Playlist 6/24/12

Art Brut - Twist and Shout - Art Brut Vs. Satan (Downtown)
Los Campesinos! - Romance Is Boring - Romance is Boring (Arts & Crafts)
Times New Viking - It's a Culture - Dancer Equired (Merge)

Best Coast - Dreaming My Life Away - The Only Place (Mexican Summer)
Crocodiles - You Are Forgiven - Endless Flowers (French Kiss)
Vivian Girls - Where Do You Run To - Vivian Girls (In the Red)

Boat - I Really, Really Think You Should Rethink Your Life - Let's Drag Our Feet (Magic Marker)
The Walkmen - The Witch - Heaven (Fat Possum)

Neko Case - This Tornado Loves You - Middle Cyclone (Anti-)
Jack White - Sixteen Saltines - Blunderbuss (Third Man)
Wanda Jackson - You Know I'm No Good - The Party Ain't Over (Third Man)

St. Thomas - Come My Way - Let's Grow Together - The Comeback of St. Thomas (Racing)
DeVotchKa - The Enemy Guns - How It Ends (Cicero)
Big Harp - White Hat - White Hat (Saddle Creek)

Delta Spirit - Empty House - s/t (Rounder)
Yppah - Some Have Said - Eighty One (Ninja Tune)
First Aid Kit - King of the World - The Lion's Roar (Wichita)

Sondre Lerche - Private Caller - s/t (Yep Roc)
The Magnetic Fields - I Thought You Were My Boyfriend - I (Nonesuch)
Hot Chip - How Do You Do? - In Our Hearts (Domino)

Bobby Conn - More Than You Need - Macaroni (Thrill Jockey)
Foster the People - Helena Beat - Torches (Columbia)
Beach House - Lazuli - Bloom (Sub Pop)

Lower Dens - Candy - Nootropics (Ribbon)
Cat Power - Sea of Love - The Covers Record (Matador)
She & Him - This Is Not a Test - Volume One (Merge)

Raven and Chimes - Night - Holiday Life (Better Looking)
The Good Life -  Keely Aimee - Help Wanted Nights (Saddle Creek)
Weezer - The World Has Turned and Left Me Here - The Blue Album (Geffen)

The Decemberists - The Chimbly Sweep - Her Majesty the Decemberists (Kill Rock Stars).

Playlist 6/17/12

First Aid Kit - Blue - The Lion's Roar (Wichita)
Wilco - What Light - Sky Blue Sky (Nonesuch)
The Decemberists - We Both Go Down Together - Picaresque (Kill Rock Stars)

Jens Lekman - I Saw Her in the Anti-War Demonstration - You Are the Light EP (Secretly Canadian)
Yppah - Blue Schwinn - Eighty One (Ninja Tune)
Emily Wells - Johnny Cash's Mama's House - Mama (Partisan)

Best Coast - No One Like You - The Only Place (Mexican Summer)
Crocodiles - Sunday (Psychic Conversation #9) - Endless Flowers (French Kiss)
Titus Andronicus - A More Perfect Union - The Monitor (XL)

Jack White - Hypocritical Kiss - Blunderbuss (Third Man)
Los Campesinos! - Songs About Your Girlfriend - Hello Sadness (Wichita)
Beach House - New Year - Bloom (Subpop)

Kings of Convenience - Riot On an Empty Street - Declaration of Dependence (Astralwerks)
The Concretes - You Can't Hurry Love - s/t (Astralwerks)
Robyn - Dancing on My Own - Body Talk Pt. 1 (Interscope)

Kindness - Swingin' Party - World, You Need a Change (Casablanca)
Santigold - This Isn't Our Parade - Master of My Make Believe (Atlantic)
The Rapture - In the Grace of Your Love - In the Grace of Your Love (DFA)

Les Savy Fav - Yawn, Yawn, Yawn - Inches (French Kiss)
Hot Chip - Now There Is Nothing - In Our Heads (Domino)
Secret Music - T.O.Y.S. - s/t (Black Bells)

Hospitality - Friends of Friends - Hospitality (Merge)
Raven and Chimes - Division Street - Holiday Life (Better Looking)
Gruff Rhys - Sophie Softly - Hotel Shampoo (Wichita)

Canasta - Slow Down Chicago - We Were Set Up (Broken Middle C)
Mark Ronson - Valerie - Version (RCA)
The Walkmen - The Witch - Heaven (Fat Possum)

The Rural Alberta Advantage - The Breakup - Departing (Saddle Creek)
Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins - Rabbit Fur Coat - Rabbit Fur Coat (Team Love)

Playlist 6/10/12

Boat - Illustrate the History - Let's Drag Our feet (Magic Marker)
The Reputation - Bottle Rocket Battles - To Force a Fate (Lookout)
Against Me! - The Ocean - New Wave (Sire)

Alkaline Trio - If You Had a Bad Time - BYO Split Series v5 (w/One Man Army) (BYO)
Jack White - Love Interruption - Blunderbuss (Third Force)
Cursive - Am I Not Yours? - 8 Teeth to Eat You (Better Looking)

Kindness - Swingin' Party - World, You Need a Change of Mind (Casablanca)
Beach House - Wild - Bloom (Sub Pop)
Father John Misty - Funtimes in Babylon - Fear Fun (Sub Pop)

The Magnetic Fields - I Don't Really Love You Anymore - I (Nonesuch)
Jim Guthrie - Problem with Solutions - Now, More than Ever (Three Gut)
Lee Ranaldo - Lost - Between the Times and Tides (Matador)

Yppah - Blue Schwinn - Eighty One (Ninja Tune)
Arthur and Yu - Absurd Heroes Manifestos - In Camera (Hardly Art)
Saturday Looks Good to Me - Idiots - Cold Colors EP (Polyvinyl)

Belle & Sebastian - Black and White United - Storytelling (Matador)
Au - Solid Gold - Both Lights (Hometapes)
Bright Eyes - From a Balance Beam - There Is No Beginning to the Story (Saddle Creek)

The Lucksmiths - A Downside to the Upstairs - Where Were We? (Matinee)
Willis Earl Beal - Bright Copper Noon - Acousmatic Sorcery (XL)
Azure Ray - Raining in Athens - Burn and Shiver (Warm)

Kaia - World's Greatest Haircut - Oregon (Mr. Lady)
Loretta Lynn - Portland Oregon - Van Lear Rose (Interscope)
Shovels and Rope - Kitchen Hallway - Daytrotter (Daytrotter)

John Langford - The Country Is Young - All the Fame of Lofty Deeds (Bloodshot)
Mayday - Captain - Old Blood (Saddle Creek)
Oakley Hall - Rue the Blues - I'll Follow You (Merge)

Breton - Governing Correctly - Other People's Problems (Fat Cat)
Dinosaur Feathers - Betcha - Whistle Tips (Ernest Jennings)

Playlist 6/3/12

Arcade Fire - Month of May - The Suburbs (Merge)
Crocodiles - All My Hate and My Hexes Are for You - Sleep Forever (Fat Possum)
Yukon Blonde - Sweet Dee - Tiger Talk (Dine Alone)

Mt. St. Helen's Vietnam Band - At Night - Where the Messengers Meet (Dead Oceans)
Jack White - I'm Shakin' - Blunderbuss (Third Man)
Spiritualized - Hey Jane - Sweet Heart, Sweet Light (Fat Possum)

Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love - Singles Going Steady (IRS)
The Kills - Cat Claw - Keep on Your Mean Side (Rough Trade)
Delta Spirit - California - s/t (Rounder Records)

Dinosaur Feathers - SURPRISE - Whistle Tips (Ernest Jenning)
The Dead Weather - Hang You From the Heavens - Third Man Records Singles v.1 (Third Man)
The Candyland Riots - Silver Screen - Stereonucleosis EP (self)

Father John Misty - I'm Writing a Novel - Fear Fun (Sub Pop)
Wild Birds & Peace Drums - Fight for Me - Rivers (Control Group)
Beach House - The Hours - Bloom (Sub Pop)

Kindness - House - World, You Need a Change (Casablanca)
Miike Snow - Archipelago - Happy to  You (Universal Republic)
All Girl Summer Fun Band - Lipsmacker Kiss - Summer of '98 (Magic Marker)

Tender Trap - Do You Want a Boyfriend? - Dasette Dansette (Slumberland)
 Best Coast - Crazy for You - Crazy for You (Mexican Summer)
 Jenny and Johnny - Big Wave - I'm Having Fun Now (Warner)

Raven and Chimes - Division Street - Holiday Life (Better Looking)
Breton - Electrician - Other People's Problems (Fat Cat)
Upstairs Downstairs - Pessimist - Inland and Out (Gazebo)**

The Lucksmiths - The Shipwreck Coast - Naturaliste (Drive In)
Darren Hanlon - Folk Insomnia - I Will Love You at All (YepRoc)
Okkervil River - It Ends with a Fall - Down the River of Golden Dreams (Secretly Canadian)

Tim Kasher - Strays - The Game of Monogamy (Saddle Creek)
Land of Talk - Blangee Blee - Cloak and Cipher (Saddle Creek)

Playlist 5/20/12

Gruff Rhys - Candylion - Candylion (Team Love)Here We Go Magic - Hard to Be Close - A Different Ship (Secretly Canadian)S. Carey - Inspir - Hoyas (Jagjaguwar)
Tanlines - Brothers - Mixed Emotions (True Panther)

Miike Snow - Devil's Work - Happy to You (Universal Republic)Secret Music - T.O.Y.S. - s/t (Black Belles)
Young Prisms - To Touch You - In Between (Kanine)

Lily Allen - LDN - Alright, Still (Capitol)New Young Pony Club - Lost a Girl - The Optimist (Pias America)
Pulp - Disco 2000 - Different Class (Island)

Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart - 20 Years of New Order (Warner)The Foals - Total Life Forever - Total Life Forever (Sub Pop)
Klaxons - Golden Skans - Myths of the Near Future (Geffen)

Amy Winehouse - Valerie - Back to Black (Universal Import)Paloma Faith - Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful - Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful (Epic)
Kate Bush - Running Up that Hill - Left of the Dial (Rhino)

Arab Strap - If There's No Hope for Us - Last Romance (Transdreamer)Belle & Sebastian - Get Me Away from Here I'm Dying - If You're Feeling Sinister (Matador)
Heavenly - I Fell in Love Last Night - One Two Twee (K)

Noah and the Whale - Shape of My Heart - Peaceful the World Lays Me Down (Interscope)
Boy Least Likely to - I'm Glad I Hitched My Applewagon to Your Star - The Best Party Ever (Too Young to Die)
Los Campesinos! - Don't Tell Me to Do the Math(s) - Hold On Now, Youngster (Arts & Crafts)


Art Brut - The Replacements - vs. Satan (Downtown)
Let's Wrestle - If I Keep on Loving You - Nursing Home (Merge)
Jarvis Cocker - Don't Let Him Waste Your Time - s/t (Rough Trade)


Placebo - Without You I'm Nothing - Black Market Music (Virgin)
Nick Drake - Been Smoking Too Long - Time of No Reply (Hannibal)
The Swell Season - Feeling the Pull - Strict Joy (Anti)


Bright Eyes - Drunk Kid Catholic - Noise Floor (Saddle Creek)

Playlist 5/13/12

Belle and Sebastian - I Want the World to Stop - Write About Love (Matador)
The Lucksmiths - Midweek Midmorning - Naturaliste (Drive In)
Saturday Looks Good to Me - You Work All Weekend - All Your Summer Songs (Polyvinyl)

The Like - Walk of Shame - Release Me (Downtown)
The Decemberists - My Mother Was a Chineese Trapeeze Artist - 5 Songs (Hush)
Cotton Jones - Somehow to Keep It Going - Tall Hours in the Glowstream (Suicide Squeeze)


Willis Earl Beal - Take Me Away - Acousmatic Sorcery (XL)
Land of Talk - Cloak and Cipher - Cloak and Cipher (Saddle Creek)
Father John Misty - Every Man Needs a Companion - Fear Fun (Sub Pop)

Here We Go Magic - Hard to Be Close - A Different Ship (Secretly Canadian)
First Aid Kit - Heavy Storm - The Big Black and the Blue (Jagadamba)
Dinosaur Feathers - Young Bucks - Whistle Tips (Ernest Jennings)

Esperanza Spalding - Crowned and Kissed - Radio Music Society (Heads Up International)
Alabama Shakes - Hold On - Boys and Girls (ATO)
Jack White - Love Interruption - Blunderbuss (Third Man)

Tim Kasher - Cold Love - The Game of Monogamy (Saddle Creek)
Against Me! - The Ocean - New Wave (Sire)
Women - China Steps - Public Strain (Jagjaguwar)

The Shins - Bait and Switch - Port of Morrow (Columbia)
Au - Epic - Both Lights (Home Tapes)
Art Brut - Pump Up the Volume - It's a Bit Complicated (Downtown)

Wolf Parade - This Heart's On Fire - Apologies to the Queen Mary (Sub Pop)
Modest Mouse - Perpetual Motion Machine - No One's First and You're Next EP (Epic)
The Naked and Famous - Frayed - Passive Me, Aggressive You (Universal)

Thieves Like Us - Really Like to See You Again - Really Like to See You Again EP
Sun Airway - American West - Nocturne of Exploded Crystal Chandelier (Dead Oceans)
Miike Snow - Archipelago - Happy to You (Universal Repulbic_

Playlist 5/7/12

Mates of State - Like You Crazy - Bring It Back (Barsuk)
Islands - Where There's A Will (There's a Whalebone) - Return to the Sea (Equator)
Miike Snow - Paddling Out - Happy to You (Universal Republic)

Tanlines - Brothers - Mixed Emotions (True Panther)
We All Have Hooks for Hands - Be Love, Be Wild - The Shape of Energy (Afternoon Records)
Tegan and Sara - Arrow - Sainthood (Vapor)

Fanfarlo - Lenslife - Rooms Filled with Light (Canvasback)
Iron and Wine - Devil Never Sleeps - The Shepherd's Dog (Sub Pop)
Heavenly - C Is the Heavenly Option - Le Jardin de Heavenly (K)

Matt and Kim - Lessons Learned - Grand (Fader)
The Men - Please Don't Go Away - Open Your Heart (Sacred Bones)
Young Prisms - Floating in Blue -In Between (Kanine Records)

Raven and Chimes - Arrow - Holiday Life (Better Looking)
Kaki King - Yellowcake - ...Until We Felt Red (Velour)
Hefner - Hymn for the Alcohol - The Fidelity Wars (Beggar's Banquet)

Elliott Smith - First Timer - New Moon (Kill Rock Stars)
Au - Solid Gold - Both Lights (Hometapes)
Sunny Day Real Estate - 5/4 - LP2 (Sub Pop)

Bright Eyes - June on the West Coast - Letting off the Happiness (Saddle Creek)
Andrew Bird - Lazy Projector - Break It Yourself (Mom +Pop)
Willis Earl Beal - Away My Silent Lover - Acousmatic Sorcery (XL)

Langhorne Slim - Cinderella - Be Set Free (Kemado
M Ward - Rave On - Hold Time (Merge)
William Elliott Whitmore - Hell or High Water - Animals in the Dark (Anti-)

Meg Baird - Riverhouse in Tinicum - Dear Companion (Drag City)
O'Death - Crawl Through Snow - Broken Hymns Limbs and Skin (Kemado)
Yukon Blonde - Sweet Dee - Tiger Talk (Dine Alone)