Playlist 10/17/11

Boat - Free the Birds in the Stall - Songs that You Might Not Like (Magic Marker)
The White Stripes - The Union Forever - White Blood Cells (Sympathy for the Music Industry)
Dead Man's Bones - Pa Pa Power - s/t (Anti)

Cursive - Am I Not Yours? - 8 Teeth to Eat You (w/Eastern Youth) (Better Looking)
Alkaline Trio - Queen of Pain - split w/Hot Water Music (Jade Tree)
Wild Flag - Future Crimes - s/t (Merge)

Hey Mercedes - Eleven to Your Seven - Every Night Fireworks (Vagrant)
Emmy the Great - Iris - Virtue (Close Harbor)
Can't - Too Late. Too Far - Dreams Come True (Terrible)

Nurses - Fever Dreams - Dracula (Dead Oceans)
Girls - Jamie Marie - Father, Son, Holy Ghost (True Panther Sounds)
Dum Dum Girls - Just a Creep - Only in Dreams (Sub Pop)

The XX - Crystalised - XX (XL)
Sondre Lerche - I Guess It's Gonna Rain Today - Heartbeat Radio (Rounder)
The Magnetic Fields - Kiss Me Like You Mean It - 69 Love Songs (Merge)

The Lilys - Any Place I've Lived - A Brief History of Amazing Letdowns (SpinArt)
The Dandy Warhols - Cool Scene - Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia (Capitol)
American Analog Set - Million Young - Know By Heart (Tiger Style)

Very Secretary - Best Possible Souvenir - Best Possible Souvenir (Mud)
Rilo Kiley - Wires and Waves - Take Offs and Landings (Barsuk)
St. Vincent - Chloe in the Afternoon - Strange Mercy (4AD)

Feist - Graveyard - Metals (Cherrytree)
Britt Daniel - Let the Distance Bring Us Together - split w/Bright Eyes (Post-Parlo)
Bob Dylan - Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands - Blonde on Blonde (Columbia)

Wilco - Dawned on Me - The Whole Love (Anti)
Langhorne Slim - Back to Wild - Be Set Free (Kemado)
David Dondero - The Living and the Dead - The Transient (Future Farmer)

Big Harp - Everybody Pays - White Hat (Saddle Creek)

Playlist 10/10/11

The Builders and the Butchers - It Came from the Sea - Dead Reckoning (Badman Recording)
William Elliott Whitmore - Hell or High Water - Animals in the Dark (Anti-)
M. Ward - Blake's View - Hold Time (Merge)

Mirah - Gone Are the Days - (a)spera (K Records)
Beirut - Vagabond - The Rip Tide (Pompeii)
DeVotchKa - 100 Other Lovers - 100 Lovers (Anti-)

The Mountain Goats - Damn These Vampires - All Eternals Deek (Merge)
The Front Bottoms - Legit Tattoo Gun - The Front Bottoms (Bar/None)
Laura Marling - All My Rage - A Creature I Don't Know (Ribbon Music)

Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah - Grace (Sony)
Nurses - Extra Fast - Dracula (Dead Oceans)
Dum Dum Girls - Always Looking - Only in Dreams (Sub Pop)

The Like - Walk of Shame - Release Me (Downtown)
Grouplove - Love Will Save Your Soul - Never Trust a Happy Song (Atlantic)
Foster the People - Pumped Up Kicks - Torches (Columbia)

Bright Eyes - I Woke Up with This Song in My Head This Morning - Lua EP (Saddle Creek)
Driftless Pony Club - Jackson Pollack Is Dead - Janel (Sector Five)
Bishop Allen - The Ancient Common Sense of Things - Grr... (Dead Oceans)

Weezer - In the Garage - Blue Album (DGC)
Saves the Day - Take Our Cars Now! - Ups & Downs (Vagrant)
Braid - You Are the Reason - Closer to Closed (Polyvinyl)

Wild Flag - Something Came Over Me - s/t (Merge)
Beauty Pill - I'm Just Gonna Close My Eyes for a Second - The Unsustainable Lifestyle (Dischord)
Emmy the Great - Dinosaur Sex - Virtue (Close Harbor)

Jens Lekman - A Promise - An Argument with Myself (Secretly Canadian)
St. Vincent - Champagne Year - Strange Mercy (4AD)
Noah and the Whale - L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N. - Last Night on Earth (Mercury)

The Drums - Money - Portamento (Frenchkiss)

Playlist 10/3/11

Langhorne Slim and the War Eagles - Diamonds and Gold - s/t (Kemado)
Loretta Lynn - Portland Oregon - Van Lear Rose (Island)
Justin Townes Earle - Hard Livin' - The Good Life (Blood Shot)

The Pine Hill Haints - Garden of the Dead - Ghost Dance (K Records)
Jenny and Johnny - Switchblade - I'm Having Fun Now (Warner)
Two Gallants - Steady Rollin' - What the Toll Tells (Saddle Creek)

Big Harp - Everybody Pays - White Hat (Saddle Creek)
St. Vincent - Cruel - Strange Mercy (4AD)
Toro Y Moi - I Can Get Love - Freaking Out (Carpark)

Sun Airway - American West - Nocturne of Exploded Crystal Chandelier (Dead Oceans)
Beach House - Gila - Devotion (Carpark)
Girls - Honey Bunny - Father, Son, Holy Ghost (True Panther Sounds)

Mister Heavenly - Hold My Hand - Out of Love (Sub Pop)
St. Thomas - You May Find a Treasure Everywhere - Let's Grow Together (Racing)
Her Space Holiday - Death of a Writer - s/t (No More Good Ideas)

Smith Westerns - End of the Night - Dye It Blonde (Fat Possum)
Wild Flag - Glass Tambourine - s/t (Merge)
Tsunami - Slugger - Deep End (Simple Machines)

Joe Lally - Skin + Bone - Nothing Is Underrated (Dischord)
The Rural Alberta Advantage - The Breakup - Departing (Saddle Creek)
Mates of State - Total Serendipity - Mountain Tops (Barsuk)

Jens Lekman - Waiting for Kirsten - An Argument with Myself (Secretly Canadian)
Bishop Allen - Corazon - The Broken String (Dead Oceans)
Stephen Malmus and the Jicks - No One Is (as I are be) - Mirror Traffic (Matador)

Beirut - A Candle's Fire - The Rip Tide (Pompeii)
DeVotchKa - Blessing in Disguise - A Mad & Faithful Telling (Anti-)
First Aid Kit - Heavy Storm - The Big Black and the Blue (Jagadamba)

Yellow Ostrich - Hold On - The Mistress (Barsuk)
No Kids - All Beaches Are Closed - Come into My House (Tomlab)

Playlist 9/26/11

The Tallest Man on Earth - King of Spain - The Wild Hunt (Dead Oceans)
The Decemberists - The Rake's Song - The Hazards of Love (Capitol)
Goldenboy - Second Day of the Year - Underneath the Radio (Eenie Meenie)

Jens Lekman - New Directions - An Argument with Myself EP (Secretly Canadian)
Mates of State - Total Serendipity - Mountaintops (Barsuk)
The Bird and the Bee - La La La - s/t (Metro Blue Note)

Girls - My Ma - Father, Son, Holy Ghost (True Panther Sounds)
Elliott Smith - Last Call - Roman Candle (Kill Rock Stars)
6ths - Just Like a Movie Star - Hyacinths & Thistles (Merge)

Tim Kasher - Trees Keep Growing - Bigamy (Saddle Creek)
Maria Taylor - Masterplan - Overlook (Saddle Creek)
Aimee Mann - Red Vines - Bachelor No. 2 or, the Last Remains of a Dodo (Super Ego)

Beirut - East Harlem - The Rip Tide (Pompeii)
St. Vincent - Cheerleader - Strange Mercy (4AD)
Her Space Holiday - Come on All You Soldiers - s/t (No More Good Ideas)

Mister Heavenly - Diddy Eyes - Out of Love (Sub Pop)
Tacks, the Boy Disaster - Paris - Oh, Beatrice (self)
Okkervil River - Unless It's Kicks - The Stage Names (Jagjaguwar)

The Dandy Warhols - We Used to Be Friends - Welcome to the Monkey House (Capitol)
Jarvis Cocker - Don't Let Him Waste Your Time - The Jarvis Cocker Record (Rough Trade)
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks - Tigers - Mirror Traffic (Matador)

Wild Flag - Romance - s/t (Merge)
Los Campesinos! - Romance Is Boring - Romance Is Boring (Arts & Crafts)
Braid - Do Over - Closer to Closed (Polyvinyl)

Frisbie - Yes Impossible - New Debut (Appendix)
The Front Bottoms - Looking Like You Just Woke Up - s/t (Bar None)
Big Harp - Nadine - White Hat (Saddle Creek)

Mayday - Continental Grift - Bushido Karaoke (Saddle Creek)
Oakley Hall - No Dreams - I'll Follow You (Merge)
Sally Timms and Jon Langford - Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain - Songs of False Hope & High Value (Bloodshot)

Lucinda Williams - Fancy Funeral - West (Lost Highway)

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)