Bittersweet Melody (Music)
With Allen
Wed Jul 25th 2012 5.00am–7.00am
R=listener request. N=music new at the station. L=local music. Your purchases using the Buy it! links
Time zone: central
5:01am | Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris “Belle Starr” from All The Roadrunning (Warner Bros / Wea 2006) —Mark Knopfler has a new album coming out on September 3 and he's currently touring with Bob Dylan.Buy it! |
5:04am | Mark Knopfler “Restless Farewell” from Chimes of Freedom (Fontana 2012) N Buy it! |
5:09am | Dire Straits “The Man's Too Strong” from Brothers In Arms (Warner Bros. 1985)Buy it! |
5:17am | Five Eight “What Can One Man Change?” from Your God Is Dead To Me Now (Iron Horse 2011)Buy it! |
5:20am | The Dirty Guv'nahs “Honey You” from Somewhere Beneath These Southern Skies (Dualtone 2012) N Buy it! |
5:23am | Faces “Pool Hall Richard” from The Best of Faces: Good Boys When They're Asleep (Rhino 2005)Buy it! |
5:27am | Rod Stewart “Sailor” from The Best of Rod Stewart (Mercury 1976)Buy it! |
5:33am | Jessica Lea Mayfield “Somewhere In Your Heart” from Tell Me (Nonesuch 2011) —Jessica will be with The Wooden Sky at the Firebird next Tuesday, July 31.Buy it! |
5:37am | Badly Drawn Boy “Say It Again” from The Hour of Bewilderbeast (XL Recordings 2000)Buy it! |
5:41am | XTC “Summer's Cauldron” from Skylarking (Geffen 1986)Buy it! |
5:47am | Magic Trick “I Say Your Name” from Ruler of the Night (Bonus Track Version) (Hardly Art 2012) N —Led by the Fresh and Onlys frontman Tim Cohen, this is from their just released 2nd album.Buy it! |
5:51am | The Daredevil Christopher Wright “DIVORCE” from The Nature of Things (File Under: Music 2012) N Buy it! |
5:54am | The Shins “40 Mark Strasse” from Port Of Morrow (Columbia 2012) N Buy it! |
6:01am | Aimee Mann “Living a Lie” from Charmer SINGLE (Superego 2012) N —From the forthcoming Aimee Mann album due out on September 18. This one features James Mercer of the Shins on vocals.Buy it! |
6:04am | Aimee Mann “Labrador” from Charmer SINGLE (Superego 2012) N Buy it! |
6:09am | Bearhug “Over The Hill” from Bill, Dance, Shiner (Spunk www.spunk.com.au 2012) N —From the debut album of this Sydney, Australia band. Check them out! I love this song.Buy it! |
6:13am | Dinosaur Jr. “I Don't Think So” from Without a Sound (sire 1994) —Dinosaur Jr. will be playing this year's Loufest on the last weekend of August in Forest Park. Check loufest.com for more details. Also looking forward to a new release from Dinosaur Jr. due out on September 18, I Bet on Sky.Buy it! |
6:18am | David Bowie “The Jean Genie” from Aladdin Sane (Virgin 1973)Buy it! |
6:22am | Girls “HEARTBREAKER” from Broken Dreams Club (FantasyTrashcan 2010)Buy it! |
6:26am | Gold Motel “Cold Shoulders” from Gold Motel (Good as Gold 2012) N —Gold Motel will be at the Firebird this Friday, July 27. Also don't miss their in-studio that will air on Chris Bay's excellent Gold Soundz show this Friday night at 7:30PM.Buy it! |
6:31am | Superchunk “Why Do You Have to Put a Date On Everything” from Foolish (Remastered) (Merge Records 1994)Buy it! |
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6:38am | Glossary “L.A. Ambience” from Southern by the Grace of Location (Champ 1998) —Glossary will be playing a show at the Duck Room this Saturday night, July 28. They're sandwiched between great locals Beth Bombara (leading off) and The Blind Eyes (headlining). This is from their 1998 debut.Buy it! |
6:46am | Japandroids “THE HOUSE THAT HEAVEN BUILT” from Celebration Rock (Polyvinyl Records 2012) N —One of my favorite albums of the year. Exponentially improved from their first albums.Buy it! |
6:51am | JEFF The Brotherhood “Country Nights” from Hyponotic Nights (Warner Bros. 2012) N —@ Off Broadway next Tuesday, July 31.Buy it! |
6:55am | Field Report “I Am Not Waiting Anymore” from Field Report (Partisan Records 2012) N —From the forthcoming album due out on September 11.Buy it! |
Like everything else, times are approximate. Spinitron and this station are not liable for errors or omissions.