First show by myself. Shows during prime-time weekdays must play about 40% "rotation"- songs from newly released cds in order to establish our CMJ charts and to get airtime to new bands. There are 3 different levels of rotation depending on how much the reviewer (DJs) think it fits in with WPTS's sound. CDs stay on rotation for about 6 to 8 weeks before running recurrent- if it's a high profile release it might be downgraded to low rotation and for regular CDs that means being banished to the huge CD library. I like the idea of rotation because I get to hear bands I've never heard of, but sometimes it gets annoying because you're relying on a short cd review when picking songs to play, hoping they don't suck.
PS- the Chuck D & Henry Rollins version of "Rise Above" is awful, the station needs to get a Black Flag cd already.
| Artist | Song | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| LCD Soundsystem | All My | Sound of Silver | Capitol |
| Ra Ra Riot | Each Year | The Rhumb Line | Barsuk |
| Chuck D, Henry Rollins | Rise Above | Rise Above | Sanctuary |
| Brian Wilson | Forever She'll be My Surfer | That Lucky Old Sun | Capitol |
| Slint | Nosferatu Man | Spiderland | Touch&Go |
| Dressy Bessy | Anyone Can See | Holler and Stomp | Transdreamer |
| Earlimart | Cigarettes and | Hymn and Her | Majordomo |
| Noah and the Whale | 2 Atoms in a Molecule | Peaceful, the World Lays Me Down | |
| Suicide | Ghost Rider | Suicide | Mute |
| Iggy Pop | The Passenger | Lust For Life | RCA |
| Graham Coxon | Freakin' | Happiness in Magazines | EMI UK |
| Pere Ubu | The Modern Dance | The Modern Dance | Geffen |
| Bowery Boy Blue | Great Dead Town | Stalk That Myth | Space Photo Record |
| The Secret Machines | Atomic Heels | The Secret Machines | World's Fair |
| Public Image Ltd | Public Image | The Greatest Hits, So Far | Virgin |
| Twilight Hotel | Viva La Vinyl | Highway Prayer | Twilight Hotel Music |
| The Coral | Dreaming of You | The Coral | Columbia |
| Death From Above 1979 | Blood On Our Hands | You're a Woman, I'm a Machine | |
| Marnie Stern | Roads? Where We're Going.. | This Is It... | Kill Rock Stars |
| Beck | Paper Tiger | Sea Change | Geffen |
| James White & The Blacks | Contort Yourself (August Darnell remix) | Disco Not Disco | |
| Cibo Matto | Sugar Water | Viva!La Woman | Warner Bros |
| The Constantines | Trans Canada | Kensington Heights | Arts & Crafts |
| Pavement | Hit the Plane Down | CR, CR | Matador |
| Caves | Soldier | Get On With It | Tinderbox Music |
| Sleater-Kinney | One Beat | One Beat | Kill Rock Stars |
| Talkdemonic | Ending The Orange Glow | Eyes at Half Mast | Arena Rock |
| Animal Collective | Fireworks | Strawberry Jam | Domino |
| The Juan Maclean | Love is in the Air | Less Than Human | |
| Annuals | Sore | Wet Zoo | Terpsikhore |
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