What a bad picture!: 7/27 show

(Sorry for the delay in posting this playlist.)

This week, when I played the Polyphonic Spree, I accidentally played the same song as I played the last time I was on the air — when I subbed for Mary a week and a half ago. But I tell you, "Light to Follow" is an awesome song. I like this song in the way I liked songs in high school: deeply and thoroughly. It seems to speak to me on some level. I honestly didn't pay that much attention to the Polyphonic Spree before (though I'm fond of their cover of Nirvana's "Lithium"), but I really like this album — all of it.

Which brings me to my thoughts about my top 10 of the year, which is still 5 months away. But here are the albums that are currently in the running, alphabetically by artist:

Lily Allen		Alright, Still
Battles		Mirrored
Bobby Conn		King for a Day
The Earlies		The Enemy Chorus
Gogol Bordello		Super Taranta!
Haale		Morning and Paratrooper (Two simultaneously-released EPs I'm counting as on album)
The Noisettes		What's the Time Mr Wolf?
The Polyphonic Spree		The Fragile Army
Rufus Wainwright		Release the Stars
Patrick Wolf		The Magic Position

Some of these won't make it to the final list, but they will probably all at least be Honorable Mentions.

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This week's playlist:

*: new stuff
(r): requests

Artist	Song	Album	Label
The Talking Heads	Found a Job	Once in a Lifetime Boxed Set
Babes in Toyland	More More More	Spirit of '73: Rock for Choice	550 Music/Epic
*Balkan Beat Box	Joro Boro	Nu-Med	JDUB
*Life on Earth!	Barefoot on Tiptoe	Look!! There is Life on Earth!	Subliminal Sounds
Andrew Bird	Action/Adventure	Fingerlings	Self-released
*The Polyphonic Spree	Light to Follow	The Fragile Army	TVT
Hair	Good Morning Starshine	Hair - Original Broadway Recording	RCA Victor
(r)The Cocteau Twins	Blue Bell Knoll	Blue Bell Knoll	4AD
*Ulrich Schnauss	A Song About Hope	Goodbye	Domino
The Sea and Cake	Shoulder Length	One Bedroom	Thrill Jockey
*Arthur and Yu	1,000 Words	In Camera	Hardly Art/Sub Pop
Hank Williams	Long Gone Lonesome Blues	40 Gratest Hits	Polydor
Laurie Anderson	Coolsville	Strange Angels	Warner Brothers
The Future Bible Heroes	Losing Your Affection (Client on Demand Mix)	The Lonely Robot	Instinct
Fantastic Plastic Machine	Beautiful Days	Beautiful	Emperor Norton
*Mark Ronson feat. Santo Gold	Pretty Green	Version	RCA
*Gogol Bordello	Harem in Tuscany	Super Taranta!	Side One Dummy!
ZZZZ	Forget It	Demo	Self-released
The Red Krayola	Born in Flames	The Singles 1968-2002	Drag City
*Sonic Youth	Rain King (Live)	Daydream Nation (Deluxe Edition)	Universal/Geffen
*White Stripes	I'm Slowly Turning Into You	Icky Thump	Warner Brothers
Troubled Hubble	Nancy	Penturbia	Latest Flame Records
Pizzicato Five	If I Were a Groupie	The Sound of Music by Pizzicato Five	Matador
*The Beastie Boys	Dramastically Different	The Mix-Up	Capitol
Desmond Dekker	Israelites	Israelites	TKO
The Style Council	Changing of the Guard	Confessions of a Pop Group	Polydor
CocoRosie	Rainbowarriors	The Adventures of Ghost Horse and Stillborn	Touch and Go
Husker Dü	Could You Be the One	Warehouse Songs & Stories	Warner Brothers
The Cocktails	Miss Maple	Peel	Carrot Top
*Githead	Space Life	Art Pop	Swim
*Begushkin	Nightly Things	Nightly Things	Locust
Lali Puna	Faking the Books	Faking the Books	Morr Music
*John Vanderslice	Kookaburra	Emerald City	Barsuk
The Aluminum Group	Tiny Decision	Happyness	Wishing Tree Records
Rufus Wainwright	Grey Gardens	Poses	Dreamworks
*St. Vincent	Paris is Burning	Marry Me	Beggar's Banquet
*Of Montreal	Tropical Iceland (Live of KCRW)	Suffer for Fashion EP	Polyvinyl
The Go! Team	Ladyflash	Thunder Lightning Strike	Memphis Industries
Buddy Holly	I'm Gonna Set ME Foot Down	The Buddy Holly Collection	MCA
Zen for Primates	Funky Town	Blessed Are the Sheep Herders

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posted by Tony at 11:21 AM