Heat - 24 Track Loop

Sorry for the extra plugs for pledges. We thought we were still in Spring Pledge Drive mode.

FFFreakout #53 "Spring Pledge Drive" (Aired on 3/22/07)

1) Cold War Kids - Hang Me Up to Dry
2) Wilco - War on War
3) Modest Mouse - Fire it up
4) Blonde Redhead - Silently
5) Rufus Thomas - Do the Funky Chicken
6) Secret Mommy - Kool Aid River
7) My Brightest Diamond - Golden Star
8) Trouble Funk - Hollyrock
9) Minmae - Capitals and Caliphs
10) LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends
11) Air - Space Maker
(Outro Music: Xela - Drunk on Salt Water)

FFFreakout #52 "Spring Pledge Drive" (Aired on 3/15/07)

1) The Mar Keys - Last Night
2) Arcade Fire - Keep the Car Running
3) The Stooges - My Idea of Fun
4) Low - Hatchet
5) Antibalas - Big Man
6) Peter Bjorn & John - Up Against the Wall
7) Blonde Redhead - Silently
8) Sidney Pinchback & Schiller Street Gang - Soul Strokes
9) The Trees Community - The Parable of the Mustard Seed
10) The Fall - F-'Oldin Money
11) Auto Interiors - I Suppose
12) Gothic Archies - In the Reptile Room
13) J Dilla - Workinonit (Note: This song began to skip so we moved on)
14) Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band - Obeah Man
15) White Flight - Death Hands
(Outro Music: Booker T. & the MGs - Green Onions)

Anyone interested in delving a little deeper:

• Does a Christian cult band from the 1970's who cites its influences as Balinese chant, Venezuelan harp music, Indian raga, African rhythm, Tibetan ritual gong, and American folk music sound intriguing to you? If so, The Christ Tree box set is one wild ride of a listen. Click here for more info.
• Need more soul? The Numero Group label has been releasing some amazing compilations of obscure regional soul labels over the past few years. The Sidney Pinchback track we played on today's show was from the new 2CD collection entitled Twinight's Lunar Rotation. Click here for more info.
  

Don't forget that we are beginning our Spring Pledge Drive here at KMSU. If you like the music you hear on FFFreakout and the wide range of programming that KMSU offers, please pledge your support now. Your donations are vital to keeping this ship afloat. You can make a donation by calling 507-389-5678 or 1-800-456-7810. You can also head over to www.kmsu.org to make a pledge and to check out the various swag that is available at different amounts.

FFFreakout #51 (Aired on 3/1/07 & 3/8/07)

1) Iggy & the Stooges - Search and Destroy
2) Jill Cunniff - NYC Boy
3) Beastie Boys - Body Movin'
4) New Order - Ceremony
5) The Good, The Bad, & The Queen - Northern Whale
6) The Ponys - Everyday Weapon
7) Nurse With Wound - Two Shaves and A Shine (Bastard Disco Mix)
8) Massacre - Legs
9) Smog - Hit the Ground Running
10) The Pop Rivits - Beatle Boots
11) Fanfare Ciocarlia - Born to be Wild (from the Borat soundtrack)
12) The Pierces - Secret
13) Bloc Party - Waiting for the 7.18
14) RJD2 - You Never Had it so Good

Note: This show was re-aired on 3/8/07, as KMSU was down due to that blasted winter storm.

FFFreakout #50 (Aired on 2/22/07)

1) MV & EE w/ the Bummer Road - East Mountain Joint
2) LCD Soundsystem - Disco Infiltrator
3) Luscious Jackson - Let Yourself Get Down
4) Bill Moss - Sock It To 'Em Soul Brother
5) !!! - Feel Good Hit of the Fall
6) Junior Boys - Like a Child
7) Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - The Sons of Cain
8) Lucinda Williams - Everything has Changed
9) Elvis Perkins - May Day
10) Don Chambers and GOAT - Goat
11) Air - Surfing on a Rocket
12) Sun City Girls - Sev Acher
(Outro Music: Explosions in the Sky - Catastrophe and the Cure)

FFFreakout #49 (Aired on 2/15/07)

1) Calla - Sylvia's Song
2) Aqueduct - Broken Records
3) Maria Taylor - A Good Start
4) Wolfmother - Dimension
5) Bobby Conn - King for a Day
6) Legendary Pink Dots - Peek-A-Boo
7) Fad Gadget - Ricky's Hand
8) The Stooges - No Fun
9) The Early Years - All Ones and Zeros
10) Low - Hatchet
11) Menomena - The Pelican
12) The Temptations - Ball of Confusion
13) Deerhoof - +81
14) Love of Diagrams - Pace or the Patience
15) John Fahey - Hard Time Empty Bottle Blues I

FFFreakout #48 (Aired on 2/8/07)

1) Low - Sandinista
2) Of Montreal - Cato as a Pun
3) The Bird and the Bee - Again & Again
4) Rob Crow - I Hate You, Rob Crow (Single Version)
5) Patience & Prudence - Tonight You Belong To Me
6) Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter - You Might Walk Away
7) Busdriver - Sun Shower
8) Shining - Perdurabo
9) Beirut - Brandenburg
10) John Hammond - Cold Water
11) Clarence "Frogman" Henry - Ain't Got No Home
12) Paul Westerberg - All About Me
13) Mooney Suzuki - This Broke Heart of Mine
14) Trans Am - Obscene Strategies
15) Nurse With Wound - Rock 'N Roll Station (Edit)

FFFreakout #47 (Aired on 2/1/07)

FFFreakout First Anniversary Show!!

1) The Fall - I Can Hear the Grass Grow
2) Menomena - Air Raid
3) The Residents - Harry the Head
4) Deerhoof - Believe E.S.P.
5) Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Satan Said Dance
6) Bright Eyes - Four Winds
7) Sarah Shannon - City Morning
8) Belinda Carlisle - Bonnie et. Clyde
9) Explosions in the Sky - Welcome, Ghosts
10) Koushik - None in Mind (from Peanut Butter Wolf presents Chrome Children)
11) Entrance - Grim Reaper Blues
12) The Good, The Bad, & The Queen - History Song
(Outro Music: Explosions in the Sky - The Birth and Death of the Day)

Thanks to anyone who has or continues to tune in to our show each week. Not much has changed over the past year other than we can now operate the boards on our own (sometimes at least). Our schedules don't provide us much for pre-show planning and most of what we play is worked out while we are "on air", but this feels like the right way to do it. Besides, it's the music that keeps us coming back each week. So many great albums that keep coming out and so many new paths of musical discovery to be made. We hope that the music keeps you listeners coming back or that maybe we can spark a new interest for you to explore.

Thanks to our friends at Shuffle Function for their on-going support and to Gully for allowing us to stay on the air.

FFFreakout #46 (Aired on 1/18/07 & 1/25/07)

1) Shins - Australia
2) Low - Belarus
3) Low - California
4) Arcade Fire - Black Mirror
5) Debris - One Way Spit
6) Kelley Stoltz - Underwater's Where the Action Is
7) Doc Boggs - Sugar Baby
8) Sonic Youth - Razor Blade
9) Ike & Tina Turner - All I Can Do is Cry
10) Of Montreal - Gronlandic Edit
11) The Early Years - The Simple Solution
12) Bongwater - Julia
13) Macromantics - Scorch
14) Shins - Phantom Limb

FFFreakout #45 (Aired on 1/11/07)

1) Beck - The Horrible Fanfare/Landslide/Exoskeleton
2) TV on the Radio - Wolf Like Me
3) Camera Obscura - Lloyd, I'm Ready to be Heartbroken
4) The Knife - Silent Shout
5) Paul Westerberg - Meet Me in the Meadow
6) Islands - Humans
7) The Thermals - Here's Your Future
8) Brightblack Morning Light - Everybody Daylight
9) Comets on Fire - Hatched Upon the Age
10) Girl Talk - That's My DJ
11) Raconteurs - Steady as She Goes
12) Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Gold Lion

FFFreakout #44 (Aired on 1/4/07)

1) Scott Walker - Cossacks Are
2) Tom Ze - Ave Dor Maria
3) Charalambides - Spring
4) Danielson - Cast It At the Setting Sail
5) Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs - And Your Bird Can Sing
6) Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
7) Kelley Stoltz - Birdies Singing
8) The Rakes - Strasbourg
9) Dead Moon - Dead Moon Night
10) Chavez - The Guard Attacks
11) Yo La Tengo - The Room Got Heavy
12) Ratatat - Lex
13) Electric Six - Radio Ga Ga
14) Album Leaf - The Light

FFFreakout #43 (Aired on 12/28/06)

1) James Brown - It's a Man's Man's Man's World
2) Current 93 - Sunset (The Death of Thumbelina)
3) Six Organs of Admittance - Attar
4) Cat Power - Love & Communication
5) Wooden Wand & the Vanishing Voice - Don't Love the Liar
6) Hold Steady - Party Pit
7) Beck - Think I'm In Love
8) Decemberists - Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then)
9) M. Ward - To Go Home
10) Yo La Tengo - Mr. Tough
11) OOIOO - Umo
12) This Heat - Health & Efficiency (Edit)
13) Wood Brothers - One More Day
14) Josh Ritter - Wolves
15) Strokes - You Only Live Once

FFFreakout #42 (Aired on 12/21/06)

1) Sonic Youth - Sleepin Around
2) Boris - Woman on the Screen
3) Liars - A Visit from Drum
4) Fiery Furnaces - Whistle Rhapsody
5) Band of Horses - The Great Salt Lake
6) Built to Spill - Saturday
7) Phoenix - Consolation Prizes
8) Pleaseeasaur - No Prob Limo
9) Beirut - Postcards from Italy
10) Karen Dalton - Katie Cruel
11) Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Strange Form of Life
12) Tom Waits - Lie to Mie
13) Incredible Bongo Band - Apache
14) Teddy Bears - Punkrocker
15) Johnny Cash - God's Gonna Cut You Down

FFFreakout #41 (Aired on 12/14/06)

1) Girl Talk - That's My D.J.
2) Tom Waits - Fish in the Jailhouse
3) Incredible Bongo Band - Apache
4) A Hawk and A Hacksaw - God Bless the Ottoman Empire
5) Beatles (except from the new Love album) - Get Back, Glass Onion, Eleanor Rigby, Julia, I am the Walrus
6) Oasis - Slide Away
7) Nic Oliveri - Susie is a Head Banger
8) Josef K - Heads Watch
9) Low - Everybody's Song
10) Harvey Milk - Go Back to France
11) Fiery Furnaces - I'm in No Mood
12) U2 - Window in the Skies

This show was set to air the week after Thanksgiving, so some of the information and discussion was a little dated. We apologize for any confusion. Tune in over the next few weeks, as we will be running through some of our favorite albums and discoveries of the past year. If there is any particular artist you have heard on FreeFormFreakout over the past year that you would like us to play something by, please let us know in our comments section or e-mail us at fffreakout@hotmail.com.

FFFreakout #40 "Bill Murray Edition" (Aired on 11/30/06 & 12/7/06)

1) Hilly Michaels - Something on your Mind (from Caddyshack sdtk)
2) Creation - Makin' Time (from Rushmore sdtk)
3) Devo - Gut Feeling (from Life Aquatic sdtk)
4) Paul Simon - Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard (from Royal Tenenbaum sdtk)
5) Looking Glass - Brandy (You're A Fine Girl) (from Charlie's Angels sdtk)
6) Jesus & Mary Chain - Just Like Honey (from Lost in Translation sdtk)
7) Marvin Gaye - I Want You (from Broken Flowers sdtk)
8) Rick Dees - Meatballs (from Meatballs sdtk)
9) from the Stripes O.S.T. - 1. Winger 2. Depression
10) Seu Jorge - Starman (from Life Aquatic sdtk)
11) English Beat - Save it for Later (from Kingpin sdtk)
12) Bill Murray - More Than This (from Lost in Translation sdtk)
13) Greenhornes w/ Holly Golightly - There is an End (from Broken Flowers sdtk)
14) Kenny Loggins - Mr. Night (from Caddyshack sdtk)
15) Cat Stevens - The Wind (from Rushmore sdtk)
16) from the Caddyshack O.S.T - Marina

We are not sure why this show aired twice, but we hope there was something in here you liked. It was certainly fun to do, and we thank our good friend Fat Elvis for the show idea. If you have any ideas for future shows that focus on a certain theme, artist, record label, etc., etc., please feel free to leave a suggestion in our comments section or e-mail us a fffreakout@hotmail.com.

FFFreakout #39 (Aired on 11/16/06)

1) Pavement - Sensitive Euro-Man
2) Dio - Holy Diver
3) The Who - Fragments
4) U2 - All Because of You
5) Boduf Songs - Puke a Pitch Black Rainbow to the Sun
6) Danielson - Did I Step on your Trumpet
7) Linda Perhacs - Parallelograms
8) Boris - Pink
9) Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough
10) Beck - Horrible Fanfare
11) Shiny Toyguns - Le Disko
12) Charlatans UK - Weirdo
13) Cocteau Twins - Hazel
(Outro Music: Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band - Semi-Multicoloured Caucasian)

FFFreakout #38 (Aired on 11/9/06)

1) The Jam - Set the House Ablaze
2) Pavement - We Dance
3) Charalambides - Dormant Love
4) Beirut - Postcards from Italy
5) DJ Shadow - This Time (I'm Gonna Try it My Way)
6) Liars - It Fit When I Was a Kid
7) Fifty Foot Hose - Red the Sign Post
8) Simon Finn - Laughing til Tomorrow
9) The Knife - Silent Shout
10) Bert Jansch - Katie Cruel
11) Yo La Tengo - Mr. Tough
12) Teddy Bears - Cobra Style
13) The Clash - This is Radio Clash
14) Television Personalities - Silly Girl
(Outro Music: Wooden Wand & the Vanishing Voice - Didn't it Rain)

FFFreakout #37 (Aired on 11/2/06)

1) Willie Nelson - Songbird
2) The Who - Mike Post Theme
3) Teddy Bears - PunkRocker (feat. Iggy Pop)
4) Flaming Lips - Mr. Ambulance Driver
5) Black Happy Day - How they Weep and Moan
6) PJ Harvey - C'Mon Billy
7) Joanna Newsom - Bridges & Balloons
8) Animal Collective - Bat You'll Fly
9) Pretenders - I go to Sleep
10) Lindsey Buckingham - To try for the Sun
11) Beck - Cellphone's Dead
12) Kinks - Here Come the People in Grey
13) Modest Mouse - Convenient Parking
14) Sonic Youth - Fauxhemians