Playlist January 20 2012

Best Songs of 2011

42-Kurt Vile “Peeping Tomboy” from Smoke Ring For My Halo LP -Released twice in 2011

41-Peaking Lights “All The Sun That Shines” from 936 LP-complete groove

40-Veronica Falls “Right Side Of My Brain” from Veronica Falls CD

39-Real Estate “Out Of Tune” from Days CD

38-Widowspeak “Nightcrawlers” from Widowspeak CD —Cool Guitar sounds in break

37-Hollie Cook “Sugar Water (Look At My Face)” from Hollie Cook CD —[feat. Horseman] Sex Pistols Paul Cooks' Daughter

36-Brian Eno with Rick Holland “Sounds Alien” from Drums Between The Bells CD

35-Jessica Lea Mayfield “Somewhere In Your Heart” from Tell Me CD —Thanks Steve @ B-Side for the tip

34-R.E.M. “We All Go Back To Where We Belong” from Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage (1982-2011) CD —Farewell old friends

33-The Horrors “I Can See Through You” from Skying CD —Julian Cope La La La's

32-Dum Dum Girls “Heartbeat (Take It Away)” from Only In Dreams LP

31-Moon Duo “When You Cut” from Mazes CD —Gotta love the handclaps

30-Vetiver “Lumiere” from The Errant Charm MP3 —Kinda sucks that this is download only bonus track

29-Jens Lekman “Waiting For Kirsten” from An Argument With Myself - EP —Stalking Kirsten Dunst

28-Sonny and the Sunsets “Home And Exile” from Hit After Hit CD

27-Gillian Welch “The Way It Goes” from The Harrow & The Harvest CD —took awhile to warm up to this beauty

26-Deerhunter “Nosebleed” from Single B-Side —The A-Side made last years list!

25-Gruff Rhys “Honey All Over” from Hotel Shampoo CD —Super Furry Animal Leader Solo

24-The Fresh And Onlys “Keep Telling Everybody Lies” from Secret Walls EP —Calvin Johnson sound alike

23-Atlas Sound “Angel Is Broken” from Parallax CD —Reminds me of Steven Wright Animal crackers with the Broken Seal Joke

22-Mazzy Star “Lay Myself Down” from 7‑INCH SINGLE —New Album due in 2012

21-The Fleshtones “I Can't Hide” from Brooklyn Sound Solution LP —hey!

20-Tom Waits “Kiss Me” from Bad As Me CD

19-Deerhoof “Behold A Marvel In the Darkness” from Deerhoof vs. Evil CD —Love the Jeff Tweedy version too

18-All Tiny Creatures “Cargo Maps” from Harbors LP —just a great sound goin on

17-The Feelies “When You Know” from Here Before LP —Back again sounding the same- And that's good

16-Garbage “Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses” from Ahk Toong Bay-Bi Covered CD COMP —New Album due in 2012

15-The Bangles “Anna Lee (Sweetheart Of The Sun)” from Sweetheart Of The Sun CD —Super nice return

14-PJ Harvey “Written On The Forehead” from Let England Shake CD —Blood & Fire

13-Tracy Thorn “Night Time” from Night Time 12‑INCH EP —XX cover - Reunited Everything But The Girl

12-Mikal Cronin “Situation” from Mikal Cronin CD

11-Thee Oh Sees “The Dream” from Carrion Crawler / The Dream CD EP —a wild Jam

10-The Bats “Spacejunk” from Free All The Monsters CD —Spacejunk in the headlines in 2011

9-Best Coast “Gone Again” from Adult Swim Singles Series MP3 —So good they had to give it away

8-Cat's Eyes “The Best Person I Know” from Cat's Eyes CD —Related to The Horrors - A touching song of Love

7-Girls “Honey Bunny” from Father, Son, Holy Ghost LP

6-Wild Flag “Romance” from Wild Flag ALBUM —A Supergroup! Great 80's sound

5-Wire “Please Take” from Red Barked Tree CD —A sly twist of the knife

4-Sam Phillips “Tell Me / When I'm A Camera” from Cameras In The Sky ALBUM —Culmination of her Long Play Sessions

3-Wilco “Born Alone” from The Whole Love ALBUM —What a great concert!

2-The Black Keys “Dead And Gone” from El Camino CD —London Calling Motown

1-Nick Lowe “'Til The Real Thing Comes Along” from The Old Magic CD —I doubt if you could write a more perfect song