B.W.'s PLAYLIST/ KHSU, 90.5/ SAT., 23 APRIL 2011

Willy Deville was one of the coolest cats to roam the streets of NY's Lower East Side and New Orleans, fronting his band, Mink DeVille. Here, he's pictured with his then-wife Toots at the legendary Bowery dive, CBGB's, in the late '70s. If you're curious about Mink DeVille's records, check out their '77 debut, Cabretta, and the excellent Steve Douglas produced third record, Le Chat Bleu (1980).
BOY WONDER'S HOT CIRCLES/ 10PM-MIDNIGHT

Doorstep/ tUnE-yArDs (’11, w h o k i l l)*

Cannibal Resource/ DIRTY PROJECTORS (’09, Bitte Orca)

Last Night at the Jetty/ PANDA BEAR (’11, Tomboy)*

Bedouin Dress/ FLEET FOXES (’11, Helplessness Blues)*

You See Everything/ LOW (’11, C’mon)*

Haller Lake/ THE CAVE SINGERS (’11, No Witch)*

Love More/ SHARON VAN ETTEN (’10, epic)

You and Your Sister (Country version)/ CHRIS BELL (’78, ’92 issue, I Am the Cosmos)

Since When/ REIGNING SOUND (’01, Break Up, Break Down)

Secondary Modern/ ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS (’80, Get Happy!!)

Frost and Fire/ EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL (’85, Eden)

Fai Yen/ REAM DARANOI (mid-''60s, ’10 collection, The Sound of Siam: Leftfield Thung, Jazz & Malam in Thailand, 1964-1975)

Kunlarim Sensiz/ SEVARA (’07, Sen) [Uzbekistan]

The 911 Curry/ CORNERSHOP w/ BUBBLEY KAUR (’11, Cornershop & The Double-o Groove of)*

Gangsta/ tUnE-yArDs (’11, w h o k i l l)*

The Story of Hip-Hop/ THE BOOKS (’10, The Way Out)

Ghetto Thang/ DE LA SOUL (‘89, 3 Feet High and Rising)

Irresistible Bitch/ PRINCE (’82, 7” single, B-side to “Let’s Pretend We’re Married)

Kidnapped By Neptune/ SCOUT NIBLETT (’05, Kidnapped by Neptune)

Do You Love Me?/ NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS (’94, Let Love In)

I’ll Be Your Man/ ANNA CALVI (’11, self titled)

Margerine Rock/ STEREOLAB (’04, Margerine Eclipse)

Then He Kissed Me/ THE CRYSTALS (’63)

Turn on Me/ THE SHINS (’07, Wincing the Night Away)

Fall Inn/ THE PONYS (’03, Laced With Romance)

Hot Freaks/ GUIDED BY VOICES (’94, Bee Thousand)

Just a Kid (bonus track)/ WILCO (’05, Kicking Television)

The Whole Wide World/ WRECKLESS ERIC (’77)

Just to Walk That Little Girl Home/ MINK DEVILLE ('80, Le Chat Bleu)

*new or recent release

B.W.'s PLAYLIST/ KHSU, 90.5/ SAT., 16 APRIL 2011

Innovative singer/songwriter/musician Merrill Garbus, better known as tUnE-yArDs, is a one-person onslaught of vocals, samples, loops, clashing instruments, old home recordings, often informed by African, punk and contemporary influences. Her new effort, w h o k i l l, on 4Ad, just may be the most creative and explosive and fun records to come out so far this year. It's a masterful record by the young Montreal expat (now in Oakland).
BOY WONDER'S HOT CIRCLES/10PM-MIDNIGHT

Nothing But Heart/ LOW (’11, C’mon)*

Ashes of American Flags/ WILCO (’09, Ashes of American Flags)

Friction/ TELEVISION (’77, Marquee Moon)

Hot Head/ CAPTAIN BEEFHEART (’80, Doc at the Radar Station)

16 Shells From a Thirty-Ought Six/ TOM WAITS (’88, Big Time)

A Shot in the Dark/ JOHN ZORN (’89, Naked City)

Confection/ THE NELS CLINE SINGERS (’07, Draw Breath)

Sugar Kane/ SONIC YOUTH (’92, Dirty)

TV Eye/ THE STOOGES (’70, Funhouse)

Devil Doll/ X (’83, More Fun in the New World)

Ghost on the Highway/ THE GUN CLUB (’81, Fire of Love)

Definitely Clean/ THE DREAM SYNDICATE (’82, The Days of Wine and Roses)

I’m Waiting For the Man/ THE VELVET UNDERGROUND (’67, The Velvet Underground & Nico)

Back Slider/ JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION (’93, Extra Width)

Shakin’ All Over/ JOHNNY KID & THE PIRATES (’60)

City of Refuge/ NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS (’88, Tender Prey)

When My Baby Comes/ GRINDERMAN (’10, Grinderman 2)

Comfy in Nautica/ PANDA BEAR (’07, Person Pitch)

Heavy Stones/ CHAD VANGAALEN (’11, Diaper Island)*

Gangsta/ tUnE-yArDs (’11, w h o k i l l)*

Hoy supe que viajas/ JUANA MOLINA (’10, Tradi-Mods vs Rockers)

Hear the Grinder Creak/ FAUN FABLES (’10, Light of a Vaster Dark)

Surrender/ OLOF ARNALDS (w/ Bjork) (’10, Innundir Skinni)

The Last Living Rose/ PJ HARVEY (’11, Let England Shake)*

Waiting in the Rain/ KENDRA SMITH (’91, The Guild of Temporal Adventures)

Belle/ AL GREEN (’77, The Belle Album)

*new or recent release

THE BUCK CALHOUN SHOW/ KHSU, 90.5/ WED., 13 APRIL 2011

Well, it's been "Wonder Week," subbing for Gus Mozart's Music Box on Mon., now Buck Calhoun! Here's a rare and lovely photo of the short-lived LA group Opal, featuring Rain Parade's David Roback and Dream Syndicate's Kendra Smith. Roback would later team up with Hope Sandoval to produce a more slicker version of this superior band. The legendary music photographer Laura Levine took this wonderful street snap of the band's main duo, circa 1987.
BOY WONDER SUBBAGE/ 10PM-MIDNIGHT

Soul Lam Plearn/ THE PETCH PHIN THONG BAND (’10 collection, The Sound of Siam: 1964-1975)

Heleyos/ ZIA (’09 collection, Pomegranates: Persian Pop, Funk, Folk and Psych of the '60s and '70s)

Bond 303/ ASHA BHOSLE (’84, ’07 collection, The Bombay Connection, Vol. 1: Funk From Bollywood Action Thrillers 1977-1984)

I Will Be a Good Boy/ GANG OF FOUR (’82, Songs of the Free)

Why Can’t I Touch It/ THE BUZZCOCKS (’79, ’10 reissue, A Different Kind of Tension)

Gangsta/ tUnE-yArDs (’11, whokill)*

My Girls/ ANIMAL COLLECTIVE (’09, Merriweather Post Pavilion)

Tomboy/ PANDA BEAR (’11, Tomboy)*

Coming Up/ ASOBI SEKSU (’11, Flourescence)*

Suzanne & I/ ANNA CALVI (’11, self titled)*

Hot as Day/ WYE OAK (’11, Civilian)*

Take It With You/ THE ETTES (‘09, Do You Want Power)

4 Months/ IAN FAYS (’05, The Damon Lessons)

Oceans in the Hall/ LADYBUG TRANSISTOR (’99, The Albemarle Sound)

There is a Light That Never Goes Out/ THE LUCKSMITHS w/ KAREN MORCOMBE (’07 collection, Spring a Leak)

Reno/ FINISHING SCHOOL (’03, Destination Girl)

Cardinal Points/ THE ESSEX GREEN ’06, Cannibal Sea)

Way You Walk/ PAPAS FRITAS (’00, Buildings and Grounds)

S.F. Sorrow/ THE S.F. SEALS (’95, Truth Walks in Sleepy Shadows)

Just Do It/ THE BATS (’10 comp., Stroke: Songs For Chris Knox)

Time is Nigh/ DOUG GILLARD (’09, Call From Restricted)

In the Aeroplane Over the Sea/ NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL (’98, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea)

In My Time/ KURT VILE (’11, Smoke Ring For My Halo)*

Ballrooms of Mars/ T. REX (’72, Slider)

Rocket Machine/ OPAL (’87, Happy Nightmare Baby)

I'm in Love With a Girl/ BIG STAR ('74, Radio City)

*new or recent release

GUS MOZART'S MUSIC BOX/ SAT., 11 APRIL 2011

Come Gather Round Us, an outstanding Portland outfit, led by singer/songwriters Catherine Feeny and Sebastian Rogers, released a folk pop gem last year, Despair? (self released). Excellent harmonies and resourceful percussion is the hallmark of this group. Touring as a duo, Come Gather Round Us is a must-see group in live performance.
BOY WONDER SUBBAGE/ 10PM-MIDNIGHT

Plunge/ ENDANGERED BLOOD (’11, self titled)*

Thank You/ KERMIT DRISCOLL (’11, Reveille)*

Duality/ VIJAY IYER, PRASANNA, NITIN MITTA (’11, Tirtha)*

Thurston County (live)/ THE NELS CLINE SINGERS (’10, Initiate)

Aftershocks/ JERRY MARTIEN & SHAO WAY WU (’10, The Road to Heaven)

Love Your Enemies/ WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS (’90, Dead City Radio)

Notes to the Future (live at St. Mark’s Poetry Project, ’02)/ PATTI SMITH (’02 collection, Land)

Free Money/ PATTI SMITH (’75, Horses)

Houses (Elyse Weinberg)/ VETIVER (’08, Thing of the Past)

Universal Applicant/ BILL CALLAHAN (’11, Apocalypse)*

To Be a Rabbit/ COME GATHER ROUND US (’10, Despair?)

County Line/ CASS McCOMBS (’11, Wit’s End)*

Lost in Space/ AIMEE MANN (’02, Lost in Space)

Penny Lonely/ FREEDY JOHNSTON (’10, Rain on the City)

Swim Club/ THE CAVE SINGERS (’11, No Witch)*

Save Yourself/ SHARON VAN ETTEN (’10, epic)

One Stolen Moment/ PETE MOLINARI (‘08, A Virtual Landslide)

You See Everything/ LOW (’11, C’mon)*

Agaetus Byrjun/ SIGUR ROS (’07, Hvarf/Heim)

Vinkonur/ OLOF ARNALDS (’10, Innundir Skinni)

Hang Me, Oh Hang Me/ THE DEEP DARK WOODS (’07, Hang Me, Oh Hang Me)

Rambling Fever (Merle Haggard)/ BONNIE ‘PRINCE’ BILLY & THE PICKET LINE (’09, Funtown Comedown)

Great Atomic Power/ THE LOUVIN BROTHERS (’61, ’95 collection, When I Stop Dreaming)

What’s Good/ LOU REED (’92, Magic and Loss)

*new or recent release

B.W.'s PLAYLIST/ KHSU, 90.5/ SAT., 9 APRIL 2011

Los Amigos Invisibles, a sincerely energetic band from Venezuela was signed by David Byrne after hearing an early release of the band in a NY record store. A mixture of '80s funk (especially that little guy - Prince), new wave, rock and South American rhythms make this band a blast to watch perform and listen to.
BOY WONDER'S HOT CIRCLES/ 10 PM-MIDNIGHT
Monkey See, Monkey Do/ THE BUDOS BAND ('05, self titled)
Oye Como Va/ TITO PUENTE ('63, '10 collection, Nu Yoria Roots!)
Cumbia del Desierto/ LOS DESTELLOS ('10 collection, The Roots of Chicha 2)
Corduroy/ LOS AMIGOS INVISIBLES ('11, Not So Commercial)*
Immigrant Song/ MOUNTAIN MOCHA KILIMANJARO ('09, self titled)
Rocket USA/ SUICIDE ('77, self titled)
Cosmic Cars/ THE DIRTBOMBS ('11, Party Store)*
Before Destruction/ SPOON ('10, Transference)

Biro Pen/ CORNERSHOP w/ BUBBLEY KAUR ('11, Cornershop & the Double-O Groove Of)*
42 West Avenue/ CASHIER NO. 9 ('08, 7" single)
My Girls/ ANIMAL COLLECTIVE ('09, Merriweather Post Pavilion)
Here to Fall/ YO LA TENGO ('10, Popular Songs)
Ballade de Melody Nelson/ SERGE GAINSBOURG ('71, Historie de Melody Nelson)

Sugar Man/ RODRIGUEZ ('70, '08 reissue, Cold Fact)
Bottle of Blues/ BECK ('98, Mutations)
Outer Realms/ THE CAVE SINGERS ('11, No Witch)*
Drover/ BILL CALLAHAN ('11, Apocalypse)*
Walking Backwards/ DAMON & NAOMI ('11, False Beats and True Hearts)*
Witches/ LOW ('11, C'mon)*
Hefner and Disney/ T-BONE BURNETT ('82, Proof Through the Night)

Red Desert/ PERNICE BROTHERS ('05, Discover a Lovelier You)
Chasing the Tide/ THE SUPERIMPOSERS ('05, self titled)
Deep See Diving Suit/ THE LUCKSMITHS ('07 collection, Spring a Leak)
That's Entertainment/ THE JAM ('80, Sound Affects)
In a Dream Life You Need a Rubber Soul/ THE CLEAN ('09, Mister Pop)
One Day/ SHARON VAN ETTEN ('10, epic)

I'll Be True to You/ SPENCER WIGGINS ('65, '01 collection, The Goldwax Story)

*new or recent release

B.W.'s PLAYLIST/ KHSU, 90.5/ SAT., 2 APRIL 2011

The most recent film by Kurdish-Iranian filmmaker, Bahman Ghobadi, No One Knows About Persian Cats, a fictional central storyline mixed with real-life experiences of part of the underground music scene in Tehran, Iran has just become available on DVD. Ghobadi, who gained well-deserved international attention in 2000 with his first feature, A Time For Drunken Horses, drew on stories of Kurdish villagers, connected by culture, language and music. Here, with Persian Cats, he follows the story of Negar Shaghaghi and Ashkan Koshanejad, who are the nucleus of Take Home Hospital, who are attempting to get a band together to perform in London. The obstacles are enormous, and Ghobadi follows this interesting labyrinth that illustrates the conflicted modernity of Iran. If bands from "western" industrialized countries start whining about how hard things are, see this film.
BOY WONDER'S HOT CIRCLES/ 10 PM-MIDNIGHT

Soft Crush [Konono No. 1]/ TUSSLE ('10, Tradi-Mods vs Rockers)

Listening Wind/ TALKING HEADS (’80, Remain in Light)

Robots/ KRAFTWERK (’09 remaster, collection, The Mix)

All I Want/ LCD SOUNDSYSTEM (’10, This is Happening)

Sound and Vision/ DAVID BOWIE (’77, Low)

Hoy Supe Que Viajas [Kasai Allstars]/ JUANA MOLINA (’10, Tradi-Mods vs Rockers)

Me and You/ TAKE CARE HOSPITAL (’10, No One Knows About Persian Cats st)

Welcome/ CLINIC (’02, Walking With Thee)

Alleys of Your Mind/ THE DIRTBOMBS (’11, Party Store)*

Clap Hands (live)/ TOM WAITS (’88, Big Time)

Towers of London/ XTC (’80, Black Sea)

Fri/end/ THURSTON MOORE (’07, Trees Outside the Academy)

In My Time/ KURT VILE (’11, Smoke Ring For My Halo)*

Where Are You/ J MASCIS (’11, Several Shades of Why)*

Endless Grey Ribbon/ NICK LOWE (’79, ’11 reissue, Labour of Lust)

America!/ BILL CALLAHAN (’11, Apocalypse)*

Slipping (Into Something)/ THE FEELIES (’86, 11 reissue, The Good Earth)

Double Feature/ LUNA (’95, Penthouse)

From a Window to a Screen/ THE dB’S (’82, Repercussion)

Try to Sleep/ LOW (’11, C’mon)*

Hearts of Iron/ HANDSOME FURS (’07, Plague Park)

Heads Will Roll/ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN (’82, Porcupine)

Jack the Ripper/ NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS (’92, Henry’s Dream)

In the Wait/ THE PLUGZ (’81, Better Luck)

Just Like Anyone/ AIMEE MANN (’99, Bachelor No. 2)

Two Small Deaths/ WYE OAK (’11, Civilian)*

*new or recent release

B.W.'s PLAYLIST/ KHSU, 90.5/ SAT., 26 MARCH 2011

Nicknamed "The Basher," Nick Lowe, singer/songwriter and producer, was working on his second solo record, Labour of Lust, in 1979, simultaneously recording Dave Edmunds' excellent recording, Repeat When Necesssary. Of course, drummer Terry Williams and guitarist Billy Bremmer were featured on both (collectively, with Lowe and Edmunds, as Rockpile). In the same year, Lowe also produced the seminal Elvis Costello and The Attractions album, Armed Forces and The Pretenders' single, "Stop Your Sobbing," the Kinks cover. Heck, it was one busy year for Mr. Lowe, who also released one of his finest pop solo efforts, which is now reissued on CD by Yep Roc.
BOY WONDER'S HOT CIRCLES/ 10:00 PM-MIDNIGHT

The Midnight Hour/ THE MESSENGERS (mid-‘60s, ’09 collection, 2131 South Michigan Avenue)

Lie, Beg, Borrow & Steal/ THE PLIMSOULS (’83, Everywhere At Once)

I Bet You [Funkadelic]/ DENNIS COFFEY w/ MICK COLLINS & RACHEL NAGY (’11, self titled)*

You Got Me Hummin’ [Sam & Dave]/ THE REIGNING SOUND (’04, Too Much Guitar)

Make It in America/ THE BEARDS (’01, Funtown)

Pleasure Seeker/ THE BOTSWANAS (’01, Fade and Your Gone)

Goodnight/ SWEET APPLE (’10, Love & Desperation)

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

I Am a Tree/ GUIDED BY VOICES (’97, Mag Earwhig!)

There is a Light That Never Goes Out/ DUM DUM GIRLS (’11, He Gets Me High EP)*

Ex-Girlfriend Collection/ THE WRENS (’03, The Meadowlands)

Hot as Day/ WYE OAK (’11, Civilian)*

Suzanne and I/ ANNA CALVI (’11, self titled)*

Dazzle/ SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES (’84, Hyena)

Trails/ ASOBI SEKSU (’11, Fluorescence)*

Witches/ LOW (’11, C’mon)*

Resolution/ STEVE WYNN & THE MIRACLE 3 (’10, Northern Aggression)

As Long As I Have You/ THE DETROIT COBRAS (’07, Tied & True)

Bad News/ WHITEY MORGAN & THE 78s (’10, self titled)

The Least I Could Do/ THE SUPERSUCKERS w/ AMY NELSON (’00 collection, Down the Promised Land: 5 Years of Bloodshot Records)

Silver Wings/ THE KNITTERS (’85, ’93 reissue, Poor Little Critter on the Road)

Ramblin’ Man/ HANK WILLIAMS (’51)

Perfect World/ JAMES INTVELD (’95, self titled)

Queen of Hearts/ DAVE EDMUNDS (’79, Repeat When Necessary)

Cadillac Walk/ MINK DeVILLE (’77, Cabretta)

Cracking Up/ NICK LOWE (’79, ’11 reissue, Labour of Lust)

Dogs and Cats/ THE HEAD AND THE HEART (’11, self titled)*

Breakfast in Bed/ DUSTY SPRINGFIELD (’69, Dusty in Memphis)

Love is a Wonderful Thing/ PRINCE MITCHELL (’68)

*new or recent release