Host: John Richards
| Time | Artist | Song | Album | Label |
| 6:01 | Joy Division | Insight | Unknown Pleasures | Qwest |
| DJ Comments: Good Morning. Good Morning. Coffee… yes, coffee. | ||||
| 6:05 | The National | Fake Empire | Boxer | 4AD |
| DJ Comments: Brooklyn based, but born in Cincinati, Ohio in 1999. This is the opening track to their second release with Beggar’s Banquet. www.americanmary.com | ||||
| 6:08 | Moby | A Seated Night | Wait For Me | Mute |
| DJ Comments: During our Fall Pledge drive, one lucky soul won a signed Gibson SG by Moby! Nice! Moby will be breaking the dawn of 2010 down under.. Jan 3 & 4 in Melbourne & Sydney http://www.myspace.com/moby | ||||
| 6:12 | Silversun Pickups | ….All the Go Inbetweens | Pikul | Dangerbird |
| DJ Comments: Touring like mad all over the EU. Playing tonight in a few hours at Faust, in Hannover, Germany… http://www.myspace.com/silversunpickups | ||||
| 6:19 | The Twilight Sad | Seven Years of Letters | Forget the Night Ahead | Fatcat |
| DJ Comments: These Glasgow lads rocked at The Music Fest Northwest in Portland recently. check yourself here: http://blog.kexp.org/blog/2009/09/21/live-video-the-twilight-sad-at-mfnw/ | ||||
| 6:23 | The Breeders | Roi | Last Splash | 4AD |
| DJ Comments: Formed by members of The Pixies (bassist Kim Deal) and Throwing Muses,,. http://www.breedersdigest.net/ Last Splash went Platinum. | ||||
| 6:26 | ZAZA | Faith in the Faithless | Cameo | Kanine |
| DJ Comments: ZAZA were recently part of our CMJ Broadcast, performing live at the Cutting Room. Awesome pictures here: http://tinyurl.com/yjmdhgk ZAZA are playing live tomorrow at Cameo Gallery (W’Burg, BK) | ||||
| 6:29 | The Horrors | Scarlet Fields | Primary Colors | XL |
| DJ Comments: All over Europe/UK, then NZ, Australia, Japan, back to Europe. World Domination! http://www.myspace.com/thehorrors | ||||
| 6:35 | Bon Iver & St Vincent | Roslyn | (Sntrk) New Moon | Summit Ent/Chop Shop/Atlantic |
| DJ Comments: Shaping up to be one of the best Soundtracks of 2009! Hauntigly beautiful…. Can the movie be this good? | ||||
| 6:40 | Mazzy Star | Fade Into You | So Tonight That I Might See | Capitol |
| DJ Comments: In a July 2009 interview with Rolling Stone, singer Hope Sandoval states “It’s true we’re still together… We’re almost finished (with the record). But I have no idea what that means” -mazzystar.nu | ||||
| 6:46 | Laura Veirs | Silo Song | July Flame | Raven Marching Band |
| DJ Comments: Awesome review of Laura Veir’s new album here: http://kexp.org/reviews/albumreview.aspx?reviewid=3911. She’s playing tonight at the Bowery Ballroom, NY! at Neumos Dec 2nd! myspace.com/lauraveirs | ||||
| 6:49 | Choir of Young Believers | Next Summer | This Is For the White In Your Eyes | Ghostly International |
| DJ Comments: Watch this video, get goosebumps…! http://blog.kexp.org/blog/2009/11/04/live-video-choir-of-young-believers-at-cmj/ myspace.com/choirofyoungbelievers | ||||
| 6:52 | Fleet Foxes | Oliver James | Fleet Foxes | Sub Pop |
| DJ Comments: Some of Seattlle’s finest! http://kexp.org/reviews/albumreview.aspx?reviewid=3754 | ||||
| 6:56 | Ben Harper | Please Me Like You Want To | Fight For Your Mind | Virgin |
| DJ Comments: Mr. Harper is staying warm now for a few dates in Australia and New Zealand… www.myspace.com/benharper | ||||
| 7:01 | Etienne Jaumet | Entropy | Night Music | Domino |
| DJ Comments: http://www.myspace.com/etiennejaumet | ||||
| 7:04 | Florence and the Machine | You’ve Got the Love (The xx Remix) | ||
| DJ Comments: http://www.myspace.com/florenceandthemachine myspace.com/thexx Great video of The xx’s Session from CMJ on our frontpage. I would say go to kexp.org, but you’re already here… | ||||
| 7:09 | Caetano Veloso | Irene | Caetano Veloso (Irene) | Lilith |
| DJ Comments: Considered the Dylan, Marley, or Lennon/McCartney of Brazil! This song also appeared on the Nacho Libre Soundtrack. http://www.caetanoveloso.com.br | ||||
| 7:13 | Tegan and Sara | On Directing | Sainthood | Vapor/Sire |
| DJ Comments: Brand new from Tegan and Sara… Huge Tour through Canada starts Jan 2010.. http://www.myspace.com/teganandsara | ||||
| 7:16 | We Start Fires | Strut | We Start Fires | Hot Noise |
| DJ Comments: http://www.myspace.com/westartfires | ||||
| 7:20 | Freelance Whales | Generator | Second Floor | Self-Released |
| DJ Comments: The Queens, NY based band is currently on tour with Fanfarlo, At The Doug Fir tonight in Portland. www.myspace.com/thefreelancewhales | ||||
| 7:24 | Generationals | When They Fight They Fight | Con Law | Park the Van |
| DJ Comments: “And when they go home at night, they say…ba dump… I love you baby!” New Orleans duo. www.myspace.com/generationals | ||||
| 7:27 | Fitz & the Tantrums | Breakin’ the Chains Of Love | Songs for a Breakup Vol. 1 | self-released |
| DJ Comments: Blasting New Years Eve with Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings at the 9:30 Club in D.C. Get there! www.myspace.com/fitzsoulmusic | ||||
| 7:29 | Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel | White Lines (don’t do it) | ||
| DJ Comments: Grandmaster Flash was the first hip-hop/rap artist to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (2007) | ||||
| 7:38 | Heavy Trash | Gee, I Really Love You | Midnight Soul Serenade | Fat Possum |
| DJ Comments: Keep an eye out for the video from these fellas.. back in October, they came to The Cutting Room Studios and blew us away. On an imaginary stage they stood, and performed! www.heavytrash.net | ||||
| 7:42 | Steve Earle | The Revolution Starts….Now | The Revolution Starts….Now | E-Squared |
| DJ Comments: Touring in EU currently. On Dec 18th: Concert Hall @ Society for Ethical Culture New York, NY www.myspace.com/steveearlemusic | ||||
| 7:45 | PJ Harvey and John Parish | Sixteen, Fifteen, Fourteen | A Woman A Man Walked By | Island |
| DJ Comments: See for yourself: http://blog.kexp.org/blog/2009/03/23/kexp-live-in-austin-during-sxsw-day-3-pj-harvey-john-parish/ Do we have that video anywhere? | ||||
| 7:50 | Mountain Goats | No Children | Tallahassee | 4AD |
| DJ Comments: Two nights in New York: Dec 1 and 2: Webster Hall then Bell House (Sold Out).. see you at Webster! They’ll be dropping by the Cutting Room for an In-Studio as well… keep an ear out… | ||||
| 7:53 | Daniel Johnston | High Horse | Is And Always Was | Eternal Yip Eye |
| DJ Comments: The Devil and Daniel Johnston: (2005 Sundance Film Festival winner — Best Director, Jeff Feuerzig) | ||||
| 7:56 | REM | Near Wild Heaven | Out of Time | WB |
| DJ Comments: Performing this song live at Madison Square Garden, 1995 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEhDhrp–sA | ||||
| 8:02 | Titus Andronicus | Titus Andronicus | The Airing of Grievances | XL |
| DJ Comments: Titus Andronicus shared the stage (and rocked) with We Were Promised Jetpacks, Bell and The Wrens at JITMAN - NY in March! http://www.flickr.com/photos/kexp/sets/72157615195665147/ | ||||
| 8:05 | The Hold Steady | Magazines | Stay Positive | Vagrant |
| DJ Comments: “A Positive Rage” - Documentary and Live Album - available on Vagrant, Amazon, iTunes… Double Damn! | ||||
| 8:09 | Turbo Fruits | Trouble! | Echo Kid | Fat Possum |
| DJ Comments: Album Review: http://kexp.org/reviews/albumreview.aspx?reviewid=3893 http://www.myspace.com/turbofruits | ||||
| 8:11 | The Thermals | St Rosa and the Swallows | The Body The Blood The Machine | Sub Pop |
| DJ Comments: The Thermals will be playing with The Cave Singers and The Builders and The Butchers for KEXP’s 7th Annual Yule Benefit on Dec 12th at Neumos! http://kexp.org/events/event_details.aspx?eventid=3086 | ||||
| 8:15 | Surfer Blood | Fast Jabroni | Astro Coast | Kanine |
| DJ Comments: These Floridians will draw blood, live on KEXP on December 1st. then Chop Suey that night! www.myspace.com/surferblood | ||||
| 8:18 | Swell | What I Always Wanted | Too Many Days Without Thinking | Beggars |
| DJ Comments: http://www.myspace.com/swellswellswell www.swellsongs.com | ||||
| 8:24 | Animal Collective | My Girls | Merriweather Post Pavilion | Domino |
DJ Comments: Happy First Birthday Sonja. Dance Dance Dance!  7 dates in the Southern Hemi starting Dec 8th. http://www.myspace.com/animalcollective |
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| 8:29 | Datarock | I Used to Dance With My Daddy | Datarock Datarock | Nettwerk |
| DJ Comments: UK dates, then off to Tasmania. Tasmania? Nice. then Australia dates. http://www.myspace.com/datarock | ||||
| 8:32 | Ghostland Observatory | Piano Man | Paparazzi Lightning | Trashy Moped |
| DJ Comments: Playing Terminal 5, NY Dec 5. Stream their live performance from Seattle’s Triple Door 11/7/09 here: http://kexp.org/live/liveperformance.aspx?rID=30511 | ||||
| 8:38 | Big Spider’s Back | Warped | Warped EP | Disco Earth/Circle Into Square |
| DJ Comments: Brand new from the Seattle Artist: Here is a cool video of this song: http://vimeo.com/7293523 www.bigspidersback.com | ||||
| 8:42 | Telefon Tel Aviv | Map Of What Is Effortless | Map Of What is Effortless | Hefty |
| DJ Comments: Sadly, one half of the Telefon Tel Aviv duo Charles Wesley Cooper the 3rd, passed unexpectedly on January 22nd 2009, just two days after the release of their album Immolate Yourself. The irony… | ||||
| 8:46 | Maps | Papercuts | Turning the Mind | Mute |
| DJ Comments: Discover The Maps, as DJ Troy Nelson did: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4Elr0Hj7f0 | ||||
| 8:50 | Gnarls Barkley | She Knows | The Odd Couple | Downtown |
| DJ Comments: I Hope 2010 will bring more crazy getups from these two.. www.gnarlsbarkley.com | ||||
| 8:53 | DJ Spooky | Azadi (The New Complexity) | The Secret Song | Thirsty Ear |
| DJ Comments: Song features Latisha from Stereolab. DJ Spooky will be at the Brooklyn Academy of Music/Howard Gilman Opera House for the Next Wave Festival ‘09 on Dec 2, 3, 4 and 5! www.myspace.com/djspooky | ||||
