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Tuesday, July 03, 2007

Altrok Radio Music Update #164

by Altrok Radio

Folks,

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.

Here's what you need to know about what we play: it's our opinion that there's no such thing as a "golden age" - in fact, "golden ages" are overrated by definition. They occur whenever things are good for long enough that pundits step back and say "wow, things are pretty great right now". Problem is, when the pundits have the time to say things like that, it means things have actually slowed down a bit...in fact, it's almost always an immediate precursor to things not being so good anymore.

See, when you're writing about how good things are generally, you're not saying anything about specific good things...and that might be because you're no longer noticing them.

So Altrok Radio doesn't think there was a golden age in the late 70s, the early 80's, the late 80's, or the 90's...because there's good new music being made all the time. You've just gotta know where to look.

And Altrok Radio tries to make it a little easier for you. We're scanning the shops and trawling the Web, finding as much that's happening now as we can - and then we showcase it for you. All you have to do is tune in.

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

- Esiotrot
- Reverend And The Makers
- Washington Social Club
- Editors
- Chemical Brothers
- Candie Payne

Plus we've got newly-added music:

- Black Kites - Paper Heart
- Bloc Party - Hunting For Witches
- Bobby Cook - Deja Vu
- The Cribs - Our Bovine Public
- The Cure - Love
- Arlan Feiles - Sign Up
- Adam Franklin - Seize The Day
- Ben Godwin - New World City
- Islands Lost At Sea - The Way We Played It Yesterday
- Lismore - It's Come To This
- The Loungs - Armageddon Outta Here
- Manic - Carolina Ghost
- Mr Derry - Goodnight
- Peelgreems - The Magic Envelops Me
- Sky Parade - I Feel Surreal
- The White Stripes - Conquest
- You Say Party! We Say Die! - Monster

Our Newly-Added Classics:

- Adam and the Ants - Stand and Deliver
- The Bluebelles - Cath
- The Clash - Brand New Cadillac
- John Foxx - Europe After The Rain
- Love & Rockets - No New Tale To Tell
- Morrissey - The Last of the Famous International Playboys
- Pop Will Eat Itself - X Y & Zee (Electric Sunshine Style Mix)
- The Ramones - Cretin Hop
- The Replacements - Hold My Life
- The Smithereens - Time And Time Again

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 7/03/2007 08:22:00 AM

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