Fanatic Season 4 Ep. 7

Hello,

The pass two week's shows have pre-recorded, but I was able to stuff some of my favs into them. Now, I am back in the area for the next few weeks. I was doing some cool stuff while I was away. The first week I was in mexico and all down there, and the second week I was volunteering for Girls Rock Camp Boston, which is truly the greatest thing in the universe.

here's this week's playlist and a few bonus pics of my dumb face from the past few weeks:

At Girls Rock Camp:

With Thurston Moore: 

With a parrot in Honduras:

Fanatic Season 4 Episode 4

Hello,

This is my favorite playlist of the season so far. I feel as thought I nicely mixed many realms of my music taste, which something I sometime have difficultly organizing. If I feel like a show doesn't have a rhythm, it itches.  But I like the way this show flowed. It felt good. I played Nirvana for the first time, played Bad Moves, my new favorite band from D.C., and a good amount of old alt rock and new, old to me and new to me. I loved it all. Doing this show can be so relaxing when it feels right. Maybe I should be an Alt Rock DJ for a living. One last thing, Will Butler is probably my favorite member of Arcade Fire. I wish I saw him solo. (ALSO CHECK out this cool profile on former WOOL host and all around my favorite person, Donna K.!! I am happy other people get to learn about how awesome she is. http://www.columbiatribune.com/entertainmentlife/20170625/donna-kozloskie )

Will Butler, for show. 

Fanatic Season 4 Ep. 3 Playlist

Here's the playlist for this week. It turned out better than I thought. Oberhofer is def the highlight of the week. That album "Landline" is one is one of the best albums every in my opinion. I am coming to the realization and embracing the fact that Indie Rock, especially made in the 2000's or up until like 2013, is MY music. That is my genre and the only thing I love and what really speaks to me and clicks with me. peace and love until next week.

Season 4 Episode 2 Playlist

Another week, more music. Feels good to be back, motions of running the show have returned and I just get to jam. I'm writing this right now and just thinking how much I really love Sun Young. Please check them out, they are the best. Thank you. https://sunyoung.bandcamp.com/

Fanatic Season 4 Premier

SOFT PREMIER Of Fanatic Season 4, back for the summer and happy to be apart of the WOOL fam once again. Lots of good tunes to share all summer long.

I miss the shit out of curating playlist every week. But someone recently reminded me that 8tracks is a thing that I like. Below are the recent playlist I've made that I am proudest of, like so proud that I can't believe I could even but songs together so perfectly. 

11/14/16

Moby Dick by Gurr

Me And The Moon by The Drums 

Les Cactus by The Last Shadow Puppets 

Quand Tu Es La by Sylvie Vartan

Olive by Jack Hardy 

Crustaceans by Gracie 

Palo Alto by Devont Hynes

The Future by The Drums 

Oxford Comma by Vampire Weekend 

Snot by Alex G 

Walnuss by Gurr

Eitherway by The Generationals 

Smooth Ends by Santa Ana

Trains by Wampire

11/5/16 

Always Never Be by The Thermals 

Fool by Frankie Cosmos

Healthier Folk by Palehound 

Change by Alex G 

It's a Lonely, Lonely World by ACLU Benefit 

Green My Eyes by Colleen Green 

Paper Lanterns by Green Day 

Pour Your Own Milk by Sun Young 

I Really Like You by Carly Rae Jepsen

Slime Time Live by IAN SWEET 

All Skaters Go To Heaven by IAN SWEET 

10/20/16

Not Like Any Other Feeling by The Thermals 

Scattered by Green Day 

Taxi Drive by Colleen Green 

Sharpness Is The Game I Play by dæphne 

Jason Lee by All Girl Summer Fun Band

Awake by Pouty 

Maps by Yeah Yeah Yeahs 

After Ur Gone by Alex G 

I'm A Freak by Cassie Ramone 

Plastic! by Seth Bogart 

Mindreader by Peach Kelli Pop

She by Green Day 

Test Pattern by Green Day 

8tracks is the perfect release for a moody music snob. 

Alex G at Paradise Rock Club

                              

When I entered the Paradise Rock Club on Tuesday night I felt shocked by the emptiness of the venue. It was about 7:30 and it was less than a fourth filled. So naturally, I took my place directly in front of what I thought was Alex G’s mic, but unfortunately was not. I should have know that the mic with all the girls cluttered in front of it was going to his. It seemed like all the people that bothered to get there that early were only there for Alex G. The hardest core Built to Spill fans lined the stage, but the Alex G fans were right on their tails. Alex and his band filed down the stairs and serenely took the stage and wordlessly started playing. They played an almost 30 minute set of songs from Beach Music, DSU, Trick, and other releases. As a newer Alex G fan, I was surprised by how many of the songs I knew considering his expansive catalog. I was afraid I wasn’t going to recognize anything. Out of the 60+ songs on his Bandcamp, there was about 3 I really wanted to see live (“Kute”, “Mary”, “Bug”), and he played all of them. His vocals are much harsher live and the music is sped up. He screamed and he sang and he yelled. The bassist danced and the other guitarist harmonized. Alex G swayed heavily, and his face showed a solemness I am only going to interpret as focus. His backing band looks like his friend group decided to pick up instruments for a night to support their buddy. Alex G’s music is perpetually coming of age. My soul couldn’t help but swoon whenever he made eye contact with me through his blanket of black bangs. His soft vocals and strange guitar patterns shed of the barrier of lo-fi recordings and feel more omnipresent live. He wordlessly got through the set and only gave his thank you’s and mumbled something about hating Built to Spill before the last song. By the end of his set, the Paradise was pretty much full. My gaze was so transfixed on Alex G the whole time, I didn’t notice the crowd's growth until I tried to leave the stage. Almost immediately after the set, he went back upstairs and did not come back down. I always forget that the artist have somewhere to go, besides behind the merch table, at bigger venues.