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.