Wednesday, January 21, 2009

January 21st, 2009 Show

Thank you for listening to our best of 2008 show!

Artist / Album / Song Title / @ = new / * = request

Deerhunter / Microcastle / Agoraphobia
Brightblack Morning Light / Motion to Rejoin / Hologram Buffalo @
Grouper / Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill / A Cover Over
Mount Eeerie w/ Julie Doiron and Fred Squire / Lost Wisdom / With My Hands Out @
The Helio Sequence / Keep Your Eyes Ahead / Keep Your Eyes Ahead
Bloc Party / Intimacy / Signs @
The Notwist / The Devil, You + Me / Good Lies
Alessi's Ark / The Horse [EP] / The Horse @
Shogu Tokumaru / Exit / Parachute @
The Radio Dept. / Freddie and the Trojan Horse [EP] / Freddie and the Trojan Horse
Department of Eagles / In Ear Park / No One Does It Like You @
Beach House / Devotion / You Came to Me
TV on the Radio / Dear Science / Golden Age @
Sun Kil Moon / April / Moorestown
Lykke Li / Youth Novels / I'm Good, I'm Gone
Xiu Xiu / Women as Lovers / Under Pressure
Chairlift / Does You Inspire You / Bruises@
Thao with the Get Down Stay Down / We Brave Bee Stings and All / Beat (Health, Life, and Fire)
Lenka / Lenka / The Show
Emiliana Torrini / Me and Armini / Birds
Conor Oberst / Conor Oberst / Cape Canaveral @ * (Fred's request!)
Frightened Rabbit / The Midnight Organ Flight / Floating in the Forth
Crystal Castles / Crystal Castles / Crimewave
MGMT / Oracular Spectacular / Kids
M83 / Saturdays = Youth / Graveyard Girl
Sigur Rós / Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust / Gobbledigook
Bon Iver / For Emma, Forever Ago / For Emma
Fleet Foxes / Fleet Foxes / White Winter Hymnal
She & Him / Volume One / Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?
Quaid's New Shoes / Love Rocket / Caveman in a Modern Age @ #

# Quaid's New Shoes is a local band from Oyster Bay, NY!

Saturday, January 10, 2009

Best of 2008!

Happy 2009 everyone! Here is a list of my favorite albums of 2008. I'm not sure if the order is completely accurate, but I tried my best! 2008 was a great year for new artists, and new albums from old favorites. Our Best of 2008 show will air Wednesday January 20th from 7-9am, so stay tuned!

1. She & Him - Volume One


2. Sigur Rós - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust


3. Grouper - Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill


4. M83 - Saturdays = Youth


5. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular


6. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes


7. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago


8. Mount Eerie with Julie Doiron & Fred Squire - Lost Wisdom


9. Beach House - Devotion


10. Deerhunter - Microcastle

11. Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles


12. Black Kids - Partie Traumatic


13. Lykke Li - Youth Novels


14. Brightblack Morning Light - Motion to Rejoin


15. Paavoharju - Laulu Laakson Kukista


16. Sun Kil Moon - April


17. Juana Molina - Un Dia


18. Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours


19. Megapuss - Surfing


20. Mates of State - Re-arrange Us


21. Yelle - Pop-Up


22. Xiu Xiu - Women as Lovers
23. Alaska in Winter - Holiday
24. Shogu Tokumaru - Exit
25. Dr. Dog - Fate
26. Destroyer - Trouble in Dreams
27. Britney Spears - Circus
28. Ratatat - LP3
29. The Helio Sequence - Keep Your Eyes Ahead
30. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Lie Down in the Light


Great tracks from other 2008 releases:

"Signs" by Bloc Party, Intimacy
"Bruises" by Chairlift, Does You Inspire You
"Gravity" by The Notwist, The Devil, You + Me
"The Horse" by Alessi's Ark, The Horse [EP]
"Freddie and the Trojan Horse" by The Radio Dept., Freddie and the Trojan Horse
"No One Does it Like You" by Department of Eagles, In Ear Park
"Too Drunk to Dream" by The Magnetic Fields, Distortion
"Birthday Present" by Mirah, The Old Days Feeling
"Arc of an Outsider" by Auburn Lull, Begin Civil Twilight
"Travel," "Swimming Pools," "Beat (Health, Life, and Fire)", by Thao with the Get Down Stay Down, We Brave Bee Stings and All
"Birds" by Emiliana Torrini, Me and Armini


Sincerely,
Allison of Good News Radio

December 24th, 2008 Show

Happy Holidays!


Artist / Album / Song Title / * = request / @ = new


Sufjan Stevens / Songs for Christmas, Vol.5 - Peace / Get Behind Me, Santa!
Bright Eyes / A Christmas Album / Oh Little Town of Bethlehem
Ladyhawke / Ladyhawke / Magic @
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone / Etiquette / Cold White Christmas
Copycat / Singing that A-hah Melody
Britney Spears / Circus / Circus @
Blind Melon / No Rain
Blondie / Greatest Hits / Call Me
S Club 7 / Greatest Hits / You
Sufjan Stevens / Song for Christmas, Vol.5 - Peace / Star of Wonder
Tom Waits / Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis
Bright Eyes / A Christmas Album / Away in a Manger
Britney Spears / Circus / If U Seek Amy @
Belle & Sebastian / O Come O come Emmanuel
Bright Eyes / A Christmas Album / Blue Christmas
Amiina / Kurr / Rugla
Sigur Ros / Takk / Glosoli
Bang Gang / Something Wrong / Something Wrong
Sufjan Stevens / Songs for Christmas, Vol. 5 - Peace / Sister Winter

Friday, January 9, 2009

November 26th, 2008 Show

Artist / Album / Song Title / * = request / @ = new

Belle & Sebastian / The BBC Sessions / Like Dylan in the Movies @
Vampire Weekend / The Kids Don't Stand a Chance [single] / The Kids Don't Stand a Chance @
Jack's Mannequin / The Resolution / The Resolution @ *
Black Kids / Partie Traumatic / Hit the Heartbrakes
Bright Eyes / Fevers & Mirrors / A Song to Pass the Time
Heart / Greatest Hits / Magic Man
Brand New / Your Favorite Weapon / Jude Law and a Semester Abroad *
Chairlift / Does You Inspire You / Bruises @
Yo La Tengo / ..And then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out / Cherry Chapstick
Architecture in Helsinki / In Case We Die / Cemetery
Gang Gang Dance / Saint Dymphna / Bebey @
Joy Division / Second Wave / Love Will Tear Us Apart
Blonde Redhead / 23 / 23
Death Cab For Cutie / The Photo Album / We Laugh Indoors
The National / Alligator / Mr. November
Megapuss / Surfing / Theme from Hollywood @
Matt & Kim / Daylight [single] / Daylight @
Passion Pit / Chunk of Change / Sleepyhead @
Devendra Banhart / Cripple Crow / Long-Haired Child
Draco & the Malfoys / Draco & the Malfoys / 99 Death Eaters
Yelle / Pop-Up / Ce Jeu
Kate Nash / Made of Bricks / Pumpkin Soup