11.09.12 page page page 6 bumbershoot 8 Aesop rock 10 niki&the dove cover art by lindsay stribling 2 in cue 11.09.12 college radio is the specialization and niche programming that it meet our about delivers to a broad audience. This blew my mind because it was so staff Top 5 Albums ever in cue profoundly accurate. YES! This is Welcome to In Cue, why radio matters. your campus radio College radio o#ers the cur- 1) Neutral Milk Hotel “Aeroplane over the Sea” station’s written con- rency that we all crave as well as nection to the masses. the education that accompanies 2) Wilco “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot” - a person telling you, “Hey, I chose 3) Elliot Smith “A basement on a Hill” views, articles, and these songs for you, I vouch for 4) T Rex “Electric Warrior” updates on what KUOI them. They are good.” If you be- FM has been up to this lieve, as I always have, that KUOI 5) Radiohead “The Bends” hosts some of the coolest kids on Nae Hakala year. We are here to STATION MANGER answer the question: campus, then you can have faith in what they are sharing with “Why does radio you. Sure, I initially tuned in for indie-rock and punk, but I stayed 1) Death Cab for Cutie “Transatlanticism” even matter, for garage and psych. Who knew 2) Death From Above 1979 “You’re a Women I’m a Machine” anymore?” these genres were still thriving? A 3) Animal Collective “Strawberry Jam” KUOI DJ knew, and he shared it with me. 4) Dum Dum Girls “Only in Dreams” We are now in the age of on- At KUOI, we embrace the new 5) Su$an Stevens “Michigan” demand music at our !ngertips, technology o#ered through the Tim goldy we have access to Pandora, Spotify, Internet, instead of ignoring the PROGRAM DIRECTOR Last FM, iTunes… the list goes on. changing milieu. The advent of So, why would live radio even streaming radio online allows a be necessary? ... Consider the University of Idaho DJ’s Norwe- 1) Wolf Parade “Apologies to the Queen Mary” medium of television. Television gian Doom Metal show to broad- 2) Handsome Furs “Sound Kapital” thrives in the face of Net"ix, You- cast in Norway, and those people Tube, Hulu... I don’t personally are experiencing it at the same 3) Arcade Fire “Funeral” have TV, but I do get to watch it at time as a kid studying in his room 4) The Vaccines “What Did You Expect From the Vaccines” the Student Recreational Center in the LLCs. 5) Airborne Toxic Event “All At Once” while I am working out. It is ex- With college radio, you’ll hear LINDSAY STRIBLING citing to me, in a way. I suddenly things that you never knew you al- MUSIC DIRECTOR experience this ways loved. You’ll connection to discover bands the world, to before Spotify society. There is even has an entry 1) Mastodon “Leviathan” the currency of for them. You’ll 2) Opeth “Blackwater Park” a shared experi- learn that tons 3) Elder “Dead Roots Stirring” ence with people of people listen I will never even to Latino music 4) Meshuggah “I” meet. Imagine on campus, that 5) The Devin Townsend Project “Deconstruction” if we could just Terry Malts bears NICK McGarvey PRODUCTION take out all of a striking resem- DIRECTOR AND CHIEF the bullshit com- blance to Joey ANNOUNCER mercialism and Ramone, and forced societal that people in “norms” that TV forces upon us. their early 20s still have a passion 1) Queen “A Day at the Races” Well, that same feeling of cur- for Jazz. These are things that you rency and belonging without the can’t !nd on a top-40 commercial 2) Lady Gaga “Born This Way” bullshit is what non-commercial station. 3) All Time Low “Dirty Work” radio, like the college radio station People who are passionate 4) The Shiny Toy Guns “We Are Pilots” at UI, is doing for us right now. about their music and deliver 5) The Gaslight Anthem “59 Sound” I recently met a program direc- this careful, thoughtful, special- JAIMEE thomas tor for TCM, Turner Classic Movie ized programming to you for HEAD LIBRARIAN Channel, on a trip to Atlanta. She free. They volunteer their time to explained that so much goes in expand your mind. You can pay to choosing the order of her pro- them back by keeping college gramming. The sta# uses themes radio alive and thriving a the Uni- 1) The Horse Thieves “Valley of Decision/Outlaw Ballads” as random as “movies that have versity of Idaho. 2) The Holiday Friends “Chicks” people eating spaghetti” in them, Turn the dial to 89.3 FM in but the programming is chosen your car or stream KUOI.org at 3) Fleet Foxes —“Helplessness Blues” nonetheless. It was no surprise your next house party. Radio is 4) Blind Pilot “3 Rounds and a Sound” to me to !nd out that she got relevant; can you say that your 5) Cataldo “Signal FlarE” her start as a program director current music listening habits Kaitlyn Krasselt for her college radio station. She are, too? KUOI NEWS DIRECTOR explained that the coolest part of -Nae Hakala, Station Manager 11.09.12 in cue 3 A totally STRFKing great show lindsay stribling kuoi There’s something inher- ently cheeky about Starfucker that you can tell right away. Whether it’s the name of the band itself, which due to its nature we have to spell out “STRFKR” on air — it feels rather silly, to tell the truth — or the absurdly catchy nature of the music itself, there’s a cleverness that adds to their appeal. This Portland born band has a fol- lowing that has grown with the resurgence of electro-pop and in part, due to “Rawnald Greg- ory Erikson The Second” being used in a Target ad. It was re- ally special to snag a night with them at The Belltower. We waited in line for quite some time before being let in- side. This was a !rst for me at The Belltower. There’s never really a long line, people don’t just queue up outside all willy- nilly clutching ticket printouts and chattering excitedly to album at No. 1 the week prior Once it was time for STRFKR ing multicolored, geometric each other. You don’t usually to STRFKR. So, I knew he would to perform, things started to patterns along with the music. 3 things have to get there early to get a be good. I didn’t know that get more crowded and chaotic. You could tell the stoners from Overall I think the show good spot. This was looking to he would be great. The crowd I’ve never seen the Belltower the drunk dancers because the was a success and I took away be an interesting night. didn’t appear to know either, so crowded. I’ve been to two stoners would move but their three important things: Because I’m short, I like to but halfway into the !rst song different mini festivals there glazed gaze was fixed on the 1. Never underestimate live take photos and generally see they were smitten. Strong syn- and a fair number of concerts light show. The music sounded electronic indie. It isn’t all just what’s going on there’s always thy backbeats laid down beside and the number of people great and the catchy tunes got about mixing boards and a sense of urgency to get close smooth guitar ri"s and spot-on that showed up that night was folks so excited that several macbooks. to the stage. I’ll weave my way vocals made a winning combi- unprecedented. People were people started to crowd surf. 2. Don’t forget about the between clumps of chatty, beer- nation. For an electronic art- standing on pews and literally Post show, the band headed opener. They just might sur- clutching concert-goers and ist I didn’t expect his voice to climbing up the walls to see back to the merch table to gra- prise you. stake out my spot, clinging to be quite so impressive, but he what was happening onstage. ciously take pictures, sign any 3. My butt is great for propping the stage like a beatnik barnacle. really took the music several Behind the band the Great number of albums or T-shirts, up drunk girls. I don’t know Onuinu was the opener steps above what was already Wall of LED goodness they and one girl even presented who you were, but I am not and we had charted his new so great in the recording. brought with them was flash- her chest, but was declined. your personal stripper pole. 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