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ep31 - Beck / Hope For Agoldensummer / Ratatat

feedback@haveyouheard.net (Adam Trimble and Bradley Occhipinti) — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:26:51 +0000

In episode 31 Bradley and adam discuss what makes a Beck album tick, visit with edgy folk fems Hope For Agoldensummer and get them to cover a little radio rock, then tie it all up with a discussion about how much variation you can get with retro instrumental synth pop.

The Deer Tracks - Slow Collision (Free Via It’s A Trap!)
Flying Lotus - Robotussin (Free Via Gorilla Vs. Bear)
Shock of Pleasure - Superstar (Free Via Alankomaat)
Beck - Gamma Ray (Buy from Amazon)
Hope For Agoldensummer - Candy Dots (Released later this week free)
Hope For Agoldensummer - Are You That Somebody? (Released later this week free)
Ratatat - Mirando (Buy from Amazon)
Rova Zetella - XXX (Download that song free Via their Myspace)

ep30 - Sigur Ros / Corndogorama / Hercules & Love Affair

feedback@haveyouheard.net (Adam Trimble and Bradley Occhipinti) — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:20:14 +0000

Episode 30 rounds out nicely as our most music packed episode of all time. Beginning with a surprising review of Sigur Ros’ newest offering then playing highlights from this years HYH sponsored local music festival then ending with an “out of nowhere” record featuring some of the best disco outside a John Travolta movie.

Black Kids - I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You (The Twelves Remix) (Free via Planet Shhh)
Greencoats - Honey (Free Via Swedesplease)
Longwave - Sirens In The Deep Sea (Free Via Alankomaat)
Sigur Ros - Gobbledigook (Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust)
Summerbirds In The Cellar - Now We Are Ugly On The Inside (Free downloads at their Myspace page)
Abandon The Earth Mission - Sonrisa (Make friends on Myspace)
Noot D’Noot - Livin The Life Feat Sleepy (Make friends on Myspace)
Gringo Star - All Y’all (Make friends on Myspace)
Herculeus & Love Affair - You Belong (Hercules & Love Affair)
Slushco - I Can Only Try (Make friends on Myspace)

ep29 - Wolf Parade / Royal Bangs / Silver Jews

feedback@haveyouheard.net (Adam Trimble and Bradley Occhipinti) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 08:36:50 +0000

In episode 29 Wolf Parade brings their new offering At Mount Zoomer, The Silver Jews try to bring things back to basics with Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea and we catch up with criticly acclaimed Knoxvillians Royal Bangs!

Pretty Good Dance Moves - P.G.D.M. (Via Along The Waterfall)
Calico Horse - Idioteque (Via Quarterlife Party)
The Lord Dog Bird - The Gift of Song In The Lion’s Den (Via Aural Sex)
Wolf Parade - Call It A Ritual (Buy At Mount Zoomer Here)
Royal Bangs - Japanese Cars (Live Have You Heard Session free on the site soon)
Royal Bangs - Handcuff Killa (Live Have You Heard Session free on the site soon)
Silver Jews - Strange Victory, Strange Defeat (Buy Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea Here)
The Hiss - Don’t Leave Me Out Here (Visit Their Myspace for a freed download Here)

ep28 - My Morning Jacket / The Subliminator / Black Diamond Heavies

feedback@haveyouheard.net (Adam Trimble and Bradley Occhipinti) — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:07:45 +0000

In episode 28 Adam and Bradley discuss My Morning Jacket’s late night tendencies, get hypnotized by The Subliminator, and feel the weight of The Black Diamond Heavies. Don’t forget to email us feedback at feedback@haveyouheard.net

Radio Dept. - Freddie and the Trojan Horse (Free Via MFR)
Cof Cof - Caribbean Boy (Free Via Pasta Primavera)
Kenny Loggins - Footloose (Free Via Who Needs Radio?)
My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges (Buy Evil Urges from Amazon)
The Subliminator - Howl (Exclusive Have You Heard Session free later in the week)
The Subliminator - Who Do You Love (Exclusive Have You Heard Session free later in the week)
Black Diamond Heavies - Bidin My Time (Buy A Touch of Someone Else’s Class from Amazon)
Casper and The Cookies - Sid from Central Park (Buy The Optimist’s Club from Amazon)

ep27 - Shearwater / Misfortune 500 / The Cool Kids

feedback@haveyouheard.net (Adam Trimble and Bradley Occhipinti) — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:58:28 +0000

Bradley and Adam discuss Shearwater’s new album Rook, record Misfortune 500 doing an interview and a few live tracks, then discuss The Cool Kids and what makes a hip hop record work.

Music Go Music - Light of Love (Free via Stereogum)
The Morning Benders - Damnit Anna (Free via Hear Ya)
Lilofee - Lock and Key (Visit Their Myspace Here)
Shearwater - Leviathan Bound (Buy Rook here)
Misfortune 500 - Panther Panther (Have You Heard Session available free on the site soon)
Misfortune 500 - A Series and Movement (Have You Heard Session available free on the site soon)
The Cool Kids - What It Is (Buy The Bake Sale Ep here)
Attractive Eighties Women - Lightening Bolt (Visit their Website here)

ep26 - Walter Meego / The Nobility / Spiritualized

feedback@haveyouheard.net (Adam Trimble and Bradley Occhipinti) — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:01:35 +0000

Welcome to the new and improved Have You Heard, You’ll find more music and more direct conversation

Sigur Ros - Gobbledigook (Download free here)
MGMT - Electric Feel (Justice Remix) (Download free here)
Fabienne Del Sol - I’m Gonna Catch Me A Rat (Download free here)
Walter Meego - Forever (Buy the record here)
The Nobility - I Refuse (Sessions from Big Ralph Studios posted free soon)
The Nobility - Gentle Giant (Sessions from Big Ralph Studios posted free soon)
Spiritualized - Soul On Fire (Buy the record here)
Program The Dead - Pretty Mess (Visit them on myspace here)

ep25 - The French Kicks / Slaraffenland / Windsor For The Derby

feedback@haveyouheard.net (Adam Trimble and Bradley Occhipinti) — Mon, 26 May 2008 15:29:58 +0000

This week Adam and Bradley review “Swimming” from New York indie staples The French Kicks, have a great live session / interview right here at Big Ralph Studios with Denmark’s own Slaraffenland, then finish with a review of “How We Lost” by Austin’s vanguard Windsor For The Derby. Of course we have our top 8 favorite music news stories which we give some kudos to Death Cab For Cutie and finish out the show with a track from “Make The Fur Fly”.

The French Kicks - Swimming (Buy the record here)
Slaraffenland - Have You Heard Sessions (More Free Live tracks posted ASAP)
Windsor For The Derby - How We Lost (Buy the record here)
Make The Fur Fly - No Surprise Demo (Visit their myspace here)

ep24 - The Botticellis / The Black Angels

feedback@haveyouheard.net (Adam Trimble and Bradley Occhipinti) — Tue, 20 May 2008 07:50:45 +0000

This week Bradley and Adam Visit with the Botticellis and The Black Angels. We Recommend The Flaming Lips’ Opus Soft Bulletin, Introduce a new segment called On The Right Track and finish up with Atlanta staple Club Awsome.

The Botticellis - Old Home Movies [Buy The Album Here]
The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin [Buy The Album Here]
The Black Angels - Directions To See A Ghost [Buy The Album Here]
Club Awsome - White Tiger [Visit them on Myspace Here]

ep23 - Elvis Costello / No Age

feedback@haveyouheard.net (Adam Trimble and Bradley Occhipinti) — Tue, 13 May 2008 19:28:17 +0000

Adam and Bradley dive into new material from an elder Costello and give some feedback to feedback heavy Los Angeles noise rockers No Age. Plus they recommend an album old and new both great, go through music news, and lead out with a stellar Atlanta band.

Tracks played on the show:

Elvis Costello - No Hiding Place (Buy the record here)
The Zombies - This Will Be Our Year (Buy the record here)
No Age - Eraser (Buy the record here)
Quasi - Sugar (Buy the record here)
The Coathangers - Parking Lot (Buy the record here)

ep22 - Portishead / The Acorn / The Roots

feedback@haveyouheard.net (Adam Trimble and Bradley Occhipinti) — Mon, 05 May 2008 20:11:16 +0000

Incredible Canadian folk rockers The Acorn stop by to chat with us and play a few tracks. We also review the new Portishead record which has been ten years in the waiting and The Roots new CD Rising Down.

Tracks played on the show:

Portishead - We Carry On [buy album]
The Acorn - Crooked Legs [buy album]
The Acorn - Flood pt. 2 [buy album] (all live tracks recorded on this episode will be released within the week so keep checking back)
The Roots - Rising Down [buy album]

ep21 - Anna Ternheim / El Perro Del Mar / Today The Moon Tomorrow The Sun

feedback@haveyouheard.net (Adam Trimble and Bradley Occhipinti) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:41:01 +0000

In our 21st episode the guys cover two new swedish releases, record fantastic Atlanta rockers Today The Moon Tomorrow the sun, squeeze in an interview and even manage to go over our top 8 music news stories! Don’t Miss this episode!!!

El Perro Del Mar - From The Valley To The Stars (Buy It Here)
Today The Moon Tomorrow The Sun - Live At Big Ralph Studios (all songs to be released free soon)
Anna Ternheim - Halfway To Fivepoints (Buy It Here)

As promised on the show here’s a look at the album cover Crystle Castles “borrowed” from Trevor Brown.

ep20 - The Brian Jonestown Massaccre / Ours

feedback@haveyouheard.net (Adam Trimble and Bradley Occhipinti) — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:27:33 +0000

In episode 20 the have you heard sound off about The Brian Jonestown Massacre’s new “record” My Bloody Underground and have a passionate discourse about Ours. We Reccomend BernEno and Spoon and finish up with a great new up and comming group Constellations! Get well soon girl singers!!

ep19 - Man Man / Cut Copy

feedback@haveyouheard.net (Adam Trimble and Bradley Occhipinti) — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:37:07 +0000

This episode we take a look at the sweet pop stylings of Cut Copy’s new record, and the upbeat experimentation of Man Man. We also look through the mailbag and respond to some listener feedback.

Songs played on the show:

(theme) LeJeune - Replaced by Robots
Cut Copy - Lights & Music
Man Man - Top Drawer
Kyle Corbitt - Deep Into the Night

ep18 - The Black Keys / Sun Kil Moon

feedback@haveyouheard.net (Adam Trimble and Bradley Occhipinti) — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:38:58 +0000

In episode 18 Bradley and Adam spar about The Black Keys new releases entitled Attack & Release, then give you a point by point discussion about Sun Kil Moon and their new release April. Your Top 8 Music news stories go from Elvis to Itunes and Keith Richards.

ep17 - F**k Buttons / Decomposure / De Novo Dahl

feedback@haveyouheard.net (Adam Trimble and Bradley Occhipinti) — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:37:23 +0000

Subscribe to the show to easily listen through itunes.

This episode we interview someone on the other side of the Great Lakes, get our post-rock on, and gleefully see the newest thing out of Nashville, TN.

Songs played on this episode:

F**k Buttons - Bright Tomorrow Buy F**k Buttons’ Music Here
Decomposure - Hour 1 Buy Decomposure’s Music Here
De Novo Dahl - Shout Buy De Novo Dahl’s Music Here
Twin Tigers - If (out june 10th click here for myspace)

Have a great week, and don’t forget to send us an email!

ep16 - DeVotchKa / The Kills

feedback@haveyouheard.net (Adam Trimble and Bradley Occhipinti) — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 04:27:14 +0000

The kills change things up with their third release, and we consider Devotchka outside of their Little Miss Sunshine soundtrack success.

Songs played on the show:

Devotchka - Transliterator [Buy DeVotchKa mp3s]
Grenadine - [Buy Grenadine mp3s]
The Kills - Midnight Boom [Buy The Kills cd]
Evangelicals - The Evening Descends [Buy Evangelicals mp3s]
Luigi - Buy Luigi’s Music Here

Happy Birthday John!

ep15 - Del Tha Funkee Homosapien / The Diggs

feedback@haveyouheard.net (Adam Trimble and Bradley Occhipinti) — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:37:11 +0000

One of our favorite underground rappers drops a new record, and we take a look at some up and coming Brooklynites we think have great potential.

Songs played on the show:

Del Tha Funkee Homosapien - Bubble Pop [Buy Del's Music Here]
The Band - Up on Cripple Creek [Buy The Band's Music Here]
The Diggs - Recovery Forever [Buy The Digg's Music Here]
Sunny Day Real Estate - Seven [Buy Sunny Day's Records Here]
The Black Kids - I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You [Buy The Black Kids' Music Here I guess]

Thanks for all the support through the storm.

ep14 - Ladyhawk / The Oaks / Stephen Malkmus

feedback@haveyouheard.net (Adam Trimble and Bradley Occhipinti) — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:10:17 +0000

Two reviews not enough for you? We’re bringing the Have You Heard treatment to three sly releases this week. Two interesting indie releases and a release from an old time favorite.

Tracks played on the show:

Ladyhawk - I Don’t Always Know What You’re Saying [buy mp3s from Shots]
The Oaks - Masood [myspace]
Pavement - Rattled by the Rush [buy mp3s from Wowee Zowee]
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks - Baltimore [buy mp3s from Real Emotional Trash]
Gringo Star - All Y’all [myspace]

ep13 - Beach House / Ghostland Observatory

feedback@haveyouheard.net (Adam Trimble and Bradley Occhipinti) — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:27:31 +0000

It’s a shoegaze spectacular. Adam and Bradley go over new eighties influenced dance beats, pledge their devotion to Beach House, and talk about one of the most important legal rulings dealing with music since Napster.

Tracks played during the show:

Gila - Beach House
Anonome - The Brian Jonestown Massacre
Heavy Heart - Ghostland Observatory
Afterclap - 13 + God
The Rat - Dead Confederate

Enjoy the episode!

ep12 - Bon Iver / Trances Arc

feedback@haveyouheard.net (Adam Trimble and Bradley Occhipinti) — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 07:54:38 +0000

Trances Arc came over to talk with us and play some acoustic tracks for us. We also talk about Bon Iver, a release we’ve been waiting ages to review. Look for the four songs Trances Arc recorded at our studio on our website. They’ll be up within the day.

Songs played on the show:

Skinny Love - Bon Iver [buy album]
Piece of Mind - Trances Arc
Life in Stereo - Trances Arc
Cold as Ice - Atlas Sound

We’re really proud of this episode. If you haven’t gotten a chance to listen yet this is definitely a good place to start.

ep11 - Hot Chip / Nada Surf

feedback@haveyouheard.net (Adam Trimble and Bradley Occhipinti) — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:34:20 +0000

Adam and Bradley talk about Hot Chip and Nada Surf, reccomend more records, and discuss old formats vs New Formats

Songs played during the show:

Ready for the Floor - Hot Chip
You Said Something - PJ Harvey
See These Bones - Nada Surf
Madonna - CocoRosie
Angeline - The Howlies

ep10 - Xiu Xiu / Vampire Weekend

feedback@haveyouheard.net (Adam Trimble and Bradley Occhipinti) — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 09:57:05 +0000

This week Julia joins HYH as a regular guest, we review avante jazz indie rockers Xiu Xiu, give deserved praise to Vampire Weekend, and talk about some of our current favorite albums.

Tracks played on the show

F.T.W. - Xiu Xiu
Paranoia in Bb Major - The Avett Brothers
Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa - Vampire Weekend
Primative - Ambulance LTD
Tell Me Where You’re Going - Trances Arc

The positive review Have You Heard received on Podcast Fanatic can be found here.

ep9 - Black Mountain / Aster

feedback@haveyouheard.net (Adam Trimble and Bradley Occhipinti) — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 05:59:36 +0000

In this episode of the podcast we review the rock powerhouse Black Mountain and Austin synth popsters Aster. We also continue our ongoing conversations about the state of the recording industry.

Tracks featured in the show:

Wuucan - Black Mountain
The Pink Room - Angelo Badalamenti
Attempting to Multiply - Aster
Between Us and Them - Moving Units
T.V. Made Me Hate(featuring Mad Illz and Kritical) - King Robot

ep8 - Magnetic Fields / Tyler Ramsey

feedback@haveyouheard.net (Adam Trimble and Bradley Occhipinti) — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:41:25 +0000

This week Bradley and Julia talk about the record industry, review the magnetic fields’ new shoegaze sing along record, Check out Solo record by new Band Of Horses member Tyler Ramsey, discuss Unwound, Beirut and find out about The Swear. Tracks spotlighted on this weeks episode:

To Drunk To Dream -The Magnetic Fields
The Penalty - Beirut
Once In Your Life - Tyler Ramsey
December - Unwound
The Sleep Inside - The Swear

ep7 - Kate Nash / Sia

feedback@haveyouheard.net (Adam Trimble and Bradley Occhipinti) — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:25:56 +0000

Episode seven is out and we explore the world of female solo artists. This week two UK based artists Kate Nash and Sia bring us records to explore. We recommend The Walkmen and The Radio Dept.

Tracks spotlighted on this weeks episode:

Pumpkin Soup - Kate Nash
Wake Up - The Walkmen
Academia - Sia
Where Damage Isn’t Already Done - The Radio Dept.
Halleluia Chorus - The Nobility

ep6 - Biirdie / Recommendations

feedback@haveyouheard.net (Adam Trimble and Bradley Occhipinti) — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 07:01:06 +0000

This week special guest Julia Reidy from Fear of Arthropods joins us as we talk about Biirdie, the state of the recording industry, and three of our recommendations.

Tracks played on the show:

Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Bellbottoms
Biirdie - Him
Fishboy - Minus Two
Lou Reed - Satellite of Love
Beat the Devil - Shine in Exile

We’d like to give a special thanks to Lindy Adamavadge for helping us as much as she has with this and all of our episode.

Best Albums of 2007

feedback@haveyouheard.net (Adam Trimble and Bradley Occhipinti) — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 10:03:19 +0000

This week’s podcast was our Best of 2007 episode. We didn’t want to post the list on the blog until most of our subscribers had listened to the show.

It’s been a few days now, and I thought I’d give our readers a chance to pour over the list we debuted on the podcast. We think all the records we list are important so on the show we went through the albums chronologically, and that’s how they’re listed below.

The Best Albums of 2007

Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? – Of Montreal (Polyvinyl) Athens, GA
Friend Opportunity – Deerhoof (Kill Rock Stars) San Francisco CA
Friend and Foe – Menomena (Barsuk Records) Portland OR
Grinderman – Grinderman (Mute) Australia
Little Dragon – Little Dragon (Peace Frog Records) Gothenburg Sweeden
Fancy Footwork – Cromeo (Rice Records) Montreal
Boxer – The National (Beggars Banquet) Cincinnati OH
Fantastic Playroom – New Young Pony Club (Modular Records) London
Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga – Spoon (Merge) Austin
Cross – Justice (Ed Banger Records) Paris
The Stage Names – Okkervil River (Jagjaguwar) Austin
A Place to Bury Strangers – A Place to Bury Strangers (Killer Pimp) New York City
Challengers – The New Pornographers (Matador) Vancouver CA
Stawberry Jam – Animal Collective (Domino Records) New York City
Good Bad Not Evil – The Black Lips (Vice) Atlanta
In Rainbows – Radiohead (self-released) Oxford UK
Oracular Spectacular – MGMT (Sony/Columbia) Middletown CT
Hymns For a Dark Horse – Bower Birds (Burlytime) Raleigh NC
Alive 2007 – Daft Punk (Virgin) Paris
The Cool – Lupe Fiasco (1st and 15th, Atlantic) Chicago IL

If you want to know why these albums were our top 20 listen to the show. We talk about each choice briefly.

ep4 - Lupe Fiasco / Mary J. Blige

feedback@haveyouheard.net (Adam Trimble and Bradley Occhipinti) — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 10:09:04 +0000

The holidays are here and so is another episode of Have You Heard. This time we have some rave reviews for a rapper out of Chicago. We talk about under the radar UK albums, the genesis of punk, and 193 billion dollar lawsuits.

Show albums:

The Cool - Lupe Fiasco
Any Other City - Life Without Buildings
Marquee Moon - Television
Growing Pains - Mary J. Blige

ep3 - Tenniscoats / Future of the Left

feedback@haveyouheard.net (Adam Trimble and Bradley Occhipinti) — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:36:02 +0000

In this contentious episode Bradley and Adam review Japanese twee group the Tenniscoats and their record Tan Tan Therapy and Curses by Future of the Left.

ep2 - Daft Punk / Aloha

feedback@haveyouheard.net (Adam Trimble and Bradley Occhipinti) — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 07:04:11 +0000

This week Bradley and Adam talk about the tour lighting up the world with its giant LED pyramid which was documented by the new Daft Punk record Alive 2007. We also review the new record Light Works by indie rock band Aloha. Bradley recommends you listen to the new Band of Bees this week, and Adam falls in love with Nada Surf, again.