Psychocandy: A Multifarious Musical Amassment of Post-Punk, New Wave, & Underground Sounds
Psychocandy is produced in the studios of KISU in Pocatello, ID. Hosted by Levi Keller, the show features a variety of vintage Post-punk, New Wave, and "Postmodern" music from the 70's through the early 90's, as well as tunes from modern-day Post-punk revivalists. Emphasis is placed on lesser-known songs from well-known artists, as well as more obscure bands. The show is a nod to the first wave of college radio programs.
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As you've probably surmised by now, Psychocandy Radio is no more. I decided to end the show back in 2009 due to time constraints. I've been hosting another program, Beat City Radio, since late 2007 and putting together six hours of programming every week became far too tiresome. Unfortunately, I had to let my true love die, and now her ghost haunts me. I receive feedback from disgruntled ex-listeners on a fairly regular basis and it really makes me miss putting together this program. Psychocandy Radio was good but it could have been better, and I got too burned out. Beat City Radio has traditionally been a different style of program, but ever-increasingly, I've been playing Post-Punk, New Wave, and Underground Sounds. So if you liked this show, head on over to the Beat City Radio blog and check out the playlists there. I have a JAMC tribute show in the works, as well, which I'll post here (if anyone's still reading). Also, I'll probably post all of the archived Psychocandy shows here sometime. Thanks for listening!
Well, isn't this just jammin'? We've got a new post for your viewing pleasure. We also have a brand new episode airing this evening. I'll get the podcast up soon, probably as early as tomorrow. But tonight, I am beat and sleep...or to go out and have fun. Perhaps I'll head over to the First National Bar here in Pocatello to see the always fun and high-energy Hailey, Idaho trio Finn Riggins. They are playing at 9pm with local indie-popsters Spondee, as well as the San Francisco group Low Red Land.
As for tonight's program, the first half is Country-infused and Spaghetti Westernesque Post-punk from the likes of The Lords of the New Church, Pixies, Gun Club, and Theatre of Hate, among others. The second half kicks it up a notch with our usual (mostly) PsychoCandy Radio fare. One band of note in this hour is the Oxford, United Kingdom group Foals, who are playing in Salt Lake City tomorrow evening at Kilby Court with The Future of the Ghost.
The playlist is below, and don't miss the bonus videos. They're both ace.
*Intro* The Smiths - Panic
Gun Club – Cool Drink of Water Blues (Fire of Love) Slash 1981
Cramps – New Kind of Kick (Bad Music for Bad People) IRS 1984
The Lords of the New Church – A Gun Called Justice (Method to Our Madness) IRS 1984
Pixies – Silver (Doolittle) 4AD 1989
Theatre of Hate – Conquistador (Westworld) Burning Rome 1982
LowRedLand – Gunfighter’s Afternoon (Low Red Land Demo) Self-released 2008
*Break/Zipper* Theatre of Hate – The New Trail of Tears
Finn Riggins – Pannin’ for Gold (A Soldier, A Saint, An Ocean Explorer) Tender Loving Empire 2007
finn riggins, ( ) – Have A Glove Cmprtmnt ([alive bugs]) Self-released 2006
Foals – Two Steps Twice (Antidote) Sub Pop 2008
The Fall – Two Steps Back (Live at the Witch Trials) Resurgent 1979
These New Puritans – Colours (Beat Pyramid) Domino 2008
Beehive & The Barracudas – Love is a Bitch (In Dark Love) Swami 2003
*Break/Zipper* In the Journey Promo
Mouse Fire – Started A Fire (Wooden Teeth) Lujo 2008
The Apes – Beat of the Double (Ghost Games) Gypsy Eyes 2008
Bonus Video One: The Fall performing with Coldcut on BBC2 - Telephone Thing
Here is the podcast for tonight's show. We hear some new and recent releases as well as tracks from the heyday. The first set contains songs that relate to vampires in one way or another. The final set includes A Place to Bury Strangers and The Raveonettes, two groups that have achieved quite a bit of attention, especially as of late. Their songs are coupled with obvious (and quite wonderful) influences Suicide and The Jesus and Mary Chain. Rhino records remastered and reissued five Jesus and Mary Chain records this week. It's been a long time since they've been available at an affordable cost, so if you've got worn out copies, now's your chance to hook up. Hopefully by the end of the show you'll be talking to your chaotic souls in rhymes (yeah, I know, cheez-balleez, but whatever). Enjoy!
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It's been a while folks, but here is a fresh episode of post-punk and synth goodness. Check out the ode to seedy underground sex culture and odd relationships in the middle set and the pseudo-political closing set. To stream, click on the link, and to download the podcast, right-click and "Save Target As."
PsychoCandy Radio March 22, 2008 Playlist: Ministry – Everyday Is Halloween (Twelve-Inch Singles 1981-1984) Wax Trax! 1985 *Music Bed for Introduction*
New Order – Blue Monday (Substance) Qwest 1987
The Rosebuds – I Better Run (Night of the Furies) Merge 2007
Chromatics – Night Drive (Night Drive) Italians Do It Better 2007
She Wants Revenge – True Romance (This Is Forever) Geffen 2007
*Station Break* Depeche Mode – Pipeline (Construction Time Again)
The Glove – Like an Animal (Blue Sunshine) Wonderland 1983
I'm pretty busy tonight and not very talkative, so here's the playlist and a li'l something else for you. Enjoy. To stream the show click on the link and to download, right-click and "Save Target As."
PsychoCandy Radio February 2, 2008 PLAYLIST: *Opening Theme* Ministry - Everyday Is Halloween (Twelve Inch Singles 1981-1984) Wax Trax! 1985 Finn Riggins – Flying (Alive Bugs) Moon Is Not Smooth 2006 Pixies – The Happening (Bossanova) 4AD 1990 Cocteau Twins – Pandora (Treasure) 4AD 1984 Soul Merchants – Mary Had (1985-1987) Smooch 2007 Pere Ubu – Chinese Radiation (The Modern Dance) Geffen 1978 *Station Break* Lemon Kittens – They Are Both Dirty (Spoonfed And Writhing) A Certain Ratio – Crippled Child (The Graveyard And The Ballroom) Factory 1980 The Pop Group – She Is Beyond Good And Evil (Y) Radar 1979 Gang of Four – Guns Before Butter (Entertainment!) EMI 1979 Simple Minds – Life In A Day (Life In A Day) Zoom 1979 The Church – Chrome Injury (Of Skins & Heart) Arista 1981 Flesh For Lulu – Stupid In The Street (Plastic Fantastic) Capitol 1989 *Station Break* Nine Inch Nails – Eraser (The Downward Spiral) Soft Cell – Sex Dwarf (Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing) Sire 1982 Depeche Mode – Master And Servant (Some Great Reward) Sire 1984
A new show, you say? Yes, that's right muthafucka! Here's the podcast and playlist for the January 19, 2008 episode of Psychocandy. It's the first new show I've done this year and I hope you enjoy it. As a sort of tribute to one of my good friends, whose birthday just happened to coincide with the airing of this episode, the middle section contains songs that all relate to Bauhaus in one way or another. Click the Podcast link to stream or right-click and "save target as" to download the show. Enjoi.
Here we are again with an update in a series of entries that are quite a few weeks apart. For that we do apologize; however, with the new year (yeah, I know it's the nineteenth, but we're just getting over the holiday festivities in slacker-land), we plan to keep you more up to date with the happenings on this end as well as produce some special episodes highlighting the careers of such luminaries as The Cure, Bauhaus, and Ministry, among others. But for now, here is the podcast for the X-mas episode that aired on December 22, 2007, as well as the playlist. If you'll take note, the playlist format has changed a bit and here is a little key for figuring out all the ballyhoo. Artist - Song Title (Album) Record Label Release Year
Chris Stamey Group -Christmas Time (Christmas Time) Coyote 1986
Timbuk 3 – All I Want For Christmas (Just In Time For Christmas) Capitol 1990
Patti Smith – White Christmas (White Christmas/No Jestering 7”) Jason
*STATION BREAK* Tuxedomoon – You [Christmas Mix] (Solve et Coagula) Crammed Discs 1994
London After Midnight – The Christmas Song (Excelsis Vol. 2 – A Winter’s Song – Projekt) Projekt 1999 The Fall – No X-Mas For John Quays (Live At The Witch Trials) Resurgent 1979
Alien Sex Fiend – Stuff The Turkey (Here Cum Germs) PVC 1987
Saccharine Trust – A Christmas Cry (A Christmas Cry 7”) SST/New Alliance 1981
The Raveonettes – The Christmas Song (Maybe This Christmas Tree) Nettwerk 2004
*STATION BREAK* Durutti Column – One Christmas For Your Thoughts (LC) Factory 1981
The Ramones – Merry Christmas [I Don’t Want To Fight Tonight] (Brain Drain) Sire 1989
Billy Idol – Let It Snow (Happy Holidays: A Very Special Christmas Album) Edel Germany 2006
The Waitresses – Christmas Wrapping (The Best of The Waitresses) Polydor 1990
They Might Be Giants – Santa’s Beard (Lincoln) Restless 1989
The Pogues – Fairytale Of New York (If I Should Fall from Grace with God) Island 1988
Cocteau Twins – Frosty The Snowman (Snow) Fontana 1998
Love & Rockets – Holiday On The Moon (Express) Beggars Banquet 1985
After a brief hiatus (read: a few weeks of encore presentations of episodes from last year) Psychocandy is back! It's been slightly difficult preparing new episodes as I have taken on the responsibility of producing a five-day-per-week show called Beat City Radio . However, in the midst of that process and preparing for finals, I managed to churn out something new for your listening pleasure. To celebrate the return of the show to its original one-hour length, we have fresh opening and closing themes and the playlist will now be listed in the blog entries, rather than linked to another website. Tonight we'll hear from My Robot Friend, Blaqk Audio, Depeche Mode, Ministry, and more. Enjoy...
Just a note about tonight's show - it is the first hour of the October 13 broadcast. I decided that everyone should get a chance to hear it over the air since it was pre-empted by Women's Volleyball twice before. Also, from now on, the show will only be an hour long. I'll be hosting another music program on KISU on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday afternoons at 4:00. I just don't have enough time to produce that program and continue broadcasting Psychocandy at a two-hour length. That's all for now.
All Hallow's Eve Episode. Originally aired on October 27, 2007, and rebroadcast on October 31, 2007. It's scary, hairy, has risen from prehistoric tar pits, and is here to eat your flesh and leave you deaf.
Well, here's the October 13, 2007 show featuring the sophomore effort from the L.A. based She Wants Revenge. The band is featured in the second hour, as I planned ahead. The first hour of the live broadcast was supposed to get pre-empted, yes, pre-empted by ISU Women's Volleyball!!! Of all things... Anyway, as it turns out, both hours were pre-empted, and the airing of this episode was attempted again the following week with the same results. So, if you tuned in or tried to stream the show on October 13 or October 20, here is some salvation in podcast form. Let me know what you think of this show and/or the latest from SWR. One of the band's latest singles is available for download a couple of posts down. Enjoy...
I'm reaching into my bag of goodies and pulling out.....FRESH PODCASTS for Halloween! As part of of today's blog updates, I'll be posting dark and sugary sweet audio morsels, including the Halloween Special, which is a delightful blend of macabre, monstrous, and terrifying Halloween-themed tracks. Finally, the episodes you've been missing and longing for can be yours! HAPPY HALLOWEEN...And don't eat stuff off the sidewalk....you don't know where it's been.
No new podcasts posted...but some information for you all. She Wants Revenge is releasing their sophomore effort, This is Forever, next Tuesday, October 9. They are also playing a show in Salt Lake City at the Avalon Theater next Wednesday at 7pm. It should be worth checking out. See the video for their new single, True Romance, HERE . On another note, I am still producing PsychoCandy; however, life is busy as hell and I haven't much time to update the blog. Within the next few days, you should see some new podcasts and whatnot. Stay tuned...
There you have it, folks. I got the blog restored and the podcasts back up. Stay tuned for new episodes in the near future. I will also be posting archived editions of the show from it's very humble beginnings as a one-hour program. If ya'll feel like it, send me some ideas for the show or request some things you'd like to hear.
Finn Riggins is playing a show with Cataldo at the Redfish Lake Lodge in Stanley, ID tomorrow evening as part of the Music From Stanley Series . Finn Riggins is an interesting band that began in Moscow, ID but now hails from Hailey, ID. They play an interesting blend of post-punk and prog with a bit of indie thrown in for good measure. For more information, visit the Finn Riggins Myspace Page .
Also tonight, music from James Chance and the Contortions, Soft Cell, The Ponys, Nina Hagen, The Pop Group, and more.
Great music tonight, featuring a couple of local bands: Cavedoll from Salt Lake City and Finn Riggins, from Hailey. Finn Riggins is playing a couple of dates next weekend in Boise. One is part of the Music From Stanley Series . Click the links for more information about Finn Riggins and Cavedoll .
Also, many apologies, but due to uncontrollable circumstances there is no Industrial special this week; however, there will be in the future. To help tide you over, here is a video of Einsturzende Neubauten's "Sehnsucht" from the film 1/2 Mensch.
Once again, no theme this week - just great music. First hour: The Church, Tears For Fears, Throwing Muses, The Cramps, and more. Second hour: The Wolfgang Press, The Cure, Bauhaus, Brian Eno, and more.
