Playlist 2/27/12

The Dead Weather - Die by the Drop - Sea of Cowards (Third Man)
Titus Andronicus - A More Perfect Union - The Monitor (XL)
The Black Keys - Lonely Boy - El Camino (Nonesuch)

The Black Belles - Howl at the Moon - The Black Belles (Third Man)
Cursive - The Sun and Moon - I Am Gemini (Saddle Creek)
Foxy Shazam - Welcome to the Church of Rock and Roll - The Church of Rock and Roll (IRS)

Pontiak - Across the Steppe - Echo Ono (Thrill Jockey)
Sleater-Kinney - Jumpers - The Woods (Sub Pop)
Shearwater - Animal Life - Animal Joy (Sub Pop)

Antony and the Johnsons - Fistful of Love - I Am a Bird Now (Secretly Canadian)
Jens Lekman - You Are the Light - You Are the Light EP (Secretly Canadian)
Magneta Lane - The Constant Lover - The Constant Lover (Paper Bag)

Tullycraft - Polaroids from Mars - Disenchanted Hearts Unite (Magic Marker)
We All Have Hooks for Hands - Be Love, Be Wild - The Shape of Energy (Afternoon)
Call and Response - Colors Bleed - Winds Take No Shape (Badman)

First Aid Kit - Emmylou - The Lion's Roar (Witchita)
Molina and Johnson - Twenty Cycles to the Ground - Molina & Johnson (Secretly Canadian)
Rise Against - Swing Life Away - Siren Songs of the Counterculture (Geffen)

Jared Mees and the Grown Children - Excellent Time - Caffeine, Alcohol, Sunshine, Money (Tender Loving Empire)
Ani DiFranco - Life Boat - Which Side Are You On? (Righteous Babe)
Cate Le Bon - The Man I Wanted - Cyrk (The Control Group)

Ex Norwegian - Sky Diving - Sketch (Dying Van Gogh)
Laura Gibson - Milk-Heavy, Pollen-Eyed - La Grande (Barsuk)
The Swell Season - Feeling the Pull - Strict Joy (Anti)

The Good Life - You Don't Feel Like Home to Me - Help Wanted Nights (Saddle Creek)
The Concretes - You Can't Hurry Love - s/t (Astralwerks)
Tennis - Norway - Teen Dream (Sub Pop)

Tennis - Origins - Young & Old (Fat Possum)

Playlist 2/20/12

LCD Soundsystem - New York I Love You But... - Sound of Silver (DFA)
The Flaming Lips - Flight Test - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (Warner)
Wilco - Standing O - The Whole Love (Anti)

First Aid Kit - King of the World - The Lion's Roar (Witchita)
Neko Case - Teenage Feeling - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood (Anti)
Billy Bragg - There Is Power in a Union - Talking with the Taxman About Poetry (Elecktra)

Heartless Bastards - Got to Have Rock and Roll - Arrow (Artisan)
Cate Le Bon - The Man I Wanted - Cyrk (Control Group)
The Magnetic Fields -We Are Having a Hootenanny - Realism (Nonesuch)

The Lucksmiths - There Is a Boy that Never Goes Out - Naturaliste (Drive-In)
Hello Seahorse! - Ok!...Lobster - Hoy a Las Ocho (Magic Marker)
Los Campesinos! - Don't Tell Me to Do the Math(s) - Sticking Fingers into Sockets (Arts & Crafts)

Cursive - Drunken Birds - I Am Gemini (Saddle Creek)
The White Stripes - Hotel Yorba - White Blood Cells (Sympathy for the Record Industry)
The Black Keys - Money Maker - El Camino (Nonesuch)

Art Brut - Direct Hit - It's a Bit Complicated (Downtown)
Foxy Shazam - Welcome to the Church of Rock and Roll - The Church of Rock and Roll (IRS)
Rival Sons - All Over the Road - Pressure and Time (Earache)

Tennis - My Bitter Self - Young & Old (Fat Possum)
Neon Indian - Polish Girl -
MGMT - Electric Feel - Oracular Spectacular (Columbia)

Air - Parade - Le Voyage Dans La Lune (Astralwerks)
Ben Kweller - Mean to Me - Go Fly A Kite (The Noise Co.)
Sleater-Kinney - Combat Rock - One Beat (Kill Rock Stars)

Belle and Sebastian - I Want to the World to Stop - Write About Love (Matador)
She & Him - Ridin' in My Car - Volume Two (Merge)
Saturday Looks Good to Me - Meet Me by the Water - All Your Summer Songs (Polyvinyl)

Jenny & Johnny - Animal - I'm Having Fun Now (Warner)
Robyn - Cry When You Get Older - Body Talk Pt. 1 (Interscope)
Black Belles - Howl at the Moon - s/t (Third Man)

Playlist 2/13/12

The Rural Alberta Advantage - The Ballad of the RAA - Hometowns (Saddle Creek)
Braid - Please Drive Faster - Lucky to Be Alive (Glue Factory)
Rainer Maria - The Contents of Lincoln's Pockets - Anyone in Love with You (Already Knows) (Polyvinyl)

Los Campesinos! - Baby I Got the Death Rattle - Hello Sadness (Wichita)
Times New Viking - City on Drugs - Born Again Revisited (Matador)
The Black Keys - Lonely Boy - El Camino (Nonesuch)

Rival Sons - All Over the Road - Pressure & Time (Earache)
Rockets - Madeline - s/t (Creative Vibes)
The Black Belles - Howl at the Moon - The Black Belles (Third Man)

Stereo Total - Miau Miau - s/t (Bobsled)
Nada Surf - No Snow on the Mountain - Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy (Barsuk)
Guided by Voices - We Won't Apologize for the Human Race - Let's Go Eat the Factory (GBV inc)

Dead Man's Bones - In the Room Where You Sleep - s/t (Anti-)
CocoRosie - By Your Side - La Maison de Mon Reve (Touch & Go)
Nimoy and Shatner - Mr. Tambourine Man - Spaced Out (Universal)

Annie Hayden - Hip Hurray - The Enemy of Love (Merge)
Sondre Lerche - Two Way Monologue - Two Way Monologue (Astralwerks)
Oxford Collapse - The Boys Go Home - A Good Ground (Themselves)

Ben Kweller - Gossip - Go Fly a Kite (The Noise Co.)
Ani DiFranco - Unworry - Which Side Are You On? (Righteous Babe)
Silver Jews - I'm Getting Back into Getting Back into You - Tanglewood Numbers (Drag City)

Bright Eyes/Neva Dinova - I'll Be Your Friend - One Jug of Wine, Two Vessels (Crank!)
David Bazan - Curse Your Branches - Curse Your Branches (Barsuk)
Hindi Zahra - Kiss and Thrills - Handmade (Our Souls)

The Swell Season - Feeling the Pull - Strict Joy (Anti-)
Simon Joyner - Birds of Spring - Lost with the Lights On (Jagjaguwar)
M. Ward - Vincent O'Brien - The Transfiguration of Vincent (Merge)

First Aid Kit - King of the World - The Lion's Roar (Witchita)
Good Field - These Dreams - s/t (self)
Cate Le Bon - Falcon Eyed - Cryk (Control Group)





Karen Dalton

Playlist 2/6/12

Javelin - Oh! Centra - No Mas (Luaka Bop)
BOAT - Forever in Armitron - Dress Like Your Idols (Magic Marker)
Tegan and Sara - You Wouldn't Like Me - So Jealous (Sanctuary)

The Do - The Calendar - Both Ways Open Jaws (Six Degrees)
Ex Norwegian - Sky Diving - Sketch (Dying Van Gogh)
Rockets - Madeline - s/t (Creative Vibe)

Rilo Kiley - Does He Love You? - More Adventurous (Brute Beaute)
Noah & the Whale - Tonight's the Kind of Night - Last Night on Earth (Mercury)
First Aid Kit - Emmylou - The Lion's Roar (Witchita)

Neva Dinova - Yellow Datsun - The Hate Yourself Change (Sidecho)
O'death - Black Dress - Outside (Ernest Jennings)
Ani DiFranco - Life Boat - Which Side Are You On? (Righteous Babe)

The Mountain Goats - Damn These Vampires - All Eternals Deck (Merge)
Laura Gibson - La Grande - La Grande (Barsuk)
Jens Lekman - I Saw Her at the Anti-War Demonstration - You Are the Light (Secretly Canadian)

Okkervil River - For Real - Black Sheep Boy (Jagjaguwar)
Tennis - Take Me Somewhere - Cape Dory (Fat Possum)
Kathleen Edwards - Empty Threat - Voyageur (Rounder)

Stars - What I'm Trying to Say - Set Yourself on Fire (Arts & Crafts)
Porcelain Raft - Is It Too Deep for You? - Strange Weekend (Secretly Canadian)
Islands - Rough Gem - Return to the Sea (Equator)

The Promise Ring - The Deep South - Very Emergency (Jade Tree)
Nada Surf - Let the Fight Do the Fighting - Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy (Barsuk)
She & Him - Lingering Still - Volume Two (Merge)

Belle & Sebastian - I Want the World to Stop - Write About Love (Matador)
The Evens - Mt. Pleasant Isn't - s/t (Dischord)
The Black Keys - Gold on the Ceiling - El Camino (Nonesuch)

Sleater Kinney - I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone - Call the Doctor (Chainsaw)
Mutts - Real Bright - Pray for Rain (self)
Rival Sons - Only One - Pressure & Time (Earache)