Sun, 18 October 2009 Trick or Treat? You decide; we took a break from talking this episode to bring you more than an hour of great music. Some of it's local, some of i's spooky, some of it is just plain fun. Shamon.BETTY DAVIS - Talkin Trash HUNX & HIS PUNX - You Don't Like Rock & Roll KURT VILE - Freak Train WHY? - This Blackest Purse A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS - In Your Heart MISSION OF BURMA - 1,2,3, Partyy! BUILT TO SPILL - Pat THE SOUND - The Fire MILES BENJAMIN ANTHONY ROBINSON - The Sound ISLANDS - Vapours ANTI-POP CONSORTIUM - Volcano THAO WITH THE GET DOWN STAY DOWN - Know Better Learn Faster FLAMING LIPS - Worm Mountain EARLY BEAT - Lightning Bug RUM FELLOWS - Bully In The Alley MEAN SPIRITS - Lon Chaney HOPE SANDOVAL & THE WARM INVENTIONS - Blanchard DEAD MAN'S BONES - My Body's a Zombie For You Direct download: Shoes_Are_For_Work_Podcast_Episode_23.mp3 Category: podcasts -- posted at: 12:33 PM Comments[0] |
Mon, 7 September 2009 This episode is pretty large. Lots of new releases and some great gateway music. With summer winding down, looks like we may be able to be a little more frequent. Hope you enjoy.OS MUTANTES - Teclar CIRCULATORY SYSTEM - Round Again DAVID BAZAN - Bless This Mess IMOGENE HEAP - First Train Home SIX ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE - Bar-Nasha ARCTIC MONKEYS - Crying Lightning PISSED JEANS - Dream Smotherer EL PASO HOT BUTTON - Runner MT. EERIE - Stone's Ode REIGNING SOUND - Debris VIVIAN GIRLS - Can't Get Over You FLAMING LIPS -Kuhndalini Express KITTY, DAISY, & LEWIS - Mean Son Of a Gun !!!GATEWAY DRUGS!!! DEAD KENNEDYS - Terminal Preppie/Moral Majority BEDHEAD - Crushing music under talking - Inglorious Basterds OST Comments[0] |
Sun, 9 August 2009 It's summer and things slowed down, but Tom & Will have managed to piece together a few new releases for your hot night listening.STARLIGHT MINTS - Paralyzed COLD CAVE - The Trees Grew And Emotions Died FRUIT BATS - My Unusual Friend JULIAN PLENTI - Games For Days DRUG RUG - Never Tell JAY REATARD - It Ain't Gonna Save Me NURSES - Caterpillar Playground HATCHAM SOCIAL - Crocodile GANGLIANS - Valient Brave TINY VIPERS - Dreamer TY SEGALL - Standing At The Station AMANDA BLANK - Make Up !!!GATEWAY DRUGS!!! Prince - Sister Nar - Cool District Direct download: Shoes_Are_For_Work_Podcast_Episode_21.mp3 Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:50 AM Comments[0] |
Sun, 28 June 2009 Despite the relentlessness of Jazz In June and the onslaught of dead celebrities, Tom, Will, and Travis have put together another episode of recent releases.SUNSET RUBDOWN - Idiot Heart LIECHTENSTEIN - All At Once WILCO (the band) - Wilco (The Song) REGINA SPEKTOR - Laughing With TORTOISE - Prepare Your Coffin BUSDRIVER - Me-Time (With Pulmonary Palimpsets) DIRTY PROJECTORS - Stillness Is The Move DINOSAUR JR. - Over It SONIC YOUTH - Sacred Trickster GOD HELP THE GIRL - Come Monday Night ++!!GATEWAY DRUGS!!++ DOSH - Naoise Yé-yé GIRLS - FRANCOISE HARDY - Tous Les Garçons Et Les Filles with background noise from CHUCK, THE SECRET STARS, THE FIELD Direct download: Shoes_Are_For_Work_Podcast_Episode_20.mp3 Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:40 AM Comments[0] |
Wed, 3 June 2009 It was time for a field trip. Will, Tom, and Travis take it outdoors for this episode.GRIZZLY BEAR - Cheerleader TYVEK - Hey Una BLANK DOGS - Blue Light THE INTELLIGENCE - Thank You God For Fixing The Tape Machine THE WARLOCKS - Red Camera CLUES - Perfect Fit BLACK MOTH SUPER RAINBOW - Born On A Day the Sun Didn't Rise STARDEATH & WHITE DWARFS - Age Of The Freak POINT JUNCTION, WA - Sick On Sugar NAOMI SHELTON & THE GOSPEL QUEENS - What Have You Done? PISCES - Dear One SIR RICHARD BISHOP - Kaddak El Mayass IGGY POP - I Want To go To The Beach LOXSLY - Battalions playing in the background during talking because it's so fucking long SUNNO))) - Alice Direct download: Shoes_Are_For_Work_Podcast_Episode_19.mp3 Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:56 AM Comments[0] |
Mon, 18 May 2009 Tom, Will, And Travis are back with some bombastic half truths and hyperbolic narratives.tracklist: MEAT PUPPETS - Rotten Shame JARVIS COCKER - I Never Said I Was Deep JEFFREY LEWIS & THE JUNKYARD - To Be Objectified BRICOLAGE - Bayonets VASELINES - You Think You're A Man THE WOODEN BIRDS - False Alarm PASSION PIT - Little Secrets JABEE - Little Earth feat. L.E.G.A.C.Y and Ob-one I AND I- The Top SAMANTHA CRAIN & THE MIDNIGHT SHIVERS - Long Division JORGE BEN - Ponta De Lança Africano (Umbabarauma) JOHN VANDERSLICE - Fetal Horses ++GATEWAY DRUGS++ PULP - Do You Remember The First Time? UNWOUND - Petals Like Bricks WIPERS - Over The Edge Comments[0] |
Fri, 1 May 2009 Travis, Tom, & Will get a special surprise visitor & play new tracks from recent album releases!PEACHES -Serpentine AKRON/FAMILY - Creatures ST. VINCENT - The Strangers GREAT NORTHERN - Fingers SILVERSUN PICKUPS - Panic Switch MICACHU - Just In Case ART BRUT - Slap Dash For No Cash MIKA MIKO - Sex Jazz THEE OH SEES - Enemy Destruct WOODEN SHJIPS - For So Long PINK MOUNTAINTOPS - While We Were Dreaming JOKER'S DAUGHTER - Under The Influence Of Jaffa Cakes CAMERA OBSCURA - French Navy !!GATEWAY DRUGS!! THE REPLACEMENTS - Kiss Me On The Bus THEE OH SEES - If I Had A Reason Comments[0] |
Mon, 6 April 2009 As it all began, Tom and Will are back with select artists from the Norman Music Festival line-up. Think of it as a preview guide to a day full of free awesome!EL PASO HOT BUTTON - Strobelight Honey STUDENT FILM - Ye Tremble, Carcass? MAN MAN - Ballad Of Butter Beans STARLIGHT MINTS- Popsicle OF MONTREAL - Beware Our Nubile Miscreants STARDEATH & WHITE DWARFS - Chemical UGLYSUIT -...And We Became Sunshine BILLY JOE SHAVER - Thunderbird LOCUST AVENUE - Frenzy RAINBOWS ARE FREE - Crystal Ball SUGAR & GOLD - Sex in the City DORIAN SMALL - Newlyweds TEA LEAF GREEN - Red Ribbons EARLY BEAT - Back & Forth CROCODILE - We Speak For Everyone Direct download: Shoes_Are_For_Work_Podcast_Episode_16.mp3 Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:53 AM Comments[0] |
Thu, 2 April 2009 Chock full of music we don't like. Not really, there's a lot of good stuff packed into this one.DECEMBERISTS - The Rake's Song OBITS - Pine On OTHER LIVES - End Of The Year GAVIN CASTLETON - Coffeelocks DOOM - Ballskin MSTRKRFT - Click Click ROYKSOPP - Vision One MASTODON - Divinations KID CONGO & THE PINK MONKEY BIRDS - I Found a Peanut STRANGE BOYS - Heard you Wanna Beat Me Up EULOGIES - Bad Connection O+S - We Do What We Want To THERON & DARELL - It's Your Love PETER, BJORN, & JOHN - Lay It Down MONO - Ashes in the Sun Comments[0] |
Sun, 8 March 2009 Here comes a load of new and recent releases. You should go buy some of them.Tracklist: Say Hi - November Was White December Was Grey Cazals - Somebody Somewhere N.A.S.A. - Money Plushgun - Just Impolite Neko Case - This Tornado Loves You Condo Fucks - Whatcha Gonna Do About It? Mirah - Gone are the Days Bishop Allen - Dimmer Julie Doiron - Consolation Prize Handsome Furs - Evangeline 1990s - The Box John Wesley Harding - Oh! Pandora Marissa Nadler - Loner !!!GATEWAY DRUGS!!! Sonic Youth "100%" "Teenage Riot" Shellac "Squirrel Song" Direct download: Shoes_Are_For_Work_Podcast_Episode_14.mp3 Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:19 PM Comments[0] |
Mon, 23 February 2009 It's killing time - dead people and a special visit from a special someone!Tracklist: Dark Was The Night/The National - So Far Around the Bend Morrissey - I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris ...And You Will Know us By the Trail Of Dead - Isis Unveiled Alela Diane - White Diamonds Vetiver - Everyday Asobi Seksu - Me & Mary Black Lips - Short Fuse Psapp - The Monster Song Sholi - Tourniquet Mi Ami - New Guitar Odd Nosdam - Fly Mode Abe Vigoda - Don't Lie Iran - I Can See the Future GATEWAY DRUGS! Sheffield synth pop Cabaret Voltaire - Kino Touch & Go is closing! Jesus Lizard - Thumbscrews RIP Lux Interior The Cramps - Green Fuzz Comments[0] |
Wed, 11 February 2009 It's a love letter to you. The best show we've done in 10 years.Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Young Adult Friction Titus Andronicus - S/T Six Organs Of Admittance - Creation Aspect Fire Zero Boys - Livin' In The 80's The Bird And The Bee - Diamond Dave Passion Pit - I've Got Your Number Fol Chen - No Wedding Cake Beirut - La Llorona Franz Ferdinand - Ulysses Matt & Kim - Daylight Gateway Drugs: SOUL/JAZZ The Gaturs - Yeah You're Right, You Know You're Right Jackie Opel - You're Too Bad Universal Two - Dancing Heart Direct download: Shoes_Are_For_Work_Podcast_Episode_12.mp3 Category: podcasts -- posted at: 10:27 AM Comments[0] |
Mon, 19 January 2009 Keep the fire; keep it smooth. Here are a few new releases from the last week or so and an introduction to a very special man.Tracklist: American Football - The One With the Tambourine Andrew Bird - Effigy Animal Collective - My Girls David Bazan - Please Baby Please (demo) Bon Iver - Blood Bank The Boys - We're Too Young Glasvegas - Go Square Go Late Of The Pier - Fokker Omar Rodriquez-Lopez - Old Money Owen - Gazebo Direct download: Shoes_Are_For_Work_Podcast_Episode_11.mp3 Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:49 AM Comments[0] |
Mon, 29 December 2008 This just may be the best we have done this year. It's a final stab at songs from what we think are the best albums of 2008.Tracklist: Shearwater - The Snow Leopard Sigur Ros - Inní Mér Syngur Vitleysingur Jay Reatard - Always Wanting More Jesu - Why Are We Not Perfect (Alternate Version) Evangelicals - Party Crashin' Girl Talk - What It's All About Department of Eagles - Teenagers Chad VanGaalen - Cries of the Dead No Age - Teen Creeps Tim and Eric's Awesome Record, Great Songs - Raz Vivian Girls - Where Do You Run To Fennesz - Vacuum Black Mountain - Tyrants M83 - We Own the Sky Crocodile - August Is Over Why? - Simeon's Dilemma Of Montreal - For Our Elegant Castle Direct download: Shoes_Are_For_Work_Podcast_Episode_10.mp3 Category: podcasts -- posted at: 10:24 AM Comments[0] |
Fri, 21 November 2008 After that pseudo-legal debacle resulting in the last episode getting knocked off the SAFW blog page, I hope you're still with us. Better get this one before someone else's robo-lawyer tries to wipe it out too!Tracklist: New Order - Love Vigilantes The Smiths - Jeane (Troy Tate Sessions mix) Flaming Lips - In Excelsior Vaginalistic Girl Talk - Set It Off Lou Reed - Caroline Says I Postmarks - 11:59 Belle & Sebastian - (My Girl's Got) Miraculous Technique Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - The Raven Pelle Carlberg - 1983 (Pelle & Sebastian) Current 93 - Ai Christus Christus (The Shells Have Cracked) Flipper - Love Canal Dead Can Dance - The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove +++Gateway Drugs+++ Bauhaus - Hair Of The Dog The Specials - GhostTown Comments[0] |
Thu, 6 November 2008 Here's a chunk of recent releases and a new batch of gateway drugs. Oh, and Will is a Marxist.Vic Chesnutt/Elf Power/Amorphous Strums - And How Crystal Stilts - Shattered Shine Kaiser Chiefs - Never Miss A Beat School Of Seven Bells - Connjur Bloc Party - Trojan Horse Squarepusher - The Coathanger The Cure - Underneath The Stars Eulogies - Two Can Play Frida Hyvonen - Enemy Within Samothrace - Awkward Hearts +++Gateway Drugs+++ Tom Minor Threat - Screaming At A Wall Will Housemartins - Happy Hour Comments[0] |
Thu, 23 October 2008 It's been two weeks and we're back with a nice dose of healing for your ails. Not only that but we've added a new segment! Change is everywhere.This episode's tracks: Deerhoof - Offend Maggie Japanese Motors - Better Trends Jay Reatard - Always Wanting More Giant Sand - Belly Full Of Fire" I'm From Barcelona - Ophelia Tobacco - Dirt (ft. Aesop Rock) The Dears - Money Babies Sebastian Grainger - Who do We Care For?" Jolie Holland - Mexico City Of Montreal - Id Engager Pit Er Pat - Evacuation Days Parts & Labor - Nowheres Nigh" White Hinterland - Chant De Grillon ++Gateway Drugs++ Buzzcocks - What Do I Get Kind Of Like Spitting - When I'm Gone Comments[0] |
Mon, 6 October 2008 Tom and Will have a boatload of new releases in this episode.TV On The Radio - Dancing Choose (Prefuse73 remix) Jobriath - I'm A Man Cold War Kids - Something Is Not Right With Me Pica Beats - Hope, was Not A Smith Family Tradition Yelle - Je Veux Te Voir Jenny Lewis - Acid Tongue Emiliana Torriini - Big Jumps Dungen - Finns Det Nagon Mojlighet Joseph Arthur & The Lonely Astronauts - Faith Dear And The Headlights - I'm Not Crying, You're Not Crying, Are You? Mogwai - Batcat Polysics - イロトカゲ Vivian Girls - Such A Joke Fucked Up - Crooked Head Department Of Eagles - No One Does It Women - Black Rice Margot & The Nuclear So And So's - Holy Cow! Comments[0] |
Mon, 15 September 2008 This one's all over the place. It's Episode 5 with Tom & Will manning the tracks again.Fujiya & Miyagi - "Sore Thumb" Tricky - "Council Estate" The Shaky Hands - "We Are Young" Frank Bango - "I Saw The Size Of The World" Matt Bauer - "Don't Let Me Out" Growing - "Green Flag" Brazilian Girls - "Nouveau Americain" Crystal Antlers - "A Thousand Eyes" Young Widows - "Old Skin" The Low Lows - "Sparrows" Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson - "Buriedfed" Dressy Bessy - "Simple Girlz" James - "Of Monsters & Heroes & Men" Amanda Palmer - "Astronaut: A Short History Of Nearly Nothing" Beaujolais - "Love At Thirty" And some bonus background music to make those long-ass talking segments a little more pleasing. Comments[0] |
Mon, 1 September 2008 Tom and Will are back with another dose of new music from the last month and a few that we'll see soon!DEATH VESSEL -Block My Eye JEFF HANSON -If Only I Knew JENNIFER O'CONNOR - Here With Me RA RA RIOT - Dying Is Fine LYKKE LI - I'm Good, I'm Gone STEREOLAB - Three Women WALKMEN - In The New Year UGLYSUIT - Chicago EARLY BEAT - Maybe I Love You COLOURMUSIC - Put In a Little Gas BOUND STEMS - Happens To Us All Otherwise CALEXICO - Two Silver Trees DONKEYS - Walk Though A Cloud ALL GIRL SUMMER FUN BAND - Something New Comments[0] |
Thu, 24 July 2008 Ahhhh - half the year has gone by soTom and Will have decided to share a few songs from a few of the best albums thus far this year. Replacements-I Will Dare Tom's block Abe Vigoda- The garden Grouper-Heavy Water I'd Rather Be Sleeping James Blackshaw-Infinite Circle Will's block Black Angels-Doves The Last Shadow Puppets-Only The Truth She & Him-I Was Made For You Tom's 2nd block Bananas-Gentrification For Dummies Mt. Eerie-Don't Smoke Rameses III-Origins III Will's 2nd block Shearwater-Leviathan Bound Morrissey-All You Need Is Me Evangelicals-Paperback Suicide Comments[0] |
Mon, 23 June 2008 After working out a few technical issues and throwing away an entire initial recording, Will and Tom are back with a new episode. This time we have a few mid-summer releases, some show updates, and some breaking news (at least at the time of recording).Sigur Rós-Inní Mér Syngur Vitleysingur The Anniversary-I Believe That The End Of The Reign Of Terror Is Soon Near Jay Reatard-Tiny Little Nome Nurse With Wound-Ketamineaphonia The Watson Twins-How Am I To Be The Wombats-Let's Dance To Joy Division Earlimart-Song For Albert Hammond Jr-Bargain Of A Century Ratatat-Mirando The Saturday Knights-Dog Park Comments[0] |
Thu, 24 April 2008 Well, it had to happen sometime.The premier episode of the Shoes Are For Work podcast is all about the Norman Music Festival. We'll see you on Main Street in Norman 26 April 2008! Debris-Female Tracks Chainsaw Kittens-Mother (of the Ancient Birth) The POlyphonic Spree-The Fragile Army British Sea Power-Waving Flags Octopus Project-Truck Anvil Salute-Abduction Klipspringer-Put It Out Evangelicals-Stoned Again Cheyenne-The Whale Starkweather Boys-Straight Razor Baby Comments[1] |

Trick or Treat? You decide; we took a break from talking this episode to bring you more than an hour of great music. Some of it's local, some of i's spooky, some of it is just plain fun. Shamon.
This episode is pretty large. Lots of new releases and some great gateway music. With summer winding down, looks like we may be able to be a little more frequent. Hope you enjoy.
It's summer and things slowed down, but Tom & Will have managed to piece together a few new releases for your hot night listening.
Despite the relentlessness of Jazz In June and the onslaught of dead celebrities, Tom, Will, and Travis have put together another episode of recent releases.
It was time for a field trip. Will, Tom, and Travis take it outdoors for this episode.
Tom, Will, And Travis are back with some bombastic half truths and hyperbolic narratives.
Travis, Tom, & Will get a special surprise visitor & play new tracks from recent album releases!
As it all began, Tom and Will are back with select artists from the Norman Music Festival line-up. Think of it as a preview guide to a day full of free awesome!
Chock full of music we don't like. Not really, there's a lot of good stuff packed into this one.
Here comes a load of new and recent releases. You should go buy some of them.
It's killing time - dead people and a special visit from a special someone!
It's a love letter to you. The best show we've done in 10 years.
Keep the fire; keep it smooth. Here are a few new releases from the last week or so and an introduction to a very special man.
This just may be the best we have done this year. It's a final stab at songs from what we think are the best albums of 2008.
After that pseudo-legal debacle resulting in the last episode getting knocked off the SAFW blog page, I hope you're still with us. Better get this one before someone else's robo-lawyer tries to wipe it out too!
Here's a chunk of recent releases and a new batch of gateway drugs. Oh, and Will is a Marxist.
It's been two weeks and we're back with a nice dose of healing for your ails. Not only that but we've added a new segment! Change is everywhere.
Tom and Will have a boatload of new releases in this episode.
This one's all over the place. It's Episode 5 with Tom & Will manning the tracks again.
Tom and Will are back with another dose of new music from the last month and a few that we'll see soon!
Ahhhh - half the year has gone by so
