WHAT'S GOING ON (In Mid-October)

We're midway through October and ALL Request FALL on KJRW.  The most-requested songs currently are:

1. Season of the Witch - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
2. All Apologies - Nirvana
3. Indecent - The Spunk Lads
4. Wanted To Be Your - Spoon
5. Empty Head - Screaming Females
6. Dangerous - Big Data
7. Paul Revere - Beastie Boys
8. Incinerate - Sonic Youth
9. I Was Wrong - Social Distortion
10. Quitter - The Rhones

Listen for the Great Punkin Tunes the rest of the October.  Get the KJRW Halloween T-shirt. 
And join us in costume THIS MONDAY at the Shadowland Pub Quiz.  Scott M.X. is Quizmaster Extraordinaire at Shadowland  every Monday night.   Shadowland is located at the corner of  California and Oregon in West Seattle.  Come Out and Play one of the rare INDEPENDENT trivia nights with NO ENTRY FEE.  Don't settle for a nationwide chain-quiz!  The Shadowland Pub Quiz is written fresh every week here in West Seattle.  KJRW presents the music question round the last Monday of each month.

TOP TRACKS (APRIL)

The Top Tracks for April were:

1. Woman - Wolfmother
2. Shut Your Face - Bratmobile
3. Human Fly - The Cramps
4. Dangerous - Big Data
5. Precious - The Pretenders
6. Queer - Garbage
7. Bad Reputation - Joan Jett
8. Cannonball - The Breeders
9. Oh Come On - The Julie Ruin
10. Wendy - The Descendents
11. Teen Age Riot - Sonic Youth
12. Why Can't I - Big Eyes
13. Search and Destroy - Iggy & the Stooges
14. Sweet Jane - The Velvet Underground
15. Fall Behind Me - The Donnas

Click the thumbs up icon when your favorite song is playing on KJRW to see it make the list.

THE TOP 114 OF 2014

Merry Christmas!  Here it is:  the big list of your favorite songs you heard on KJRW this year.  The band with the most songs was Nirvana.  The White Stripes had the number one song, but it was the only song they had in the countdown. Just under 20% of the list were tunes from our College Rock and New Wave Summer features. A dozen songs were covers.  Get Under the Covers again with us in January!

1. The Hardest Button To Button - White Stripes
2. The Busdrivers - Josh's Shirt
3. Perfect Storm - Strypes
4. So Alive - Love and Rockets
5. Feel the Pain - Dinosaur Jr.
6. Lexicon Devil - Germs
7. Wendy - Descendents
8. Incinerate - Sonic Youth
9. Get With Me - PINS
10. Oh My God - Kaiser Chiefs
11. Kundalini Express - Love and Rockets
12. I Fought the Law - Clash
13. No Fun - Sex Pistols
14. One Way Or Another - Blondie
15. T.M.I. - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
16. Strange Love - Cramps
17. Kiss Them For Me - Siouxsie and the Banshees
18. Rise Above - Black Flag
19. Till I Get My Way - Black Keys
20. People Who Died - Jim Carroll Band
21. Goodnight Tonight - Dollyrots
22. Pirate Song - Go Betty Go
23. Between the Eyes - Love Battery
24. The Guns of Brixton - Clash
25. We Want the Airwaves - Ramones
26. Bad Mouth - Fugazi
27. The Passenger - Iggy Pop
28. One of My Lies - Green Day
29. School Days - Runaways
30. Dancing With Myself - Generation X
31. Sappy - Nirvana
32. Here's To Your Fuck - Gits
33. These Boots Are Made For Walkin' - 7 Seconds
34. Drama - L7
35. State of Love and Trust - Pearl Jam
36. Phenomena - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
37. Grind - Alice In Chains
38. Pablo Picasso - Modern Lovers
39. Dresden Dolls - Fall
40. Destination Anywhere - Sugarcult
41. Electric Band - Wild Flag
42. No Time Left - Crawls
43. You Sound Like You're Sick - Ramones
44. Season of the Witch - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
45. Wild Thing - X
46. Infected - Bad Religion
47. What Love Is - Dead Boys
48. Good Guys (Don't Wear White) - Minor Threat
49. Ring of Fire - Social Distortion
50. I Wanna Be Sedated - Offspring
51. Wave of Mutilation - Pixies
52. Damaged Goods - Gang of Four
53. The Wait - Pretenders
54. Love Buzz - Nirvana
55. I Want It All - Battered Wives
56. Pull A U - Kills
57. Bela Lugosi's Dead - Bauhaus
58. Stray - Heatmiser
59. Rock and Roll Queen - Subways
60. Who Was In My Room Last Night? - Butthole Surfers
61. The Hand That Feeds - Nine Inch Nails
62. The Wait - Killing Joke
63. Destroy - Eyeliners
64. Goo Goo Muck - Cramps
65. Everybody's Out - Dum Dum Girls
66. Somebody Else's Baby - Murder City Devils
67. Take Me To Your, Leader - Pudz
68. The Impression That I Get - Mighty Mighty Bosstones
69. I Don't Like Mondays - Boomtown Rats
70. Over Seasons - Authority Zero
71. Kiss Kiss - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
72. Dog Style - Viletones
73. Money - Flying Lizards
74. Prison Bound - Social Distortion
75. Hellhole - Detroit Diesel Power
76. (I'm Gonna) Run Away - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
77. All This and More - Dead Boys
78. Sliver - Nirvana
79. Good Thing - Fine Young Cannibals
80. Suicide - Battered Wives
81. The KKK Took My Baby Away - Ramones
82. New College - Dollyrots
83. Waiting Room - Fugazi
84. Soup Is Good Food - Dead Kennedys
85. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - Devo
86. Should I Stay Or Should I Go? - Clash
87. Higher Ground - Red Hot Chili Peppers
88. Abra Cadaver - Hives
89. Wrong Way - Sublime
90. Friction - Television
91. New Radio - Bikini Kill
92. Radio Free Europe
93. Supermassive Black Hole - Muse
94. Gouge Away - Pixies
95. Andres - L7
96. Bang On - Breeders
97. Lies - Greenhornes
98. Ever Fallen In Love? - Buzzcocks
99. Misunderstood - 7 Year Bitch
100. Girlsized - Glitter Mini 9
101. In Bloom - Nirvana
102. Bored of You - Agent Orange
103. Cocaine - FIDLAR
104. Radio Revolution - Vacancies
105. How Soon Is Now? - Smiths
106. Story of My Life - Social Distortion
107. Seriously - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
108. Whip It - Devo
109. First World Anarchist - Dollyrots
110. Ball of Confusion - Love and Rockets
111. Sundance - Public Works
112. Not My Idea - Garbage
113. So What - Anti-Nowhere League
114. You Know You're Right - Nirvana 

TOP TEN

Here are the Top Ten tracks on KJRW for the beginning of June:

1. TMI - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
2. I Just Wanna Have Something To Do - Ramones
3. Love Buzz - Nirvana
4. Jennifer Lost the War - Offspring
5. Gimme Gimme Gimme - Black Flag
6. Bored of You - Agent Orange
7. Infected - Bad Religion
8. Cocaine - FIDLAR
9. 100% - Sonic Youth
10. Lies - Greenhornes

Thanks to your emails and New Wave Summer being just around the corner, the Spinster will return to the DJ seat next week, along with songs from Devo, Adam and the Ants and more!

TOP TEN

Big shake up in the Top Ten tracks this week on KJRW.  A Sex Pistols cover of a Stooges song shoots up to number one.

1. No Fun - Sex Pistols
2. Incinerate - Sonic Youth
3. Primitive - Killing Joke
4. Wendy - Descendents
5. F.T.W. - Vines
6. Drama - L7
7. Lexicon Devil - Germs
8. Strange Love - Cramps
9. What Love Is - Dead Boys
10. Rock & Roll Queen - Subways

This time next week, KJRW will not have a DJ, so we don't know if we'll even have a Top Ten...

TOP TEN

Fugazi moves into the top spot this week on KJRW:

1. Bad Mouth - Fugazi
2. Get With Me - PINS
3. Destination Anywhere - Sugarcult
4. Drama - L7
5. Are You Bad - Glitter Mini 9
6. The Busdrivers - Josh's Shirt
7. Hellhole - Detroit Diesel Power
8. Feel the Pain - Dinosaur Jr.
9. Incinerate - Sonic Youth
10. You Know You're Right - Nirvana

Listen to KJRW to hear new music from the Orwells, as well as old favorites from Devo, Blondie and more...

TOP TEN

There's a new number one in the Top Ten on KJRW this week:

1.  The Hand That Feeds - Nine Inch Nails
2.  Rise Above - Black Flag
3.  Money - Flying Lizards
4.  Incinerate - Sonic Youth
5.  Grind - Alice In Chains
6.  Electric Band - Wild Flag
7.  Strange Love - Cramps
8.  I Want It All - Battered Wives
9.  Kiss Them For Me - Siouxsie and the Banshees
10.  New Radio - Bikini Kill

Looking ahead to mid-March and trying to dig up some Celtic Punk...

TOP TEN

Only a few songs from last week's list made it into the Top Ten this week on KJRW:

1. Rise Above - Black Flag
2. Electric Band - Wild Flag
3. Strange Love - Cramps
4. I Want It All - Battered Wives
5. Incinerate - Sonic Youth
6. Kiss Them for Me - Siouxsie and the Banshees
7. No Time Left - Crawls
8. (I'm Gonna) Run Away - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
9. Wendy - Descendents
10. Good Guys (Don't Wear White) - Minor Threat

Listen for songs that have not been on KJRW before from Nirvana, Savages, PINS and more next week...

TOP TEN

There's a shake up at the top this week on KJRW:

1. Incinerate - Sonic Youth
2. New Radio - Bikini Kill
3. So Alive - Love and Rockets
4. No Time Left - Crawls
5. The Hardest Button To Button - White Stripes
6. I Fought the Law - Clash
7. Verse Chorus Verse - Nirvana
8. Wendy - Descendents
9. We Want the Airwaves - Ramones
10. No Fun - Sex Pistols

Listen next week to hear songs that haven't been on KJRW before from the Offspring, Audioslave, Nine Inch Nails and more...

TOP TEN

Most of the list stays the same at the end of September.  Here are the top ten tracks on KJRW:

1. The Happy Song - Poets of the Fall
2. Pattern Skies - Greenhornes
3. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - Devo
4. Sugar Kane - Sonic Youth
5. Jesus Built My Hotrod - Ministry
6. Soup Is Good Food - Dead Kennedys
7. Mr. Chivalry - Girl in a Coma
8. One More Thing -L7
9. Pretty Fly for a White Guy - Offspring
10. Wild Thing - X

Listen for lots of songs that haven't been on KJRW before...

TOP TEN

The songs shuffle around as Summer turns to Fall.  Here is this week's list of Top Ten tracks on KJRW:

1. The Happy Song - Poets of the Fall
2. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - Devo
3. Jesus Built My Hotrod - Ministry
4. Soup Is Good Food - Dead Kennedys
5. Sugar Kane - Sonic Youth
6. One More Thing - L7
7. Mind Your Manners - Pearl Jam
8. Dancing With Myself - Generation X
9. Wild Thing - X
10. So Alive - Love and Rockets

Listen for songs getting their first spins on KJRW from:  Flipper, The Descendents, Green Apple Quick Step and more!

TOP TEN

The New Pearl Jam song makes it onto the list this week.  Here are the Top Ten favorite songs on KJRW:

1. The Happy Song - Poets of the Fall
2. Sugar Kane - Sonic Youth
3. Soup Is Good Food - Dead Kennedys
4. Mind Your Manners - Pearl Jam
5. Dancing With Myself - Generation X
6. Wild Thing - X
7. So Alive - Love and Rockets
8. Kid - Pretenders
9. Waiting Room - Fugazi
10. I Fought the Law - Clash

Listen to KJRW next week for new tunes from Little Hearts, Chelsea Light Moving (led by Thurston Moore from Sonic Youth) and Cali Giraffes (featuring Kim Warnick of the Fastbacks).

TOP TEN

Poets of the Fall continues its reign at the top.  Here is the list of the most liked songs on KJRW this week:

1. Psychosis - Poets of the Fall
2. Touch Me I'm Sick - Mudhoney
3. B Is for Brutus - Hives
4. I Don't Care About You - FEAR
5. Self Esteem - Offspring
6. Steady, As She Goes - Raconteurs
7. Spiderman - Ramones
8. Kool Thing - Sonic Youth
9. Holiday In Cambodia - Dead Kennedys
10. Balls Out - Yuckies

Tunes from the Clash, Kills, Nirvana and more just added to the mix.  Remember to give songs the "thumbs up" if you want them to make it into the Top Ten next week.

TOP TEN

Iggy Pop's time at the top has ended.  "The Passenger" not only got knocked out of the number one slot, but completely out of the KJRW Top Ten.  In fact, only one song stayed on the list from last week, and it is the new number one:

1. Freak Scene - Dinosaur Jr.
2. Destination Unknown - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
3. Sugar Kane - Sonic Youth
4. Kundalini Express - Love and Rockets
5. Ball and Chain - Social Distortion
6. Mr. Chivalry - Girl in a Coma
7. Hollywood (Africa) - Red Hot Chili Peppers
8. Dead Souls - Joy Division
9. Jane Says - Jane's Addiction
10. Dancing With Myself - Generation X

To see your favorite songs in the Top Ten list, click the "thumbs up" icon while they are playing on KJRW.

KJRW TOP TEN

Two freshly added New Wave Summer songs make it into the KJRW Top Ten this week.  The two songs kicked out were the subject of last week's trivia question.  The cool thing about Bikini Kill and Beastie Boys being next to each other in the previous list is that Kathleen Hanna of Bikini Kill and Ad Rock of Beastie Boys have been together since 1997.

1. Too Shy - Kajagoogoo
2. B Is For Brutus - Hives
3. Waiting Room - Fugazi
4. The Passenger - Iggy Pop
5. Bizarre Love Triangle - New Order
6. Shout - Tears for Fears
7. Destination Unknown - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
8. Sugar Kane - Sonic Youth
9. Our Lips Are Sealed - Go-Go's
10. Lips Like Sugar - Echo and the Bunnymen

Trivia Question:  What country are the Hives from?

Listen to KJRW for new songs from Green Day and Jane's Addiction!

KJRW TOP TEN

The number one song of 2011 makes its way back up to number two in this week's top ten on KJRW, after disappearing for awhile.  There are a pair of "Lips" at the bottom.  Here is the list:

1. B Is for Brutus - Hives
2. Waiting Room - Fugazi
3. The Passenger - Iggy Pop
4. Fight for Your Right - Beastie Boys
5. New Radio - Bikini Kill
6. Shout - Tears for Fears
7. Destination Unknown - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
8. Sugar Kane - Sonic Youth
9. Our Lips Are Sealed - Go-Go's
10. Lips Like Sugar - Echo and the Bunnymen

Trivia Question:  What is cool about Bikini Kill and the Beastie Boys being next to each other on the list?

New Green Day soon on KJRW...

KJRW TOP TEN LIST

The cops are still the tops.  Here are the top ten songs on KJRW this week:

1. Can't Stand Losing You - Police
2. Fight For Your Right - Beastie Boys
3. The Passenger - Iggy Pop
4. Beds Are Burning - Midnight Oil
5. Love My Way - Psychedelic Furs
6. New Radio - Bikini Kill
7. Flagpole Sitta - Harvey Danger
8. Bleed Together - Soundgarden
9. Destination Unknown - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
10. Sugar Kane - Sonic Youth

New Wave Summer songs by New Order, Pet Shop Boys, Missing Persons and more just added!

KJRW TOP TEN LIST

The band that named themselves after the Platters' song "The Great Pretender" tops the list this week with their first original single.  Here are the top rated songs on KJRW:

1. Kid - Pretenders
2. Incinerate - Sonic Youth
3. He Gets Me High - Dum Dum Girls
4. The Promise - Eyeliners
5. Girl U Want - Devo
6. Freak Scene - Dinosaur Jr.
7. The KKK Took My Baby Away - Ramones
8. I Will Follow - U2
9. Love Song - Cure
10. Verse Chorus Verse - Nirvana

Remember to vote for your favorite songs by clicking the thumbs up while they are playing on KJRW.