Our featured label for the month of December, as if you couldn't tell by the ginormous logo above, is Merge Records (you know, the indie icon started by Superchunk in 1989 as the first, real DIY label), and we have no shortage of new music from that great indie outfit. What a way to close out the year, featuring bands and artists like The Rosebuds, Wild Flag, Wye Oak (who recently released the killer album "The Knot" on vinyl for Record Store Day), Telekinesis, Lambchop, Superchunk, Destroyer, Teenage Fanclub, Spoon, The Magnetic Fields, Imperial Teen, Crooked Fingers, Archers Of Loaf......
I could go on and on.
We also have our first holiday entries into regular rotation. Songs by Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward aka She & Him (also on Merge Records), Shauna Burns and Vanessa Carlton will help get you into the holiday spirit without that dreaded radio overkill.
Speaking of which.....there is a terrestrial radio station here in Milwaukee, who shall remain nameless, that has been playing holiday music since about mid-August (Oldies 95.7 -- oops!). Okay, in fairness, they didn't start in August, but it has been non-stop holiday music since the last Milwaukee trick-or-treater checked in at home with a bag full of candy. Now that's overkill. Seriously, they have an ad that says, and I quote: "Not Ready for Christmas Yet? Listen to Oldies Commercial-Free!" What is that? We get the non-stop holiday music but not the holiday commercials?
Actually, you get a split internet broadcast that plays, well, oldies by bands like The Eagles and Stealers Wheel, etc. But I digress.
Excuse me if I am feeling a little nauseous because Andy Williams and Perry Como have been playing every hour on the hour since November 1st. Do the words "cruel and unusual punishment" mean anything anymore? Welcome to Holiday Hell.
Derp......no more indie music fests for 2011.
Sad to say, we are taking a break from the Jivewired Indie Music Festival World Tour until Folk Alliance International at the end of February, but I will be in Seattle to hang with my friend James Chapple of the band Triptaka January 21-24 to check out some of the exciting indie bands from that historically significant city.
And that allows me to seamlessly segue into a word about social significance........
Hey - an aside here -- I have a new twitter account that is less Jivewired and well.... more me, and I'd like you to follow. Mention that you read the blog as well and I'll send you something really groovy. Follow me on twitter: @JivewiredCEO -- I'll even make it easy for you, here is a direct link -- @JivewiredCEO - I'm not sure but I think all you have to do is click on that underlined thingy and it will teleport you directly to my twitter account. I love technology.
Every Tuesday we air "New Spins Tuesday", a show dedicated solely to the new music we add into rotation each week, usually between 40 and 60 tracks. The show airs from 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM CST followed immediately by The Metal Deli from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM and then The Mixtape Jones Radio Show from 8:00 PM to midnight. The songs we air on "New Spins" are also placed into permanent rotation so you can catch them by listening to Jivewired Radio anytime if you cannot catch us on Tuesdays. Enjoy!
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This Week's New Spins:
01. Baby Lee by Teenage Fanclub
02. Bad Blood by Crooked Fingers
03. The Everchanging Spectrum Of A Lie by The Joy Formidable
04. Two Rings by Ice Choir
05. 12 Fingers by Young The Giant
06. The Sun And The Sea And The Sky by Stephin Merritt
07. The Dream by Thee Oh Sees
08. What A Wonderful World by Shauna Burns
09. Carol Of The Bells by Shauna Burns
10. Harnessed In Slums by Archers Of Loaf
11. Damn These Vampires by The Mountain Goats
12. Non-Fiction Love Song by Jillian Edwards
13. Watchman by Anton Mink
14. Go Ahead by The Rosebuds
15. Super Duper Rescue Heads! by Deerhoof
16. Fall Hard by Shout Out Louds
17. What The Water Gave Me by Florence + The Machine
18. A Thousand Miles (Acoustic Holiday Version) by Vanessa Carlton
19. Hear The Bells by Vanessa Carlton
20. Relator by Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson
21. Traitor by OK Sweetheart
22. Romance by Wild Flag
23. Saints & Sinners by Flogging Molly
24. Balance by Future Islands
25. Rings In The Trees by Yellowbirds
26. Try Colour by The Jezabels
27. Sighs by Asobi Seksu
28. My Mistakes by Eleanor Freidberger
29. Everything Will Be Fine by JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound
30. Forward by Bad Lucy
31. Black Candles by Crooked Fingers
32. Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall by Coldplay
33. Volcanic Vacation by Anton Mink
34. Car Crash by Telekinesis
35. Shake It Out by Florence + The Machine
36. Lemonade by Braids
37. Betray by The Stray Dead
38. 1981 by Graham Colton
39. Cough Syrup by Young The Giant
40. Bottled Up In Cork by Ted Leo & The Pharmacists
41. Sail by AWOLnation
42. Siamese by Wye Oak
43. Mellow Doubt (Teenage Fanclub Cover) by Diamond Rings
44. In Love With Dusk by Keep Shelly In Athens
45. Black Tiles by Wild Flag
46. Freud Links The Teeth & The Heart by Tellison
47. The Christmas Waltz by She & Him
48. Baby It's Cold Outside by She & Him
49. Chronic by Anton Mink
50. I Really Need Love by The Bees
51. Oregon Girl by Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
52. For Prayer by Wye Oak
53. Julius by Starfucker
54. Something Came Over Me by Wild Flag
55. I Heard You Say by Vivian Girls
56. Blue Eyes by Destroyer
57. Deep Sea Diving Suit by Magnetic Fields
58. Es-So by TuNe-YaRdS
59. Breaking Up On The Beat by The Ladybug Transistor
60. Soft by Washed Out
61. Take Ecstasy With Me by The Magnetic Fields
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