Monday, April 26, 2010

Weekly chart 4/19-4/26

Top 30 Most-Played:

1 VAMPIRE WEEKEND Contra XL
2 HAPPY BIRTHDAY Happy Birthday Sub Pop
3 GREG MULLEN The Hungry Ocean Self-Released
4 SHELLSHAG Rumors In Disguise Don Giovanni
5 MAGIC MAN Real Life Color Self-Released
6 FANG ISLAND Fang Island Sargent House
7 TED LEO AND THE PHARMACISTS The Brutalist Bricks Matador
8 MGMT Congratulations Columbia
9 ADAM GREEN Minor Love Fat Possum
10 GOLDEN GIRLS U L T I M A T E F R E E D O M Burning Mill
11 AWESOME COLOR Massa Hypnos Ecstatic Peace
12 PAVEMENT Quarantine The Past: The Best Of Pavement Matador
13 TITUS ANDRONICUS The Monitor XL
14 GONJASUFI A Sufi And A Killer Warp
15 VARIOUS ARTISTS Whitehaus Family Record Family Record Whitehaus Family Record
16 CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS Genuine Negro Jig Nonesuch
17 HUMBLE TRIPE Counting Stars Knox
18 LAURA MARLING I Speak Because I Can Astralwerks
19 SURFER BLOOD Astro Coast Kanine
20 QUILT Quilt Self-Released
21 TORO Y MOI Causers Of This Carpark
22 SPOON Transference Merge
23 SLOTHBEAR Qids
24 LOS CAMPESINOS! Romance Is Boring Arts And Crafts
25 YAWN Yawn [EP] Self-Released
26 MANY MANSIONS/TRUMAN PEYOTE Peaced Together whitehaus family
27 WILD ASSUMPTIONS Wild Assumptions
28 SHOUT OUT LOUDS Work Merge
29 VARIOUS ARTISTS Mozart Park All-Stars Breakfast Of Champs
30 THIN HEIR Thin Heir [EP]

New in Rotation:

1 DOOMSTAR! Rainbow Bloodsucker Self-released
2 BIG BIG BUCKS Crucial Schmooze Self-Released
3 QUILT March Appropriation
4 BLUNT MECHANIC World Record Barsuk

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Attention Fans of Every Avenue (and WTBU)


Saturday Morning (April 24) from 2 to 4 AM, during The Girls At The Rock Show, WTBU will be giving away an Every Avenue prize pack! When you hear an Every Avenue song, call in at (617) 353-6400.

Prize pack includes:
-An Every Avenue T-Shirt
-A Signed Poster From The Band
-An Every Avenue Sticker
-A Copy of their latest release, Picture Perfect

First person to call in wins the prize pack. Prize pack courtesy of Fearless Records. For more information, visit: http://thegirlsattherockshow.tumblr.com

Don't forget to catch Every Avenue as they stop by Boston on the AP Tour, next Thursday, April 29 at Boston House of Blues, doors open at 6:00 PM. Other acts include The Summer Set, The Cab, Hey Monday and Never Shout Never.

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Weekly Chart

Most played records from 4/12 to 4/19:

1 AWESOME COLOR Massa Hypnos Ecstatic Peace
2 SHELLSHAG Rumors In Disguise Don Giovanni
3 QUILT Quilt Self-Released
4 FANG ISLAND Fang Island Sargent House
5 GOLDEN GIRLS "Amateur Teen Sex Attics" [Single]
6 SLOTHBEAR Qids
7 HARLEM Hippies Matador
8 HAPPY BIRTHDAY Happy Birthday Sub Pop
9 MARK SULTAN $ Last Gang
10 PAVEMENT Quarantine The Past: The Best Of Pavement Matador
11 WILD ASSUMPTIONS Wild Assumptions
12 GREG MULLEN The Hungry Ocean Self-Released
13 XIU XIU Dear God, I Hate Myself Kill Rock Stars
14 TED LEO AND THE PHARMACISTS The Brutalist Bricks Matador
15 DUM DUM GIRLS I Will Be Sub Pop
16 GIRLFRIENDS Girlfriends Self-Released
17 BLACK TAMBOURINE Black Tambourine Slumberland
18 SHAI ERLICHMAN Home Recordings 2007 whitehaus family
19 SPOON Transference Merge
20 JONSI Go XL
21 DOM Sun Bronzed Greek Gods Burning Mill
22 SURFER BLOOD Astro Coast Kanine
23 GONJASUFI A Sufi And A Killer Warp
24 CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS Genuine Negro Jig Nonesuch
25 VARIOUS ARTISTS Whitehaus Family Record Family Record Whitehaus Family Record
26 RUBY SUNS Fight Softly SUB POP
27 SLOW CLUB Yeah, So MOSHI MOSHI
28 MANNERS Look Into Look Unto Whitehaus Family Record
29 MAGIC MAN Real Life Color Self-Released
30 BEST COAST "When I'm With You" [Single] Black Iris

Sunday, April 18, 2010

TONIGHT is our fundraiser at the Great Scott

Tonight is our fundraiser at the Great Scott in Allston!

More info about the show here on the Facebook event.

Here is a free mix of songs by the bands playing:

tracklist
Dom - Living in America
Quilt - False Eto
Golden Girls - Newports
Turtle Ambulance - Bueno Pues
The Lord Jeff - I Dont Wan't to Live 2X
Quilt - Disco Music For Trees
Dom - Jesus
The Lord Jeff - Cheer Up Charlie
Golden Girls - Dreams
Turtle Ambulance - Child
Dom - Burn Bridges
Turtle Ambulance - Cubierta
Dom - Rude As Jude

DOWNLOAD HERE. More info here.

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

WTBU's Redefined Interviews Australia's Hillsong United

Tune in to Redefined this Friday night (4/16) at 10PM.
DJ Jacqueline Lacy interviewed Hillsong United backstage after their sold-out show in downtown Boston last night. Check out the full interview on Jacqueline's show Redefined.

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

wtbu fundraiser show















sunday april 18 @ great scott in allston
golden girls

quilt

dom

the lord jeff

turtle ambulance

9pm
18+
$5

there are no classes at BU the next day!

there's a facebook event for the show here.

weekly chart for march 29 --> april 5

top 30 most played records from march 29th --> april 5th

1 DUM DUM GIRLS I Will Be Sub Pop
2 BUNDLES The Bundles K
3 RUBY SUNS Fight Softly SUB POP
4 VARIOUS ARTISTS Whitehaus Family Record Family Record Whitehaus Family Record
5 TED LEO AND THE PHARMACISTS The Brutalist Bricks Matador
6 TITUS ANDRONICUS The Monitor XL
7 MANY MANSIONS/TRUMAN PEYOTE Peaced Together whitehaus family
8 MAGIC MAN Real Life Color Self-Released
9 GOLDEN GIRLS "Amateur Teen Sex Attics" [Single]
10 WILD ASSUMPTIONS Wild Assumptions
11 HAPPY BIRTHDAY Happy Birthday Sub Pop
12 SPLINTERS Kick Double Negative
13 BEACH HOUSE Teen Dream SUB POP
14 MANNERS Look Into Look Unto Whitehaus Family Record
15 BLACK TAMBOURINE Black Tambourine Slumberland
16 PAVEMENT Quarantine The Past: The Best Of Pavement Matador
17 SLOW CLUB Yeah, So MOSHI MOSHI
18 EVELYN EVELYN Evelyn Evelyn Eleven
19 VARIOUS ARTISTS Future Magic Vol. 1 Mushpot
20 VAMPIRE WEEKEND Contra XL
21 FANG ISLAND Fang Island Sargent House
22 JOSIAH WOLF Jet Lag Anticon
23 THIN HEIR Thin Heir [EP]
24 SURFER BLOOD Astro Coast Kanine
25 GONJASUFI A Sufi And A Killer Warp
26 GIRLFRIENDS Girlfriends Self-Released
27 QUASI American Gong Kill Rock Stars
28 JEFF THE BROTHERHOOD Heavy Days Infinity Cat
29 QUILT Quilt Self-Released
30 TORO Y MOI Causers Of This Carpark



new in rotation this week

1 HARLEM Hippies Matador
2 AWESOME COLOR Massa Hypnos Ecstatic Peace
3 SHELLSHAG Rumors In Disguise Don Giovanni
4 MARK SULTAN $ Last Gang
5 LAURA MARLING I Speak Because I Can Astralwerks

Friday, April 2, 2010

SaintSeneca In-Studio Performance

On Thursday, March 25th, the Ohio based folk band Saintseneca performed on The Show About Nothing. Zac Little, Grace Chang, Luke Smith and Steve Jacobs comprise this incredibly talented group. These Ohio State students spent their spring break touring, and stopped by the studio in between performances in Allston and Cambridge.

Although there are only four members, Saintseneca filled the studio with the melodies of guitars, banjos, violins, dulcimers, trash-can-percussion, stomps, claps and voices; it sounded as if there were ten people crammed into Studio B. Saintseneca put tambourines and maracas in the plastic trash can to produce different sounds for different songs, creating the illusion that they were using an actual drum set. The band performed all four songs off of their 7”EP, as well as eight others. They played for about a half hour total, and talked for the rest.

Saintseneca spoke about their tour, which consisted of three stops in Boston and three others along the east coast; about how they got started after they all met at school; and about their lack of future plans (they hope that they keep playing together, as they have a great thing going, but don’t want to over-plan it too much). Saintseneca hopes to tour this summer, but does not have any dates set yet. They are, however, playing the Weapons of Mass Creation Festival in Cleveland, Ohio, on May 22nd and 23rd. If you’ll be in the area, go check them out!

For videos of the in-studio performance, as well as other musicians that have come into the station, check out The Show About Nothing’s facebook group or youtube channel.



-Brittney, Kristin, and Deb; The Show About Nothing

Thursday, April 1, 2010

Tune in Friday at 4pm ++ hear Manners


Look Into Look Unto is the most recent record by Manners. It was released earlier this year by Sun of Bees and the Whitehaus Family Record and the Grinding Tapes Recording Company. It has also been one of WTBU's most-played local albums this semester! Tune in to Left of the Dial on Friday at 4pm to hear some of these songs performed live in-studio. More info here and here and here and here.