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Just a quick note for everyone who is waiting for my latest shows. I’m now on holiday (first Vancouver and then Hawaii) and I’ll upload them as soon as I can. Not sure about the internet connection at these kind of beaches.

If you are in Hamburg you’ll still be able to listen to a new show next Wednesday, I’ve recorded it already.

In the meantime you can follow me on twitter where I’ll try and make people as jealous as possible. There will be some pictures as well.

I used to discover and select tracks for my radio show mainly by finding albums (in the shops or online), listening to them once or twice and picking the track I like most. It was time-consuming but it meant I would take in the full work of the artists.

Now it seems it is going the other way round – I find one track online and if I like it a lot I might also check out the rest of the album. Do I not have enough time to listen to entire albums? Even though this is certainly true it might only show half the truth: maybe I don’t want to invest the time into listening to music that I might end up not playing on my show.

When I prepared for today’s heute:pop:morgen show I really wanted to recommend some albums that I’ve been listening to a lot over the last month. Here we go:

Bat For Lashes – Two Suns
The Decemberists – The Hazards Of Love
Archive – Controlling Crowds (doesn’t seem to be available in th UK yet)
Fink – Sort Of Revolution

You know the deal: if you only want to listen to four albums this spring make sure it’s the above.

There will be another post about the albums I recommend for this spring, below the tracklisting for today.

You can listen to all this here.

1. Polyphonic Spree ‘Lithium’
2. The Decemberists ‘The Rake’s Song’
3. Archive ‘Bullets’
4. Yeah Yeah Yeahs ‘Hysteric’
5. The Antlers ‘Kettering’
6. Fink ‘Sort Of Revolution’
7. Peachcake ‘Welcome To The Party To Save The World’
8. Familjen ‘Hog Luft’ (The Field Rmx)
9. Cazals ‘Somebody, Somewhere’ (Moulinex Remix)
10. Bloc Party ‘The Prayer’ (Does It Offend You, Yeah? Remix)
11. The Kills ‘Cheap and Cheerful (SebastiAn Remix)

Hopefully I wasn’t talking too much about the potential future of ad supported music services this week. These are tricky time for anyone working in music, may it be music owners or services that want to bring music to the fans.

You can listen to my latest show here.

1. Jimi Hendrix ‘All Along The Watchtower’
2. Archive ‘Bullets’
3. Fredo Viola ‘The Turn (A Pagan Lament)
4. The Decemberists ‘The Rake’s Song’
5. Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy ‘Afraid Ain’t Me’
6. Suicide ‘Ghost Rider’
7. Architecture In Helsinki ‘Hold Music’ (Max Tundra Mix)
8. Cazals ‘Somebody, Somewhere (Moulinex Remix)
9. MSTRKRFT ‘Fist Of God’
10. Passion Pit ‘I’ve Got Your Number’
11. The Wee Rogue ‘Into The Mist’

Today I’ve been sharing my challenging experience while getting my motorbike license but also mentioned a topic that we will probably discuss in more detail over the next few months: what is happening with advertising supported music services?

I mentioned the Techcrunch article on imeem. Please note that there is not a lot of truth in the details of this but it certainly raises a big issue for the digital music industry: what if ad supported music streaming does not work?

You can listen to all this here.

1. Nena ’99 Luftballons’
2. Passion Pit ‘I’ve Got Your Number’
3. Fever Ray ‘When I Grow Up’
4. Whitefield Brothers ‘In The Raw’
5. Thunderheist ‘Sweet 16′
6. Grizzly Bear ‘Cheerleader’
7. Fredo Viola ‘The Turn (A Pegan Lament)’
8. Low ‘Fear’ (Live)
9. Weinland ‘I’m Sure It Helps’
10. Red Red Meat ‘Gauze’
11. Bob Dylan ‘The Times They Are A-Changin”
12. Jimi Hendrix ‘All Along The Watchtower’
13. Louderbach ‘Shine’