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Artist, musician and songwriter Sonny Smith has just released a new recording, Longtime Companion, with his "band" The Sunsets. But since Sonny And The Sunsets are an ever-revolving group of musicians, this album possesses '60s country-psychedelia combined with garage pop. The result? Longtime Companion, released on Polyvinyl Records, just may be one of the best recordings released this year! Inspired, for a lack of a better word, by the ending of his 10-year marriage, these songs are far from self-pitying, and Smith has the charm of contemporary Stephen Merritt. Great stuff.
BOY WONDER'S HOT CIRCLES/ 10PM-MIDNIGHT
Diamond Head/ THE VENTURES (’65)
Pipeline/ JOHNNY THUNDERS (’78, So Alone)
Odalisque/ IMPALA (’94, El Rancho Reverbo)
New Siberia/ LOS STRAITJACKETS (’12, Jet Set)*
Surfin’ Bird/ THE RAMONES (’77, Rocket to Russia)
I Want Candy/ THE STRANGELOVES (’65)
Aqui en mi nube/ SONIA (’66, ’11 collection, Chicas! Spanish Female Singers 1962-1974)
Ye Ye/ EIKO SHURI (’67, ’09 collection, Nippon Girls: Japanese Pop, Beat & Bossa Nova 1966-70)
Je T’aime Moi Non Plus/ SERGE GAINSBOURG (’69)
Mae Kha Som Tam/ ONUMA SINGSIRI (’10 collection, The Sounds of Siam: Leftfield Luk Thung, Jazz And Molam From Thailand 1964-1975)
Rock N Roll Girl/ THE BEAT (’79, self titled)
Nickels and Dimes/ THE PLIMSOULS (’81, self titled)
The Beat/ ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS (’78, Live at the El Macombo)
Bedroom Eyes/ DUM DUM GIRLS (’11, Only in Dreams)
Kid/ PRETENDERS ( ’79, self titled)
Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)/ EDISON LIGHTHOUSE (’70)
No One Like You/ BEST COAST (’12, The Only Place)*
I’m Waiting For the Day/ BEACH BOYS (’66, Pet Sounds)
Our Love Will Change the World/ OUTRAGEOUS CHERRY (’04, Our Love Will Change the World)
Mad Love/ BELLES WILL RING (’12, self titled EP)*
Class Clown Spots a UFO/ GUIDED BY VOICES (’12, Class Clown Spots A UFO)*
Simple Song/ THE SHINS (’12, Port of Morrow)
Life With Grace/ SUPER700 (’12, Under the No Sky)*
Sweetness in Her Spark/ LIGHTSHIPS (’12, Electric Cables)*
Pretend You Love Me/ SONNY AND THE SUNSETS (’12, Longtime Companion)*
Suffering Jukebox/ SILVER JEWS (’08, Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea)
Walking Through the Park/ BRONWYNNE BRENT (’11, Deep Black Water)
Out of Sight/ SHANNON STEPHENS (’12, Pull It Together)*
Autumn Sweater/ YO LA TENGO (’97, I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One)
Passenger/ EMILY WELLS (’12, Mama)*
*new or recent release
The great country duo, Tammy Wynette and George Jones, performing at Flamingo Park, Miami, FL, for the Democratic National Convention - before the d-i-v-o-r-c-e.
BOY WONDER'S HOT CIRLCES/ 10PM-MIDNIGHT
Just A Little Bit of Time/ CHARLIE RICH '66))
Cry Like a Baby (’68)/ THE BOX TOPS (’68)
Minnie Skirt Minnie/ WILSON PICKETT (’68)
The Have Nots/ X (’82, Under the Big Black Sun)
Join My Gang/ THE LONG RYDERS (’83, ’11 deluxe reissue, Native Sons)
Gimme a Beer/ DIAMOND RUGS (’12, self titled)*
Bad News/ WHITEY MORGAN AND THE 78’S (’10, self titled)
Sweet Little Lisa/ DAVE EDMUNDS (’79, Repeat When Necessary)
Before I Wake/ JOHN DOE & THE SADIES (’09, Country Club)
Do Right Woman/ FLYING BURRITO BROTHERS (’69, The Gilded Palace of Sin)
Take Me/ GEORGE JONES & TAMMY WYNETTE (’71)
Every Night About This Time/ DAVE ALVIN (’87, Every Night About This Time)
Dusty Groove/ KELLY HOGAN (’12, I Like To Keep Myself in Pain)*
I Walk By Your House/ REIGNING SOUND (’02, Time Bomb High School)
Against the Law/ SALLIE FORD & THE SOUND OUTSIDE (’11, Dirty Radio)
I Don’t Know What to Do With Myself/ ELVIS COSTELLO (’78, Live Stiffs)
Your Life is Gone/ REPARATA (’71, ’09 collection, The Laurie Records Story, Vol. 3: Girls and Girl Groups)
Just to Walk That Little Girl Home/ MINK DEVILLE (’80, Le Chat Bleu)
Funtimes in Babylon/ FATHER JOHN MISTY (’12, Fear Fun)*
Don’t Forget Me [H. Nilsson]/ NEKO CASE (’08, Middle Cyclone)
Tidal Wave/ HUSKY (’12, Forever So)*
Everything/ MEGAFAUN (’11, self titled)
Lighthouse/ PATRICK WATSON (’12, Adventures in Your Own Backyard)*
Strawberry Road (2012 version)/ SAM PHILLIPS (’94, ’12 reissue, Martinis & Bikinis)
Like the Thunder/ BRONWYNNE BRENT (’11, Deep Black Water)
Thirteen (alt. mix)/ BIG STAR (’72, #1 Record)
Michelle/ THE BEATLES (’65, Rubber Soul)
The Wrecking Ball Company/ MARISSA NADLER (’12, The Sister)*
Oh How It Rained/ LORETTE VELVETTE (’00, Rude Angel)
By the Time I Get to Phoenix/ NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS (’86, Kicking Against the Pricks)
Valley of Tears/ SOLOMON BURKE (’06, Nashville)
*new or recent release
Kelly Hogan's excellent new album, I Like to Keep Myself in Pain (out on Anti-) is an ecclectic collection of cover songs, composed by a selection of artists/songwriters that she has worked in the past some-odd 30 years. Assisted by a crack band, including Booker T. Jones, James Gadson, Gabriel Roth and Scott Lignon, Hogan may have on her hands her most finessed and satisfying solo record to date.
BOY WONDER'S HOT CIRCLES/ 10PM-MIDNIGHT
The Ace of Spades/ SOLA ROSA (’09, Get It Together)
Uzi (Pinky Ring)/ EL MICHELS AFFAIR (‘09, Enter the 37th Chamber)
Step It Up/ THE BAMBOOS w/ ALICE RUSSELL (’10 comp., Unfold Presents Tru Thoughts Funk)
Mama Feelgood/ LYNN COLLINS (’73)
All That (Natural Self Mix)/ LIZZY PARKS (’10, Unfold Presents Tru Thoughts Funk)
Nickel Bag/ DIGABLE PLANETS (’93, Reachin’)
God/ THEESatisfaction (’12, awE naturalE)
Mama’s Gonna Give You Love/ EMILY WELLS (’12, Mama)*
The Wicked & The Blind/ THE DO (‘11, Both Ways Open Jaws)
Dime Cuando/ ELY GUERRA (’00, Amores Perros ST)
Darkest Part of Town/ HELGI JONSSON (’12 collection, Made in Iceland)*
Remember (Falling Off the Sky)*/ THE DB’S (’12, Falling Off the Sky)*
Starfire/ GUIDED BY VOICES (’12, Class Clown Spots a UFO)*
Keep It in Motion/ GUIDED BY VOICES (’12, Class Clown Spots a UFO)*
Keep It Movin/ KING TUFF (’12, self titled)*
Caught in One/ DUM DUM GIRLS (’11, Only in Dreams)
Tonight We Ride/ MATTHEW SWEET (’03, Kimi Ga Suki * Raifu)
Candy Machine/ STEVE WYNN & THE MIRACLE 3 (’03, Static Transmission)
Past Time/ THE BASEBALL PROJECT (’08. Vol. 1: Frozen Ropes & Dying Quails)
I Will Dare/ THE REPLACEMENTS (’84, Let It Be)
I Took Note/ DIAMOND RUGS (’12, self titled)*
Hang Loose/ ALABAMA SHAKES (’12, Boys & Girls)*
Walking Through the Parl/ BRONWYNNE BRENT (’11, Deep Black Water)
Quattro (World Drifts In)/ CALEXICO (‘03, Feast of Wire)
When I Fall/ SAM PHILLIPS (’84, Martinis & Bikinis)
Haunted/ KELLY HOGAN (’12, I Like to Keep Myself in Pain)*
The Wilhelm Scream/ THE BAMBOOS w/ MEGAN WASHINGTON (’12 comp., Tru Thoughts Recording Compilation)
You Goin’ Miss Your Candyman/ TERRY CALLIER (’72, What Color is Love)
*new or recent release
Mr. Wreckless Eric and Ms. Amy Rigby, singer-songwriters, one Brit and one Yank, husband & wife. Hope Wreckless doesn't exactly live up to his name - at least not behind the wheel. They were part of a special oddball show in appreciation of the organ and how it figures in a wide palette of pop music.
BOY WONDER'S HOT CIRCLES/ 10PM-MIDNIGHT
Try a Little Tenderness/ OTIS REDDING (’66)
I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)/ ARETHA FRANKLIN (’67, I Never Loved a Man The Way I Love You)
You Can’t Buy My Love/ BARBARA LYNN (’65)
She’s About a Mover/ SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET (’65)
Way Down in the Hole/ COMPULSIVE GAMBLERS (’95 collection, Gambling Days Are Over)
Fur is Dead/ 7 COME 11 (’11, 7” single) [self release]
Frank’s Wild Years/ TOM WAITS (’83, Swordfishtrombones)
The Beat/ ELVIS COSTELLO (’78, This Year’s Model)
Breakdown/ TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS (’76, self titled)
Peaches/ THE STRANGLERS (’77, Rattus Norvegicus)
Yassassin (Long Live)/ DAVID BOWIE (’79, Lodger)
Glow Go the Bones/ BOSCO DELREY (’11, Everybody Wah)
That Time is Gone/ THE DB’S (’12, Falling Off the Sky)*
Hoodoo Voodoo/ BILLY BRAGG & WILCO (’98, Mermaid Avenue)
Date to Church/ THE REPLACEMENTS (’97 collection, All For Nothing)
Rip Her to Shreds/ THE COME ONS (’01 comp., How Many Bands Does It Take to Screw Up a Blondie Tribute)
Midnight Hour/ THE MESSENGERS ('60s, ’09 collection, 2131 South Michigan Avenue: ‘60s Garage & Psychedelic From U.SA. and Destination Records)
Cardinal Points/ THE ESSEX GREEN (’06, Cannibal Sea)
Small Stakes/ SPOON (’02, Kill the Moonlight)
Blue Diamonds/ THE LONG WINTERS (’03, When I Pretend to Fall)
Way You Walk/ PAPAS FRITAS (’00, Buildings and Grounds)
Stray Dog and The Chocolate Shake/ GRANDADDY (’03, Sumday)
Let’s Save Tony Orlando’s House/ YO LA TENGO (’00, And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out)
Men in Sandals/ WRECKLESS ERIC & AMY RIGBY (’08, self titled)
Dance This Mess Around/ THE B-52’S (’79, self titled)
I’m an Example/ SLUMBER PARTY (’00, self titled)
New York, New York/ CAT POWER (’08, Jukebox)
Tempted/ SQUEEZE (’81, East Side Story)
Dusty Groove/ KELLY HOGAN (’12, I Like to Keep Myself in Pain)*
That’s How I Got to Memphis/ SOLOMON BURKE (’06, Nashville)
Ain’t No Sunshine/ BILL WITHERS (’71, Just As I Am)
(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay/ OTIS REDDING (’68)
Dirty Water/ THE SUGARMAN 3 (’12, What the World Needs Now)*
*new or recent release
Iceland's Soley is one of the numerous new musical talents from a small, cold island, and she is also featured on the recent compilation, Made in Iceland Vol. V.
THE JUKEBOX/ BOY WONDER SUBBAGE/ 2:00-4:00 PM
Ramblin’ Man/ HANK WILLIAMS (’53)
The Band Played Waltzing Matilda/ THE POGUES (’85, Rum, Sodomy & The Lash)
God’s Comic/ ELVIS COSTELLO (’89, Spike)
God Bless the Child/ BILLIE HOLIDAY (’56)
Bus Stop (live) FREEDY JOHNSTON (’00, Live at 33 1/3)
Dad’s Gonna Kill Me/ RICHARD THOMPSON (’07, Sweet Warrior)
Political World/ BOB DYLAN (’89, Oh Mercy)
Burning House of Love/ X (’95, Unclogged)
Cryin’ Over You/ JAMES INTVELD (’95, self titled)
I Like to Keep Myself in Pain/ KELLY HOGAN (’12, I Like to Keep Myself in Pain)*
Over Again/ EILEN JEWELL (’11, Queen of the Minor Key)
It Gets Old to Be Alone/ THE WOODEN SKY (’11. Every Child a Daughter, Every Moon a Sun)
Fernando/ THE BASEBALL PROJECT (’08, Vol. 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails)
1976/ THE BASEBALL PROJECT (’11, Vol. 2: High and Inside)
Dressy/ REIGNING SOUND (’02, Time Bomb High School)
I Don’t Like the Man I Am/ PETE MOLINARI (’08, A Virtual Landslide)
Life’s a Gas/ T. REX (’71, Electric Warrior)
Spanish Stroll/ MINK DEVILLE (’77, Cabretta)
Sunday Morning/ THE VELVET UNDERGROUND (’67, Velvet Underground & Nico)
Star of Venus/ ROBYN HITCHCOCK & THE VENUS 3 (’10, Star of Venus)
I’ll Drown/ SOLEY (’12 comp., Made in Iceland)*
Roosevelt Blues/ LANU feat. MEGAN WASHINGTON (’11, Her 12 Faces)
Sugar/ IMPERIAL TEEN (’02, On)
Feeling Gravity’s Pull/ R.E.M. (’85, Fables of the Reconstruction)
Send Me Something Real/ THE DB’S (’12, Falling Off the Sky)*
Box and Crown/ THE INNER BANKS (’12, Wild)*
No One Like You/ BEST COAST (’12, The Only Place)*
*new or recent release
BOY WONDER'S HOT CIRCLES (3-HOUR BONUS EDITION)/ 9PM-MIDNIGHT
Come On Baby Grace/ ROBERT POLLARD (’10, Our Cubehouse Still Rocks)
Anthem/ KING TUFF (’12, self titled)
Swing Set/ THE CUTTERS (’01, Sunday! Sunday! Sunday!)
Lava/ THE B-52’S (’79, self titled)
Tell That Girl to Shut Up/ TINA & THE TOTAL BABES (’01, She’s So Tuff)
1976/ REDD KROSS (’90, Third Eye)
Top of the World/ CHEAP TRICK (’78, Heaven Tonight)
Sheena’s a Punk Rocker/ THE RAMONES (’77, Rocket to Russia)
Tattooed Love Boys/ PRETENDERS (’79, self titled)
Caught in One/ DUM DUM GIRLS (’11, Only in Dreams)
Telling Lies/ EVANS THE DEATH (’12, self titled)*
Rip Her to Shreds/ BLONDIE (’76, self titled)
Nighttime/ THE STRANGELOVES (’66)
Lost Time/ THE PLIMSOULS (’81, self titled)
Another Girl, Another Planet/ THE ONLY ONES (’78)
Another Girl, Another Planet (live version)/ THE REPLACEMENTS ('89, b-side of "Achin' to Be")
Bad Thing/ KING TUFF (’12, self titled)*
Exit Flagger/ GUIDED BY VOICES (’92, Propeller)
Mad Love/ BELLES WILL RING (’12, self titled EP)
That Time is Gone/ THE DB’S (’12, Falling Off the Sky)*
Ghost on the Highway/ GUN CLUB (’81, Fire of Love)
Automatic/ THE RED DEVILS (’92, King King)
Never No More Blues/ THE BLASTERS (’81, self titled)
Poison Milk/ SALLIE FORD & THE SOUND OUTSIDE (’11, Dirty Radio)
Hold On/ ALABAMA SHAKES (’12, Boys & Girls)*
Call Girl Blues/ DIAMOND RUGS (’12, self titled)*
I Can Only Give You Everything/ NICK WATERHOUSE (’12, Time’s All Gone)*
Dirty Water/ THE STANDELLS (’66)
Everything Will Be Fine/ JC BROOKS AND THE UPTOWN SOUND (’11, Want More)
Devil Doll/ X (‘83, More Fun in the New World)
She’s a Mindbender/ THE BOTSWANAS (’01, Fade and You're Gone)
Join My Gang/ THE LONG RYDERS (’83, 10-5-60 EP)
With a Cantaloupe Girlfriend/ THREE O’CLOCK (’83, Sixteen Tambourines)
Feelin’/ THE LA’S (’89, ’06 collection, BBC in Session)
Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes/ EDISON LIGHTHOUSE (’70)
September Gurls/ BIG STAR (’74, Radio City)
Our Love Will Change the World/ OUTRAGEOUS CHERRY (’84, Our Love Will Change the World)
Flesh of My Flesh (7” version)/ ORANGE JUICE (’82, Rip It Up)
Lloyd, I’m Ready to Be Heartbroken/ CAMERA OBSCURA (’06, Let’s Get Out of This Country)
Girlfriend/ THE JAZZ BUTCHER (’84, Scandal in Bohemia)
The Only Place/ BEST COAST (’12, The Only Place)*
Remember (Walkin’ in the Rain)/ THE SHANGRI-LA’S (’64)
Heart of Gold/ CHARLES BRADLEY (’11, 7” single) [Dunham]
Found Holiday/ INNER BANKS (’12, Wild)*
The Wicked & The Blind/ THE DO (’11, Both Ways Open Jaws)
It’s Not the Only Way to Feel Happy/ FIELD MUSIC (’05, self titled)
The Darkest Part of Town/ HELGI JONSSON (’12 compilation, Made in Iceland V)*
Wish You Were Here/ LEE FIELDS (’12, Faithfull Man)*
*new or recent release
The boys from Hoboken, NJ are back! The dB's the eccentric and terrific pop group based in Hoboken have reunited. It's the first time that the two principal songwriters of the band, Chris Stamey and Peter Holsapple, are together on a recording (as The dB's) since 1982. Their new offering, Falling Off the Sky, on Bar/None, is top-shelf pop, featuring all original members, including bassist Gene Holder and drummer Will Rigby. It feels as if both Stamey and Holsapple have brought to the table some of their finest songs in ages. Will be released on June 12th.
BOY WONDER'S HOT CIRCLES/ 10PM-MIDNIGHT
Road Runner/ BO DIDDLEY (’59)
Psychotic Reaction/ THE COUNT FIVE (’66)
Personality Crisis/ NEW YORK DOLLS (’73, self titled)
Get Over You/ THE UNDERTONES (’79, self titled)
Monkey Mess/ THEE VICARS (’10, Psychotic Beat!)
Crimson Enemy/ THE BATS (’09, The Guilty Office)
Tensile/ THE CLEAN (’09, Mister Pop)
That Time is Gone/ THE DB’S (’12, Falling Off the Sky)*
Losing It/ TIGER HIGH (’11, Myth Is This)
Autonomy/ BUZZOCKS (’78, Another Music in a Different Kitchen)
Short Version/ WILD FLAG (’11, self titled)
Candy Machine/ STEVE WYNN & THE MIRACLE 3 (’03, Static Transmission)
See No Evil/ TELEVISION (’77, Marquee Moon)
Lovecraft in Brooklyn/ THE MOUNTAIN GOATS (’08, Heretic Pride)
Your Hands (Together)/ THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS (’10, Together)
Danny Come Inside/ WHITE RABBITS (’12, Milk Famous)*
Faze Wave/ THE CAVE SINGERS (’11, No Witch)
Feeling Gravity’s Pull/ R.E.M. (’85, Fables of the Reconstruction)
Caterpillar Girl/ LOU BARLOW + MISSINGMEN (’10, Sentridoh III)
The End of That/ PLANTS AND ANIMALS (’12, The End of That)
Writing a Novel/ FATHER JOHN MISTY (’12, Fear Fun)*
Against the Law/ SALLIE FORD & THE SOUND OUTSIDE (’11, Dirty Radio)
Rising Red Lung/ WILCO (’11, The Whole Love)
Gold Day/ SPARKLEHORSE ('01, It’s a Wonderful Life)
Within Your Reach/ THE REPLACEMENTS (’83, Hootenanny)
Christmas in a Chinese Restaurant/ DIAMOND RUGS (’12, self titled)*
For a Fool/ THE SHINS (’12, Port of Morrow)*
Far Away and Long Ago/ THE DB’S (’12, Falling Off the Sky)*
All I Can/ SHARON VAN ETTEN (’12, Tramp)*
*new or recent release
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