Hungry Beat!

Hungry Beat! TONIGHT at Senor Fish!

2010-11-26T16:02:00.000-08:00

Tonight we'll be at Senor Fish for the first FRIDAY Hungry Beat ever! We've all been busy digging in the crates so there's plenty of new cuts to play tonight!

Here's the event listing on Facebook:

Hungry Beat Playlist 9/18! (Two year anniversary/Last night at La Cita) Edition

2010-09-19T15:17:00.000-07:00

So these are the songs that were played as Hungry Beat! turned two years old, and as we said goodbye to La Cita. It's been a great place to be, and we thank you for coming out time and time again to dance to selections from our record collections. We'll be back soon with even more tunes to delight your ears, and move your feet..

Eux Autres - You're Alight

Soft Healer - Movie Light

Marie Et Les Garcons - Rebop Attitudes

The Concretes - Seems Fine

The Siddeleys - What Went Wrong This Time

Close Lobsters - Loopholes

Sea Lions - Let's Groove

Love - You'll be Following

The Four Seasons - Beggin'

Dum Dum Girls - Pay for Me

The Shop Assistants - Home Again

Buzzcocks - Boredom

Orange Juice - Felicity

Aztec Camera - Oblivious

Myron & E with the Soul Investigators - Cold Game

Les Surfs - Shoop Shoop... Va L'Embrasser

Camera Obscura - If Looks Could Kill

The Tremeloes - Here She Comes Now

BMX Bandits - Top Shop Girl

The Smiths - Ask

The Crystals - Then He Kissed Me

Otis Redding - Satisfaction

Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band - Express Yourself

Dauphine Williams - I'm Your Man

A Certain Ratio - Shack Up

Girls at Our Best - Fast Boyfriends

Comet Gain - Hideaway

Conflict - It's Not Enough

Chin Chin - Revolution

Dum Dum Girls - Bhang Bhang, I'm a Burnout

Talulah Gosh - My Best Friend

The Revolving Paint Dream - (Burn This House) Down to the Ground

The Modettes - White Mouse Disco

France Gall - Laissez Tomber Les Filles

Martha & the Vandellas - Nowhere to Run

The Shirelles - Last Minute Miracle

The Intruders - Check Yourself

Chris Clark - Love's Gone Bad

Jesse Boon & the Astros - I Got the Rings

Frances Nero - Keep On Lovin' Me

Belle & Sebastian - Dirty Dream # 2

The Zombies - She Does Everything For Me

The Go-Betweens - The Life at Hand

Morrisey - Suedehead

Chantal Kelly - Notre Prof D'Anglais

Shirley Ellis - Soul Time

The Stone Roses - Fool's Gold

The Charlatans - The Only One I Know

Primal Scream - Rocks

Inspiral Carpets - Joe

The Happy Mondays - 24 Hour Party People

The Clean - Tally Ho

Love is All - Wishing Well

The Breeders - Head to Toe

New Order - Age of Consent

The Strokes - Hard to Explain

Orange Juice - Poor Old Soul Part 2

Pandoras - Anyone But You

The Specials - Concrete Jungle

The Waitresses - It's My Car

Parliaments - Don't be Sore at Me

The Marvelettes- All the Love I've Got

Los Canarios - Get on Your Knees

Jacques Dutronc - On Nous Cache Tout, On Nous Dit Rien

Plastic Bertrand - Ca Plane Pour Moi

The Primitives - Way Behind Me

The Vaselines - You Think You're a Man

New Order - Temptation

Pulp - Disco 2000

The Smiths - Bigmouth Strikes Again

The Pastels - I Wonder Why

Altered Images - I Could be Happy

The Field Mice - Sensitive

The Creation - Makin' Time

Shangri-Las - Give Him a Great Big Kiss

The Beach Boys - I Get Around

The Sea Urchins - Pristine Christine

Our Second Anniversary!

2010-09-18T00:14:00.000-07:00

Saturday night's Hungry Beat will be our two-year anniversary and the last Hungry Beat until we find a new venue. Looking back, it's been really fun hanging out and playing music we love for you.

Hungry Beat began with the notion that kids would dance to indie pop mixed with soul, girl groups, 60s pop, mutant disco, and post-punk influences. We keep things up-tempo and accessible. You'll hear the rare or under-appreciated next to your favorite anthems.

(Fun, fun, fun! during the Pehrspace days)

We had our first few nights at the co-op Pehrspace in Echo Park. Things were very much DIY. In addition to promoting and spinning we were also the bouncers. We did well enough that the neighbors started noticing. Michael was already packing them in at Punky Reggae at La Cita, so they decided to give us a Saturday.

Sometimes you land right on top of the zeitgeist by not chasing it. There was a renewed interest in indie pop thanks to a string of strong releases from Slumberland and Yay. Groups like the Dum Dum Girls were building a new, noisier Wall of Sound. Downtown L.A. had finally become a viable destination for night life and we were right in the middle of it, across from Angels Flight and right next to the old City of Paris department store.

(They were dancing like crazy to the Jasmine Minks when this was taken!)

The b-sides and flexidiscs began getting as good a response as the hits. The requests started getting less random and people started asking for stuff we actually had in our 45 boxes. We brought in Cats on Fire, one of our favorite new bands, all the way from Finland to make their West Coast debut.

(Cats on Fire!)

La Cita has been good to us through the slower siesta months and during a recession. With fall approaching they decided to shake up their Saturdays, so as of tonight we are looking for a new home. Thanks for your support and stay tuned, we'll be back!

(How lucky we are to have such a dapper clientele)

(Bye for now...)

Hungry Beat!'s Favorite Tracks - Lizzy Mercier Descloux - "Fire"

2010-08-26T00:55:00.000-07:00

We figured it was about time over here at Hungry Beat! HQ to put our Youtube search obsession to good use by finding videos made for some of our absolute favorite songs to play at Hungry Beat!, and telling you a little bit about why we enjoy playing them so much.

Lizzy Mercier Descloux is the Kevin Bacon of Hungry Beat. Just one peek at her biography and you can see how much she overlaps with our whole playlist.

The story starts like so many music stories from the mid 1970s. Descloux was a Paris art school refugee energized by the DIY punk ethos. She founded a record store and a magazine with her boyfriend Michel Esteban. They published some Patti Smith poetry and moved to New York, where Smith introduced Esteban to "Horses" producer John Cale, who in turn introduced Esteban to Village Voice writer Michael Zilkha.

Zilkha and Esteban combined their last names and formed ZE Records. ZE's diverse lineup released some of the most exciting music of that era, some of it experimental, much of it danceable: Descloux , Contortions, Suicide, Material, Paradise Garage mainstays Was (Not Was) and Kid Creole, and the Cale-produced Marie et Les Garcons. The ZE roster also included the Waitresses, whose debut album contains their big hit "I Know What Boys Like" as well as the Hungry Beat staple "It's My Car."

ZE counted among its distributors Buddah Records, which had in its stable countless bubblegum guilty pleasures, many Northern Soul stalwarts such as Curtis Mayfield, the Five Stairsteps, Barbara Mason, and Melba Moore, and the disco group Chic, who are lovingly referenced by Hungry Beat heroes Orange Juice on "Rip It Up."

"Fire" was the lead single from Lizzy Mercier Descloux's 1979 debut LP on ZE Records, "Press Color." She's a gifted interpreter, turning Arthur Brown's sinister psychedelic hit into an uptempo stomper. "Press Color" also contains the equally danceable "Wawa" (shades of ESG) and nods to composer Lalo Schifrin, many years before his name came up in rare-groove circles again thanks to a Portishead sample.

The version of "Fire" you hear at Hungry Beat is a shorter 45 edit.

Hungry Beat Playlist 8/21...

2010-08-23T18:20:00.000-07:00

... remains mostly a mystery even to us. One thing worth noting, we watched a whole bunch of you dance to this one:

It was awesome.

See you on September 18th for our great big two year anniversary party! Not only will we have a special Slumberland Records give away, but we'll also be unveiling and giving away copies of our very first Hungry Beat! mix CD!

Pictures from last Satrday's madness are on the way...

Hungry Beat Playlist 8/10!

2010-08-14T21:52:00.000-07:00

The Smiths - What She Said

My Favorite - The Black Cassette

Love Is All - Less Than Thrilled

New Order - Weirdo

The Pastels - Zoooom

Crystal Stilts - My Sugar Baby

Madness - Embarassment

Bodysnatchers - Easy Life

The Mo-Dettes - Two Can Play

The Chesterfields - Best of Friends

The Chills - Oncoming Day

Action Now - Try

Edwin Starr - 25 Miles

The Emotions - Stealing Love

The Spinners - It's A Shame

Dolly Mixture - Been Teen

Soft Healer - Movie Light

Stereolab - Fried Monkey Eggs

Brilliant Corners - Delilah Sands

Magic Bullets - Thoughts of You

St. Christopher - And I Wonder

Biff Bang Pow! - 7 Seconds

Cause Co-Motion - I Lie Awake

Veronica Falls - Beachy Head

Tarzan 5 - Boys' Game

Family Fodder - Debbie Harry

France Gall - Der Computer No. 3

Mae Young - No Ifs, Ands or Buts

Martha & the Vandellas - I'm Ready For Love

Black Tambourine - Drown

Shop Assistants - Safety Net

Martina & Part Time Punx - Mehr Von Dir

The Ropers - Blue Sunday

Wild Nothing - Summer Holiday

Another Sunny Day - You Should All Be Murdered

Best Coast - Happy

Marvin Gaye - You're a Wonderful One

Betty Everett - Too Hot to Hold

The Parliaments - Don't Be Sore At Me

The Mavelettes - All the Love I've Got

Lou Courtney - Hey Joyce

JJ Barnes - Say It

The Pandoras - Anyone But You

The Ramones - Sheena is a Punk Rocker

Donovan - Epistle to Dippy

Mary Wells - One Block from Heaven

Joyce Jones - Help Me Make Up My Mind

Isley Brothers - Why When Love Is Gone

The Exciters - Blowin' Up My Mind

Two Fellows (Fred & Skeets) - Stop (Don't Give Up Your Loving)

Panic Buttons - O Wow

Shirley Ellis - The Clapping Song

Archie Bell & the Drells - Tighten Up

The Invincibles - It's That Love of Mine

Towanda Barnes - You Don't Mean It

Major Lance - The Beat

Sunny & the Sunliners - If I Could See You Now

The Ethics - Look at Me Now

Hector Rivera - At the Party

Sylvia Vartan - Ne T'en Va Pas

Brother Jack McDuff - Can't Get Satisfied

Five Stairsteps - Change of Pace

Derek Martin - Sly Girl

The Chiffons - Keep the Boy Happy

Martha & the Vandellas - Honey Love

Freda Payne - Band of Gold

The Jam - Start!

Supergrass - Alright

The Strokes - Last Nite

Blur - There's No Other Way

Northside - Shall We Take a Trip?

Happy Mondays - 24 Hour Party People

Elastica - Connection

The Smiths - What Difference Does it Make?

Harold Melvin - Get Out

Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up

The Creation - Makin' Time

The Beatles - She Loves You

The Flirts - Jukebox

ESG - Dance

Blur - Girls & Boys

Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out

Orange Juice - Satellite City

Camera Obscura - French Navy

The Angels - My Boyfriend's Back

Mighty Marvelows - Talkin' Bout Ya Baby

Gene Chandler & Barbara Acklin - Love Won't Start

Beach Boys - I Get Around

Shangri-Las - Give Him a Great Kiss

The Wake

2010-08-13T20:46:00.000-07:00

Many months back I was asked by a fellow blogger friend to complete a five question survey that circulating to various Los Angeles based musicians, writers, djs... music nerds, essentially. Several times I sat down with this survey, and struggled with answering the questions to the inevitable point when I would put them aside and vow to return another day. Eventually, I stopped returning to the survey, and resigned myself to the fact that my take on these questions would remain absent from the series. The questions were so good that I couldn't form sufficient answers to any of them except for one: "Name one album you feel is critically under-rated and one album that is critically over-rated. Defend your case." I never settled on my pick for overrated album (though there were several knocking around my head for awhile). My pick for underrated album, however, was clear as day.

Here Comes Everybody was the second album from Scottish post-punk auteurs/indiepop forecasters the Wake. It's also, in my opinion, perfectly crafted start to finish. The opener is the almost impossibly lush and beautiful "O Pamela." The closer (and title track) is a long dark alleyway composed entirely of dub space and tension. Every song in between seems to have been designed to take the listener from that particular point A, to that particular point B. More importantly perhaps, you hear a band that is in line to some degree with certain Factory Records labelmates as well as other musical contemporaries, but clearly crafting a sound scape all their own.

There are plenty of bands whose under the radar status makes perfect sense to me; they make music for a specific type of person, and the more people who hear those songs and identify with them the better, but it's still pretty much implied that those people to be few and far between. The Wake on the other hand, deserve ten million more listeners, a constant barrage on the good people at LTM Records to keep churning out copies of their represses, and stadium shows... or at the very least a world tour.

Purchase the re-issue of Here Comes Everybody, Here Comes Everybody + Singles, here.

One of the singles that makes up the + Singles portion of the re-issue is the Hungry Beat! favorite "Talk About the Past." It could arguably be considered their best single. "Pale Spectre" (which also appears on Here Comes Everybody + Singles) and "Crush the Flowers" (from the Sarah years!) would be top contenders as well. But for right now, we should all give out wholehearted attention to "Talk About the Past," cause it's so pretty...

~ Marion

Air France

2010-08-11T16:30:00.000-07:00

Why is that no one has thought to spotlight the endlessly gorgeous Air France on this space? Could it have anything to do with the fact that releases from Air France are few and far between, and that (to our collective knowledge) none of them seem to be on vinyl? Well never mind all of that now, the time has come!

There just aren't enough DJs/Producers these days who are making dance music sound this dreamy and lush. Sure there's plenty of it out there, Air France have just seemingly cornered the market on making electronic pop songs that sound both heartfelt, and hip beyond your wildest dreams.

They also remixed Saint Etienne's "Spring" with subtle, but deliciously satisfactory results. I think most of us have the original of that one on a record somewhere, which must count for something, right?

The O'Jays - Soul Sounds

2010-08-03T19:13:00.000-07:00

When it comes to classic soul, it's generally all about 45s. Most soul LPs from the '60s suffer from the ubiquitous and largely unnecessary (in this DJ's opinion) Beatles covers or too many dull ballads. Granted, there are a few exceptions where albums really feel like albums -- What's Going On, anyone? Now this O'Jays record, Soul Sounds doesn't flow from track to track like Marvin Gaye's aforementioned opus, but it's got a ton of really great songs, and the cover art is fantastic. Better yet, I acquired this LP on Ebay for $12, while to get all the songs I wanted from this LP on 45s would've set me back twenty times that sum. While the O'Jays are better known for such 70s jams as "Love Train" (I'd be happy if you promised me I'd never hear that one again as long as I should live!) and nowadays play the Vegas circuit, they made some brilliant recordings in the 60s on Minit, Bell, and Imperial that are among my favorites of the genre. Expect to hear a track off this LP on Saturday at the club, but do pick up yourself a copy in the meantime and enjoy such tracks as the stompin' "Working on Your Case", and beautiful mid-tempo groovers like "No Time For You", and "I"ll Never Forget You". In fact, I've also got a reissue copy of this LP that I'll gladly hand off to the first Hungry Beat! attendee that responds to this post, since I now have an original. Below, a teaser. Enjoy...
-B-Rok

Wild About You

2010-07-30T13:00:00.000-07:00

While there are a great deal of overlaps in the record collections of all of us Hungry Beat! DJs, the chances that we will all find ourselves equally enamored with not one but two very new bands are slim. Therefore, it seems pretty cool that we all fell equally head over heels in love with Veronica Falls and Wild Nothing. The sonic similarities are few and far between except for the fact that both projects produce giddy pop songs with the highest possibility of leaving you feeling giddy all over. Let's start with Veronica Falls, a noisy, peppy band from Scotland with former ties to the Royal We. If you're not familiar with the Royal We, they are responsible for one the niftiest little ditties of the past few years:

Back to the present day, Veronica Falls pick up the torch of that band which burned out much too quickly, and provide us with gorgeous gems like this:

Shifting gears now to Wild Nothing, cursory listens might give the impression that it shares nothing with Veronica Falls other that a record label (both have releases available on Captured Tracks). Where Veronica Falls make songs that are punchy and jarring in all the right ways, Wild Nothing creates a stunning dreamscape that invites you to wander in, dance for awhile, and then maybe take a nap. However, there's a sophistication, and assertiveness present in both projects that sets them both in a different playing field than many of their peers.

I leave you with Wild Nothing's vibrant "Chinatown:"

Hungry Beat Playlist 7/24!

2010-07-25T14:30:00.000-07:00

Swell Maps - Read About Seymour

Sad Lovers and Giants - Lost in a Moment

Princeton - Marth & Clive Krantz

Maria - Love is Something I Know Nothing About

The Bangles - I'm in Line

Magic Bullets - A Name Sits Heaviest on My Heart

Lloyd Cole & the Commotions - Rattlesnakes

Jan & Dean - Like a Summer Rain

The Zombies - Walking in the Sun

Love - I'll be Following

Shades of Blue - Oh How Happy

Marvin Gaye - Can I Get a Witness?

The O'Jays - I Dig Your Act

Melba Moore - The Magic Touch

Little Ben & the Cheers - I'm Gonna Get Even With You

Dolly Mixture - Baby, It's You

Martha & the Vandellas - One Way Out

Jay & the Techniques - Apples, Peaches, & Pumpkin Pie

The Kinks - You Still Want Me

The Clientele - I Wonder Who We Are

The June Brides - On the Rocks

Cats on Fire - Lay Down Your Arms

The Wake - Testament

Wild Nothing - Our Composition Book

Henry's Dress - Over 21

X Ray Spex - I Can't Do Anything

The Pastels - Heavens Above

Mousefolk - Grannie's Cake Crisis

Veronica Falls - Beachy Head

Househunters - Dorsal Fin

Beat Happening - Our Secret

The Creation - How Does it Feel to Feel?

The Primitives - Really Stupid

My Bloody Valentine - Sylvie's Head

Henry's Dress - You Killed a Boy

The Shop Assistants - I Don't Wanna be Friends With You

Teenage Fanclub - So Far Gone

Oasis - Some Might Say

Wild Nothing - Summer Holiday

The Field Mice - If You Need Someone

The Field Mice - Fabulous Friend

Primal Scream - Imperial

House of Love - Christine

Moose - Jack

The Stone Roses - She Bangs the Drums

The Byrds - You Movin'

The Hit Parade - I Get So Sentimental

Sandie Shaw - Hand in Glove

The Smiths - Barbarism Begins at Home

The Associates - Love Hangover

The Chi-Lites - Runaway

The Ikettes - Peaches & Cream

The Monkees - Valleri

Echo & the Bunnymen - Do It Clean

Pigbag - Pappa's Got a Brand New Pigbag

Shirley Ellis - Soul Time

Eddie Holman - I Surrender

Darrell Banks - Our Love

Sylvie Vartan - Comin' Home

Belle & Sebastian - Legal Man

ESG - Dance

The Talking Heads - Cities

James White & the Blacks - Contort Yourself (August Darnell Mix)

Sexual Harassment - If I Gave You a Party

Weave - Mouthpiece Hysteria

The B-52s - Strobe Light

Gang of Four - Damaged Goods

The Long Blondes - Giddy Stratospheres

Delta Five - Mind Your Own Business

Orange Juice - Love Sick

Christina - Drive My Car

Plastic Bertrand - Ca Plane Pour Moi

The Beatles - She Loves You

R.E.M. - Radio Free Europe

Too Much - Silex Pistols

Morris & the Minors - Emily

The Beach Boys - Surfin' U.S.A.

The Doors - Light My Fire

Buzzcocks - Everybody's Happy Nowadays

The Shop Assistants - What a Way to Die

The Jellybeans - You Don't Mean Me No Good

Thelma Houston - Jumpin'Jack Flash

Barbara Lynn - I'm a Good Woman

Towanda Barnes - You Don't Mean It

Dexy's Midnight Runners - There There My Dear

Saint Etienne - Nothing Can Stop Us

The Go-Betweens - Spring Rain

Tomorrow Night!

2010-07-23T19:17:00.000-07:00

Hungry Beat Playlist 7/10!

2010-07-23T18:58:00.000-07:00

Black Tambourine - Drown
Beach Nuts - Cycle Annie
Sea Lions - Let's Groove
The Searchers - When You Walk in the Room
Velocette - Get Yourself Together (French Version)
Article 58 - Echoes
Wreckless Eric - Let's Go to the Movies
Soft Healer - Movie Light
Dum Dum Girls - Pay For Me
Barbara Lynn - Nice & Easy
Carolyn Crawford - My Smile is Just a Frown
Juanita Williams - Baby Boy
Ronettes - Do I Love You?
Sylvia Vartan - Garde Moi Dans Ta Poche
The Bodysnatchers - Ruder Than You
The Flatmates - Everyday
Vivian Girls - Moped Girl
Shop Assistants - What a Way to Die
Heavenly - Cool Guitar Boy
Rocketship - I Love You Like The Way That I Used To
Wild Nothing - Summer Holiday
Jesus & Mary Chain - The Hardest Walk
Monochrome Set - Eine Symphonie Des Grauens
Cats on Fire - Lay Down Your Arms
Adult Net - Searching For the Now
Morrissey - The Loop
The Haywains - I Wouldn't Want That
Altered Images - Jump Jump
Comet Gain - Love Without Lies
Au Pairs - Inconvenience
Cause Co-Motion - Take a Look
ESG - The Beat
Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup
Magic Bullets - Sigh The Day Away
The Wolfhounds - Anti Midas Touch
Comet Gain - If You Ever Walk Out of My Life
Heavenly - Hearts & Crosses
Sandie Shaw - Hand in Glove
Camera Obscura - If Looks Could Kill
The Supremes - Baby Love
Les Tres Bien Ensemble - Je Veux Un Symbol Sexuel
Petula Clark - Un Mal Pour Un Bien
The School - Let it Slip
The Drums - I Wanna Go Surfing
Suburban Lawns - Janitor
Stereolab - French Disko
Velvelettes - Lonely Lonely Girl Am I
Ray Charles - I Don't Need No Doctor
Nina Simone - Save Me
Betty Everett - Too Hot to Hold
Gloria Jones - Tainted Love
Gene Chandler & Barbara Acklin - Love Won't Start
Marvin Gaye - Wonderful One
Doris Troy - I'll Do Anything
Los Shakers - Rampan Todo
Belle & Sebastian - Legal Man
Delta 5 - Business
The Smiths - I Want the One I Can't Have
Orange Juice - Felicity
Brilliant Colors - Never Mine
Josef K - sorry For Laughing
Pulp - Babies
Saint Etienne - You're in a Bad Way
Shirley Ellis - Clapping Song
The Sapphires - Gonna Be a Big Thing
Freda Payne - Band of Gold
Jelly Beans - You Don't Mean Me No Good
Jay J Jones - I Don't Know About You
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Let's Make This Precious
The Smiths - This Charming Man
June Brides - Disneyland
The Pastels - Automatically Yours
The Chesterfields - Best of Friends
Belle & Sebastian - I Could Be Dreaming
The Showstoppers - What Can a Man Do?
Jacques Dutronc - On Nous Cache On Ne Neus Dit Rien
Too Much - Silex Pistols
The Vaselines - Son of A Gun
Dolly Mixture - How Come You're Such a Hit with the Boys, Jane?
The Cure - Boys Don't Cry
Plastic Bertrand - Ca Plane Pour Moi
The Buzzcocks - Everybody's Happy Nowadays
Brigitte Bardot - Ca Pourrait Changer
Jens Lekman - Sweet Summer Night on Hammer Hill
Althea & Donna - Uptown Top Ranking
Nicole Willis & the Soul Investigators - If This Ain't Love
Martha & the Vandellas - I'm Ready for Love

Hungry Beat Playlist 6/19!

2010-07-23T18:47:00.000-07:00

Maria - I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts
Eux Autres - You're Alight
The Zombies - Sometimes
Los Tammys - Cantar Con El Corazon
Claude Francois - Reste
Gil Scott Heron - When You Are Who You Are
The Dells - There Is
Little Ben & The Cheers - I'm Gonna Get Even With You
The Emotions - Stealing Love
Betty Everett - I Can't Hear You
The Lilys - A Nanny in Manhattan
Felt - I Will Die With My Head in Flames
Sea Lions - Let's Groove
Beat Happening - Look Around
The Breeders - Shocker in Gloomtown
The Charlottes - Are You Happy Now?
Bright Coloured Lights - Leave You BEhind
Primal Scream - Velocity Girl
Aztec Camera - Oblivious
The Replacements - I Will Dare
The Replacements - I Can't Hardly Wait
The Pastels - Million Tears
Biff Bang Pow - There Must Be A Better Life
Style Council - My Ever Changing Moods
The Showstoppers - Heartbreaker
Gino Washington - Geno Is a Coward
Arlette Zola - Deux Garcons Pour Une Fille
The Esquires - How Could it Be?
The Marvelettes - I'll Keep Holding On
JJ Jackson - Sho Nuff
Mamie Galore - It Ain't Necessary
The Jam - Strange Town
The Zombies - She Does Everything For Me
Antoine -Qu'est Ce Qui Ne Tourne Pas Rond Chez Moi
The Liminanas - Je Ne Suis Pas Tres Drogue
Camera Obscura - If Looks Could Kill
The Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love?
Otis Redding - Satisfaction
The Monochrome Set - He's Frank
Love Is All - I Ran
Comet Gain - Love Vigilantes
REM - It's The End of the World...
Air Miami - World Cup Fever
Joy Division - Heart & Soul
ESG - Dance
Weave - Mouthpiece Hysteria
Serge Gainsbourg - Marilu
Plastic Bertrand - Ca Plane Pour Moi
Pooh Sticks - On Tape
The Clean - Tally Ho
Love is All - Wishing Well
The Wake - Pale Spectre
Felt - The Day the Ran Came Down
Rocketship - I'm Lost Without You Here
Black Tambourine - Throw Aggi Off the Bridge
X - Los Angeles
The Undertones - Here Comes the Summer
The Smiths - Bigmouth Strikes Again
The Pastels - Automatically Yours
The Seeds - No Escape
Los Canarios - Get On Your Knees
Shangri-Las - Give Him a Great Big Kiss
Jimmy Holiday - I've Been Done Wrong
The Beatles - Set Fire to The Lot (BBC)
Los Bravos - Bring a Little Wine
Dee Edwards - Why Can't There Be Love
The Chiffons - Keep the Boy Happy
The Beatles - I'm a Loser (BBC)
The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset

Hungry Beat Playlist 6/5

2010-06-06T15:01:00.001-07:00

Thanks for those who made it out to the last of three consecutive weeks at La Cita. We're returning on June 19. It's been a pleasure hosting four stellar bands over the last few weeks, but we'll be back to our usual band-free format for a little while. Here's last night's platters:

Jonathan Richman - That Summer Feeling
Teenage Filmstars - Cloud Over Liverpool
The Pastels - Supposed To Understand
Melody Dog - Futuristic Lover
Echo & the Bunnymen - Read It In Books
The Househunters - Dorsal Fin
Bye! - Oh No Ba Don't
The Wimps - Caroline
Sea Lions - Good Feelings
Tullycraft - Josie
Dolly Mixture - Side Street Walker
The Orchids - Defy The Law
Talking Heads - Don't Worry About the Government
Martha & the Muffins - Echo Beach
XTC - English Settlement
Essential Logic - Fanfare in the Garden
Horace Andy - Just As Long As

---EUX AUTRES---

Mae Young - No Ifs, Ands, or Buts
The Delacardos - She's The One I Love
Doris Troy - I'll Do Anything
Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up
Dee Edwards - Why Can't There Be Love
Serge Gainsbourg - Marilu
Betty Everett - Too Hot To Hold
The Exciters - He's Got The Power
Comet Gain - If I Had A Soul
Delta 5 - Business
Weave - Mouthpiece Hysteria
Sexual Harassment - If I Gave You a Party
Orange Juice - Satellite City
Go! Team - Huddleflash (Kevin Shields Mix)
Nicole Willis & the Soul Investigators - My Four Leaf Clover
Gloria Jones - Tainted Love
The Vibrations - Pick Me
The Contours - Just A Little Understanding
Frances Nero - Keep On Lovin Me
The Debonettes - Tears
ESG - Dance
Girls At Out Best - Peel Session Medley
X Ray Spex - Warrior in Woolworth's
Altered Images - Don't Talk To Me About Love
Aislers Set - Mission Bells
The Vaselines - Son of a Gun
Belle & Sebastian - Le Pastie De La Bourgeoisie
St. Christopher - Summer You Love
The Zombies - She Does Everything For Me
Otis Redding - Satisfaction
Marvin Gaye - You're A Wonderful One
Jay J jones - I Don't Know About You
The Chiffons - Keep the Boy Happy
The Orlons - Spinnin' Top
The Mighty Marvelows - Girl, I'm So Confused
The Spinners - For All We Know
Morrissey - Suedehead
Felt - Penelope Tree
Gang of Four - Damaged Goods
Kleenex - Ain't You
Jilted John - Jilted John
Long Blondes - Giddy Stratospheres
Love Is All - Make Out, Fall Out, Make Up
Plastic Bertrand - Ca Plane Pour Moi
France Gall - Laissez Tomber Les Filles
Beach Boys - God Only Knows

Hungry Beat Playlist - 5/29

2010-06-05T14:37:00.000-07:00

Sorry for the delay in typing up this playlist. A couple of us Hungry Beat DJs traveled up to SF promptly last Sunday morning to catch the final night of SF Popfest and spend a couple more days with Cats on Fire, who are not only an exceptional band but exceptionally great people as well. Tonight we're blessed to have Eux Autres come down from SF to play a set. Fans of the Aislers Set might be interested to know that Yoshi Nakamoto is hitting the skins for them now. Expect girl-boy vocal trade-offs, clever lyrics and all around awesomeness. Without further ado, last week's somewhat shorter playlist:

The Clouds - Get Out Of My Dream
The Sexual Objects - Merrie England
Brian Eno - King's Lead Hat
The Wedding Present - Getting Better
The Slits - Man Next Door
The Monkees - Hold On Girl
Warm Morning - I'll Be Fine
Stereolab - Ping Pong
The Byrds -Tribal Gathering
The Hit Parade - I Get So Sentimental
The Siddeleys - What Went Wrong This Time?
Bright Colored LIghts - Open Your Eyes
Saturday Looks Good To Me - Meet Me By The Water
Dum Dum Girls - Yours Alone
Catwalk - Shivers and Sighs
Suburban Lawns - Gidget Goes to Hell
Dolly Mixture - Miss Candy Twist
Rumblefish - Theatre King
June Brides - We Belong
The Wedding Present - My Favourite Dress
Unrest - Make Out Club
Air Miami - World Cup Fever
The Strokes - The Modern Age

---CATS ON FIRE performed ---

The Smiths - This Charming Man
Orange Juice - Falling & Laughing
Talulah Gosh - I Can't Get No Satisfaction (Thank God!)
Unrest - When It All Comes Down
Shirley Ellis - The Clapping Song
The Marvelettes - I'll Keep Holding On
The Liminanas - Je Ne Suis Tres Pas Drague
Sophie - Laissez Les Parler
Pastel Collision - Here Comes The Summer
Tiger Trap - Supercrush
The Herbs - Never Never (Will I Fall in Love)
The Creation - Makin' Time
The Seeds - No Escape
The Fall - Victoria
The Clean - Thumbs Off
Beach Boys - Help Me Rhonda
The Bodines - Therese
The Pandoras - Anyone But You
The Jelly Beans - You Don't Mean Me No Good
The Determinations - Bing Bong
The Go Betweens - Lee Remick
The Pooh Sticks - On Tape
Jesus & Mary Chain - Down On Me
Denim - Fish & Chips
Blur - Boys & Girls
The Pastels - Nothing to be Done
Primal Scream - Crystal Crescent
Another Sunny Day - Anorak City
The Jam - Running on the Spot
Shangri-Las - Give Him a Great Big Kiss
Georgie Fame - Yeh Yeh
The Housemartins - Happy Hour

Hope to see lots of you tonight!

Hungry Beat!'s Favorite Tracks: Esther Williams - "Last Night Changed it All"

2010-05-27T15:01:00.000-07:00

We figured it was about time over here at Hungry Beat! HQ to put our Youtube search obsession to good use by finding videos made for some of our absolute favorite songs to play at Hungry Beat!, and telling you a little bit about why we enjoy playing them so much.

I realized something the other day. I could listen to the Esther Williams song, "Last Night Changed it All" anytime, anywhere, countless numbers of times in a row, and never ever grow tired of it. In fact, hearing the song instantly puts me in a better mood and makes me want to dance. It might be the perfect party song, strong drums, seriously soulful voclas, but an overall upbeat pop sensibility. I read somewhere that it's been sampled innumerable times. I'm sure that if I racked my brain I could come up with one or two, for now I'll just say I'm not surprised.

Even though we played "Last Night Changed it All" at last week's Hungry Beat! it might be one of those that's just perfect enough to make an appearance again this week. Only one way to find out...

Hungry Beat! Playlist from 5/22!

2010-05-23T14:43:00.000-07:00

Thinner playlist than usual as we welcomed bands for the first time at Hungry Beat! Thanks to everyone who came out to ensure that a great time was had by all. We will see you all again next Saturday May 29th as we are joined by Finnish band Cats on Fire!

Dononvan - Epistle to Dippy
Vic Godard & the Subway Sect - Stop That Girl
The Temptations - I Want A Love I Can See
Claude Francois - Sur Le Banc 21
Barbara Lynn - You Left The Water Running
The Vontastics - I'll Never Say Goodbye
Mayer Hawthorne - Just Ain't Gonna Work Out
Comet Gain - If You Ever Walk Out of My Life
The Field Mice - If You Need Someone
Felt - Ivory Past
Rocketship - It's Gonna Be Soon
Vivian Girls - Moped Girl
Maria - I Remember It was to Feel
Liechetenstein - Apathy
Cats on Fire - Tears in Your Cup
Brilliant Colors - I Searched
Crystal Stilts - Crystal Stilts

< Young Prisms >

14 Iced Bears - Inside
Catwalk - Past Afar
Close Lobsters - Loopholes
Shop Assistants - Here It Comes
X-Ray Spex - I Can't Do Anything
The Pleasure Seekers - What a Way to Die
The Smiths - What Difference Does it Make
Big Gun - Heard About Love
The Cure - Boys Don't Cry
Camera Obscura - If Looks Could Kill

< Dominant Legs >

The Wake - Talk About the Past
Esther Williams - Last Night Changed it All
Nicole Willis & the Soul Investigators - If This Ain't Love
Eddie Holman - I Surrender
The Ethics - Look At Me Now
Shangri-Las - Sophisticated Boom Boom
Mary Wells - One Block From Heaven
Comet Gain - Hate Soul
The School - I Want You Back
Belle & Sebastian - Jonathan David
June Brides - Disneyland
Plastic Bertrand - Sha La La Lee
Lizzie Mercier Descloux - Fire
Delta 5 - Mind Your Own Business
The Wake - Crush the Flowers
The Smiths - This Charming Man
The Pastels - Comin' Through
The Jam - Strange Town
Talulah Gosh - My Best Friend
Cause Co-Motion - Take A Look
The Undertones - Here Comes the Summer
The Chesterfields - Best Friend
The Aislers Set - Through the Swells
Charles Wright & the 103rd St. Rhythm Band - Express Yourself
Archie Bell & the Drells - I Just Can't Stop Dancing
Claude Francois - J'Attendrai
Sunday - Ain't Got No Problem
The Showstoppers - Heartbreaker
The Marvelettes- All The Love I've Got
France Gall - Laissez Tomber Les Filles
Pulp - Lipgloss
Martha & The Muffins - Echo Beach
Bow Wow Wow - Do You Wanna Hold Me
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Seven Days Too Long
The Beatles - Got To Get You Into My Life
The Butlers - Laugh Laugh Laugh
Cleo - Et Moi, Et Toi, Et Soie
The Perfections - Girl You'd Better Hurry

Hungry Beat! Playlist from 5/8!

2010-05-11T17:16:00.000-07:00

The Monochrome Set - He's Frank
The Troggs - With A Girl Like You
Primal Scream - Ivy, Ivy, Ivy
The Groove Farm - Me, Me, Me!
The Buzzcocks - What Do I Get?
Black Tambourine - Lazy Heart
The Flatmates - Here Comes The Summer
Unrest - Winona Ryder
A Certain Ratio - Shack Up
The Soul Seven - Southside Funk, Pt. 1
Lou Courtney - Hey Joyce
The O'Jays - I Dig Your Act
The Parliaments - Testify
The Emotions - Stealing Love
Nico - I'm Not Sayin'
Lou Reed - I Can't Stand It
Liechtenstein - Roses in the Park
The Siddeleys - What Went Wrong This Time?
The Go-Betweens - Life at Hand
Action Now - Try
Camera Obscura - French Navy
Dolly Mixture - Everything & More
The Jam - Start
The Who - So Sad About Us
Major Lance - The Beat
The Supremes - Love is Like an Itching in my Heart
Brother Jack McDuff - Can't Get Satsfied
The Sapphires - Slow Fizz
The Thrills (60s girls on Capitol, not the modern Irish group) - What Can Go Wrong
The Invincibles - It's That Love of Mine
Jay J Jones - I Don't Know About You
Sunny & The Sunliners - If I Could See You Now
Jacques Dutronc - J'ai Mis Un Tigre Dans Ma Guitare
Josef K - Sorry For Laughing
Plastic Bertrand - Sha La La La Lee
Comet Gain - Hideaway
Essential Logic - Fanfare in the Garden
Girls At Our Best! - Getting Nowhere Fast
Aislers Set - Mission Bells
The Shangri-Las - Right Now and Not Later
The Marvelettes - I'll Keep Holding On
The Exciters - Blowin' Up My Mind
Brigitte Bardot - Ca Pourrait Changer
Les Tres Bien Ensemble - Je Veux Etre Un Symbol Sexuel
The Liminanas - Je Ne Suis Pas Tres Drogue
The Three O'Clock - Stupid Einstein
Biff Bang Pow! - There You Go Again
The School - Hoping & Praying
The Chiffons - He's So Fine
The Supremes - I Hear a Symphony
The Velvet Satins - Nothing Can Compare To You
Ray Charles - I Don't Need No Doctor
Barbara Lynn - I'm a Good Woman
Edwin Starr - Time
The Third Guitar - Save Me
Gilberto Gil - Bat Macumba
Talking Heads - Cities
The Flirts - Jukebox
Madness - Cryin' Shame
Jilted John - Jilted John
The Flatmates - I Could Be in Heaven
Comet Gain - Love Without Lies
The Pastels - Something Goin' On
Morrissey - Suedehead
Orange Juice - Felicity
The Jam - Strange Town
The Bodines - Therese
The Pale Fountains - Jean's Not Happening
The Lilys - Baby's a Dealer
The Bodysnatchers - Easy Life
The Waitresses - It's My Car
Love is All - Wishing Well
Girls at Our Best! - Pleasure
The Cure - Jumping Someone Else's Train
Jasmine Minks - Think!
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Let's Make This Precious
Dolly Mixture - Remember This

Thanks as always to eveyone who came out, and made this night extra fun. Be sure to join us on May 22nd as we welcome Dominant Legs from San Francisco. It's the first ever Hungry Beat! to feature a live band so let's be sure to give them a nice turnout!

See you soon...

Hungry Beat! is Saturday at La Cita! Get Ready to Dance to New Music From the School!

2010-05-05T11:07:00.000-07:00

In mere hours, Loveless Unbeliever the first full length record Welsh band the School will be delivered to the hands of this Hungry Beat! DJ. It's been a highly anticipated record around these parts for awhile now, and it's here, finally here. The School have an incredibly enthusiastic approach to the 60s girl group sound they present in their songs. Everything that I've heard from their previous singles, and EPs (many songs from which are represented on this full length) show that they have a nifty knack for producing music that sounds sophisticated and confident, but more importantly than that it sounds young and FUN! Expect to hear this record played loudly at La Cita on Saturday night, and expect to dance feverishly...

Hungry Beat! Playlist from 4/26!

2010-04-26T11:19:00.000-07:00

Thanks to all who made it out this past Saturday. It was a great night as always! Here's what was played:

Another Sunny Day - The Very Beginning
Gentle Despite - Torment
The Sugargliders - Corn Circles
The Sweetest Ache - Heaven-Scented World
Even As We Speak - Must Be Something Else
The Poppyheads - Pictures You Weave
The Visitors - I'm In Danger
Carol Kay - This Time You're Wrong
Brenda & The Tabulations - That's in the Past
The Bodysnatchers - Too Experienced
Le Mans - Un Rayo Del Sol
Aislers Set - Hit the Snow
Revolving Paint Dream - Burn This House Down To The Ground
Dolly Mixture - Miss Candy Twist
Girls at Our Best - Peel Session Medley
The Siddeleys - Bedlam on the Mezzanine
The Pastels - Oh Happy Place
Modern Lovers - Modern World
Signals - Gotta Let Go
The Flatmates - So in Love With You
Elvis Costello - Getting Mighty Crowded
Barbara Lynn - Nice & Easy
Lyn Collins - Think
The Spinners - It's A Shame
The Dells - There Is
The Velvelettes - Lonely Lonely Girl Am I
Black Tambourine - Dream
Jens Lekman - A Sweet Summer's Night on Hammer Hill
Mamie Galore - It Ain't Necessary
Marvin Gaye - Can I Get a Witness
JJ Barnes - Say It
The Capitols - Don't Say Maybe Baby
Sophie - Laissez Les Parler
Brigitte Bardot - Ca Pourrait Changer
Jacques Dutronc - J'ai Mis Un Tigre Dans Ma Guitare
Beach Boys - Good To My Baby
The Jam - In The Street Today
The Ramones - Do You Wanna Dance
Too Much - Silex Pistols
Comet Gain - Baby's Alright
Amy Linton & Stewart Anderson - Lights Are Out
Lesley Gore - Sunshine, Lollipops
The Beatles - Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby
The Creation - Tom Tom
The High Numbers (The Who) - I'm The Face
Nelson Riddle - Batman Theme
Jay J Jones - I Don't Know About You
The Du-Ettes - Please Forgive Me
George Fame - Yeh Yeh
The Supremes - Love is Like An Itching in my Heart
Brenda Holloway - Just Look What You've Done
Frank Wilson - Do I Love You
The Shalimars - Stop & Take A Look at Yourself
4 Seasons - Beggin'
Martha & the Vandellas - Honey Love
The Decisions - I Can't Forget About You
Comet Gain - Strength
The Pastels - Automatically Yours
The Vaselines - Son of a Gun
ESG - Dance
Weave - Mouthpiece Hysteria
Sexual Harassment - If I Gave You a Party
Tom Tom Club - Wordy Rappinghood
Love is All - Bigger Bolder
The Wake - Pale Spectre
The Smiths - This Charming Man (Hatful of Hollow version)
Blur - Girls & Boys
Stone Roses - Fool's Gold
Charles Wright - Express Yourself
People's Choice - I Likes To Do It
Towanda Barnes - You Don't Mean It
Gene Chandler - There Was A Time
Gloria Jones - Tainted Love
Freda Payne - Band of Gold
Fred & Skeets (The Two Fellows) - Stop
Esther Williams - Last Night Changed it All
Hopeton Lewis - Boom Shaka Laka
The Selecter - On My Radio
Belle & Sebastian - We Are the Sleepyheads
Orange Juice - Poor Old Soul, pt. 2
Pulp - Lipgloss
House of Love - Destroy The Heart
My Bloody Valentine - Thorn
Chapterhouse - Rain
Pandoras - Anyone But You
The Specials - Concrete Jungle
Beach Boys - Surfin USA

See you May 8!

Hungry Beat! is Saturday at La Cita!

2010-04-20T18:32:00.000-07:00

Nicole Willis & the Soul Investigators - If This Aint Love (Don't Know What Is)

Jeremy Jay - Airwalker

Momus - A Complete History of Sexual Jealousy (Parts 17 to 24)

Young Marble Giants - Brand - New - Life

Mo-dettes - Masochistic Opposite

Suburban Lawns - Janitor

The Hit Parade - My Favorite Girl

The Clientele - I Wonder Who We Are

Saturday Looks Good to Me - Underwater Heartbeat

Dum Dum Girls - Bhang Bhang, I'm a Burnout

Henry's Dress - Over 21

14 Iced Bears - Inside

Cause Co-Motion! - And You Wonder

Sea Lions - Let's Groove

Jens Lekman - Friday Night at the Drive In Bingo

Princeton - Shout it Out

The New House - Kill the House

The Brilliant Corners - Teenage

The Bangles - Bitchin Summer

Crystal Stilts - Love is a Wave

Camera Obscura - French Navy

Lou Reed - I Can't Stand It

Delta 5 - Mind Your Own Business

Gang of 4 - Damaged Goods

Malcolm McLaren - Buffalo Gals

The Slits - Heard it Through the Grapevine

Altered Images - Jump Jump

Arlette Zola - Deux Garcons

Five Stairsteps - Change of Pace

The Tempests - Can't Get You Off My Mind

The Zombies - She Does Everything For Me

The Monochrome Set - Jet Set Junta

Desperate Bicycles - The Medium Was Tedium

Cut - Outs - DIY

Disco Zombies - Disco Zombies

Felt - I Will Die With My Head in Flames

The Clean - Tally Ho

Love is All - Wishing Well

The Shop Assistants - I Don't Want to be Friends With You

Talulah Gosh - My Best Friend

Stereolab - Lo Boob Oscillator

Bow Wow Wow - Do You Want to Hold Me?

The Marvelettes - All the Love I've Got

Doris Troy - I'll Do Anything

The Showstoppers - Heartbreaker

The Soul Seven - South Side Funk Part 1

Jay & the Techniques - Here We Go Again

The Go Team - Ladyflash

Girls at Our Best! - Pleasure

Television Personalities - The Glittering Prizes

The Beatles - Eight Days a Week

The Archies - Sugar, Sugar

T-Rex - Lady

Supergrass - Alright

The Jam - Move on Up

Belle & Sebastian - Legal Man

The Mo-Dettes - Paint it Black

Shirley Ellis - The Clapping Song

Too Much - Silex Pistols

Shangri-Las - Give Him a Great Big Kiss

The Marvelettes - Mr. Postman

The Miracles - Whole Lot of Shakin'

Tina Britt - The Real Thing

Little Ben & the Cheers - I'm Gonna Get Even With You

Ray Charles - I Don't Need No Doctor

The Monks - Oh How to No How

13th Floor Elevators - You're Gonna Miss Me

Los Shakers - Rompan Todo

The Byrds - I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better

Primal Scream - All Fall Down

The Modern Lovers - Modern World

The Smiths - Bigmouth Strikes Again

The Sex Pistols - Holidays in the Sun

Orange Juice - Holiday Hymn

The Pastels - Nothing to be Done

Henry's Dress - Target

My Bloody Valentine - Sylvie's Head

Another Sunny Day - Anorak City

The Vibrators - Whips & Furs

The Raincoats - Fairytale in the Supermarket

Sea Lions - Beautiful Day

X - Los Angeles

Oasis - Cigarettes & Alcohol

The Who - Pictures of Lily

The Wake - Crush the Flowers

The Field Mice - Sensitive

Felt - Sunlight Bathed the Golden Glow

Meow, Miaow!

2010-04-14T13:26:00.000-07:00

Been a bit obsessed with Miaow these past few days, but am sadly without any youtube videos to reflect this fact. If anyone out there finds one (or 12) post em' up to our brand new Hungry Beat! fan page on Facebook!

Until then, I suppose this will have to do...

Hungry Beat! Playlist from 4/10!

2010-04-12T21:40:00.000-07:00

Nicole Willis & the Soul Investigators - If This Aint Love (Don't Know What Is)

Jeremy Jay - Airwalker

Momus - A Complete History of Sexual Jealousy (Parts 17 to 24)

Young Marble Giants - Brand - New - Life

Mo-dettes - Masochistic Opposite

Suburban Lawns - Janitor

The Hit Parade - My Favorite Girl

The Clientele - I Wonder Who We Are

Saturday Looks Good to Me - Underwater Heartbeat

Dum Dum Girls - Bhang Bhang, I'm a Burnout

Henry's Dress - Over 21

14 Iced Bears - Inside

Cause Co-Motion! - And You Wonder

Sea Lions - Let's Groove

Jens Lekman - Friday Night at the Drive In Bingo

Princeton - Shout it Out

The New House - Kill the House

The Brilliant Corners - Teenage

The Bangles - Bitchin Summer

Crystal Stilts - Love is a Wave

Camera Obscura - French Navy

Lou Reed - I Can't Stand It

Delta 5 - Mind Your Own Business

Gang of 4 - Damaged Goods

Malcolm McLaren - Buffalo Gals

The Slits - Heard it Through the Grapevine

Altered Images - Jump Jump

Arlette Zola - Deux Garcons

Five Stairsteps - Change of Pace

The Tempests - Can't Get You Off My Mind

The Zombies - She Does Everything For Me

The Monochrome Set - Jet Set Junta

Desperate Bicycles - The Medium Was Tedium

Cut - Outs - DIY

Disco Zombies - Disco Zombies

Felt - I Will Die With My Head in Flames

The Clean - Tally Ho

Love is All - Wishing Well

The Shop Assistants - I Don't Want to be Friends With You

Talulah Gosh - My Best Friend

Stereolab - Lo Boob Oscillator

Bow Wow Wow - Do You Want to Hold Me?

The Marvelettes - All the Love I've Got

Doris Troy - I'll Do Anything

The Showstoppers - Heartbreaker

The Soul Seven - South Side Funk Part 1

Jay & the Techniques - Here We Go Again

The Go Team - Ladyflash

Girls at Our Best! - Pleasure

Television Personalities - The Glittering Prizes

The Beatles - Eight Days a Week

The Archies - Sugar, Sugar

T-Rex - Lady

Supergrass - Alright

The Jam - Move on Up

Belle & Sebastian - Legal Man

The Mo-Dettes - Paint it Black

Shirley Ellis - The Clapping Song

Too Much - Silex Pistols

Shangri-Las - Give Him a Great Big Kiss

The Marvelettes - Mr. Postman

The Miracles - Whole Lot of Shakin'

Tina Britt - The Real Thing

Little Ben & the Cheers - I'm Gonna Get Even With You

Ray Charles - I Don't Need No Doctor

The Monks - Oh How to No How

13th Floor Elevators - You're Gonna Miss Me

Los Shakers - Rompan Todo

The Byrds - I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better

Primal Scream - All Fall Down

The Modern Lovers - Modern World

The Smiths - Bigmouth Strikes Again

The Sex Pistols - Holidays in the Sun

Orange Juice - Holiday Hymn

Henry's Dress - Target

My Bloody Valentine - Sylvie's Head

Another Sunny Day - Anorak City

The Vibrators - Whips & Furs

The Raincoats - Fairytale in the Supermarket

Sea Lions - Beautiful Day

X - Los Angeles

Oasis - Cigarettes & Alcohol

The Who - Pictures of Lily

The Wake - Crush the Flowers

The Field Mice - Sensitive

Felt - Sunlight Bathed the Golden Glow

This might have been the most fun Hungry Beat! yet, but it can only get better from here. We'll see you on the floor on Saturday, April 24th! This one should get you in the mood...

Hungry Beat! is tonight!

2010-04-10T11:18:00.000-07:00

That's all. Except you should go ahead and get excited now about dancing to this one later...

And, in case you missed it, or want to be reminded of how much fun the last one was, here's what was played...

Lorelai - The Bitter Sun

The Aislers Set - Summer's Reprise

The Primitives - We've Found a Way to the Sun

Maria - How Wonderful

The Mayfair Set - Desert Fun

The Monkees - Hold On Girl

The Idle Race - End of the Road

Barbara Lynn - Nice & Easy

Detroit Emeralds - Feel the Need in Me

The Marvelettes - All the Love I've Got

Donvan - Sunny South Kensington

The Monkees - Forget That Girl

The Clientele - Winter on Victoria Street

The Byrds - You Showed Me

Teenage Fanclub - God Knows it's True

Crispy Ambulance - Concorde Square

Young Marble Giants - Wurlitzer Jukebox

Yeah Yeah Noh - Cottage Industry

The White Sisters - Me, Misery, and You

The Strange Loves - When Judy Gets Out

Mighty Mighty - You're Always on My Mind

Secret Shine - Unbearable

St. Christopher - Josephine Why?

Rocketship - I Love You Like the Way That I Used

The Hit Parade - My Favorite Girl

Linda Smith - Til Another Time

The Avocados - I Never Knew

Dolly Mixture - Baby, It's You

Camera Obscura - If Looks Could Kill

Jay & the Techniques - Here We Go Again

The Dells - Wear it on Our Face

The Intruders - Up & Down the Ladder

Bettye Swann - The Heartache is Gone

Bobby Taylor - I've Been Blessed

James Brown - I've Lost Someone

Le Mans - Un Rayo Del Sol

Cleo - Et Moi, Et Toi, Et Soie

Brilliant Corners - Sweet Brenda

The Selector - Missing Words

The Slits - Ping Pong Affair

Crystal Stilts - Love is a Wave

Razorcuts - I'll Still be There

The Ropers - Waiting

Ride - Sight of You

Henry's Dress - Zero Zero Zero

Amy Linton & Stewart Anderson - The Lites are Out

The Shangri-Las - Give Him a Great Big Kiss

The Ronettes - Do I Love You?

The Belles - Don't Pretend

France Gall - On T'Avait Prevenue

Mae Young - No Ifs Ands or Buts

Gloria Jones - Tainted Love

Betty Everett - Too Hot to Hold

Jay & the Techniques - Strawberry Shortcake

Edwin Starr - I Have Faith in You

Marvin Gaye - Wonderful One

The Spinners - For All We Know

Los Shakers - Rompan Todo

The Jam - Running on the Spot

Jacques Dutronc - On Nous Cache Tout, on Nous Dit Rien

Nina Simone - Save Me

The Kinks - All Day & All of the Night

Mary Wells - One Block From Here

Jonathan Richman - Give Paris One More Chance

BMX Bandits - E-102

Unrest - Cath Carroll

The Wedding Present - My Favourite Dress

This Poison! - Poised Over the Pause Button

Black Tambourine - Throw Aggi Off the Bridge

Jilted John - Jilted John

The Ramones - Listen to My Heart

Sundae - Aint Got No Problem

Curtis Mayfield - Move on Up

The Epitome of Sound - You Don't Love Me

Pandoras - Anyone but You

Belle & Sebastian - Lazy Line Painter Jane

Expect even better things tonight! We'll see you in a few hours...

Maybe Tomorrow... Maybe Someday...

2010-04-01T14:22:00.000-07:00

I own exactly one El Record. It comes from Momus, it's called Circus Maximus, I paid about seven dollars for it at Amoeba and I cherish it with all of my heart. Every time that I go to any record store I search for any and all El Records in hopes that such luck will befall me again. One of these days...

For now, here's one of the coolest songs ever from a band who was loosely tied to the El Label through sister label Cherry Red. It opens Too Good to be True: The Very Best of El Records a CD retrospective that was incidentally released by Cherry Red.

P.S. Hungry Beat! is a week from Saturday, maybe, just maybe a Bad Dream Fancy Dress record, or at the very least a nifty El Comp will have just fallen into my lab sometime before then...

April 10th at La Cita!

2010-03-27T16:47:00.000-07:00

There's a good chance you'll hear this one when you're there...

Slumberland 20 in Los Angeles is Almost Here!

2010-03-25T11:51:00.000-07:00

When this particular Hungry Beat! DJ had an office job with the music licensing company that represented this Go Sailor best of, she would sit in her office and listen to it over, and over again. She would let Rose Melberg's sweet, sweet voice melt all of her cares and worries away. She never dreamed, however, that one day she would have the chance to see Go Sailor live. Well that chance has finally come, and anyone who is reading this, and will be in the greater Los Angeles area this Sunday (March 28th) would be crazy not to be at the Echo for this once in a lifetime show!

The Monkees - "Forget That Girl"

2010-03-22T11:14:00.000-07:00

It was discussed last night, that if we made a list of all of the bands that you would expect to hear within 20 or 30 minutes of each other at Hungry Beat!, the Monkees would be pretty low on that list. Not that that should be the case because the Monkees contributed some of the best pop songs to the overall history of pop music. "Forget That Girl" is my favorite.

I found a copy of Headquarters at Record Surplus in West L.A. a few years ago. I listened to the album once or twice, and for whatever reason failed to revisit it until recently. There's something nice about having other people go through your records. Almost inevitably they will present you with a new favorite song that has been in you possession, but gone unnoticed for far too long. "Forget That Girl" is my personal favorite example of this phenonmenon.

Chip Douglas left the Turtles for a brief period to produce a few Monkees records. Headquarters was one of those records, and to me it just sounds warm, and beautiful, and spotless. I can find no fault with the sound on that one whatsoever. The fact that Chip Douglas wrote the song "Forget That Girl" as well raises my opinion of his talent even further. In fact, in my very humble opinion the Clientele took an idea or two from this song...

Sea Lions

2010-03-21T21:59:00.000-07:00

This band is playing Part Time Punks with some super cool Popkids from Japan. I think it's safe to say that the Echo is the place to be for the next few hours...

Hungry Beat! Playlist from 03/20/10

2010-03-21T11:59:00.000-07:00

Lorelai - The Bitter Sun

The Aislers Set - Summer's Reprise

The Primitives - We've Found a Way to the Sun

Maria - How Wonderful

The Mayfair Set - Desert Fun

The Monkees - Hold On Girl

The Idle Race - End of the Road

Barbara Lynn - Nice & Easy

Detroit Emeralds - Feel the Need in Me

The Marvelettes - All the Love I've Got

Donvan - Sunny South Kensington

The Monkees - Forget That Girl

The Clientele - Winter on Victoria Street

The Byrds - You Showed Me

Teenage Fanclub - God Knows it's True

Crispy Ambulance - Concorde Square

Young Marble Giants - Wurlitzer Jukebox

Yeah Yeah Noh - Cottage Industry

The White Sisters - Me, Misery, and You

The Strange Loves - When Judy Gets Out

Mighty Mighty - You're Always on My Mind

Secret Shine - Unbearable

St. Christopher - Josephine Why?

Rocketship - I Love You Like the Way That I Used

The Hit Parade - My Favorite Girl

Linda Smith - Til Another Time

The Avocados - I Never Knew

Dolly Mixture - Baby, It's You

Camera Obscura - If Looks Could Kill

Jay & the Techniques - Here We Go Again

The Dells - Wear it on Our Face

The Intruders - Up & Down the Ladder

Bettye Swann - The Heartache is Gone

Bobby Taylor - I've Been Blessed

James Brown - I've Lost Someone

Le Mans - Un Rayo Del Sol

Cleo - Et Moi, Et Toi, Et Soie

Brilliant Corners - Sweet Brenda

The Selector - Missing Words

The Slits - Ping Pong Affair

Crystal Stilts - Love is a Wave

Razorcuts - I'll Still be There

The Ropers - Waiting

Ride - Sight of You

Henry's Dress - Zero Zero Zero

Amy Linton & Stewart Anderson - The Lites are Out

The Shangri-Las - Give Him a Great Big Kiss

The Ronettes - Do I Love You?

The Belles - Don't Pretend

France Gall - On T'Avait Prevenue

Mae Young - No Ifs Ands or Buts

Gloria Jones - Tainted Love

Betty Everett - Too Hot to Hold

Jay & the Techniques - Strawberry Shortcake

Edwin Starr - I Have Faith in You

Marvin Gaye - Wonderful One

The Spinners - For All We Know

Los Shakers - Rompan Todo

The Jam - Running on the Spot

Jacques Dutronc - On Nous Cache Tout, on Nous Dit Rien

Nina Simone - Save Me

The Kinks - All Day & All of the Night

Mary Wells - One Block From Here

Jonathan Richman - Give Paris One More Chance

BMX Bandits - E-102

Unrest - Cath Carroll

The Wedding Present - My Favourite Dress

This Poison! - Poised Over the Pause Button

Black Tambourine - Throw Aggi Off the Bridge

Jilted John - Jilted John

The Ramones - Listen to My Heart

Sundae - Aint Got No Problem

Curtis Mayfield - Move on Up

The Epitome of Sound - You Don't Love Me

Pandoras - Anyone but You

Belle & Sebastian - Lazy Line Painter Jane

The night ended, as it rightfully should have, in a drunken sing along to "Lazy Line Painter Jane" despite the full house lights present. The next one will be even more fun so we'll expect to see you back on La Cita's dance floor on Saturday April 10th!

P.S. It seems like it's been awhile since we've played this one, wouldn't you say?

P.P.S. I think it's safe to speak for the group and say that we probably would have lost our collective minds if any of us happened to be at that show, and got to see that song performed live!