Digital gets physical.

ITS BEEN AWHILE.

It's time to get back into the swing of things. Beginning next Tuesday, we'll start getting new releases and start to chart again which means that all of you must play new music so our charts will represent WUSB and not the CMJ mainstream. RAWR. Remember, new releases are only things that have been released in the last 3 months and it can be anything! Let's conquer CMJ.

So here is the first thing I've burnt to CD in this wonderful new year:

Various Artists - Underwater Peoples Winter Review - Underwater Peoples Records

1. Julian Lynch - Es's
2. Pill Wonder - Restless
3. Ducktails - Apple Walk
4. Fluffy Lumbers - Adoration
5. Big Troubles - Former Selves
6. Andrew Cedermark - Ad Infinitum
7. Frat Dad - Totally Afraid
8. Dana Jewell - My T-Train Girl
9. Airwaves - Sweetness
10. Family Portrait - Killer Statements
11. Alex Bleeker - These Days
12. Mountain Man - Dog Song
13. Real Estate - Orchard
14. Rainbow Bridge - Rain Nair
15. Liam The Younger - Please See

So some things: We have the Ducktails & Julian Lynch 12" in CR1 and you should really check them out. Ducktails is a guitarist from Real Estate who makes dreamy summery sounds and he also plays with Julian Lynch who makes weird soft experimental jamz that are quite wonderful. Fluffy Lumbers is founded by boy genius Samuel Something-or-other and he makes wonderful fuzzy garage pop jamz and he also plays drums for Frat Dad which also has a fuzzy lo-fi sound but it a lot grittier than Fluffy Lumbers. Andrew Cedermark used to play guitar in Titus Andronicus and his music is probably much better than what Titus Andronicus produces. He sounds noisy, wonderful, super loud at times, but the music he makes is excellent and he is probably one of the more talented of the artists you'll find on this compilation. Alex Bleeker is the bassist in Real Estate who has his own thing going as "Bleeker And The Freaks." And Real Estate, well you all know Real Estate since you played the shit out of their self titled debut LP released this fall. Airwaves some of you may know as well since a lot of you played their EP during the summer. They make lots of catchy acoustic jamz and they pretty much owned summer 09'. And Liam the Younger is a dude who sometimes plays guitar for Titus Andronicus. He also tends to make sweet acoustic jamz, but he's finally recorded a song with a full band, which I think is awesome and I definitely enjoy it more than the usual stuff he does.

Digital Gets Physical.

NEW JAMZ III

1. Best Coast - This Is Real
2. Best Coast - When I'm With You
3. Soft Pack - Answer To Yourself
4. Vampire Weekend - Cousins
5. Los Campesinos! - These Are Listed Buildings
6. Beach House - Norway
7. Hot Chip - One Life Stand
8. Andrew Cedermark - Hard Livin
9. Andrew Cedermark - Untruth
10. Family Portrait - Super Cool
11. Family Portrait - Mega Secrets
12. Sharon Jones - Ain't No Chimneys in The Projects
13. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - All I Want For Christmas
14. Sufjan Stevens - Did I Make You Cry On Christmas Day
15. Forro In The Dark - Santa Claus is Coming
16. Fucked Up - Do They Know It's Christmas
17. Camera Obscura - The Blizzard
18. Postmarks - Winter Wonderland
19. Hush Now - Wishing You a Happy Christmas
20. Orba Squara - What I Want For Christmas
21. Christmas Island - Red Island

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The Best Coast is an awesome surf punk band from the west coast. If you like The Drums or The Vivian Girls, definitely give this one a listen. The Soft Pack is another awesome west coast punk band that I absolutely love, but I'm not crazy about the single. It's still pretty good, but not as good as some of the songs from their Muslims EP released in 2009. I'm pretty excited about their upcoming LP in 2010. Vampire Weekend. Well, Vampire Weekend. Hmm. Punk that is poppy and super fun. I'm not a Vampire Weekend fan. But I think I might this single better than some of the stuff from their last LP. It has more balls. Look out for their LP coming out in early 2010! How could you not love Los Campesinos!? I'm not sure how I feel about this single. It sounds like every other Los Campesinos! song that I've ever heard. I think I just need to really listen to it as opposed to being background music. Usually Los Campesinos take a while to grow on me and then I can't stop listening to it. New LP in 2010! One of the most hyped albums for 2010 is definitely with out a doubt the new Beach House record being released on SubPop. I don't know why I like Hot Chip. I never thought I did, but then I always found myself listening to it. Hot Chip = Baby Making Jamz. It's a solid dance jam. Andrew Cedermark is awesome. Please listen to the two new songs he released with Family Portrait on a split 7" on Under Water Peoples. They are both awesome bands and Mega Secrets by Family Portrait just might be one of my favorite songs of all time. Andrew Cedermark & Family Portrait = Awesome Jamz. It's kind of strange that Sharon Jones of Daptone Records somehow ended up on the same mix CD as Andrew Cedermark and Fucked Up. Strange things do happen here at WUSB. This is probably my favorite of all of the Holiday jamz we've gotten thus far. It's awesome and you should play it if you're in the holiday spirit. The new Fucked Up holiday benefit jam is also on this wonderful mix CD. It's a cover of the infamous "Do They Know It's Christmas." Members of Yo La Tengo, TV on The Radio, Vampire Weekend, and more which I just forgot. I've also included a Christmas Island jam, although it's not legitimate holiday music. But it's awesome nonetheless. The Forro in The Dark jam is a really awesome instrumental cover of Santa Claus is Coming To Town and highly encourage you to check it out. It will definitely be rocking out on Oprah's Handbag. Enjoy the new singles for 2010 releases and madd holiday music!

And I couldn't download this one, but it's a new Magnetic Fields jam that's Holiday-ish. Feel free to play it! New Magnetic Fields stuff in 2010!