Top 10 of 2006

Ten songs, split into two transmissions for your listening pleasure. One DJ's opinion on some of the finest music of the year.

10 - "Steady As She Goes" - The Raconteurs
9 - "Stuck Between Stations" - The Hold Steady
8 - "Worry About It Later" - The Futureheads
7 - "Naive" - The Kooks
6 - "Lazy Eye" - Silversun Pickups

Listen to Part 1 Here

5 - "Unemployable" - Pearl Jam
4 - "Crazy" - Gnarls Barkley
3 - "The Crane Wife 3" - The Decembrists
2 - "Invitation" - The High Violets
1 - "Star Witness" - Neko Case

Listen to Part 2 Here

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CLR Christmas 2006

A very special transmission, so special there is no talking. Just a few of my very favorite Christmas songs, privately selected just for you, the CLR audience. Download, enjoy, and have a wonderful holiday season.

1 - "Hey Guys! It's Christmas Time!" - Sufjan Stevens
2 - "Maybe This Christmas" - Ron Sexsmith
3 - "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" - U2
4 - "All I Want For Christmas Is You" - Mariah Carey
5 - "Someday at Christmas" - Pearl Jam
6 - "What Christmas Means to Me" - Stevie Wonder
7 - "Christmas Time" - The dB's
8 - "Christmas in Hollis" - RUN-DMC
9 - "Father Christmas" - The Kinks
10 - "Jingle Bell Rock" - Hall & Oates
11 - "Fairytale of New York" - The Pogues
12 - "The Christmas Waltz (Away Team Remix)" - Nancy Wilson
13 - "Christmas Wrapping" - The Waitresses
14 - "Do The Know It's Christmas" - Band Aid
15 - "Merry Xmas (War Is Over)" - John Lennon
16 - "Just Like Christmas" - Low

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CLR XMS 43

1 - "Greetings to the New Brunette" - Billy Bragg. Brilliant 80's pop I'm betting most of us never heard at the time.
2 - "The Prayer" - Bloc Party. Early leak from their 2007 release.
3 - "The Book I Write" - Spoon. From the Stranger Than Fiction soundtrack.
4 - "The Mercury Craze" - Subtle. A little change-of-pace.
5 - "Trains to Brazil" - The Guillemots. In many ways, this sounds straight out of 1983.
6 - "Just Like We Break Down" - Hot Chip. More changing of pace.
7 - "Come Out, Come Down, Fade Out, Be Gone" - 120 Days. Norway in the house!!!
8 - "Little Red Radio" - RAS/CAL. One Christmas song to start the season.
9 - "Glass Octopus" - Mash-up. The Beatles vs. Blondie.
10 - "Rock the Smile" - Mash-up. The Clash vs. Jay-Z vs. Lilly Allen.

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Either that link is messed up or you folks have downloaded like crazy so far. Here's another.

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I failed to mention it in the podcast, but today is of course an important day in music history. Throw on a Lennon track at some point and honor the man.