Monday morning show new trax 12-27

Back in the old Monday morning saddle today. Felt might fine. Here are new trax I played.

6 a.m. hour

Megafaun -- Heretofore
High Dials -- Chinese Boxes
Jason and the Scorchers -- When Did Get So Easy (to Lie to Me)
Martina Topley Bird -- Orchids
Stereolab -- Supah Jaianto
Tom Jones -- What Good Am I?

7 a.m. hour

Sufjan Stevens -- Bad Communication
Autumn Defense -- Back of My Mind
James -- It's Hot
Clinic -- Bubblegum
Black Dub -- Last Time
Hot Panda -- Shoot Your Horse
Jonathan Richman -- We'll Be the Noise, We'll Be the Scnandal
Girls -- Alright

8 a.m. hour

Bobby Bare Jr. -- Your Goat is on Fire
Deerhunter -- Don't Cry
Giant Sand -- Fields of Green
Extra Lens -- ... Clinic 17
Margaret Cho -- I'm Sorry
Viva -- What's Your Sign Baby
Posies -- Plastic Paperbacks

Recurrent trax (4-12 months old)

Gil Scott Heron -- Running
Walkmen -- Woe Is Me
Galactic featuring Irma Thomas -- Heart of Steel
Gorillaz featuring Mark E. Smith -- .... Freeze

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Doing the Monday morning show Dec. 27

Filling in fot Grant and Pat. See you there. MSE 91.7/ wmse.org

It's Not Christmas without the Ventures Christmas LP

I had to play the Ventures, which was a staple in my household during my junior high years (let the record show that was a number of years after the album was originally released. My mom bought a cutout). When it came out on CD in the '90s, I snapped it up.
The rest of this week's showgram included a bevy of new tracks and the '80s at 8:30 Christmas music with special guest Bunnyman.

New tracks
6 p.m. hour

Billy Nayer Show -- Reno
Southern Culture on the Skids -- Come As Your Are/ Lucifer Sam
Giant Sand -- Thin Line Man
John Wesley Coleman -- Get High Babe
Jonathan Richman -- If You Want to Leave Our Party Just Go
Small Black -- Goons
Black Dub -- Last Time

Recurrent (4-12 months old)

Yeasayer -- Rome

7 p.m. hour

Darker My Love -- Dear Author
Steve Wynn and the Miracle 3 -- On the Mend
The Black -- Freeway (Exile)
Viva -- What's Your Sign Baby
Brian Eno -- Flint March
Clinic -- Radiostory
Neil Young -- Rumblin
Margot and the Nuclear So and So's -- Let's Pain Our Teeth Green

8 p.m. hour

Marnie Stern -- Transparency is the New Mystery
Warpaint -- Bees
Deerhunter -- Coronado
Grinderman -- Evil
The Extra Lens -- Adultry

The 80s at 8:30

Timbuk 3 -- All I Want for Christmas
Ramones -- Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)
The Damned -- There Ain't No Santy Claus
Chris Stamey -- You're What I Want for Christmas
Joan Jett - Little Drummer Boy
Couch Flambeau -- Santa Claus Skips Cudahy
Basement 5 -- Last White Christmas

Top 10 of 2010

This is far from a definitive list. I haven't listened to all the new CDs released this year and I don't want to. This is really more a list of my favorites and stuff I thought was super cool.

In no particular order....

Bobby Bare Jr. -- A Storm - A Tree - My Mother's Head. Bobby's most consistent and rewarding album in a while. Backed by My Morning Jacket. Funny and deep and not serious and good.

Drive By Truckers -- The Big To-Do. If this world was right, this would have been a smash hit. A classic album with a variety of styles and great lyrics all in the general arena of DBT's gothic southern rock.

Black Angels -- Phosphene Dream. Best psychedelia from Texas since Roky Erickson. Loud and proud.

The Goodnight Loving -- Supper Club. These guys grow on me more all the time. Jangly and homespun. Their most consistent effort to date.

Galactic -- Yakamay. Live the funk. Feel the funk. Organic and modern all at once with variety of guest vocalists.

The Fall -- Your Future Our Clutter. Who woulda thought Mark E. Smith had this in him -- the brains to work with a kick-ass band that rocks its arse off while he warbles about ex-pats and other stuff.

Neil Young -- Le Noise. You either love Neil or you don't get him. If you love Neil, this features some might fine gee-tarr chords and nifty songs. New approach thanks to producer Daniel Lanois.

Deerhunter -- Halcyon Digest. Every tune I've heard on this is expertly crafted and delivered. Bradfod Cox rox.

Jaill -- That's How We Burn. I'm looking like a homer here with two Milwaukee bands on my list, but the first three tracks on this release were one of the best starts to any CD I heard this year. A few other gems on here, too. Straight ahead alt rock.

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club -- Beat the Devil's Tattoo. This one doesn't jump out at you like some of their previous works, but after numerous listens, it's got some great material.

Honorable mentions: Gil Scott-Heron, Clinic, Walkmen, Sleigh Bells, Black Keys, Dum Dum Girls

Diggin the music Wednesday night 12-8

If I didn't dig it, I wouldn't play it. That's all I'm sayin.
Here are this week's new tunes and the '80s at 8:30 Flipper/ Gun Club-fest.

6 pm hour

Margot and the Nuclear So and So's -- New York City
Warpaint -- Bees
Neil Young -- Sign of Love
Swans -- Reeling the Liars
Pomegranates -- Skull Cakin
The Extra Lens -- Adultry
Testa Rosa -- The Black Saltwater Sea
LCD Sound System -- Get Innocuous (live)

Recurrent track (4-12 months old)

Gil Scott-Heron -- Me and the Devil

7 pm hour

Brian Eno -- Flint March
Small Black -- Photojournalist
Bobby Bare Jr. -- Your Goat is on Fire
Deerhunter -- Revival
Darker My Love -- Dear Author
Crocodiles -- Stoned to Death
Dandy Warhols -- Boys Better (new best of)
Clinic -- Milk & Honey
Mararet Cho -- I'm Sorry
Girls -- Alright

Recurrent
Black Angels -- Phosphene Dream

8 pm hour

John Wesley Coleman -- Fields of Love
Cloud Cult -- Today We Give Ourselves to the Fire

Recurrent
Gogol Bordello -- We Comin Rougher (Immigraniada)

The 80s at 8:30

Flipper -- Ever
Gun Club -- Eternally Is Here
Flipper -- Way of the World
Gun Club -- Give Up the Sun
Flipper -- Life
Flipper -- Sex Bomb (alt. version)