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

Playlist 12.13.2009

New Day Rising's Top 50 Albums of 2009

50. Weezer - "Tripping Down the Freeway" from Raditude; Geffen
49. Asobi Seksu - "Me & Mary" from Hush; Polyvinyl
48. A.C. Newman - "Like a Hitman, Like a Dancer" from Get Guilty; Matador
47. The Flaming Lips - "Watching the Planets" from Embryonic; Warner Bros
46. Phoenix - "Lisztomania" from Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix; Glassnote
45. Mission of Burma - "SSL 83" from The Sound The Speed The Light; Matador
44. Elvis Perkins in Dearland - "Shampoo" from Elvis Perkins in Dearland; XL
43. Meat Puppets - "Rotten Shame" from Sewn Together; Megaforce
42. Gossip - "Heavy Cross" from Music For Men; Columbia
41. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - "Young Adult Friction" from The Pains of Being Pure at Heart; Slumberland
40. Julian Casablancas - "Out of the Blue" from Phrazes For the Young; RCA
39. Dirty Projectors - "No Intention" from Bitte Orca; Domino
38. Grizzly Bear - "All We Ask" from Veckatimest; Warp
37. Julian Plenti - "Games For Days" from Julian Plenti Is...Skyscraper; Matador
36. Bad Veins - "Gold and Warm" from Bad Veins; Dangerbird
35. Elvis Costello - "How Deep Is the Red" from Secret, Profane & Sugarcane; Hear
34. Sebastien Grainger - "Love Can Be So Mean" from Sebastien Grainger & the Mountains; Saddle Creek
33. Doves - "Winter Hill" from Kingdom of Rust; Astralwerks
32. Neko Case - "I'm An Animal" from Middle Cyclone; Anti-
31. The Big Pink - "Dominos" from A Brief History of Love; 4AD
30. Little Brazil - "Son" from Son; Anodyne
29. Jay Reatard - "It Ain't Gonna Save Me" from Watch Me Fall; Matador
28. A Place To Bury Strangers - "Lost Feeling" from Exploding Head; Mute
27. Camera Obscura - "Honey in the Sun" from My Maudlin Career; 4AD
26. Girl in a Coma - "Joanie in the City" from Trio BC; Blackheart

Playlist 12.06.2009

Yo La Tengo - "Here To Fall" from Popular Songs; Matador
Stardeath and White Dwarfs - "New Heat" from The Birth; Warner Bros
Art Brut - "Alcoholics Unanimous" from Art Brut vs. Satan; Downtown
Wilco - "Everlasting Everything" from Wilco (the album); Nonesuch
Spoon - "Written in Reverse" from Transference; Merge
Elvis Perkins in Dearland - "Chains, Chains, Chains" from Elvis Perkins in Dearland; XL
Built To Spill - "Done" from There Is No Enemy; Warner Bros
The Raveonettes - "Heart of Stone" from In and Out of Control; Vice
Them Crooked Vultures - "Gunman" from Them Crooked Vultures; Interscope
Queens of the Stone Age - "Sick, Sick, Sick" from Era Vulgeris; Interscope
Cursive - "I Couldn't Love You" from Mama, I'm Swollen; Saddle Creek
Doves - "The Greatest Denier" from Kingdom of Rust; Astralwerks
Interpol - "No I in Threesome" from Our Love To Admire; Capitol
Julian Plenti - "No Chance Survival" from Julian Plenti Is...Skyscraper; Matador
Jemina Pearl - "Undesirable" from Break It Up; Ecstatic Peace
Gossip - "Love and Let Love" from Music For Men; Columbia
Brendan Benson - "Garbage Day" from My Old Familiar Friend; ATO
St. Vincent - "Black Rainbow" from Actor; Beggars Banquet
Sebastien Grainger - "American Names" from Sebastien Grainger & the Mountains; Saddle Creek
Dan Auerbach - "My Last Mistake" from Keep It Hid; Nonesuch
Camera Obscura - "French Navy" from My Maudlin Career; 4AD
Silversun Pickups - "The Royal We" from Swoon; Dangerbird
Sonic Youth - "Malibu Gas Station" from The Eternal; Matador