1990s, A-Set, Anya Marina, Creedle, Flat Duo Jets, General Public, Get Set Go, Head Of Femur, Jean Knight, Magnifico, Man Man, Milo Binder, Pluto, Pluxus, Preston School Of Industry, Robyn Hitchcock, Smack Dab, Smoking Popes, Sukia, The Boneless Children Foundation, The Breeders, The Cook Trio, The New Pornographers, The Plimsouls, The Promise Ring, The Red Button, The Specials, The Super Friendz, Those Peabodys, Tony Allen, Treat Her Right, True Love

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Dancing Queen

   Milo Binder

   A thoughtful rendition of a song originally by ABBA

3. BREAK

4. How Do You Work This Thing?

   Robyn Hitchcock

   Yes, it’s a mystery to me as well, Mr. Hitchcock

5. Here No More

   The Breeders

   Slow and steady

6. The Dream Machines

   Sukia

   La Maquina De Los Sueños

7. BREAK

8. Mr. Big Stuff

   Jean Knight

   Hard to get any funkier

9. Isn’t It A Shame

   Head Of Femur

   Histrionic pop, I’ll call it

10. Thirsty

    Pluto

    Warm fuzz from Canadia

11. BREAK

12. Monkey Man

    The Specials

    Going out to Generoso Fierro and Bovine Ska

13. Walk Of A Gurl

    Preston School Of Industry

    Featuring the other guy from Pavement

14. Foreign Picture Books

    True Love

    A band that got nowhere near the attention they deserved

15. BREAK

16. Do Something

    Smoking Popes

    From the East Timor Compilation

17. Rabbi Steinman’s Happy Hour Frito Boats

    Creedle

    One of my preferred extra-obscure San Diego bands

18. Vertigo

    Anya Marina

    Also from San Diego

19. Stars For Anyone

    The Boneless Children Foundation

    Still one of my favorite band names

20. BREAK

21. A Day And The Weight

    A-Set

    Leaves me shaky and unsteady

22. Little M

    Flat Duo Jets

    I love these guys

23. Frank

    Those Peabodys

    A relentless clock

24. BREAK

25. 59

    1990s

    Featuring members of Yummy Fur

26. Swing 48

    The Cook Trio

    Quite the hip outfit

27. A Million Miles Away

    The Plimsouls

    Remember Valley Girl

28. BREAK

29. Happiness Is All The Rage

    The Promise Ring

    Emo before emo was emo

30. Business

    Pluxus

    mmmm, Swedish moog

31. Modern Age

    Get Set Go

    Dark lyrics on this one

32. BREAK

33. Undertow

    The Super Friendz

    Chimey Canadian goodness

34. Harpoon Fever (Queequeg’s Playhouse)

    Man Man

    Klezmy and exerimental

35. Tenderness

    General Public

    All the way from 1984

36. BREAK

37. Gonna Make You Mine

    The Red Button

    Pure power pop for now people

38. I Think She Likes Me

    Treat Her Right

    Mark Sandman with a tale of sleaze

39. Myriad Harbour

    The New Pornographers

    With Dan Bejar of Destroyer

40. BREAK

41. In ko enkrat bom umrl

    Magnifico

    One of Slovenia’s most important musicians

42. Crazy Afrobeat

    Tony Allen

    Fela’s drummer, delivering on that promise

43. Rose Garden

    Smack Dab

    Going out to the Librarian