7:00am | X “Because I Do” from Under The Big Black Sun (Elektra 1983) —This song is all about Billy Zoom's great riff and the propulsive drums of DJ Bonebreak.Buy it! |
7:02am | Los Lobos “I Wanna Be Like You (The Monkey Song)” from Just Another Band from East L.A. (Warner Brothers 1993) —One of my all-time fave Los Lobos cuts, originally from the Hal Willner produced Stay Awake Disney tribute.Buy it! |
7:06am | Punch Brothers “Movement and Location” from Who's Feeling Young Now? (Nonesuch 2012) N —I'm reasonably sure he's not singing about a baseball pitcher, but the musical part of the song is so entrancing I still don't know much about the words.Buy it! |
7:10am | George Harrison “Isn't It a Pity” from All Things Must Pass (self 1970) —It's astounding to contemplate the number of incredible songs George had saved up for his first solo record, my all-time fave solo Beatle album.Buy it! |
7:18am | City Squirrel “Seeking Out Approval” from Defeat (Red Pill 2012) N —Nice crunchy number out of Portland, Oregon. "I'm like a muscle man trying to lift the weight of the world."Buy it! |
7:21am | Aimee Mann “Charmer” SINGLE (Superego 2012) N —Killer synthesizer riff takes this song from terrific to brilliant.Buy it! |
7:24am | Jellyfish “All I Want Is Everything” from Live at Bogart's (Omnivore 2012) N —I quite enjoy this live album from a band that should have been much bigger in their time.Buy it! |
7:30am | The Kinks “Life Goes On” from Sleepwalker (Arista 1977) —Get that frown off your head 'cause you're a long time dead.Buy it! |
7:35am | Son Volt “Dust of Daylight” from American Central Dust (Rounder 2009) —One of those purty songs Jay Farrar does so well.Buy it! |
7:38am | Craig Finn “Honolulu Blues” from Clear Heart Full Eyes (Vagrant www.vagrant.com 2012) N —I think this may have been the album I heard this year that I should have listened to more closely - whenever I hear a song like this one, I like it more than I thought I did.Buy it! |
7:43am | Iggy Pop “Pleasure” from Party (Arista 1981) —I don't know why this album isn't rated more highly among Iggy fans - what's not to love about a song like this one?Buy it! |
7:46am | John Cale “Macbeth” from Paris 1919 (Rhino 1973) —How can you not have a smile on your face when this song plays?Buy it! |
7:49am | Alejandro Escovedo “Sally Was a Cop” from Big Station (Fantasy 2012) —While this song is great, I guess it takes the smile off the face, doesn't it?Buy it! |
7:54am | Robyn Hitchcock “August Hair” from I Wanna Go Backwards (Yep Roc 2007) —One of the more obscure Hitchcock cuts collected in this box set of classics & rarities.Buy it! |
8:02am | Tracey Thorn “Hard Candy Christmas” from Tinsel and Lights (Merge 2012) N —A beautiful song from a beautiful singer.Buy it! |
8:06am | Middle Class Fashion “Give Xmas My Best” from Sentimental Singles (S/R 2012) N L —What a nice holiday surprise to find a new EP of seasonal stuff from this very talented local outfoot.Buy it! |
8:08am | Redd Kross “Super Sunny Christmas” from Christmas on KYULE 2012 (KYULE 2012) N —My fave cut on the annual KYULE compilation put together by Mr. Christmas himself, John Wendland.Buy it! |
8:12am | Rough Shop “Syd” from Beneath the South Side Bridge (Perdition Records 2012) N L —The best song on a great album, maybe?Buy it! |
8:18am | Tres Chicas “Stone Love Song” from Bloom, Red and the Ordinary Girl (Yep Roc 2006) —Caitlin Cary. 'Nuff said.Buy it! |
8:22am | Norah Jones “Take It Back” from Little Broken Hearts (Blue Note 2012) N —Words are failing me - Jones sings so perfectly.Buy it! |
8:26am | Peter Gabriel “No Self Control” from Peter Gabriel (3) (Real World 1980) —I don't know how to stop.Buy it! |
8:30am | Chicha Libre “The Ride of the Valkyries” from Canibalismo (Barbes Records 2012) N —I don't know anything about these guys, but this is one heck of a nice song.Buy it! |
8:34am | Lee "Scratch" Perry “Sunshine Showdown” from Chapter 2 of "Words" (Trojan 1999) —Classic Upsetters stuff from the golden era of the 70s.Buy it! |
8:37am | Invisible System “Dark Entries” from The Rough Guide to the Music of Ethiopia (World Music Network 2012) N —This fascinating combination of Ethiopian traditions and outside influences is ridiculously cool - that country remains one of the most fascinating sources for music these days.Buy it! |
8:43am | Caetano Veloso “Beleza Pura” from Personalidade (Polygram 1986) —I don't know what he's saying, but I love the sound of his voice.Buy it! |
8:46am | Vinicius Cantuaria & Bill Frisell “Forinfas” from Lagrimas Mexicanas (Naive 2011) —A mysterious little number.Buy it! |
8:50am | Cassandra Wilson “No More Blues” from Another Country (EOne 2012) N —A very sweet collaboration between Wilson and guitarist Fabrizio Sotti.Buy it! |
8:54am | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings “I Learned the Hard Way” (Daptone 2010) —This song is only 2 years old and it already sounds like something I've loved my whole life.Buy it! |
9:00am | Ryan Shaw “Real Love” (Dynotone 2012) N —This man can belt it out with the best of them - terrific young singer.Buy it! |
9:03am | Johnny "Guitar" Watson “Ain't Gonna Hush” from Hot Just Like TNT (Ace 1996) —Sung by Cordella de Milo, with stinging guitar from Mr. Watson.Buy it! |
9:05am | Etta James “What'd I Say” from Etta James Rocks The House (Chess 1964) —I saw Etta James a few times, and she was always magnificent, but I never got to see her sound like this.Buy it! |
9:09am | Willie Dixon “Move Me” from Windy City Blues (Fantasy 1992) —Willie Dixon wasn't as great a singer as he was a songwriter, but man, this is one effective smoky blues.Buy it! |
9:12am | Miles Davis “Chance It” from Miles Davis Vol. 1 (Blue Note 1955) —There is a nice precision to those jazz cuts originally recorded for 78s.Buy it! |
9:17am | Sleepy Kitty “All I Do Is Dream of You” from single (Euclid 2012) N L —So the question is, where do I know this song from?Buy it! |
9:19am | The Monkees “I Can't Get Her Off My Mind” from The Monkees (Colgems 1966) —Actually, this is a previously unreleased early version, which is just so darn charming.Buy it! |
9:22am | Neil Young & Crazy Horse “Psychedelic Pill” (Reprise 2012) N —Neil Young has a phaser and he knows how to use it.Buy it! |
9:25am | The Blind Eyes “Forever and a Day” from Modernity CD ALBUM (Blind Eyes 2008) —New Year's Eve - free show at Off Broadway.Buy it! |
9:30am | Earwacks “As Far As We Know” from 33 1/3: Live at the Gaslight Theatre (self 2012) N L —This great St. Louis band reunited for one last performance after almost 30 years; it's documented on a DVD, and the release party is Sunday, Dec. 16 at the Famous Bar.Buy it! |
9:35am | Be Bop Deluxe “Crying To the Sky” from Sunburst Finish (EMI 1976) —Oh, man, when Bill Nelson's guitar lets loose halfway through this cut, I'm ready to fly.Buy it! |
9:40am | Shawn Colvin “Up On That Hill” from All Fall Down (Nonesuch 2012) N —I never thought I'd get entranced by a Shawn Colvin album, but this one, produced by Buddy Miller, is downright lovely.Buy it! |
9:44am | Charlie Robison “Something In the Water” from Good Times (Dualtone 2004) —An enjoyable entry in the list of songs about discovering alcohol as a youngster.Buy it! |
9:48am | J.D. McPherson “Fire Bug” from Signs & Signifiers (Rounder 2012) N —I think this could start a party.Buy it! |
9:51am | James McMurtry “The Governor” from Just Us Kids (Lightning Rod 2008) —This song has nothing to do with it, but it makes me think of The Walking Dead now.Buy it! |
Like everything else, times are approximate.
Spinitron and this station are not liable for errors or omissions.
