B.W.'s PLAYLIST/ KHSU, 90.5/ SAT., 17 SEPT. 2011

Sleater-Kinney's Carrie Brownstein formed Wild Flag with S-K colleague (and amazing drummer) Janet Weiss, Helium's Mary Timony and The Minders' Rebecca Cole. Their debut is stunning with garage-laced, psych-induced and straight shooting rockers. Wild Flag's debut (on Merge) could easily be considered for this year's "Best of" lists. It's that freakin' good.
BOY WONDER'S HOT CIRCLES/ 10PM-MIDNIGHT

The Night Before Last/ MARISA ANDERSON (’11, The Golden Hour)

I Dreamed I Saw Jesse James Last Night/ CHARLIE PARR (’10, When the Devil Goes Blind)

That’s The Way It Goes/ GILLIAN WELCH (’11, The Harrow & The Harvest)*

The Calming Seas/ BEACHWOOD SPARKS (’00, self titled)

I’m On Fire/ WHITEY MORGAN & THE 78’S (’08, Honky Tonks and Cheap Motels)

Black Wings/ TOM WAITS (’92, Bone Machine)

By the Time I Get to Phoenix/ NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS (’86, Kicking Against the Pricks)

Far Far Away/ WILCO (’96, Being There)

You and Your Sister (Country Version)/ CHRIS BELL (’92 issue, I Am the Cosmos)

Be My Baby/ THE RONETTES (’63)

Give Him a Great Big Kiss/ THE SHANGRI-LA’S (’64)

Love is Strange/ JOHNNY THUNDERS & PATTI PALLADIN (’86, Copy Cats)

You Look Good in Blue/ BLONDIE (’76, self titled)

Caught in One/ DUM DUM GIRLS (’11, Only in Dreams)*

The Pendulum/ THE ETTES (’11, Wicked Will)*

Make It Black/ THE BOTSWANAS (’01, Fade and Your Gone)

Make It in America/ THE BEARDS (’02, Funtown)

Short Version/ WILD FLAG (’11, self titled)*

Avalanche Aminos/ GUIDED BY VOICES (’00, Hold on Hope ep)

Only a Girl/ REDD KROSS (’93, Phaseshifter)

Far Gone and Out/ JESUS AND MARY CHAIN (’92, Honey’s Dead)

Senator/ STEPHEN MALKMUS AND THE JICKS (’11, Mirror Traffic)*

Here Before/ THE FEELIES (’11, Here Before)

The Way to Market Station/ THE AISLERS SET (’00, The Last Match)

The Couples/ THE LONG BLONDES (’08, Couples)

Lola/ THE RAINCOATS (’79, self titled)

Slowly But Surely/ HOLLY GOLIGHTLY (’04, Slowly But Surely)

‘Til the Real Thing Comes Along/ NICK LOWE (’11, The Old Magic)

Just to Walk That Little Girl Home/ MINK DeVILLE (’79, Le Chat Bleu)

Just One More Day/ OTIS REDDING (’65)

Lord Tell Me Why/ RY COODER (’11, Pull Up Some Dust & Sit Down)*

Brother's Gonna Work It Out/ WILLIE HUTCH ('73, The Mack st)

*new or recent release