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WRBC CHARTS & ADDS 4/13/10

WRBC — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 00:22:38 +0000

1. SHE AND HIM Volume Two

2. SEABEAR We Built A Fire

3. BROKEN BELLS Broken Bells

4. DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS The Big

5. BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB Beat The Devil’s Tattoo

6. GORILLAZ Plastic Beach

7. DUM DUM GIRLS I Will Be

8. ROGUE WAVE Permalight

9. TED LEO AND THE PHARMACISTS The Brutalist Bricks

10. SARAH JAFFE Suburban Nature

11. DR. DOG Shame, Shame

12. SHARON JONES AND THE DAP KINGS I Learned The Hard Way

13. FRIGHTENED RABBIT The Winter Of Mixed Drinks

14. FREE ENERGY Stuck On Nothing

15. LOVE IS ALL Two Thousand And Ten Injuries

16. SPOON Transference

17. MATT POND PA The Dark Leaves

18. JOANNA NEWSOM Have One On Me

19. HARLEM Hippies

20. BUNDLES The Bundles

21. WHIGS In The Dark

22. BLACK FRANCIS NonStopErotik

23. DAVID BYRNE AND FATBOY SLIM Here Lies Love

24. DISCO BISCUITS Planet Anthem

25. AWESOME COLOR Massa Hypnos

26. EVELYN EVELYN Evelyn Evelyn

27. GOLDEN TRIANGLE Double Jointer

28. FREELANCE WHALES Weathervanes

29. MARK SULTAN $

30. BIFFY CLYRO Only Revolutions

ADDS

1. MEKLIT HADERO On A Day Like This…

2. SARAH JAFFE Suburban Nature

3. ROKY ERICKSON WITH OKKERVIL RIVER True Love Cast Out All Evil

WRBC ROCK & INDIE CHARTS & ADDS 4/6/10

WRBC — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 01:42:58 +0000

1. SEABEAR We Built A Fire

2. BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB Beat The Devil’s Tattoo
3. FRIGHTENED RABBIT The Winter Of Mixed Drinks
4. BROKEN BELLS Broken Bells
5. JOANNA NEWSOM Have One On Me
6. GORILLAZ Plastic Beach
7.DUM DUM GIRLS I Will Be
8. SHE AND HIM Volume Two
9. TED LEO AND THE PHARMACISTS The Brutalist Bricks
10. WHIGS In The Dark
11. ROGUE WAVE Permalight
12. DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS The Big To-do
13. SPOON Transference
14. SHOUT OUT LOUDS Work
15. LEN PRICE 3 Pictures
16. BEACH HOUSE Teen Dream
17. BUNDLES The Bundles
18. YEASAYER ODD BLOOD
19. PHANTOGRAM Eyelid Movies
20. WEAKERTHANS Live At Burton Cummings Theatre
21. TARTUFI Nests Of Waves And Wire
22. BIRD AND THE BEE Interpreting The Masters Vol. 1: A Tribute To Daryl Hall And John Oates
23. HAPPY BIRTHDAY Happy Birthday
24. RUBY SUNS Fight Softly
25. FOUR TET There Is Love In You
26. PAVEMENT Quarantine The Past: The Best Of Pavement
27. SURFER BLOOD Astro Coast
28. ARCHIE BRONSON OUTFIT Coconut
29. LOCAL NATIVES Gorilla Manor
30. HOT CHIP One Life Stand

ADDS

1. SHARON JONES AND THE DAP KINGS I Learned The Hard Way
2. DR. DOG Shame, Shame
3. MATT POND PA The Dark Leaves
4. BLACK FRANCIS NonStopErotik
5. AWESOME COLOR Massa Hypnos

Music Video Log 4/6/10

Doug Ray — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 04:10:02 +0000

Here are some more new music videos that have entertained me recently.

Losers feat. Riz MC & Envy - Flush

This is a really cool video featuring the artwork of Dan Hiller. It has shades of Monty Python animation.

Yeasayer – O.N.E.

A really cool song with a music video that starts of narrative and then explodes with a typically chaotic yeasayer performance scene.

Seabear – I’ll Build You a Fire

A really innovative artistic and etherial music video. Let’s be honest, I couldn’t resist.

She and Him – In the Sun

A cute little pop song with a music video that borrows elements from classic 1960s musical films.

-Doug Ray

Doug Ray is the co-host of Saltimbocca and Escargot, Sundays 8-10 PM on WRBC.

Some more SEABEAR Photos

Peter Senzamici — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 15:20:24 +0000

Check out photography editor Peter Senzamici’s pictures from the seabear concert.

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-Peter Senzamici

Peter Senzamici is the co-host of Liberation Musicology, Sundays 6-8 PM on WRBC

Seabear Photo Blog

Liana Blum — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 03:28:42 +0000

Here are some pictures snapped by art editor Liana Blum at the Seabear concert on Monday, March 29, 2010

-Liana Blum

Liana Blum is the co-host of the Let Me Hear that Flow Show, Thursdays 8-10 PM on WRBC

Seabear Cometh

Doug Ray — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 05:07:32 +0000

WRBC and Bates College were really fortunate to have world-class Icelandic indie-folk-rockers Seabear to drop by campus on March 29, 2010 for a little concert. With our new flipcam, The Monkey recorded the concert for those of you that were maybe too tied up with thesis or abroad to come. Here are a few of the highlights:

Sindri talks about performing at Bates

Arms from “The Ghost that Carried Us Away”

Cat Piano from “The Ghost that Carried Us Away”

Stay tuned for more videos as they become available. To those of you that came out on a rainy Monday, WRBC, Seabear, and all involved are really thankful.

-Doug Ray

Doug Ray is the co-host of Saltimbocca and Escargot, Sundays 8-10 PM on WRBC.

Charts 3/30/10

WRBC — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 04:28:24 +0000

1 SEABEAR We Built A Fire

2 BROKEN BELLS Broken Bells

3 BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB Beat The Devil’s Tattoo

4 FRIGHTENED RABBIT The Winter Of Mixed Drinks

5 TED LEO AND THE PHARMACISTS The Brutalist Bricks

6 ROGUE WAVE Permalight

7 SHOUT OUT LOUDS Work

8 SPOON Transference

9 JOANNA NEWSOM Have One On Me

10 BEACH HOUSE Teen Dream

11 SURFER BLOOD Astro Coast

12 HOT CHIP One Life Stand

13 YEASAYER ODD BLOOD

14 GORILLAZ Plastic Beach

15 SHE AND HIM Volume Two

16 ALOHA Home Acres

17 DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS The Big To-do

18 LEN PRICE 3 Pictures

19 BUNDLES The Bundles

20 PHANTOGRAM Eyelid Movies

21 WEAKERTHANS Live At Burton Cummings Theatre

22 TARTUFI Nests Of Waves And Wire

23 BIRD AND THE BEE Interpreting The Masters Vol. 1: A Tribute To Daryl Hall And John Oates

24 HAPPY BIRTHDAY Happy Birthday

25 RUBY SUNS Fight Softly

26 FOUR TET There Is Love In You

27 LIARS Sisterworld

28 LOCAL NATIVES Gorilla Manor

29 DUM DUM GIRLS I Will Be

30 PAVEMENT Quarantine The Past: The Best Of Pavement

ADDS

1 SHE AND HIM Volume Two

2 EVELYN EVELYN Evelyn Evelyn

3 ARCTIC MONKEYS My Propeller [EP]

4 LOVE IS ALL Two Thousand And Ten Injuries

5 ELLIOTT SMITH From A Basement On The Hill

BOBCATRACKS 1

WRBC — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 02:12:16 +0000

Here are our editors top songs for March 25, 2010:

Doug Ray (Editor in Chief): Seabear – Cold Summer (We Built a Fire)

Bradley McGraw (Deputy Editor in Chief): The xx – Teardrops (Tour 7)

Liana Blum (Art Editor): Sleigh Bells - Ring Ring

Charles Thaxton (Rock Editor): Infinite Body – Drive Dreams Away (Carve Out The Face of My God)

Charlotte Simpson (Culture Editor): tUnE-YaRdS – Hatari (BiRd-BrAiNs)

Charts for 3/23/10

WRBC — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:56:44 +0000

1. SEABEAR We Built A Fire

2. BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB Beat The Devil’s Tattoo

3. TED LEO AND THE PHARMACISTS The Brutalist Bricks

4. BROKEN BELLS Broken Bells

5. JOANNA NEWSOM Have One On Me

6. ROGUE WAVE Permalight

7. SHOUT OUT LOUDS Work

8. SPOON Transference

9. BEACH HOUSE Teen Dream

10. FRIGHTENED RABBIT The Winter Of Mixed Drinks

11. SURFER BLOOD Astro Coast

12. HOT CHIP One Life Stand

13. YEASAYER ODD BLOOD

14. GORILLAZ Plastic Beach

15. CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG IRM

16. ALOHA Home Acres

17. JIMI HENDRIX Valleys Of Neptune

18. LEN PRICE 3 Pictures

19. MAGNETIC FIELDS Realism

20. WEAKERTHANS Live At Burton Cummings Theatre

21. TARTUFI Nests Of Waves And Wire

22. BIRD AND THE BEE Interpreting The Masters Vol. 1: A Tribute To Daryl Hall And John Oates

23. RUBY SUNS Fight Softly

24. FOUR TET There Is Love In You

25. LIARS Sisterworld

26. GOLDEN TRIANGLE Double Jointer

27. ALKALINE TRIO This Addiction

28. PAVEMENT Quarantine The Past: The Best Of Pavement

29. BUNDLES The Bundles

30. HAPPY BIRTHDAY Happy Birthday

ADDS

1. DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS The Big To-do

2. DUM DUM GIRLS I Will Be

3. LOVE IS ALL Two Thousand And Ten Injuries

4. TURIN BRAKES Outbursts

5. BIRD AND THE BEE Interpreting The Masters Vol. 1: A Tribute To Daryl Hall And John Oates

Album Review: While the Fire Dies (EP) by Seabear

Doug Ray — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:42:14 +0000

Let’s make one thing clear here, Iceland’s Seabear is without a doubt one of my favorite bands of all time. Their succinct anti-folk sensibility is unique even within the confines of the seemingly overcrowded world of the folk revival that is currently still in its indie infancy.

From the time that I first played their 2007 debut, The Ghost that Carried Us Away, my love of Seabear, as my friends might tell you had bordered on insanity and irrationality, but its all in good fun.

Alongside their recent full-length release (a very good album, by the way), We Built a Fire, the band chose to also put together a brief EP called The Fire Dies Out. The two records seem similar at the core, obviously the instrumentation is basically the same, but the EP is, truthfully an experience unto itself.

The band compiled the disc with what would amount to their more folksy offerings and the slower pace and tempo of the album and favor for banjo over trumpet are emblematic of the shift. I am particularly in love with the remixes they produced to two of their earlier songs, Singing Arc and Arms, which are in my opinion better than the originals.

The point here is that with this EP is an excellent working of their music both new and old, and if you are planning to get into Seabear, make sure to include this short EP into your listening plans.

-Doug Ray

Doug Ray is the co-host of Saltimbocca and Escargot, Sundays 8-10 PM on WRBC.