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K-Tel DJ Profile

I grew up on the radio and devoured everything rock-and-pop I could get my hands on. Scraped together my allowance to buy my own first album - it was either Rush's Moving Pictures or Pat Benatar's Crimes of Passion (or, um, maybe the Bee Gees' Sgt. Pepper). Before that, I had to tape Casey Kasem's Top 40 countdown off the Sunday radio and bribe my older sister to tape her Van Halen records for me. Fave genres are protopunk/garage, punk, post-punk, power pop, and I have a big soft spot for '70s AM yacht/cornball pop-rock. At UNC-Chapel Hill, I interned for the now-defunct Moist/Baited Breath indie label, wrote music reviews and conducted band interviews for The Daily Tar Heel and other local rags. Best interview of my life, though, was not really music related: Mister Rogers. But, yep, he played the ukelele.

Check out DJ K-TEL's two most recent shows below.

K-Tel's Playlists

9/21 - 7pm hour
Explosions In the Sky - How Strange, Innocence album artwork 7:56pm Explosions In the Sky glittering blackness How Strange, Innocence (Sad Loud America)
Track Notes: 2000 Buy Explosions In the Sky How Strange, Innocence at Reckless Records Buy Explosions In the Sky at iTunes Buy Explosions In the Sky How Strange, Innocence at eMusic Add to Collection
7:51pm Ramones Rockaway Beach It's Alive (Sire)
Track Notes: 1979 Buy Ramones It's Alive at Reckless Records Buy Ramones at iTunes Buy Ramones It's Alive at eMusic Add to Collection
7:49pm Yonic South The Helmet Devo Challenge Cup (Wild Honey Records)
Buy Yonic South Devo Challenge Cup at Reckless Records Buy Yonic South at iTunes Buy Yonic South Devo Challenge Cup at eMusic Add to Collection
7:45pm Dengue Fever Silver Fish Ting Mong (Tuk Tuk)
Buy Dengue Fever Ting Mong at Reckless Records Buy Dengue Fever at iTunes Buy Dengue Fever Ting Mong at eMusic Add to Collection
7:39pm The Zombies I Can't Make Up My Mind The Zombies Collection (Castle Music Ltd.)
Buy The Zombies The Zombies Collection at Reckless Records Buy The Zombies at iTunes Buy The Zombies The Zombies Collection at eMusic Add to Collection
7:36pm Literature Kites Chorus (Slumberland)
Track Notes: 2014. For Matthew! Buy Literature Chorus at Reckless Records Buy Literature at iTunes Buy Literature Chorus at eMusic Add to Collection
7:32pm The Velvet Underground Run Run Run The Velvet Underground & Nico (Verve)
Track Notes: 1967 Buy The Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground & Nico at Reckless Records Buy The Velvet Underground at iTunes Buy The Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground & Nico at eMusic Add to Collection
7:25pm Lewsberg Without a Doubt Out and About (12XU)
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7:21pm Oasis Live Forever Definitely Maybe (Epic)
Track Notes: 1994. HBD, Liam Gallagher, b. 1972 Buy Oasis Definitely Maybe at Reckless Records Buy Oasis at iTunes Buy Oasis Definitely Maybe at eMusic Add to Collection
7:17pm Ratboys Local Making Noise for the Ones You Love The Window (Topshelf)
Buy Ratboys The Window at Reckless Records Buy Ratboys at iTunes Buy Ratboys The Window at eMusic Add to Collection
7:10pm Little Richard The Girl Can't Help It The EP Collection (See For Miles)
Buy Little Richard The EP Collection at Reckless Records Buy Little Richard at iTunes Buy Little Richard The EP Collection at eMusic Add to Collection
Drive-By Truckers - Decoration Day album artwork 7:06pm Drive-By Truckers My Sweet Annette Decoration Day (New West)
Track Notes: 2003 Buy Drive-By Truckers Decoration Day at Reckless Records Buy Drive-By Truckers at iTunes Buy Drive-By Truckers Decoration Day at eMusic Add to Collection
7:02pm The Staples Singers Local I'll Take You There Be Altitude: Respect Yourself (Stax)
Track Notes: HBD, bassist David Hood, b. 1943 Buy The Staples Singers Be Altitude: Respect Yourself at Reckless Records Buy The Staples Singers at iTunes Buy The Staples Singers Be Altitude: Respect Yourself at eMusic Add to Collection
9/21 - 6pm hour
6:58pm The Jayhawks Pray for Me Tomorrow the Green Grass (American Recordings)
Track Notes: 1995 Buy The Jayhawks Tomorrow the Green Grass at Reckless Records Buy The Jayhawks at iTunes Buy The Jayhawks Tomorrow the Green Grass at eMusic Add to Collection
6:52pm Angel Du$t Brand New Soul Brand New Soul (Pop Wig)
Buy Angel Du$t Brand New Soul at Reckless Records Buy Angel Du$t at iTunes Buy Angel Du$t Brand New Soul at eMusic Add to Collection
6:49pm The Cramps I Was a Teenage Werewolf Songs the Lord Taught Us (IRS)
Track Notes: 1980 Buy The Cramps Songs the Lord Taught Us at Reckless Records Buy The Cramps at iTunes Buy The Cramps Songs the Lord Taught Us at eMusic Add to Collection
6:45pm The Amboy Dukes Baby Please Don't Go Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era - 1965-1968 (Elektra/Rhino)
Buy The Amboy Dukes Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era - 1965-1968 at Reckless Records Buy The Amboy Dukes at iTunes Buy The Amboy Dukes Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era - 1965-1968 at eMusic Add to Collection
DIIV - Oshin album artwork 6:34pm DIIV Doused Oshin (Captured Tracks)
Track Notes: 2012 Buy DIIV Oshin at Reckless Records Buy DIIV at iTunes Buy DIIV Oshin at eMusic Add to Collection
6:30pm Franz Ferdinand Do You Want To You Could Have It So Much Better (Domino)
Track Notes: 2005 Buy Franz Ferdinand You Could Have It So Much Better at Reckless Records Buy Franz Ferdinand at iTunes Buy Franz Ferdinand You Could Have It So Much Better at eMusic Add to Collection
6:27pm Deeper Local Bite Careful! (Sub Pop)
Buy Deeper Careful! at Reckless Records Buy Deeper at iTunes Buy Deeper Careful! at eMusic Add to Collection
6:20pm Mitski I Don't Like My Mind The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We (Dead Oceans)
Buy Mitski The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We at Reckless Records Buy Mitski at iTunes Buy Mitski The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We at eMusic Add to Collection
6:17pm Earth, Wind & Fire September The Best of Earth, Wind & Fire Vol. 1 (CBS)
Track Notes: 1978 Buy Earth, Wind & Fire The Best of Earth, Wind & Fire Vol. 1 at Reckless Records Buy Earth, Wind & Fire at iTunes Buy Earth, Wind & Fire The Best of Earth, Wind & Fire Vol. 1 at eMusic Add to Collection
6:12pm Bombino Tazidert Sahel (Partisan)
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6:06pm Black Cat Heart Attack Local Hurricane Chaser Black Cat Heart Attack (Hit Refresh)
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Gaunt - Sob Story album artwork 6:04pm Gaunt Lies Sob Story (Thrill Jockey)
Track Notes: 1994 Buy Gaunt Sob Story at Reckless Records Buy Gaunt at iTunes Buy Gaunt Sob Story at eMusic Add to Collection
6:01pm Public Image Ltd. Public Image Public Image (Virgin)
Track Notes: 1978 Buy Public Image Ltd. Public Image at Reckless Records Buy Public Image Ltd. at iTunes Buy Public Image Ltd. Public Image at eMusic Add to Collection
9/14 - 7pm hour
Disappears + Steve Shelley + White/Light - Disappears + Steve Shelley + White/Light album artwork 7:56pm Disappears + Steve Shelley + White/Light Local Anagram Disappears + Steve Shelley + White/Light (Vampire Blues)
Track Notes: 2020 Buy Disappears + Steve Shelley + White/Light Disappears + Steve Shelley + White/Light at Reckless Records Buy Disappears + Steve Shelley + White/Light at iTunes Buy Disappears + Steve Shelley + White/Light Disappears + Steve Shelley + White/Light at eMusic Add to Collection
7:51pm The Verlaines Pyromaniac Juvenilia (Homestead)
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Crystal Stilts - Nature Noir album artwork 7:49pm Crystal Stilts Future Folklore Nature Noir (Sacred Bones)
Track Notes: 2013 Buy Crystal Stilts Nature Noir at Reckless Records Buy Crystal Stilts at iTunes Buy Crystal Stilts Nature Noir at eMusic Add to Collection
Sparklehorse - Bird Machine album artwork 7:47pm Sparklehorse It Will Never Stop Bird Machine (ANTI-)
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