1/21/2009: School Begins Anew

First show of the new semester. After a couple weeks of fill-ins and half-assed playlists, here's something new. For anyone reading this in a timely fashion, come to UConn Feb. 6th at 7:30 PM for Marissa Nadler, Luke Temple, and Brie Sullivan. It'll be fun.

1. Burn For It - Sloan - Parallel Play - 2008
2. Witch's Wand - Sloan - Parallel Play - 2008
3. Clone Cycle - Marnie Stern - This is It... - 2008
4. Cut and Run - Electrelane - No Shouts, No Calls - 2007
5. Bessie Smith - Emily Jane White - Dark Undercoat - 2007
6. Everybody Thinks I'm a Raincloud (When I'm Not Looking) - Guided by Voices - Half Smiles of the Decomposed - 2004
7. Neon Beanbag - Stereolab - Chemical Chords - 2008
8. Makes Visible - These Are Powers - Terrific Seasons - 2007

9. Hey, I'm Okay - The Okmoniks - Party Fever!!! - 2007
10. Lighten Up, Morrisey - Sparks - Exotic Creatures of the Deep - 2009
11. No. - Vivian Girls - Vivian Girls - 2008
12. Un Dia - Juana Molina - Un Dia - 2008
13. My Time Outside the Womb - Titus Andronicus - Airing of Grievances - 2008

14. I Saw Her Today - El Goodo - Coyote - 2009
15. Paris is Burning - Ladyhawke - Ladyhawke - 2008
16. Stereo - Pavement - Brighten the Corners: Nicene Creedence Edition - 2008
17. Epilepsy is Dancing - Antony and the Johnsons - Crying Light - 2009
18. Simmertime Clothes - Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion - 2009

19. Stickin' It to the Man - Tiny Masters of Today - Bang Bang Boom Cake
20. Shadows are Bent - Gospel Gossip - Sing Into my Mouth
21. Piranha - Pretty & Nice - Get Young - 2008
22. Christmas - Clinic - Funf - 2008
23. The Birthday Wars - Oxford Collapse - Bits - 2008
24. Summer Wine - Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood
25. Keys to the City - The Go! Team - Proof of Youth - 2007

26. Song for Laurie Bird - Natural Snow Buildings - Laurie Bird
27. Magic Word - Fucked Up - Chemistry of Common Life - 2008

Top 30 Records of 2008

Here's it. We'll see how I feel in six months...

30. Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple
29. Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing
28. New Bloods - The Secret Life
27. Sloan - Parallel Play
26. Eddy Current Suppression Ring - Primary Colours
25. Brightblack Morning Light - Motion to Rejoin
24. Miss Murgatroid & Petra Haden - Hearts & Daggers
23. Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Sunday at Devil Dirt
22. Antony & the Johnsons - Another World
21. Black Mountain - In the Future
20. The War on Drugs - Wagonwheel Blues
19. Wire - Object 47
18. Pocahaunted - Island Diamonds
17. Sunset - Bright Blue Dream
16. Melissa St. Pierre - Specimens
15. Duchess Says - Anthologie Des 3 Perchoirs
14. Hercules and Love Affair - Hercules and Love Affair
13. King Khan and the Shrines - The Supreme Genius of King Khan and the Shrines
12. Syclops - I've Got My Eye on You
11. Sunset - The Glowing City
10. Beach House - Devotion
9. Portishead - Third
8. The Royal We - The Royal We
7. Vivian Girls - Vivian Girls
6. Black Hollies - Casting Shadows
5. The Ettes - Look at Life Again Soon
4. Juana Molina - Un Dia
3. El Guincho - Alegranza!
2. Fucked Up - The Chemistry of Common Life
1. The Dirtbombs - We Have You Surrounded

December 17 2008: Year's End Edition Part 3: Picks of the Year

Christ that title looks unwieldy.

My actual top-whatever list will be posted by the end of the year. Here's the playlist.

Song - Artist - Band - Record Label

1. Everlovin' Man - The Dirtbombs - We Have You Surrounded - In the Red
2. Where Your Loyalties Lie - The Ettes - Look at Life Again Soon - Take Root Records
3. To Arms - The Ettes - Look at Life Again Soon - Take Root Records
4. Your Eyes Are Mirrors - Sunset - The Glowing City - Autobus
5. Twenty-Four Karat Soul - Sunset - The Glowing City - Autobus
6. La Fiche - Duchess Says - Anthologie des 3 Perchoirs - Alien8
7. A Century Old - Duchess Says - Anthologie des 3 Perchoirs - Alien8

8. Under a Winter's Spell - Black Hollies - Casting Shadows - Ernest Jennings
9. Patient Sparrow - Black Hollies - Casting Shadows - Ernest Jennings
10. Magic Word - Fucked Up - The Chemistry of Common Life - Matador
11. The Chemistry of Common Life - Fucked Up - The Chemistry of Common Life - Matador
12. Fig. II - Melissa St. Pierre - Specimens - Table of the Elements
13. Fig. VII - Melissa St. Pierre - Specimens - Table of the Elements

14. All the Years - Beach House - Devotion - Carpark
15. Astronaut - Beach House - Devotion - Carpark
16. Back and Forth Forever - Royal We - Royal We - Domino
17. Wicked Game - Royal We - Royal We - Domino
18. We Carry On - Portishead - Third - Island
19. Machine Gun - Portishead - Third - Island
20. All the Time - Vivian Girls - Vivian Girls - In the Red
21. Where Do You Run To - Vivian Girls - Vivian Girls - In the Red

22. Hercules Theme - Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules & Love Affair - DFA/Mute
23. Iris - Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules & Love Affair - DFA/Mute
24. NR17 - Syclops - I've Got My Eye On You - DFA
25. I Got My Eye On You - Syclops - DFA
26. Dar (Que Dificil) - Juana Molina - Un Dia - Domino

27. La Fin Du Monde - Dirtbombs - We Have You Surrounded - In the Red

BLAOW! How you like me now?

December 11 2008: Year's End Edition Part 2: Retrospective

1. Hope Mountain - Antony & the Johnsons - Another World - Secretly Canadian

2. Window Blues - Lykke Li - Youth Novels
3. Departure - Crystal Stilts - Alight of Night
4. Science Fiction - French Miami - French Miami
5. Temporary People - Joseph Arthur and the Lonely Astronauts - Temporary People

6. Sick as a Dog - Fatal Film - Thrill'r
7. To Fix the Gash in Your Head - A Place to Bury Strangers - Live from Radio K
8. Big Steer - Gospel Gossip - Live from Radio K
9. Yeah Sapphire - Hold Steady - Stay Positive
10. A Rainbow Aims - Brightblack Morning Light - Motion to Rejoin - Matador
11. Steely - Marnie Stern - This is it... - Kill Rock Stars

12. Spendin' Days - Japanese Motors - Japanese Motors - Vice
13. Painted Shut - Jay Reatard - Matador Singles '08
14. An Ugly Death - Jay Reatard - Matador Singles '08
15. Wake - Annuals - Such Fun
16. The Light - Hush Arbors - Hush Arbors - Ecstatic Peace
17. Knickerbocker - Fujiya & Miyagi - Lightbulbs
18. Dig a Grave - Dark Dark Dark - The Snow Magic

19. Professional Suicide - Ladyhawke - Ladyhawke - Modular
20. Documented Minor Emotional Breakdown #1 - Los Camesinos - We are Beautiful, We Are Doomed - Arts & Crafts
21. Strange Overtones - David Byrne and Brian Eno - Everything that Happens Will Happen Today
22. Back Burner - Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Sunday at Devil Dirt - V2
23. One of Us - Wire - Object 47 - Pink Flag

December 10 2008: Year's End 2008 Edition Part 1

1. Profanity Prayers - Beck - Modern Guilt
2. Colour Television - Eddy Current Suppression Ring - Primary Colours - Goner
3. A Burden - Horse Feathers - A House With No Home - Kill Rock Stars
4. Another Day - Miss Murgatroid & Petra Haden - Hearts & Daggers
5. Diamond Studded Caskets - Sunset - Bright Blue Dream
6. Nude With Boots - Melvins - Nude With Boots

7. Ghetto Ballet - Pocahaunted - Island Diamonds
8. Oh, Deadly Nightshade - New Bloods - The Secret Life - Kill Rock Stars
9. Sweet Love for Planet Earth - Fuck Buttons - Street Horrsing

10. Cheap Champagne - Sloan - Parallel Play - Yeproc
11. Perrier - Ecstatic Sunshine - Way
12. Go! - Go-Neko! - Una Especie de Mutante
13. Mercy - Duffy - Rockferry

14. Perspex Icon - Wire - Object 47 - Pink Flag
15. Rat is Dead [Cage] - CSS - Donkey - Sub Pop
16. Three Women - Stereolab - Chemical Chords
17. Kim & Jessie - M83 - Saturdays=Youth - Mute
18. J'Accuse - Hot Cha Cha - Rifle, I Knew You When You Were Just a Pistol
19. Queens Will Play - Black Mountain - In the Future - Jagjaguwar