Playlist 01.29.2023

Margo Price - "Change of Heart" from Strays; Loma Vista

The New Pornographers - "Really Really Light" ; Merge

Juniper - "James" from She Steals Candy; Confidential

Built To Spill - "Comes A Day" from When The Wind Forgets Your Name; Sub Pop

Beck - "End of the Day" from Sea Change; Geffen

Screaming Trees - "Ivy" from Invisible Lantern; SST

Screaming Trees - "Caught Between" from Uncle Anesthesia; Epic

The National - "Tropic Morning News" ; 4AD

Talking Heads - "Cities" from Fear Of Music; Sire

Quasi - "Doomscrollers" from Breaking The Balls of History; Sub Pop

Mercury Rev - "Coney Island Cyclone" from Yerself Is Steam; Sony

Courtney Barnett - "Hopefulessness" from Tell Me How You Really Feel; Mom+Pop

We Are Scientists - "Turn It Up" from Lobes; Masterswan

Beach Bunny - "Oxygen" from Emotional Creature; Mom+Pop

Mudhoney - "Almost Everything" ; Sub Pop

Belle and Sebastian - "I Don't Know What You See In Me" from Late Developers; Matador

Sharon Van Etten - "Leonard" from Tramp; Jagjaguwar

Yo La Tengo - "Aselestine" ; Matador

Pixies - "Nomatterday" from Doggerel; BMG

Cursive - "So-So Gigolo" from Happy Hollow; Saddle Creek

De La Soul - "The Magic Number" from 3 Feet High and Rising

Sonic Youth - "Free City Rhymes" from NYC Ghosts and Flowers; Geffen

Playlist 01.22.2023

Built To Spill - "Elements" from When the Wind Forgets Your Name; Sub Pop

Bare Jr. - "If You Choose Me" from Brainwasher; Immortal

Pretenders - "The Adultress" from Pretenders II; Sire

Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs - "Kid" from Under the Covers, Vol. 3; Shout Factory

Juniper - "James" from She Steals Candy; Confidential

Yo La Tengo - "Aseletine" ; Matador

Parquet Courts - "Berlin Got Blurry" from Human Performance; Rough Trade

The Hold Steady - "Sideways Skull" ; Thirty Tigers

The National - "Tropic Morning News" ; 4AD

Kurt Vile - "Loading Zones" from Bottle It In; Matador

The Velvet Underground - "All Tomorrow's Parties" from The Velvet Underground & Nico; Verve

Nirvana - "Mr. Moustache" from Bleach; Sub Pop

Margo Price - "Change of Heart" from Strays; Loma Vista

Tennis - "Let's Make a Mistake Tonight" ; Thirty Tigers

Phoebe Bridgers - "Punisher" from Punisher; Dead Oceans

Quasi - "Doomscrollers" ; Sub Pop

Belle and Sebastian - "I Don't Know What You See In Me" from Late Developers; Matador

Fucked Up - "I Think I Might Be Weird" ; Merge

Bloc Party - "Banquet" from Silent Alarm; Wichita

The New Pornographers - "Really Really Light" ; Merge

Liz Phair - "What Makes You Happy" from Whitechocolatespaceegg; Capitol

Elvis Costello & The Attractions - "Blue Chair" from Blood and Chocolate; Rykodisc

The Replacements - "I'll Be You" from Don't Tell A Soul; Sire/Reprise

Lee Ranaldo - "New Thing" from Electric Trim; Mute

Playlist 01.15.2023

Belle and Sebastian - "I Don't Know What You See In Me" ; Matador

Fiona Apple - "Extraordinary Machine" from Extraordinary Machine; Sony

The Flaming Lips - "Ginerale Afternoon (The Astrology of a Saturday)" from Hit To Death In the Future Head; Warner Bros

Juniper - "James" from She Steals Candy; Confidential

Bleached - "Next Stop" from Ride Your Heart; Dead Oceans

Ted Leo and The Pharmacists - "Ativan Eyes" from The Brutalist Bricks; Matador

Bettie Serveert - "Tom Boy" from Palomine; Matador

Japanese Breakfast - "Road Head" from Soft Sounds From Another Planet; Dead Oceans

Built To Spill - "I Would Hurt a Fly (live)" from Live; Warner Bros

Built To Spill - "Elements" from When The Wind Forgets Your Name; Sub Pop

Quasi - "Doomscrollers" ; Sub Pop

Minus The Bear - "Steel and Blood" from Infinity Overhead; Dangerbird

F$cked Up - "I Think I Might Be Weird" ; Merge

The Hold Steady - "Sideways Skull" ; Thirty Tigers

Interpol - "All Fired Up" from Our Love To Admire; Capitol

Paul Westerberg - "Things" from 14 Songs; Sire/Reprise

Yo La Tengo - "Aselestine" ; Matador

Joe Jackson - "Sunday Papers" from Look Sharp!; A&M

Nilufer Yanya - "Stabilise" from Painless; ATO

The New Pornographers - "Really Really Light" ; Merge

King Tuff - "Tell Me" ; Sub Pop

Tennis - "Let's Make a Mistake Tonight" ; Thirty Tigers

Blake Babies - "Severed Lips" from Rosy Jack World; Mammoth

Sonic Youth - "Cross The Breeze" from Daydream Nation; Blast First

Playlist 01.08.2023

The Hold Steady - "Sideways Skull" ; Thirty Tigers

Sleater-Kinney - "What's Mine Is Yours (live)" from Live In Paris; Sub Pop

Sleater-Kinney - "Reach Out" from The Center Won't Hold; Mom+Pop

Crocodiles - "Welcome To Hell" from Dreamless; Zoo Music

Nilufer Yanya - "Stabilise" from Painless; ATO

Juniper - "James" from She Steals Candy; Confidential

Yo La Tengo - "It Takes A Lot To Laugh" from Sleepless Night EP; Matador

Yo La Tengo - "Fallout" ; Matador

Conor Oberst - "Lenders In The Temple" from Conor Oberst; Merge

fIREHOSE - "Things Could Turn Around" from Ragin' Full-On; SST

Luna - "23 Minutes In Brussels" from Penthouse; Elektra

Moving Panoramas - "Home Alone" from In Two; Modern Outsider

The Kills - "Baby's Eyes" from Little Bastards; Domino

Sebadoh - "Soul and Fire" from Bubble and Scrape; Sub Pop

Superchunk - "This Night" from Wild Loneliness; Merge

Phantom Planet - "Balisong" from Devastator; Gong

Elvis Costello & The Imposters - "Magnificent Hurt" from The Boy Named If; Capitol

First Aid Kit - "Emmylou" from The Lion's Roar; Wichita

Patti Smith - "Frederick" from Outside Society; Arista

Queens of the Stone Age - "Long Slow Goodbye" from Lullabies To Paralyze; Interscope

Sonic Youth - "Wild Flower Soul" from A Thousand Leaves; Geffen

Top 25 Albums of 2022

25. Disq - Desperately Imagining Someplace Quiet (Saddle Creek)

24. Drive-By Truckers - Welcome 2 Club XIII (ATO)

23. Camp Cope - Running With the Hurricane (Run For Cover)

22. Kiwi Jr. - Chopper (Sub Pop)

21. Hurray For the Riff Raff - Life On Earth (Rough Trade)

20. The Mountain Goats - Bleed Out (Merge)

19. Sorry - Anywhere But Here (Domino)

18. Momma - Household Name (Polyvinyl)

17. Wilco - Cruel Country (dBpm)

16. Johnny Marr - Fever Dreams Pts. 1-4 (BMG)

15. Nikki Lane - Denim and Diamonds (New West)

14. Erin Anne - Do Your Worst (Carpark)

13. Johanna Warren - Lessons For Mutants (Wax Nine/Carpark)

12. Band of Horses - Things Are Great (BMG)

11. Superchunk - Wild Loneliness (Merge)

10. Built To Spill - When The Wind Forgets Your Name (Sub Pop)

09. Horsegirl - Versions of Modern Performance (Matador)

08. The Mommyheads - Genius Killer (self released)

07. Weird Nightmare - Weird Nightmare (Sub Pop)

06. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Cool It Down (Secretly Canadian)

05. Spoon - Lucifer On The Sofa (Matador)

04. Elvis Costello & The Imposters - The Boy Named If (Capitol)

03. Wet Leg - Wet Leg (Domino)

02. The Beths - Expert In a Dying Field (Carpark)

01. Alvvays - Blue Rev (Polyvinyl)

Playlist 12.04.2022

Wilco - "Cruel Country" from Cruel Country; dBpm

Lou Reed - "She's My Best Friend" from Coney Island Baby; Arista

Butch Walker and The Black Widows - "In Bloom" from Newermind: A Tribute to Nirvana's Nevermind

Shame - "Fingers of Steel"

Perfect - "Better Days" from Once, Twice, Three Times a Maybe; Rykodisc

Paul Westerberg - "Dyslexic Heart" from Besterberg: The Best of Paul Westerberg; Rhino

R.E.M. - "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" from Monster; Warner Bros

Neil Young with Crazy Horse - "Love Earth" from World Record; Reprise

Neil Young & Crazy Horse - "Powderfinger (live)" from Live Rust; Reprise

Weird Nightmare - "So Far Gone" ; Sub Pop

Queens of the Stone Age - "Everybody Knows That You Are Insane" from Lullabies To Paralyze; Interscope

The Flaming Lips - "Do You Realize??" from Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots; Warner Bros

Phoebe Bridgers - "So Much Wine" ; Dead Oceans

Luna - "Slash Your Tires" from Lunapark; Elektra

Here We Go Magic - "How Do I Know" from A Different Ship; Secretly Canadian

Those Darlins - "Baby Mae" from Blur The Line; Oh Wow Dang

David Nance Group - "When I Saw You Last Night" from Peaced and Slightly Pulverized; Trouble In Mind

Yo La Tengo - "Fallout" ; Matador

Elvis Costello - "Hetty O'Hara Confidential" from Hey Clockface; Concord

Jenny Lewis - "Rabbit Hole" from On The Line; Warner Bros

The Mommyheads - "We Almost Lost It All" from Genius Killer; self released

Sonic Youth - "Rain On Tin" from Murray Street; Geffen

Playlist 11.27.2022

Phoebe Bridgers - "So Much Wine" ; Dead Oceans

The Walkmen - "Heaven" from Heaven; Fat Possum

The Mountain Goats - "Harbor Me" from Getting Into Knives; Merge

The War On Drugs - "Change" from I Don't Live Here Anymore; Atlantic

Shame - "Fingers of Steel" ; Dead Oceans

Weird Nightmare - "So Far Gone" ; Sub Pop

Pixies - "Haunted House" from Doggerel; BMG

Quasi - "Queen of Ears" ; Sub Pop

Matthew Sweet - "Sick of Myself" from 100% Fun; Zoo

Johanna Warren - "Piscean Lover" from Lessons For Mutants; Carpark

Yo La Tengo - "Fallout" ; Matador

R.E.M. - "Catapult" from Murmur; I.R.S.

Weyes Blood - "Grapevine" from And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow; Sub Pop

Land of Talk - "Footnotes" from Indistinct Conversations; Saddle Creek

X - "Unheard Music" from Los Angeles; Slash

The Mommyheads - "Genius Killer" from Genius Killer; self released

Superchunk - "Learned To Surf" from Majesty Shredding; Merge

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - "Took Out A Loan" from Baby 81; RCA

Butthole Surfers - "The Hurdy Gurdy Man" from Pioughd; Capitol

The Stooges - "1970" from Fun House; Elektra

Parquet Courts - "Watching Strangers Smile" ; Rough Trade

Juliana Hatfield - "All Right, Yeah" from Weird; American Laundromat

Sonic Youth - "Incinerate" from Rather Ripped; Geffen