The Late Risers' Club

I didn’t realize how many good releases there were this year until I started planning this show. Given more time I would have also included Kinski, The Red Dons, Shellac, Wooden Shjips, Descolada, Dungen and others.

As for my song of the day, most of these have already been a song of the day at some point this year. I’ll go with Les Savy Fav, because as far as I can tell I’m the only person who’s played that song, and I think it’s the best on the album.

Rank | Artist | Song | Release | Label | Year

30 | Trans Am | Conspiracy of the Gods | Sex Change | Thrill Jockey | CD 07
29 | Tempo No Tempo | Narrowed Scopes and Sharpened Knives | Repetition EP | Double Negative | CD 07
28 | Enon | Paperweights | Grass Geysers… Carbon Clouds | Touch and Go | CD 07
27 | Sleeping in the Aviary | Pop Song | Oh, This Old Thing? | Science of Sleep | CD 07
26 | Bleach 03 | Samurai Jungle | The Head That…Slobbers Even Today | Australian Cattle God | CD 07

25 | A Passing Feeling | George Washington Bridge | We Might Not Sleep at All This Year | 75 or Less | CD 07
24 | Up the Empire | Stars at Noon | Light Rides the Super Major | Cougar | CD 07
23 | The New Pornographers | All the Things That Go to Make Heaven and Earth | Challengers | Matador | CD 07
22 | Maritime | Hand Over Hannover | Heresy and the Hotel Choir | Flameshovel | CD 07

– | Apache | Crystal Clear | Boys Life/Crystal Clear | Douchemaster | 7″ 07 [Chris’s sotd]
21 | J Church | Flirting With the Bourgeois Dream | The Horror of Life | No Idea | CD 07
20 | Sinking Spells | Cursed in Colinwood | The Devil at my Side | x | CD 07
19 | Radon | Minneapolis | Metric Buttloads of Rock | No Idea | CD 07
18 | Ted Leo and the Pharmacists | The Sons of Cain | Living With the Living | Touch and Go | CD 07
17 | Bottom of the Hudson | Suffering Time | Fantastic Hawk | Absolutely Kosher | CD 07

16 | Blonde Redhead | Spring and by Summer Fall | 23 | 4AD | CD 07
15 | The Octagon | Macaca | Nothing But Change | Serious Business | CD 07
14 | Mystery of Two | Quick | Arrows Are All You Know | Exit Stencil | CD 07
– | Earl Greyhound | All Better Now | Soft Targets | Some | CD 06 [request]
13 | Titan | Obelisk Orbit Overdrive | A Raining Sun of Light and Love… | Tee Pee | CD 07

12 | Busy Signals | So Pointless | s/t | Dirtnap | CD 07
11 | Miss Alex White and the Red Orchestra | Space and Time | Space and Time | In the Red | CD 07
10 | Native Tongue | When the Walls Close In | Boston Underground 1979-1982 | Moulty | CD 81/07
9 | Lame Drivers | Hangman’s Code | Captain Amazing EP | 75 or Less | CD 06

8 | Varsity Drag | Summertime | For Crying Out Loud | Boss Tuneage | CD 07
7 | Bald Eagle | Rodents of Unusual Size | Hot Shoulders | Emergency Umbrella | CD 07
6 | We Are Wolves | Vietnam | Total Magique | Dare to Care | CD 07

5 | Les Savy Fav | The Lowest Bitter | Let’s Stay Friends | Frenchkiss | CD 07
4 | Signal to Trust | Brasilou Offensive | Golden Armour | Modern Radio | CD 07
3 | Pelican | City of Echoes | City of Echoes | Hydrahead | CD 07

2 | Deerhunter | Wash Off | Fluorescent Grey EP | Kranky | CD 07
1 | Dinosaur Jr. | This is All I Came to Do | Beyond | Fat Possum | CD 07

Very sad to see Chris Bobko leave. Not sure what will happen to the lineup
but Jesse Kaminsky should be doing some major filling in which is always a
good thing.

SOTD: Carbonas | Phone Booth | s/t | Goner | LP 07

PIL | This is not a Love Song | single | Virgin | 7″ ’83
Arctic Monkeys | Plastic Tramp | Fluorescent Adolescent EP | Domino | 10″ 07
The Riff Randalls | Nothing Without Me | Doublecross | Dirtnap | CD 07
Fatal Flying Guillotines | Charts | Quantum Fucking | French Kiss | CD 07
Energy | Bushwacked | Punching the Clock | Rock Vegas | CD 07
Pennywise | Covers | A Word from the Wise | Theologian | 7″ ’89
The Flatliners | This is Giving Up | The Great Awake | Fat | CD 07
Quadiliacha | Frankly Scarlet | Unforeseen Disasters comp | Passive Fist | 7″ ’96?
Zooparty | The Fuse | You Are Here | Acme | CD 07
In-Sect | I Can See my Love | Before Birdmen Flew Vol. 2 comp | – | LP ?
The Charms | Get it Right Back | Heroes & Villains | Red Car | CD 07
Polysics | Electric Surfin Go Go | Vista | Myspace | CD 07
B 52’s | Runnin Around | Wild Planet | Warner Brothers | LP ’80
Revisions | Where I Stay | Revised Observations | Dirtnap | CD 07
Insteps | I Want You to Run | Boston Underground 1979-82 comp | Moulty | CD 07
Hipshakes | You Make Me Malfunction | single | Show & Tell | 7″ 07
New Christs | No Next Time | EP | What Goes On | 12″ ’87
The Hospital Rats | Parthenon | Tour CD | – | CD 07
Jakkpot | Nobody Wanted Us | single | American Punk | 7″ ’96
The Scorpions | Dark Lady | Virgin Killers | RCA | LP ’75
Chesterfield Kings | Dawn | Psychedelic Sunrise | Wicked Cool | CD 07
The Secretions | Blast Off | single | Gearhead | 7″ 07
Gang Green | Sold Out | Without It | Roadrunner | CD 07
Anti-Flag | No Future | A Benefit for Victims of Violent Crime | A-F | CD 07
Judas Priest* | Dissident Aggressor | Sin after Sin | Columbia | LP ’77
Stupidity | Too Bad | I Need You | Go Fast | CD 07
Elvis Hitler | Hot Rod to Hell | Disgraceland | Wanghead | LP ’87
Gito Gito Hustler | What’s My | single | Big Neck | 7″ 07
Carbonas | Phone Booth | s/t | Goner | LP 07
Agents of Abhorrence | Sentimentality & Nostalgia | Earth, Water, Sun | Numerical Theft | CD 07
The Outlets | She’s Lying | Rock 1980 | – | CD 07
We Are Wolves | Vietnam | Total Magique | Dare to Care | CD 07
Buzzcocks | Boredom [live at the Roxy] | Control soundtrack | Rhino/Warner | CD 07
Hullabaloo | For Richard Stands | Dead Serious | Musical Tragedies | 12″ ’90
Lover | One in a Billion | Solid Sex Lovie Doll | 7″ 07
The Nuns | Wild | s/t | Get Back | LP ’80/04
The Resonars | As a Matter of Fact | Nonetheless Blue | Get Hip | CD 07
Texas Motherfuckers | Victim 29 on Highway 45 | Fistful of Rock Vo. 13 pt 2 and 3 comp | Steel Cage | CD 07
Lightning | 1930 | 1968-1971 | Arf Arf | CD 07

Wire | 1 2 x U | Pink Flag | PF | CD ’06 (’77)
The Ramones | Teenage Lobotomy | The Anthology | Rhino | CD ’99
Dead Kennedys | California Uber Alles | Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables | Cherry Red | LP ’80
Hot Snakes | 10th Planet | Automatic Midnight | Sympathy/Swami | LP ’00
Archers of Loaf | Web in Front | Icky Mettle | Alias | CD ’93

Medications | Opinions | Your Favorite People All in One Place | Dischord | CD ’05
Gang of Four | At Home he is a Tourist | Entertainment! | Warner | LP ’79
Enon | Rubber Car | Believo! | See-Thru Broadcasting | CD ’00
The Pixies | Debaser | Live | Elektra/4AD | LP ’89

The Sprained Ankles | Death From Above | s/t | Teenage Heart | CD ’07 (Ben SOTD)
The Promise Ring | Sea of Cortez | 30 degrees Everywhere | Jade Tree | CD ’96
The Minutemen | Sell or Be Sold | What Makes a Man Start Fires | SST | LP ’82
Polvo | Tilebreaker | Today’s Active Lifestyles | Merge | LP ’93
Deerhoof | This Magnificent Bird Will Rise | Reveille | 5RC/KRS | CD ’02
Fugazi | Do You Like Me | Red Medicine | Dischord | CD ’95

Raincoats | Fairytale in the Supermarket | s/t | Rough Trade | CD (’79)
Starlight Mints | Matador | The Dream the Stuff was Made of | See Thru | CD ’00
The New Pornographers | Mass Romantic | Mass Romantic | Mint | CD ’00
Swervedriver | Son of Mustang Ford | Raise | A&M | LP ’91
The Wipers | Is This Real | Is This Real (3 CD Box Set) | Zeno | CD ’02 (’80)

Live on the LRC with me:

Les Breastfeeders | Angle Mort | Live at WMBR, 5/25/05
Stnnng | ? | Live at WMBR, 10/24/06
French Toast | Float Away | Live at WMBR, 3/24/06

Modest Mouse | Paper Thin Walls | The Moon and Antarctica | Epic | CD ’00
Wrens | Faster Gun | The Meadowlands | Absolutely Kosher | CD ’03
Mission of Burma | Peking Spring | Taang! 12″ | Taang! | 12″ ’88 (’79)

Les Savy Fav | The Sweat Descends | Inches | Frenchkiss | CD ’04
Superchunk | Sprung a Leak | No Pocky for Kitty | Merge | CD ’91
Husker Du | Eight Miles High | (from Zen Arcade promo LP) | SST | LP ’84
Minor Threat | Salad Days | single | Dischord | 7″ ’84

Dismemberment Plan | Back and Forth | Emergency & I | Desoto | CD ’99

Every one be sure to tune in tomorrow for Chris Bobko’s last regularly scheduled Late Risers Club. Hopefully we will continue to hear Chris as a sub during 2008.

Next week will be my best of 2007 show.

Song of the day: The Sprained Ankles | Death From Above | s/t | Teenage Heart | CD 07

The Octagon | The Hope & The Shame | Nothing But Change | Serious Business | CD 07
The Texas Instruments | Don’t Force Me (To Force You) | Crammed Into Infinity | Rockville | CD 91
Oxford Collpase | Proofreading | A Good Ground | Kanine | CD 05
The New Pornopgraphers | The Body Says No | Mass Romantic | Mint | CD 00
Red Dons | The City | Death to Idealism | Deranged | CD 07

Push-Pull | You Are Dead | 3 | Joyful Noise | CD 07
Flies | I Wanna Be a Rock N Roll Star | s/t | Czech | LP 82
Wipers | Over the Edge | Over the Edge | Zeno | CD 83/01
Brimstone Howl | Tomahawk | Guts of Steel | Alive | CD 07
The Sprained Ankles | Death From Above | s/t | Teenage Heart | CD 07

Ratos de Porao | Olho de Gato | Feijoada Acidente? | Roadrunner | CD 07
I Excuse | The Theme of Resigned Man Including Me | Burn the Empty to the Ash | Newest Industry | CD 03
Grabass Charlestons | Ashes | The Greatest Story Ever Hula’d | No Idea | CD 03
Scarce | Days Like This | Red EP | Rockamundo | CD 94
Varsity Drag | Skinny Ties | For Crying Out Loud | Boss Tuneage | CD 07

Tempo No Tempo | Repitition | Repitition | Double Negative | CD 07
The Names | Spectators of Life | B9 BIS comp | LTM | CD 79/07
Tokyo Police Club | Box | Smith EP | Paper Bag | CD 07

Major Stars | Hercules | Mirror/Messenger | Drag City | CD 07
The Rogers Sisters | Emotional Control | The Invisible Deck | Too Pure | CD 06
Airiel | Sonic | Pacific Union comp | Claire | CD 07
Cities | So Cold This Christmas | Oh Santa! | Yep Roc | CD 07
We Are Wolves | Fight & Kiss | Total Magique | Dare to Care | CD 07

Pending Disappointments | I’ll Leave You Behind | New York Penn, NY | Midriff | CD 07
The Proletariat | Homeland | Voodoo Economics and Other American Tragedies | Taang! | CD 84/96
Madhouse | Cries | s/t | Fountain of Youth | LP 85
Dan Melchoir Und Das Menace | Madame Nhu | Madame Nhu/So Real | Plastic Idol | 7″ 07
Lover! | One in a Billion | One in a Billion/Ready to Die | Solid Sex Louie Doll | 7″ 06

A Place to Bury Strangers | Missing You | s/t | Killer Pimp | CD 07
Man Man | Black Mission Goggles | Six Demon Bag | Ace Fu | CD 06
Apache | Crystal Clear | Boys Life/Crystal Clear | Douchmaster | 7″ 06
Radio Moscow | Frustrating Sound | Live at WMBR | x | CD 07

By the End of Tonight | 4’s, 5’s, and the Piano Never Mane it Home | A Tribute to Tigers | Temporary Residence | CD 05

SOTD: I’ll go with the reissue this time
The Victims | [Gotta Find a] Substitute | Real Wild Child | CD Baby | CD ’79/07

Brand New Unit | Little Trends | Looking Back Again | BYO | CD ’97
The Clash | What’s My Name | s/t | CBS | LP ’77
The Sore Losers | New Trash | s/t | – | CD 07
Sonic Boom Boys | Ain’t Gonona Bring Us Down | Fistful of Rock Vol. 13 comp | Steel Cage | CD 07
Mink Jaguar | Monkey Man | Again | Stop | CD 07
Fudge Tunnel | Cat Scratch Fever | First Movement | Earrache | CD ’91
The Sword | Barael’s Blade | Age of Winters | Kemado | CD 06
The Blakes | Two Times | s/t | Light in the Attic | CD 07
The Hipshakes | All I Give | split w/ Cococoma | Tic Tac Totally | 7″ 07
Blanks 77 | Party Train | Killer Blanks | Nasty Vinyl | CD ’96
Armitage Shanks | Deny Me | EP | Cock Energy | 7″ 07
Les Savy Fav | Raging | Let’s Stay Friends | French Kiss | CD 07
Huggy Bear | Her Jazz | Taking the Rough with the Smooch | Kill Rock Stars | 10″ ’93
The Avengers | Paint it Black | Pink Album | – | CD ’83/?, req
Red Dons | Happiness | Death to Idealism | Deranged | CD07
Pistol Grip | From the Arches to the End | Another Round | BYO | CD 03, req
The Doom Buggies | Galaxy Girl | s/t | – | CD 07
Git Some | Lick Lick Lick | split w/ In the Red | 1-2-3-4 Go | 7″ 07
Die Kreuzen | So Many Times | Century Bays | Touch & G | LP ’88
The Frantic | Big Papa | Audio & Murder | Sinister Music | CD 07
Neil Young | The Loner | s/t | Reprise | LP ’68
We Are Wolves | Some Words | Total Magique | Dare to Care | CD 07
The Victims | [Gotta Find a] Substitute | Real Wild Child | CD Baby | CD ’79/07
The Trouble | Saturday’s Kids | Crime & Punishment | GMM | 7″ ’97
The Evaporators | Shakin with the Shaggy Shaker | Gassy Jack & Other Tales | Mint | CD 07
Ratt* | Lay it Down | Invasion of Your Privacy | Atlantic | LP ’85
The Satelliters | For You | Where Do We Go | Dionysus | CD 07
Little Phil & the Night Shadows | 60 Second Swinger | Storm in the Garage comp | Akarma | CD 04
House of Pain | Runnin Up On Ya | Same as it Ever Was | Tommy Boy | CD ’94
Youth Brigade | Did You Wanna Die | Sound & Fury | LP ’83
The Heartburns | Without You Life is Hell | Fucked Up in a Bad Way | Full House | CD 06
The Hives | Try it Again | The Black & White Album | A&M | CD 07
The Freeze | Forced Vacation | Misery Loves Company | Taang | LP ’91
SSSP | Spin the Bottle | For Life | Koi | CD 07
Brimstone Howl | Heart Attack | Guts of Steel | Alive | CD 07
The Gills | Ghosting | Burn Your Fingers on the Sun comp | Off the Hip | CD 07
Savage Republic | Song for Rikki | 1938 | Neurot | CD 07