Viva Indie Rock Podcast #42 - Favorite Tracks of 2012!

Podcast version of the live Viva Indie Rock radio show Thursdays 9PM on Plaza Midwood Community Radio! This week: a recap of some of our favorite tracks from 2012. Mind you, this is only a one hour radio show, so we had to condense. But, here's 14 songs we absolutely love!

Track List:
1) Cloud Nothings  Attack On Memory  Stay Useless
2) Eternal Summers  Correct Behavior  You Kill
3) Moonface  With Sinaii:Heatbreaking Bravery  Teary Eyes and Bloody Lips
4) The Babies  Our House on the Hill  Alligator
5) Cheers Elephant  Like Wind Blows Fire  Leaves
6) Fawn  Coastlines  Pixels
7) CocoRosie  We Are On Fire Single  Tearz for Animals (feat Anthony Hegarty)
8) The Eversons  Summer Feeling  Could It Ever Get Better
9) PAWS  Cokefloat  Catherine 1956
10) Tanlines  Mixed Emotions  All of Me
11) KIDS  KIDS  My Sincerest Apologies
12) Satellite Stories  Phrases to Break the Ice  Anti-Lover
13) Stargroves  Within Me A Lunatic Sings Single
14) Frankie Rose  Interstellar  Interstellar

Favorite Tracks From First Half of 2012!

2012 has been pretty darn fantastic for music thus far. Here's 10 tracks released this year that I just can't stop listening to. This was a hard list to compile. There were at least 10 more songs that I wanted to add.

#10 Cloud Nothings - Stay Useless



#9) Tanlines - All Of Me



#8) Kishi Bashi - Bright Whites



#7) The Spinto Band - Keep Them Alive



#6) Frankie Rose - Interstellar



#5) Kids - My Sincerest Apologies



#4) CocoRosie feat. Antony Hegarty - Tearz For Animals



#3) The Eversons - Could It Ever Get Better



#2) Cheers Elephant - Leaves



#1) Moonface - Teary Eyes and Bloody Lips

7 Silly Questions w/ Cheers Elephant!

If you have been reading the blog or listening to the radio show at all, you know I am a huge fan of Philadelphia band Cheers Elephant. On May 8th they released the fantastic album Like Wind Blows Fire. "Leaves" is one of my favorite tracks from 2012 thus far. Reading over their press materials, I giggle as so many reviewers try to define them as "this" or "that", "x" or "y". The ones that say they are a mixture of "this and that" are maybe a little closer. But the truth is, trying to define Cheers Elephant's sound is a futile exercise. They are so versatile, so wonderfully diverse, that it is best just to sing along and forget trying to pigeon hole them.



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Having previously toured the North East and Mid West exclusively, Cheers Elephant just wrapped up a massive tour expanding everywhere East of the Continental Divide, including SXSW this spring. The band has set their sights on the West Coast and Europe, but in the meantime, they have been keeping themselves busy with tons of shows and events in the Philadelphia area. Thankfully we were able to catch up with bandmates Derek Krzywicki and Jordan del Rosario while on hiatus (Roberto Kingston and Travelin' Mat were too fast for us and escaped) and got them to answer our seriously ridiculous questions.

What's the most embarrassing band you loved as a kid? 
Derek: I liked Meatloaf when I was very young. Aside from that I was into some terrible pop punk bands when that was a new thing in middle school.
Jordan: Chumbawumba

What is the first record you bought? 
Derek: First album I ever bought with my own money was Offspring's Ixnay on the Hombre.
Jordan: Alanis Morissette Jagged Little Pill

What is the funniest thing that has happened to you on the road? 
Derek: There are so many memorable moments that it's hard to pick one. We've recently taken to making video parodies of each other on smart phones. You know, like they do on Conan O’Brien, where you take someone's face and remove the mouth so that you can talk for them? That sort of thing.
Jordan: "Losing" all the merch then finding it under the seat at the end of tour.

Who looks the best in drag? 
Derek: Well, considering the hair, I'd say of Kingsly. However, I think I look pretty good in drag, as you can see on our website.
Jordan: King

Who has the worst van etiquette?
Derek: Kingsly's butt.
Jordan: Andrew

Who is in heavy rotation on your iPod? 
Derek: Don't really own any music. It's mainly Spotify for me. With that said, I've recently been on a Spiritualized kick.
Jordan: Wilco, War on Drugs, Beach Boys

What is the worst argument over nothing that you got into with each other after being road weary and exhausted? 
Derek: Andrew, our manager, and Kingsly fought over a particular commodity I can't speak of. It's probably still a sore topic.
Jordan: Who's keef is in the marajuana grinder?

Out Today - Cheers Elephant - Like Wind Blows Fire

Great new release out today from Cheers Elephant! The album is called Like Wind Blows Fire and if you have listened to the radio show or the podcast, you know how great these guys really are. We highly recommend checking this record out. Take a look at the video below and download the free MP3! Cheers Elephant should be on everyone's playlist.

DOWNLOAD LEAVES MP3!!!

Viva Indie Rock Podcast #11

Podcast #11 is available for streaming online or downloading and listening at your leisure! Live broadcast radio shows are 9pm Thursdays (EST) on PMCRadio.org.



Track List:
1) Jaill Traps Waste a Lot of Things
2) Evans the Death Evans the Death Telling Lies
3) Win Win Ones & Zeros EP Ones & Zeros
4) Brainiac Internationale Go Freaks Go
5) A Place to Bury Strangers Worship You Are the One
6) Aqueduct I Solid Gold Growing Up With GNR
7) Ravens & Chimes Holiday Life The Parting Glass
8) Breton Other People's Problems Wood & Plastic
9) Easter Island Frightened? Hash
10) Yukon Blonde Tiger Talk Six Dead Tigers
11) Supernova Ages 3 & Up Oreo
12) AU Both Lights Old Friend
13) Cheers Elephant Like Wind Blows Fire Doin' It, Right
14) The Magic Ragged Gold Door to Door
15) Stars The Five Ghosts We Don't Want Your Body
16) All Tiny Creatures Harbors An Iris

Viva Indie Rock Podcast #7

Podcast # 7 is available for streaming online or downloading and listening at your leisure! Live broadcast radio shows are 9pm Thursdays (EST) on PMCRadio.org.



Track List:
1) Parenthetical Girls Privilege Pt IV: Sympathy for Spastics A Note to Self
2) Tanlines Mixed Emotions All of Me
3) Simian Ghost Wolf Girl SWEDEN
4) Honheehonhee Shouts A Is For Aniaml CANADA
5) Variety Lights Central Flow Silent Too Long
6) PS I Love You Death Dreams Sentimental Dishes
7) Sun Kil Moon Among the Leaves Sunshine in Chicago
8) Dot Calliope Simon's Typewriter
9) Cheers Elephant Like Wind Blows Fire Leaves
10) Fucking Werewolf Assoc. Keep My Address to Yourself SWEDEN
11) The Mynabirds Generals Generals
12) Ceremony Zoo Adult
13) Spanish Prisoners Gold Fools Know No Violence
14) Sleepology Rotten Dreams Rotten Dreams
15) Black Mountain Year Zero Original Soundtrack Mary Lou