Playlist for 02/16/09

Kinda really loved my show tonight.

* = New release

* M. Ward - For Beginners - Hold Time
* Arliss Parker - Fax Receives a Letter - Handsome Like A Lion
The Vaselines - Bitch
The 6ths - Aging Spinster
Passion Pit - I've got your number
Bright Eyes - Coat Check Dream Song
* Asobi Seksu - In The Sky - Hush
Arcade Fire - Rebellion (Lies)
Papercuts - Future Primitive - Free download via Stereogum.com
Gruff Rhys - Candylion
* Glasvegas - SAD Light
Ditty Bops - Ooh La La

Harlem Shakes - Sunlight

* The Appleseed Cast - The Summer Before - Sagarmatha

* Arliss Parker - She Sleeps - Handsome Like A Lion

The Beta Band - Eclipse - Hot Shots II

Bright Eyes' "Coat Check Dream Song" from their 2007 album Cassadaga

Playlist for 02/09/09

Got a lot of feedback on this show, both phone calls and emails. Keep 'em coming!

* = New Release

The Cramps - Primitive

The Cramps - Get Your Kicks (On Route 66)

Black Lips - Lock & Key

The Unicorns - Sea Ghost

* Wire - One of Us

Andrew Bird - A Nervous Tick..

Television - Guiding Light

Pinback - Anti-Human

X - Los Angeles (request)

Swirlies - Pancake

The Books - Tokyo

The Smiths - Girlfriend in a Coma (request)

* Beirut - My Night With...

Voice of the Beehive - Man in the Moon (request)

Bat for Lashes - Sarah

* Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Who Built the Road

Playlist for 02/02/09

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* = new release!

enon - get the letter out
wire - the 15th
starfucker - german love
architecture in helsinki - maybe you can owe me
mum - we have a map of the piano
* animal collective - also frightened - merriweather post pavilion
deerhoof - matchbook seeks maniac
white flight - obsidian
grizzly bear - little brother
* pavement! - cataracs - brighten the corners
beach house - gila
neko case - deep red bells

Playlist for 01/26/09

Tonight's Theme: Selected tracks from Pitchfork Media's top 500 tracks of all time.

Elvis Costello - Radio, Radio
Peter Bjorn & John - Young Folks
Devo - Mongoloid
Bjork - Hyper-Ballad
The Smiths - How Soon Is Now?
Spoon - The Way We Get By
The Books - Take Time
Wolf Parade - I'll Believe In Anything
R.E.M. - So. Central Rain
Wilco - Via Chicago
Elastica - Stutter
The Clash - Guns of Brixton
The Decemberists - Here I Dreamt I was An Architect
Fleet Foxes - Ragged Wood (top album of 2008)

Oh, and I got my first prank call during my show tonight. Kids these days!

Taking my show on the road

This Friday, January 30th.
I will be playing at Reds Cafe in downtown Santa Barbara.
Just a mellow mix of indie, oldies, and classic alternative. Something for everyone.

The event is FREE. Music starts at 8pm.

Reds is located 211 Helena Ave, just a half-block from State Street and Yanonali
Click here for Google Map

Hope to see you there!

Playlist for 01/19/09

* = new release

Tom Tom Club - Under the Boardwalk
* Animal Collective - My Girls - Merriweather Post Pavilion
Pedro the Lion - Bad things to such good people
The Pixies - Monkey goes to heaven
Wet Confetti - False Alarm
* Matt & Kim - Good old fashioned nightmare - Grand
Metric - Calculation Theme
Legends - When the day is done
Tender trap - Son of Dorion Gray
Mark Kozelek - Leo & Luna
Mazzy Star - Ride it on
Destroyer - Hey, Snow White
Wire - A mutual friend
* Sleeping in the aviary - Maybe you're the same - Expensive vomit in a cheap hotel

The Pixies "Monkey Goes to Heaven" from 1989's "Doolittle" on 4AD

Playlist for 01/12/08

Theme: Even more songs about breakups and unrequited love

Vampire Weekend - Campus
Black Moth Super Rainbow - Neon Syrup for the Cemetery Sisters
Psapp - Tiger, My Friend
Arab Strap - Serenade - lyrics
Neutral Milk Hotel - Two-Headed Boy
The Mountain Goats - Woke up New - lyrics
Plants and Animals - Bye Bye Bye
Yo La Tengo - Here Comes My Baby
Velvet Underground - Pale Blue Eyes
Red House Painters - Katy Song - lyrics
Radiohead - High and Dry
PJ Harvey - Dry
Nick Drake - Place to Be
Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine - lyrics
Regina Spektor - Samson - lyrics
Rufus Rainwright - Dinner at Eight
Dean & Britta - Crystal Blue R.I.P.
Grizzly Bear - Knife
Madeleine Peyroux - Between The Bars
Tori Amos - Tear In Your Hand

Extra long show!

Mountain Goat's "Woke Up New" from the 2006 album "Get Lonely"