VIR 70

Original Air Date - 10/23/14

Special Guests Part II

This is the second installment of a collection of songs put together by Ryan Karns (DJKARNAGE), Tim Ramirez (SWETTY TIM) and Yours Truly.

Tracklist

The Books - Explanation Mark
The Books - There is no There
Modest Mouse - Karma's Payment
Bahaus - Dark Entries
Joy Division - No Love Lost
Efterkang - Hollow Mountain
Rooftops - Raft Easily
Bill Callahan - Sycamore
Neil Young/Stray Gators - Heart of Gold
The Smiths - Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Halloween
TV on the Radio - Second Song
This Town Needs Guns - Cat Fantastic
Panda Bear - Mr Noah
Protomartyr - Three Swallows
The Tallest Man On Earth - King of Spain
Neutral Milk Hotel - Ghost
Joy Division - Disorder
Dead Kennedys - Halloween
Dripping Slits - Snake Room Blues
Hailu Mergia and The Walias - Tche Belew
Mac Demarco - I’m a Man
Mac Demarco - Ode to Viceroy

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VIR 69

Original Stream Date - 10/16/14

And now for something a little different!

The lineup for this show was put together by 3 dudes; Ryan Karns (DJKARNAGE), Tim Ramirez (SWETTY TIM) and Yours Truly.

Together we venture outside the bounds of typical Velvet Island jams.

Open your mind, tune in and tune out….

Tracklist

The Beets - Wipe It Off
Pure X - Heaven
Spoon - Inside Out
Portishead - Machine Gun
Joy Division - Shadow Play
Floor - Oblation
Solaris - Solar Winds & The Waves of the Evernow
Eddy Current Suppression Ring - Colour Television
Savages - Shut Up
Enemies - Executive Cut
Frames - Calm Wisdom
Pink Floyd - The Nile Song
Tin Machine - I Can’t Read
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Cities in Dust
New Order - Your Silent Fire
Pelican - GW
Tundras - In the search of  (Nuclear Weapons)
Tyvek - Wayne County Roads
Thee Oh Sees - The Dream
Joy Division - Failures
Nebula - The Dagger
Christian Bland and The Revelators - Gnostic Blues

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VIR 68

Original Stream Date - 10/09/14

 Tracklist

Zombi - DE3
John Carpenter & Alan Howarth - Chariots Of Pumpkins
Black Dice - Island
Todd Terje - Delorean Dynamite
Jon McCullum - Youth of Tomorrow
Cybotron - Paramerters Of Consciouness
Talking Heads - This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)
Oneohtrix Point Never - Parallel Minds
L.A. Vampires Feat. Matrix Metals - So Unreal
Sapphire Slows - Third Party
Shooting Guns - Freebander
Shooting Guns - West Coast Turnarounds
Umberto - Night Fantasy
Kraftwerk - Trans Europe Express
Roberto Donati - Jungle Jive
Com Truise - Hyperlips
Flying Lotus - Parisian Goldfish
Boards of Canada - The Beach at Redpoint
Goblin - Markos

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VIR 67

Original Stream Date - 10/02/14

 Tracklist

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - God Is Calling Me Back Home
Ty Segall - Music for a Film 1
Chad & The Meatbodies - Mountain

The Smoking Trees -Entrance

The Smoking Trees - See

The Smoking Trees - Merry Go Maggie
Kikagaku Moyo - There Is No Other Place
Flying Lotus - Turtles
White Manna - I’m Comin Home
The Soft Machine - We Did It Again
The Soft Machine - Plus Belle Qu'une Poubelle
The Soft Machine - Why Are We Sleeping?
Warpaint - Go In
Broken Social Scene - Stars And Sons
Goat - Words
Dahga Bloom - Hold My Head
Golden Dawn Arkestra - Saharan Knights
Sven Libaek - Sounds of the Deep

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VIR 66

Original Stream Date - 9/25/14

 Tracklist

Sonic Youth - Candle
The Dandy Warhols - The Coffee and Tea Wrecks
King Tuff - Black Moon Spell
The Orwells - The Righteous One
TV Colours - The City
onYou - Finding the Wronskien
Haunted Leather - Diamond Sleep
Os Noctambulos - One Mistake
La Hell Gang - Last Hit
Jacco Gardner - Cabinet Of Curiosities
Natural Child - White People
Ausmuteants - Hate This Town
John Wesley Coleman III - Funky Monster
Juan Wauters - Water
Fuzz Puddle - Kyle's Burrito
The Babies - Wandering
Unknown Mortal Orchestra     - Faded In The Morning
The Beatles - She Said, She Said
The Limiñanas - La mélancolie
The Limiñanas  - Funeral Baby
Moon Duo - Fallout
White Fence - Sandra (When The Earth Dies)
Viet Cong - Oxygen Feed
Yo La Tengo - From Black to Blue
Lee Hazlewood - Cold Hard Times

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VIR 65

Original Stream Date - 9/04/14

Tracklist

Little Tommy - Baby Can't You See
Isaac Hayes - Never Can Say Goodbye
Billy Preston - Outta Space
James Carr - Pouring Water on a Drowning Man
Junior Walker And The All-Stars - Sweet Soul
Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay
Sonny Knight & The Lakers - Hey Girl
Nina Simone -  I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
Wilson Pickett - Hey Jude
James Brown - Mother Popcorn
Menahan Street Band - Lights Out
The Exceptions Feat. Mark Green - It Must Be Love
Dyson’s Faces - Don’t Worry About the Jonses
The Detroit Emeralds  - Feel The Need In Me
Sam Cooke - Only Sixteen
Curtis Harding - Next Time
Melvin Jackson - Funky Skull, Pts. 1-2
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Baby
Al Green - Let's Stay Together
Sam and Dave - Hold On I’m Comin’
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
The Summits - Ps and Qs
Gene And Jerry - You Just Can't Win
Smokie Robinson And The Miracles - A Legend In Its Own Time
The Brother’s Johnson - Strawberry Letter 23

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VIR 64

Original Stream Date - 8/28/14

Tracklist

Dhaga Bloom - ZUUZUU
Crystal Stilts - Future Folklore
Moses Gunn Collective - Shalala
Love - A House Is Not A Motel
Hawkwind - Hurry on Sundown
Mushroom Giant - Aesong
Cream - White Room
Dentists - Tony Bastable V John Noakes
Bass Drum of Death - Velvet Itch
Dirty Beaches - I Dream In Neon
Darkside - Paper Trails
These Wonderful Evils - 900S
Bed Rugs - Daydream
Bed Rugs - Yawn
Melody's Echo Chamber - Snowcapped Andes Crash
Boytoy - Blazed
Holy Wave - Night Tripper

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VIR 63

Original Stream Date - 8/14/14

Tracklist

The Wytches - Weights And Ties
Cate Le Bon - No God
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Reminiscences
Laurell Meets the Obsolete - Whats Holding You
Akron/Family - Of All The Things
Wooden Shjips - Home
Monster Rally - Chin-don-ya
Monster Rally - Hazy Palava
Allah-Las - Follow You Down
The Velvet Underground - What Goes On
Can - Paperhouse
Animal Collective - Loch Raven
Deerhoof - Believe E.S.P.
Dead Ghosts - I Want You Back
Allah-Las - Recurring
Stardeath And White Dwarfs - Hate Me Tomorrow
The Bingers - Burnout
King Tuff - Just Strut
Joy Division - Warsaw
Prince Rupert's Drops - Plague Ride
Boys Age - Postcard Holiday
Posse - Afraid

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Kicking it Off Right

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