This episode is all all over the place, from old tunes from the 80’s all the way up to brand new unreleased tracks from some up and coming bands. We tried our best to give you an eclectic set of tunes this time around and we would love to hear from you about what you think, so drop us a line. Also make sure to enter our giveaway! A FREE MONTH OF SPOTIFY PREMIUM. All you need to do to enter is retweet the special daily tweet. Wish you could enter the contest more than once? Well you can enter once per day. The winner will be chosen via random.org after midnight May 7th. So on with the show and once you are done listening don’t forget to enter our contest for a free month of spotify premium. Ep 43 - 192 Kbps MP3 [99.9 MB] 01. The Magic Numbers - “Take a Chance” 02. The Kooks - “Always Where I Need to Be” 03. Free Energy - “Girls Want Rock” 04. Urban Cone - “We Should Go to France” 05. Foals - “My Number” 06. Young Galaxy - “Pretty Boy” 07. Atlas Genius - “Symptoms” 08. Girls - “Laura” 09. Radical Face - “Welcome Home, Son” 10. Say Hi - “Elouise” 11. Gracie - “Habits” 12. Knocking Ghost - “Distractions” 13. Eleanor Friedberger - “Stare at the Sun” 14. Two Door Cinema Club - “Sleep Alone” 15. King Khan and the Shrines - “Bite My Tongue” 16. Soul Asylum - “Cartoon” For more music don’t forget to follow us on Tumblr or visit us at www.halfhourmusichour.com. You can find out the latest news and updates over at @HalfHrMusicHr.

In this episode we are really excited to bring you brand new tunes from the upcoming albums of both Vampire Weekend and Phoenix. And sandwiched in between those tracks are another 14 great songs from our usual variety of artists. Pay special attention to the Flaming Lips track, it’s really pretty great. Also make sure to enter our first giveaway! A FREE MONTH OF SPOTIFY PREMIUM. All you need to do to enter is re-blog Ep 42 on tumblr before midnight on April 2. Wish you could enter the contest more than once? Once you re-blog us go ahead and follow us on tumblr for a 2nd entry. The winner will be chosen via random.org. So on with the show and once you are done listening don’t forget to enter our contest for a free month of spotify premium. Ep 42 - 192 Kbps MP3 [98.3 MB] 01. Vampire Weekend - “Diane Young” 02. Stereolab - “Wow and Flutter” 03. Bastille - “Pompeii” 04. Icona Pop - “I Love It” 05. Matt & Kim - “It’s Alright” 06. Passion Pit - “It’s Not My Fault, I’m Happy” 07. Royal Teeth - “Wild” 08. Regina Spektor - “Don’t Leave Me (Ne Me Quitte Pas)” 09. Thao & The Get Down Stay Down - “We the Common (For Valerie Bolden)” 10. Chaos Chaos - “Winner” 11. The Flaming Lips - “Borderline” 12. The New Pornographers - “The Bleeding Heart Show” 13. Django Django - “Default” 14. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - “Zero” 15. The Mowgli’s - “San Francisco” 16. Phoenix - “Entertainment” For more music don’t forget to follow us on Tumblr or visit us at www.halfhourmusichour.com. You can find out the latest news and updates over at @HalfHrMusicHr.

What started as a quick break during some busy times some how turned into 3 years. We decided that enough was a enough and are happy to present the relaunch of Strangedesign’s Half Hour Music Hour. Not only are we back bringing you 16 tracks of music but we have a brand new look on our tumblr website. We have a new website with a bunch of great features. In the Archive you can quickly find any of our previous 40 shows. You can also check out our top 50 artists or just browse the list of all of the artists we have played on the show. Well enough chatter, let’s get on with the show. Don’t forget to follow us on twitter, like us on facebook or tumblr or check out the sidebar for even more places to stay in touch. Have a questions? Well go ahead and ask us!!! Ep 41 - 192 Kbps MP3 [93.1 MB] 01. The Royal Concept - “Gimme Twice” 02. Shout Out Louds - “Please Please Please” 03. Black Moth Super Rainbow - “Gangs in the Garden” 04. The Mountain Goats - “Harlem Roulette” 05. Blondfire - “Where the Kids Are” 06. Ra Ra Riot - “Beta Love” 07. Yo La Tengo - “Autumn Sweater” 08. White Denim - “No Real Reason” 09. Ezra Koenig - “Papa Hobo” 10. JET - “Look What You’ve Done” 11. The Rebel Light - “Goodbye Serenade” 12. The Naked & Famous - “Punching in a Dream” 13. Jukebox The Ghost - “Don’t Let Me Fall Behind” 14. Youngblood Hawke - “We Come Running” 15. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - “Same Mistake” 16. Neon Trees - “Everybody Talks” For more music don’t forget to follow us on Tumblr or visit us at www.halfhourmusichour.com. You can find out the latest news and updates over at @HalfHrMusicHr.

While it is hard to believe, just about 2 years ago the world got its first look at what would soon become the premier podcast for new music known to human kind, The Half Hour Music Hour (yeah right). But seriously, it has been a great run so far as we look back on the show. With all of your help we have increased our listenership of 10 times since the Episode 1 and we have enjoyed every minute of bringing the show to you and all we can say is, from the bottom of our hearts, thank you. For our 2nd Anniversary episode we figured we do what we do best, bring you 16 get tracks of music (sorry for the long runtime this time) with new music from big bands you all know like Vampire Weekend, Spoon, Animal Collective and Yeasayer but we also have a bunch of great stuff from some more obscure bands like The Berndt and Givers. Thanks again for all of your support and please enjoy the show. Ep 40 - 128 Kbps MP3 [119.5 MB] 01. Vampire Weekend - “Cousins” 02. Julian Casablancas - “Left & Right In The Dark” 03. The Berndt - “Hurried Feathers” 04. Yeasayer - “Ambling Alp” 05. Capra - “Low Day” 06. The Bluetones - “If…” 07. Animal Collective - “What Would I Want? Sky” 08. YACHT - “Psychic City” 09. Jonsi - “Boy Lilkoi” 10. Modest Mouse - “Satellite Skin” 11. Givers - “Up, Up, Up” 12. Spoon - “The Mystery Zone” 13. Pomegranates - “Corriander” 14. The Winter Sounds - “Ragtime Manifesto” 15. Title Tracks - “Steady Love” 16. King Khan & The Shrines - “Land Of The Freak” For more music don’t forget to follow us on Tumblr or visit us at www.halfhourmusichour.com. You can find out the latest news and updates over at @HalfHrMusicHr.

Short but sweet. Happy New Year to everyone!!! I hope you enjoyed all 2009 and the music we brought you. Please enjoy the what we think is the best 40 tracks we played from 2009 in the show last year. We can’t wait to bring you more great new tunes in 2010!!! Thanks again for supporting us. -Chris Ep 39 - 128 Kbps MP3 [274.5 MB] 40. Fanfarlo - “The Walls Are Coming Down” 39. Yeasayer - “Tightrope” 38. Two White Horses - “Eyes of the Noble” 37. Roman Candle - “Why Modern Radio is A-OK” 36. Generationals - “Nobody Could Change Your Mind” 35. Still Flyin’ - “The Hottchord Is Struck” 34. Bishop Allen - “Oklahoma” 33. Beirut - “Mimizan” 32. Cosmo Jarvis - “She’s Got You” 31. Passion Pit - “Moth’s Wings” 30. Phoenix - “1901” 29. Vampire Weekend - “White Sky” 28. Tahiti 80 - “Unpredictable” 27. Harlem Shakes - “Sunlight” 26. Passion Pit - “The Reeling” 25. Zee Avi - “Honey Bee” 24. Imogen Heap - “First Train Home” 23. Mika - “We Are Golden” 22. A Broken Robot - “All Here” 21. The Decemberists - “The Wanting Comes In Waves / Repaid” 20. Regina Spektor - “Folding Chair” 19. Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson - “Relator” 18. Bishop Allen - “The Ancient Commonsense of Things” 17. Phoenix - “Lisztomania” 16. Old Canes - “Little Bird Courage” 15. David Mead - “Rainy Weather Friend” 14. The Very Best - “Warm Heart of Africa” 13. Animal Collective - “My Girls” 12. fun. - “At Least I’m Not As Sad (As I Used To Be)” 11. Friska Viljor - “Wohlwill” 10. The Avett Brothers - “Kick Drum Heart” 09. Tada Tátà - “Hit The Wall” 08. Death Cab For Cutie - “Little Bribes” 07. The Decemberists - “Annan Water” 06. Audrye Sessions - “Turn Me Off” 05. The New Pornographers - “Hey, Snow White” 04. Animal Collective - “Summertime Clothes” 03. Passion Pit - “Little Secrets” 02. Franz Ferdinand - “No You Girls” 01. fun. - “Walking The Dog” For more music don’t forget to follow us on Tumblr or visit us at www.halfhourmusichour.com. You can find out the latest news and updates over at @HalfHrMusicHr.

So we took a little more time off from the last episode than we may have liked but we never stopped listening to music. We have a bunch of new tracks here that with any luck will make it into the Top 40 of 2009 show that is coming up. We have music from all around the world as usual with bands like A Broken Robot (ENG), The Kites (DEN), Frightened Rabbit (SCT), and doublePark (SWE). As is always the norm though, we have a few recognizable bands as well from Cloud Cult, Jukebox The Ghost, and Phoenix. Did we mention there is some Sufjan Stevens too? Let’s us know what you think of the show and which tracks you want to see in the upcoming Top 40 Half Hour Music Hour Songs of 2009 show. Ep 38 - 128 Kbps MP3 [103.6 MB] 01. A Broken Robot - “All Here” 02. Cloud Cult - “Journey Of The Featherless” 03. Roman Candle - “Why Modern Radio is A-OK” 04. The Kites - “Play” 05. Fourth of July - “Can’t Sleep” 06. Frightened Rabbit - “Swim Until You Can’t See Land” 07. The Mountain Goats - “Genesis 3:23” 08. The National - “So Far Around The Bend” 09. Vampire Weekend - “Horchata” 10. doublePark - “I Don’t Want To Party” 11. The Starting Line - “Something Left to Give” 12. Sufjan Stevens - “Come on! Feel the Illinoise! -Part I: The World’s Columbian Exposition -Part II: Carl Sandburg Visits Me in a Dream ” 13. Jukebox The Ghost - “Hold It In” 14. New Rhodes - “Everybody Loves A Scene” 15. Old Canes - “Little Bird Courage” 16. Phoenix - “Consolation Prizes” For more music don’t forget to follow us on Tumblr or visit us at www.halfhourmusichour.com. You can find out the latest news and updates over at @HalfHrMusicHr.

In last years Half Hour Music Hour of Horrors we didn’t really have any themed music but this year we have tried to include some tracks with ghoulish themes or titles. Belle & Sebastian start it off in the graveyard with The Black Hollies adding to the gloom. David Mead adds to the ambiance with some rainy weather. There is some upbeat stuff too though with great tracks from Passion Pit, The Guggenheim Grotto, and HHMH favorites The Decemeberists. Enjoy and don’t eat too much candy!!! Ep 37 - 128 Kbps MP3 [112.3 MB] 01. Belle And Sebastian - “Sukie In The Graveyard” 02. Lipgloss - “Land of Lords” 03. The Voluntary Butler Scheme - “The Eiffel Tower & The BT Tower” 04. The Black Hollies - “Gloomy Monday Morning” 05. Great Northern - “Home” 06. David Mead - “Rainy Weather Friend” 07. The White Stripes - “Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground” 08. The Verve - “Rather Be” 09. The Guggenheim Grotto - “Her Beautiful Ideas” 10. Passion Pit - “Better Things” 11. Tahiti 80 - “Unpredictable” 12. Hopewell - “Island” 13. Steel Train - “You and I Undercover” 14. The Decemberists - “16 Military Wives” 15. How To Swim - “From Here To Dundee Slash Eternity” 16. Spring Tigers - “Just Suggesting” For more music don’t forget to follow us on Tumblr or visit us at www.halfhourmusichour.com. You can find out the latest news and updates over at @HalfHrMusicHr.

Not only is this time of year great for apples, pumpkins, and candy; it’s also the time of year when A TON of new music starts to come out. To celebrate that fact this episode is jam packed with new tunes (only 2 songs are not from this year). While you probably have heard of The Avett Brothers and They Might Be Giants, we also have some lesser known artists like Choir of Young Believers, Generationals, Evan Voytas. Also keep an eye out for The Holloways as something tells me you will start to hear a lot from them. And we are happy to introduce the first ever Half Hour Music Hour Trivia Contest. Listen to the show to hear the question and then Drop us a line with your answer. We will draw a winner from random out of all the correct answers and let that person on the air for an upcoming show to introduce a song. Ep 36 - 128 Kbps MP3 [103.2 MB] 01. They Might Be Giants - “I Am A Paleontologist” 02. Black Them Boots - “Don’t Look Back” 03. Philadelphia Grand Jury - “The Good News” 04. How I Became The Bomb - “Harvest” 05. Langhorne Slim - “Back To The Wild” 06. My Morning Jacket - “Touch Me I’m Going To Scream Pt 2” 07. Yeasayer - “Tightrope” 08. The Twin Atlas - “Versions” 09. Her Space Holiday - “Same Song Sing Along” 10. Dan Mangan - “The Indie Queens Are Waiting” 11. Choir of Young Believers - “Actions/Reaction” 12. Evan Voytas - “Getting Higher” 13. The Holloways - “Jukebox Sunshine” 14. Generationals - “Nobody Could Change Your Mind” 15. The Avett Brothers - “Kick Drum Heart” 16. The Joy Formidable - “Cradle” For more music don’t forget to follow us on Tumblr or visit us at www.halfhourmusichour.com. You can find out the latest news and updates over at @HalfHrMusicHr.

So we have finally hit that time of year when lots of new music is coming out and we couldn’t be happier. Now while it would be easy to just spin all the new stuff we really think it is more fun to through in a bunch of older tracks that you have probably forgotten about or if we are doing a good job, you missed the first time around. So let’s start with the new. We have brand new Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson along with a big old helping of Half Hour Music Hour favorites Noah and the Whale and Friska Viljor. Along with that we also have a great track by The Films and something brand new by fun. What you want unreleased tracks? Well we have that too by a little band called Vampire Weekend. And just to make it really crazy, there is even some live Weezer. We hope you enjoy it all cause it is gonna be a long drive. PS - Think you know what the title of the show means? Drop us a line and let us know. The first right answer gets a shout out in the next episode and can request a song that we will play for you. Ep 35 - 128 Kbps MP3 [111.5 MB] 01. Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson - “Relator” 02. Cosmo Jarvis - “She’s Got You” 03. Polyphonic Spree - “Hold Me Now” 04. The Films - “Holiday” 05. The Twang - “Barny Rubble” 06. Vampire Weekend - “White Sky” 07. Noah and the Whale - “Blue Skies” 08. Tracy Chapman - “Give Me One Reason” 09. The Shins - “Saint Simon” 10. Fruit Bats - “The Ruminant Band” 11. fun. - “At Least I’m Not As Sad (As I Used To Be)” 12. Weezer - “Kids (MGMT Cover)” 13. The Decemberists - “O Valencia” 14. Friska Viljor - “Wohlwill” 15. The Killers - “Mr Brightside” 16. We Were Promised Jetpacks - “Ships With Holes Will Sink” For more music don’t forget to follow us on Tumblr or visit us at www.halfhourmusichour.com. You can find out the latest news and updates over at @HalfHrMusicHr.

In these weird weather days as Summer retreats and Fall is coming, you need an eclectic mix of music that matches. May we present our offering, Ep 34. This show will take you through the the last hot days of year with tracks from Harlem Shakes, Passion Pit, and Cats on Fire. But the nights now are colder and darker and that means you can’t be up beat all the time. For that we offer Bishop Allen, Neutral Milk Hotel, we threw in a littleBilly Joel for good measure. So without anymore fan fare, let’s get into the music… Ep 34 - 128 Kbps MP3 [105.1 MB] 01. Harlem Shakes - “Sunlight” 02. Lily Allen - “LDN” 03. Hockey - “Learn to Lose” 04. The New Pornographers - “Hey, Snow White” 05. Neutral Milk Hotel - “In the Aeroplane Over the Sea” 06. Cartographers - “The Particulars” 07. Bishop Allen - “Like Castanets” 08. Billy Joel - “Vienna” 09. Two White Horses - “Eyes of the Noble” 10. Tada Tátà - “Hit The Wall” 11. The Voluntary Butler Scheme - “Trading Things In” 12. The Zutons - “What’s Your Problem” 13. The Temper Trap - “Sweet Disposition” 14. Passion Pit - “Little Secrets” 15. Mika - “We Are Golden” 16. Cats On Fire - “Tears In Your Cup” For more music don’t forget to follow us on Tumblr or visit us at www.halfhourmusichour.com. You can find out the latest news and updates over at @HalfHrMusicHr.