Playlist 9/19/11

Azure Ray - For the Sake of the Song - s/t EP (Saddle Creek)
Nurses - Extra Fast - Dracula (Dead Oceans)
St. Vincent - Paris Is Burning - Marry Me (Beggars Banquet)

Her Space Holiday - Black Cat Baloons - s/t (No More Good Ideas)
Gruff Rhys - Sensations in the Dark - Hotel Shampoo (Wichita)
Kyle Andrews - Make Me Feel Human - Robot Learn Love (Elephant Lady)

Toro y Moi - I Can Get Love - Freaking Out EP (Carpark)
Boat - Illustrate the History - Let's Drag Our Feet (Magic Marker)
Los Campesinos! - Don't Tell Me to Do the Math(s) - Sticking Fingers into Sockets EP (Arts & Crafts)

Against Me! - Borne on the FM Waves of the Heart - New Wave (Sire)
Wild Flag - Glass Tambourine - s/t (Merge)
Times New Viking - Ever Falling in Love - Dancer Equired (Merge)

You Say Party! We Say Die! - Opportunity - Lose All Time (Paper Bag)
Braid - You Are the Reason - Closer to Closed (Polyvinyl)
Art Brut - Blame It on the Trains - It's a Bit Complicated (Downtown)

Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks - Stick Figures in Love - Mirror Traffic (Matador)
All Girl Summer Fun Band - Canadian Boyfriend - s/t (K)
Saturday Looks Good to Me - Think About Tomorrow - s/t (Ypsilanti)

Mister Heavenly - I Am a Hologram - Out of Love (Sub Pop)
Magnetic Fields - California Girls - Distortion (Nonesuch)
Jens Lekman - Waiting for Kirsten - An Arguement with Myself (Secretly Canadian)

Gold Leaves - Cruel/Kind - The Ornament (Hardly Art)
Kaki King - Yellow Cake - ...Until We Felt Red (Velour)
Beirut - Santa Fe - The Rip Tide (Pompeii)

Male Bonding - Tame the Sun - Endless Now (Sub Pop)
The Decemberists - When the War Came - The Crane Wife (Capitol)
Bonnie Prince Billy - I See a Darkness - I See a Darkness (Palace)

The Good Life - The Beaten Path - Black Out (Saddle Creek)
Cat Power - Aretha, Sing One for Me - Jukebox (Matador)

Playlist 9/12/11

Sia - The Fight - We Are Born (Jive)
LCD Soundsystem - I Can Change - This Is Happening (DFA)
Les Savy Fav - Yawn Yawn Yawn - Inches (French Kiss)

The Foals - Olympic Airways - Antidotes (Sub Pop)
Yacht - Love in the Dark - Shangri-La (DFA)
Metronomy - The Bay - English Riviera (Because)

Dom - Telephone - Family of Love (Astralwerks)
Sun Airway - American West - Nocturne of Exploded Crystal Chandelier (Secretly Canadian)
Male Bonding - Tame the Sun - Endless Now (Sub Pop)

Kevin Devine - Off-Screen - Between the Concrete and Clouds (Razor & Tie)
Mister Heavenly - Diddy Eyes - Out of Love (Sub Pop)
Kate Bush - Running Up that Hill - Hounds of Love (EMI)

The Magnetic Fields - Queen of the Savages - 69 Love Songs (Merge)
Bright Eyes - Approximate Sunlight - The People's Key (Saddle Creek)
Beirut - East Harlem - The Rip Tide (Pompeii)

She & Him - Why Do You Let Me Stay Here? - Volume One (Merge)
Nurses - Trying to Reach You - Dracula (Dead Oceans)
Bon Iver - Skinny Love - For Emma, Forever Ago (Jagjaguwar)

Okkervil River - Starry Stairs - The Stand In's (Jagjaguwar)
Emmy the Great - A Woman, a Woman, a Century - Virtue (Close Harbour)
Kyle Andrews - Make Me Feel Human - Robot Learn Love (Elephant Lady)

Mary Lou Lord - His Indie World - Mary Lou Lord EP (Kill Rock Stars)
Silver Jews - Suffering Jukebox - Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea (Drag City)
Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins - The Big Guns - Rabbit Fur Coat (Team Love)

The Anniversary - The D in Detroit - Designing a Nervous Breakdown (Vagrant)
Braid - Do Over - Closer to Closed (Polyvinyl)
Jimmy Eat World - Lucky Denver Mint - Clarity (Big Wheel Recreation)

Playlist 9/5/11

Silver Jews - Animal Shapes - Tanglewood Numbers (Drag City)
Bright Eyes - From a Balance Beam - Lifted...or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground (Saddle Creek)
Sondre Lerche - Private Caller - Sondre Lerche (Yep Roc)

Mister Heavenly - Reggae Pie - Out of Love (Sub Pop)
The Unicorns - I Was Born (a Unicorn) - Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone? (Alien 8)
Dom - Happy Birthday Party - Family of Love (Astralwerks)

Metronomy - Trouble - English Riviera (Because)
Robyn - Dancing on My Own - Body Talk Pt. 1 (Interscope)
Belle and Sebastian - White Collar Boy - The Life Pursuit (Matador)

The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir - Would You Still Love Me if I Was in a Knife Fight? - I Bet You Say that to All the Boys (Fashion Brigade)
Brilliant Colors - Hey Dan - Again and Again (Slumberland)
Male Bonding - Tame the Sun - Endless Now (Sub Pop)

The War on Drugs - Your Love Is Calling My Name - Slave Ambient (Secretly Canadian)
Sleater-Kinney - Oh! - One Beat (Kill Rock Stars)
The Boy Least Likely to - I'm Glad I Hitched My Apple Wagon to Your Star - The Best Party Ever (Too Young to Die)

Mirah Yomtov Zeitlyn - Oh! September - Songs from the Black Mountain Music Project (K Records)

Foster the People - Pumped Up Kicks - Torches columbia
The Vaccines - Wreckin'Bar (Ra Ra Ra) - What Do You Expect from the Vaccines? (Columbia)
They Might Be Giants - The Lady and the Tiger - Join Us (Idlewild)

Cymbals Eat Guitars - Keep Me Waiting - Lenses Alien (Barsuk)
Yacht - Beam Me Up - Shangri-La (DFA)
White Stripes - One More Cup of Coffee - s/t (V2)

Rilo Kiley - With Arms Outstretched - The Execution of All Things (Saddle Creek)
Jens Lekman - A Postcard to Nina - Night Falls Over Kortedala (Secretly Canadian)
Andrew Bird - Weather Systems - Weather Systems (Righteous Babe)

The Decemberists - The Legionnaire's Lament - Castaways and Cutouts (Hush)
The Lucksmiths - Midweek Midmorning - Naturaliste (Drive-In)
Braid - Do Over - Closer to Closed (Polyvinyl)

Playlist 8/29/11

LCD Soundsystem - You Wanted a Hit - This Is Happening (DFA Records)
Foster the People - Pumped Up Kicks - Torches (Columbia)**
Metronomy - Corrine - The English Riviera (Because)

CSS - Let's Reggae All Night - Donkey (Sub Pop)
Yacht - Love in the Dark - Shangri-La (DFA Records)
Crystal Castles - Celestica - Crystal Castles II (Fiction)

Washed Out - Echoes - Within and Without (Sub Pop)
Tilly and the Wall - Beat Control - Beat Control 7" (Team Love)
Foals - Total Life Forever - Total Life Forever (Sub Pop)

Skybox - Morning After Cuts - Morning After Cuts (self)
Mister Heavenly - Wise Men - Out of Love (Sub Pop)
Her Space Holiday - Black Cat Balloons - s/t (No More Good Ideas)

Let's Wrestle - My Arms Don't Bend that Way, Damn It! - In the Court of Wrestling Let's (Merge)
Boat - Come with Me, We'll Win - Let's Drag Our Feet (Magic Marker)
Los Campesinos! - There Are Listed Buildings - Romance Is Boring (Arts & Crafts)

Karen Elson - The Truth Is in the Dirt - The Ghost Who Walks (XL)
The Kills - Heart Is a Beating Drum - Blood Pressures (Domino)
The Black Keys - Everlasting Light - Brothers (Nonesuch)

Wolf Parade - You Are a Runner and I Am My Father's Son - s/t (Expo)
Braid - Universe or Worse - Closer to Closed (Polyvinyl)
The Radio Dept. - Heaven's on Fire - Passive Aggressive: Singles 2002-2010 (Labrador)

Yellow Ostrich - Hold On - The Mistress (Barsuk)
Fink - Warm Shadow - Perfect Darkness (Ninja Tune)
Kyle Andrews - Make Me Feel Human - Robot Learn Love (Elephant Lady)

Marissa Nadler - Alabaster Queen - s/t (Box of Cedar)
Azure Ray - Nothing Like a Song - Hold on Love (Saddle Creek)
The Swell Season - Low Rising - Strict Joy (Anti-)

Two Gallants - The Prodigal Son - What the Toll Tells (Saddle Creek)

Playlist 8/22/11

M. Ward - Right in the Head - Post War (Merge)
Neko Case - People Got a Lotta Nerve - Middle Cyclone (Anti-)
Langhorne Slim - Land of Dreams - Be Set Free (Kemado)

David Dondero - The Living and the Dead - The Transient (Future Farmer)
Her Space Holiday - Come on All You Soldiers - s/t (No More Good Ideas)
Yellow Ostrich - Hold On - The Mistress (Barsuk)

Kyle Andrews - Make Me Feel Human - Robot Learn Love (Elephant Lady)
Gold Leaves - Cruel/Kind - The Ornament (Hardly Art)
Fink - Warm Shadow - Prefect Darkness (Ninja Tune)

Mister Heavenly - Reggae Pie - Out of Love (Sub Pop) **
The Fiery Furnaces - Lost at Sea - The End Is Near (Thrill Jockey)
Hello Seahorse! - Ok!...Lobster - Hoy a las Ocho (Magic Marker)

Fruit Bats - The Hobo Girl - The Ruminant Band (Sub Pop)
Belle & Sebastian - Like Dylan in the Movies - The BBC Sessions (Matador)
The Do - At Last! - A Mouthful (Get Down)

Amy Millan - I Will Follow You into the Dark - Masters of the Burial (Arts & Crafts)
Marissa Nadler - In Your Lair, Bear - s/t (Box of Cedar)
The Library - I Still Believe - The King of Silverlake (Maggadee)

PJ Harvey - The Words that Maketh Murder - Let England Shake (Vagrant)
They Might Be Giants - Celebration - Join Us (Idlewild)
Brilliant Colors - Telephone Stories - Again and Again (Slumberland)

Yuck - Stutter - s/t (Fat Possum)
The Dodos - This Is a Business - Time to Die (Frenchkiss)
Moonface - Loose Heart = Loose Plan - Organ Music Not Vibraphone Like I'd Hoped (Jagjaguwar)

Braid - You Are the Reason - Closer to Closed (Polyvinyl)
The Promise Ring - Best Looking Boys - Boys + Girls (Jadetree)
The Strokes - Metabolism - Angles (RCA)

Bishop Allen - Dimmer - Grr... (Dead Oceans)
Parenthetical Girls - A Song for Ellie Greenwich - Entanglements (Tomlab)

Playlist 8/15/11

Okkervil River - Lost Coastlines - The Stan In's (Jagjaguwar)
I'm From Barcelona - Mingus - Who Killed Harry Houdini? (Mute)
Washed Out - Eyes Be Closed - Within and Without (Sub Pop)

Moonface - Loose Heart = Loose Plan - Organ Music Not Vibraphone Like I'd Hoped (Jagjaguwar)
Handsome Furs - Damage - Sound Kapital (Sub Pop)
Vetiver - Wonder Why - The Errant Charm (Sub Pop)

Kickdrums - Trouble Coming Everyday - Meet Your Ghost (self)
Shimmer Kids Underpop Association - Like Candy, Like Poison - The Natural Riot (Hidden Agenda)
The Court and Spark - Berliners - Hearts (Absolutely Kosher)

Tunng - Hands - Good Arrows (Thrill Jockey)
Devendra Banhart - Cristobol - Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon (XL)
Bon Iver - Calgary - s/t (Jagjaguwar)

Rosie Thomas - I Play Music - Only With Laughter Can You Win (Sub Pop)
The Magnetic Fields - Kiss Me Like You Mean It - 69 Love Songs Disc 2 (Merge)
Cat Power - Blue - Jukebox (Matador)

William Elliott Whitmore - Let's Do Something Impossible - Field Songs (Anti-)
Tim Kasher - Strays - The Game of Monogamy (Saddle Creek)
Mister Heavenly - Diddy Eyes - Out of Love (Sub Pop)

Brilliant Colors - Telephone Stories - Again and Again (Slubmerland)
Chad Valley - Shell Suite - Equitorial Ultravox (Rough Trade)
The Vaccines - Blow It Up - What Did You Expect from the Vaccines? (Columbia)

Memory Tapes - Today Is Our Life - Player Piano (Carpark)
Sons & Daughters - Split Lips - This Gift (Domino)
April Smith - Dixie Boy - Songs from a Sinking Ship (self)

Rasputina - Incident in a Medical Clinic - Oh Perilous World (Filthy Bonnet)
Dresden Dolls - My Alcoholic Friends - Yes Virigina... (Roadrunner)
The Vaselines - The Devil's Inside Me - Sex with an X (Sub Pop)

Playlist 8/8/11

of Montreal - She's a Rejector - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (Polyvinyl)
Islands - Rough Gem - Return to the Sea (Equator)
The Do - At Last ! - A Mouthful (Get Down)

The Berg Sans Nipple - Along the Quai - Along the Quai (Team Love)
Kickdrums - Trouble Coming Everyday - Meet Your Ghost (self)
Foster the People - Pumped Up Kicks - Torches (Startime International)

Summer Cats - In June - Songs for Tuesdays (Slumberland)
Hands and Knees - Midnight in the Applefield - Et Tu Fluffy? (Midriff)
Mucca Pazza - Habibi - A Little Marching Band (self)

Noisettes - Don't Give Up - What's the Time Mr. Wolf (Universal)
The Kills - Getting Down - Midnight Boom (Domino)
Jarvis Cocker - Don't Let Him Waste Your Time - Jarvis Cocker Rough Trade)

The Rural Alberta Advantage - Sleep All Day - Hometowns (Saddle Creek)
Taylor Hollingsworth - Like a Cave - Tragic City (Brash Music)
Bombadil - Cold Runway - Tarpits and Canyons (Ramseur)

David Bazan - Bless This Mess - Curse Your Branches (Barsuk)
The XX - Heart Skipped a Beat - XX (XL)
Devendra Banhart - Baby - What Will Be (Warner)

Orenda Fink - Sister - Ask the Night (Saddle Creek)
David Vandervelde - Nothin' No - Nothin' No EP (Secretly Canadian)
Elvis Costello - Sulphur to Sugarcane - Secret, Profane and Sugarcane (Hear Music)

Paul Dempsey - Ramona Was a Waitress - Everything Is True (Sony)
Marissa Nadler - Daisy, Where Did You Go? - s/t (Box of Cedar)
My Brightest Diamond - From the Top of the World - A Thousand Shark's Teeth (Asthmatic Kitty)

The Decemberists - Down by the Water - The King Is Dead (Capitol)
Jesca Hoop - Feast of the ?Heart - Hunting My Dress (Vanguard)
She & Him - You Really Got a Hold on Me - Volume One (Merge)

Belle & Sebastian - Wrapped Up in Books - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (Rough Trade)