Half Hour Music Hour

This episode is all all over the place, from old tunes from the 80’s all the way up to brand new unreleased tracks from some up and coming bands. We tried our best to give you an eclectic set of tunes this time around and we would love to hear from you about what you think, so drop us a line. Also make sure to enter our giveaway! A FREE MONTH OF SPOTIFY PREMIUM. All you need to do to enter is retweet the special daily tweet. Wish you could enter the contest more than once? Well you can enter once per day. The winner will be chosen via random.org after midnight May 7th. So on with the show and once you are done listening don’t forget to enter our contest for a free month of spotify premium. Ep 43 - 192 Kbps MP3 [99.9 MB] 01. The Magic Numbers - “Take a Chance” 02. The Kooks - “Always Where I Need to Be” 03. Free Energy - “Girls Want Rock” 04. Urban Cone - “We Should Go to France” 05. Foals - “My Number” 06. Young Galaxy - “Pret

In this episode we are really excited to bring you brand new tunes from the upcoming albums of both Vampire Weekend and Phoenix. And sandwiched in between those tracks are another 14 great songs from our usual variety of artists. Pay special attention to the Flaming Lips track, it’s really pretty great. Also make sure to enter our first giveaway! A FREE MONTH OF SPOTIFY PREMIUM. All you need to do to enter is re-blog Ep 42 on tumblr before midnight on April 2. Wish you could enter the contest more than once? Once you re-blog us go ahead and follow us on tumblr for a 2nd entry. The winner will be chosen via random.org. So on with the show and once you are done listening don’t forget to enter our contest for a free month of spotify premium. Ep 42 - 192 Kbps MP3 [98.3 MB] 01. Vampire Weekend - “Diane Young” 02. Stereolab - “Wow and Flutter” 03. Bastille - “Pompeii” 04. Icona Pop - “I Love It” 05. Matt & Kim - “It’s Alright” 06

What started as a quick break during some busy times some how turned into 3 years. We decided that enough was a enough and are happy to present the relaunch of Strangedesign’s Half Hour Music Hour. Not only are we back bringing you 16 tracks of music but we have a brand new look on our tumblr website. We have a new website with a bunch of great features. In the Archive you can quickly find any of our previous 40 shows. You can also check out our top 50 artists or just browse the list of all of the artists we have played on the show. Well enough chatter, let’s get on with the show. Don’t forget to follow us on twitter, like us on facebook or tumblr or check out the sidebar for even more places to stay in touch. Have a questions? Well go ahead and ask us!!! Ep 41 - 192 Kbps MP3 [93.1 MB] 01. The Royal Concept - “Gimme Twice” 02. Shout Out Louds - “Please Please Please” 03. Black Moth Super Rainbow - “Gangs in the Garden” 04. The Mountain Goats - “

While it is hard to believe, just about 2 years ago the world got its first look at what would soon become the premier podcast for new music known to human kind, The Half Hour Music Hour (yeah right). But seriously, it has been a great run so far as we look back on the show. With all of your help we have increased our listenership of 10 times since the Episode 1 and we have enjoyed every minute of bringing the show to you and all we can say is, from the bottom of our hearts, thank you. For our 2nd Anniversary episode we figured we do what we do best, bring you 16 get tracks of music (sorry for the long runtime this time) with new music from big bands you all know like Vampire Weekend, Spoon, Animal Collective and Yeasayer but we also have a bunch of great stuff from some more obscure bands like The Berndt and Givers. Thanks again for all of your support and please enjoy the show. Ep 40 - 128 Kbps MP3 [119.5 MB] 01. Vampire Weekend - “Cousins” 02. Julian Casablancas - “Left & Right

Short but sweet. Happy New Year to everyone!!! I hope you enjoyed all 2009 and the music we brought you. Please enjoy the what we think is the best 40 tracks we played from 2009 in the show last year. We can’t wait to bring you more great new tunes in 2010!!! Thanks again for supporting us. -Chris Ep 39 - 128 Kbps MP3 [274.5 MB] 40. Fanfarlo - “The Walls Are Coming Down” 39. Yeasayer - “Tightrope” 38. Two White Horses - “Eyes of the Noble” 37. Roman Candle - “Why Modern Radio is A-OK” 36. Generationals - “Nobody Could Change Your Mind” 35. Still Flyin’ - “The Hottchord Is Struck” 34. Bishop Allen - “Oklahoma” 33. Beirut - “Mimizan” 32. Cosmo Jarvis - “She’s Got You” 31. Passion Pit - “Moth’s Wings” 30. Phoenix - “1901” 29. Vampire Weekend - “White Sky” 28. Tahiti 80 - “Unpredictable” 27. Harlem Shakes - “Sunlight” 2

So we took a little more time off from the last episode than we may have liked but we never stopped listening to music. We have a bunch of new tracks here that with any luck will make it into the Top 40 of 2009 show that is coming up. We have music from all around the world as usual with bands like A Broken Robot (ENG), The Kites (DEN), Frightened Rabbit (SCT), and doublePark (SWE). As is always the norm though, we have a few recognizable bands as well from Cloud Cult, Jukebox The Ghost, and Phoenix. Did we mention there is some Sufjan Stevens too? Let’s us know what you think of the show and which tracks you want to see in the upcoming Top 40 Half Hour Music Hour Songs of 2009 show. Ep 38 - 128 Kbps MP3 [103.6 MB] 01. A Broken Robot - “All Here” 02. Cloud Cult - “Journey Of The Featherless” 03. Roman Candle - “Why Modern Radio is A-OK” 04. The Kites - “Play” 05. Fourth of July - “Can’t Sleep” 06. Frightened Rabbit - “Swim Until

In last years Half Hour Music Hour of Horrors we didn’t really have any themed music but this year we have tried to include some tracks with ghoulish themes or titles. Belle & Sebastian start it off in the graveyard with The Black Hollies adding to the gloom. David Mead adds to the ambiance with some rainy weather. There is some upbeat stuff too though with great tracks from Passion Pit, The Guggenheim Grotto, and HHMH favorites The Decemeberists. Enjoy and don’t eat too much candy!!! Ep 37 - 128 Kbps MP3 [112.3 MB] 01. Belle And Sebastian - “Sukie In The Graveyard” 02. Lipgloss - “Land of Lords” 03. The Voluntary Butler Scheme - “The Eiffel Tower & The BT Tower” 04. The Black Hollies - “Gloomy Monday Morning” 05. Great Northern - “Home” 06. David Mead - “Rainy Weather Friend” 07. The White Stripes - “Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground” 08. The Verve - “Rather Be” 09. The Guggenheim Grotto - &

Not only is this time of year great for apples, pumpkins, and candy; it’s also the time of year when A TON of new music starts to come out. To celebrate that fact this episode is jam packed with new tunes (only 2 songs are not from this year). While you probably have heard of The Avett Brothers and They Might Be Giants, we also have some lesser known artists like Choir of Young Believers, Generationals, Evan Voytas. Also keep an eye out for The Holloways as something tells me you will start to hear a lot from them. And we are happy to introduce the first ever Half Hour Music Hour Trivia Contest. Listen to the show to hear the question and then Drop us a line with your answer. We will draw a winner from random out of all the correct answers and let that person on the air for an upcoming show to introduce a song. Ep 36 - 128 Kbps MP3 [103.2 MB] 01. They Might Be Giants - “I Am A Paleontologist” 02. Black Them Boots - “Don’t Look Back” 03. Philadelphia Grand Jury - &ldquo

So we have finally hit that time of year when lots of new music is coming out and we couldn’t be happier. Now while it would be easy to just spin all the new stuff we really think it is more fun to through in a bunch of older tracks that you have probably forgotten about or if we are doing a good job, you missed the first time around. So let’s start with the new. We have brand new Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson along with a big old helping of Half Hour Music Hour favorites Noah and the Whale and Friska Viljor. Along with that we also have a great track by The Films and something brand new by fun. What you want unreleased tracks? Well we have that too by a little band called Vampire Weekend. And just to make it really crazy, there is even some live Weezer. We hope you enjoy it all cause it is gonna be a long drive. PS - Think you know what the title of the show means? Drop us a line and let us know. The first right answer gets a shout out in the next episode and can request a song that we wil

In these weird weather days as Summer retreats and Fall is coming, you need an eclectic mix of music that matches. May we present our offering, Ep 34. This show will take you through the the last hot days of year with tracks from Harlem Shakes, Passion Pit, and Cats on Fire. But the nights now are colder and darker and that means you can’t be up beat all the time. For that we offer Bishop Allen, Neutral Milk Hotel, we threw in a littleBilly Joel for good measure. So without anymore fan fare, let’s get into the music… Ep 34 - 128 Kbps MP3 [105.1 MB] 01. Harlem Shakes - “Sunlight” 02. Lily Allen - “LDN” 03. Hockey - “Learn to Lose” 04. The New Pornographers - “Hey, Snow White” 05. Neutral Milk Hotel - “In the Aeroplane Over the Sea” 06. Cartographers - “The Particulars” 07. Bishop Allen - “Like Castanets” 08. Billy Joel - “Vienna” 09. Two White Horses - “Eyes of the Noble” 10. Tada

The dog days of summer have almost come to a close and we will all be celebrating this lazy and fun time of year this upcoming long holiday weekend. We thought it would be nice to send you guys off on your weekends of debauchery with some new tunes. We have some old standbys like Belle & Sebastian and the The Decemberists so don’t worry. But we also think you will totally dig Fanfarlo, fun., and Yves Klein Blue. Even threw in a little Beirutand Jay Reatard for fun. So sit back, pour yourself a drink, and enjoy your last days of freedom. Ep 33 - 128 Kbps MP3 [106.0 MB] 01. The Feeling - “I Thought It Was Over” 02. Fanfarlo - “The Walls Are Coming Down” 03. The Dandy Warhols - “The World the People Together (Come On)” 04. The Decemberists - “The Sporting Life” 05. Hari and Aino - “Gold (Or Something Just As Nice)” 06. Right Away, Great Captain! - “Devil Dressed In Blue” 07. Beirut - “Postcards From Italy” 08. Zee A

Summertime music always has it’s own vibe and certain tracks always have a way of bringing you back to a time and place. While not all the songs in this show will do that, hopefully a few will make them into your summer play list and forever hold a spot as a Summer of ‘09 song. We have more Casper Bangs this show, and as well as new tracks from Caesars, The Very Best, and our current band-crush Passion Pit. Just to play it safe there is some Death Cab For Cutie, Glasvegas, and The Mountain Goats. We hope everyone is having a summer as fun as our and hope these tunes help keep the good times going!!! Ep 32 - 128 Kbps MP3 [124.5 MB] 01. Casper Bangs - “The Other Half” 02. Caesars - “Boo Boo Goo Goo” 03. The Very Best - “Warm Heart of Africa” 04. Lacrosse - “We Are Kids” 05. Phoenix - “1901” 06. The Broken Family Band - “Borrowed Time” 07. Regina Spektor - “Folding Chair” 08. Death Cab For Cutie - “Cath&hell

So between our jobs kicking our asses, our blog getting blacklisted by Google (as well as our Twitter account), we had some issues getting the show out last week. But we think the extra time was useful as we have a jam packed show. We apologize for it being a little long but hopefully you will be pleased with our effort. We have lots of brand new music from Bell X1, The Beanstalk Library, Audrye Sessions, and Salim Nourallah. Just to make sure you recognized some bands we though in Architecture In Helsinki, Wilco, and even a tune from a rock legend. And to stay close to our roots, we have two D.C. bands, Jukebox the Ghost and Casper Bangs. And with that, on with the show… Ep 31 - 128 Kbps MP3 [123.3 MB] 01. Jukebox The Ghost - “Good Day” 02. Spoon - “My Mathematical Mind” 03. Audrye Sessions - “Turn Me Off” 04. The Beanstalk Library - “This Line Is Not For me” 05. Salim Nourallah - “Pictures Collected” 06. Bell X1 - “How Your Heart I

Up until know we have tended to play mostly “Indie/Hipster” music (I know labels suck but what can you do?) and although we will never give up on that scene, Ep 30 marks a small change in direction for the Half Hour Music Hour. You will start to notice a broader range of music not only in genre but in time. We will give you time to adjust so don’t freak out, but get ready to start hearing cutting edge stuff like The Limousines back to back with Green Day. Try to wrap you head around Dub Pistols going into Ben Kweller. Of course we still have stuff like The Decemberists and Sufjan Stevens but start getting ready to hear all kinds of music that the Half Hour Music Hour team grew up on. Let us know what you think of the new format either on Twitter or drop us a line. Ep 30 - 128 Kbps MP3 [109.2 MB] 01. Head Of Femur - “Jetway Junior” 02. Clap Your Hands Say yeah - “In This Home On Ice” 03. Green Day - “Walking Contradiction” 04. Don DiLego - “Fallin

There isn’t much of a theme to this show, we just picked out a bunch of tunes we have been listening to around the office. What we come up with is our usual mix of music but this show spans over 21 years of music. We have some up and coming bands like Awesome New Republic and A.C. Newman. We also snuck in a little Starfucker, Bishop Allen, Friska Viljor, and even My Morning Jacket. And let us not forget his majesty Morrissey. We are also in a new time slot. Moving foward we will be moving from Tuesday to Thursday for our new shows so make a note of it. Ep 29 - 128 Kbps MP3 [109.3 MB] 01. Bishop Allen - “Oklahoma” 02. Friska Viljor - “Taste Of Her Lips” 03. Miniature Tigers - “Tell It To The Volcano” 04. Hiawata! - “Shining Spinning” 05. Amazing Baby - “The Narwahl” 06. Morrissey - “I Don’t Mind If Your Forget Me” 07. My Morning Jacket - “Off The Record” 08. Her Space Holiday - “The Year In Review”

Nothing fancy in this episode, just a solid show of old and new, well known and up and coming. There are new tracks from The Decemberists and Death Cab For Cutie plus so brand new stuff from The Welcome Wagon and New Motels. Please let us know what you think of the show butfor now sit back and listen as we get “Back To Basics”. PLEASE SUPPORT THE ANIMALS!!!! ShiveringKittens is available now on the iTunes App Store for $2.99. For every copy sold during the months of March & April, $1 will be donated to the ASPCA by GiantCrayon. A YouTube video preview can be found here. For more information about ShiveringKittens, please visit shiveringkittens.com. For more information about the ASPCA, please visit aspca.org. Ep 28 - 128 Kbps MP3 [106.2 MB] 01. Phoenix - “Lisztomania” 02. Fever Marlene - “When Daniel Goodings Made It Rain” 03. New Motels - “Drama Of The Hollywood Scene” 04. Vetiver - “Everyday” 05. The Shins - “We Will Become Silhouette

We wanted to bring you a bunch of new music that we have heard that will also be at SXSW 2009. Here are 16 songs that will do just that. Please enjoy them and don’t forget if you want that tracks you can get them for free, follow the links below. Also don’t forget to check out Theodore Grimm’s “Invisible Children Sessions” release party this Friday, March 27th at Webster Hall Studio in New York City and if you want some more music to listen to check out DJ Wepasteph’s 12 O'Clock Rock Show every Monday live on WSPC Radio. Ep 27 - 128 Kbps MP3 [105.7 MB] 01. Wintersleep - “Weighty Ghost” 02. Frank Turner - “Long Live The Queen” 03. Pato Fu - “Nada Original” 04. Explosions in the Sky - “Welcome, Ghosts” 05. School of Seven Bells - “Half Asleep” 06. Wheat - “El Sincero” 07. Haley Bonar - “Big Star” 08. Uncle Lucius - “Everybody Got Soul” 09. Ringo Deathstarr - “In Love&rdq