Playlist 12.09.11

Nick Lowe doesn't do bad records these days. 'The Convincer' in 2001 delivered the new tone: low-key but emotionally acute, a little bit funny and a tremendous deal of country-soul. That was seconded by 'At My Age' in 2007 and now we have 'The Old Magic'. The words are spare, the phrasing is deadly while the 62 year old author flits from regret and botheration to moments of unscripted joy.

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Mondays, ten - midnight

The Housemartins - Happy Hour (Go Discs)

The Horrible Crowes - I Witnessed A Crime (Side One Dummy)

The Marvels - Rocksteady (Soul Jazz)

The Horrors - I Can See Through You (XL)

The Lost Brothers - City Of The Rose (live at Electric Picnic)

St Vincent - Year Of The Tiger (4AD)

Nick Lowe - Somebody Cares For Me (Proper)

Junip - Rope & Summit (City Slang)

Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois - An Ending (Ascent) (EG)

Feist - How Come You Never Go There (Polydor)

Strange Boys - Me And You (Rough Trade)

Marsalis, Clapton - Ice Cream (Reprise)

Leonard Cohen - Dance With Me To The End Of Love (Columbia)

The Horrible Crowes - Last Rites (Side One Dummy)

The Vals, Henry McCullough - Look To The One (white)

Josh T Pearson - Sorry With A Song (Mute)

St Vincent - Champagne Year (4AD)

Ben Glover - I Am With You (white)

Glen Campbell - Hold On Hope (Surfdog)

The Lost Brothers - Turquoise (live at Electric Picnic)

Ani DiFranco - Freight Train (Preservation Hall)

Marsalis, Clapton - Joilet Bound (Reprise)

JT Nero - Gallup, NM (Dishrag)

Nick Lowe - Stoplight Roses (Proper)

Tiny Ruins - Old As The Hills ()

Timariwen - Imidiwan Win Sahara (V2)

Morgan O' Kane - Hold Your Fire (white)