Here are some answers to questions I posed about Helado Negro, which have gone unanswered til now.



Q. Where is he from?
A. http://asthmatickitty.com/helado-negro

Q. What is a "lechuguilla"?
A. Not a little lettuce. A.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lechuguilla_Cave or B.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agave_lechuguilla

Today was a whole lot of fun! I don't know why, but maybe it had to do with getting a bunch of calls. The number is 403-220-3991 and it's always pretty great to hear from listeners. We heard:

Gil Evans Orchestra // La Nevada
Efa Etoroma Jr. Trio // You Don't Know What Love Is
Harris Eisenstadt // Cobble Hook
Elvis Bossa Nova // Viva Las Vegas
Ebo Taylor // Aba Yaa
We're Not Popstars // En Tu Cara
Smadj // Geriye
Olof Arnalds // Surrender (Radio Edit)
French Films // Dropout Jr.
Helado Negro // Lechuguilla
Clea Roddick // Revolving Doors
Maria in the Shower // Don't Build a Wall Round the Graveyard
Fine Canadian Forces // Breaking It Away
Paleo // Lighthouse
The Luyas // Too Beautiful to Work
Woods // White Out
Build // Swelter 3 (http://buildbuildbuild.com)
Eric Hofbauer & the Infrared Band // These Two Things
Junior Boys // ep
The National // Green Gloves
The Antlers // Every Night my Teeth Are Falling Out
No Gold // Puluti
Arcade Fire // Sprawl II
Colour Haze // Moon
WU LYF // Summas Bliss
Al Tuck & No Action // Buddah
Banana Clipz // Coupe Cumbia

If you wanna check out the teaser for Spike Jonze's thing with the Arcade fire, you can do so here: http://www.pedestrian.tv/entertainment/news/watch-spike-jonzes-arcade-fire-film-in-full/46662.htm

But why just watch the trailer when you can check out the whole damn thing here?: http://www.pedestrian.tv/entertainment/news/watch-spike-jonzes-arcade-fire-film-in-full/46662.htm

Thanks for listening,

Dana

Brahja Waldman Quartet // Tappau Zee
Cory Weeds // Juicy Lucy
Art Tatum // Tea for Two
Bill Ware & Marc Ribot // It Don't Mean a Thing
Angus & Julia Stone // Paper Aeroplane
Klima Kalima // Chasing Yellow
Iggy Pop & Francoise Hardy // I'll Be Seeing You
Don Pullen // Andre's Ups and Downs
Ella Fitzgerald // Imagine My Frustration
Buddy McNeil and the Magic Mirrors // Home Sweet Home
Cigarettes // Ramblin Rose
The Pining // Blood & Rain
Doug Paisley // I Stand Alone
100 Mile House // Hollow Ponds
Fine Canadian Forces // Jessie's Girl
Man Man // Piranhas Club
Gang Gang Dance // Romance Layers
Louis Armstrong // Let's Do It
Duke Jordan // Night in Tunisia (DJ Jazzy Jeff Remix)
Chain & the Gang // Why Not?
Shuyler Jansen // Inseparable
The Kestrels // Throw Aggi Off the Bridge
Etherea // Marry Me (Remix of St. Vincent)
The Battles // Ice Cream ft. Matias Aguayo
Vetiver // Ride, Ride, Ride
Diplo // Big Lost
Booker T. Jones ft. Lou Reed // The Bronx

That's it for today. What a show! More information on Matias Aguayo here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/jun/11/matias-aguayo-bumbumbox-newcastle

Til next time-

Dana

Showfill, Soapbox Derby

Greg's away on a cross-Canada adventure, starting w/ the world's biggest teepee and moving on to other monuments to local tourism. SO I filled in for him this morning on Soapbox Derby. It was pretty fun: we talked bees with Chloe Bennett of the Landscape Architecture program at UBC and with Eliese Watson of ABC: Apiaries and Bees for Communities in Calgary.

State of Monc ft Jesse Van Rullen // Yu
Mose Allison // Don't Get Around Much Anymore
Graveola o Lixo Polifonico // Outro Modo
Joel Plaskett // Make a Little Noise
Bombino // Ahoubaguine Akaline
Diego & the Dissidents // Southern Lights
The Jolly Boys // Golden Brown
Dennis Coffey // Somebody's Been Sleepin'
Al Green // My Problem Is You
George Benson // Water Brother
The McCrary // Emerge
Ron Forella // Crystals
Corduroi // Everglade Leaf House
My Morning Jacket // Circuital
Little Scream // People is Place
Chris Thile & Michael Davis // 20/20 Vision
Balkans // I Can't Compete
Andre Ethier // Honey Bee
The Bees // Wash in the Rain
Sand Circles // Stellar Waves
Dntel // Roll On
Lauren Mann & the Fairly Odd Folk // Stow Me Away; Lady in the Yellow Dress
Painted Palms // I Will Truck
Carol Bui // Geisha Means Open-Minded
Lab Coast // Waiting

That's it for today. See you on Tuesday - I'll be covering the AM Mixtape for Marc and Hayley.

Dana

BATTLES at the Hotel du Ville in Paris

http://www.blogotheque.net/2011/05/23/battles-en/

Today we heard:

Sila and the Afrofunk Experience // Chrome
Yesterday's New Quintet // Send One Your Love
We're Not Popstars // Palo de Rosa
Rachel's // Air Conditioning/A Closed Feeling
Vieux Farka Toure // Sokosondou
Booker T. Jones // Progress (Ft. Yim Yames)
Brian Blain // Don't Blame the Bass Player
Laura Vane + the Vipertones // Time Ain't Waitin
Art Tatum // Night & Day
Vandaveer // Beat, Beat, My Heart
Samantha Savage Smith // Nobody Loves Me But My Own Kind
Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside // Write Me a Letter
Legendary Rhythm & Blues Band // Voodoo Spell
Amadou & Mariam // Je Te Kiffe
Dustin Wong // Infinite Love Pt 2
Co La // Hit Me (Cat Call Version)
Ponytail // Easy Peasy
Bob & Gene // These Lonely Nights
Aurelio // Yange
Ratatat // Gipsy Threat
Amor de Dias // Bunhill Fields
Toki Monsta // Bright Shadows
Flaming Lips & Stardeath White Dwarfs // Borderline
Olenka & the Autumn Lovers // Sparrow
Ana Robik // My company Venus de Mars (flocked up remix)
Gardens and Villa // Star Fire Power
The Blackbyrds // Rock Creek Park
The Silvertones // Uptight
Blueprint // Automatic
Beastie Boys // Nonstop Disco Powerpack
Boogieman // Our Song
Blue Seeds // Might as Well Dream
Des Ark // My Saddle Is Waiting
Man Man // Steak Knives

That's it for today. Thanks for tuning in! Until next time.

Dana