Episode #51

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Playlist

1. I Need A Dollar - Aloe Blacc

2. Beautiful Me - Donnie

3. Daykeeper - Foreign Exchange

4. Feel Good Music - Sound State (Feat. Isaac Nur)

5. Runaway Love - Minh

6. My Little Pet - Hot Bitch Arsenal

7. Wonderful Thing - 4Tex

I have a special show coming up next month so stay tuned! Enjoy the show!

Episode #50! Yay!

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Playlist

1. Nic's Groove - The Foreign Exchange

2. Armageddon - Hell Razah

3. Vanish - 37Hz

Break: Check out Hell Razah's latest album, Heaven Razah. It was released this past September. Great album! You can also listen to the entire hidden track on this album at mxdwn.com, also a place for current music news! Again, the song in the background playing is Elves On Patrol by Deerfoot. Also, don't be alarmed by the repeat song at the end. I love that song so much that I decided to play the regular version plus the instrumental version! Hope you like it as much as I do!

4. Double Down Quick (Nebulae's Sunset Mix) - Hot Bitch Arsenal

5. Fresh - Minh

6. Nic's Groove (Instrumental) - The Foreign Exchange

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Episode #49

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Nappyroots has always kept it real and that's why I love them. This is a bangin' album with some great music and quality rappin'. Check it out at Nappyroots.com!

I love exotic music and Beats Antique is a group I happened upon by accident and just loved their music from the start. They remind me of Niyaz but funkier, and they add so many wonderful flavors to their music. Check them out at BeatsAntique.com.

BT is my heart. I will always love BT and have done so for years. His music is so beautiful, polished and smooth. This is a wonderful album and I'll be playing more from this double album on urban Outside shows in the future! BTMusic.com is where you can find it.

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Playlist

1. Welcome To The Show - Nappy Roots

2. Do It Big - Nappy Roots

3. Transitions And Eras Ft. Busdriver - Haiku D'Etat

Break: New albums I bought this year that I'm playing on this show are The Pursuit of Nappyness by Nappy Roots, Contraption by Beats Antique, also a song from an EP (Les Enfants Perdus) all proceeds from this particular song go to support the rebuilding work in Haiti, and These Hopeful Machines by BT.Bt's music can be found on BTMusic.com. The background song during the break is Better Days by Lisa Shaw. Music by Haiku D'Etat can be found on their website.

4. Oriental Uno Ft. Fanfara Kalashnikov - Beats Antique

5. Les Enfants Perdus (The Lost Children of Haiti) - Beats Antique

6. Vardo - Beats Antique

7. The Emergency - BT

8. Forget Me 1 - BT

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Announcement!

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Episode #48 - New Albums!

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~ ALBUM REVIEWS ~

I have a couple of album reviews that I'm bringing to you today. The first is Layers by R&B /Electronic artist Minh. Released on the Jayden Records label, Minh's music is both smooth and soulful yet futuristic modern. His style reminds me of Maxwell with a soulful, sensuous style and the beautiful and layered electronic sound reminiscent of BT. Some favorite tracks of mine are Fresh and Star. Layers will be released on November 23rd, 2010. You can preview tracks on the album at the artist's website and the Jayden Records label website. His past works have been used in films and tv shows, with a song on the upcoming Layers album already licensed to the indie film Herman & Shelly. His music from his previous works are available on iTunes. Check him out!

Love Darling is another independent band whose music has been featured in television media, as a theme song for the TV show "The Real L Word" on Showtime. Many have said that their musical style channel's groups like The Smashing Pumpkins and the Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs. Well, I'm going to add two more rock groups that I like that their style reminds me of: The Dandy Warhols and The Donnas. They can be edgy, hard driving, fun and bluesy all at the same time and their latest album Sunshine Dust is one of those albums that you can sit down and listen to it all the way through. However some of my favorites on this album are Cadence and Dust In My Pocket. Love Darling rocks! You can find out about their music, touring information, media and more at their website and you can buy their music directly from them there as well. Check out Sunshine Dust and also their previous album Pawnshop Radio ON. Check them out!

Playlist:

1. Big Dreamers - Static Selektah Ft. Reks

2. Mr Opto Mystic - Autolect

3. Star - Minh

4. Don't Wanna leave - Minh

Break: Album reviews for independent R&B artist Minh an indie rock band Love Darling. Music playing in background is "Beng Beng" by Ministry of Sound Ft. Femi Kuti.

5. Cadence - Love Darling

6. Dust In My Pockets - Love Darling

Remember to always support independent artists! Enjoy the show!

Episode #47 - Upcoming Album

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1. Water No Get Enemy - Femi Kuti Feat. D'Angelo & Macy Gray

2. It's A Beautiful Day - Club Des Belugas

3. Kissez in Gallop - Club Des Belugas

4. Drawing Roses - Karen Rockower

Break: Singer songwriter Karen Rockower is coming out with a solo album August 25th. Her album is called Whales Standing. I play two songs from this album on the show. You can find out more about her work at www.karenrockower.com. It's a great album so check it out!

The song playing in the background during the break is called Same Old Thing by The Black Keys.

5. Tralala - Karen Rockower

6. Washed Away - Underwhelmed

7. Caviar At 3 a.m. - Club Des Belugas

Enjoy the show!

Episode #46

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1. Put It In The Air - (Feat. Young Nick & KaiZen)

2. Sambinha - Marie So

3. Crickets Sing For Anamaria - Marcos Valle

4. Bahia - Marie So

5. Elle S'en Va - Camille Bazbaz

6. Harmonix - Surfer Blood

Sorry for the late playlist. Enjoy the show!

Episode#45

Here is this week's show!

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1. U and I - Emily King

2. Spaced Out - Go Ask Alice

3. A Little Trouble - Brotherly

Break: I mention The pop group The Bird and the Bee and their latest album Interpreting The Masters Vol. 1: A Tribute To Daryl Hall and John Oates. Great album and I play part of one of the tunes in the background - I Can't Go For That. Great Album!

4. Walk - Adrina Thorpe

5. Out On The Dancefloor - Planet Funk

6. Grains de Beaute - Ceu

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Episode #44

Well here is the long awaited (if anyone is still listening) show that was supposed to be here two months ago. I am really sorry but I explain what happened during the show.

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Anyway I am really excited to showcase Jive Ass Sleepers, one of my new favorite artists!

The first few songs are from his second album, New Jazz Galaxy:

1. Funk In A New Galaxy

2. Keep Me Warm

3. Take Me Home

4. What Dreams She Dreams

Break: I ramble on about my poor excuses for such intermittent shows - again, I'm sorry. The background song is called Curtain Call by Aya. You can find Jive Ass Sleepers albums and mp3s on Magnatune and Amazon.com.

Interesting side note: I first found out about Jive Ass Sleepers from a podcast I listen to called Snapecast - a great podcast. If you like Harry potter check it out however be forewarned - they are VERY SERIOUS SNAPE fans.

5. Back At The Blue Note

6. More Than She'll Ever Know

7. Just You And Me

From the album Gettin' Down To Business

8. Private Eye

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Episode #43

I have been remiss with my electronica extravaganza but it will be posted Wednesday! So anyway, here is episode 43 of Urban Outside. I will be posting the playlist tomorrow! Hope you don't mind hearing a little bluesy rock from The Black Keys because they are so freakin' awesome! I just had to play a couple of songs from them!

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Electronica Extravaganza!

I'm going to have an all electronica show coming up near the end of this month so stay tuned for that! The next Urban Outside episode will be out next weekend!

Episode #42

Here it is! A long time in coming and I have no news to report this time around so it's a slightly shorter show. Download the show!

1. Stoic Response - Haiku Detat

2. You Are The One For Me - Irene B.

3. Lazy Lover - Brazilian Girls

4. It's Your Time - Planet Funk

5. Everything Changes - Adrina Thorpe

6. Jackie Blue - Ozark Mountain Daredevils

Enjoy the show!

Episodes #40 and 41!

I never did post #40 here did I? Well you get a double dose today as I just finished producing episode #41 last night. So you get two shows to download unless you subscribe to the show with iTunes, then you'll already have had episode #40!

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Download Episode #40

Playlist for episode #41:

1. Studio Street Stage - Haiku d'Etat (Freestyle Fellowship)

2. Mr.Opto Mystic - Autolect

3. Palmistry - Tabla Beat Science

Break: New album by pop musician Adrian Thorpe, Halflight and Shadows. You can preview it and buy it at www.halflightandshadows.com. Check it out! Background music from Arson Optics.

4. Be Still - Morgan Page featuring Kaskade

5. Quirky Little Love Song - Derek Clegg

6. Flavor - Adrina Thorpe

Enjoy the show!!

Episode #39

Urban Outside is back, better than ever!

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1. All My Soul - Ques

2. Better Days - Lisa Shaw

3. Stay - Son Lux

Break: Electronica pop group Under has released their full length new album More Pleasant Grey. The background song is called All Night High by Lisa Shaw.

4. Ebo - Spool

5. Hang Around - Gregory Douglass

6. Gravity - Under

Enjoy the show!!

Episode #38

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1. Last Samurai - QUES

2. Concrete Schoolyard - Jurassic Five

3. Say It And It's So - The Mungers

4. Ventura Highway - America

Break. I've got upcoming new music to feature on the show so stay tuned! Thank you for being patient, if you are still listening! Backround song is called Blind Tiger by Layo & Bushwacka.

5. I-Dex vs Pole - Pole

6. L'Observatoire - Bertrand Bergalat

Enjoy the show!

Next Show Coming Soon!

Alright. I've had enough vacation time And a new episode will be up tomorrow night! The feed will once again be on Talkshoe! Stay Tuned!

Feed Issues

I am deciding where to put my feed next as the host for my feed, Podango, has folded and went out of business. I'm looking at either going back to Talkshoe or libsyn.

We'll see. See you in a couple of weeks.

Episode #32

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Well, here is the last show of 2008! I won't be back until the end of January 2009. I need a long break. I've been missing in action and I'm sorry. I haven't had time to write, blog, podcast or anything! Sometimes we're just too busy for our own good, but I will have a lot of great new music lined up for the next show in January. Until then, enjoy this one! My favorite songs in this episode are So Into You and Nobody Knows Me, two beautiful songs. Don't you agree?

So Into You

1.Tamia Washington - I first heard a riff from this song some years ago by some now defunct mainstream rap artist and I really liked the sound of it, I just hated the rapping over it. So I went on a quest to find out the original song and as far as I know this is it - and I've been loving it ever since. It's one of my favorite songs of all time and Tamia has a lovely voice. You can find more from her at her website.

Ashbury

2. Morgan Page - Morgan page is one of the best electronic musicians out there in my opinion. See yourself sitting back on a high rise balcony on a late summer evening, sipping a gin martini and enjoying the summer breeze, with this sultry song in the background. . .  great stuff! You can visit his site for more music and information about Page.

You Don't Know Me

3. Ben Folds - I first heard of this artist on the podcast Filmspotting. They often play interesting music in between show sections from indy artists and this is one that they've played that I really like. Find more from Ben Folds at his website.

Talk Radio

4. The Dandy Warhols - Of course I love playing the Dandy Warhols music, they being a local band as well. Really cool song from their most recent album. Find more from them at their site.

Break: Was MIA because of lots of other things that needed to get done. This episode is the last show for 2008. I will be back with new episodes in the last week of January, 2009.

Snakes in the Grass

5. Quantic - Quantic makes great music, no matter what musical formation he uses, whether it's just him or when playing with his orchestra. He makes great music and I've just purchased a few albums fomr him. look for more music from him on Urban Outside next year! You can find Quantic on his site. 

Nobody Knows Me

6. Aya - A wonderful new found artist that I really like. I first heard Aya on Pandora, this song in particular and I absolutely fell in love with it! it's one of those lounge-in-the-summer- evening-and-and-sip-a-drink songs. Find more from Aya here and here.

Well that's it for Urban Outside in 2008. See you next year!

Episode #31

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Sorry for the late posting! Things around here have been getting a little crazy!

Red Clay

1. Dwele (Andwele Gardner) - I love Freddie Hubbard, especially his work from the 1970's and renditions of his music (such as Red Clay) by other talented artists, like Dwele are always nice to hear. Dwele is a popular r&b artist from Detroit, Michigan. You can find more about him at his website, here, and here. You can find this song on the album Gilles Peterson BBC Live Sessions CD, at CD Universe. Dwele is a great artist so go check out his stuff. You can also find some of his videos on YouTube. The Gilles Peterson album is an excellent CD filled with great music. Check it out!

Better Love

2. Anthony Hamilton - Anthony Hamilton is one of my favorite r&B artists. His stuff is just down home goodness! You can find his music at his website and on his Myspace page. Not all of his music is on independent labels but I believe this song is.

Mirror Me

3. Nikki Williams - This is a great little song I found through Songza. You can find more from Nikki on her Myspace page.

Always

4. Kira Fontana - A really beautiful song I found from a great album called Inner Revolution. Check out her music on her site and her Myspace. I really love her simple, minimalist style. You can find concert and gig information there as well.

Break: The Weird Show podcast promo. Check it out! Also, Check out Encaffeinated, the homebase blog of the Weird Show!

Light In Your Eyes

5. Louise Goffin - I absolutely love this song! First heard it on Smallville, season 1 or 2, I forget which, but it was a long time ago. Beautiful song. It on Louise's Sometimes A Circle album. She's an amazing singer/songwriter! You can find some of her videos on YouTube. Also, you can find the latest from her on her Myspace page.

Wednesday's Child

6. Emiliana Torrini - I swear she reminds me of Bjork (just not as crazy)! I learned of her through listening to Thievery Corporation and also the work she did for Howard Shore on the Lord of the Rings filmscores. This song is from her album Love in the Time of Science. Great, haunting song, just what I like! You can find her at her website.

 

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Episode #30

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So A Musin

1. Autolect - I think that Autolect is one of the best and most creative hiphop artists on the scene. Check out and purchase his latest album Celestine Progeny either at his Myspace page, Amazon.com or Mobile Underground. You won't be disappointed.

High Noon Stank

2.The Primeridian - This song is smart, sexy, full of humor and, well, as they say on their web page about their music,"beautifully melodic, soulfully hypnotic, funked out for your listening pleasure." I agree. The Primeridian is a cool hiphop duo that hails from Chicago. Find them on their Myspace page.

Don't C Us

3. DJ Food Stamp - Dj Food Stamp is a local hiphop artists from Eugene, Oregon. This guy makes some great music. Find him on his Myspace page, check out his full length albums and Eps. Great Stuff! I even love his moniker - DJ Food Stamp! How cool is that?

Caught Red-Handed

4.FREaKS - This is a really cool song I came across on Garageband.com. it reminds me of those stripped down early 80's pop songs like Jesse's Girl or I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love Tonight by Outfield. Except this song is a little more subversive sounding! I think it's a fun song. You can find more from this band on Garageband.com. I can't seem to find any info about them anywhere else.

Black Grease

5.The Black Angels - If you've seen the  new online commercial for T-Mobile's new Google/Android/G1 Phone then you've heard this song. I love it. it's an obvious throwback to the Rolling Stones scrappy, psychodelic sixties rock. it's agreat song, almost like an anthem. Anyway it's from their album Passover. This is a great band. Check them out at their website The Black Angels.com.

Break: I have information on Autolect's newest album Celestine Progeny, Femi Kuti's newest album coming in November, Day By Day and about Singer-songwriter Brett Dennen. Background music is a song called Red Clay by Freddie Hubbard.

Angry Johnny

6. Poe - This is a great, moody, rainy day song for me and I love her voice. Of course she's got her own website where you can find all information about her, her music and concerts.

Chocolate Jesus

Tom Waits - Tom Waits is one of those one-of-a-kind artists. You either get him or you don't. I love his work and I have three albums by him, this song is on the album titled Mule Variations. If you haven't heard his music before and you like original, interesting one-of-a- kind music, get his double album Blood Money/Alice. It's one of the best albums to come out of 2002. I played Chocolate Jesus because it seemed creepy and moody and a little dark and humourous which seemed appropriate for the last day of October!

Tam Lin

Fairport Convention - I know this is a big departure from what I normally play but I love this song so much. I'm a big fan of the late Sandy Denny and Fairport Covention and I felt that this song was in keeping with the mood people get into on October 31st! It's a beautiful song in lyrics and in melody. Hope you liked it. Sadly, Sandy Denny is no longer with us but you can find more from this group at their website, old stuff and new.

I think this is a particularly great show. Hope you enjoyed it too!