Jan 13 Tracks Yo La Tengo – Fade Fade, the latest album from Yo La Tengo, comes out this week. In anticipation of the record’s street date — and the band’s show at the Brown Theater later this month — below is a stream of the entire album via Pitchfork’s new platform called Advance. It’s supposed to function as an immersive experience reminiscent […] By Sean Cannon Jan 13 Tracks Yo La Tengo – Fade By Sean Cannon
Jan 08 Tracks Free Energy – Love Sign It’s hard to believe that Free Energy‘s new album, Love Sign, is finally coming out next week — especially since the first single, Electric Fever, hit the web almost a year ago at this point. So with just a few days to go, the Philly-by-way-of-Minneapolis indie rockers premiered the entire record on Rolling Stone’s website […] By Sean Cannon Jan 08 Tracks Free Energy – Love Sign By Sean Cannon
Jan 01 Tracks Handpicked By Joan Shelley In preparation for her set at the Jan. 30 edition of Winter Wendesday (alongside Matt Costa), we asked Joan Shelley to pick some songs for a nice winter playlist. Here’s what she came up with. By Sean Cannon Jan 01 Tracks Handpicked By Joan Shelley By Sean Cannon
Dec 31 Tracks Laura Shine’s Best of of 2012 It’s been another great year for our dearly-beloved radio format known as Triple A (Adult Album Alternative), which mostly means great music presented to you by WFPK. It has not been easy to have to choose from so many fantastic albums. Please keep in mind that we are inundated with hundreds of records all year […] By Laura Shine Dec 31 Tracks Laura Shine’s Best of of 2012 By Laura Shine
Dec 30 Tracks Stacy Owen’s Best of 2012 Here’s a list of five favorite albums from WFPK Program Director, Stacy Owen. Band of Horses – Mirage Rock I’m a big fan of Ben Bridwell’s vocals and every song tells a distinct story with beautiful arrangements. Stars – The North This makes the list mostly because “Hold on When You Get Love and Let […] By Stacy Owen Dec 30 Tracks Stacy Owen’s Best of 2012 By Stacy Owen
Dec 27 Tracks Tame Impala – Apocalypse Dream Tame Impala made a tiny splash in the States thanks to their debut album Innerspeaker in 2010. Earlier this year, things picked up considerably with the release of Lonerism. You might’ve heard Elephant on WFPK over the last few months, but here is another track from the band’s sophomore LP. Download Apocalypse Dream By Sean Cannon Dec 27 Tracks Tame Impala – Apocalypse Dream By Sean Cannon