Oh boy, a new album from 1990s! We’ll start with that, and keep the numbers coming. Man Man and Creedle in the middle for an extra-weird filling.

In this episode: 1990s, Arto Lindsay, General Public, Get Set Go, Magnifico, Man Man, Pluxus, Smack Dab, The Cook Trio, The New Pornographers, The Plimsouls, The Promise Ring, The Red Button, The Super Friendz, Tony Allen, Treat Her Right

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1. Song
   Artist

2. 59

   1990s

   Featuring members of Yummy Fur

3. Swing 48

   The Cook Trio

   Quite the hip outfit

4. A Million Miles Away

   The Plimsouls

   Remember Valley Girl

5. BREAK

6. Happiness Is All The Rage

   The Promise Ring

   Emo before emo was emo

7. Business

   Pluxus

   mmmm, Swedish moog

8. Modern Age

   Get Set Go

   Dark lyrics on this one

9. BREAK

10. Undertow

    The Super Friendz

    Chimey Canadian goodness

11. Harpoon Fever (Queequeg’s Playhouse)

    Man Man

    Klezmy and exerimental

12. Tenderness

    General Public

    All the way from 1984

13. BREAK

14. Gonna Make You Mine

    The Red Button

    Pure power pop for now people

15. I Think She Likes Me

    Treat Her Right

    Mark Sandman with a tale of sleaze

16. Myriad Harbour

    The New Pornographers

    With Dan Bejar of Destroyer

17. BREAK

18. In ko enkrat bom umrl

    Magnifico

    One of Slovenia’s most important musicians

19. Crazy Afrobeat

    Tony Allen

    Fela’s drummer, delivering on that promise

20. Rose Garden

    Smack Dab

    Going out to the Librarian

21. BREAK

22. Whirlwind

    Arto Lindsay

    Minimalist Brazilliance