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Saturday, December 28, 2013

The Happyoblivion Best of 2013, part 1 of 2 this week!  Part 2 will be next week and include the always exciting top 10 Countdown!

12:00pm
camera obscura ~ let's do it again “desire lines” [4ad]
fonda - moving forward
junk culture - indian summer
paradise - i can feel your love
smith westerns - varsity
golden grrrls - take your time
12:20pm
cults ~ always forever "static" [Columbia]
tennis ~ timothy "small sound" [communion]
city riots - lonely hearts
orchestral manouvres in the dark - dresden
club 8 ~ i'm not gonna grow old "above the city" [labrador]
12:40pm
suede - hit me
the pastels - check my heart
psychic friend - never burn, never bruise
vampire weekend - finger back
washed out ~ falling back "paracosm" [sub pop]
1:00pm
strfkr - kahlil gibran
cut copy ~ take me higher "Free Your Mind" [Loma Vista]
moscow club - choo choo train
phoenix - oblique city
veronica falls - teenage
1:20pm
slow beach - surfin' today
sally shapiro - what can i do
yo la tengo - is that enough
teen daze - ice on the windowsill
young dreams - young dreams
1:40pm
ski lodge - just to be like you
tiny fireflies - so sad to say goodbye (baffin island cover)
lake ~ perfect fit "the world is real" [k]
northern spies - 2am
beach vacation - escape
2:00pm
brothers in law -  lose control
alapaca sports - he doesn't even like you
the camerawalls - a gentle persuasion (Philippines)
the colleagues - i can never be (Indonesia)
the very most - we don't have any cuts to waste
alexander von mehren ~ winter comes "aeropop" [the control group]
2:20pm
foxygen - san francisco
dead leaf echo - dream of the soft
trilingual - nunca
peter peter - Réverbère
still corners - beatcity
2:40pm
dent may ~ it takes a long time "warm blanket" [paw tracks]
pure bathing culture - seven 2 one
the birthday kiss - can you keep a secret
english singles - ordinary girls
the spinto band - enemy
telekinesis - lean on me
best coast - this lonely morning


Saturday, December 21, 2013

Welcome to the Happyoblivion Holiday Extravaganza, Part Two!  We are continuing with our holiday celebration this week with the best indie holiday songs.  If you missed last week's show, or you want to listen the show again, go ahead and download from the link above.  Enjoy!

12:00pm
gruff rhys - post apolcalypse christmas
the very most - wombling merry christmas
yo la tengo - it's christmas time
asobi seksu - merry christmas (i don't wanna fight)
daydream cycle - christmas is here
julian casablancas - christmas treat
12:20pm
erasure ~ silver bells "snow globe" [mute]
modular - el viaje magico de santa claus
softies - snow like this
velocity girl - merry christmas, i love you
the magic theatre - christmas lights
glo-worm - holiday
12:40pm
dent may - holiday face
the marbles - christmas song
serenades - come home
the late greats - sleigh ride
squirrel nut zippers - santa claus is smoking reefer
fountains of wayne - the man in the santa suit
secretly french - snow is falling
adam and darcie - silver bells
1:00pm
bright eyes - god rest ye merry gentlemen
moscow club - the c s (Japan)
hiroshi morishima - christmas mood (Japan)
kuryakin - snow (Sweden)
camera obscura - little donkey
september girls featuring the #1's - i want you back for christmas
helen love - hark the herald angels sing
1:23pm Santa's Surf Set
los straitjackets - a marshmallow world
the wave benders - do you hear what i hear
surfaris- surfer's christmas list
the ventures - white christmas
the ventures - jingle bell rock
1:40pm
joy electric - lollipop parade (on christmas morn)
metro jets - jingle jangle christmas
red sleeping beauty - christmas
nixon - snow day
karibean - down before xmas (Italy)
fireflies - xmas song
beanpole - let it snow
save ferris - christmas wrapping
2:00pm
pizzicato five - snowflakes
the hopefuls - holiday
bmx bandits - let's make christmas love
stormclouds - cosmic christmas
el vez - brown christmas
element - rockin' around the christmas tree
2:20pm
scattered pearls - christmas is all around
frank de lima - filipino christmas
all-star united - i wish it could be christmas everyday
the jigsaw seen - what about christmas?
the halo benders - snowfall
2:40pm
the forest & the trees - santa claus is coming
the very most - christmas eve
sciflyer - the same thing goes for christmas
sufjan stevens - get behind me, santa!
the long blondes - christmas is cancelled

Saturday, December 14, 2013

Welcome to the Happyoblivion Holiday Extravaganza, Part One!  We have so much holiday music, but will bring you the best 6 hours of holiday music you will hear anywhere.  3 hours this week and 3 hours next week.  Why listen to commercial radio that plays the same handful of songs over and over again?  We have tons of indie holiday tunes and this is the best of the best. If you missed any part of the show, you can download it on the link above.  Enjoy!

12:00pm
super furry animals - juxtaposed with u
the hit parade - christmas tears
the orchids - mr. scrooge
the school - let me be the fairy on your christmas tree tonight
northern portrait - leave the trees alone
math and physics club - it must be christmas
strawberry whiplash - santa needs a holiday
12:20pm
nullsleep - silent night
bubblegum lemonade - white noise christmas
remington super 60 - here comes christmas
the very most - this year, christmas came november 4th
the garlands - christmas song
the silhouettes - under the mistletoe
irene - christmas on the beach
12:40pm
yo la tengo - rock n roll santa
the specimen - wish it would snow
axolotes mexicanos - te espero en navidad
the school - you're coming home tonight
my teenage stride - is it christmastime already?
jens lekman - run away with me
the primitives - you trashed my christmas
1:00pm
fountains of wayne - i want an alien for christmas
attic lights - why should christmas be so hard?
best coast, wavves - got something for you
parker lewis & matilda berggren - all alone on christmas
saint etienne - i was born on christmas day
guille milkyway - holding hands around the world
1:20pm Surf Set
the ventures - blue christmas
the hollyberries - i wanna go surfin' with santa
the surf boys - i told santa claus i want you
the wave benders - deck the halls
the takeoffs - santa claus is coming to surf...!
1:32pm
squirrel nut zippers - sleigh ride
tender trap - leaving christmas day
the icicles - snowman
la casa azul - los anillos de alcyone
the jigsaw seen - snow angels of pigtown
edine avec lisle mitnik et son orchestre - x-mas song
band a part - donde todo sigue igual
the yearning - i just wanna hold your hand (on christmas day)
the orange peels - grey holiday
2:00pm
the raveonettes - the christmas song
shonen knife - space christmas
pet shop boys - it doesn't often snow at christmas
the bird and the bee - carol of the bells
xtc - thanks for christmas
misterfireflies - snow begins to fall
2:20pm
acid house kings - christmas
sally shapiro - anorak christmas (club mix)
the magnetic fields - everything is one big christmas tree
the very most - away in a manger
erasure ~ the christmas song "snow globe" [mute]
slow club - christmas (baby please come home)
karibean - xmas vibrations (Italy)
2:40pm
tiny fireflies - snow
au revoir simone - fallen snow
eleanor friedberger - santa, bring my baby back to me
belle and sebastian - winter wooskie
betty & the cavaleros - love will come back to you
louis armstrong (verve remixed christmas) - 'zat you, santa claus? (the heavy remix)

Saturday, December 7, 2013

I'm back!  Hope you had a nice Thanksgiving weekend!  Thanks to Maynard G for subbing in for me last week.

Check out the KTUH web page for the Happyoblivion Top Trackswhere I review some recent favorite tunes: http://ktuh.org/happyoblivion-top-tracks/

Lots of fun indie pop for you today.  And the next two weeks we will have the Happyoblivion Holiday Extravaganza--the best holiday music you will hear anywhere!

12:00pm
super furry animals - juxtaposed with u
dent may ~ it takes a long time "warm blanket" [paw tracks]
jens lekman - sipping on the sweet nectar
french films - all the time you got
the felt tips - lyrics by lennon
young romance - follow on your own
12:20pm
of montreal + os mutantes - bat macumba
der englische garten - philoma bar (Germany)
the groovy cellar - my bavarian town (Germany)
orange yellow red - we ran (UK)
tennis ~ timothy "small sound" [communion]
spotlight kid - sugar pills (UK)
12:40pm
finnmark! - everyone's dying (UK)
the birthday club - can you keep a secret (UK)
the secret history - anthony!
bubblegum lemonade - falling in love with a sad song
blessa - between times (UK)
the creases - i won't wait (Australia)
1:00pm
slow beach - slow down (Japan)
standard fare - rumours
tape waves - age of consent (new order cover)
la bien querida - de momento abril (Spain)
best coast ~ fear of my identity "fade away" [jewel city]
1:20pm Surf Set
martin cilia - makua beach
royals - precision
holidays - concussion
the cocktail preachers - slingshot to durango
1:35pm
lilies on mars - dream of bees
buffetlibre - the shade in the sun "songs for elaine" [tommy boy]
dutch barn - so dead
math and physics club - that's what love is
flowers - shy (Japan)
verskotzi ~ honey "lemon heart" [s/r]
northern portrait - the fallen aristocracy (Denmark)
ducktails ~ honey tiger eyes "wish hotel" [domino]
2:00pm
cults ~ shine a light "static" [Columbia]
cut copy ~ take me higher "Free Your Mind" [Loma Vista]
paradise - i can feel your love
silver screen - from a window to the indefinite
alpaca sports - let's go somewhere
2:20pm
les bicyclettes de belsize - secrets (4-tet version)
the wild swans - intravenous
the bridge - the loveless
kisses - funny heartbeat
slow magic ~ corvette cassette "triangle" [Lebensstrasse]
the primitives - thru the flowers
2:40pm
presents for sally - smoke signals
wild nothing - the body in rainfall
beach vacation - stay a while
club 8 - a small piece of heaven
phantogram ~ celebrating nothing "phantogram" [universal]
delorean - stay close (RAC mix)