December 31, 2008 10:00pm-11:00pm

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Mojave 3: "In Love with a View" Excuses for Travellers (4AD)
American Music Club: "Firefly" California (Frontier)
Bon Iver: "Skinny Love" For Emma, Forever Ago (Jagjaguwar)

Cat Power: "The Colors and the Kids" Moon Pix (Matador)
Codeine: "New Year's" Frigid Stars (Sub Pop)
Drunk: "Cold Afternoon" Tableside Manners (Jagjaguwar)

Red House Painters: "Uncle Joe" Red House Painters (4AD)
Edith Frost: "Albany Blues" Calling Over Time (Drag City)
One Hundred Dollars: "Fourteen Hour Day" Forest of Tears (Blue Fog)
Lyle Lovett: "L.A. County" Pontiac (MCA)

The Volebeats: "Back in a Minute" Solitude (Safe House)
Julie Doiron: "Will You Still Love Me In December?" Will You Still Love Me? (Jagjaguwar)
Palace Music: "New Partner" Viva Last Blues (Drag City)

PJ Harvey: "Broken Harp" White Chalk (Island)
Songs: Ohia: "Leave the City" North Star Blues Session EP (Secretly Canadian)
Silkworm: "Couldn't You Wait" Libertine (Phantom Sound & Music)
Religious Knives: "On a Drive" The Door (Ecstatic Peace)
Windy and Carl: "When We Were" Songs for the Broken Hearted (Kranky)

Kath Bloom: "Midnight Moon" Terror (Chapter Music)
Low: "Do You Know How To Waltz?" The Curtain Hits the Cast (Vernon Yard Recordings)
Sir Richard Bishop: "Rudra's Feast" Improvika (Locust)

December 17, 2008 10:00pm-11:00pm

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Reigning Sound: "If Christmas Can't Bring You Home" Home for Orphans (Sympathy for the Record Industry)

Big Star: "Jesus Christ" Third/Sister Lovers (Ryko)

Low: "Santa's Coming Over" Santa's Coming Over 7" (Sub Pop)

Hasil Adkins: "Blue Christmas" Santa Claus Boogie 7" (Norton)

Giant Sand: "Christmas Everyday" Christmas Everyday 7" (Homestead)

R.E.F.M.: "White Christmas" White Christmas 7" (Jason)

School of Seven Bells: "Wired for Light" Alpinisms (Ghostly)

Winterpills: "Burning Hearts" Central Chambers (Signature)

Palace: "You Have Cum (…)" Arise Therefore (Drag City)

Scott Tuma: "Fishen" Not For Nobody (Digitalis)

Mark Eitzel: "Stunned & Frozen" West (Warner)

Simon Joyner: "One For The Catholic Girls" Beautiful Losers: Singles and Compilation Tracks 1994-1999 (Jagjaguwar)

The Court & Spark: "National Lights" Bless You (Absolutely Kosher)

Low: "The Coming of Jah" Santa's Coming Over 7" (Sub Pop)

December 10, 2008 10:00pm-11:00pm

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Six Organs of Admittance: "Saint Cloud" School of the Flower (Drag City)
Slint: "Good Morning, Captain" Spiderland (Touch and Go)

Neko Case: "Train from Kansas City" Tigers Have Spoken (Anti)
Bon Iver: "Skinny Love" For Emma, Forever Ago (Jagjaguwar)
Bedhead: "Exhume" Transaction de Novo (Trance)
Evangelista: "Smooth Jazz" Hello, Voyager (Constellation)

My Dad Is Dead: "Finger On The Pulse" Engine of Commerce (V. Cog)
The Fall: "Hey! Student" Middle Class Revolt (Matador)
Religious Knives: "Decisions Are Made" The Door (Ecstatic Peace!)

Grouper: "Heavy Water / I'd Rather Be Sleeping" Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill (Type)
MV&EE + The Golden Road: "Mama My" Gettin' Gone (Ecstatic Peace!)
Steve Gunn: "For The Horse, Etc." Sundowner (Digitalis)

December 3, 2008 10:00pm-11:00 pm

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Calexico and Iron and Wine: "He Lays in the Reins" In the Reins (Touch and Go)
Amor Belhom Duo: "Reminds Me Of" Amor Belhom Duo (Carrot Top)
School of Seven Bells: "Face to Face on High Places" Alpinisms (Ghostly International)

Growing: "Rave Pie Only" All the Way (The Social Registry)
Oren Ambarchi: "This Evening So Soon" Suspension (Touch)

Beach House: "Apple Orchard" Beach House (Carpark) *
Edith Frost: "Albany Blues" Calling Over Time (Drag City)
Sixto Rodriguez: "I Wonder" Cold Fact (Light In The Attic)

Kath Bloom & Loren Connors: "Last Fair Deal" Sing The Children Over (Chapter)
Susanna: "Born In The Desert" Sonata Mix Dwarf Cosmos (Rune Grammofon)
Jozef Van Wissem: "Aerumna" A Priori (Incunabulum)

Fennesz: "Perfume For Winter" Black Sea (Touch)
PJ Harvey: "White Chalk" White Chalk (Island)
Bark Psychosis: "A Street Scene" Hex (Caroline)

* Ticket Giveaway for Beach House @ The MFA on Dec. 12th

November 19, 2008 10:00pm-11:00pm

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Superchunk: "Shallow End" Incidental Music (Merge)
Sleater-Kinney: "Modern Girl" The Woods (Sub Pop)
Shellac: "Be Prepared" Excellent Italian Greyhound (Touch and Go)

James Yorkston: "B's Jig" When the Haar Rolls In (Domino)
Mojave 3: "Breaking the Ice" Puzzles Like You (4AD)
String Builder: "Cataract Revolver" String Builder (Handsome Records)

Julie Doiron: "Will You Still Love Me in December?" Will You Still Love Me? (Tree)
Jack Rose: "Cathedral et Chartres" Kensington Blues (VHF)
Rodriguez: "Crucify Your Mind" Cold Fact (Light In The Attic)

No Age: "Cappo" Nouns (Sub Pop)*
Ulaan Khol: "Supra" II (Soft Abuse)
Frida Hyvönen: "Birds" Silence Is Wild (Secretly Canadian)

Fennesz: "Saffron Revolution" Black Sea (Touch)
Manishevitz: "Some Men" Rollover (Jagjaguwar)
The Clientele: "Boring Postcard" Lost Weekend EP (Acuarela)


* Ticket giveaway for No Age @ The Middle East on November 24th

November 12, 2008 10:00pm-11:00 pm

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Hush Arbors: "The Light" Hush Arbors (Ecstatic Peace)

Hem: "When I Was Drinking" Rabbit Songs (Bar None)
James William Hindle: "Silence" Town Feeling (Badman)
Volebeats: "Back in a Minute" Solitude (Safe House)

Erlend Øye: "No Train to Stockholm" Total Lee! The Songs of Lee Hazlewood (City Slang)
Calexico: "Two Silver Trees" Carried to Dust (Quarterstick)
Franklin Bruno: "Cheat" A Bedroom Community (Simple Machines)

Eleventh Dream Day: "Rose Of Jericho" Lived To Tell (Atlantic)
David Byrne & Brian Eno: "Strange Overtones" Everything That Happens Will Happen Today (Todo Mundo)
Syclops: "NR17" I've Got My Eye On You (DFA)
His Name Is Alive: "Your Bones" Detrola (Silver Mountain)

Yo La Tengo: "Leaving Home" They Shoot, We Score (Egon)
One Hundred Dollars: "No Great Leap" Forest Of Tears (Blue Fog)
Joel R. L. Phelps: "Apology Accepted" Inland Empires (Moneyshot)

November 5, 2008 10:00pm-11:00 pm

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Lee Hazlewood: "Cold Hard Times" Cowboy in Sweden (Smells Like)

Richard Buckner: "hoping wishers never lose," Impasse (Overcoat)
Tara Jane ONeil: "Take the Waking" You Sound, Reflect (Quarterstick)

Spokane: "The Made Bed" Able Bodies (Jagjaguar)
Calla: "Fear of Fireflies" Scavengers (Young God)
Windy and Carl: "Snow Covers Everything" Songs for the Broken Hearted (Kranky)

High Places: "You in Forty Years" High Places (Thrill Jockey)
Benoît Pioulard: "Ahn" Temper (Kranky)
Smog: "It's Rough" Wild Love (Drag City)

Drive-By Truckers: "The Righteous Path" Brighter Than Creation's Dark (New West)
The Mendoza Line: "Dollars To Donuts" If They Knew This Was The End (Bar/None)
Mekons: "Last Dance" Fear & Whiskey (Quarterstick)

Arthur Russell: "Arm Around You" Calling Out Of Context (Audika)
The Sea And Cake: "Car Alarm" Car Alarm (Thrill Jockey)
Max Richter: "H In New England" 24 Postcards In Full Color (FatCat)

October 29th 2008, 10:00pm-11:00pm

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Mogwai: "The Precipice" The Hawk is Howling (Matador)

Brightblack Morning Light: "Hologram Buffalo" Motion to Rejoin (Matador)

Arab Strap: "The First Big Weekend" Ten Years of Tears 

(Chemikal Underground)

Tindersticks: "Chilitetime" Can Our Love… (Beggars Banquet)

The National: "Pay For Me" S/T (Brassland)

Crystal Stilts: "Graveyard Orbit" Alight of Night (Slumberland)

Larkin Grimm: "Fall On My Knees" Parplar (Young God)

Christina Carter: "Original Darkness" Original Darkness (Kranky)

Anne Briggs: "Willie o Winsbury" S/T (Water)

Fotheringay: "Gypsy Davey" 2 (Fledg'ling)

Cian Nugent: "First Time Away / The Wagoner's Lad" Childhood, Christian Lies & Slaughter (audioMER)

Windy & Carl: "Forever" Songs For The Broken Hearted (Kranky)

October 22nd 2008, 10:00pm-11:00pm

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Kelly Hogan: "Strayed" Because It Feel Good (Bloodshot)

Appendix Out: "Frozen Blight" The Rye Bears a Poison (Drag City)

Papa M: "Last Caress" Hole of Burning Alms (Drag City)

Horse Feathers: "Blood on the Snow" Words Are Dead (Lucky Madison)

Shearwater: "North Col" The Snow Leopard EP (Matador)

Dungen: "Panda" Ta Det Lugnt (Kemado)*

Parts & Labor: "Nowheres Nigh" Receivers (Jagjaguwar)

Throwing Muses: "Graffiti" The Real Ramona (Sire)

Lobster Duey: "Lobster Duey 2" EP (DIY)

Jay Reatard: "See/Saw" Matador Singles (Matador)

caUSE-coMOTION!!!: "This Just Won't Last" It's Time (Slumberland)

Larkin Grimm: "Ride That Cyclone" Parplar (Young God)

Sally Timms: "Half Past France" To The Land of Milk & Honey (FGAO)

John Cale: "Andalucia" Paris 1919 (Reprise)

Lambchop: "Sharing a Gibson with Martin Luther King, Jr." OH (Merge)

* Ticket giveaway for Dungen @ Great Scott on October 30th

October 15th, 2008, 10:00pm-11:00 pm

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Deerhunter: "Never Stops" Microcastle (Kranky)

Of Montreal: "For Our Elegant Castle" Skeletal Lamping (Polyvinyl)

Deerhoof: "Snoopy Waves" Offend Maggie (Kill Rock Stars)

Oakley Hall: "Angela" I'll Follow You (Merge)

Mountain Goats: "Stars Fell On Alabama" Nine Black Poppies

All Girl Summer Fun Band: "Oh No" Looking Into It (AGSFB Music)

Oxford Collapse: "The Birthday Wars" Bits (Sub Pop)

Mirah: "Archipelago" You Think It's Like This... (K)*

Damien Jurado: "Medication" Ghost Of David (Sub Pop)

Boduf Songs: "Quiet When Group" How Shadows Chase... (Kranky)

Pulp: "Dishes" This Is Hardcore (Island)

Cynthia Dall: "Be Safe With Me" Sound Restores Young Men (Drag City)

Frida Hyvonen: "Djuna!" Until Death Comes (Secretly Canadian)

Marianne Dissard: "L'Embellie" L'Entredeux (DIY)

Daniel Martin Moore: "In These Hearts" Stray Age (Sub Pop)

Tindersticks: "The Flicker Of A Little Girl" The Hungry Saw (Constellation)

* Ticket giveaway for Mirah @ The MFA on October 20th

October 8th, 2008, 10:00pm-11:00pm

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Nina Nastasia & Jim White: "Our Discussion" You Follow Me (Fatcat)
Ida: "Lovers Prayers" Lovers Prayers (Polyvinyl)
Idaho: "Hearts of Palm" Hearts of Palm (Idaho Music)

Portastatic: "All I Need is You" Some Small History (Merge)
Okkervil River: "Lost Coastlines" The Stand Ins (Jagjaguwar)
Juana Molina: "El Vestido" Un Dia (Domino)

Yo La Tengo: "By The Time It Gets Dark" Little Honda (Matador)
Neil Halstead: "Oh! Mighty Engine" Oh! Mighty Engine (Brushfire)
Boduf Songs: "Things Not To Be Done On The Sabbath"
How Shadows Chase The Balance (Kranky)

The New Year: "The Company I Can Get" The New Year (Touch & Go) *

Eddy Current Supression Ring: "Which Way To Go" Primary Colours
Crystal Antlers: "Until The Sun Dies [Part 2]" EP (Touch and Go)
Ponytail "Sky Drool" Ice Cream Spiritual (We Are Free)
Handsome Family: "So Much Wine" In The Air (Carrot Top)

* Ticket giveaway for The New Year @ The Middle East on Oct. 11th

October 1st, 2008, 10:00pm-11:00pm

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Brightblack Morning Light: "Summer Hoof" Motion to Rejoin (Matador)

Deerhoof: "The Tears & Music of Love" Offend Maggie (Kill Rock Stars)

Dungen: "Satt Att Se" 4 (Kemado)

Calexico: "Writer's Minor Holiday" Carried to Dust (Quarterstick)

Mirah: "Slighted" The Old Days Feeling (Modern Radio)

Death Vessel: "Bruno's Torso" Nothing Is Precious Enough... (Sub Pop)

The New Year: "The Idea of You" The New Year (Touch and Go)

The Feelies: "Only Life" Only Life (Water)

The Replacements: "Kiss Me On The Bus (Studio Demo)" Radio Sampler

Silkworm: "Don't Look Back" It'll Be Cool (Touch and Go)

High Places: "From Stardust to Sentience" High Places (Thrill Jockey)

Lambchop: "A Hold of You" OH (ohio) (Merge)

Richard & Linda Thompson: "Down Where The Drunkards Roll" 

I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight (Ryko)

Anne Briggs: "Rosemary Lane" A Collection (Topic)

A Home For Our Radio Show...

This blog exists as a place to keep playlists and other ephemera from "Cuts Both Ways," the radio show we host every Wednesday night, 10:00 pm-11:00 pm, on WMBR 88.1 FM, Cambridge, MA.

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