Playlist December 20, 2009

The Fall - Extricate
Blonde Redhead - Astro Boy
Death - Keep on Knocking
Volcano Suns - Sounds Like Bucks

The Velvet Underground - The Gift
The Jesus Lizard - Low Rider
David Bowie - Queen Bitch
The Cramps - Uranium Rock

New Order - True Faith
Cabaret Voltaire - Spies In The Wires
The Stone Roses - Made of Stone
Pixies - Vamos

Heavenly (pictured) - Don't Be Fooled
Lou Barlow & His Sentridoh - No Matter What
Galaxie 500 - Sorry
The Modern Lovers - Someone I Care About

Teenage Fanclub - Star Sign
Drop Nineteens - Ease It Halen
The Bevis Frond - Splendid Isolation
Richard Hell & The Voidoids - I'm Your Man
Minutemen - Maybe Partying Will Help

The Wedding Present - Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
Depeche Mode - Fly on the Windscreen (Final)
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Silverblade
The Cure - The Perfect Girl
Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

D+ - Green Party
Big Black - Jordan Minnesota
Fugazi - Runaway Return

Playlist November 29, 2009

The Stooges - Dirt
R.E.M. - Drive
Nick Drake - Fly
Dim Stars - Monkey
Jawbox - Cooling Card
Stephen Malkmus - Post-Paint Boy
Bad Brains - At The Movies/Right Brigade
The Birthday Party - Big Jesus Trash Can
Beck - Beercan
Smog - Bathroom Floor
Bowery Electric - Out of Phase
Lush - Kiss Chase
Helium - Baby's Going Underground
Guided By Voices - An Earful O' Wax
Giant Sand - Off Ramp Man
Archers of Loaf - Plumb Line
Ramones - Needles & Pins
Brian Eno/John Cale - Lay My Love (request)
Nico - Chelsea Girls
Olivia Tremor Control - No Growing
Bongwater - Bedazzled
Stiff Little Fingers - Johnny Was
X - The Unheard Music
Black Flag - Damaged II
Ultra Vivid Scene - Mercy Seat
Young Marble Giants - N.I.T.A. (Peel Session)

Playlist November 15, 2009

Pavement - Fin
Eleventh Dream Day - Sweet Smell
The Cure - A Forest
Red Red Meat (pictured) - Gauze
Alex Chilton - My Rival
The Untamed Youth - Pabst Blue Ribbon
Tiger Trap - Chester
The Flaming Lips - Convinced of the Hex
Loop - Straight To Your Heart
The Halo Benders - Bury Me
Camper Van Beethoven - One of These Days
Codeine - Ides
Lou Reed - Vicious
fIREHOSE - Honey, Please
Nirvana - Sappy [Live]
That Petrol Emotion - It's a Good Thing
The Replacements - Swingin' Party
Melvins - Dead Wipe
The Feelies - Slipping (Into Something)
Can - Paperhouse
Felt - Primitive Painters
The Dukes of The Stratosphear - Vanishing Girl
Fugazi - KYEO
Stiff Little Fingers - State of Emergency
Dead Kennedys - California Uber Allies
Suede - Metal Mickey
Julain Cope - Fear Loves This Place

Playlist November 8, 2009

Cocteau Twins - Persephone
Frank Black - White Noise Maker
The Sugarcubes - Motorcrash
Hüsker Dü - Celebrated Summer (request)
Magazine - The Honeymoon Killers
Elevator To Hell - Made For You
Beat Happening - Fortune Cookie Prize
Palace Brothers - No More Workhorse Blues
Chrome - You've Been Duplicated
Elvis Costello - Radio Sweetheart
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - 2 Kindsa Love
Polvo - Beggar's Bowl (request)
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Never Understand
Brian Eno - King's Lead Hat
Red House Painters - Over My Head
Destroyer - Rose
The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Swallowtail (Live)
New Order - Truth
Pale Saints - Sight of You
Public Image Ltd. - Annalisa
Clan of Xymox - No Words (request)
Don Caballero - Bears See Things Pretty Much The Way They Are
Helium - Pat's Trick
Sleater-Kinney - All Hands on the Bad One
Belly - Low Red Moon
Eric's Trip (pictured) - My Chest Is Empty
Uncle Tupelo - Wait Up
The Pixies - The Happening

Playlist October 25, 2009

XTC - Meeting Place
Butterglory - The Halo Over Your Head
Guided By Voices - A Salty Salute
The Cramps - What's Behind the Mask
Spongetones - (My Girl) Maryanne
The Stone Roses - Elizabeth My Dear
Lilys - The Hermit Crab
MC5 - Skunk (Sonically Speaking)
The Who - Mary-Anne With the Shaky Hands (Request)
Squeeze - Misadventure
Velocity Girl (pictured) - Lisa Librarian
The Smithereens - Strangers When We Meet
Hoover - Cable
Chapterhouse - Breather
Wipers - Tragedy (4-Track Version)
David Bowie - Wild is the Wind
Grifters - Bronze Cast
Mudhoney - Fuzzgun '91
Mazzy Star - Blue Light
Yo La Tengo - Always Something
Ride - Seagull
Blue Orchids - Work
Dinosaur Jr. - Back To Your Heart
The Boo Radleys - Lazarus
The Fall - Hip Priest
Slowdive - When the Sun Hits
The Smiths - Suffer Little Children
The Dylans - (Don't Cut Me Down) Mary Quaint In Blue

Playlist September 20, 2009

Frank Black - Olé Mulholland
Volcano Suns (pictured) - White Elephant
Guided By Voices - Liar's Tale
Josef K - Sorry For Laughing
Kitchens of Distinction - Margaret's Injection
The Smithereens - Now and Then
The Buzzcocks - Boredom
Swirlies - Vigilant Always
Swell Maps - Big Empty Field
Slint - Nosferatu Man
Yo La Tengo - Periodically Double or Triple
The Halo Benders - Virginia Reel Around the Fountain
Front 242 - Lovely Day (Request)
A Trois Dans Les WC - Contagion
Sebadoh - Forced Love
R.E.M. - Laughing
Felt - September Lady
Television Personalities - Look Back In Anger
Kraftwerk - Pocket Calculator
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Love in a Void (Request)
Chrome - TV As Eyes
Bowery Electric - Out of Phase
PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love
Talking Heads - This Must Be The Place (Naïve Melody)
Sisters of Mercy - Lucretia My Reflection (Request)
Loop - From Centre To Wave

Playlist September 6, 2009

Pussy Galore - Waxhead
The Stockholm Monsters - Your Uniform
Suicide (pictured) - Che
DEVO - The Day My Baby Gave Me a Surprize
Death - Where Do We Go From Here???
Wire - 12 X U
My Bloody Valentine - The Things I Miss
Beat Happening - Cat Walk
Roxy Music - Sunset
Iggy Pop - The Passenger
Wipers - The Lonely One
Missing Persons - Destination Unknown (Request)
Smog - Your Wedding
Heavenly - Boyfriend Stays The Same
Superchunk - Cast Iron
Eric's Trip - Girlfriend
Galaxie 500 - When Will You Come Home?
X - Riding With Mary
Unrest - Make Out Club
The Feelies - Waiting
Eddie & The Hot Rods - Do Anything You Wanna Do (Request)
Richard Hell & The Voidoids - Another World
Codeine - Loss Leader
Joy Division - The Only Mistake
Wall of Voodoo - Call of The West
Mazzy Star - Before I Sleep
Swervedriver - Sunset
Pere Ubu - Final Solution

Playlist August 30, 2009

Gramme - Like You
Billy Childish & Kyra - Why Can't You See
Young Marble Giants - Searching For Mr. Right
Gang of Four - At Home He's a Tourist
Weekend - Drumbeat For Baby
The Magnetic Fields - Epitaph For My Heart
Pig Bag - Hit The 'O' Deck (12" Version)
Helium - XXX
Xymox - Phoenix of My Heart/Wild Thing outro (Request)
The Au Pairs - It's Obvious
Sleep - Evil Gypsy/Solomon's Theme
Adam & the Ants - The Human Beings
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Her Way of Praying
Ciccone Youth - Burning Up (Madonna Cover) (Mike Watt Original Demo)
Spiritualized (pictured) - Shine a Light (Clear Light/Clear Rush)
Radiohead - Blow Out
Lou Reed - NYC Man
Sunny Day Real Estate - Seven
The Leaving Trains - 10 Generations
Hüsker Dü - Turn On The News
Lene Lovich -Lucky Number
Bardo Pond - Green Man
D.O.A. - Logjam

Playlist August 23, 2009

New Order - Love Vigilantes
Six Finger Satellite - Where Humans Go
The Clash - Safe European Home
Adolescents - Kids Of The Black Hole
Medicine - Miss Drugstore
The Sugarcubes - Fucking In Rhythm & Sorrow
Archers Of Loaf (pictured) - Fabricoh
Patti Smith - Free Money
Meat Puppets - Backwater
Swell Maps - Another Song
fIREHOSE - Anger
Fugazi - Suggestion
The Primitives - Shadow
Television - Little Johnny Jewel
The Mekons - Honeymoon In Hell
Weekend - Drumbeat For Baby
The Cure - Want
Cub - A Party
Orange Juice - Tender Object
Cul de Sac - The Portland Cement Factory At Monolith, California
Guided By Voices - Tractor Rape Chain
The Dirtbombs - Indivisible
Sebadoh - The Freed Pig
Flipper - The Way Of The World

Public Image Ltd. - Memories
Grifters - Maps Of The Sun
Volcano Suns - Time Off
Stiff Little Fingers - Suspect Device
The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms

Playlist July 19, 2009

Pixies- River Euphrates
Medicine- A Short Happy Life
Pavement- The Classical (The Fall cover)
Nirvana- Radio Friendly Unit Shifter
Joy Division- Disorder
Bad Brains- Coptic Times
The Clash (pictured)- Last Gang In Town
Black Flag- I Can't Decide
The Vaselines- You Think You're A Man
Front 242- Quite Unusual (request)
Moondogs- Imposter
Versus- Yeah You
The Prats- Disco Pope
Lou Reed- Romeo Had Juliet
The Primitives- Keep Me In Mind
Elvis Costello- Less Than Zero
fIREHOSE- Windmilling
Eurythmics- Regrets
Mark Beer- The Man Man Man
Cheap Trick- On The Radio
The Verve- A Man Called Sun
Pretenders- Space Invader
Jawbox- Green Glass
The Lines- Cool Snap
Circle Jerks- High Price On Our Heads
The Comsat Angels- Our Secret
Pond- Cinders
Magazine- Shot By Both Sides
Shudder To Think- Gang Of $
Husker Du- Girl Who Lives On Heaven Hill

Playlist July 5, 2009

The Mekons - Dear Sausage
The Cure - Let's Go To Bed
Les Savy Fav - Je T'Aime
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Weeping Song
The Vaselines - Sex Sux (Amen)
Cocteau Twins - Blood Bitch
Morrissey - You're Gonna Need Someone On Your Side
Bikini Kill - Magnet
Suicide - Sweetheart
Blur - Coffee And TV
The Stone Roses - Song For My Sugar Spun Sister
Bowery Electric - Next To Nothing
Suede - Metal Mickey (request)
Sunny Day Real Estate - Rodeo Jones (live) (request)
New Order - Temptation
Bratmobile - Cherry Bomb
American Music Club - Crabwalk
Built To Spill - I Would Hurt A Fly (live)
Stiff Little Fingers - Wait And See
Orange Juice - Falling And Laughing
The Lemonheads - Rudderless
Cub - Motel 6
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Helter Skelter (pictured)
Depeche Mode - Black Celebration
The Soft Boys - Like A Real Smoothie
Josef K - Crazy To Exist
Iggy Pop - The Passenger

Playlist June 28, 2009

The Jesus and Mary Chain - Head On
The Vibrators - Flying Duck Theory
Vortex OST - Black Box Disco
The Replacements - Shiftless When Idle
Bush Tetras - Can't Be Funky
Morrissey - Suedehead
Free Kitten - Top 40
The Feelies (pictured) - Moscow Nights
The Grifters - Black Fuel Incinerator
Archers of Loaf - Step Into the Light
Richard Hell & The Voidoids - Blank Generation
Pavement - Pueblo
The Sea and Cake - Jacking the Ball
Beat Happening - Black Candy
Julian Cope - Trampolene
The Butthole Surfers - Human Cannonball
Pixies - Caribou
The Gun Club - Sex Beat
Total Chaos - Primitive Feeling
Dinosaur Jr. - I Don't Wanna Go There
Curve - Blindfold
The Pop Group - We Are Time
Psychedelic Furs - Mr. Jones
Swell Maps - Border County
Polvo - Thermal Treasure
Scratch Acid - Flying Houses
Theoretical Girls - No More Sex

Playlist May 17, 2009

Wipers - So Young
The Wedding Present - Everyone Thinks He Looks Daft
Kraftwerk - Numbers
Meat Beat Manifesto - Oblivion/Humans
Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence
The Smithereens - Tell Me, When Did Things Go So Wrong
Big Dipper - All Going Out Together
Pig Bag - Sunny Day
Iggy Pop - Success
The Germs - Manimal
Grifters - Shark
The Replacements - More Cigarettes
The Smiths - This Charming Man
Royal Trux - 70 Of Heart's
Chainsaw Kittens - Silver Millionaire
The Breeders (pictured) - Cannonball
The Chameleons - Looking Inwardly (John Peel Session)
Comsat Angels - Our Secret
Dead Moon - Dead Moon Night
The Cure - Grinding Halt
The Au Pairs - You
Elvis Costello & The Attractions - The Beat
The Jam - Private Hell
Melvins - Set Me Straight
Josef K - Final Request
Mekons - Amnesia
Magazine - Definitive Gaze
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Carcass
Slowdive - Machine Gun

Playlist May 7th, 2009

Curve - Coast Is Clear
Joy Division - Dead Souls
Ruth - Roman Photo
Magnetic Fields - Strange Powers
The Clash - I'm So Bored of the U.S.A.
The Monochrome Set - Adeste Fideles
Camper Van Beethoven - Where The Hell Is Bill?
The Fall - War
Dinosaur Jr. - I Don't Wanna Go There
Bad Brains - Right Brigade
The Damned (pictured) - Neat Neat Neat
Spacemen 3 - Transparent Radiation (Flashback)
Six Sed Red - Beat 'Em Right
Smog - It's Rough
Bark Psychosis - A Street Scene
Mercury Rev - Car Wash Hair
Bleach - Trip & Slide
Built To Spill - Broken Chairs (live)
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Hole
Yo La Tengo - Double Dare
Robert Pollard - Conquerer Of The Moon

Playlist April 30th, 2009

Red House Painters - San Geronimo
The Catherine Wheel - Kill Rhythm
Chrome - Danger Zone
Six Finger Satellite - Artificial Light/Half Control
Einstürzende Neubauten - Yü-Gung (Fütter Mein Ego)
Swervedriver - Never Lose That Feeling
Gang Of Four - Call Me Up
Public Image Ltd. (pictured) - Public Image
Squeeze - Separate Beds
The Fall - L.A.
Swell Maps - Midget Submarines
Thee Hydrogen Terrorists - Mime Time
The Cramps - New Kind Of Kick
Pell Mell - Red Rhythm
Six Finger Satellite - Hot Food
Six Finger Satellite - Rome From Home
Birthday Party - Loose (The Stooges)
Evergreen - Solar Song
Sonic Youth - Sacred Trickster
Daniel Johnston - Silly Love
Laughing Hyenas - Life of Crime (The Weirdos)
Throwing Muses - Golden Thing
Dead Boys - Sonic Reducer

Thanks to J of Six Finger Satellite for coming in and spinning some great records!

Six Finger Satellite Interview

On Thursday April 30th Fight This Generation will be interviewing J. Ryan from the band Six Finger Satellite. We will be discussing the latest Six Finger Satellite material and digging into a few of J's favorite records.

Be sure to check out the new 6FS tracks on their myspace

Playlist April 23rd, 2009

Devo - Gut Feeling/(Slap Your Mammy)
Animals + Men - I Never Worry
Stiff Little Fingers - Suspect Device
The Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love
Lilys - High Writer at Home
Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Shabby Doll
Ride (pictured) - Vapour Trail
X-Ray Spex - I Am a Poseur
The Muffs - Big Mouth
Polvo - My Kimono
The Members - The Sound Of The Suburbs
Iggy Pop - China Girls
Bob Mould - Fort Knox, King Soloman
Kitchens of Distinction - The 3rd Time We Opened the Capsule
Minutemen - Political Song For Michael Jackson To Sing (request)
New Order - Blue Monday (12' extended version)
Uncle Tupelo - Acuff Rose
Silver Apples - You and I
Pavement - Kentucky Cocktail
Half Japanese - Smile
Echo & The Bunnymen - Enlighten Me
Young Marble Giants - Credit In The Straight World
Elevator To Hell - Typical, Boy Loses Girl
The Afghan Whigs - Turn On The Water
Radar Bros. - We're Over Here
Palace Brothers - There

Playlist April 16th, 2009

The Velvet Underground - Hey Mr. Rain (Version One)
The Embarrassment - Celebrity Art Party
A.R. Kane (pictured) - A Love From Outer Space
Black Flag - Loose Nut (Live)
Negative Approach - Nothing
Nirvana - Sliver (Request)
Heavens to Betsy - Nothing Can Stop Me Now
The Fuzztones - Ward 81
Radiohead - You
Television Personalities - King and Country
Cub - Cast a Shadow
X - Come Back To Me
The Brian Jonestown Massacre - That Girl Suicide
Galaxie 500 - Don't Let Our Youth Go To Waste
Eric's Trip - Follow
Circle Jerks - Live Fast Die Young
NEU! - Negativland
Mudhoney - Something So Clear
Babes In Toyland - Bruise Violet
Red Red Meat - Words
Guided By Voices - Echoes Myron
Fugazi - Fell, Destroyed
Halo Benders - Virginia Reel Around the Fountain
Morrissey - Late Night, Maudlin Street
Midnight Oil - Stand In Line

Playlist April 9th, 2009

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Talking Heads - Big Country
Th' Faith Healers - Get The Fuck Out Of My Face
Descendents - M 16
Dinosaur Jr. - Freak Scene
Wire - Mannequin
Archers of Loaf - You and Me
The Pogues - Night Train To Lorca
Unwound - Natural Disasters
Chapterhouse - Falling Down
The Raincoats - The Void
Pixies - All Over The World
Tiger Trap - Puzzle Pieces
Lizzy Mercier Descloux - Roommate
Velocity Girl - Rubble
Shipping News - Books On Trains
Richard Hell and the Voidoids (pictured)- I'm Your Man
My Bloody Valentine - Soft as Snow (But Warm Inside)
Hüsker Dü - Somewhere
Silver Jews - Advice To The Graduate
The Vaselines - Dying For It
Preston School of Industry - Whalebones
Butthole Surfers - Sweat Loaf

Playlist April 2nd, 2009

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Adam And The Ants - Antmusic
Bowery Electric - Fear of Flying (Request)
My Bloody Valentine - Soon
Lydia Lunch - Spooky
Public Image Ltd. - Seattle (Request)
Chemical People - Two Years
Sonic Youth - Stalker (Rehearsal Tapes Version)
XTC - Dear God
L7 - One More Thing
David Bowie - Rock 'n' Roll Suicide
Sebadoh - Gimme Indie Rock
PJ Harvey & John Parish - Passionless, Pointless
Delta 5 (pictured)- Now That You've Gone
The Soup Dragons - Whole Wide World
Bauhaus - a god in an alcove
Wipers - No One Wants an Alien
Bell - Loose and Unsubdued
Minutemen - West Germany
Let's Active - Lowdown
Teenage Fanclub - What You Do To Me

Playlist March 19th, 2009

Dream Syndicate - Tell Me When It's Over
Young Marble Giants - Include Me Out
Swans - Stay Here
Public Image Ltd - Home
XTC - Senses Workng Overtime
Echo & The Bunnymen - Seven Seas
Wall Of Voodoo - They Don't Want Me (Request)
Death - Polticans In My Eyes
Big Star - Don't Lie To Me
Slowdive(pictured) - Soulaki Space Station
Joy Division - Decades
Built To Spill & Caustic Resin - Shit Brown Eyes
The Zombies - I Want Her She Wants Me
Smog - Bathysphere
Concrete Blonde - Still In Hollywood
The Breeders - Hag
Slant 6 - Are You Human
Old Time Relijun - Archaeopteryx Claw
The Psychedelic Furs - Dumb Waiters
Bad Brains - Banned In D.C.
Aztec Camera - Oblivious
Belly - Dusted
Sebadoh - Total Peace
The Smiths - Barbarism Begins at Home
The Jam - Going Underground
The Bats - Fear of God

Playlist March 12th, 2009

Yo La Tengo - Autumn Sweater: Remixed by Kevin Shields
The Sugarcubes - Birthday (Icelandic Version)
The Feelies- Crazy Rhythms
The Lyres - Help You Ann
Elvis Costello and the Attractions - The Beat
Grifters -Teenage Jesus
Gang of Four - Call Me Up
Depeche Mode - Halo
Fuzzbox - Console Me
Stereolab - Crest
Black Flag - T.V. Party
Dead Kennedys - Goons of Hazzard
Peter Murphy - Cuts You Up
Drop Nineteens - Ease It Halen
Bauhaus - Silent Hedges
Beat Happening - Black Candy
Ramones - I Wanna Live
Primal Scream - Loaded
Lush - Never-Never
They Might Be Giants - Ana Ng
Gravel - Hang Me
The Stooges - Ann
Cabaret Voltaire - Do the Mussolini (headkick)
Pere Ubu - Mirror Man
Big Dipper - Restaurant Cloud
Superchunk - For Tension

Playlist March 5th, 2009

Ultravox! - Saturday Night in the City of the Dead
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Dazzle
Camper Van Beethoven - Eye of Fatima (Parts 1-2)
The Descendents - Suburban Home
Velocity Girl - Pop Loser
Nico - Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams
Throbbing Gristle - 20 Jazz Funk Greats (Request)
The Jesus and Mary Chain - You Trip Me Up
Mission of Burma (pictured) - That's When I Reach For My Revolver
The Wedding Present - Spangle
Pavement - Range Life (Request)
Donner Party - Blue Starch Acid For Baby's New Tooth
The Replacements - I Will Dare
The Cure - A Forest
Bratmobile - Cool Schmool
The Dead Milkmen - Smokin' Banana Peels
X-Ray Spex - Art-I-Ficial
The Flaming Lips - Prescription: Love
Spacemen 3 - How Does It Feel?
Nothing Painted Blue - Big Pink Heart (Request)
The Fall - Couldn't Get Ahead
Big Black - Cables [Live]
Sleater-Kinney - Heart Factory
The Clash - Police & Thieves
King Missile - No Point
The Stone Roses - She Bangs the Drums
Eric's Trip - Frame

Playlist February 26th, 2009

Archers of Loaf - Toast
Pussy Galore - Wait A Minute
Volcano Suns - Promise Me
The Boo Radleys - Upon 9th and Fairchild
Swervedriver - Duel
Unwound - Corpse Pose
Lilys - Overlit Canyon (The Obscured Wingtip Memoir)
Kitchens of Distinction - When In Heaven
Saccharine Trust - A Human Certainty
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - From Her to Eternity
Felt - All the People I Like Are Those That Are Dead
Throwing Muses - Counting Backwards
Devo - Out of Sync
Sonic Youth - Candle
The Teen Idles - Sneakers
Television - Friction
Art Bears - Terrain
Red House Painters - Summer Dress
My Bloody Valentine - Feed Me With Your Kiss
The Mekons - Memphis, Egypt
Rodan (pictured)- The Everyday World of Bodies
Catherine Wheel - I Want To Touch You
The Vaselines - Lovecraft

Playlist February 19th, 2009

Talk Talk - Eden
Talking Heads - Electricity (Drugs) (Live)
Guided By Voices - My Valuable Hunting Knife
Mazzy Star - She Hangs Brightly
Elevator To Hell - Why I Didn't Like August 93
Meat Puppets- Aurora Borealis
Bikini Kill - Anti-Pleasure Dissertation
Loop - Afterglow
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks - Orphans
Beck - Pay No Mind (Snoozer)
Swirlies - Bell
Palace Brothers - The Cellar Song
fIREHOSE - Sometimes
NEU! - Hallogallo
Robyn Hitchcock - Executioner
The Primitives - I Almost Touched You
Th' Faith Healers - Serge (live)
The Afghan Whigs - Miles iz Ded
Morrissey - I'm OK By Myself
Wire - Map Ref. 41°N 93°W
The Breeders - When I Was a Painter
Polvo (pictured) - Lazy Comet
Ultra Vivid Scene - Grey Turns To White
The Replacements - Anadrogynous
Slowdive - Sing
The Folk Implosion - Pole Position

Review: Morrissey - Years of Refusal

Anticipation for Morrissey’s ninth solo album Years of Refusal has been flooding from the press in the last few weeks.  Perhaps this enthusiasm stems from the fact that it has been three long years since the release of Ringleader of the Tormentors, because of the cryptic cover artwork or perhaps because Morrissey described this effort as his “strongest work to date.”  Though the last point surely isn’t accurate, Morrissey has managed to produce one of his best albums in recent memory.

“Something Is Squeezing My Skull” immediately showcases Jerry Finn’s clean production and the aggressive, guitar based construction found throughout the record. “I’m Throwing My Arms Around Paris,” the first single from Years of Refusal is a wonderful pop composition that successfully uses the Morrissey formula without being repetitive or predictable.  Moz sounds lively, and gives a performance not equaled in its ferocity since You Are the Quarry.  No doubt these songs will sound great live – perhaps this is why he has not been shy in exhibiting these new cuts during recent shows.  Morrissey’s songwriting remains strong on this disc and is less elusive than that on Ringleader of the Tormentors.   In fact, Moz seems to take a more empowered stance toward his lyrics than usual.  Of course, his usual sentiments are on display, especially in “One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell” and “Black Cloud,” but in addition to these Morrissey seems more confident in his self-sufficiency as he settles into his fifties. This is most apparent in the closing track, where Morrissey proclaims “I’m OK by myself!  And I don’t need you and I never have.”

Some of Morrissey’s musical experimentation is unwelcome; especially the mariachi guitar on “When I Last Spoke To Carol” and the two minutes of ambient drone on the end of ”You Were Good In Your Time.”  Otherwise the bolder musical decisions on this album cater to Morrissey’s strengths, and result in a very enjoyable collection of pop songs.  Two of the best tracks on this release, “That’s How People Grow Up” and “All You Need Is Me” were previously released on Morrissey’s 2008 greatest hits compilation, but nonetheless they are welcome additions to this album.  Overall, the newest release from one of our favorite solo musicians showcases his strengths: meandering and dramatic vocals, his exceptional musical presence, and sharp (not to mention entertaining) songwriting.  Of course a solid band consisting of regular guitarist Boz Boorer, along with Jesse Tobias (guitar), Soloman Walker (bass) and Matt Walker (drums) provides the necessary instrumentation.  Expect to hear a cut from Years of Refusal on our show tomorrow! 

Years of Refusal is out now on Attack/Lost Highway (US)

Playlist February 12th, 2009

Black Flag - Bastard In Love (Live)
Adam & The Ants - You're So Physical (Peel Session)
The dB's - Amplifier
Beat Happening - Let's Kiss
The Homosexuals - Walk Before Imitate
The Slits - Ping Pong Affair
Spiritualized - Take Your Time
Yo La Tengo - From A Motel 6
Eugenius - Breakfast
The Velvet Underground - Ocean
Hüsker Dü - Green Eyes
Drop Nineteens - Kick The Tragedy
The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Who?
The Embarrassment - Lewis & Clark
Blur - Repetition
Radiohead - Just
Thurston Moore - Ono Soul
Jawbox (pictured) - Breathe
The Misfits - Bullet
Dinosaur Jr. - Sludgefeast
The Pastels - Truck Train Tractor
The Verve - Gravity Grave [edit]
The Olivia Tremor Control - Define a Transparent Dream
The Bevis Frond - Wild Mind
The Psychedelic Furs - So Run Down
Iggy Pop - Fall In Love With Me

Playlist February 5th, 2009

Joy Division - Transmission (Live)
Wipers - Youth of America
Dead Milkmen - Methodist Coloring Book (Request)
Built To Spill and Caustic Resin - One Thing
Bowery Electric (Pictured) - Another Road (Request)
Superchunk - The Question Is How Fast
The Grifters - Mysterious Friend
Minutemen - Fake Contest
R.E.M. - Oddfellows Local 151
Chapterhouse - Pearl
Magnetic Fields - Torn Green Velvet Eyes
Orange Juice - Blokes On 45
Pale Saints - You Tear the World In Two
Mercury Rev - Boys Peel Out
Cocteau Twins - Pandora
Pixies - In Heaven (Lady In The Radiator Song)
Midnight Oil - Dreamworld
Butthole Surfers - Human Cannonball
Scratch Acid - Cannibal
The Feelies - The Boy With The Perpetual Nervousness
Sugar - A Good Idea
Sebadoh - Last Day of School
Fugazi - Merchandise
Tiger Trap - Puzzle Pieces
Medicine - A Short Happy Life
Melvins - Joan of Arc

Playlist January 29th, 2009

The Clash - Know Your Rights
Volcano Suns - Polythene Pam/Greasy Spine
Big Star - O My Soul
Bad Brains - Reignition
Young Marble Giants - Eating Noddemix
The Smiths - What She Said
Gang of Four - Anthrax
Minor Threat (Pictured) - Think Again
Elvis Costello - Less Than Zero
Richard Hell & The Voidoids - Love Comes in Spurts
Lush - Light From A Dead Star
The Replacements - Interview/The Ledge
Mudhoney - Ounce of Deception
Happy Flowers - Jenny Tried to Kiss Me at Recess
The Flaming Lips - Jesus Shootin' Heroin
Slint - Don, Aman
Smog - Golden
Half Japanese - Penny in the Fountain
Eric's Trip - Stove
Pavement - Harness Your Hopes
Shonen Knife - Kappa Ex
Robert Pollard - The Right Thing
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Feeling Lucky
Lou Reed - Street Hassle
XTC - Earn Enough For Us
The Bats - Made Up In Blue
PJ Harvey - Man-Size

Schedule Update!

Fight This Generation will begin at 6pm and end at 8pm on Thursday Nights from now on. Thanks for listening!

Playlist January 22nd, 2009

Delta 5 - You

The Cramps - I'm Cramped

The Individuals - Dancing With My Eighty Wives

The Cure - 10:15 Saturday Night

Meat Puppets - Oh, Me

Swirlies - House of Pancake

Suicide - Cheree (Request)

Slant 6 - Alien Movie Star

Archers of Loaf - Harnessed in Slums

Mission of Burma - Weatherbox

The Stooges - Real Cool Time (Alternate Mix)

Galaxie 500 - Another Day

Naked Raygun - Prepare To Die (Request)

Big Dipper - She's Fetching

Robyn Hitchcock - Jewels For Sophia

Sleater-Kinney - Turn It On

L7 - Shove

Teenage Fanclub - Star Sign

Silver Apples - I Have Known Love

Big Black - Kerosene

Uncle Tupelo - The Long Cut

Daniel Johnston - The Sun Shines Down On Me

Echo & the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain

New Order - Age of Consent

Cabaret Voltaire - Digital Rasta

Stereolab (pictured) - The Noise of Carpet

Brian Eno - No Receiving

8Tracks Mixtapes on Fight This Generation

After Fight This Generation on Thursday Nights, I will upload the show's playlist and a 8Tracks mixtape of some of the songs that were played. 8Tracks is a service allows you to upload a mixtape (minimum 8 tracks) and share it via twitter or an embeded player. The service complies with copyright laws, and best of all it hosts all of your files for free. Enjoy!

http://8tracks.com/

Playlist January 15th, 2009

Pavement - Fight This Generation
Loop - Breathe Into Me (request)
Talking Heads - No Compassion (request)
The Buzzcocks - Everybody's Happy Nowdays
The Fall - Bombast
David Bowie - Station To Station
Utah Saints - Something Good (request)
Devo - Too Much Paranonias
Th' Faith Healers - See Saw
My Bloody Valentine - Honey Power
Bauhaus - Telegram Sam
Glenn Branca - Lesson No. 1 for the Electric Guitar
The Happy Mondays - 24 Hour Party People
Dinosaur Jr. - Green Mind
Sonic Youth (pictured) - Anagrama
Swervedriver - Rave Down
Spacemen 3 - Feel So Good
Television - Marquee Moon

Fight This Generation is now back on the air!

Fight this Generation is back on Radio 1190 on Thursday Nights from 6-8pm. My name is Nick and I will be co-hosting with my brother Phil. Our goal is to bring you the finest classic college and indie rock cuts. On this blog you will be able to check out our playlists from week to week and find more information about the artists we play. Additionally, Phil and I will occasionally write reviews of new and old releases along with, (hopefully) interviews with the indie rock gods we worship. Be sure to tune in!


Pavement: authors of Fight This Generation, the song that is our namesake.