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Thursday, February 23, 2017 page 17

WHAT’S SPINNING AT @KLSURadio KLSUradio klsufm lsunow.com 225 578 5578 NEW MUSIC TOP 30 PLAYS REVIEW BY CINEASTE HOST OF THE CINE FILES, SATURDAYS 11 A.M. TO 1 P.M. (FILM SOUNDTRACKS) ARTIST//LABEL artist Ryan Adams You Still Love Me?” “To Be Without You,” and and desperate vocal tone make you ache, 1 Sacred Paws/Strike A Match/Rock resurfaces on the scene with his best album in “Doomsday.” and the interspersed harmonica and twang of Action years, “Prisoner.” Inspired by his divorce from Mandy guitar strings call back his I have been a fan of Ryan Adams since Moore in 2015, Adams originally wrote 80 days. 2 Sallie Ford/Soul Sick/Vanguard I watched Cameron Crowe’s film “Elizabeth- songs for the album. He later cut it to its Album standout “Do You Still Love Me” 3 The Modern Savage/Unwilling town” and heard one of my favorite Ryan Ad- current 12 tracks, but I’m already look- brings the record to its full force with a simple, Participants/Self-Released ams tracks to date, “Come Pick Me Up.” The ing forward to the release of an extended rocking chorus, but tracks like “Shiver And 4 Bonobo/Migration/Ninja Tune song, as mournful as it is angry, tackles be- version. Shake,” “Broken Anyway” and “Tightrope” kept trayal in a relationship and proved Adams is a After learning the background of this me engaged throughout. 5 /Run The Jewels 3/Run special lyricist. After nearly 10 years, my love album, I expected poignant, cutting lyrics that “Prisoner” is without a doubt a delightfully The Jewels “Prisoner” by 9/10 for his music has yet to fade. In fact, it grows relate to people who have fallen in and out of soulful album that I’ll be playing on repeat for 6 Jesca Hoop/Memories Are Now/Sub with the release of “Prisoner.” love. I was correct. months to come. Pop Ryan Adams My excitement for this album has been “Prisoner” seems reminiscient of Adams’s high since I heard the first three singles, “Do earlier material, but in a fresh way. His lyrics For fans of: and Wilco 7 Ty Segall/Ty Segall/Drag City REVIEW BY TAXI HOST OF MORE THAN NOISE, WEDNESDAYS 11 P.M. TO 1 A.M. (PUNK) 8 Japanese Wallpaper/Japanese Wallpaper [EP]/Zero Through Nine rock ‘n’ rollers bounce the new record, although the music is better In fact, it’s hard to believe Cuomo’s sparing 9 /Apocalipstick/Secretly back from a three-year hiatus with “Terrible Hu- described as energized . Lyrically, vocals aren’t a nod to Robert Plant. Canadian man Beings,” the band’s third full length album. The Orwells are as careless and cynical as Another favorite, “Double Feature,” is The Orwells formed as a group of high ever. “Pull the sheet over my head/ Spend the twice as long as every other song on the album. 10 Priests/Nothing Feels Natural/Sister school freshmen in 2009. Since then, they’ve next four years in bed,” sings frontman Mario Near the three-minute mark, the band strips Polygon released three records and two EPs tinged with Cuomo on the sixth track, “M.A.D.” the number down to its bass line and beat with 11 Foxygen/Hang/Jagjaguwar fun-loving, high-octane contemporary rock. The first single, “They Put a Body in the gratifying simplicity. “Double Feature” show- “Terrible Human Beings” shows critics The Bayou,” offers a nicely paced ode southern cases the band’s muscianship and range and 12 The Regrettes/Feel Your Feelings Orwells can play rock ‘n’ roll of nearly any order. rock. More sluggish, grimy rock vibes can be brings the record to a satisfying close. Fool!/Warner Bros. Influences of classic rock, ’80s metal and punk found on “Creatures” and “Hippie Soldier.” As a whole, “Terrible Human Beings” takes 13 Austra/Future Politics/Pink Fizz “Terrible can all be heard within the LP’s 38 minutes. “Terrible Human Beings” also gives us the musical style of rock ’n’ roll’s golden age (Canada)/Domino (US) 7/10 Like 2014’s “Disgraceland,” “Terrible Human more invigorating tracks like “Fry” and “Heavy and combines it with the nihilistic, reckless at- Human Beings” Beings” was produced by Jim Abbiss, known Head,” one of my favorites on the album. Af- titude that Orwells fans have to come to know 14 The Applesauce Tears/Commuters/ by The Orwells for his collaborations with the likes of Bombay terward, the group seamlessly transitions into and love. Black Cottage Bicycle Club and The . the next track, “Body Reprise,” a mystifying ex- 15 A Tribe Called Quest/We Got It From For fans of: Twin Peaks, and The Orwells’ punk roots are undeniable periment that immediately reminded me of Led Here... Thank You 4 Your Service/Epic in their earlier work. The same holds true with Zeppelin’s breakdown on “Whole Lotta Love.” Cloud Nothings 16 /Near To The Wild Heart Of Life/Anti WHAT WE’RE PLAYING 17 Parekh And Singh/Ocean/Peacefrog 18 Mr. Elevator And The Brain Hotel/When The Morning Greets You/Rad Cat 19 Otherkin/Can You Feel It [EP]/ Rubyworks 20 Gabriel Garzón-Montano/Jardin/ Stones Throw 21 Arcade Fire/”I Give You Power” [Single]/Capitol 22 All Them Witches/Sleeping Through The War/New West This past December, Anders Osborne joined the Dirty For over two decades, Yo La Tengo has cranked out Hailing from Raceland, Louisiana, Guns of the Seneca 23 Surfer Blood/Snowdonia/Joyful Noise Dozen Brass Band and Robert Randolph on the Tipi- diverse featuring songs that range from rainy day presented over eight years worth of music in their debut 24 Cloud Nothings// tina’s stage for the fifth annual Holiday Spectacular. As lullabies to distorted noise-rock epics. The New Jersey album, “Citizens of the Universe.” This nine-track record Carpark one can expect, soul, rock and funk collided to create trio’s 2000 album “And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside- is a twisted blend of some of the greatest names in math one heck of an evening. Feel the rhythm and soul of New Out” is delicate, gentle, and intimate. Most songs on the rock and experimental music: Battles, Zach Hill, The Mars 25 Homeshake/Fresh Air/Sinderlyn Orleans with the band’s performance of “Louisiana Rain” album are romantic ballads, with the exception of “Cherry Volta, El Ten Eleven, and countless more. Tracks like “All 26 Ron Gallo/Heavy Meta/New West as we celebrate one of the best seasons in Louisiana: Chapstick,” in which Ira Kaplan’s fret board pyrotechnics Kinds of Exhaustion” display the band’s ability to weave Mardi Gras. earn him the nickname “The Jewish .” This six- traditional vocals with the quasi-pyschadelic atmosphere 27 /”Pure Comedy” minute song is a murky, ear-catching track typical of the of ‘70s rock, while the production carries a unique profile [Single]/Sub Pop band’s famously fuzzy sound. reminiscent of prog rock our dads would likely enjoy. 28 Real Estate/”Darling” [Single]/ Elemental Sybil DJ 5/4 Domino HEAR IT ON THE JAMBOREE (JAM BANDS) HEAR IT ON THE SLUMBER PARTY (DREAM HEAR IT ON THE MATH LAB (MATH ROCK) 29 St. Tropez/St. Tropez/Self-Released SATURDAY, FEB. 25 5 TO 7 P.M. POP) THURSDAY, FEB. 23 9 TO 11 P.M. SUNDAY, FEB. 26 7 TO 9 P.M. 30 Lettuce/Mt. Crushmore [EP]/Lettuce UPCOMING SHOWS THURSDAY THURSDAY KLSU PRESENTS: MOON This Thursday night KLSU’s first Moon Landing takes SUNDAY LEON// PRIESTS, HAND LANDING WITH LIVE DJ over the Spanish Moon! Enjoy live DJ sets from Bad GASA GASA GRENADE JOB Ramona, Cherry Bomb and Sybil playing girl-powered 9 P.M. AND GLAND// SETS FROM BAD RAMONA, tracks ranging from ’60s beat, hip hop to riot grrrl. We’ll 23 CHERRY BOMB AND SYBIL// be holding a raffle for our last BUKU Ticket Giveaway, 26 02 MUDLARK PUBLIC SPANISH MOON so you don’t want to miss this! Show up to boogie, and THEATRE feb 9 P.M. you might leave with a free ticket to BUKU. feb mar 7 P.M.