 05/10/06
The music video for the SOAM5 version of Metric's Dead Disco is now available here!!
The music director overturned the conference table, the marketing assistant
threw a chair across the room and an engineer took a baseball bat to
the CD player.
Compiling the track list for Stuck
on AM 5 was dirty business. Like junior high all over again,
the K staff and volunteers backstabbed, hair-pulled and shed tears.
I once walked out of the room screaming, “If Kanser is not on
this CD, I quit!”
Perhaps we are an overly dramatic bunch
at Radio K, but all this drama benefits the station. If we didn’t
care, Radio K would be a boring, mope-rock, typical college station
and SOAM 5 would consist of the same indie rock we’ve
heard since the 80s. Instead, when I tune into the K, I know I’m
guaranteed to hear new artists. Some artists make me believe in
the Second Coming and others make me want to throw my radio into the
Mississippi. Radio K is not my perfect radio station and SOAM 5 is not my perfect compilation. It may not be yours, either.
I wouldn’t have it any other way.
It’s not that I’m a pessimist or a masochist, but I don’t
like things to be too easy. I want a challenge. Change does not come
and dialogues do not exist without tension and without some sort of
conflict. The true beauty of Radio K lies in the station’s commitment
to representing not only new sounds but new ideas as well.
You can now hold SOAM 5 in your hands, because
we at the K negotiated a peace treaty and ceased the violence. To me,
however, SOAM 5 is not a compromise. The track list on this
compilation represents songs and artists that someone at Radio K felt
passionate about and campaigned to keep on the compilation. These are
the songs that fought and survived the battle of the music geeks.
Maybe SOAM 5 does not so much
represent Radio K as a whole, but the individuals that voice the station.
It is this clash of different voices that creates an important conversation
between the music and the listener. SOAM 5 may not have all
my favorite performances over the years, but when I listen to the CD
– just like when I listen to Radio K – I listen actively,
rather than passively. I think you will, too.
April 2006
Keri Carlson
Host - Off the Record |
|
 Welcome to the SOAM 5 website. On the left side of the page, you can listen to clips from all of the compliation's 19 splendiferous tracks, all recorded live in Studio K between September 2003 and January 2006, each and every recording exclusive to this CD.
Wanna get your hands on SOAM 5? Currently, it's only available to Radio K Watt Owners who purchase 7 watts or more. You can pick up a copy of SOAM 5 by supporting Radio K through buying watts. Call 612-626-ROCK, or visit the Support page for more info.
The Artist Info page has information on all 19 artists who appear on the compilation; local, national, and international, including links to artists' web pages.
For a special treat, visit the Extras! page, where you can read behind-the-scenes tales of the Studio K sessions that appear on SOAM 5, and see and hear special SOAM 5 content, including a music video for Dead Disco. There's also bonus audio, like Haley Bonar's award-winning "Real College Radio" song!
Finally, as documented by Keri Carlson, a lot of people put a lot of sweat into SOAM 5. So visit the Credits page to see expanded credits, including songwriter, engineer, and contributor info.
|
