FFFreakout #186 (Aired on 10/29/09)

Evans Carroll - The Monster
Southern Culture on the Skids - Werewolf
Bobby "Boris" Pickett & The Crypt Kickers - Monster Mash
Comateens - The Munsters Theme
The Who - Boris the Spider
Tegan & Sara - Walkin' with the Ghost
The Shaggs - It's Halloween
Beat Happening - Black Candy
The Cramps - Zombie Dance
Misfits - Night of the Living Dead
Motorhead - Dancing on Your Grave
Michael Jackson - Thriller
MX-80 Sound - Theme from Halloween
Rev. Horton Heat - Halloween Dance
Donovan - Season of the Witch
Roky Erikson - I Walked With a Zombie
The Ramones - Pet Cemetery

Broke out the Halloween-related tunes for today's show to get people in that ghoulish mood. Of course, we had to break out The Misfits.

FFFreakout #185 (Aired on 10/22/09)

Air - Do the Joy
Mayer Hawthorne - Your Easy Lovin' Ain't Pleasin' Nothin'
Stone Roses - Fools Gold
Arcade Fire - Wake Up
The Kinks - Nothin' in this World
Elvis Costello - Watch Your Step
Johnny Cash - Highway Patrolman
Luna - California
Ska-talites - Ringo's Theme
The Replacements - Beer for Breakfast
The Rolling Stones - Hang Fire
Beck - Beercan
(Outro Music: "Powerhouse")

Carl did this show live and on his own today, leading things off with something from the new Air album. Here's something from "Talkie Walkie" from 2004.

FFFreakout #184 (Aired on 10/15/09)

Flight of the Conchords - Hurt Feelings
Los Lonely Boys - She Came in Through the Bathroom Window
Hacienda - Angela
Alejandro Escovedo - Pale Blue Eyes
Kurt Vile - Freeway
Flaming Lips - The Sparrow Looks Up at the Machine
Kati Kovacs - Add Mar Uram az Esot!
Beulah - If We Can Land a Man on the Moon, Surely I Can Win Your Heart
Yim Yames - My Sweet Lord
George Harrison - Blow Away
The Beatles - The Ballad of John & Yoko
Gary War - Eye in the Sky
Karen O & The Kids - Head Up
(Outro Music: Trouble Funk)

Thanks to those people who made a donation during the show today for the KMSU Fall Pledge Drive. There's still plenty of time to pledge your support to the station and the diverse programming that it continues to provide. You can make your pledge by calling (507)389-5678 or 1-800-456-7810. You can also head over to the KMSU website, which has been given a much-needed makeover, to make a donation.

FFFreakout #183 (Aired on 10/8/09)

The Twilight Sad - Reflection of the Television
Le Loup - Beach Town
The Clean - Asleep in the Tunnel
Times New Viking - New Times, New Hope
Kraus - Happening for Lulu
Cheater Slicks - Walk Up the Street
Sa-Ra Creative Partners - He Say She Say
Clutchy Hopkins - Sound of the Ghost
Miles Davis - John McLaughlin
Shape of Broad Minds - Let's Go (feat. DOOM)
Godflesh - Spite
The Shadow Ring - Tiny Creatures
To Kill A Petty Bourgeoisie - The Needle
The Beatles - I'm Looking Through You

Cool video for the To Kill A Petty Bourgeoisie track we played on today's show:

FFFreakout #182 (Aired on 10/1/09)

Dan Melchoir und Das Menace - O! Anxiety
The Clean - Rubber Soul
Julian Lynch - Winterer One
The Velvet Underground - Femme Fatale (live)
Broadcast - Pendulum
Kraftwerk - Showroom Dummies
Oneohtrix Point Never - Zones Without People
The Residents - Sinister Exaggerator
Big Black - The Model
The Deadnotes - Through the Hoop / Broken Wheel / Orange Trumpet
The Minutemen - Cut
Mayo Thompson - Horses
The Seeds - Pushin' Too Hard
Jay Mitchell - Funky Fever
(Outro Music: John Fahey - Desperate Man Blues)

Dave did this show on his own today. While The Beatles reissue mania has occupied our interest for weeks now, thought it would be worthwhile to mention that the entire Kraftwerk catalog is going to be remastered and reissued in October as well. Mute Records is going to release each album individually on CD and there is a boxset and vinyl pressings slated for release in November. You can scope the specifics here. One wouldn't expect a Rock Band edition from this group of man machines, but who knows.

FFFreakout #181 (Aired on 9/24/09)

Arctic Monkeys - My Propellar
Pearl Jam - Supersonic
Black Crowes - I Ain't Hiding
Alice in Chains - Check My Brain
Dex Romweber Duo (w/ Neko Case) - Still Around
Barracudas - We're in Violent Times
The Cramps - New Kind of Kick
M.I.S. - Sinfonia Agridulce
Mason Jennings - Ain't No Friend of Mine
Times New Viking - M.L.K. Day
Rural Alberta Advantage - Don't Haunt This Place
The La's - There She Goes
Fruit Bats - The Hobo Girl
Brendan Benson - Eyes on the Horizon
Timber Timber - Demon Host
Dex Romweber Duo - Lookout

Carl was live and flying solo for today's show. In his words, things were looking very 1991 during the early part of the show, but he was indeed spinning a bunch of new sounds. Here's another track from the brand spankin' new Times New Viking album out on Matador called "Born Again Revisited":

FFFreakout #180 (Aired on 9/17/09)

The Beatles - Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
George Harrison - Wah Wah
Ringo Starr - It Don't Come Easy
Paul McCartney - Let Me Roll It
John Lennon - I'm Losing You
To Kill A Petty Bourgeoisie - In Peoples Homes
The Jaguar Club - Sleepwalking
Damon McMahon - Somewhere in France
Ducktails - Dancing With the One You Love
The Intelligence - Universal Babysitter
The Who - Acid Queen
The Misunderstand - Children of the Sun
The Pixies - Broken Face (live)
Echo & The Bunnymen - The Cutter
The Only Ones - Another Girl Another Planet
Vivian Girls - Going Insane

The topic of The Beatles solo albums was discussed on today's show. Do you think George Harrison's "All Things Must Pass" or John Lennon's "Plastic Ono Band" is the best or are we overlooking something in Ringo Starr's discography?

FFFreakout #179 (Aired on 9/10/09)

The Feelies - Everybody's Got Something to Hide (Except Me and My Monkey)
Jim O'Rourke - Insignificance
Damon & Naomi - Blue Moon
Vivian Girls - Such A Joke
Nudge - Two Hands
The Clean - Drawing To A Hole
Destroy All Monsters - That's My Ideal
The Sa-Ra Creative Partners - I Swear
Air - Radio #1
Freedom Fighters - Crows Nest
The Beatles - Norwegian Wood
The Beatles - Julia
The Beatles - Come Together
The Beatles - Happiness is a Warm Gun
The Beatles - Fixing A Hole

While The Beatles remastered CDs are surely the big draw for music fans this week, there are a number of other great releases that happen to be coming out as well. Both of The Feelies albums have been given the remastered treatment, along with new albums by Jim O'Rourke, Vivian Girls, Nudge, The Clean, and Yo La Tengo. A good time to throw down some serious coin at your favorite independent record store.

FFFreakout #178 (Aired on 9/3/09)

Carl did this show live and played various selections from the new remastered Beatles albums which come out on 9/9/09. Time to save up!

FFFreakout #177 (Aired on 8/27/09)

Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues
Johnny Cash - Redemption Song (w/ Joe Strummer)
Julian Plenti - Skyscraper
New Order - Love Vigilantes
Pop Levi - Wannamama
T. Rex - Jeepster
Six Organs of Admittance - Words For Two
Theo Angell - A Crime From the Vine
Black Tambourine - For Ex-Lovers Only
The Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go
The British Expeditionary Force - The Engine
Elvis Costello - No Hiding Place
Old 97's - Victoria
Talking Heads - Pulled Up
Headless Heroes - Just One Time
Blank Dogs - Blue Lights

FFFreakout #176 (Aired on 8/20/09)

Oneida - Brownout in Lagos
Julian Lynch - Venom
Ducktails - The Mall
Kiila - Fireburnfoot
Crystal Castles - Good Time
Rolling Stones - Monkey Man
Jay Reatard - Before I Was Caught
Jack Penate - Tonight's Today
R.E.M. - World Leader Pretend
Ha Ha Tonka - Hold My Feet to the Fire
Waco Brothers - Waco Express
Ben Weaver - Red Red Fox
Deadstring Brothers - Tennessee Sure Enough
Alejandro Escovedo - Always A Friend
The Bottle Rockets Better Than Broken

Check out the Bloodshot Records website for more information about their 15th Anniversary Beer-B-Q Event taking place in Minneapolis this Sunday.

FFFreakout #175 (Aired on 8/13/09)

Dirty Projectors - The Bride
The Big Pink - Velvet
Love and Rockets - Yin and Yang (The Flowerpot Man)
Green Day - Peacemaker
Tubeway Army - Our Friends Electric
The Antlers - Bear
Vivian Girls - Where Do You Run To
Sic Alps - Who Has Time To Protest
Kraus - O'erdose
Chris Knox - Half-Man/Half-Mole
Discovery - Osaka Loop Line
Dimitri from Paris - Une Very Stylish Fille
James Brown - Get Up Offa That Thing
Meteor & Demjen Ferenc - Kivanj te is nekem szep, jo ejszakat
Alejandro Escovedo - Real As An Animal

Anyone who tunes in to our show on a regular basis knows how much we like Pumice. One of his fellow New Zealanders, and some time collaborator, Kraus also is churning out some wonderfully demented sounds of his own. Check out the Free Music Archive website for a generous sampling of his music.

FFFreakout #174 (Aired on 8/6/09)

Link Wray - Handclapper
Pissed Jeans - False Jesii Part 2
Oneida - The Life You Preferred
Tortoise - Prepare Your Coffin
Julian Lynch - Track 8 from "Born 2 Run" CDr
Blackout Beach - The Roman
Nico - Sagen Die Gelehrten
Amen Dunes - Fleshless Esta Mira Wife of Space
Sam and the Plants - Never or Now
Maher Shalal Hash Baz - Different Daylight
Times New Viking - A Lot of Paintings
Reykiavik! - Repticon
The Nocturnes - Trojan
Betty Davis - Game is my Middle Name
A Tribe Called Quest - Excursions

As mentioned on today's show, been lovin' the sounds that Julian Lynch has been creatin'. You can get caught up real quick and for real cheap by heading over to his website and purchasing his three CD-rs (well worth it). In addition, he has a new full-length LP coming out on Olde English Spelling Bee called "Orange You Glad", as well as a split seven inch with the equally great Ducktails on Underwater Peoples.

FFFreakout #173 (Aired on 7/30/09)

David Bowie - Drive in Saturday
The Ting Tings - That's Not My Name
Unclubbed (w/ Bess Cavendish) - Groove is in the Heart
Devo - Uncontrollable Urge (live)
Free Design - Bubbles
Oneida - I Will Haunt You
Loop - Head On
13th Floor Elevators - Slip Inside This House
Sarolta Zalatray - Hadd mondjan el
Naked City - A Shot in the Dark
Bottle Rockets - Shame On Me
Otis Redding - Try A Little Tenderness
Beastie Boys - Super Disco Breakin'
Hard-Fi - Seven Nation Army
(Outro Music: Tortoise - Gigantes)

Here's a live version of "Ghost in the Room" from the new triple album "Rated O" from Oneida:

FFFreakout #172 (Aired on 7/23/09)

Sonic Youth - Silver Rocket
Cat Stevens - If You Want to Sing Out Sing Out
Tortoise - Northern Something
Pumice - Open Up
Amen Dunes - By the Bridal
Megafaun - Kaufman's Ballad
Riceboy Sleeps - Boy 1984
God Help The Girl - Act of the Apostle
Bongo Herman, Eric 'Bingy Bunny' Lamont & Les Chen - Salaam
Nick Glider - Hot Child in the City
Jacuzzi Boys - Black Sand
Family Portrait - Mega Secrets
Discovery - Swing Tree
Jack Penate - Tonight's Today
Fruit Bats - Primitive Man
Love Is All - Last Choice

Some more from "Beacons of Ancestorship", which finds Tortoise back in fine form:

FFFreakout #171 (Aired on 7/16/09)

Anna Adamis & Gabor Presser - Ringasd el magod no.2
Pumice - Persevere
Amen Dunes - Castles
39 Clocks - Fast Cars
Loop - 16 Dreams
Portishead - Glory Box
Luscious Jackson - City Song
Mull Historical Society - Watching Xanadu
Olivia Newton John - Xanadu
The Pixies - Head On
The Intelligence - Debt & E.S.P.
Harvester - When the Lingonberries are Ripen
Old 97's - Time Bomb
Pavement - Summer Babe
Possum Dixon - Emergency's About to End
The Monkees - Mary Mary
(Outro Music by MF Doom)

Stephen Malkus talking Velvet Underground, shredding, and sports, among other things on Soft Focus hosted by Ian Svenonius of Nation of Ulyssis/The Make-Up fame.

FFFreakout #170 (Aired on 7/9/09)

Tom Tom Club - Genius of Love (long version)
Moby - Study War
The Cure - A Forest
The Field - Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime
Hall & Oates - Out of Touch
Theo Angell - The Shadow Ring
Akron Family - The Alps & Their Orange Evergreen
Suicide - Fast Money Music
Masanka Sankayi & Kasai Allstars - Wa Muluendu
Jeremy Jay - Will You Dance With Me?
Crocodiles - Screaming Chrome
Kris Kristofferson - Sunday Morning Comin' Down

FFFreakout #169 (Aired on 7/2/09)

Sonic Youth - Poison Arrow
39 Clocks - Psycho Beat
Julian Lynch - Droplet on a Hot Stone
Olivia Tremor Control - Courtyard
Kati Kovacs - Add mar Uram az Esot!
Meat Puppets - I'm Not You
Wilco - Wilco (The Song)
XTC - Ball and Chain
The Raconteurs - Old Enough
Bill Justis - Raunchy
Cheval Sombre - Where Did Our Love Go
Peaking Lights - Silver Tongues Soft Whisper
Mexican Institute of Sound - Sinfonia Agridulce
The Beatles - Any Bird Can Sing
J Dilla - Geek Down
(Outro Music: Raymond Scott - Dinner Music For a Pack of Hungry Cannibals)

The folks on Breakfast at Sulimay's weigh in on "Wilco The Song" from their new album.

FFFreakout #168 (Aired on 6/25/09)

Real Estate - Beach Comber
Pill Wonder - Wishing Whale
Ducktails - Backyards
The Shadow Ring - Apricot Rat
The Intelligence - Tower
The Deviants - Let's Loot the Supermarket
David Blue - It Tastes Like Candy
Chrome - TV As Eyes
Dengue Fever - We Were Gonna
Scott Walker - Jean the Machine
Cheer Accident - According to the Spiral
Baja - Graph-Vlak
Blank Dogs - The Things
Sun City Girls - Cigar-Shaped Moonlight
Ex-Models - The Fun System
Bill Fay - We Have Laid Here
Alvarius B. - Deader Gentlemen

Nora from The Dirty Birds joined us on today's show. We exchanged sets of music and discussed our mutual affection for the Sun City Girls and Sir Richard Bishop, whom will be performing at the 7th St. Entry in Minneapolis this Saturday. Here's some recent footage of Sir Richard Bishop performing material from his new album on Drag City called The Freak of Araby:

FFFreakout #167 (Aired on 6/17/09)

Sonic Youth - Antenna
Spinal Tap - Sex Farm (Funky Version)
Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground
Prince - Mountains
Moby - Run On
Blank Dogs - No Compass
Michael Hurley - Eyes Eyes
Pumice - Pebbles
Eddy Current Suppression Ring - Sometimes
Ween - Take Me Away
Meat Puppets - Blanket of Weeds
Dinosaur Jr. - Little Fury Things
Minutemen - This Ain't No Picnic
They Might Be Giants - Ana Ng
Kid Thomas - Rockin' This Joint To-Nite

The Meat Puppets, feature all the original members, will be playing at The What's Up Lounge here in Mankato on July 9 in support of their new full-length. Should be a great show.