Every week, the WTBU Music Directors add 5-10 new albums to WTBU's rotation library. These are mostly local, underground, and/or independently released records. (Very few of these adds are from major labels or maintain a sound with mainstream potential, though there are some exceptions.) We also add many self-released albums and occasionally reissues. Usually, after three months, albums are moved from the rotation library to the back library.
At WTBU, we have two types of shows: rotation shows (which are required to play 4 songs per hour from the rotation library) and specialty shows (such as world, hip-hop, and RPM, which are not required to play from the rotation, as the rotation is mostly comprised of various interpretations/formations of "rock" and "pop" sounds.)
Left of the Dial is special in that we play almost entirely from the rotation library, ensuring 2 full hours of almost all new, independent or self-released, local, underground, and/or otherwise incredible music.
Here are some examples of what was in rotation during the SPRING2010 semester:
VARIOUS ARTISTS Whitehaus Family Record Family Record Whitehaus Family Record
MANNERS Look Into Look Unto Whitehaus Family Record
DOOMSTAR! Rainbow Bloodsucker Self-released
BIG BIG BUCKS Crucial Schmooze Self-Released
QUILT March Appropriation
HARLEM Hippies Matador
AWESOME COLOR Massa Hypnos Ecstatic Peace
SHELLSHAG Rumors In Disguise Don Giovanni
LAURA MARLING I Speak Because I Can Astralwerks
VARIOUS ARTISTS MtyMx: A Pitchfork Mix For DIY Mexico (Compilation)
VARIOUS ARTIST Don Giovanni Records Sampler (Don Giovanni)
WILD ASSUMPTIONS Wild Assumptions (Self release)
EVELYN EVELYN Evelyn Evelyn (Eleven)
JOSIAH WOLF Jet Lag (Anticon)
SLOW CLUB Yeah, So (MOSHI MOSHI)
BLUNT MECHANIC World Record Barsuk
TORO Y MOI Causers Of This Carpark
GIGI Maintenant Tomlab
GIRLFRIENDS Girlfriends Self-Released
FUCKED UP Couple Tracks: Singles 2002-2009 Matador
LOS CAMPESINOS! Romance Is Boring Arts And Crafts
COMPILATION Mozart Park All-Stars Breakfast Of Champs
EELS End Times Vagrant
SPOON Transference Merge
Quilt - s/t (self-release)
Golden Girls - Amateur Teen Sex Attics (self-release)
Surfer Blood - Astro Coast
Magnetic Fields - Realism
Various Artists - The Underwater Peoples Winter Review (Underwater Peoples)
Kal Marks - Recovering After the Storm (self-release)
Various Artists - Casual Victim Pile: Austin 2010 (Matador)
NANA GRIZOL Ruth (Orange Twin)
JEFF THE BROTHERHOOD Heavy Days
BEACH HOUSE Teen Dream SUB POP
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE Campfire Songs Pawtracks
Yawn - Yawn EP (self-release)
Two hours of new independent releases by local and underground artists, with some reissues. Mostly indie rock, with some rpm, hip-hop, experimental, and other eclectic genres. The majority of musical selections drawn from WTBU's current rotation, curated by the WTBU music directors. Tune in Monday through Friday from 4-6pm for sweet new jams, artist interviews, in-studio performances, and ticket giveaways.
