New tracks Jan. 21 '09

This is a new feature in which I'm listing artists (if I get real ambitious in the future I'll add song titles...) I play on each showgram that are new, or fairly new, releases. The better to keep you hipped to the new material.
I'm listing these by the hour I played them and listing the really new (4 months or less) stuff first and less new "recurrents" (4 to 11 months) after that.

1-21-09

6 to 7 p..m.
Crooked Fingers
Land of Talk
Clinic (Hallam Foe soundtrack)
Hot Lava
Sparks
Joseph Arthur

Recurrent
Ratatat
Giant Sand

7 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Kings of Leon
Wooldridge Brothers
Jim Noir
Electric Six
Little Joy
Los Campesinos!

Recurrent
The Walkmen

8 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Deerhoof
The Goodnight Loving
Katjon Band
Eagles of Death Metal
Jay Reatard

Recurrent
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
The Breeders

Asterisk pick of 2008

Matt B's list doesn't allow "Best Of" collections, but I have to say I truly enjoyed "The Supreme Genious of King Kahn and the Shrines" by King Kahn and the Shrines. It's heavy on the J.Geils Band-influenced '70s soul but rocks harder. King Kahn is, the best I can tell, of Indian descent and has lived in England but currently hangs out in Germany. Wild stuff.

One I forgot

One I forgot to mention that deserves to be on the Top 10 or certainly a strong "honorable mention" is Elvis Costello's "Momofuku." It's truly a return to form to the classic Elvis without sounding like he's hidebound or repeating himself