The other day Matt told a story of singing his favorite Christmas song, "Fairy Tale of NY" by The Pogues at a club a few years back.  He gave us a little taste that morning and ever since, Leslie has been pushing him to sing it live on the show.  All week we were trying to find a female singer to come in and sing the Kirsty MacColl part of the song, just when it wasn't looking good . . .we had a twist of Fate.  Local band, The Spring Standards came in on Thursday and performed live . . .the band is a trio - James, James and Heather.  We asked if they could come in and be the backing band for the song and if Heather could sing with Matt - fortunatley for us, they agreed. 

 

Listen hear to hear the song as performed by Matt Pinfield and The ...

The 2nd part of the Oasis interview aired this morning . . .once again, check out the Podcast section of Matt's page to hear the entire interview.

 

Kate Lowenstein from Time Out NY called in to give us some of her picks of things to do in or around the city over the holiday.

 

Matt Pinfield sings w/ The Spring Standards

 

Doug Brod - Editor of Spin Magazine dropped by to give us Spin's Top 5 records of the year.

 

1.TV on the Radio - Dear Scient
2.Lil Wayne - The Carter 3
3.PortisHead - 3rd
4.Fucked Up - Chemistry of Common Life
5.Fleet Foxes

 Warren Haynes from Government Mule came by to talk about what he has been up to.  Government Mule is playing Hammerstein Ballroom on Dec. 30 & 31.

Matt Pinfield sat down with Noel Gallagher back stage at Madison Square Garden a few hours before show time . . .They spoke for about a half hour, today we aired part 1 and you can hear the 2nd half tomorrow at 7:15am.  Check out the Podcast section to listen to the interview in its entirety.

 

Lizzy Goodman - Editor at Large for Blender Magazine called in to give us her Top 5 Records for the year.

 

1. TV on the Radio

2. Be Your Own Pets

3. Gaslight Anthem

4. Robin

5. Lil Wayne/Katie Perry

The Spring Standards dropped by this morning to perform live for Local Licks . . .They have a show at Joe's Pub on January 2nd.  They also agreed to come back tomorrow morning to be our house band, so Matt can sing "Fairy Tale of NY" live in studio. 

Steve Winwood called in to talk with Matt & Leslie the other day.  We actually spoke with him for over a half hour about his days with The Spencer Davis Group, when he was just 15 years old, to his days with Eric Clapton in Blind Faith, followed by Traffic up until today.  Listen hear for a portion of the interview.  We will air the entire interview in parts everyday next week at 8:15am.

 

Katie Hasty from Billboard Underground stopped by to give us her Top 5 Records of the year:

 

1. Bon Iver, "For Emma, Forever Ago" (Jagjaguwar).

2. Vampire Weekend, "Vampire Weekend" (XL Recordings).

3. Bowerbirds, "Hymns For a Dark Horse" (Dead Oceans).

4. Lykke Li, "Youth Novels" (LL Recordings/Atlantic).

5. The Dodos, "Visiter" (French Kiss).

Matt Costa came by to play live in studio.  He opens tonight for Ryan Adams & The Cardinals and Oasis ...

This morning Leslie Fram informed us of a new term - S.O.F.E

 

Significant

Other

Forced

Event

 

Anyone that has been in a relationship has experienced this before both as the victime of it and the Perpetrator of it.  What's your S.O.F.E.? 

 

Atlanta rock band, Dead Confederate dropped by the studio last week when Matt was sick and recorded "The Rat:" live in studio.  Matt was out but a few days later got a chance to talk with Hardy from the band for a little bit. 

 

Steve Smith, Music Editor from Time Out NY came by like he does every Tuesday to give us the magazines Best & Worst records of the year.

 

Rock Photographer Danny Clinch came by to tell us what he has been up to.  We learned today that he will be doing the cover of the new Bruce Springsteen record.  Danny also ...

You guessed it . . .it is that time of year where there are lists for everything. 

Best Dressed of 2008.  Worst Hair of 2008.  Best Records of 2008.  Worst Songs of 2008, etc. and every magazine, TV show, website does them.  Well, we jumped on the bandwagon and to help us kick it off . . .

 

Ryan Schreiber, Found of Pitchfork Media came by this morning to give us his Personal List.  Pitchforks 50 Best Records of 2008 comes out at the end of the week . .

 

Without Further Delay . . .

 

01 Deerhunter: Microcastle / Weird Era
02 Fleet Foxes: Ragged Wood / Sun Giant EP
03 No Age: Nouns
04 TV on the Radio: Dear Science
05 Cut Copy: In Ghost Colours
06 Lil Wayne: Tha Carter III
07 Jay Reatard: Matador Singles '08
08 Fuck Buttons: Street Horrrsing
09 Vivian ...

This Weekend Leslie came across a story that involved modern day interrogation techniques and the use of music -  basically blaring music to make prisoners uncomfortable . . .some music supiposedly that has been used include everything from Rock & Metal to The Barney Song.

 

There are certainly some songs that are tortuous to listen to . . . Matt could do without "How Bizaar" by OMC, Leslie's nightmare is "Hollaback Girl" by Gwen Stefani, as for me, hearing Barney this morning was tortuous for the few minutes i had to listen.   

 

Melissa Etheridge called in to tell us about her new Christmas record, what she is up to for the holidays and things to come.

 

Ryan Schreiber - founder of Pitchfork Media came by to give us his personal list of favorite records this year.

 

Jarrod from The Honorary Title stopped by to play live in ...