Palo Alto Pop Overthrow

This week, Phil had the opportunity to talk with A.C. Newman of The New Pornographers about his experiences playing solo and the motivation behind his recent release, "Get Guilty."


Throughout the interview, we were featuring tracks from A.C. Newman's new solo album, "Get Guilty."


Favorite tracks: 3. Like a Hitman, Like a Dancer, 4. Prophets, 7. The Palace at 4 a.m.

Label: Matador
RIYL: The New Pornographers, Zumpano, Destroyer
Three stars.

myspace, official site, wikipedia, AMG
Amazon: Get Guilty
Rhapsody

Here's what was played on the Palo Alto Pop Overthrow for February 26, 2009:

Artist	Track	Album/Label
Finn, Neil	Driving Me Mad	One All Nettwerk America
Belle and Sebastian	Like Dylan in the Movies	The BBC Sessions Matador
Broken West, The	Embassy Row	Now Or Heaven Merge Records
Byrne, David & Brian Eno	Everything That Happens	Everything That Happens Will Happen Today Todomundo Ltd.
+Falkner, Jason	Stephanie Tells Me	I'm OK... You're OK Noise McCartney Records
Superdrag	I'm Expanding My Mind	Head Trip in Every Key Elektra Records (West Coast)
Tindersticks	The Hungry Saw	Hungry Saw, The Constellation Records
+Wondermints	Hypnolove	Bali Varese Sarabande Records
+@Falkner, Jason	NYC	I'm OK... You're OK Noise McCartney Records
Of Montreal	Wicked Wisdom	Skeletal Lamping Polyvinyl Record Co.
**Newman, AC	Why make a new album?	Interview on the Palo Alto Pop Overthrow http://www.palopop.org
**Newman, AC	Like a Hitman, Like a Dancer	Get Guilty Matador Records
**Newman, AC	Musician friends on the album	Interview on the Palo Alto Pop Overthrow http://www.palopop.org
Posies, the	Flavor of the Month	Frosting On The Beater Geffen Records
+Manning Jr., Roger Joseph	The Quickening	Catnip Dynamite Oglio Records
**Newman, AC	Where "Get Guilty" Comes From	Interview on the Palo Alto Pop Overthrow http://www.palopop.org
**Newman, AC	Palace at 4AM	Get Guilty Matador Records
Proper Nouns, The	Every Future Conversation	A Million Hurtful Things All Hail Records
+Blue Sky Secret, The	In Your Eyes	What We Are EP http://www.myspace.com/tbssmusic
**Newman, AC	What's Next?	Interview on the Palo Alto Pop Overthrow http://www.palopop.org
**Newman, AC	Prophets	Get Guilty Matador Records
+Jellybricks, The	Ruin Us	Goodnight to Everyone Primitive Records
+Pas/Cal	Summer Is Almost Here	I Was Raised On Matthew, Mark, Luke & Laura Le Grand Magistery
+Light FM	Black Magic Marker	Black Magic Marker Devil in the Woods
+Folds, Ben	Bitch Went Nuts	Way To Normal Epic Records
+Travis	Something Anything	Ode to J. Smith Red Telephone Box
+Bleu	I Won't Go Hollywood	Redhead Aware/Columbia
Long Winters, The	Shapes	When I Pretend to Fall Barsuk Records
+Velvet Crush	#10	Teenage Symphonies to God Creation Records Limited

** Featured Album
+ Former Feature
@ Request/Dedication

Palo Alto Pop Overthrow with Phil Andrews
Thursdays from 7-9AM PST/10-Noon EST
KZSU Stanford, 90.1FM / http://kzsulive.stanford.edu/
Blog at http://www.palopop.org/

Hey everyone, before I start I just wanted to introduce myself.  I'm Nick and some of you may have heard me on the air over the past two weeks.  I'm another in the long line of adoring fans/trainees to appear on Phil's show and I hope you'll bear with me as I learn to properly construct sentences while on-air!  Now, without further ado....

Our featured artist for the week is Travis with their newest CD Ode to J. Smith.  They started in Scotland under the name "Running Red" but eventually evolved into Travis with the addition of front-man Fran Healy.  They have been produced by many influential producers including Steve Lillywhite, Nigel Godrich and Geoff Emerick. Their soft sound and introspective lyrics make for a smooth, cool listenable CD that's definitely worth a listen.

The band currently consists of Fran Healy, Dougie Payne, Andy Dunlop and Neil Primrose.  Take a look below for a video of them playing their single Something Anything:



Favorite tracks: 3. Something Anything, 6. Last Words, 10. Song to Self

Label: Red Telephone Box/Fontana Records
RIYL: Keane, Snow Patrol
4 stars.

myspace, official site, wikipedia, AMG
Amazon: album
Rhapsody

Phil Andrews is a legend!

Blanch and Zan, (us) the once nervous, um-ing and ah-ing, minions have been promoted.
This is a special day in our hearts. For the past few weeks we have been hauling our lazy bums out of bed at 6 in the morning to learn all the radio DJ tricks. But now our training wheels are off and he's released us onto the air by ourselves. Whether that was a sensible idea is yet to be seen or rather, heard. But we are ridiculously excited about it.

We are so grateful for all the patient, enthusiastic help from Phil. How someone manages to be so cheery at that time of the morning I do not know! It must have something to do with the great soundtrack. The Palo Alto Pop Overthrow is infectious, now I get up just to listen to the show!!!

thanks Phil!!!


P.S. our fave tracks from the last few weeks on the show:
Pas/Cal - Summer is Almost Here
Mercury Rev - Snowflake In a Hot World
Wondermints - Cellophane
The Nines - Insanity
Ben Folds ft Regina Spektor - You Don't Know Me

Here's what was played on the Palo Alto Pop Overthrow for February 19, 2009:

Artist	Track	Album/Label
+Major Labels, The	Don't Hear a Single	Aquavia Noise Trade
Shins, The	Sealegs	Wincing the Night Away Sub Pop
+Wondermints	Cellophane	Bali Varése Sarabande
Hey! Brontosaurus	Life Inside The Figure 8	Life Stars Citrus To Citrus
@Fountains of Wayne	It Must Be Summer	Utopia Parkway Atlantic Records (Modern)
+Chris Brown	Waiting for Caroline	Now That You're Fed Self
Matt Pond PA	Several Arrows Later	Several Arrows Later Altitude Records
+Pas/Cal	You Were Too Old For Me	I Was Raised On Matthew, Mark, Luke & Laura Le Grand Magistery
Belle And Sebastian	White Collar Boy	Life Pursuit, The Matador Records
XTC	Merely a Man	Oranges & Lemons Virgin
+Folds, Ben	Bitch Went Nuts	Way To Normal Epic Records
Suggestions, the	Be True	Mix Tape Mr. Duck Records
**Travis	Something Anything	Ode to J. Smith Red Telephone Box
+Yoder, Brad	New Pill	Someday Or Never Reverie Records
Penn, Michael	Walter Reed	Mr. Hollywood Jr., 1947 Mimeograph
**Travis	Last Words	Ode to J. Smith Red Telephone Box
Rosebuds, The	Bow To The Middle	Life Like Merge Records
Muy Cansado	Telemundo	Stars + Garters Precious Gems
**Travis	Song to Self	Ode to J. Smith Red Telephone Box
+Hillis, Cliff	She Sees	Long Now, The Self
+Blue Sky Secret, The	In Your Eyes	What We Are EP Self
+Nines, The	Virginia	Gran Jukle's Field T.A.S. Gold
+Manning Jr., Roger Joseph	Down in Front	Catnip Dynamite OGLIO Records
Sweet, Matthew	Girlfriend	Girlfriend Volcano
+Viola, Mike	Maybe, Maybe Not	Lurch Urban Birdsongs

** Featured Album
+ Former Feature
@ Request/Dedication

Palo Alto Pop Overthrow with Phil Andrews
Thursdays from 7-9AM PST/10-Noon EST
KZSU Stanford, 90.1FM / http://kzsulive.stanford.edu/
Blog at http://www.palopop.org/

Well, it's Tuesday, and for those of you who aren't already back to work on the account of President's day, it's time to start the work week. But don't fret - here's a tasty power pop gem for you to enjoy. Slink back into your cubicle, pop on your headphones, and turn this sucker up: it's the music video for "Can't Be Wrong," by the band the Jellybricks, whose recent album Goodnight to Everyone was featured on this very blog back in December. This video was directed by their bass player Garrick:

My buddy Lee over at the most excellent Too Poppy blog has some great news: Brandon Schott is putting up a series of exclusive audio/video recordings for their site. Here's a look at the video for the first of what promises to be a monthly delight:

Two weeks ago Blanch and I had the pleasure of chatting with Ricky Free from the upcoming power pop band The Blue Sky Secret:

The Blue Sky Secret interview

During the interview we featured tracks from their recent EP called "What We Are." The EP is phenomenal, and I wish the band the best.

Favorite tracks: 1. In Your Eyes, 3. Six Feet Small, 4. What Went Wrong

RIYL: Jellyfish, Bleu, Paul McCartney
Five stars.

myspace
Rhapsody

This week's featured album is "Black Magic Marker" by a band based out of LA. Their deceptive name--Light FM--is absolutely unlike their sound, which is pop recalling the 60s/70s like The Cars, merged with some twee elements and of course power pop like The Rentals and Redd Kross.
The band currently consists of Josiah Mazzaschi on guitar and vocals, Kim Haden on keys and vocals, and Brian Barbier on bass. Check out the Moog action on the title track for the disc, "Black Magic Marker:"


Favorite Tracks: 2. Black Magic Marker, 5. Sleepy Hollow, 7. Shame, 1. The High
Label: Devil in the Woods Records
RIYL: The Rentals, Fountains of Wayne, The Cars, The New Pornographers
Four stars.

myspace, official site, AMG
Amazon: album
Rhapsody

Here's what was played on the Palo Alto Pop Overthrow for February 12, 2009:

Artist	Track	Album/Label
Prewitt, Archer	Raise on High	White Sky Carrot Top Records
Von Sneidern, Chris	Big White Lies	Big White Lies Heyday Records
+Yoder, Brad	New Pill	Someday Or Never Reverie Records
Brilliant Mistakes, The	Stupid Love Song	Dumb Luck Aunt Mimi's Records
Arthur, Joseph And The Lonely Astronauts	Sunrise Dolls	Temporary People Self
+They Might Be Giants	Sleeping in the Flowers	John Henry Elektra Records (Local)
Jayhawks, The	A Break in the Clouds	Smile American Recordings
+Folds, Ben	Brainwascht	Way To Normal Epic Records
+Viola, Mike	279 East 10th Street	Lurch Good Morning Monkey Records
+Nines, The	Insanity (The Sanest Thing You've Got)	Gran Jukle's Field T.A.S. Gold Recordings
+Pas/Cal	Summer Is Almost Here	I Was Raised On Matthew, Mark, Luke & Laura Le Grand Magistery
**Light FM	The High	Black Magic Marker Devil in the Woods
Mercury Rev	A Squirrel And I (Holding On...And Then Letting Go)	Snowflake Midnight Yep Roc Records
Margot & The Nuclear So And So's	As Tall As Cliffs	Animal!/Not Animal! Epic Records
**Light FM	Black Magic Marker	Black Magic Marker Devil in the Woods
+Manning Jr., Roger Joseph	The Quickening	Catnip Dynamite Oglio Records
Her Space Holiday	Sleepy Tigers	Xoxo Panda And The New Kid Revival Mush Records
**Light FM	Shame	Black Magic Marker Devil in the Woods
+Wondermints	Cellophane	Bali Varese Sarabande Records
Sweet, Matthew	What Do You Know?	Altered Beast Zoo Entertainment
Hanlon, Darren	Punk's Not Dead	Hello Stranger Drive In Records
+Gin Blossoms	California Sun	Major Lodge Victory Hybrid Recordings
+Pugwash	Take Me Away	Eleven Modern Antiquities 1969 Records, Ltd.
+Jellybricks, The	Goodnight to Everyone	Goodnight to Everyone Primitive Records
+Blue Sky Secret, The	In Your Eyes	What We Are EP http://www.myspace.com/tbssmusic

** Featured Album
+ Former Feature
@ Request/Dedication

Palo Alto Pop Overthrow with Phil Andrews
Thursdays from 7-9AM PST/10-Noon EST
KZSU Stanford, 90.1FM / http://kzsulive.stanford.edu/
Blog at http://www.palopop.org/

This week on the Palo Alto Pop Overthrow, we interviewed Roger Joseph Manning, Jr. We talked about his album Catnip Dynamite, which we featured last year after it came out in Japan. This week marks its release in the US, which you can get at Not Lame or Amazon.


We chatted about:

• ...how Roger brought this album to the USA.
  
• ...a few songs off of Catnip Dynamite and what they're all about.
  
• ...which song of Roger's was practiced but never performed by the Jellyfish, but ended up on the album "Land of Pure Imagination."
  
• ...a potential collaboration with one of our favorite bands, Pugwash.
  
• ...what music Roger is really grooving to these days.
  

Take a listen:

Roger Joseph Manning, Jr. Interview

As we discussed in the interview, here is some music that Roger has been digging recently:

 "Eleven Modern Antiquities" by Pugwash
"A Cross The Universe" by Justice

"Santogold" by Santogold

Here's what was played on the Palo Alto Pop Overthrow for February 5, 2009:

Artist	Track	Album/Label
+Yoder, Brad	School Together	Someday Or Never Reverie Records
Case, Neko	Hold on, Hold on	Fox Confessor Brings the Flood Anti
Matthews, Eric	Underground Song	Six Kinds of Passion Looking For A Release Self Release
Finn, Tim	How'm I Gonna Sleep?	Tim Finn Capitol
McCartney, Sir Paul	At the Mercy	Chaos and Creation in the Backyard Capitol Records
Penn, Michael	Small Black Box	Resigned Epic Records/57
+New Pornographers, The	Failsafe	Challengers Matador Records
+Pas/Cal	Summer Is Almost Here	I Was Raised On Matthew, Mark, Luke & Laura Le Grand Magistery
+Folds, Ben	You Don't Know Me (Featuring Regina Spektor)	Way To Normal Epic Records
+Nines, The	Insanity (The Sanest Thing You've Got)	Gran Jukle's Field T.A.S. Gold Recordings
Mercury Rev	Snowflake In A Hot World	Snowflake Midnight Yep Roc Records
Arthur, Joseph And The Lonely Astronauts	Dead Savior	Temporary People Self
+Wondermints	Cellophane	Bali Variese Sarabande
**Manning Jr., Roger Joseph	Introduction / Bringing 'Catnip Dynamite' to the States	Interview on the Palo Alto Pop Overthrow http://www.palopop.org
**Manning Jr., Roger Joseph	Down in Front	Catnip Dynamite Oglio Records
**Manning Jr., Roger Joseph	Collaborations	Interview on the Palo Alto Pop Overthrow http://www.palopop.org
**Manning Jr., Roger Joseph	Land of Pure Imagination	Land of Pure Imagination Cordless Recordings
**Manning Jr., Roger Joseph	What is Roger listening to?	Interview on the Palo Alto Pop Overthrow http://www.palopop.org
**Manning Jr., Roger Joseph	The Quickening	Catnip Dynamite Oglio Records
+Pugwash	Take Me Away	Eleven Modern Antiques 1969 Records
Cue The Moon	A Thousand Ships	Cue The Moon Ep Self
Holland, Jolie	Mexico City	Living And The Dead, The Anti, Inc.
Belle And Sebastian	Funny Little Frog	Life Pursuit, The Matador Records
Buckley, Jeff	Forget Her	Forget Her Columbia
Antony And The Johnsons	Crackagen	Another World Secretly Canadian Records
Holland, Jolie	Fox In Its Hole	Living And The Dead, The Anti, Inc.
Hang Ups, The	One of These Days	The Hang Ups Contact Records
Semisonic	One True Love	All About Chemistry MCA Records
Rogue Wave	Bird On A Wire	Descended Like Vultures Sub Pop Records

** Featured Album
+ Former Feature
@ Request/Dedication

Palo Alto Pop Overthrow with Phil Andrews
Thursdays from 7-9AM PST/10-Noon EST
KZSU Stanford, 90.1FM / http://kzsulive.stanford.edu/
Blog at http://www.palopop.org/