Montreal-based band, The Barr Brothers, featuring Andrew and Brad Barr (also of The Slip), have crafted a exquisite debut of "alt. folk" gems on high quality Canadian label, Secret City. The Barr Brothers will be performing in town, Arcata, CA, at Humboldt Brews on April 6th. Not a show to be missed.
BOY WONDER'S HOT CIRCLES/ 10PM-MIDNIGHT
Gimme Shelter/ MERRY CLAYTON (’70, Gimme Shelter)
Can’t You Hear Me Knocking/ THE BAMBOOS (’12, Mojo Presents: Sticky Soul Fingers)*
I Am Trying to Break Your Heart/ JC BROOKS & THE UPTOWN SOUND (’11, Want More)
Mystery Achievement/ THE PRETENDERS (’79, self titled)
Lust For Life/ IGGY POP (’77, Lust For Life)
I Want Candy/ THE STRANGELOVES (’65)
Sugar Kane/ SONIC YOUTH (’92, Dirty)
Everything at Once/ SUPERCHUNK (’10, Majesty Shredding)
Sugarcube/ YO LA TENGO (’97, I Can the Heart Beating As One)
I Just Want to Have Something to Do/ THE RAMONES (’78, Road to Ruin)
Los Angeles/ X (’80, Los Angeles)
Another Girl, Another Planet/ THE ONLY ONES (’78)
I Don’t Know/ THE REPLACEMENTS (’87, Pleased to Meet Me)
Work-A-Day-World/ THE BEAT (’79, ’05 reissue, self titled)
Shaky City/ THE PLIMSOULS (’83, Everywhere At Once)
Funnel of Love/ WANDA JACKSON (’61)
Mae Kha Som Tam/ ONUMA SINGSIRI (’10 collection, The Sound of Siam: Leftfield Luk Thung, Jazz & Molam in Thailand 1964-75)
Watashi No Inori/ RUMI KOYAMA (’68, ’09 collection, Nippon Girls)
Pas la Peine/ NOUS NON PLUS (’11, Freudian Slip)
What If We Gave It Away/ R.E.M. (’86, Lifes Rich Pageant)
The End of That/ PLANTS AND ANIMALS (’12, The End of That)*
Turn on Me/ THE SHINS (’07, Wincing the Night Away)
The Polaroid Song/ ALLO DARLIN’ (’11, self titled)
Cannons/ YOUTH LAGOON (’11, The Year of Hibernation)
We Are 1980/ SAID THE WHALE (’12, Little Mountain)*
I Couldn’t Reach You/ ROSIE AND ME (’12, Arrow of My Ways)*
In the Yard/ BOWERBIRDS (’12, The Clearing)*
Beggar in the Morning/ THE BARR BROTHERS (’11, self titled)
Moonlight Mile/ LEE FIELDS AND THE EXPRESSIONS (’12, Faithful Man)*
*new or recent release
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