WRITE A REVIEW AND WIN A SHIRT! In support of indie bands while they can’t tour Jerry and I are buying merch and you should too! But if you can’t afford the swag but still wanna help we got you. Write a review and we may buy one for you! We will buy a shirt for one reviewer from one of these great bands below. Just write a review in apple podcasts and tell us which shirt you can't live without and we will pick one listener to get a band tee!
This week it's the ma-ma-ma-ma-my Coronavirus episode! We’re all grounded for the foreseeable future which means all these small indie bands we love can't tour and perform. So we're talking swag, talking merch, talking the good shit: 100% cotton or the hipster tri-blend, long sleeve, shirt sleeve, hoodies and dad hats. Take your pick!
Support the music we love… Buy Merch:
Plastic Picnic: https://www.districtlines.com/Plastic-Picnic
US Girls: https://www.indiemerch.com/usgirls
Charly Bliss: https://shopcharlybliss.myshopify.com/
Vagabon: https://www.yourmajestyco.store/vagabon
Yoke Lore: https://www.yokelore.com/store
Black Midi: http://blackmidi.awesomedistro.com/
Foxing: https://www.foxingtheband.com/store?view=f25001
Music:
Golden Days: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXMoK3NtVic
This week we check out new singles from a few of our favorite artists: US Girls and Phoebe Bridgers. But first, Yeasayer is sayin Kendrick Lamar and The Weeknd stole their song! That’s all next, on The Radio Cure!
Review:
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/phoebe-bridgers-garden-song/
https://www.nme.com/news/music/phoebe-bridgers-garden-song-video-2614978
https://pitchfork.com/news/yeasayer-suing-kendrick-lamar-and-the-weeknd-over-black-panther-song/
https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2020/02/us-girls-4-american-dollars.html
Music:
Pray For Me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR7Ev14vUh8
Yeasayer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8eugvy_DYU
4 American Dollars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGQ1UAX0aYo
Garden Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u8rIx65QgA
This week the love affair with Kevin Parker as the savior of rock and roll may be coming to an end. His Valentines day gift has more in common with a glitching Westworld host than a Kashmir Black Dog. Talking The Slow Rush by Tame Impala, next, on The Radio Cure!
Review: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/tame-impala-the-slow-rush-review-938181/
Music:
One More Year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMLq3QQK6a8
Breathe Deeper: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gs-MtItyOFc
Lost in Yesterday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7VlC0QjdHU
It Might Be Time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hZ_wTx_kWg
The boys are feeling the Bern! This week we create a playlist from some of our favorite artists who have endorsed Bernie Sanders for president!
The playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1ibTMLSFHNiBD7mdhBEtcL?si=Ema4WBQUQG69au_ZeVd7PQ
Killer Mike Bernie ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ikgh4JbAWUU&t=12s
Donate and sign up to canvass/phone bank/text bank/volunteer for Bernie: https://berniesanders.com/?nosplash
This week we’re heading down under to check in with G Flip, an Aussie artist who caught fire in 2018 with her sizzling single “About You.” Talking G Flip’s debut album “About Us,” next, on The Radio Cure!
Reviews:
https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/reviews/albums/g-flip-about-us-album-review
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/g-flip-about-us/
Music:
Acoustic Bedroom Set: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PkSUkZYEXc&t=68s
Lover: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65GVOGo51EA
I Am Not Afraid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keTOn4s71GU
Bring me home: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FR6xpmvta1k
2 Million: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0dyAxbGn0E
This week we’ve got singles and mixtapes from a london band on the verge of releasing their debut album! Talking the unapologetically cool, Sorry, next on The Radio Cure!
Review:
https://www.stereogum.com/1999699/band-to-watch-sorry/franchises/interview/
Music:
Home Demo/ns Vol. II: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVD83yPxa5c
2 Down 2 Dance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuGlPnu5br0
Starstruck: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emLHWsmYue0
Right Round The Clock: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiBTA5BCl1Y
Feel Good Inc.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyHNuVaZJ-k
Pork Soda: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78DVtcsT26k
This week we celebrate the life and legacy of King of the Kit, The Prince of Percussion, the Sultan of Snares, the philosopher of the foot pedal, Neil Peart, next, on The Radio Cure!
The Spirit of Radio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPBinohXHLc
Overture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtdKhwhAcd4
Limelight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiRuj2_czzw
This week it's an artist we didn’t get around to last decade but have been loving the new record. Jason Singer is exactly who you think he is; a midwestern rocker wishin’ it was still the 90’s. Talking Michigander’s new Ep “Where Do We Go From Here” next, on The Radio Cure!
Reviews:
https://www.altrevue.com/single-post/2019/09/27/Artist-Spotlight---Michigander
Music:
Poplar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JINOFq1bkg
Misery: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=af-CZzAWU6E
Reds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xDM4VSCuXU
Circles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UURMWRHvE0Q
94: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9HRuefn7nA
Lion-O: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phXY-5GUvpM
Sadie Hawkins Dance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txy5wV42Hqo
This week, in our final episode of the year we take a look back on the entire decade of indie music. We'll make our picks, check them twice, gonna find out who’s naughty or nice, next on THe Radio Cure!
The Decade Top Ten (In chronological order):
High Violet, The National (2010): “Terrible Love” & “Lemonworld”
Shields, Grizzly Bear (2012): “A Simple Answer” & “Half Gate”
Heaven, Walkmen (2012) “Heaven” & “The Love You Love”
Modern Vampires of the City, Vampire Weekend (2013) “Step” & “Don’t Lie”
Reflektor, Arcade Fire (2013) “Awful Sound(Oh Eurydice)” & “Afterlife”
I Love You, Honeybear, Father John Misty (2015) Chateau Lobby #4 (in C for two virgins)” & “Bored in the USA”
Currents, Tame Impala (2015) “Let it Happen” & “The Less I Know The Better”
Puberty 2, Mitski (2016) “Your Best American Girl” & “Two Slow Dancers”
Teens of Denial, Car Seat Headrest (2016) “(Joe Gets Kicked out of school Using Drugs)” & Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales”
SOUND & FURY, Sturgill Simpsom (2019) “Remember To Breathe” & “Make Art Not Friends”
The ten songs that defined The Radio Cure in 2019
Link to the playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4R3TblJLiOcbNVJWFUvMqy?si=B_8RsEDBT_ulxESh1zgthw
This week we recap the boy's night at iconic Williamsburg venue Baby's All Right. It's Heavy Metal Bars, Garage Rock Babes and Bottomless Brunches, next, on The Radio Cure!
http://babysallright.com
http://duffsbrooklyn.com
https://colaturaband.com
https://nicoleyun.bandcamp.com
This week we’re screamin’ 187 on a motherfucking playlist! We’ve searched from the willow garden to golgotha, from protestants to pontius pilate and every clown killer in between. It’s the murder playlist next, on The Radio Cure!
Music:
Knives Out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Lpw3yMCWro
Goodbye Earl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw7gNf_9njs
Shankill Butchers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qsw3Kdnt16k
John Wayne Gacy Jr. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWpvMm27WIM Down in The Willow Garden, The Everly Brothers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xp_ivMnp0lM
Kate McCannon, Colter Wall https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-N5dm4oVWtM
Down By the River, Neil Young https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KflCXmEX6BY
Deep Red Bells, Neko Case https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zpqDgbUa1Y
Where Did You Sleep Last Night, Nirvana https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZFYTp8bZ00
Ballad of Hollis Brown, Bob Dylan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8xkxy3tXTA
Trial Before Pilate, JC Superstar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dN3j-oPQ2-k
1937 State Park, Car Seat Headrest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Vbogb2dQxQ
This week get out yer cardigan sweaters and and find your way through the gold foil wrapper of a “Werther’s Original” cause we’re hanging out with Great Grandpa! Talkin about their sophomore album Four of Arrows, next, on The Radio Cure!
Reviews:
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/great-grandpa-four-of-arrows/
https://www.stereogum.com/2055317/great-grandpa-four-of-arrows-interview/franchises/interview/
Full Album Steam:
This week we’re talking about Big Thief’s new record Two Hands, one for each record they have put out this year. But this time Lenker trades in her silk worms and soft voices for a bit of skronk and sleaze. Once again Big Thief, next, on The Radio Cure!
Review:
https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/reviews/albums/big-thief-two-hands-album-review
Music:
“Forgotten Eyes” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGD-8f8Wn5M
“Shoulders” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDqrApcDDC4
This week we’re strung out on Angel Olsen’s new record where she proves breakup albums are best turned up to 11. Talking All Mirrors next, on The Radio Cure!
Review:
https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2019/10/angel-olsen-all-mirrors-review.html https://pitchfork.com/features/song-by-song/angel-olsen-interview-all-mirrors/
Music
Lark: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uaN60k0-zY
All Mirrors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jjt698Zv5jQ
What it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyDVUA-t5xU
This week it's the radio cure’s favorite busker Sturgill Simpson! He’s gone all Kill Gill on the nashville. Like a wandering samurai he takes to the highways to prove no genre is his master. Talking Sound and Fury next, on The Radio Cure!
Review: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/sturgill-simpson-sound-and-fury/
Songs:
“Ronin,” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuFZElUoKG8
Remember to Breathe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAHenpGhCVA
Sing Along: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpSMoBp8awM
Make Art Not Friends: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0-mjAB_Mig
In this very special episode Jer sits down with pre-1990 music aficionado and expert playlist maker Jeff Velarde to discuss the sounds of his high school days! You may actually learn a thing or two in this one! (other than the fact that Jer has no clue how to host a podcast)
The Playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2zGV4uOhOws9gnYL5qvtPC?si=SSxcZg-ITBKtA6w2DcXBwQ
The Man:
https://open.spotify.com/user/jeffvelarde?si=7jfxUKxtSwOUuH9Yq0URog
This week we’ve got Reed from Sports! Sports. Sports? filling in for Jerry as we celebrate 20 years of that dream you keep having that doesn't seem to mean anything. Break out the candy floss and your notebook full of white dry pages...we’re Summerteeth next, on The Radio Cure!
Review: https://www.stereogum.com/2034326/wilco-summerteeth-turns-20/franchises/the-anniversary/
Music:
Via Chicago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7lgner6IO0
How to Fight Loneliness4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVAb2kbx1gI
Summer Teeth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZVoDJZBnS8
A Shot in the Arm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iof2IAnQKwI
Bon Iver’s masterpiece For Emma seems like forever ago at this point as the cozy cabin in the woods turns full on C & C glitch factory for Vernors newest record. Talking lowercase i comma lowercase i, Next on The Radio Cure
Guardian Article: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/aug/08/bon-iver-ii-review-his-first-ever-misfire
Music:
Hey, Ma: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDAKS18Gv1U
U (Man Like): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hs5rXRPC0rc
After three decades of “writing sad songs and gettin paid by the tear” we say goodbye to Silver Jews and Purple Mountains frontman David Berman.
NPR Article: https://www.npr.org/2019/08/07/749245911/silver-jews-david-berman-dies-at-52
Advice For The Graduate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEJW0nWHeaY
Random Rules: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKl4Wpu75W0
That’s Just the Way I Feel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CtxkCmcsiw
Snow is falling in Manhattan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50227UHWULg