Archive for October, 2023
Girl Rock 10/31/2023 PUNKTOBER 4!!! Last week of Punktober 2023!!!
Choose Your Fighter // Nova Twins
Panik // Bratmobile
Monster // L7
Girls Like Us // The Julie Ruin
Who Invited You // The Donnas
Security // Amyl an The Sniffers
Waking Up // Elastica
Launderette // Vivien Goldman
Hit Reset // The Julie Ruin
All Hail Me // Veruca Salt
Bridge to Hawaii // Tacocat
Used To Be Friends // Big Joanie
Dig Me Out // Sleater-Kinney
Tell Me So // Bikini Kill
Another Shot of Whiskey // The Gits
Underwear // Gen and the Degenerates
Typical Girls // The Slits
Sweet ’69 // Babes In Toyland
Only Happy When It Rains // Garbage
Fall Asleep // Big Joanie
Sub Saharan Vibes — October 30, 2023
- Youssou N’dour — 4-4-44
- Oumou Sangare — Woula Bara Diagna
- Femi Kuti — Make We Remember
- Thomas Mapfumo & The Blacks Unlimited — Ndateterera
- King Sunny Ade — Bombibele Horojo
- Amadoda Ahlangene — Isililo Sabo Mama
- Terakaft — Haran Bardan
- Dobet Gnahoré — Khabone-n’daw
- Mahlathini & Mahotella Queens — Melodi Ya Lla
- Baaba Maal — Toro
- Ali Farka Toure — Singya
- Ladysmith Black Mambazo — We, Nhliziyo Yami
涟漪 Lian Yi 10/30/23: Abolish Boring Ballads 2
We’re back with fun fresh Cpop! This time, we’ve got a bit of an indie kick. As always, unofficial translations are marked with *.
“Mr. Almost” by MC HotDog, Mr. Almost
“Ocean” by Cosmos People, The Moment
”Happy Are Those in Love” by Shirley Kwan, Happy Are Those in Love
“Fairytale World”* by Sue, Fairytale World*
“Mark Twain”* by Amazing Show, Multicolor Baoshan King
“Zombie King”* by Amazing Show, Multicolor Baoshan King
“Set Me Free” by FloruitShow, What Can I Use to Keep You
“The Natural Chill of Tranquility”* by FloruitShow, What Can I Use to Keep You
“Summer Night Wind”* by Mango Jump, Shin Formosa Youth
“Night life.Take us to the light” by Accusefive, Night life.Take us to the light
“A Road of Flowers”* by Yixin Wen, A Road of Flowers
《差不多先生》热狗，《差不多先生》
《蓝色的你》宇宙人，《理想状态》
《难得有情人》关淑怡，《难得有情人》
《童话世界》苏运莹，《童话世界》
《马克吐温》美秀集团，《多色宝山大王》
《僵尸王》美秀集团，《多色宝山大王》
《超度我》福禄寿，《我用什么把你留住》
《心静自然凉》福禄寿，《我用什么把你留住》
《夏夜晚风》芒果酱，《新 宝岛少年？》
《带我去找夜生活》告五人，《带我去找夜生活》
《一路生花》温奕心，《一路生花》
涟漪 10/23/23: My Favorite Chinese Album
Do you have an album that you love so much, but you rarely listen to because you know you’ll end up listening to the whole thing? That’s how I feel about Li Jian’s self titled 6th album from 2015. The songs in this album don’t have official translations, but here are the unofficial translations of the songs I played on air this week:
1: Searching Deep Seas
2: Beautiful As the Dawn
3: Before Sunset
4: Boat on the Ocean
5: First Sun After Rain
6: Secret Essences
7: Fog
8: Windy Dusk
9: Disappearing Moonlight
10: The Classic (a cover)
《深海之寻》
《美若黎明》
《日落之前》
《沧海轻舟》
《雨后初晴》
《众妙》
《迷雾》
《风吹黄昏》
《消失的月光》
《假如爱有天意》
涟漪 10/2/2023: Abolish Boring Ballads
Today I’ve got some fresh tracks to spice up your listening! This is the first of a new series I’m doing called Abolish Boring Ballads, where I share Chinese language tracks that aren’t the boring ballads that tend to rise to the top of the charts. As usual, an asterisk denotes an unofficial English translation.
“Stillness” by Naiwen Yang, SILENCE
“i wanna tell u” by Lexie Liu, The Happy Star
“Moonlight – Single Version” by I’mdifficult, Moonlight
“King of the Universe”* by RubberBand, King of the Universe*
“Lightly” by Eason Chan, Lightly
“Getting Warmer” by TNT, Getting Warmer
“In Your Rice Shop — Live” by Zhang Weiwei and Xiao He, Folk 2022 Episode 1
“Want to Go to the Beach”* by Summer Invasion Program*, Want to Go to the Beach*
“No One Cares About What You Care About”* by Then I Understand What You Mean*, No One Cares About What You Care About”*
“Three Kingdom Love” by TANK, Fighting !
”Accidentally in Love” by Sweet John ft. Waa Wei, In Mind
“Bungee Love” by Panther Chan, Bungee Love
“静止“ 杨乃文，《SILENCE》
”i wanna tell u” 刘柏辛, 《The Happy Star》
“Moonlight” 我是机车少女，《Moonlight》
”宇宙之王“ RubberBand, 《宇宙之王》
“尘大师” 陈奕迅，《尘大师》
“渐暖” 时代少年团，《渐暖》
“米店 – 现场” 张玮玮 和 小河，《我们民谣2022第一集》
“想去海边” 夏日入侵企画，《想去海边》
“没有人在乎你在乎的事” 那我懂你的意思了，《没有人在乎你在乎的事》
”三国恋“ 吕建忠，《Fighting！生存之道》
”不小心爱上你“ Sweet John ft. 魏如萱（xuan)，《In Mind》
”伸缩自如的爱“ 陈蕾，《伸缩自如的爱》
