Completely Conspicuous 287: Halfway There

Part 1 of my conversation with guest Jay Breitling as we discuss our favorite music of the first half of 2013. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and music from Speedy Ortiz, Radiator Hospital, Kurt Vile and Light Heat. Show notes: - Recorded at Clicky Clicky world HQ - Rick Moranis has a new album out - Rush's only U.S. top 40 hit was 1982's "New World Man" - Brought to you (not really) by Lagunitas Little Sumpin' Sumpin' - JK: iTunes crashed, lost all playlists and play counts - Spotify recently added music recommendations - Serious signal-to-noise ratio - YouTube's a great source of cool audio and video - JB: A lot of great music from Exploding in Sound label - JB: Ovlov - Am - JK: Speedy Ortiz - Major Arcana - Featured on JB's Lilys comp - Many young bands embracing '90s sounds - JB: Krill - Lucky Leaves - Bass-playing singers free up space for guitarists - JK: Palma Violets - 180 - Catchy Britpop that rocks - JB: Radiator Hospital - Something Wild - Album title comes from Jonathan Demme movie - JK: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away - More subdued effort, but still excellent - JB: Colleen - The Weighing of the Heart - Former French schoolteacher - Speedy Ortiz posted a great mixtape on their blog - JK: David Bowie - The Next Day - Unexpected but surprisingly good - JB: Veronica Falls - Waiting for Something to Happen - Melodic British guitar pop - JK hasn't purchased any CDs this year; JB's bought fewer than 10 - Vinyl ain't cheap - JB's listed in liner notes of new Speedy Ortiz album - JK: Kurt Vile - Wakin' on a Pretty Daze - Very chill, lots of long jams - Kurt's brother sells Jell-O shots at festivals - JB: Light Heat - s/t - Former Mazarin fronter on his own - JK: Queens of the Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork - Expected hard rocker and got something more interesting - New QOTSA drummer is Jon Theodore, ex of Mars Volta - To be continued - Bonehead of the Week Music:Speedy Ortiz - Tiger Tank Radiator Hospital - Your Boyfriend Kurt Vile - Wakin' on a Pretty Day Light Heat - The Mirror (live) Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review! The Speedy Ortiz song is on the album Major Arcana on Carpark Records. Download the song for free at Stereogum. The Radiator Hospital song is on the album Something Wild. Download the entire album for free at Bandcamp. The Kurt Vile song is on the album Wakin' on a Pretty Daze on Matador Records. Download the song for free at Matador. The Light Heat song is on the band's self-titled album on Ribbon Music. Download the live version for free as part of the WXPN/Key Studio Session at The Key. The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor by Text-Enhance">Breitling at his fine music blog Clicky Clicky. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.

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