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This show features several new releases from March 29. More information about the records is below.*Update!* I think I mentioned in this show that All Eternals Deck was the Mountain Goats third LP, which is obviously incorrect (ouch, indie cred!). What I meant to and should have said was that this is the third LP with a more rock-oriented trio. Sorry, ya'll.Beat City Radio #583 PlaylistDownload show (right-click, save target as): Beat City Radio #583Stream: A Few of This Week's New Releases The Mountain Goats released All Eternals Deck, which takes its name from a fictional set of tarot cards. The album shows that John Darnielle's songwriting is still quite solid and the rhythm section gets a boost from Superchunk drummer Jon Wurster.  Stream the album on NPR's website. Favorite tracks: Damn These Vampires, High Hawk Season, The Autopsy Garland, For Charles Bronson, Birth of Serpents.Hosannas is a duo from Portlandia who create sweeping and beautiful experimental dream pop tinged with cosmic spaghetti western sounds and shoegazing tendencies. They are back with a FREE EP, Thug Life Nicole, that follows the release of their third album, Together late last year. Find out more about the band and download the EP from the link above.Bonus mp3s:   Hosannas - Obsolete PeopleHosannas - Walroos From the Moon Duo website: "Moon Duo was formed by Ripley Johnson of Wooden Shjips and Sanae Yamada in San Francisco in 2009. Inspired initially by the legendary duo of John Coltrane and Rashied Ali, Moon Duo counts such variant groups as Silver Apples, Royal Trux, Moolah, Suicide, and Cluster as touchstones. Utilizing primarily guitar, keyboards, and vocals, the Duo plays space against form to create a primeval sound experience." This experimental psychedelic duo dropped Mazes this week on Sacred Bones Records.Bonus mp3s:Moon Duo - MazesMoon Duo - ScarsMoon Duo - When You Cut The Pains of Being Pure at Heart are a shoegazing bliss/gliss rock quartet from Brooklyn, NY. They released their debut self-titled album a couple of years ago to much critical acclaim. That record was very much rooted in the 80s, with elements of post-punk, dream pop, twee, and the C86 sound. It was a very saccharine heart-on-the-sleeve album, but balanced those elements with some darker tones and distortion. The sophomore album, Belong out on Slumberland Records, builds on the first album's elements and takes them further with a BIG and slick wall of sound production style, courtesy of Flood and Alan Moulder (Smashing Pumpkins, My Bloody Valentine, Depeche Mode). The overall sound of this album is early 90s guitar pop-rock, though there are some synth-washed tracks that recall Modern English and The Cure. Belong is a big-sounding, shimmering and slick, heart-breakingly blissful record that glides along beautifully and is enjoyable, though cloying at times. Favorite tracks: Heart in Your Heartbreak, My Terrible Friend,Anne With an E, The Body.Bonus mp3:The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - I Wanna Go All the Way (B-side of the Belong 7" vinyl single).We also played a new one from Swedish indie rockers Peter Bjorn and John's new album, Gimme Some and a couple from Dirty Beaches. We'll feature Dirty Beaches in another post.Enjoy!Bonus Video: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Young Adult Friction from The Pains of Being Pure at Heart out on Slumberland Records in 2009.

Beat City Radio #585 PlaylistDownload (right-click, save target as): Beat City Radio #585Stream: Bonus Video: Yes, this is a joke.

 Utah County Swillers Source: gonzoshots.com  Beat City Radio #584 PlaylistDownload the show (right-click, save target as): Beat City Radio #584Stream: Tonight's show is a mix of Psychobilly, Cow Punk, Roots Punk, Goth Rock, Surf, and more. The featured artist is Springville, Utah's redneck punkers, The Utah County Swillers, a band that recently played with the Queen of Rockabilly, Wanda Jackson, who is on tour in support of the Jack White produced album, The Party Ain't Over. The Swillers are to bring their mix of irreverent, wry humor and booze-saturated, pill poppin' roots punk rock 'n' roll to Pocatello this Saturday night, April 2, at the First National Bar. There is no cover and the show starts at 9:30 PM. RIYL: The Dead Milkmen, Mojo Nixon, The Gun Club, The Waco Brothers, White Trash Watson, The Reverend Horton Heat, etc. Bonus mp3s: The Utah County Swillers - Hold Your Breath  from Polygamist out on Big Bender Records.The Utah County Swillers - Tits on Bacon from Polygamist out on Big Bender Records.The Utah County Swillers - Hope You're Happy Now from Polygamist out on Big Bender Records.

Beat City Radio #582 PlaylistDownload (right-click, save target as): Beat City Radio #582Stream:

Chenoa Roseberry of Somewhere in Texas Radio and Portneuf Valley Bruisers RDA fame put together this wonderful mix. Hopefully she'll grace us with her on-air presence more often in the future.Beat City Radio #581 PlaylistStream: Download (right-click, save target as): Beat City Radio #581: Guest DJ, Chenoa RoseberryBonus Video: Uncle Leon & the Alibis - "Roller Derby Saved My Soul"

Beat City Radio #580 PlaylistStream: Download (right-click, save target as): Beat City Radio #580Bonus Video: Janis Ian at age 16 performing "Society's Child" on the Smothers Brothers show.

Beat City Radio #579 PLAYLISTStream: Download Show (right-click and save target as): Beat City Radio #579 (March 23, 2011)Bonus video:Source: Youtube

Sometimes the Spring season isn't as bright and cheery as it's supposed to be and post-winter seasonal depression kicks in. This angsty, psychedelia-tinged, shoegazing reverie of a show attempts to touch on that feeling, as well as the bi-polarity inherent in the start-stop-start-stop-again crawl of springtime, and the apprehension that sometimes accompanies the new beginnings, growth, and rebirth that occur during this time of the year. Plus, there are several tracks referencing the gaseous and incendiary sphere that we orbit, all the while knowing it will one day collapse and take everything with it.Beat City Radio #578 PLAYLISTStream:   Download show (right-click, save target as):Beat City Radio #578 - March 22, 2011 Bonus mp3s:Crystal Stilts - Flying Into the Sun  from In Love With Oblivion which drops April 12. Pre-order from Insound.Fight Bite - Spring RainThe Velvet Underground - Who Loves the SunBonus Video: Coma Cinema - "Her Sinking Sun" from Blue Suicide. Purchase the cassette here.

 Source: Woodstock Council for World PeaceI'm back from my spring holiday and feel quite refreshed and ready to get back to work. We have implemented a new playlist reporting method at KISU, and it's kind of time consuming, so I think I'll just start linking to the playlist entries over there. We'll still post podcasts, mp3s, videos, and the like at this we location. Also, check out the widget on the top right-hand corner of the page. It's an indicator of what's live on KISU at the moment, and if you're streaming Beat City Radio live, you'll see a list of the last four songs played on the show and the times they started. Kinda neat, aye? This edition of the show aired the day after the 2011 Spring Equinox and some of the songs are a tad icy and crushing.BCR 3-21-11 PLAYLISTDownload (right-click, save target as): Beat City Radio March 21, 2011Stream:

Captured Tracks will be re-issuing two of The Wake's 7" vinyl singles, as well as a tribute 7" featuring covers by Beach Fossils and Wild Nothing, as part of this year's Record Store Day celebration slated for April 16.The Wake were a Scottish post-punk-turned-postmodern indie band that existed from 1981 to 1994 and briefly included Primal Scream front-man and Jesus and Mary Chain drummer Bobby Gillespie.Downloads are below, and if you like what you hear, look for these releases on Record Store Day (I suggest talking to the folks at Budget Tapes & Records to ensure the availability of these releases in Pocatello):  "On Our Honeymoon" single - 1982A. On Our Honeymoon [mediafire]B. Give Up "Crush the Flowers" single - 1989A. Crush the Flowers [medifire]B. CarbrainGruesome Flowers: A Tribute to The Wake singleA. Beach Fossils - Plastic Flowers (Stream track at Pitchfork)B. Wild Nothing - Gruesome Castle Stream: Download (right-click, save target as): Beat City Radio #574Playlist:Jeff the Brotherhood – Diamond Way (We Are the Champions) 2011Blank Dogs – Northern Islands (Land and Fixed) 2010Mind Spiders – World’s Destroyed (Mind Spiders 7”) 2010Dum Dum Girls – Take Care of My Baby (He Gets Me High EP) 2011Crystal Stilts – Magnetic Moon (Shake the Shackles 7”) 2010Bad Sports – Last Cigarette (Bad Sports) 2009Station Break Buzzcocks – Promises 1978Altered Images – Dead Pop Stars 1981The Wake – On Our Honeymoon 1982New Order – Dreams Never End (Movement) 1981 Primal Scream – Velocity Girl (V/a: C86) 1986The Jesus & Mary Chain – Psychocandy (Some Candy Talking single) 1986Station Break The Wake – Plastic Flowers (Here Comes Everybody) 1985Stricken City – Some Say (Losing Colour) 2011Siouxsie & the Banshees – Lunar Camel (Kaleidoscope) 1980The Hundred in the Hands – Gold Blood (The Hundred in the Hands) 2010

St. Paddy's Day show featuring several bands of Irish descent and more.Bonus mp3s:Crystal Stilts - Verdant Gaze [mediafire] The Cramps - Green Door    [mediafire]Randy Alvey and the Green Fuz - Green Fuz [mediafire]New Order - Everything's Gone Green [mediafire]                Stream: Download (right-click, save target as): Beat City Radio #576Playlist:Dropkick Murphys – The Spicy McHaggis Jig (Sing Loud, Sing Proud!) 2001Flogging Molly – Drunken Lullabies (Drunken Lullabies) 2002Ash – Teenage Kicks (John Peel Session) *Undertones cover*The Undertones – Get Over You (Get Over You single) 1979Stiff Little Fingers – Alternative Ulster (Inflammable Material) 1979Morrissey – Irish Blood, English Heart (You are the Quarry) 2004Station BreakVirgin Prunes – Baby Turns Blue (If I Die, I Die) 1982Boomtown Rats – Up All Night (Ratrospective) 1983That Petrol Emotion – Big Decision (Babble) 1987My Bloody Valentine – Nothing Much to Lose (Isn’t Anything) 1988Them – Here Comes the Night (Here Comes the Night single) 1965The Magnetic Fields – Torn Green Velvet Eyes (Holiday) 1994Station Break Santah – Irish WristwatchThe Glove – This Green City (Blue Sunshine) 1983Star 69 – Girl From Mars (You Are Here) 1996 *Ash cover*Real Estate – Green River (Real Estate) 2009The Pogues – Dirty Old Town (Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash) 1985

Stream: Download (right-click, save target as): Beat City Radio #575Playlist:Megaphonic Thrift – Candy SinThe Luyas – Too Beautiful to WorkThe Radio Dept. – We Would Fall Against the TideThe Vandelles – Summer FlingThe Raveonettes – Break Up Girls!Neon Indian – Children of the Revolution *T. Rex cover*Young Cirlces – Sharp Teeth Beck – Sweet SunshineDead Gaze – Fishing with RobertJatun – Ghost and Grey (Radio Edit)Hosannas – Multichamber American FutureAcrylics – Sparrow SongMutual Benefit – StargazerPills for Sara – WinterpillsRobin Pecknold – I’m Losing Myself feat. Ed Droste

The Kills released a new track today entitled "DNA" via their website. Sign up for their e-mail list to download it. Their latest album, Blood Pressures is out April 5.Stream: Download (right-click, save target as): Beat City Radio #573Playlist:Ringo Deathstarr – Kaleidoscope (Colour Trip) 2011Crystal Stilts – Shake the Shackles (Shake the Shackles 7”) 2010Sunsplit – She Said (Sing for Sunday) 2007The Jesus & Mary Chain – Reverberation (Doubt) (The Power of Negative Thinking: B-Sides and Rarities) 2008 13th Floor Elevators cover13th Floor Elevators – You’re Gonna Miss Me (The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators) 1966Christmas – Winter (Winter 7”) Endless Latino 2009Station BreakXray Eyeballs – Crystal (Not Nothing) 2011 Drops 4/19The Black Lips – Cold Hands (Good Bad Not Evil) 2007The Count Five – Psychotic Reaction (Psychotic Reaction single) 1966Magik Markers – Taste (Boss) Ecstatic Peace 2007Woven Bones – Sister Ray *Live on Radio K* 2011The Cramps – Primitive (Psychedelic Jungle) 1981Station Break  The Raveonettes – My Tornado (Whip It On EP) 2002The Vandelles – Lovely Weather (The Vandelles EP) 2009The Storms – Thunder (Tarantula/Storms 7” single) 1959The Kills – DNA (Blood Pressures) 2011 *Drops 4/5*The Liminanas – The Darkside (The Liminanas) 2010The Vacant Lots – Confusion (Hypnotized) 2010

Robin Pecknold of Fleet Foxes. Source: WikipediaThis show features the Three Songs EP from hirsute Baroque-folker Robin Pecknold, better known as the frontman of Seattle's Fleet Foxes. The EP was somewhat clandestinely released via Fleet Foxes' Twitter account on March 7. The tracks should help sate the appetite of fans anxiously awaiting the sophomore record from the band, which is slated for release on May 3. Though Pecknold (and his amazing set of pipes) are behind these tracks, they're quieter and less layered than full band tracks. I'm particularly fond of the first cut featuring Ed Droste of Grizzly Bear. Download the EP below and enjoy with your favorite amber-colored libation.Robin Pecknold - I'm Losing Myself feat. Ed Droste (Stereogum) Robin Pecknold - Derwentwater Stones (Stereogum) Robin Pecknold - Where is My Wild Rose (Stereogum) Stream: Download (right-click, save target as): Beat City Radio #572Playlist:The Decemberists – Rox in the Box (The King is Dead) 2011Band Of Horses – Weed Party (Everything All the Time) 2006The Knitters – Poor Old Heartsick Me (Poor Little Critter on the Road) 1985Johnny Dilks & His Visitacion Valley Boys – Stalin Kicked the Bucket (Acres of Heartache) 1999Southern Culture on the Skids – The Great Atomic Power (Ditch Diggin’) 1994The Gun Club – Black Train (Fire of Love) 1981Station Break Deer Tick – Straight Into a Storm (Born on Flag Day) 2009The Growlers – Sea Lion Goth Blues (Hot Tropics) 2010Wanda Jackson w/ The Cramps – Riot in Cell Block #9 (Heart Trouble) 2003Amazing Crowns – Shiverin’ in the Corner (Amazing Royal Crowns) 1997The Cramps – Super Goo (Big Beat from Badsville) 1997Josie Kreuzer – 12 Dollars & A Heartache (As Is) 1999 Station Break Exene Cervenka – Trojan Horse (Somewhere Gone) 2009Cowboy Nation – E-Z  Ridin’ Cowboy (A Journey Out of Time) 2000Holly Golightly & the Brokeoffs – Murder in My Mind (Medicine County) 2010Robin Pecknold – I’m Losing Myself (Feat. Ed Droste) (Three Songs EP) 2011Robin Pecknold – Derwentwater Stones (Three Songs EP) 2011Robin Pecknold – Where is My Wild Rose? (Three Songs EP) 2011Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues (Helplessness Blues) 2011 *Drops 5/3*

Foster the People's ubiquitous "Pumped Up Kicks" is catchy-as-hell Bubblegum Pop replete with whistling and dark lyrics about a crazed "Cowboy Kid" wielding a six-shooter. It reminds me of Gus Van Sant's Elephant.Stream: Download: (right-click, save target as): Beat City Radio #570Playlist:Peter Bjorn and John – Amsterdam (Writer’s Block) 2006Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes – Home (Up From Below) 2009Intelligence – Warm Transfers (Fake Surfers) 2009Foster the People – Pumped Up Kicks (Foster the People EP) 2011 * Full-length Torches drops 5/25*Matt & Kim – Cameras (Sidewalks) 2010Phantogram – Mouthful of Diamonds (Eyelid Movies) 2010Station Break White Denim – Drug (D) 2011 Drops 5/24Betty Airs – She’s the Juan (Creepin’ It Real EP) 2011Surfer Blood- Catholic Pagans (Astro Coast) 2010Metric – Dead Disco (Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?) 2003Mother Mother – Aspiring Fires (Eureka) 2011Winter Gloves – Let Me Drive (About a Girl) 2008Station Break Stars – Dead Hearts (The Five Ghosts) 2010Arcade Fire – Modern Man (The Suburbs) 2010Hosannas – Opposite People (Song Force Crystal) 2009Beach House – Norway (Teen Dream) 2010

Stream: Download (right-click, save target as): Beat City Radio #571Playlist:Dum Dum Girls – He Gets Me High (He Gets Me High EP) 2011Ringo Deathstarr – Do It Every Time (Colour Trip) Sonic Unyon 2011Crocodiles – Hearts of Love (Sleep Forever) 2010Frankie Rose and the Outs – Candy (Frankie Rose and the Outs) 2010Crystal Stilts – Shake the Shackles (Shake the Shackles 7”) Slumberland 2010The Pink Mountaintops – Execution (Outside Love) 2009Station Break Yacht – Waste of Time *Fabulous Stains cover*The Raincoats – Lola (The Raincoats) 1979 *Kinks cover*The Sandwitches – Lightfoot (Mrs. Jones’ Cookies) 2011 *Drops 3/29*Saturday Looks Good to Me – Your Small Heart (Sound on Sound) 2006Heavenly – C is the Heavenly Option (Le Jardin de Heavenly) 1992Hunx & His Punks – Lover’s Lane [mp3]  (Too Young to Be in Love) Hardly Art 2011 *Drops 3/29*Station Break Vivian Girls – I Heard You SayThe Jesus & Mary Chain – You Trip Me Up (Acoustic) (The Power of Negative Thinking: B-Sides & Rarities) 2008Eternal Summers – Eternal (Silver) 2010The Raveonettes – Forget That You’re Young (Raven in the Grave) 2010Here We Go Magic – Hands in the Sky (The January EP)  2011 *Drops 5/10*Don't Put Out: