Playlist for 12-1-11

Hey folks,

It felt good to be back on the radio after my Thanksgiving-related absence. I was in Vegas, doing the things one does in Vegas. I'm legally not allowed to tell you about it, though. That "what happens in Vegas" thing isn't just a clever marketing slogan. It's a law. Who knew?

Things that Are Square 12-1-11

(*) = New release

Swans - I Am the Sun - The Great Annihilator

Altar of Plagues - When the Sun Drowns in the Ocean - Mammal
Liars - We Fenced Other Gardens with the Bones of Our Own - They Were Wrong So We Drowned
The Microphones - The Glow, Pt. 2 - The Glow, Pt. 2

(*) Tom Waits - Chicago - Bad As Me
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Deanna - Tender Prey
Françoise Hardy - Suzanne - Comment te Dire Adieu (For Scarlett in Torrance, CA)
Fugazi - Suggestion - 13 Songs

Treepeople - Big Mouth Strikes Again - Something Vicious for Tomorrow
Smith Westerns - Weekend - Dye It Blonde (For Leonard in Irvine, CA)
(*) The Beets - Friends of Friends - Let the Poison Out
(*) Thee Oh Sees - Contraption/Soul Desert - Carrion Crawler/The Dream EP

Void - My Rules - The Faith/Void Split
Swell Maps - H.S. Art - A Trip to Marineville
The Fall - Cruiser's Creek - This Nation's Saving Grace
Heavenly - C Is the Heavenly Option - Le Gardin de Heavenly

(*) Los Campesinos! - Songs About Your Girlfriend - Hello Sadness
Spacemen 3 - Walkin' with Jesus - The Perfect Prescription
Brian Eno - By This River - Before and After Science
(*) Sigur Rós - Lúppulagið - Inni

Eternal Tapestry & Sun Araw - Night Gallery I - Night Gallery
White Rainbow - Major Spillage - New Clouds

(*) Girls - Honeybunny - Father, Son, Holy Ghost