Playlist 4.27.2010

Psalm One	The Living	The Death of Frequent Flyer	Rhymesayers
Elastica	S.O.F.T.	Elastica	Geffen
Kleenex/Lilliput	Nightoad	Kleenex/Lilliput (The Complete Recordings)	Kill Rock Stars
Dengue Fever	Mr. Orange	Venus on Earth	M80
Heartless Bastards	The Mountain	The Mountain	Fat Possum
Edith Piaf	L'effet que tu me fais	The Voice of the Sparrow: The Very Best of Edith Piaf	Capitol
Dark Dark Dark	The Hand	Bright Bright Bright EP	Supply and Demand
The Besnard Lakes	Glass Printer	The Besnard Lakes are the Roaring Night	Jagjaguwar
Cibo Matto	Know Your Chicken	Viva! La Woman	Warner Bros.
Tuscadero	Nancy Drew	The Pink Album	Elektra
Yoko Ono	Sisters O Sisters (feat. Le Tigre)	Yes, I'm a Witch	Astralwerks
The Soviettes	Blue Stars	The Soviettes LP	Adeline Records
Sharp Teeth	In the Open	Sharp Teeth	Ass Records
The Vignettes	Fast Car	I Am U/U Am I	Self-released
Magic Dirt	Shovel	Friends in Danger	Au Go Go Records
Zoo Animal	My Lord	Young Blood	Self-released
Concrete Blonde	Joey	Bloodletting	IRS
Cate Le Bon	Shoeing the Bones	Me Oh My	Irony Bored
Shannon and the Clams	Troublemaker	I Wanna Go Home	1234 Go
Quadron	Slippin'	Quadron	Plug Research
CocoRosie	Lemonade	Lemonade 7"	Sub Pop
Boris	Rainbow feat. Michio Kurihara	Rainbow	Drag City
St. Etienne	Heart Failed (in the Back of a Taxi)	Sound of Water	Sub Pop
Pretty Girls Make Graves	All Medicated Geniuses	The New Romance	Matador
Martina Topley-Bird	I Wanna Be There	Quixotic	Independiente

Playlist: April 20, 2010

Garbage	Queer	Garbage	Almo Sounds
Phantogram	When I'm Small	Eyelid Movies	Barsuk
Dum Dum Girls	I Will Be	I Will Be	Sub Pop Records
Wanda Jackson	Funnel of Love	Heart Trouble	CMH
Beth Gibbons and Rustin Man	Tom the Model	Out of Season	Sanctuary
CocoRosie	Surfer Girl (Beach Boys cover)	Lemonade [7"]	Sub Pop Records
The Mynabirds	Numbers Don't Lie	What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood	Saddle Creek
Bahamadia	Word Play	Kollage	Emi Records
Santogold	L.E.S. Artistes	Santogold	Downtown
Heart	Magic Man	Essential Heart	Sony
Hole	Violet	Live Through This	DGC
Breeders	Do You Love Me Now?	Last Splash	4AD
Red Pens	Weekdays	Reasons	Grainbelt
The 6ths	San Diego Zoo	Wasps' Nests	London
Potty Mouths	Soft Orange White	Potty Mouths	Self-released
Yeah Yeah Yeahs	Rich	Fever to Tell	Interscope
Mates of State	Proofs	My Solo Project	Polyvinyl
Kitten Forever	Fake Flesh/Voodoo	Magical Realism	UF
Lady Gaga	Love Game	The Fame	Interscope
Salt n Pepa	Shoop	Very Necessary	London
Fever Ray	When I Grow Up	Fever Ray	Mute
PJ Harvey	This is Love	Stories From the city, Stories from the Sea	Island
The Gits	Guilt Within Your Head	Home Alive	Epic
Lullabye Arkestra	Get Nervous (Live on Radio K)	N/A	N/A
Bordeoms	Smoke 7	Chocolate Synthesizer	Reprise
Brute Heart	Demons	Brute Heart [EP]	Self-released
Scout Niblett	Strip Me Pluto	The Calcination of Scout Niblett	Drag City
Telepathe	So Fine	Dance Mother	I Am Sound
Psapp	Marshrat	The Camel's Back	Domino

City Pages "gets" us

Thanks to City Pages for choosing Radio K as the best radio station in the Twin Cities! Read the article here (Girl Germs even gets a mention, hooray!).

Lady you should know about: Mia Zapata

Mia Zapata was the lead singer of The Gits, a band that infused elements of blues and soul into their garage-punk sound. The Gits were one of the mainstay acts of the early '90s Seattle scene. But unfortunately, despite being an extremely talented songwriter and vocalist (and an enigmatic frontwoman), Zapata is more widely recognized for her death than for her life. After leaving a bar and stopping at a friend's house in the early hours of July 7, 1993, she was raped, beaten and murdered on her way home.

Zapata's tragic and shocking death did have a positive result. It inspired fellow musicians and friends to start Home Alive, a nonprofit that offers anti-violence education and outreach as well as self-defense classes on a sliding scale. The organization released a compilation in 1996 that included Fastbacks, Nirvana, 7 Year Bitch, Lydia Lunch, Joan Jett and more. Jett also performed and recorded with the surviving members of The Gits as Evil Stig, covering several Gits songs.

Be sure to tune in this Tuesday as we'll not only be joined by Erica of Sharp Teeth, but we'll be talking about Take Back the Night, which Radio K and Girl Germs are sponsoring (the rally and march will be happening Friday, April 23 and Girl Germs will be handing out Radio K merch from 6 to 7pm). Come take back the night with us, and of course BE SAFE.

Take Back the Night...with Girl Germs!

Join Girl Germs and Radio K Friday, April 23 as we sponsor Take Back the Night in Minneapolis' Cedar-Riverside neighborhood. Organized by Minnesota Public Interest Research Group (MPIRG), TBNT is a march and rally that empowers victims of domestic and sexual assault by literally taking to the streets and demanding the power to walk safely at night.
This year's event will take place at the plaza in front of Hanson Hall (at the corner of 19th Ave South and Riverside in Minneapolis). The event starts at 6pm and includes free food, entertainment from musicians and spoken word artists, personal testimony from survivors, a march in the Cedar-Riverside area, and a candlelight vigil. For more info, visit MPIRG's web site.
And while you're at TBTN, look for our table and come say hi! Girl Germs will be there taking back the night with you and handing out Radio K swag!

Tuesday, April 20: Erica of Sharp Teeth!

We're very excited to welcome Erica of local band Sharp Teeth as our guest on Girl Germs this Tuesday. Erica is not only a talented guitarist and vocalist, but she teaches little kids how to play guitar - awwww!
Make sure to listen Tuesday from 9-11pm (100.7/104.5/106.5 FM and radiok.org) as Erica spins some of her favorite lady artists and talks about her musical endeavors. And check out this awesome in-studio session Sharp Teeth did at Radio K last year.

Also this spring:
May 4 - in-studio performance from Cadette (featuring Stephanie of the Deaf and Laura of Baby Guts/Kitten Forever)
May 11 - Laura of Red Pens
...and many more exciting guests in the works. Check back for more details.

Record Store Day

Tomorrow is Record Store Day, so don't forget to head out and support your fave local independent record store(s)! We are super excited to hunt down some new records to play for you on Girl Germs. I (Dana) have my eye on the new Scout Niblett and perhaps some vintage Linda Ronstadt. Several artists will be releasing exclusive, limited edition pressings specially for RSD (find a list here, as well as a list of participating stores). Those Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, CocoRosie, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Black Moth Super Rainbow records all look worth spending a paycheck on.

THANK YOU, from Girl Germs and Radio K!

The numbers have finally been tallied, and during the very first fund-drive edition of Girl Germs this Tuesday, we officially made $710. Nine of you became members in two hours - very impressive, especially for our first fund drive.
We know you've heard this a billion times, but your contribution is - quite literally - what allows Radio K to thrive. We couldn't host instudios, sponsor the tons of events you go to around town (not to mention give you tickets to them!), support independent local and national musicians, or be the valuable part of your life that we are without members like you.

So THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! Enjoy your thank-you gifts (email membership [at] radiok [dot] org if you have any questions about picking up or having your gift shipped), and rest assured that every dollar you gave will be put to good use.

April's Honorary Lady: Antony Hegarty

We introduced a new feature on the show tonight - the "honorary lady." The honorary lady is an artist who may not be female, but who in some way embodies the innovative spirit of Girl Germs - by challenging perceptions of gender, standing up for GLBT rights, contributing to the DIY scene, blazing trails for female artists, supporting feminist ideals...you get the picture.

Our first honorary lady is Antony Hegarty of Antony and the Johnsons. Antony is a transgender artist who, through his unique, haunting vocal styling and painfully beautiful compositions, is constantly making innovative contributions to the music world. this Mercury Prize-winning artist is also a role model, raising awareness of the trans community and reaffirming the fact that you can be talented and successful no matter what your gender is. He's collaborated with many other great artists, such as Sharon Jones, Bjork, Lou Reed, Hercules and Love Affair and Marianne Faithfull.



Read more about Antony Hegarty here.

Playlist 4.13.2010

Celebration	Pony	The Modern Tribe	4AD
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings	Money	I Learned the Hard Way	Daptone
Quadron	Slippin'	Quadron	Plug Research
Penetration	Money Talks	Moving Targets	Virgin
Holly and the Italians	I Got You Babe (feat. Joey Ramone)	I Got You Babe [7"]	Ramo
St. Vincent	Laughing With A Mouth of Blood	Actor	4AD
April March	Sometimes When I Stretch	Triggers
Best Coast	When I'm With You	When I'm With You [7"]	Black Iris
Fleetwood Mac	Gold Dust Woman	Rumours	Warner Bros.
Cocteau Twins	Blind Dumb Deaf	BBC Sessions	Rykodisc
Neneh Cherry	Buffalo Stance	Raw Like Sushi	Virgin
Glass Candy	Candy Castle	Beat Box	Italians Do It Better
Siouxsie and the Banshees	Christine	Once Upon A Time	Geffen
Betty Davis	Ooh Yeah	Betty Davis	Just Sunshine
Joan Jett	Do You Want To Touch Me (Oh Yeah)	Fit To Be Tied	Blackheart
Bikini Kill	Tell Me So	Pussy Whipped	Kill Rock Stars
PJ Harvey	50 Ft Queenie	Rid Of Me	Island
Antony and the Johnsons	You Are My Sister	I Am a Bird Now	Secretly Canadian
The Kills	Gypsy Death And You	Keep On Your Mean Side	Rough Trade
The Organ	Fire In The Ocean	Thieves	Mint
Mirah	Recommendation	Advisory Committee	K

Spring fund drive, Girl Germs style

What do you get when you combine Radio K's spring fund drive with Girl Germs? For one, you get the satisfaction of supporting the Twin Cities' greatest radio station. But you also get...

FABULOUS PRIZES.

(Take a deep breath)

This is the scene at Girl Germs World Headquarters. We're furiously putting together mixtapes, CD packs and buttons! (Disclaimer: '90s boombox is not a fund drive gift! We're keepin' it!)

To thank you for becoming a Radio K member during the fund drive episode of Girl Germs (this Tuesday, April 13 from 9-11pm), Dana and Anna have put together some pretty awesome swag (if we do say so ourselves...). Your Girl Germs fund drive gift is IN ADDITION to the already-awesome Radio K fund drive gifts (see those here).

$60 or $5/MONTH: 4-pack of limited-edition Girl Germs 1-inch buttons + your choice of a CD pack (see titles here).

$120 or $10/MONTH: 4-pack of limited-edition Girl Germs 1-inch buttons + a mixtape handmade by Anna and Dana, including cover art. What's on this mixtape, you ask? It's a surprise! Telling you would take all the fun out of that amazing first mixtape listen. But rest assured, it will rock your world.
$240 or $20/MONTH: 4-pack of limited-edition Girl Germs 1-inch buttons + Dana and Anna will DJ at your  next party/event. Just give us an idea of some genres or artists you like, and we'll put together and play a two-hour DJ gig that will amaze and delight the guests at your birthday celebration, dinner soiree, dance party, barbecue, bat/bar mitzvah or casual get-together! (Subject to scheduling availability, of course). We will provide all equipment and music.
$480 or $40/MONTH: ALL OF THE ABOVE! buttons, CD pack, mixtape AND DJ gig. It's all yours

Fund Drive CD Packs

So many to choose from! When you call 612-626-ROCK, let your helpful phone room volunteer know which one you'd like. Or if you contribute online at radiok.org, just write a note in your donation form!

#1:
Peanut Butter Wolf's "Ladies First" mix compilation
Lady Sovereign- Jigsaw
CSS- Donkey
The Coathangers- Scramble







#2:
Beth Orton- Trailer Park
Psapp- The Camel's Back
The Postmarks- By-The-Numbers
Eleni Mandell- Miracle of Five
  

#3:
Scout Niblett- This Fool Can Die Now
Gospel Gossip- Dreamland EP
Mirah- The Old Days Feeling
Emma Pollock- Watch the Fireworks







#4:
Tiny Vipers- Life on Earth
Haley Bonar- Lure the Fox
Gospel Gossip- Dreamland EP
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan- Sunday at Devil Dirt







#5:
Maps of Norway- Die Off Songbird
Gospel Gossip- Dreamland EP
Scout Niblett- This Fool Can Die Now
The Brunettes- Mars Loves Venus







#6:
Shannon & the Clams- I Wanna Go Home
Baby Guts- Gasoline
The Coathangers- Scramble
Strut & Shock- Damn You Devil, Let Me Go







#7:
The Postmarks- By-The-Numbers
Psapp- The Camel's Back
Tegan & Sara- The Con
Luke's Angels- Luke's Angels







#8:
Beth Orton- Trailer Park
Feist- Let it Die
The Brunettes- Mars Loves Venus
Tender Forever- Wider







#9:
Peanut Butter Wolf's "Ladies First" rap mix compilation
The Coathangers- Scramble
Baby Guts- Gasoline
Zombie Season- Zombie Season







#10:
Shannon & the Clams- I Wanna Go Home
Gossip- Live in Liverpool album + concert DVD
Zombie Season- Zombie Season
Cocorosie- The Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn







#11:
Electrelane- No Shouts No Calls
Asobi Seksu- Hush
Tiny Vipers- Life on Earth
The Besnard Lakes- The Besnard Lakes are the Dark Horse







#12:
Maps of Norway- Die Off Songbird
Gospel Gossip- Dreamland EP
CSS- Donkey
Celebration- The Modern Tribe







#13:
Shannon & the Clams- I Wanna Go Home
Baby Guts- The Kissing Disease
The Deaf- This Bunny Bites
Scout Niblett- This Fool Can Die Now







#14:
The Owls- Our Hopes and Dreams
Feist- The Reminder
Asobi Seksu- Hush
Haley Bonar- Big Star

Playlist: April 6, 2010

Shannon and the Clams	Troublemaker	I Wanna Go Home	1-2-3-4-Go!
Jenny Hoyston	Spell D-O-G	Isle Of	Southern
Love is All	Kungen	Two Thousand and Ten Injuries	Polyvinyl
The Mo-Dettes	White Mice	White Mice [single]	Mode
Nico	The Fairest of the Seasons	Chelsea Girls	Verve
Dessa	Dixon's Girl	A Badly Broken Code	Doomtree
Monade	Regarde	Monstre cosmic	Too Pure
Dengue Fever	Tiger Phone Card (Live on Radio K)	N/A	N/A
Warpaint	Elephants	Exquisite Corpse	Manimyl
Basement Jaxx	Good Luck	Kish Kash	XL
The Supremes	Reflections	The Ultimate Collection	Motown
Dark Dark Dark	The Hand	Bright Bright Bright [EP]	Supply and Demand
Delta 5	Mind Your Business	Singles and Sessions 1979-1981	Kill Rock Stars
Sharp Teeth	Let Me Stay Alive	Sharp Teeth	Self-Released
Young Marble Giants	Eating Noddamix	Colossal Youth	Domino
The Murmurs	You Suck	You Suck [EP]	MCA
BNLX	Do Without	EP #1	Susstones
The Violators	The Fugitive	Unknown	Unknown
MIA	20 Dollar	Kala	Interscope
Nancy Sinatra	Bang Bang	Kill Bill Soundtrack	Warner Brothers
Zombie Season	Evil Heart	Our Living Funeral	Self-released
Shelley Short	Roaring Roars	Captain Wildhorse (Rides the Heart of Tomorrow)	Hush
Nouvelle Vague	The Killing Moon	Bande a Part	Luaka Bop
Mazzy Star	Fade into You	So Tonight That I Might See	Capitol
Peaches	Talk to Me	I Feel Cream	XL
Yeah Yeah Yeahs	Mystery Girl	Yeah Yeah Yeahs [EP]	Shifty
Erykah Badu	Incense	New Amerykah Part 2	Universal Motown
Phantogram	As Far as I Can See	Eyelid Movies	Barsuk
Lesbians on Ecstasy	Sisters in the Struggle	We Know You Know	Alien 8
Jucifer	Haute Couture	War Bird	Velocette