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Altrok Radio 059
by Sean Carolan

The following is the song rundown for the show that airs Tuesday, January 25 at 6AM on WRSU-FM 88.7 in New Brunswick, which you can now hear in all its streaming RealAudio glory anywhere in the world as soon as you click on this link.
 
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Highlights:

Altrok Radio's Underground Pick Of The Week

Each Week, Jeff Raspe picks an outstanding track from a brand-new album. This week, the pick is:

• Uncle Devil Show. The - Gilbert O'Sullivan (edit) - A Terrible Beauty

In The Grinder:

Altrok keeps a running list of new songs that get played heavily for a week on the Altrok Radio web stream, until we've pretty much ground them into the dirt. It's shameless, but it's honest.

• Spiraling - The Girl On Top (Of The Piano) - From The Altrok Session Suite (Grinder 167)
• U2 - Miracle Drug - How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb (Grinder 166)
• Jeunes, The - Never Be The Same - MP3 Demo (Grinder 165)
• Trembling Blue Stars - The Sea Is So Quiet - The Seven Autumn Flowers (Grinder 164)
• Interpol - Evil - Antics (Grinder 163)
• Bloc Party - Helicopter - Helicopter (CD Single) (Grinder 162)

Details:

Segment 1:

• Lovich, Lene - Home - Stateless
• Black, Frank - The Holiday Song - Frank Black Francis
• Skeeter - Crash It Good - Possibly The Only (MP3 Sampler)
• Spiraling - The Girl On Top (Of The Piano) - From The Altrok Session Suite (Grinder 167)
• Athlete - New Project - Vehicles & Animals
• Weller, Paul - If I Could Only Be Sure - Studio 150

Segment 2:

• U2 - Miracle Drug - How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb (Grinder 166)
• Orbital - The Box (Single Version) - CD Single
• Radio Dept., The - This Past Week - This Past Week EP

Segment 3:

• Jeunes, The - Never Be The Same - MP3 Demo (Grinder 165)
• Baby Boom - Tango Motel - 7'' Single
• Libertines, The - Can't Stand Me Now - The Libertines
• Gram - Hard Too Hard - www.gramgramgram.com
• Cave, Nick And The Bad Seeds - There She Goes, My Beautiful World - Abattoir Blues; Lyre of Orpheus
• Dolby, Thomas - Flying North (High Altitude Extended Play) - Blinded By Science (Mini-LP)

Segment 4:

• Trembling Blue Stars - The Sea Is So Quiet - The Seven Autumn Flowers (Grinder 164)
• Intro - Lost Without Your Love - 12'' Single
• Magnapop - Pretend I'm There - Mouthfeel

Segment 5:

• Uncle Devil Show. The - Gilbert O'Sullivan (edit) - A Terrible Beauty (Underground POTW)
• Doves, The - Black And White Town - Some Cities
• Chemical Brothers, The - Galvanize (Feat. Q-Tip) - Push The Button

Segment 6:

• Interpol - Evil - Antics (Grinder 163)
• New Order - Dreams Never End - Movement
• Green Day - Letterbomb - American Idiot
• Bloc Party - Helicopter - Helicopter (CD Single) (Grinder 162)
• King Crimson - Sleepless (Dance Mix) - 12'' Single

©2005 Sean Carolan

All material ©2001-2006 Sean Carolan, except as noted.

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