HOLIDAY + END OF YEAR SHOW! PLAYLIST DEC 12th!

So I'm going to be away on lovely Kuaii for the next two weeks...I decided to have my end of the year+ holiday music show all combined into one! Thanks to all for listening to "Stories" this year...hope next year is even more amazing.

12:00 PM
Les Enfant Bastard- "Honolulu"
Waitresses- "Christmas Wrapping"
Ariel Pink- "Life in L.A."
Belle and Sebastian- "Oh Little Town of Bethlehem"
Would be Goods- "Christmas in Haiti"
Russian Futurists- "One Night, One Kiss"
Sally Shapiro- "Anorak Christmas"
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone- "Cold White X-Mas"
Magnetic Fields- "Everything is one big Christmas Tree"
Girls- "Heartbreaker"
Pet Shop Boys- "It Doesn't Often Snow At X-mas"

1:00 PM
Passion Pit- "Sleepyhead" (Little Vampires mix)
St. Etienne- "I Was Born on X-Mas Day"
Destiny's Child- "Do You Hear What I Hear?"
Vince Gauraldi Trio- "Christmas Time Is Here"

1:20PM (Surf Report)
Drums- "Let's Go Surfing"
Sparks- "Thank God It's Not Christmas"
The Ramones- "Merry Christmas, I Don't Want to Fight Tonight"
Robyn- "Dancing On My Own"
XTC- "Thanks For Christmas"
Chromeo- "Hot Mess (feat La Roux)"
Sonic Youth- "Santa Claus Doesn't Cop Out On Dope"
Twin Shadow- "At My Heels"

2:00PM
Low- "Just Like Christmas"
Florence and the Machine- "Last Christmas" (Wham Cover)
Active Child- "In Your Church At Night"
Julian Casablancas- "I Wish it Was X-Mas Today"
Small Black- "Camoflauge"
Boy Least Likely To- "Christmas Isn't Christmas"
Weird Al- "The Night Santa Went Crazy"
Shy Child- "Disconnected"
Run DMC- "Christmas in Hollis"
Diamond Rings- "On Our Own"
Summer Camp- "Christmas Wrapping" (Waitresses cover)
Band Aid- "Do They Know It's Christmas?"
PJ Harvey- "This Mess We're In"

TOP 10 OF 2010!!

List, O List!!

Here are my top ten picks, in no particular order:

1. Active Child- "Curtis Lane EP": This record is so incredibly good. Pat Grossi has the voice of an angel, and beautiful synths at his fingertips to give his voice depth. I can't wait to hear more from this talented artist.

2. The Russian Futurists- "The Weight's On the Wheels": I thought this record looked a little Decemberists-y, from the album art, and then I listened to it. Total pop fun. I think his best work yet.

3. Belle and Sebastian- "Write About Love": Well, I wouldn't exactly call it a return to form, but Stuart Murdoch's creativity hasn't died just yet. In fact, I believe his work with his solo project has only refined his craft. Let's face it, whenever Belle and Sebastian make a record it has some mediocrity and some greatness. I love "Come On Sister" so much that it redeems the mediocre parts.

4. Small Black- "New Chain": A band that rode the chillwave and rose above it, Small Black are a cut above the rest. Super dark, super melodic, super fun.

5. Kanye West-"My Beautiful, Dark, Twisted Fantasy": While I wouldn't go so far as to call Kanye the new MJ, he knows how to write mad hits. Runaway is his best song yet. Gotta give the man his due, even though he's probably as crazy as a loon.

6. Besnard Lakes- "Are the Roaring Night": This is probably the most undderated album of 2010, at least stateside. In Canada these guys have paid their dues and are getting some cred, but in Hawaii you'd be hardpressed to find anyone that's heard it. I absolutely adore this record; it indulges prog and psych rock to the fullest, while still keeping the vocal as beautiful as a choir.

7. Dum Dum Girls- "I Will Be": Stunning record from these San Francisco chicks, I couldn't help but fall in love with their Jesus-and-Mary Chain style guitars and sassitude. I also liked the idea of a concept record about jail, something that most rock groups would probably never consider.

8. Vaselines- "Sex With An Ex": Speaking of Dum Dum, how about a welcome applause for the return of these guys? I wasn't expecting this record to be good, but it is so much fun and engaging.Favorite is "Turning It On," which is honestly just as great as "Dying For It," or any of their hits of the early 90s.

9. Yeasayer- "Odd Blood:" Though this came out quite early in '10, I have to include it in my Top 10. I don't think it's particularly clever, or even that interesting, but I can't stop playing it. Great singles, especially "Ambling Alp," which is definitly high in my list of "motivational-speakers" type songs. Remind me to save this one for my CBT sessions, if I ever get to private practice in my field.

10. Sleigh Bells- "Treats": Mixing things so loud should be a crime. But what could you expect from the guy from Posion the Well? Somehow it comes together like the record Beck never made. Brilliant.
End Transmission.

Miss U, CA! PLAYLIST DEC 5th!

With Aesthete in LA livin the rock star lifestyle, I find myself missing my home state. Hence, a Cali-themed playlist. Hella good.

12:00pm
Les Enfant Bastard- "Honolulu"
Clones of the Queen- "We"
Magnetic Fields- "California Girls"
Dengue Fever- "Seeing Hands"
Delgados- "California Uber Alles (Dead Kennedys cover)
Eux Autres- "A Band Undone"
Papercuts- "White Are the Waves"
Why?- "Good Friday"
Girls- "Heartbreaker"
Quasi- "California"
Women- "Locust Valley"
Six Organs of Admittance- "Hazy SF"
Wakey Wakey!- "California Girls" (Beach Boys Cover)
Belle and Sebastian- "Piazza, NY Catcher"
Elliot Smith- "Angeles"
Loudon Wainright iii- "Hollywood Hopeful"

1:00 PM
Deerhoof- "Matchbook Seeks Maniac"
Decemberists- "California 1/Youth and Beauty Brigade"
Nite Jewel- "Falling Far"
Hawnay Troof- "Everyhthing Is"

1:20 SURF
Grass Widow- "11 of Diamonds"
Wavves- "Baby Say Goodbye"
Autolux- "Supertoys"
Ariel Pink's Haunted Grafiti- "Round and Round"
Xiu Xiu- "No Friend, Oh!"
Dirty Gold- "California Sunrise"
Dirty Projectors- "Temecula Sunrise"
The Mantles- "Don't Lie"

2:00 PM
Devendra Banhardt- "Long Haired Child"
Brilliant Colors- "Absolutely Anything"
Busdriver- "Go Slow"
Surfer Blood- "Floating Vibes"
Dum Dum Girls- "Jail La La"
Drums- "Let's Go Surfing"
The Aislers Set- "Mission Bells"
Bobby Womack- "California Dreamin'" (Mammas and Papas cover)
Jeremy Jay- "Dial My Number"
Health- "Die Slow" (Tobacco Remix)
Led Zeppelin- "Going to California"
Magnetic Fields- "Come Back from San Francisco"
PJ Harvey- "This Mess We're In"