Music Blog
High Violet, the new release from The National, tops our list of most-played albums this week. New music from The New Pornographers, The Black Keys, and part two of Janelle Monae's project "Metropolis" are also records we're loving this week.
Here's the list:
1. The National/High Violet
2. The Black Keys/Brothers
3. Janelle Monae/The ArchAndroid
4. Karen Elson/The Ghost Who Walks
5. The New Pornographers/Together
6. LCD Soundsystem/This is Happening
7. Nick Jaina/A Bird in the Opera House
8. Club 8/The People's Record
9. Broken Social Scene/Forgiveness Rock Record
10. Frightened Rabbit/The Winter of Mixed Drinks
11. Minus the Bear/Omni
12. Free Energy/Stuck on Nothing
13. Typhoon/Hunger & Thirst
14. Arcade Fire/The Suburbs
15. The Sadies/Darker Circles
16. Caribou/Swim
17. The Hold Steady/Heaven is Whenever
18. The Mynabirds/What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood
19. Dr. Dog/Shame, Shame
20. Deer Tick/The Black Dirt Sessions
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Archived Comments
Jane / June 7, 2010
What happened to classical music -- you do have some interviews on the radio, I hear them, mostly weekends. I know some of my favorite classical people have been shifted over to KBPS, but to read above, you guys don't even bother with anything but, well, I don't know what to call it -- I have no use for it -- I am older, face it, I am OLD, but, holy cow, I still love the Beatles et. al., and Pete Seeger et. al. I mean, they're not ALL dead yet!! Thank you for allowing me to comment.
David Christensen / June 8, 2010
Thanks for commenting Jane. You will hear Beatles songs in our mix, and some contemporary artists who've covered Seeger songs too. Most of our playlist centers on new recordings and local artists -- which is what you see in the Monday charts. For classical music, the all-classical station is the place to go. But just a hunch you might really like the upcoming in-studio session with Canadian singer/pianist Patrick Watson and his band. Watson has interest in Satie among other composers and you hear that when he plays (to my ears, someone like Paul Bowles too). That's on opbmusic.org next Tuesday 6/15.
ajrider / June 9, 2010
I really enjoy the mix I hear on OPB Music.org. I can only get main stream radio in the mid valley and I get VERY tired of it. It's refreshing to hear new and local artists. I can always pull out the classic CD's when I need my fix of "older" music. Amy