New Music on the Paved Earth
We set this page up to let our listeners know about new music we've added to our collection. The posts here will also be posted to the home page, mixed in with the normal news & updates. This page just has the new music posts, so it's easier to go back and see what we've added.
Jul 9, 2006
It's been a while since we last added some new music into our rotation. Sorry about that. We're totally weak. We actually have added some since we last posted about it, but we just never got around to announcing it. You know how that goes...
But, it's all better now. I've just added a bunch of music. First up is The Capes. You may remember when we added their promotional EP a while ago; it was the first time we added a promotional CD that we received into our rotation. Since then they've come out with their first full-length CD titled Hello. It's a great CD that is even better than the promo EP, so I've added several songs from it.
Second up is Duvall. You may or may not know that Duvall is the band that the lead singer of the Smoking Popes formed before the glorious reuniting of the Popes themselves. The Popes had broken up so that he could devote himself more fully to his religion. I see Duvall as the stepping stone between singing in the choir and the Smoking Popes; it sounds like and rocks out like the Popes, but has a more religious (although mostly not overtly) bent. As far as I know, they only ever put out this one album, Volume & Density.
Speaking of the Smoking Popes...they've got a new live album out. It was recorded at their first concert after reuniting. Since it's a live album I'm not adding too many from it, but there are a couple songs whose live versions are so different from the originals that they really deserve to be in rotation.
Last but certainly not least, is the all-powerful Morrissey. His new album Ringleader of the Tormentors inspired quite the debate on a recent episode of Pave the Earth Radio. Mainly, the debate was whether ROTT was better than his last album You Are the Quarry. We didn't come to agreement on that topic that night, but either way, the album's great. I've added most of it into rotation.
So, there you go. A bunch of new music to listen for here on the pAved earth.
Aug 30, 2005
Here at the pAved earth, we get a fair amount of promo cds, mainly from indie bands and labels. So far, we have yet to add one of them to our playlist. Usually, either they really really suck., or they're a completely different type of music from what we play.
But, that all changed with the arrival of promo cds Taste from The Capes, and Just Wait from The Jane Anchor. Both are great pop albums that fit perfectly in with our collection, so I've added 4 songs from Taste (out of 6 on the EP) and 4 from Just Wait (all 4 on the EP) to our regular rotation. For more info, check out The Jane Anchor's official site, or this review of Taste.
Aug 18, 2005
I just added 3 new bands to the rotation: Noise for Pretend, PlusMinus, and Earlimart. I found them all on Emusic (although I think Andy had found Earlimart previously). I don't know much about any of them, only that after listening to them I liked them enough to not delete them.
Aug 16, 2005
I've added some new Cinerama and Wedding Present to the rotation. OK, the Cinerama's not really 'new' per se, but it's new to us. It's the most recent b-side collection, Cinerama Holiday. The Wedding Present album is actually newish (released this year), titled Take Fountain. I've just finished going through both, and they're both great. Funny note about Take Fountain: when they entered the studio, they were planning to record the new Cinerama album, but after hearing it, they decided it was really a Wedding Present album (they're basically the same band).
Jun 27, 2005
I've just added a self-titled LP from Ambulance LTD to the rotation. They were introduced to me by the same guy who introduced Stellastar, and they're pretty good. Listen for them in the stream.
Jun 14, 2005
I've just added the self-titled cd from Stellastarr to the rotation. I haven't updated the request pages yet, so for now, you'll just be able to hear them in the normal rotation. I've got a bunch more stuff to add, but need to organize it better, first. Once I do that and get it into rotation, I'll get the request pages updated.
May 5, 2005
Andy's been wanting a page on the site where we can post a note whenever we've added new music to the station. I finally got around to setting it up. When we add music, we'll make a post about it. It'll show up both here on the home page and on the new 'New Music on TPE' page. The new music page will just have the new music posts, and as such, will be easier to go back though to see what music we've added over time.
This is actually the first new music post. A few
weeks ago, we added The Delgados (who I think just broke up), One AM
Radio, and an EP by the French. Tonight, I added several albums
including a few from Heavenly, two from the Decemberists, and one from
the Arcade Fire. I got the Decemberists and the Arcade Fire set
up in the normal rotation. I also added a Bjork tribute cd
featuring the Decemberists and Kind of Like Spitting. I haven't
listened to all of it, but what I heard was great. --ben