Going through the best of 2018 today!  We will also have a very unscientific top 10 in the final hour of the show, basically what I felt was good music for the past year.

12:00pm
swimming tapes ~ easy strand
oslo oscillator ~ newlands [Norway]

watoo watoo ~ modern express [France]

gomes the hitman ~ twilight, twilight, dawn [Japan]

cooper ~ graciela ~ tiemp, temperatura, agitacion [Spain]

burrito panza ~ barcelona [Spain]

12:20pm
the fin. ~ pale blue ~ there [Japan]

camden ~ scars

stephen's shore ~ the sun ~ september love [Sweden]

le superhomard ~ paper girl [France]

whyte horses ~ i saw the light

winter & triptides ~ amiga ~ estrala magica

the suncharms ~ film soundtrack

12:40pm
frokedal ~ david [Norway]

lia pamina & dario persi ~ so far tonight [Spain/Italy]

axolotes mexicanos ~ trececatorce ~ salu2 [Spain]

red sleeping beauty ~ dressed in yellow and blue [Sweden]

azure blue ~ my final candle [Sweden]

soft regime ~ lockdown ~ hard feelings

1:00pm
the go! team ~ if there's only one thing you should know ~ semicircle

pure mids ~ walking in place

the proctors ~ crystaline part 2

tv girl ~ blue hair ~ death of a party girl

transit my youth ~ pray station [Japan]

tori project ~ aa, sukarashiki hibi! [Japan]

1:20pm
blackball bandits ~ great sand tune ~ the lost mission

frankie and the pool boys ~ spin the bottle ~ spin the bottle

dutch criminal record ~ waiting on the weekend

the essex green ~ don't leave it in our hands ~ hardly electronic

the treasures of mexico ~ avalanche

1:40pm
the dekkoes ~ row the boat

snail mail ~ heat wave ~ lush

winter ~ zoey ~ ethereality

benjamin schoos feat. dent may ~ all night every night

hibou ~ junipero love

2:00pm
tracyanne & danny ~ baby's got it bad

outerhope ~ out to sea [Philippines]

fanclub ~ leaves
wallflower ~ i wish spring would last forever [Japan]

the muldoons ~ lovely things

peonies ~ thin holidays [Indonesia]

2:20pm "Top Ten of 2018"

10) soft science ~ sooner ~ maps

9) neleonard ~ sorpresa, vacio ~ un lugar imaginado [Spain]

8) young agings ~ you ~ before i go [Japan]

7) the sunbathers ~ shifting sand ~ a weekend away with...

6) the beths ~ future me hates me ~ future me hates me [New Zealand]

5) the strange creatures ~ palipad hangin ~ phantasms [Philippines]

2:40pm
4) the perfect english weather ~ pennies in the jar ~ don't you wanna feel the rain?

3) math and physics club ~ dear madeline ~ lived here before

2) kero kero bonito ~ time today ~ time 'n' place

kero kero bonito ~ make believe

1) alpaca sports ~ i'll do anything you want ~ from paris with love [Sweden]

alpaca sports ~ baby pop

Last show before Christmas, with more holiday tunes and an extended surf set!

12:00pm
dent may ~ i'll be stoned for christmas
les bicyclettes de belsize ~ christmas shopping
stuck in winter (from juvenile juvenile) ~ i want an alien for christmas [Japan]

the very most ~ little saint nick

goddammit jeremiah ~ office christmas party

the magnetic fields ~ everything is one big christmas tree ~realism

12:20pm
sharon jones & the dap-kings ~ god rest ye merry gents ~ it's a holiday soul party

math and physics club ~ it's a marshmallow world

she overruns (from superfriends) ~ christmas time is here [Japan]
remington super 60 ~ here comes christmas [Norway]

red sleeping beauty ~ merry christmas, marie [Sweden]

the spook school ~ someone to spend christmas with

strawberry whiplash ~ santa needs a holiday

12:40pm
bubblegum lemonade ~ number one for christmas

edine avec lisle mitnik et son orchestre ~ x-mas song

yo la tengo ~ it's christmas time

the soft city ~ snow keeps falling

velocity girl ~ merry christmas, i love you

haruca hinata ~ the christmas song [Japan]

old lacy bed ~ merry christmas baby [Japan]

1:00pm
Hiroshi Morishima ~ Christmas Mood [Japan]

les bicyclettes de belsize ~ an old fashioned christmas song

the fairways ~ winter song

the lousy pop group ~ when santa got stuck up the chimney [Indonesia]

best coast & wavves ~ got something for you

xtc ~ thanks for christmas

1:20 Santa's Surf Set
the wave benders ~ do you hear what i hear

the ventures ~ we wish you a merry christmas ~ the ventures' christmas album

martin cilia ~ christmas in july [Australia]

the mobsmen ~ Så Går Vi Rundt Om En Enebærbusk [Norway]

the ventures ~ blue christmas ~ the ventures' christmas album

the barbary coasters ~ secret santa

burt rocket ~ santa's hot rod [Norway]

fronkensteen ~ nutty

urban surf kings ~ we three kings

the ventures ~ frosty the snowman ~ the ventures' christmas album
jon & the nightriders ~ sleigh ride
1:45pm
boyish ~ love affair (Christmas version) [Japan]

les bicyclettes de belsize ~ good king wenceslas

the bird and the bee ~ carol of the bells

the raveonettes ~ christmas song

2:00pm
toshiako yamada ~ this year's christmas song [Japan]

moscow club ~ the c s (christmas song) [Japan]

joy electric ~ lollipop parade (on christmas morn)

dent may ~ holiday face

slow club ~ christmas (baby please come home)

les bicyclettes de belsize ~ snow blitz

2:20pm
razorcuts ~ snowbound

toshiaki yamada ~ christmas wish [Japan]

pizzicato five ~ snowflakes

softies ~ snow like this

the weddings ~ christmas morning [Japan]

the very most ~ away in a manger

2:40pm
bmx bandits ~ let's make christmas love

the magic theatre ~ silent snow

the new mendicants ~ a very sorry christmas

summer fiction ~ christmas eve for two

camera obscura ~ little donkey

vanilla6 ~ euphoria (christmas version) [Japan]

3:00pm
curumi chronicle ~ white sweet cake (christmas song) [Japan]

More holiday music this week!  No repeated songs over 3 weeks, so enjoy!

12:00pm
les bicyclettes de belsize ~ it only snows at christmas
the school ~ let me be the fairy on your christmas tree tonight

the crookes ~ you're just like christmas

the very most ~ wombling merry christmas

the holiday scene ~ eight dates a week

12:20pm
remington super 60 ~ another christmas song [Norway]

al caiola & riz ortolani ~ sleigh ride/jingle bells

shonen knife ~ space christmas

helen love ~ hark the herald angels sing

bubblegum lemonade ~ no room at the inn

12:40pm
eux autres ~ teenage christmas

the silhouettes ~ under the mistletoe

the icicles ~ snowman

it happens ~ fudge (christmas issue) [Japan]

red sleeping beauty ~ christmas [Sweden]

wallflower ~ looks like snow [Japan]

theoretical girl ~ wonderful christmastime
1:00pm
jens lekman ~ run away with me [Sweden]

fountains of wayne ~ i want an alien for christmas

the jigsaw seen ~ snow angels of pigtown

les bicyclettes de belsize ~ under the mistletoe

helen love & friends ~ the townhall band

tim wheeler & emmy the great ~ Christmas Day (I Wish I Was Surfing)

1:20pm Santa's Surf Set
bitch boys ~ jingle bells

the ventures ~ santa claus is comin' to town

bonesharks ~ little drummer boy

surfaris ~ surfer's christmas list

los straitjackets ~ a marshmallow world
the excelsiors ~ good king wenceslas

urban surf kings ~ i saw three ships (mr. rebel version)

the surfites ~ santa claus goes surfin'

aqualads ~ we wish you a merry xmas

lunatics ~ rocknuts

1:45pm
les bicyclettes de belsize ~ father christmas (i believe)

pizzagirl ~ pizza for christmas

hombre de color ~ santa claus [Argentina]

tacocat ~ snow day 

frode fivel ~ tv christmas [Norway]

2:00pm
my teenage stride ~ is it christmastime already?

metro jets ~ jingle jangle christmas

sharon jones & the dap-kings ~ silver bells

squirrel nut zippers ~ santa claus is smoking reefer

tesco chainstore mascara ~ santa baby

the magic theatre ~ christmas lights

2:20pm
the windmills ~ when it was winter

gang clouds ~ Will You Send Me An Old-Fashioned Christmas Card (This Year)

pale sunday ~ the winter song [Brazil]

belle and sebastian ~ winter wooskie

tiny fireflies ~ snow

the perfect english weather ~ christmas in suburbia

2:40pm
asobi seksu ~ merry christmas (i don't wanna fight)

bubblegum lemonade ~ silent night

les bicyclettes de belsize ~ andy partridge (from xtc)

yo zushi ~ merry christmas

trashcan sinatras ~ santa will find you

give me wallets ~ on this christmas night [Japan]

Many thanks to Mr. Modular for covering the Happyoblivion Show last week!  Also, it's time for holiday indie music.  Enjoy!

12:00pm
the hannah barberas ~ christmas time is here ~ christmas bandwagon
rope store ~ never had christmas
the crookes ~ it's just not christmas without you

remington super 60 ~ a winter song [Norway]

gomes the hitman ~ churchbells ringing [Japan]

Max & Eliza (from Wallflower) ~ Santa Claus Is Coming To Town Like The Way That I Used to do [Japan]

12:20pm
ray anthony ~ christmas trumpets/we wish you a merry christmas ~ ultra-lounge christmas cocktails, part one

go jimmy go ~ sleigh ride ~ holiday hell yeah!

les bicyclettes de belsize ~ bad christmas (cover version) ~ the 12 days of christmas

the very most ~ this year, christmas came november 4th

the school ~ kiss you in the snow

math and physics club ~ cold as minnesota

12:40pm
figure ~ christmas eve of 1992 [Japan]

homecomings ~ winter bargain [Japan]

tramgirl karaoke club ~ an Eighties Christmas Song

the perfect english weather ~ call me (christmas single)

fireflies ~ x-mas song

the perfect english weather ~ call me (christmas single)

les bicyclettes de belsize ~ christmas card 1983

1:00pm
axolotes mexicanos ~ te espero en navidad  [Spain]

nixon ~ anorak christmas [Sweden]

fandaze ~ big socks [Japan]

gomes the hitman ~ deck the halls [Japan]

french pop dream ~ silver bells (remastered)

the school ~ kiss you in the snow

1:20pm Santa's Surf Set
space cossacks ~ christmas island

mel-tones ~ silent night

the hollyberries ~ i wanna go surfin' with santa

the surfites ~ staffan var en stalledrang

aqualads ~ angels we have heard on high

the kanaloas ~ x-mas palm tree

the rory mcbrides ~ (we like) eggnog!

tiki joe's ocean ~ jingle bells

1:40pm
bubblegum lemonade ~ show me a miracle

popguns ~ in red and white

the hit parade ~ i love christmas

les bicyclettes de belsize ~ a very indie christmas

northern portrait ~ leave the trees alone [Denmark]

attic lights ~ why should christmas be so hard?

the prissteens ~ christmas is a time for giving

2:00pm
modular ~ el viaje magico de santa claus [Spain]

tesco chainstore mascara ~ last christmas

the hopefuls ~ holiday

the primitives ~ you trashed my christmas

les bicyclettes de belsize ~ white horses

the boy least likely to ~ christmas isn't christmas

2:20pm
the hit parade and amelia fletcher ~ christmas tears

the marbles ~ christmas song

belle & sebastian ~ santa, bring my baby back to me

the very most ~ wombling merry christmas

camera obscura ~ the blizzard

daydream cycle ~ christmas is here [Philippines]

2:40pm
allo darlin' ~ hymn on the 45

tender trap ~ leaving christmas day

bathing beauty ~ christmas tears

summer cats ~ plastic christmas trees
beanpole ~ let it snow

serenades ~ come home

3:00pm
karibean ~ xmas vibrations [Italy]

sharon jones & the dap-kings ~ 8 days (of hannukah) ~ it's a holiday soul party

The superb Mr. Modular will be subbing for me on the Happyoblivion Show today. Tune in! http://djmodularktuh.blogspot.com/

I'll be back next Saturday with indie holiday tunes!