[RADIO] THE MINIMAL BEAT 02.08.2014

ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM

• Blood Orange - Chamakay - Cupid Deluxe
• The Walkmen - Blue as Your Blood - Lisbon
• Air - Sexy Boy - Moon Safari
• Sinkane - Jeeper Creeper - Mars
• Angel Olsen - High Five - Burn Your Fire For No Witness
• Yo La Tengo - Autumn Sweater - I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One
• The Late Great Fitzcarraldos - Listen to the Sound - Listen to the Sound
• Wilco - Far, Far Away - Being There
• Dum Dum Girls - Too True to Be Good - Too True
• Glass Lux - I'm a Machine
• Toy - Endlessly - Join the Dots
• Junior Boys - Double Shadow - So This is Goodbye
• Daft Punk - Instant Crush - Random Access Memories
• The XX - Night Time - XX
• Austra - Woodstock - Feel It Break
• Autumn Defense - Calling Your Name - Fifth
• Joe Goddard - Taking Over - Taking Over EP
• Broadcast - Before We Begin - Haha Sound
• Frank Ocean - Thinkin' Bout You - Channel Orange
• Doves - Break Me Gently - Lost Souls
• Tom Schraeder - Pat Baby - Once Lace, Now Cotton
• Ducktails - Killin' the Vibe - Acrade Dynamics

THE MINIMAL BEAT 02.08.2014 by T H E M I N I M A L B E A T on Mixcloud

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[RADIO] THE MINIMAL BEAT 07.13.2013

ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM

• Solange / Losing You / True
• Hnny / Boy / Single
• Toro y Moi / Say That / Anything In Return
• Glass Candy / The Possessed / After Dark 2
• Savages / Husband / Silence Yourself
• Pearl Jam / Mind Your Manners /
• Frankie Rose and the Outs / Must Be Nice / Frankie Rose and the Outs
• The 1975 / Sex / The 1975 EP
• Angel Olsen / Tiniest Seed / Halfway Home 
• Woods / Out of the Eye / Sun & Shade
• Belle & Sebastian / Lazy Jane / The BBC Sessions 
• Paper Thick Walls / Liar's Lawyer / AudioTree Live Session
• Foxygen / San Francisco / We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic
• Wilco / Dark Neon / Wilco (The Album) B- Side
• Wire / Ex Lion Tamer / Restless
• The xx / Chained / Coexist
• Yo La Tango / Is That Enough / Fade
• Vampire Weekend / Hannah Hunt / Modern Vampires of the City
• Pissed Jeans / Cafeteria Food / Honeys 
• Lana Del Rey / Blue Jeans / Paradise
• Holy Ghost! / Teneagers In Heat / Single

THE MINIMAL BEAT 07.13.2013 by The Minimal Beat on Mixcloud

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[RADIO] THE MINIMAL BEAT - 05.18.2013

ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM

Guest DJ Pat Sansone from Wilco

• Wilco / Wilco (The Song) / Wilco (The Album)
• Dwight Twilley / Im On Fire / The Dwight Twilley Band
• The Stories / Love Is In Motion / About Us
• Prince / Tambourine / From Around The World In Day
• Mayer Hawthorne / Maybe So Maybe No / Strange Arrangements
• Kinks / Village Green / Preservation Society
• Pete Townsend / Melancholia / Scoop
• Guided By Voices / Hot Freaks / Bee Thousand
• Yes / Starship Trooper / The Yes Album
• XTC / Not Enough For Us / Skylarking
• Utopia / All Smiles / Defacing The Music
• Van Dyke Parks / All Is Golden / Song Cycle
• Miracle Legion / Paradise / Surprise, Surprise, Surprise
• R.E.M. / Gardening At Night / Chronic Town
• The Groundhogs / Part 1 / Split
• The Move / The Words of Errand / Message From The Country
• Paul McCartney / Another Day / 7 Inch
• Love / Daily Planet / Forever Changes
• Shuggie Otis / Outta My Head / Inspiration Information
• The Left Banke / Pretty Ballerina / Walk Away Renée/Pretty Ballerina Big Star / For You / Big Stars 3rd
• Harry Nielsen / Together / Ariel Ballet
• Everly Brothers / Cathy’s Clown / A Date With the Everly Brothers
• The Who / Pictures of Lilly /7 Inch
• The Autumn Defense / I Want You Back / Unreleased

THE MINIMAL BEAT 05.18.2013 by The Minimal Beat on Mixcloud

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WILCO'S PAT SANSONE RADIO TAKE OVER!

We are excited to announce that Pat Sansone of Wilco and The Autumn Defense will be taking over The Minimal Beat tomorrow from 2-4pm CDT! You can listen LIVE on WLUW 88.7 FM in Chicago or stream HERE

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[EVENT] SOLID SOUND FESTIVAL JUNE 21-23, 2013

FULL LINE-UP AND SCHEDULE ALONG WITH TICKET INFO HERE

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[RADIO] THE MINIMAL BEAT 04.27.2013

ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM

• Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie XX / Im' New Here / We're New Here
• Disclosure / Latch [ft. Sam Smith] / Single
• Spoon / Don't Make Me A Target / Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
• Daft Punk / Get Lucky / Single
• Little Dragon / Ritual / Single
• Kasper Bjorke / Sunrise [ft. Jacob Bellon] / Fool
• Larry Gus/ Her Arms Held High/ Silent Congos
• Holy Ghost / Do It Again / Holy Ghost
• Lcd Soundsystem / Daft Punk Is Playing At My House / 7"
• Archie Bronson Outfit / Cherry Lips / Derdang Derdang
• White Rabbits / Heavy Metal / Milk Famous
• Loyal Divide / Vision Vision / Bodice Ripper
• Twin Shadow / When We're Dancing / Forget

Mixtape by Billeh Ocean A/P/R/I/L/F/L/O/W/E/R/S/

• Ghost Loft / So High / Single
• Darkside / A1 / Darkside
• Acid Pauli / Requiem For A Loop / MST
• Surahn / Guilty / EP
• Wilk & Miskey / Wing Clipper / Single
• Nicolas Jaar x Grizzly Bear / Sleeping UTE / 12"
• Charleston / Piece By Piece / Single
• The xx / VCR / xx
• Nicolas Jaar / I Got A Woman / Space Is Only Noise
• Chromatics / In The City (Low Motion Disco Edit) / In The City (Low Motion Disco Edit)
• Peaking Lights / Beautiful Dub / Lucifer In Dub
• Soul Clap / Twist / 12"

• Cars / Panarama / Panarama
• Roxy Music / More Then This / Avalon
• Spaces of Disapperance / Disappear -/ Single
• Pavement / From Now On / Westing By Musking And Sextante
• Pavement / Angel Carver Blues - Mellow Jazz Docent / Westing By Musking And Sextante
• Clinic / Porno / Three Eps
• Portishead / The Rip / Three
• Albian De La Simone / J'avais Chud - Bungalow
• Pulp X Soulwax - After You / 12"
• De La Soul  / Me Myself & I / Greatest Hits
• The Pixies / Dead / Doolittle
• Donnie Hathatway / Jealous Guy / Live
• The Jam / Start / Single
• Guided By Voices / Unabainted Vicar Of Scortched Earth / Tonics And Twisted Chasers
• Purity Ring / Ungurthed / 7"
• The Mighty Diamonds / I Need A Roof / I Need A Roof
• Lou Rawls / You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine / Single
• XTC / General And Majors / Black Sea
• Pylon / The Human Body / Gyrate
• Jesus and Mary Chain / Taste of Cindy / Barbed Wire Kisses
• Wilco / Handshake Drugs / Enhanced EP
• Chandeliers /  / Founding Fathers
• Kurt Vile / KV Crimes / Wakin' On A Pretty Daze

Shawn Rios Guest DJ Set

• The Moody Blues / Lovely To See You / On The Thresehold of A Dream
• Marvin Gaye / Symphony / Dream of A Lifetime
• The Moments / If I Din't Care / A Moment With The Moments
• The Who / Eminece Front / It's Hard
• David Bowie / Stay / Station to Station
• Office / Sleep Walking / Mecca
• Devo / Uncontrolable Urge / Are We Not Men, We are Devo
• Jim O'Rourke / Memorey Lane / Insignifigance
• Pulse Programing / First They Fire / Pulse Programing
• Michal Jackson / Baby Be Mine / Thriller
• Prince / The Beautiful One / Purple Rain
  
  

THE MINIMAL BEAT 04.27.2013 by The Minimal Beat on Mixcloud

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[RADIO] THE MINIMAL BEAT 01.05.2013

ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM

• Broken Bells / The Ghost Inside / Broken Bells
• Little Joy / Unattainable / Little Joy
• Iron And Wine / Such Great Heights / Single
• Mazzy Star / Fade Into You / So Tonight That I Might
• James Blake / Wilhelm Scream / James Blake
• Nicolas Jaar / A1 / Darkside
• Peter Bjorn & John / Just The Past / Living Thing
• Nick Cave & the The Bad Seeds / Fifteen Feet of Pure White Snow / No More Shall We Part
• Pulp / This Is Hardcore / This Is Hardcore
• Justin Townes Earl / One More Night In Brooklyn / Harlem River Blues
• Wilco / Either Way / Sky Blue Sky
• Ex Cops / The Millionaire / Single
• Twin Shadow / Forget / Forget
• Reputante / Safe and Sound / Single
• Chromatics / Lady / Kill For Love
• Pulp / After You [ft. James Murphy] / Single
• Glass Candy / Warm In The Winter / 12 Inch
• Glass Candy / Beautiful Object / 12 Inch
• Glass Gandy / Feeling Without Touching / 12 Inch
• Belmont & Clarke / Eat Kill / Single
• Primal Scream / Blood Money / Exterminator
• Quiet Village / Can't Be Beat / Single
• The Bird & The Bee / Private Eyes / Interpreting the Masters Volume 1: A Tribute to Daryl Hall and John Oates

Guest DJ Deanna Devore

• Deanna Devore / I Tried / X Number Of Days
• Bat For Lashes / All Your Gold / Single
• Trentemoller / Moan (Radio Remix) / Moan (Radio Remix)
• Destiny's Child / (Cyril Hahn Remix) Say My Name
• Neon Indian / Deadbeat Summer (Toro Y Moi Remix) / (Toro Y Moi Remix)
• Tom Vek / Someone Loves You / Single
• Deanna Devore / Didn't You / X Number Of Days
• Inc / The Place / Single
• James Blake / Cmyk / EP
• Sebastien Tellier / La Ritournelle (Mr Dan's Magic Wand Mix) / La Ritournelle (Mr Dan's Magic Wand Mix)
• Holy Ghost! / Hold On / Holy Ghost!
• Deanna Devore / Soon / X Number Of Days
• Daughter / Love / Single
  
  

  THE MINIMAL BEAT 01.05.2013 by The Minimal Beat on Mixcloud

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[RADIO] THE MINIMAL BEAT 04.28.2012

ARTIST / ALBUM / TRACK

• Jimi Hendrix / Are You Experienced? / Are You Experienced?
• Bailiff / Emptied Out / Red Balloon
• JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound / Everything Will Be Just Fine / Wane More
• Kraftwerk / Numbers / Computer World
• Kraftwerk / Computer World 2 / Computer World
• Charles Bradley / The Worlds Going Up In Flames / No Time For Dreaming
• Woods / Who Do You Think I Am? / Sun & Shade
• Bon Iver / For Emma / For Emma, Forever Ago
• Sam Roberts / I Feel You / Collider
• Bachelorette / Blanket / Bachelorette
• Junior Boys / Parallel Line / Begone De Care
• Billy Bragg & Wilco / California Stars / Mermaid Sessions
• Spoon / Stay Don't Go / Kill The Moonlight
• The Walkmen / Heaven / Heaven [Single]
• Jonny Rumble / Toe The Line / JR
• White Rabbits / Heavy Metal / Milk Famous
• The Donkeys / Gone Gone Gone / Living On The Other Side
• Lykee Li / Get Some / Wounded Rhymes
• Peaking Lights / Lo Hi / Lucifer
• Neon Indian / Hex Girlfriend [Twin Shadow Remix] / 12"
• Blur / Crazy Beat / Think Tank
• M83 / Steve McQueen / Midnight City
• Mazzy Star / Fade Into You / So Tonight That I Might See
• Lower Dens / Alphabet Song / Nootropics

THE MINIMAL BEAT 04.28.2012 by The Minimal Beat on Mixcloud

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[RADIO] THE MINIMAL BEAT 04.07.2012

ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM

• Wilco / Art Of Almost [Alt] / Speak Into The Rose
• Willis Earl Beal / Monotomy / Accousmatic
• The Walkmen / Heaven Teaser (clip) / Heaven
• Neon Indian / I Should Have Taken Acid With You / Psychic Chasimis
• Chromatics / In The City / After Dark
• Keep Shelly In Athens / In Love With The Dusk / In Love With Dusk
• Mirage / Lady Operator / After Dark
• The Late Great Fitzcaralldos / My Temptation / Single
• Indeep / Last Night A DJ Saved My Life [Mirage Remix] / After Dark
• Mike & The Censations / What My Last Girl Put Me Through [Nico's Bluewave Edits] / 12"
• Glass Candy / Rolling Down The Hills / After Dark (Demo)
• Ruth / Poloroid Roman Photo / Cold Wave + Minimal Electronics
• The Soft Moon / Repetition / Total Decay
• Plane / Gods Ants / I See Love In The Future
• Vacationer / Trip / Gone
• Vampire Weekend / Kids / Vampire Weekend
• Deux / Le Colouir / Performance
• The Who / Blue Red & Gray / Who By Numbers
• The 2 Bears / The Birds and The Bees / Be Strong
• Farah / Dancing Girls (Suite 304 Demo) / After Dark
• Shit Robot / Answering Machine / From The Cradle To The Rave
• Tim Mais / A Fim De Voltar / Disco CLub
• Portishead / Carry On / We Carry On
• Serge Gainsbourg / Dub Locataires / Aux Armes Et Cætera (Dub Style)
• Tame Impala / Desire Be Desire B Gone / Innerspeaker

THE MINIMAL BEAT 04.07.2012 by The Minimal Beat on Mixcloud

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[RADIO] THE MINIMAL BEAT 02.03.2012

ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM

SFV / Knights / 12 Inch Single
Peaking Lights / Marshmallow Yellow / Ital Remix
The Durutti Column / Belgium Friends / FAC
Kurtis Blow / Rappin' Blow Part 2 / Kurtis Blow
Z Factor [Ft. Jesse Saunders / Fast Cars / Dance Party Album
Toro y Moi / Dead Pontoon / June 2009
Philippe Laurent / Exposition 5 / Hot Bip
Nine Inch Nails / Piggy / The Downward Spiral
Sublime / Free Loop Dub / Q Ball / Robbin’ The Hood
Holiday Crowd / Painted Like Forest / Over The Bluffs
Section 25 / Looking From A Hilltop (Megamix) / FAC
Les Hommes / La Grande Co Existence / La Planete Sauvage OST
Angelo Badalamenti / Montage From Twin Peaks / Twin Peaks Fire Walk With Me OST
David Lynch / Lady And The Radiator / Eraserhead OST
Brian Eno / Todo Riding The Sand Worm / The Dune OST
Goblin / Suspiria / Suspiria OST
Johnny Greenwood / Moon trills / Body Song OST
Damon Albarn / Bank Job / Ordinary Decent Criminal OST
Pulp / Mile End / Trainspotting OST
Wilco / I Am Trying to Break Your Heart / Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

THE MINIMAL BEAT 02.03.2012 by The Minimal Beat on Mixcloud

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[RADIO] THE MINIMAL BEAT 01.28.2012

Artist / Track / Album

Peaking Lights / All the Sun That Shines / 936
Acid Glasses / Jpeg Hoarder / 45
Velvet Underground / Beginning to see the Light / Velvet Underground
Stars / Changes / The Five Ghosts
Kurt Vile / Jesus Fever / Smoke Ring For My Halo
Bailff / When I leave You Will Still Stay / Red Balloon
Bon Iver / For Emma / For Emma, For Ever
Talking Heads / Burning Down The House/ Speaking In Tongues
Dillon/ Tip Tapping / The Silence Kills
Best Coast / Boyfriend / Crazy For You
Disappears / Replicate / Pre Language
The M's / Break Our Bones / The M's
Bachelorette / Blanket / Bachelorette
Keep Shelly In Athens / Struggle With Yourself/ Campus Maritus EP
Afrosound / Jungle Fever / The Afrosound Of Colombia Vol 1
The Walkmen / Angela Surf City / Lisbon
Grimes / Vowels = Space and Sound / Visions
We Are The Arm / So Intelligent / Togetherness
Black Joe Lewis / Big Booty Woman / Tell Them What Your Name Is
Blonde / Tide Is High / Greatest Hits
Wilco / Dawned On Me/ The Whole Love
Charles Bradley / Stay Away / Heartaches and Pain EP
Broadcast / Pendulum / Haha Sound
Moderne / Switch On Bach/ L’Espionne Aimait La Musique
M83 / Steve McQueen / Midnight City
REM / King of Comedy / Monster
White Rabbits / While We Go Dancing / Fort Nightly
Smiths / Ask / Louder Than Bombs
Tame Impala / Lucidity / Innerspeaker
Sonic Youth / Dirty Boots / Goo
The Soft Moon / Alive / Total Decay EP
Snowy Red / Wardance / Right To Die
Can / Mushroom Head / Tago Mago
Wooden Shjips / For So Long / Dos Vol 1
Yeasayer / Ambling Alp / Odd Blood
Joe Pug / Hymn 101 / Nation Of Heat
The National / Fake Empire / Boxer
Fleet Foxes / Montezuma / Helplessness Blues
Ex Cops / Broken Chinese Chairs / White Women

THE MINIMAL BEAT 01.28.2012 by The Minimal Beat on Mixcloud

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VIDEO: WILCO - BORN ALONE

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SUCH A SCENE: FOXTROT HOTEL YANKEE

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[RADIO] THE MINIMAL BEAT 06.25.2011

ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM

Wilco / I Might / I Might (Single)
Tame Impala / Lucidity / Innerspeaker
Woods / Hand It Out / Sun & Shade
Best Coast / Summer Mood / Crazy For You
Edwin Van Cleef / Lizstomania (Jane Hanley) / Single
Ford & Lopatin / Channel Pressure / Channel Pressure
Jaime Lidell / Gypsy Love / Remix Pat Sansone
Keep Shelly In Athens / Hauntin Me / Hauntin Me (Single)
Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins / Rise Up With Fists!! / Rabbit Fur Coat
Peter Bjorn & John / Just The Past / Living Thing
Jose Gonzales / Heartbeats / Veneer
Liam Finn / Cold Feet / Single
Pearl Jam / Love Reign O'er Me / Fan Club Single
Mazes / When You Cut / Moon Duo
Wu Lyf / Spittin Blood / Go Tell Fire To The Mountain
John Maus / Head For The Country /
Eric Copeland / Krakendudel / Waco Taco Combo
Chrisma / Mandoia / Chinese Restaurant
Ego Puppets / Avatar Couture / Ego Puppets EP
The Dead Weather / I Can't Hear You / Sea Of Cowards
Turtle Giant / We Are The Sound / Live In Zaragoza
Dirty Beaches / Speedway King / Badlands
James Blake / The Wilhelm Scream / James Blake
Radiohead / Staircase / Live From The Basement
Toro Y Moi / Low Shoulder / Causers Of This
Twin Shadow / Phychic Chasms / Remix

The Minimal Beat 06.25.2011 by The Minimal Beat on Mixcloud

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[LISTEN UP] WILCO - I MIGHT b/w I LOVE MY LABEL

Wilco who is playing at their Solid Sound Festival this weekend in Massachusetts just released a new single there first on new label dBpm Records called “I Might” with B-Side "I Love My Label". It’s available to purchase as a very limited clear vinyl 7″ single to those attending the festival and limited blue vinyl HERE.

Wilco - I Might

Wilco - I Love My Label

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JC BROOKS AND UPTOWN SOUND SIGN TO BLOODSHOT RECORDS

A favorite of ours JC BROOKS AND THE UPTOWN SOUND just signed to Chicago label BLOODSHOT RECORDS! Look for their Bloodshot Records debut to be released this fall, but in the meantime, you can catch them at summer festivals, and opening for Wilco and Robert Plant.

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