IndieSF... The Undoing Of Radio

Handselected music sets (i.e. no audio trainwrecks here) with Indie Artist sets, Double Image sets, and entire sets of  new music sprinkled in every single day.

11:59a MT: Wave Of The Day: Listen for a different new wave nugget everyday (with an extended WOTD on Fridays).

12p MT: Monday - Thursday, we have a different feature for you at noon. Wednesdays, its the rebroadcast of etown (new show every Sunday at 10a).

5p MT: Five Oclock Frank (a Sinatra tune at 5)...cuz its Franks world, we only live in it.

• The new Gorillaz and Broken Bells are out this week, and we load up on more songs from both.
• Debut single from Cults called "Go Outside." These guys have seemingly come out of nowhere. Download the MP3 from bandcamp.com.
• Shimmery new Crystal Antlers, "Little Sister"
• We find a track we like from Corinne Bailey Raes newest cd The Sea .
• Yet another super catchy tune from The Futureheads called "Heartbeat."
• A Canadian doubleheader featuring new songs from both The New Pornographers, "Your Hands Together", and a near epic from Broken Social Scene called "Worldsick."
• Devo is set to return with a whole set of new music later this year. "Fresh" is the song they debuted at the Olympics.
• Bodeans: a couple of new tunes from Wisconsins favorite sons Mr. Sad Clown
• Ozomatli: "Its Only Paper" full cd a few months off.
• Caribou: Interesting sounding (leaked) single called "Odessa"
• Elizabeth Fraser: The angelic voice of the Cocteau Twins releases a limited edition single called "Moses", which you can listen to here.

Hey...its a grey and chilly Sunday outside - I'm inside doing some work here in the Indie underground bunker and came across this very sad note (from Pitchforks site):

Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse has committed suicide, according to a report from Rolling Stone. His family has released a statement reading, "It is with great sadness that we share the news that our dear friend and family member, Mark Linkous, took his own life today. We are thankful for his time with us and will hold him forever in our hearts. May his journey be peaceful, happy and free. There's a heaven and there's a star for you."

Linkous made his debut under the Sparklehorse name with the 1995 album vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot, which yielded the minor hit "Someday I Will Treat You Good". He went on to release three more acclaimed records of fractured, experimental alt-blues: 1999's Good Morning Spider, 2001's It's a Wonderful Life, and 2006's Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain, as well as the Danger Mouse/David Lynch all-star project Dark Night of the Soul and the Fennesz collaboration In the Fishtank. A voracious collaborator, Linkous also worked with PJ Harvey, Daniel Johnston, Tom Waits, and many others.

If you haven't already seen this fine hybrid of Rube Goldberg and Indie Pop, check out OK Go's latest video. I also  recommend checking out the 4 "making of" videos too.

We are a proud etown affiliate and present the show in a special commercial free format at 10am MT every Sunday with a rebroadcast Wednesdays at noon MT. Wednesday, John Hiatt is on stage along with one of our faves, Brandi Carlisle. In 2 weeks, its KT Tunstall. Future shows include Brett Dennen, CAKE, and Chuck Prophet. If you are in the Boulder/Denver area, etown tapes at the Boulder Theater almost every Sunday night. These tapings are a blast to attend -hit etown.org for more information.

iPhone 3.1 listeners: If clicking the listen now button returns a "This movie could not be played" message, try this link, http://listen.indiesf.com . 

Update: If you've updated your iPhone or iPod touch to version 3.0 of the OS you don't need to install a third-party app. Just click on the big green "Listen Now" button like you do from your laptop or desktop to launch the stream in Quicktime! You won't get track information in Quicktime, but you can continue listening while you check email and do other things. After Quicktime fires up, click the menu button, not the Done button, to listen while you work. Thanks to Dan for pointing this out!

I love my iPhone and am constantly amazed at what it can do.