4-21-09 playlist

After what seems like a long incubation the Rotating Tongues:2 comp is out and this week's show will feature several tracks. The two disc cd is packed full of good stuff, but I decided to start with some bands that I haven't had tracks to play on Hard Math in the past: Nollifur, Juntura and ATTN. I've met some of the people in these bands, but I'll let their music speak for itself... click on the links to hear more and find out more about each. Juntura will be playing a show with a couple little local bands called Finn Riggins and Built to Spill.  A Seasonal Disguise makes their debut on the show this week.... led by The Very Most's Zach Von House, their self-titled debut record is full of indie folk goodness. Also new to the show this week is Bacchanalia... a Moscow, ID folk band that accounts for the whereabouts of another Very Most member, Gia Trotter, in the mid-90's. Gia also hosts Go Northwest Young Man on radioboise.org (1 pm on Sundays, 2 pm on Thursday). As if that weren't enough... The Very Most themselves have a new split cd out with Portland's Lion and Eagles.... and another new Universal track... whew... It's pretty exciting that I'm 30-some shows in and still adding new bands and finding new things to hear from the past. THANKS to all the Idaho musicians who appear on the show and DOUBLE THANKS to those of you who have sent tracks or burned discs of material for the show!

“Feltung Grey” - Nollifur
“Bastard” - Stone Garden
“Graceful Growth” - With Child
“Hard To Love A Man (Who Loves His Guitar)” - Pete Holly
“bitter like this” - Butterfly Train
“Inversion Valley” - Juntura
“What, Nothing But Black?” - The Left Coast
“Poison Mask” - Septic Death
“song five” - Bacchanalia
“Won't You Hibernate With Me?” - A Seasonal Disguise
“Meow” - Geyser
“Fall Polar State” - Narcissus Isthmus
“All Filing” - Caustic Resin
“Func” - Discoma
“Morningly theme” - Morningly
“P.P. & T.C.” - Treepeople
“My Last Song To You” - Tuck Nelson
“True Love Will Find You In The End” - The Very Most
“Sell Your Mother” - Dirt Fishermen
“Want to Will” - Godzoundz
“Magic Carpet Rider” - The Halo Benders
“I know that you're okay” - Monster Dudes
“Once Enlisted” - Lowbelly
“Grease Fire” - Doublewide
“Bike” - Magnetics
“Sam Cooke” - Grant Avenue
“Make Believe” - Kid Corduroy
“You Are” - Built To Spill
“G Sharp Minor” - ATTN
“I'd Eat Crow” - Universal
“Cars N' Freud” - Royball
“Track 5” - Piso Mojado

4-13-09 playlist

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To celebrate the release of the Rotating Tongues:2 compilation this week I'll be playing a block of songs at the top of the show by the bands who are playing the release events at the Record Exchange and VaC this Saturday (April 18 - see image above). ALSO I'll be playing exclusive new tracks from ReVoLtReVoLt and The Universal... More new tracks from The Very Most and Thomas Paul, too.

“Start At The Beginning” - Haggis
“Ruby Lips” - La Knots
“Truce” - Le Fleur
“Angels” - mayerforceone
“Overtime” - Low-Fi
“AtAk - (hands down version)” - ReVoLtReVoLt
“Tied Hands” - eL Dopamine
“Silver Scooter” - Crogan
“Strange” - Built To Spill
“G.L.A.D.” - Thomas Paul
“Musical Chainsaw” - Bonefish Sam And His Power Orchestra
“Kabuki” - Bovalexia
“U.F.O.” - The Blue Flames
“Sunshine” - The Suffocation Keep
“Orange Marmalade” - Clock
“5'2" & Sixty Years” - Eightball Break
“vertigo” - The Universal
“Pound” - The Hand
“Marching to San Xavier” - Caustic Resin
“Jet Plane” - Ian Waters
“space out!” - Lowbelly
“Good Thing” - Doublewide
“Big Rock Candy Mountain” - The Halo Benders
“Today It Is Even Better” - The Very Most
“About Your Mom” - Central Boise Library
“I'm Glad (Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band” - Boise Cover Band
“Tallest (18 Year Old Demo)” - Grant Avenue
“Hitchhiking” - Dirt Fishermen
“Unison” - Humorgod
“Man's Best Friend” - Geyser
“butterscotch” - Lovey
“Holding You Down” - Dirtboy
“Lately” - Kris Doty
“House On Fire” - The Invasion

4-07-09 playlist

I'm pleased to announce that I get to debut an exclusive track from the forthcoming album from The Universal this week... I got treated to a preview of about 90% of said record and it is THE SHIT. It was hard to select a track from the album's many highlights, but I'll let the one I chose speak for itself. Maybe I'll play another one next week. ALSO I'm pleased to be playing a track from The Very Most's Spring ep on Indiecater Records.... can't wait for Summer, Fall and Winter! New to this show this week is Thomas Paul whose debut cd "House on Fire" is just out... Thomas has played supporting roles in many local bands including Clock and currently in the revitalized eL Dopamine, but he's carved out his own niche as a hardworking solo performer. A solo performer that this shut-in has yet to see live. Shall we remedy that and you and me will meet in some non-smoky bar to catch one of his sets soon? One last note... I'm playing a track by an old local band called Draw this week. Draw were most notable for having Built to Spill cellist John McMahon in their ranks and they got a couple of sweet opening spots for BTS in the early 00's. They didn't do much for me, but I gave their disc a spin and couldn't help playing their goofy ode to Lawrence, Kansas were some of my family lives... I know kids who made the same trek to find William Burroughs that they sing about in their song (and it is fun to play non-Tom Petty songs with references to smoking joints on the radio).

Bring on the SPRING:

“Woke Up This Morning With My Mind On Jesus” - Doug Martsch
“April Is The Kindest Month” - The Very Most
“Connie” - Chris Bock
“Same Signs” - Red Set
“Glove Comprtmnt ” - Finn Riggins
“Honey Melon” - Doublewide
“Watch” - Stuntman
“Beakless Bird” - The Nobs
“Watch the Freak Twitch” - Gordie Howe Trio Unit
“Message To Shareholders” - Caustic Resin
“It's a Beautiful Day” - Stone Garden
“mudlavalava...mudlavamudmud” - The Universal
“Gore Story” - Septic Death
“Memory Man” - Humorgod
“Bullmonkey” - Black Happy
“Cops” - Dirt Fishermen
“Fastdance (Queen Of The Scene, Part II)” - Eightball Break
“I-84” - State of Confusion
“Inflateable” - Discoma
“Summer's Indiscretion” - Thomas Paul
“Lawrence, Kansas” - Draw
“Just A Habit” - Built To Spill
“The Give Up” - Flycatcher
“eXtension (alternate version)” - eL Dopamine
“July” - Splinter
“Sweet Cancun” - Spondee
“Naked” - Graveltruck
“Amend Me” - With Child
“Bottle Of Beer” - Olsen, Grant
“Ancient Light” - Fury III
“Were All Going Down” - Tuck Nelson
“1,000,01” - The Suffocation Keep
“Minimum Wage” - Plumb Bob
“Why Are You Burying Me?” - Hillfolk Noir
“All Eyes Open” - Clock

3.24.09 playlist

Hello Idaho rock fans! Thanks for checking out Hard Math Radio and remember to check out other cool programing on Radio Boise. My playlists are used as filler  between shows and overnight... so tune in if you're up late. New to the show this week are some old Boise bands Doublewide and Humorgod. Doublewide was band started by Caustic Resin bassist Tom Romich and his sister Angela Romich... their fuzzy pop goodness made them a favorite of mine during their active years. Members from Doublewide went on to form The Treatment, Gladness, Tommy Dirtweed, The Universal and ReVoLtReVoLt (I think there was a Bovalexia member and others in their for awhile, too). I have an ep of theirs, but frontwoman extraordinaire Angela gave me a disc with some new takes and new songs recorded with former Boisean Todd Dunnigan. I don't know too much about Humorgod, but I think they were around for quite awhile in the later 1990's and early 00's with different line-ups. The band is fronted by singer/guitarist Andy A who is no stranger to the show having played in Haggis and Eightball Break in addition to production credits on our favorite cd's by The Universal and Low-Fi (admittedly this is just a sliver of Andy's resume as a musician and producer at his Project 7 studios). Andy's current band is Demoni... we'll get some of their tracks on here eventually, in the meantime check them out.

“SF Policeman Blues” - Stone Garden
“Important Things” - Treepeople
“Distorted” - Humorgod
“Detective Dan” - Gusto
“Relapse” - Doublewide
“Pipeline” - The Pugs
“Raygun” - Pete Holly
“All Alone” - Bock
“Home” - Black Happy
“Killing Floor” - Magnetics
“Center Of The Universe” - Built To Spill
“Capitalism's A Fake Smile” - Pajama Party In A Haunted Hive
“Lucky Me” - G. America
“Romantic Dysfuntion” - Central Boise Library
“Girlfriend” - Dirt Fishermen
“life left dear” - One Fantastic Bind
“Ginger” - Bovalexia
“Psychopathic Killer” - The Skulldiggers
“Bubble Burster” - Freak In A Jar
“Noise” - Kid Corduroy
“Shoemaker-Levy 9” - Haggis
“Belief” - Butterfly Train
“Sweeney” - The Hand
“Caroline” - Splinter
“Water Moccasin” - Caustic Resin
“Tired” - eL Dopamine
“kiss it better” - Decoy Decoy
“We All Know” - Godzoundz
“Planned Obsolescence” - The Halo Benders
“The New Rules” - The Invasion
“Good Enough” - Stuntman
“Pop Your Socks Off” - Spondee
“a day” - Narcissus Isthmus
“Bitterender” - fourgirldrive
“Nature Poop” - Lowbelly

3.17.09 playlist

“Over My Head” - Godzoundz
“Track 3” - Piso Mojado
“Wrong” - Gusto
“Number Two” - Brett Nelson
“Some Say She's Evil” - Spondee
“The KKK Took My Baby Away” - Tuck Nelson
“Apartment Walls” - Pete Holly
“Man Made Soul” - Ian Waters
“Let Me Get This Straight” - Central Boise Library
“all the lilacs in Ohio” - Lowbelly
“Half Step” - Caustic Resin
“Who Are You-nit” - Gordie Howe Trio Unit
“Electric Chair” - Eightball Break
“On The L” - Clock
“Big Lake” - Falldowns
“Mederclinch” - Dirtboy
“Skylab” - Flycatcher
“tail chaser ”- eL Dopamine
“Flying” - Finn Riggins
“Trailer Park” - Treepeople
“Caflywompus” - Splinter
“turn me on mr. tambourine man” - Lovey
“War” - Low-Fi
“Cool Car” - H is for Hector
“Horse Sense” - Dirt Fishermen
“Orange2” - Discoma
“Love makes you fee”l - G. America
“Pokey” - Raspberry
“South” - Racing Vent
“Euphio Question” - Fury III
“Nighttime Theater” - Stuntman
“I Try” (Macy Gray Cover) - Built To Spill
“Caught Up in Your Breakdown” - Juan Fangio

3-10-09 playlist

Hello city of cold naked trees! New to the show this week are recent east-Idaho-to-Boise transplants Spondee. I first saw these guys play at VaC before Christmas and they turned in a set of exuberant, boyish pop capped off with a nice cover of The Very Most's “Sod Off”. It's charming to see a young band pay homage to Mr. Jeremy Jensen and co. with the cover and with their basic sound... kind of reminds me of another young band from years back called The Yukon and You fronted by the same Jeremy and proudly wearing their influences (from Boise and elsewhere) on their sleeves. Spondee front man Clint Vickery sent me a handful of tracks and “Lovelorn Robot” has been a favorite at the Hard Math Cave this week. Fun band and they seem to be playing shows pretty regularly in addition to prepping their debut record... Watch out for them. I can't help adding that a certain local rock veteran remarked that Spondee Clint looked like “Matt Damon’s love child.” Now I can’t shake that association... but it's certainly not a bad thing for a young band to have a frontman who looks like a moviestar. * We also have a track from a mysterious mid-1990's Olympia, WA band called decoy decoy... turns out this band accounts for some of Brian Mayer’s wanderlust between his time in classic Boise band H is for Hector and his current outfit, mayerforceone... good stuff. Birthday wishes go out to Universal guitarist Phil Merrell this week.

Lovey - “Sepentina”
Pete Holly - “Bustin' Out”
Spondee - “Lovelorn Robot”
Built to Spill - “Else”
Morningly - “They Call Me Yo”
eL Dopamine - “Boddering”
Central Boise Library - “That Ain't Bad”
decoy decoy - “december, '94”
Flycatcher - “Weather King”
Size of Alaska - “Dollar Store Duct Tape”
Freak In A Jar - “The 'Dee' Remix”
Ticks - “TV's On”
Kid Corduroy - “Probably”
Kris Doty - “Eggs”
The Hand - “An Excuse”
Graveltruck - “If I Had”
The Invasion - “The Government”
Geyser - “Horace Dropped the Needle”
Lowbelly - “weightlifer”
Pajama Party in a Haunted Hive - “Fly Thru Dark”
Splinter - “Not This Time”
Bock - “Head Full of Stars”
Butterfly Train - “Memory Of”
Discoma - “Tiny Legs”
Septic Death - “Child”
Magnetics - “Wish I Was Cool”
The Halo Benders - “Foggy Bottom”
Crogan - “Put Down”
G. America - “Secret Remix”
Le Fleur - “Silver and Gold”
Hillfolk Noir - “Belly Up to the Sun”
The Very Most - “What I Think I'd Like to Leave Here”

3-03-09 playlist

This week kicks off with some unearthed eL Dopamine from a 1996 recording session in Seattle. Thank you, John O. Other than that I'll let the tunes do the talking this week.

eL Dopamine - “Plaster Ears”
The Unicorn Feather - “The Old Man and the Young Man”
Finn Riggins - “Hraka”
Stuntman - “The Devil”
Falldowns - “Belt Loop”
Eightball Break - “My Shell”
La Knots - “New Age Social Pads”
State of Confusion - “Windows”
Fury III - “Autumn Leaves”
fourgirldrive - “Girl”
The Treatment - “Night Life”
The Left Coast - “Courting Like a Mexican”
Lowbelly - “Minokichi meets the snow maiden”
Butterfly Train - “Disgruntled Pony Ride”
Ian Waters - “Eighteen”
Gordie Howe Trio Unit - “Nag Unit”
Bock - “Dead by Christmas”
Royball - “Chub”
Dirt Fishermen - “Scuba Diver”
Low-Fi - “Overtime”
Jeremy From Boise - “Quilt”
The Invasion - “The Madness”
Treepeople - “Big Mouth Strikes Again”
25 Wheeler - “Frankie”
G. America - “Hot burrito two”
The Blue Flames - “555”
Splinter - “Whatever”
Black Happy - “A. Bedini”
Built to Spill - “Allen the Cowboy” (Big Dipper live at the Crocodile)
The Zekes - “Let's Have a Party”
Size of Alaska - “Working Man”
The Halo Benders - “Volume Mode”
Caustic Resin - “A Fistful of Violence”
The Pugs - “Shudder, Shake and Squirm”
Central Boise Library - “Eyes on the Prize”
The Very Most - “Neuron”
The Hand - “Understand”
With Child - “You”
Geyser - “Swell”