Playlist 02.07.2010

The White Stripes - "Seven Nation Army" from Under the Great White Northern Lights; Warner Bros

The Raconteurs - "Consoler of the Lonely" from Consoler of the Lonely; Warner Bros

Brendan Benson - "Borrow" from My Old Familiar Friend; ATO

Wilco - "One Wing" from Wilco (the album); Nonesuch

A.C. Newman - "Dunno Much About Life..." from Stroke: Songs for Chris Knox; Merge

Spain - "I'm Still Free" from I'm Still Free; Diamond Soul

It's True - "The Bridge" from Cowboy Indian Bear/It's True split 7; The Record Machine

Rogue Wave - "Good Morning (The Future)" from Permalight; Brushfire

Retribution Gospel Choir - "Hide It Away" from 2; Sub Pop

Low - "When I Go Deaf" from The Great Destroyer; Sub Pop

Chavez - "New Room" from Ride the Fader; Matador

Dr. Dog - "The Old Days" from Fate; Park the Van

Dr. Dog - "My Old Ways" from We All Belong; Park the Van

The Lemonheads - "It's a Shame About Ray" from It's a Shame About Ray; Atlantic

Girls - "Laura" from Album; True Panther Sounds

Malachai - "Snowflake" from Ugly Side of Love; Domino

Cold War Kids - "Audience" from Behave Yourself; Downtown

Spoon - "Got Nuffin" from Transference; Merge

The Lost Fingers - "You Shook Me All Night Long" from Lost in the 80s; Tandem

The Hotrats - "Damaged Goods" from Turn Ons; Fat Possum

Kasabian - "Where Did All the Love Go?" from West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum; Red Ink

Elvis Costello - "...This Town..." from Spike; Warner Bros

Guided By Voices - "Hold On Hope" from Do The Collapse; TVT

Sonic Youth - "Cinderella's Big Score" from Goo; DGC

Playlist 01.31.2010

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - "Promise" from Live; Abstract Dragon/Vagrant
Rogue Wave - "Good Morning (The Future)" from Permalight; Brushfire
Cold War Kids - "Audience" from Behave Yourself; Downtown
Dr. Dog - "The Ark" from Fate; Park the Van
The Hotrats - "Damaged Goods" from Turn Ons; Fat Possum
Malakai - "Snowflake" from Ugly Side of Love; Domino
Spoon - "Nobody Gets Me But You" from Transference; Merge
Jay Reatard - "Pull Down the Shades" from Stroke: Songs for Chris Knox; Merge
Yo La Tengo - "Coloured" from Stroke: Songs for Chris Knox; Merge
The Watson Twins - "Modern Man" from Talking To You, Talking To Me; Vanguard
Spain - "I'm Still Free" from I'm Still Free; Diamond Soul
Evan Dando - "Hard Drive" from Baby, I'm Bored; Bar/None
Hüsker Dü - "Dead Set On Destruction" from Candy Apple Grey; Warner Bros
Grant Hart - "Charles Hollis Jones" from Hot Wax; Con d'Or
Animal Kingdom - "Tin Man" from Signs and Wonders; Warner Bros
Broken Bells - "The High Road" from Broken Bells; Columbia
Eagle*Seagull - "I'm Sorry, But I'm Beginning to Hate Your Face" from I Hate EPs; Regal Beagle
Tom Waits - "Hang On St. Christopher" from Frank's Wild Years; Island
Sea Wolf - "O Maria!" from White Water, White Bloom; Dangerbird
Girls - "Laura" from Album; True Panther
Red Pens - "Blue Lighters" from Reasons; Grain Belt
Willowz - "Repetition" from Everyone; Dim Mak
Beach House - "Norway" from Teen Dream; Sub Pop
Sonic Youth - "Sugar Kane" from Dirty; DGC

Playlist 01.24.2010

Franz Ferdinand - "All My Friends" ; Domino

Broken Bells - "The High Road" from Broken Bells; Columbia

The Shins - "They'll Soon Discover" from SpongeBob SquarePants; Sire

Animal Kingdom - "Tin Man" from Signs and Wonders; Warner Bros

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - "Took Out a Loan" from Live; Abstract Dragon/Vagrant

R.E.M. - "Disguised" from Live at the Olympia; Warner Bros

The English Beat - "Mirror in the Bathroom" from Beat This! The Best of The English Beat; London

Vampire Weekend - "California English" from Contra; XL

The Hotrats - "(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party)" from Turn Ons; Fat Possum

Oasis - "Morning Glory" from (What's the Story) Morning Glory; Sony

Darker My Love - "Blue Day" from 2; Dangerbird

TV On the Radio - "Lover's Day" from Dear Science; Interscope

The Cure - "This. Here and Now. With You" from 4:13 Dream; Geffen

Beach House - "Norway" from Teen Dream; Sub Pop

Lou Reed - "Perfect Day" from Transformer; RCA

Sebastien Grainger - "Map of the World" from American Names; Saddle Creek

Minutemen - "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" from 3-Way Tie (For Last); SST

Guided By Voices - "Cut-Out Witch" from Under the Bushes Under the Stars; Matador

Red Pens - "Hung Out" from Reasons; Grain Belt

Mudhoney - "Over the Top" from March To Fuzz; Sub Pop

The Muffs - "I Need You" from The Muffs; Warner Bros

Hole - "Jennifer's Body" from Live Through This; DGC

Spoon - "Written in Reverse" from Transference; Merge

Sonic Youth - "Kotton Krown" from Sister; SST

Playlist 01.17.2010

The Hotrats - "(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party)" from Turn Ons; Fat Possum
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - "Berlin" from Live; Abstract Dragon/Vagrant
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - "Spread Your Love" from Live; Abstract Dragon/Vagrant
The Life and Times - "My Last Hostage" from Suburban Hymns; DeSoto
The Life and Times - "Confetti" from Tragic Boogie; Arena Rock
Jay Reatard - "It Ain't Gonna Save Me" from Watch Me Fall; Matador
Jay Reatard - "See/Saw" from Matador Singles '08; Matador
Jay Reatard - "My Shadow" from Blood Visions; In The Red
Jay Reatard - "There Is No Sun" from Watch Me Fall; Matador
Red Pens - "Hung Out" from Reasons; Grain Belt
Dinosaur Jr. - "Your Weather" from Farm; Jagjaguwar
Little Brazil - "Harlots For Hope" from Tighten The Noose; Mt. Fuji
M. Ward - "Epistemology" from Hold Time; Merge
The Bridges - "Under The Sun" from Limits of the Sky; Verve
Basia Bulat - "Go On" from Heart of My Own; Rough Trade
American Music Club - "All The Lost Souls Welcome You To San Francisco" from The Golden Age; Merge
Elliott Smith - "Miss Misery (early version)" from New Moon; Kill Rock Stars
Longwave - "I Know It's Coming Someday" from The Strangest Things; RCA
Dr. Dog - "The Old Days" from Fate; Park The Van
Liz Phair - "Go West" from Whip-Smart; Matador/Atlantic
Beach House - "Norway" from Teen Dream; Sub Pop
Hot Chip - "One Life Stand" from One Life Stand; Astralwerks
Vampire Weekend - "White Sky" from Contra; XL
Spoon - "Written in Reverse" from Transference; Merge
Clem Snide - "Walmart Parking Lot" from The Meat of Life; 429
Sonic Youth - "Hey Joni" from Daydream Nation; Blast First

Playlist 01.10.2010

Beck - "Sunday Sun" from Sea Change; Geffen
Vampire Weekend - "White Sky" from Contra; XL
The New Pornographers - "Mutiny, I Promise You" from Challengers; Matador
Spoon - "Car Radio" from A Series of Sneaks; Elektra
Spoon - "Written in Reverse" from Transference; Merge
Editors - "Papillion" from In This Light and On This Evening; Fader
Hot Chip - "One Life Stand" from One Life Stand; Astralwerks
Devo - "That's Good" from Oh, No! It's DEVO; Warner Bros
Santogold - "My Superman" from Santogold; Downtown
Amazing Baby - "Pump Yr Brakes" from Rewild; Shangri-La
Diamond Nights - "A Kiss To Tell" from Popsicle; Kemado
Girls Against Boys - "Bullet Proof Cupid" from Venus Luxure No 1 Baby; Touch and Go
Handsome Furs - "Handsome Furs Hate This City" from Plague Park; Sub Pop
Skeleton Key - "The Needle Never Ends" from Fantastic Spikes Through Balloon; Capitol
Arcade Fire - "(Antichrist Television Blues)" from Neon Bible; Merge
Fiona Apple - "I Want You (live on Decades Rock Live)"
Annuals - "Father" from Be He Me; Ace Fu
Maritime - "Guns of Navarone" from Heresy and the Hotel Choir; Flameshovel
Built To Spill - "Gone" from You In Reverse; Warner Bros
Superchunk - "Screw It Up" from Leaves in the Gutter; Merge
Tommy Stinson - "Couldn't Wait" from Village Gorilla Head; Sanctuary
Okkervil River - "Unless It's Kicks" from The Stage Names; Jagjaguwar
Cursive - "The Great Decay" from Burst and Bloom; Saddle Creek
Sonic Youth - "Antenna" from The Eternal; Matador

Playlist 1.3.2010

Stars - "The Night Starts Here" from In Our Bedroom After the War; Arts & Crafts
Spoon - "Written in Reverse" from Transference; Merge
Sleater-Kinney - "All Hands on the Bad One" from All Hands On the Band One; Kill Rock Stars
The Hives - "Love in Plaster" from Tyrannosaurus Hives; Interscope
Ladyfinger (ne) - "Too Cool For School" from Heavy Hands; Saddle Creek
Okkervil River - "Riot Act" from Almost You: The Songs of Elvis Costello; Glurp
Paul Westerberg - "We May Be the Ones" from Stereo; Vagrant
The Replacements - "Attitude" from All Shook Down; Sire/Reprise
Stephen Malkmus - "No More Shoes" from Face The Truth; Matador
Slender Means - "Van Gogh" from Neon & Ruin; Mt. Fuji
The Flaming Lips - "Talkin' 'Bout the Smiling Deathporn..." from Hit To Death in the Future Head; Warner Bros
...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - "Another Morning Stoner" from Source Tags & Codes; Interscope
UUVVWWZ - "Hum Jam" from UUVVWWZ; Saddle Creek
Soundgarden - "Uncovered" from Louder Than Love; A & M
Number One Cup - "High Diver" from People People Why Are We Fighting; Flydaddy
Wilco - "What Light" from Sky Blue Sky; Nonesuch
Bright Eyes - "Four Winds" from Cassadega; Saddle Creek
Supersuckers - "Born With a Tail" from Devil's Food; Mid-Fi
Faith No More - "Take This Bottle" from King For a Day Fool For a Life Time; Slash
Band of Horses - "Is There a Ghost" from Cease To Begin; Sub Pop
Superchunk - "It's So Hard To Fall In Love" from Tossing Seeds (Singles 89-91); Merge
R.E.M. - "Auctioneer" from Live at the Olympia; Warner Bros
Vampire Weekend - "Cousins" from Contra; XL
Sonic Youth - "Unmade Bed" from Sonic Nurse; Geffen

Playlist 12.20.2009

Top 50 Albums of 2009 (25-1):

25. Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band - "Slowly (oh so slowly)" from Outer South; Merge
24. Yo La Tengo - "Nothing To Hide" from Popular Songs; Matador
23. Glasvegas - "Geraldine" from Glasvegas; Columbia
22. The Raveonettes - "The Last Dance" from In and Out of Control; Vice
21. Silversun Pickups - "The Royal We" from Swoon; Dangerbird
20. Them Crooked Vultures - "Gunman" from Them Crooked Vultures; Interscope
19. Amazing Baby - "Headdress" from Rewild; Shangri-La
18. Cursive - "I Couldn't Love You" from Mama, I'm Swollen; Saddle Creek
17. Brendan Benson - "Don't Wanna Talk" from My Old Familiar Friend; ATO
16. Japandroids - "Heart Sweats" from Post-Nothing; Polyvinyl
15. Wilco - "Wilco (the song)" from Wilco (the album); Nonesuch
14. Art Brut - "The Replacements" from Art Brut vs. Satan; Downtown
13. M. Ward - "Epistemology" from Hold Time; Merge
12. The Life and Times - "Fall of the Angry Clowns" from Tragic Boogie; Arena Rock
11. Slayer - "Public Display of Dismemberment" from World Painted Blood; American
10. Various Artists - New Tales To Tell: A Tribute to Love and Rockets; Justice
09. The Thermals - "When I Died" from Now We Can See; Kill Rock Stars
08. Dan Auerbach - "My Last Mistake" from Keep It Hid; Nonesuch
07. Band of Skulls - "Death By Diamonds and Pearls" from Baby Darling Dollface Honey; Shangri-La
06. Built To Spill - "Life's A Dream" from There Is No Enemy; Warner Bros
05. Dinosaur Jr. - "Over It" from Farm; Jagjaguwar
04. Jemina Pearl - "Retrograde" from Break It Up; Ecstatic Peace
03. Sonic Youth - "Calming the Snakes" from The Eternal; Matador
02. Stardeath and White Dwarfs - "New Heat" from The Birth; Warner Bros
01. St. Vincent - "Marrow" from Actor; 4AD