playlist, January 29, 2007

artist of the week: subtle. check these guys out; you won't be sorry you did.

here's what i played yesterday evening:

Busdriver - "Calling Agents and Cowgirls"
The Good, The Bad & The Queen - "Herculean"
The Fiery Furnaces - "Oh Sweet Woods"
Deerhoof - "+81"
The Blow - "Babay (Eat a Critter, Feel Its Wrath)"
Beirut - "Elephant Gun"
Love - "Aloneagainor" (Alternate Mix)
The Breeders - "Wicked Little Town" (Hedwig Version)
Smog - "I Feel Like the Mother of the World"
Elbow - "The Everthere"
Tom Waits - "Bend Down the Branches"
The Mountain Goats - "Woke Up New"
Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins - "Rabbit Fur Coat"
Belle & Sebastian - "To Be Myself Completely"
Of Montreal - "A Sentence of Sorts in Kongsvinger"
The Shins - "Australia"
Spoon - "My Mathematical Mind"
The Dalloways - "Cotty's House"
Franz Ferdinand - "This Fire"
Ladytron - "Sugar"
The Black Keys - "You're the One"
Heartless Bastards - "All This Time"
Micah P. Hinson - "The Leading Guy"
Califone - "A Chinese Actor"
Julie Sokolow - "Seasons"
Calexico / Iron & Wine - "Sixteen, Maybe Less"
The Presets - "Are You the One?"
Black Devil Disco Club - "The Devil in Us"
Herbert - "The Movers and the Shakers"
Mew - "The Zookeeper's Boy"
Tiefschwarz - Warning Sign"
Pigeon John - "Welcome to the Show"
Ozomatli - "La Temperatura"
Subtle - "The Mercury Craze"
Planningtorock - "Have It All"
Why? - "Rubber Traits"
The Whitest Boy Alive - "Burning"
Peter Bjorn & John - "Young Folks"
Xiu Xiu - "Hello from Eau Claire"

playlist, January 22, 2007

Subtle - "A Tale of Apes I & II"
Subtle - "Middleclass Stomp"
Ozomatli - "City of Angels"
Basement Jaxx - "Hey U"
Blondie - "Dreaming"
Asobi Seksu - "New Years"
Shawn Lee - "Bully Main Theme"
Viva Voce - From the Devil Himself"
TV on the Radio - "Province"
Mew - "The Zookeeper's Boy"
Ms. John Soda - "No. One"
The Fiery Furnaces - "Oh Sweet Words"
Beirut - "Scenic World" (version)
The Good, The Bad & The Queen - "History Song"
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - "Some Loud Thunder"
Of Montreal - "Heimdalsgate Like a Promethean Curse"
Rademacher - "They Are Always Into That"
The Delta 5 - "Mind Your Own Business"
Neko Case - "Star Witness"
Caitlin Cary & Thad Cockrell - "Two Different Things"
Damien Jurado - "White Center"
Jonathan Coulton - "A Womb with a View"
Blake Jones and the Trike Shop - Looking for a Tune"
Supersuckers - "Hey Ya!"
Professor Murder - "Mountain"
+ / - - "Thrown into the Fire"
Grandaddy - "Geez Louise"
Lismore - "1979"
Hot Chip - "No Fit State"
The Shins - "Sleeping Lessons"
Clinic - "Animal/Human"
Deerhoof - "The Perfect Me"
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - "When You Were Mine"
Grizzly Bear - "The Knife"
The Books - "An Animated Description of Mr. Maps"
Bjork - "Army of Me"
The Knife - "Like a Pen"
Adem - "Launch Yourself" (Thomas Eriksen Remix)
The Streets - "When You Wasn't Famous"

playlist, January 8, 2007

Tonight I played songs from my top 35 albums of 2006. (The first was a New Year's track--not from a top album.)

Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - "New Years Kiss"
M. Ward - "Magic Trick"
Goldfrapp - "Ride on a White Horse"
Sparks - "(Baby Baby) Can I Invade Your Country"
The Hold Steady - "The Chillout Tent"
Howe Gelb - "Paradise Here"
Casey Dienel - "Everything"
Saint Etienne - "Milk Bottle Symphony"
Grizzly Bear - "The Knife"
Planningtorock - "I Wanna Bite Ya"
Califone - "A Chinese Actor"
The Gossip - "Listen Up!"
Herbert - "The Movers and the Shakers"
Fischerspooner - "Emerge" (DFA Remix)
Beirut - "Postcards from Italy"
Jim Noir - "I Me You I'm Your"
Thom Yorke - "Harrowdown Hill"
Hot Chip - "Arrest Yourself"
Belle & Sebastian - "The Blues Are Still Blue"
Neko Case - "Margaret vs. Pauline"
The Decemberists - "Summersong"
P.O.S. - "De La Souls" [feat. Greg Attonito]
Yo La Tengo - "Beanbag Chair"
Basement Jaxx - "Hey U" [feat. Robyn]
Xiu Xiu - "Hello from Eau Claire"
Asobi Seksu - "Lions and Tigers"
The Beatles - "Within You Without You / Tomorrow Never Knows"
Cat Power - "Where Is My Love?"
Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins - "Melt Your Heart"
Circlesquare - "97 and 02"
Joanna Newsom - "Sawdust and Diamonds"
Girl Talk - "Friday Night"
TV on the Radio - "Wolf Like Me"
The Knife - "We Share Our Mother's Health"
Spank Rock - "What It Look Like"
Final Fantasy - "The Arctic Circle"

Best Albums of 2006

Tonight I'll be playing songs from my favorite albums of 2006. Here is my best-of list, which I post with reservations, as I could change my mind about these at any time.

40. Lil Wayne - Dedication 2
39. Camera Obscura - Let's Get Out of This Country
38. Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
37. Boris - Pink
36. Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
35. M. Ward - Post-War
34. Goldfrapp - Supernature
33. Sparks - Hello Young Lovers
32. The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls in America
31. Howe Gelb - 'Sno Angel Like You
30. Casey Deinel - Wind-Up Canary
29. Saint Etienne - Tales from Turnpike House
28. Grizzly Bear - Yellow House
27. Planningtorock - Have It All
26. Califone - Roots & Crowns
25. The Gossip - Standing in the Way of Control
24. Herbert - Scale
23. The DFA Remixes, Chapter One and LCD Soundsystem - 45:33
22. Beirut - The Gulag Orkestar
21. Jim Noir - Tower of Love
20. Thom Yorke - The Eraser
19. Hot Chip - The Warning
18. Belle & Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
17. Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
16. The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
15. P.O.S. - Audition
14. Yo La Tengo - I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
13. Basement Jaxx - Crazy Itch Radio
12. Xiu Xiu - The Air Force
11.Asobi Seksu - Citrus
10. The Beatles -Love
9. Cat Power - The Greatest
8. Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins - Rabbit Fur Coat
7. Circlesquare - Fight Sounds
6. Joanna Newsom - Ys
5. Girl Talk - Night Ripper
4. TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
3. The Knife - Silent Shout
2. Spank Rock - YoYoYoYoYoYo
1. Final Fantasy - He Poos Clouds

Edit--Overlooked albums that I should work in somehwere:

The Fiery Furnaces - Bitter Tea
Matmos - The Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth of the Beast
Arthur Russell - Springfield
Subtle - For Hero: For Fool