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Saturday, January 30, 2016

Thanks for tuning in!  Today's playlist (updated as the show progresses):

12:00pm
super furry animals - juxtaposed with u
simian ghost - cut-off point (Sweden)
kensei ogata - on the beach (Japan)
brothers in law - oh, sweet song (Spain)
gomes the hitman - jozetsu sutakkato (Japan)
12:20pm
in the white - black light (don't look towards me) (Japan)
the fin. - anchorless ship (Japan)
VLIVM - looking for a day
the recreations - swing together (Japan)
tangible excitement! - northland food court
12:40pm
tendouji - groupeee (Japan)
soda fountain rag - lovesong for the geek
dressy bessy ~ dirty birdies "kingsized" [yep roc]
why we love - lucky one
SaToA - kesa (this morning) (Japan)
tsuchiyamakoto - hide & seek (Japan)
1:00pm
caramel snow - the ouija board
watoo watoo - ce vide (France)
amber arcades - turning light (Netherlands)
martin courtney ~ before we begin "many moons" [domino]
ride - magical spring
summer fiction - perfume paper
1:20pm Surf Set
the surfaders ~ dust from the sun "a greater silence" [turbasco]
burt rocket - the wreck
the meltones - air time II
the surfites - la ronde infernale
the scavengers - curfue
the madiera - burning mirage
1:40pm
yaoyoros - toke dashita natsu ni (Japan)
california snow story - suddenly everything happens (UK)
cozy catastrophes ~ hideaway "Have You Ever Heard of Cozy Catastrophes?" [jigsaw]
the spook school ~ everybody needs to be in love  "try to be hopeful" [fortuna pop]
the chills - when the poor can reach the moon
post modern team - one night stand (Japan)
2:00pm
hoshi - on top of the fence (Japan)
the leaves - maybe tonight (Japan)
dot dash - tatters
cola jet set - sabado (Spain)
chirping - heist (Sweden)
2:20pm
glitter - the animal
Céu - baile de ilusao (Brazil)
sappy - swimming night (Japan)
the airplanes - big world
the nivens - let loose of my knee
jessica & the fletchers - walk in the park (Spain)
2:40pm
ancient youth club - manhattan (Japan)
los bonsais - hijo del senor (Spain)
beat happening ~ in between "look around" [domino]
club 8 - late nights (Sweden)
azure blue - baby you are a star (Sweden)
cast - back of my mind
the ocean blue - between something and nothing
3:00pm
teen runnings - high school love

Saturday, January 23, 2016

Welcome back to the Happyoblivion Show!  Here's today's playlist (updated as the show progresses):

12:00pm
super furry animals - juxtaposed with u
sambassadeur - days (Sweden)
doggy - mon colonel (France)
the suncharms - wash away
boyish - 1990 (Japan)
band a part - verano azul, invierno nuclear (Spain)
12:20pm
argo - alternate ending
california snow story - my life is only a daydream
the spook school ~ august 17th "try to be hopeful" [fortuna pop] (Scotland)
why we love - lucky one
gomes the hitman - kotoba wa uso-tsuki (Japan)
king of prussia - spain in the summertime
12:40pm
stereolab - super-electric
simian ghost - a million shining colours
the arctic flow - isle of palms
homecomings - great escape (Japan)
yaoyoros - aurora beat (Japan)
1:00pm
kensei ogata - gerbera (Japan)
the besnard lakes ~ golden lion "a coliseum complex museum [jagjaguwar]
teenage fanclub - baby lee
cayetana - age of consent
faded old city - SUMMER TIME (shibata balloon at dawn remix) (Japan)
the recreations - swing together (Japan)
1:25pm Surf Set
the surfaris - point panic
the surfites - ankle busters
the nebulas - swan lake
martin cilia - surf explosion
the surfaders ~ dust from the sun "a greater silence" [turbasco]
burt rocket - hang twang
1:45pm
brothers in law - middle of nowhere (Spain)
crescendo - repulsor
soft science - breaking
lady flash - love bill murray (Japan)
sappy - teenage pops (Japan)
2:00pm
the gentle isolation - faraway 2016 (Philippines)
fandaze - city girl (Japan)
the artisans - yield to the night
lake - roger miller
lia pamina - whirlwind
2:20pm
the luxembourg signal - dying star
ACBs - ocean
the wild swans - disintegrating
washed out - all i know
beulah - gravity's bringing us down
2:40pm
mayu kitaki - latata (Japan)
la casa azul - todas tus amigas (Spain)
violens - totally true
outerhope - no end in sight (Philippines)
the legendary house cats - river


Saturday, January 16, 2016

Welcome to this week's Happyoblivion Show!  Hope you are having a great weekend. Just a few more weeks before our big frequency change from 90.3 to 90.1FM, so stayed tuned! Playlist updated as the show progresses. 

12:00pm
super furry animals - juxtaposed with u
lush - lit up
holiday - well enough alone
wild nothing - chinatown
northern portrait - some people (Denmark)
autumn leaves - every night
12:20pm
lake - perfect fit
spy - heaven
knife pleats ~ terrible "hat bark beach" [jigsaw]
hipflasks - a lovely scar
the strange creatures - i feel like i'm on drugs (Philippines)
the minders - yeah yeah yeah
12:40pm
tesco chainstore mascara - tomorrow
talulah gosh - be your baby
the nivens - let loose of my knee
the bridge - summertime
we. the pigs - something new
yaoyoros - toke dashita natsu ni (Japan)
1:00pm
the fiction aisle ~ major seventh "heart map rubric" [Chord Orchard]
the suncharms - wash away
pocketbooks - five day forecast
the spook school ~ i want to kiss you "try to be hopeful" [fortuna pop!]
british sea power - living is so easy
silver screen - really no wonder
1:20pm Surf Set
dick dale & the del-tones - taco wagon
the surfites - surfville
the astronauts - surf party
atomic mosquitos - danger island
surfaris - dick dale medley: let's go trippin', surf beat, miserlou (live)
1:40pm
the bilinda butchers - heaven holds a place
the simple carnival - caitlin's on the beach
tacocat - stereogram
veronica falls - waiting for something to happen
kishi bashi ~ the ballad of mr. steak "string quartet live!" [joyful noise]
tv girl - birds don't sing
2:00pm
martin courtney ~ foto "many moons" [domino]
the leaves - burn it all (Japan)
crayon fields - she's my hero
apples in stereo - seems so
jens lekman - you are the light
2:20pm
tori project - goodbye, dear people (Japan)
seadance - playin'
brideshead ~ that kind of girl "never grow up" [dufflecoat] (Germany)
the school ~ he's gonna break your heart one day "wasting away and wondering" [elefant]
pictured resort ~ first kids "now and on" [miles apart] (Japan)
saint etienne - erica america
2:40pm
barcelona - west coast radio
ski lodge - crush your heart
shunkan - our names
the orange peels - back in san francisco
tullycraft - stowaway
craft spells - after the moment

Saturday, January 9, 2016

The Happyoblivion Show starts a half hour sooner than usual today, so you can tune in starting at 11:30am HST.  Thanks for tuning in!  Playlist updated as show progresses.

We are currently ONLINE only as we work on the transmitter, so please listen at ktuh.org!
UPDATE 12:30pm--we are back on air, so find us at 90.3fm (or 91.1fm North Shore).

cooper - entre girasoles
11:30am
super furry animals - juxtaposed with you
martin courtney ~ vestiges "many moons" [domino]
ride - magical spring
cape canaveral - oblivious (galaxie 500 cover)
summer fiction - on and on
camera obscura - break it to you gently
velocity girl - tripping wires
the icicles - chasing fireflies
wallflower - feverfew
12:00pm
the fin. - anchorless ship (Japan)
brideshead ~ me and the stars and the sea "never grow up" [dufflecoat] (Germany)
alpaca sports - need me the most (Sweden)
helen love - teenage soap opera
the muscadettes - earthquake
12:20pm
juvenile juvenile - feel the same (Japan)
moscow club - band of outsiders
letting up despite great faults - ride
the orchids - she's just a girl
the yearning - it's you that i want
cooper - entre girasoles (Spain)
love dance - bergen, again
12:40pm
shin rizumu - in the mood for surfing (Japan)
yelle - florence en italie
lost tapes - speechless
zebras - try
the depreciation guild - dream about me
1:00pm
northern portrait - sporting a scar (Denmark)
teen runnings - high school love (Japan)
the school ~ when i fall in love "wasting away and wondering" [elefant]
heavenly - shallow
cub - your bed
go sailor - together forever in love
rose melberg - i don't want live on the moon
1:20pm Surf Set
aqua velvets - nervous on neptune
man or astro-man? - interstellar hardrive
the kilaueas - rumble & run
the meltones - custom cruiser
the spytones - surfing salzburg
reverb galaxy - invasion
burt rocket ~ the wreck "fiberglass frenzy" [double crown]
1:40pm
the chills - molten gold
gingerlys - summer cramps
palms on fire - sword and shield
the fiction aisle ~ blue "heart map rubric" [Chord Orchard]
detective agency - eastford lake
2:00pm
jessica & the fletchers - my blue jumper (Spain)
mercury girls - sulk (live)
cozy catastrophes ~ summer boy "Have You Ever Heard of Cozy Catastrophes?" [jigsaw]
beat happening ~ cast a shadow "look around" [domino]
tullycraft - skyway
azure blue - reflections (Sweden)
2:20pm
post modern team - one night stand (Japan)
tiny fireflies - galaxy
soft science - breaking
kids on a crime spree - the karl kardel building
the leaves - maybe tonight (Japan)
dot dash - walls closing in
2:40pm
ancient youth club - manhattan (Japan)
vacaciones - alianza interplanetaria (Spain)
the arctic flow - when we were something
lush - i have the moon
the magnetic fields - 100,000 fireflies
the bilinda butchers - teen dream

Saturday, January 2, 2016

The best LPs of 2015

Time for the best LPs of 2015!  Top 20 countdown towards the second half of the show.  Happy New Year!

track listings: band name - song (LP name in parentheses)
OR
newer tracks are listed as: band name - song name "album name" [label]

12:00pm
skittle alley - boy meets girl (France) (love is an action LP)
belle & sebastian - allie (girls in peacetime want to dance LP)
best coast - sleep won't ever come (california nights LP)
westkust - swirl (Last forever LP) (Sweden)
funeral advantage - sisters (Body Is Dead LP)
iko cherie - good to you again (dreaming on LP) (France)
12:20pm
lightning in a twilight hour - the pattern room (Fragments Of A Former Moon LP)
sleuth - is it true (out of the blue period LP)
the rightovers - canyon country (blue blood LP)
the bird & the bee - lovey dovey (recreational love LP)
seapony - saw the light (a vision LP)
jessica & the fletchers - jane's song (connecting people LP) (Spain)
12:40pm
the go! team - the scene between (the scene between LP)
tiny fireflies - taken (the space between LP)
the manhattan love suicides - (never stop) hating you (More Heat! More Panic! LP)
the spook school - burn masculinity "Try to be Hopeful" [fortuna pop]
stars in coma - pieces of a lonely night (The Ghosts Were Prolific In Our Minds LP) (Sweden)
cozy catastrophes ~ hideaway "Have You Ever Heard of Cozy Catastrophes?" [jigsaw]
1:00pm
moscow club - celine (feat. amanda akerman from alpaca sports) (Outfit Of The Day LP) (Japan)
the catenary wires - when you walk away (Red Red Skies LP)
space daze - was never (Capture a Thing LP) (danny rowland from seapony)
destroyer ~ dream lover "poison season" [dead oceans]
strawberry whiplash ~ time takes you away " Stuck In The Never Ending" [matinee]
les bicyclettes de belsize - beatnik song (Past, Present, Future LP)
1:20pm
the surfaders ~ hot club du surf "a greater silence" [turbasco]
the mantles ~ doorframe "all odds end" [slumberland]
miracle strip - daydreams of crashing (magic milk LP) (Scotland)
miami horror ~ wild motion (set it free) "all possible futures" [dine alone]
finnmark! - cardigan fields (Things Always Change LP) (Leeds, UK)
the sun days - get him off your mind (album LP) (Sweden)
1:40pm
cinerama - deer caught in the headlights (valentina--remake of wedding present LP--david gedge project)
20. azure blue - every ending story (Beneath The Hill I Smell The Sea LP) (Sweden)
19. the chills ~ when the poor can reach the moon "silver bullets" [fire] (Dunedin, New Zealand)
18. hibou ~ dissolve "hibou" [barsuk]
17. dragonfly collector - dragonfly collector (the world is your oyster LP) (Philippines)
2:00pm
16. dot dash - the winter of discontent (Earthquakes & Tidal Waves)
15. burt rocket ~ boss board "fiberglass frenzy" [double crown]
14. line & circle - out of metaphors (split figure LP)
13. momoiro clover z ~ Chu tobu! Ozashiki ressha "5th dimension" [starchild] (Japan)
12. summer fiction - perfume paper (Himalaya LP)
2:20pm
11. surf city ~ spec city "Jekyll Island" [fire] (New Zealand)
10. strange babes - holiday (self-titled LP)
9. flyying colours ~ in the end "EPX2" [shelflife]
8. knife pleats ~ one step too far "hat bark beach" [jigsaw]
7. viewtorino - getting better (viewpoint LP) (Japan)
6. big quiet ~ ghost "big quiet" [slumberland]
5. pictured resort - now and on "now and on" [miles apart] (Japan)
2:40pm
4. cola jet set ~ no te enamores de mi "El Fin Del Mundo" [elefant] (Spain)
3. martin courtney ~ northern highway "many moons" [domino]
2. the school ~ wasting away and wondering "wasting away and wondering" [elefant]
1. brideshead ~ at 45 rpm "never grow up" [dufflecoat] (Germany)
bonus tracks
yo la tengo - friday i'm in love (stuff like that there LP)
surfer blood - saber tooth & bone (1000 palms LP)

Saturday, December 26, 2015

Best of 2015 - Singles & EPs

 

This is the Happyoblivion Best of 2015, part 1 of 2 this week.  We will go over the best singles & EPs, including the 20 best singles/EPs for 2015.  Some singles are off of LPs that didn't make the cut for best albums, but just happen to be good enough to stand on their own.  Oh, and just a couple releases from late 2014 as well (Jangleberries--November 2014, Shin Rizumu--December 24, 2014).  First part of the show features songs in no particular order, but the latter part of the show we do our top 20 countdown!

Part 2 will be next week and we will look back at the best LPs (full length albums) of 2015!

12:00pm
tame impala ~ the moment "currents" [interscope]
tv girl - natalie wood
soft science - breaking (7" release)
bodyheat - sleep on it (Scotland)
jens lekman - postcard #33 (Sweden)
12:20pm
shin rizumu - if you hear a bell (Japan)
the luxembourg signal - dying star (cirrus)
la bien querida - vueltas (Spain)
hearsays - talking across the room (Japan)
the chandler estate - flash
12:40pm
simon love - the meaning of love
nic hessler - do you ever
the treasures of mexico - stars
kensei ogata - golden hair (Japan)
cristina quesada - just like honey (Spain)
the saint valentine state (lost tapes + wallflower) - moments are moments
1:00pm
death by unga bunga ~ stare at the sun "tell me why" [jansen]
coughs - waking and sleeping (Japan)
double françoise - les french chanteuses (France)
the jangleberries - boyhood heroes (Australia)
HINDS - bamboo (Spain)
1:20pm
the arctic flow - daffodils
giorgio tuma with laetitia sadier - through your hands love can shine
aloha aloha - l'odyssée (France)
and summer club - in your bed (Japan)
los bonsais - hijo del senor (son of a gun) (Spain)
club 8 - late nights
1:40pm
wave and so - today we meet (Thailand)
boyish - second summer love (coming back!) (Japan)
20. kero kero bonito - picture this (UK)
19. humsikk - i can always be around you (Indonesia)
18. gypsy & the cat - can't stop me now (Australia)
17. seagull travels - kaleidoscope girl (Japan)
2:00pm
16. the muscadettes - i'm in love (Canada)
15. kid wave - best friend (UK)
14. gardens & villa ~ fixations "music for dogs" [secretly canadian]
13. obedient wives club - that boy (Singapore)
12. red sleeping beauty - always (Sweden)
2:20pm
11. axolotes mexicanos - infectados (Spain)
10. deep fields - leonidas
9. attic lights - war years (reworked by la casa azul)
8. gomes the hitman - Seikimatsu no Koronbusu [century of columbus] (Japan)
7. youthmemory - raspberry (Japan)
2:40pm
6. french pop dream - now would be a good time (UK)
5. moscow club - band of outsiders (Japan)
4. star tropics - swept away
3. the golden eaves - no other (Germany)
2. wallflower - feverfew (Japan)
1. alpaca sports - just like them (when you need me the most EP) (Sweden)

Saturday, December 19, 2015


Welcome to the Happyoblivion Holiday Special, Part Two!  Thanks for tuning in to all the best indie pop/rock and surf tunes for the holidays.  Happy Holidays to you all!

12:00pm
metro jets - jingle jangle christmas
xtc - thanks for christmas
the very most - little saint nick
shonen knife - space christmas
best coast & wavves - got something for you
the raveonettes - christmas song
12:20pm
fitness forever - Su Šventom Kalėdom
helen love & friends - the townhall band
red sleeping beauty - christmas
edine avec lisle mitnik et son orchestre - x-mas song
tesco chainstore mascara - santa baby
velocity girl - merry christmas, i love you
belle & sebastian - santa claus
my teenage stride - is it christmastime already?
12:40pm
sunturns - would you
paradise - peace on earth
september girls - i want you back (for christmas)
modular - el viaje magico de santa claus
yo la tengo - it's christmas time
karibean - xmas vibrations (Italy)
1:00pm
curumi chronicle - white sweet cake
fireflies - x-mas song
haruca hinata - the christmas song
dent may - holiday face
the weddings - christmas morning
belle & sebastian - santa, bring my baby back to me
1:20pm Santa's Surf Set
bitch boys - jingle bells
aqualads - we wish you a merry xmas
the wave benders - do you hear what i hear
los straitjackets - a marshmallow world
surfaris- surfer's christmas list
bonesharks - little drummer boy
the ventures - santa claus is comin' to town
urban surf kings - we three kings
the mobsmen - Så Går Vi Rundt Om En Enebærbusk
surfites - santa claus goes surfin'
1:40pm
parker lewis & matilda berggren - all alone on christmas
the magnetic fields - everything is one big christmas tree
the marbles - christmas song
tiny fireflies - snow
the soft city - snow keeps falling
the magic theatre - christmas lights
2:00pm
the mynabirds - all i want is truth (for christmas)
beanpole - let it snow
the new mendicants - a very sorry christmas
tacocat - snow day
the very most - away in a manger
softies - snow like this
2:20pm
daydream cycle - christmas is here (Philippines)
summer cats - plastic christmas trees
theoretical girl - wonderful christmastime
slow club - christmas (baby please come home)
popguns - in red and white
asobi seksu - merry christmas (i don't wanna fight)
pizzicato five - snowflakes
tramgirl karaoke club - an eighties christmas song demo
2:40pm
it happens - fudge (christmas issue)
homecomings - winter bargain
carousel - christmas time with you
the hopefuls - holiday
stormclouds - cosmic christmas
frank delima - filipino christmas

Saturday, December 12, 2015

Yes, it's that time of year! Holiday indiepop music on the Happyoblivion Show today and next week, too.  Happy holidays to you all!

Many thanks to Ross Jackson for subbing last week's show for me.

12:00pm
the hit parade - christmas tears
northern portrait - leave the trees alone
red sleeping beauty - merry christmas, marie
les bicyclettes de belsize - the advent calendar
the school - let me be the fairy on your christmas tree tonight
tesco chainstore mascara - last christmas
12:20pm
squirrel nut zippers - sleigh ride
the icicles - snowman
strawberry whiplash - santa needs a holiday
the primitives - you trashed my christmas
gomes the hitman - deck the halls
attic lights - why should christmas be so hard?
the very most - this year, christmas came november 4th
12:40pm
the silhouettes - under the mistletoe
wallflower - looks like snow
boyish - love affair (Christmas version)
jens lekman - run away with me
Hiroshi Morishima - Christmas Mood
helen love - hark the herald angels sing
1:00pm
french pop dream - silver bells
axolotes mexicanos - te espero en navidad
tender trap - leaving christmas day
fountains of wayne - i want an alien for christmas
the jigsaw seen - snow angels of pigtown
moscow club - the c s (christmas song)
1:20pm Santa's Surf Set
the ventures - blue christmas
the hollyberries - i wanna go surfin' with santa
the takeoffs - santa claus is coming to surf...!
the excelsiors - good king wenceslas
the surfites - staffan var en stalledrang 
jon & the nightriders - sleigh ride
neptunas - mistletoe twist
mel-tones - silent night
lunatics - rocknuts
1:40pm
nullsleep - silent night
guille milkyway - holding hands around the world
the garlands - christmas song
irene - christmas on the beach
the orchids - mr. scrooge
sunturns - the axial tilt
kurakin - snow
2:00pm
acid house kings - christmas
yo la tengo - rock n roll santa 
math and physics club - it must be christmas
bubblegum lemonade - white noise christmas
remington super 60 - here comes christmas 
saint etienne - i was born on christmas day
2:20pm
la casa azul - los anillos de alcyone
band a part - donde todo sigue igual
the school - you're coming home tonight
the yearning - i just wanna hold your hand (on christmas day)
the specimen - wish it would snow
some gorgeous accident - snowfall
2:40pm
au revoir simone - fallen snow
the bird and the bee - carol of the bells
misterfireflies - snow begins to fall
fandaze - (all we need) for the special day
all-star united - i wish it could be christmas everyday
sally shapiro - anorak christmas (club mix) 

Saturday, November 28, 2015


Welcome back to the Happyoblivion Show! This is the last show for November.  2015 is passing by quickly!

The superb Ross Jackson will be subbing in for me on December 5.  I'll be back with indie holiday music on December 12 and 19!

12:00pm
super furry animals - juxtaposed with u
sameblod - my fortune (Sweden)
hoshi - on top of the fence (Japan)
chirping - ambitions (Sweden)
simian ghost - a million shining colours (Sweden)
the leaves - burn it all (Japan)
12:20pm
eggstone - thema version 2
tsuchiyamakoto - logbook (Japan)
k.k. house - cinderella (Japan)
cola jet set - dosificate (Spain)
dot dash - tatters
someloves - know you now
12:40pm
the echo field - watch your step (Sweden)
push kings - florida
brideshead ~ at melancholy bay "never grow up" [dufflecoat] (Germany)
alpaca sports ~ just like them "when you need me the most" [elefant] (Sweden)
flyying colours ~ feathers "EPX2" [shelflife]
the school ~ i will see you soon "wasting away and wondering" [elefant]
cristina quesada - just for fun (alpaca sports cover)
1:00pm
ancient youth club - milk (Japan)
surf city - thumbs up (New Zealand)
other too pure songs - sunday (Japan)
gardens & villa ~ fixations "music for dogs" [secretly canadian]
honey mustard sauce - freezer (Japan)
pictured resort - promised paradise (Japan)
1:20pm Surf Set
the meltones - reef patrol
burt rocket - boss board
dick dale & his del-tones - what'd i say
the playboys - jungle fever
de surfures - rock'n'roll clef
the surfites - the picador (the excelsiors cover)
the surfaders ~ teenage rendezvous at the ballroom "a greater silence" [turbasco]
sputnicks - so much love
1:40pm
star tropics - swept away
los bonsais - el puente de aggi (Spain)
gomes the hitman - kotoba wa uso-tsuki (Japan)
attic lights - war years (reworked by la casa azul)
helen love - my imagination
2:00pm
the lightning seeds - a small slice of heaven
the mantles - police my love
the hit parade - you didn't love me then
martin courtney ~ northern highway "many moons" [domino]
kuroma ~ divine hammer "20+ centuries" [votive]
the belljars - found you (Sweden)
2:20pm
electric pop group - popgirly
someone still loves you boris yeltsin - full possession of all her powers
detective agency - mistery 23
voxes - sons of summer (France)
westkust - swirl
talk in tongues - still don't seem to care
2:40pm
telekinesis - edgewood
goodly thousands - kiss me upside-down
tame impala ~ disciples "currents" [interscope]
weekender - floaty feeling, blue
the arctic flow - when we were something
death by unga bunga ~ stare at the sun "tell me why" [jansen]
strawberry whiplash - stop, look and listen

Saturday, November 21, 2015

Thanks for tuning in the the Happyoblivion Show!  I'm sure this is how all you listeners tune in, right?

12:00pm
super furry animals - juxtaposed with u
the radio dept - this repeated sodomy
ride - taste
other too pure songs - these are the days i forgot to write down (Japan)
dot dash - rainclouds
detective agency - why do i try
cola jet set - seguro de felicidad (Spain)
pearlfishers - the young picnickers
12:20pm
knife pleats - one step too far
los bonsais - nada que hacer (nothing to be done) (Spain)
puffy amiyumi - sunrise (Japan)
juvenile juvenile - i love only when you're cute (Japan)
martin courtney ~ foto "many moons" [domino]
the hermit crabs - stuart murray
12:40pm
movienite - teen acne
alpaca sports ~ my favorite girlfriend "when you need me the most" [elefant] (Sweden)
acid house kings - say yes if you love me (Sweden)
milkyway - i know (Spain)
ancient youth club - manhattan (Japan)
linton and stewart - looking for a stranger on the shore 
postal blue - bitterness is sweet
1:00pm
azure blue - little confusions (Sweden)
brideshead ~ the mermaid "never grow up" [dufflecoat] (Germany)
sambassadeur - subtle changes (Sweden)
stars in coma - amelie (Sweden)
red sleeping beauty - always (Sweden)
club 8 - late nights (Sweden)
1:25pm Surf Set
tikiyaki orchestra - chateau leilani
burt rocket - wave vehicle
the majestics - big noise from makaha
the surfites - little rocket mill
chancellor's - jam
the kilaueas - orchid avenue
the surfaders ~ hot club du surf "a greater silence" [turbasco]
stronzo gelantino & the boo-men - do the demare
1:45pm
shin rizumu - if you hear a bell (Japan)
days - downhill
bruising - emo friends
cults - um canto de afoxe para o bloco de ile
2:00pm
static animal - majorca (Australia)
happydeadmen - life inside a frame (Sweden)
strawberry whiplash - never ending now
the arctic flow - when we were something
Yüksen Buyers House - Snooze (Japan)
2:20pm
westkust - dishwasher (Sweden)
featherfin - the crimson spill (Norway)
tame impala ~ the moment "currents" [interscope]
death by unga bunga ~ stare at the sun "tell me why" [jansen]
the west coast pop art experimental band - here's where you belong
2:40pm
pelle carlberg - clever girls like clever boys much more than clever boys like clever girls
beulah - cruel minor change
secretly french - love (Sweden)
the mary onettes - lost (Sweden)
tiger tape - stanna för alltid, gå härifrån (Sweden)
kuryakin - rain

Saturday, November 14, 2015



Ride is playing at the Republik (in Honolulu) on Thursday, November 19!  My very first concert experience was Ride and Charlatans UK at the Palladium in Los Angeles.  So this week we will feature music from Ride.  Enjoy!

12:00pm
super furry animals - juxtaposed with u
ride - cool your boots
ride - mousetrap
los bonsáis - hijo del senor (vaselines: son of a gun) (Spain)
humsikk - i can always be around you (Indonesia)
12:20pm
alpaca sports - there's no one like you (Sweden)
the arctic flow - daffodils
brideshead - the whole world (Germany)
cola jet set - no te enamores de mi (Spain)
la casa azul - la fiesta universal (Spain)
12:40pm
the gentle isolation - faraway (Philippines)
the full teenz - swim! swim! (new ver.) (Japan)
lucky tapes - peace and magic (Japan)
littlekids - inside (Japan)
dot dash - flowers
hinds - between cans (Spain)
1:00pm
ride - time of her time
ride - making judy smile
ride - chelsea girl
strawberry whiplash - too close to call
villa! - kinu kaido (Japan)
weekender - floaty feeling, blue
1:25pm Surf Set
the meltones - surf before sunrise
the 'verb - boogie at the beach
the surfites - moon made
the stingrays - panic beach
the mutants - beachwolley mudparty
burt rocket - sea-n-shore
de surfures - rock 'n' roll clef
trabants - mecca
the surfaders ~ sarpha "a greater silence" [turbasco]
1:50pm 
featherfin - nananarama (Norway)
vacaciones - salvación (Spain)
martin courtney ~ asleep "many moons" [domino]
the hermit crabs - i'm a fool
2:00pm
ride - twisterella
ride - let's get lost
ride - like a daydream
the depreciation guild - dream about me
wavr- spun
2:20pm
moose - last night i fell again
the silent love - vapour trail (Indonesia)
lush - heavenly nobodies
teenage fanclub - pet rock
the charlatans UK - the only one i know
stars in coma - pieces of a lonely night (Sweden)
2:40pm
attic lights - future bounds (reworked by la casa azul)
red sleeping beauty - breaking up is easy (Sweden)
star tropics - swept away
the mantles - doorframe
ride - 1000 miles

Saturday, November 7, 2015


Thanks for tuning in to the Happyoblivion Show!

12:00pm
super furry animals - juxtaposed with u
wallflower - feverfew (Japan)
alpaca sports - i love you (Sweden)
brideshead - me and the stars and the sea (Germany)
other too pure songs - sunday (Japan)
strawberry whiplash - time takes you away
12:20pm
shin rizumu - happy rain j-wave jingle 2 (Japan)
moscow club - carven (Japan)
club 8 - late nights (Sweden)
the radio dept. - heaven's on fire
.tonight. - louvre (Japan)
detective agency - lightbulb
the death of pop - only now
12:40pm
the airplanes - big world
poastal - dizzy
milkyway - bubblegum (Spain)
magic kids - phone song
boogarinz ~ 6000 dias "manual" [other music]  (Brazil)
1:00pm
tsuda yuitsu group - uso kamo shirenai (Japan)
juvenile juvenile - feel the same (Japan)
humsikk - i can always be around you (Indonesia)
i saw you yesterday - malibu (Japan)
pictured resort - head west (Japan)
the cure - friday i'm in love
1:20pm Surf Set
the chancellor - mach one
burt rocket - santo's hot rod
the meltones - custom cruiser
the twang-o-matics - test drive
man or astro-man? - engines of difference
terry and the renegades - live drive
phantom 309 - motor oil
dick dale & his del-tones - the lonesome road
the surfites - cycle sounds (the angry breed cover)
1:43pm
neighbor. - echoes
movienite - teen acne
post modern team - listen in the time (private monika remix) (Japan)
postal blue - i always knew
2:00pm
the decibels - radio
the school ~ love is anywhere you find it "wasting away and wondering" [elefant]
the icicles - crazy
flowers - ego loss
the shifting sands - coming back (New Zealand)
super vhs - conservative (Japan)
2:20pm
eddy dillon - rest easy
martin courtney ~ northern highway "many moons" [domino]
pure bathing culture ~ darling, save us "pray for rain" [memphis industries]
ride - i don't know where it comes from
diiv - dopamine
2:40pm
the ocean blue - between something and nothing
Iko Chérie - go now!
wavves ~ pony "v" [warner brothers]
boyracer - jump
hearsays - talking across the room (Japan)
gomes the hitman - unicorn and a new horizon (Japan)