Soundcloud Artist of the Week: Oblio and Arrow

Each week, I will be featuring an unsigned/independent artist that I discovered on Soundcloud. I will play a song from them during the new music hour at 6:30 on my show that week, and will write a bit more about them here. 

Oblio and Arrow is a band out of Chicago, started by lead singer/songwriter Matthew Kopecky in 2009.  They play a very melodic style of indie rock that has a unique sound. Check them out if you like Vampire Weekend or The Arcade Fire. They released their debut album Thank God For Photons in 2011 and will have more new music out soon. Here are a few tracks from that album:

For more Oblio and Arrow:

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Soundcloud
Bandcamp

Playlist for 5/18/13: Dream Pop

This week, to celebrate the release of Wild Nothing's latest EP, Empty Estate, I played a dream pop inspired playlist during the second hour which included something from the new EP as well as an older Wild Nothing classic. If you missed the show, you can listen to it at http://wruv.org/thisweek?2013-05-18_1800h_Sat-Flight_of_the_Squakatiel_with_McSquawk.m3u or http://wruv.org/schedule/saturday

Here is the playlist:

Time ∧	Title	Artist	Album	Label	Genre
06:03 pm	Bring You Back	Beacon	The Ways We Separate	Ghostly	Rock
06:07 pm	Explodion	The Deer Tracks	The Archer Trilogy Pt. 3	The Control Group	RPM
06:11 pm	Youth	Daughter	If You Leave	Glassnote	Rock
06:16 pm	Go Ahead	Brothers in Law	Hard Times for Dreamers	Watta Lab	Rock
06:19 pm	Oblique City	Phoenix	Bankrupt!	Glassnote	Rock
06:22 pm	Keep You	Wild Belle	Isles	Columbia	Rock
06:26 pm	Stallion & Mare	Pretty & Nice	Golden Rules for Golden People	Equal Vision	Rock
06:30 pm	Sex on T.V.	wearemarvin	Demo	s/r	Rock
06:34 pm	Until Lufthansa	Tera Melos	X'ed Out	Sargent House	Rock
06:38 pm	Open Arms	Fletcher	Open Arms EP	s/r	Rock
06:45 pm	Cathedral Rings	The Appleseed Cast	Illumination Ritual	Graveface	Rock
06:49 pm	All Returns	Wolf People	Fain	Jagjaguwar	Rock
06:54 pm	Tell Tale Signs	Frank Turner	Tape Deck Heart	Interscope	Rock
06:58 pm	I Wish You Were Dead	Bored Nothing	Bored Nothing	Spunk	Rock
07:03 pm	Ride	Wild Nothing	Empty Estate EP	Captured Tracks	Rock
07:06 pm	Stilyagi (feat. Ariel Pink)	Puro Instinct	Headbangers in Ecstasy	Mexican Summer	Rock
07:12 pm	Memories of Places We've Never Been	Faunts	High Expectations/Low Results	Friendly Fire	Rock
07:17 pm	Lady Daydream	Twin Sister	Color Your Life	Infinite Best	Rock
07:21 pm	Everything's Fine	MINKS	Tides End	Captured Tracks	Rock
07:24 pm	Round and Round	Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti	Before Today	4AD	Rock
07:30 pm	Beginning to Blue	Still Corners	Strange Pleasures	Sub Pop	Rock
07:33 pm	Lazuli	Beach House	Bloom	Sub Pop	Rock
07:38 pm	Anti-Psalm	Sister Crayon	Bellow	Manimal	Rock
07:44 pm	Visitor	Hundred Waters	Hundred Waters	OWSLA	Rock
07:48 pm	Famous Sons	Natureboy	Natureboy	Bleek	Rock
07:51 pm	Come On	Melted Toys	Washed & Dried	Underwater Peoples	Rock
07:57 pm	Drifter	Wild Nothing	Gemini	Captured Tracks	Rock

Soundcloud Artist of the Week: wearemarvin

Each week, I will be featuring an unsigned/independent artist that I discovered on Soundcloud. I will play a song from them during the new music hour at 6:30 on my show that week, and will write a bit more about them here. 

wearemarvin is a band from Hamburg, Germany who formed in 2012. They have put up a demo on their Soundcloud page that you can download for free. It sounds like The Strokes' album Is This It is a huge influence for them. It will be interesting to see what they do next and if they can develop their own sound. Here are a few of their demo tracks:

For more wearemarvin:

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Soundcloud

Playlist for 5/11/13: 2x New Music

This week on Flight of the Squawkatiel, since so much great new music has come in to WRUV in the last month, I brought you not just one, but two hours of the newest tunes. If you missed the show, you can listen online at http://wruv.org/thisweek?2013-05-11_1800h_Sat-Flight_of_the_Squakatiel_with_McSquawk.m3u or http://wruv.org/schedule/saturday

Here is the playlist:

Time ∧	Title	Artist	Album	Label	Genre
06:05pm	Divine Light	The Deer Tracks	The Archer Trilogy Pt. 3	The Control Group	RPM
06:09pm	Valley High	Luxury Liners	They're Flowers	Western Vinyl	Rock
06:12pm	Grins	Charli XCX	True Romance	IAMSOUND	Rock
06:17pm	Drakkar Noir	Phoenix	Bankrupt!	Glassnote	Rock
06:20pm	Close Enough (feat. Noosa)	Ghost Beach	Close Enough (feat. Noosa)	Crazy Heart	Rock
06:24pm	The Game Is Changing Us	Hands	Synesthesia	Kill Rock Stars	Rock
06:27pm	So Much More	Tim & Adam	Tim & Adam	s/r	Rock
06:33pm	Thieves	The Shallows	Same Space Vol. 2	s/r	Rock
06:37pm	Needle	Born Ruffians	Birthmarks	Yep Roc	Rock
06:41pm	It's Too Late	Wild Belle	Isles	Columbia	Rock
06:45pm	Two Times	AM & Shawn Lee	La Musique Numerique	Park the Van	Rock
06:49pm	Sally Hot Jazz	Ablebody	All My Everybody EP	s/r	Rock
06:51pm	Beatcity	Still Corners	Strange Pleasures	Sub Pop	Rock
06:55pm	Brazil	Gold Panda	Brazil (single)	Elektra	RPM
07:04pm	Helicopters	Paperhaus	Lo Hi Lo	s/r	Rock
07:07pm	Hare Tarot Lies	No Joy	No Joy	Mexican Summer	Rock
07:10pm	See You	The History of Apple Pie	Out of View	Marshall Teller	Rock
07:16pm	Sunburn	Tera Melos	X'ed Out	Sargent House	Rock
07:19pm	Year of the Glad	Marnie Stern	The Chronicles of Marnia	Kill Rock Stars	Rock
07:23pm	Yonkers	Pretty & Nice	Golden Rules for Golden People	Equal Vision	Rock
07:26pm	Was There Really Any Chance?	Broadheds	Broadheds	Dangerbird	Rock
07:30pm	Flunky Minnows	Guided By Voices	English Little League	GBV Inc.	Rock
07:32pm	Popcorn	Bored Nothing	Bored Nothing	Spunk	Rock
07:36pm	We Shall Not Overcome	Frank Turner	Tape Deck Heart (Deluxe)	Interscope	Rock
07:41pm	Was All Talk	Kurt Vile	Wakin' On a Pretty Daze	Matador	Rock
07:49pm	Part I: Rabbiting Fox	Kazyak	See the Forest, See the Trees	s/r	Rock
07:53pm	Hindsight	Enter the Haggis	The Modest Revolution	Firebrand Entertainment	Rock
07:58pm	The Rainmakers	Astronautalis & Rickolus	Astronautalis & Rickolus 7"	Limited Fanfare	Rock

Soundcloud Artist of the Week: The Shallows

Each week, I will be featuring an unsigned/independent artist that I discovered on Soundcloud. I will play a song from them during the new music hour at 6:30 on my show that week, and will write a bit more about them here.

This week we bring you another band out of the U.K., The Shallows, who just released their new EP Same Space Vol. 2. If you like Bloc Party, Editors or Gang of Four you will like them as well. Below, you can listen to a couple of tracks from the EP, which is available on their Bandcamp page.

For more from The Shallows:

Official site
Facebook
Soundcloud
Bandcamp
Youtube

Playlist for 5/4/13: Surf Rock

It's been a little crazy since I've recently moved and have been without internet since we moved in, but here is the playlist for this past weekend's show. If you missed it, you can listen to it at http://wruv.org/thisweek?2013-05-04_1800h_Sat-Flight_of_the_Squakatiel_with_McSquawk.m3u or http://wruv.org/schedule/saturday

Time ∧	Title	Artist	Album	Label	Genre
06:03 pm	All I Know	Still Corners	Strange Pleasures	Sub Pop	Rock
06:06 pm	A Dancing Shell	Wild Nothing	Empty Estate EP	Captured Tracks	Rock
06:10 pm	Videolove	Hands	Synesthesia	Kill Rock Stars	Rock
06:14 pm	Black Wings	Inc.	No World	4AD	Rock
06:19 pm	Big Light	Houses	A Quiet Darkness	Downtown	Rock
06:23 pm	Buried Alive	Yeah Yeah Yeahs	Mosquito	Interscope	Rock
06:30 pm	Get Some Scars	Lux Lisbon	Get Some Scars EP	s/r	Rock
06:34 pm	Flexxin	Dutch Uncles	Out Of Touch In The Wild	Memphis Industries	Rock
06:38 pm	Some Secrets	My Gold Mask	Leave Me Midnight	Goldy Tapes	Rock
06:41 pm	Lost That Easy	Cold War Kids	Dear Miss Lonelyhearts	Downtown	Rock
06:45 pm	Q_Q	Pretty & Nice	Golden Rules for Golden People	Equal Vision	Rock
06:49 pm	The Fisher King Blues	Frank Turner	Tape Deck Heart	Interscope	Rock
06:54 pm	Pick Me Up	Broadheds	Broadheds	Dangerbird	Rock
06:56 pm	KV Crimes	Kurt Vile	Wakin On A Pretty Daze	Matador	Rock
07:02 pm	Lets Go Surfing	The Drums	The Drums	Downtown	Rock
07:06 pm	Daydream	Beach Fossils	Beach Fossils	Captured Tracks	Rock
07:08 pm	Catch The Movement	The Little Ones	The Dawn Sang Along	Branches Recording Collective	Rock
07:13 pm	Boring Fountain	Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin	Pershing	Polyvinyl	Rock
07:16 pm	I Wanna See You Bellydance	Red Elvises	I Wanna See You Bellydance	Shooba-Doobah	Rock
07:20 pm	Waterfall	The Fresh & Onlys	Play It Strange	In the Red	Rock
07:23 pm	Friends of French	Charlie, Don't Surf	How Turkey Turned Into Being a Monster	s/r	Rock
07:27 pm	Know Your Onion	The Shins	Oh, Inverted World	Sub Pop	Rock
07:30 pm	The Only Place	Best Coast	The Only Place	Mexican Summer	Rock
07:33 pm	By the Time I Get Out of Phoenix	The Mag Seven	Black Feathers	End Sounds	Rock
07:36 pm	Sweet Tooth	Kids On A Crime Spree	We Love You So Bad	Slumberland	Rock
07:38 pm	The Beach Girls and the Monster	Bordeauxxx	Only Fiction	Keep Pop Loud	Rock
07:42 pm	Honey Touches	Ponytail	Do Whatever You Want All The Time	We Are Free	Rock
07:46 pm	A Theme	Cities	Cities	Yep Roc	Rock
07:50 pm	His & Hers	Rifle Men	Treewolf is Dead	Cantora	Rock
07:53 pm	The Constant Lover	Magneta Lane	The Constant Lover	Paper Bag	Rock
07:58 pm	Bay vs. Leonard	Dub Trio	Another Sound Is Dying	Ipecac	Rock

Soundcloud Artist of the Week: Lux Lisbon

Lux Lisbon is a band out of the U.K. They have a very melodic alt-rock sound with strong vocal harmonies, and they list The Killers, Bloc Party, Bruce Springsteen, and Dog is Dead as influences.

I disovered them through TVD500, a contest run by The Vinyl District that would award the winning band with 500 7" vinyl copies of their single pressed for free, in which they were a Top 5 finalist. They didn't win, but their song was my favorite out of the ones in the running.

Below, you can stream their latest EP, Get Some Scars.

For more Lux Lisbon:

Official site
Facebook
Soundcloud