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Last Thursday’s Moheak Music Meeting rated and debated important new releases. The program airs Thursdays 7-9p Pacific and 10-12p EST. Guests were Moheak personality Larry G., Mara Schwarz  of 11-7 Music, Chris Carter who is host of the nationally broadcast “Breakfast With the Beatles” program, and Mike Clemenza of Blah Blah Blah Science.

We played new songs by Of Montreal, Fast Years, Smith Westerns*, The 2 Bears, Wu Lyf*, Phone Joan*, Alex Turner*, Miles Kane, Baxter Dury, and Spector. The highest-rated artists are starred.

Here are links and the playlist from Friday’s Go Deep show on Moheak Radio. It airs every Friday from 1-3p Pacific, 4-6p EDT, 9-11p GMT. Hourly links at 128 are available for downloading or streaming, just below. The Moheak Radio Music Meeting, our new-music panel show where we rate songs and discuss the industry, airs Thursdays 7-9p Pacific, 10-12p EST.

Hour 1

Hour 2

What Would Jesus Drive – Girls Are In Charge (Fun UK band)
The Ting Tings – Hang It Up (Word is that this album has leaked)
M83 – Raconte (Live accolades continue to pile in)
Chairlift – Amanaemonesia (Buzz album dropped on Tuesday)
Summer Camp – Better Off Without You (UK band formed in 2009)
Miike Snow – Devil’s Work (Spring US dates including Coachella)
Of Montreal – We Will Commit Wolf Murder (Album out February 7)
The Blue Van – Mama’a Boy (Danish band that had the first iPad commercial song)
Friends – Friend Crush (UK next month)
Spector – Grey Shirt & Tie (UK buzz band will play at SXSW)
Noel Gallagher – Soldier Boys & Jesus Freaks (Hopefully a Cocahella highlight this year)
Guided By Voices – The Unsinkable Fats Domino (Song getting good traction)
Born to Lose – Born to Lose (Florida dates upcoming)
Cloud Nothings – Stay Useless (Producer Steve Albini toughened up their sound)
Howler – Beach Sluts (Very strong album, beginning of Hour 2)
Howler – Back to the Grave (Rave’s Fave of the Week)
The Vaccines – Tiger Blood (B-Side with Albert Hammond Jr.)
The Maccabees – Pelican (Album entered UK charts at #4)
The 2 Bears – Time In Mind (Collab between Hot Chip and Metronomy)
7 Horse – Blackjack Moon (Two guys from the band Dada)
Ben Kweller – Mean to Me (LA show in April)
The Black Keys – Money Maker (Coachella headliner)
Foxy Shazam – I Like It (Srong radio interest in this track)
One Model Nation – East Berlin (Side project for Courtney Courtney Taylor of Dandy Warhols)
Grimes – Oblivian (Grimes in Claire Boucher from Canada)
The Asteroids Galaxy Tour – Heart Attack (LA date next month)
Deer Tick – The Bump (Europe beginning in March)
The Features – Another One (Next Thursday at the Bootleg in LA)
Tribes – When My Day Comes (Album just out in UK)
Ana Tijoux – Shock (Happy sounding song with protest lyrics in Spanish)
Ruby Friedman Orchestra – End of the World (Skeeter Davis cover is nailed by LA’s Ruby)

Last Thursday’s Moheak Music Meeting rated and debated important new releases. The program airs Thursdays 7-9p Pacific and 10-12p EST. Guests were Moheak personality Dan Cleary (guitar and bass tech for Janes Addition), digital marketing executive Betty Lin, music licensing exec Shawnte Salabert, and artist manager Steve Nice (Scars on 45, among others).

Artists played on this show were Zavracky, The Shines, Soft Swells, Polica, Mike Doughty, Sleigh Bells, Ana Tijoux, Scars on 45, Alabama Shakes, and The Big Pink. 

Here are links and the playlist from Friday’s Go Deep show on Moheak Radio. It airs every Friday from 1-3p Pacific, 4-6p EDT, 9-11p GMT. You can hit up the SoundCloud link at 192 below the playlist. Hourly links at 128 are available for downloading or streaming, just below. The Moheak Radio Music Meeting, our new-music panel show where we rate songs and discuss the industry, airs Thursdays 7-9p Pacific, 10-12p EST.

Hour 1

Hour 2

Alabama Shakes – Hold On (Singer Brittany Howard is all about integrity. )
Band Of Skulls – Sweet Sour (Big anticipation for next album)
The Big Pink – Hit the Ground (Superman) (Biggest name indie CD release so far in 2012 )
First Aid Kit – The Lion’s Roar (Siblings from Sweden)
Shearwater – Breaking the Yearlings (Austin band)
Heartless Bastards – Parted Ways (New album dropping on Valentines Day)
Howler – I Told You Once (NY dates this weekend, then back to UK)
The Black Keys – Stop Stop (Adding arena dates to their spring tour)
The Eversons – Hyacinith Girl (New Zealand band)
The 2 Bears – Work (Collab between Goddard of Hot Chip and Rafi of Metronomy)
Justice – Canon (Their remix of MGMT’s “Electric Feel” won a 2009 Grammy)
Shock – Heaven (SF Trio formed by Dan Judd of Sorcerer)
Spector – Never Fade Away (New UK buzz band)
The Features – How It Starts (This is their new single)
Ben Kweller – Mean to Me (Album dropping next month)
Grimes – Genesis (Stays up days at a time to create music)
The Shins – Simple Song (Said on Music Meeting show that they fit like old jeans)
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Maniac (Ireland this week)
The Asteroids Galaxy Tour – Heart Attack (Copenhagen band about to tour the US)
Sleeper Agent – Get Burned (Currently on the Weezer Cruise off of Miami)
Of Monsters and Men – Little Talks (Iceland band blowing up with this track)
Big Black Delta – Huggin’ and Kissin’ (Jonathan Bates of Mellowdrone)
M83 – Steve McQueen (Live show ready for major venues)
Sleigh Bells – Comeback Kid (Slightly softer sound on new album)
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Shadows On the Run (One-off track for now, getting good reaction)
Laura Wilde – Sold My Soul (Major Joan Jett vibe from this Aussie artist now living in LA)
Midnight Youth – Who Said You’re Free (Kiwi boys back with harder less of a garage sound)
Fidlar – Wake Bake Skate (See our interview session on Moheak Radio YouTube page)
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings – He Said I Can (Europe in February)
Holy Ghost – I Wanted To Tell Her (See you next week)

Here are links and the playlist from Friday’s Go Deep show on Moheak Radio. It airs every Friday from 1-3p Pacific, 4-6p EDT, 9-11p GMT. Hourly links at 128 are available for downloading or streaming, just below. This program featured hotly tipped band Fidlar playing a set in our Red Room at Wavaflow Studios. The audio begins Hour 2, or you can watch the interview session on YouTube. The Moheak Radio Music Meeting, our new-music panel show where we rate songs and discuss the industry, airs Thursdays 7-9p Pacific, 10-12p EST.

Hour 1

Hour 2

The Maccabees – Pelican (New album will probably debut #1 in UK)
Mr. Little Jeans – The Suburbz (Unique Arcade Fire cover)
Strange Boys – Me and You (Album coming soon)
Grimes – Oblivian (Lots of lists for top of 2012)
The War on Drugs – Baby Missiles (Had their late-night TV debut on Jimmy Fallon)
Guided By Voices – The Unsinkable Fats Domino (Song probably about New Orleans)
Of Monsters and Men – Little Talks (Reminds of “Home” by Edward Sharpe)
Noel Gallagher – Everybody’s On the Run (Coachella 2012 for Noel)
Howler – Back Of Your Neck (Just toured UK with The Vaccines)
Miike Snow – Devil’s Work (New album soon from these Swedes)
The 2 Bears – Work (Collab between Goddard of Hot Chip and Rafi of Metronomy)
Friends – Friend Crush (Touring Europe early February)
Of Montreal – Dour Percentage (Second track to surface from new album)
The Black Keys – Gold On the Ceiling (Second single)
Arctic Monkeys – Evil Twin (B-Side would have been great album track)
Fidlar – 8 Songs (Live set and interview session recorded here at Wavaflow Studios)
Cloud Nothings – Stay Useless (Cleveland (band) rocks)
The So So Glos – Lost Weekend (Formed in Brooklyn in 2007)
Tribes – We Were Children (Radio programmers predicting positively for this one)
The Shins – Simple Song (New single)
Fitz & the Tantrums – L.O.V. (Played stellar radio station show at The Roxy)
Summer Camp – Better Off Without You (UK band, US dates next month)

Here are links and the playlist from Friday’s Go Deep show on Moheak Radio. It airs every Friday from 1-3p Pacific, 4-6p EDT, 9-11p GMT. Hourly links at 128 are available for downloading or streaming, just below. The Moheak Radio Music Meeting, our new-music panel show where we rate songs and discuss the industry, airs Thursdays 7-9p Pacific, 10-12 EDT.

Hour 1

Hour 2

Silversun Pickups – Broken Bottles (New airplay single comes from prior vinyl release)
Sleigh Bells – Born to Lose (From upcoming album)
Tribes – When My Day Comes (UK buzz band)
Justice – Canon (Cool, deeper track)
NO – Stay With Me (LA Weekly’s #2 local band for 2012)
Florence & the Machine – No Light No Light (Shows this month in South America)
Shock – Heaven (SF band is this week’s “Rave’s Fave”)
Cloud Nothings – Stay Useless (Buzz band from Cleveland)
Trent Rezor/Karen O. – Immigrant Song (“Dragon Tattoo” film definitely being talked about)
Band Of Skulls – Sweet Sour (Album coming out late February)
M83 – Intro (LA date next week)
Cameras – Defeatist (Sydney band)
The Black Keys – Run Right Back (Hitting Europe later this month)
Girl In A Coma – Smart (Track getting the most play from album)
Howler – I Told You Once (European dates through February)
Fidlar – I Wanna Be Your Cocaine (Beginning of Hour 2, live version recorded here at station)
Fidlar – Wake Bake Skate (Full live session video/audio will air next Friday)
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Maniac (Ireland later this month)
Victorian Halls – It All Started In the Hall (Chicago band)
Heartless Bastards – Parted Ways (From upcoming album)
Atlas Sound – Mona Lisa (Hitting Japan next month)
Thomas Dolby – Road to Reno (Feels like the “way to San Jose”)
The Two Bears – Time In Mind (Goddard of Hot Chip and a dude from Metronomy)
Real Estate – Easy (Eastern dates this month)
Ben Kweller – Jealous Girl (Singe from upcoming album)
Noel Gallagher – AKA…What A Life (Japan/Australia dates coming up)
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings – He Said I Can (Best reaction on last night’s Music Meeting show)
Friends – I’m His Girl (UK dates next month)
Grimes – Obilvian (Grimes is Canadian artist Claire Boucher)

I had a great idea to kick off the new year of MMM’s. Why not start with an all-Moheak panel? The station is all about DJ’s with great resumes who are passionate about music. Guests were DJ Paul V., Lina Lecaro, and Marko DeSantis.

You can hear AND watch this show here thanks to Paul, who posted the entire show on his video page. Minor point is that Paul listed the year as 2011, but you’ll figure that out : )  We rated and debated new songs and chatted about the music world that we all love. Artists getting the best reaction were Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Sleigh Bells, and The Dropkick Murphys. Paul introduced us to a cool collaboration called The Two Bears, featuring Joe Goddard of Hot Chip and Metronomy’s Mohammed Rafi.