The Paul Slavens Show: Live Blog for Dec. 18, 2011

Happy Holiday season, folks – so nice to have you along on this mild winter’s evening. This is where you can leave your polite comments and music suggestions for future shows. Leave a link if you can to where the music can be purchased or listened to.
New to me this week:
Irma Thomas
Faun Fables
The Auteurs

Here’s tonight’s setlist:

Cesaria Evora, “Mata Morte,” Radio Mindelo: Earky Recordings
Gotan Project, “De Hombre A Hombre,” Tango 3.0
TV On The Radio, “Repetition,” Nine Types Of Light
Hollies, “After The Fox,” Single (A Side)
El Cento, “Too Much Snow,” Idol Christmas
Feist, “Anti-Pioneer,” Metals
Wet Willie, “Keep On Smilin’,” Keep On Smilin
Bon Iver, “Minnesota – WI,” Bon Iver
Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band, “The Dust Blows Forward ‘N the Dust Blows Back,” Trout Mask Replica
Pixies, “The Sad Punk,” Trompe Le Monde
Jerry Reed, “Another Puff,” The Essential Jerry Reed
Devotchka, “Ruthless,” 100 Lovers
Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi, “Black (feat. Norah Jones),” Rome
Ray Wylie Hubbard, “Drunken Poet’s Dream,” A: Enlightenment B: Endarkenment
Irma Thomas, “Time Is On My Side,” Straight From The Soul
The Rolling Stones, “You Got The Silver,” Let It Bleed
Rubblebucket, “Came Out Of A Lady,” Omega La La
Guided By Voices, “My Impression Now,” Live From Austin – TX
Shibboleth, “Timothy Dingle,” Idol Christmas
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, “Nocturama,” B-Sides And Rarities
George Jones and Tammy Wynette, “Take Me,” Tender Years
The Handsome Family, “Weightless Again,” Through the Trees
Sigur Rós, “Hoppípolla,” Inni
The Carter Family, “Are You Tired of Me – My Darling,” You’ve Been
Fooling Me, Baby

Faun Fables, “Catch Me,” Mother Twilight
Paul Hindemith, “Tanz des Weiten Gewandes,” Murder – Hope of Women/The Demon
John Vanderslice, “White Wilderness,” White Wilderness
Frank Zappa, “Outrage At Valdez,” Strictly Genteel
The Auteurs, “Everything You Say Will Destroy You,” After Murder Park
Stereolab, “Motoroller Scalatron,” Emperor Tomato Ketchup