Sunday, September 15, 2013

UTR 9-15-13 (Elvis Costello And The Roots)

Pick Of The Week
Elvis Costello And The Roots - Wise Up Ghost
















Hour 1
Elvis Costello And The Roots - Walk Us Uptown
     Elvis has collaborated with many different types of artists including a String Quartet
The Streets - Let's Push Things Forward
     Original Pirate Material (2002).  The group disbanded in 2011
Monkey Mark - Hand In Your Head
     The Beastie Boys keyboard player was once their L.A. handyman
Luscious Jackson - Show Us What You Got
     Their first album in 14 years, Magic Hour, is coming out in November
Roots - The Seed 2.0
     That is Cody Chestnutt on vocals
Vaccines - Melody Calling
     They will open for Phoenix on Sept 29 at EMU Convocation Center
Elvis Costello And The Roots - Stick Out Your Tongue
     They worked on this album in bits and pieces for over a year
Gary Clark Jr. - Blak And Blu
     The Blak And Blu album was one of My 12 of 12
Neko Case - City Swans
     Her latest album debuted at #12 on the Billboard 200
Blitzen Trapper - Shine On
     Their album VII is coming out on October 1
Morcheeba - Let Me See
     This is a group you'd usually hear on Sonic Bliss
Citizen Cope - A Father's Son
     From the Rainwater LP,  Rainwater is the name of his record label too
Elvis Costello And The Roots - Come The Meantimes
     The cover of Wise Up Ghost mimics the cover of  Howl & Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg


Hour 2
Arcade Fire - Reflektor
     This is the full length version of the new single, 3 minutes longer than the radio version
Arctic Monkeys - Snap Out Of it
     The new album AM will be our Pick Of The Week next week on an all-Brit Pop show
Black Joe Lewis - Come To My Party
     "The answers to life is on the dance floor"
Elvis Costello And The Roots - (She Might Be A Grenade)
     Is this the same girl from 'Watching The Detectives'?
David Byrne & St. Vincent - Who
     The chose a brass band for this album because it required much less artificial amplification
Pixies - Indie Cindy
     They have made this available on other sources than their website
Monsters Of Folk - Say Please
     with Connor Oberst of Bright Eyes, M Ward of She & Him and Jim James of My Morning Jacket
Brendan Benson - Diamond
     The new album You Were Right comes out on Black Friday (Nov 29)
Washed Out - All I Know
     Washed Out's "Feel It All Around" is the theme song to TV's "Portlandia"
Prince - Love (Acoustic)
     Prince has Dave Chappelle dressed as him on the cover of his new single
Wesley Stace - A Cantebury Kiss
     Wesley Stace is the real name of singer John Wesley Harding
Elvis Costello And The Roots - Tripwire
     Elvis Costello absolutely loves Ann Arbor because he is treated so well by the audience when he plays there


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