june 23, 2009

deer tick: straight into a storm
sarah jarosz: i can't love you now
red house painters: grace cathedral park
dan auerbach: mean monsoon
grizzly bear: two weeks
st. vincent: laughing with a mouth of blood
still life still: pastel
those darlins: wild one
phantogram: when i'm small
reverie sound reverie: an anniversary away
pernice brothers: dimmest star
the tragically hip: morning moon
the thermals: here's your future
regina spektor: laughing with
tall tall trees: spacemen
rebecca pearcy: constellation
gregory alan isakov: the moon was red & dangerous
james p. johnson + katherine handy leurs: yellow dog blues
liza kate: minding my own
the lemonheads: i just can't take it anymore
thao nguyen with the get down stay down: cool yourself you are flush red
the dirty projectors: no intention
b. lilly, chubby anthony, don stover: ain't nobody gonna miss me
camera obscura: french navy
johnny flynn: wayne rooney
marissa nadler: thinking of you
vetiver: busted
robyn hitchcock: everybody needs love
christina courtin: green jay
tobias froberg: blissful
elbow: running to stand still

june 16, 2009

andrew bird: lull
patrick watson: big bird in a small cage
billy bragg and wilco: at my window sad and lonely
copeland: chin up
m. ward: fisher of men
the lodger: nothing left (to say)
putnam smith: a natural disaster is what we need
magic magic: jellyfish
wooden birds: the other side
johnny cash: east virginia
st. vincent: actor out of work
jesse dee: remember me
foreign born: that old sun
sarah jarosz: tell me true
grizzly bear: about face
red house painters: new jersey
phoenix: lisztomania
devendra banhart: carmencita
say hi: hallie and henry
soltero: from the station
au revoir simone: through the backyards
the low anthem: to ohio
marla hansen: hollow and bold
dan auerbach: real desire
alexa woodward: spoon
radiohead: all i need
sam cooke: nothing can change this love
coco rosie: by your side
jeremy fisher: scar that never heals
deer tick: friday xiii
joseph arthur: enough to get away
pseudosix: apathy and excess

june 9, 2009

yo la tengo: little eyes
otis redding: change gonna come
grizzly bear: cheerleader
portland cello project: tallymarks
the mountain goats: love, love, love
nina simone: gimme some
georgie james: henry and hanzy
dr. dog: the way the lazy do
zee avi: bitter heart
matt pond pa: giving it all away
ray charles: ring of fire
freddie stevenson: easy now
the avett brothers: bella donna
eels: beginner's luck
laura marling: tap at my window
pernice brothers: clear spot
jolie holland: adieu false heart
great lake swimmers: your rocky spine
deer tick: easy
feist: inside + out
neutral milk hotel: holland, 1945
ray lamontagne: trouble
wilco: you never know
bishop allen: dimmer
st. vincent: the strangers
dirty projectors: cannibal resource
animal collective: summertime clothes
jeff hanson: this friend of mine
vetiver: standing
neko case: vengeance is sleeping
gnarls barkley: no time soon
iron and wine: kingdom of the animals

june 2, 2009

iron and wine: waitin' for a superman
the pains of being pure at heart: young adult friction
the lonestar chain: pay phone blues
the vaselines: jesus wants me for a sunbeam
fever ray: when i grow up
julie doiron: in this dark
patrick watson: tracy's waters
grizzly bear: two weeks
phoenix: countdown
piers faccini: walk over to you
shugo tokumaru: lantern on the water
ron sexsmith: all in good time
akron/family: river
lily allen feat. mick jones: straight to hell
cotton jones: little ashtray in the sun
alela diane: pieces of string
the innocence mission: a wave is rolling
antony and the johnsons: epilepsy is dancing
the melodians: rivers of babylon
holly golightly and the brokeoffs: indeed you do
hands and knees: midnight in the applefield
jeffrey lewis and the junkyard: slogans
rhett miller: if it's not love
say hi: sallie's heart is stone
the books: an animated description of mr. maps
daniel martin moore: the old measure
the long lost: the art of kissing
the thermals: when i died
latvian radio: suzy singable
the love language: lalita
la strada: sun song
belle and sebastian: like dylan in the movies

may 26, 2009

grizzly bear: cheerleader
elvis perkins: hey
mirah: while we have the sun
jenny owen youngs: clean break
phoenix: lisztomania
10,000 maniacs: i hope that i don't fall in love with you
dirty projectors: stillness is the move
a.c. newman: like a hitman, like a dancer
devendra banhart: wake up, little sparrow
them: i put a spell on you
van morrison: astral weeks
howlin' wolf: moanin' at midnight
them: baby, please don't go
leadbelly: in the pines
apostle of hustle: eazy speaks
van morrison: bring it on home to me
yo la tengo: the summer
john lee hooker: think twice before you go
van morrison: orangefield
brownie mcghee and sonny terry: dark road
van morrison: t.b. sheets
kelly pace and group: rock island line
leadbelly: governor o.k. allen
vashti bunyan: come wind, come rain
m. ward: jailbird

interview with erik hage

this tuesday! (may 26, 2009)
a hello pretty city guest: erik hage,
author of the just-published
the words and music of van morrison
and local professor and journalist.
we'll pick out good music and talk
about van morrison.

may 19 2009

david bowie: starman
the lonestar chain: abilene
bonnie prince billy: i am goodbye
ben sollee: how to see the sun rise
jackie greene: honey, i been thinking about you
built to spill: you were right
jaymay: gray or blue
mark mulcahy: in the afternoon
the innocence mission: go
hot chip: one pure thought
john vanderslice: tremble and tear
travis: selfish jean
glen hansard and marketa irglova: this low
the avett brothers: go to sleep
joan as policewoman: feed the light
anders parker: missing
bishop allen: tiger, tiger
jessica lea mayfield: i can't lie to you, love
the long winters: the sound of coming down
cryptacize: tail and mane
carla bruni: those dancing days are gone
pernice brothers: shoes and clothes
vandaveer: 2nd best
vetiver: more of this
iron and wine: communication cups and someone's coat
cat power: say
noah and the whale: shape of my heart
rhett miller: i need to know where i stand
slumber party: i never dreamed
bill callahan: my friend
ra ra riot: run my mouth
julie doiron: in this dark