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Seattle-based singer-songwriter, Sera Cahoone, has just released one of this year's best singer-songwriter release, Deer Creek Canyon (Sub Pop) - with the exception to Sharon Van Etten's Tramp, released earlier this year. OK, it's damn good company. And it's that good. Cahoone, former drummer for Carissa's Weird, drew from her Colorado upbringing (hence, the title) and delivers unforced, crafted melodies with a strong delivery, a subtle accompaniment by her essential touring band and smartly produced by Thom Monahan (Pernice Brothers, Devandra Banhart). Simply, it's a solid album, beginning to end.
BOY WONDER'S HOT CIRLCES/ 10PM-MIDNIGHT
Blowin’ Town/ CHARLIE RICH (’66, 11 collection, It Aint’ Gonna Be That Way: The Complete Smash Sessions) [Ace]
Time Won’t Let Me/ THE OUTISIDERS (’65)
Cry Like a Baby/ THE BOX TOPS (’68)
Crazy About You/ THE HELLCATS (’90, Hoodoo Train) [New Rose]
Pas Adieu/ FABIENNE DELSOL (‘10 On My Mind) [Damaged Goods]
Crimson Enemy/ THE BATS (’09, The Guilty Office) [Hidden Agenda]
Teenage Thugs/ SONNY & THE SUNSETS (’11, Hit After Hit) [Fat Possum]
El Ovni/ LOS OVNIS (‘60s, ’06 collection, Mas Rock and Roll) [Electro Harmonix]
Signs & Signifiers/ JD McPHERSON (’12, Signs & Signifiers)* [Rounder]
Cage/ SALLIE FORD & THE SOUND OUTSIDE (’11, Dirty Radio) [Partisan]
Garbage Man/ THE CRAMPS (’80, Songs the Lord Taught Us) [IRS]
Strange Disposition/ THE PARTING GIFTS (’10, Strychnine Dandelion) [In the Red]
Dream Girls/ THE FRESH & ONLYS (’12, Long Slow Dance)* [Mexican Summer]
Sleepwalking/ THE CASKET GIRLS (’12, Sleepwalking)* [Graveface]
In the Same Room/ JULIA HOLTER (’12, Ekstasis) [RVNG Intl.]
Beautiful Friend/ THE UNDERTONES (’81, Positive Touch) [Ryko]
Baby Strange/ T. REX (’72, The Slider) [Relativity]
Season in Hell/ DUM DUM GIRLS (’12, End of Daze EP)* [Sub Pop]
Wrong Time Capsule/ DEERHOOF (’05, Runners Four) [Kill Rock Stars]
Bombast/ THE FALL (’85, This Nation’s Saving Grace) [Beggars Banquet]
Analisa/ PUBLIC IMAGE LTD. (’78, Public Image) [Virgin]
Wet Blanket/ METZ (’12, self titled)* [Sub Pop]
Losing Out/ TIGER HIGH (’11, Myth is This) [Trashy Creatures]
The Official Ironmen Rally Song/ GUIDED BY VOICES (’96, Under The Bushes Under The Stars) [Matador]
I Follow You/ MELODY’S ECHO CHAMER (’12, self titled)* [Fat Possum]
Apocalypse Dreams/ TAME IMPALA (’12, Lonerism)* [Modular]
Oh Pity/ CASHIER NO. 9 (’11, To the Death of Fun) [Bella Union]
Do Your Own Time/ AC NEWMAN (’12, Shut Down The Streets)* [Matador]
Every Little Word/ SERA CAHOONE (’12, Deer Creek Canyon)* [Sub Pop]
Dawn Chorus/ BETH ORTON (’12, Sugaring Season)* [Anti-]
*new or recent release
Melody Prochet, French mulit-instrumentalist for the band My Bee's Garden and Tame Impala's Kevin Parker have collaborated (after a Tame Impala concert in Paris) for the excellent dream pop project Melody's Echo Chamber. It's filled with jangle, atmospherics and the cool smoldering vocal of Ms. Prochet, who wrote all the songs for this self-titled recording on Fat Possum.
BOY WONDER'S HOT CIRCLES/ 10PM-MIDNIGHT
Out in the Streets/ THE SHANGRI-LAS ('65)
Then He Kissed Me/ THE CRYSTALS (’63)
Turn On Me/ THE SHINS (’07, Wincing the Night Away) [Sub Pop]
Presence of Mind/ THE FRESH & ONLYS (’12, Long Slow Dance) [Mexican Summer]
Crystalized/ MELODY’S ECHO CHAMBER (’12, self titled)* [Fat Possum]
Alter Ego/ TAME IMPALA (’10, Innerspeaker) [Modular]
Find Me the Pulse of the Universe/ LAETITIA SADIER (’12, Silencio)* [Drag City]
On and On/ THE SEA AND CAKE (’12, Runner)* [Thrill Jockey]
I Did Crimes For You/ DEERHOOF (’11, Deerhoof vs Evil) [Polyvinyl]
Would That Not Be Nice/ DIVINE FITS (’12, A Thing Called Divine Fits)* [Merge]
Mine Tonight/ DUM DUM GIRLS (’12, End of Daze EP)* [Sub Pop]
Luat/ LOCKERBIE (’12 comp., Made in Iceland V) [Iceland Music Export]
Days/ THE KINKS (’68, Village Green Preservation Society)
Impossible Sky/ WOODS (’12, Bend Beyond)* [Woodsist]
Sara/ CHAD VANGAALEN (’11, Diaper Island) [Sub Pop]
Beautiful Friend/ THE UNDERTONES (’81, Positive Touch) [Ryko]
Dreams/ TAKEN BY TREES (’12, Other Worlds)* [Secretly Canadian]
Heroes/ CALLERS (’12, Reviver)* [Partisan]
Girls Want to Be With the Girls/ TALKING HEADS (’78, More Songs About Buildings and Food) [Sire]
Trying to Sit Out/ FIELD MUSIC (’05, self titled) [Memphis Industries]
Sudden Bright/ ORMONDE (’12, Machine)* [Hometapes]
Frozen Gtr/ THURSTON MOORE (’07, Trees Outside the Academy) [Ecstatic Peace]
My Kingdom / ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN (’84, Ocean Rain) [Sire]
Some Time Alone, Alone/ MELODY’S ECHO CHAMBER (’12, self titled)* [Fat Possum]
Wow and Flutter/ STEREOLAB (’94, Wow and Flutter EP) [Duophonic]
Blue Bell Knoll/ COCTEAU TWINS (’88, Blue Bell Knoll) [Capitol]
Black Silk Ribbon/ BIC RUNGA & KT TUNSTALL/ 7 WORLDS COLLIDE (’09, The Sun Came Out) [Sony]
Take Care the Road You Choose/ RICHARD THOMPSON (’07, Sweet Warrior) [Shout Factory]
We Are Fine/ SHARON VAN ETTEN (’12, Tramp) [Jagjaguwar]
You Are Not Alone/ MAVIS STAPLES (’10, You Are Not Alone) [Anti-]
*new or recent release
The prolific Brooklyn-based band Woods has just released their fifth (well, sort of) full-length, Beyond Bend, on their own Woodsist label. Beyond Bend is probably the band's most assessible recording to date, combining '60s psychedelic pop, garage and alt. folk to produce a solid collection of finely crafted pop songs. Solid - all the way through!
BOY WONDER'S HOT CIRCLES/ 10PM-MIDNIGHT
Our Prayer/ BEACH BOYS (’67, ’01 issue, The Smile Sessions)
Good Vibrations/ BEACH BOYS (’67, ’01 issue, The Smile Sessions)
Big Love/ MATTHEW E. WHITE (’12, Big Inner)*
3,6,9/ CAT POWER (’12, Sun)*
Liars/ PARLOURS (’12, All is Here)*
20 Days and 20 Nights/ THE FRESH & ONLYS (’12, Long Slow Dance)*
Cali in a Cup/ WOODS (’12, Bend Beyond)*
Pretend You Love Me/ SONNY AND THE SUNSETS (’12, Longtime Companion)*
Save/ TEENAGE FANCLUB (’05, Man-Made)
Skyscraper/ THE SEA AND CAKE (’12, Runner)*
The Race is On Again/ YO LA TENGO (’06, I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass)
Sugar/ IMPERIAL TEEN (’02, On)
Pas la Peine/ NOUS NON PLUS (’11, Freudian Slip)
Hazel Eyes/ REDD KROSS (’12, Researching the Blues)*
Head vs Heart/ SHOES (’12, Ignition)*
Back of a Car/ BIG STAR (’73, Radio City)
Baby Blue/ THE SAN FRANCISCO SEALS (’94, Now Here)
Strange Disposition/ THE PARTING GIFTS (‘10, Strychnine Dandelion)
Whole Wide World/ WRECKLESS ERIC (’78, self titled)
Nobody/ THE REPLACEMENTS (’90, All Shook Down)
Every Little Word/ SERA CAHOONE (’12, Deer Creek Canyon)*
It Ain’t Easy/ WOODS (’12, Bend Beyond)*
City of Electric Light/ CHAD VAN GAALEN (’08, Soft Airplane)
From a Window to a Screen/ THE DB’S (’82, Repercussion)
Mina Bird/ THE DON OF DIVISION (’08, Animals in Love)
For a Fool/ THE SHINS (’12, Port of Morrow)
Waterloo Sunset/ THE KINKS (’67, Something Else)
Oldest Story in the World/ THE PLIMSOULS (’83, Everywhere at Once)
Just to Walk That Little Girl Home/ MINK DEVILLE (’80, Le Chat Bleu)
*new or recent release
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
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