On the heels of the station's third birthday comes the second anniversary of Hang The DJ. It seems like only yesterday….
Here are some of my favorite tracks from the first year or so of HTDJ. And thanks for the cake.
Playlist
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I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend by The Rubinoos on Back To The Drawing Board (Beserkley) -
You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby by The Smiths on The World Won't Listen (Rough Trade/Sire) -
They Don't Know by Kirsty MacColl (Stiff Records) -
Love Spells by Bleached on Ride Your Heart (Dead Oceans) -
Rehumanize Yourself by The Police on Ghost in the Machine (A&M) -
September Gurls by Big Star on Radio City (Ardent) -
Alex Chilton by The Replacements on Pleased To Meet Me (Sire) -
Sex Beat by The Gun Club on Fire of Love (Ruby) -
Hideous Towns by The Sundays on Reading, Writing & Arithmetic (DGC/Rough Trade) -
Get Up Off Our Knees by The Housemartins on London 0 Hull 4 (Go! Discs) -
Goodbye Girl by Squeeze on Singles 45's and Under (A & M) -
Dance This Mess Around by The B-52's on The B-52's (Warner Bros.) -
Wave of Mutilation by Grant-Lee Phillips on Nineteeneighties (Cooking Vinyl) -
Grand Hotel by The Explorers Club on Grand Hotel (Rock Ridge Music) -
Tar by Visage on The Face: The Very Best Of (Polydor) -
Love Tempo by Quando Quango (Factory) -
Eye Know by De La Soul on 3 Feet High And Rising (Tommy Boy) -
Teen Love by Peter Bjorn And John on Falling Out (Hidden Agenda) -
The Great Big No by The Lemonheads on Come on Feel the Lemonheads (Atlantic) -
How Long Have You Known by DIIV on Oshin (Captured Tracks) -
Sing Your Life by Morrissey on Kill Uncle (Sire) -
Smalltown Boy by José González on Down The Line (Mute) -
I Just Wasn't Made For These Times by The Beach Boys on Pet Sounds (Capitol) -
Down In The Subway by Soft Cell on The Very Best Of (Mercury) -
Say Something by Clubfeet on Gold On Gold (Illusive Sounds) -
Osaka Loop Line by Discovery on LP (XL Recordings) -
Teen Planet by Patrick Cowley on Megatron Man (Metronome) -
Situation (12" Mix) by Yaz on Upstairs at Eric's (Mute) -
Age of Consent by New Order on Power, Corruption & Lies (Factory)