FFFreakout #218 (Aired on 7/1/10)

Mother of Fire - "Sudden Madness"
Leisure Birds - "Burn the Beach"
Naked on the Vague - "Treading Water"
Positive Noise - "Hypnosis"
Damin Eih, A.L.K., Brother Clark - "Party Hats and Olive Spats"
Kode9 & the Spaceape - "Backward"
Growing - "Camera '84"
M. Ward - "Howlin' for My Baby"
Jace Everette & CC Adcock - "Evil (is Going On)"
The Cribs - "Cheat On Me"
Chris Isaak - "Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing"
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - "Flavor (Pt. 1)"
Queen - "Play the Game" (Note: Carl's Guilty Pleasure Pick)
LCD Soundsystem - "I Can Change"

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We played some things to be on the look out for in the coming weeks. The new self-titled LP from Mother of Fire is absolutely amazing, as is the Regolith Vol. 1 LP compilation of current Minneapolis psych acts coming out on the Moon Glyph label. Speaking of Minneapolis psych, albeit of the ultra-obscure, whacked-out 70's variety, this album "Never Mind" from Damin Eih, A.L.K., Brother Clark that Nero's Neptune reissued is definitely worth checking out too.

FFFreakout #217 (Aired on 6/17/10)

Crystal Castles - "Celestica"
Mother of Fire - "Deaths Apprentice"
Brute Heart - "Brass Beads"
Woods - "Pick Up"
Ulaan Khol - "Untitled #4 from III"
Eat Skull - "Cooking A Way to Be Happy"
Silje Nes - "Ames Room"
Nurse With Wound - excerpt from Paranoia in Hi-Fi
Talibam! - "Not Just Any Kind of Fruit and Veg"
Paul Dunmall & Chris Corsano - "Out of Sight"
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - "Can't Hear My Eyes"
Francoise Hardy - "Comment te dire adieu?"
Souled American - "Magic Bullets"
Rudy Ventura - "Soy Un Sonador"
Flying Lotus - "Disco Balls"
Barnacled - "Title"

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FFFreakout #216 (Aired on 6/10/10)

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - "Bright Lit Blue Skies"
Julian Lynch - "Just Enough"
Tsigoti - "Everybody Settle Down"
Billy Green - "Klaude Kool & The Kats (from Stone O.S.T.)
Vampire Hands - "No Way"
Outer Spacist - "Pavilion in the Sand, Baby"
Tommy Jay & Mike Rep - "Marble Statue"
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - "Round and Round"
Prince - "Let's Work"
The Dead Milkmen - "Nutrition" & "Instant Club Hit"
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - "Bellbottoms" (U.N.K.L.E. remix)
The New Standards - "Song 2"
Luna - "Everybody's Talkin" (live)
Harry Nilsson - "Driving Along"

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We played a few tracks from the new Ariel Pink album entitled "Before Today" on today's show. Pink's Haunted Graffiti will be playing at the 7th St. Entry on Monday, July 19th.

FFFreakout #215 (Aired on 6/3/10)

Sonny & The Sunsets - "Chapters"
Buffalo Moon - "Jamba Samba"
Velvet Davenport - "Square"
Charlie Nothing - excerpt from "Big Dingulator Songs Sweet"
Dante & The Lobster - "Marine Life"
Julian Lynch - "Ears"
Disappears - "Magics"
Jakob Olausson - "Cornered in Your Circle"
Yximalloo - "Summer Camp for Overweight Children"
Vampire Hands - "Poor Bird"
Sun Ra - "Advice to Medics"
Sonya - "En Mi Nube (Get Off My Cloud)"
Puffy Areolas - "1981"
Brainticket - "Rainbow"
Bert Jansch - "Angie"
Los Roller - "Un Consejo"
Los Huracanes - "Good Gally Miss Molly"

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For today's show, we fired up the cassette deck in the back studio for a bit to play some of the great sounds being released on the Moon Glyph label out of Minneapolis, along with the new Charlie Nothing cassette - all worth seeking out.

FFFreakout #214 (Aired on 5/27/10)

The Golden Dawn - "Starvation"
Mother of Fire - "King of Rats"
Gost Trio - "Curse of the Course"
Zac Sally - "Why We Hide"
Talibam! - "Ghost Cloud"
The Bachs - "My Independence Day"
Klaus Beyer - "Die Glatze"
Ed Askew - "Ask the Unicorn"
Francois Wertheimer - "L'automne"
Paavoharju - "Ursulanuni"
Albert Ayler Trio - "Ghosts: First Variation"
Ornette Coleman - "Doughnut"
Milford Graves - "Nothing 5-7"
Alan Sondheim - "776"

FFFreakout #213 "Carl solo (sort of)" (Aired on 5/20/10)

The Fleshtones - "American Beat '84"
LCD Soundsystem - "Pow Pow"
The Seers - "Psychout"
Cut Chemist - "What's the Attitude"
Andre Williams - "Cigarettes & My Old Lady"
The Who - "5:15"
Louis Prima - "Pennies from Heaven"
The Bird & The Bee - "I Can't Go for That"
Michael McDonald - "I Keep Forgetting (*Carl's Guilty Pleasure Pick)
Hot Chip - "One Life Stand"
The Fleshtones - "Roman Gods"
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - "Fish in the Dish"
English Beat - "Mirror in the Bathroom"

Carl programmed today's show and was gearing up for the big KMSU Listener Appreciation show tomorrow with the Legendary Stardust Cowboy and The Fleshtones. We're also incredibly excited to have The Fleshtones doing an in-store performance at Tune Town prior to the big show. Come on out at 4:00 p.m. to get the Friday festivities under way.

FFFreakout #212 (Aired on 5/13/10)

Ultravox - "Saturday Night in the City of the Dead
Van Morrison - "I Can Only Give You Everything"
The Pretenders - "Tequila"
Bob Marley - "Redemption Song" (live)
Dodgy - "In A Room"
The Db's - "Amplifier"
Cornershop - "Brimful of Asha"
Martin Briley - "The Salt in My Tears" (*Carl's Guilty Pleasure Pick)
The Pens - "Love Rules"
Brute Heart - "Scritch Scratch"
Whitesand/Badlands - "Humans #1"
Clang Sayne - "A Ritual to Read to Each Other"
Liars - "The Overachievers"
Husker Du - "Don't Want to Know if You Are Lonely"
Brute Heart - "Sawdust"

Clang Sayne live at The Slaughtered Lamb, London

Clang Sayne | MySpace Music Videos

FFFreakout #211 (Aired on 5/6/10)

Whitesand/Badlands - "Blank Czech"
Liars - "No Barrier Fun"
Ulaan Khol - Untitled track 2 from III
Henry Flynt & The Insurrections - "Uncle Sam Do"
The Raincoats - "Lola"
Low - "Last Snowstorm of the Year"
Ron House - "Cause Without the Rebel"
Red Krayola - "Hurricane Fighter Plane"
Os Mutantes - "Bat Macumba"
The Move - "I Can Hear the Grass Grow"
The Syndicats - "Crawdaddy Simone"
Tori Basil - "Mickey" (**Note: Carl's Guilty Pleasure)
Joy Division - "Ceremony"
The Jam - "Going Underground"
The Rezillos - "(My Baby Does) Good Sculptures"
X - "Johnny Hit & Run Pauline"

We led off today's show with the great new single "Blank Czech" from the Minneapolis group Whitesand/Badlands. If this song is any indication, their double LP due out in the next month or so should be a real gem. Here's a video for their song "Syntex Trees":

FFFreakout #210 "De Stijl Records" (Aired on 4/29/10)

Ju Suk Reet Meate - "Side A 1978" from Do Unseen Hands Keep You Dumb
39 Clocks - "New Crime Appeal" from Zoned
Orange - "The Jamel Voice" from In The Midst of Chaos
Mark Tucker - "The Importance of Making Molehills..." from In The Sack
Virgin Insanity - "Be My Friend" from Illusions of the Maintenance Man
Jakob Olausson - "Listen Sister" from Moonlight Farm
Michael Yonkers - "The Answer" from Grimwood
King Darves - "She Wants My Song" from The Sun Splits for the Blind Swimmer
The Pens - "You Only Like Me When I Tell You I'm Wrong from new 7"
Jerusalem & The Starbaskets - "Room 8" from new 7"
Messages - "Tambura" from new S/T LP

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On today's show we aired our recent interview with Clint Simonson from De Stijl Records, one of our absolute favorite independent labels that just-so-happens to be located right up the road from us in Minneapolis. In addition to our interview, we played several selections from artists among the De Stijl catalog. To find out more about De Stijl and the releases they have available, head on over to their website or, better yet, became a fan on Facebook.

FFFreakout #209 "Carl Solo" (Aired on 4/22/10)

Talk Talk - "Life's What You Make It"
Stereolab - "La Boob Oscillater" (BBC Radio 1 Session)
Talking Heads - "Psycho Killer" (live)
Stereo MC's - "Deep Down & Dirty"
The Beatles - "A Day in a Life"
Jen Trynin - "I Don't Need You"
Thao w/ the Get Down Stay Down - "Bag of Hammers"
Soul Coughing - "Down To This"
Johnny Cash - "Highway Patrolman"
Billy Squier - "My Kinda Lover" (Note: Carl's Guilty Pleasure Pick)
Spearhead - "Hole in the Bucket"
Tripl3fastaction - "Anna (Get Your Gun)
Ween - "Fluffy"

FFFreakout #208 "Record Store Day Rundown" (Aired on 4/8/10)

The Mountain Goats - "Letter From Belgium"
Sonic Youth - "Shadow of a Doubt"
Built to Spill - "Car"
John Fahey - "The Yellow Princess"
Moby Grape - "Motorcycle Irene"
Tom Waits - "Chocolate Jesus"
Magnetic Fields - "I Think I Need a New Heart"
Wilco - "Jesus, Etc." (live)
John Lennon - "It's So Hard"
Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band - "Express Yourself"
Band of Skulls - "Death by Diamonds"
Mississippi John Hurt - "Make Me a Pallet on the Floor"
The Rolling Stones - "All Down the Line"
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Skeletons"

Today, we chatted up and spun music off of a bunch of the releases that will be exclusive to independent record stores on Record Store Day, which is this Saturday. Locally, Tune Town will have a fair amount of these releases, but come early as some are ultra-limited. Check out the Record Store Day website for a complete list of the releases available and for other participating stores. Unlike downloading, there's always the possibility of a scene like this (generally more inclusive though):

FFFreakout #207 "Spring Pledge Drive Pt. 2" (Aired on 4/8/10)

Rolling Stones - "Let It Bleed"
Michael Yonkers Band - "Microminiature Love"
John Coltrane - "Serenity"
The Stooges - "No Fun"
Beat Happening - "T.V. Girl"
Brigitte Fontaine and Areski - "Ca Va Faire Un Hit"
Mark Tucker - "Everywhere With Sally"
This Heat - "24 Track Loop"
Father Murphy - "Drawn"
Portishead - "Over"
Kelley Stoltz - "The Birmingham Eccentric"
Jeremy Jay - "Gallop"
Galaxie 500 - "Way Up High"
(Outro Music: Oneida - "10:30 at the Oasis")

We're close to meeting our pledge drive goal! You can still call 507-389-5678 or 1-800-456-7810 to make a donation in any amount.

FFFreakout #206 "Spring Pledge Drive" (Aired on 4/1/10)

The Fall - "F'oldin Money"
Daniel Johnston - "Speeding Motorcycle"
Little Francisco Greaves - "Moving-Grooving"
Red Krayola - "Music"
Minutemen - "Cut"
Otis Redding - "Shake" (live)
The Bar-Kays - "Soul Finger"
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - "Money Rock 'N' Roll"
Prince - "Another Lover. . ."
39 Clocks - "Psycho Beat"
Pumice - "Pebbles"
Harry Nilsson - "Coconut"
Hot Rats - "Fight For Your Right to Party"
Hacienda - "Useless and Tired"
Beck - "Burro"
Alejandro Escovedo - "Always A Friend"

We are off and running with the KMSU Spring Pledge. If you like the type of show we put together each week or the diverse programming that KMSU offers on a consistent basis, we need your support now. You can make a pledge, in any dollar amount, by calling 507-389-5678 or 1-800-456-7810 or by visiting the KMSU website. A big thanks to the gentleman from Fairmont who called and picked up the Daniel Johnston book and Tune Town gift card during the show.

FFFreakout #205 (Aired on 3/25/10)

Nikki Sudden - "Black Tar"
Jerusalem & The Starbaskets - "Room 8"
The Chills - "Luck or Loveliness"
Virgin Insanity - "Don't Get Down"
Minutemen - "Political Song For Michael Jackson to Sing"
Father Murphy - "Ave Lucifer"
Brute Heart - "Demons"
Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O - " Universe of Love"
Dolly Parton - "Puppy Love"
Sparklehorse - "My Yoke is Heavy"
Pavement - "Rattled By The Rush"
Blur - "Pop Life"
Stereo Cocktail - "These Boots Are Made For Walkin"
Loretta Lynn - "High on a Mountain Top"
Flatt & Scruggs - "Foggy Mountain Breakdown"
Jurassic 5 - "Quality Control"
Tom Petty - "Spike"

As mentioned on today's show, Acid Mothers Temple will be playing at the 7th Street Entry next Wednesday (March 31st). This footage should be convincing enough:

FFFreakout #204 (Aired on 3/18/10)

Tim Cohen - "Haunted Hymns"
Nudge Squidfish - "The Stranger"
Ghost to Falco - "The End"
Pigeons - "Cruel Circumstance"
Brute Heart - "Talebearer"
Ramones - "Blitzkrieg Bop"
Monks - "Monk Time"
Bongwater - "Just May Be The One"
Purling Hiss - "D.U.I"
Pere Ubu - "Humor Me"
Julie Doiron - "Lovers of the World"
King Tubby meets Scientist - "Wickedest Dub"
Mike Mictlan & Lazerbeak - "Suicide Jimmy Snuffa"
Above the Tree - "Black Seahorse"
Roy Montgomery - "Something Else Again"
Pill Wonder - "Wishing Whale"
Brute Heart - "Scritch Scratch"
Julian Lynch - "Banana Jam Pt. 1"
Ramones - "Beat on the Brat"

You can check out a few more tracks from the compelling new album by the Minneapolis-based group Brute Heart at their Myspace site. Also worth checking out is the Nudge Squidfish re-issue put out on Columbus Discount Records. Here's some more recent footage of Sir Nudge:



Save those electronics!! A behind-the-scenes look at how Peaking Lights, a FFF favorite, creates those amazing sounds.

FFFreakout #203 (Aired on 3/11/10)

The Art Museums - "We Can't Handle It"
Joanna Newsom - "'81"
Alex Bathgate - "Glide"
Father Murphy - "So Now You Have to Choose. . ."
Mamuthones - "Ota Benga"
Edan - "Rock and Roll"
Julian Lynch - "Rivers"
The Art Museums - "Sculpture Gardens"
Sonic Youth - "Bull in the Heather"
The Everly Brothers - "Price of Love"
The Streets - "Push Things Forward"
Sparklehorse - "Someday Will Treat You Good"
Pavement - "Embassy Row"
Fastbacks - "Waterloo Street"
Cake - "Rock 'N' Roll Lifestyle"
Soul Asylum - "No Man's Land"
Sleater-Kinney - "Iron Clad"

One of the most inventive rock(ish) albums I've heard in quite some time is "...And He Told Us to Turn to the Sun" from the Italian group Father Murphy. Here's a wild video for the song "In Their Graves" from that album.

FFFreakout #202 (Aired on 3/4/10)

Castanets - "No Trouble"
Jay Reatard - "Pull Down The Shades"
Dead Moon - "Evil Eye"
Ghost to Falco - "Secrets of the Free"
Joanna Newsom - "Peach, Plum, Pear"
To Kill A Petty Bourgeoisie - "Lovers & Liars"
Los Silvertones - "Up Tight"
Ruby Suns - "Cinco"
The Clash - "The Guns of Brixton"
Johnny Cash - "Ain't No Grave"
Jeff Bridges - "Hold On Now"
Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses - "Country Roads"
The White Stripes - "I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself"
Johnny Cash - "Orange Blossom Special"
Johnny Cash - "Aloha Oe"

*Please Note: Due to a technical glitch FFF #201 was replayed last week instead of this show.

In addition to playing several tracks in honor of Johnny Cash's birthday today, we also played a new Jay Reatard track off the benefit compilation for Chris Knox entitled "Stroke". Here is a brief description of the compilation taken from the Merge Records website:

"In June 2009, Chris Knox suffered a life-altering stroke at his home in Grey Lynn, New Zealand. "Stroke: Songs for Chris Knox" is a celebration of Chris and his music. Chris Knox was instrumental in bringing New Zealand punk and alternative music to international audiences with Tall Dwarfs, Toy Love and his solo work. Artists from the U.S. (Jeff Mangum, Yo La Tengo, Mountain Goats, Will Oldham, Stephin Merritt, Bill Callahan, Lou Barlow, Jay Reatard), New Zealand (The Bats, The Verlaines, The Chills) and the world over have donated their time & talents covering songs from Knox's extensive catalog so that all proceeds can go toward assisting Chris with his recovery. Stay updated on Chris at the Stroke website."

You can lend your support by purchasing this excellent compilation at fine local independent record stores the worldover.

FFFreakout #201 (Aired on 2/18/10)

Alice - "Que Pouvons Nous Faire Ensemble?"
Unrest - "I Do Believe You Are Blushing"
The Mantles - "What We Do Matters"
Myelin Sheaths - "Drugstore Pharmacy"
The Saints - "(I'm) Stranded"
Wooden Wand - "Vengeance, Pt. 2"
Vampire Hands - "Hung Man (demo)"
Art Ensemble of Chicago - "Rock Out"
Funkadelic - "Some More"
Good Day, Montag - "Trevilian Station"
Nullsleep - "The Model"
Black to Comm - "Rauschen"
Kris Kristofferson - "Why Me"
Wire - "12XU"
The Fall - "Bingo Master"
Eat Skull - "Cooking Away to be Happy"
Stiff Little Fingers - "Alternative Ulster"
Dandy Warhols - "Eight Days A Week"
(Outro Music: Unrest - "Champion Nines")

Dave solo and completely wingin' it, how else can you explain Kristofferson to Wire.

FFFreakout #200 (Aired on 2/11/10)

Funkadelic - "Funky Dollar Bill"
Puffy Areolas - "Lutzko Lives"
U.S. Girls - "Red Ford Radio"
Black to Comm - "Musik Fur Alle"
Eat Skull - "Stick to the Formula"
Jennifer Gentle - "I Do Dream You"
Jack Rose - "Miss May's Place"
Epic Soundtracks - "Good Things Come To"
Woven Bones - "I Wanna Be Yr. Boyfriend"
U2 - "Out of Control"
The White Stripes - "You've Got Her in Your Pocket (live)"
Led Zeppelin - "Bring It Own Home"
The Jam - "The Modern World"
Massive Attack - "Karmacoma"
Willie Hutch - "Theme of Foxy Brown"
Curtis Mayfield - "Freddie's Dead (single mix)"

Today's show, technically last week's, marked the four year anniversary of Free Form Freakout. Two hundred shows in and what do you hear? That's right, a couple of old record store nerds botching some basic Ramones trivia (Dave at least). Hey, the ol' memory has gotten a little foggy over the years, but we do want to thank those who've tuned in over the years.

FFFreakout #199 (Aired on 2/4/10)

The Hot Rats - "(You Outta) Fight For Your Right (To Party!)"
Supergrass - "Caught By the Fuzz"
The Breeders - "Bang On"
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Zero"
Yeasayer - "Ambling Alp"
T. Rex - "Metal Guru"
Beastie Boys - "Gratitude"
Johnny Cash - "God's Gonna Cut You Down"
Buddy Holly - "Not Fade Away"
Surfer Blood - "Swim"
The Go! Team - "Doing It Right"
M.I.A. - "Paper Planes"
Superchunk - "The First Part"
Dolly Parton - "Jolene"
Charlotte Gainsbourg - "IRM"
David Bowie - "Jean Genie"
The Hot Rats - "The Love Cats"
Outro Music: Beastie Boys - "The Pow"

Carl did today's show own his own, playing a couple of the cover versions from the new Hot Rats album called "Turn On". Here's another: