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Sunday, January 29, 2012

Tell Yourself "It's Only A Dish Rack...It's Only A Dish Rack..."

I love woot.com and its many-headed hydra-like manifestations. Each day they put up new items to sell, and each day they accompany those items with descriptions that are usually worth that item's purchase price on their own.

For instance, this thankful acknowledgement that the Bon-Home Heat & Dry Dish Rack should not be confused with Bon Iver.

(Ever notice we don't play Bon Iver on Altrok 90.5 HD2? Notice it.)

Thursday, January 05, 2012

Panda?


Panda.

I hear he likes Altrok 90.5 HD2, too. So don't mess with Panda.

Tuesday, January 03, 2012

Altrok 90.5 HD2 Has A Top 90.5 For 2011, And Here It Is

Here's Altrok 90.5 HD2's rundown for 2011 (technically 12/15/2010 - 12/15-2011) with each band represented by their highest charting track during that period, as determined by airplay on the station. We couldn't afford Price Waterhouse for the tabulations, but the software we used seems pretty solid.

(Update: Okay, so we screwed up on The Drums. We like The Drums.)

90.5 - Bombay Bicycle Club - Shuffle
90 - Digitalism - 2 Hearts
89 - Blood Orange - Forget It
88 - Foals - Spanish Sahara
87 - Radiohead - Lotus Flower
86 - Little Comets - Adultery
85 - They Might Be Giants - Can't Keep Johnny Down
84 - Viva Brother - Still Here
83 - The Decemberists - This Is Why We Fight
82 - A Million Years - No Distance
81 - UNKLE - Money And Run (feat. Nick Cave)
80 - Nitzer Ebb - Promises
79 - Edie Sedgwick - Natural Born Killers
78 - Pujol - Mayday
77 - Beach Fossils - What A Pleasure
76 - Cold Cave - Villains Of The Moon (Radio Edit)
75 - Hank & Cupcakes - She's Lost Control
74 - The Kills - Future Starts Slow
73 - M83 - Midnight City
72 - Army Navy - I Think It's Gonna Happen
71 - The Go! Team - Buy Nothing Day
70 - Mates Of State - Palomino
69 - Dreamers Of The Ghetto - Always
68 - Bedouin Soundclash - Mountain Top
67 - Frank Turner - I Still Believe
66 - Rubblebucket - Silly Fathers
65 - VHS Or Beta - Breaking Bones
64 - Ladytron - White Gold
63 - Moving Units - Until She Says
62 - Fujiya & Miyagi - Cat Got Your Tongue
61 - Funeral Party - New York City Moves To The Sound Of L.A. [Dave Sitek Remix] [EFC]
60 - Naomi Greenwald - Dark Times
59 - Team Me - Come Down
58 - Ziggy Marley - Forward To Love
57 - Underworld - Bird1 (Radio Edit)
56 - The Ivy Walls - Getaway Driver
55 - DeVotchKa - 100 Other Lovers
54 - The Drums - Me And The Moon
53 - Tame Impala - Solitude Is Bliss
52 - The Sky Drops - Explain It To Me
51 - Death Cab For Cutie - Doors Unlocked And Open
50 - Tom Vek - Aroused
49 - The Japanese Popstars - Take Forever (feat. Robert Smith)
48 - Handsome Furs - Repatriated
47 - Surfer Blood - Miranda
46 - The Lords (LA) - Trapped In
45 - The Jim Jones Revue - High Horse
44 - Headcat - American Beat
43 - Cold War Kids - Sensitive Kid
42 - Seapony - Dreaming
41 - Discodeine - Synchronize (feat. Jarvis Cocker)
40 - TV On The Radio - Will Do
39 - Still Corners - Into The Trees
38 - British Sea Power - Observe The Skies
37 - The Wombats - Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves)
36 - White Lies - Bigger Than Us
35 - Tommy Keene - Deep Six Saturday
34 - Cut Off Your Hands - You Should Do Better
33 - OMD - Sister Marie Says
32 - Justice - Audio, Video, Disco
31 - Austra - Beat And The Pulse
30 - Plain Jane Automobile - Every Dirty Hand
29 - Darwin Deez - Constellations
28 - The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Belong
27 - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Same Mistake
26 - Bibio - Take Off Your Shirt (Radio Edit)
25 - MEN - Boom Boom Boom
24 - Cults - Go Outside
23 - Brian Eno - Sounds Alien (words by Rick Holland)
22 - Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks - Tigers
21 - Real Estate - It's Real
20 - Cut Copy - Take Me Over
19 - The Pack A.D. - Sirens
18 - Nicole Atkins - You Come To Me
17 - Anna Calvi - Blackout
16 - The Drums - Money
15 - Fool's Gold - Leave No Trace
14 - Casiokids - Golden Years
13 - Sun Wizard - World's Got A Handle
12 - Wavves - Bug
11 - The Good Natured - Skeleton
10 - Ravens In Paris - By Candlelight
09 - Killing Joke - In Excelsis
08 - The Heavy - How You Like Me Now (feat. The Dap-Kings Horns)
07 - Male Bonding - Tame the Sun
06 - We Were Promised Jetpacks - Medicine
05 - Home Video - The Automatic Process
04 - Midnight Juggernauts - Lara Versus The Savage Pack
03 - Asobi Seksu - Perfectly Crystal
02 - Ume - Captive
01 - Dum Dum Girls - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out

It's been a killer year, and we're looking forward to another one.
We'll keep you posted along the way...but if you keep listening, you'll be one up on us.
 
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