The Current Squirrel Playlist

"There are two kinds of music. Good music, and the other kind."
-Duke Ellington

2009 was a sad year for music. A year which saw the ascendance of disgusting new-age hippies in the form of crap like Animal Collective, and we saw the end of the mighty Touch & Go Records, but fear not kids, we’re going to start the new year right, for I give you:

The Current Squirrel Playlist

Bettye Lavette – “I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got”
Eddie Ray – “You Are Mine”
Sam Cooke – “You Send Me (Demo Version)”
Otis Redding – “Champagne and Wine”
Penny & The Quarters – “You and Me”
Otis Redding – “That’s How Strong My Love Is”
Arlean Brown – “I’m A Streaker Baby” (FREE DOWNLOAD)
Lee Dorsey – “Give It Up”
Ricky Allen – “No Better Time Than Now” (FREE DOWNLOAD)
Little Walter – “My Babe (Single)”
Mos Def – “24 Hour Karate School” (FREE DOWNLOAD)
Magnolia Electric Co. – “Little Sad Eyes” (FREE DOWNLOAD)
Kris Kristofferson – “Closer To The Bone” (FREE DOWNLOAD)
Langhorne Slim – “Diamonds and Gold” (FREE DOWNLOAD)
Dolly Parton – “Jolene”
The Stanley Brothers – “Rank Strangers”
Kris Kristofferson – “From Here To Forever” (FREE DOWNLOAD)
Elbow – “Some Riot (LIVE)” (FREE DOWNLOAD – from the KEXP live podcast, listed as #97)
Smog – “The Orange Glow of a Stranger’s Living Room”
I Am Kloot – “Mermaids”
Elliott Smith – “Somebody That I Used to Know”
Tom Waits – “Way Down In The Hole”
The Kinks – “Dreams”
Josh Ritter – “Mind’s Eye (Live)” (FREE DOWNLOAD – From NPR’s All Song’s Considered Podcast, listed as #149)
The Undertones – “Teenage Kicks”
Michael Nesmith – “Grand Ennul”
Steve Earle – “Feel Alright”
Jace Everett – “Bad Things”