It may be past that time of year, but arriving fashionably late is somewhat Jay & Deon’s M.O. Unfortunately, soooooo many terrible things happened in 2021, many of which we’d like to forget. However, there was no shortage of beautiful vinyl releases unleashed into the word, and those records deserve to be remembered. As is tradition, Jay & Deon “turn it up to 11” to offer up a total of 22 (22 for ’22!) fantastic cuts representing their favorite LPs from the past year. The all-vinyl year-in-review mixtape is brought to you by the unsuspecting yet wonderful folks at Blue Chair Bay and will be available as a supplementary standalone episode. Tune in and rock out. Happy flippin’ new year.
SONIC CONTRIBUTORS TO EPISODE 19 OF LIGHTNIN’ LICKS RADIO INCLUDE: LEE MOSES / BROTHERS JOHNSON / HOLLAND DOZIER HOLLAND / JAMES TODD SMITH / MILES DAVIS / CHARLIE PARKER / LALO SCHIFRIN / QUINCY JONES / THE GOOD LIFE / TOMMY CHONG / YE / MAYNARD FERGUSON / ROSE CITY BAND / CROWDED HOUSE / SPLIT ENDZ / MODEST MOUSE / KIDZ BOP KIDS / MAC MCCAUGHAN / HADLEY ROBINSON / AMY POEHLER / SUPERCHUNK / THE BEATLES / STEVEN WILSON / BRIAN ENO / THE GO! TEAM / IDLES / BAT FANGS / SNAIL MAIL / WEAKEND FRIENDS / MARCEY YATES, XOBOI & CULTXR HOUSE / FAYE WEBSTER / SHANNON & THE CLAMS / THE BRONX / EL MARIACHI BRONX / SAULT / LIL SIMZ / THE DIRTY NIL / ADRIAN YOUNGE / LA LUZ / SHAME / THE AVALANCHES / MC BREED / SLEAFORD MODS / JAPANESE BREAKFAST / EMMA RUTH RUNDLE / EMMY LOU HARRIS / SQUID / SIERRA FERRELL / VINCE STAPLES / THE ZOMBIES.
Jay’s top 11 albums of 2021: (11) Crowded House – Dreamers Are Waiting (10) Mac McCaughan – The Sound Of Yourself (9) The Go! Team – Get Up Sequences Part One (8) Bat Fangs – Queen Of My World (7) Weakend Friends – Quitter (6) Faye Webster – I Know I’m Funny Ha Ha (5) The Bronx – VI (4) The Dirty NIL – Fuck Art (3) Shame – Drunk Tank Pink (2) Sleaford Mods – Spare Ribs (1) Emma Ruth Rundle – Engine Of Hell
Deon’s top 11 albums of 2021: (11) Rose City Band – Earth Trip (10) Modest Mouse – The Golden Casket (9) Steven Wilson – The Future Bites (8) IDLES – Crawler (7) Snail Mail – Valentine (6) Marcey Yates & XOBOI – Cultxr House Presents: Freedom Summer (5) Shannon & The Clams – The Year Of The Spider (4) SAULT – NINE (3) La Luz – La Luz (2) The Avalanches – We Will Always Love You (1) Japanese Breakfast – Jubilee
RECORDED: 01JAN2022 RELEASED: 10JAN2022 “This will be our year.”
