B.W.'s PLAYLIST/ KHSU, 90.5/ SAT., 14 APRIL 2012

There's a load of buzz 'round this young band, Alabama Shakes, from Athens, Alabama. However, the "hype" over this R&B/soul-drenched garage band is far from false. They're amazing, and their debut record, Boys & Girls, on ATO Records, is a surprisingly deep, mature and tight. At this point so far this year, Boys & Girls is the best debut to be released this year - hands down. In a way, Alabama Shakes have redefined (and updated) Southern rock (and R&B). Pretty astounding.

BOY WONDER'S HOT CIRCLES/ 10PM-MIDNIGHT

Sixteen Tons/ TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD (’55)
Fever/ LITTLE WILLIE JOHN (’56)
I Can Only Give You Everything/ NICK WATERHOUSE (’12, Time’s All Gone)*
I’m Shakin’/ THE BLASTERS (’81, self titled)
I Said No/ PAT CLAYTON (‘50s)
Let’s Have a Party/ WANDA JACKSON (’60)
Hound Dog/ BIG MAMA THORNTON (’52)
Hang Loose/ ALABAMA SHAKES (’12, Boys & Girls)*
Cage/ SALLIE FORD & THE OUTSIDE SOUND (’10, Dirty Radio)
Shakin’ All Over/ JOHNNY KIDD & THE PIRATES (’60)
The Have Nots/ X (’82, Under the Big Black Sun)

That’s Bad/ R.L. BURNSIDE (’98, Come On In)
We’re In Yr Corner/ CORNERSHOP (’97, When I Was Born in For the 7th Time)
North American Scum/ LCD SOUNDSYSTEM (’07, Sound of Silver)
Metal/ GARY NUMAN (’79, The Pleasure Principle)
Nasty Girl/ VANITY 6 (’82, self titled)

Me No Pop I/ KID CREOLE & THE COCONUTS (’80, 12” single)
Nickel Bag/ DIGABLE PLANETS (’93, Reachin’)
God/ THEESatisfaction (’12, awE naturalE)*
Big Fat Liar/ KINNY (’12, Can’t Kill a Dame With Soul)*
Eye Know/ DE LA SOUL (’89, 3 Feet High and Rising)
Fall of ’82/ THE SHINS (’12, Port of Morrow)*
So It Goes/ NICK LOWE (’78, Jesus of Cool)

Losing Out/ TIGER HIGH (’12, Myth is This)*
Mad Love/ BELLES WILL RING (’12, self titled EP)*
Everything Will Be Fine/ JC BROOKS & THE UPTOWN SOUND (’11, Want More)
Revolution/ DR. JOHN (’12, Locked Down)*

I’ll Keep My Light in My Window/ QUANTIC & ALICE RUSSELL (’12, Look Around the Corner)*

*new or recent release

B.W.'s PLAYLIST/ KHSU, 90.5/ SAT., 7 APRIL 2012

Australian-based funk & soul band, The Bamboos, will soon be releasing a new record, but last year, they released a killer 7" single, "The Wilhelm Scream," a James Porter cover, collaborating with vocalist Megan Washington. It's been on repeat for the past week - can't get it out of my head. Here's a link to check out this great single: click here
BOY WONDER'S HOT CIRCLES/ 10PM-MIDNIGHT

Some Place/ NICK WATERHOUSE (’11, 7” single)

Leave My Kitten Alone/ LITTLE WILLIE JOHN (’59)

Teenage Rock/ RONNIE JONES AND THE CLASSMATES (’57)

The One That Rings My Bell/ SHERRI TAYLOR (’61, 7” single)

Cage/ SALLIE FORD & THE SOUND OUTSIDE (’11, Dirty Radio)

Funnel of Love/ WANDA JACKSON (’61)

Your Love is Mine/ HOLLY GOLIGHTLY (’98, ’01 collection, Singles Round-Up)

Here Again/ QUANTIC & ALICE RUSSELL (’12, Look Around the Corner)*

Revolution/ DR. JOHN ( ’12, Locked Down)*

Big Fat Liar/ KINNY (’12 collection, Tru Thoughts Recording Comp.)

God/ THEESATISFACTION (’12, awE NaturalE)*

Fire/Sign/ GOSSIP (’03, Movement)

Garbage Man/ THE CRAMPS (’80, Songs the Lord Taught Us)

I Wish I Could Be Elvis/ ALEX CHILTON (’69, ’12 issue, Free Again: The “1970” Sessions)*

Alone Again Or/ CALEXICO (’04, Convict Pool EP)

El Clavo y Cruz/ THE PLUGZ (’81, Better Luck)

Preachin’ the Blues/ GUN CLUB (’81, Fire of Love)

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

36 Inches High/ NICK LOWE (’78, Jesus of Cool)

Pink & Sour/ CALIFONE (’06, Roots & Crowns)

Covers/ THE SEA AND CAKE (‘11, Moonlight Butterfly)

Wow and Flutter/ STEREOLAB (’94, Wow and Flutter EP)

The Rifle’s Spiral/ THE SHINS (’12, Port of Morrow)*

Her/ CARDINAL (’12, Hymns)*

Blue/ FIRST AID KIT (’12, The Lion’s Roar)*

Waiting in the Rain/ KENDRA SMITH (’92, The Guild of Temporal Adventurers)

Major Leagues/ PAVEMENT (’99, Terror Twilight)

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

Old Mythologies/ THE BARR BROTHERS (’11, self titled)

The Wilhem Scream/ THE BAMBOOS feat. MEGAN WASHINGTON ( ’12 collection, Tru Through Recording Comp.)

*new or recent release

B.W.'s PLAYLIST/ 31 MARCH 2012

LA-based composer, arranger and performer Julia Holter has caught some critics attention with her new release, Ekstasis. And it's for a good reason: it's smart, inventive, and she has a unique delivery of dual vocals, looping and lo-fi tech instruments. One of my favorite releases to emerge this year - so far!
BOY WONDER'S HOT CIRCLES/ 10PM-MIDNIGHT

Les Plus Beaux/ FRANCOIS & THE ATLAS MOUNTAINS (’12, E Volo Love)*

Tenere Taqhim Tossam/ TINARIWEN [w/ Tunde Ade Bimpe] (’11, Tassili)

Ja Funmi/ KING SUNNY ADE (’82, Juju Music)

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

Ali Farka Touche/ JENNY SCHEINMAN (’12, Mischief & Mayhem)*

Four Gardens/ JULIA HOLTER (’12, Ekstasis)*

Doorstep/ tUnE-yArDs (’11, whokill)

God/ THEESatisfaction (’12, awE naturalE)*

All That (Natural Self Mix)/ LIZZIE PARKS (’10 comp., Tru Thoughts Funk)

Traveling Song/ QUANTIC & ALICE RUSSELL (’12, Look Around the Corner)*

Season’s Trees/ DANGER MOUSE & DANIELE LUPI (’11, Rome)

(Baby, Baby) Can I Invade Your Country/ SPARKS (’06, Hello Young Lovers)

Oh Pity/ CASHIER NO. 9 (’11, To the Death of Fun)

Soon/ MY BLOODY VALENTINE (’91, Loveless)

Airbag/ RADIOHEAD (’98, Airbag/ How Am I Driving EP)

Tomorrow Never Comes/ LEE RANALDO (’12, Between the Times and The Tides)*

I Move Around/ THE PURRS (’10, Tearing Down Paisley Garden EP)

Beautiful View/ LUNA (’97, Pup Tent)

It’s Only Life/ THE SHINS (’12, Port of Morrow)*

While I Wait For You/ FREEDY JOHNSTON (’99, Blue Days Black Nights)

We Are Fine/ SHARON VAN ETTEN (’12, Tramp)*

Sara/ CHAD VANGAALEN (’11, Diaper Island)

In a Magazine/ MARISSA NADLER (’11, self titled)

Moonlight Mile/ LEE FIELDS & THE EXPRESSIONS ('12, Faithful Man)*

*new or recent release

B.W's PLAYLIST/ KHSU, 90.5/ 17 MARCH 2012

Need I say more? Shane & Cait from the original lineup of The Pogues. Happy Irish!

BOY WONDER'S HOT CIRCLES. 10PM-MIDNIGHT

Dirty Old Town/ THE POGUES (’85, Rum, Sodomy & The Lash)

Hog- Eye Man/ MARTIN CARTHY (’06, Rogue’s Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs And Shanteys)

Bully in the Alley/ THREE PRUNED MEN (’06, Rogue’s Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs And Shanteys)

Hemlocks and Primroses/ BONNIE ‘PRINCE’ BILLY & THE PICKET LINE (’09, Funtown Comedown)

Safe Travels (Don’t Die)/ LISA HANNIGAN (’11, Passenger)

New Lace Sleeves/ ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS (’81, Trust)

Magic Chords/ SHARON VAN ETTEN (’12, Tramp)

Salt Water/ ZOE BOEKBINDER (’12, Darling Specimens)

Doorstep/ TUNE-YARDS (’11, whokill)

Deeper/ THEESATISFACTION (’12, awE naturalE)*

The Wicked & The Blind/ THE DO (’11, Both Ways Open Jaws)

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

Yacht Dance/ XTC (’82, English Settlement)

Neither Here Neither There/ LOST IN THE TREES (’12, A Church That Fits Our Needs)*

Oh Pity/ CASHIER NO. 9 (’11, To the Death of Fun)

Inner Meet Me/ BETA BAND (’98, ’99 collection, The Three EP’s)

I Can Dig It/ ALEX CHILTON (’69, ’12 issue, Free Again: The “1970” Sessions)*

Soul Typecast/ JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION (’93, Extra Width)

Off the Wall/ LEE RENALDO (’12, Between The Times and The Tides)*

Date w/ Ikea/ PAVEMENT (’97, Brighten the Corners)

When Saturday Comes/ THE UNDERTONES (’81, Positive Touch)

Our Love Will Change the World/ OUTRAGEOUS CHERRY (’04, Our Love Will Change the World)

Louise, Louise/ ORANGE JUICE (’79, ’10 collection, Coals to Newcastle)

I Won’t Share You/ SIXPENCE NONE THE OTHER (’12 comp., Please Please Please: A Tribute to The Smiths)

Aretha, Sing One For Me/ CAT POWER (’08, Jukebox)

Ode to Billie Jo/ BOBBIE GENTRY (’67)

Ooh, Belle/ THE BARR BROTHERS (’11, self titled)

Sarah/ DECLAN O’ROURKE (’04, Since Kyabram)

*new or recent release

B.W.'s PLAYLIST/ KHSU, 90.5/ SAT., 10 MARCH 2012

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

B.W.'s PLAYLIST/ KHSU, 90.5/ SAT., 18 FEB. 2012

A Bon Voyage Emily Special! Good luck to KHUM/ Ferndale, CA's Sunday morning DJ diva of "Meet Me in the Morning," Ms. McLongstreet will be broadcasting her final show (she's heading off to the Big City) on Sun., Feb. 19th, from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. You'll be sorely missed!
BOY WONDER'S HOT CIRCLES/ 10PM-MIDNIGHT

Autumn in New York/ BILLIE HOLIDAY (’52)

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

De Cara a La Pared/ LHASA (’97, La Llorona)

Cinder and Smoke/ IRON & WINE (’04, Our Endless Numbered Days)

Ooh, Belle/ THE BARR BROTHERS (’11, self titled)

Nighttime [Big Star]/ ELLIOTT SMITH (’00, Live at La Boule Noir, Paris)

Thirteen/ BIG STAR (’72, #1 Record)

We Are Fine [live at The Sycamore, Brooklyn, NY ‘12]/ SHARON VAN ETTEN (’12, Tramp)*

Michelle/ THE BEATLES (’65, Rubber Soul)

Chittlin’ Cookin’ Time in Cheatham County/ POKEY LAFARGE AND THE SOUTH CITY THREE (’11, 7” single)

Banjo/ LEONARD COHEN (’12, Old Ideas)*

69 Annee Erotique/ SERGE GAINSBOURG (’69)

Tunnel of Love/ WANDA JACKSON (’61)

Suki Sa Suki Sa Suki Sa/ NANA KINOMI & LEO BEATS (’68, ’09 collection, Nippon Girls)

Aqui en mi nube/ SONIA (’66, ’11 collection, Chicas! Spanish Female Singers 1962-1974)

Crisis of Mine/ THE UNDERTONES (’81, Positive Touch)

The Kids Were Wrong/ MEMORYHOUSE (’12, The Slideshow Effect)*

Lloyd, I’m Ready to Be Heartbroken/ CAMERA OBSCURA (’06, Let’s Get Out of This Country)

Dreaming/ ALLO DARLIN’ (’10, self titled)

Rattlesnakes/ LLOYD COLE AND THE COMMOTIONS (’84, Rattlesnakes)

Oh Pity/ CASHIER NO. 9 (’11, To the Death of Fun)*

Dressy/ REIGNING SOUND (’02, Time Bomb High School)

Covers/ THE SEA AND CAKE (’11, The Moonlight Butterfly)

Wild Sage/ THE MOUNTAIN GOATS (’06, Get Lonely)

Before/ PLANTS AND ANIMALS (’12, The End of That)*

Sunken Waltz/ CALEXICO (’03, Feast of Wire)

I Couldn’t Reach You/ ROSIE AND ME (’12, Arrow of My Ways)*

O Que Voce Quer Saber De Verdade/ MARISA MONTE (’11, O Que Voce Quer Saber De Verdade)*

Marc Ribot & My Brightest Diamond [Shara Worden]/ BIRD ON A WIRE (’12, The Songs of Leonard Cohen Covered) [Mojo Magazine]

Safe Travels (Don't Die)/ LISA HANNIGAN ('11, Passenger)

*new or recent release

B.W.'s PLAYLIST/ KHSU, 90.5/ SAT., 11 FEB. 2012

I remember seeing the 1959 British film, Room at the Top, for the first time - roughly 'round 1986 or so at The Film Forum in the Lower East Side, NY. I was floored - by the strong, independent female lead character and the actress who performed her: Simone Signoret. A long, long "distant" love affair started (and never ended) with the brilliant French actress (who won the Academy Award that year for Best Actress). Happy Valentine's Day, y'all.
BOY WONDER'S HOT CIRCLES/ 10PM-MIDNIGHT

Didn’t It Rain/ SISTER ROSETTA THARPE (’47, ’02 collection, Sister Rosetta Tharpe: The Original Soul Sister)

Gospel Train/ THE GOLDEN NUGGET (’73, ’11 collection, The Oxford American Southern Music CD #13)

I Need You’re Lovin’ Baby/ THE 5 ROYALES (’55)

I Wanna Know What’s Going On/ THE DETROIT COBRAS (’07, Tied & True)

Pass the Hatchet/ ROGER & THE GYPSIES (’69)

That’ll Work/ THE SKELETONS (’92, Waiting)

King of the Mountain/ SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS (’00, Liquored Up and Lacquered Down)

Bang a Gong (Get It On)/ T. REX (’71, Electric Warrior)

One More Time/ IAN HUNTER (’04, Por Vida: A Tribute to the Songs of Alejandro Escovedo)

Train From Kansas City/ NEKO CASE (’04, The Tigers Have Spoken)

The End of That/ PLANTS AND ANIMALS (’12, The End of That)*

Don’t You Want It?/ GOLDEN MEAN (’05, Black Operation)

Lindsay/ ELLIOTT BROOD (’12, Days Into Years)*

Divine Intervention/ MATTHEW SWEET (’91, Girlfriend)

Love Goes Where My Rosemary Goes/ EDISON LIGHTHOUSE (’70)

Wheels On Fire/ THE MAGIC NUMBERS (’05, self titled)

Emily (live)/ FREEDY JOHNSTON (’00, Live at 33 1/3)

Why She’s Acting That Way (live)/ TOWNES VAN ZANDT (’73, ’08 reissue, Live at the Old Quarter, Houston, Texas)

So Long Marianne/ BILL CALLAHAN (’12 comp., The Songs of Leonard Cohen Covered)* [Mojo Magazine]

Someone Else’s Song/ WILCO (’96, Being There)

We Are Fine/ SHARON VAN ETTEN (’12, Tramp)*

King of Carrot Flowers Pt 1/ NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL (’98, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea)

Into the Mystic/ JOHNNY RIVERS (’70)

Knots/ LISA HANNIGAN (’11, Passenger)

See How We Are/ X (’95, Unclogged)

Ape-like/ CALIFONE (’09, All My Friends Are Funeral Singers)

Steel Stings No. 1/ PETER CASE (’11, The Case Files: Demos, Outtakes & Other Rarities)

Pale Blue Eyes/ THE VELVET UNDERGROUND ('69, self titled)

*new or recent release