Music Mondays - Hot Picks
I’ve got a ton of new music I’ve been listening to so I’m going to break up Music Mondays into a few parts this week. First installment is this week’s Hot Picks. Oh joy.
Most Picked:
Against Me! - Thrash Unreal (KDGE, KERX, KFRR, KJEE, KVGS, Sirius -Alt Nation/Left Of Center, WAVF, WEBX, WJSE, WPBZ, WTZB)
Coheed And Cambria - The Running Free (CIMX, KFTE, KRAB, KTCL, KZND, WBRU, WSFM)
The Used - Pretty Handsome Awkward (KMBY, KZND, Waitt Radio Networks, WAVF, WJSE, WTZB)
VHS Or Beta - Can’t Believe A Single Word (AOL Radio, KEDJ, KFMA, KWOD, WHHZ, WTGZ)
Queens Of The Stone Age - 3’s And 7’s (KQXR, Waitt Radio Networks, WHHZ, WKZQ, WNNX, WWCD)
Any alt rock station that isn’t playing Against Me! by now is behind the curve. The new Coheed is better suited for the radio than anything from their last album. Used and QOTSA are no brainers. A lot of PDs are liking the VHS or Beta.
CIMX/Detroit, MI - Jay Hudson (MD)
Blaqk Audio - Stiff Kittens
Coheed And Cambria - The Running Free
The Rocket Summer - So Much Love
The Rocket Summer is a band that every 16 year old girl at Warped is gonna love.
KDGE/Dallas, TX - Chris Ryan (APD/MD)
Against Me! - Thrash Unreal
Biffy Clyro - Living Is A Problem Because Everything Dies
Madina Lake - Here I Stand
Madina Lake is on the Projekt Revolution tour. That’s all you need to know.
KRBZ/Kansas City, MO - Jason Ulanet (APD/MD)
Monster In The Machine - Savior
St. Vincent - Now Now
Tegan & Sara - Back In Your Head
Okay, so you know I am down with the St. Vincent and Tegan & Sara. But Monster In The Machine is trying too hard to be retro goth and I can’t say they succeed.
KWOD/Sacramento, CA - Andy Hawk (MD)
Cake - War Pigs
Snow Patrol - Shut Your Eyes
VHS Or Beta - Can’t Believe A Single Word
I’m just really surprised at the Snow Patrol song. I thought alt rock had given up on these guys since they have been handed off to the Triple A demo.
Sirius -Alt Nation/Left Of Center - Rich McLaughlin (PD)
Against Me! - Thrash Unreal
Kanye West - Stronger
M.I.A. - Boyz
Kanye and M.I.A. on an alt rock station? I guess that’s no worse than Kid Rock.
WHTG/Monmouth-Ocean, NJ - Matt Murray (MD)
Klaxons - Golden Skans
Motion City Soundtrack - This Is For Real
She Wants Revenge - True Romance
I really want to like the new Motion City Soundtrack. I totally loved their first album, but their sophomore album never did it for me.
WJSE/Atlantic City, NJ - Shawn Castelluccio (APD/MD)
Against Me! - Thrash Unreal
Rilo Kiley - The Moneymaker
The Used - Pretty Handsome Awkward
These three songs could not be more different, but if I heard these three in a row, I’d be down.
WNNX/Atlanta, GA - Elliott Garstin (Programming Asst.)
Flight Of The Conchords - Business Time
Minus The Bear - Knights
Queens Of The Stone Age - 3’s And 7’s
Flight of the Conchords is cheesy. Sometimes I dig that, in this case, meh. I don’t know about that choice of a song from the new Minus the Bear either.
WWCD/Columbus, OH - Rachael Gordon (MD)
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Berlin
Feist - My Moon My Man
Queens Of The Stone Age - 3’s And 7’s
Bring on some BRMC.
XTRA-F/San Diego, CA - Capone (MD)
Angels And Airwaves - Everything’s Magic
Hard-Fi - Suburban Knights
Strata - Stay Young
I have yet to hear the new AVA. Of the two post blink bands, I like AVA better, but only when Tom is channelling his inner Bono.
P.S. Bonus in the listen section. Apparently, Ben Lee loves the Against Me! album so much, he covered every song. Check it out on MOKB. (Okay, if you want the whole thing, here you go.)
Ben Lee does Against Me! - Thrash Unreal
