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5 Songs We Can't Stop Listening To (With special guest The Hold Steady)
From RadioMilwaukee | Part of the 5 Songs We Can't Stop Listening To series | 22:46
This week we got to realize our fragility, talk to the lead singer of The Hold Steady about commitment, analyze our body language, understand some of the musical and cultural history of Milwaukee, and preview the Pitchfork Music Festival, which we will be covering this weekend. We got to do that all through 5 songs. These are those 5 songs.
5 Songs is a little secret that we tell you. These are the songs that we are passing to each other off-air, between shifts, under desks, in bars. These are the songs that we rip to our phones and play at the gym. These are the songs that we are going to play at the party this weekend. These are the albums that we are going to drop the needle on this Sunday morning, when the party is over. This is 5 Songs We Can’t Stop Listening To. Monday - Friday at 9am, 2pm, 7pm.
5 Songs We Can't Stop Listening To (with guest Strand of Oaks)
From RadioMilwaukee | Part of the 5 Songs We Can't Stop Listening To series | 21:24
As I was talking to Strand of Oaks’ lead singer, Tim Showalter, when he was in our studio last Monday, I had to stop him in the middle of a sentence to give him a high five. He was talking about the new Sharon Van Etten record and the new National album and he said, “the thing is, artists are making what will come to be classic albums right now, but we just don’t know it yet.” This is the kind of idea that Radio Milwaukee, as well as 5 Songs We Can’t Stop Listening to is founded on. Each week we pick 5 songs that have the potential to be that classic album. These are 5 songs that will stand the test of time with us, and hopefully, with you.
5 Songs is a little secret that we tell you. These are the songs that we are passing to each other off-air, between shifts, under desks, in bars. These are the songs that we rip to our phones and play at the gym. These are the songs that we are going to play at the party this weekend. These are the albums that we are going to drop the needle on this Sunday morning, when the party is over. This is 5 Songs We Can’t Stop Listening To. Monday - Friday at 9am, 2pm, 7pm.
5 Songs We Can't STop Listening To with My Morning Jacket
From RadioMilwaukee | Part of the 5 Songs We Can't Stop Listening To series | 23:56
5 Songs We Can't Stop Listening To with My Morning Jacket from 88Nine Radio Milwaukee
In Season 13, Episode 24 of the TV show King of the Hill, Hank Hill’s neighbor, Kahn, is going through a depressive state. At the peak of the depressive state he groans while clutching an LP in his arms and says, “You know what I just realized? I’ll never hear another Huey Lewis and the News song for the first time again.” And he slumps onto the couch.
I’ve had this feeling with Tom Waits before. He’s 65, reclusive, and after 18 studio albums he doesn’t have any pressure to make any more music. But last week, on Letterman, we got to hear another Tom Waits song for the first time again. And now we can listen to it over and over and over again.
There is new music from Jaill too. They are from Milwaukee and have consistently released top notch album after top notch album. Indie rock’s goofball, Mac Demarco releases Another One, Mutual Benefit’s music swells with honesty and optimism, and My Morning Jacket plays guest DJ and talks about a song that they love. This is 5 Songs We Can’t Stop Listening To.