The TopDollar Hour - Episode 53

The Lumes - Satan (1:52)

The Maharajas - You Can't Beat Youth (3:14)
Shizuko Kasagi - Shopping Boogie (1950) (3:30)
Los Cripis - I'm Going To Buy Food (2:25)
Swingin' Utters - Don't Ask Why (2:11)
The Quarter After - Early Morning Rider (4:48)

Making Movies - La Marcha (2:37)
Hurt Russell - Loverboy Blues (2:38)
Poder Fantasma - Por qué no Tiramos una Bomba en La Moneda? (2:59)
Mount Righteous - Eat Your Wife and Kiss The BBQ (4:43)
Cotton Mather - My Before and After (2:53)

Glaxo Babies - Christine Keeler (3:39)
Apneu - Bed Forever (1:48)
Robbing Banks - Timebomb (1:58)
Peachtea - Pt. 1 (1:57)
A View Of The Earth From The Moon - What Is It This Time? (4:38)

Tourettes Lautrec - Dingo (3:05)
The Sweet Release of Death - Post-Everything (2:55)
Kittens - Great Dane (3:29)
Bukkake Moms - System Of A Clown (3:19)
Brainpool - Medicine (Demo) (1992) (3:12)

Tony Valley - What Is Your Name? (3:28)
The Reatards - Fashion Victim (Get Real Stupid 7" ) (1:56)
The Backlund - Bad People With Good Tattoos (2:19)
The Thyme Machine - The Amateur Taxidermist's Bird (1:47)

Freaks of Nature - Tell Me Lies (3:23)
Eerie Wanda - I Am Over Here (2:40)
The Homesick - Near the Water (2:47)
Paracaidistas - Mc Donalds (4:06)

They Might Be Giants - I Left My Body (2:36)
Ruby Boots - Don't Talk About It (4:23)
Lewsberg - Non-fiction Writer (3:28)
The Dirty Truckers - Like Him (3:00)

Lusterlit - Lost In Space (4:12)
 

The TopDollar Hour - Episode 52

The Let's Go's - Come On (1:58)

The Coolies - Scarborough Fair (2:42)
The Phantoms - She Does It Right (2:49)
Guided By Voices - My Valuable Hunting Knife (Shernoff Version) (2:15)
The New Pornographers - Another Drug Deal of the Heart (1:29)
They Might Be Giants - I Left My Body (2:36)

Suzy & Los Quattro - Here We Go Again (2:47)
Bill Starr - The Schmoe (2:15)
Pollens - J-train (3:28)
The Breeders - Wait In The Car (2:00)

Eight - 839 (2:13)
The Fall - Victrola Time (4:03)
Will B. Better - Fever (2:00)
Sons of Raphael - Rio (1:44)

High Rise - Psychedelic Speed Freakse (4:09)
Justine and the Unclean - Passive Aggressive Baby (2:18)
Darius Greene - Pollywog (3:57)
Christopher Gunning (Hands of the Ripper) - Anna's Theme (3:14)
Beano - Little Cinderella (2:57)

Roy Johnson's Happy Pals - Savoy Shuffle (1929) (2:55)
Zephaniah OHora with the 18 Wheelers - For A Moment Or Two (3:49)
The Monorails - Juanita (2:04)
Gingerlys - Turtledoves (2:45)
Nick Heyward - Forest of Love (3:14)

Voice of the Beehive - Don't Call Me Baby (version 1) (3:00)
Maow - Ms. Lefevre (1:44)
Spud Cannon - Ow Ow Ow (3:13)
Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys - Footprints In the Snow (2:37)

Marion Brown - Delicado (6:38)
The Pranks - I Don't Want To Lose This Feeling (2:32)
Crni biseri - Nisam vise taj (Black Pearls - I'm Not That Anymore) (2:23)
Uni - What's The Problem (4:10)

Latvian Radio - Shake The Tree (2:04)
The Incredible Staggers - Wild Teens (2:50)
First Base - Not That Bad (2:56)
Tom Baker and the Snakes - Needle in the Red (2:37)

Peachtea - Good to Be (4:13)

The TopDollar Ten! - October 2017

Yes, we are facing the end of November. Yes, I am horribly late with this top ten. I have a good reason. These songs are still ringing in my head. Earworms of love. Enjoy!  (not necessarily in order)  Playlist, comments and band links down below!!

Jellyfish - Hush
"Harmony"

Superchunk - Break the Glass
"Statement"

Deer Tick - Jumpstarting
"It hasn't gone away."

The Brixton Riot - Slow Evolution
"I can't resist." 

Bastidas! - Vida
"Been waiting. Thank you."

The Yawpers - A Decision is Made
"This is literature." 

Jade Helm - Human Condition & Tell Me Something 7”
"Don't make me choose."

Jad Fair - The Zombies Of Mora-Tau 2
“It walks at night.”

Venta de Garage - Heroína del viernes
"Borders are irrelevant."

The Successful Failures - Ichor of Nettle
"Every song is obsess worthy."

The TopDollar Hour - Episode 51

Jade Helm - Tell Me Something (3:02)

The Limiñanas - Je M'en Vais (3:14)
The Prisoner - Moetsukirumade (3:21)
The Hand To Man Band - Buoy Buoy (0:20)
Zephaniah OHora with the 18 Wheelers - I Can't Let Go (Even Though I Set You Free) (3:32)

Raymond Scott - Naked City (2:43)
Gigantor - Mr Blue Sky (3:02)
Michael Penn - Like Egypt Was (3:50)
Petal Head - Spooky Something (4:54)
Rev. Sekou - The Devil Finds Work (5:12)

Squire - Standing In The Rain (4:40)
Langhorne Slim - Bluebird (1:54)
Hi My Name Is Ryan - No More Bands (Live) (1:10)
Bill Case - I´m Your Hero (3:11)
The Magnetic Fields - Smoke and Mirrors (3:09)

Bananarama - No Feelings (2:33)
Sex Pistols - No Feelings (2:51)
The Nerves - Are You Famous (1:54)

Trotsky Icepick - Bury Manilow (3:24)
Husk O Hare's Footwarmers - Milenberg Joys (2:54)
The Hand To Man Band - They Pretty Right. (2:42)
Cup - Let Me Go (1:31)
Mr Lif & Brass Menazeri - What About Us?! (feat. DJ Mr. Sonny James) (4:01)

Dale Watson & Lone Stars - I Lie When I Drink (3:09)
Mentally Ill - Bathroom Gaze (1:17)
The Cigarettes - Gap (3:32)
The Slow Poisoner - March To The Gallows (2:12)
Slumb Party - Final Day (1:51)

Elstow - Evil Dreams (4:02)
The Sighs - It's Real (3:56)
Arvidson & Butterflies - Turmoil In My Head (2:43)
Nick Heyward - Perfect Sunday Sun (3:17)
METZ - Drained Lake (3:04)

Human Behavior - Cat In Baton Rouge (featuring Lilla Parada) (6:08)

The TopDollar Hour - Episode 50

Sincere Engineer - Corn Dog Sonnet No 7 (2:12)

bokunofune - cider (3:27)
Destroyer - Stay Lost (acoustic) (1:57)
Bastidas! - Vida (2:48)
Elvis Costello - I Hope You're Happy Now (1984) (2:51)
Jade Helm - Human Condition (2:37)

The Oranges Band - One More Dog (1:34)
Lynn Rockwell - Spiders (1:45)
Bee Bee Sea - D.I. Why Why Why (3:41)
The Zombies - This Will Be Our Year (2:10)
Gaseneta - Syakai Fukki (2:13)

Gigantor - Daydream Believer (Japanese Version) (3:23)
SadGirl - New Fences (1:53)
Rube Bloom & His Bayou Boys - Mysterious Mose (3:22)

Screaming Females - Glass House (3:44)
Mooey Moobau - My Heart Is A Clock (1:02)
Rich Kids - Cheap Emotions (4:04)

Casper Skulls - What's That Good For (3:33)
Art Ensemble of Chicago - The Waltz (1:16)
oh boland - First Dog's Death (2:17)
Mentally Ill - Ballad of the Mentally Ill (2:26)
Calexico - End of the World With You (3:08)

Earl Grant - House of Bamboo (2:37)
Thee Wylde Oscars - Rio Grande (2:57)
On The Wane - Human Race (4:23)
Goat Girl - Cracker Drool (2:41)
Red Kross - One Chord Progression (2:50)

Wild Evel and the Trashbones - Digging My Grave (2:18)
Trudy and the Romance - Twist It, Shake It. Rock and Roll (2:22)
Billy Murray - The Ghost That Never Walked (1904)  (3:25)
The Delinquents - Do You Have A Job For A Girl Like Me (1979) (2:08)
James Kochalka Superstar - I Read The Hobbit (Demo) (1:28)

Mia Loucks - Cody (1:42)
Zoogz Rift - My Daddy Works For The Secret Marines (2:57)
Michael Gira - Low Life Form (3:36)
Curtis Harding - Need My Baby (3:18)
Pugwash - What Are You Like (3:00)

ShitKid - Favorite Thing (3:50)

The TopDollar Hour - Episode 49

Superchunk - Break the Glass (3:15)

The Come Ons - Come On Blues (0:42)
The Come Ons - Sunday Drive (2:38)
Dwight Yoakam - I Want You To Want Me (3:28)
The Apples In Stereo - Told You Once (3:58)
Agentes Secretos -Todo Para Ti (1987) (3:41)
The Minders - Yeah Yeah Yeah (2:08)

Golden Torso - Cuckholding Hands (1:52)
Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang - Wild Cat (1927) (2:54)
Samson - Telephone (3:01)
The Thunderbeats - I Sing (1:59)
Zoogz Rift - Art Band (5:21)

Bob Mallin - Nobody's Darlin' But Mine (2:49)
The Pogues - Haunted (3:29)
Miss World - Lip Job (1:38)
The Telescopes - Silent Water (4:26)
The Romancers - She Took My Oldsmobile (1966) (2:49)

The Lovely Eggs - I Shouldn't Have Said That (2:12)
The Freshies - I Can't Get Bouncing Babies By The Teardrop Explodes (1981) (4:00)
Soft Shoulder - Mary Ann (2:38)
Chuck Rhubarb - Animal Rock 'N Roll (2:49)
Hodera - North Dakota (3:35)

Spiral Jetty - Exactly How She Feels (2:45)
SadGirl - Motorbreath (2:09)
Zorro - Arrods Don´t Sell ´Em (2:51)
The RPMs - Another Sunday (3:07)

Spice Boys - Spice City Boys (3:28)
Haley Heynderickx - Oom Sha La La (2:54)
Slaughter Beach, Dog - Friend Song (2:16)
Telethon - Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve (w Laura Stevenson) (3:18)

Pussycat and the Dirty Johnsons - Ain't No Pussy (2:36)
Miss World - Buy Me Dinner (2:46)
The Oranges Band - I Wouldn't Worry About It (2:44)
The Successful Failures - Ichor of Nettle (3:52)

The Nines (Steve Eggers)- I'm Lucky (1:49)

The TopDollar Hour - Episode 48

The Cribs - Mirror Kissers (3:37)

Mean Motor Scooter - Shape Shifter (3:21)
The Fadeaways - I Hate You (2:37)
Sparklehorse - Little Bastard Choo Choo (0:39)
Brad Byrd - Highest Mountain (3:25)
The Yawpers - A Decision is Made (2:12)

Purple Wizard - BBQ (2:07)
Les Thugs - Moon Over Marin (5:28)
Venta de Garage - Heroína del viernes (2:26)
BOYO - Insomnia (2:40)
Eerie Glue - You & Me (3:29)

The Brixton Riot - Slow Evolution (2:58)
eX-Girl - Aji Fry (Fried Horse Mackerel) (4:11)
The Routes - Ego A Go Go (3:03)
E1SBAR - Long Bow (3:51)
Daddy's Hands - Dress You Down (2:52)

Ariel Pink - Dreamdate Narcissist (2:28)
Pylon Reenactment Society - K (4:37)
Sparklehorse - Ballad of a Cold Lost Marble (0:46)
Partner - Ambassador to Ecstasy (3:29)
Oddnesse - Somewhere Somehow (2:44)

Hipshakes - YOU MAKE ME MALFUNCTION (1:19)
John Leyton - Johnny Remember Me (2:41)
John Foxx - He's a Liquid (2:58)
Claude Bolling - strange magic (2:35)
The Pirates - Cuttin' Out (1966 ) (2:01)

The Pink Tiles - Time For Love (2:47)
Jad Fair - The Zombies Of Mora-Tau 2 (4:56)
The Successful Failures - Misguiding Light (4:25)

Hurricane Fight Plane - I Can't Win (3:36)
Sunday Sun - Highly Respected Rebel (3:16)
Sparklehorse - Box of Stars, Pt. 2 (0:51)
Sparklehorse - It's Not So Hard (2:52)
Jellyfish - All is Forgiven (4:09)

Jellyfish - Hush (1:47)

The TopDollar Hour - Episode 47

Coco Hames - I Don't Wanna Go (2:49)

Deer Tick - Jumpstarting (3:26)
Ludus - I Can't Swim I Have Nightmares (5:16)
Buck Owens and His Buckaroos - Under Your Spell Again (2:41)
Alabama Red Peppers - The Drag (1928) (3:15)
Suspect Parts - Run For Your Life (2:49)

Z-Rock Hawaii - Tuchus (3:09)
Rubén González - Siboney (2:32)
Veronica Falls - Broken Toy (2:25)
Clyde McCoy and his Orchestra - The Nightmare (1931) (3:13)
Ohmme - Fingerprints (4:23)

Crackers - Judy, Judy, Judy (3:12)
The Melvins - Buck Owens (3:09)
Mean Motor Scooter - Intro (0:52)
Mean Motor Scooter - We're Not Alone (2:33)
Annette Hanshaw - Am I Blue (3:19)
Bawlers - Conocerte (2:12)

Yumi Zouma - The Brae (4:16)
The Dahlmanns - Dancing with Joey Ramone (2:42)
Henry Threadgill - Little Pocket Size Demons (10:50)

UFO or Die - Space Wrist (1:41)
Robert Lloyd - The Part of the Anchor (4:03)
Ruins - Redhark (1:05)

Front Lines - Dying In Fiction (3:13)
Don Voorhees, Charles Kaley - Dancing the Devil Away 1927 (2:53)
Gestures - Kicks (2:50)

Weaves - Walk Away (3:36)
Allah-Las - Could Be You (3:13)
The Successful Failures - When Did Everybody Grow Up (2:59)
Jason Falkner - Tell Me You Love Me (2:21)
The Black Angels - I'd Kill for Her (3:37)

Strange Ranger - Glow (4:50)

The Top Dollar Ten - September 2017

Even though it’s a bit late for a September top ten, gosh darn it, this playlist is swell as heck! Every song is filled with goosebumps, daydreams and a good cry or two. Beware of emotional catharsis! (just enjoy ‘em) Oh, they’re not in any order.

Underlined Passages – Ruthenia
I’d like to meet Ruthenia.

Tobin Sprout - Atom Eyes (sprite version)
Eternally in high rotation

Lusterlit - Nothing
Comfort in nothing.

Karla Kane - Don't Hush, Darling
A lullaby. The lullaby.

MIS+RESS - OBAFGKM
Driving home alone

SAL MINEO - Sharp Dressed Man
No nonsense biography.

Elvis Costello - Girls Talk (alt. Version)
I don't ask questions.

Grant Hart - The Main (acoustic)
This is how I define Mr. Hart.

Michael Cera  w/ Sharon Van Etten - Best I Can
Playful, sweet and pure.

Courtney Farren - Change Your Mind
I tear up remembering second chances that'll never happen.

The TopDollar Hour - Episode 46

The Soft Boys - (I Want To Be An) Anglepoise Lamp (3:00)

Purple Wizard - Chiquitita (ALTERNATE VERSION) (2:10)
Professor Longhair - Walk Your Blues Away (2:56)
Soft Shoulder - Tabouli Outlet (4:17)
Michael Cera - Best I Can (w/ Sharon Van Etten) (3:16)

The Hollywood Persuaders - Drums A GO GO (2:19)
Alan Vega, Alex Chilton, Ben Vaughn - Fly Away (5:32)
Tobin Sprout - Atom Eyes (Sprite Version) (2:16)
Drink Up Buttercup - Young Ladies (2:42)
Veronica Falls - Timeless Melody (2:28)

Pissed Jeans - I Broke My Own Heart (4:37)
The Cactus Blossoms - Mississippi (4:00)
Alternative TV - My Hand Is Still Wet (3:24)
Sleep Loan Sharks - A Gift (2:38)
MIS+RESS - OBAFGKM (1:52)

Buzzov*en - Whiskey Fit (2:39)
Tester Housing - Into You (1983) (4:01)
Tony Osborne - Turkish Coffee (2:08)
Indian Agent - Refined (2:02)
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 - Heavy Head (4:59)

The Sadies - Another Season Again (2:24)
The Buzzards - High Class (2:58)
Boredoms - Sun, Gun, Run (2:47)

The Nits - Yes or No (3:03)
Vince Giordano and The Nighthawks - The Ramble (3:16)
Karla Kane - Don't Hush, Darling (2:54)

Toothless - Palm's Backside (w/ Marika Hackman) (4:02)
Kate Bush - Waking The Witch (4:17)
Boringham - Sleep, Piig (1:03)
Pink Guy - Help (2:45)
Mo Kenney - Unglued (2:58)

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Echo (6:36)