Local concert rundowns, holiday theme shows, year end favorites, new records, forgotten tunes: here’s what has been happening on the weekly Free Form Freakout show over the past two months. As always, thanks for taking the time to check in with us.

FFFreakout #699 (Aired on 1/16/20):

1. Arthur Russell “Iowa Dream” from Iowa Dream
2. Burial “Street Halo” from Tunes 2011-2019
3. The Dirtbombs “Alleys Of Your Mind” from Party Store
4. Dan Melchior Group “Black Hats” from Ruins 
5. Solid Space “Tenth Planet” from Space Museum
6. Magnetic Ghost “Does It Dream?” from Pixels
7. Laid Back “White Horse” from 12″ 
8. John Lennon “Nobody Told Me” from Milk & Honey
9. The Suburbs “Love Is The Law” from Love Is The Law
10. Talking Heads “Slippery People” from Speaking In Tongues
11. Paul Young “Come Back and Stay” from No Parlez
12. Frankie Goes To Hollywood “Two Tribes” from Two Tribes 12″

FFFreakout #698 (Aired on 1/9/20):

1. Ian Downey Is Famous “New End Times” from Destroy Language
2. Pascale Project “Let Us Go” from Be Urself
3. Horseface “Siivouspäivä” b/w “Silakat” 7″
4. U.S. Girls “Damn That Valley” from Half Free
5. Thomas Leer “Soul Gypsy” from Letter From America
6. Magnetic Ghost “Delete” from Pixels
7. Beck “Lost Cause” from Sea Change
8. Gorillaz “Stylo” from Plastic Beach
9. Chuck Berry “Almost Grown” 
10. The Who “Ball and Chain” from Who
11. The English Beat “Save It For Later” from What Is
12. Booker T & The MGs “The Beat Goes On” from Doin’ Our Thing
13. Morphine “Cure For Pain” from Cure For Pain
14. Prince “Bat Dance” from Batman OST

FFFreakout #697 (Aired on 1/2/20):

1. The High Sheriffs “Truth In Rambling” from High Sheriffs
2. Richard Youngs & Raül Refree “Another Language” from All Hands Around the Moment
3. Trash Kit “Horizon” from Horizon
4. Taiwan Housing Project “Vessel Creep” from Sub-Language Trustees
5. Peter Laughner “Cinderella Backstreet” from Box Set
6. Popol Vuh “Morgengruss II” from Aguirre / Essential Album Collection Vol. 1
7. Bernard Parmegiani “Image De Marque II” from Mémoire Magnétique Vol. 1
8. Dustin Laurenzi “Lament I (Bird’s Lament)” from Snaketime: The Music of Moondog
9. Big Thief “Not” from Two Hands
10. Czarface “Dear Computer ft. Kendra Morris” from The Odd Czar Against Us
11. Avery R. Young “Sit Down Job” from Tubman.
12. Corey Fuller “A Hymn For the Broken” from Break

FFFreakout #696 (Aired on 12/26/19):

1. Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy “Squid Eye” from I Have Made a Place
2. Purple Mountains “Margaritas at the Mall” from S/T
3. Big Thief “Cattails” from U.F.O.F.
4. Itchy Bugger “Fooled by the Sun” from Double Bugger
5. Private Anarchy “H.A.” from Central Planning
6. 75 Dollar Bill “WZN4” from I Was Real
7. Holly Herndon “Alienation” from Proto
8. Monokultur “Angrar Inget” from S/T
9. Wilco “Everyone Hides” from Ode To Joy
10. Iggy Pop “James Bond” from Free
11. Silversun Pickups “It Doesn’t Matter Why” from Widow’s Weeds
12. Beck “Uneventful Days” from Hyperspace
13. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds “Bright Horses” from Ghosteen
14. Leonard Cohen “Moving On” from Thanks for the Dance
15. Vampire Weekend “How Long” from Father of the Bride

FFFreakout #695 (Aired on 12/19/19):

1. Chuck Berry “Run Rudolph Run” from Mojo’s Festive Fifteen
2. John Fahey “Joy To The World” from The New Possibility: John Fahey’s Guitar Soli Christmas Album
3. Anthony Pasquarosa “Santa Claus Is Comin'” from Magic and Warmth at Christmastime
4. Low “Little Drummer Boy” from Christmas
5. Sufjan Stevens “That Was the Worst Christmas Ever” from Mojo’s Festive Fifteen
6. The Kinks “Father Christmas” from Christmas A Go-Go
7. Elvis Presley “Santa Bring My Baby Back To Me” from Feel Xmas
8. Squirrel Nut Zippers “Sleigh Ride” from Christmas Caravan
9. Nick Lowe “North Pole Express” from Quality Street
10. Little Bobby Rey & His Band “Rockin’ “J” Bells” from Merry Luxmas: It’s Christmas in Crampsville!
11. JD McPherson “All the Gifts I Need” from Socks
12. Miles Davis “Blue Xmas (To Whom It May Concern)” from Hipsters’ Holiday
13. Burl Ives “We’re A Couple of Misfits” from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
14. The Waitresses “Christmas Wrapping” from The Big 80’s Christmas
15. The Singing Dogs “Jingle Bells” from Dr. Demento compilation
16. Bob & Doug McKenzie “The 12 Days of Christmas” from Great White North
17. Weird Al Yankovic “Christmas at Ground Zero” from Polka Party!

FFFreakout #694 (Aired on 12/12/19):

1. Arthur Russell “I Still Love You” from Iowa Dream
2. Anthony Pasquarosa “Let It Snow” from Magic and Warmth at Christmastime
3. Flying Saucer Attack “Beach Red Lullaby” from Chorus
4. Alexis Gideon (w/ Shelley Short) “Nintendo” from Upgrade Soul
5. Donovan Quinn “Wintering in a Windowless Room” from Absalom
6. Koeosaeme “Meat Texture” from Obanikeshi
7. Total Control “Laughing at the System” from Laughing at the System
8. Nation of Ulysses “Telepathic Love” from Fourteen Songs for Greg Sage and The Wipers
9. Placebo “Pure Morning” from A Place For Us To Dream
10. Death In Vegas “So You Say You Lost Your Baby” from Scorpio Rising
11. Lindsey Buckingham “Holiday Road” from Solo Anthology
12. The Moonglows “Hey Santa Claus” from Merry Luxmas: It’s Christmas in Crampsville!
13. Abba “Supertrooper” from Supertrooper
14. Unit 4 + 2 “Concrete & Clay” from Rushmore OST
15. The Kinks “Nothing In This World Can Stop Me Worrin’ Bout That Girl” from Rushmore OST 
16. Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds “Waiting For You” from Ghosteen

FFFreakout #693 (Aired on 12/5/19):

1. Donovan Quinn “Haunted Suburban Train” from Absalom
2. Arthur Russell “I Never Get Lonesome” from Iowa Dream
3. Arthur Russell “I Felt” from Iowa Dream
4. Terry Allen & the Panhandle Mystery Band “The Night Cafe” from Smokin the Dummy
5. Royal Trux “Ray O Vac” from Quantum Entanglement 
6. Green/Blue “Proto Caves” from *forthcoming album
7. Soft Topics “Somnambulance” from EP
8. The Fulmars “Fish On” from A Short Illness from Which He Never Recovered
9. Robert Pollard “Bristol Girl” from Onward Forward Infinite 12″
10. American Music Club “Challenger” from Mercury
11. Flying Saucer Attack “Dust” from Mirror
12. Fire-Toolz “The Warm Body (Blessing & Removal)” from Field Whispers (Into the Crystal Palace)
13. Dave Sharp Worlds with Ndio Sasa “Katirach” from Nairobi Music
14. Mustafa Ozkent “Dolana” from Genelik Ile Elele

FFFreakout #692 (Aired on 11/28/19):

1. Big Star “Thank You Friends” from Keep An Eye On the Sky box set
2. Flying Saucer Attack “November Mist” from Distance
3. Movietone “Green Ray” from S/T
4. Damon & Naomi “Blue Moon” from Damon & Naomi with Ghost
5. The Reds, Pinks, & Purples “Citygardens” from Anxiety Art
6. Arthur Russell “Love Is Overtaking Me” from Love Is Overtaking Me
7. Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy “Just To See My Holly Home” from Ease Down the Road
8. Cat Power “Cross Bones Style” from Moon Pix
9. Arlo Guthrie “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree” from Alice’s Restaurant
10. Adam Sandler “The Thanksgiving Song” from They’re All Gonna Laugh At You

FFFreakout #691 (Aired on 11/21/19):

1. Mustafa Ozkent “Burcak” from Genelik Ile Elele
2. Carla dal Forno “No Trace” from Look Up Sharp
3. Stereolab “Miss Modular” from Dots and Loops
4. Savages “Evil” from Adore Life
5. Soft Topics “Actually Actually” from EP
6. Green/Blue “Holiday Kicks” from *forthcoming album
7. Colossal Yes “Economy of Turquoise” from Charlemagne’s Big Thaw
8. Nick Mazzarella Trio “Innermost” from Counterbalance
9. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion “Audio Vacation” from She’s On It – Jack the Ripper 12″
10. Devo “Through Being Cool” from New Traditionalists: Live 1981 Seattle
11. LCD Soundsystem “Jump Into the Fire” from The Long Goodbye
12. Nilsson “Gotta Get Up” from Nilsson Schmilsson
13. The Remains “Don’t Look Back” from S/T
14. David Bowie “Heroes” from Welcome to the Blackout (Live London ’78)

FFFreakout #690 (Aired on 11/14/19):

1. 75 Dollar Bill “Tetuzi Akiyama” from I Was Real
2. Big Thief “Forgotten Eyes” from Two Hands
3. Magnetic Ghost “Reality Distortion Field” from Pixels
4. Spacemen 3 “A-Men” from Taking Drugs To Make Music To Take Drugs To
5. Index “Break Out” from Originals Vol. I (1967-68)
6. Green/Blue “At A Loss” from *forthcoming album
7. Guy Clark “A Nickel for the Fiddler” from Old No. 1
8. Gene Clark “No Other” from No Other
9. Todd Tamanend Clark “Rumor Has It” from Nova Psychedelia
10. Soft Topics “Hide Your Blue” from EP
11. Ka Baird “Spiritus Operis” from Respires
12. Mikey Dread “Comic Strip” from Dubwise
13. The Specials “Rat Race” from The Singles Collection
14. Jim O’Rourke “Halfway to a Threeway” from Halfway to a Threeway
15. Judee Sill “The Vigilante” from Heart Feed