Room Temperature Lounge

Pelican video for "Dead Between The Walls"

2008-05-14T12:43:00.001-05:00

Playlist 05/11/08

2008-05-11T19:20:00.003-05:00

Song - Artist - Album

First Hour
1. Unhallowed - The Black Dahlia Murder - Unhallowed
2. Part 6 - The Flying Luttenbachers - The Void
3. Firecracker - Unwed Sailor - Firecracker
4. TRAS2 - Battles - EP C
5. Some Are White Light - Caspian - The Four Trees
6. American Dipper - Dianogah - Millions of Brazilians
7. Movements Of A Visionary - Tangerine Dream - Phaedra
8. Six Pack - Tortoise - Standards
9. Youngblood - Russian Circles - Station
10. Airship of DOOM - Nintendoom - Super Mario 3
11. Brown Metal - Hella - Hold Your Horse Is
12. We Say Goodbye To Ourselves - Eluvium - Talk Amongst the Trees
13. Closer To The Center - Byla - Byla

Second Hour
14. Fire Back About Your New Baby's Sex - Don Caballero - American Don
15. Four Months of Darkness - Saxon Shore - Four Months of Darkness
16. Night Terror - Ativin - Night Mute
17. Instrumental - Harvey Milk - Special Wishes
18. Angel Tears (JK Broadrick Remix) - Pelican - March Into The Sea
19. I'm Afraid They're Using Robots - Upsilon Acrux - In The Acrux Of The Upsilon King
20. The Birth And The Death Of The Day - Explosions In The Sky - All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone
21. Mac's Oranges - Breadwinner - Burner
22. Glenn - Slint - Tweez Outtakes
23. Part Three - The Fucking Champs - V
24. Threads - This Will Destroy You - This Will Destroy You
25. Iowa Backroads - Roadside Monument - Eight Hours Away From Being A Man

Playlist 05/04/08

2008-05-04T19:28:00.002-05:00

Song - Artist - Album

First Hour
1. Grab The Devil By The Horns And Fuck Him Up The Ass - Sum 41 - Half Hour Of Power
2. Gone - Mono - The Phoenix Tree
3. Bleeding In The Brain - Blotted Science - The Machinations of Dementia
4. Sex Invasion - No Funeral - Unreleased
5. Our Oases - Yellow Swans - At All Ends
6. Invading Assassin Is Dead - Necronomitron - Necronomitron
7. Mammoth - Pelican - [Untitled]
8. In The Eerie Pre-Dawn Silence Of The Cold - Striborg - Embittered Darkness
9. Musica Per Un Giardino Segreto #1 - La Quiete - Tenpeun '01-'05
10. I'm Going To Sleep On It - Mosh Patrol - Is There Anyone Else Outside?
11. Yasmin the Light - Explosions In The Sky - Those Who Tell The Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell The Truth Shall Live Forever
12. Bucephalus Bouncing Ball - Aphex Twin - Come To Daddy
13. Super Sheep - Merzbow - Animal Magnetism
14. Intercontinental Hustle - Magyar Posse - Random Avenger

Second Hour
15. The Pangs Of A Violent Berth - Many Men Mirror Many Faces - Many Men Mirror Many Faces
16. Akuma No Uta - Boris - Akuma No Uta
17. I Saw the Sky in the North Open to the Ground and Fire Poured Out - Red Sparowes - Red Sparowes/Gregor Samsa Split
18. Rock Song - Gregor Samsa - Red Sparowes/Gregor Samsa Split
19. Haymaker - The Shipping News - Three-Four
20. 2 Morro Morro Land - Lightning Bolt - Hypermagic Mountain
21. A Meaningful Moment Through A Meaning(Less) Process - Stars Of The Lid - And Their Refinement Of The Decline
22. Misirlou - Dick Dale and The Del-Tones - Greatest Hits
23. Charmony - Electro Quarterstaff - Gretzky
24. On Noble - Tortoise - Tortoise
24. The Marionette's Cottage - Unwed Sailor - The Marionette And The Music Box
25. Pacific Sprawl - Continental - Four-Letter Words

Playlist 04/27/08

2008-04-27T19:50:00.005-05:00

Song - Artist - Album

First Hour
1. Blue Fly Green Fly - Sleeping People - Sleeping People
2. On This Hand - Questions In Dialect - The Ghost Wishes To Speak To You
3. Antler Mask - Raccoo-oo-oon - Behold Secret Kingdom
4. You Will Be Reincarnated As An Imperial Attack Spaceturtle (Pt 1) - Behold... The Arctopus - Arctopocalypse Now... Warmageddon Later
5. The Dutch Fist - A Minor Forest - Inindependence

Second Hour
6. By The Kiss - M83 - Digital Shades [Vol 1]
7. No 1 - Knot Feeder - 3 Song Demo
8. Vein Harvest - Disappearer - Winter Sessions
9. Surry II - Soporus - Atomove Elektrarne
10. Environmental Science - Wayne Western - Grattan Heights
11. Weak Wrists - Beware Of Safety - It Is Curtains
12. Sisters! Brothers! Small Boats Of Fire Are Falling From The Sky - Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band - Born Into Trouble As The Sparks Fly Upwards
13. The Dead Flag Blues - Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F#A#∞
14. Breadcrumb Trail - Slint - Live in Chicago, IL 03/03/89
15. 02:28 - Byla & Jarboe - Viscera
16. Brown Medal 2003 - Hella - The Devil Isn't Red

Playlist 04/20/08

2008-04-20T19:19:00.003-05:00

Song - Artist - Album

First Hour
Herald Of The Roggaboggas/Bass Gnm2 - Forcefield - Roggaboggas
ASA - Caspian - The Four Trees
Groove Vs. The Ill - Infradig - Kinetic Transfer
Next Year, I Want To Be Batman For Christmas - Dakota/Dakota - Redline Distribution 2004 Sampler
Assassins - Lightning Bolt - Wonderful Rainbow
Sleep Decayer - Dysrhythmia - Barriers And Passages
Spell For A Sweeter Past - Evan Miller - Beeswax Ephemera
Rainbow Silhouette of the Milky Rain - Deerhoof - Milk Man
No One Gives A Hoot About Faux-Ass Nonsense - Don Caballero - Don Caballero 2
I - Indricothere - Indricothere
Requiem For Dying Mothers, Part 1 - Stars Of The Lid - The Tired Sounds Of Stars Of The Lid
6 - Ocrilim - Anoint
Storm Of Shit - The Flying Luttenbachers - Revenge

Second Hour
Etna - Sunn & Boris - Altar
Chrome Corridors - Frodus - Conglomerate International
Silence Lends a Face to the Soul - Saxon Shore - The Exquisite Death Of Saxon Shore
Apres Un Reve - Timbre - Timbre
The Universe! - Do Make Say Think - You, You're A History In Rust
Movements Of A Visionary - Tangerine Dream - Phaedra
A Warm Wind - Oceans - Demo 2007
Off The Grid - Beastie Boys - The Mix Up
Daft Krunked - Noumenon - The Megalodon vs. The Blue Whale
Panda Strong - Oxes - Oxes
Apartment Over The Peninsula - Roadside Monument - Eight Hours Away From Being A Man
I Can't Concentrate - Zs - Arms

Playlist 04/13/08

2008-04-13T19:51:00.004-05:00

Song - Artist - Album

First Hour
1. A Cold Day In Hell - Winds Of Plague - Decimate The Weak
2. Air On G-String - The Fucking Champs - V
3. Keep It Gold - Maserati - The Language Of Cities
4. Aurora - Unwed Sailor - Little Wars
5. Simple Reminder (Anger Is Not a Motive) - UpC DownC LeftC RightC ABC + Start - The Jangling Dischords of Our Nation
6. Dreamland Precipice - Latitudes - Bleak Epiphanies In Slow Motion
7. Stolen Moments - The Six Parts Seven - Casually Smashed To Pieces
8. Treefingera - Radiohead - Kid A
9. Flat Panda - Dianogah - Millions of Brazilians
10. Breeze - Velour 100 - Fall Sounds
11. I PT 2 - Battles - B EP
12. Modernation - Hunab - Random Coincidences
13. In My Room - Mercury Radio Theater - The Death and Life of the Undead Boy
14. Seoul - Amina - Seoul

Second Hour
15. Am Meer - Bellador - The Day's Intent
16. Kisses Men On the Mouth On the Mountain - Breadwinner - Burner
17. Upper Ninety - Russian Circles - Upper Ninety
18. Goob Tooblies - Neon Hunk - Smarmy Mob
19. Pithot 1 - Orthrelm - Orthrelm/Behold... the Arctopus Split
20. Threads - This Will Destroy You - This Will Destroy You
21. A Meaningful Moment Through A Meaning(Less) Process - Stars Of The Lid - And Their Refinement Of The Decline
22. Moonlight - Mono - You Are There
23. Panoramic Long-Range Vertigo - Canvas Solarie - Penumbra Diffuse
24. Part I No. 4 - The Bird Ensemble - Migration
25. The End of Dying - Foxhole - We the Wintering Tree

Stars Of The Lid play Arvo Part's "Fratres" live in Utrecht, Netherlands, December 2007

2008-04-08T17:37:00.004-05:00

These guys have quickly become one of my favorite ambient artists. I'm seeing them play at Grinnell College on April 23!

PS: the show is free, so you should go too.

2008-04-07T12:13:00.004-05:00

Song - Artist - Album

First Hour
Misirlou - Dick Dale and the Del-Tones - Greatest Hits 1961-1976
Eyelids - Fridge - The Sun
The Sound Of Staticn - Oceans - Demo 2007
Attack Sequence - The Flying Luttenbachers - Retrospektiw III
Meditational Flaws - Ativin - Pills Versus Planes
Axiomatic Fragment - Collapsar - Integers
Goob Tooblies - Neon Hunk - Smarmy Mob
Brown Metal - Hella - Hold Your Horse Is
Magic Hours - Explosions In The Sky - How Strange, Innocence
Fusion for Suckers - Continuo Renacer -Continuo Renacer
The Great Leap Foward Poured Down Upon Us One Day Like a Mighty Storm, Suddenly and Furiously Blinding Our Senses - Red Sparowes - Every Red Heart Shines Toward the Red Sun

Second Hour
...Of All This - Ahleuchatistas - Even In The MIdst
Ostinato - Eluvium - Copia
The Difference Between Wind And Rain - Beware Of Safety - It Is Curtains
City Of Echoes - Pelican - City Of Echoes
Rhoda - Slint - Tweez Outtakes
Grattan Heights - Wayne Western - Grattan Heights
Surry II - Soporus - Atomove Elektrarne
Moya - Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada
Expiration (Alaska, My Darkness) - Upsilon Acrux - Galapagos Momentum
Cetus - Zombi - Cosmos
The Death Of Paradigm - If These Trees Could Talk - If These Trees Could Talk

Playlist 03/30/08

2008-03-30T19:45:00.003-05:00

Song - Artist - Album

First Hour
1. Scolopendra Cingulata - Cephalic Carnage - Lucid Interval
2. Copper Islands - Unwed Sailor - Little Wars
3. Moksha - Caspian - The Four Trees
4. Declaring War - No Funeral - No Funeral
5. Retrace A Walk - Zs - Zs
6. Sirius - Pelican - The Fire In Our Throats Will Beckon The Thaw
7. Exospatial Psionic Aura - Behold... The Arctopus - Nanonucleonic Cyborg Summoning
8. Iowa Backroads - Roadside Monument - Eight Hours Away From Being A Man
9. (6:13) - The Body Lovers - Number One Of Three
10. Dog Years - Aughra - Is There Anyone Else Outside?
11. On Noble - Tortoise - Tortoise

Second Hour
12. Ex-Cowboy - Mogwai - Come On Die Young
13. II - Indricothere - Indricothere
14. Flat Panda - Dianogah - Millions Of Brazillions
15. The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same - Mosh Patrol - Is There Anyone Else Outside?
16. Sleep Decayer - Dysrhythmia - Barriers And Passages
17. Water From The Same Source - Rachel's - Systems/Layers
18. Live - Chord - Live
19. Activation Synthesis Theory - Blotted Science - The Machinations Of Dementia
20. Speed For Gavin - A Minor Forest - Flemish Altruism (Constituent Parts 1993-1996)
21. Cutting, Opening, Swimming - Growing - The Sky's Run Into The Sea
22. Threads - This Will Destroy You - This Will Destroy You

Band of the week: dakota/dakota

2008-03-16T18:23:00.013-05:00

Chicago's dakota/dakota features Mike and Colin from the original lineup of Russian Circles on guitar and bass, respectively. After dakota/dakota broke up a few years ago, Mike and Colin went on to enlist Dave from Riddle of Steel to play drums in Russian Circles. Expect upbeat, catchy, technically proficient songs with hilarious titles from these guys.

One of my roommates in college got me into a lot of the instrumental music I listen to now (thanks, Pat!). One night he came home, really excited about this band, dakota/dakota, that he'd just seen play at this apartment. Rarely had I seen him this excited about a band. They sounded interesting, but it took him going to about 5 more of their shows before I finally went to one with him. We saw dakota/dakota play in a classroom at DePaul University in Chicago. There were a decent number of people there. I was ecstatic. This was amazing!

Most of their releases are out of print or hard to find these days, but I'm sure you could find their stuff by searching on Google, gemm.com or musicstack.com. Here's some links to a few of their songs:

Hamburger Help Us (Shoot In The Dark CD, Hamburger Help Us 7")

I Hope To God I'm Not A Sheep (Shoot In The Dark CD)

Don't Forget Herpes Begins With Her (Hamburger Help Us 7")

Misery Loves Company, But Hates Hosting Parties (demo 2002, unreleased)

No Show March 16, March 23

2008-03-16T10:35:00.003-05:00

I'm back in Chicago for spring break, so I won't be doing the show this Sunday or next Sunday.

In other news, I went to this sweet record/zine fair in Chicago yesterday... you pay $3, you get as many records/cds/stickers/zines as you want for FREE! So I got a lot of vinyl and a lot of CDs, all from various Chicago labels. YES.

Band of the week: Noumenon

2008-03-10T12:51:00.009-05:00

I'm going to start posting a "band of the week." The purpose is to give amazing yet relatively unknown bands the exposure they deserve.

Noumenon hails from Madison, Wisconsin and Syracuse, New York. They play complex, energetic, tappy/mathy stuff in the vein of dakota/dakota, Volta Do Mar, and Don Caballero. I just saw these guys play in a basement last Saturday night, and their live show blew me away. Despite their short set, they were really tight and had the crowd going crazy.

You can download a high-quality version of their newest demo, The Megaladon vs. The Blue Whale (Concept Albums Are Fucking Stupid), on their MySpace page.

Playlist 03/09/08

2008-03-09T19:22:00.003-05:00

Song - Artist - Album

First Hour

1. Unhallowed - The Black Dahlia Murder - Unhallowed

2. Nude Beach, Pin Hole Camera - Pele - The Nudes

3. The Angry Garbage - Noumenon - The Megaladon vs. The Blue Whale

4. Elegant Fabrics - MANS. - Summer 2007

5. Prime Numbers - Birth Rites - Birth Rites

6. The Great Caldera - Collapsar - Integers

7. The Strength It Takes To Recover (Is Not Our Own) - Sleeping At Last - Capture

8. Between Realities - Tangerine Dream - Firestarter Soundtrack

9. A Brief Moment Of Clarity Broke Through The Deafening Hum, But It Was Too Late - Red Sparowes - At The Soundless Dawn

10. Please Tokio, Please This Is Tokio - Don Caballero - Don Caballero 2

11. The Slowest Way Of Saying So Little - The Six Parts Seven - Silence Magnifies Sound

12. Oh Patti Smith, When Will You Let Me Go - Tsukimono - The Silent Ballet Vol. VII

Second Hour

13. Total Joplin - Grand Ulena - Gateway To Dignity

14. Untitled - Windmills By The Ocean - Windmills By The Ocean

15. Environmental Science - Wayne Western - Grattan Heights

16. Synaptic Plasticity - Blotted Science - The Machinations Of Dementia

17. I Can't See Anything When I Close My Eyes (Live) - Rumah Sakit - Trr50 Thank You

19. Warm Blood Within - Sparrows, Swarm And Sing - O'Shenandoah, Mighty Death Will Find Me

20. Vein Harvest - Disappearer - Winter Sessions

21. Breaking Ribs For Tom Thayer - Volta Do Mar - At The Speed of Light Or Day

22. Intercontinental Hustle - Magyar Posse - Random Avenger

Playlist 03/02/08

2008-03-02T19:44:00.004-06:00

Song - Artist - Album

First Hour

1. Title Music - A Clockwork Orange - A Clockwork Orange Soundtrack

2. Cafeteria Bananas - Hella - Hold Your Horse Is

3. Some Are White Light - Caspian - The Four Trees

4. Articulate Silences Part 2 - Stars Of The Lid - And The Refinement Of The Decline

5. Dogwood - Antlers - Antlers

6. Cut Up Piano & Xylophone - Fridge - Happiness

7. Harper Lewis - Russian Circles - Station

8. Neckwrecker - Electro Quarterstaff - Gretzky

9. Rainbow Silhouette Of The Milky Rain - Deerhoof - Milk Man

10. Gypsy's Curse - Calexico - The Black Light

11. My Angel Rocks Back And Forth - Four Tet - Rounds

12. Weak Wrists - Beware Of Safety - It Is Curtains

Second Hour

13. Caught Inside - The Supertones - Supertones Strike Back

14. Part Three - The Fucking Champs - V

15. (5:20) - The Body Lovers - Number One Of Three

16. Loss Prevention Officer - Ocelot - The Quiet Storm

17. Halcyon (Beautiful Days) - Mono - Walking Cloud And Deep Red Sky, Flag Fluttered And The Sun Shined

18. I Wear The Gold - The For Carnation - Promised Works

19. Arterial - Rachel's - Systems/Layers

20. Transient Exuberance - Behold... The Arctopus - Skullgrid

21. The Friscalating Dusklight - If These Trees Could Talk - If These Trees Could Talk

22. No 1 - Knot Feeder - Demo

23. What's Blood Got To Do With It? - American Draft - Volume II

New Russian Circles track posted

2008-02-29T19:24:00.001-06:00

The song is called "Harper Lewis", and will be on their upcoming record "Station" which comes out on Suicide Squeeze on May 5.

Link

Playlist 02/24/08

2008-02-24T19:53:00.004-06:00

Song - Artist - Album

First Hour

1. Eruption - Van Halen - Best Of Van Halen Vol. 1

2. The Void Part 6 - The Flying Luttenbachers - The Void

3. The Pangs Of A Violent Berth - Many Men Mirror Many Faces - Many Men Mirror Many Faces

4. Concentrate - Ativin - Night Mute

5. Bypass The Solenoid - Dysrhythmia - Barriers And Passages

6. The Flames Beyond The Cold Mountain - Mono - You Are There

7. Chyna, Chyna, Chyna - Oxes - Oxxxes

8. Ruby's Wishes - Unwed Sailor - Firecracker

9. Bohunice - Soporus - Atomove Elektrarne

10. Musica Por Un Giardino Segreto #1 - La Quiete - La Quiete/Catena Collapse Split

11. Don Caballero 3 - Don Caballero - What Burns Never Returns

12. The Revolution Will Be Streaming - Saxon Shore - The Exquisite Death Of Saxon Shore

Second Hour

13. The Dutch Fist - A Minor Forest - Inindependence

14. Who's Running Shit (Son Of Destiny's Child) - Upsilon Acrux - Galapagos Momentum

15. The Birth And Death Of The Day - Explosions In The Sky - All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone

16. Snow Feast - No Funeral - Unreleased

17. Forcefield - Lightning Bolt - Ride The Skies

18. Crop Circles Pt 1 - Roadside Monument - Live At Cornerstone 2002

19. In The Shadow Of The Mountain - Growing - His Return

20. Don't Forget Herpes Begins With Her - Dakota/Dakota - Hamburger Help Us

21. Omaha - Set Fire To Flames - Signs Reign Rebuilder

22. Good Fortune At Harbor Freight - Circle Of Birds - Circle Of Birds

Don Caballero "Don Caballero 3" Live in Chicago 1999

2008-02-19T22:53:00.003-06:00

This is probably my favorite Don Cab song. Thus, its a pity that whoever posted this cut out the first 40 or so seconds of the track, as it features some of the most mesmerizing drumming ever. What also rocks is that this video was taken at the Fireside Bowl (yes, its a real bowling alley... the lanes are about 10 feet off to the right of the stage), which was probably the coolest venue in Chicago before it got (mostly) shut down for doing shows. Anyway, this is awesome.

Playlist 02/17/08

2008-02-17T21:57:00.003-06:00

Song - Artist - Album

First Hour

1. Grab The Devil By The Horns And Fuck Him Up The Ass - Sum 41 - Half Hour Of Power

2. Glasgow Mega-Snake - Mogwai - Mr. Beast

3. Stumble Then Rise On Some Awkward Morning - Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band - He Has Left Us Alone But Shafts Of Light Sometimes Grace The Corners Of Our Rooms

4. 1913 - Kenoma - Mouth Of The Architect/Kenoma Split

5. Stretch (You Are All Right) - Tortoise - It's All Around You

6. Markgraph - Brian Eno - The Shutov Assembly

7. The Lyre And The Pipe - Tantrum Of The Muse - The Downtrodden And The Sidhe

8. The Party Which You Know Will Be Heavy - Kinski - Alpine Static

9. Monster Freak Twilight Hour - Mercury Radio Theater - The Death And Life Of The Undead Boy

10. Falling Over Evening - The Six Parts Seven - Casually Smashed To Pieces

11. Closer To The Center - Byla - Byla

12. Mammoth - Pelican - Untitled

Second Hour

13. Antler Mask - Racoo-oo-oon - Behold Secret Kingdom

14. Dash And Blast - Yndi Halda - Enjoy Eternal Bliss

15. The End Of Dying - Foxhole - We The Wintering Tree

16. In The Eerie Pre-Dawn Silence - Striborg - Embittered Darkness

17. I - Indricothere - Indricothere

18. Quiet - This Will Destroy You - Young Mountain

19. Easily Misunderstood - Samuel Jackson Five - Easily Misunderstood

20. It's Easy-EEEEE To Be Full Of Shit And Look Good In Black - Giraffes? Giraffes! - SUPERBASS!!!!

21. King's Approach - Slint - Live At The Paradiso, Amsterdam May 21 2007

KRUI broadcasting tower is iced over again

2008-02-17T02:21:00.002-06:00

Unless the weather drastically improves in the next few hours, you'll only be able to stream the show. You can do that by clicking on the link to the upper right.

Slint "King's Approach" Live in Dublin, August 2007

2008-02-16T19:24:00.008-06:00

Here's the first new Slint material in over 15 years! Let's hope they release even more new stuff...

Playlist 02/10/08

2008-02-10T21:24:00.000-06:00

Song - Artist - Album

First Hour

1. A Cold Day In Hell - Winds Of Plague - Decimate The Weak

2. Digitalis - Zombi - Surface To Air

3. Intercontinental Hustle - Magyar Posse - Random Avenger

4. Low Pressure Storm - Touchdown - Touchdown/Orthrelm Split

5. Mac's Oranges - Breadwinner - Burner

6. Grattan Heights - Wayne Western - Grattan Heights

7. Moya - Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Slow Riot For New Zero Kanada

8. Instrumental - Harvey Milk - Special Wishes

9. Fusion For Suckers - Continuo Renacer - Continuo Renacer

10. Under The Water It Glowed - Eluvium - Lambent Material

11. Keep It Gold - Maserati - The Language Of Cities

12. 3 - Sigur Rós - ( )

13. Prime Numbers - Birth Rites - Birth Rites

Second Hour

14. Esperanza - Rachel's - Systems/Layers

15. Sorry About Your Irony - El Ten Eleven - El Ten Eleven

16. Bible Silver Corner - Rodan - Rusty

17. Narcolepsy - Blotted Science - The Machinations Of Dementia

18. Treefingers - Radiohead - Kid A

19. Fire Back About Your New Baby's Sex - Don Caballero - American Don

20. Simple Reminder (Anger Is Not A Motive) - UpC DownC LeftC RightC ABC + Start - The Jangling Dischords Of Our Nation

21. My Diamond Star Car - Deerhoof - Apple O'

22. By The Kiss - M83 - Digital Shades Vol. 1

23. Accidents In Mutual Silence - Canvas Solaris - Penumbra Diffuse

24. Oh Suzanna - Damon Che - Membranaphonics

Pelican "Sirius" live in England

2008-02-05T18:51:00.000-06:00

This is a video for the song "Sirius," off of Pelican's LP "The Fire In Our Throats Will Beckon The Thaw." The song is part of a live set that is currently available on their second live DVD, "After The Ceiling Cracked." You can purchase it here.

The Flying Luttenbachers - Live Cataclysm DVD trailer

2008-02-04T15:41:00.001-06:00

This looks amazing. Weasel hasn't set a release date for it yet; check out the ugEXPLODE website for more details.

Live Cataclysm

Playlist 02/03/08

2008-02-03T21:38:00.000-06:00

Song - Artist - Album

1. Scolopendra Cingulata - Cephalic Carnage - Lucid Interval

2. Eyelids - Fridge - The Sun

3. Alone And Unaware, The Landscape Was Transformed In Front Of Our Eyes - Red Sparowes - At The Soundless Dawn

4. What's A Little Reign? - The Fucking Champs - IV

5. Bendito - Dick Dale - Calling Up Spirits

6. Breadcrumb Trail - Slint - Live LP

7. Biblical Violence - Hella - Hold Your Horse Is

8. Seoul - Amina - Seoul

9. The Thief - Sleeping At Last - Capture

10. II - Indricothere - Indricothere

11. The Universe! - Do Make Say Think - You, You're A History In Rust

12. That Finger On Your Temple Is The Barrel Of My Raygun - Stars Of The Lid - And The Refinement Of Their Decline

13. Apartment Over The Peninsula - Roadside Monument - Eight Hours Away From Being A Man

14. I'm Afraid They're Using Robots - Upsilon Acrux - In The Acrux Of The Upsilon King

15. American Dipper - Dianogah - Millions Of Brazillions

16. Drilling Holes Through Space - Collapsar - Integers

17. The Day Buildings Mysteriously Vanished - Frodus - Conglomerate International

18. Crystal Voice - Tangerine Dream - Firestarter Soundtrack

19. Micah - Russian Circles - Enter

20. Body Destroyed, Brain Intact - Dysrhythmia - Pretest

21. Horses Are OK - Oxes - Oxes

22. Hope - Dirty Three - Horse Stories

23. Storm Of Shit - The Flying Luttenbachers - Revenge

24. Blue Fly Green Fly - Sleeping People - Sleeping People

25. Crisis Win - Pele - Enemies

Playlist 01/27/08

2008-01-27T21:26:00.000-06:00

Song - Artist - Album

1. Unhallowed - The Black Dahlia Murder - Unhallowed

2. Firecracker - Unwed Sailor - Firecracker

3. Assassins - Lightning Bolt - Wonderful Rainbow

4. Yasmin The Light - Explosions In The Sky - Those Who Tell The Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell The Truth Shall Live Forever

5. In The Absence Of Strong Evidence To The Contrary, One May Step Out Of The Way Of The Charging Bull - Don Caballero - What Burns Never Returns

6. My Only Swerving - El Ten Eleven - El Ten Eleven

7. Bleeding In The Brain - Blotted Science - The Machinations Of Dementia

8. Speed For Gavin - A Minor Forest - Flemish Altruism (Constituent Parts 1993-1996)

9. Silence Lends A Face To The Soul - Saxon Shore - The Exquisite Death Of Saxon Shore

10. It's Not A Mustache, It's A Mouthbrow - Dakota/Dakota - Dakota/Dakota/Riddle Of Steel Split

11. You Don't Know Jesus - Mogwai - Rock Action

12. On This Hand - Questions In Dialect - The Ghost Wishes To Speak To You

13. Paincave - Behold... The Arctopus - Behold... The Arctopus/Orthrelm Split

14. Pithot 1 - Orthrelm - Behold... The Arctopus/Orthrelm Split

15. Glenn - Slint - Tweez Outtakes

16. Old Ironside - Circle Of Birds - Circle Of Birds

17. (3:53) - The Body Lovers - Number One Of Three

18. Gone - Mono - The Phoenix Tree

19. ...Of All This - Ahleuchatistas - Even In The Midst

20. Drought - Pelican - Australasia

21. Night Terror - Ativin - Night Mute

22. Olympics - Zs - Zs

23. 1 PT 2 - Battles - B EP

ta da!

2008-01-19T17:16:00.000-06:00

Welcome to the blog for Room Temperature Lounge, an all instrumental radio show airing on Sundays from 7-9PM CST on 89.7 FM KRUI. You can stream the show online by clicking the link to the right or going to www.kruiradio.org/listen. The show will air for the first time on Sunday, January 27.

I'll be playing bands that might be categorized as post-rock, math rock, prog, ambient, drone, or tech metal. You may hate those labels, but admit it: you know precisely which sorts of bands I'm referring to.

Some of you will notice that I named the show after a Don Caballero song. Yep. Nerdy, I know.

Feel free to email me at roomtemperaturelounge [at] gmail.com if you have any requests, suggestions, or questions about the show or the bands I'm playing.