Secret Scenery

So as wonderful as this little blog is, or more appropriately, could be, I think I am going to have to relocate/ start over. I am done paying for web hosting, it sort of goes against a lot of things I stand for, and I can’t really afford it. What this means for you (all 3 of you): Now go to tunesmith.tumblr.com to see all my blawg related activities. You can e-mail me @ TUN3smith@gmail.com after the secretscenery.com e-mail accounts go down. The two latest pony show set-lists are up over there already! Go check it out!

If anyone has suggestions for blog options that are free, easy to use, and easy to customize, that would be well suited for a mostly music based blog, send ‘em at me!

1. Chesser - Ramona Cordova
2. Angel Echoes - Four Tet (seriously great new full length There Is Love in You, reminds me a lot of Burial!
3. Killer Whale - City Center
4. Mirador - Efterklang
5. Heimat - Hauschka
6. Girls Get Rought - Des Ark
7. Older Lover - Picastro
8. Ecstacy - jj
9. Orgiastic - Stereolab
10. Massive Place - Sic Alps
11. Best Friend - The Drums
12. Hooting and Howling - Wild Beasts
13. Ada - The National
14. Falling Through the Roof - Horse Feathers
15. Born On A Day the Sun Didn’t Rise - Black Moth Super Rainbow
16. Wholehearted Mess - Bear in Heaven
17. No Hits - Black Mountain
18. Nowhere Lullaby - Built to Spill
19. Insect Eyes - Devendra Banhart
20. Madagascar - Lake
21. Get Up - Washed Out
22. Game of Diamonds - Deerhunter
23. For Prayer - Wye Oak
24. Sad Girl - Ten in the Swear Jar
25. Domesticated Dog - Mount Eerie
26. Albatross - Besnard Lakes

My site is acting strange and I can’t upload music files right now, so more downloads up soon!

1. Apartment Story - The National
2. Knife - Grizzly Bear
3. We Still Got The Taste Dancing On Our Tongues - Wild Beasts
4. Giver’s Reply - Ramona Cordova
5. Zebra - Beach House
6. Knotty Pine - David Byrne and the Dirty Projectors
7. Marking Time - Olivia Tremor Control
8. When the Road Runs out - Blonde Redhead and the Devastations
9. Into the Light - jj
10. All Right Peace - Rings
11. Icarus - White Hinterland
12. Luminescence - Mirah and the Spectratone International
13. Young God - Tiny Vipers
14. Secret Breakfast - Citay
15. ONE - Yeasayer
16. Sita Death - Ten In the Swear Jar
17. Lovesick Teenagers - Bear In Heaven
18. The Trees Grew Emotions and Died - Cold Cave
19. My Head - Cult Maze
20. Microcastle - Deerhunter
21. Maddog - Zach Jones
22. Angel Echoes - Four Tet
23. Satellite Sniper - Pantha du Prince
24. Hold On - Apparat

Tags: Citay, cold cave, cult maze, David Byrne, Deerhunter, jj, Pantha du Prince, Tiny Vipers, white hinterland, Wild Beasts

Sorry there has been no secret scenery radio show for the past two weeks, thanks to the snomageddon we are getting here on the eastern coast. It really hasn’t been as much snow as expected, but that doesn’t change the fact that the city of Richmond seems to employ only about 3 snow plows and one salt truck. This place is a total mess, and no one has any idea how to drive in it. Little Jetta has been pwning the streets though. So much so that I cracked my exhaust on a particularly large snow/ice bank. Oops. Have y’all been hearing any new tunes lately? Also, the coming weekend is my b-day weekend and I think I am going to a monster truck rally. Who knows.

It blows my mind every time I have to write the date - 2010. I started doing the original Pony show in Spring of 2008, which means it’s been almost two whole years! Tune in to 90.1 FM or go to WDCE.org to stream! Here is the setlist:

1. Like the Ocean, Like the Innocent, pt. 2 - The Besnard Lakes
2. You Do You - Bear In Heaven
3. Madder Red - Yeasayer

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4. Ode to LRC - Band of Horses (this one was a request!)
5. My Head - Cult Maze
6. Love Comes Close - Cold Cave

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7. No Barrier Fun - Liars
8. Brainy - The National
9. Black Fur - Fredrik
10. Hooting and Howling - Wild Beasts

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11. Bog Man - Pit er Pat
12. Things Will Never Be the Same Again - jj
13. Lucky Cloud - White Hinterland (Fresh From the Garden)
14. Dreamer - Tiny Vipers
15. Eyelids - Toothache
16. Film Music - Electrelane
17. The Number - Woods
18. My Saddle Is Waitin - Des Ark
19. Lay In A Shimmer - Pantha du Prince
20. Hailin’ From The Edge - Apparat
21. First Communion - Gang Gang Dance
22. The Spinning Continues - Circulatory System
23. Heaven (NACTRAX RMX) - Health
24. Local Joke - Neon Indian
25. Prepare Your Coffin - Tortoise
26. Now’s The Only Time I Know - Fever Ray
27. ONE - Yeasayer

Except I am just going to call the show Secret Scenery from now on, for simplicity’s sake. It is back on Saturdays from 3-5 post meridian. I did a little guest spot for my buddy DJ Uncle Jessie, who has the 1-3pm slot before mine to cover for her so she could print some shirts for the Trouble/ Wisdom Tooth Tour and so I could get the word out about my show being back. Here’s the setlist:

1. Beast In Peace - Bear In Heaven
2. One - Yeasayer
3. Things Will Never Be the Same - jj
4. Sheila - Atlas Sound
5. Electric Love

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6. Open/Shut - Blank Dogs
7. Domesticated Dog - Mount Eerie
8. Apple For A Brain - Xiu Xiu
9. We Still Got the Taste Dancing On Our Tongues - Wild Beasts
10. My Love - White Hinterland
11. Ecstasy - jj
12. Standing In Your Line - Telepathe
13. Open House - City Center
14. Moisturizer - Eagle & Talon
15. 6669 - Neon Indian
16. Horizon - Ducktails
17. Get Up - Washed Out
18. Treble Treble - Cult Maze
19. Best Friend - Drums
20. Patagonian Domes - Amen Dunes
21. Traingle Walks - Fever Ray
22. Love Long Distance - the Gossip
23. Pony - Trouble!
24. Avalon or Someone Very Similar - Yo La Tengo
25. Teenagers - Department of Eagles
26. You Do You - Bear In Heaven
27. Nothing Ever Happened - Deerhunter
28. Water Curses - Animal Collective
29. Maddog - Zach Jones

As you can maybe tell, this set was a sort of best of 2009 recap; more new and different stuff next time! Also, today I had some great used records finds. I got Bowie’s Hunky Dory, officially completing my collection of ‘essential’ Bowie, Tim Buckley’s Greeting From L.A.,Los Angeles by X and a Heavy Cream 7″. Yeah!

Hey are you ready for ODDBLOOD? The new Yeasayer album is lookin’ pretty great. It will be out Feb 8th of this year. Three days before my birthday. Aww thanks guys, you shouldn’t have. Check out this trippy/creepy/weird spinny video and sound thing they did for their song Ambling Alps @ http://www.amblingalp.com/

The new Xiu Xiu album is coming too, it’s called Dear God, I Hate Myself.It is also due out Feb. of 2010. I just found out that Jamie Stewart of Xiu Xiu is mixing my friend Sadie’s band’s cd right now. Like possibly this very minute. Richmond is getting cooler?!? Xiu Xiu Blog