A bang on the ear: 3a.m. playlist, Paris 23 Dec 2009

• Roxy Music, 'Street Life'
• Suicide, 'Cheree'
• Animal Collective, 'My Girls'
• Warren Zevon, 'The French Inhaler'
• Siouxsie & The Banshees, 'Kiss them for me'
• Portishead, 'Sour times'
• Brian Eno & David Byrne, 'Mountain of Needles'
• Chet Baker, 'I get along without you very well'
• Norah Jones, 'The Nearness of You'
• Roisin Murphy, 'Let me know'
• Sofa Rockers, 'Sofa surfers'
• David Holmes, '69 Police'
• Lady Gaga, 'I like it rough'
• John Cale, 'All My Friends'
• Damien Rice, 'The Blower's Daughter'
• The Pretenders, 'Brass in Pocket'
• The Sundays, 'Can't Be Sure'
• The Bird and The Bee, 'How Deep is Your Love'
• MGMT, 'The Youth'
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs, 'Skeletons'
• Brian Wilson, 'Our Prayer'
• Tricky, 'Makes me wanna die'
• Tom Petty, 'American Girl'
• Neu!, 'Leb Wohl'
• The National, 'Apartment Story'
• The Modern Lovers, 'Government Center'
• Talking Heads, 'Cities'
• John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman, 'They say it's wonderful'
• Duke Ellington & John Coltrane, 'My little brown book'
• The Doors, 'Hyacinth House'
• The Dandy Warhols, 'Mohammed'
• Captain Beefheart, 'My head is my only home until it rains'
• Beth Orton, 'Galaxy of Emptiness'