The White Stripes “Under Great White Northern Lights”
We have another exciting opportunity to set up a “sneak peak” movie screening. This time it’s for The White Stripes “Under Great White Northern Lights.” The film documents the band’s journey through Canada to celebrate the release of “Icky Thump” and the 10 year anniversary of the first White Stripes show. This is a great […]
Catching Up With Graham
I got home late last night from a trip up to San Francisco for this year’s Noise Pop festival. It’s pretty much impossible to not have an amazing time up there. Two A man A plan A canal artists were playing: Tiny Television and The Magnetic Fields. Other highlights from the trip: MOMA’s 75th Anniversary […]
Carolina Chocolate Drops – Genuine Negro Jig – Going For Adds Today & Tomorrow
We hope you have had chance to check out the Carolina Chocolate Drops‘ debut on Nonesuch. We’d love it if you could make it a Top 5 Add for your station this week. All tracks are FCC Clean. If you missed their live performance and interview on NPR’s All Things Considered, you can go here for the archive.
Top Priority: The Magnetic Fields
Airplay on Realism continues to increase, but we’re still looking for more. Anything you can do to keep pushing this at your station would be greatly appreciated. Did you know that there is a documentary on Stephin Merritt and The Magnetic Fields coming out soon? It’s called Strange Powers. There will be a sneak peak of the movie at […]
The White Stripes “Under Great White Northern Lights”
We have another exciting opportunity to set up a “sneak peak” movie screening. This time it’s for The White Stripes “Under Great White Northern Lights.” The film documents the band’s journey through Canada to celebrate the release of “Icky Thump” and the 10 year anniversary of the first White Stripes show. This is a great chance to put on […]
Tiny Television Plays Noise Pop And LA This Week
Tiny Television will be playing this week’s Noise Pop Festival in their hometown of San Francisco. They are playing Thursday night at The Rickshaw Stop with Zee Avi, The Hot Toddies, and Leslie & the Badgers. On Saturday night, Tiny Television will be opening for Evan Dando at Hotel Cafe. We’d love to see their new album Mission Statement picking […]
Catching Up With Graham
Last week we got my stand-up Ms. Pac-Man machine up and running. I had a party on Saturday night to celebrate. Here I am setting the high score of this night at 152,950. That’s nothing compared to the personal all-time best score of 263,040 that I got the night after we fixed it. I finished […]
Carolina Chocolate Drops – Genuine Negro Jig
Nonesuch Records is set to release the label debut of North Carolina-based string band the Carolina Chocolate Drops on February 16. Produced by critically acclaimed recording artist and songwriter Joe Henry (Allen Toussaint, Elvis Costello, Solomon Burke), Genuine Negro Jig features string band interpretations of Blu Cantrell’s beat-box driven R&B single “Hit ‘Em Up Style” and Tom Waits’ “Trampled […]
White Stripes Adding This Week
We’re thrilled to be sending you this three song sampling from Under Great White Northern Lights, The White Stripes forthcoming 16 track live album that is being released in conjunction with the film of the same name. The songs are all taken from their 2007 Canadian Tour, recorded at various venues across the Great White North. This is […]
Top Priority: The Magnetic Fields
Realism continues to climb the radio charts, breaking into the Top 10 on the CMJ Top 200, Radio Select Albums, Radio Select Tracks, and AAA charts. We could use some extra love this week as we’re shooting for a new peak position. NPR’s Weekend All Things Considered aired a piece on The Magnetic Fields this past Saturday. If […]
Tiny Television Looks For Debuts
Thanks again to those of you that added Mission Statement, the debut album from San Francisco’s Tiny Television. We’d love to see it start picking up over there at your station. RIYL: Uncle Tupelo, Ryan Adams All tracks FCC Clean Recommended Tracks: 2, 3, 6, 7
Other Current Priorities
BlakRoc – BlakRoc (BlakRoc) The Flaming Lips – Embryonic (Warner Bros) Built to Spill – There Is No Enemy (Warner Bros)
Catching Up With Graham
I hope you enjoyed / are enjoying the Valentines vs. Presidents weekend. I went to the Commerce Casino to play Texas Hold ‘Em for the first time in ages. I lost a bit, but had a great time. I also went over and sold a bunch of bad CDs at Amoeba and came home with […]
New Music From The White Stripes
We’re thrilled to be delivering you a three song sampling from Under Great White Northern Lights, The White Stripes forthcoming 16 track live album that is being released in conjunction with the film of the same name. The songs are all taken from their 2007 Canadian Tour, recorded at various venues across the Great White North. This is […]
Carolina Chocolate Drops Dropping Monday
Nonesuch Records is set to release the label debut of North Carolina-based string band the Carolina Chocolate Drops on February 16. Produced by critically acclaimed recording artist and songwriter Joe Henry (Allen Toussaint, Elvis Costello, Solomon Burke), Genuine Negro Jig features string band interpretations of Blu Cantrell’s beat-box driven R&B single “Hit ‘Em Up Style” and Tom Waits’ “Trampled Rose,” […]
BlakRoc Rocks #1 Hip Hop
Thanks to all of you that have been supporting BlakRoc. After breaking into the Top 5 on the CMJ Top 200, it has now been sitting at #1 on the CMJ Hip Hop charts for two weeks in a row. Make sure all of the different types of shows that you think could be interested in BlakRoc are […]
Tiny Television – Mission Statement – At Radio Now
A special thank you goes out to these fine stations that added Tiny Television’sdebut record this week: CFRE (Mississauga, ONT) KAFM (Grand Junction, CO) KANM (College Station, TX) KPFA (Berkeley, CA) KPUR (Forest Grove, OR) KRSC (Claremore, OK) KSSU (Sacramento, CA) KTCV (Kennowick, WA) KUGS (Bellingham, WA) KURE (Ames, IA) WAWL (Chattanooga, TN) WCSB (Cleveland, OH) […]
Catching Up With Graham
This past Superbowl Sunday I attended Guac Bowl X. Once again the competition was fierce with dozens of eclectic guacamole entries. My friend Tim won two trophies for his entry of “The Guacapellas”. While I have never entered the competition myself, I have been going since the beginning. I even tallied up the votes for […]
Tiny Television – Mission Statement – Going For Adds This Week
Hopefully you’ve had the chance to check out Mission Statement, the debut release from San Francisco’s Tiny Television. The record is going for adds this week. All tracks FCC Clean Recommended Tracks: 2, 3, 6,
This Week’s Priorities
Magnetic Fields – Realism (Nonesuch) BlakRoc – BlakRoc (BlakRoc) The Flaming Lips – Embryonic (Warner Bros.) Built to Spill – There Is No Enemy (Warner Bros.) Adds this week (2/9): Tiny Television – Mission Statement (Magnolia Records)
