Posts by Ben Shissler

Permanent Waves Playlist 10/5/2021

Posted on October 5, 2021 by Ben Shissler

My Bloody Valentine – You Made Me Realise (You Made Me Realise, 1988)

Ride – Dreams Burn Down (Fall, 1990)

Slowdive – Slowdive (Slowdive, 1990)

Swervedriver – Never Lose That Feeling (Never Lose That Feeling, 1992)

Alice In Chains – Don’t Follow (Jar Of Flies, 1994)

Modest Mouse – Interstate 8 (Interstate 8, 1996)

Pavement – Shoot The Singer (1 Sick Verse) (Watery, Domestic, 1992)

Pixies – Caribou (Come On Pilgrim, 1987)

Slint – Glenn (Slint, 1994)

Unwound – Mile Me Deaf (The Light At The End Of The Tunnel Is A Train, 1997)

Joy Division – Warsaw (An Ideal For Living, 1978)

Mission Of Burma – Academy Fight Song (Signals, Calls, And Marches, 1981)

Cardiacs – Burn Your House Brown (Big Ship, 1987)

This Heat – Health And Efficiency (Health And Efficiency, 1980)

Permanent Waves Playlist 10/1/2021 (National College Radio Day Edition!!!)

Posted on October 1, 2021 by Ben Shissler

Pavement – Silence Kid (Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain, 1994)

Wilco – Kamera (Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, 2002)

Songs: Ohia – John Henry Split My Heart (The Magnolia Electric Co., 2003)

Silver Jews – Random Rules (American Water, 1998)

Deerhunter – Desire Lines (Halcyon Digest, 2010)

Swell Maps – Secret Island (Jane From Occupied Europe, 1980)

The Cure – A Forest (Seventeen Seconds, 1980)

Unwound –  Look A Ghost (Leaves Turn Inside You, 2001)

Pinback – Concrete Seconds (Blue Screen Life, 2001)

Modest Mouse – Convenient Parking (The Lonesome Crowded West, 1997)

Broken Social Scene – Looks Just Like The Sun (You Forgot It In People, 2002)

LCD Soundsystem – Home (This Is Happening, 2010)

Permanent Waves Playlist 9/28/2021

Posted on September 28, 2021 by Ben Shissler

The United States Of America – The American Metaphysical Circus (The United States Of America, 1968)

Khan – Space Shanty (Space Shanty, 1972)

Quiet Sun – RFD (Mainstream, 1975)

The Modern Lovers – Roadrunner (The Modern Lovers, 1976)

The Exploding Hearts – I’m A Pretender (Guitar Romantic, 2003)

Josef K – It’s Kinda Funny (The Only Fun In Town, 1981)

Young Marble Giants – Searching For Mr Right (Colossal Youth, 1980)

Life Without Buildings – New Town (Any Other City, 2001)

The La’s – Son Of A Gun (The La’s, 1990)

Cap’n Jazz – Basil’s Kite (Burritos, Inspiration Point, Fork Balloon Sports, Cards in the Spokes, Automatic Biographies, Kites, Kung Fu, Trophies, Banana Peels We’ve Slipped On and Egg Shells We’ve Tippy Toed Over, 1995)

Rites Of Spring – End On End (Rites Of Spring, 1985)

The Postal Service – The District Sleeps Alone Tonight (Give Up, 2003)

Permanent Waves Playlist 9/14/2021

Posted on September 14, 2021 by Ben Shissler

Duster – Get the Dutch (Contemporary Movement, 2000)

Yo La Tengo – You Can Have It All (And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out, 2000)

Interpol – Obstacle 2 (Turn On The Bright Lights, 2002)

Arcade Fire – Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) (Funeral, 2004)

Galaxie 500 – Tell Me (On Fire, 1989)

The Shins – Pink Bullets (Chutes Too Narrow, 2003)

Boards of Canada – Dawn Chorus (Geogaddi, 2002)

Orbital – Petrol (In Sides, 1996)

Wilco – A Shot In The Arm (Summerteeth, 1999)

Cloud Nothings – No Future/No Past (Attack On Memory, 2012)

Big Thief – Not (Two Hands, 2019)

Neil Young – Revolution Blues (On The Beach, 1974)

Permanent Waves Playlist 5/13/2021

Posted on May 13, 2021 by Ben Shissler

Drop Nineteens – Delaware (Delaware, 1992)

Wilco – Kamera (Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, 2002)

Songs: Ohia – John Henry Split My Heart (The Magnolia Electric Co., 2003)

Silver Jews – Random Rules (American Water, 1998)

The Cure – Fascination Street (Disintegration, 1989)

Cocteau Twins – Pitch The Baby (Heaven Or Las Vegas, 1989)

Slint – Breadcrumb Trail (Spiderland, 1991)

Black Country, New Road – Athens, France (For The First Time, 2021)

Black Midi – Near DT, MI (Schlagenheim, 2019)

Cloud Nothings – Our Plans (Attack On Memory, 2012)

Drive Like Jehu – New Math (Yank Crime, 1994)

The Dismemberment Plan – Gyroscope (Emergency & I, 1999)

Modest Mouse – Beach Side Property (This Is A Long Drive For Someone With Nothing To Think About, 1996)

Permanent Waves Playlist 5/6/2021

Posted on May 6, 2021 by Ben Shissler

Black Midi – 953 (Schlagenheim, 2019)

Gang of Four – 5.45 (Entertainment!, 1979)

The Stooges – 1970 (Funhouse, 1970)

Mohinder – 101 (Everything, 2001)

Valium Aggelein – 96 (Black Moon, 2020)

Red House Painters – 24 (Down Colorful Hill, 1992)

Sunny Day Real Estate – 48 (Diary, 1994)

New Order – 5 8 6 (Power Corruption and Lies, 1983)

Cornelius – 2010 (Fantasma, 1997)

Aphex Twin – 4 (Richard D. James Album, 1996)

Beat Happening – 1, 2, 3 (Beat Happening, 1985)

Radiohead – 2 + 2 = 5 (Hail to the Thief, 2003)

Animal Collective – #1 (Strawberry Jam, 2007)

Boards of Canada – 1969 (Geogaddi, 2002)

Permanent Waves Playlist 4/29/2021

Posted on April 29, 2021 by Ben Shissler

The Velvet Underground – Sunday Morning (The Velvet Underground & Nico, 1967)

The Velvet Underground – What Goes On (The Velvet Underground, 1969)

The Velvet Underground – Rock And Roll (Loaded, 1970)

The Velvet Underground – The Gift (White Light/White Heat, 1968)

The Velvet Underground – The Murder Mystery (The Velvet Underground, 1969)

The Velvet Underground – I’m Waiting For The Man (The Velvet Underground & Nico, 1967)

The Velvet Underground – Lady Godiva’s Operation (White Light/White Heat, 1968)

The Velvet Underground – White Light/White Heat (White Light/White Heat, 1968)

The Velvet Underground – Venus In Furs (The Velvet Underground & Nico, 1967)

The Velvet Underground – Oh! Sweet Nutnin’ (Loaded, 1970)

The Velvet Underground – After Hours (The Velvet Underground, 1969)

Permanent Waves Playlist 4/22/2021

Posted on April 22, 2021 by Ben Shissler

Sonic Youth – Teen Age Riot (Daydream Nation, 1988)

Suicide – Ghost Rider (Suicide, 1977)

Broadcast – Colour Me In (Haha Sound, 2003)

Silver Apples – Oscillations (Silver Apples, 1968)

The Cure – One Hundred Years (Pornography, 1982)

Cocteau Twins – Blue Bell Knoll (Blue Bell Knoll, 1988)

Cardiacs – Two Bites Of Cherry (On Land And In The Sea, 1989)

Violent Femmes – Blister In The Sun (Violent Femmes, 1983)

The Replacements – I Will Dare (Let It Be, 1984)

Television – See No Evil (Marquee Moon, 1977)

The Strokes – Is This It (Is This It, 2001)

Radiohead – Airbag (OK Computer, 1997)

New Order – Age Of Consent (Power Corruption and Lies, 1983)

Modest Mouse – Dramamine (This Is A Long Drive For Someone With Nothing To Think About, 1996)

Permanent Waves Playlist 4/15/2021

Posted on April 15, 2021 by Ben Shissler

Black Midi – 953 (Schlagenheim, 2019)

Slint – Nosferatu Man (Spiderland, 1991)

Radiohead – 15 Step (In Rainbows, 2007)

Stereolab – Percolator (Emperor Tomato Ketchup, 1996)

Drive Like Jehu – Here Come The Rome Plows (Yank Crime, 1994)

Rush – Jacob’s Ladder (Permanent Waves, 1980)

The Dismemberment Plan – Memory Machine (Emergency & I, 1999)

Unwound – Equally Stupid (Challenge For A Civilized Society, 1995)

Wipers – Now Is The Time (Over The Edge, 1983)

Sufjan Stevens – Come On! Feel The Illinoise! (Illinois, 2005)

King Crimson – Red (Red, 1974)

Pavement – 5-4=Unity (Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain, 1994)

Camel – Epitaph (The Snow Goose, 1975)

Permanent Waves Playlist 4/1/2021

Posted on April 1, 2021 by Ben Shissler

They Might Be Giants – Someone Keeps Moving My Chair (Flood, 1990)

Francis Vincent Zappa & The Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Symphony Orchestra & Chorus – Part One (Lumpy Gravy, 1968)

Francis Vincent Zappa & The Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Symphony Orchestra & Chorus – Part Two (Lumpy Gravy, 1968)

Dinosaur Jr. – Poledo (You’re Living All Over Me, 1987)

Avey Tare And Panda Bear – April And The Phantom (Spirit They’re Gone, Spirit They’ve Vanished, 2000)

Alison’s Halo – Always April (Eyedazzler, 1998)

Cardiacs – Big Ship (Songs For Ships And Irons, 1991)