Tonight’s show had 1) New music from the Hodder/Schoolyard hybrid called Grenades 2) Probably the most rock and roll Demo of the Week EVER and 3) Great news for Carissa’s Wierd fans (they’re reuniting!).

Here’s the playlist:

Rocky Votolato – “Red River”
(Playing Neumo’s Sat 3/13)
Pris – “Amputhetic”
The Cave Singers – “Helen”
People Eating People – “Rain, Rain”
Carissa’s Wierd – “So You Want To Be a Superhero?”
Grenades – “In Gold”
Mirah – “Generosity”
The Spitting Cobras – “All the Way” (DEMO OF THE WEEK)
Juno – “Non Equivalents”
Hey Marseilles – “To Travels & Trunks”
Loving Thunder – “Liferider”
Death Cab for Cutie – “The Sound of Settling”

Go here for a free download of the new three-song EP from Grenades, featuring members of Kane Hodder and Schoolyard Heroes.

Thanks for listening!

Jordan and Devon from Past Lives came to the studio tonight and play tracks from their new record Tapestry of Webs–it’ll be in stores this Tuesday and you can see ‘em live at the new Sonic Boom Records on Capitol Hill on Tuesday for FREE! The show starts at 7 pm and is all-ages.

But not only did they play some new songs, they also played some of their favorite Northwest artists, both new and old. Here’s what was played:

Past Lives – “Hex Takes Hold”
Unwound – “Corpse Pose”
Neo Boys – “Give Me the Message”
The Gossip – “Listen Up”
Past Lives – “Deep in the Valley”
Truckasauras – “Ain’t No Danbo”
Talbot Tagora – “Perception Stick”
Medieval Women – “Audrey”
Death Wish Kids – “Whips and Furs”
Die Monitor Bats – “Spread Your Legs and Release the Bats”
Frumpies – “Innertube Tomorrow”
Mudhoney – “13th Floor Opening”
KHV – “Crushing Out”
Chromatics – “Healer”
Past Lives – “Falling Spikes”
Nirvana – “Tourette’s”

Tonight’s playlist was all about love. And there were a few against love too. We also got to check out the second round of Sound Off semi-finalists–they’ll be playing the EMP this Saturday night and tickets are available here.

U.S.E. – K.I.S.S.I.N.G.
Sicko – “Dateless Losers”
Fire Theft – “Heaven”
The Shins – “Turn On Me”
The Blood Brothers – “Love Rhymes With Hideous Car Wreck”
No-Fi Soul Rebellion – “Let’s Pretend”
Speaker Speaker – “Loveland, CO”
Death Cab For Cutie – “I Will Follow You Into the Dark”
The Divorce – “Birds = Magic”
A Cozy Kitchen – “I Can’t Read” (Sound Off semi-finalist!)
The Cat From Hue – “As My Friends Would Say” (Sound Off semi-finalist!)
Pan Pan – “Water Buffalo Run” (Sound Off semi-finalist!)
Hooves and Beak – “Doorman’s Song” (Sound Off semi-finalist!)
The Fastbacks – “Going to the Moon”
The Posies – “Solar Sister”
(Playing their record Frosting on the Beater at the Crocodile on April 17th.)

Here’s what was playing on last night’s Locals Only show on 107.7 the End:

Saturday Knights – “Go!”
Feral Children – “On a Frozen Beach”

Apache Chief – “I’m Trash”
Candysound – “I’ll Drive Forever”
Sea Fever- “Sibling Rivalry”
Sui-Generis – “The Phantom”
(The above four bands are playing the first round of Sound Off! semi-finals this Saturday at the EMP. Click here to enter to win tickets!)

Harvey Danger – “Meetings With Remarkable Men”
BOAT – “Come With Me, We’ll Win”
(Playing the Showbox at the Market, February 13th, with the Presidents of the United States of America.)
Rocky Votolato – “Red River”
(New CD, True Devotion, out February 23rd!)
Presidents of the United States of America – “Lump”
(Playing the Showbox at the Market February 12th and 13th.)
People Eating People – “For Now”
(Playing the Showbox at the Market February 12th, with PofUSA.)
Post Harbor – “For Example, This Is a Corpse”
Built to Spill – “Center of the Universe”
Visqueen – “The Capitol”

Next week’s show falls on February 14th, Valentine’s Day. Oh la la! To celebrate, I’m going to play some of my favorite love songs, by local artists of course. And maybe a few anti-love songs too, just to keep things balanced. I already know a few tunes that’ll definitely make the cut, but do you have any suggestions for me? Leave a comment and let me know!

On last night’s show you heard the four bands that are playing this weekend’s first round of Sound Off! semi-finals–Apache Chief, Candysound, Sea Fever, and Sui-Generis.

The semi-finals are this weekend, February 13th, at the EMP. Tickets are on sale for the general public for $10, and you can buy them here. Or you could go for free!

To enter, just leave a comment below, saying you want to go, and then we’ll contact a winner later this week and set you up with a pair of tickets.

Good luck!

Blood Red Dancers – “Sweetie’s Gettin’ Mobbed”
(Playing the Sunset Saturday Feb 6th with People Eating People)

Wallpaper – “Pop Rocket”

The Blow – “Parenthesis”

The Lonely Forest – “We Sing In Time”

The Gits – “Second Skin”

Telekinesis – “Tokyo”

Feral Children – “One a Frozen Beach”

Death Cab For Cutie – “All Is Full of Love”

Sleepy Eyes of Death – “Pulse From Breath”

Tea Cozies – “Boys at the Metro”

Say Hi – “Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh”

Go Periscope! – “Crush Me” (Demo of the Week!)

Grand Hallway – “Raindrops”

Mudhoney – “Pump It Up!”
(Playing a FREE show at Neumos February 8th)

A whoooooole bunch of new stuff tonight! Here’s what we played:

Unnatural Helpers – “Sunshine / Pretty Girls”

Bronze Fawn – “Not Too Tropical”

Sweet Water – “Grass Is Green”
(Playing the Moore Theatre Thursday, January 28th)

Modest Mouse - “A Different City”

Cute Lepers – “Smart Accessories”
(Playing their CD release show at the Funhouse Friday, January 29th)

Colonies – “Morning”

Waxwing – “Everything’s On Fire”

Creem City – “Fix Me” (Demo of the Week!)

Skeletons With Flesh On Them – “All the Other Animals”
(Playing the Crocodile Thursday, January 28th)

Blood Cells – “I Am Forever, Darling”

Swallow – “Zoo”

Visqueen – “Hand It Down”

MxPx – “Move to Bremerton”

Both MxPx and Sweet Water are playing the Moore Theatre on Thursday, January 28th. It’s a benefit show–Seattle Helping Haiti–which’ll raise money for the American Red Cross. Tickets are $15 and you can learn more about the show (and buy tickets) at www.seattlehelpinghaiti.com.

Thanks for listening!

The very nice guys from We Wrote the Book on Connectors and Discs of Fury came to the show to talk about their upcoming ROCK OPERA and play some of their favorite local bands. Six dudes, two mics… it was party. Here’s what tonight’s show sounded like:

We Wrote the Book on Connectors – “Mimosa”
Discs of Fury – “Fire in the Sky”
Tennis Pro – “ASVAB”
A Gun That Shoots Knives – “Old People”
We Wrote the Book on Connectors – “Duck Island”
M. Bison – “Elves Sing La La La”
Carousel – “Love & War”
Boat – “Lately”
Grand Hallway – “Raindrops”
Discs of Fury – “Blades in the Night”
We Wrote the Book on Connectors – “Gonna Eat Some Cake Tonight”
The Divorce – “Redcoats”

You can see both We Wrote the Book on Connectors and Discs of Fury this Saturday at the Crocodile. It’s going to be an epic rock opera with wigs and fog machines and props and lots of guitar solos and it will be an amazing show. Soon you’ll be able to listen to tonight’s show on demand, should you want to hear all the righteous details (and you do).

Tickets are on sale now for $12 advance at thecrocodile.com.

Here’s the playlist for tonight’s show!

We Wrote the Book on Connectors – “Almost Magical”
Loving Thunder – “Liferider”
Boat – “Lately…”
Head Like a Kite – “Thrones of Glory”
Grand Hallway – “Blessed Be, Honey Bee”
Patrol – “Summer of Violence”
Speaker Speaker – “We Won’t March”
The Cute Lepers – “Terminal Boredom”
Telekinesis! – “Tokyo”
Stereo Upstairs – “Transatlantic” (Demo of the Week)
The Cave Singers – “Leap”
Whitney Ballen – “California State”
The Shook Ones -”Double Knot That”
The Whore Moans – “X-Ray Eyes”

I’ll post the local show calendar tomorrow morning because right now, I have to go catch a bus.

Thanks for listening!

The lovely ladies in Eighteen Individual Eyes stopped by the studio to debut a few songs from their new EP. The record, Slightly Frightened, Mostly Happy, will be in stores Tuesday and they have a CD release show on Thursday, January 7th, at the Crocodile (with the Globes!). Go. It will be awesome.

Here’s the full playlist:

Eighteen Individual Eyes – “Mares”
Alligators – “Where Does It Hide?”
Conservative Dad – “Mountain Climber”
Sea Navy – “What Curse?”
Danielli – “Cold Killer”
We Wrote the Book on Connectors – “Gothic Dance Party”
Blood Red Dancers – “Sweeties Gettin’ Mobbed”
Whitney Ballen – “Little Secrets”
The Oregon Donor – “Pageant (We Begin)”
H Is for Hellgate – “Copernicus and Me”
Time to Fly – “Seemingly Grey”
Minus the Bear – “Knights”

And to be honest, I might’ve missed a song in there. If so, I’m sorry. It’s the first show back from vacation, I’m tired!

Thanks for listening!