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(Pictured The Blue Chieftans) The Beatles – Long Tall Sally (Long tall Sally/Capitol) Little Richard – Rip It Up (Here’s Little Richard/Specialty Records) Raphael Saadiq – Radio (Stone Rollin’/Sony Music) Burnell Pines – The Catskills Stole My Heart (Till The Day I Die/Royal Potato Family) Phosphorescent – Ride On/Right On (Muchacho/Dead Oceans) Morcheeba – Part...
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Welcome to this week’s final Best In Show with “Harlem/Cold Baloney” from Bill Withers. This was his encore song from Live at Carnegie Hall recorded on Oct 6th, 1972. Known as one of the best concert recordings from the 1970s, it capitalizes on Withers’ trademark melancholy soul sound while expanding the music to fit the room...
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Welcome to this week’s Best In Show with “Expectations” from Katie Pruitt. She is a fellow Pisces and based in Nashville, TN. Her debut album, Expectations, was recently released by Rounder Records and this is the title track. For more information visit katiepruitt.com.
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(Featured: The Nude Party) The Call – Let The Day Begin (Let The Day Begin/MCA) The Propellerheads w/ Shirley Bassey – History Repeating (Decksanddrumsandrockandroll/Wall of Sound) Chinese Man – Artichaut (The Groove Sessions/ Chinese Man Records) Ben L’Oncle Soul – Hallelujah (Single/Motown France) Otis Redding – Shake (Otis Blue/RCA) John Prine – Long Monday (Fair...
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(Pictured: The Mammals) Sam Cooke – Bring It On Home To Me (The Man and His Music/RCA Victor) Hannah Williams & The Affirmations – I Feel it (Soul Hurricane/Record Kicks) The Teskey Brothers – Hold Me (Run Home Slow/Glassnote) Marcus King – The Well (El Dorado/Fantasy Records) Kaleo – Break My Baby (Single/Elektra) The Rolling...
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Welcome to Montreal for this week’s rockin’ Best In Show with “Take Your Time” from Pottery. Turn it up! Welcome To Bobby’s Motel, their debut album, will be available April 10 on Partisan Records. For more information visit potteryband.com.
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(Pictured: Puss N Boots) Puss N Boots – It’s Not Easy (Sister/Blue Note) Dustbowl Revival – Dreaming (Is It You, Is It Me/Medium Expectations) Clem Snide – Don’t Bring No Ladder The Lone Bellow – I Can Fee You Dancing (Half Moon Light/Dualtone) Billy Bragg & Wilco – Way Over Yonder In The Minor Key...
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This week’s Best In Show comes straight out of Bristol, UK, and is a much needed shot of soul energy! Behold, “50 Foot Woman” from Hannah Williams & the Affirmations. For more information visit hannahsoulwilliams.bandcamp.com.
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(Pictured: Yaz) Big Audio Dynamite – The Bottom Line (This is B.A.D./Columbia) Fine Young Cannibals – Johnny Come Home (Fine Young Cannibals/London) The Icicle Works – Whisper To a Scream (Birds Fly)(The Icicle Works/Arista) The Cult – She Sells Sanctuary (Love/Beggars Banquet) U2 – The Electric Co. (Boy/Universal Island Records) Yaz – Situation (Upstairs at...
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Its been quite some time since we’ve heard new material from the Psychedelic Furs so this week’s pick for Best In Show was a no-brainer. Even though they’ve never really stopped playing, they haven’t released an album for 29 years! “Don’t Believe” ends that streak as it’s the first track from their soon-to-be-released new album,...
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(Pictured: Lucinda Williams) Lucinda Williams – You Can’t Rule Me (Single/Highway 20/Thirty Tigers) Kiwi Jr. – Salary Man (Football Money/Mint Records) sture – Cool Killer (broken english/independent) Pinegrove – Dotted Line (Marigold/Rough Trade) The Wood Brothers – Little Bit Sweet (Little Bit Sweet/Honey Jar) Sarah Harmer – New Low (Are You Gone/Arts & Crafts) Holly...
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We’re headed to Lititz, PA, for this week’s Best In Show. “Cheap Regrets” is brand new from The Districts – these guys have been around for about 11 years now, and first got together when they were all in high school together! The tune can be found on their upcoming 4th album, You Know I’m...
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(Pictured: Best Coast) Ralegh Long – Going Home Again (Single/Ralegh Long) Valerie June – Got Soul (The Order of Time/Concord Bicycle Music) Sam Cooke – That’s Where It’s At (Keep Movin’ On/AKKCO Music & Records) Khruangbin & Leon Bridges – Texas Sun (Texas Sun EP/Dead Oceans) Ray LaMontagne – How Come (Trouble/RCA) Jeff Buckley –...
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Take a journey with this week’s Best In Show…the trippy electronic adventure that is “Luminous Spaces” will take you to some beautiful places courtesy of Jon Hopkins and vocalist, Kelly Lee Owens. The track is available now as a single, from Domino Records. For more information visit jonhopkins.co.uk.
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(Pictured: Fine Young Cannibals) Bhi Bhiman – (What’s So Funny ‘bout) Peace, Love and Understanding (1000 Days–1000 Songs/Bhi Bhiman) Indigo Girls – Clampdown (Rarities/Epic) Eva Cassidy – Fields of Gold (Songbird/Blix Street) Shawn Colvin – (Looking For) The Heart of Saturday Night (Cover Girl/Columbia) Jem – Maybe I’m Amazed (Music From the OC: Mix2/Warner Records)...
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This week’s Best In Show makes us swoon! The dreamy “Headlights” is from Squirrel Flower (aka Ella O’Connor Williams), and can be found on her recently released second album, I Was Born Swimming on the Polyvinyl label. For more information visit squirrelflower.net.
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(Pictured: Cat Power) Katie Melua – Just Like Heaven (Piece By Piece/Dramatico) Phish – Waste (Billy Breathes/Elektra) Landon Pigg – Falling In Love at a Coffee Shop (Single/RCA) Joshua Radin – Only You (Single/Joshua Radin) Lucy Dacus – La Vie En Rose (Single/Matador) Ingrid Michaelson – The Way I Am (Girls and Boys/Ingrid Michaelson) Sam...
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This week’s Best In Show is “Texas Sun“, the title track from a collaborative EP between Khruangbin & Leon Bridges. Dead Oceans Records has just released it. For more information visit airkhruang.com or leonbridges.com.
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(Pictured: Futurebirds) Poolside & Amo Amo – Around The Sun (Low Season/Pacific Standards Records) Magic City Hippies – Four of A Kind (Hippie Castle EP (New World Music Group) Theophilus London – Marchin’ (Bebey/bebey records) The Uncluded – Boomerang (Hokey Fright/Rhymesayers Entertainment) Jonathan Something – #1 Dad (Art So Small You Can Hardly See it/Solitaire...
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Now more than ever we need a Best In Show like this. We’re happy to present “More,” an uplifting message from the Los Angeles-based Electric Guest. The tune can be found on their recently released third album, Kin. For more information visit electricguest.com.
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(Pictured: Simi Stone) Dayglow – Can I Call You Tonight?(Fuzzybrain/Dayglow) The Growlers – Pulp Of Youth (Natural Affair/Beach Goth Records) Maggie Rogers – Love You For A Long Time (Heard It In a Past Life/Capitol Records) Lightouts – Shake Your Sweet (Wake/PUSH) The Cure – In Between Days (Stop Dead/Elektra) Babe Rainbow – Many Moons...
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Our Best In Show this week brings together two long time Unleashed favorites and keepers of the rock ‘n’ roll flame, Jesse Malin & Lucinda Williams, with “Room 13“. The tune can be found on Jesse’s latest album, Sunset Kids, available now. For more information visit jessemalin.com.
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(Pictured: BADBADNOTGOOD) The Black Keys – Lo/Hi (Single/Nonesuch) Mac DeMarco – Choo Choo (Here Comes The Cowboy/Mac’s Record Label) Beck – Saw Lightning (Hyperspace/Capitol) The New Pornographers – Falling Down the Stairs of Your Smile (In The Morse Code of Brake Lights/Concord Records) Charly Bliss – Capacity (Young Enough/Barsuk Records) Madison Cunningham – Something To...
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Searching high & low for interesting new releases, sometimes we find some unexpected results. This week’s Best In Show, via Zambia & Australia, is from Sampa the Great. “Freedom” is from her debut album, The Return, available now from the Ninja Tune label. For more information visit sampathegreat.com.
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(Pictured: Lana Del Rey) Lightouts – My My (Wake/PUSH) Dehd – Lucky (Water/Fire Talk) The Nude Party – Feels Alright (The Nude Party/New West) Surf Curse – Labyrinth (Heaven Surrounds You/Danger Collective Records) (Sandy) Alex G – Near (House of Sugar/Domino Recording Co.) The Growlers – Shadow Woman (Natural Affair/Beach Goth Records) Dayglow – Hot...
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Originally released on vinyl for Record Store Day 2019, we’re making Erykah Badu & James Poyser‘s cover of Squeeze‘s “Tempted” our Best In Show this week because it’s that good! It’s the perfect musical remedy to ease into 2020. Enjoy!
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(Pictured: Nick Cave) Khruangbin & Leon Bridges – Texas Sun (Texas Sun EP/Dead Oceans) Big Thief – Cattails (U.F.O.F./4AD) Calexico and Iron & Wine – Midnight Sun (Years To Burn/Sub Pop) Caamp – Keep The Blues Away( By and By/Mom+Pop Music) The Avett Brothers – January Wedding (I and Love and You/American) Girlpool – What...
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Happy new year everyone! We’re starting the new year (and new decade) with an absolute beauty of a Best In Show – “Runner” from Tennis. It’s a tune which definitely has us very interested in hearing their upcoming new album, Swimmer, which will be released in February. For more info visit tennis-music.com.
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(Pictured: Sharon Van Etten) Omni – Courtesy Call (Networker/Sub Pop) Mattiel – Keep The Change (Satis Factory/Heavenly) Fontaines D.C. – Boys In The Better Land (Dogrel/Partisan) Ex Hex – Cosmic Cave (It’s Real/Merge Records) Clairo – Bags (Immunity/Clairo) (Sandy) Alex G – Gretel (House of Sugar/Domino Recording Co.) Kevin Morby – No Halo (Oh My...
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Our final Best In Show for 2019, or our first for 2020? Your call. Either way, we’re rocking to “Gotta Get To Know Ya” from Seratones, out of Shreveport, LA. Turn it up and have some fun! The song can be found on the band’s 2019 album, Power. For more info visit seratones.band.
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(Pictured: Lee Fields) The Waterboys – Where the Action Is (Where the Action Is/Cooking Vinyl UK) Leeroy Stagger – Strange Attractor (Strange Path/True North) Sturgill Simpson – Sing Along (Sound & Fury/Elektra NEK) Nilüfer Yanya – In Your Head (Miss Universe/ATO) Angel Olsen – What It Is (All Mirrors/Jagjaguwar) Caamp –Peach Fuzz (By and By/Mom+Pop)...
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As the year winds down, and the weather cools down, we’re thinking of warmer places & times, like this week’s Best In Show: “Lovestained” by London-based Hope Tala. For more information visit facebook.com/hopetalamusic and have a wonderful Christmas and a happy new year!
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(Merry Christmas!) Brenda Lee – Papa Noel Scar McLollie with His Honey Jumpers – Dig That Crazy Santa Claus Louis Prima – Shake Hands With Santa Claus Johnny Preston – (I Want a) Rock and Roll Guitar Red Foley and the Little Foleys – Frosty The Snowman Herb Alpert’s Tijuana Brass – Jingle Bells Bruce...
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With the end of the year screaming towards us, we’re going out partying, which brings us to this week’s Best In Show: “Party Girl” by Zero dB (Chris Vogado and Neil Combstock), a party starter if we’ve ever heard one. Available now from the Tru Thoughts label, get more info at tru-thoughts.co.uk/artists/zero-db.
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(Pictured: Angel Olsen) Electric Guest – More (KIN/Atlantic) Alex Ebert – Stronger (Single/Community Music/AWAL) The Chamanas – Feel It Still (Single/The Chamanas) Tame Impala – Posthumous Forgiveness (The Slow Rush/Modular Recordings) Those Pretty Wrongs – Carousel (Zed for Zulu/Burger Records) Laughed The Boy – Sun (Change of Scenery/Laughed The Boy) Calexico and Iron & Wine...
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We’re calling it for “Calling It” – this week’s Best In Show from Automatic, a Los Angeles-based trio with a fantastic take on minimal post punk/new wave. For more information visit stonesthrow.com/automatic.
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(Pictured: Big Thief) Rachel Dadd – Cut My Boots (Flux/Taitres/Memphis Industries) Pet Shop Boys – Burning the heather (radio edit) (Burning the heather/x2) The Colourfield – Pushing Up Daisies (Virgins and Philistines/Chrysalis Records) Milky Chance – The Game (Mind The Moon/BMG) Citizen Cope – Sun’s Gonna Rise (The Clarence Greenwood Recordings/RCA) J.S. Ondara – Heart...
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Our new Best In Show is from long time favorite, the prolific Graham Parker, who takes the UK government to task for policies that can be traced back to Richard Nixon in the early 70’s. “Nixon’s Rules” is the sort of protest song we need these days. Shout out to fellow Hudson Valley resident, Wreckless...
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(Pictured: Graham Parker) Graham Parker – Nixon’s Rules Better Oblivion Community Center – Dylan Thomas (Better Oblivion Community Center/Dead Oceans) Caamp – Wolf Song (By and By/Mom+Pop Records) Clairo – Bags (Immunity/Clairo) Elvis Costello – Less Than Zero (My Aim is True/Columbia) Miranda Lambert – Tequila Does Kelsey Waldon – Kentucky, 1988 (White Noise/White Lines/Oh...
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We’re headed to Nashville for our Thanksgiving week Best In Show selection – “Unchained” by Devon Gilfillian. The song is a preview of what to expect from Devon’s debut album, Black Hole Rainbow, available in January. For more info visit devongilfillian.com.
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(Happy Thanksgiving!) The Shins – Young Pilgrims (Chutes Too Narrow/Sub Pop) Iron & Wine – Flightless Bird, American Mouth (The Shepherd/s Dog/P-Wine Records) The Appleseed Collective – Pumpkin Pie (Young Love/Earthworks) Mac DeMarco – Cooking Up Something Good (2/Captured Tracks) Poi Dog Pondering – Thanksgiving (Wishing Like a Mountain and Thinking Like The Sea/Texas Hotel...
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Our Best in Show this week comes from recent Sub Pop signees, Omni. These guys are obviously fans of the post punk era, and with “Courtesy Call” are reminiscent of Television – a big compliment in our book! Check out their debut album, Networker, available now. For more info visit omniatl.bandcamp.com.
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(Pictured: New Order) The Highwomen – If She Ever Leaves Me (The Highwomen/Low Country/Elektra) Sturgill Simpson – Turtles All the Way Down (Metamodern Sounds in Country Music/Atlantic) Jack Grace – You’d Be Disappointed (If I Didn’t Disappoint You) (What a Way to Spend a Night/Independent) Caamp – Keep The Blues Away (By and By/Mom +...
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Our Best In Show this week features UK duo, Zero 7, with “Swimmers“, their second single of the year after taking a break of several years. Have a listen here, and get more info at zero7.co.uk.
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(Pictured: New Pornographers) Shintaro Sakamoto – Another Planet (Love If Possible/Zelone Records) Paul Simon – Crazy Love Vol. II (Graceland/Warner Brothers) Oysterhead – Birthday Boys (The Grand Pecking Order/Elektra) Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Ain’t No Easy Way (Howl/RCA) White Denim – It Might Get Dark (Performance/City Slang) Devon Gilfillian – Even Though It Hurts...
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We’re changing direction for this week’s Best In Show. DJ Kamaal Williams brings us his progressive house interpretation of classic dance track, “Strings of Light,” with “Strings (ATL)“. Check out out Williams’ newest album, out soon on the DJ Kicks/K7 label! For more info visit kamaalwilliams.bandcamp.com.
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(Pictured: DIIV) Yori – Bonfire (September/M.A.R.S. Worldwide) Fruit Bats – Ocean (Gold Past Life/Merge) Black Pumas – Colors (Black Pumas/ATO) Tom Walker – Better Half of Me/What a Time To be Alive/Epic) Local Natives – Who Knows Who Cares (Gorilla Manor/Infectious Records) The Mavericks – Are You Sure Hank Would’ve Done It This Way (Play...
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We head west to Los Angeles for this week’s Best in Show – “Playground” from guitarist Steve Lacy. The subtly funky tune can be found on Steve’s debut album Apollo XXI, available now. For more information visit facebook.com/stevelacystevelacy.
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Happy Halloween! Hoodoo Gurus – Hayride To Hell (Mars Needs Guitars!/Elektra) Squirrel Nut Zippers – Hell (Hell/Mammoth) Neko Case – Bad Luck (Hell-On/Anti) Stealers Wheel – Stuck In The Middle With You (Goin’ Back/K-Tel) Roy Orbison – Candy Man (Crying/Monument) Rainbow Kitten Surprise – Devil Like Me (clean edit) (Seven/RKS Recordings) Terrell – I Dreamed...
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Our Best In Show for the week is from a London-based band that has seemingly come out of nowhere. Sports Team comes roaring out of the gate with new single “Fishing“. Catch them on tour here in the US now, and get more info by visiting sportsteamband.com.
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