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Formed in 2004, originating as a collaboration between leader Tim Cohen (of Black Fiction) and bassist Shayde Sartin, The Fresh & Onlys rose in the SF Bay Area garage-pop scene with folks like John Dwyer (of Thee Oh Sees) and the like. Their fourth full-length, first on Mexican Summer, Long Slow Dance combines their garage roots with '80s British eccentric pop, culling band influences like Felt, The Smiths and The Jazz Butcher. Long Slow Dance isn't mere retro; it's an unabashed contemporary pop gem that fits as a perfect book end to summer.
BOY WONDER'S HOT CIRCLES/ 10PM-MIDNIGHT
Everything Will Be Fine/ JC BROOKS & THE UPTOWN SOUND (’11, Want More) [Bloodshot]
It’s Alright/ THE COME ONS (’01, Hip Check) [Sympathy For the Record Industry]
Keep On Running/ SPENCER DAVIS GROUP (’65)
Time the Avenger/ THE PRETENDERS (’82, Learning to Crawl) [Sire]
Night Time/ THE STRANGELOVES (’65)
Midnight Hour/ THE MESSENGERS (‘60s, ’09 collection, 2131 South Michigan Avenue: ‘60s Garage & Psychedelic From U.S.A. and Destination Records) [Sundazed]
Crazy About You/ THE HELLCATS (’90, Hoodoo Train) [New Rose]
Little Girl/ SYNDICATE OF SOUND (’66)
Statues and Glue/ THE SUNSHINE FIX (’04, Green Imagination) [Spin Art]
Lie, Beg, Borrow & Steal/ THE PLIMSOULS (83, Everywhere at Once) [Geffen]
Leave My Kitten/ THE DETROIT COBRAS (’07, Tied & True) [Bloodshot]
Fall Inn/ THE PONYS (’03, Laced With Romance) [In the Red]
Speak to Me/ THEE HEADCOATEES (’97, Bozstik Haze) [Damaged Goods]
Waiting Room/ HOLLY GOLIGHTLY (’96, ’01 collection, Singles Round-Up) [Damaged Goods]
Don’t Underestimate Me/ THE SAN FRANCISCO SEALS (‘94, Now Here) [Matador]
Mad Love/ BELLES WILL RING (’12, self titled EP) [Self Release]
Our Love Will Change the World/ OUTRAGEOUS CHERRY (’04, Our Love Will Change the World) [Rainbow Quartz]
Head vs Heart/ SHOES (’12, Ignition)* [Black Vinyl]
Long Slow Dance/ THE FRESH & ONLYS (’12, Long Slow Dance)* [Mexican Summer]
Girlfriend/ THE JAZZ BUTCHER (’84, Scandal in Bohemia) [Glass]
Penelope Tree/ FELT (’83, ’87 collection, Goldmine Trash) [Cherry Red]
What Difference Does It Make (BBC version)/ THE SMITHS (’84 collection, Hatful of Hollow) [Rough Trade]
In the Core of the Flame/ THE GO-BETWEENS (’86, Liberty Belle and The Black Diamond Express) [Beggars Banquet]
Louise Louise/ ORANGE JUICE (’82, Rip It Up) [Domino]
Stay With You/ PARLOURS (’12, All is Here)* [Self Release]
Lloyd, Are You Ready to Be Heartbroken/ CAMERA OBSCURA (’06, Let’s Get Out of This Country) [Merge]
Destination Girl/ FINISHING SCHOOL (’03, Destination Girl) [The Telegraph Company]
The Way You Walk/ PAPAS FRITAS (’00, Buildings and Grounds) [Minty Fresh] [3:30]
Beautiful View/ LUNA (’97, Pup Tent) [Elektra] [3:30]
Sudden Bright/ ORMONDE (’12, Machine) [Hometapes] [5:00]
Gaileo (Someone Like You)/ DECLAN O’ROURKE (’03, Since Kyabram) [V2] [3:00]
Here With Me/ SERA CAHOONE (’12, Deer Creek Canyon)* [Sub Pop] [4:00]
*new or recent release
Pop chanteuse Eleni Mandell ponders the "old Arcata Hotel" in her new recording, I Can See the Future, referring to a dream of stopping at the corner hotel, just down the block from the row of bars and neon signs. Released on Yep Roc, Ms. Mandell's voice and songs can still seduce and slither.
BOY WONDER'S HOT CIRCLES/ 10PM-MIDNIGHT
What Gets You Alone/ DIVINE FITS (’12, A Thing Called Divine Fits)* [Merge]
Serve the People/ HANDSOME FURS (’11, Sound Kapital) [Sub Pop]
All I Want/ LCD SOUNDSYSTEM (’10, This is Happening) [Capitol]
Teenage Wildlife/ DAVID BOWIE (’80, Scary Monsters) [Ryko]
Bull Black Nova/ WILCO (’09, Wilco (The Album)) [Nonesuch]
I’m Waiting For My Man/ THE VELVET UNDERGROUND (’67, The Velvet Underground & Nico) [Polygram]
I Wanna Be Your Dog/ THE STOOGES (‘69, self titled) [Elektra]
Shackles and Chains/ MARK HARRISON AND SNAKE HIPS (’93, Lit) [Feralette]
Something’s Gone Wrong Again/ BUZZOCKS (’79, ’10 reissue, A Different Kind of Tension) [EMI]
Elevation/ TELEVISION (’77, Marquee Moon) [Elektra]
Betty Ford/ PATTERSON HOOD (’12, Heat Lightning Rumbles in the Distance)* [ATO]
Bottles & Bones/ CALIFONE (’01, Roomsound) [Perishable/ Thrill Jockey]
Ultraviolet/ THE EXTRA GLENNS (’02, Martial Arts Weekend) [Absolutely Kosher]
The Future/ ELENI MANDELL (’12, I Can See the Future)* [Yep Roc]
Radio Montana/ CASEY NEILL & THE NORWAY RATS (’10, Goodbye to the Rank and File) [In Music We Trust]
Fireflies/ CAROLINE HERRING (’12, Camilla)* [Signature Sounds]
O’ Be Joyful/ SHOVELS AND ROPE (’12, O’ Be Joyful)* [Shrimp]
Hard Times Come and Go/ POKEY LAFARGE & THE SOUTH CITY THREE (’10, Riverboat Soul) [Free Dirt]
Harry Rag/ THE KINKS (’67, Something Else) [Essential]
The Sick Bed of Cuchulainn/ THE POGUES (’85, Rum, Sodomy & The Lash) [WEA]
El Gusto/ LOS LOBOS (’90, La Pistola y El Corazon EP) [Warner Bros.]
Corona/ CALEXICO (’04, Convict Pool EP) [Quarterstick]
Mi Ranchito/ LOS SUPER SEVEN (’98, self titled) [Rick Trevino] [RCA]
See How We Are (live)/ X (’95, Unclogged) [Infidelity]
Acid Tongue/ JENNY LEWIS (’08, Acid Tongue) [Lost Highway]
I Just Don’t Know What to Do With Myself/ ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS (’78, Live Stiffs) [Demon]
My Heart Must Do the Crying/ THE RENEGADES (’65, ’02, The Man Without a Past ST) [Milan]
Rain on the City/ FREEDY JOHNSTON (’11, Rain on the City) [Bar/None]
*new or recent release
Spoon's leader Britt Daniel and and Wolf Parade/ Handsome Furs' Daniel Boeckner have joined forces across North America (one's from Portland and one's from Canada) with Columbus, OH legend drummer Sam Brown (from The New Bomb Turks) for a singular project that combines elements from both Spoon and The Handsome Furs for a energetic, synth-driven, electric pop release, A Thing Called Divine Fits, on Merge.
BOY WONDER'S HOT CIRCLES/ 10PM-MIDNIGHT
Big Love/ MATTHEW E. WHITE (’12, Big Inner)*
3, 6, 9/ CAT POWER (’12, Sun)*
Wild Horses/ SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS (’12 Mojo comp., Sticky Soul Fingers)
Get Ready For Love/ NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS (’04, Abattoir Blues)
Suzanne And I/ ANNA CALVI (’11, self titled)
Heads Will Roll/ ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN (’82, Porcupine)
Use It/ THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS (’05, Twin Cinema)
What Gets You Alone/ DIVINE FITS (’12, A Thing Called Divine Fits)*
Bad Thing/ KING TUFF (’12, self titled)*
Stay Away From Downtown/ REDD KROSS (’12, Researching the Blues)*
He Gets Me High/ DUM DUM GIRLS (’11, He Gets Me High EP)
Teen Age Thugs/ SONNY & THE SUNSETS (’11, Hit After Hit)
Monsterpussy/ THE VASELINES (’88, ’92 collection, The Way of The Vaselines)
Summer Babe (Winter Version)/ PAVEMENT (’92, Slanted & Enchanted)
On and On/ THE SEA AND CAKE (’12, Runner)*
The Race is On/ YO LA TENGO (’06, I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass)
Every Little Word/ SERA CAHOONE (’12, Deer Creek Canyon)*
Little Death Shaker/ RAYMOND BYRON & THE WHITE FREIGHTER (’12, Little Death Shaker)*
Suffering Season/ WOODS (’10, At Echo Lake)
Out on My Own/ DIAMOND RUGS (’12, self titled)*
Harley Davidson/ MICK HARVEY (w/ ANITA LANE) (’95, Intoxicated Man)
Telling Lies/ EVANS THE DEATH (’12, self titled)*
Pas Le Peine/ NOUS NON PLUS (’11, Freudian Slip)
Statues & Glue/ SUNSHINE FIX (’04, Green Imagination)
Found Holiday/ THE INNER BANKS (’12, Wild)
Sudden Bright/ ORMANDE (’12, Machine)*
Frozen Gtr/ THURSTON MOORE (’07, Trees Outside the Academy)
The Switch Up/ SAMARA LUBELSKI (’12, Wavelength)*
Love Songs For Lamps/ LAURA LEI AND AMBER PHELPS BONDAROFF (’12 comp., Believer 2012 Music Issue)*
Here With Me/ SERA CAHOONE (’12, Deer Creek Canyon)*
*new or recent release
LA-based band Redd Kross, led by brothers Steve and Jeff McDonald, has endured with various line-ups since they officially formed in 1980. After 15 years since their last studio album release (Show World), Redd Kross has brought forth a killer power pop album, Researching the Blues - a perfect inclusion in this summer's beach bag (along with the new King Tuff self-titled record), out on Merge Records. Reunited with guitarist Robert Hecker and including Muffs' drummer Roy McDonald. It's a record that's filled with varied-style pop nuggets. The McDonald Boys are back!!
BOY WONDER'S HOT CIRCLES/ 10PM-MIDNIGHT
Evil Lives (Ad Rock Mix)/ BOSCO DELREY (’11)
North American Scum/ LCD SOUNDSYSTEM (’07, Sound of Silver)
Metal/ GARY NUMAN (’79, The Pleasure Principle)
That’s Not My Name/ THE TING TINGS (’08, We Started Nothing)
Big Fat Liar/ KINNY (’12, Tru Thoughts Recording Compilation)
Irresistible Bitch/ PRINCE (’82, B-side to “Let’s Pretend We’re Married)
Bitch/ THEESatisfaction (’12, awE natural)
Pusherman/ CURTIS MAYFIELD (’72, Superfly ST)
Egg Man/ BEASTIE BOYS (’89, Paul’s Boutique)
B Side Wins Again/ PUBLIC ENEMY (’90, Fear of a Black Planet)
Me Myself and I (OBLAPOS MODE)/ DE LA SOUL (’89, 3 Feet High and Rising)
Gangsta/ tUnE-yArDs (’11, whokill)
Wicked Midnite/ THE MEKONS (’92, I ♥ Mekons)
52 Girls/ B-52’S (’79, self titled)
Everything Will Be Fine/ JC BROOKS & THE UPTOWN SOUND (’11, Want More)
Hollowpoint Blues/ CARY ANN HEARST & MICHAEL TRENT (‘08, Shovels & Rope)
Shake Your Hips/ SLIM HARPO (’66)
Wolf Teeth/ JC McPHERSON (’12, Signs & Signifiers)*
Cage/ SALLIE FORD & THE SOUND OUTSIDE (’11, Dirty Radio)
Garbageman/ THE CRAMPS (’80, Songs the Lord Taught Us)
Bad Thing/ KING TUFF (’12, self titled)*
Choose to Play/ REDD KROSS (’12, Resarching the Blues)*
I Want You Around (Original Version)/ THE RAMONES (’78, Road to Ruin)
Date w/ Ikea/ PAVEMENT (’97, Brighten the Corners)
Keep It in Motion/ GUIDED BY VOICES (’12, Class Clown Spots a UFO)*
I Move Around/ LEE HAZELWOOD (’66)
I Move Around/ THE PURRS (’10, Tearing Down Paisley Garden EP)
Hall of Mirrors/ HELIO SEQUENCE (’12, Negotiations)*
Blodbuzz Ohio/ THE NATIONAL (’10, High Violet)
King of Silence/ CIBO MATTO (’99, Stereo Type A)
Look Around the Corner/ QUANTIC & ALICE RUSSELL (’12, Look Around the Corner)*
*new or recent release
South Carolina-based singer/songwriters Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent came together and made a collaborative record entitled Shovels & Rope in 2008. The name stuck with the duo, who eventually got hitched - artistically and personally. Now, under the moniker of Shovels & Rope, the powerful duo, rooted in county, Americana folk, rockabilly and straight-up rock & roll, have delivered a new, excellent recording, O' Be Joyful, filled with kick-ass, revival-like execution and fire-spit spirit. If you don't know them, check out their video of them performing an earlier song, "Gasoline," excerpted from a two-year documentary film project that will finally be wrapped after several Charleston, SC hometown shows in several weeks: http://vimeo.com/31819086
BOY WONDER'S HOT CIRCLES/ 10PM-MIDNIGHT
Cash on the Barrelhead/ LOUVIN BROTHERS (’56)
Kemba’s Got the Cabbage Moth Blues/ SHOVELS & ROPE (’12, O’ Be Joyful)*
Get Out of My House/ HOLLY GOLIGHTLY & THE BROKEOFFS (’11, No Help Coming)
Steel Strings No. 1/ PETER CASE (’11 collection, The Case Files)
That Certain Female/ CHARLIE FEATHERS (‘50s)
The Call of the Wrecking Ball/ THE KNITTERS (’85, self titled)
I’m on Fire/ WHTEY MORGAN & THE 78’S (08, Honky Tonks and Cheap Motels)
Out of Control/ GEORGE JONES (’60)
Why Don’t You Love Me Like You Used to Do/ ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS (’81, Almost Blue)
It Came Out of the Wilderness/ PETE MOLINARI (’08, A Virtual Landslide)
Can’t Hardly Stand It/ CARY ANN HEARST & MICHAEL TRENT (’08, Shovels & Rope)
The Singer/ NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS (’86, Kicking Against the Pricks)
Signs & Signifiers/ J.D. McPHERSON (’12, Signs & Signifiers)*
How Soon is Now/ THE SMITHS (’84 collection, Hatful of Hollow)
There is a Light That Never Goes Out/ DUM DUM GIRLS (’11, He Gets Me High EP)
The Nu Temptations/ REDD KROSS (’12, Researching the Blues)*
Come On Baby Grace/ BOSTON SPACESHIPS (’11, Let It Beard)
Anthem/ KING TUFF (’12, self titled)*
Gimme a Beer/ DIAMOND RUGS (’12, self titled)*
Do the Shake/ THE RENEGADES (’02, The Man Without a Past ST)
Ye-Ye/ EIKO SHURI (’67, ’09 collection, Nippon Girls)
Crimson Enemy/ THE BATS (’09, The Guilty Office)
Skull/ SEBADOH (’84, Bakesale)
Join My Gang/ THE LONG RYDERS (’83, ’11 reissue, Native Sons)
Twilley Don’t Mind/ DWIGHT TWILLEY (’77, Twilley Don’t Mind)
That Time is Gone/ THE DB’S (’12, Falling Off the Sky)*
Feelin’/ THE LA’S (’89, ’06 collection, BBC in Session)
Are You Ready to Die/ CARY ANN HURST (’11, Lions & Lambs)
Your Life is Gone/ REPARATA (’72, ’09 collection, The Laurie Records Story: Vol. 3)
No One Like You/ BEST COAST (’12, The Only Place)*
Golden/ KELLY HOGAN (’12, I Like to Keep Myself in Pain)*
Pretend That You Love Me/ SONNY & THE SUNSETS (’12, Longtime Companion)*
*new or recent release
South Carolina-based singer-songwriters Cary-Ann Hearst and Michael Trent got together and recorded an album called, Shovels & Rope in 2010. The name stuck for this brassy duo, who now called themselves Shovels & Rope, a band filled with jet-fueled hillbilly folk and swampy rockabilly spirit. On the heels of their upcoming release, O' Be Joyful, the do will be stomping at this year's Pickathon festival (in Oregon), and they will be playing with Midtown Dickens at the Arcata Playhouse on Tues., Aug. 7th. Don't miss this opportunity to see this smokin' southern duo!
BOY WONDER'S HOT CIRLCES/ 10PM-MIDNIGHT
I’m a King Bee/ SLIM HARPO (’57)
Mona/ BO DIDDLEY (’57)
Fire/ LITTLE WILLIE JOHN (’56)
Signs & Signifiers/ J.D. McPHERSON (’12, Signs & Signifiers)*
Goo Goo Muck/ RONNIE COOK & THE GAYLADS (’62)
Your Love Is Mine/ HOLLY GOLIGHTLY (’98, ’01 collection, Singles Round-Up)
Against the Law/ SALLIE FORD & THE SOUND OUTSIDE (’11, Dirty Radio)
Brand New Cadillac/ VINCE TAYLOR (’59)
Earthquake Heart/ THE DIRTBOMBS (’03, Dangerouse Magical Noise)
Buried Alive/ MARK HARRISON & SNAKE HIPS (’82, 7” single) [Twister]
Losing Out/ TIGER HIGH (’11, Myth Is This)
Keep Your Lantern Burning/ WHITE MANNA (’12, self titled)
Researching the Blues/ REDD KROSS (’12, Researching the Blues)*
Loose/ THE STOOGES (’70, Fun House)
Osaka Rock City/ SHONEN KNIFE (’12, Pop Tune)*
Gasoline/ CARY ANN HEARST & MICHAEL TRENT (’08, Shovels & Rope)
Sea of Darkness/ SONNY & THE SUNSETS (’12, Longtime Companion)*
Gimme a Beer/ DIAMOND RUGS (’12, self titled)*
Suffering Season/ WOODS (’10, At Echo Lake)
Haller Lake/ THE CAVE SINGERS (’11, No Witch)
Suckers/ NOUELA (’12, Chants)*
Sudden Bright/ ORMONDE (’12, Machine)*
Do You Love Me?/ NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS (’94, Let Love In)
Junkpile/ GRANDADDY (’97, ’12 reissue, The Inner Flame: A Tribute to Rainer Ptack)
Chinatown/ LUNA (’95, Penthouse)
Sweetness in Her Spark/ LIGHTSHIPS (’12, Electric Cables)
Sugar Man/ RODRIGUEZ (’70, Cold Fact)
Picture of a Bird/ FRUIT BATS (’11, Tripper)
*new or recent release
Arcata, CA-based psych-rock band, White Manna have recently released their self-titled debut on Holy Mountain Records. And it smokes! The sound is ferocious and beautiful, captured excellently by engineer Pieter Dohlman. The influences stretch from Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Echo & The Bunnymen and The Stooges (Fun House era). Apparently, the record is already selling like fresh chips in the UK and Europe. Local boys done (& doin') good - real good. White Manna performance photo by Ryan Boyd. Click here for nice detailed review in UK's The Quietus site.
BOY WONDER'S HOT CIRCLES/ 10PM-MIDNIGHT
The Entertainer/ THE INTELLIGENCE (’12, Everybody’s Got It Easy But Me)*
Annalisa/ PUBLIC IMAGE LTD. (’78, Public Image: First Issue)
Why Can’t I Touch It?/ BUZZOCKS (’79, ’10 reissue, A Different Kind of Tension)
Pass the Hatchet, I Think I’m Goodkind/ YO LA TENGO (’06, I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass)
Sweet Jesus/ WHITE MANNA (’12, self titled)*
Whatever Happened to My Rock ‘n’ Roll (punk song)/ BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB (’01, B.R.M.C.)
Real Emotional Trash/ STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS (’08, Real Emotional Trash)Confection/ THE NELS CLINE SINGERS (’07, Draw Breath)
Wrong Time Capsule/ DEERHOOF (’05, The Runners Four)
Friction/ TELEVISION (’77, Marquee Moon)
Pen/ THE SIMPLE ONES (’95, Worth the Weight)
Your Favorite Thing/ SUGAR (’94, File Under Easy Listening)
Faster Pussycat (live)/ THE CRAMPS (‘83, Smell of a Female)
Wolf Teeth/ J.D. McPHERSON (’12, Signs & Signifiers)*
Number 9 Train/ TARHEEL SLIM ('59)
Long Tall Sally/ LITTLE RICHARD (’56)
Never No More Blues/ THE BLASTERS (’81, self titled)
Perfect World/ JAMES INTVELD (’95, self titled)
Golden/ KELLY HOGAN (’12, I Like to Keep Myself in Pain)*
I’m On Fire/ WHITEY MORGAN AND THE 78’S (’08, Honky Tonks and Cheap Motels)
Mermaid Parade/ PHOSPHORESCENT (’10, Here’s to Taking It Easy)
I’m Going to Try to Make You Love Me/ SONNY AND THE SUNSETS (’12, Longtime Companion)*
Black Wings/ TOM WAITS (’92, Bone Machine)
Walking Through the Park/ BRONWYNNE BRENT (’11, Deep Black Water)
*new or recent release
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