Michael Jackson, "Thriller"

OPEN REQUEST SUNDAY: Percy Sledge, "Take Time to Know Her"

Coming your way from... P.J. in Milwaukee!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs, "Heads Will Roll"

Counterpoint to yesterday's post... Another Saturday, another dose of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.  From It's Blitz!, here's an homage to MJ and Thriller...

TV On The Radio, "Wolf Like Me"

Let's usher in Halloween weekend in a properly spooky fashion.  Here you go, from Return to Cookie Mountain...

The Carpenters, "Superstar"

The Raveonettes, "Uncertain Times"

Led Zeppelin, "Houses of the Holy"

Originally intended to lead the album of the same name, oddly enough it ended up on Physical Graffiti instead.

Gordon Lightfoot, "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"

Happy Birthday, Brendan!

OPEN REQUEST SUNDAY: Otis Redding, "Hard to Handle"

My first interpretation/censorship of an open request... PATRICK S. requested (kind of) the Black Crowes' cover, or failing that, Wilson Pickett's version.  The thing is... I can't in good conscience post the Black Crowes over Otis, and I can't seem to find such a thing as a Wilson Pickett cover of it.  So... please enjoy Patrick's (highly edited) request!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs, "Skeletons"

Maura and I are heading to St. Ann's Warehouse tonight for Karen O's "psycho-rock opera" with a couple of friends.  So of course that gives me yet another excuse to play some Yeah Yeah Yeahs.  Expect more spookiness later this month...

The Sisters of Mercy, "Lucretia, My Reflection"

Jeff Buckley, "Lover, You Should've Come Over"

Feist, "Mushaboom"

From Let It Die...

Stevie Wonder, "I Was Made to Love Her"

From the album of the same name.

Heatmiser, "Plainclothes Man"

Elliott Smith before ELLIOTT SMITH, ca. 1996...

OPEN REQUEST SUNDAY: INXS, "Mediate"

Steve M. in New Haven wants you to check out this video of INXS, taking a page straight out of the Bob D. playbook... with the additional treat of a sax solo. Enjoy!

Sparklehorse & Radiohead, "Wish You Were Here" (Pink Floyd Cover)

From the compilation album Come Again... From what I have just read, Thom Yorke's parts were recorded over the phone in his hotel room to mimic the sound of the original.

J.Period & Nneka, "Walking 2" (featuring Nas)

YouTube is great.  I accidentally came across Nneka after listening to something completely different (The Antlers).  She's from Nigeria and Germany, and this one's from a compilation/remix album collaboration with J.Period.  Coincidentally, you can download the entire album for free here.  Enjoy!

Iron & Wine, "House by the Sea"

Playing at Terminal 5 tonight... Iron Wine (a.k.a. Sam Beam). 

Mates of State, "Get Better"

From... LAWRENCE, KS (originally)!  It's Mates of State, who are playing at Webster Hall tonight.  Enjoy!  Smile!

New Order, "Bizarre Love Triangle"

The Ting Tings, "That's Not My Name"

OPEN REQUEST SUNDAY: Geographer, "Verona"

Compliments of long-time listener MARIT, from San Francisco!

Scissor Sisters, "Take Your Mama"

Nouvelle Vague, "The Guns of Brixton" (The Clash Cover)

The Cars, "Since You're Gone"

Cars - Since You're Gone by jpdc11

U2, "Trip through Your Wires"

Sonia Dada, "Planes and Satellites"

From A Day at the Beach...

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, "Fishin' in the Dark"

OPEN REQUEST SUNDAY: Young Empires, "Enter through the Sun"

Many thanks to... JESSICA, for this discovery--Young Empires, a new-ish unsigned band from Canada.  Enjoy!

The White Stripes, "Bone Broke"

From 2009's Icky Thump...