Today, June 14th is the 9th Annual Battle of the Underage Underground! Starts at 5pm at First Avenue! If there’s a chance you can make it, and would like to go for free, don’t hesitate to email Clara [at] AfternoonRecords [dot] com
In this order:
Trinity
Munting For Benedict
Hosted by Machen Davis and Aimee Easter
Local jazz trio Supreme Privacy (Sean & dVRG from Heiruspecs + Andy Blessing on drums) came in this weekend for a pre-recorded set on the jazz/soul/funk/r&b/hip-hop show On The Corner. We’ll be airing it today, Tuesday Feb 3rd at 8pm. While they went through some jazz classics, they played a dope version of Gnarls Barkley’s “Crazy.”
You can listen live online or in the Twin Cities @ 106.5 FM in the west & 100.7 in the east.
01 Top 77 Albums of 2008
Radio K’s Top 77 albums of 2008 countdown just wrapped up a few minutes ago!
View the Top 77 albums of 2008 as voted on by listeners here.
View the DJ top 10 lists here.
A huge thanks from all of us at the station – DJs, staff, and volunteers – to all the listeners who voted this year and to the Electric Fetus for their continued support of the annual Top 77 countdown!
(Note: Italics indicate a local album)
| 1 | Deerhunter | Microcastle | Kranky |
| 2 | Portishead | Third | Mercury |
| 3 | Fleet Foxes | Fleet Foxes | Sub Pop |
| 4 | TV on the Radio | Dear Science | Interscope |
| 5 | Beach House | Devotion | Carpark |
| 6 | Vampire Hands | Me and You Cherry Red | Self-released |
| 7 | WHY? | Alopecia | Anticon |
| 8 | Santogold | Santogold | Downtown |
| 9 | Doomtree | Doomtree | Doomtree |
| 10 | Bon Iver | For Emma, Forever Ago [reissue] | Jagjaguwar |
| 11 | The Cool Kids | The Bake Sale [EP] | Chocolate Industries |
| 12 | Sigur Ros | Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust | XL |
| 13 | Land of Talk | Some Are Lakes | Saddle Creek |
| 14 | Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds | Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! | Anti |
| 15 | Atmosphere | When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold | Rhymesayers |
| 16 | Department of Eagles | In Ear Park | 4AD |
| 17 | Lykke Li | Youth Novels | LL |
| 18 | M83 | Saturdays = Youth | Mute |
| 19 | Vampire Weekend | Vampire Weekend | XL |
| 20 | School of Seven Bells | Alpinisms | Ghostly International |
| 21 | Wolf Parade | At Mount Zoomer | Sub Pop |
| 22 | Cut Copy | In Ghost Colours | Modular |
| 23 | Dosh | Wolves and Wishes | Anticon |
| 24 | Ratatat | LP3 | XL |
| 25 | The Kills | Midnight Boom | Domino |
| 26 | Jay Reatard | Matador Singles 08 | Matador |
| 27 | Yeasayer | All Hour Cymbals | We Are Free |
| 28 | Crystal Castles | Crystal Castles | Last Gang |
| 29 | Hercules and Love Affair | Hercules and Love Affair | Mute |
| 30 | The Walkmen | You and Me | Gigantic |
| 31 | Beck | Modern Guilt | Interscope |
| 32 | Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapelles | Orange Peels and Rattlesnakes | Self-released |
| 33 | Marnie Stern | This Is It… | Kill Rock Stars |
| 34 | Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks | Real Emotional Trash | Matador |
| 35 | King Khan and the Shrines | The Supreme Genius of King Khan and the Shrines | Vice |
| 36 | Roma di Luna | Casting the Bones | Self-released |
| 37 | The Hold Steady | Stay Positive | Vagrant |
| 38 | Emiliana Torrini | Me and Armini | Rough Trade |
| 39 | Hot Chip | Made in the Dark | DFA/Astralwerks |
| 40 | Tobacco | F*****d Up Friends | Anticon |
| 41 | Andrew Bird | Soldier On [EP] | Fargo |
| 42 | Black Mountain | In The Future | Jagjaguwar |
| 43 | Deerhoof | Offend Maggie | Kill Rock Stars |
| 44 | Dodos | Visiter | Frenchkiss |
| 45 | Sunset | The Glowing City | Autobus |
| 46 | The Magnetic Fields | Distortion | Nonesuch |
| 47 | Cloud Cult | Feel Good Ghosts | Earthology |
| 48 | CSS | Donkey | Sub Pop |
| 49 | Gospel Gossip | Sing Into My Mouth | Guilt Ridden Pop |
| 50 | Burial | Untrue | Hyperdub |
| 51 | Dizzee Rascal | Maths and English | Def Jux |
| 52 | Haley Bonar | Big Star | Afternoon |
| 53 | Sun Kil Moon | April | Caldo Verde |
| 54 | Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy | Lie Down in the Light | Drag City |
| 55 | Dark Dark Dark | The Snow Magic | Blood Onion |
| 56 | David Byrne and Brian Eno | Everything That Happens Will Happen Today | Self-released |
| 57 | F**k Buttons | Street Horrrsing | ATP |
| 58 | No Age | Nouns | Sub Pop |
| 59 | Spiritualized | Songs in A&E | Sanctuary |
| 60 | Erykah Badu | New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) | Universal |
| 61 | Foals | Antidotes | Sub Pop |
| 62 | Gnarls Barkley | The Odd Couple | Downtown |
| 63 | The Black Keys | Attack and Release | Nonesuch |
| 64 | The Ting Tings | We Started Nothing | Columbia |
| 65 | Mates of State | Rearrange Us | Barsuk |
| 66 | Anni Rossi | Afton [EP] | 4AD |
| 67 | Mount Eerie with Julie Doiron and Fred Squire | Lost Wisdom | P.W. Elverum & Sun |
| 68 | Stereolab | Chemical Cords | 4AD |
| 69 | Silver Jews | Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea | Drag City |
| 70 | Thee Oh Sees | The Master’s Bedroom… | Tomlab |
| 71 | Tapes ‘n Tapes | Walk It Off | XL |
| 72 | The Raveonettes | Lust Lust Lust | Vice |
| 73 | Times New Viking | Rip It Off | Matador |
| 74 | White Magic | New Egypt | Southern |
| 75 | Women | Women | Jagjaguwar |
| 76 | First Communion Afterparty | Sorry For All The Mondays and to Those Who Cannot Sing | Mpls Ltd |
| 77 | Ladyhawke | Ladyhawke | Modular |
When: Tues., Jan. 6th
Where: The Minneapolis Electric Fetus
The Electric Fetus and Radio K are having a listening party for the new Animal Collective album, Merriweather Post Pavilion. The double, gatefold vinyl LP (180 gram) version of the album will be available for sale for the first time that day. The LP includes a full album download card in both wav and mp3 formats inside. The Fetus will also be taking pre-orders for the CD version which comes out Jan. 20th. Customers that pre-order the CD or buy the LP that day will receive a download card with an “Animal Collective Mix” of live tracks.
The Fetus will also hold a raffle for a set of Animal Collective vinyl and two limited edition tour posters – MUST BE PRESENT TO WIN. This is an in-store event only.
It’s not too late to score some of these sweet gifts for your friends or family. Or, pick them up for yourself if you like what you see/hear.
The always-busy duo behind Twin Cities fashion line Calpurnia Peach is known for its tights screen-printed with its original designs. Now, they’re offering a new take on their best-seller: Dip-dyed tights.
Eclecticoiffeur used mustard/brown tights, from Calpurnia Peach’s Fall 2009 collection, for a promotional shoot for the collection on Friday. Above is an untouched preview of that shoot, photographed by Nic Marshall. Interested in some for yourself? Contact the designers at calpurniapeach@gmail.com.
Image by Nic Marshall / Styling by Eclecticoiffeur / Jumper and Tights by Calpurnia Peach / Earrings by Buck Luck
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Bradford Cox from Deerhunter was nice enough to stop by the Radio K studio Monday before their show at the Triple Rock to guest DJ with Jenny. You can also check out an instudio from Disappears, who opened for Deerhunter and Times New Viking, on our multimedia page soon!
Deerhunter – Guest DJ Set on Radio K
Marnie Stern live on Radio K from Radio K on Vimeo.
Radio K has been nominated for Best College Radio for the 2008 mtvU Woodie Awards!
Vote for KUOM here to help us win this prestigious award! You can vote as many times as you want so please take a little time (or an entire day) to chalk up some tallies for Radio K!
radiok twitter: Last week’s Haley Bonar and Brother Ali sessions (both with new songs) can be heard at radiok.org! Sims just wrapped up with 2 new songs.
Don’t forget that it’s Radio K’s Power Surge…
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