6:59am | Los Lobos “Peace” from Kiko Live (Shout! Factory 2012) N —Killer extended version of a song that's semi-laconic on the original, and tough as nails here.Buy it! |
7:03am | The Civil Tones “One Day, Again and Again” from City Stoopin' (Pravda 2011) L —St. Louis kings of funk and soul instrumentals.Buy it! |
7:07am | War “Smile Happy” from Why Can't We Be Friends? (Avenue 1975) —A slow burner of an album cut - love these guys.Buy it! |
7:16am | Meshell Ndegeocello “Suzanne” from Pour une âme souveraine - A Dedication to Nina Simone (Naive 2012) N —Another amazing record from Ndegeocello - this version of Leonard Cohen's oft-covered classic is like no other, wild and fast and thrilling.Buy it! |
7:21am | Sinead O'Connor “The Wolf Is Getting Married” from How About I Be Me (And You Be You)? (One Little Indian 2012) N —Considering how much I love this album, I probably should go back and see how I managed to misjudge her all these years.Buy it! |
7:25am | Patty Griffin “We Shall All Be Reunited” from Downtown Church CD ALBUM (CMG 2010) —Mrs. Robert Plant sings the heck out of this gospel gem.Buy it! |
7:32am | Jackie Greene “The Holy Land” from Till the Light Comes CD ALBUM (429 2010) —How am I to be my brother's keeper when his knife keeps cutting and the wound gets deeper?Buy it! |
7:38am | Jay Farrar, Will Johnson, Anders Parker & Yim Yames “Careless Reckless Love” from New Multitudes (Rounder 2012) N —Clearly the hit off this quite enjoyable record.Buy it! |
7:43am | Court Yard Hounds “Skyline” from Court Yard Hounds CD ALBUM (Columbia 2010) —2/3 of the Dixie Chicks but still 100% good.Buy it! |
7:48am | Chris Smither “Place in Line” from Hundred Dollar Valentine (Signature Sounds 2012) N —Like the closest star by far, it's never really near.Buy it! |
7:51am | Dennis Wilson “River Song” from Pacific Ocean Blue (Caribou 1977) —Quite possibly the greatest Beach Boys related song after 1972.Buy it! |
7:55am | Stephen Stills “Bound to Fall” from Manassas (Atlantic 1972) —I love to hear Stills play the guitar - and back in those days, he could still sing!Buy it! |
8:01am | Aimee Mann “Crazytown” from Charmer SINGLE (Superego 2012) N —I've never heard a bad record by Aimee Mann. Wonder if she could possibly make one?Buy it! |
8:05am | Rain Parade “Fertile Crescent” from Crashing Dream (Island 1986) —The band was on its last legs at this point, but still capable of putting together strong, memorable songs.Buy it! |
8:08am | Matthew Sweet “Daisychain” from Sunshine Lies (Shout! Factory 2008) —He's playing at the Duck Room tomorrow night - I know he's doing the Girlfriend album again, and I know that brings out bigger crowds, but man, songs like this one deserve to be aired.Buy it! |
8:14am | Tommy Keene “Black & White New York” from Crashing the Ether (Eleven Thirty 2006) —How does one go about crashing ether, anyway? Maybe this giant pop sound could pull it off.Buy it! |
8:19am | Buffalo Killers “Moon Daisy” from Dig. Sow. Love. Grow. (Alive 2012) N —Slow and sludgy and downright beautiful.Buy it! |
8:23am | De Novo Dahl “Been Kept Up” from Move Every Muscle, Make Every Sound (Roadrunner 2008) —I realized I know next to nothing about this band - this is the only album of theirs I've ever heard, and it's darn good. Are there more?Buy it! |
8:27am | The Beatles “Julia” from The Beatles (CAPITOL 1968) —Yep, this is purty. It's nice to be reminded of that once in a while.Buy it! |
8:33am | Fairport Convention “Mr. Lacey” from What We Did On Our Holidays (Island 1969) —Embracing that old English folk tradition of the blues.Buy it! |
8:36am | Rory Gallagher “Daughter of the Everglades” from The BBC Sessions (Buddha 1999) —There was no one like him, was there?Buy it! |
8:42am | Bob Dylan “Pay in Blood” from Tempest (Columbia 2012) N —Sometimes I wonder if Dylan listens to himself and hears Louis Armstrong.Buy it! |
8:45am | The Bangles “Hero Takes a Fall” from All Over the Place (Columbia 1984) —After 28 years, this is still one of my favorite records of all time.Buy it! |
8:48am | Jans Project “Hall of Accidents” from Jans Project (Jans Project 2011) —Playing tonight at Off Broadway with the Deciders and Rough Shop. Definitely plan to be there.Buy it! |
8:51am | John Cale “Andalucia” from Paris 1919 (Rhino 1973) —Cale has a new album due out soon, which may be why I keep drifting towards his older stuff. Anyway - wow!Buy it! |
8:55am | The Raspberries “Waiting” from Raspberries (Capitol/EMI Music Distribution 1972) —Oh, Eric Carmen, such a sad tale you spin.Buy it! |
9:01am | Duke Ellington & Johnny Hodges “Basin Street Blues” from Back to Back (Verve 1959) —Has there ever been a more sultry sound than the warm alto sax of Johnny Hodges?Buy it! |
9:09am | Mike Stern “Out of the Blue” from All Over the Place (Heads Up www.headsup.com 2012) N —One heck of a good guitar player.Buy it! |
9:17am | Brothers Lazaroff “Where Light Betrays the Night” from Science Won (self 2012) N L —It's all in the sound of this cut, the forlorn hope that love can conquer all.Buy it! |
9:21am | Rough Shop “Flywheel” from Beneath the South Side Bridge (Perdition 2012) N L —I believe I mentioned earlier - tonight, Off Broadway, Jans Project, the Deciders, Rough Shop. My kind of show.Buy it! |
9:25am | Tom Russell “I'm On Fire” from Road to Bayamon (Philo 1988) —One of the best Springsteen covers.Buy it! |
9:30am | Kelly Joe Phelps “Down to the Praying Ground” from Brother Sinner & the Whale (Black Hen 2012) N —A concept album based on the book of Jonah in the Bible. It's not hard to swallow at all.Buy it! |
9:35am | Caitlin Cary & Thad Cockrell “Please Break My Heart” from Begonias (Yep Roc 2005) —A simply devastating duet.Buy it! |
9:39am | Dwight Yoakam “Take Hold of My Hand” from 3 Pears (Warner Brothers 2012) N —Another terrific Dwight Yoakam record. Possibly the most consistent songwriter/singer/performer of our time.Buy it! |
9:40am | The dB's “World to Cry” from Falling Off the Sky (Bar/None 2012) N —The band that's given me my fave record this year will be at the Duck Room on Nov. 17. I'll be there with bells on.Buy it! |
9:44am | Slade “Good Time Gals” from Stomp Your Hands, Clap Your Feet (Warner Brothers 1974) —Cowbell!Buy it! |
9:48am | Dan Bern “Capetown” from Drifter (self 2012) N —One of our greatest songwriters toils in obscurity.Buy it! |
9:51am | Tampa Red “Give It Up Buddy and Get Goin'” from The Bluebird Recordings 1934-1936 (RCA 1997) —Here's the best thing for you to do / Treat her like other strangers do.Buy it! |
9:54am | Big Maceo “Worried Life Blues” from Bluebird Recordings 1941-1942 (RCA 1996) —Hanging out in Chicago some 70 years ago.Buy it! |
Like everything else, times are approximate.
Spinitron and this station are not liable for errors or omissions.
