Fall 2011, Show #14: My Top 20 Songs of 2011

Show date: 12/30/11

Hour 1:

#20: Fanfarlo / "Deconstruction" / Deconstruction
#19: Enter the Haggis / "White Squall" / Whitelake
#18: Frank Turner / "If I Ever Stray" / England Keep My Bones
#17: Real Estate / "It's Real" / Days
#16: U.S Royalty / "Equestrian (Flosstradamus Remix)" / Deconstruction
#15: Bombay Bicycle Club / "Shuffle" / A Different Kind of Fix
#14: The Middle Eight / "Dark Matter" / Strange Loop
#13: Fountains of Wayne / "A Dip in the Ocean" / Sky Full of Holes
#12: Phantogram / "A Dark Tunnel" / Nightlife
#11: Sarah Donner / "Going Under (In A Way)" / Typing is Dangerous
#10: Wild Flag / "Romance" / Wild Flag
#9: Two Lights / "Summer" / Summer (single)

Hour 2:

#8: Tune-Yards / "Gangsta" / w h o k i l l
#7: Gang Gang Dance / "Chinese High" / Eye Contact
#6: Neon Indian / "Arcade Blues" / Era Extrana
#5: 13 & God / "Old Age" / Own Your Ghost
#4: Givers / "Meantime" / In Light
#3: Foster the People / "Call It What You Want" / Torches
#2: The Appleseed Cast / "Middle States" / Middle States
#1: Beach Fossils / "Out in the Way (feat. Wild Nothing)" / What A Pleasure

Bonus Songs:

Death Cab For Cutie / "Home Is a Fire" / Codes and Keys
The Decemberists / "Rox in the Box" / The King is Dead
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart / "Belong" / Belong
Beirut / "A Candle's Fire" / The Rip Tide

Fall 2011, Show #13: Ska

Show date: 12/23/11

Hour 1:

Atlas Sound / "Terra Incognito" / Parallax
Mazzy Star / "Common Burn" / Common Burn 7"
Chamberlin / "Little Secrets" / Cabin Covers EP
John Maus / "Hey Moon" / We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves
Pilots at Sea / "Gravelines" / Pilots at Sea
Jonathan Coulton / "Nemeses" / Artificial Heart
Frank Turner / "Peggy Sang the Blues" / England Keep My Bones
She & Him / "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" / A Very She & Him Christmas
M83 / "Claudia Lewis" / Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
Korallreven / "Honey Mine" / An Album by Korallreven
Rob Crow / "This Thread" / He Thinks He's People
Yuck / "Operation" / Yuck
Odonis Odonis / "Hollandaze" / Hollandaze
The Dead Milkmen / "Meaningless Upbeat Happy Song" / The King in Yellow
The Black Keys / "Run Right Back" / El Camino
Two Lights / "Summer" / Summer (single)

Hour 2:

Minus Vince / "Storytellers" / Storytellers
Sinizen / "Crazy In Love (feat. Kat)" / Grass Roots Culture
Babylove & the Van Dangos / "Gangster" / Run Run Rudie
Mad Caddies / "Backyard" / Keep It Going
Big D & the Kid's Table / "The One" / Strictly Rude
The Ninjas / "Robot Pirates" / Platypus
Voodoo Glow Skulls / "Symptomatic" / The Band Geek Mafia
Suburban Legends / "My Friend" / Going on Tour
Yum! Yum! Orange / "Don't Worry!" / Orange Juice
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones / "Another Drinkin' Song" / Let's Face It
No Torso / "Fatal Fraud" / Several Brains
Stitchface / "New Empire" / Night of the Living Thread
RX Bandits / "Decrescendo" / The Resignation
Mustard Plug / "Not Enough" / Yellow #5
Streetlight Manifesto / "We Are the Few" / Everything Goes Numb
Rancid / "Old Friend" / ...And Out Come the Wolves

Fall 2011, Show #12: Punk, Part 2

Show date: 12/16/11

Hour 1:

Oneohtrix Point Never / "Replica" / Replica
Ashtar Command / "Save Me" / American Sunshine
Nik Freitas / "Saturday Night Underwater" / Saturday Night Underwater
Slow Club / "Where I'm Waking" / Paradise
The Joy Formidable / "Endtapes" / The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 Soundtrack
Bombay Bicycle Club / "Shuffle" / A Different Kind of Fix
Summer Camp / "Better Off Without You" / Welcome to Condale
Coldplay / "Don't Let It Break Your Heart" / Mylo Xyloto
Built Like Alaska / "Antique Love" / In Troubled Times...
Rob Crow / "Scalped" / He Thinks He's People
Big Troubles / "Misery" / Romantic Comedy
Twin Atlantic / "Eight Days" / Free
Ex Norwegian / "Jet Lag" / Sketch
The Do / "Too Insistent" / Both Ways Open Jaws
The Dead Milkmen / "Fauxhemia" / The King in Yellow

Hour 2:

The Emeralds / "Love Is Rolling" / Love is Rolling
The Groovie Ghoulies / "The Beast With Five Hands" / Monster Club
The Bad Robots / "Come Undone" / Great Days
Rancid / "Lock, Step and Gone" / ...And Out Come the Wolves
Jason Bennett & The Resistance / "Walking Wounded" / Walking Wounded single
Breaker / "I'll Be Your Fix" / Demo
Social Distortion / "Gimme the Sweet and Lowdown" / Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes
Dropkick Murphys / "Surrender" / The Meanest of Times
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes / "Goodbye Earl" / Love Their Country
The Epoxies / "Radiation" / Stop the Future
A / "Miles Away" / Monkey Kong
Descendents / "Nothing With You" / Cool to Be You
The Bouncing Souls / "Fight to Live" / Hopeless Romantic
Against Me! / "Cliche Guevara" / As the Eternal Cowboy
The Static Jacks / "Into the Sun" / If You're Young
The Swellers / "Bottles" / My Everest
Ryan's Hope / "Reiteration" / Apocalypse In Increments
Bad Religion / "Can't Stop It" / The Process of Belief
The Loved Ones / "Suture Self" / Keep Your Heart
The Reveling / "Left at Forkright" / Tributaries
Millencolin / "No Cigar" / Pennybridge Pioneers

Fall 2011, Show #11: Punk, Part 1

Show date: 12/9/11

Hour 1:

Oneohtrix Point Never / "Sleep Dealer" / Replica
Zola Jesus / "Vessel" / Conata
Atlas Sound / "Amplifiers" / Parallax
Woods / "Pushing Onlys" / Sun & Shade
Slow Club / "Never Look Back" / Paradise
Bombay Bicycle Club / "Beggars" / A Different Kind of Fix
Summer Camp / "I Want You" / Welcome to Condale
Today the Moon, Tomorrow the Sun / "Bad Design" / Wildfire
M83 / "Reunion" / Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
VHS or Beta / "Breaking Bones" / Diamonds and Death
Tom Vek / "Aroused" / Leisure Seizure
Icebird / "Going and Going. And Going" / The Abandoned Lullaby
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah / "Maniac" / Hysterical
Rob Crow / "Sophistructure" / He Thinks He's People

Hour 2:

Strung Out / "Agents of the Underground" / Agents of the Underground
AFI / "Days of the Phoenix" / The Art of Drowning
Rise Against / "Heaven Knows" / Revolutions Per Minute
Boysetsfire / "Rookie" / After the Eulogy
Rotten Bark / "This Is My Life" / Demo
The Bouncing Souls / "Anchors Aweigh" / Anchors Aweigh
Hot Water Music / "Remedy" / Caution
The Draft / "Let It Go" / In A Million Pieces
Deadly Sins / "Grey Skies Turn" / Selling Our Weakness
Rentokill / "Songs of Convenience" / Back to Convenience
Strike Anywhere / "Infrared" / Exit English
Tsunami Bomb / "Take the Reins" / Ultimate Escape
The Black Pacific / "The System" / The Black Pacific
Bullets and Octane / "Save Me Sorrow" / In the Mouth of the Young
Strung Out / "Scarlet" / Exile in Oblivion
Motorhead / "God Save the Queen" / The Best of Motorhead

Fall 2011, Show #10: Heavy Rock

Show date: 12/2/11

Hour 1:

Big Deal / "Locked Up" / Big Deal EP
Casiokids / "Det haster!" / Aabenbaringen over aaskammen
The Drums / "Days" / Portamento
Bombay Bicycle Club / "Lights Out, Words Gone" / A Different Kind of Fix
M83 / "OK Pal" / Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
Phantogram / "A Dark Tunnel" / Nightlife
Raleigh Moncrief / "Lament For Morning" / Watered Lawn
Zun Zun Egui / "Fandango Fresh" / Katang
Duchess Says / "Gainsbourg" / In a Fung DAY T!
Weekend / "Hazel" / Red
We Were Promised Jetpacks / "Circles and Squares" / In the Pit of the Stomach

Hour 2:

BigBang / "Hurricane Boy" / Too Much Yang
Adria / "Jesus Chrysler" / The View From Here
Terra Diablo / "Satellites" / Terra Diablo
Open Hand / "In Your Eyes" / The Dream
Orange Sky / "Alone" / Dat Iz Voodoo
Tenpenny Joke / "She" / Ambush On All Sides
Priestess / "Run Home" / Hello Master
Cortez the Killer / "Chemical LA" / Cortez the Killer EP
Biffy Clyro / "Booooom, Blast and Ruin" / Only Revolutions
Cage9 / "Hollywood Car Crash" / El Motivo
Coheed and Cambria / "World of Lines" / Year of the Black Rainbow
PhonoReset / "Ultimo Respiro"
InMe / "Crushed Like Fruit" / Overgrown Eden
Villain For a Moment / "Self Inflicted"
Last Winter / "The Faithful Burn"
Boysetsfire / "High Wire Escape Artist" / Tomorrow Come Today
Thrice / "Firebreather" / The Alchemy Index Vol. I: Fire