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Monday, April 30, 2007

Altrok Radio Music Update #157

by Altrok Radio

Firstly, the important stuff:

Altrok Radio is at http://www.altrokradio.com

Please remember to tune in whenever you can - every hour you listen turns into more visibility for the station; we show up higher in search listings, and such like that. And if you'd like to help us keep the stream running, check out the advertisers if they appeal to you; your interest actually helps fund us.

Now then, in addition to the outstanding Altrok Radio music mix that got us an Editor's Pick nod at Live365 and at About.com, we've added features we know you'll like...

Thursdays at 11:30am Eastern (and repeated at 9:00pm), you get to hear Sean Carolan (often referred to in these dispatches as "me") showcase the new music we've added this week on the Altrok Radio FM Showcase. New stuff, classic stuff, and Jeff Raspe with his Altrok Radio Underground Pick Of The Week...

And on Friday, it's Altrok's Eighties Friday: music from the eighties that mattered then AND now. An eight hour playlist that features some of the best that decade had to offer, drawing from all the music that was available at the time (yes, even from the seventies.)

As if that weren't enough, Fridays at 11:30am Eastern (and repeated at 9:00pm) you'll find New York's own DJ Shred and her hand-picked set filled with classics from the darker and more challenging corners of the Eighties.

But for now - we've got songs to let you know about.

This week, our Grinders (the stuff we play heavily) include music from:

- Ted Leo + Pharmacists
- The Rapture
- The Longcut
- Maximo Park
- Art Brut
- The Shins

Plus we've got newly-added music:

- Arctic Monkeys - Teddy Picker
- Jarvis Cocker - Dont Let Him Waste Your Time
- Feist - I Feel It All
- Charlotte Gainsbourg - The Songs That We Sing
- Kaiser Chiefs - Everything Is Average Nowadays
- My Federation - Honey Bee
- Mystery Jets - Diamonds In The Dark
- The National - Mistaken For Strangers
- The Needles - Girl I Used To Know
- Graham Parker - Stick To The Plan
- Jack Penate - Spit At Stars
- Saturna - Pop Rocks
- Sir Salvatore - Hooray This Projector
- Laura Veirs - Phantom Mountain

Our Newly-Added Classics:

- Blur - Girls & Boys
- Lloyd Cole - Speedboat
- The Cure - A Forest
- The Detroit Cobras - Heartbeat
- Devo - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
- Tommy Keene - My Mother Looked Like Marilyn Monroe
- Midnight Oil - Read About It
- Pete Shelley - Homosapien
- Stiff Little Fingers - Alternative Ulster

As always, thanks for listening!

- Sean Carolan
Altrok Radio
On your computer right now at http://www.altrokradio.com

On the radio Fridays at 10pm, at 90.5 The Night

posted 4/30/2007 08:14:00 AM

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