Hello Music Lovers – never be afraid to spread that NEXT love if you like what you hear.
Please vote for your favorite song after listening to the show. Remember that the song with the most votes qualifies automatically for the “Best of NEXT” at the end of the month.
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Wow. 200 shows. Thank you so very much for joining me on this musical journey. I’ve had too much fun and hopefully you’ve had fun too. Oh and found some great music that maybe you wouldn’t have found if not for NEXT.
Month number 2 of the new experiment of having a “Best of” end of the month wrap up. Thoughts?
Each week we vote for a favorite song. The top vote gatherer gets a free invitation to the show. We need to say congratulations to those 3 bands: The Hundred Days, The Secret Machines and Fang Island. 3 great songs. Well played NEXT listeners.
Here they are the 15 songs that should be on your iPod this month:
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Surfer Blood – Floating Vibes
The Soft Pack – Answer to Yourself
The Hundred Days – Out of Nowhere
Secret Machines – Like I Can
Fang Island – Daisy
The Morning Benders – Promises
The Len Price 3 – Jack In The Greens
Locksley – The Whip
Spoon – I Saw the Light
Joe Firstman – Today
The Magnetic Fields – You Must Be Out of Your Mind
Wakey!Wakey! – Got It All Wrong
Beach House – Used to Be
Massive Attack – Paradise Circus
Gil Scott Heron – Me and The Devil
We are still voting for the best of the month. Think of it as March Madness but every month and for music, new music. The top vote getter is an automatic bid. We replay the best of the month on the last Wednesday of the month. We need to congratulate The Hundred Days and The Secret Machines. They are already in for next week so please listen to this week and vote for your favorite song. Thank you.
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Fang Island – Daisy
The Who – Magic Bus
Locksley – The Whip
Spoon – Nobody Gets Me But You
Ben Lee – Kids (MGMT cover)
Citizen Cope – Healing Hands
Lissie – Everywhere I Go
Jack Johnson – Belle/Banana Pancakes
Massive Attack – Paradise Circus
Gil Scott Heron – Me and The Devil
Black Gold – The Comedown
Hello Lovers
Thanks for listening. Don’t forget to vote too. The song with the most votes automatically qualifies for Next’s “Best of the Month”. So pick your favorite then tell your friends, neighbors and loved ones to vote too.
Enjoy it all
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The Soft Pack – Answer to Yourself
Dave Matthews Band – don’t Drink the Water (live)
Secret Machines – Like I Can
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists – Even Heroes have to Die
Peter Gabriel – the Book of Love (Magnetic Fields Cover)
Juliana Hatfield – Why Can’t We Love Each Other
Sting – Driven to Tears (Hope for Haiti Now)
Corinne Bailey Rae – Feels Like the First Time
Smashing Pumpkins – Widow Wake My Mind
Midlake – Acts of Man
Wakey!Wakey! – Got It All Wrong
Good Night States – Arsonist’s Blues
Thanks for checking out NEXT. Our goal is simple: Find you your next new favorite song.
We are going to continue the “best of the month” wrap up…so please let me know your favorite tracks by either voting or leaving a comment. I guess you could do both. Whatever song gets the most votes they are automatically included in the “Best of February”.
Thanks for listening. Enjoy it all and if you told your music loving friends about NEXT I wouldn’t complain.
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The Len Price 3 – Jack in the Greens
Spoon – I Saw The Light
Surfer Blood – Floating Vibes
The Hundred Days – Out of Nowhere
The Flaming Lips w/Henry Rollins – Money (Pink Floyd Cover)
How I Became The Bomb – Secret Identity
The Morning Benders – Promises
Beach House – Used to Be
Joe Firstman – Today
The Watson Twins – Modern Man
The Magnetic Fields – You Must Be Out of Your Mind
Dave Rawlings Machine – It’s Too Easy
Eels – Nowadays
David Bowie – Sister Midnight
This week on NEXT is an experiment. We are trying a “best of the month”. A few NEXT listeners have voiced their opinions on the NEXT facebook page. I appreciate the feedback. Tell me what you think on Facebook or in the comment section below. Thanks for listening and please vote for your favorite songs (yes multiple votes are allowed again this week).
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The Bad Spells – 3,6,5 (Most Votes
Frightened Rabbit – Nothing Like You
The Whigs – In The Dark
Shout Out Louds – Walls
Kristina Koller – Yellow (Coldplay Cover) (Most votes)
Zee Avi – Darling
Elliott Smith – Cecilia Amanda
Norah Jones – I’t Gonna Be
Skye – Exhale
One eskimO – Kandi
Los Campesinos! – the Sea is a Good Place to Think
the Bloodsugars – Light At the End of the Tunnel
Willowz – Repetition
The Shake – Got No Soul
Enjoy week 195 then vote for your favorite song. NEXT is trying something new for 2010 (I really hope you are reading that as 20-10). I am doing a “Best of the Month” and the song with the most votes is guaranteed a spot. So listen, vote then listen on the last Wednesday of the month. I increased the bitrate too. Let me know if you notice a difference.
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Local Natives – Sun Hands
Elvis Costello and the Attractions – Mystery Dance
Lucero – Smoke
Willowz – Repetition
Kristina Koller – Yellow (Coldplay cover)
The Bloodsugars – light at the end of the Tunnel
Tom Petty and the heartbreakers – Breakdown
The Shake – Got No Soul
The Swell Season – Somebody Good
Zee Avi – Darling
Skye – Exhale
Empire of the Sun – Standing on the Shore
Hopefully you enjoyed the 3 week “favorites of 2009″. Now it’s on to 2010.
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The Bad Spells – 3,6,5
Ringo Starr – Walk With You
The Whigs – In The Dark
Monster Movie – Bored Beyond Oblivion
Brendan Benson and Cory Chisel – American Girl (Tom Petty Cover)
Pearl Jam – Just Breathe
One eskimO – Kandi
Elliott Smith – Cecilia Amanda
Norah Jones – It’s Gonna Be
Broken Bells – The High Road
Muse – Unnatural Selection
Spleen United – Suburbia
Thanks for a great 2009. Hopefully 20-10 brings more joyful noise into our lives. Enjoy show 3 of 3 “favorites of Next 2009″
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The xx – Heart Skipped a Beat
Julian Casablancas – Out of the Blue
Apsci – Crazy Crazy Insane
Spoon – Mystery Zone
Black Bunny – My Time
Black Taxi – Wanted man
Matt and Kim – Lessons Learned
The Dodos – Fables
Langhorne Slim – Back to the Wild
Cage the Elephant – Ain’t No Rest for the Wicked
Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears – Sugarfoot
Roman Candle – The Say
The Decemberists – The Rake’s Song
Phoenix – Lisztomania
These are a few of my Favorite tunes of 2009. Show 2 of 3. Thanks for listening and happy new year.
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Bob Schneider – Tarantula
Little Fish – Darling Dear
Will Hoge – Even if It Breaks Your heart
Brendan Benson – Feel Like Taking You Home
Glint – Freak
We Were Promised Jetpacks – Quiet Little Voices
Animal Collective – What Would I Want? Sky
Them Crooked Vultures – Scumbag Blues
The Black Crowes – I Ain’t Hiding
Pearl Jam – Got Some
Crash Kings – It’s Only Wednesday
Yeah yeah yeahs – Zero
Great Lake Swimmers – Pulling On a Line
Hello Music Lovers – never be afraid to spread that NEXT love if you like what you hear.
Please vote for your favorite song after listening to the show. Remember that the song with the most votes qualifies automatically for the “Best of NEXT” at the end of the month.
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Another guest DJ. Another good one. Please listen and leave a comment. This time it’s Jon from the band The Shake. I have played them on NEXT so maybe you recognize the name. Do yourself a favor and see them…