Nick Tavares: On the turntable

PAST PICKS

December 9, 2007:
— Ramones: Weird Tales of the Ramones
— Marc Ford: Weary & Wired
— Miles Davis: Bitches Brew
— Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros: Streetcore
— James McMurtry & the Heartless Bastards: Live In Aught-Three

July 3, 2007:
— Television: The Blow-Up
— The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion: Plastic Fang
— My Morning Jacket: Z
— The White Stripes: Icky Thump
— The Stooges: Fun House

March 9, 2007:
— The Rolling Stones: Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!
— Traffic: The Low Spark Of The High-Heeled Boys
— Pearl Jam: The Gorge, 07-22-2006
— My Morning Jacket: Okonokos
— The Tragically Hip: Up To Here

Feb. 7, 2007
— Miles Davis: On The Corner
— Pearl Jam: Pearl Jam
— James Brown: 20 All-Time Greatest Hits!
— Pixies: Doolittle
— Stevie Ray Vaughan: Couldn't Stand The Weather

Nov. 30, 2006
— Gov't Mule: The Deep End, Vol. 2
— Beck: The Information
— Ben Harper: Diamonds on the Inside
— Tortoise: A Lazarus Taxon
— Mudhoney: Superfuzz Bigmuff plus Early Singles

Oct. 31, 2006
— The Who: Endless Wire
— The Mars Volta: Amputechture
— Ben Harper: Both Sides of the Gun
— Tortoise: TNT
— The Kinks: The Kink Kronikles

Oct. 4, 2006
— Ryan Adams: Exile on Franklin St.
— Grateful Dead: Winterland, San Francisco, CA 6/9/77
— The Who: Who's Next
— Spoon: Gimmie Fiction
— Bob Dylan: Blonde on Blonde

Oct. 13, 2006
— The Beatles: Abbey Road
— Queens of the Stone Age: Queens of the Stone Age
— The Monks: Black Monk Time
— Jimi Hendrix: Live at Berkley
— Ryan Adams: Destroyer

Sept. 11, 2006
— Frank Zappa: Fillmore East: June 1971
— The Black Crowes: The Southern Harmony & Musical Companion
— Bob Dylan: Modern Times
— The Flaming Lips: Finally, The Punk Rockers Are Taking ACID
— Jimi Hendrix: Band of Gypsys

Aug. 24, 2006
— The Black Keys: thickfreakness
— Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young: Deja Vu
— Gov't Mule: NYC 10.18.2001
— Al Green: Al Green Gets Next To You
— Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Year Of The Horse

July 13, 2006
— Thom Yorke: The Eraser
— Johnny Cash: American V - A Hundred Highways
— My Morning Jacket: It Still Moves
— Radiohead: OK Computer
— Grateful Dead: Europe '72

June 21, 2006
— Sonic Youth: Rather Ripped
— Beck: Midnight Vultures
— James Brown: 20 All-Time Greatest Hits!
— Gomez: How We Operate
— Stone Gossard: Bayleaf

June 5, 2006
— The Raconteurs: Broken Boy Soldiers
— Red Hot Chili Peppers: Stadium Arcadium
— The Black Keys: Chulahoma
— Pearl Jam: Pearl Jam
— The Beatles: Let it Be

May 1, 2006
— Neil Young: Living With War
— Eagles of Death Metal: Death By Sexy
— The Flaming Lips: The Soft Bulletin
— Pearl Jam: Vitalogy
— Mudhoney: Superfuzz Bigmuff plus Early Singles

April 11, 2006
— The Flaming Lips: At War with the Mystics
— Faces: First Step
— The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Live at Berkley (Second Set)
— John Monopoly: Head Shaking Time in the Office of Strategy
— Sonic Youth: Master=Dik 12"

March 27, 2006
— Loose Fur: Born Again in the USA
— Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: HOWL Sessions
— Deadboy & the Elephantmen: We Are Night Sky
— The Black Keys: The Moan EP
— Pearl Jam: "Dead Man"

Feb. 22, 2006
— Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: HOWL
— Nirvana: Unplugged in New York
— Bob Dylan: Live 1966 — The Bootleg Series, Vol. 4
— Wilco: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
— Foo Fighters: One By One

Feb. 14, 2006
— Sigur Rós: Takk...
— Led Zeppelin: Presence
— Supergrass: Life on Other Planets
— Neil Young: Eldorado
— Elliot Smith: XO

Jan. 31, 2006
— Miles Davis: Bitches Brew
— Radiohead: The Bends
— Beck: Mutations
— Johnny Cash: The Fabulous Johnny Cash
— The Doors: L.A. Woman

Jan. 24, 2006
— Pink Floyd: Ummagumma (Live Album)
— The Strokes: First Impressions of Earth
— Supergrass: Road To Rouen
— Faces: Good Boys .. When They're Asleep
— George Harrison: All Things Must Pass

Jan. 2, 2006
— Primus: Sailing the Seas of Cheese
— Ryan Adams: 29
— Bob Dylan: Live 1975 — The Rolling Thunder Revue
— Sonic Youth: SYR6
— Led Zeppelin: Physical Graffiti

Dec. 22, 2005
— Pearl Jam: No Code
— Queens of the Stone Age: Queens of the Stone Age
— Beck: Stereopathetic Soul Manure
— Jeff Buckley: Live at Sin-é
— The Kinks: The Kink Kronikles

Dec. 13, 2005
— David Bowie: Aladdin Sane
— Mark Lanegan: I'll Take Care Of You
— Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Zuma
— T. Rex: Electric Warrior
— Public Image, Ltd.: Metal Box

Dec. 7, 2005
— Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: HOWL
— Sonic Youth: Washing Machine
— The Brian Jonestown Massacre: Tepid Peppermint Wonderland
— Queens of the Stone Age: Over the Years and Through the Woods
— The White Stripes: "The Denial Twist" x10

Nov. 22, 2005
— The Black Keys: Rubber Factory
— Sonic Youth: Dirty
— Pearl Jam: No Code
— Foo Fighters: In Your Honor
— John Lennon: Plastic Ono Band

Nov. 7, 2005
— Faces: Five Guys Walk Into A Bar...
— Wilco: More Like The Moon
— Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin II
— Jim O'Rourke: Insignificance
— Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: B.R.M.C.

October 12, 2005
— Ryan Adams & the Cardinals: Jacksonville City Nights
— Supergrass: Road To Rouen
— Bob Dylan: Oh Mercy
— The Black Crowes: Amorica
— Rolling Stones: Perth, Australia, 02.24.1973

October 6, 2005
— Rolling Stones: LIVE'r Than You'll Ever Be
— Bob Dylan: Love And Theft
— Sonic Youth: Dirty
— Spoon: Gimmie Fiction
— The Who: The Who Sell Out

September 28, 2005
— Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: Take Them On, On Your Own
— Queens of the Stone Age: Songs For The Deaf
— Bob Dylan and The Band: The Basement Tapes
— Kings of Leon: Youth and Young Manhood
— The White Stripes: The White Stripes

September 20, 2005
— Rolling Stones: The Forum — Los Angeles, CA 11.17.1975
— Bob Dylan: Love And Theft
— The White Stripes: Get Behind Me Satan
— Ryan Adams: Demolition
— Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers: Hard Promises

September 12, 2005
— Sigur Rós: Ágætis Byrjun
— Pearl Jam: Soldier Field, Chicago, IL 07.11.1995
— The White Stripes: De Stijl
— Spoon: Gimmie Fiction
— The Grateful Dead: Springfield Civic Center, Springfield, MA 04.23.1977

September 5, 2005
— Bob Dylan: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack - The Bootleg Series Vol. 7
— Sonic Youth: The Avalon, Boston, MA 08.14.2004
— Ride: Nowhere
— The Dandy Warhols: Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia
— The Black Keys: The Big Come Up

August 27, 2005
— Johnny Cash: At San Quentin
— Nine Inch Nails: With Teeth
— Beck: Guero
— Red Hot Chili Peppers: One Hot Minute
— Rolling Stones: Some Girls

August 17, 2005
— Otis Redding: The Dock of the Bay
— Sly & the Family Stone: Greatest Hits
— The Flaming Lips: Transmissions from the Satellite Heart
— Bob Dylan: Blonde on Blonde
— Sonic Youth: Murray Street