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EDITOR PLAYLIST: "Punk Revival" by Jordan Ashbacher

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 12:15:29 -0500

Editor Jordan Ashbacher has compiled a small robust collection of modern punk tunes to accompany your Tuesday exploits. Featuring tracks from Thee Oh Sees, Ty Segall, Cloud Nothings, and more.

Read and listen to the playlist on Epitonic!

NEW TRACKS: Tuesday October 30th, 2012

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 11:05:10 -0500

New today on Epitonic:

Star Slinger - “Hot Potato”
Kids These Days - “Bud Billikin”
Angel Haze - “Doo Wop (That Thing)”
Angel Haze - “Gossip Folks”
TEEN - “Electric” (DJ Japanster Remix)
Heems - “Cowabunga Gnarley”
John Talabot - “Brave” (feat. Pional)
Parquet Courts - “Borrowed Time”
AarabMuzik - “After Hours”
Young Dreams - “Fog of War” (Baio Remix)

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EPICENTER: Featured Tracks for October 29th

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 14:00:26 -0500

Start your week off right with a stroll through the Epicenter! Today’s featured tracks lay along a dusty road of country and folk, bridging many years of musical evolution together for an encouraging glimpse at whatever journey lies ahead.

Hank Williams - “Cold, Cold Heart”
Calexico - “Para”
Last American Buffalo - “Ghosts”
Bright Eyes - “Haligh, Haligh, A Lie, Haligh”
Sufjan Stevens - “Casimir Pulaski Day”
Joanna Newsom - “The Diver’s Wife” (Live in San Francisco)
Beach House - “Myth”
Still Corners - “Into The Woods”
Mercury Rev - “Opus 40”
Blur - “The Universal” (Live in London 8/12/2012)

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EDITOR PLAYLIST: "Country Roads" by Holley McConnell

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 12:00:10 -0500

Editor Holley McConnell escapes city slickers and suburbanites to travel into the sleepy wilderness of Marble Falls, Texas, along with a playlist filled with dreamlike transcendental enthusiasm. Featuring tracks from Bear In Heaven, My Brightest Diamond, Here We Go Magic, and more.

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NEW TRACKS: Monday October 29, 2012

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 10:49:06 -0500

New today on Epitonic:

The Twilight Sad - “Not Sleeping” (Tom Furse Dub Mix)
Divine Fits - “Would That Not Be Nice” (RJD2 Remix)
Weekend - “Coma Summer”
Star Slinger - “Mornin”
Jamie Woon - “Blue Truth”
SINKANE - “runnin’”
Lower Dens - “lion in winter pt 1”
Brother Mitya - “Tenderness”
Brother Mitya - “The Terror

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NEW TRACKS: Tuesday October 16th, 2012

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 11:44:35 -0500

New today on Epitonic:

Purity Ring - “Belispeak II” (feat. Danny Brown”)
Bon Iver - “Minnesota, WI” (Lovely Extended Remix)
Zomby - “Devils”
Absolutely Free - “UFO”
ST 2 Lettaz - “Trill 2 Da Bone”
Frank Ocean - “Blue Whale”
AlunaGeorge - “Your Drums, Your Love”
Star Slinger - “Rene Storm”
Blue Hawaii - “In Two II”
Outer Minds - “Those Machines”

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EPICENTER: Featured Tracks for October 15th

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 13:26:10 -0500

Today’s Epicenter is filled with ooey gooey lo-fi avant-pop and punk goodness.

Warpaint - “Undertow”
Emily Wells - “Passenger”
Painted Palms - “All of Us”
Microphones - “Ice”
Cloud Nothings - “Stay Useless”
Twin Sister - “Bad Street”
Swans - “Sex God Sex”
Unknown Mortal Orchestra - “I’ll Come Back 4 U”
Free Kitten - “Teenie Weenie Boppie”
Campfires - “Chasing Planets”

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Sound Opinions: Michael Angelakos of Passion Pit, Wanda Jackson Review

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 11:11:27 -0500

This past weekend on Sound Opinions, Passion Pit frontman Michael Angelakos joined hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot to discuss the history of the band, lyrical content, and how their latest release, Gossamer, fits into the band’s catalog. Angelakos performed a short solo piano set of a couple Passion Pit tunes. (See video below)

Jim and Greg also reviewed the latest album from Wanda Jackson, Unfinished Business, produced by Justin Townes Earle.

Stream or download the podcast on WBEZ.org

Below: Michael Angelakos performs “Sleepyhead” in the Sound Opinions Studio

EDITOR PLAYLIST: "The Notable Residents of Boone County" by Holley McConnell

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 11:06:59 -0500

In honor of those rainy-day guilty-pleasure television marathons, editor Holley McConnell has crafted a playlist of not-so-guilty-pleasure music, featuring tracks from Ty Segall, Future Islands, Miracle Fortress, and more.

NEW TRACKS: Monday October 15th, 2012

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 09:22:47 -0500

New today on Epitonic:

In One Wind - “Barrio” (Epitonic saki Sessions)
In One Wind - “Moving” (Epitonic saki Sessions)
In One Wind - “Oh, Brad” (Epitonic saki Sessions)
In One Wind - “Golden Sphere” (Epitonic saki Sessions)
In One Wind - “Little Brother, Little Sister” (Epitonic saki Sessions)
In One Wind - “What Seems To Be” (Epitonic saki Sessions)
Anni Rossi - “Bootcamp in Idaho”
Anni Rossi - “Safety Of Objects”
Ethereal and the Queer Show - “Horse”
Citay - “Little Kingdom”

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EDITOR PLAYLIST: "Riding for the Riding" by Bill Ross

Thu, 11 Oct 2012 13:31:22 -0500

Editor Bill Ross has an urge to make some things happen. Check out his playlist of sentimental traveling music, featuring tracks by Tom Waits, Kurt Vile, Songs: Ohia, Bill Callahan, and more.

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NEW TRACKS: Thursday October 11th, 2012

Thu, 11 Oct 2012 11:16:28 -0500

New today on Epitonic:

Perseus - “Cool Runnings”
Naytronix - “In The Summer”
Wax Tailor - “Phonovision” (Instrumental)
Montevideo - “Horses” (Zimmer remix)
Doldrums - “She Is The Wave”
Norska - “Amnesia”
Serpentine Path - “Crotalus Horridus Horridus”
Hooded Menace - “Effigies of Evil”
Weapon - “Embers and Revelations”

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NEW TRACKS: Wednesday October 10th, 2012

Wed, 10 Oct 2012 10:42:53 -0500

New today on Epitonic:

Leverage Models - “Tonight When I Burn” (Epitonic saki Session)
Leverage Models - “Playing With Models” (Epitonic saki Session)
Leverage Models - “Idiot Grace” (Epitonic saki Session)
Leverage Models - “Men of Certainty” (Epitonic saki Session)
Leverage Models - “Dreaming of Accidents” (Epitonic saki Session)
Leverage Models - “Cooperative Extensions” (Epitonic saki Session)
Nails - “Suffering Soul”
Sunn O))) - “It Took The Night To Believe”
Sunn O))) - “Etna” (feat. Boris)
The Promise Ring - “Red Paint”

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EPICENTER: Featured Tracks for October 8th

Mon, 08 Oct 2012 12:55:01 -0500

It’s all about rock today in the Epicenter.

Deerhoof - “Flower” (live)
Low - “Sunflower”
Lupine - “Lucky #7”
Future Islands - “Balance”
Beat Happening - “Our Secret”
Creedle - “Georgia X”
Secret Machines - “Nowhere Again”
Psychic Ills - “January Rain”
Reading Rainbow - “Wasting Time”
Lower Dens - “Brains”

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EDITOR PLAYLIST: "Studies In Beautifully Unreasonable Noise" by Rachel Angres

Mon, 08 Oct 2012 11:51:46 -0500

Editor Rachel Angres celebrates power and beauty in music seamlessly intertwining with life with a playlist featuring music from Parenthetical Girls, Talk Normal, Cat Power, and more.

Zola Jesus and Bat for Lashes Featured On Sound Opinions

Mon, 08 Oct 2012 11:21:00 -0500

This past Friday on Chicago Public Radio’s Sound Opinions, hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot played the roles of the Rock Doctors, helping a “patient” find a solution to his musical woes. Graphic novelist Mark Crilley was in need of some dark, melodic tunes to listen to while illustrating, leading the doctors to prescribe the albums Stridulum II by Zola Jesus and the upcoming The Haunted Man by Bat for Lashes.

Friday’s show also featured news from Lil’ Wayne, Mumford & Sons, Foo Fighters, Lupe Fiasco, and more. You can find links to stream or download this episode here.

NEW TRACKS: Monday October 8th, 2012

Mon, 08 Oct 2012 09:41:47 -0500

New today on Epitonic:

Champions - “Endtro (Let Me Know)” (Epitonic saki Session)
Champions - “Don’t Tell Me” (Epitonic saki Session)
Champions - “Miss Proverb” (Epitonic saki Session)
Champions - “Stuck With You” (Epitonic saki Session)
Champions - “Far Too Long” (Epitonic saki Session)
Champions - “Lessons in Flight” (Epitonic saki Session)
Champions - “Traveler” (Epitonic saki Session)
Champions - “When I Get There” (Epitonic saki Session)
Champions - “Stay” (Epitonic saki Session)

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EPICENTER: Featured Tracks for October 4th

Thu, 04 Oct 2012 12:55:25 -0500

Today’s emotionally unstable Epicenter features some aggressive stoner metal, bittersweet upbeat pop, creepy soundscapes, and chaotic electro-noise rock.

Chevreuil - “Breakdance”
Green Bastard - “Assimilation”
The Drums - “Money”
Randy Greif - “Rusted Sorrow Of The Old Crane”
Marionette ID - “Last Eclipse”
Tribes of Neurot - “Unspoken Path”
Future Islands - “Tin Man”
Liars - “Point Your Pistols to the Sigh”
The Big Sleep - “Ace”
Ferocious Fucking Teeth - “Haunted”

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EDITOR PLAYLIST: "The Death Grips Saga" by Parker Langvardt

Thu, 04 Oct 2012 11:51:00 -0500

Today, editor Parker Langvardt weighs in on the controversial release of Death Grips’ new album NO LOVE DEEP WEB. Here’s an excerpt:

“Okay, so it’s art and whatever, and it is definitely meant to appear as a big “fuck you” to Epic, as it is un-releaseable in most record stores. A censored cover has since been posted on Soundcloud, and a cropped version is the image at the top of the page. Maybe they could use that or just slip a big Spinal Tap black cover over it, just to make sure everyone knows they were censored. That’s what they want, right?”

The editorial is accompanied by a playlist featuring Death Grips, Big Black, Shellac, and more. Hear the playlist and read the full piece here.

NEW TRACKS: Thursday October 4th, 2012

Thu, 04 Oct 2012 09:56:00 -0500

New today on Epitonic:

Death Grips - “Deep Web”
Freelance Whales - “Spitting Image” (Little Daylight remix)
Theme Park - “Jamaica” (Gigamesh remix)
Save The Clocktower - “Like That”
Memory Tapes - “Sheila”
Eagle Twin - “Murder Of…”
7.5 Tonnes of Beard - “Forced to Watch”
Ascend - “Ample Fire Within”
Black Cobra - “Negative Reversal”
All Pigs Must Die - “Pulverization”

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