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Static is at the forefront of championing new bands and music trends, with up-to-the-second fresh releases from around the world. Static religiously blends anything from alternative pop to eclectic electronica, hip hop, post-rock and much more, and features in-depth interviews and 2SER Feature CD giveaway.
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2SER-FM's "Static" playlist for Thursday 11th March was as follows ...
JAGUAR LOVE "I Started A Fire" (Fat Possum)
ARCHIE BRONSON OUTFIT "Hoola" (Domino)
MGMT "Flash Delirium" (Columbia)
MASSIVE ATTACK featuring HOPE SANDOVAL "Paradise Circus"
[GUI BORATTO Remix] (Virgin)
LIARS "No Barrier Fun" (Mute)
MATT VAN SCHIE "Journey" (Bandroom Records)
BORN RUFFIANS "Sole Brother" (Warp)
PERRY KEYES "Lou Reed & Robert Quine" (Laughing Outlaw)
DUM DUM GIRLS "Heart Of Stone" (Vice)
NEON INDIAN "Sleep Paralysist" (Green Label Sound)
THE SHINY BRIGHTS "Take No More" (www.myspace.com/theshinybrights)
STEP-PANTHER "Stare Into The Eyes Of The Wolf"
(www.myspace.com/steppanther)
BEAR IN HEAVEN "Lovesick Teenagers" [TWIN SHADOW Remix]
(Hometapes)
BRIGHT EYES and NEVA DINOVA "Happy Accident" (Saddle Creek)
ARCHIE BRONSON OUTFIT "Bite It & Believe It" (Domino)
DANGER MOUSE and SPARKLEHORSE featuring NINA PERSSON
"Daddy's Gone" (www.dnots.com)
2SER-FM's "Static" playlist for Thursday 4th March was as follows ...
STRANGE BOYS "Be Brave" (In The Red/Rough Trade)
LIARS "Scarecrows On A Killer Slant" (Mute)
THE BESNARD LAKES "Chicago Train" (Jagjaguwar)
HOLY GHOST! "On Board" (DFA)
JOANNA NEWSOM "Jackrabbits" (Drag City/Spunk!)
THE BIG PINK "These Arms Of Mine" (4AD/Remote Control)
JJ "Into The Light" (Secretly Canadian)
FIELD MUSIC "All You'd Ever Need To Say" (Memphis Industries/Spunk!)
FOALS "Spanish Sahara" (Transgressive)
WILD BEASTS "We Still Got The Taste Dancin' On Our Tongues"
[GATEKEEPER Remix] (Domino)
CABINS "Catcher In The Rye" (Ivy League)
FRANZ FERDINAND "The Lobster Quadrille" (Buena Vista)
LONELADY "If Not Now" (Warp)
LIARS "Too Much, Too Much" (Mute)
BROKEN BELLS "The Ghost Inside" (Columbia)
2SER-FM's "Static" playlist for Thursday 25th February was as follows ...
THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS "Your Hands (Together)"
(Matador/Remote Control)
JOANNA NEWSOM "Easy" (Drag City/Spunk!)
BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB "Conscience Killer" (Vagrant/Co-Op)
HOT CHIP "One Life Stand" [DRUMS OF DEATH Remix] (Parlophone)
XIU XIU "Impossible Feeling" (Kill Rock Stars)
HEALTH "Die Slow" [CHRIS CLARK Remix] (Lovepump United)
THE RADIO DEPT. "Heaven's On Fire" (Labrador)
GALACTIC featuring BIG CHIEF BO DOLLIS "Wild Man" (Anti-)
THE RUBY SUNS "Haunted House" (Sub Pop)
FLYING LOTUS "Computer Face / Pure Being" (Warp)
THE SEABELLIES "Young Cubs" (Hub)
THE SCARE "She Can't Say No" [PINK FROST Remix] (Below Par/EMI)
JOANNA NEWSOM "You and Me, Bess" (Drag City/Spunk)
BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE "World Sick" (Arts & Crafts)
2SER-FM's "Static" playlist for Thursday 18th February was as follows ...
FREE ENERGY "Hope Child" (DFA)
XIU XIU "Dear God, I Hate Myself" (Kill Rock Stars)
GIANT DRAG "Swan Song" (Roar Scratch)
THE KNIFE with MT SIMS and PLANNINGTOROCK
"The Height Of Summer" (Rabid/etcetc)
LIGHTSPEED CHAMPION "Dead Head Blues" (Domino)
THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART "Higher Than The Stars"
[OTHERS IN CONVERSATION Remix] (Slumberland)
FAN DEATH "Soon" (Last Gang)
EDDY CURRENT SUPPRESSION RING "I Can Be A Jerk" (Aarght!)
BUILT TO SPILL "Water Sleepers" (Warner Bros/ATP Recordings)
AIR "So Light Is Her Footfall" [BREAKBOT Remix] (Virgin)
FLYING FOXES "Vulture Culture" (www.flyingfoxes.tv)
WOLFMOTHER "White Feather" [TIEDYE Remix] (Modular)
XIU XIU "Hyunhye's Theme" (Kill Rock Stars)
GIRLS "End Of The World" (Fantasy Trashcan)
2SER-FM's "Static" playlist for Thursday 11th February was as follows ...
ARCHIE BRONSON OUTFIT "Shark's Tooth" (Domino)
LIGHTSPEED CHAMPION "Madame Van Damme" (Domino)
FIELD MUSIC "Let's Write A Book" (Memphis Industries/Spunk!)
LO-FI-FNK "Marching In" (La Vida Locash)
YEASAYER "I Remember" (Secretly Canadian/Spunk!)
A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS "Keep Slipping Away"
[SOUTH CENTRAL Remix] (Mute)
BLONDE REDHEAD "Il Padroni (Main Theme and Final Reprise)"
(www.blonde-redhead.com/)
PIKELET "Introducing" (Chapter Music/Love + Mercy)
STEVE MASON "All Come Down" (Domino)
THE GOLDEN FILTER "Hide Me" (Dummy/Brille)
STEP-PANTHER "Stare Into The Eyes Of The Wolf"
(www.myspace.com/steppanther)
THE NEVADA STRANGE "Valiant" (Timberyard)
OWEN PALLETT "Keep The Dog Quiet" [SIMON BOOKISH Remix] (Domino)
HOLLY MIRANDA "No One Just Is" (XL/Remote Control)
LIGHTSPEED CHAMPION "I Don't Want To Wake Up Alone" (Domino)
JÓNSI "Go Do" (Parlophone)
2SER-FM's "Static" playlist for Thursday 4th February was as follows ...
RETRIBUTION GOSPEL CHOIR "Hide It Away" (Sub Pop)
YEASAYER "Mondegreen" (Secretly Canadian/Spunk!)
SERENA-MANEESH "I Just Want To See Your Face"
(4AD/Remote Control)
PANTHA DU PRINCE featuring PANDA BEAR "Stick To My Side" (Rough Trade/Remote Control)
HOT CHIP "Brothers" (Parlophone)
WILD BEASTS "All The King's Men" [BANJO OR FREAKOUT Remix]
(Domino)
TUNNG "Don't Look Down Or Back" (Full Time Hobby/Pod)
BEACH HOUSE "Better Times" (Sub Pop/Mistletone)
THE SOFT PACK "C'mon" (Kemado/Pod)
MASSIVE ATTACK featuring GUY GARVEY "Flat Of The Blade" (Virgin)
JOYSTICKS "Leave Her Alone" (www.myspace.com/joysticksmusic)
TELAFONICA "Smells Like Rain" (4-4-2 Music)
NEW YOUNG PONY CLUB "Lost A Girl" (The Numbers)
YEASAYER "Grizelda" (Secretly Canadian/Spunk!)
VIVIAN GIRLS "He's Gone" (Wild World)
2SER-FM's "Static" playlist for Thursday 28th January was as follows ...
LOS CAMPESINOS! "Romance Is Boring" (Wichita)
HOT CHIP "Hand Me Down Your Love" (Parlophone)
BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE "Our Time" (A Recordings)
CARIBOU "Odessa" (City Slang)
BEACH HOUSE "Walk In The Park" (Sub Pop/Mistletone)
SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO featuring BETH DITTO
"Cruel Intentions" [MAURICE FULTON Remix] (Wichita)
FOUR TET "She Just Likes To Fight" (Domino)
MIDLAKE "Fortune" (Bella Union/Speak N Spell)
JOANNA NEWSOM "'81" (Drag City/Spunk!)
TO ROCOCO ROT "Working Against Time" (Domino)
JONATHAN BOULET "Adam Of Zilla" (Modular)
EDDY CURRENT SUPPRESSION RING "Anxiety" (Aarght!)
TORO Y MOI "Talamak" (Carpark/Mistletone)
HOT CHIP "Keep Quiet" (Parlophone)
GOLDFRAPP "Rocket" (Mute)
2SER-FM's "Static" playlist for Thursday 21st January was as follows ...
DUM DUM GIRLS "Jail La La" (Sub Pop)
BEACH HOUSE "Zebra" (Sub Pop/Mistletone)
THE XX "VCR" [MATTHEW DEAR Remix] (Young Turks/Remote Control)
THE HORRORS "Whole New Way" [Re-Recorded Version]
(XL/Remote Control)
THESE NEW PURITANS "White Chords" (Angular/Domino)
AC NEWMAN "Dunno Much About Life But I Know How To Breathe"
(A Major Label/Spunk!)
PIKELET "Weakest Link" (Chapter Music)
CABINS "Hounds" (Ivy League)
MIDLAKE "Children Of The Grounds" (Bella Union/Speak N Spell)
CAMERA OBSCURA "Tougher Than The Rest" (4AD/Remote Control)
VAMPIRE WEEKEND "Cousinz" [TOY SELECTAH Remix]
(XL/Remote Control)
JAY REATARD "Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On
Seattle" (www.jayreatard.com)
BEACH HOUSE "Take Care" (Sub Pop/Mistletone)
THE MAGNETIC FIELDS "You Must Be Out Of Your Mind" (Nonesuch)
2SER-FM's "Static" playlist for Thursday 14th January was as follows ...
XIU XIU "Gray Death" (Kill Rock Stars)
THESE NEW PURITANS "Fire Power" (Angular/Domino)
SPOON "Is Love Forever?" (Merge/Spunk!)
GRIZZLY BEAR "Cheerleader" [NEON INDIAN Remix] (Warp)
VAMPIRE WEEKEND "Taxi Cab" (XL/Remote Control)
DIRTY PROJECTORS "Ascending Melody" (Domino)
EMMA RUSSACK "Sex On The Beach" (Spunk!)
DANIMALS "Hornets Nest" (Speak N Spell)
LINDSTRØM and CHRISTABELLE "Lovesick"
(Feedelity/Smalltown Supersound)
THE BOOKS featuring JOSÉ GONZÁLEZ "Cello Song" (4AD/Remote Control)
THE BESNARD LAKES "Albatross" (Jagjaguwar/Spunk!)
GOLDEN FILTER "The Hardest Button To Button" (Dummy)
THESE NEW PURITANS "Hologram" (Angular/Domino)
JAY REATARD "Pull Down The Shades" (A Major Label/Spunk!)
2SER-FM's "Static" playlist for Thursday 7th January was as follows ...
LOVE IS ALL "Kungen" (Polyvinyl)
VAMPIRE WEEKEND "White Sky" (XL/Remote Control)
JÓNSI "Boy Lilikoi" (Parlophone)
SISTERS OF TRANSISTORS "Sisterhead" (This Is Music)
LIARS "Scissor" (Mute)
KELLEY STOLTZ "Baby I Got News For You" (Chuffed)
CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG "Me and Jane Doe" (Because)
MASSIVE ATTACK featuring HOPE SANDOVAL "Paradise Circus" (Virgin)
BROKEN BELLS "High Road" (Sony)
PIVOT "The Quick Mile" (Warp)
LOVE CONNECTION "Movement I" (Sensory Projects)
THE EMERGENCY "Running Away" (Exo/Metal Postcard)
VAMPIRE WEEKEND "I Think Ur A Contra" (XL/Remote Control)
PORTISHEAD "Chase The Tear" (www.7digital.com/portisheadamnesty)
On 2SER-FM's "Static" this week (Thursday 17th December) we powered through Part Two of our roll-out of songs off our Favourite Albums of 2009, concluding with our Listeners' Top Ten ...
The playlist was as follows ...
COLD CAVE "Life Magazine"
[From Love Comes Close] (Matador/Remote Control)
RAIN MACHINE "Give Blood"
[From Rain Machine] (Anti-)
THE JUAN MACLEAN "The Station"
[From The Future Will Come] (DFA/Popfrenzy)
THE RAVEONETTES "Suicide"
[From In & Out Of Control] (Vice/Fierce Panda)
WOOLFY "Looking Glass"
[From If Ya Know What's Good For Ya!] (Rong/DFA)
DAPPLED CITIES "The Price"
[From Zounds] (Speak N Spell)
AU REVOIR SIMONE "Knight Of Wands"
[From Still Night Still Light] (Moshi Moshi/V2)
HEALTH "Die Slow"
[From Get Color] (Lovepump United/Popfrenzy)
BUILT TO SPILL "Aisle 13"
[From There Is No Enemy] (Warner Bros/Spunk!)
VIVIAN GIRLS "The Desert"
[From Everything Goes Wrong] (In The Red/In-Fidelity)
FEVER RAY "If I Had A Heart"
[From Fever Ray] (Rabid/etcetc)
DISCOVERY "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend"
[From LP] (XL/Remote Control)
ODAWAS "Secrets Of The Fall"
[From Blue Depths] (Jagjaguwar/Rogue)
THE BIG PINK "Dominos"
[From A Brief History Of Love] (4AD/Remote Control)
- This was Berko's Favourite Album of 2009 -
"Static" Listeners' Top Ten was then as follows ...
< 10 > PHOENIX "1901"
[From Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix] (Loyauté/Co-Op)
< 9 > NEKO CASE "Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth"
[From Middle Cyclone] (Anti-)
< 8 > GIRLS "Lust For Life"
[From Album] (True Panther/Pod)
< 7 > THE HORRORS "I Can't Control Myself"
[From Primary Colours] (XL/Remote Control)
< 6 > ANIMAL COLLECTIVE "Summertime Clothes"
[From Merriweather Post Pavilion] (Domino)
- This was Michael's Favourite Album of 2009 -
< 5 > ROWLAND S HOWARD "Wayward Man"
[From Pop Crimes] (Liberation)
< 4 > SONGS "Pain"
[From Songs] (Popfrenzy)
< 3 > THE XX "Islands"
[From The XX] (Young Turks/Remote Control)
< 2 > GRIZZLY BEAR "Two Weeks"
[From Veckatimest] (Warp)
< 1 > THE VEILS "The Letter"
[From Sun Gangs] (Rough Trade/Remote Control)
On 2SER-FM's "Static" this week (Thursday 10th December) we powered through Part One of our roll-out of songs off our Favourite Albums of 2009!
The playlist was as follows ...
HANDSOME FURS "I'm Confused"
[From Face Control] (Sub Pop)
JULIAN CASABLANCAS "11th Dimension"
[From Phrazes For The Young] (Cult/RCA)
JUNIOR BOYS "Bits & Pieces"
[From Begone Dull Care] (Domino)
THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART "Come Saturday"
[From The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart] (Slumberland/Lost &
Lonesome Recording Co.)
THE FIELD "Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime"
[From Yesterday & Today] (Kompakt/Anti-)
RED RIDERS "Ordinary"
[From Drown In Colour] (Ivy League)
BACHELORETTE "Donkey"
[From My Electric Family] (Particle Tracks/Mistletone)
FUCK BUTTONS "Surf Solar"
[From Tarot Sport] (ATP)
YO LA TENGO "If It's True"
[From Popular Songs] (Matador/Remote Control)
ATLAS SOUND "Criminals"
[From Logos] (4AD/Remote Control)
CROCODILES "Soft Skull (In My Room)"
[From Summer Of Hate] (Fat Possum)
PATRICK WOLF "Hard Times"
[From The Bachelor] (Bloody Chamber Music/Speak N Spell)
CASS McCOMBS "Dreams-Come-True-Girl"
[From Catacombs] (Domino)
CIRCLESQUARE "Dancers"
[From Songs About Dancing & Drugs] (!K7)
THE FLAMING LIPS "Silver Trembling Hands"
[From Embryonic] (Warner Bros)
LOST VALENTINOS "In The City Of Gold"
[From Cities Of Gold] (etcetc)
DIRTY PROJECTORS "Cannibal Resource"
[From Bitte Orca] (Domino)
DANGER MOUSE and SPARKLEHORSE "Star Eyes (I Can't Catch It)"
[From Dark Night Of The Soul] (www.dnots.com)
BLACK MOTH SUPER RAINBOW "Iron Lemonade"
[From Eating Us] (Graveface/Spunk!)
ARCTIC MONKEYS "Cornerstone"
[From Humbug] (Domino)
DAN DEACON "Paddling Ghost"
[From Bromst] (Carpark/Mistletone)
THE SCARE "She Can't Say No"
[From Oozevoodoo] (Below Par/EMI)
WILD BEASTS "When I'm Sleepy"
[From Two Dancers] (Domino)
SONIC YOUTH "Sacred Trickster"
[From The Eternal] (Matador/Remote Control)
YEAH YEAH YEAHS "Zero"
[From It's Blitz!] (Interscope/Modular)
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