Playlist 02.10.2013

Local H - "2112 Overture/Temples of Syrnix" from The Another February EP; Slimstyle
Masters of Reality - "V.H.V." from Sunrise On the Sufferbus; Capitol
The Joy Formidable - "Tendons" from Wolf's Law; Atlantic
Ty Segall - "Thank God For Sinners" from Twins; Drag City
Thao & The Get Down Stay Down - "We the Common" from We the Common; Ribbon Music
Tommy Stinson - "Zero To Stupid" from One Man Mutiny; Done To Earth
Wilco - "Thirteen" from Big Star Small World; Koch
Gibby Haynes - "You Don't Have To Be Smart" from Paul's Not Home; Third Man
Butthole Surfers - "Who Was In My Room Last Night?" from Independent Worm Saloon; Capitol
Butthole Surfers - "The Hurdy Gurdy Man" from Pioughd; Capitol
Surfer Blood - "Weird Shapes" ; Warner Bros
UUVVWWZ - "Open Sign" from The Trusted Language; Saddle Creek
Atoms For Peace - "Judge Jury and Executioner" ; XL
Silversun Pickups - "Busy Bees" from Neck of the Woods; Dangerbird
Ladyfinger (ne) - "Away Too Long" from Errant Forms; Saddle Creek
The Thermals - "A Pillar of Salt" from The Body, the Blood, the Machine; Sub Pop
Yo La Tengo - "Sugarcube" from I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One; Matador
Yo La Tengo - "From a Motel 6" from Painful; Matador
Yo La Tengo - "Emulsified" from Fakebook; Bar/None
Yo La Tengo - "Tom Courtnay" from Electr-O-Pura; Matador
Yo La Tengo - "I'll Be Around" from Fade; Matador
Yo La Tengo - "Mr. Tough" from I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass; Matador
Yo La Tengo - "Upside-Down" from May I Sing with Me; Alias
Yo La Tengo - "Blitzkrieg Bop" from Genius + Love = Yo La Tengo; Matador
Superchunk - "Cadmium" from Incidental Music 1991-95; Merge
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - "Let the Day Begin" ; Abstract Dragon
Bob Mould - "Star Machine" from Silver Age; Merge
Cheatahs - "The Swan" from Extended Plays; Wichita
FIDLAR - "Blackout Stout" from FIDLAR; Mom + Pop
David Byrne & St. Vincent - "Weekend in the Dust" from Love This Giant; 4AD
Cat Power - "Sun" from Sun; Matador
Elliott Smith - "Ballad of Big Nothing" from Either/Or; Dreamworks
The Flaming Lips - "The Sun Blows Up" ; Warner Bros
Gliss - "The Sea Tonight" from Langsom Dans; Modern Outsider
Cursive - "So-So Gigolo" from Happy Hollow; Saddle Creek
Bloodthirsty Butchers - "Thursday Afternoon" from I'm Standing Nowhere
Sonic Youth - "Star Power (acoustic 09 version)" ; SYR

Playlist 02.03.2013

The Flaming Lips - "The Sun Blows Up" ; Warner Bros
Beastie Boys - "Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win (feat. Santigold)" from Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 2; Capitol
Santigold - "Disparate Youth" from Master of My Make-Believe; Atlantic
DRGN KING - "Wild Night" from Paragraph Nights; Bar/None
Nightmare River Band - "Robots" from Last Goodbye; self released
The Feelies - "Everybody's Got Something To Hide (Except Me and My Monkey)" from Crazy Rhythms; Bar/None
The Call - "The Walls Came Down" from 20th Century Masters; Universal
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - "Let the Day Begin" ; Abstract Dragon
Surfer Blood - "Weird Shapes" ; Warner Bros
Ladyfinger (ne) - "Away Too Long" from Errant Forms; Saddle Creek
The Joy Formidable - "Cholla" from Wolf's Law; Atlantic
Cheatahs - "The Swan" from Extended Plays; Wichita
Yo La Tengo - "Is That Enough" from Fade; Matador
Jim James - "State of the Art (AEIOU)" from Regions of Light and Sound of God; ATO
Johnny Marr - "Upstarts" ; Sire
The Smiths - "Hand In Glove" from The Sound of The Smiths; Rough Trade
Veronica Falls - "Teenage" from Waiting For Something To Happen; Slumberland
The Spinto Band - "Shake It Off" from Cool Cocoon; Spintonic
Okkervil River - "Our Life Is Not a Movie or Maybe" from The Stage Names; Jagjaguwar
Okkervil River - "Pop Lie" from The Stand-Ins; Jagjaguwar
Okkervil River - "Rider" from I Am Very Far; Jagjaguwar
Okkervil River - "For Real" from Black Sheep Boy; Jagjaguwar
Okkervil River - "Lost Coastlines" from The Stand-Ins; Jagjaguwar
Okkervil River - "Unless It's Kicks" from The Stage Names; Jagjaguwar
Gliss - "The Sea Tonight" from Langsom Dans; Modern Outsider
Bob Mould - "Star Machine" from Silver Age; Merge
Bleeding Rainbow - "Drift Away" from Yeah Right; Kanine
Brainiac - "Smack Bunny Baby" from Smack Bunny Baby; Grass
FIDLAR - "Wait For the Man" from FIDLAR; Mom + Pop
Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside - "Party Kids" ; Partisan
Big Harp - "Outside in the Snow" from Chain Letters; Saddle Creek
Sebadoh - "The Freed Pig" from III; Domino
Local Natives - "You & I" from Hummingbird; Frenchkiss
Ex Cops - "James" from True Hallucinations; Other Music
Pulsars - "Submission Song" from Pulsars; Almo Sounds
You Am I - "Cathy's Clown" from Hi Fi Way; Warner Bros
Mudhoney - "Pump It Up" from March To Fuzz; Sub Pop
Sonic Youth - "Plastic Sun" from Murray Street; Geffen

Playlist 01.27.13

The Replacements - "I'll Be You" from Don't Tell a Soul; Sire/Reprise
Band of Horses - "Dumpster World (live)" from West of Memphis; Legacy
The Growlers - "Someday" from Hung at Heart; Everloving
The Tallest Man on Earth - "1904" from There's No Leaving Now; Dead Oceans
Big Harp - "Outside in the Snow" from Chain Letters; Saddle Creek
Kim Deal - "Walking with a Killer" ; self released
The Breeders - "Divine Hammer" from Last Splash; 4AD
The Breeders - "Cannonball" from Last Splash; 4AD
Johnny Marr - "Upstarts" ; Sire
Bleeding Rainbow - "Drift Away" from Yeah Right; Kanine
Tame Impala - "Be Above It" from Lonerism; Modular
FIDLAR - "Wait For the Man" from FIDLAR; Mom + Pop
Yo La Tengo - "Ohm" from Fade; Matador
Ladyfinger (ne) - "Dark Horse" from Errant Forms; Saddle Creek
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - "Jubilee Street" ; Bad Seed Ltd
The Joy Formidable - "Cholla" from Wolf's Law; Atlantic
XTC - "The Mayor of Simpleton" from Oranges & Lemons; Geffen
XTC - "Generals and Majors" from Black Sea; Virgin
XTC - "Senses Working Overtime" from English Settlement; Virgin
XTC - "The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead" from Nonsuch; Geffen
XTC - "Statue of Liberty" from White Music; Virgin
XTC - "Another Satellite" from Skylarking; Geffen
XTC - "Respectable Street" from Rag 'N' Bone Buffet; Geffen
Nada Surf - "Amateur" from The Proximity Effect; Barsuk
The Stone Roses - "I Wanna Be Adored" from The Stone Roses; Silvertone
The Strokes - "One Way Trigger" ; RCA
Ducktails - "The Flower Lane" from The Flower Lane; Domino
Cold War Kids - "Miracle Mile" ; Downtown
Rilo Kiley - "Silver Lining" from Under the Blacklight; Warner Bros
Vampire Weekend - "I'm Going Down" from iTunes Session
Parquet Courts - "Stoned and Starving" from Light Up Gold; What's Your Rupture?
Gigolo Aunts - "Serious Drugs" from Full-On Bloom; Alias
Dead Kennedys - "Let's Lynch the Landlord" from Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables; Alternative Tentacles
Sonic Youth - "The Diamond Sea" from Washing Machine; Geffen

Playlist 01.20.2013

Ladyfinger (ne) - "Dark Horse" from Errant Forms; Saddle Creek
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - "Bottled In Cork" from The Brutalist Bricks; Matador
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"
Bleeding Rainbow - "Waking Dream" from Yeah Right; Kanine
Cold War Kids - "Miracle Mile" ; Downtown
The Growlers - "Someday" from Hung at Heart; Everloving
Girls - "Laura" from Album; True Panther Sounds
Christopher Owens - "Here We Go" from Lysandre; Fat Possum
David Bowie - "Where Are We Now" ; Columbia
David Byrne & St. Vincent - "Lazarus" from Love This Giant; 4AD
St. Vincent - "Marrow" from Actor; 4AD
Gliss - "Hunting" ; Modern Outsider
Santigold - "Girls" from Girls; Fueled By Ramen
Wild Belle - "Keep You" from Keep You; self released
Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears - "I'm Gonna Leave You" from Scandalous; Lost Highway
The Blue Van - "Would You Change Your Life?" from Would You Change Your Life?; Iceberg
Oasis - "Roll with It" from Time Flies...1994-2009; Sony
Gang of Four - "Damaged Goods" from Entertainment!; Rhino
Gang of Four - "I Love a Man In Uniform" from Songs of the Free; EMI
Gang of Four - "To Hell with Poverty" from Return the Gift; V2
Gang of Four - "Natural's Not In It" from Entertainment!; Rhino
Gang of Four - "Capital (It Fails Us Now)" from A Brief History of the Twentieth Century; Warner Bros
Gang of Four - "At Home He's a Tourist" from Entertainment!; Rhino
Gang of Four - "We Live As We Dream, Alone" from Songs of the Free; EMI
Gang of Four - "I Found That Essence Rare" from Entertainment!; Rhino
What Made Milwaukee Famous - "Gone and Done It Now" from You Can't Fall Off the Floor; self released
Local Natives - "Heavy Feet" ; Frenchkiss
Yo La Tengo - "I'll Be Around" from Fade; Matador
Benjamin Gibbard - "Bigger Than Love (feat. Aimee Mann)" from Former Lives; Barsuk
Wilco - "War On War" from Yankee Hotel Foxtrot; Nonesuch
No Age - "Teen Creeps" from Nouns; Sub Pop
Fastbacks - "Space Station #5" from New Mansions In Sound; Sub Pop
Torche - "Exit Flagger" from Torche/Part Chimp; Chunkley
Parquet Courts - "Borrowed Time" from Light Up Gold; What's Your Rupture?
Foals - "Inhaler" ; Warner Bros
Chelsea Light Moving - "Empires of Time" ; Matador
Sonic Youth - "Tabla In Suburbia" from Suburbia; Geffen

Playlist 01.13.2013

Eels - "New Alphabet" ; Vagrant
The Joy Formidable - "This Ladder Is Ours" ; Atlantic
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - "In This Home On Ice" from Clap Your Hands Say Yeah; self released
It's True - "Here I Come" from Another Afterlife; self released
Yo La Tengo - "I'll Be Around" ; Matador
Nada Surf - "Agony of Lafitte" from If I Had a Hi-fi; Mardev
Benjamin Gibbard - "Bigger Than Love (feat. Aimee Mann)" from Former Lives; Barsuk
Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears - "Booty City" from Scandalous; Lost Highway
Grandpaboy - "Psychopharmacology" from Grandpaboy; Monolyth
X - "Burning House of Love" from Ain't Love Grand; Elektra
Titus Andronicus - "(I Am the) Electric Man" from Local Business; XL
Foals - "Inhaler" ; Warner Bros
Wild Belle - "Keep You" ; self released
Parquet Courts - "Borrowed Time" from Light Up Gold; What's Your Rupture?
Wild Flag - "Romance" from Wild Flag; Merge
Darwin Deez - "Free" ; Lucky Number
Interpol - "Obstacle 1" from Turn On the Bright Lights; Matador
Interpol - "No I in Threesome" from Our Love To Admire; Capitol
Interpol - "Lights" from Interpol; Matador
Interpol - "Slow Hands" from Antics; Matador
Interpol - "Narc" from Antics; Matador
Interpol - "Try It On" from Interpol; Matador
Interpol - "NYC" from Turn On the Bright Lights; Matador
Pop Noir - "Temptation" ; Fantastic Heat
Ra Ra Riot - "Dance with Me" from Beta Love; Barsuk
Local Natives - "Heavy Feet" ;  Frenchkiss
The Walkmen - "Heaven" from Heaven; Fat Possum
Monsters of Folk - "Whole Lotta Losin'" from Monsters of Folk; Shangri-La
David Byrne & St. Vincent - "Lazarus" from Love This Giant; 4AD
David Bowie - "Panic In Detroit" from Alladin Sane; EMI
David Bowie - "Where We Are Now" ; Columbia
Bleeding Rainbow - "Waking Dream" from Yeah Right; Kanine
Paul Weller - "Come On/Let's Go" from As Is Now; Yep Roc
Wilco - "Via Chicago" from Ashes of American Flags; Nonesuch
Spain - "I'm Still Free" from The Soul of Spain; Glitterhouse
Sonic Youth - "Starpower" from EVOL; SST

Playlist 01.08.2013

Rocket From the Crypt - "Ditch Digger" from Circa: Now!; Cargo
Cursive - "Wowowow" from I Am Gemini; Saddle Creek
We Are Scientists - "Ghouls" from Brain Thrust Mastery; Astralwerks
Darwin Deez - "Free" ; Lucky Number
Foals - "Inhaler" ; Warner Bros
Pop Noir - "Temptation" ; Fantastic Heart
New Order - "Bizarre Love Triangle" from The Best of New Order; Warner Bros
Ra Ra Riot - "Dance with Me" ; Barsuk
David Byrne & St. Vincent - "Lazarus" from Love This Giant; 4AD
Maria Taylor - "Song Beneath the Song" from 11:11; Saddle Creek
The Spinanes - "Noel, Jonah and Me" from Manos; Sub Pop
Wild Belle - "Keep You" ; self released
Benjamin Gibbard - "Bigger Than Love" from Former Lives; Barsuk
Local Natives - "Heavy Feet" from Hummingbird; Frenchkiss
Bad Religion - "F**k You" from True North; Epitaph
Ramones - "I Just Wanna Have Something To Do" from Road To Ruin; Sire
Deadboy & Elephantmen - "Kissed By Lightning" from We Are Night Sky; Fat Possum
Madder Rose - "Swim" from Swim EP; Seed
Madder Rose - "Car Song" from Panic On; Atlantic
Madder Rose - "Hotel" from Hello June Fool; Cooking Vinyl
Madder Rose - "Bring It Down" from Bring It Down; Seed
Madder Rose - "Panic On" from Panic On; Atlantic
Madder Rose - "My Star" from Panic On; Atlantic
Madder Rose - "Beautiful John" from Bring It Down; Seed
Husker Du - "Actual Condition" from Warehouse: Songs and Stories; Warner Bros
Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears - "You Been Lyin'" from Scandalous; Lost Highway
Gliss - "Hunting" ; Modern Outsider
M83 - "Steve McQueen" from Hurry Up, We're Dreaming; Mute
Father John Misty - "Do You Realize??"
Mary Lou Lord - "He'd Be a Diamond" from Mary Lou Lord; Kill Rock Stars
TV On the Radio - "Province" from Return to Cookie Mountain; Interscope
Blinker the Star - "All Dreamed Out" from August Everywhere; Dreamworks
Oxford Collapse - "Electric Arc" from Bits; Sub Pop
Bleeding Rainbow - "Waking Dream" from Yeah Right; Kanine
fIREHOSE - "The Candle and the Flame" from Ragin' Full On; SST
Sonic Youth - "Walkin Blue" from The Eternal; Matador

Top 25 Albums of 2012

25) Bloc Party - Four (Frenchkiss)
24) King Tuff - King Tuff (Sub Pop)
23) The Life and Times - No One Loves You Like I Do (Slimstyle)
22) Cat Power - Sun (Matador)
21) Various Artists - A Tribute to Repo Man (American Laundromat)
20) Sharon Van Etten - Tramp (Jagjaguwar)
19) Nada Surf - The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy (Barsuk)
18) Archie Powell & The Exports - Great Ideas In Action (Good Land)
17) Howler - America Give Up (Rough Trade)
16) Ceremony - Zoo (Matador)
15) Metz - Metz (Sub Pop)
14) Pujol - United States of Being (Saddle Creek)
13) The Walkmen - Heaven (Fat Possum)
12) First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar (Wichita)
11) Jack White - Blunderbuss (Third Man/Columbia)
10) Redd Kross - Researching the Blues (Merge)
09) Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel... (Epic)
08) Dinosaur Jr. - I Bet On Sky (Jagjaguwar)
07) Guided By Voices - Let's Go Eat the Factory, Class Clown Spots a UFO, The Bears For Lunch (GBV Inc)
06) Japandroids - Celebration Rock (Polyvinyl)
05) Dum Dum Girls - End of Daze (Sub Pop)
04) Bob Mould - Silver Age (Merge)
03) Father John Misty - Fear Fun (Sub Pop)
02) Torche - Harmonicraft (Volcom)
01) Crocodiles - Endless Flowers (Frenchkiss)