Month: January 2012

First Hour:

1. It’s Like That (Drop The Break) by RUN DMC vs. Jason Nevins from It’s Like That [sm:)e]
2. I Need Somebody by Iggy & The Stooges from Raw Power [Columbia/Sony]
3. Somebody To Love by Rusko from Somebody To Love [Mad Decent]
4. Down In Memphis by Booker T. Jones from The Road From Memphis [Anti]
5. You Ain’t Alone by Alabama Shakes from Alabama Shakes EP [Self-Released / Bandcamp]
6. Fairlee by Matt Pond PA from The Nature Of Maps [Polyvinyl]
7. Fairytale by Keep Shelly In Athens from Our Own Dream [Forest Family]
8. Personal Jesus by Depeche Mode from Violator [Mute/Sire]
9. Heavy Doctor by Thee Oh Sees from Carrion Crawler / The Dream [In The Red]
10. Chapel Song by We Are Augustines from We Are Augustines [Mim Music]
11. Modern World by Wolf Parade from Apologies To The Queen Mary [Sub Pop]
12. When I Get Back by Handsome Furs from Sound Kapital [Sub Pop]
13. Heartaches And Pain by Charles Bradley from No Time For Dreaming [Daptone]
14. Serpents by Sharon Van Etten from Tramp [Jagjaguwar]

Second Hour:

1. Satan Is Real by The Louvin Brothers from Satan Is Real [Light In The Attic / Capitol]
2. I’m Not Ready (edit) by Surfer Blood from Tarot Classics [Kanine]
3. Agenda Suicide by The Faint from Danse Macabre [Saddle Creek]
4. You Are Invited by The Dismemberment Plan from Emergency & I [De Soto]
5. New Year’s Eve by Tom Waits from Bad As Me [Anti]
6. Jackson Cannery by Ben Folds Five from Ben Folds Five [Caroline/Virgin]
7. Absence Of Light (f. Tunde Adebimpe) by Maximum Balloon from Maximum Balloon [DGC / Interscope]
8. Polish Girl by Neon Indian from Era Extrana [Mom + Pop]
9. Crank by Catherine Wheel from Chrome [Fontana]
10. Jonathon Fisk by Spoon from Kill The Moonlight [Merge]
11. Left To My Own Devices by Pet Shop Boys from Discography [EMI]
12. Shake It Out by Florence And The Machine from Ceremonials [Universal]
13. The Long Hair Of Death by Stereolab from Aluminum Tunes [Warp]

First Hour:

1. PDA by Interpol from Turn On The Bright Lights [Matador]
2. Inertia Creeps by Massive Attack from Singles 09-98 [Emd Int’l]
3. Within And Without by Washed Out from Within And Without [Sub Pop]
4. OK Pal by M83 from Hurry Up We’re Dreaming [Mute]
5. Two Rivers (f. Heems) by Small Black from Moon Killer Mixtape [Self-Released]
6. Dusk Till Dawn by Ladyhawke from Ladyhawke [Decca]
7. Cruel by St. Vincent from Strange Mercy [4AD]
8. Suck by Yuck from Yuck [Fat Possum]
9. Haller Lake by The Cave Singers from No Witch [Jagjaguwar]
10. Lullaby by The Cure from Disintegration [Elektra]
11. Te Amo by Atlas Sound from Parallax [4AD]
12. Deeper Shade Of Soul by Urban Dance Squad from Mental Floss For The Globe [Arista]

Second Hour:

1. I Found You by Alabama Shakes from Alabama Shakes EP [Self-Released / Bandcamp]
2. Videotapes by Blouse from Blouse [Captured Tracks]
3. Face To The Highway by Tom Waits from Bad As Me [Anti]
4. Augustine by We Are Augustines from We Are Augustines [Mim Music]
5. The Best Ever Death Metal Band In Denton by The Mountain Goats from All Hail West Texas [Emperor Jones]
6. Book Of Revelation by The Drums from Portamento [Island]
7. Spaced Out Orbit by Thao & Mirah from Thao & Mirah [Kill Rock Starts]
8. Limit To Your Love by James Blake from James Blake [Polydor]
9. Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth by The Dandy Warhols from Come Down [Capitol]
10. Kinder Blumen by Real Estate from Days [Domino]
11. A) The Rogue Superhero / B) Ready To Pay The Price by Keep Shelly In Athens from Our Own Dream [Forest Family]
12. January by Thurston Moore from Demolished Thoughts [Matador]
13. A Country’s King Of Dreams by Caveman from CoCo Beware [Magic Man!]
14. Sweet Lovin’ Man by The Magnetic Fields from 69 Love Songs, Vol. 1 [Merge]

First Hour:

1. Long Division by Fugazi from Steady Diet Of Nothing [Dischord]
2. The State I’m In by Karate from Pockets [Southern]
3. No More by Matt Pond PA from The Nature Of Maps [Polyvinyl]
4. The Wilhelm Scream by James Blake from James Blake [Polydor]
5. Montezuma by Fleet Foxes from Helplessness Blues [Sub Pop]
6. Fifteen Feet Of Pure White Snow by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds from No More Shall We Part [Warner]
7. Professional Suicide by Ladyhawke from Ladyhawke [Decca]
8. Rubies And Rocks by Thao & Mirah from Thao & Mirah [Kill Rock Stars]
9. America! by Bill Callahan from Apocalypse [Drag City]
10. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out by Dum Dum Girls from He Gets Me High [Sub Pop]
11. Carrion Crawler by Thee Oh Sees from Carrion Crawler / The Dream [In The Red]
12. Hold On by Alabama Shakes from Alabama Shakes EP [Self-Released / Bandcamp]
13. Book Of James by We Are Augustines from We Are Augustines [Mim Music]

Second Hour:

1. Days by The Drums from Portamento [Island]
2. Monica Gems by The Horrors from Skying [XL]
3. Don’t You Forget About Me by Simple Minds from The Breakfast Club Soundtrack [A&M Records]
4. Gold On The Ceiling by The Black Keys from El Camino [Nonesuch]
5. Puppet To The Man by Kurt Vile from Smoke Ring For My Halo [Matador]
6. Woods by The Rosebuds from Loud Planes Fly Low [Merge]
7. Glazin’ by Jacuzzi Boys from Glazin’ [Hardly Art]
8. Te Amo by Atlas Sound from Parallax [4AD]
9. Miranda by Surfer Blood from Tarot Classics [Kanine]
10. Honey Bunny by Girls from Father, Son, Holy Ghost [True Panther]
11. Black Tiles by Wild Flag from Wild Flag [Merge]
12. What Is A Home Without Love by The Louvin Brothers from Tragic Songs Of Life [Light In The Attic / Capitol]
13. The Ice Of Boston (edit) by The Dismemberment Plan from The Ice Of Boston EP [Interscope]

First Hour:

1. Blood Never Lies by Thurston Moore from Demolished Thoughts [Matador]
2. Fallout by Moon Duo from Mazes [Sacred Bones]
3. Society Is My Friend by Kurt Vile from Smoke Ring For My Halo [Matador]
4. Secret Walls by The Fresh & Onlys from Secret Walls [Sacred Bones]
5. Thought Ballune by Unknown Mortal Orchestra from Unknown Mortal Orchestra [Fat Possum]
6. Spitting Blood by Wu Lyf from Go Tell Fire To The Mountain [LYF]
7. Beat And The Pulse by Austra from Feel It Break [Domino]
8. Heartbreakin’ Scream by The Chain Gang of 1974 from Wayward Fire [Modern Art]
9. Oh My God by Cults from Cults [Columbia]
10. The Wall by Yuck from Yuck [Fat Possum]
11. Vessel by Zola Jesus from Conatus [Sacred Bones]
12. Old Friend by Caveman from Coco Beware [Magic Man]

Second Hour:

1. Little Black Submarines by The Black Keys from El Camino [Nonesuch]
2. Caffeinated Consciousness by TV On The Radio from World Cafe Live EP [Interscope]
3. Youth Knows No Pain by Lykke Li from Wounded Rhymes [Atlantic]
4. Breakdance Beach by Hail Mary Mallon from Are You Gonna Eat That? [Rhymesayers]
5. Joey Rogers by Ford & Lopatin from Channel Pressure [Mexican Summer / Software]
6. Midnight City by M83 from Hurry Up, We (a)re Dreaming [Mute]
7. Eyes Be Closed by Washed Out from Within And Without [Sub Pop]
8. Angel Is Broken by Atlas Sound from Parallax [4AD]
9. Contraption/Soul Desert by Thee Oh Sees from Carrion Crawler / The Dream [In The Red]
10. Always Looking by Dum Dum Girls from Only In Dreams [Sub Pop]
11. Cheap Music by Handsome Furs from Sound Kapital [Sub Pop]
12. Ice Cream Man (f. Matais Aguayo) by Battles from Gloss Drop [Warp]
13. Romance by Wild Flag from Wild Flag [Merge]
14. I Can See Through You by The Horrors from Skying [XL]
15. Come To The City by The War On Drugs from Slave Ambient [Secretly Canadian]

Some youtube links of some of my favorites of the year:

• Cheap Music (Cover Art Not Safe For Work) by Handsome Furs from Sound Kapital [Sub Pop]
• Ice Cream Man (Not Safe For Work) (f. Matais Aguayo) by Battles from Gloss Drop [Warp]
• Romance by Wild Flag from Wild Flag [Merge]
• I Can See Through You by The Horrors from Skying [XL]
• Come To The City by The War On Drugs from Slave Ambient [Secretly Canadian]