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The Best of 2018

It’s January, so that means it’s time to look back at the year that was in music. So I played 3 hours of my favorite songs from 2018. The tunes that made the year barely tolerable:

SUPERORGANISM: Everybody Wants To Be Famous.mp3
Lake Street Dive – Dude.mp3
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats – You Worry Me.mp3
AHI – We Want Enough.mp3
Kacey Musgraves – Space Cowboy.mp3
Bradley Cooper – Maybe It’s Time.mp3
Ray LaMontagne – Such A Simple Thing.mp3
Trampled By Turtles – Kelly’s Bar.mp3
Jeff Goldblum & The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra – Straighten Up And Fly Right (Live) (feat. Imelda May & Till Brönner).mp3
Ghost-Note – Milkshake.mp3
Frank Ocean – Moon River.mp3
Miles Davis – So What (Live from Olympia Theatre, Paris).mp3
Bruce Springsteen – Tougher Than the Rest (Springsteen on Broadway).mp3
 War and Treaty – Jeep Cherokee Laredo.mp3
Mitski – Nobody.mp3
St. Paul & The Broken Bones – Apollo.mp3
The Decemberists – Severed.mp3
The Hold Steady – The Stove & The Toaster.mp3
The Monkees – House Of Broken Gingerbread.mp3
Jade Bird – Lottery.mp3
Joywave – Blastoffff.mp3
Harmonica Lewinski – Gringo Grind.mp3
The Demos – If You Only Knew.mp3
Left-Handed 2nd Baseman – I Rode a Raft From Illinois.mp3
Matthew Sweet – I Belong to You.mp3
Hop Along – How Simple.mp3
Parquet Courts – Wide Awake.mp3
Kurt Vile – Loading Zones.mp3
Weird Al_ Yankovic – The Hamilton Polka.mp3
Weezer – Africa.mp3
Janelle Monáe – Don’t Judge Me.mp3
boygenius – Me & My Dog.mp3
Low Cut Connie – Beverly.mp3
Lucy Dacus – Night Shift.mp3
Snail Mail – Pristine.mp3
The 1975 – It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You).mp3
We Were Promised Jetpacks – In Light.mp3
The Beths – Little Death.mp3Su

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Dec. 17: The 2018 edition of Dave’s Demented Holiday Spectacular

John Denver & The Muppets – Twelve Days of Christmas.mp3
Guster – Carol of the Meows.mp3
Jonathan Coulton & John Roderick – 2600.mp3
The Hold Steady – Christmas Is The Time To Say I Love You.mp3
Fountains of Wayne – I Want an Alien for Christmas.mp3
Weezer – Hark! The Herald Angels Sing.mp3
Otis Redding – Merry Christmas, Baby.mp3
James Brown – Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto.mp3
Bruce Springsteen – Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town.mp3
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy – Mr. Heatmiser.mp3
Dr. Doofenshmirtz – I Really Don’t Hate Christmas.mp3
Sting – Gabriel’s Message.mp3
The Kinks – Father Christmas.mp3
The Monkees – House Of Broken Gingerbread.mp3
U2 – Christmas (Baby Please Come Home).mp3
Phoenix – Alone on Christmas Day (feat. Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzmann, Buster Poindexter & Paul Shaffer).mp3
Eurythmics – Winter Wonderland.mp3
Emmy The Great & Tim Wheeler – Zombie Christmas.mp3
Garfunkel and Oates – Present Face.mp3
Barenaked Ladies – Deck The Stills.mp3
Richard Cheese – Do They Know It’s Christmas.mp3
Run-D.M.C. – Christmas in Hollis.mp3
Clarence Carter – Back Door Santa.mp3
Weird Al_ Yankovic – The Night Santa Went Crazy.mp3
Bob Rivers – Chipmunks Roasting On an Open Fire.mp3
Robert Goulet – Jingle Bells.mp3
Spinal Tap – Christmas with the Devil.mp3
Twisted Sister – Deck the Halls.mp3
El Vez – Santa Claus is Sometimes Brown.mp3
Lynyrd Skynyrd – Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin’.mp3
Old 97’s – Here It Is Christmas Time.mp3
Robert Earl Keen – Merry Christmas from the Family.mp3
Rodney Crowell – Christmas in Vidor (feat. Mary Karr).mp3
Sufjan Stevens – Get Behind Me, Santa!.mp3
Asylum Street Spankers – You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch.mp3
Louis Armstrong – Zat You, Santa Claus.mp3
The Reverend Horton Heat – Santa On the Roof.mp3
The Chesterfield Kings – Hey Santa Clause.mp3
John Prine – Christmas in Prison [Live].mp3
Tom Waits – Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis.mp3
Antsy McClain And The Trailer Park Troubadours – Christmas At the Trailer Park.mp3
The Pogues – Fairytale of New York (feat. Kirsty MacColl).mp3
Ramones – Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want to Fight Tonight).mp3
The Waitresses – Christmas Wrapping.mp3
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kin… – Ain’t No Chimneys in the Projects – Sharon Jones & The Dap-K.mp3
The Brian Setzer Orchestra – Angels We Have Heard On High.mp3
The Therapy Sisters – Codependent Christmas.mp3
The Wombats – Is This Christmas_ (Radio Edit).mp3
The Chevelles – Come All Ye Faithful Surfer Girls.mp3
Boss Martians – 3 Ghosts (A Modern Christmas Carol).mp3
Red Red Meat – There’s A Star Above The Manger Tonight.mp3
Sonic Youth – Santa Doesn’t Cop Out On Dope.mp3
Stephen Colbert – Can I Interest You In Hannukah_.mp3
RFRHoliday\Stephen Colbert – Nutmeg.mp3

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Dec. 10: The Penultimate show of 2018

Lake Street Dive\Free Yourself Up\02 – Good Kisser.mp3
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats\Tearing at the Seams (Deluxe Edition)\05 – Hey Mama.mp3
Elvis Costello\The Best Of The First 10 Years\18 – Every Day I Write The Book – Elvis Costello & The Attraction.mp3
The Beatles\The Beatles 1962 – 1966 (Remastered)\04 – Day Tripper (Remastered).mp3
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band\A Very Special Christmas\04 – Merry Christmas Baby.mp3
Grateful Dead\American Beauty\10 – Truckin’.mp3
Jimmy Buffett\Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads (Disc 3)\18 – Domino College.mp3
Rodrigo y Gabriela\Rodrigo y Gabriela\06 – Stairway to Heaven – Rodrigo & Gabriela.mp3
Ray LaMontagne\Part Of The Light\07 – Such A Simple Thing.mp3
The Crooked North\Unknown Album\00 – Happy Little Blackbird.mp3
U2\A Very Special Christmas\09 – Christmas (Baby Please Come Home).mp3
St. Paul & The Broken Bones\Young Sick Camellia\06 – Apollo.mp3
This Desert Life\02 – Mrs. Potter’s Lullaby.mp3
Kathleen Edwards\Back to Me\02 – Back to Me.mp3
Decade [Disc 2]\15 – Like A Hurricane.mp3
Lucinda Williams\World Without Tears\02 – Righteously.mp3
Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires\Dereconstructed\07 – We Dare Defend Our Rights.mp3
Uncle Tupelo\89_93_ An Anthology\08 – Gun.mp3
Superorganism\Superorganism\02 – Everybody Wants To Be Famous.mp3
Jamie Lidell\Jim\05 – Little Bit of Feel Good.mp3
Strawberry Whiplash\Hits In The Car\09 – Stop, Look and Listen.mp3
Nicole Atkins\Neptune City\08 – Brooklyn’s On Fire!.mp3
R.E.M. Feat. KRS-One\Out Of Time\01 – Radio Song.mp3
Toad The Wet Sprocket\P.S._ A Toad Retrospective\08 – Walk On The Ocean.mp3
Tame Impala\Lonerism\09 – Elephant.mp3
Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson\Break Up\01 – Relator.mp3
Frazey Ford\Indian Ocean\01 – September Fields.mp3
Julian Moon\Good Girl\01 – Good Girl.mp3
Kate Nash\My Best Friend Is You\02 – Kiss That Grrrl.mp3
Rogue Wave\Asleep At Heaven’s Gate\04 – Lake Michigan.mp3
The Badlees\River Songs\02 – Fear Of Falling.mp3
The Hold Steady\Confusion In The Marketplace b_w T-Shirt Tux\02 – T-Shirt Tux.mp3
The Bloody Hollies\Yours Until the Bitter End\09 You’re So Cold.mp3
The War On Drugs\A Deeper Understanding\07 – Thinking Of A Place.mp3
Tom Waits\Blue Valentine\03 – Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis.mp3
We Were Promised Jetpacks\The More I Sleep the Less I Dream\02 – In Light.mp3
Kopps – Lose Control.mp3
Leftover Salmon\Aquatic Hitchhiker\12 Here Comes the Night.mp3
The Avett Brothers – Ain’t No Man.mp3

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Dec. 3: Arctic Rogue Christmas

Rogue Wave – Let My Love Open the Door (Official Music Video).mp3
Regina Spektor – Fidelity.mp3
The National – Day I Die.mp3
Arctic Monkeys – Perhaps Vampires Is a Bit Strong But….mp3
Spacehog – In The Meantime.mp3
Spacetrucker – Miles Away.mp3
Oasis – Wonderwall (Remastered).mp3
Parquet Courts – Wide Awake.mp3
Beck – Up All Night.mp3
MGMT – Electric Feel.mp3
The Decemberists – Everything Is Awful.mp3
Oppenheimer – Look Up.mp3
Bob Dylan – Visions Of Johanna.mp3
Old Crow Medicine Show – Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again (Live).mp3
John Lennon – Stand By Me.mp3
Bruce Springsteen – I’m Goin’ Down.mp3
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats – Coolin’ Out (feat. Lucius).mp3
Beth Ditto – Fire.mp3
Robert Earl Keen – Merry Christmas from the Family.mp3
Otis Redding – Merry Christmas, Baby.mp3
James Brown – Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto.mp3
Clarence Carter – Back Door Santa.mp3
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy – Mr. Heatmiser.mp3
The Brian Setzer Orchestra – Angels We Have Heard On High.mp3
We Were Promised Jetpacks – In Light.mp3
Joywave – Blastoffff.mp3
Broken Bells – Your Head Is On Fire.mp3
The Coathangers – Trailer Park Boneyard.mp3
Jade Bird – Lottery.mp3
Kacey Musgraves – Good Ol’ Boys Club.mp3
St. Paul & The Broken Bones – Apollo.mp3
Lake Street Dive – Dude.mp3
Left-Handed 2nd Baseman – I Rode a Raft From Illinois.mp3
Talking Under Water – The Sun Sets.mp3
The War On Drugs – Pain.mp3
Suicide – Dream Baby Dream (Long Version).mp3
The Demos – Hardly Done.mp3
The Gaslight Anthem – American Slang.mp3
The Hold Steady – The Stove & The Toaster.mp3
The New Pornographers – All The Old Showstoppers.mp3
The Raveonettes – Dead Sound.mp3
U2 – All I Want Is You.mp3

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Nov. 26: Better late than never

Grizzly Bear – Cheerleader.mp3
Soul Asylum – Somebody to Shove.mp3
AHI – We Want Enough.mp3
The Demos – If You Only Knew.mp3
Smith Westerns – Imagine Pt. 3.mp3
Big Thief – Mary.mp3
BoDeans – Good Things.mp3
INTERPOL – Slow Hands.mp3
The Kinks – You Really Got Me.mp3
The Killers – Human.mp3
The Chain Gang Of 1974 – Undercover.mp3
Depeche Mode – Where’s the Revolution.mp3
Transviolet – New Bohemia.mp3
Old 97’s – King Of All The World.mp3
Count Five – Psychotic Reaction.mp3
Alice Merton – No Roots.mp3
Beth Ditto – Fire.mp3
The Boxer Rebellion – Cowboys & Engines.mp3
R.E.M. – I’m Gonna DJ.mp3
Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires – The Weeds Downtown.mp3
The Mountain Goats – Beautiful Gas Mask.mp3
Sneaker Pimps – 6 Underground.mp3
Troubled Hubble – Ear Nose And Throat.mp3
Gang Of Four – Ether.mp3
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – Hope the High Road.mp3
Bruce Springsteen – Rosalita (Come Out Tonight).mp3
Vijay Iyer Trio – Galang (Trio Riot Version).mp3
The Hold Steady – Chips Ahoy.mp3
Jeff Goldblum & The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra – Straighten Up And Fly Right (Live) (feat. Imelda May & Till Brönner).mp3
Cage The Elephant – Trouble.mp3
Frank Turner – The Opening Act Of Spring.mp3
Ray LaMontagne – Such A Simple Thing.mp3
We Were Promised Jetpacks – In Light.mp3
Frightened Rabbit – Break.mp3
Danielle Ponder & the Tomorrow People – Three Word Revolution.mp3
Harmonica Lewinski – Gringo Grind.mp3
The Electric Prunes – I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night).mp3
The Decemberists – Severed.mp3
Tom Petty – Yer So Bad.mp3
Simon & Garfunkel – Homeward Bound.mp3
Lake Street Dive – Shame, Shame, Shame.mp3
Beck – Loser.mp3
The Byrds – I’ll Feel A Whole Lot Better.mp3
Van Morrison – I’ll Be Your Lover, Too.mp3
Dropkick Murphys – Victory.mp3


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Nov. 19: Pre-Thanksgiving Meal


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Nov. 12: The White Album

The Beatles – Helter Skelter.mp3
The White Stripes – You Don’t Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You’re Told).mp3
Queens of the Stone Age – Make It Wit Chu.mp3
Garbage – Only Happy When It Rains.mp3
Van Morrison – Caravan.mp3
Queen – Crazy Little Thing Called Love.mp3
The Black Crowes – By Your Side.mp3
Jeff Goldblum & The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra – Straighten Up And Fly Right (Live) (feat. Imelda May & Till Brönner).mp3
Thelonious Monk – Blue Monk.mp3
Sharon Van Etten – The End of the World.mp3
Son House – Death Letter.mp3
Ralph Stanley – O Death.mp3
Bruce Springsteen – Born In The U.S.A..mp3
Wilco – Heavy Metal Drummer.mp3
Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires – We Dare Defend Our Rights.mp3
Adia Victoria – Stuck In The South.mp3
Blitzen Trapper – Heaven and Earth (Album).mp3
Great Lake Swimmers – New Wild Everywhere.mp3
HAIM – Want You Back.mp3
Future Islands – Balance.mp3
Generationals – Ten-Twenty-Ten.mp3
Damien Rice – Cannonball.mp3
INXS – Devil Inside.mp3
Lenny Kravitz – Let Love Rule.mp3
Dum Dum Girls – Bhang, Bhang, I’m a Burnout.mp3
Pink Elephant – Minor Skyline.mp3
Drive-By Truckers – What It Means.mp3
Old 97’s – Those Were The Days.mp3
The Chesterfield Kings – Mystery Trip.mp3
St. Paul & The Broken Bones – Apollo.mp3
So Much Light – Idiot Soul.mp3
Iron & Wine – Call It Dreaming.mp3
Japanese Breakfast – Machinist.mp3
Joywave – Content.mp3
M83 – Midnight City.mp3
MUTEMATH – Allies.mp3
The War On Drugs – Holding On.mp3
The Rural Alberta Advantage – Muscle Relaxants.mp3
Shemekia Copeland – Outskirts Of Love (2015)\10 – Long As I Can See the Light.mp3
U2 – Stay (Faraway, So Close!).mp3

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Nov. 5: Nowhere’s Nigh

parts & labor – nowheres nigh.mp3
Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad – Make It Better.mp3
Jellyfish – The King Is Half-Undressed.mp3
Bruce Springsteen – Land Of Hope And Dreams [Live].mp3
Pete Seeger – This Land Is Your Land.mp3
Black 47 – James Connolly.mp3
Drive-By Truckers – The Perilous Night.mp3
Fountains Of Wayne – Traffic And Weather.mp3
Beck – Up All Night.mp3
Phoenix – 1901.mp3
Joywave – Somebody New.mp3
King Tuff – Eyes Of The Muse.mp3
Beach Slang – Punks In A Disco Bar.mp3
Moose Blood – Gum.mp3
Casper Skulls – Lingua Franca.mp3
They Might Be Giants – Birdhouse in Your Soul.mp3
Weird Al Yankovic – Dare To Be Stupid.mp3
The Misfits – The Cockroach That Ate Cincinnati.mp3
Kool & The Gang – Jungle Boogie.mp3
Parliament – Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker).mp3
George Clinton – Atomic Dog.mp3
St. Paul & The Broken Bones – Apollo.mp3
Danielle Ponder and the Tomorrow People – Learn How To Love.mp3
Esperanza Spalding – One.mp3
Frank Sinatra – Come Fly With Me.mp3
Gogol Bordello – Start Wearing Purple.mp3
U2 – Sunday Bloody Sunday (Live).mp3
The Gaslight Anthem – Stay Vicious.mp3
Pearl Jam – Life Wasted.mp3
Peter Gabriel – In Your Eyes.mp3
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats – Be There.mp3
Lucinda Williams – Still I Long For Your Kiss.mp3
Old 97’s – Won’t Be Home.mp3
Polar Bear Club – For Show.mp3
Radiohead – Karma Police.mp3
Tacocat – The Internet.mp3
The Freddy Jones Band – In a Daydream.mp3
Wilco – All Lives, You Say_.mp3
 Simple Minds – Don’t You Forget About Me.mp3

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Oct. 29: A change is gonna come

Sam Cooke – A Change Is Gonna Come.mp3
Neil Young – Throw Your Hatred Down.mp3
Tacocat – The Internet.mp3
Danielle Ponder and the Tomorrow People – Learn How To Love.mp3
AHI – We Want Enough.mp3
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Ohio.mp3
The Decemberists – Everything Is Awful.mp3
Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad – Make It Better.mp3
The Clash – White Riot.mp3
Jonathan Coulton – Don’t Feed the Trolls.mp3
Michael Kiwanuka – Black Man In A White World.mp3
Vampire Weekend – The Kids Don’t Stand A Chance.mp3
Drive-By Truckers – What It Means.mp3
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – White Man’s World.mp3
Kathleen Edwards – Six O’Clock News.mp3
The Replacements – Lost Highway.mp3
Pearl Jam – World Wide Suicide.mp3
Dinosaur Jr – Get Me.mp3
Alabama Shakes – Miss You.mp3
Bo Diddley – Bo Diddley (Single Version).mp3
Bruce Springsteen – She’s The One.mp3
U2 – Desire.mp3
The Who Magic Bus.mp3
Buddy Holly – Not Fade Away.mp3
Eric Claptonc-  Willie & The Hand Jive.mp3
Bow Wow Wow  – I Want Candy.mp3
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble – Empty Arms.mp3
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats – Be There.mp3
St. Paul & The Broken Bones – Apollo.mp3
Dawes – Mistakes We Should Have Made.mp3
Miles Davis – So What (Live from Olympia Theatre, Paris).mp3
The War On Drugs – Holding On.mp3
Baba O’Riley – The Waco Brothers.mp3
Wilco – All Lives, You Say_.mp3
R.E.M. – World Leader Pretend (Remastered).mp3
Lake Street Dive – Shame, Shame, Shame.mp3
The Beach Boys – Wouldn’t It Be Nice (Remastered).mp3
Belly – Feed the Tree.mp3
Casper Skulls – Lingua Franca.mp3
Left-Handed 2nd Baseman – I Rode a Raft From Illinois.mp3
Communist Daughter – Roll a Stone.mp3

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Oct. 15: A mishmash of music

Beastie Boys – Paul’s Boutique\08 Hey Ladies.mp3
Joywave – Blastoffff.mp3
Cyndi Lauper – She Bop.mp3
Jonathan Coulton – Don’t Feed the Trolls.mp3
Cloud Cult – Lucky Today.mp3
Belly – Feed the Tree.mp3
Blondie – One Way or Another.mp3
Pretenders – My City Was Gone.mp3
The Detroit Cobras – Bad Girl.mp3
Hot Lava – Apple+Option+Fire.mp3
Tart Vandelay – Alien.mp3
Lake Street Dive – Dude.mp3
Dixie Chicks – Goodbye Earl.mp3
Mary Chapin Carpenter – He Thinks He’ll Keep Her.mp3
Ryan Adams – Breakdown.mp3
Old 97’s – Won’t Be Home.mp3
Left-Handed 2nd Baseman – I Rode a Raft From Illinois.mp3
AHI – We Want Enough.mp3
King Tuff – Eyes Of The Muse.mp3
The Decemberists – Severed.mp3
Dawes – Mistakes We Should Have Made.mp3
Corinne Bailey Rae – I’d Like To.mp3
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings – When I Come Home.mp3
Bettye LaVette – Streets of Philadelphia.mp3
The Hold Steady – T-Shirt Tux.mp3
The Chesterfield Kings – Mystery Trip.mp3
Blues Traveler – Run-Around.mp3
The War On Drugs – Holding On.mp3
U2 – The Blackout.mp3
Let’s Wrestle – I Won’t Lie to You.mp3
The Faders – No Sleep Tonight.mp3
The Demos – If You Only Knew.mp3
Pink Floyd – Comfortably Numb.mp3
The Kinks – Celluloid Heroes (Live).mp3
Guns N’ Roses – Paradise City.mp3
Bruce Springsteen – Better Days.mp3
Casper Skulls – Lingua Franca.mp3
Trampled By Turtles – Kelly’s Bar.mp3
Otis Blue  Otis Redding Sings Soul CD 1\03. A Change Is Gonna Come.mp3
The Complete Motown Singles Collection (1959-1971)\Complete Motown Singles-Vol 04-1964-cd5\01 – The Supremes – Baby Love.mp3
Tom Petty – Alright For Now.mp3

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