Monday, March 31, 2008

Win Tickets to See the New Pornographers!

WHRW Concert Contest: The New Pornographers at the State Theatre of Ithaca

Listen to WHRW 90.5 FM on Wednesday from 2:30-4 PM for a chance to win a pair of tickets to see the New Pornographers with opening act Okkervil River at the State Theatre of Ithaca on April 13. The radio show is "A Rush of Music to the Head," hosted by Taryn Alper. A live web stream is available at http://www.whrwfm.org.

Brush up on your NP knowledge! It won't be easy.

Kisses,
Taryn

Saturday, March 22, 2008

"She's a honeymooner/A June crooner/A spoon feeder/And a natural leader"

a rush of music to the head
wednesdays, 2:30-4pm
listen live: whrwfm.org

bold = NEW NEW NEW

Destroyer – “Dark Leaves Form a Thread” (Trouble in Dreams)
White Hinterland – “Dreaming of the Plum Trees” (Phylactery Factory)

Blondie – “X Offender” (S/T)
The White Stripes – “I Think I Smell a Rat” (White Blood Cells)
Andrew Bird – “A Nervous Tic Motion of the Head to the Left” (Andrew Bird & The Mysterious Production of Eggs)
Bob Dylan – “I Shall Be Free- No.10” (Another Side of Bob Dylan)
Mecca Normal – “I Walk Alone” (The First LP)
The Mae Shi – “Run to Your Grave” (HLLYH)
The New Pornographers – “Miss Teen Wordpower” (The Electric Version)
Deerhoof – “You Can See” & “Scream Team” (The Runners Four)
Mirah – “The Light” (C’mon Miracle)
The Cat Empire – “Two Shoes” (Two Shoes)
Roxy Music – “Re-Make-/Re-Model” (The First Roxy Music Album)
The Ruby Suns – “Adventure Tour” (Sea Lion)
Holiday – “15 Dollars”
Blanket Music – “Stand to Love” (The Love)
Pavement – “Gold Soundz” (Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain)
The Only Ones – “From Here to Eternity” (Strange Fruit)

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

"You will you won't/You do you don't/You're saying you will/But you know you won't "

a rush of music to the head
wednesdays, 2:30-4pm
listen live: whrwfm.org

bold = NEW NEW NEW

White Hinterland – “Dreaming of the Plum Trees” (Phylactery Factory)
Ben Kweller – “I Need You Back” (On My Way)
Old Time Relijun – “Indestructible Life!” (Catharsis in Crisis)
The Jam – “In the City” (In the City)
Lush – “Ladykillers” (Lovelife)
Devotchka – “Transliterator” (A Mad and Faithful Telling)
De Novo Dahl – “Shout” (Move Every Muscle, Make Every Sound)
The Zutons – “You Will You Won’t” (Who Killed… The Zutons)
Okkervill River – “Unless It’s Kicks” (The Strange Names)
Destroyer – “Dark Leaves Form A Thread” (Trouble in Dreams)
The Boggs – “Melanie in the White Coat” (Fort)
Mixel Pixel – “Body Automatic” (Rainbow Panda)
The Ruby Suns – “Adventure Tour” (Sea Lion)
Mudhoney – “Good Enough” (Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge)
Oasis – “Rock ‘N’ Roll Star” (Definitely Maybe)
Electrelane – “The Greater Times” (No Shouts No Calls)
Olivia Tremor Control – “Courtyard” (Music from the Unrealized Film Script)
The Icicles – “Sugar Sweet” (A Hundred Patterns)
Jeremy Jay – “Airwalker” (Airwalker)
The Beatles – “Penny Lane” (Magical Mystery Tour)
The Operators – “Punch You Out” (The Light and the Dark)
New Order – “Ceremony” (Ceremony)

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

"I took a record of pretty music/Now I'm putting it to you straight from hell/I'll stick it deep inside/I'll stick it deep inside/Cause I'm loose"

a rush of music to the head
wednesdays, 2:30-4pm
listen live: whrwfm.org

bold = NEW NEW NEW

Stephen Malkmus and the Jinks – “Dragonfly Pie” (Real Emotional Trash)
Dinosaur Jr. – “In a Jar” (You’re Living All Over Me)
The White Stripes – “You’re Pretty Good Looking” (De Stijl)
Some Velvet Sidewalk – “Loch Ness” (Avalanche)
The Essex Green – “The Late Great Cassiopeia” (The Long Goodbye)
Her Space Holiday – “Missed Medicine” (The Past Presents the Future)
Devotchka – “Transliterator” (A Mad and Faithful Telling)
The Rosebuds – “What Can I Do?” (Make Out)
The Stooges – “Loose” (Fun House)
Jonathan Richman – “Vincent Van Gogh” (Not So Much to Be Loved as to Love)
The Smiths – “Stop Me If You Think That You’ve Heard This One Before” (S/T)
Beat Happening – “Sea Babies” (Music to Climb the Apple Tree By)
The Raveonettes – “Dead Sound” (Lust, Lust, Lust)
The Velvet Underground – “I Heard Her Call My Name” (White Light/White Heat)
The Blackouts – “Happy Hunting Ground” (History in Reverse)
Wire – “The 15th” (154)
Modest Mouse – “Styrofoam Boots/It’s All Nice on Ice, Alright” (The Lonesome Crowded West)
Beach House – “Wedding Bell” (Devotion)
The Vaselines – “Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam” (The Way of the Vaselines)
Guided by Voices – “I am a Scientist” (Bee Thousand)
Ladybug Transistor – “The Places You’ll Call Home” (S/T – 4th album)
Camera Obscura – “San Francisco Song” (Old Enough 2 Know Better: 15 Years of Merge Records)