Playlist 01.26.2014

Black Lips - "Drugs" from 200 Million Thousand; Vice
Howler - "Back Of Your Neck" from America Give Up; Rough Trade
Speedy Ortiz - "American Horror" from Real Hair; Carpark
Mazes - "Surf & Turf" from A Thousand Heys; FatCat
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks - "Planetary Motion" from Wig Out at Jagbags; Matador
The War On Drugs - "Red Eyes" ; Secretly Canadian
Darker My Love - "Two Ways Out" from 2; Dangerbird
Midlake - "The Old and the Young" from Antiphon; ATO
Beck - "Blue Moon" ; Capitol
Middle Brother - "Blood and Guts" from Middle Brother; Patisan
Fiona Apple - "Werewolf" from The Idler Wheel...; Epic
Minor Alps - "If I Wanted Trouble" from Get There; Barsuk
Animal Collective - "My Girls" from Merriweather Post Pavillion; Domino
Gardens & Villa - "Bullet Train" from Dunes; Secretly Canadian
Cheatahs - "Get Tight" from Cheatahs; Wichita
Against Me! - "Black Me Out" from Transgender Dysphoria Blues; Total Treble
Manchester Orchestra - "Top Notch" ; Columbia
The Wedding Present - "Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah" from Watusi; Island
The Wedding Present - "High" from Just Like Heaven: A Tribute to The Cure; American Laundromat
The Wedding Present - "Shatner" from The BBC Sessions; Strange Fruit
The Wedding Present - "Dalliance" from Seamonsters; BMG
The Wedding Present - "My Favourite Dress" from The BBC Sessions; Strange Fruit
The Wedding Present - "It's a Gas" from Watusi; Island
The Wedding Present - "She's My Best Friend" from Hit Parade 3; Manifesto
The Wedding Present - "So Long, Baby" from Watusi; Island
Pixies - "Greens and Blues" from EP2; self released
Eternal Summers - "Gouge" ; Kanine
The Pack A.D. - "Animal" from Do Not Engage; Nettwerk
The Strypes - "Blue Collar Jane" from Blue Collar Jane; Island
Low - "Monkey" from The Great Destroyer; Sub Pop
See Through Dresses - "You Get Sick Again" from See Through Dresses; self released
Real Estate - "Talking Backwards" ; Domino
Blonde Summer - "High Times" from High Times; self released
Cibo Matto - "10th Floor Ghost Girl" from Hotel Valentine; Chimera
Wilco - "Box Full of Letters" from A.M.; Reprise
Yo La Tengo - "Barnaby, Hardly Working" from Prisoners of Love; Matador
Stereolab - "Wow and Flutter" from Mars Audiac Quintet; Elektra
Sonic Youth - "Tom Violence" from EVOL; SST

Playlist 01.19.2014

Beck - "It Won't Be Long" ; Fonograf
Archers of Loaf - "Death in the Park" from Vee Vee; Merge
Midlake - "The Old and the Young" from Antiphon; ATO
Queens of the Stone Age - "Auto Pilot" from Rated R; Interscope
Cheatahs - "Cut the Grass" ; Wichita
Arcade Fire - "Games Without Frontiers" from And I'll Scratch Yours; Real World
Tears For Fears - "Ready To Start" ; self released
Cibo Matto - "10th Floor Ghost Girl" from Hotel Valentine; Chimera
Tokyo Police Club - "Hot Tonight" ; Mom+Pop
Stardeath and White Dwarfs - "New Heat" from The Birth; Warner Bros
The Flaming Lips & Stardeath and White Dwarfs - "On the Run" from The Dark Side of the Moon; Warner Bros
Speedy Ortiz - "American Horror" ; Carpark
See Through Dresses - "You Get Sick Again" from See Through Dresses; self released
Against Me! - "Black Me Out" from Transgender Dysphoria Blues; Total Treble
The Pack A.D. - "Animal" from Do Not Engage; Nettwerk
Sleepy Sun - "11:32" from Maui Tears; Dine Alone
New York Dolls - "Personality Crisis" from New York Dolls; Mercury
New York Dolls - "Chatterbox" from Too Much Too Soon; Mercury
New York Dolls - "Jet Boy" from New York Dolls; Mercury
New York Dolls - "Babylon" from Too Much Too Soon; Mercury
New York Dolls - "Dance Like a Monkey" from One Day It Will Please Us...; Roadrunner
New York Dolls - "Looking For a Kiss" from New York Dolls; Mercury
New York Dolls - "'Cause I Sez So" from 'Cause I Sez So; Atco
New York Dolls - "Pills" from New York Dolls; Mercury
X - "The Once Over Twice" from Wild Gift; Slash
Parquet Courts - "Stoned and Starving" from Light Up Gold; What's Your Rapture?
Pixies - "Greens and Blues" from EP2; self released
The Fratellis - "She's Not Gone Yet But She's Leaving" ; BMG
Eagles of Death Metal - "I Like To Move It In the Night" from Death By Sexy; Downtown
Lee Ranaldo & The Dust - "Key/Hole" from Last Night On Earth; Matador
Bob Mould - "Poison Years" from Workbook; Virgin
Okkervil River - "On a Balcony" from The Silver Gymnasium; ATO
Primal Scream - "Loaded" from Screamadelica; Creation
Minutemen - "No One" from 3 Way Tie (For Last); SST
Alex Chilton - "Sick and Tired" from Live In Anvers; Rykodisc
Sonic Youth - "Walkin Blue" from The Eternal; Matador

Playlist 01.12.2014

Dum Dum Girls - "Lost Boys and Girls Club" from Too True; Sub Pop
The Smiths - "There is a Light That Never Goes Out" from The Sound of the Smiths; Rough Trade
Treepeople - "Big Mouth Strikes Again" from Something Vicious For Tomorrow; C/Z
Boston Spaceships - "Let It Beard" from Let It Beard; GBV Inc
The Front Bottoms - "Skeleton" from Talon of the Hawk; Bar/None
Speedy Ortiz - "American Horror" ; Carpark
Against Me! - "FUCKMYLIFE666" from Transgender Dysphoria Blues; Total Treble
Reverend Horton Heat - "Let Me Teach You How To Eat" from REV; Victory
See Through Dresses - "You Get Sick Again" from See Through Dresses; self released
Crocodiles - "Sunday (Psychic Conversation #9)" from Endless Flowers; Frenchkiss
Hawkwind - "Silver Machine" from In Search of Space; Parlophone
Beep Beep - "The Whispering Waves" from Enchanted Islands; Saddle Creek
The Replacements - "Busted Up" from Songs For Slim: Rockin' Here Tonight; New West
Marshall Crenshaw - "Someday, Someway" from Marshall Crenshaw; Warner Bros
St. Vincent - "Birth In Reverse" from St. Vincent; Republic
Tears For Fears - "My Girls" ; self released
Girl In a Coma - "Clumsy Sky" from Both Before I'm Gone; Blackheart
The Muffs - "Agony" from Blonder and Blonder; Reprise
The Muffs - "Another Ugly Face" from Alert Today Alive Tomorrow; Fat Wreck Chords
The Muffs - "No Action" from Hamburger; Sympathy For the Record Industry
The Muffs - "Lucky Guy" from The Muffs; Warner Bros
The Muffs - "Really Really Happy" from Really Really Happy; Oglio
The Muffs - "Kids In America" from Hamburger; Sympathy For the Record Industry
The Muffs - "That Awful Man" from Happy Birthday To Me; Reprise
The Muffs - "I Need You" from The Muffs; Warner Bros
The Muffs - "You and Your Parrot" from Happy Birthday To Me; Reprise
The Muffs - "Sad Tomorrow" from Blonder and Blonder; Reprise
Of Montreal - "Forecast Fascist Future" from The Sunlandic Twins; Polyvinyl
Be Your Own Pet - "Bicycle Race" from Killer Queen: A Tribute to Queen; Hollywood
Pixies - "Blue Eyed Hexe" from EP2; self released
Metz - "Wet Blanket" from Metz; Sub Pop
Oneida - "Each One Teach One" from Each One Teach One; Jagjaguwar
Cloud Nothings - "Wasted Days" from Attack On Memory; Carpark
The Libertines - "Skag and Bone Man" from Up the Bracket; Rough Trade
American Music Club - "If I Had a Hammer" from Mercury; Atlantic
Bettie Serveert - "Hell = Other People" from bare stripped naked; Minty Fresh
Spiritualized - "Soul On Fire" from Songs In A&E; Fontana
Okkervil River - "On a Balcony" from The Silver Gymnasium; ATO
Joe Jackson - "I'm the Man" from I'm the Man; A&M
Sonic Youth - "The Empty Page" from Murray Street; Geffen

Playlist 01.05.2014

Franz Ferdinand - "Bullet" from Right Thoughts...; Domino
Ringo Deathstarr - "So High" from Colour Trip; Sonic Unyon
Swervedriver - "Deep Would" ; self released
Modest Mouse - "Gravity Rides Everything" from The Moon and Antarctica; Epic
Against Me! - "FUCKMYLIFE666" ; Total Treble
Death Cab For Cutie - "I Will Possess Your Heart" from Narrow Stairs; Atlantic
Pixies - "All Over the World" from Bossanova; 4AD
Pixies - "Blue Eyed Hexe" from EP2; self released
St. Vincent - "Birth In Reverse" ; Loma Vista
Silversun Pickups - "Cannibal" ; Dangerbird
Tears For Fears - "Mad World" from Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82-92); Polygram
Tears For Fears - "My Girls" ; self released
Neutral Milk Hotel - "Two Headed Boy" from In an Aeroplane Over the Sea; Merge
Okkervil River - "It Was My Season" from The Silver Gymnasium; ATO
The Front Bottoms - "Skeleton" from Talon of the Hawk; Bar/None
Heartless Bastards - "Simple Feeling" from Arrow; Partisan
Les Savy Fav - "Lips N' Stuff" from Root For Ruin; Frenchkiss
Arctic Monkeys - "Crying Lightning" from Humbug; Domino
Arctic Monkeys - "She's Thunderstorms" from Suck It and See; Domino
Arctic Monkeys - "Evil Twin" from R U Mine?; Domino
Arctic Monkeys - "R U Mine?" from AM; Domino
Arctic Monkeys - "Fluorescent Adolescent" from Favourite Worst Nightmare; Domino
Arctic Monkeys - "My Propeller" from Humbug; Domino
Arctic Monkeys - "The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala" from Suck It and See; Domino
Arctic Monkeys - "Snap Out of It" from AM; Domino
Talking Heads - "(Nothing But) Flowers" from Naked; Sire
Elvis Costello and The Roots - "Stick Out Your Tongue" from Wise Up Ghost; Blue Note
Dum Dum Girls - "Lost Boys and Girls Club" ; Sub Pop
Drakes Hotel - "Young Taste" from Love's Not Lazy; self released
Nada Surf - "Killian's Red" from Let Go; Barsuk
Father John Misty - "Funtimes In Babylon" from Fear Fun; Sub Pop
Father John Misty - "Do You Realize??"
Low - "Everybody's Song" from The Great Destroyer; Sub Pop
The Thermals - "A Pillar of Salt" from The Body, The Blood, The Machine; Sub Pop
Phantom Planet - "In Our Darkest Hour" from The Guest; Epic
Sonic Youth - "Sugar Kane" from Dirty; DGC

Top 50 Albums of 2013

50) Matt Whipkey - Penny Park: Omaha, NE: Summer 1989 (self released)
49) The Jim Jones Revue - The Savage Heart (Punk Rock Blues)
48) The Weeks - Dear Bo Jackson (Serpents and Snakes)
47) Fidlar - Fidlar (Mom+Pop)
46) Deerhunter - Monomania (4AD)
45) Sebadoh - Defend Yourself (Joyful Noise)
44) Ty Segall - Sleeper (Drag City)
43) Eli Mardock - Everything Happens for the First Time (Paper Garden)
42) Sebastien Grainger - Yours To Discover (Last Gang)
41) King Khan & The Shrines - Idle No More (Merge)
40) Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City (XL)
39) Ezra Furman - Day of the Dog (Bar/None)
38) Bleached - Ride Your Heart (Dead Oceans)
37) Wavves - Afraid of Heights (Warner Bros)
36) The Thermals - Desperate Ground (Saddle Creek)
35) Noah's Ark Was a Spaceship - You Need You (self released)
34) Portugal. The Man - Evil Friends (Atlantic)
33) Surfer Blood - Pythons (Warner Bros)
32) Camera Obscura - Desire Lines (4AD)
31) Dirty Fences - Too High To Kross (Volcom)
30) Grant Hart - The Argument (Domino)
29) Big Black Delta - Big Black Delta (Masters of Bates)
28) Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Mosquito (Interscope)
27) Tim Kasher - Adult Film (Saddle Creek)
26) The Front Bottoms - Talon of the Hawk (Bar/None)
25) David Bowie - The Next Day (Columbia)
24) Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (Domino)
23) Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Specter at the Feast (Abstract Dragon)
22) Deer Tick - Negativity (Partisan)
21) Jake Bellows - New Ocean (Saddle Creek)
20) Pity Sex - Feast of Love (Run For Cover)
19) Arcade Fire - Reflektor (Merge)
18) Laura Stevenson - Wheel (Don Giovanni)
17) Queens of the Stone Age - Like Clockwork (Matador)
16) Lee Ranaldo and the Dust - Last Night On Earth (Matador)
15) Guided By Voices - English Little League (GBV Inc)
14) Thao & The Get Down Stay Down - We the Common (Ribbon)
13) Arctic Monkeys - AM (Domino)
12) Savages - Silence Yourself (Matador)
11) The Joy Formidable - Wolf's Law (Atlantic)
10) Johnny Marr - The Messenger (Sire)
09) Yo La Tengo - Fade (Matador)
08) The So So Glos - Extended Plays (Votiv)
07) Cheatahs - Extended Plays (Wichita)
06) Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold (What's Your Rupture?)
05) Neko Case - The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You (Anti)
04) Low - The Invisible Way (Sub Pop)
03) Superchunk - I Hate Music (Merge)
02) Those Darlins - Blur the Line (Oh Wow Dang)
01) Crocodiles - Crimes of Passion (Frenchkiss)