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
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
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
Make It in
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
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
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