Tuesday, April 20, 2010

20.04.10 Tuesday Night Diner - 'How Can You Have Any Pudding If You Don`t Eat Your Meat?!'


Being a diner, albeit a musical one, I`m always interested in providing you with a well-balanced meal. And as the evil headmaster at the end of a certain Pink Floyd song once rhetorically asked, “how can you have any pudding if you don`t eat your meat?!” That was pretty traumatic for me, and I`m sure it stunted the growth of a generation or two.

But we are pretty much going to take it in that order this week. The appetizer is indeed meat: Uncle Meat and the Highway Children. They get my award for best band name I`ve heard in a long while, but don`t let the name scare you off. The track we`re going to play is a nice, folkie but driving tune.

http://www.tourdates.co.uk/uncle-meat-and-the-highway-children
http://www.myspace.com/meatykids

Of course, we`re going to save room for dessert, and nothing finishes off a meal better than an ice cream sundae. However, we`re going to spell it “Sunday” this week, and I`ll just let you know that it`s sung by one of the finest vocalists to hit these shores in a long while: Field. And pick your shore—any shore will do—he`s just that good! (I normally don`t like to give away which tracks I`m playing, but it`s the only way to make this analogy work.)

http://www.tourdates.co.uk/field
http://www.myspace.com/thefieldband

But what comes in between the appetizer and dessert? Well, some of the other tasty morsels on our plate this week include The Taters, from Richmond, Virginia. We`ve been playing a lot of tracks from their current release, Menagerie. But this week, we`ve rummaged through the back room of the Tuesday Night Diner to find a track off of one of their earlier albums. I`m sure Craig and Brad won`t mind me playing an older cut, at least just this once.

http://www.myspace.com/tatermusic

Keeping the bands with food-related names theme going, we`ll also feature another track by Los Angeles-based Maple Mars, off their brand new album Galaxyland. Rick Hromadka`s really put together a psychedelic masterpiece, and I`m looking forward to serving a piece up for you!

http://www.myspace.com/maplemars

And finally, perhaps you`d rather have a slightly different dessert—perhaps a good old-fashioned banana split. Splitsville is a terrific power pop band from Baltimore, Maryland who`ve been around for about a decade, and put out a definitive compilation album called “Let`s Go: The Best of Splitsville”, which culls the best tracks from their five albums. Lots of gems clocking in at around 2:30 or under, which is how they`ve managed to stuff 25 tracks onto a single disc.

http://www.myspace.com/splitsville

So that`s this week`s meal. High in calories, high in good taste!

If you`d like to make a request, just drop me a line at mike(at)rechargedradio.com. If you`d like to become an honorary California citizen, drop me a line at the same address. And if you`d like to hear all this great music—simply tune in to the Tuesday Night Diner, Tuesday night, 8:00-10:00 p.m. (GMT), only at Recharged Radio—www.rechargedradio.com.

See you then!

Chef Mike
mike(at)rechargedradio.com
MN2BDNC

Playlist

Beth Thornley - Wash U Clean

Uncle Meat and the Highway Children - Long Gone Mobile

Chad Neaves - Something In My Soul

The Small Change - Droppin' Petals On The Way Down

Hail The Size - Drift Away

Sparklejet - The Comeback

Rich McCulley - The Last Song

Dirty Amps - Fingertips

Maple Mars - The Excursion

Baby Scream - Morning Light

Terese Taylor - Hermit

Joseph Swidenbank - Coming Up For Air

The Taters - Right B4 My Eyes

Onward Chariots - War Hero

Laurie Biagini - Crazy People on the Internet

Laurie Larson - Obliquity

Nushu - Another Rainy Weekend

Soundserif - King Of The Night

Kaz Murphy - Killin' Wheel

June & The Exit Wounds - Cathy Dennis

The Corner Laughers - For The Sake Of The Cat

The Complete Short Stories - One Blank Channel

Allen - Hold Me Tight

Splitsville - The Kids Who Kill For Sugar

Rob Swanson - Pony Girl

Buzz Radio - Don't You Make A Fool Out Of Me

Kate Burkart - Cross The Street

Heiskell - The Chubby Guy Song

Allyson Seconds - Tie My Laces

Maxi Dunn - Always Be My Friend

Field - Sunday

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