Bands Under The Radar (BUTR)

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Razorlight – Wire to Wire / Blood for Wild Blood
Born in the Flood – In Debt to the Heart / Anthem
People in Planes – Pretty Buildings / Vampire
House of Heroes – If / In the Valley of the Dying Sun
Soulsavers – Revival
The Perishers – Come Out of the Shade / Get Well Soon
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals – Fix It / Born into a Light
Oasis – Waiting for the Rapture
Donavon Frankenreiter – Your Heart
Joe Henry – God Only Knows
Ray Lamontagne – You Are the Best Think / Meg White
Whitney Duncan – Little by Little
Randy Travis – Don’t Think Twice It’s Alright (Bob Dylan)
Zac Brown Band – Chicken Fried
The Redwalls – Memories
Fiction Family – When She’s Near
Fleet Foxes – Your Protector
TV on the Radio – DLZ
Operahouse – Plastic Cage
Van Morrison – Lover Come Back
Peter Cincotti – Lay Your Body Down (Goodbye Philadelphia) / Cinderella Beautiful
Miss Li – Don’t Try to Fool Me / Gotta Leave My Troubles Behind
The Duhks – Mists of Down Below / Ol’ Cook Pot
Bigelf – Money, It’s Pure Evil

1. Razorlight – Slipway Fires
2. Rob Dickinson – Fresh Wine for the Horses (plus re-recorded Catherine Wheel songs)
3. Kings of Leon – Only By The Night
4. Ours – Mercy (Dancing for the Death of an Imaginary Enemy)
5. MGMT – Oracular Spectacular
6. Hockey – Mind Chaos
7. Your Vegas – A Town and Two Cities
8. Ryan Adams And The Cardinals – Cardinology
9. Cat Power – Jukebox
10. Seal – Soul
11. Coldplay – Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
12. Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend
13. The Raconteurs – Consolers of the Lonely
14. Duffy – Rockferry
15. Girl Talk – Feed The Animals
16. Ray LaMontagne – Gossip in the Grain
17. TV on the Radio – Dear Science
18. AC/DC – Black Ice
19. Pink – Funhouse
20. The Veronicas – Hook Me Up

All of these records were released in the U.S. during 2008 except for Razorlights’s Slipway Fires which was released only in the UK on Nov. 3, 2008, but you can get it as an import on Amazon or at an indie record shop. I hope they release it in the U.S. soon and are planning a tour!

So what records did I leave off this list that you think should be on there?  My Morning Jacket, Fleet Foxes, The Killers, etc.  Post your suggestions.  Would love to know which records rocked your world in 2008!

Also, don’t forget to send in new music via the Soundcloud DropBox, it’s a link at the top of this blog.

KK

Listen to Ray Lamontagne and The Kooks covering “Crazy” by Gnarls Barkley in Podcast #18. I can’t decide which version I like better so please vote so we can see what the majority thinks!

BUTR – Covers 2
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Chris Isaak – I Want You To Want Me (Cheap Trick)
Giant Drag – Wicked Game (Chris Isaak)
Ray Lamontagne – Crazy (Gnarls Barkley)
The Gabe Dixon Band – Hey Joe (Jimi Hendrix)
The Sun – (Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman (The Kinks)
Beatfreakz – Somebody’s Watching Me (HiTack edit by Rockwell)
Loleatta Holloway – Love Sensation (HiTack Burning Up Mix)
The White Stripes – One More Cup of Coffee (Bob Dylan) / Jolene (Dolly Parton)
Nada Surf – Where Is My Mind (The Pixies) / I’m Sick Of You (Iggy Pop)
Gavin DeGraw – Jealous Guy (John Lennon)
Scissor Sisters – Take Me Out (Franz Ferdinand)
Royksopp – Go With The Flow (QOTSA)
Johnny Cash – Rowboat (Beck)
The Raconteurs – It Ain’t Easy (Ron Davies)
Firewater – Diamonds & Gold (Tom Waits)
The Kooks – Crazy (Gnarls Barkley)
Xavier Rudd – The Letter

Xavier Rudd’s song “The Letter” is not a cover. I was on crack when I said he covered Joe Cocker. And Joe Cocker wasn’t the writer of “The Letter” either. Wayne Carson Thompson wrote “The Letter” and it was The Box Tops that first made the song popular not Joe Cocker. So I should have played Joe Cocker’s version of “The Letter” on my covers podcast. That would have made the most sense.

But out of all mistakes comes something good right? I discovered Xavier Rudd by searching for “The Letter”. Xavier is from the land down under and has released several CD’s and played Bonnaroo twice! Who knew! Not me obviously. Stay tuned for more goodies from Xavier on the next podcast.

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The Vacation – W.I.I.F.M.
Ray LaMontagne – Shelter
Fredo Viola – The Sad Song
Mr. Sandwiches – Track 8 (10 track demo)
Vib Gyor – You Wear Me Out
Grey Daze – Soul Song
Rufus Wainwright – I Eat Dinner (feat. Dido)
Will Hoge – Someone Else’s Baby
Sparklehorse – Apple Bed
The Bottle Rockets – Come On (Chuck Berry Cover)
Elvis Costello – The Judgement
PJ Harvey – Memphis
Lou Reed – This Magic Moment (Doc Pomus)
David Bowie – Cactus (Pixies Cover)
Razorlight – Hey Ya! (BBC Live with Jo Whiley)